Chapter 26: Chapter 26
Rumors Of War
THIRD PERSON POV
"Guys i don't think the barrier is gonna hold much longer" Aquarius yells as five of the seven sins try to force their way through the water barrier she put up around them
"What are we gonna do they're all out of control and we're not strong enough to hold them" Harley says
"Where'd Lana go?" Merlin asks
"She went after Cat and Jasmine" Freya answers while applying pressure to a wound in her side
"Why aren't you healing?" Harley ask looking at freya's open wound that is still bleeding
"B-beacause that bitch coated the knife with nightshade" she manages to get out
"Wait that's a real thing? I thought nightshade poisoning vampires was a myth" Merlin says
"No its not, just a well guarded secret. In fact it can even kill some of the lower level vamps depending on the amount but since I'm from the original bloodline it can't kill me and i haven't fully worked up my resistance to it yet so in about a minute or so I'm gonna be paralyzed from the neck down" freya tells us
"Isn't there like something we can do to stop it?" Aquarius asks
"There's no need I'm already doing something, i stuck my claws in my leg releasing my own venom into my body, it'll take sometime but it'll fight the toxin out of my body. You guys need to get those six under control"
"We can't, Cat is their leader and none of us aren't mated as yet so there isn't much we can do to stop them. So as long as she's on a war path her command over them stands" Harley tells her
"Alright guys here's what were gonna do, Merlin you come help me strengthen the barrier by adding a lightening field to it. Harley try and get in touch with Sam again or Adonis, Andreas or Dominic. Anyone, just try until you get a message out to salt springs. Half of the hybrid pack has already been damaged i don't think these people can take much more, i had no freaking idea the sins were this powerful if they weren't our friends we'd all be dead by now"Aquarius says
"Ok good idea, what do i do?" Freya asks
"You need to focus on getting that poison out your system" she answered
Taking a calming breath Aquarius channelled the powers of the sea through her before focusing it in the palm of her hands pushing it out as the barrier strengthens. Merlin raised his hand to the sky that was filled with pitch black clouds, electricity flickered in his eyes as he brought his hands down followed by a huge bold of lightening that circled the barrier, both of them hoping that will be able to hold the Sins until reinforcements arrive.
So you might be wondering just what the hell is happening. Well, lets start at the begining.
FLASHBACK
After leaving school early the arrived at the hybrid packs main house around 20 minutes later. Sylvia, Alana's mother, was already outside waiting on them. They all parked and got out of our cars Lana being the first one.
"Mom!" She said running into her mother's waiting arms
"Alana sweetheart i missed you so much" Sylvia told her daughter
Probably hearing Sylvia and lana's exchange the rest of the parents came outside. Their children all rushed to them embracing them in long overdue hugs.
"Hey dad" Aquarius greets her father
"Hello princess i missed you so much" he told her
"I missed you more" she rep
"Hello my little fairy" Cole and Evangeline says as their daughter ran to them
"Did you enjoy your time in hell?" Cole asked
"It was awesome, i learnt so many things i didn't know and saw so much weird but cool stuff, dad it was incredible" harley rant
"I'm glad you had fun sweetie" Cole chuckles
"Its so great to be hugging you guys again" Freya told her parents as they embraced her lovingly
"It really has been too long" Aiden nods in agreement with his daughter
"Oh my darling i missed you so much you've gotten so big" Renae gushed as she held her son in her arms
"I missed you way more mom i feel so complete being able to hug you again. And of course you look as beautiful as ever" Merlin tells his mother
"Who are they" Adam suddenly asks bringing everyone's attention to the five people standing beside Cat
"Are those Cat's bodyguards?" Renae asked
"It would seem like it" Cole replied
"Those five? Ha they couldn't guard a plant if their lives depended on it" Sylvia says
She then said a quick chant and flicked her hand, the five sins suddenly fell over on their butts.
"Syl!!" They all groaned on their spot on the ground
Sylvia laughed as she walked over to where they were
"Catalaya sweetie its so good to see you" she pulls Cat into a hug
"Its good to see you too Sylvia" Cat says with a bright smile
Sylvia led her over to where the others were leaving the sins behind. Renae was the first to pull her into a hug. Ever since their litte group was formed all the parents with the exception of Gabriel had formed a bond with Cat they love her like their own. They took turns hugging her and complimenting her new look. Her friends watch in amusement trying to hold in their laugh as Rachel, freya's mom pinched Cats cheek like she always did when they were younger.
"Lets all head inside" Aiden says with his arm around freya's shoulder. By now the Sins had came up to where they were and everyone head inside. The house didn't look all that different than it did last they were there but the kids could point out that some rearrangements had been made to the furniture and decor.
Each person took a seat in the living room as Sylvia called a lady from the kitchen to bring some drinks. She brought them quickly placing down a tray filled with glasses of lemonade and a goblet with the same drink in it.
"So who are these young people that has been guarding Cat so vigilantly" Cole asked
"Oh right let me introduce them" Cat said
"This is Eric, that's Jace, shes Lucy, he's Liam and she's Brooke" she says pointing at each person when she called their names
"They are five of the members of the Seven deadly Sins"
Renae choked on her drink when she heard what Cat said
"Seven deadly sins as in thee seven deadly sins" she asked with wide eyes
It was no secret that Renae was obsessed with the seven deadly sins she always talked about how she thought they were cool, imagine how she'll freak when she finds out her son is mated to one. The kids still hadn't told their parents about their mates, they all agreed that they wanted to tell their parents about their mates face to face so they decided to wait until were back on earth.
"That's not all" Freya said
"There's more?" Renae asked
"So much more" harley told her
"They are also our mates" Aquarius squeals not being able to hold it in anymore
This time it was her dad who choked on his drink
"Say what now?" He turned to her with a shocked expression
"Yeah we found our mates. We wanted to tell you guys in person so we decided to wait until we came back" she told him
"I think I'm about to faint" Rachel said
"So all of you are mated to the seven deadly sins?" Sylvia asked but her eyes were on Cat
"Not all of us just them" Cat said answering the unvoiced question she knew they all wanted to ask
"Oh" Aiden said with a sad look in his eyes
"But she is dating one" harley pointed out
"Oh really? Which one?" Sylvia perked up
"Andreas" Alana said
"You mean Athena's kid?" She said in shock
"Yup that one. He was always rude to her at first, she thought he hated her but when he started training her they became close and now they're dating which is awesome since they're both mateless its like a match made in heaven or hell rather since that's where they met"
"Aww am so happy for you" sylvia cooed
"Now that you've all seem to manage to turn the topic on Cat let me turn it back now. Who is who's mate" Cole asked
The mated couples all stood up each going to stand beside their mates.
"This is my mate, Brooke the boar sin of gluttony" merlin introduces
"And this is my mate Liam the fox sin of greed" harley said
"This is my snuggle bug Jace and he's the grizzly sin of sloth" freya said tickling Jace's side
"This is my mate Eric the goat sin of lust" Aquarius said leaning into his side as he pulled her into his arms
"This is Lucy, she's my mate and the serpent sin of envy"
When Alana introduced lucy as her mate all the parents in the room had surprised expressions well all except sylvia. The friends visibly tense especially Alana as they waited on her reaction, they had no idea what she would say since her face was blank.
"M-Mom" lana said nervously
"So she's your mate?" Sylvia asked after a few minutes that felt more like hours
"Yes" lana answered
"And your ok with that?" Sylvia questioned
Hurt flashed across Alana's eyes before she stood straight and said confidently
"Yes I'm ok with her being my mate in fact I'm more than ok with it"
"Oh honey am so happy for you, I'm so glad the moon goddess answered my prayers" Sylvia exclaimed
"What!?" The eleven teens shouted
"Wait you're happy?" Lana asked "And what did you mean by the moon goddess answered your prayers?"
"I prayed that to the moon goddess to give you the right mate no matter the gender" Sylvia answered
Alana looked at her as if she just grew two more heads
"Oh come now sweetheart did you really think i didn't know you were attracted to girls i mean you've never been with one until now but i always saw the way you acted around the only two guys you've ever dated. Plus you told me once that you like girls, albeit you were half a sleep but i heard anyway i just didn't bother bringing it up i figured you'd tell me on your own" Sylvia told her with a shrug
"So your not upset?" Lucy asked just to be sure
"What, why would i be? The moon goddess doesn't make mistakes in her pairings"
"Not a lot just one" Jace interjects
"Which is?" Cole asked
"Mating Cat with he who shall not be named"
"True" they all nodded in agreement
"I don't think that was a mistake" sylvia said "I mean look at it this way if she wasn't mated to Noah all that happened after might nit have happened and she probably wouldn't have found her family and you guys wouldn't have found your mates"
"You're right" Cat agrees
"Plus she wouldn't be total badass and the commander of the seven deadly sins" Alana said with pride
"What!!?" The parents yelled at the same time
"So you mean to tell me sweet little Cat who wouldn't hurt a fly is the commander of the seven sins?" Adam asked
"Oh she's not sweet anymore she's terrifying" Eric told them
Did you guys not see the giant eye in the sky today?" Brooke asked
"That was you!!???" Evangeline asked
"Uh yeah" Cat replied shyly, she was kinda embarrassed since she has never been one for attention
"How!!!?" Renae asked
"The legions" sylvia muttered with a troubled look on her face
"Yeah, how'd you know?" Freya asked
"Because I've seen it happen before. This thing isn't just some random spell it has repercussions and bad ones at that. The only person I've ever seen done something like that was your father, how were you able to to do it"
"I don't know honestly i didn't even know what happened until it was over" Cat told her
"But what could have triggered you that much that you would call on the legions?"
"Uh mom have you seen Noah?" Lana asked
"Noah? I haven't seen him since he brought Joshua back form school who had some horrible injuries. Don't tell me he has something to do with this"
"He approached Cat today even though lucifer warned everyone to leave her alone and, he demanded to know what she did to Joshua and when she told him he tried attacking her"
"Damn it Noah" Sylvia cursed
"Now we know why lucifer kept bugging us to do everything in our power to keep them away from you. This one is partly on us we just assumed he was being over protective but now we understand what he meant he wasn't trying to protect you he was trying to protect them from you" Aiden mumbled
"So it was you who really did that to Joshua's arms and legs?" Rachel asked
"Yeah he attacked me after class this morning" Cat answered
"Just what the heck did you do, if he had arrived here a few minutes later than he did he would have lost the use of his arms and legs. Syl was able to save his limbs but the curse is still coursing through him he was placed in a medically induced coma"
"Cerberus gave me some of his blood before i left, he said i should use it for protection or incase anything happened to me like if i got poison or anything it could cure me but he told me it could also be used as a curse so this morning i placed some on a couple daggers and brought them to school with me. It was those daggers that i stabbed joshua with"
"That explains why i couldn't find a spell to cure him" Sylvia said
"I also stabbed Noah with one too" Cat tells Sylvia
"He's lucky that's all he got. I warned him that no natter what he should stay away from you but he just doesn't listen. He just like his bird brain father, i swear if the idiot hadn't escaped Michael's custody i would have killed him by now"
"What do you mean escaped? I thought you said Archangel Micheal brought him to the silver city to face punishment for his crimes" Alana asked
"They did but while in holding he some how managed to escape. Didn't lucifer tell you guys?" Aiden asked
"No he didn't" Cat answered
"Damn it lucifer were facing a possible war and your keeping the most important players in the dark" Adam cursed
"I guess he was just trying to allow us to enjoy our summer he did say he wanted to talk to us after we got home today" Merlin pointed out
"But weren't you guys there when we had that meeting?" Sylvia said looking at the Sins
Everyone all turned to look at them in surprise
"You guys knew?" Aquarius asked Eric
"Yeah but we couldn't say anything we cannot disobey an order from lucifer"
"But-"
"No buts Aqua their hands were tied despite your mateship their still hellions and dad is still the king of hell they can't disobey a direct order" Cat said cutting her off
"I know" she sighed
"Am sorry i didn't tell you babe" Eric told her
"Its ok you don't have to apologise"
"Ok so Gabriel escaped a prison in heaven, not sire how that's possible but he did. What happens now?" Harley asked
"From the information we have so far it seems he's looking to start a war" Evangeline told her daughter
"A war but why what will that solve?" Freya ask
"He's not just inciting any old war he wants to start a holy war. Only then will he have the means to kill lucifer" Rachel replied
"What is his obsession with lucifer anyway?" Lana asked
"Your dad and lucifer has a long standing feud from way back when lucifer was still an angel. But that story is something he'd have to tell since i don't have all the details" Sylvia answered
"So because of this feud Gabriel is willing to start a war risking innocent lives just so he can kill Lucifer? No offence but your husband is crazy Mrs Lockwood" Merlin commented
"Trust me i know that more than anyone else" sylvia chuckled
"But isn't Gabriel and my dad immortal? Cat said
"No one is unkillable honey not even your father. Immortality doesn't mean he can't die it means he has a an almost infinite lifespan and is harder to kill than most" Cole told her
"Oh" Cat muttered
"But obviously he can't kill lucifer i mean come on he's lucifer he fought hades and he's still alive plus he's super badass" Liam interjects trying to lighten the mood
"Dad might be powerful but Gabriel still might be able to kill him" Cat says under her breath as if remembering something
"Why do you say that?" Renae asked
"Because dad told me that even though he has most of his powers back a great amount is still sealed away he asked the moon goddess to put a special seal on that one so he wouldn't be tempted to release it so she placed a seal that would require something he has never done and swore not to do" she answered
"And what is it that he wouldn't do?" Aquarius asked not really wanting to hear the answer. It must be something horrible if its something even lucifer wouldn't do.
"In order to break the seal he'd have to betray hell. He'd would have to kill his own"
They all gasped in shock at the revelation
"But that doesn't make sense any hellion would gladly sacrifice themselves for their king" lucy said
"True but it can't just be any random hellion and its not just one. The power or whatever, is sealed away by sixty six seals so the sacrifice's blood would have to be strong he'd have to have a bond with them. For example, the angels that fell with him or his offsprings"
"Oh fuck, that is messed up"
"The moon goddess knows he would never do it and so does Gabriel so that's why Gabriel wants to start the Holy war"
Before anyone could say anything more or even recover from the news they just heard, Noah's voice rang in their ears
"Mom!" He yelled from outside
"They all turned in the direction of the door as the knob turned
"Mom help!" Noah yelled again
This time he got the door opened but he barely stepped a foot in before he collapsed on the ground. Everyone got up and rushed over to him, his hair was wet sticking to his face, he was sweaty as if he'd just ran the longest marathon of his life. Sylvia bent down and felt his pulse, when she confirmed that he was still alive everyone else groaned in disappointment. She then mind linked a doctor to take him to the sick bay.
"I can give you the rest of the blood to cure him and Joshua" Cat said to Sylvia
"The hell you will" lana retort
"Lana i can't let him die" Cat tried reason
"Yes you can and you will or i won't speak to you ever again" lana threatened
"You don't mean that" Cat told her
"Fine i don't but Cat cerberus gave you that blood to protect yourself what if something happens to you"
"I'll be fine don't worry about me plus I'm not saving them because i forgive them or anything I'm doing it so i can continue to torment them, my revenge has just started"
"Your right!" Lana exclaimed "Come on mom lets go save them"
They all chuckled at her reaction, its a bit sadistic if you think about it but that piece of shit deserves way worst. A moment later three men ran into the house with a stretcher, they hurriedly lift Noah's unconscious body off the ground and place him on it.
"Take him to the sick bay I'll be there in a moment also tell Joshua's parents not to worry i have an antidote for their son" Sylvia told the men
With a curt nod the three men left with Noah. They all exit the house as well heading over to the sick bay to save those leeches. Freya silently hoping by the time they get there they are beyond saving.
"Come on guys lets go save the assholes" Merlin cheered sarcastically
"All in the name of revenge" lana pitched in with the same peppiness as Merlin