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Show Me That Glasgow Smile	By : LuciferDragon Category: +M through R > Rise of the Guardians Views: 1540 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own anything in the Rise of the Guardians stuff, and I make no money from writing this story. Purely for fun.

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12.
It was getting worse now. The spirit was going after mortal women now. More specifically, anyone close to Drago. If she had gotten to the girl…I shook it off before the thought formed.
The lair had been better fortified while we were gone. Right now, it was the safest place to be. It would not be visible on the dream plane, where the spirit had found me last. So far as we knew, that was the only way she knew to find us. Any place physical would be impossible to track from there. All the corporeal entrances had been sealed. The only way in or out would be through the Void.
We dismounted on the main steps and the horses vanished to the stables. I ushered Chloe forward as Pitch disappeared upstairs. "I'd offer you something, but we're not exactly the eating type."
She nodded as I led her into the den. "Drago said you couldn't, and that his dad chose not to." She narrowed her eyes in confusion as she sat on the edge of my sectional. "Why is that, if I may ask?"
I sat on the other side, pulling my legs under me. "Unlike his father, I died to become what I am. Due to that, only the essentials were kick-started when I was brought back. My digestive and reproductive systems never came back." I saw the question before she even asked the next one. "The latter came back almost two decades ago." I cleared my throat and shifted. In the safety of the lair, I needed to let momma bear loose. "How long have you known Drago? I know you said since you were nine but…"
"Oh. I met him on Halloween eight years ago. I fell over after he scared the rest of my group off and he helped me up."
It suddenly hit me that I knew this girl. Yes, right after Charon. Now I knew where he had been slipping off to for so many years. "You're not put off by all of this?"
She shook her head. "A little. He's told me stories while we grew, so I knew but…" She shrugged in a gesture around the den. "I wasn't prepared for how… normal your personal space is."
I had to smile. "It's not like we don't keep up with your comforts as we keep up with your fears. I'd much rather sit on a sectional than stiff thrones, and watch TV over a fire. Do you understand how dull those days were two hundred years ago?"
"I'm slightly insulted."
I flinched as Pitch returned, Drago in tow. "You know what I meant." I watched Drago's face do an interesting dance between guilt, embarrassment, and fear. I would have teased, but given the circumstances of her arrival, I left it alone. By the guilt that slipped in, I assumed his father had told him what she was doing here.
"I think you should come apologize." He tilted his head to the door, glancing at our son.
I didn't like it, but when I looked back to Chloe, I sighed and stood. "Yeah, fine." I approached Drago and held on to his arm. "Don't think I wasn't eighteen once. Don't do anything rash." I let them have their peace stopping on the catwalk while Pitch closed the door. "Chances?"
"I say we don't think about it. How are you feeling?"
"Well I was better." I crossed my arms. "Now I'm just nervous. How much else does this thing know? Why does it even want him?"
He shook his head as we started to our room. "This is more than we can handle. Even if Schulz can find something."
I gripped my arms. "I don't like it either, but we don't have much choice. I'll send a bat to them first thing sundown."
"Good. You'll be less bitter about it than I."
I pushed against his side and he put his arm around me. "Suck it up. We need more eyes."
"All over the place I suppose." He tilted his head back to the den.
I stopped and smirked. "I might have something to help with that." I sent a call to Hessian. It didn't take long before I saw the stallion slip through the shadows. He vanished into the doorway. Shortly after I heard a loud shriek.
"Have I told you lately you are sinfully evil?"
"Mm, I warned him." The stallion escaped the room, returning to the stables below. "I believe we can sleep peacefully now."
"I can't wait to see what you'll do with Evilyn."
I stopped in my tracks and almost wanted to cry. And laugh. "Let me keep her a child awhile longer." I took the stairs faster than he did. "And don't speak as if it will be easy for you."
"I never said anything of the sort. I know I will be terrible."
We fell quiet the rest of the way. Only when we were behind our door did I think of something. "So how did you get him downstairs? What did you tell him?"
"I went up, asked about Evilyn. She hadn't made a sound all night. I said, 'We found something while we were out in North Carolina. Really interesting.' He's a smart kid. He figured it out quick. After he told me who she was, I told him what happened."
I sighed and laid back on the bed, noting the sheets had been changed. Most likely Vlad's idea. Good bat. "At least most of the venture was ours."
"We'll have more. We'll have this figured out soon. You're right. With more eyes, we can solve this sooner."
"Then why does it feel we're getting the poor end of the deals?"
"Because we are." He laid back next to me. "Sometimes we have to run with it. If it means asking for help, well, we are cashing in favors. How often have we helped them?"
I nodded to the ceiling. "I know. Doesn't mean I dislike it any less." I sat back up. "I'll send everything to Clara first thing."
He shifted to his side while I went to dig out some night clothes. "Smart idea."
"Then I suppose we just keep waiting for Schulz." I got undressed and pulled out a pair of sleep shorts. "Nothing more we can do besides research a bit more ourselves." He gave a soft hum in response. "I'm getting naked."
"That's nice," he muttered, and I saw he hadn't opened his eyes.
I gave a huff of a laugh and tossed on a shirt. There was no doubt he'd be exhausted. I turned the lights off, slipping under the sheets. "Thank you for tonight."
He hummed again and I left him alone after that. I sighed and curled up on my side. I couldn't figure it out. I almost didn't want to. All I wanted in the first place was to let Drago start his own life. It was hard enough letting him go. It had taken long enough to get over the last attempt on his life. And now this? It was almost like some cruel joke. I closed my eyes.
As much as I said I disliked it, we couldn't fight this alone anymore.
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