( Wallace misses the gun (10), but Corsair catches it (17) and quickly points his gun at Sam.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you," he says, eyes cold.
Allison, tries, too, to pull hers out (8), trembling more than she wants to.
"It's not a secret where we spend our free time, Sam," Wallace counters. And gets a two, missing Allison's arming. Again, Corsair catches her movement and cocks his gun.
"You two. Toss your guns away," he turns the gun and points it at Davina, "or New Orleans will be down one regent." Scott growls, stepping fully in front of her. "True Alpha Scott McCall, you do not want to know what this bullet would do to you, and there are more where it came from. Back. Off.")
[Sam doesn't release his gun, staring her down, until he sees the flicker of movement in the hall behind them. He holds up his free hand, before slowly crouching to place he gun on the ground.]
Took you long enough.
[Castiel's face appears between the two witch's shoulders, eyebrow raising. "There was interference."]
( Corsair turns to train his gun on Castiel, but Castiel gets the drop on him if he wants to make an attack right away.
"Spike, join us, won't you," Wallace says, her hand forming a fist.
"Wha -" Without meaning to, his game face forms, growling, as he lunges for Davina. (14)
Scott's attack of opportunity, sends Spike sailing against the wall.
"She's doing this!" he says, getting back to his feet.
Chris levels his own gun, pointing it down at Wallace's hand - with an unnatural (21), the pullet sails straight through that fist and she cries out in pain. Something shifts, and only one scream sounds from the girl.
[Castiel reaches for the gun hand, before slamming one hand towards Corsair's face (5), but he's trying to be conscious of Jed standing behind him, so at most all he does is send the bullet in another direction.
Sam's hand comes up with the gun and aims a shot at Corsair himself (14). Corsair also isn't the only one with witch-killing bullets, and if that hits he might find himself forcibly ejected as well.]
Ben.
[There's a large measure of relief in his voice as he peers over Castiel's shoulder at his boyfriend. He's not stupid enough to get in the way of all that gunfire though, so he's just going to hang back until things settle.
Davina stumbles back closer to Ben, trying to stay out of Spike's way, and raises a hand to gather some magic. "Spike? You good?" If not, she readies a spell to try and break the compulsion (18).]
( The bullet embeds into the wall of the cavern. Corsair is too occupied by the angel in his personal space, so he takes the bullet straight in the chest. He ejects, the body dropping to it's knees. He falls forward, head to the side, dead.
Red curls and camo holds her wrist in her hand, blood pouring from it and dropping to the ground.
She comes to, seeing she's outnumbered.
"I'm me! I'm me!" she says, hunching over, trying to protect herself. "Wallace is gone." Unaware that they revealed she is a loyalist, she tries to play up her fright. (11).
"Just - peachy," Spike says, going for Allison next, fangs bared. (14, 19), Allison sidesteps his attempt, getting him with a kick to the side, smacking him down.
Davina's spell works around her and then Spike. As he kicks back up - he freezes, blinking. Looks down at his own hands he's squeezing.
"All's right," he tells Davina.
Behind her hands, the redhead attempts a quick spell under her breath, but Chris cold-cocks her and she drops down, too.
Ben makes sure Davina is okay, sees that Spike's himself, and then walks through the fray to draw Jed in close and breathe him in.
"We found your angel," Chris tells Sam, before coming to his daughter's side and wrapping an arm around her. "You okay?"
"I wasn't worried."
"That's my girl."
She lets her dad pull her in close, catching her breath.
Spike's hands come up, defensively, too as he looks at Scott.
"All me now, see?" He gives the knocked out redhead the finger. "Couldn't do this if I wasn't, yeah?"
Scott's still seething, ready to attack if needed. He lost it, so just give him a second to come back to himself. Davina can probably help with that. )
[Davina will help, stepping between Scott and Spike and drawing the werewolf's attention to her instead.]
Hey. It's okay. Threat neutralized for now.
[She'll hold his gaze until he comes back to himself, giving everyone a chance to breathe.
Sam makes his way over to the woman who's still alive (for now), and crouching down to make sure she doesn't have any other weapons on her. Once that's done, he looks up at Chris. "Josh and Aiden?"]
Taking care of anyone who might follow us down here. Castiel... drew attention.
( They all did, really.
Chris steps aside from his daughter, eyes Spike who meets his stare.
"Got a problem?" Chris turns away, so Spike approaches Davina and Scott, apologizing. Scott calms down, nodding, hand resting on the back of Davina's neck. He nods to Spike. He knows.
Ben leans back, keeping Jed in his arms. "You found me," he says, smiling. )
Not nearly fast enough. Had to spend three months in a box first.
[He hates that they were stuck, but at least they're all in one piece now.]
Are you okay?
[Davina leans in to Scott's touch, providing the reassurance that everyone is okay, at least for now. Sam pushes to his feet, nodding to Castiel. "Thanks for coming."
"It was exciting." Castiel offers a small smile. "Do you need me to stay?"
Sam pauses, before shaking his head. "I think we've got it from here."
Castiel nods, before disappearing from view. Just in time for Dean to call him about Ben, probably.
Sam then takes a breath and gets to his feet. "Job's not done. We still need to find the bodies."]
( He looks away and back behind him, briefly, before turning back. )
I was trapped in a spell. Davina overpowered it. ( He leans in closer again, inspecting him, making sure his boyfriend is okay. ) They kept you prisoner?
( Probably...
"Just making sure everybody just saw the man in the trenchcoat disappear?" Spike points. He's not crazy, right?
Allison nods, looking around the cave they're in, where they were chained. She peers upward.
"What are the odds they cloaked their bodies, too," she says, scanning the runes.
[And since they got here in August, it rounds out to about three months. He lets Ben look him over as he waves him off.]
I'm okay. They fed me and everything. I spent most of my time worried about you.
["He does that," Sam says to Spike, before looking to Davina with the same question.
Davina closes her eyes, trying to focus her magic to see if she can find any additional cloaking spells but there's likely a lot of magic around (11).]
( But he'd rather be here with you. Also, don't swat at him, it's been months.
He explains to Jed, in case he hasn't been versed. )
They're trying to find bodies. ( turning back, he offers ) If you find them, I can break it.
( Finally, he lets go of his boyfriend, turning to Davina.
She does feel more power down one of the pathways at the opposite end, and also against the wall itself with all the runes. And, yes, just the power of the redwoods is pretty deafening as far as power goes. She doesn't know if there's an indication of cloaking or not.
Sam could try the runes again.
Speaking of, Ben approaches them anew, now that they're not being threatened. He peers along the symbols, pointing to one. )
This one's out of place. Not built into everything else.
There's too much magic. I can't say for sure just by sensing it.
[She then does move over to the runes and tries to narrow her focus because Ben's not wrong. Those runes are different. Even the ink is different, looking something more akin to dried blood than anything else.
She moves to brush her fingers against it gently, trying to see what she can sense, and she feels a slight tug from the other side. A thin line that splinters out like a web (nat 20). She studies it carefully, before curling her fingers around the tether and starting to pull (11), to try and see where it leads.]
( with a (nat 20), the blood in the rune starts to seep down and then away, drawing a path to follow along the wall.
it draws her and whomever follows it to the right, then down, then across the floor and it stops over a small fissure at their feet. the blood drips downward.
ben follows it, too, along with davina.
as soon as ben steps closer to the fisher, the scene changes revealing... a staircase. )
[Sam turns to catch up with them, finding his pack among their things scattered on the ground to make sure they have the supplies they need if they're headed for the bodies. Jed also follows closely after his boyfriend, partially to understand what's happening but also partially to not let him out of his sight.
Davina keeps tugging lightly on that tether, slowly starting to lead the way down the staircase to see what's there.]
There's something down here. They went through a lot of trouble to hide it.
( Ben is fine, he's survived over thousands of years, three months of separation isn't going to do him in, but he does appreciate the concern and the rightful curiosity.
Allison tosses Sam lighter fluid she had grabbed, but keeps her crossbow drawn just in case there's a trap in a trap.
The stairs lead downward into a chamber not made of cave, but of marble. Two glass-plated coffins sit in the center - the original resting place of, presumably, Wallace and Corsair.
As Davina steps down into the room, two torches light themselves. )
[Sam scans the room looking for traps (16), and slowly begins making his way towards the coffins, salt and gasoline in hand. If he's able to get close enough, he'll start going through the motions of salting and burning the bodies.
Davina watches from the top of the room, eyes keeping sharp for any kind of spell (18).]
( No spell sounds, no traps ignite. Ben stays on the outskirts as well, keeping Jed close, letting Sam and Allison take this one.
Scott anticipates any of Davina's needs should they need it.
Allison pulls a baton out and smashes the tops of the two coffins to allow her and Sam' access. She looks at him. She nods. Something says they should do it at the same time. And, so, on three, she drops her lighter and Sam, his.
After a few seconds, an otherworldly scream travels through the corridor and it starts to shake, violently. )
I think that's our cue. Everyone, back up!
( Ben is closer to the entrance so he pulls Jed up with him (18), Allison, too, (16) misses falling rocks, all Sam has to do is dodge any, too.
As the group emerges from the stairs, they collapse behind them - and a second later, the fissure reappears. Magic having returned. )
[Sam is close on Allison's heels (18), and they all make their way back up into where the compound meets the cavern. As they arrive, Josh and Aiden appear at the mouth of the hallway.
Aiden studies the harried expressions on all their faces before raising an eyebrow.]
( Allison takes the time to exchange looks with everyone before deciding for them. )
Good, I think.
( Ben thinks for a second, something finally occurring to him - he pulls out his cell phone and checks it - frowning. He holds it up for Jed.
"Guess the spell kept it powered," he says.
Spike makes sure once and for all he's himself, black trenchcoat and all before turning back.
"Anyone not using there's, seems I have some calls to make." But, he also knows... everyone probably has calls. Stepping next to Davina and Scott, Allison leads the group out. )
Come on, let's get out of here. Davina, do you know the clown car spell?
Excellent question, ( Spike says, Ben checking his phone, too.
"4:20," he says, Allison a little bewildered the day has gone this quickly, taking Sam's arm for a second. They're okay. Everyone is okay. They survived. Two more bodies now.
"Sun's setting," Josh contributes arm around his husband. He was only apart from him for an hour or so, but it was still long enough. )
( He checks his own phone, seeing if he's missed -- yes, he has missed messages from Stiles about the Gauntlet, about the dinner. About Derek hating him. Isn't that so high school? Yes, Stiles. It is so high school.
He tucks it back down.
Josh goes over to Jed and Ben to make sure they're alright now that the danger's passed.
Allison shoots Lydia a quick message that they're finished and she should probably read The Crucible. She'll tell her later. Let Melissa know everyone is fine if her dad hasn't already.
Spike checks his pockets remembering - yes, smokes and a lighter. Yep. He's gonna light one up. Hell yes he is. )
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"I wouldn't do that if I were you," he says, eyes cold.
Allison, tries, too, to pull hers out (8), trembling more than she wants to.
"It's not a secret where we spend our free time, Sam," Wallace counters. And gets a two, missing Allison's arming. Again, Corsair catches her movement and cocks his gun.
"You two. Toss your guns away," he turns the gun and points it at Davina, "or New Orleans will be down one regent." Scott growls, stepping fully in front of her. "True Alpha Scott McCall, you do not want to know what this bullet would do to you, and there are more where it came from. Back. Off." )
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Took you long enough.
[Castiel's face appears between the two witch's shoulders, eyebrow raising. "There was interference."]
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"Spike, join us, won't you," Wallace says, her hand forming a fist.
"Wha -" Without meaning to, his game face forms, growling, as he lunges for Davina. (14)
Scott's attack of opportunity, sends Spike sailing against the wall.
"She's doing this!" he says, getting back to his feet.
Chris levels his own gun, pointing it down at Wallace's hand - with an unnatural (21), the pullet sails straight through that fist and she cries out in pain. Something shifts, and only one scream sounds from the girl.
Ben spots: "Jed?" )
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Sam's hand comes up with the gun and aims a shot at Corsair himself (14). Corsair also isn't the only one with witch-killing bullets, and if that hits he might find himself forcibly ejected as well.]
Ben.
[There's a large measure of relief in his voice as he peers over Castiel's shoulder at his boyfriend. He's not stupid enough to get in the way of all that gunfire though, so he's just going to hang back until things settle.
Davina stumbles back closer to Ben, trying to stay out of Spike's way, and raises a hand to gather some magic. "Spike? You good?" If not, she readies a spell to try and break the compulsion (18).]
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Red curls and camo holds her wrist in her hand, blood pouring from it and dropping to the ground.
She comes to, seeing she's outnumbered.
"I'm me! I'm me!" she says, hunching over, trying to protect herself. "Wallace is gone." Unaware that they revealed she is a loyalist, she tries to play up her fright. (11).
"Just - peachy," Spike says, going for Allison next, fangs bared. (14, 19), Allison sidesteps his attempt, getting him with a kick to the side, smacking him down.
Davina's spell works around her and then Spike. As he kicks back up - he freezes, blinking. Looks down at his own hands he's squeezing.
"All's right," he tells Davina.
Behind her hands, the redhead attempts a quick spell under her breath, but Chris cold-cocks her and she drops down, too.
Ben makes sure Davina is okay, sees that Spike's himself, and then walks through the fray to draw Jed in close and breathe him in.
"We found your angel," Chris tells Sam, before coming to his daughter's side and wrapping an arm around her. "You okay?"
"I wasn't worried."
"That's my girl."
She lets her dad pull her in close, catching her breath.
Spike's hands come up, defensively, too as he looks at Scott.
"All me now, see?" He gives the knocked out redhead the finger. "Couldn't do this if I wasn't, yeah?"
Scott's still seething, ready to attack if needed. He lost it, so just give him a second to come back to himself. Davina can probably help with that. )
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Hey. It's okay. Threat neutralized for now.
[She'll hold his gaze until he comes back to himself, giving everyone a chance to breathe.
Sam makes his way over to the woman who's still alive (for now), and crouching down to make sure she doesn't have any other weapons on her. Once that's done, he looks up at Chris. "Josh and Aiden?"]
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( They all did, really.
Chris steps aside from his daughter, eyes Spike who meets his stare.
"Got a problem?" Chris turns away, so Spike approaches Davina and Scott, apologizing. Scott calms down, nodding, hand resting on the back of Davina's neck. He nods to Spike. He knows.
Ben leans back, keeping Jed in his arms. "You found me," he says, smiling. )
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[He hates that they were stuck, but at least they're all in one piece now.]
Are you okay?
[Davina leans in to Scott's touch, providing the reassurance that everyone is okay, at least for now. Sam pushes to his feet, nodding to Castiel. "Thanks for coming."
"It was exciting." Castiel offers a small smile. "Do you need me to stay?"
Sam pauses, before shaking his head. "I think we've got it from here."
Castiel nods, before disappearing from view. Just in time for Dean to call him about Ben, probably.
Sam then takes a breath and gets to his feet. "Job's not done. We still need to find the bodies."]
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( He looks away and back behind him, briefly, before turning back. )
I was trapped in a spell. Davina overpowered it. ( He leans in closer again, inspecting him, making sure his boyfriend is okay. ) They kept you prisoner?
( Probably...
"Just making sure everybody just saw the man in the trenchcoat disappear?" Spike points. He's not crazy, right?
Allison nods, looking around the cave they're in, where they were chained. She peers upward.
"What are the odds they cloaked their bodies, too," she says, scanning the runes.
"Can you feel anything, Davina?" )
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[And since they got here in August, it rounds out to about three months. He lets Ben look him over as he waves him off.]
I'm okay. They fed me and everything. I spent most of my time worried about you.
["He does that," Sam says to Spike, before looking to Davina with the same question.
Davina closes her eyes, trying to focus her magic to see if she can find any additional cloaking spells but there's likely a lot of magic around (11).]
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( But he'd rather be here with you. Also, don't swat at him, it's been months.
He explains to Jed, in case he hasn't been versed. )
They're trying to find bodies. ( turning back, he offers ) If you find them, I can break it.
( Finally, he lets go of his boyfriend, turning to Davina.
She does feel more power down one of the pathways at the opposite end, and also against the wall itself with all the runes. And, yes, just the power of the redwoods is pretty deafening as far as power goes. She doesn't know if there's an indication of cloaking or not.
Sam could try the runes again.
Speaking of, Ben approaches them anew, now that they're not being threatened. He peers along the symbols, pointing to one. )
This one's out of place. Not built into everything else.
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[She then does move over to the runes and tries to narrow her focus because Ben's not wrong. Those runes are different. Even the ink is different, looking something more akin to dried blood than anything else.
She moves to brush her fingers against it gently, trying to see what she can sense, and she feels a slight tug from the other side. A thin line that splinters out like a web (nat 20). She studies it carefully, before curling her fingers around the tether and starting to pull (11), to try and see where it leads.]
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it draws her and whomever follows it to the right, then down, then across the floor and it stops over a small fissure at their feet. the blood drips downward.
ben follows it, too, along with davina.
as soon as ben steps closer to the fisher, the scene changes revealing... a staircase. )
Down here.
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Davina keeps tugging lightly on that tether, slowly starting to lead the way down the staircase to see what's there.]
There's something down here. They went through a lot of trouble to hide it.
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Allison tosses Sam lighter fluid she had grabbed, but keeps her crossbow drawn just in case there's a trap in a trap.
The stairs lead downward into a chamber not made of cave, but of marble. Two glass-plated coffins sit in the center - the original resting place of, presumably, Wallace and Corsair.
As Davina steps down into the room, two torches light themselves. )
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Davina watches from the top of the room, eyes keeping sharp for any kind of spell (18).]
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Scott anticipates any of Davina's needs should they need it.
Allison pulls a baton out and smashes the tops of the two coffins to allow her and Sam' access. She looks at him. She nods. Something says they should do it at the same time. And, so, on three, she drops her lighter and Sam, his.
After a few seconds, an otherworldly scream travels through the corridor and it starts to shake, violently. )
I think that's our cue. Everyone, back up!
( Ben is closer to the entrance so he pulls Jed up with him (18), Allison, too, (16) misses falling rocks, all Sam has to do is dodge any, too.
As the group emerges from the stairs, they collapse behind them - and a second later, the fissure reappears. Magic having returned. )
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Aiden studies the harried expressions on all their faces before raising an eyebrow.]
So did things go good or bad?
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Good, I think.
( Ben thinks for a second, something finally occurring to him - he pulls out his cell phone and checks it - frowning. He holds it up for Jed.
"Guess the spell kept it powered," he says.
Spike makes sure once and for all he's himself, black trenchcoat and all before turning back.
"Anyone not using there's, seems I have some calls to make." But, he also knows... everyone probably has calls. Stepping next to Davina and Scott, Allison leads the group out. )
Come on, let's get out of here. Davina, do you know the clown car spell?
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[She glances back at Spike before fumbling for her phone to check the time.]
But is the sun down yet?
[They don't want their new friend Spike to burst into flames and die. Again.]
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"4:20," he says, Allison a little bewildered the day has gone this quickly, taking Sam's arm for a second. They're okay. Everyone is okay. They survived. Two more bodies now.
"Sun's setting," Josh contributes arm around his husband. He was only apart from him for an hour or so, but it was still long enough. )
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[So Spike doesn't burst into flames.]
Can we stop for dinner on the way back?
[She put in a lot of magic effort and now she is starving.
Jed, who has been responding to Finch at least from Ben's phone, looks up with a nod. "And maybe somewhere with a phone charger?"]
🎀?
( He checks his own phone, seeing if he's missed -- yes, he has missed messages from Stiles about the Gauntlet, about the dinner. About Derek hating him. Isn't that so high school? Yes, Stiles. It is so high school.
He tucks it back down.
Josh goes over to Jed and Ben to make sure they're alright now that the danger's passed.
Allison shoots Lydia a quick message that they're finished and she should probably read The Crucible. She'll tell her later. Let Melissa know everyone is fine if her dad hasn't already.
Spike checks his pockets remembering - yes, smokes and a lighter. Yep. He's gonna light one up. Hell yes he is. )