" Chapter 41 " ( Powerless )

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( 1st Video: Powerless - Linkin Park )

" You hid your skeletons when I had shown you mine
You woke the devil that I thought you'd left behind
I saw the evidence, the crimson soaking through
Ten thousand promises, ten thousand ways to lose ".

" You hid your skeletons when I had shown you mineYou woke the devil that I thought you'd left behindI saw the evidence, the crimson soaking throughTen thousand promises, ten thousand ways to lose "

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( Christopher Thomas ( Stiles ) Corvinus POV )

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( Christopher Thomas ( Stiles ) Corvinus POV )

It had been around midday when we left the Lightwood's household, Izzy's expression as I left and she hugged me close to her is still ingrained in my mind, how could I tell her that what happened between us could never be nothing more than just a fling, we both had been lost in the heat of the moment and given ourselves to the lustful needs of our bodies. I've been unable to control myself and seeing her beautiful self and her body it had driven me over the edge and made me make love to her, I know I've given her the wrong impression and I knew I would have to eventually tell her that what she seek and expected from I could not give it to her. As we landed on the middle of an expanse and enormous mountainous surrounded by woods and forest terrain, I took out a picture out from one of my vest breast pockets and stared at it for a few seconds, it was an image of Ellie smiling at the camera as I took a picture of her with my I Phone.

" Three things cannot long be hidden, the sun the moon and the truth ", I whispered Ellie's favorite Buddhist mantra softly to myself just before I reached for the helicopter door's handle and sliding it to the side, my boots thumped against the earthy ground as I immediately raised my rifle and looking trough my modified sight starting scouting the surrounding area.

The helicopter's landed and out stepped several fellow armed members of Haidrens Wall, we stablished a perimeter and turning on our head communicator's on we started moving forward, the trees and pines seemed like looming shadows, distorting the few rays of sunlight that managed to filter trough the thick branches. As we continued to trek uphill Isabelle's face came to my mind, I just hoped she understood that the reason I've left her behind was not because I thought she was weak but because I knew what we were about to face was more dangerous and high risked than I would've ever wanted to involve her in. Isabelle was a Grimm yes, but a young one that is and the Wesen we were about to face, they were not the usual types you fought everyday, this were hard core battle hardened murders and many of them had fought in wars before and the types of weapons they were packing it made them even more deadly and capable of giving an even deadlier bite. Everyone knew by now what our objectives were by now, hidden deep within the thickest parts of the forest surrounding Portland was one of the biggest and more secured compound belonging to Black Claw, the reason we needed to launch an assault on the compound was because according to intelligence this compound was being used as temporary headquarters for the Black Claw movement here in Oregon and a meeting was supposed to take place at the late hours of the night. As darkness fell all of us put on our night vision googles and as the night turned into a green glowed landscape we all divided into different unit squads and just as planned previously we all started heading towards our targeted objectives, it was slow work and it required allot of patience, as I continued to take my time moving trough the forest brush and trees I was brought back to previous past memories as I remember all the previous times I've done exactly the same thing I was doing right now. War was nothing new to me, having being in every major human conflict trough history and faced all types of enemies that there could possibly be, I was a Grimm and a Hunter and I've literally hunting down the most horrible quarry this world full of nightmares could throw at me. I was brought out of my reverie as The Black Claw's headquarters compound came into view, raising my hand I quietly signaled for the rest of my unit members to halt their advance and taking cover behind of several pine and tree trunks we took it all in. There's really no way to describe the compound as that of a fortress, a medieval fortress that was, the main building was inside a secured perimeter bordered by massive security walls, as the wall squared to different sides at the corners high massive watchtowers overlooked outside the wall, as I continued scouting the compound trying to find a way to breach the wall and get in, my eyes noticed something else too, amongst the dozens of clearly armed figures walked over the walls and manned the towers others were standing guard on the set of a wall that consisted of a double set of massive doors and as they opened a trickle of black cans, vans and trucks drove inside the compound and as the doors closed once's again cutting the vehicles from my sight I sighed and took a step back. There were literally hundredths of guards spread inside and out all over trough the compound, these weren't just a few well paid thugs, they were an army and that's exactly what it would take to attack and capture the compound another army, this time an army of our own.

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