ShadowLands

The Search

Another had passed since the siblings found Jacob, Strephen, Bastion, and Logan. Jacob has taken on all the work of the castle and still hasn't asked for help but everyone can tell he's worn out.

Outside in the gazebo everyone talks while Jacob is inside cleaning.

"Guys, have you seen how worn out Jacob looks" said Ayame.

"Yea" they all said.

"I think it's time we take him out to go look for employees to help him out so he doesn't look so worn out" said Harley.

They all nod in agreement.

"We can go to the city and buy vehicles but we are going to need at least three vehicles" said Lykin.

"We can do that" said Strephen.

"Just one problem" said Bastion, "Logan and I can't go back to that city so who will you get to drive the third vehicle."

"That's a good question because Harley and I can't drive" said Ayame.

"We can ask Jacob if he can drive" said Logan.

"True" they all said.

"I say we get black SUVs with the works" said Strephen.

"Yea" said Lykin, "come on, let's go ask Jacob to join us."

They all get up and go inside.

"Jacob" said Harley.

Jacob came from the kitchen to them.

"Yes" he said.

"Can you drive" asked Lykin.

"I can" he replied.

"Sweet" said Strephen, "you, me, and Lykin are going to town to buy vehicles, then we will come back here. We want to go to a new city and find you some help buddy."

"Ok, sounds good to me" he replied.

"When you guys get back we'll have stuff packed to head to a new city. Maybe we'll find new friends for all of us as well" said Ayame.

The guys smiled. Harley and Ayame hugged Lykin goodbye and Strephen kissed Harley goodbye.

The guys started walking to the city.

"I have a feeling that we'll be staying the night in the new city so let's grab some clothes to take with us, then we can put coolers together for each vehicle with food and drinks" said Logan.

They all went about gathering clothes and putting them in bags as well as hygiene kits. Once they had all the bags packed they went down stairs and place the bags at the entrance. They then walked into the kitchen found three good sized coolers.

Harley got in the fridge and grabbed out meats, cheese, the fixings, and bread.

Ayame went into the pantry and grabbed bottle waters, sodas, and energy drinks.

Logan grabbed ice packs and drained the ice trays.

Bastion went to the cellar and grabbed blood bags for them all.

They packed up all the coolers as Ayame made more ice with magic to fill the coolers. Bastion put the blood bags in a bookbag and Ayame made the bag appear to be writing materials to the human eye.

They moved the coolers into the entryway.

"Harley, you are going to hold onto this bag for all of us since we all know you will be in the car with Straphen" said Bastion as he handed her the bag. She took the bag and kept it on her so that it wouldn't get mixed up with the rest of the bags.

They went over everything to make sure they had everything and plenty of food and drinks so they wouldn't have to make any stops other than to fill up the vehicles.

Strephen, Lykin, and Jacob made the grueling walk to the city. A couple hours went by and they finally made it to the city line. They entered the city and made their way to a dealership.

A man came out and greeted them once they entered the lot.

"Gentleman, welcome. How may I be of service to you" he said.

"We are looking for three black SUVs souped up with tented windows" said Strephen.

The man lead them to the SUVs.

Strephen told the man they wanted three of the black ones.

The man let them look inside make sure its what they wanted.

Strephen, Lykin, and Jacob all said "we'll take three of these."

"And we're paying cash" said Lykin.

The man drew up the contracts and the guys signed everything and handed the man the cash for all three vehicles. The man didn't bother asking them for their license or count the cash, he just handed them the keys and shooed them away.

The hoped in the vehicles and stopped at a gas station filling them full before heading home.

They pulled into the drive and through the gate.

They got out of the vehicles and went inside nearly triping on the bags and coolers.

"Guys, we're home" said Lykin.

They came around the corner from the kitchen.

"The bags can go in any vehicle. There is one cooler for each vehicle, put them where you can get to them" said Ayame.

They piled the bags into the first SUV which belonged to Strephen so they put the cooler in the back seat. The second vehicle was Lykins and the cooler went in the back seat. The third vehicle was Jacobs and the cooler went in the back.

Harley got in with Strephen. Ayame got in with Lykin. Bastion and Logan got in with Jacob, Logan sat in the back seat and the next gas stop Bastion would sit in the back seat.

They got on the road driving through the city. The next city was a good 6 hours away and by the time they get there it will be dark out.

Harley turned on the radio and sang to the songs playing as the wind from the opened windows blew through her hair. She held Strephens hand while he drove down the opened road.

She started getting thirsty, "babe do you want a drink or food" she asked.

"Yea ill talk an energy drink and some chips or something babe" he replied.

She let go of his hand and leaned over the counsel with her ass in the air as she reached into the cooler and grabbed out a soda, an energy drink and threw together a sandwich.

He looked over and saw her exposed panties and flipped her.

She jumped and nearly fell in the back seat but he caught her and pulled her forward laughing.

"Ass" she said with a smile.

"Uh huh" he agreed as he grabbed the sandwich and took a bite out of it and handed it back to her while he popped open his energy drink and took a swig of it before putting it in the cup holder and taking the sandwich again.

She shook her head and opened her soda and took a sip of it then placed it in the cup holder. Slipping her shoes off she put her feet up on the dash board and leaned the chair back to get comfortable.

He turned the radio over to metal and listened to that while driving.

Ayame made a sandwich for herself and for Lykin grabbing out an energy drink for him and a water for herself.

She handed him the sandwich and put his drink in the cup holder.

"So, do you think we'll find any new friends int he new city" she asked.

"Thanks" he said, "and I hope so but let's not get our hopes up, ok."

"Ok" she said.

"Hey Jacob do you need anything" asked Logan.

"A bottle water if we have some" he replied.

"Babe, you need anything" he asked Bastion.

"Yea, you know what I like" he replied.

Logan grabbed out a bottle water and 2 energy drinks. He handed Bastion the bottle water and energy drink as Bastion put the bottle water in the cup holder and they both popped the tabs on their energy drinks and to in a big gulp. Bastion put his drink in the cup holder and Logan held his.

"So, Jacob, when we arrive in the new city it will be dark. We will get a hotel and stay the night. In the morning we will go and you will find people with good hearts and good intent that have no where to go to interview for any job of your choice. The new employees will answer you and do what you tell them to do" said Bastion, "does that sound good to you."

"Yea it sounds great" he replied, "so exactly how many people am I hiring."

"It depends on you. Basically if you want to hire one or two people that's fine with us but keep in mind we will new cities a lot and you can find more workers" said Logan.

"Think about it like this. You're employed by the siblings and they are giving you free range to hire who you please with in the stipulations we agreed upon and you will be the new employees boss. Meaning you set their pay and the duties they do. Your employees answer to you and you answer to the siblings" said Bastion.

"However, if the employees get out of control the siblings will step in" said Logan.

"Ok then" said Jacob.

They see a sign for a gas station a few miles up in a small village. They stop at the gas station and fill up the SUVs and stretch their legs for a few before getting back on the road.

Back on the road they continue driving to the city.

Several more hours passed before they entered city limits.

They found a decent hotel and pulled into the parking lot.

Everyone gathered at Strephen's vehicle and looked into bags to see which one's were there's. They went inside the building and talked to the person at the desk.

"Hi, we'd like three rooms please" said Lykin.

The lady at the desk gather information and rang them out for three rooms handing them keys. All the rooms were on the third floor across from one another.

Once on the third floor Lykin handed Harley and Ayame a key to their room 307, Bastion and Logan was in room 309, and Lykin, Jacob, and Strephen were in room 308. They all said good night and went to their respected rooms.

The girls showered, went to their beds and talked for a while before curling and passing out.

Strephen, Lykin, and Jacob passed out instantly once hitting the beds.

Bastion and Logan took a shower with some four play added and crawled into bed where they made love and passed out.

The girls woke up before sun up and got dressed, making themselves beautiful.

Ayame was excited hoping she could meet her true love in this new city.

"I have a feeling today is going to be a good day" said Ayame.

"Me too" said Harley.

They step out of the room with their bags in hand and went down stairs to wait for the breakfast offered to paying customers.

"It's not Jacobs food but hey its something to eat" said Harley.

"Yea I know but Jacob makes such good food" said Ayame.

They still have an hour before breakfast is served and the guys are probably still sleeping.

Bastion and Logan woke up and got dressed gathering up their stuff and making their way down stairs. They turned in their keys and saw the girls sitting down so they joined them.

"Hey girls" they said.

"Hey guys" the girls replied.

"I take the others are still sleeping" said Logan.

"Most likely" replied Ayame.

"We are just waiting on breakfast" said Harley.

"Yea to bad its not Jacob's cooking" said Bastion.

They all nod in agreement.

Breakfast was served. They entered the dinning area and made their plates. They grabbed a table and ate their food and drank their orange juice and sat and talked.

"Wow the guys better hurry breakfast is almost done" said Logan.

"I'll go up and bang on their door. Just see if you can make them plates. If not we'll have to go somewhere for them to eat" said Harley.

They nodded and she stepped away.

She walked back up the stairs to the third floor and knocked on the door but no one answered. She waited a few and then knocked again but still no answering. House keeping walked up to the room she just checked out of.

"Excuse me miss" said Harley.

"Yes" the lady responded.

"My brother, boyfriend, and friend are in this room and haven't gotten up yet and we really need to be getting on the road. Is there away you can open the door for me so that I can get them up so we can" said Harley.

The lady pulled out a clip board.

"It says here the room belongs to Lykin like these two rooms but this is the only key that hasn't been turned in yet and isn't due to be turned in til 10am. It's 9am now. Are you sure you want to wake them" said the lady.

"I am because if we dont get on the road now we are going to moss our appointment at 10am and that won't be good" said Harley.

The lady opened the door and Harley walked in and flipped on the lights.

"Guys get up, we have things to do. It's 9am get up" she said.

The guys didn't budge so since she didn't want to make more cleaning for the lady she resulted in punching each one of the guys in the arm which woke them up.

"What the hell Harley" said Jacob.

"Damnit babe I was having a nice dream" said Strephen.

"I swear if you weren't my sister I would've punched you" said Lykin.

"Good to know. Now get the hell up. Check out is in 30 min. The rest of us have been up since before breakfast was served" said Harley.

The guys laid back down.

"GET UP NOW" she yelled.

They jumped out of bed and quickly got dressed and gather their things and flew down the stairs.

Harley came down the stairs for the second time and handed the key to the lady.

"Morning guys" said Ayame, Logan, and Bastion.

"Morning?" they said agitated.

"Who the hell chose psycho to come and wake us up" said Lykin.

"Actually she volunteered" said Ayame, "why."

"Because the psycho f*****g punched us and then yelled at us" said Lykin.

Ayame high five Harley as they laughed.

"Oh no, that's not funny one bit" said Lykin.

"I mean it's kind of funny with you guys rubbing your arms like she punches hard" said Logan.

"Dude, then you get punched by her that s**t f*****g hurts" said Strephen, "she hits like a dude."

"Sis get this. Lykin said if I wasn't his sister he would've punched me" said Harley.

"You said what" Ayame screamed at Lykin and punched him in his other arm.

"Jesus, what the hell is with you girls punching me" Lykin yelled.

Bastion and Logan shoved everyone out the door and apologized to the lady at the desk.

"Guys, enough" said Bastion.

The siblings continued arguing and the girls continued to punch their brother.

"Ok, it's time to separate them" said Logan.

"Strephen get your girl before she kills her brother. Logan get Ayame, she'll ride with you and Jacob. And I will get Lykin" said Bastion.

Strephen picks up Harley and puts her in the SUV. Logan grabs Ayame and puts her in the SUV. Bastion make Lykin go to the SUV. They all get in their vehicles and they drive to a place so the guys can eat. Pulling into the parking lot they all get out of the vehicles. The girls try to go after Lykin again and Strephen and Logan hold them close.

"ALRIGHT THAT'S ENOUGH" yelled Bastion, "YOU GUYS ARE BROTHER AND SISTERS NOW STOP IT."

"Lykin apologize to Harley. Harley and Ayame apologize to Lykin. Oh, and Harley apologize to Jacob and your man for punching them to wake them up" said Bastion.

"I'm sorry for punching you guys" said Harley and they nodded.

"Guys" said Bastion in a firm tone to the siblings.

"Fine" they said in unison.

"I'm sorry for threatening to punch you if you weren't my sister" said Lykin.

"I'm sorry for punching you but don't ever threaten our sister again" said Ayame.

"I'm sorry punching you" said Harley.

They hugged it out and went inside the restaurant.

The waitress came by and they all ordered food and drinks.

They talked and waited for their food.

Their food came and they tore into their food cleaning their plates. They stacked their plates, silver ware, and cups neatly at one end of the table making it easier clean up.

They paid their bill and got into their respect vehicles and drove off.

They found a park so they pulled in and turned off the vehicles.

Lykin, Ayame, and Jacob went to find employees. Bastion, Logan, Strephen, and Harley walked around the park.

Jacob found people that were like him and interviewed them the way he was first interviewed. He got the siblings approval first before hiring anyone. He hired a man and a woman who had no family and no where to go with experience in the fields he needed help with. The two new hires followed them back to the park.

On their way back to the park they ran into two men and a woman who looked lost. They weren't human. Two came off as vampires but the other one smeeled like a dog so they knew instantly he was a werewolf.

"Hi, I'm Lykin. You three look lost" he said.

They looked at him.

"Hi, I'm Bronson. These are my friends Vex and Dominic Greysen Anderson" replied Bronson.

"It's nice to meet you" said Ayame, "Jacob, will you take the new hires back to the cars and tell everyone we will be along shortly."

"Of course" replied Jacob.

"Those were humans" said Vex.

"Yes they are, they work for us. They don't know our secret yet and we'd like to keep it that way" said Ayame.

"So, what's your story. Why do you guys look lost" said Lykin.

"Not lost more like running" said Dominic.

"Vex was being harmed. We rescued her but human got hurt in the process and we've been running for months now" said Bronson.

"You guys seem genuinely nice and have no ill intent in your hearts. We can offer you shelter" said Ayame.

"Why would you do that. You don't even know us" said Vex.

"We helped three others months ago from a city that abused two of them. Now one of them is dating our sister and we are all friends" said Lykin.

"Besides, we have a castle 6 hours from here that has a lot of empty rooms that you guys can stay in and call home. No one knows the castle is there but the ones we let see the castle and no one can enter with hatred and ill intent in their hearts because of the barrier. Besides, Jacob is an amazing cook and we have a cellar with endless supply of blood bags, we dont eat the humans, they work for us and therefore we consider them family and they are protected by us. If you guys wish to be free of running, join us on our journey back home" said Ayame.

The three talk amongst themselves for a bit about it.

"Ok, we'll go back with you guys" said Bronson.

They walk back over to the park where everyone is introduced to one another.

In order to keep the humans safe they were put in the vehicle with Jacob, Logan, and Bastion. The three new people rode with Lykin and Ayame.

Strephen and Harley rode alone, which they liked that way.

They made the journey home stopping for gas and food in a little village two hours from the city they just left. Everyone ate and filled their bellies. The two new vampires were looking at the humans like food so Harley gave them blood bags to drink from instead.

They stopped at the gas station and filled up the vehicles while Harley and Ayame went inside to get empty cups, lids and straws, and drinks for the humans. They paid for everything and walked out. At the car Harley sat in the passenger seat opening blood bags and pouring them into empty cups and handing them to Ayame to distribute to all the vampire. The werewolf wanted energy drinks so they gave him the cooler with energy drinks in it. With all the blood bags emptied they piled into their respected vehicles and drove towards home.

"I have a feeling with these new vampires that the castle is going to have to work hard to keep up with blood bags" said Harley.

"I agree" said Strephen, "I hope they will allow us to work with their huge appetite for blood."

"Me too" said Harley.

"So the cellar has a room on visible to supernatural eyes. It's a dungeon with all the necessary things for those who shift. If you wish to use the dungeon which is sound proof or running the property when the humans are sleeping then feel free Dominic" said Ayame.

"Thank you Ayame" replied Dominic.

"With you two, you guys have an insatiable thirst for blood which is going to result in the castle having to work over time on keeping up with the blood supply. I'm hoping that you guys will let us work with you on curbing your blood in take" said Lykin.

"Ok and what will that intel" said Vex.

"Well, we'll help teach you how to control your blood lust. All us vampires that love in the castle drink one bag of blood at night after the humans go to bed to curve our thirst" said Ayame.

"You don't smell like a vampire" said Dominic.

"I'm a hybrid, half vampire half witch. I still get the same cravings as full vampires do" replied Ayame.

"Oh wow" said Vex, "that's so cool. I've never met a hybrid before."

"Apparently, we're very rare" said Ayame.

"How rare" asked Bronson.

"Say I were to mate with you. Me being part vampire we would have a vampire child. If I were to mate with Dominic we would have a tribrid child which is werewolf, vampire, and witch. A very deadly combination but vary rare. Our father was a vampire and our mother was a witch, thus I was born a hybrid" said Ayame.

"Ok if you were born a hybrid then why aren't Lykin and Harley hybrids" asked Bronson.

"We aren't hybrids because actually Ayame is our cousin. Our mother wanted to kill us at birth but our uncle saved us. Our uncle and aunt raised us as their own from birth. When we became old enough to understand they told us we could choose to call them mom and dad and sister or call them aunt and uncle and cousin. We chose mom, dad, and sister since we were raised by them and didn't know our mother. Our mother killed our parents and came after the three of us. We ran and built the castle with magic and have lived in that castle since" said Lykin.

"Damn, that's deep" said Dominic.

They drove in silence for another hour before pulling in the drive a driving a mile into the woods before coming to the gates as they opened and closed behind the last vehicle.

"Welcome to the enchanted castle. When you go up to your rooms place your hand on the door first, think of how you want your room and the style of clothes then enter your room and close the door behind you. Your name will appear on your door. When the humans go in to clean they will look like normal human rooms. Also, remember dont eat the humans" said Ayame.

They got out of the vehicles and went inside. Jacob took the humans upstairs and showed them to their rooms and he went to his room.

Everyone else went to the cellar where they showed the new supernaturals around and then showed them the rest of the castle before taking them to the fifth floor.

"This is our stop" said Harley, "all of our rooms are on this floor and plenty more empty rooms. Their is a sixth floor full of empty rooms as well. All 6 of our rooms are on the left wing and all our doors have our names on them."

"So we can pick any room" asked Vex.

"You can" said Lykin.

They watched as three new naturals chose rooms on the same wing as them literally right next to theirs. They placed their hands on their doors and then walked in. The two new humans names are on their doors as well.

They all smile at each other and say their good nights. Ayame and Lykin go to their own rooms. Bastion and Logan go to Bastion's room. Harley and Strephen go to Harley's room.

They all curl up in their beds and fall asleep after a long day.