It was 4 am.
The roof of the gym downtown where I told Avery to meet in cases of emergencies.
I called her using the coded words we promised we'd remember in times of splitting off.
"Turtle's in hiding. Shrapnel through the heart." I said as soon as she answered and I hung up immediately afterwards, smashing the pre-paid phone quickly. I had ditched my phone when I left Avery a few months ago.
"Why would you smash that phone? What if she doesn't know where we are or we get split up again?" Cassie questioned softly as she sat on the air vent, looking up at the starry sky.
"I can buy a new one, and she would never forget the code words," I said, as we waited on the roof.
"Why here out of all places?" She questioned and I rolled my eyes as I kept my back to her.
"I used to go to the gym here. And our old meeting place has been destroyed by the explosives we planted after it was discovered by others wanting to harm our kinds." I said and looked to see if I could spot Avery coming from any direction. I knelt on the roof, making sure I wasn't completely visible if we were being watched.
"Why would you have to destroy the building?" She questioned and I glanced back at her.
"All the bodies in the building needed to be destroyed. If any normal human walked into that building and found all those vampires, dragons and fairy bodies on the floor, I think humanity would go into a panicked state. And we were too lazy to go bury every single body. It was just easier." I said, cold filling the air.
I caught sight of a lone car pull into the parking lot, and I looked back at Cassie.
"Do you still have your cell phone?" I questioned and she nodded, when I ran towards her, grabbing the phone from her pocket and crushing it in my hands.
"What the hell?" She exclaimed and I hushed her, covering her mouth with my hand, pulling her to the ground.
"Someone tracked your phone," I said, and she cursed quietly as I let go of her face. A thump on the roof told us that it was already too late, but when I brought out my knife I saw Claudius and Cornelius standing there casually looking at me.
"Why are you guys here?" I questioned and Claudius smiled.
"John wants us to look after his daughter. In other words..." He said, looking for the right words to put forwards when Cornelius shrugged.
"He doesn't trust you with his daughter." He said and I laughed.
"What am I going to do to her? Eat her? Bury the remains out at an old cemetery? Call an evil demon to take over her body?" I questioned laughing as their faces changed from normal to stoic. Did they actually take me seriously? I laughed even harder.
"I was joking. Gosh." I said when a shot of ice came close to Cornelius who unthawed it before it hit his face.
"Avery, it's me. They're with us as well." I called out, not exactly sure where to look.
"Amanda?" She called out, landing on the edge of the roof in a kneeling stance. She looked more built then normal, she looked stronger than I had last seen her. She must have spent the past few months training with Riley.
"Shrapnel to the heart," I said and she came over to us cautiously.
"Sorry about the ice, didn't expect others. Who are they? Can they be trusted?" She questioned me. I looked her over again as I slowly neared her. I pulled her into a tight hug; it had been too long since I had seen her last, and I was just happy to see her in one piece.
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Take Me Down
WerewolfThe world has many secrets that very few humans know. Meet Amanda. She's a strong-minded shapeshifter, hiding in the human world, who doesn't like being pushed around. She's joined by Avery, a water-bending elemental who grew up by Amanda's side. A...