The Call of War: The Watchers Chronicles

Chapter 4

     He knocks again but this time I don’t answer him. I hear him curse and then his phone goes off. What I can make out of the conversation is the other person wants to get their hands on me anyway possible. I hit the silent alarm for my room, and hope that Eli and Tanner are close by to hear it. My cell goes off and I look to see it’s Kane, so I answer it.

“Hey what’s wrong? You hit your silent alarm.” Kane asks, as I can hear the guy trying to kick the door in.

“I have unwanted company trying to get into my room. I don’t know if it’s Knighting, but there will be a mess to clean up, so you might want to send the guys or the cleanup crew. You pick.” I say as the door starts to splinter a bit.

“The guys are already taking care of it. We will interrogate him once you’re ready.” Kane says and that’s when I hear yelling, a couple loud thuds and groaning. When I hear a knock, I hang up my phone and toss it onto the couch.

“Charis are you ok? It’s Agathon.” Eli calls from the half splintered door. I keep my gun raised and open it the rest of the way. Eli’s standing there with Tanner over a knocked out and hand cuffed guy.

“Thanks guys, I didn’t have your numbers. I hit the silent alarm hoping it would bring you back quickly.” I say trying to slow my breathing. That’s the only thing my training has never given me, a way to control my excitement for the fight and the kill.

“We were doing another perimeter check, one of the other Watcher’s notified Kane, that there was someone speaking to a maid. She notified Kane also afterwards, said he was looking for a Miss Ianna Foster, but she told him she didn’t know a guest by that name, because she didn’t have your room on her cleaning roster. She told him to talk to the front desk, but he left and went walking around.” Eli says looking at me like he failed his mission already.

“He had to of talked to someone who gave him her room number and direction on how to find the way here. He didn’t use the Private Elevator for these rooms.” Tanner says, and then the guy starts to groan again.

“Hey girl you ready to …” Tara stops both talking and walking as she reaches Tanner. “Who the f**k is that? Did he try to get into Ianna’s room?” Her second question comes out quickly when she notices the door to my suite all busted.

“What the actual f**k??” Kya asks coming up beside Tara. Then she too looks at the door and goes white. “The doors to these elite suites are steel plated ash wood, how the f**k did he do that? Is he a supernatural?” Kya says bending down to look at the guys face.

“We don’t know, we got here as he was almost into Ianna’s room, but I think she was prepared for him anyways. She had that aimed at my head when she opened the door.” Eli says pointing at the gun I am still holding. The guy starts to groan more and tries to move.

“f**k, you stupid b***h. You will get it when I get out of these cuffs. Ahh …” The guy screams as Kya digs one of her nails into his neck. She lets a drop of blood hit her tongue and then her eyes grow milky white.

“He isn’t Thomas Knighting, if that’s what you want to know. His name is Greg Scott, and he’s a werewolf. What the hell is he doing here?” Kya says standing up.

“My guess, there are a few more than just Franny out for your blood Ianna. Maybe we should stay in and get food here before training? Make it harder for anyone trying to get their hands on you.” Charlotte says, I hadn’t even noticed her come up to us. Maybe staying in would be a better idea, and training as much as possible.

“Yea I think that’s the best course of action. Now my question is, how’s your stomach?” Tanner asks with an arched eyebrow.

“It’s pretty strong, it would have to be living with vampires, then again I’m the only person in the coven that can watch a horror movie while eating. So yea I would say I have a fairly strong stomach. Why?” I say looking at the guys.

“Interrogation will be in an hour and a half. So after you eat, it can get pretty brutal, and I figured you would want to be there.” Tanner says. I run back into my room and grab my phone.

“Ok I’ll meet you in the lobby after dinner. Let’s go ladies, I am starving!” I say walking back out. When I step over the guy, I make sure to nail him in the head hard with my foot.

“Ahh f**k you b***h! I am going to rip you apart!” The werewolf yells.

“Buddy, you do realize you’re yelling at the Atlantean Battle Warrior right?” Tara says as she kneels down to his level. His eye show surprise when he looks at me, I think he wasn’t told who he was after. I would be more worried for whoever hired him then myself at this point.

     The girls and I head down to the restaurant in the hotel. I see Helix walking with Kane behind Tanner and Eli escorting the werewolf. That’s so not fair; I am going to miss Helix at work! Damn it! Walking into the restaurant, the waitress lets me pick our table, Kya suggested it to see if I could find the best for defense and offense against attacks. I pick a table in the far corner, near the emergency exit that leads into the staff parking, the subway and to the street. It also has a clear view of the main entrance, the street entrance and from the kitchen. No one is sneaking up on us.

     The girls seem satisfied with my selection, so when we sit we can keep our guard up but also relax. We order our meals and talk about what each of us have been up to since being reborn in this life. The girls asked about my many lives that I have had since my first time with them. I find out that Kya has been reborn at least six times, Tara has had one and this is Charlotte’s first time. It makes me happy that the girls don’t have the damage I do caused from being reborn.

“So has there been a life other than battle for you Ianna. It’s pretty impressive that you have had so many lives, but it’s causes wonder if you were ever truly happy.” Kya says looking at me. In one of her lives, she got to have the joys of being a mom. She still taught her children to fight for their beliefs, but at the same time to know when to back down.

“I tried in one life, instead of listening to the call of war. I had a family, unfortunately it didn’t last long.” I say remembering that life. It brings tears, and a few slip down my cheeks but I wipe them away to keep from breaking down.

“What happened, if you don’t mind me asking.” Charlotte asks. I shake my head and begin to tell them of what happened.

Memories ….

     My life started in 352 and I lived with my grandparents. We were a small farming village just south of Hadrian’s wall. During the spring and summer we grew crops to help feed the garrison’s that were stationed on the wall to protect us. It stayed like that for fifteen years, and I even met the man I took as my husband there. He was one of the soldiers, and he had requested special permission to leave to support his family and country by growing crops to feed the other soldiers. His commander agreed, because there had been a sickness that went through and killed many of the farming families. We worked the farm my grandparents gave us on our wedding day, I gave birth to our first child in spring of 367. We were so happy and hoping to grow our family more, but it was short lived.

     I had heard the call of war the winter a year before and I ignored it. I thought we were safe, and that the Roman Empire would protect us. I was wrong, they let the attacking tribes in. They started with the small villages and ours was not spared. The Picts took all the animals, killed all the men, but spared the women and children of death. They did not spare us of the humiliations of raping us and forcing our young girls into marriage. The rest of us were enslaved, all except for me.

     I had been out in the field gathering what I could for spring flowers that were edible to give more to the baby as I breast fed. My husband had stayed home with the baby since I was still within view of our home. I had my weapons, and they had been activated. I just never used them and saw no need to. It wasn’t until I heard screaming and the ringing of metal as swords clashed, that I knew I was being punished. When I turned to go home, I saw my husband fighting the Picts and he was outnumbered. I ran to him to help but was caught off guard when two rushed me from the side of the chicken pen. As I fought with them, I watched in horror as they slit my husband’s throat and set fire to my home. I could hear my baby scream as she burned.

     I continued to fight and made sure to kill as many as I could. It was pleasing to see the shock on their faces when their comrades died by my sword.  I made it to the old ruins of a temple to bury my weapons. I knew that I wouldn’t make it out of this alive. I was lying in wait with traps set when the Saxons found me. It wasn’t long before they overpowered what I had placed and some of them thought that they would use me for pleasures. They became disappointed when I threw myself on one of their  blades, taking my own life. Then they were surprised when I told them, none of them would have the prize of the Atlantean Battle Warrior.

     I heard a man yelling commands, and before death fully took me I saw Cenric. He was a warrior for the Saxons, and he had trained me. When I was young, I had found a small hole in the wall that I could sneak through. I spent many of my summers running to the other side and when Cenric was around he would teach me to fight. After a while we stopped because there was news of a spy in the Roman ranks. He thought it better that I do not sneak across anymore. Now it was him and his men that taught me so much, that were to kill me. He was crying as he held me, repeating that he was sorry that they did not realize it was me. I told him not to worry, that I forgave him for doing what his King commanded.

     In a right life after that, I found one of the Saxons who had been in the legion that found me. He said that the woman was carried by Cenric back across the wall and given a full Saxon burial. It wasn’t until after the war that they all learned of the woman’s importance. I sat and talked to him for a while, he told me about the Roman’s coming back at them with a vengeance. When I asked if he was angry about the Roman’s retaking Britannia, he said no, that each side was just as guilty as the other. I also found out that many of them had retreated back to the north and started to settle there and create their own kingdoms.  It was then that I decided to go get my weapons and place them in a sacred place that no one would find them. I had hidden my weapons almost a full 50 years before the life I left to explore the western world now known as Canada. I went on expeditions with groups exploring the lands, that’s how I met the indigenous tribe in Manitoba and decided to stay there with them.

End of Memory.

“Wow. That’s so sad, I can understand why every time you’re brought back you cut off from the world. I would too if I had to relive that memory.” Tara says wiping tears from her face. Charlotte is sitting quietly with a look of great loss.

“I am so sorry Ianna, I am so sorry. You should not have had to pay that price for wanting someone to love.” Kya says giving me a hug. I give her a sad smile and then phones start buzzing.  We all start laughing because they all go off at the same time.

“Hello, Ianna Foster, how may I help you?”

“WHERE THE f**k ARE YOU??” Marcus yells through the phone.

“I am in the Chateau Bellevue’s restaurant with my friends having dinner. We just finished, why? What’s wrong?” I ask, it’s not like Marcus to yell at me. Something is very wrong.

“That werewolf was not alone, and they were sent to get you. He won’t tell us who though and Helix has tried everything we know to use on him.” Marcus says, I look at the girls, they all have a very worried look on their faces, and all their phone calls are finished.

“Ok, I am heading down into the interrogation now. I am fine, will call you in 30 minutes when I have something to tell you ok?” We get up and we all leave a fifty on the table. The waitress is going to love our tip.

“I am already there with Matthias. Kane called me and asked me to get my ass over here. So get your ass down here where I know your safe.” Marcus says cutting off the phone call.

“s**t!” I say as the girls and I all head down the stair to the underground pathways. They lead me to a maintenance door and Kya unlocks it.

“Who was that?” Tara asks over her shoulder.

“It was Crimson Star’s new coven Leader Marcus. Kane called him here, so that means what they have is not good.” I tell them as we get to a security check, and of course I set it off with the weapons I am still carrying from earlier.

“Don’t worry about the alarm, Kane will be expecting you to be carrying still.” Charlotte says as we start to run down the hallway towards the sounds of growling. I slow my pace to a brisk walk and pull a short blade from my boot and the 9mm Pistol from my holster I had on under my cardigan. Tara is the first to get to the door and it goes flying open as Eli gets tossed out of the room. Thank god the girls got out of the way, which opened a clear line of sight for me.

     I give a quick whistle when I walk through the door to get the mutt’s attention, as soon as he turns to face me, I pull the trigger four times, putting a bullet in each leg and both arms. It’s enough to slow him down, but he still tries to lung for me. When he does, I drop and turn to my left running the blade across his stomach. He hits the floor still growling, but the bullets are taking effect and he has to shift back. Once in his human, I lift him by the neck and slam him into a chair. Tara and Kya are quick with the silver cuffs, securing both his ankles and his wrist.

“Ahh f**k you! I am going to kill you!” Greg screams as the silver dust that was in the bullets starts to work throughout his body.

“You have exactly 23 minutes to start talking or I’ll take what you gave us already and just put a bullet in your head. Your choice flea bag.” I say giving an impatient and uncaring look to the werewolf.

“Go ahead, then you will play right into their hands and no one will want the battle warriors help when the war comes.” He smirks as he spits up blood.

“See what you don’t understand is, this was being recorded the whole time. Everything from the time you entered the building, to coming to attack me in my room, to this interrogation. Your little plant, isn’t able to hack this system because it isn’t attached to any major network and has no way in. I should know, I had the world top hackers create it and upgrade it every year to keep it working properly. I pay them quite well to do so.”  I say give him a smile. He looks at me with realization he’s going to die.

“So mutt, what’s it going to be? Live and tell us who hired you to grab Ianna or die and we go through your things. We already found the hotel you’re in and had your room swept, all your stuff is sitting in my board room being gone through by other Hunters. Oh and your Alpha says, it’s death either at our hands or at his. Tick tock you better choose quickly.” Kane says. Greg smiles at us and stays quiet. Kane’s phone goes off and he puts it on speaker. “Whatcha got Charlie?”

“Well it seems Mr. Scott has been in touch with Alena. They have been communicating for the past five years. From what I can see, she’s working with them, there’s another three people we need to keep watching for.” Charlie says and I can hear someone say something in the background. “Are you sure? … Ok.”

“What is it Charlie?” Tara asks.

“Zach just found communications between coven Leader Maxum and Mr. Scott. There’s a third name of Travis but no last name…” Charlie get cut off my Greg struggling in the chair.

“Get the f**k out of my stuff you stupid, jacked up, worthless human!” He screams as he starts to struggle more. Instead of waiting for the silver to fully take effect, I walk up him and slice from his groin to his chest leaving him wide open.

“Damn girl.” Tanner says, walking back over from getting Eli checked and cleaned up.

“Go ahead Charlie.” Kya says and I can hear Charlie laughing.

“Hey Aretha, you just gutted him didn’t you?” He says and I hear others in the background laughing too.

“No, split up the center from the groin to the sternum. What else did you find?” I say wiping my blade on a cloth Tanner handed me.

“So there was a third person in this communication named Travis, but that’s it. The other interesting thing is they keep talking about “The Sword in the Stone”, saying that it’s rightful owner has been brought back and they need to find them and kill them before this person comes in contact with it.” He stops for a second, “Aretha, we need to find a witch to open your memories like now, whoever this Travis is, he mentions getting the activated weapons of the Atlantean Battle Warrior.” Charlie finishes.

“Charlie can you make copies of everything that has my dad on it?” Marcus asks not looking happy at all.

“Sure but who are you and who’s your dad?” Charlie asks.

“Crimson Star Coven Leader Marcus, my father is soon to be dead Ex-leader Maxum.” He tells Charlie. I see Marcus’s eyes have gone red and his fangs have fully elongated.

“Ok we got enough to get started, Ianna take Marcus and get him something to calm down. We can handle things from here.” Kane says, and he was worried about Helix being pissed.

     I grab Marcus and we head out of the room to go back to my suite. About 5 minutes later we’re there and the door has been replaced. When I go to walk away to grab Marcus something to feed off of, he grabs me and slams his lips to mine. I feel a slight pain in my lower lip as I hit one of his fangs.

“s**t. Are you ok?” He pulls back and looks at me. Tracing his thumb over my lip and lick the little bit of blood that smears on it.

“I am fine. You need to feed though.” I say looking Marcus in the eye and then down to his blood red lips. I pull him in again and kiss him. When he pulls away he has a devious smile and lifts me.

“You know when I feed, I need to be deep inside of you.” He says as he lays me down on the bed and starts to strip my clothes. In no time he has me in just my black lace G-string and bra. He doesn’t take too long to get undress either, though he takes everything off even his boxers. I haven’t forgotten how huge Marcus is, but I can’t get over how hungry I feel for him and how my mouth waters at the sight of him naked. “Are you hungry my little Watcher? Do you want me to feed your body, heart and soul?” he says as he starts to leave small bites and kisses down to my n*****s. He does it through the fabric first, then rips my bra away and takes it into his mouth leaving small marks where his fangs pierced into my breast.

“Oh god yes please Marcus.” I moan as I arch into his body and run one hand through his hair. I hear him moan as he switches from one side to the other. I soon hear a snap and realize he used his nails to cut the straps to my G-string.

“I want to hear you screaming my name Aretha, and you will be for hours.” Marcus says as he kisses me with forceful passion. Then he leans in and says something I have wanted since my first life for. “I want to hear you scream my name from our first lives together… Orion.” I look at him and gasp as I feel two fingers part the folds of my core.

“Oh yes Orion please, more please!” I moan and arch again at the pleasure he’s bringing my body. I see how excited he’s getting hearing his first given name, and I don’t stop. He kisses down my chest, my stomach and then to between my legs. I feel his lips sear onto my sensitive nub, causing me to arch and scream in pleasure. He switches between flicking his tongue over it and sucking it, all while his fingers pump in and out of my core. 

“Oh Orion I’m going to c*m …. Ahh more please give me more!” I beg as an explosion of heat radiates from my core throughout my entire body. As I ride out my climax, I feel Marcus sink his fang into my sweet spot as he sucks on my nub. The sensation causes me to climax again and this time I see stars.

                When he pulls away, I can still see his eyes are red, meaning he hasn’t taken near enough for the thirst to come down, but this isn’t the first time. Marcus has been coming to me for 3 years to feed when he goes blood thirsty and it’s always amazing. He kisses a trail from my core, up my stomach, to both my breast and then seals our lips again as he thrusts into me. He moves steadily in and out filling me each time with his huge length. I dig my nails into his back, as he kisses down to my neck and then I feel him completely sink his fangs in again. This time when he does his paces quickens and I am a panting, moaning mess.

“Orion, harder please harder!” I pant, and his pace picks up again. He fangs retract from my neck and he groans as I clench around his thickness.

“You like it when I slam into you hard, don’t you my little Watcher?” He asks as I rake my nails up his back drawing small lines of blood.

“Oh yes, that’s it! Please more, don’t stop!” I beg as he puts my hands over my head and his thrust become harder and deeper.

“Who am I Aretha? Who am I to you?” He asks as he deepen his thrust again causing another orgasm to build quickly.

“You’re Orion. You’re mine, only mine!” I scream … “Oh f**k Orion, I’m going to cum.”

“Good girl, c*m for me, and I will fill you with my seed.” He says as the heat explodes through me again causing me to scream. As I do I feel him thrust in one last time as deep as he can and then the heat of my orgasm is intensified by the burst of his seed filling me. As Marcus finishes he leans down on his arms.

“You know we have broken one of the most important Watcher rules right?” I say bringing him down to lay on me. His head rests on my shoulder and his arms are now around me as I feel him starting to laugh.

“We have been breaking that rule constantly for 3 years now. What does it matter, no one’s going to take you away from me Ianna. I finally get to have you completely as the woman I loved centuries ago and as the woman I love today. I will never let you leave me.” Marcus says and kisses me.

“So am I to call you Orion when we make love then? Or can I call you that anytime I want?” I ask with a smile and looking into his beautiful green eyes.

“You can call me what ever you want my love, and any time you want.” He replies and then starts moving in and out again. I moan my approval and we start making love again. I don’t know if I am going to be able to walk tomorrow… oh well it’s more than worth it.