Gray felt like he was being told of like a small child as Jeger told him how stupid his actions were considering his condition. He listened carefully to her words, knowing that if he didn't she could beat it into him - no matter what his condition was. She was right to say that it was risky taking him with them. If anything happened the main priority should've been to keep Gabe safe, but, if he was there, the they were going to feel the need to protect him too.
He was intriguied though, as Jeger offered him use as being bait for Loki. He eyed her carefully as she spoke, looking for hints of lies, though there seemed to be none. She was really serious about using him as bait.

It was a big thing that he was being used for, and his gaze wandered to Ven, who still gave him an unapproving look back. Of course he would, but there was reason to this time.
"It's too early to use me as bait." He wasn't sure why he was saying it, but the thought just came out aloud. He looked up to Jeger again, "We should concentrate on one thing at a time, right? Gabe's safety and training first, then taking out Loki. Being bait should be saved, even if that means I can't come out for a while longer." It was obvious he wasn't particularly happy with what he was saying, as he would've much rather went with them. But Jeger was right in saying that it was too dangerous for all of them.

Ven's eyes widened slightly with surprise as Gray was coming out with this himself. He expected Gray to jump at the oppertunity to get back onto the field. Looks like Jeger was able to talk sense into him. He glanced to Gabe, who seemed to not have a clue what was going on, nor did he seem to care that much. His gaze returned to Gray,
"I guess that means we'll be seeing you later then?" Ven asked, now piping up after letting Jeger talk to his brother seeing as he couldn't do anything to change that boy's mind.
Gray nodded a couple of times,
"Keep it safe," Gray told Ven, glancing at the weapon on his back for a moment. Ven looked him with a puzzled expression for a moment, before clocking on to what Gray was rambling about this time. Sometimes, he wondered whether Loki's attack had affected Gray's random rambling.

And with that, Gray took himself back inside HQ. When the door closed behind him, Ven looked back to Jeger, brow still risen slightly.
"How do you do that? I try and tell him that, and I get punched. You tell him again, give him a choice, and he opts to go inside." Ven was so confused.

~~~

Rose watched as the Demon came over, not much taller than herself, all grey, no colour to him. He was... interesting. She hesitated at first, as they were introduced to eachother. Demons didn't usually like Downworlders, but this one seemed fine around her, even offering a hand to shake, without the sharp claws. She gently took it, giving it a quick shake before finding comfort at Loki's side again.
Her gaze wandered between Loki and Luci as they were given a little task to do together. Spying? He had gotten her a Demon to come spying with her? She would've been able to do that any other day on her own. What was this all about? She was still confused, even when Loki left.

"Shouldn't be that hard... we've only got a night-watch now..." Rose said, her voice probably noticably quieter around this Demon than it would've been around Loki. She sighed lightly as she pushed the scarlet curls of hair from her eyes, remembering that she needed a cloaking spell for them, or Luci was going to be seen. If was doing this alone... there wouldn't have been a need for a cloaking spell.
She muttered a collection of words, a slight glitter rising in the air around them. The glitter shimmered over them like a blanket as she finished her words, looking to Luci again when she was done, the corner of her mouth tugged up slightly in a half hearted smile,
"That should do it to cover us both up from them. Can't see us, can't hear us, and most importantly, can't sense you."

Loki had then said that they needed to get to the Hunter HQ swiftly. Was a teleporting spell quick enough. Maybe Luci wouldn't appreciate another spell being cast on him right now. But it would've been the fastest way.
"Do you want to teleport there, or have you got a better way that's just as fast?" She asked, wondering what his input to this little task was actually going to be.

Luci pouted a little as he watched Loki go, great he had a downworlder to go spying with. He cold have done that on his own. Maybe Loki was under the misconception that he liked downworlders and would enjoy ones company. The truth was that Luci simply tolerated them because of that one that had saved him. Then again he suspected that Loki knew that. Loki had also managed to drop in a few careful hints that magic had to be used, not with the cloaking spell but in a few other more hidden sentences. Luci wasn't a stupid demon, in fact his intelligence wasn't even average, it was above that. He could read people, even an overlord like Loki. It was obvious that he was trying to train Rose up, there was no doubt that he loved her but if she wasn't up to the cut even Loki could probably let her go. All this love shit didn't fool Luci, maybe he did love them and want to be loved but anyone lusting for so much power had a heart of ice.

Interest sparked when the cloud of glitter formed around them, it was an interesting substance, Luci had always been interested in magic. He didn't understand how it worked which meant it was something he wanted to study. Luci sighed as Rose figured out the transporting spell that Loki had sown into his words. He wanted to see this magic in action even more so he nodded, "That's fine, just don't leave a part of me behind, yeah kid?"

Jeger continued to stare at Gray for a moment before glancing over to Gabe, unable to answer his question at that moment until she heard Gray's reply. She thought of what it would be like in Gray's position, wounded and unable to fight... It would drive her crazy. When Gray finally stirred from his silence, glad that he took some time to think about what she had said instead of bursting out a answer. A small smile formed at Gray's words, her posture visibly returning to the norm, which was still tense but not so imposing and aggressive. Jeger didn't like arguing or fighting amongst her family but she wasn't against tough love, the thought made her smile more at ease instead of strained. She knew Ven would have likely been against Gray being used as bait, hell, even she didn't like the option but Gray was old enough to make some decisions by himself and smart enough to figure things out, he didn't let her down in that aspect. Taking a small step back so Ven and Gray could properly see each other without her blocking their line of vision, merely nodding at Gray when he was done speaking with his twin.

"Rayne is still at head quarters, so you should be safe there, if anything happens no matter what you call or text or whatever you people do."

She waved her hand casually before returning her unnerving gaze back on Gabe, "Sorry for that brief interruption, had to be settled though." Chuckling softly at Ven's surprise, shaking her head a bit which cause her dusty brown and red hair to swish and sway about her head. "Well, could be that Ii laid it out straight for him or it could be the fact I'd beat his ass if he didn't mind." She chuckles softly at her words, unsure what had really made Gray choose the right decision, but she was just glad he did choose correct.

"Now, without further waiting, Gabe, lead the way if you will."

Gabe nodded, glad to finally be on his way. "Come on then," he didn't wait for them, he hated the idea that they had to babysit him. He headed down the street a good few paces in front of them and slipped his hands into his pockets, using his phone to text without looking, he sent a message to Poppy. "Meet me at my house, please, let me say sorry." he sent the message and sighed, feeling a litle relieved he knew that she'd come to see him. His road was surprisingly close to HQ and he wondered if that was a coincidence. His mums car still wasn't there which annoyed him, he wanted to talk to her.

Poppy was there though, wearing grey tracksuit bottoms and a strap top she stood with her arms folded. Gabe went to her and hugged her tightly. "What's going on?" she wanted to know as soon as he let go.

"Not much." he shrugged, "I've just got to stay with those people for a few days."

From her window a young girl patiently watched the group. Blue green eyes sparkled with amusement the moment Gray punch his brother. She had to admit it wasn’t really nice to get the boy´s hopes up in fighting but…With Gray´s condition she really didn’t blame them. A wounded liability to a group whos venturing out in the cold dark night where those little devils known as demons would surely be out and partying. A shudder ran up her spine at the mere thought of it!

Carefully Rayne brushed away a strand from her face as she got up from sitting in her window sill. It was lucky Jeger was there to diffused the situation before things got out of hand. Leave it to old Jeger to knock some sense into the skulls of the young Hunters preferably those with the headstrong attitudes that would definitely lead to their demised. She wouldn’t let it pass Loki to think of some way to obtain what he wants. The sly devil and his tricks how she would love to slowly drive her knife into that pretty little face of his. That would be her Love for the bastard.

The young girl took a final glance just in time to see Gray leave the group probably going inside. A soft sigh escaped her lips before she left her room. Her long agonizing paperwork was finally done though anymore stacks and she was probably gonna go mass murderer mode. Should I follow along with the party incase any uninvited guest decides to spoil the fun?...Though Jeger is with them and that pacifies some of my worries since everyone here knows of her extreme dislike for Loki…But its boring to stay in HQ with nothing to do but train…. The thought played on her mind.

Rose couldn't help but scowl a little as Luci called her 'kid'. Eventhough she was pretty much a child still, Luci didn't exactly look much older. Loki said that demons looked much younger than they were, which meant Luci was probably much more than her own age. But she still didn't appreciate it, not when she was the one using the teleport spell.
She delved into the bag at her hip, looking for something to draw with, finding a rather large lump of charcoal that always came in handy for this. It didn't take her too long to draw up the circle around herself and Luci, having done it so many times now that she got quicker and quicker with every drawing.

"Just don't do anything..." She said quietly as she stood, pocketing the charcoal again with a light sigh. Its now that she had to think, imagine the HQ right infront of them, solid and clear images in her mind of where she wanted to be. If she was distracted now, then nobody knew where they could end up.
Within a few moments the charcoal circle would glow with an eerie light as the spell took hold - this time no need to say anything like with the cloaking spell. Then there was a moment of complete disorientation, who knows what was going on or what could be seen at this moment, Rose had her eyes closed with concentration. She was used to the feeling now, and so wasn't worried by it. Then solid ground was felt under her feet again, a wave of fresh air hitting her bare skin - telling her that they were outside.

Opening her eyes, Rose grinned to find the cathedral like building that everyone recognised to be HQ. The glamour for the office building was only strong enough for the mundane to see - demons and downworlders could deffinitely see through it. It never scared a Hunter to think that their base could be seen though - as no demon could go inside it, because the Hunter Institutes were holy buildings, and Downworlders didn't mix much with Hunters anyway.
Her eyes scanned around the place, finding the group of Hunters wandering away. Rose tilted her head slightly, not bothering to hide herself as she too was under the cloaking spell.
"VeeVee, Jeger and Gabe...?" She muttered, glancing at Luci for a moment before skipping on after them, not worried about being seen or heard as she was very confident in her cloaking spell.

She paused as they reached his house, glancing at the street name and then the house that they were at, keeping a mental note of this. She then noticed that there was now another... a mundane girl.
"His girlfriend?" She questionned, glancing back to check for Luci again. By the way he just hugged her like that, he definitely cared for her.

~~~

Ven thought Jeger was right, in both aspects. He'd confused Gray with what options he had, and Gray was probably scared of getting a beating from Jeger when he was already in a state. He tried to forget about it though, as he followed after Gabe and Jeger till they were outside Gabe's house again. His brow rose slightly as he saw the girl from before out here.
"What did Gray tell you about seeing your friends again...?" Ven commented, trying not to sound too snappy, arms now folded across his chest as he glanced from Gabe and Poppy to Jeger, a slightly concerned expression on his face.
He'd been told that he couldn't see them, cause he'd be endangering them... but look, he went and did it anyway. It was like he didn't really believe that he was in any kind of danger at all. He was asking for Demons to show up and ruin the party.

Jeger was glad that the concrete was warmed by the sun, one thing Jeger hated in life was cold feet, literally not metaphorically... Well, now that she thought about it, metaphorically too. She snorted, the sound humored by her own thoughts, who needed television when she had her own entertainment having a party inside her head. Furrowing her brows, her face telegraphing her thoughts as usual, thinking that she shouldn't of downed that whole energy drink too quickly because she was mentally talking to herself. She moved one hand to rub at the back of her neck, for a moment it almost felt like a spider crawling there, the real reason had been because a downworlder and a demon was close but she didn't know that instead she blamed the odd feeling on too much caffeine and too little sleep. Shaking her head as she walked after Gabe, uncaring at the bedraggled, homeless girl look she had going on, she thought it made her look cool, so long as she kept thinking that she would be fine. She paused at the gate to Gabe's home, realizing that his place was quite close to headquarters, making her slightly on edge because if demons decided to attack around the Hunter's home Gabe's house could become a battlefield.

She had to admit she felt slightly awkward about being around such a domestic home, having never lived in one and was forced to live in creepy grand ol' churches instead, she was surprised she hadn't been hearing ghostly voices or something in the abandoned churches. Turning her gaze away from the house, she spotted the last person she wanted to see, demons and downworlders excluded, Gabe's friend who she only knew as 'Pops', weird name that one. She cast a glance over to Ven, it was like he read her mind, almost instantly she glanced around them in search of demons but she didn't feel the familiar tingle, she had joked around before by calling it her spider senses.

"I'm positive that Gray and I told you that seeing anyone close to you was a very bad idea, if you really cared about her she wouldn't be here."

She moved one hand to push it roughly in agitation through her hair, lets write this one up in the long list of worries for Jeger to monitor. She would suggest to simply throw Gabe over her should all barbaric like and take him back to headquarters in record time, but she didn't think Gabe would go quietly with that idea. Maybe they could take this girl back to HQ with them, seeing that Gabe had just put her in danger... She shook her head again, it wasn't Gabe's fault, he still thought of himself as a simple human, this was her fault for allowing Gabe to come back. She should threaten Gabe, she shouldn't care if this girl got killed, she didn't know this 'Pops' and she wasn't a Hunter. However, Jeger wouldn't be Jeger if she wasn't a sucker for saving human lives, she let out a irritated sigh, frustrated now.

Gabe winced as the hunters came up to him, there was that word again, 'danger'. It had been like what an hour since his life seemed to revolve around it? He knew Ven and Jeger were in the right when they spoke but they didnt, couldnt understand. Then Jeger said something that made him a little angry. If you really cared about her she wouldn't be here it was because he cared so much that he couldn't bare to be away from her. He touched her cheek gently brushing her hair from her face she took his hand as he dropped it and squeezed. He could see her eyes on the hunters, "Don't" he said, but it was too late, she'd moved to stand by him, facing them. Apparently what Jeger had said had stung her as well.

"Who do you think you are?" she snapped, "you have no idea about Gabe."

Gabe loved his best friend dearly but sometimes she could be childish, and he knew it, there was something about her spirit and complete drama queen/perfect princess act that he just couldn't get enough off. In fact their personalities went well together. He put an arm around her. "They know a lot." he promised. "Look you can't stay tonight, I have to go with these guys." he explained, guiding her towards his house, he'd need proof if he was to tell her about the hunters so for now he just stuck with the fact that he had to stay with them. Once they were inside Poppy rounded on him.

"What is going on Gabe?"

He sighed, "Ok I'll tell you, they are some relatives from my dads side of the family. You know how my mum hates him? I don't want her knowing about them, ok?" He hated lying, he hated it so damn much. What was worse was that she believed him, she had so much trust in him that she believed such a stupid story, he had no other relatives he'd always said that to her, but as soon as he changed his story she just went along with it. He forced a smile and went upstairs to get some things, he reappeared in the street with Poppy and walked to the hunters.

"I'll see you tomorrow Gabe." she hugged him tightly her head resting against his chest as he hugged her back and pressed his face into her hair, her soft scent filled him.

He pulled back first, "I'll see you first Poppy Darling." he moved back to stand with the hunters, and watched as she scrutinized them.

"You best look after him." she delivered it like an order, her tone making Gabe chuckle. And then she was gone and Gabe couldn't help but feel that he wouldn't see her again.

---

Luci closed his eyes when she did and was amazed when they appeared in the street when they had been standing inside and now they were outside. He could smell them, the hunters, they had a distinct dirty smell that made him wrinkle his nose. He really had no idea why Loki would want to get close enough to suck the blood of one. Luci preferred humans, they smelt better. Some demons did not feed on humans, usually a demon would slowly take a warped form of the blood they drank. Luci appeared mostly human, his parents had favoured deer, hence his horns. It was why Loki was so beautiful.

He frowned when Gabriel met with a human girl, they were certainly rather close. Luci had initially tried to hide from the hunters, then he remembered the cloaking spell. It sure was good to have a downworlder on their side, especially a magical one. He watched silently as the human interacted with Gabriel. Nodding when Rose asked if she was his girlfriend. "Perhaps. Perhaps not, aren't they all over emotional like that?" Luci's emotions were as bland as his colouring, he hardly understood the things really.

Ven glanced at Jeger as she pretty much doubled up on what he just said. Their comments seemed to have gone unnoticed as she was still around, even questionning them. Thankfully though, he and Jeger didn't have to go down that road as Gabe had the sense enough to take her away. The Mundane were the worst to tell about Hunters, and so it was best not to say anything in most cases. If Gabe wasn't one himself, then he probably would've been left without a clue as well. He watched as Gabe took the girl inside, glancing to Jeger again,

"Do you think he's going to ignore us like that all the time? It's going to be a major waste of our time if he is." Ven made another comment, both concern and agitation obvious as he spoke. Concern for the fact that if Loki nabbed this boy too, then he was going to be even harder to defeat - and he was already a bitch of a demon to fight as it was. If Gabe was going to ignore their advice, then Loki was bound to get him even faster.
The agitation was for the fact that he could've been spending his time on better things, like researching a cure for Gray. He still had the Fey's stone in his pocket, waiting to be looked up on to see if it would give Gray a chance of fully recovering.

Ven couldn't help but be amused as the girl demanded that they looked after him,
"Yes ma'am." He replied, with a mock salute to go with that order. She had no idea the lengths that they were prepared to go to, to keep this kid safe.

His gaze then returned to Gabe, looking him up and down for a bag that had the stuff they were supposed to be collecting.
"Got your stuff yet? Or was that a nice little bit of procrastination there?" He asked, too much time was being wasted, and night was beginning to grow on them - that was never a good sign.

~~~

Rose watched as Gabe interacted with the girl, curiosity filling her brightly coloured eyes as she watched them. The way they acted was different to anything she'd ever bared witness to before. She tore her gaze away from them as Luci spoke, asking whether they were all that emotional or not. She shrugged in reply,
"I never usually take the time out to watch the Mundane and their emotional ways. They show more than Demons do though, definitely..." She said, her voice as though she was thinking aloud, almost dreamy. Her gaze wandered back, finding Ven and Jeger on their own for a few moments, the other two having gone inside for a few moments.

Jeger ran her tongue over her teeth in anger as Gabe's friend whirls on her, which wouldn't be smart seeing her nice strings were pulling tighter than the strings on her guitar. She didn't know why Gabe insisted on seeing this girl, of course, she didn't know what it was to have friends who didn't know about demons. The other hunters had the handle on things so she didn't have to worry as much of them as she had a regular human, her hand moved to rub the back of her neck again. Inhaling slowing as a smile plasters on her face, though it didn't hold any real humor in it, it was almost as if she were baring fangs she didn't have. Luckily Gabe was smart enough to pull his friend into the house, leaving her and Ven outside to examine the surroundings once more. However, she didn't see anything out of place, she didn't feel any demons either, it just seemed all... tranquil and normal. Moving her hand to rub at her forehead, her brown and crimson hair pushed out of her face, thinking about what Ven had said to her.

"Hopefully not, I don't know how to handle this situation, usually we're trained to know our responsibilities. If I can't trust him after training its going to be bad, he'll risk everything if he keeps this up. If they catch his friend he'll go for her, it'll be a trap and we all know I would go with him, I can't let a human be used like that. This spells disaster, plain and clear."

She turned her attention when she heard the door shut, seeing Gabe come out, but Ven beat her to the punch on commenting on Gabe. Deciding that now wasn't the time for her to argue anyways, Gabe knew what he'd done. Instead she simply stared at him, waiting to explain himself or to state he had everything he needed and was ready to go. She shifts slightly, the only sign of her discomfort, but it wasn't only just from being in the open, it was due to being in the so called dream world, what she called living a normal human life.

Gabe held up the bag that he held, "I got some stuff." he told them, he'd seen their disapproving looks and he wasn't stupid he knew how they thought. He thought it would probably be best if he explained his actions, but he thought they they could not understand the friendship of humans and hunters, but he had always been a human and that was the relationship that had developed. Although he had to admit that his relationship with Poppy was different even from that that could form between humans, he had seen human friends grow close and then fall into what they called love, he and Poppy were just as close and he did love her but not in the way that humans loved each other, he seemed to still be searching for himself but maybe now that he had more of an idea of who he was...? He shook his head, how could he explain to them that knowing he couldn't see her was like having hot pokers plunged into his stomach and twisted.

"Don't worry about Poppy." was all he said, "I had to talk to her one more time or she would not have been satisfied, I know her, she would have come looking for me." he hoped that was enough of an explanation for them, it was a display of human emotion towards him and not his feelings for her, and that was all. He wished that was all.

---

Luci found it amusing to watch, he too had never really studied them. "Honestly?" he said quietly, "I can see why he likes her, she looks delicious." he liked his pale grey lips. His eyes going to the hunters now, he'd never taster their blood before, but he'd always wanted to, if only, but it was said that hunter blood was more of an addiction, it charged you for years but once it faded you needed more, although Loki seemed to think that one more hunter would bring him to full power and he would need no more. Luci doubted it. Addictions were strange things.

"This is good though." he decided, "we know where he lives at least, as for the girl, do you think he'd die for her?" that would be the information that Loki wanted. The evil bastard would indulge himself in such love and use it against them. Luci smiled a little.

Ven's brow rose slightly as Gabe explained why he had to talk to the girl one more time. Like he cared why it was done, it was still a bad idea. He glanced around the area, scanning round for any sign of something that needed beating up, but there were no signs of demons. It was a shame really, not even one. Then they'd be able to show Gabe what he's been missing out on.
With a sigh, Ven turned on his heel,

"Let's get out of here, someone's got alot of work to do..." He said, leading the way once again back to HQ. Ven wasn't sure why he was taking such a leading role now, usually he'd just be following along after his brother. Ah, that was it then. Gray wasn't around, so he didn't have anyone to follow anymore.

~~~

Rose couldn't stop the shiver than ran down her spine as Luci spoke of how the girl looked delicious. It unnerved her how these demons liked blood, especially seeing as they could eventually turn on her if anyone had a taste for Fey. Hopefully, it would never come to that though. She pulled herself together as Luci spoke again,
"No doubt he'd come running after her. The others probably won't let him go alone though."
She then noticed that Ven had turned to head back in the direction that they were in the way of. She quickly skipped aside, leaving the pathway clear for the hunters to take without bumping into any invisible person.

Gabe sighed as he followed after Ven, managing to fall into step beside he. He wished this didn't feel so right, that was the part that was driving him crazy, the fact that it all made sense. He slung his bag onto his back as he slipped his hands into his pockets, he looked over his shoulder at the street he feared he wouldn't return to, his eyes lingered on a patch of darkness and for a moment he thought he had seen a face there but shook it from his mind.

"Who has a lot of work to do?" he wondered. When he had woken up that morning, hungover, he had expected to be asleep by now.

---

"If he cared for her that much he would slip away from the others so they could not stop him. He is precious to them." Luci stepped back to stand beside Rose, watching as the fair haired boy turned and looked straight at him. Luci smiled a little, and wondered if the spell was fading, Gabe had carried on walking so the colourless demon supposed that it could not be fading that much. He examined his nails for a few moments before looking to Rose. "So I think we have what we came for." he said to her. He felt no need to follow the hunters back to HQ, Loki almost always had demons lurking around there, out of sight and range of course.

"Shall we go back?"