A Timeless Change. A Collective Story.

Famous last words.

Talon

I leant against the wall, listening to the war Council as they talked about the location of members of the House of Orpheus. It was a house in Blackpool that was in the world of Man. My father was leading the Briefing. I wasn't meant to be here. I had security detail that I didn't want to do.

 Being a head family RavenWolf was hard most day. Especially as my Great Grandfather reinstated the House of Orpheus Forty years ago when my father was just nine years old. Most of the RavenWolf family who had been part of the Collective joined him. Leaving behind the World of Mageia forever. Living in the world of Man. Since then the rest of Mageia have looked down on our family worse than they do the Tainted. Most of them fear us. Some of them are disgusted by us. Some were drawn to the darkness they believed we had inside us. They never saw how hard it is for my father who stayed, for my uncles who stayed. My father was one of Six Son to Rowan. Son of Easton. My Great grandfather who believed in the Dark One's ideas that the world of Man Should bow down to us who are Powered. My Grandfather Rowan followed his father. Taking with him Ryder. His second eldest son. Leaving behind my Four uncles and my father. 

My father who is the eldest Son and is now the head of the RavenWolf family, now that Rowan was dead. My father Conan is the first Head of Ravenwolf in two Generations to be in the Collective. It was a lot of pressure of him. Constant pressure. Everyone watched him. Just waiting for him to f**k up. I have to admit. I admired him greatly. I knew how hard it was for myself. I couldn't imagine how hard it was for him being the Son of Rowan.

My father had used every moment of his life working hard. Trying to prove that he wasn't like his father and grandfather before him. Every moment of his life was spent dealing with Mageia business. Which made him an absent Father in my life but I understood it. My mother never did. She died when I was four years old hating my father for never being around. My mother was murdered by a member of the house of Orpheus. It is believed that Ryder or one of his sons had actually done it but it was never proved. Even now after all these years my father hunts for the truth. He blamed himself. After my mother died I was raised by my Auntie and Uncle. Lincoln is the youngest RavenWolf Son of Rowan. He was just Six months old when his father left. My grandmother lived in exile in Mageia but she did everything she could for the sons she had left. While the whole of Mageia turned against her. She never gave up. She continued to work. She was Solider and she hunted and hunted looking for her husband. Until she was killed by him fourteen years later. My father and his brothers swore in that moment that they would one day kill Rowan and Eight months ago my father did. He found Rowan in a bunker in Cork, Ireland. My father didn't hesitate. He brought Rowan in to face the Collective who Sentenced him to death. Giving my father orders to drop the blade. I stood watching as my father struggled to find it in him to lift the blade before he brought it down on his father's neck. Killing the man who destroyed his life. Even now after all these months I know it haunts him. My father is no killer but he knew not to follow those orders would have given the Collective a chance to doubt him. Doubt his loyalty.

My father is a great man.

"........ There is no time. We must act now." I blinked a few times snapping myself out of the trail of thought about my sorry life. I looked back at the war table. The Seven soldiers surrounding the Desk were ready for a fight. Admittedly Us Soldiers loved a chance to get out of Mageia and use our training to stop the House of Orpheus. Domhunll Bollach iss a Commander and had the power of Psychokinesis. Meaning he could move things with his mind. His mother is a descendant of the house of Magna. She was something like a distant cousin of Luna Magna who was the Mother of Hector Magna. She once was the Head of the house of Magna and part of the Collective. All it basically meant was that Dom had a dickhead problem. Anyone from the house of Magna thought they were above us all. The house of Magna was one of the most powerful of the four families. They had powers that involved Mind control. The Psionic ability to sense and Manipulate the emotions of others. Also Psychokinesis and Telekinesis powers. The House of IceWater could control the weather and the elements. You know like Water, Fire, Wind and Earth. The House of Tien had powers which were to do with Healing and illness. Most of the House of Tien worked in the hospital. Only a handful were Soldiers. They were believed to be the most important of us all. They were the people who put us back together. The House of Tien also had lasting life. They weren't immortal but pretty much were. Winifred who was the head of the Family and leader of the House of Tien, is hundred and six years old but didn't look a day over fifty. She ran the hospital and was adored by everyone. Then lastly there was the House of RavenWolf. My house. We had a special connection to animals. When we aged to Teenhood alot of us could transform into an animal most like our nature. My father would turn into a Jaguar. It was incredible to see. My uncle Lincoln became a stag. My cousin Amber could transform into a Parrot. Me..... I changed into a black Wolf. It didn't help with making friends but it did match my nature.

I was a lone wolf.

I didn't bother with many people. I had two friends. I barely spoke to my father as I had spent my life growing up away from him. As soon as I started School I lived in the dorms and didn't see much of my uncles and Aunties. Unless there was a meal or something. A birthday or whatever..... Like I said our animals reflected our nature.

My father looked up to look at Dom but he spotted me. I saw a wash of emotions flicker on his face. A life of regrets and guilt. I know that his absence from my life hurt him. He had tried to be there for me at holidays and each time I moved onto a new part of my life. I didn't think any less of him. Like I said. I understood the pressures he was under. Though alot of the time, I felt alone and he was the object of my anger. Even if I didn't want him to be. We had a complex relationship. I see him more now that I'm a Solider. 

"Captain RavenWolf do you have anything you want to add?" My father asked being formal as ever with me. I pushed myself off the wall and moved over to the table. I looked down at the monitors that showed us the house. The blueprints. Footage of CCTV from Cameras in the neighborhood. Also a list of suspected targets that were believed to be in there. I looked at everything before I looked back up at the faces around the table.

"It's too much of a risk to go in. There are humans everywhere. There is no cover and if anyone uses their power then you could be exsposed. You're better off not attacking the house and just sitting on it. You should observe. Not attack." Dom rolled his eyes and glanced to Noor Icewater who was stood next to him. She smirked a little.

"Talon never wants to attack. He's all about standing there in the background and waiting until chaos erupts." Dom commented. My father narrowed his eyes at him but I was use to comments and digs. I had been fighting them all my life. I could handle it. While looking at Dom I tapped the monitor on the table bringing up the footage of the building next to it.

"You are aware that there is a nightclub. Full with Humans. You want to attack a house right next to it while that nightclub is crawling with Humans then be my guest but there will be witnesses. Human ones and since all the mindcrawlers are busy not being Soldiers. How many do you think you can catch to deal with?" Dom just gave me a condescending look. I wasn't going to argue with stupid. "You know what...." I sighed. I moved back and folded my arms over my chest. "It's your intel. You want to act on it. Let the consequences be yours to deal with. It's not as if I'm even going to be there to have to watch this shitty plan in action." Dom's cheeks reddened a little. Everyone looked at me. None of them were shocked by my attitude. I wasn't the friendliest person to be around. I stepped back further. My father watched me. Waiting to see if I argued my point anymore but I wasn't about to. Like I said, I'm not even going. I have Security detail to do. I just popped in to grab my weapons. I overheard my father's voice and wanted to see him in action.

"Humans are slow and not as evolved as us. Whatever happens we'll handle it. We can go in unseen and deal with it. No one is going to know we were ever there....." His confidence was annoying. I wanted to punch him in the face but since he was in charge, punching him wasn't a good idea.

"Famous last words." I commented. Dom moved back from the table to look at me.

"You know what just for that Comment you can join us....." I shook my head with a smirk.

"Na thanks. I have Security detail with the Tien Royals in twenty." Dom lifted his eyebrow at me. Looking smug.

"I am above your rank....." Sure in my job but the truth was. I was next in line to be head of the House of RavenWolf. Which certainly meant I outranked him. If I was heir to any other house this little weasel wouldn't be speaking to me like this. Shame half my family are murdering scum uh? "You will follow orders. I will arrange that your detail is covered. You will accompany us and see how it's done." Fabulous. Can't I just shot myself now and save myself the headache?