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A safe house belonging to the Vatican somewhere in Rome
The last to arrive was
Clawler as his yacht had to bear with some high waves on the sea. He arrived at
Madrid coast line and took a swim inland. There he walked to the nearest Church
and made a call. A convoy of cars were dispatched to fetch him here. When he
walked in, he saw the three person sitting at the living area; all dressed
casually in jeans and shirts with the dark laced up jungle boots.Clawler went
to the lady in concern to prostrate himself at her feet.
"The creature picks up
his mistress well." Miles made the passing comment which drew a growl from
Clawler. "I think your pet here needs to be trained."
That last statement drew
Clawler to leapt onto the sitting figure of Miles on the armchair with his
right hand at the throat of the other.
"Stop...Claw..ler. He's
Micheal's descendant." The creature heed his mistress call. He knows all
of them here; by their scent, he knows who everyone was. He knew that the lady
here is the descendant of his master and his oath stays with her. He stepped
off the man and walked back to his mistress who was seated at the other side.
"Whoa, bad boy. I could
had shot you." Miles showed the short stub revolver he had on him at the
back of his belt. "Its silver bullets now. I dislike vampires and
wolves."
"Enough of the
bickering." The priest came out from the kitchen area bearing a tray of
sandwiches and coffee. "Welcome, Clawler. I see that you met your
mistress. But first, the meal to satiated our morning needs comes first."
After their morning meal, Father
Ricken briefed the team on the current updates.
"The six Princes of
Darkness have revolted against their leader, Lucifer. They have come together
under a new leader now; Asmodeus. As we sit here now, the Princes are calling
on allies of their own. We know the vampires have joined their ranks, and so
have the witches with their worshipers." Father Ricken points to the list
provided on the folder. "Some other human leagues have also been
influenced with false promises."
"So when can we migrate
to the Moon?" Miles was being sarcastic.
"There are some outside
of the Church who may be our allies or fighting the common enemy." Father
Ricken looked at the four original Crusaders. "The Werewolves are not in
their alliance. They are the arch enemies of the Vampires."
"Cut the crap, and tell
us where do we start?" It was Miles again who jumped the queue.
"We don't know. There
are some incidents but we are not sure if they are related. For one, someone
broke into the Russian Military Office. They took what may had been a list of
vampires in Europe; updated since the sixteenth century by the monks. It was
confiscated by the Military in the last war and kept as a secret. There was one
case in Pentagon, where the files of some ultra-defined terror groups were copied
by parties unknown. There may be others but we are not sure." Father
Ricken closed the folder and looked at them. "That's all we know."
"I am suggesting that we
split up into two groups; Miles can pair with Kruger and checked out on
Pentagon. Clawler and myself would take on Europe." Geraldine spoke out
like a leader. She was expecting them to protest but they accepted her
suggestion.
"Before you leave, I
have something for Miles."Father Ricken pull out a cross bow with unique
quick quiver build to the side of it. "That quiver holds ten bolts with a
spring loaded onto the bow staff where we modified the cocking device to
relocked with an electronic cranking device. You can load in seconds. Each bolt
had been treated with silver so you are fairly safe with the demons."
Miles test out the weight and
loading before he was handed a box of bolts.
"Kruger for you, I have
constructed a set of greaves to protect your forearms. They are tough and yet
flexible to accommodate your fighting style. As for you, my dear Geraldine,
your forefather used a rapier well. Your skills with the 'sai' are commendable
but I think you need some extras." Father Ricken handed over a staff made
from ash tree. "This staff is named Yggdrasil, from where it was crafted from.
Its said to hold the nine worlds together in the Norse myth but its also fabled
to fear by the underworld. I do not know what it does but I hope it would do to
protect you should you need be."
The wooden staff stands over
two metres and weights light on Geraldine hands. In an instant the staff became
a slim long piece and entwined itself around Geraldine waist.
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