#anywhere

The drink is interesting but..... where are his people? He looks for them.

"God damn it....."

And he fights off the urge to grab a pretty stranger and dance... damn he wants to make out, or move or just...

nope. Gotta focus

"Any other damn time..... shit."

And Adam feels a hand on his shoulder, not friendly, but rather insestant

Adam turns, ready.

And Minerva says "Don't you feel that? The magic?"

"No." Flatly. At least he doesn't hit her. Adam looks around for Alanza.

"Listen, something dark is going on.. one Eshu is just the first part of it... but yes we need to find her and get the hell out"

"Yeah, well, I'm looking for her!"

"So am I and don't yell at..."A breath "I can feel it.. do you trust me?"

"No."

"Can you find her?"

A glare, then she holds up a hand and drifts through the crowd. "Follow or don't"

Adam follows.

And.. they find stairs to a basement..

"A books a Million has a basement?" Minerva says

Adam is ready! Ok, no real weapon or illumination but.....

"This one does. Down here?" He asks before diving in.

"Yes" she says

He dives in.

"But don't just.."

And down he goes

"And so we are here, to serve our masters... the veil is not as thin as we like, but Samhain's shadow reaches... the Courts unspoken are accepting us all.. fate has been bent. We have the mortal, the Kithain, and .. now, the pure dream!" The figures wear hoods, carry arced knives

"HEY!"

He stands at the bottom of the stairs and shouts.

And strapped to make shift altars, wearing SEXY Clothes and seemingly dazed are.. a mortal blonde girl, Alanza..and Nabuni!

The music keeps his yells from going further up

"NAB!!!"

Adam charges forward, intent on getting to them.

One satyr with a knife looks over "Oh shit, this asshole again." It sounds like Stripe

And three knives go down.. he has time to stop ONE

Nab. He goes to stop the knife aimed at Nabuni.

And Adam charges , his sword slashing out to try to block!

Block, and defend, killing if needed. No hesitation. Nab must live. He will try to save the others, if he can.

Nab cries out in pain as the knife slices... her SHOULDER... diverted by Adam's parry attempt... a good thing or that blow would have gone thorugh her heart. She seems tocome out of her daze? "Adam?"

Adam roars with rage as his lover is hurt, and attacks!

And Squire Tylar yells hopscotching into the assasin on the mortal prize "Liam, Liam! The Branch True never withers! And it's shade daughters of Eve are sheltered!"

And as for the Satyr over the Eshu?

"BURN!" A voice calls, Minerva's...

and the dagger in the satyr's hand turns red hot burning him and forcing him to trhow the weapon aside

The fight... as they say, is on

(TO BE CONTINUED)