Embers in the Dark

Utter Madness

The Dagda sighed and rubbed his face as people gathered around Lugh's body.

"Is he dead?" Sean asked with concern.

The Dagda raised a brow at Adair. "Adair, bring him back," he chuckled softly.

The goddess narrowed her eyes, growled, then took her right hand and snapped her fingers. Immediately, Lugh took a deep breath and shot up off the floor, patting himself down.

"Holy shite!" he yelled, glaring at Adair. "What the hell did ya do that fer?!"

"Yer gonna find out soon enough, ya clueless bastard!" Adair shouted before exiting the kitchen in a furious rage.

Patrick sighed as he stood up. "I dunna understand what she just did, but...obviously ya pissed her off about something," he commented before walking to the door to follow his wife.

The Dagda and Darrach both started chuckling before walking back to the table. As they sat down, Lugh's eyes glowed a bright yellow and he smashed his fists on the table, breaking it completely and drawing everyone's attention.

"What the hell is going on?! Why did Adair just kill me?!" he snapped.

The kitchen door opened to reveal Brian and James cackling with laughter. "Seriously, man, ya gotta really savor the raw meat as ya chomp intah it!" James chuckled happily.

"That's easy fer ya tah say, lad, but it's still kinda, ya know, odd fer me. I lived as a human fer a lot longer than ya!"

The brothers cackled before looking at the table. "Oh boy," James said. "What's uh," he motioned a paw towards the table. "Who broke Dad's table?"

Lugh snarled as he looked at the white wolves. "I did!" he confessed bitterly, the veins in his neck and forehead popping out.

Brian nodded. "I see. Well, I dunna know what's going on here, but I'm highly offended. Me father put a lot of work intah that table, ya know. He never got tah finish it, though."

Darrach sighed as he put his hands on the table. Everyone watched as the table slowly pieced itself back together. Brian and James laughed at the sight.

"Why thank ya, Darrach," Brian giggled. "Now I wilna haftah kill this bastard fer ruinin' me father's table."

James fell over, cackling with glee. "Oh shite!" he laughed.

Dutch raised a brow. "What the hell is wrong with them?" he asked.

Darrach quirked the side of his mouth up and looked at Dutch regretfully. "Uh, yeah, I sort of forgot about those two. They're uh, drunk. In a way."

"How'd you manage that?" Hosea inquired.

"They wanted something that could get them drunk at the party, so I brewed up a potion to replicate intoxication." Darrach tilted his head to the side suddenly as he spotted blood on the wolves' mouths. "Uh, boys? Did you get hungry?"

"Yes! James decided tah eat Horus!" Brian laughed. "Or tried tah, at least!"

"Yeah!" James cackled loudly. "He cracked my jaw in two!"

"Oh, and we saw The Morrigan!"

"What?!" people shouted.

"Well, we think we did, at least, she kinda looked like a soul projection," James remarked as he got himself up clumsily. "She was outside the shield's perimeter."

"Is she still there?!" The Dagda asked.

"No, she disappeared," Brian slurred. "She was using some communication device on Atlantis tah send a message."