Marriage is Murder

Khaat was busy firing at the older werewolf that had been dueling with her father when something came abundantly clear to her in her mind. A vision. Her seer's powers kicking off. Her mother wasn't doing well. She wasn't sure that even her father could pull her through this. She felt his silent panic that he didn't ever how. It ahpened so rarely that few ever saw it.

And right behind it came a second vision.

"Khaat!" Michael shouted, firing at the old werewolf to cover her. "You're as bad as he is! Mind in the game or go home!"

"Cover me, Michael!" she said, slipping through a tiny space between the werewolves, the stone driving them apart enough for her to slip through. She headed through the tunnel, on the opposite side of the battleline, And once past it, she noticed the stone was starting to go crazy. She lit her wand dimly and crept through the tunnel alone.

In a dark niche cut into the stone, she heard hoarse, animalistic breathing. And there she saw him. The beast. Wounded, and badly hurt. She leveled her wand and fired a killing curse without a second's hesitation.

To her surprise, they'd surrounded him with a shield. The killing curse bounced off and bounced back towards her. She managed to dodge it, but not before blasting a hole in the wall behind her, some of the rubble falling down on her in the process. It knocked her to the ground, stunning her for a second. Then she got up, coughing and sputtering, covered in dust.

Brant saw Khaat move off on her own and followed close behind he stopped any one getting behind her firing and killing all that attempted to attack her . He followed her down into the deepest part of the caves he was going to help Khaat when he saw the cave fall because of the shot she tried to take.He saw her brush her self down and so he kept looking back up the tunnel and at the cave entrance. Seeing her shot bounce off the wear he frowned and ran over to her " okay we now know hes protected by a shield, we can work on breaking past it , let's just bury him in here for now and get the hell out, this whole cave system isn't stable any more." he said hoping this would stop Khaat firing any more as he placed his hand on her arm " your mother and your kids need you Khaat" he said voice softer as he spoke.

"With pleasure," she said. She raised her wand to fire at the beast when it woke. The stone began to scream at a deafening volume. It began to fire, as the beast tried to lunge at her, jaws wide open, teeth and claws bared. The beast was screeching with a horrible sound that, even with as much experience as she had with werewolves, she'd not heard this. She had no doubt this thing meant to kill. It wanted to clamp its jaws down on her neck, but all it got was the rock wall beside her. Its huge claws sank deep into her shoulder, and the claws from the other hand raked over her face, causing hideous deep wounds. It caught her by surprise. The pain was incapacitating. She heard her own voice cry out in pain, not even realizing she'd done it until the sound of her voice hit her own ears. She stumbled back into the cave wall, no place to go, her wand falling from her hand to the ground as the nerves and muscles were separated in her shoulder, bones broken. She figured she was about to die. This wasn't how this was supposed to happen.

Brant turned sharp seeing Khaat stumble back and blood dripping down the beast jaws he fired a killing cure but it bounced off him Brant ran forward grabbing the beasts leg he pulled as hard as he could making the beast tumble backwards . quickly he dove and wrapped his arms around Khaat porting her back to the house but as he did he fired at the cave roof sending boulders crashing down around the beast.

Walking in he lay her down on the couch as Jess ran over placing towels on Khaats shoulder she closed her eyes and started the knitting process " this will need Roberts touch I can only hold it for so long " she said and Brant nodded .

" Im on it " he said and ported up to Kate's room " Robert your needed Khaats hurt at the beasts hand " he said looking at Kate

Robert was torn. If he left Kate, he feared Kate would surely die. And if he didn't go, by the sounds of it, Khaat might die. He hesitated for a moment. But he remembered, then, his promise to Kate that if this choice ever came up, he was to help Khaat first, as their only child.

"You've got to wait for me, Kate," he said softly. "You made me promise. I'll be back, but you have to wait for me." He kissed her softly and then stood up and apparated downstairs. At first glance, it looked like she had been bitten, but how could that be? The stone's protection spells were supposed to forbid it. He pushed the thought to the back of his mind and began to check Khaat as he issued new orders.

"Brant, go back to the caves. Get this finished up. Tell Edward to bring it down. The lot of you can do it together," Robert said. "Go outside and crush that cave. Bring it completely down. We're doing no more of this today. Jess, go get Jack. We need all the fire power we can get. If he wants to make this right, he needs to get his ass back out there and help bring down that cave. Melt those rocks together until they can't tunnel out for a good long time. I need healers back here right now."

Brant nodded and left the room as Jess looked at Robert quickly she headed to their room and slammed open the door " you out side and chose if you can all of us will die including your children " she said to him. Jack looked at her and frowned tanking a deep breath he turned to the window and ported out side and walked up to the others " I fight for this side and only this side this is my family" he said and punched a woman who flew to spike on a fallen tree taking his want Brant told Michael what Robert had told him. to take out the tunnel.

" Lets do this " Jack said " lets take out the trash" he said and smirked looking at Brant and Steven who shook their head , he shrugged his shoulders and took down another while waiting for Michael or Edwards orders.

Michael cast a quick spell to retrieve any personal items that anyone might have left behind, to avoid leaving a signature. To his surprise, Khaat's wand snapped to his hand. He said nothing, but instead, he wiped the blood off it with his pants and then pocketted the wand in his jacket and went outside with the others.

"Bring it down," had been the orders. Michael understood. Robert had had enough. He wanted them all dead. Immediately. He was giving no quarter. No more time. And that meant that he probably needed extra hands at the house.

"Lets do this fast," Michael said. "Brian, go back. Don't let anything happen to those women."

"If I don't stay, we won't last either," Brian said, making a choice he had hoped he would never have to make. He raised his wand and fired at the caven entrance. Edward, Angus, and Michael joined him as the cave began to groan and crumble. It would need more firepower to bring it down the way Robert wanted.

Steven fired his wand and so did Jim all at the same spot Jack did the same and looked at both men he knew he had a roasting coming but he was going to take it he had let them down all because he saw his mother but never again he was true to them and them only" he knew he had to see Jeffery to make sure it would never happen again but that he'd deal with after the fight right now he had the beast to deal with " that enough power for ya Michael " he called out as boulders rocked and tumbled down inside the cave , soon nothing but a rock pile filled the space and dust filled the air , Jack sniffed blood filled the air but nothing living that he could smell.

"Its a start," Michael said. "Let's seal this so nothing ever gets out of here again."

"Allow me," Edward said. "Step back. I don't want any of you near this spell." Angus motioned to them all to give Edward plenty of space. Edward used old archaic spell language. It made Michael shiver for some reason. Angus stood unmoved. Michael looked as a dark, black mist began to flow from Edward's wand. Dark magic. Deep evil. Michael could feel it. It swirled all around Edward and then Edward harnessed it, drew it around his wand like he was spinning cotton candy around it. And then he hurled the mist at the cave. It seeped through the cracks in the rock into the rubble, and into the tunnel. And after a few seconds it was entirely gone.

"What the hell was that?" Michael said, not sure he approved.

"Its a seal," Angus said. "Anyone who doesn't have passage through that tunnel by the residents of the property and who enter uninvited will simply die the moment they step outside the tunnel. He doesn't use this spell often because its difficult to weave. And not many people approve of it. But I'm not against it, at this point."

"Nor am I," Brian said. "Thank you, Edward."

"Go back to your house," Edward told Brian. "We'll do a careful patrol and then we'll be in. One more of you, someone not afraid of blood. Go with him. Do whatever you can to support the healers. Quickly. Lose no more time. Kate's life hangs in the balance."

Jack saw the dark mist and moved well back he saw it sneak around the rubble and sit like a cloak over it then disappear he shivered a deep shiver one that seem to come from his very soul when Angus spoke Brant spoke first " burr glad he doesn't" he said as he slipped his wand away Steven and Jim did the same walking past Jack they hung their heads he knew why he'd lost their trust and he knew he ahd something to do.

" Brian I...i HAVE TO GO TO JEFFERIES SINCE THE BEAST IS SEALED " HE GAVE A SIGH " i NEED TO GO WOULD IT BE ALL RIGHT?" HE ASKED " AFTER i HAVE SEEN Jess AND MADE THINGS RIGHT" HE ADDED.