Marriage is Murder

Jack took the second vial and downed it in one he immediately stopped sneezing " thanks never done that before im guessing hes not natural" he said and moved close to Robert as he too felt the ground shake he frowned and looked at both Robert and Brian even he had to gulp as he felt the ground shake under his feet " shit he must be huge" he said even he had a waver in his voice.

" bigger they are harder they fall" Steven said as he glanced at Jim who nodded gripping his wand tighter in his hand as he too felt the earth shake then Jack gave a groan and covered his ears " whats wrong?" he asked.

Jack looked at Robert " her stone is screaming" he said softly as he could his hands over his ears to try and stop the sound reaching it each man looked at him and moved behind Robert " whats the plan" Jack asked watching Escobar and Khaat out front he growled as he saw her legs give out but staid his ground.

"Well, you brought your pet," Escobar said dryly. ""I bet he eats a great deal of kibble,. doesn't he? He does need a bath, though. He stinks. And besides that, he's really ugly."

"What are we gonna do?" Khaat whispered to him.

"Don't move," he said to her quietly.

Jack had asked a valid question. Robert didn't have an immediate strike of brilliance.

"Nobody move," Robert said. "Hold your position. Let's not provoke it."

"Will you die with her?" the werewolf leader asked Escobar.

"If you can manage it, little boy," Escobar said, annoyed. The creature was hungry. It pulled hard against the chains. Khaat felt utter panic. All she could see was being most likely torn to pieces by this thing in a hideous death, and all her desire to save her family would be for nothing.

"Did you come for them or for me?" Khaat managed some bravery and shouted.

"He's not that hungry. One should do--for now," the werewolf leader laughed. Khaat paused and said nothing for a long moment.

"If you can get him to stop at one," Khaat told Escobar in a whisper. "then I will go."

"He's a braggard and a liar. He will not keep his word," Escobar said. "Hold your ground. Werewolves are always foul in every way. Swine. All of them."

"Not all," Khaat managed. The beast screamed, wanting fed, and she jumped, skittering behind Escobar before she thought, clinging to him. He hid her behind him now, deliberately placing himself between her and the beast.


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Jack staid his ground even if his whole being said tear him to peaces but he took his orders serious, " hey I just had a shower this morning thank you" he said and looked slightly hurt but knowing he was teasing him. he saw the wear lunge for what but he saw her duck behind Escobar frightened " Robert?" he said his voice in a low growl as he looked at him trying to contain his own anger at the actions of the bigger wear towards Khaat more than Escobar Jim and Steven looked at Robert Steven physically holding Steven's arm so he could not move.

"Hold," Robert ordered quietly. "If he breaks free, the rest will go every direction. It will be like herding cats. Make sure that Khaat and Escobar have nothing else to contend with except the beast."

"As if that isn't enough," Brian said.

"Lets hope she remembers the stone," Michael said.

"Indeed," Robert said. "You must either kill or obliviate them. They cannot remember how to get back here. If you obliviate, you must petrify them so you get deliver them off estate grounds. I don't care if you take their entire memory away from them permanently. However you do it, they don't come back. Got that?"

"Yes, Sir," Brian answered, gripping his wand tighter. Michael didn't reply. He was remembering Khaat's request. If they could not get her out, he himself was starting to believe that perhaps a killing curse was kinder than letting her be ripped to pieces.

The beast lunged hard, and the chains snapped. He started to rush forward towards Khaat and Escobar. Escobar suddenly seemed to be entirely someone else. His fangs had grown full length. His eyes were fully dialated and coal black. His fingertips had grown claws. Khaat felt Escobar's energies immediately powering up. He used wandless magic and slashed repeated sectumsempras at the beast, and at the same time, the stone fired at the beast. The beast moved, though, so the stone's intended fatal spell hit three werewolves behind the beast. They fell dead like stones instantly.

"That's the ticket," Robert said. "If you fire a killing curse, you might hit Khaat. Use sectumsempras if you fire at the beast, but be damned sure you get a clean shot. But take care of those nitwits with the beast first. Lets even the odds a bit and hope that the vampire knows what he's doing."

"With pleasure," Brian said, determined on showing no quarter. He had no intention of sparing any of them. He was bent on killing. No more, no less.

Steven let go of Jack's arm Jack looked back and dove for several men behind the beast that had remain after the necklace had fired, taking them down he saw Steven and Jim run forward their wands firing as they went , Jack turned to face the large wear his claws grew and he ran at it jumping on its back he scratched its face only to be thrown against a large tree its trunk splintered and he laid stunned at its base. Shaking his head as he stood back up and ran back into the fight his back now showing red claw marks but he knew not to attack the wear again , not just yet. Steven fired at one man who swiped at him he through a bottle and stepped back watching it freeze the man cold and he exploded where he stood.

Jim moved swiftly taking down man after man as he moved he left the large wear alone but took down most of the men around him " Robert watch your flank!!" he called out firing as a man tried to sneak up on him , his wand and hand went every where he spotted Michael and through a bottle for him to use at man that was behind him and another in a tree about to pounce down, Jim took out the limb the man stood on and he fell with a crash in front of Michael the second man froze instantly Jim's spell hit.

The beast flew at Escobar, who was more than prepared for it. He was fully prepared to kill. He fought, using all the skills he had developed over all the many centuries he had been alive and surviving.

"Run!" he shouted at Khaat. "Go!" She turned to run and the beast lifted his arm high and swumg the long heavy dangling chain that was still clamped to his wrist like a whip and it curled tight around Khaat's neck, the broken end catching and effectively creating a noose around her neck. She screamed, knowing waht was coming. Escobar whirled just in time to see the beast yank backwards and upwards on the chain. Khaat felt her neck snap and immediately went unconscious, falling limp.

"No!" Escobar shouted. He fired a spell to break the chain and the beast's hold on her. He made a leap at the beast and clawed into his flesh, causing the beast to roar in pain. Escobar purposely apparated out, taking the beast with him.

"No!!!" the werewolf leader panicked, seeing his 'weapon' being taken from him.

"Someone cover me!" Robert shouted, desperate to get to Khaat's limp form laying in the snow. He started to run towards her hoping someone had his back while he checked to see if Khaat was still alive.

Jack saw Khaat and his heart went cold as Ice he heard Brian and ran to stand at his back "I GOT YOUR BACK" He said looking down at Khaats lifeless looking body on the ground near his feet . He fired at several men who with out the large wear, were easily taken down " is she..." he didn't want to say the words " is she dead?" he asked Steven took down several more then walked over as Jim and the others seem to have the rest beaten and finished. each stood looking at Brian hoping Khaat would be alive.

Robert and Brian flew like it the only thing that would hold the earth together. They immediately hit the ground beside her. Brian's hands were already reaching for her to connect with her to provide life support. Robert began checking to see if there were, in fact, signs of life. She was in complete respiratory and cardiac arrest. Robert felt Brian's life supports kick in to support her. Robert began working on the damage to her neck, first to open an airway and to check the damage. He left one hand on her neck and placed his other hand on her heart to check for damage there.

"Monsterous shock to the whole body, this sort of thing is," Robert muttered. "How long can you hold her?"

"However long it takes," Brian said fiercely. "Just do what you need to do." It took a long tense moment but he finally got her own bodily systems to start on their own. Breathing started, the heart restarted. Robert started to work on reducing the damage to her spine in her neck and to the muscles and nerves and ligaments.

"Accio!" Robert summoned two stray wands of the deceased fighters on the ground. He used them as splints to support her neck and tire the bottom of her black shirt as ties to tie them in place. He needed her neck to be perfectly straight for awhile. "You know this will take time."

"I dont care. Just bring her back to me," Brian said.

"You have my word," Robert said. "Jack, I need a large board before I can move her. She needs to be perfectly flat and well supported until her spine mends. See what you can find. And then we need to get her, carefully to the house. I suggest two people levitate her to the house to keep her level.

Jack ran to the barn puling down a large flat board and he carried it over to them " this do" he said and looked to Steven " we can repair that we can't repair Khaat" he said Steven and Jim stepped forward wands at the ready to levitate.

"just say the word Robert" they said together and stood ether side of them both as Jack lay the board down beside Khaat. He knew to slide it under her with as little movement on her part as possible . Once under he took his belt and those of Jim and Steven and strapped her down to it " those will stop her moving " he said and stood back up waiting for Jim and Steven to levitate the board into the air as gently as possible to take her back to the main house " wish I knew where Escobar took that monster I'd join him and tear it to pieces " he said as the board began to slowly rise up into the air both Steven and Jim walked ether side as it moved to the main house.

Jack looked around the area " I'l start the clean up " he said and motioned to two men who had joined him to follow and he showed them just what to do to destroy all the bodies.

"Excellent," Robert said. "Brian, continue to provide support for now. Jim and Steven, take her to her room. Ask Jess to continue to monitor. She may well come conscious soon. If so, she will surely need pain reduction and comfort measures. Don't worry about her clothes for now unless all you use is a transfiguration spell. The less fussing the better. I don't want her agitated."

"She won't be," Michael said, joining them. "She 'll only be surprised. She didn't expect to live through this either way."

"What are you talking about?" Robert looked up at him and frowned.

"Not now, my friend. Let's do this when this all calms down. Perhaps over a warm brandy and a smoke." Robert paused and frowned even deeper. Brandy and tobacco usually meant difficult topics for the two of them.

"Is it one of those?" Robert asked.

"I'll get the brandy," Michael said, heading for the house.

"Oh, damn," Robert sighed, knowing that Michael was about to tell him something he didn't want to hear.

"I'm ready when you are," Brian told Jim and Steven.