And so it begins

[Remy LeBeau]

Having all but thrown him self into his business after all that had happened pausing only to go to Chicago to aid the Rex which had gone as well as it could for them. He still sometimes dreamed of the strange almost Viking like vampire that he felt a pull for but was glad to be back home mostly as while fun the city was too cold and harsh. The tiny store front he ran now to sell his hand made finery le petit fleur loosely translated as the little flower had been an impulse purchase. Normally he kept his money liquid but in the vein of trying to set down roots and have faith he had called in a favor of a distant friend and cashed in some stocks to get it all up and running quick.

People liked unique niche things it seemed so he did well enough and it made him happy to create. His target clientele were the silver averse, a fair amount of shifters and vampires. He had even had some fae stop in to pick up something that might have caught there eye since a lot of his pieces used carefully preserved flowers and plants. Running just a bit late to open that morning as there was a stop at the post office for a package containing some new trial resins a company was trying to sell him on. As he made it to the front door box balanced on one arm the keys in his hand his nose rankled. Then his inner beast full on snarled loud enough he startled and jerked back. The momentum kept as the front windows and door he stood in front of blew out knocking him airborne. 

Landing hard with a very gut wrenching crunch on his right shoulder blade that made him scream.  Trying to move as the glass rained down and he tried to avoid getting it in his eyes and mouth. Ears ringing, as he crawled back toward his ride and tried to pull him self inside. The cops would come he knew that but since he didnt know who had done this, they were not at the top of the to trust list. He needed to get his shoulder back in place before it started to heal wrong and became useless.

The pain had his head swimming and using his good arm he managed to get his phone free and dial a number, while it rang he started the car and pulled away just driving. Thats when he noticed the fires and chaos around him.. this wasn't just him. This was so much worse then he could have ever thought, but he knew as sure as he knew his name that he would have his pound of flesh.

[Remy LeBeau]

First call handled he pulled over and dialed david next mostly because he needed a safe place to set his shoulder and didnt want to assume he could just show up to the pack house or Nadine's place as they might similarly have been attacked.

[David Meeks]

David phone suddenly started ringing. He saw it was Remy. He didn't waste answering it. He listened as Remy told him what happened.
"Okay, we're under attack her at the packhouse." David paused. "I doubt Nadine's place is under attack. It's too well guarded."
That reminded David that when he got off the phone with Remy he needed to call Nadine. He hadn't heard from her but that didn't mean much. She could be under attack as well but he didn't know for sure. He could still hear gunfire but it didn't sound like whoever it was had gotten in the house. He wasn't going to go see either because if they were going after the shifter in the city then they probably knew to have silver bullets.

[Zachary]

Master vampires didn’t take vacations. It was in his opinion why they as a whole were so pent up often twisted and surly. One hundred years or more putting down roots managing the daily affairs of a city a realm and madness surely would creep in around the edges. He was fond of sneaking away from his city. In fact he took it as a great deal of pride when he could do so without any being the wiser. Making it back before any knew he’d left was a boundless joy to him. Rebelliousness was part of his genetic make-up it seemed.







Having sojourned in Chicago as long as was necessary he’d returned hoem onlyto have a touch of wanderlust overtake him. It had taken seven weeks to arrange an assignation in Houston. In the offing he decided to make his way once more to visit Nadine. The travel while uneventful was pleasant enough and he found himself longing for some touch of excitement no sooner had he crossed into the city proper than one conflagration after another erupted. Even as vain as he was he could not fathom it being on his account. He immediately used the limousines phone to dial Gates as he was already on his way to visit Nadine. He reached Collete his newest assistant, “Tell him Nadine,“ and ended the call. No sooner doing so than his driver dodging seemingly random gunfire, forgetting the vehicle was armored, swerved into car slowly making its way from the curb.







The major set back to armored vehicles was they when compared to non-armored vehicles were akin to dropping a rock against a paper towel meaning the damage always looked worse than it was and always resulted in the other vehicle taking the brunt of such ugliness. Pushing a small bit of authority and majesty behind his words he instructed the driver to insure the person in the other car was as healthy as possible. “Wait...” He ordered as he felt the flare of a preternatural aura. The days light would not allow him to tend to things outside the vehicle yet he did not swish to lose another driver. Sighing he pushed his aura forward. Cat was not lion but feline energies were close enough that while he could not immediately sooth or order he could insure the recipient did not intend harm and knew he meant much the same.



Aurally beckoning the driver he unlocked the door and slid into the corner. While able to daywalk too much activity, and direct light meant very bad things for him.

[Remy LeBeau]

To Nadine it was then after David hung up he was starting to shiver all over as his beast pushed him to want to shift to heal the damage but that was the worst idea with gun and fire welding crazies who wanted his kind dead it seemed. As he slowly tried to pull out distracted he felt and heard the other vehicle crunch into his,Well dis jus wasn't his day now, was it? Groaning softly he tried to get out of the belt and ended up tearing it to shreds. Feeling the energy smack him from the other car he let out a breath.

Accident not attack, thank the maker. He managed to work free of his now probably totaled SUV and look at the driver with a smirk, his full creole in play as it was his fall back when angry or hurt. "hey der hansome you goin my way i take it?"

He was visibly still favoring his shoulder and the bruising up his neck and face looked about a week old already despite only being half-hour or less caused. The glass cuts were but scabs but numerous enough. Sagging as the effort to walked the small distance to the limo was taking it out of him while fighting his change he could walk or fight the change but not both. Falling more then climbing into the back he reached up and shut the door with the last of what he could manage then lay panting on the limo floor at the vampire's feet. His ice-blue gaze hazy he managed a grin before he closed his eyes and focused on not changing in the back of the limo and thereby hurting someone who had helped him even tho they messed up his vehicle.

[Zachary]

He watched as one of the comabatants from the battle of Elgin crawled into the vehicle held aloft by will and determination. His arm badly dislocated and just shy of broken. Even as he fought the need Eliachem saw the eyes of a leopard behind the tightly closed eyes. As the driver pulled away form the scene of the accident Zachary knelt over the damaged leopard. Sighing as he knew the leopards of Texas were fully within the purview of Bane he made a decision. Daring more than he should he reached out to both Gates and Nadine borrowing a measure of their strength and poured it into the leopard. The added strength helping stabilize if not heal the damage. Doing so he placed hands while shushing the man he knew as Remy. Memory dawning slowly. Shushing a little louder and soothingly he quickly and firmly pushed the mans joint back into place. The pop loud and audible. He was unsure how badly stretched the tendons were but for now until Bane was closer at hand this would have to do.

He thought of what all could be wrong in the world that made Dallas seem a warzone doing his best to not begin planning retribution. Dallas specifically was not his direct responsibility any longer. Though part of him was already planning how to investigate, hunt down, and properly disappear those that were even remotely involved.

As his driver began taking evasive maneuvers he knew without watching the strife directly how bad things had gotten. Finally at Nadines codes passed between driver and gaurds they were shown to the rear of the compound where they could enter out of the suns rays. There would be several further steps of security each more focused and severe than the last but finally they arrived in the dark cool center of Nadines daytime lair. Where many less than positive things had once taken place. He called out as he dropped his shielding allowing his aura to spread far and wide notifying Nadine that they had in fact arrived.

[Remy LeBeau]

Remy felt the kiss of power just before the shushing and reseting of his shoulder his scream ending in a snarl. Panting hard he sagged and laughed hysterical. Oh yes the prince of nola as he had once been would have his pound of flesh.

Laying still he whispered, " thank you, they blew up my shop"

Nothing else was spoke until the car stopped again and he was helped inside then it was" can't hold off change anymore get clear"

Stripping right there in the hall he fell to his knees and let the shift take him it hurt way less this way tiny glass bits that had gone to deep hit the floor fur flowed over muscle and then there he was coat stark and spotted. His snowy coat would make him a target here in the wild. Eyes still icey he shook and sat.