Brotian , England

Drake slowly creaked the door open then shut and locked it the second he got inside. He checked the grandfather clock "5:17 should be time to get up soon" he sat down on the couch and turned on the T.V. . He knew the Zodi were supposed to be an ancient order who focused solely on training but he knew he and the others got bored sitting in old apartment building all day of course they renovated it to their liking but it was still very empty inside so he let each person style their own room the way they wanted it. He turned on the news and started to watch. " Wonder when the others will be up" he said to himself. He got up and started to walk to the roof he looked out over the city shiny and wet from the rain. " Beautiful" he said to himself , there was still a thought running through his mind the girl he couldn't forget her. He never had this problem before but there was something different he just couldn't think what it was. He leaned on the rail and sighed as the rain started to settle and the sun started to rise.

Kai's eyes cracked open and looked up at the alarm clock glued to the ceiling. 5:19? Time to get up. Fudge. She pulled her arm from under her blanket and flopped it onto the small table right by her bed. She felt around until her hand felt and grabbed the remote that was on the table. She slowly lifted her arm and pointed the remote at the alarm clock, clicking the 'Alarm Off' button. She then dropped it, letting it hit and bounce on the bed. She then slid out of bed, her eyes still mostly closed as she walked to her small dresser. She pulled an from the top drawer before stepping out into the hall. She shivered a bit from the sudden cold, but walked like a zombie to a bathroom. She took a quick shower and then dressed, finding it to be 5:27 when she was done with her bathroom routine. She sighed and ran a hand through her hair before rustling it up to it's usual style.

Once she made sure her single hair was normal and in it's usual stick out curl, she walked down the hall towards the roof. After getting up to it, she looked around. She was mostly awake at this point in time and walked to the railing, sitting down on the edge with her hands holding the rail. She watched with annoyance as the sun came up. She let go of the railing with one hand and waved, yelling at the sun. "Turn your chariot back, Apollo! Go back to the other side of Earth! I don't want another morning!" She laughed to herself and grabbed back onto the rail with a sigh, hoping it was a good day at least.

Castra walked into her apartment around six-thirty in the morning. "Hi Lucas.", she smiled, placing her bag down and walking over to the large cat that was sprawled across her dining room chair. She scratched his head gently, and smiled as his loud purr sounded. She walked away after a moment, and went to the bathroom. She turned the shower on, undressed, and stepped inside, and sat down on the floor of the tub, letting the hot water run over her tired body, thinking over the events that unfolded before her only hours ago. Castra worked at a pub on the main street, and she was constantly being hit on, and always dealt with drunken disasters. She hated it, but it was her only source of income. Most places weren't really hiring in the area, so she had to stick with the Pub. She stretched out her legs, and closed her eyes, breathing softly.


She woke up when the water went ice cold, a loud squeal escaped her mouth as she scrambled to get up, still foggy with sleep, and quickly got out of the shower. She grabbed her robe and tied it on, shivering. "Jeeeez..." She walked into her bedroom after turning the shower on, and pulled on a pair of slim fit jeans that hugged her curves, and a red sequined top along with a fitted black blazer. She pulled on a pair of black stilettos, and walked out of her bedroom towards the front door. She grabbed her purse and cellphone, yelled goodbye to Lucas, and walked out the door. She decided to let instinct take over, and she made her way to the cafe down the street.

Annalise had one end of a leash clipped to one of the loops in her jeans, the other side clipped to the collar of a black Newfoundland dog. He couldve passed off as a bear. He was leading Annalise through the street, glancing back every couple minutes to make sure she was alright.
They where a rather odd match- and attracted attention. Anna, with her long pale blonde curls that reached past her knees, pale blue eyes, and fair skin walking next to a massive dog that looked more like a black bear, but with a gentler face. He had one ear perked up, listening to the world around him, and one ear flopped down.
Anna sipped a warm hot chocolate, wearing a pale blue tank top under a white blazer, and dark jeans. Her hair was left down, and her curls bounced with each movement she made.

Her thoughts difted off to the boy who had saved her. She wished with all her heart to see him again -just once- and ask him at least him name. He had been rather handsome, even in the dim lighting, and she couldn't help but smile fondly at the thought of him.

Drake rolled his eyes as Kai screamed at the sun " Morning " he started to walk back down " if you need me I'll be somewhere" with that he burst into flames again reappearing beside the couch again. He walked past it and grabbed his keys and left again " might as well take a walk " he said to himself as he started main street.He had a car he had repaired many years ago but it never felt right driving it so he usually had the others drive if they had to , of course he could but preferred not to.


As he walked down the street he watched the people it was quite easy too tell him apart from the native people who lived here there whole lives. His American accent made him stand out from most of the population this also told people where he was from and allowed people to tell where he was from just by talking to him. He looked at his surroundings everything seemed normal except for the small bear on a leash. " Strange " he said to himself he looked and saw the leash " Ah must be a dog " he looked at the owner " She looks familiar " he thought then it hit him " That's her " he screamed in his mind he looked again and decided that the best thing to do was to forget her for the time being then when they had some kind of time alone hKe would talk to her he convinced himself that's the best thing but really he was just to shy to talk to her.

Annalise stroked her dog's thick, silky black coat, as he rubbed his head against her palm. She looked up, and stopped dead in her tracks. A boy stood not even ten feet in front of her. he had white hair, and dark eyes. It was him! She moved closer, and her toughts where confirmed. It was the face she saw every time she closed her eyes.

"Your the boy that saved me that night." she whispered, her gentle sky blue eyes watching him carefully. Her dog turned and jumped up on his hind legs, his huge paws on the boy's shoulders intimidatingly. "Bear! Be polite." she squeaked, and the dog jumped off his shoulders, pushing him back. "I'm sorry about him. He's a little overprotective."
Bear sat next to her, watching the boy warily. "I'm Annalise. I can't thank you enough for saving me that night." she spoke gently, her voice like the soft pealing of bells.

Sterling sat up, dull gray eyes looking to his alarm clock. 5:20 Reaching over, he shut it off with a simple click. He always woke up before the damned thing, why even keep it on? Swinging his legs over the side of the bed, he stood, shivering lightly at the coolness of his wooden floor.

"It's too damn early for this..." He grumbled, trying to rub the sleep from his eyes as he sauntered over to the rather large terrarium at the side of his room. "Tarot... Wake up, breakfast time." At the command, a small black turtle made its way from a small cave tucked in the corner. Smiling, Sterling reached into a box and produced a few worms, crickets and a cup of turtle-chow. Once everything was in its place, he let his pet eat before turning to get dressed. Pulling on a pair of blue skinny jeans, a white button up shirt, a pair of ice-blue converse and a white ballpark cap, he checked himself in the mirror. Adorning himself with various chains and necklaces, he nodded in approval.

Turning toward the window, he smiled. Everything was drenched. Just how he liked it. Grabbing his hoodie off a chair, he turned on Animal Planet for his turtle and made his way out the door. He wouldn't need breakfast, he never really ate anyway. Locking the door behind him, he stuffed the keys in his pocket before putting his ear buds in and made his way from the apartment out into the city.

Kai sighed and waved to Drake as he left, her way of saying 'good' morning. She then stood and turned to the entrance of the building, going down the stairs that led to and from the roof. She walked into the kitchen, opening the fridge and starting her hunt for food. After about five minutes, she finally pulled out a package of bacon and a few eggs so that she could make breakfast for herself. She pulled out the rest of the utensils she would need and set them up so she could cook as quickly as possible. She wanted to be out of the house before anyone asked her took cook.

Kai heard the front door open and close and smiled. "Bet that's Sterling." She quickly made her breakfast in about seven minutes, taking more time than usual because she knew that everyone was already gone. After eating her breakfast, she placed the dishes in the sink and went to her room. She pulled her house keys from her dresser and walked out to the door, sighing when she saw it was already locked. She unlocked it, stepped out, then locked the door again. She then stuffed her hands in the pockets of her hoodie and walked towards the park.

Drake looked at the girl stunned for a minute "Oh it's fine no big deal". He smiled a bit " I'm Drake nice to meet you Annalise" he sensed something about her it seemed like she had some form of Zodi power on her but she showed no signs of it. He looked her head to foot not seeing any strong runes on her body anywhere but the signal was still strong. He looked at her arm and saw his mark on her arm " Oh shit " he said to himself if that mark is their she might be targeted then captured or worse killed. He would have to figure out a way to destroy the mark in the mean time he would have to make sure nothing happened to her.

Annalise smiled when Drake introduced himself to her. "It's wonderful to meet you, too Drake." When she noticed him looking at something on her arm, her stomach twisted intova know and she glanced at her arm to make sure he wasn't looking at a bruise her father had left her. She was good at covering them, but sometimes they where hard to hide. Then she noticed it.
"What is that?!" her eyes widened and her voice became shocked, but not loud enough to attract attention. "I swear, I've never gotten a tattoo." she told him, outlining the mark with her fingertip. "I've never seen this mark before." she said softly, looking back up at him.

Drake bit his lip "Um yeah I may have something to do with that I'll explain everything but not here its too crowded. Meet me in the park say about 7.pm I'll meet you there and explain everything and a way I might be able to get rid of it but for now I bid you farewell for now" he bowed and walked in a nearby alley way out of view " Okay I have got to figure out a way to get the mark off that girls arm. " he looked at his arms which branded the same mark. " I felt too much emotion towards her " he punched a dumpster making a large dent in it. " Okay calm down I just have to get the team together and we should be able to figure out a solution." with that he burst into flames once again and appeared behind Kai " Kai we have a problem " he said to her from behind her back.

Kai yawned as she walked down the sidewalk, the park in sight. She checked the watch that rested on her wrist, seeing that it was still early in the day. She quietly groaned. "I need someone, or something, to hang out with." She looked to others who were walking their dogs. "Maybe I could get a cat..." She then heard a burst behind her, the sound familiar even though her mind was groggy and couldn't place it. She practically jumped out of her skin as she heard Drake's voice right behind her. She stopped and turned around, her hair standing on end. "What could possibly be so important that you have to poof right behind me?!"

"First of all because it was as funny as hell and secondly there's a mortal with my mark." That was a serious hazard to Zodi and mortals marks were only made when a Zodi had strong feelings for a mortal this also allowed the mortal to see any Zodi near them that was one reason why the previous Zodi generations would kill the mortal but Drake decided to have more mercy and try to figure out a way to remove the mark without killing her. " That makes her a prime target for the knights we have to remove it before they kidnap her and use it to find and kill us."

" Listen I need you to go home and try to find a book on reversing it in the meantime I'm gonna look for Sterling " with that he combusted again but reappering behind Sterling and took the earbuds out of his ears" Sterling we've got a problem a mortals got a mark".

Castra took a seat at one of the tables in the cafe, and looked out the window absentmindedly, waiting for the waiter to come over and take her order. Her gaze caught on to a small group of people in the street. A girl with a big dog, a man who seemed to burst into fla-, woah..woah... What the hell is going on? She sat up quickly in her seat, watching with deep curiosity. She blinked a few times. No.. it can't be real. It's just your imagination.. it's too early, that's all. She tried to reassure herself, but it wouldn't work. She bit her lip, thinking of whether to walk out of the cafe and towards the scene, or to stay in her seat. She stayed still for a moment, contemplating.

Sterling yawned boredly as he made his way around the city, the puddles dispersing as they met his converse. No need to get his shoes wet, right? Bobbing his head softly, he let his mind drown in the music, silver eyes glued to the side walk infront of him. They only twitched when the damp air around him flickered for a moment, signaling a change in heat. It was Drake. And he had taken his ear-buds. Glaring at the Saggitarius, he snatched his headphones back and shrugged.

"Perfect way to greet someone, Drakey-boy. 'Hi, I have a problem, lemme take your music.' Wonderful." He growled, a smirk playing his lips as he looked up at the taller male. "Now, what did you do this time?" He asked, wrapping his earbuds around his neck, refusing to let them touch the ground.

Drake rolled his eyes " Well it's the only way to get you to listen now a mortal has my mark and we gotta get it off her" he saw the smugness in the boys eyes " But I wasn't captured that's for sure" he remembered the many time that they got captured although Drake was only captured before he met the others. He often had to break into iron bases rescuing his recruits. " There should be some magic on reversing it but we all need to figure it out and that means you too".

Sterling nodded softly, listening to the male.

"That's fine. I'll get right on it, boss." He smiled, giving Drake a cheeky grin before pulling away from him. "Now, I'm going to the market. Anything you want?"