Chapter 14:

Poisoned Knife

Assassins Who Cleanse Sins Away


Narrator: "This world is surrounded by crime, greed, and many other sins. When people gave up hope for peace there are a group of assassins that would cleanse the world. If you're truly tormented by anyone and want vengeance then you must call upon The Sweepers and they will take vengeance for you."

It was nighttime in Rhinestone City and Christiana and Henry were wearing their mask and cornering their target.

Woman: "Please have mercy!"

Henry: "Yeah right like we should have mercy on someone who let a man die in the hospital bed."

Woman: "What are you talking about?! I didn't let a man die!"

Christiana: "Our client said otherwise."

A flashback to a few days ago when a woman named Mona is asking for a request from The Sweepers.

Mona: "There is this doctor she had my fiancé killed."

Macy: "Killed?"

Mona: "My fiancé was in a car accident and he was admitted to the hospital; when I got there, she told me he died but when I was about to leave the hospital one of the nurses stopped me and told me what really happened."

Tom: "What actually happened?"

Mona: "That doctor didn't do a thing at all! She just walked out of the room and talked on her mobile!!"

Macy: "How awful."

Mona: "I think I know why she did what she did…she tried to seduce him when he went to the hospital to refill his inhaler."

Tom: "Did he ever?"

Mona: "No! He is a loyal man he would never cheat on me! He told me he pushed her away but just because he rejected her doesn't mean that gives her the right to let him die like that *cries* please accept my request I want justice."

Christiana: "Request granted."

Mona: "Oh my! Thank you! Thank you so much!"

Macy: "But revenge is a double-edged sword."

Tom: "So you'll have to pay the price of five hundred currencies even assassins have to make a living you know."

Macy: "You don't have to pay us now you'll soon know how long you'll have to pay us."

Tom: "After all."

Christiana: "It's your choice."

Then the flash back-ended.

Woman: "That girl thought I killed her fiancé?! I would never do such a thing!"

Henry: "Those fake tears aren't fooling anyone."

Christiana: "Well then my friend do we reach a verdict?"

Henry: "Of course."

He lifts his arm in front of him with his thumb out and turns his thumb down.

Christiana: "Looks to me we have reached a verdict you're guilty which means it's time for you to die."

Woman: "NO! Please!!"

Christiana takes out her sword; slashes the woman and stabs her.

Henry: "Typical I thought people like her would die out I guess I was wron-" He noticed that Christiana had already left. "She always does that as soon as someone is talking, she always leaves before they could ever finish their sentence *sighs* she hasn't changed since we were three years old. Knowing her she probably going on a date with her husband."

Christiana and Meadow were walking in the city into the park near the Topaz tower and Meadow went to get something to eat then a suspicious man tried to rob them with a knife. He started to swing the knife then Christiana attacked him and grabbed the knife; she pointed the knife in front of his face.

Christiana: "Nice try you'll need another twenty years before you could rob me."

Man: "Ugh! Ah!"

The man was scared and ran off.

Man Bystander 1: "Whoa that woman is a badass!"

Man Bystander 2: "Yeah and she's so sexy too."

Teen Bystander: "She's so cool I wish I was beautiful like her."

Christiana was about to sit on the park bench to wait on Meadow when she noticed a cut on her wrist from the attack.

Christiana: "Tsk damn…that man must have cut my wrist and I didn't notice."

A man walks up to her and tries to flirt with her.

Man Bystander 2: "Hey there beautiful lady wanna go get coffee with me?"

Christiana: "Oh please can't you tell I'm married."

She shows her ring and the man walks away disappointed.

Man Bystander 1: "You got shot, down didn't you?"

Man Bystander 2: "Yeah nowadays the hot women either have boyfriends or their lesbians."

She sat down on the park bench; Meadow came and sat next to her.

Christiana: "How was your dinner?"

Meadow: "Animal blood isn't really good that's why afterward I went to get some coffee."

Christiana: "I see."

He puts his hand on her knee and moves up to her thigh.

Meadow: "I would like my dessert now."

Christiana: "I told you not in public."

Meadow: "I want them to know that you are mine."

Christiana: "Meadow…"

She blushes as he moves his hand up under her dress he pulls her closer with his other arm and slips his hand into her panties. He moves his finger up and down her vagina then she quietly made the sounds that he wanted to hear.

Meadow: "Let me hear more of those sweet sounds. Now say my name sweetly."

She then used her nails; stab and scratch his arm.

Christiana: "I told you not in public."

Meadow: "I can't help I want you that badly."

Christiana: "You sure don't have any patience, do you? Horny wolf-beast."

Later on, that night they went home and they made love to each other. In the morning Meadow got up and made coffee.

Meadow: "I wish there was a quicker way to make coffee from home."

Then he heard a thump on the floor and realized that it had come from Christiana's room. He ran in a blink of an eye and went to her room and saw Christiana on the floor breathing heavily as Harmony tried to see what was wrong with her owner.

Harmony: "Mi…Mi…"

Meadow: "Christiana! Christiana!"

He picks her up and lays her back on the bed as she keeps breathing heavily then Henry knocks on the door.

Henry: "Hey I heard something fell what was… Christiana! What the hell happened?!"

Meadow: "I don't know it's not like her to do that."

Henry touches her forehead to check her temperature then Zachary walks in feeling concerned.

Zachary: "What was that noise…Boss!"

Henry: "It's not like her to have a fever…"

Zachary: "What do you mean?"

Meadow: "Christy never gets sick."

Henry: "Not even when we were kids."

Zachary: "Wait a minute…" He noticed the cut on her wrist was glowing green. "I can't believe this…it's Misha poison!"

Henry: "Misha poison?"

Zachary: "It's a minor deadly poison if someone drinks the entire bottle of it, they will die in an instant but when a bullet or a knife is dipped in the poison and used on someone that person will have only three days to live…"

Henry: "What?! Is there a cure?!"

Zachary: "The only cure is to have a witch or warlock brew a cure."

Henry: "There was a witch that lived in the city but she moved away years ago."

Meadow: "Tsk!"

Meadow storms out to find the man who tried to attack Christiana and Zachary stepped out to smoke a cigarette.

Zachary: "I hope he gets the cure I don't wanna see someone die from that poison…not again…"

Then the others came upstairs to find out what was going on.

Violet: "What happened?!"

Zachary: "Someone poisoned the boss."

All but Zachary: "What?!"

Zachary: "Depending on the amount injected it's very deadly an entire bottle of it will have that person dead in a matter of seconds. But it's a good thing that didn't happen to her from what I can tell she only has a few days to live if she doesn't get the antidote in time."

Shadow: "No…I don't want her to die…"

He taps on Shadow's shoulder.

Zachary: "It'll be fine the boss is strong I know something like this won't kill her easily."

Zachary got a closer look at Shadow's face noticing that it looked familiar.

Shadow: "Why are you staring at me like that?"

Zachary: "It's just that I didn't really get a good look at your face until now. Listen Shade have you ever been to a club in Cyclone City? I think maybe I-"

Shadow: "No I haven't!! I only lived in Luca Luca Town my whole life!"

She storms off as Angel walks towards him.

Angel: "Don't pay no mind to her we just have a bad memory there that's all."

Meanwhile, Meadow is hunting the man who tried to attack Christiana then he spots him looking terrified with money in his pocket. Meadow follows the man to an alley and pulls out his sword on the side of the man's neck.

Meadow: "Listen you, bastard you better tell me where you got that poison or else, I'll f**king slice your neck completely opening that your head will fall off your body!"

Man: "I-I didn't want to do it at all! A woman named Monique wanted me to do it but I said no then threatened me to do it or else she'll kill me! I didn't know the knife had poison in it! Please! Please don't kill me!"

Meadow: "You're a discharged Navy cadet, aren't you?"

Man: "How can you tell?"

Meadow: "You have post-traumatic stress disorder, don't you?"

Man: "You're right I had to run away from my girlfriend because I was afraid, I was gonna hurt her…"

Meadow: "You should know there is a medication for that now also you should've at least talked to someone about it instead of running off. Running away doesn't solve anything…"

Meadow went to find a woman named Monique who is really Ana as a demon. She is walking in the streets as she bumps into Sarah who is now a first-year university student.

Monique: "Hi Sarah!"

Sarah: "I'm sorry have we met before?"

Monique: "Oh um I'm Ana's cousin."

Sarah: "Her cousin?"

Monique: "Yeah I came here to see her but I was told that she's not in this world anymore."

Sarah: "Yeah but I didn't think karma would strike like that."

Monique: "What do you mean?"

Sarah: "To be honest she was the reason why a friend of mine was abducted to the black market."

Monique: "Oh that's awful…"

Sarah: "All of the people in our class even the whole school knew about it…"

Monique: "What?"

Then Sarah's boyfriend walks in.

Derrek: "Hey you."

Sarah: "Hey you. Oh, this is my boyfriend Derrek and Derrek this is um…"

Monique: "Monique! My name is Monique."

Sarah: "She's Ana's cousin."

Derrek: "Ana…Ana Philips?"

Sarah: "Yes I told you about her."

Derrek: "That's right but I know a bit about her when I was in high school three of my friends told me to stay away from her."

Sarah: "Really?"

Monique: "Why? Is it because she's not good enough for them?"

Derrek: "No it's because she's a slut and a whore."

Monique: "That's not true! She's the sweetest person ever!"

Sarah: "I guess it's been a really long time since you saw her. What Derrek said is true…"

Monique: "I don't believe this…"

Sarah: "I think I still have our first-year class photograph in my purse. Here's the first-year photograph."

She hands Derrek the photograph.

Derrek: "You were cute in this photograph."

Sarah: "Aww you're so sweet."

Monique: (Thinking) "Oh brother they're making me sick."

Sarah: "I think I have the third-year class photograph too. Oh, here it is my friend Christiana there."

Derrek: "Whoa what a coincidence I saw her last night at the park at the Topaz Tower! She was a total badass!"

Monique: "What do you mean?"

Derrek: "Some homeless guy tried to attack her and she just stopped without breaking a sweat it was so cool!"

Sarah: "Really? That sounds like her."

Derrek: "Anyways a buddy of mine tried to ask her out and she shot him down hard he told me that she is married."

Sarah: "It was no surprise I mean in high school she was dating an older man. So, I figured he wanted to marry her."

Derrek: "Oh what about your other friends are they still living here?"

Sarah: "Well Celia went back to her hometown and Marcie went to New Trailway to become a singer."

Monique: "That's good."

Derrek: "Hey we better get going to the movies."

Sarah: "Oh that's right well it's …um... nice meeting you Monique."

They left as Monique was heading to see her old home and noticed that it was completely empty.

Monique: "They moved? Huh? It looks like they left something. Divorced papers?"

Ana's Dad: "Honey I think I left something here. Oh, sorry I didn't think the real estate lady would have brought someone here already."

Monique: "It's fine I thought I might have left something here I was a friend of Ana's."

Ana's Dad: "Oh you were? To be honest, Ana didn't really have any friends so I was surprised when you said that. Anyways if you have forgotten something then it might have been sent to the goodwill shop ever since Ana died all her belongings were sent there."

Lenny: "Hey what's taking so long? You said you have forgotten those papers."

Ana's Dad: "Oh I was busy talking to this girl she said she was friends with Ana."

Lenny: "Oh it's nice to meet you."

The two men are holding hands.

Monique: (Thinking) "I knew my dad was cheating on my mom but I didn't think he cheated on her with a man. To think my dad is gay."

Ana's Dad: "Oh where are those papers."

Monique: "Is this what you're looking for?"

She hands him the papers.

Ana's Dad: "Thank you I almost lost my head looking for this."

Monique: "You left your wife for a man so that means you're gay."

Ana's Dad: "I'm actually bisexual I did love my ex-wife but I felt so lonely then I met Lenny and I was so happy and so in love, I just fell out of love with my ex-wife."

Lenny: "We better get going or we'll miss the train."

Ana's Dad: "That's right it was nice to meet you."

Monique: "Sorry about your loss."

Ana's Dad: "Thank you and goodbye."

The two men left the house; Monique stayed and decided to live in her old home.

Monique: "Everyone thinks my death was a freak accident but it wasn't I was murdered by a vampire."

She thinks back to what happened to her three years ago.

Ana: "Listen forget about her I'll keep you company…your eyes there…there red!"

Meadow used his nails to slice her neck open.

Meadow: "Filthy humans like you don't deserve to live…I did say if I ever find who was responsible, I will kill them." He licks the blood off his hand and spits it out. "Your blood is terrible it's not even worth drinking it."

Ana: (Thinking) "He's a vampire I knew something was strange about them…I feel so weak…am I dying…"

Then it's back to the present and she went outside.

Monique: "I guess being a demon isn't so bad in some way I'm starting over in life."

Meadow appears behind her with his sword on the side of her neck.

Meadow: "Tell me where you got the Misha poison or you'll go back to hell."

Monique: "How did you know I'm a demon?"

Meadow: "I may be an assassin but I was a demon hunter before."

Monique: "I guess that homeless man told you huh?"

Meadow: "Where did you get it?!"

Monique: "A warlock that lives near the amethyst tower but I doubt he'll give you the antidote *chuckles*"

Meadow: "Damn you!" He ran towards the amethyst tower. "The amethyst tower is way across the Pentagram star area it'll only take me about twenty minutes at this speed." He manages to get to the amethyst tower and notices the strange house on the hill. "That must be it."

He sneaks into the house and sees a warlock named William.

William: "Okay just a few more drops and I'll…"

William screams when he sees Meadow using his cold death stare with his sword out.

Meadow: "You are going to give me the antidote to the Misha poison so I can save my wife or you'll f**king die understand!"

William: "I-I-I wish could but I'm all out the one ingredient for the antidote to work!"

Meadow: "What is the ingredient?"

William: "Ginger honey spice but there isn't any sold around here you'll have to go to Lumina Town to get it and that's a two-day drive."

Meadow: "Do you have a transport key?"

William: "I do but you won't make it back in time to give it to your wife."

Meadow: "Don't underestimate a vampire."

William uses his transport key and a portal door appears.

William: "Okay it will get you to Lumina Town but I hope you have a way back here."

Meadow went into the portal door to Lumina Town.

Meadow: "So this is Lumina Town?"

Meadow was emailing the others about the situation meanwhile back in Rhinestone City Henry is left alone in the mansion with Christiana and Harmony waiting for the antidote.

Henry: "I see the others got the email. Hm?"

Harmony: "Mi…"

Henry: "It's okay she'll fight it she'll be okay."

Harmony: "*Hisses*"

He tries to pet her but she scratches him.

Henry: "Ow! Damn it! Why do you always scratch me but when Violet, Angel, or Shadow pets you; you'll be all over them?! You even warm up to the new girl!"

Meanwhile, the others put their masks on and headed to William's house.

William: "Oh that vampire really scared me to death that icy cold death stare it would make anyone beg for mercy…I hope he'll get the spice in time I better get some supplies."

Just before he was about to leave Angel and Shadow snuck up behind him with their guns pointing at him on both sides.

Angel: "Don't move."

Shadow: "Or else you won't have a head."

Violet: "They aren't kidding they will blow your head off."

William: "Who-Who are you?!"

Tom: "Oh just some assassins…"

Zachary: "That you shouldn't have pissed off!"

William: "What?!"

Macy: "We are The Sweepers."

William: "The Sweepers?! Oh God! Don't tell me somebody put a hit on me!"

Zachary: "No but you're the reason why our boss's life is hanging by a thread."

William: "What?! Wait the vampire that came here earlier he is the assassin king?!"

Tom: "Of course."

Shadow: "And our boss."

Angel: "Is the queen."

William: "Oh god! I didn't think that demon would go this far…"

Macy: "Demon?"

William: "A demon named Monique came here three weeks ago and wanted the Misha poison."

Violet: "And you gave it to her."

William: "No! I didn't I was going to dispose of it after I finished my tracker potion but…"

Shadow: "What happened?"

William: "One day I went to get fresh ingredients for my potion and then when I came back home somebody stole it so I figured it was that demon."

Macy: "And you didn't report it to the police because."

William: "Look in this day and age nobody knows that magic still exists so I decided to use my tracker potion on that demon instead and get back the poison she stole from me."

Monique: "That won't be a problem."

William: "You!"

Zachary used his arrow on her but it didn't have any effect on her.

Monique: "It's no surprise that none of you don't know how to stop a demon."

She takes the arrow off of her arm.

Violet: "So you're the bitch you poison our boss?"

Monique: "I only did it so I can get rid of the competition."

Tom: "You? An Assassin?"

Monique: "My brother and I are the Sibling Assassin Duo."

Shadow: "Who?"

Monique: "Of course, none of you know about us since all of you take the good clients away from all of the assassins. Most of them had to give up on it because of The Sweepers so I thought hey why not get rid of the strongest one?"

Angel and Shadow: "You bitch!"

They pointed their guns at Monique.

Monique: "Oh please regular guns can't harm me I'm a demon remember. Anyways here's your poison back I don't need it anymore."

She throws the bottle and William manages to catch it before it hits the ground then vanishes away.

Tom: "Damn her!"

Zachary: "What weapons can harm a demon?"

William: "Only special swords, daggers, and guns can harm demons they can even send them back to hell. I guess I don't need to track that demon anymore now I can track that man."

William went to finish his tracker potion while back at the mansion Henry storms off to get a bandage as Harmony hisses when Ray and Lilly appear.

Christiana: "I see you're here because you want to get my soul…"

Ray: "How did you know I was here? Your eyes are closed."

She opened her eyes a bit as she sat up on her bed.

Christiana: "I guess you have forgotten about my pet you know how she is about death."

Ray: "True. Anyway, my book shows that you might die soon."

Lilly: "Aww no fair she's gonna die from poison if only it was suicide then you'll be one of us…"

Christiana: "Oh please I'll decide when I die."

Ray tries to not react surprisingly when he hears her say that as Henry walks back into the room.

Ray: "Most likely your name won't be in the book anymore because knowing your husband he's gonna get the antidote."

Henry: "I noticed you're talking to yourself so that means Ray is here."

Ray: "Wait?! He knows about me?!"

Christiana: "He is one of the people in this world I can tolerate."

Henry: "You should know Christiana and I are childhood friends."

Ray: "Seriously?! To think someone like you would have a childhood friend."

She then collapsed and Henry tried to lay her back on the bed.

Henry: "You used a lot of your strength you should rest…shit! Meadow better get that ingredient."

Back in Lumina Town Meadow walks into the town looking for a store to find the spice.

Teen Bystander 1: "Look at him!"

Teen Bystander 2: "He's so hot!"

Teen Bystander 3: "And dreamy!"

Woman Bystander 1: "He's so handsome!"

Woman Bystander 2: "He's so sexy!"

Woman Bystander 3: "He must not be from here that's why he's so good-looking."

Meadow: "I wish they stop staring at me like that it's so annoying... hm? This looks like a store."

He walks into the store and is looking for the spice.

Store Owner: "Can I help you?"

Store Owner's Sister: "Oh wow what a handsome man you are! Hey, do you have a girlfriend by any chance?"

Meadow: "I have a wife."

Store Owner's Sister: "Aww it's always the handsome men who are taken!"

Meadow: "And my wife is way well-built than you are."

Store Owner's Sister: "Ugh! Are you gonna let him talk to me that way?! Your only baby sister!"

Store Owner: "I don't blame him for saying that you keep scaring away the male customers because you are so desperate for a man."

Meadow: "I'm looking for ginger honey spice."

Store Owner: "You're in luck I have only this last jar."

Meadow: "Oh good."

Store Owner: "Okay, that is one jar of ginger honey spice that's three currencies plus a currency and fifty silvers which adds up to four currencies and fifty silvers."

Meadow: "Here."

He hands the owner five currencies.

Store Owner: "Okay and here's your change."

The owner hands Meadow the change and the spice; he walks out of the store to find the nearest train station.

Meadow: "Damn… The only train back home won't be here for another two hours I guess I'll wait here till then." He takes out a photograph of Christiana. "I know you are waiting for me just it'll be two days and I'll be back for you."

Back in Rhinestone City William finished his tracker potion.

William: "Finally! My tracker potion is finished!"

Angel: "Tracker potion?"

William: "I'm hunting a werewolf…"

Angel: "Werewolf?"

William: "A werewolf killed my half-sister she was seeing this guy she went to school with she found out too late that he was a werewolf and ate her."

Violet: "And you're gonna get yourself killed."

William: "So?! I'm willing to risk my life to avenge my sister!"

Zachary: "How old are you?"

William: "I just turned nineteen a few weeks ago."

Zachary: "And you think it's okay to get killed for the sake of your dead half-sister? You still have your whole life to do what you want."

William: "I know what I want to do! I want to kill the werewolf that killed my sister!"

Angel: "Zachary has a point your sister wouldn't want you to do that."

William calmed down and realized that they were right.

William: "I guess all of you are right…thanks for talking me out of it." He noticed Shadow on the other side of the room. "Wait a minute how are you over there you changed your hair and clothes so fast?!"

Angel: "I guess you have never seen identical twins before."

William: "Identical twins?"

Shadow: "We're the same."

Angel: "But different at the same time."

Both: "And you'll never know our true faces."

William: "To think twins really exist."

Meanwhile, Meadow got on the train heading back home he noticed that the cart next to his was filled with demon-possessed people.

Meadow: "Tsk figures demons…"

Demon 1: "Why are we doing this again?"

Demon 2: "Because that Monique girl said she'll pay us if we kill this vampire."

Demon 3: "Hey isn't he the demon hunter who's always with the huntress?"

Demon 4: "You mean that kid?"

Demon 5: "She's not a kid anymore she's all woman now."

Demon 6: "We'll be famous! Everyone in hell will know that we were the ones who killed the vampire demon hunter!"

Demon 3: "Keep it down we'll have to wait until the train leaves Miky Way Town."

Demon 2: "That's in two days you expect us to wait that long to kill a vampire."

Demon 4: "It's understandable after all there are humans in the last three carts. And from what I can tell they aren't heading to Sybrill at all. So let's enjoy the ride before we start a blood spread."

Demon 1: "Fine…"

After two days pass by the train finally reaches Sybrill and the demons are preparing to kill Meadow.

Meadow: "That man sitting there is the ringleader."

The demon in the cart Meadow, emails the rest of the demons that it's time.

Demon 2: "It's time the train just left Miky Way Town."

The demons come into the cart and are going to attack while Meadow sits calm and collected taking his sword out to send them back to hell.

Meadow: "Just because I don't hunt anymore doesn't me I still have my weapon." He slashes and stabs each one of them until got to the last demon.

Demon Ringleader: "What the hell?! He managed to kill all of my men in four minutes?!"

Meadow grabs him by the throat.

Meadow: "Who sent you?"

Demon Ringleader: "Some demon girl she paid us to kill you."

Meadow: "Is that so?" He starts to chock the ringleader. "Does her name happen to be Monique?"

Demon Ringleader: "Y-Y-Yes, it is!"

He let go of him and then used his sword to banish him.

Meadow: "Now go back to hell."

Demon Ringleader: "AAAHHH!!!"

The demon escaped the man's body and was banished back to hell.

Meadow: "I could drink all of those people's blood but I guess I'll just drink this man's blood instead. If I do drink the other people's blood then I would be full." Meadow drinks the man's blood and leaves the rest of the people unharmed. "Not bad at least I got something it's about 9 o'clock just wait for a bit more Christiana."

Back at William's house, he starts to create the antidote.

William: "Okay I need that bottle of snake tears and that root of the harp."

Angel: "Okay."

She hands him the bottle and root.

William: "Four drops of snake tears and a piece of the root of harp now I need the eye of newt."

Angel: "Here."

She hands him the bottle and he pours the eye of newt with the rest of the ingredients.

William: "We'll have to wait for the spice."

Angel: "Meadow will be here at any minute."

William: "What makes you say that?"

Violet: "He won't let our boss die no matter what."

Zachary checked his phone.

Zachary: "He's coming I better let Henry know."

He emails Henry but William stops him.

William: "Wait!"

Zachary: "Wait for what?!"

William: "That vampire won't be here until nightfall so you need to use my transport key."

Zachary: "Transport key?"

William: "It's a transport doorway to anywhere and any place. She needs the antidote as soon as possible!"

Zachary: "I already know that! I don't want to see her die from it!"

William: "You saw someone die from the poison, didn't you?"

Zachary: "I did and I don't want to see it again!"

William: "Anyways since you guys need the antidote then you bring her here."

Zachary: "Why?"

William: "Even with the antidote finish in time you'll need to take it to her and you'll still won't make it in time."

Zachary: "Why do I have to use this key?"

William: "Because the key only works when you've been to a location before. Since I don't know where the vampire's wife is, you'll have to use the key."

Zachary: "Looks like you'll see her true face and you have already seen Meadow's face so there's no point of us wearing our mask."

Everyone took their mask off and William was surprised to see Angel's face.

William: (Thinking) "Wow she's so pretty so the girl next to her must be her twin sister."

Tom: "You're staring at Angel for a long time."

William: (Blushes) "W-What?! I wasn't staring at her!"

Tom: "That's denial on your face."

Zachary uses the transport key and a portal door appears then he calls Henry on his phone.

Zachary: "It's me you have to bring the boss here at the warlock's house there's a portal door outside the base."

Henry picks up Christiana and carries her to the door entering William's house.

Henry: "It's been a long time since I've been in a witch's house."

William: "Hey! Even warlocks can keep a neat house, not just witches."

Henry: "Let me put her down." He lays her down on the couch. "She's looking worse when is that antidote finished?"

William: "It's almost done I just need the ginger honey spice."

A few hours pass Meadow finally makes it back to Rhinestone city and runs fast to William's house.

Meanwhile, William wants to talk to Angel and sits next to her.

Angel: "What time is it?"

William: "About 11:15 so your name is Angel? That's a pretty name for a pretty girl."

Angel: "Flirting won't get you anyway with me besides you're not my type."

William: "I wasn't flirting with you I was just being nice well I better go back to my potion room."

He goes to the potion room and Shadow sits next to her.

Shadow: "You should be nice to him."

Angel: "What I told him is true he's not my type I prefer a man, not a boy."

Shadow: "He's not that much older than you just a few months."

Angel: "If you think he's cute you should ask him out."

Shadow: "Sorry but I already have a man in mind."

Angel: "Who knows when you'll see him again."

Both: "Hm? Looks like he made it!"

Meadow makes it back and gives William the spice.

William: "Now two drops of ginger honey spice and it's done! Here!"

He handed Meadow the antidote and went to Christiana.

Meadow: "Here my love drink it!"

He tried to give it to her but she could barely move and he gave it to her himself by putting the antidote in his mouth and giving it to her mouth to mouth.

William: "What is he doing?!"

Henry: "How else is she going to take it? She can't move."

William: "But still…"

Violet: "They are lovers."

Tom: "They are husband and wife."

Meadow stops to see if she wakes up.

Christiana: "Bring me chocolate strawberry crepe and coffee."

Henry: "She's fine."

William: "Really? Just like that?!"

She opens her eyes and sits up Zachary hands her a cup of coffee and Henry hands her a chocolate strawberry crepe but Meadow takes it.

Christiana: "This coffee sucks who made it?"

Zachary: "This guy the one whose house we broke into."

Christiana: "Oh a warlock."

William: "To think this woman here is the ringleader of The Sweepers… They are notorious assassins and are wanted in almost every state in this country but I understand why they do their job… Punish the wicked and save the innocent…"

Meadow: "Here say ah."

Christiana: "Ah."

He feeds her the crepe and she eats it then licks the chocolate off of his finger and he blushes.

Violet: "Did I see what I think I see?"

Zachary: "Meadow's blushing?!"

Meadow: "I'm not."

Tom: "He totally is to think vampires can blush."

Macy: "I guess it's a first time for everything."

Meadow: "I will kill all of you."

Henry: "There's nothing to be embarrassed about Meadow."

Violet: "I think it's cute how he blushes to the boss."

Meadow: "I swear to god I will kill you all."

Christiana: "There's no need to swear Meadow." She grabs his chin and kisses his cheek. "I think it's cute when you blush."

Meadow: "I'm not blushing."

Christiana: "Let's go Meadow we have a date tonight."

Meadow: "Okay."

Henry: "Hey warlock."

William: "What is it?"

Henry: "Don't ever breathe a word about our identities or it'll be the last thing you do."

William: "I won't I promise I swear on my life!"

Violet: "Good."

Zachary: "We won't have any problems then."

Christiana and Meadow both got up and left William's house as the others were leaving as well. Christiana and Meadow are walking to the Sapphire Tower as Meadow has his arm wrapped around her waist.

Christiana: "My my aren't you clingy I guess you don't want anything happening to me again."

Meadow: "I won't lose you not again."

Christiana: "Meadow."

They share a kiss and Monique is there in the shadows.

Monique: "Damn it! She survived?! That Meadow beat all of those demons I sent?! Agh! Never send low-life demons to do a woman's job!" Then a man named Eleven appears behind her. "Oh, Eleven you're here! I found a place for us to stay when we're in the human world."

Eleven: "That's good but you seem upset what's wrong?"

Monique: "I wanted to get back at the vampire who killed me when I was human by poisoning his lover! It would have worked but he managed to save her in time it just made me so mad!"

He then grabs her by the throat and starts to choke her as she is gasping for air.

Eleven: "Don't ever try to kill Christiana or else I will kill you! Do you know what happens when a demon dies? When a demon dies, they don't go back to hell but to purgatory where the grim reapers go as punishment. You will be surrounded by total darkness seeing what you fear the most for all eternity. Now, do you understand if you try that again!"

Monique: "I-I-I understand big brother!"

Eleven: "Good sister."

He lets go of her and coughs while trying to breathe.

Monique: (Thinking) "Why would Eleven care about her?"

Then a fifteen-year-old boy named Seven got off the train and left the train station to go to his uncle's house and talk to his mom on his phone.

Seven: "Hey Mom I just got off the train."

Seven's Mom: "Oh good but you better be careful there."

Seven: "I'll be fine there hasn't really been any crime in Rhinestone city for a long time."

Seven's Mom: "Okay then don't even think about using your powers."

Seven: "I haven't used my powers in months I doubt I'll use them now."

Seven's Mom: "Don't forget that tomorrow's your first day at your new school."

Seven: "I won't bye Mom." He hangs up his phone. "I made it to think I would be living in the city that shines like rhinestones."

To Be Continued...

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