Always And Forever | The Originals

24: Get Ready For The War

Damon's pov
"You hit like a girl!" I tell my wife. She punched me hard in the gut. "You take a punch like a boy." She says sitting down on the floor in a sulk. We had been training every day for 6 hours and I think it's taking a toll on all of us.

Hope and Nik are arguing like man and wife. Aidan and Arlo disappear at least for times a day. And my beautiful amazing wife is actually like a pubescent teenager. "Come on one more." She shot me a look. "I'm tired." "So is everyone else. Are you going to be outdone by a 17-year-old?" I asked her. The blood fountain was on meaning no supernatural abilities that are including Luna's stamina apparently. "I'm 28 you get that right?" She asked like I was dumb. "I'm 200 you get that right." She swept my feet from under me in a swift movement and I landed flat on my back she straddled my waist pinning me down. "Your age is showing old man." She teased me. "You married the old man." "For your money was hoping you'd kick the bucket quicker than this." "Oh shut up!" I shoved her. 

She laid her head on my chest instead of getting off. "What are you doing?" I asked amused. "Sleeping." She mumbled. I laid one of my hands on her back holding her there. "I think that's enough for today," Nik called after he looked around the compound. Andrea was already asleep on the sofa. Arlo and Aidan were nowhere to be found and Hope was being completely thrashed by Penelope which was new. 

"How do you work this thing?" Nik said looking at the gross smelling centrepiece of the room. "Luna?" I questioned her."Just do the thing." She was exhausted, she's been trying to get everything ready so whilst everyone is resting and refuelling she's been running around trying to get things sorted. Which is more difficult than it needs to be. Arlo insists no one can leave the com[pound, if they do Mikael and Esther will be able to find them. It's driving everyone crazy. Me included. 

Luna is suffering the most, she's trying to get things together in a city where she knows two people and the rest of the city can't know she's here so she hasn't got much help and the family is completely oblivious to the amount of work she's doing. 

"Babe they're struggling," I tell her after watching Edward and Nik try and shut the fountain off.  She sat up. "It's not that hard." She complained making her way over to the fountain and shutting off. She pulled a disgusted face as the blood settled on her finger.

"Blood... Get your blood." Aidan said as he came from the kitchen. "Animal for you." He tossed it to Edward. And then everyone else caught there's as they got thrown in random directions. "Andrea, you okay?" She nodded half asleep at Hope's question. I've noticed they all look out for her, I guess it's because she's the youngest of them all. 

"I'm heading to bed," Luna announced and disappeared to the top floor in a flash. "I second that," Andrea said and followed Luna up at the same speed. "You heading up?" Nik asked me. "No... No." I say looking around for Arlo. 

"Arlo!" I called out when I spotted him. "D.D.Damon." He stuttered out. I think I make the kid nervous. "This spell you have going on." "Yeah." He said hesitantly. "It reaches to the roof of the house?" "No." "Damn it." "What did you go out there? We're going to have to pack up and leave, they'll be on their way." "Chill it Frank Underwood," I tell him he's always making plans, just chill. "I haven't been to the roof. I want to use the roof." "Why?" "That's my business." "You can't use the roof." "Fine." I went to walk off. "If you need an outdoor space, the back balconies are the safest... Out of sight of passers-by." I nodded. "Just no dead bodies okay, we don't need that." "No dead bodies... But keep everyone out of the spear room." He nodded. 

It wasn't a spear room it was Hayley's but no one went in there. I went into Luna's room and took her phone. I needed to use her contacts. "What are you doing?" She asked, I didn't been to disturb her. "Lost my phone somewhere... was just going to call it," I say holding her phone for her to see. "It's in the kitchen on the island beside the flowers." She says laying her head back down. "Thanks." I wait for her to fall asleep before leaving with her phone. I go into Hayley's room the only empty place in this house and sit at her old vanity.