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Caleb brushed Sarah's blonde hair from her face and she smiled as he did. They decided to have a night to themselves while Sarah's cousins were busy. They hadn't had a chance to relax as a couple since the Nordskov's had arrived. He enjoyed having them around and he enjoyed the smile they were able to put on Sarah's face but he would be lying if he said he hadn't missed this. Ever since last year thing had moved quickly between Sarah and himself. They started like gasoline thrown on a fire, and burned just as intensely since.

He leaned in to press his lips to hers when his phone sounded, breaking the quiet moment.

"Nooo!" Sarah whined, and pouted her lips. Caleb winked at her and opened his phone to see if it was important. Victor's name flashed onto the screen and he decided that if it was Victor – it probably couldn't wait.

"I'm sorry, one second." Caleb told her as he walked into the hallway outside of his bedroom, shutting the door behind him.

"Victor, how are you.."

"The Huntsmen attacked Jake and Alyssa. I think Jake was an accident but we can't be sure. We need to call a meeting and get everyone together; including Sarah and Kate. Jake and Bobby should be safe at the hospital but I'll send Mr. and Mrs. Garwin to check on them before they head over. They're closest to the hospital. I have to go find my daughter, could you call Chase?" Victor cut Caleb off, spilling out every ounce of information he could at once making it hard for Caleb to keep up.

"Is Alyssa alright? Is Reid with her?" Caleb stuttered to get a word in.

"She sounds shaken up, I have to patch up her shoulder she was scratched pretty badly." Victor couldn't help the concern that laced his voice.

"Okay, I'll call Tyler, Pogue, and Chase. I'll ask my mom to tell the Elders and the Others." Caleb wanted more information but now was not the time.

"I'm picking up Reid and Alyssa, we'll be there shortly after."

With that Caleb and Victor ended the call, Caleb filled Sarah in on what he knew as they walked to meet Evelyn in the living room. After she set off to notify the elder generations Caleb mulled over how he would explain it to Chase. Sarah watched as frustration etched into Caleb's features and she offered to make the calls to Tyler, Pogue, and Kate. She wanted to talk to Reid's parents anyways so they could ask Bobby to call her.

"That isn't your responsibility, Sarah." Caleb told her, shaking his head.

Sarah crossed her arms over her chest and leveled him with a stern look, "I'm making it my responsibility. Call Chase."

He didn't have time to insist, she was already dialing a number into her phone and turning away from him. He didn't like the idea of her becoming more involved with the Power than she already was, already had been, but he did find some comfort in having a few moments to collect what he wanted to tell the hot-headed Son.

After a few moments of thought Caleb found Chases number in his phone and put it up to his ear.

Chase was just stepping out of the shower when his phone began ringing. It was Caleb – Chase thought about letting it go to voicemail. He wasn't in the mood to talk to anyone tonight but a sinking feeling in his chest made him change his mind.

"Hey man, I'm kind of busy right…"

"Chase, you're not too busy for this." Caleb told him, cutting him off. "Alyssa and Jake were at an event tonight. They were attacked, Jake's in the hospital. Victor said Alyssa's okay – shaken up mostly but we're calling a meeting. It was the Huntsmen, they've made their first move."

Chase saw red. It was the only way to describe it. It always seemed like such a cliché way to describe rage, he was always pretty good at articulating the rage he felt but this was different. It was like he couldn't see, hear, or feel. Everything was white noise, and red heat. He vaguely heard Caleb calling his name but it seemed so far away. He was shell shocked, and reacted quickly once it subsided.

"I'm on my way." He growled to Caleb after what seemed like an eternity.

Chase dropped his phone onto the bathroom counter with a loud clang. He ran to his room and dressed himself in the first clothes he found, not worrying about drying himself off. All thoughts aside from getting to Ipswich as quickly as possible were not registering. He ran down the hall and took his keys off of the kitchen counter before running out of the front door and to his car, not locking his apartment on the way. Everything he owned was replaceable, the only thing that wasn't replaceable in his life was currently hurt and thought he hated her.

"FUCK" He screamed into the car's eerily quiet atmosphere, while he jammed the key into the ignition and turned the engine over.

He threw it into drive, and roared out of his parking spot. He was leaving Vermont, he never wanted to be this far from Alyssa again. He did what he was told, he'd stayed away, and she was still hurt. If she was endangered no matter what he did, no Power was going to stop him from protecting her with everything he had in him. He made a quiet promise to himself that he'd make it up to Alyssa in anyway she'd let him, and he stepped on the gas pedal with alarming force.

Reid took his jacket off after getting off the phone with Victor and put it around Alyssa's shoulders. Her body was entering shock and he wasn't sure if it was from her shoulder or out of fear. He helped walk her outside to get some fresh air, far enough from everyone to avoid curiosity but close enough that no enemy would be brave enough to try another attack.

"What happened to you, Aly Cat?" Reid asked, trying to get her attention.

"I-I-I-I.." Alyssa stuttered, seemingly unable to stop.

"Okay, easier questions," Reid could have face palmed, talking about that right now was probably not what she needed. "What's my favourite colour?"

Alyssa stared into space for a few moments, trying to rack her brain for an answer. "Is it okay if I'm not sure right now?"

Reid nodded his head, at least it was a complete sentence. "Remember when we were kids and you thought we'd all specialize in different elements one day?"

Alyssa nodded, "you thought that was stupid."

"Only because I got Water and you thought Pogue was Fire. When you're fifteen that seems lame. I thought fire was cooler." Reid told her.

"It's true, you know – I was right, not that fire's more cool than water. My dad and I have been working on a theory but I wanted to confirm it before telling all of you. That's how you'll all swear in to the order, once Tyler turns eighteen everyone will be given elements and you'll complete the circle by binding all of your elements together. Your powers will bond even more, you'll know who's using and when. Maybe even what spell. You'll be able to help them, even if you're not with them." Alyssa was having a hard time explaining what she meant, she planned on getting her dad to help her and explaining to the group, but it was helping to take her mind off what happened and for that she was grateful.

"Are you kidding me? Why didn't our parents tell us that?" Reid asked her

"Each Covenant's generation has a different bond, each generation is unique. They all swear into the order in different ways, this is just yours I suppose. They didn't know, so they couldn't have told you." She said as she rested her head onto Reid's shoulder for warmth.

"That's pretty bad-ass, Aly." Reid mused aloud.

"Well, if the shoe fits…"

"ALYSSA!" Victor roared above the noise of the crowd. Reid gently leaned Alyssa back up right and stood to give Victor a better view of where they were. He ran over as quick as he could and nodded to Reid before gently placing his hands on Alyssa's cheeks and firmly pulling her face up to look him in the eyes.

"Are you okay?" He asked her, on the verge of a panic attack.

"I'm okay Dad, just tired." She told him as she brought her uninjured arm up to be able to rest her hand over her father's.

"She's been fighting off shock since it happened, V." Reid told him quietly.

"Okay, we're going to get her to my car. I'm going to have a look at her shoulder and then we'll get to Caleb's. We can't do it here though, too many people will see. I'll walk with her, you go ahead and open the Jeep's door." Victor instructed the blonde Son, who nodded and took the keys.

"You have to stop scaring me, Alyssa. I'm too old for it." Victor tried to lighten the mood as he guided his daughter to the parking lot.

"But life would be so boring, dad." She joked back, and laughed a little. The laugh jolted her arm which caused her to wince.

"I'm fine with boring." Victor told her, seriously.

He patched up the five claw marks that were embedded into her shoulder, they weren't deep enough to warrant stitches but they weren't shallow either. He worried about infection, and decided that once at Caleb's he would ask Evelyn to assist him with cleaning the wounds. For now, he'd hoped the blood would coagulate so that he didn't have to worry about wooziness on top of shock. He told Reid to stay in the back with Alyssa and to keep her talking on the drive to Caleb's which seemed like an eternity in itself.