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Ash used up two blood points but it seemed her domination worked. "I'll be going now. Goodbye." said Viktor in a strange, almost inhuman tone. He turned around and walked off.

Ash grinned and took a step back. "Thank you, sweetie." she muttered as Viktor walked away. It was another wrench in the vague plan she had in mind, but it kept her safe... for now.

Kris clapped his hands together after seeing this. "Wow! I got to learn how to do that. That's so cool." He muttered to himself, hopefully the question about why he clubbed rather than studying was forgotten. "What do you think the Prince wanted with us?"

"I think it's a Ventrue thing, babe." Ash replied, smirking. "And who the hell knows? But I'm sure he's not very happy to hear about an explosion in his... her? Their city." she mentioned, not remembering much about the Prince. "So as long as that remains true, I'm not exactly in the best graces. I'm just curious if... that guy faked it when I used my powers on him."

Mumph, once more, may have startled with his seemingly increasing understand of situations. "Talking not gonna work. He's gon' be back. Prince gonna want us. Got to get rid of him." The Gangrel began to follow Viktor--once again, he would not follow if the deputy went into the office. If Viktor went outside, Mumph would first peek outside to ensure there weren't a whole bunch of vampires there, then follow. If he went into the bathroom, he would follow. While following him, if Mumph got the slightest perception that Viktor noticed him, or was going to turn and look in his direction, he would resume dancing to blend in.

Wakefield while nervous, managed to keep a calm face and followed the prince.

Unfortunately for Mumph, Viktor headed to a staff only area of the Nightclub. When he peaked through the door he could see and hear Viktor talking to the Prince and Wakefield.
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The Prince and Wakefield took the lift downstairs. When the doors opened they saw Viktor standing in the hallway. "Ah, Viktor. Did you see any of the Fledglings tonight?" the Prince asked. Viktor shook his head. The Prince took out her phone and made a call. "Peter, have any VIPs come in lately?" the Prince began before she paused. "And one of them looked like a hobo? Excellent. Look, have the bouncers find them, bring them out to the alley to me." The Prince hung up the phone. Mumph heard the entire conversation.

Mumph ran across the dance floor as quickly as he could without slamming into anyone. He dodged, ducked, dipped, dived, and dodged to avoid the dancers. When he reached his fellow fledglings, he was shaking his arms in what seemed like a panic.

"Prince! Knows we're here. Wants bring us to the alley. Sounds bad!" Mumph hurriedly growled at Ash and Kris.

"[&@%!]." Ash spat, immediately ceasing her dancing.

[&@%!], [&@%!], [&@%!]. she thought to herself, not sure what to do. She felt like a bona-fide hot shot when she dominated Viktor, but now the facade was crumbling quickly and she was running out of options.

"We... we can't run here. [&@%!]." she continued muttering to herself, pacing for a second. "Alright... alright. We should go talk to them. That's all we can do here."

Mumph calmed. "Well, yep. Don't even know what they want. We did their stuff things. I walked around. I heard a boom, I find you guys. I done nothin'." Mumph didn't seem to connect the explosion and running into Ash and Kris. He resumed his frantic dancing, this time with Ash and Kris.

Mumph and Ash saw a tall and burly blond woman wearing a black suit walking around the dance floor looking for someone. She was human. It was probably a bouncer but they hadn't been spotted yet.

Mumph, assuming that the woman in the black suit was one of the prince's cronies, waved to her.

Kris frowned and kept dancing. "This is gonna be hectic isn't it.." He muttered to himself.

The bouncer saw the three Fledglings and brought them out back to an alley with the Prince and Wakefield. It was the same alley they were tossed into and first met Erik and Garth the night they became vampires. Also in the alley around back were Mina, Erik, Omar the Sheriff and his two deputies Adele and Viktor. The other vampires with the exception of the Prince were all armed, Wakefield with a fire axe. The alley was also home to three black SUVs.

The Prince began to speak. "I'll assume you haven't heard, as far as we know you're the only Fledglings left. Someone killed the rest. And Butler, leader of the Invictus, had one of his men blow up The Bell Tolls. Cillian, Allison and Garth are all dead too. We're going over to his haven now. We'll arrest them, make them stand trial if we can. If not we're taking them out." said the Prince. "I want your help with this. We have weapons if you need them, blood too and an SUV."

Adderyn

"My beautiful and charming friend, it's been awhile Ash." Wakefield said with a wink to Ash. He wasn't sure about it but she seemed a little nervous, though he guessed it was just because she had been dragged drom the club and presented to the Prince so he shrugged it off.

Mumph nodded. "I heard a boom." He stopped for a second as he registered what was said. "Other idiots are...dead? Uhh. Hmph", he grunted, referring to his dead fellow fledglings. He scratched his head. "Need blood, yep. And something sharp." Mumph paused another moment, before adding something odd to his request. "Please."

"Ess You Vee?" Mumph thought for a minute. "Oh, SUV! Big car, yeah! Oh, I can drive. I can drive good." After not previously comprehending what was meant by SUV, it seemed Mumph wanted to take the wheel.

Well. [&@%!].

It wasn't the best position to be in, but they weren't dragging her out to the alley and chopping her head off, so Ash would have to roll with it for now.

"Oh... hey." Ash replied to Wakefield. She really wasn't in the mood for more playful banter. "I'll take whatever you've got." she added, this time speaking to the prince. Cooperation was currently her best bet. "We have a car of our own, I can take these three to join the lot of you there." she added, referring to Mumph, Kris, and Wakefield.

Mumph complied with Ash's wishes, and frowned that he wasn't going to drive an Ess You Vee. "No SUV, then." The request for blood and a sharp weapon held, however.

Kris blinked. "Blood and... I dunno a.. something light I guess. I'm not a fighter.."

"It's up to you Adderyn." said the Prince to Wakefield in regards to if he wanted to go with Ash or not. Viktor went to the back of an SUV and opened it. He opened a cooler and took out 4 bottles of Virgin tossing one to each of the Fledglings. He took out a machete for Mumph, an UZI sub machine gun with a 32 bullet clip already inside and spare clip for Kris and a Sawn-Off Double Barrel Shotgun for Ash already loaded with 2 shells and a spare 10 shells more she could use. He handed the Fledglings their weapons.

Ash inspected what she had been given. She still had the Glock from earlier in her possession, but extra firepoer was nice to have.

She looked to Adderyn expectantly, trying to convey with her eyes things she couldn't say.

Mumph took the machete and bottle, and immediately downed the blood. "Ready." He began to walk back to the car.

Wakefield


Adderyn pondered his choice for a moment, after going over it in his head he decided what seemed like the best choice. With a dramatic breath he replied:

"I'll go with Ash, if there is any time for us to stick together it would be now." Wakefield said hoping that Naoise would respect his choice. There was something amis anyway, even if he couldn't pin it down. He winked at Ashling and smiled softly.

"And I'll take a couple bottles of blood and an axe if you can spare them, Madam." Adderyn said, trying not to be a complete prick about it.

"Hm. Good, we can catch up." Ash replied when Wakefield agreed to go with her. "We'll meet you all there."

That being said, she went back to her car, expecting Mumph and Kris to follow, with Wakefield coming as well once he got his equipment. She downed the bottle of blood on her way there.

Kris downed his blood and looked at his weapon, getting used to it. "Here's to hoping in between here and then I become a good shot."