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Worth The Price To Live

Part 4

"What the hell, Ashley? Put me down!" Andy wiggled in Ashley's arms, fussing indignantly.
"Not til you're safe," Ashley snapped. His wings beat several times before stretching into their full, soft, velvety masses to either side.
Andy huffed. "You're going to land, then you're going to tell me what the hell is going on."
"I already have," the vampire responded, calmly. "You're being hunted. Now shut up and fucking hold still so I can get us to Sandra's safely."
The singer relaxed and allowed Ashley to hold him safely against his chest. "But just so we're clear, I'm not okay with this."
Ashley sighed. "You are safest with me, and I can get around a lot faster in the air."
"Not to throw a rock in this plan but...can't the other guy fly, too?"
"Yes," the vampire stated. "But I've always been more skilled in the air than Holten." As if to prove this point, Ashley snapped his wings in tight to his body and plummeted down between the trees. Once he got just under the canopy, he snapped his wings open about halfway and flapped a few times to keep his height. He tilted sideways, slipping between two trees with his wings outstretched, then leveled off before pushing back up through the canopy.
"Have you gone mad?" Andy screamed, clinging to Ashley for dear life.
The bassist chuckled. "Darling, I'm not gonna drop you. I've been flying since I was fifteen. I've got this. I've got you." He slipped back down between the trees, but kept a relatively steady speed, slipping between the trees until he broke through the woods into a clearing.
A lovely little log cabin rested in the clearing. Ashley beat his wings a few times and then landed softly on the roof.
"Thank the gods, we're here," Andy sighed, shakily stepping from Ashley's arms to the roof of the house.
"What in the name of-" Sandra threw the second story window open and stuck her head out in annoyance. "Oh. It's you two. Get in here."
Ashley took his mate's hand and started towards the window, but Andy stayed rooted in place. "Come on," he insisted.
Andy looked up at Ashley with wide eyes. "Can't." he muttered.
Ashley wanted to protest, but there wasn't time. He just leaned down and scooped the younger man up, dropping through the window and then rolling across the floor out of Sandra's way.
The little halfblood huffed at them as she climbed the ladder to close and latch the window. "Always so dramatic, aren't we," she teased, lightly toeing Ashley's thigh.
"Shut up, damnit!" the Deviant snipped back. He was crouched protectively over his human mate, who had fully blacked out.
"Need me to call Jinxx?" Sandra hazarded a guess.
There was a grumble, and then Ashley was rifling through Andy's pockets. He pulled out a matchbook, pulled one out and lit it, holding it out until the fire touched his fingertips before waving the flame out.
Sandra raised an eyebrow. "Wanna tell me what that was about?"
"Just give it a sec," Ashley responded, still gasping for breath.
"You called?" A rather annoyed yet familiar voice demanded.
Sandra jumpped and turned on a heel. "Jinxx, fucking hell, you scared me!"
The mystic ignored her, shooting a look at Ashley. Then he realized the black lump next to the Vampire was Andy. "Another vision?"
Ashley shrugged. "My brother...I think we lost him in the woods. But it's a matter of time before he figures out where we are."
Jinxx and Sandra both swore.
"That explains why you didn't use the front door," the halfblood commented.
"I can't move him until he's conscious," Jinxx added. He pressed his fingers to Andy's forehead. "Vision," he confirmed. "Two in such a short span of time..."
Ash pressed fingers to his temples. "And the fact he was so shaken up...can't be good."
Jinxx shook his head. "We can at least move him physically. Is your cellar still rigged as a safe house?" The question was pointed toward Sandra.
"Uh, yeah. Downstairs. The trapdoor is in the right wall of the pantry."
Ash stood and scooped Andy up into his arms, making sure to tuck the singer's head against his chest so it wouldn't smack against furniture along the way. Then he started, slowly, down the stairs. Sandra and Jinxx followed closely behind, and then eased ahead once they all reached the landing at the bottom of the stairs. Sandra hurried into the kitchen to open the trap door while Jinxx hovered nearby, softly whispering spells to mask Andy's scent.
There was a knock at the door, and they all froze.
"Quickly," Sandra hissed, waving the boys into the cellar and pulling the fake wall shut. Jinxx pressed a hand to the door to seal it from the inside, so if it was knocked against, it wouldn't give a hollow thud.
The little halfblood ran fingers through her hair, rumpling it. Then she pulled off her t-shirt and discarded it on the couch. She started a shower in the guest bathroom, locking the door before pulling it closed. Then she went to the door where a rather unwanted guest was knocking impatiently.
"I coming I'm coming" she grumbled, unlatching the door but not the chain lock. "What do you wa-"
Intimidating crimson eyes gazed back at her. "I know you're hiding him."
Sandra huffed in annoyance. "I haven't seen your brother since I left the concert," she insisted. "And since you clearly can't take a hint, I didn't come home alone."
Holton looked over the halfblood's head toward the shower. "Your company is showering alone?" he mused.
"Well I was going to join her but somebody knocked on my door."
The rogue was silent a moment. "I see." He paused a long moment. "I suppose I'll leave you to your escapades, half blood." The title was sneered. Sandra didn't need the insult, though, to know how much disdain the Vampire held for anyone who wasn't a pure blood high line like himself. The fact he'd been disowned even by the Deviant council didn't even seem to register to his ego.
"Mhm yes, I shouldn't let her get too far on her own," Sandra commented, glazing her eyes over as if considering debauchery. She promptly closed the door and latched it before turning towards the empty shower. She quickly picked the lock open before slipping into the steamy room to come face to face with a sopping wet Jinxx.
"He's gone, right?"
Sandra rolled her eyes and passed the mystic a dry towel. "I don't know for sure. And really? You're traveling through the taps now?"
He shrugged. "Seemed like my safest bet." He ruffled his hair with the towel. "Andy's awake."
"And pissed about being locked up," she surmised.
Jinxx chuckled. "Something about him being human not meaning he should be treated like a child. The idiot would run head first into battle if Ashley and I didn't hold him back."
The halfblood bit her lip, pondering a moment. "He dreams the plight of humanity," she finally stated. "Can you blame him for wishing he could stop it?"

Notes

Things are getting serious lol

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