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[Terion]

"Good," said Mari as she watched the slayers retreat with their own wounded, dead, and weapons in tow even as they ran themselves. Soon besides the bloodstains and the mess within, there would be no sign of them. And the vampires would clean up even that to cover themselves.

Looking down at Dae, lying limply in her arms, her heart jumped and she closed her eyes tight a moment later to fight back tears.

You must survive, liebe. We still have to hunt down that liegend pazifistisch blut dummkopf a anafasom at, she thought, well aware that her thoughts were degenerating into a mix of Welsh and German as she panicked. Soon enough she would begin speaking in it...and Dae was the only one who knew how to translate the mess she made of the two languages.

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liegend pazifistisch blut dummkopf - lying pacifist blood sucker
a anafasom at - that we have been hurt by

[Wynter]

Joe drove quickly to the street that Lyra had told him they were headed down. She said hurry but did not indicate why...so when he finally spotted them a block ahead of him and saw Dae in Mari's arms he knew things had not gone as planned.

Dante's going to kill me if Dae died and he lives...

He quickly sped up and honked as he go behind them.

Lyra looked behind her as she heard the honk..."There Joe...." she said.

[Terion]

Mari heard the car coming and nodded frantically to Lyra as it came to a stop. "Übersichtlich die bacia borth. Beeilen!" She then shook her head, took a breath, and forced herself to repeat the order in English.

"Open the back door," she barked. "Hurry!"

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Übersichtlich die - Open the
bacia borth - back door.
Beeilen! - Hurry!

[Wynter]

Lyra quickly open the back door then jumped into the front of the car.

"We need to get her to the hospital quickly " she said urgently to Joe.

Joe nodded as he flipped on his lights allowing them threw the traffic quicker. He quickly sped towards the hospital. As he drove he looked back and asked "What happened?"

[Terion]

"O'Connell," growled Mari in response as she carefully cradled Dae in her arms. The blonde's head lolled against her shoulder and she could feel her ragged breathing against her neck. A good sign - breathing meant she was still alive.

"One punch, tossed her across the bar. She's at least got a dislocated collarbone, some broken ribs, and internal bleeding. Last's the one that we need to worry about because that can be bad."

She trailed off with a frown before she degenerated into Welsh and German again, looking worriedly down at Dae. They had watched a friend die years ago from internal bleeding, unable to help her, and it hadn't been a pretty death. Even if Dae's feelings had changed and she was with someone else, Mari didn't want that for her.

[Wynter]

"We can use that to get her admitted saying the same guy who went after Dante, went after her." Joe said as he swerved along the streets.

[Terion]

"Good," growled Mari, eyes gleaming with anger. "I want him running with fear of the cops and of one of us lurking around a corner with a dagger."

She looked down at Dae again and lifted a hand, gently stroking strands of sweaty blonde hair.

"This was a game before for me," she said quietly. "Now it's a hunt. And O'Connell will regret causing me to change my viewpoint."

[Wynter]

Lyra sat quietly in the front seat. She would go after O'connell if she was needed but a part of her wanted revenge on the bartender. She also knew that was the one the weapon smith was looking for.

Joe sped as fast as he could and then pull and stop abruptly at the emergency entrance of the hospital.

[Terion]

Mari was out of the car before it had quite stopped, shouting at the top of her lungs at the hospital staff. She forcefully explained what had happened to them and then watched as Dae was carried off, ignoring the presence of those around her.

"Live, liebe," she hissed under her breath. "Live and we will hunt O'Connell to the ends of this earth for what he has done to us."