Meet and Greet and Planning (Zenke/Parry)

(OOC: another short thread. And if you guys would like to play some bad guys in the next one, that would be most appreciated)

Amesbury...home of the Magical Library...the pride and joy of the Magical Board of Directors, managed by the Norman Pack, once considered, and some might still say, the strongest werewolf pack in the world. Kai didn't like it here. To his left was a short, five foot six blond boy carrying a backpack, looking mildly like a delinquint, and a green haired man behind the boy, wearing a trench coat and carrying an odd looking cane.

To his right, hopefully, was Alistair. After much arguing with Angel, she allowed him to come. Though that still didn't stop damn near every werewolf to glare at them on their way to the library. At least now Alistair should be aware of why Yuri and the Norman Pack detests them so much...and hopefully Kai made it perfectly clear that he did not want that happening ever again.

They made it to the library, and was escorted by one of Angel's Betas to the conference room. On the opposite end of the table was Angel herself, dressed in a business suit common for women in a professional career. Her wolf-shaped ring was visible today. She had natural yellow eyes, common for a born werewolf, and long, brown hair. She was also darker skinned, especially when compared to the albino that was Yuri, who was leaning up on the wall behind her. Including the Beta wolf that escorted them, there were five other werewolves, all of them now standing at strict attention along the sides. Sitting towards the middle of the long table, on his left side, was a familiar bloodthirsty witch.

"Annabell, Yuri, Angel. Anyone else we're waiting on?" Kai spoke as he sat down right at the head of the table, right across from Angel. Annabell nodded at Kai and his crew as she sat with her knee high leather boots on the table. Yuri also nodded, but didn't say anything. Alexander and Jun sat down to Kai's left, with Jun placing the backpack on the floor.

"Yes, actually. Elayne Arashi, Kain Lasdran, and Parius Chitose and his wife are supposed to be here soon as well." Her voice, posture, and overall demeaner remained neutral. Now it was simply waiting for the other party. Though it should be noted that Jun's eyebrow rose at the name of Parius.

(elayne and kain arrive with parry.)

There was much hostility in the air, Alistair knew. Partially, because he was a powerful alpha, but also because the coalition and the norman pack shared allot of bad blood. Alistair managed to keep and even head, dispite the occasion growl from one or another werewolf. He'd left Sanders, the recent addition to his pack, in new york. Bringing another were here could start a massive fight, especially because Sanders was a very jumpy wolf. Not surprising, since his last pack was violenty ripped away only recently.

They were lead by a beta to the meeting room, where he met the norman pack's leader. As far as he knew, she wasn't a true alpha in the sense that he was, but then the coaltion didn't have all the details on her. If she wasn't then she was an amazing werewolf for keeping this pack together. He was interested to meet her either way, as this would be the first time in a long time that he'd interacted with a pack leader of such a large pack. Even his old one was only half this size, but then hunters were allot more common back then.

As soon as he entered the room, he made eye contact with Angel and didn't break it for a good few seconds. He wasn't staring her down, or even assessing her. He was confirming her position as leader, and hopefully making her less likely to try killing him. He paid no mind to the other werewolves without being to dismissive of their presence, and certainly did not use his alpha influance. He hopefully didn't have to say anything to reassure her, and let the meeting continue.

Parius teleported near the place, bringing Elayne, Kain, and Saya with him. It took quite a talk to get Saya to come along, but Parius preservered. She still had a somewhat angry look on her face. Deactivating his Eyes, he motioned to his party, and got walking to the Library. Parius was wearing his usual samurai ensemble, with a black coat on, bearing the symbol of the Vanguard on his right shoulder. He kept his headband off, as he felt it would be too much. Saya was wearing black jeans, a white t-shirt, a black sweatshirt, and black boots.

Meeting a beta at the door, the group continued in. Parius was thinking very hard about what was about to happen. I hope they at least have something that I can look at, like a map....... Seeing the group gathered, when they walked in, Parius smiled slightly. He saw people he had never met before, and people he knew quite well. Saya merely crossed her arms, and watched everyone. Parius clapped his hands together. "So then! Let's get this show on the road." Looking out to the gathered people, he nodded at people he knew. "Now, let's all introduce ourselves. I am Parius Ryukotei. This is my wife, Saya Ryukotei." He let Kain, and Elayne introduce themselves, before settling down and waiting for the plan to come out.

Kai looked back when the door opened and the last of Angel's betas took to their position. And observed as the last group walked in. It soon became clear who was the leader of the group. He noticed Jun smiling brightly at Parius. Did the two know each other? He spoke anyways. "I'm Kai Allard-Laio. CEO and leader of the Coalition." His Scientist went next.

"Alexander Kerensky, Chief of Research and Development for the Coalition."

"Jun Tomoshibi...the Jack of all Trades Grunt. Parry and I already know each other." The youngest of the group smiled almost bright enough to blind everyone. That left Alistair to introduce himself. Then came the witch, Holy Mage, and the Pack Leader.

"Annabell Munroe. Kai, Yuri, and Angel already know me, as does Parius and Kain." She sounded kinda bored.

"Yuri Romanov."

"Angel Norman, Alpha of the Amesbury Pack."

The rest hopefully then went. After the last one, Yuri spoke up. "Miss Arashi, I do believe you have something to say to Kai. I'm assuming he's gonna be the mission leader at least."

Kai looked at the little girl and listened. He cracked a smile after she was done. "I have no issues with that. I'd prefer to have some anyways. *cue a pointed stare at Annabell* I know we probably won't have very many as it is...but we don't often get what we want...If that is all, shall we?"

Angel nodded. The room darkened, and a hologram appeared on the table. First starting off as a world map, then narrowing down to Russia, than narrowed down to the base of the Urul Mountains, then to a single, tall, tower, where it stayed. "With a combination of us and the Coalition, we found that their base is located in the middle of nowhere, at the base of the Urul Mountains. Mr. Kerensky, may you present your findings?"

"I've been there personally. The tower itself is 22 stories tall, by 275 yards wide. However, that isn't counting the barrier surrounding it, which increases it to 295 yards. *cue a bubble surrounding the tower* At the risk of it being known that we know where it is, I experimented on it. The barrier is regenerative, only staying open after destruction long enough for a small device to be thrown it. It also seems to negate any teleportation or portal attempts to get around it. From my analysis, we'd have to destroy it completely and in very short order all at once. *cue around 50 or so dots of yellow color showing up all around the tower*

As far as enemies go, there are about 50 moderately powerful dark sorcerors, or it's assumed that's what they are, around the place. We classified them as equal to most vice-captain class shinigami and Gillian and Adjuchas class menos grande hollow. If there are any others, they've hidden themselves completely from our TERC, my sensing capability, and the wolve's sense of smell and hearing. *cue two red dots appearing at the very top, one with a grey, smaller dot in the middle and the other with a green dot in the middle* Then there is Amarius himself. The one with the green dot in the middle. Two captain-class fighters will have to fight him. Or Kai himself. The other dot however, is concerning. Jun?"

The boy manipulated the holographic keyboard in front of him to bring up a file for everyone to see. It showed a fairly nicely dressed boy with somewhat darker skin tone, purple-grey hair, and natural, yellow eyes. He looked like he was about to tear someone's throat out. "This bundle of joy is Nicholas Ostrensky. A werewolf. A young one at that. But strong enough to draw with a vampire. *cue footage of the fight between Seras Victoria and him* His werewolf ability thing is manipulating his bone structure. Only reason we didn't take him into custody was because he made an official apology for attacking Seras, and settled things there peacefully after it became quite clear it would take weeks for them to finish and who knows how much collateral damage. We've left him alone since. Considering his movements within the tower, we've concluded he isn't a hostage. Rather, he's most likely helping them for some reason or another. He's usually with Amarius."

Yuri and Angel both frowned at that information. As did the other wolves. Annabell licked her lips at the footage, clearly wanted to be there for the fight. Angel continued as Jun was nudged to bring out the tome.

"The tome collected at the site detailed a lot of dark portals and ways to keep existing portals opened for extended periods of time. More specifically, the Hell's Gate and Gargantia. Especially the former. The sticky notes in it coincides with Alexei Romanov's handwriting, detailing additional steps that he had found before his...demise. I would venture a guess, from Yuri's and Kai's reports, that they're planning on somehow opening a Hell's Gate and keeping it open for a very long time. It should be obvious, but we cannot allow this to happen. The Coalition and Gotei 13 have enough on their hands with the hollow, and Sinners that continue to fight tend to be stronger than average. Kai, I assume you have a plan of action?"

"I do. The biggest obstacles are the barrier and Amarius. *cue zooming out to the atmospher to show a magic circle with parts of a space station thing coming out of it* My Limit Break spell is the best one to take down the barrier. It'll leave a small moat and you'll have to brace yourselves for the shockwaves and hope the trees around the area are rooted good enough to not topple over. But it should do the trick. *cue zooming back in, minus the barrier* The general premise is for a major assault happening on the back side of the barrier. Mr. Kerensky, Annabell, Mr. and Mrs. Ryukotei, Miss Arashi, and Mr. Lasdren will be the distraction.

Yuri and Mr. Druine will take on Amarius. And hopefully with Mr. Druine's influence, force Nick to back away and not get involved. While taking advantage of Yuri's holy magic to dish out the pain to Amarius. As soon as the army is defeated, anyone with any amount of energy left should go and help out. The distractions will have to hit them fast, hard, and at full strength as just a few can take on a single captain class fighter on even ground. Hopefully, they'll be surprised at their fallen barrier, so they'll be off guard."

As he was speaking, arrows and such appeared.

"The opposite is also true with me, though. His dark magic will dish out more damage than normal against me. The trick as always been trying to hit me, but still. Just be aware of that." Yuri's jaw was clenched. He clearly didn't like being paired with a member of the Coalition.

"Right. Jun will remain on stand-by in the area. His job is light support, as there are some that are just as strong as he is. But he could keep one or two of them occupied. Any questions, comments, suggestions, concerns, better plans?" The last bit was mostly towards Parius and his wife. But it was also for anyone else to chime in.

Alistair waited patiently for the remainder of this venture to arrive. Soon enough, four strangers were lead into the room. He took in each momentarily. The first, the man who clearly led this band, was known as parius if he was correct. The woman beside him followed with a familiarity that suggested she was a relation. Behind them followed a girl all in white, who was clearly very nervous, but he sensed surprising power.

She probably wouldn't be here otherwise. And finally a human who reeked of blood. He sauntered in, face hidden by a deep hood, an air of hatred emanating from him. His eyes looked out from beneath that hood, and sought out Alistair, possibly drawn by the Alpha's predatory aura. Alistair didn't need to be told that this killer didn't even remotely fear him, he sensed it in the man's gaze when their eyes met. He turned his attention away from the new party.

Everyone began introducing themselves. "Alistair Duine, General of the CDHCD." He said.

"Elayne Arashi, The Tsukuyomi leader." The girl in white said.

The Assassin chose not to answer at all, and stood silently eyeing up one person or another, making his perpose here very clear. He only came to kill. Yuri spoke about a request the girl had, and she explained. "I'd like to avoid as much death as possible. I refuse to kill, and any opponant I take out of the fight is under my protection until the coalition can give them a proper trial. Uh.. Or I wont fight... Also, I told Yuri this, but I can use A kido that will transport Amarius and those who intend on fighting him to a different dimension for a short time. There, he wont be able to cause any harm to innocents. I.. We dont have to take him alive though, he's to dangerous by the sounds of it."

She stopped speaking abruptly and backed away after Kai adressed her. Alistair smiled, and wondered how Parius had found such a pure soul. She was the perfect counter to his assassin follower. Introductions complete, the meeting continued. for the most part, the plan was explained to all of them. Yuri and Alistair were in charge of fighting with Amarius, and a young werewolf. The revelation of this new playing interested Alistair greatly. He had a checkered past, by the sounds of it. Alistair intended on keeping an eye on him, if he decided to sit this fight out, seeing as no one knew why the boy was there to begin with.

Another thing that bothered Alistair was the tome. "Any idea why Amarius would want to keep open a portal? Or have we seen signs of arrancar or sinner pressence? And why leave it behind?"

Parius nodded at everyone he didn't know, as they introduced themselves. He got a bit irritated at Kain, as he didn't say anything, but Parius knew better than to push the fact. Saya still looked around, angry that Parius had talked her into this, but growing more curious every second. Parius moved closer to the hologram, when it appeared, and made an effort to listen to every single detail. He swore mentally when Kerensky stated that they couldn't teleport people in. There went one of my ideas. Parius thought, listening to the rest of the plan.

Nodding in understanding, he listened as the one called Alistair asked some good questions. "Perhaps he left it on purpose. But, even if he did, I don't think this Amarius will expect an attack of this size." Parius crossed his arms, his mind racing now. "If Elayne can truly get this Amarius to different dimension, then we should really consider it. The less damage he causes, the more we can focus on taking out his forces." Parius let them discuss it, as he continued to lock everything down in his mind.

"Oh, he definitely left it on purpose. Angel? Then Kerensky?" Kai nodded at each of them to answer.

"Amarius was-is extremely cocky and arrogant. Who wouldn't if you destroyed half of the world's mages at the time and laid the ground work for several natural disasters? He most likely wanted us to find it just to see what we'll do. He'll expect an attack. But he also knows it won't be half hearted. However, I'm with you, Mr. Ryukotei, that I don't think he'll expect so many high leveled fighters to go against him nor in the fashion Kai laid out for you. You go in at bankai level or above and hit them as hard and fast as possible. Between surprise, speed, and sheer power, you should be able to eliminate most if not all of them in relatively short time before anyone, if there is anyone else, of substantial power to go against you. Creating organized defenses after a shock and surprise takes time."

"Also, I don't think it'll be wise to put Amarius in a seperate dimension just so we concentrate on numbers. Two fresh fighters taking him on is probably the best while the rest of us deal with his followers. However, they'll be needing a lot stealth. Unless you have a way to teleport Mr. Romanov and Mr. Druine to the very top after the barrier is destroyed. Unless we plan on fighting in the air a lot, I think it'll be most wise if Miss Arashi conserve her power for the fight at hand...especially since she has no intention of killing anyone. It's often more difficult to capture someone alive than killing them, especially if they're close to your power level.

To answer Mr. Druine's question, no. Not in the area for years, centuries even. Only them. Angel and Kai may know the whys in both the portal and in regards to the werewolf boy."

"Unfortunately, no. Not really. Amarius is a dark sorceror, most attuned to Hell. Opening a portal for an extended amount of time will set loose a lot of sinners and cause mass chaos...something most dark sorcerors actually quite like. Even so, we have nothing concrete."

"I might be able to answer the wolf question. Pack mechanics. If he found Amarius and attacked him, or vice versa, and lost, then he would consider him his Alpha. Though Amarius isn't the type to give mercy, even if you beg for it. My other guess is the same situation, except with a Sinner instead of Amarius, and then should be obvious from there on. Kerensky?"

"To confirm either case we would have to look at back logs with a concentration on him. Not many know we have a device to track all spiritual signatures in the world, so hardly anyone actually hide their power except for the direct circumstances. However, it may take a few days. Time which we don't have."

"Agreed. We leave in the morning to the location. Anything else you can think of or comment on? Sorry about shooting down that idea...if we were in a population center, I would gladly use that ability..." Kai looked at Parius expectedly...seeing if the other leader had anything else. Whether he had an ability to send Yuri and Alistair to the top right away or not...plus any other ideas that might be better.

"Yes I've heard as much about him. But he's been defeated once, even if he broke free its taken a long time to do so. He might not be so cocky now, even if he's issuing us a challenge he's going to be prepared for anything." Alistair said. He didn't think this would be as easy as they expected.

Elayne spoke up to clarify something. "Mr karenski, the ability i mentioned wont put just him in there. Anyone in the area will go too. It gives them a place to fight him and stops him being able to use anything destructive. It uses allot of power, so maybe we should avoid it."

"Yes I've seen it happen with loner wolves too. Have we any Idea if the boy's had contact with a sinner?" Alistair said, looking to karenski, who gave him a quick response. "Ah..If so though, that sinner might be lurking nearby. I don't know the specifics on such creatures but I imagine one might be greedy enough to keep an eye on any assets they can claim. We should keep an eye out for anything untoward."

Parius sighed. "I do indeed have an ability to teleport people. However, as with any ability, it has a drawback. I have to literally see the place I am teleporting to. I can't just make it up, and then go. I would have to get a look at the place where Amarius is holed at to teleport them there." Parius smiled, though. "However. It won't take me long to get a look. I just need a couple of seconds, and then I need to leave the combat area. I can't concentrate with fighting going on, especially if Saya is involved."

Parius shot a quick glance back at her. She wasn't as angry as before, which made Parius a bit happier. "Once I teleport, though, I won't be able to teleport back for a couple of minutes. So, once I do this, I'm in that fight. I'll eliminate as many fighters as I can before this, as well. I doubt Amarius will expect three high level opponents to teleport into his main hangout as well. Tactically, it's a good idea." Saya nodded. "So, once he teleports, we'll have to double our offensive. Anybody got a problem with this plan?" Parius turned to Kain, and nodded at him. The nod meant that, no matter what, Parius was in this fight.

Alex had nodded at Elayne at her correcting him, though he still stood by his comment.

"Agreed on both accounts. However, he didn't have a werewolf, shinigami, and a holy mage going against him all at once  last time either. I have faith you guys can deal with whatever is thrown your way. As far as the new plan goes, I'd feel more comfortable if we had another high leveled fighter. I'll need to rest a bit after using my spell before I can get in and support Jun, though I'll still be pretty weak. My question to the rest of you...can you handle increased pressure and a shorter time frame to thin the herd?" Kai asked everyone else.

Annabell was the first to chime in."Less help more for me to slaughter. C'mon man, you should know me by now. Bring it on..." A feral grin spread across her face. Kai, Yuri, and Angel couldn't help but roll their eyes at the bloodthirsty woman.

Jun had paled a little at her and had moved a little bit closer to Kerensky. He nodded though, but still a little unsure about the slight change in plans, while piping up another little thing. "I could blow a hole at the top too...just saying...so long as the blast isn't intercepted..."

Alexander also just nodded. After everyone else  that was a part of the distraction gave their responses. Kai nodded himself. "Then I do believe we're done here. Unless you have something to add, Angel?"

"I do, actually. What few records that survived, we found he specialized in necromancy. So perhaps it's good at least one of you aren't going to kill everyone on sight. I know Anna and Kain still will bathe in their blood, but be aware they might come back, more fagile, but physically stronger. Yuri has something that might stop it, but that's tentative at best. If any of you are wondering how he got out, we found that out as well. The men and women responsible are already awaiting judgement with the Inquisition. The full report is in our archives, each of you with special permission to access it in your respective rooms. If that is all, I'll say this meeting is adjourned. You're all welcomed to stay here if you wish, just know that if you start something, there will be consequences."

Yuri was the first to leave. "If anyone wanna help me train pups, feel free to follow me and talk." However, he glared at Alistair, praying he wouldn't join him.

Jun was next to leave, saying something about homework. Alexander and Kai left to go over that report about how Amarius broke his chains and get started on the back logs. Angel ordered one of the betas to take the tome to their locked archives. She would also stop Alistair if he tried leaving with Yuri.

"What do you say we have a small chat over tea, Mr. Druine?" She would also leave as Anna latched onto Kain's arm to chat with him about any interesting missions and bloodbaths they had recently been in...

Angel and her five betas would escort the wolf to their cafe. After she sat down, Connor had already given her her usual, then asked what Alistair wanted before taking off to get the order and deliver it when it was ready. "I can tell you have questions or are at least curious. Just know I may or may not answer some of them honestly." She waited for him. Her tone was very neutral. She was also a master at lying, even to other werewolves. She observed him carefully.

The meeting continued at a quick pace as people made slight changes to the plan. With an extra fighter in the ring against Amarius, Alistair and Yuri should have an easier time. When Kai explained the drawback to the new plan and annabell spoke up, Kain laughed as the others rolled their eyes, smiling a feral grin in the depth of his cowl he said to her, "Damn you Annabell you get my blood boiling."  A few seconds later ice began to form and a fairy appeared and waved. Kain sighed. Then he looked to Kai. "I'll do more than my fair share, And Alice can back up someone too." He then nudged Elayne who jumped about a foot in the air, not expecting the sudden contact.

She also noted there was an exceptional feeling of dread in the air between Kain and the blood thirsty woman. She suddenly wanted to not be there anymore. "I can pick  up some of the slack in Parius' place..." She said, glancing at Kain, and moving away slightly. When the possibilty of zombies were mentioned Kain smiled. "In that case i'll make sure they're in so many pieces they can't get back up."

Then the meeting ended. Yuri mentioned something about pups and Elayne decided to follow him. Alistair made no move to go with Yuri, knowing it wasn't a good idea though he had plenty to teach, this was not his pack. Then Angel asked him to join her for tea. "Of course." He said. Kain began talking with Annabell, recounting stories of recent battles.


Alistair sat across from Angel and asked for water. Then she asked him if he had questions. "I have allot of questions, actually.. Some are not related to your pack, I'm hoping you can answer them honestly atleast. If you have any questions for me, I am willing to answer." Alistair said. "But to begin. This is a big library, I imagine you know of the druid sorcerer war years ago... I know its outcome, but do you know if there are any druids left today?" He asked. He wasn't one anymore, but he had freinds back then. If any survived, he'd like to know.

Parius nodded at Jun. "Blow the top. It'll get me there faster." As the meeting went through it's final phases, Parius noticed the similarities between Kain and Annabell. He chuckled to himself, thinking about the young, and their bloodlust. Saya shook her head when Angel mentioned necromancy. "I'm all in on this plan." Parius said, cracking his knuckles. "So am I. As long as we can win." Saya said. As everyone left, Saya walked after Yuri, and Elayne. Parius shook his head, but he smiled, and let her go. He left Kain, and Annabell to do their little discussion, and went to his room. Laying down, he soon fell asleep, half formed plans still going in his head.

(ooc: I'll post a seperate thread for Yuri, Elayne, and Saya to train the "puppies")

Angel thought a moment before clicking on a little button on the top of the table. A hologram with their built in card catelog showed up in front of her. While she was doing her searching, she spoke. "I don't know much about druids at all...there are so few left. Though I've heard of some plant and earth magic users borrowing at least their philosophies. I've also heard that their blood magic is about the only legal form of blood magic out there as it doesn't mutilate the body in some way. There are thirty-six total books about druids, the druid sorceror war, and their magic...looks like there are three books about the war itself. Take your pick and you can check it out...or check out all of them. Mail them back when you're done. Once you leave here, use the internet to check out anything else as you won't be welcomed here anymore. Just so you know, we do offer intel. services...if there's something/someone you need to find, we can find it. For a fee, of course."

She informed him of what she knew and what they have. Angel wondered why he would want to know, but in the end it really wasn't any of her business. Now it was onto his next question or questions.

"Thank you. That's very helpful. I'm not looking to find anyone, I just want to know if any of them survived this long. I've been gone from Ireland for over 1000 years, Its a bit late to return now." he said.

"I have another question, answer if you wish, or dont. Are you a true Alpha?" He said. then followed up. "Or are there any like me? It's been a long time since I was made, so maybe were's have evolved to live without the need for the alpha influance."

(ooc: if you decide yes, you can go ahead and copy Alpha influance into her app if you like. XD)

Angel rose an eyebrow at his comment, and gave an amused grin. "Honey, it's never too late to return to your homeland...no matter how long you've been gone." She then listened to the other request. She looked at her six betas...and a lot of the other wolves. They all returned her glance. Showing nothing but absolute loyalty. With a grin, she turned to Alistair and spoke.

"No. My betas were certainly candidates once my fiance died to take over, due to their being an alpha...a true alpha. But yet, they accepted me when I started giving orders, giving direction, recovering our groups...our survivors. My fiance and many of our oldest and strongest wolves sacrificed themselve to stall for time for the rest of us to leave. What remained of us learned real quick why my fiance chose me to be his mate instead of a more dominant and powerful female. Our oldest is around 1300 years old...and that was only because he was out on a mission with a few wolves that just became of age. I have to admit though, I don't think any of our turned ones are as dominant as you are. Then again, they weren't lone wolves on the outset or ever really, and only one actually surpasses a century, so they're far younger than you are. We don't turn needlessly...or...whats the word...carelessly.

Anything else? That last question was probably on the threshold of what I would answer honestly...just giving you an FYI..."

He smiled. It was true. But he wouldn't go back. "Maybe not.. But I left because my foolish lust for power caused allot of trouble. I'd just like to know if my family line continued." He sighed. "I'm sorry. Thank you for the help though." Then he smiled. "I didn't think so, to be honest. but don't take that the wrong way. You've done an amazing job keeping this pack solid and alive. I might be a true alpha but it didn't help keep my pack alive." He smiled solemly.

"Well, I am curious as to how you became the head of the magical library? This is my last question, so if you have any for me, ask away. Then I'll go and check out the library." He said. He sipped his water and waited.

(ooc: i forgot alistair caused the druid-sorcerer war. XD)

"Perhaps that is the best time to go back...to make amends...but to each their own." She left it at that. Then came the next question...which made her chuckle. "Want the short version or the long winded trip down memory lane version? Your question is certainly not one that I, or any of us here, would answer dishonestly...really, it's mostly common knowledge among the magic side of things by now...even most of the more well known packs know about it too..."

Should he be indifferent, she decided on the long winded trip down memory lane version. "Then let's go with the long winded trip down memory lane version...I feel it explains it better. A bit of a prelude, though, before my fiance, the pack didn't delve much into magical affairs. We often stayed away from them, mostly just providing intelligence. It wasn't until me and a few other wolves, along with a beta, were giving intelligence to a terrorist organization. A very well funded one at that. I was fourteen at the time and had just started pulling my own weight as an assistant.

The base was attacked by two people. An eleven year old and a fourteen year old, both boys with the former being a mage and the latter a werewolf. As we all watched them on the cameras, all of us were amazed at how strong they were at their young age. It was clear the wolf was a lone wolf and an alpha. When they got to where we were, they were wary, but didn't attack us, concentrating only on the humans. Once they were dead...the wolf hit on me, earning himself a glare from his little comrade. Our beta didn't like that too much and attacked. And lost, though the boy was missing his arm.

We later found out their names. The eleven year old was already a master of disguise and was Yuri Romanov. Yep, that albino that you've already met though he was disguised at an Arab when we met him. The wolf? Zellbrigidier Norman...his parents were in control of a small pack that was a part of our collective pack, and they left to protect both packs, leaving a literally just born Ziggy at an orphanage in Moscow...where Yuri and his brother, Alexei, were also left by their parents.

Alexei...dabbled into dark sorcery and had began training Yuri in magic as well. Though his affinity was the exact opposite of his older brother's...Holy Magic. Both of them literally learned magic on the fly and on the streets and both had also befriended Ziggy while in the orphanage. A year later, we met them again, this time our alpha himself found and approached them. Ziggy accepted his offer of being welcomed back into the pack, but only if Yuri and Alexei would also be welcomed as friends of the pack, though not necessarily pack themselves. Alexei, despite being a dark sorcorer, never used werecreatures for his...projects. We assumed it was because of his brotherly love of Ziggy, though he never outright admitted it...nor did he really admit that he loved Yuri either. We all were always a bit...hesitant with him. But Yuri quickly found a place within our ranks. He also kinda pushed for me and Z to date.

Those two mages opened the doors for our full involvement, connected to one of our own. The premier dark sorcorer of our time and wielder of the Devil's Sunrise sword, the weapon of true darkness and despair, and his polar opposite, a holy mage with the mouth of a sailor and outright lazy, but exceptionally gifted and earning a name for himself, especially after working with Kai in Jamaica. Which is a bit of a sore subject with both of them, so don't try to talk to them about it...you'll get very biased views from each one. With two people like that being closely tied to us, we had no choice but to get involved.

Shortly after said incident, Ziggy challenged our Alpha for the pack. As you know, lone wolves are exceptionally dominant and are often better fighters than normal, but for a seventeen year old to challenge a 1623 year old alpha that's been able to keep his position for a thousand years? Everyone thought he was crazy...Yuri and Alexei were even worried about him since our alpha had dealt with lone wolves before and won. Ziggy did the impossible and defeated our alpha. After the fight, despite losing a hand and half of his leg, he still proposed to me. I naturally accepted, though I still questioned his choice at the time as he could have had anyone he wanted.

He dashed any criticism of his abilities to lead a pack so large at such a young age with his judgements and leadership skills. With his direct connection to the Romanov brothers, we were even given recognition from the Board of Magical Affairs, who offered us jobs regularly. We became far more knowledgeable about magic than what we ever thought we would have...now being steeped in it fully.

Fast forward two years...you've read our file right? Fast forward a bit more...I found Yuri and Kain in Ciaro while investigating some strange activity and handled the aftermath once they dealt with it. We were reunited. Yuri became something of a brother to me, well, a true pack member really, and the subject of revenge came up again. Both of us dyed down the cries, citing our complete destruction and how we would have made Ziggy's and the other's sacrifices be in vain. So we assisted Yuri while trying to figure something out for ourselves.

Shortly after the second destruction of an organization that Yuri and Ziggy destroyed before, but now it was Kain and Yuri, we went to Amesbury upon the request of the Magical Board. We were offered to run the library and provide services for it. I accepted and was officially made owner after passing a series of tests.

And there you have it." She sipped on her tea before she gave him her own question. "None of our turned ones were once mages. But according to Yuri, you summoned a magical spear. Normally, a werewolf could never learn magic, certainly not use it in their werewolf forms if they were turned...so is that ability magic? If so, was it from your time as a human/druid? And...why did you join the Coalition?"

Alistair nodded. "tell it how you like, I don't mind." So she told him the long version, and he listened quietly, nodded occasionally as she spoke. When she finished he sipped at his water and spoke. "I've read the file. It was... I'm sorry." Then she asked him some questions of her own.

"Ah right, yeah. Well, When I was a Druid, I learned the druidic form of blood magic. When I was turned, I lost my druidic verses, but I kept the blood magic some how. It might have something to do with the weapon, carmine. The blood pact might be to strong to break with turning. But your right, i can't use it in wolf form or my full transformation." He explained.

"As for joining the coalition.. It was a necessity. I'm to dominant to Join a pack as an underling, not only do I hate the idea, it wouldn't go down well with another pack's leader. They'd probably try to klll me rather than accept me. I also, for various raesons, don't want a pack of my own. But I know I'm needed right now, and I can't do anything on my own. Working with humans seemed like the best choice."

Angel shrugged. "Depending on the pack, but you're right, most would try to kill you on sight. Was there a specific event that made you think you should get back into the world and become useful? And last, but not least...can you swear and hold true that what happened to us will never happen again? And would you allow me and my betas to punch you as a type of revenge after you swear upon everything that you are that it won't happen again under your leadership? I already plan on punching Kai...Yuri already got his punch in on the man..."

Angel was dead serious. They really couldn't let it go completely...but after those two things, she thought that everyone would then be able to heal and pass over the incident. She knew some members still felt the void it left behind.

Alistair shrugged. "Chicago. I was ignoring the war, but when the city was destroyed I felt it. Not the way a spell caster was. I think the druid life isn't quite done with me, otherwise I might not have known. But either way, that's what brought me back from living with wolves." Then she asked him something that made his eyes glow red instinctively.

"I swear on my life that if a member of the coalition tries to harm a member of this pack I will personally rip them to shreds with my own two hands. I work for the coalition, and respect Kai and alexander, as well as a few others, but I won't stand by willingly and allow them to hunt the wolves. What happened in the past, won't happen again. But It will also help if you keep the peace. I've punished wolves in the past, too, not just hunters."

He nodded. "Had I of come out of hiding a few years ago, what happened to your pack might have been avoided. I had no part in it, and its no way my fault, but I will still allow you to take some anger out on me. I can more than handle it, and if it helps improve relations I don't mind."