𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐋𝚰𝐎𝐍𝐒 - josie saltzman

11. Triad

Sky packed up her clothes, shoving them into her duffel bag. She put her jacket on and tied her hair up in a high ponytail.

As the 6 of them met up, Lizzie and Josie asked at the same time. "She's coming?"

"I need all the help I can get, so please put your twin war on pause."

"Why is he going? He hates Landon."

"Look, you're the Alpha. If Landon's your pack, that makes him ours." Jed answered.

"Where's MG at?" Kaleb questioned.

"He's on his way. Let's load up while we wait for him. Come on." Hope said as they walked out the door, finding a hoard of men in riot gear outside.

"Oh, sorry. We were about to knock."

"Who the hell are you?"

"This is private property." Skylar said.

"Name's Burr. Triad Industries."

"This may shock you, Burr, but we really don't give a shit." Skylar smiled at them, sarcasm leaking through her words. Finally she realized.

Triad Industries.

"Propellere." Hope waved her hands, but it did nothing.

"I got this." Kaleb walked up, but when he touched the sunlight he sizzled.

"Alright." Sky stepped forwards and cracked her fingers. "Bruciare supe terram, faciendo ignis ga praemium." She chanted. Nothing happened.

"What you don't got is magic. Which is why your daylight ring won't work. And what we have are stakes, wolfsbane... and other things. So I think you should invite us inside." Burr assumed.

"We're looking for an artifact known as the Chalice of Arimathea. We have reason to believe it's part of your school's collection." Burr said as they passed out photo copies. "Now, you know this place a lot better than we do, so the sooner you help us find it, the sooner we'll be gone. Triad thanks you for your time."

"Where the hell is MG?" Sky asked Kaleb.

Skylar laid back in Alaric's chair as Hope argued with Alaric on the phone.

"So, what do we do now?"

"Now... we figure out a way to get our powers back, and we kick some paramilitary ass."

"Wait, Dad said not to do anything crazy." Josie argued.

"Me defying your dad isn't crazy. It's consistent."

"Well, at least we know where you stand." Burr opened the doors and strutted in.

"You're damn right we do."

"You're not very scared of me, are you?" He pulled out a gun. "How about now?"

"That's your plan? You're gonna shoot a kid?"

"This gun would never harm a human child. You three, however... These bullets were formed from the mud of the Malivore pit and weaponized by Triad scientists. They can break the skin of any supernatural like a hot knife through butter. Fester. Infect them. Disintegrate them from the inside out." He loaded it.

"We don't know where the chalice is." Josie confessed.

"I believe you. This is just for fun, really." He pointed the gun. "Eeny... ...meeny... ...miney..."

"Moe." Lizzie yelled as she stepped forwards, but Josie jumped in front of her, getting shot.

Skylar tried to tackle the man, but 2 other men from behind him held her back. "I'll kill you! I'll kill you, son of a bitch." Skylar tried to get out of their grasp.