Nicolai dragged the box out of the muddy water into the shore and gently wiped away the sandy residue. There was a huge star-like shape and squiggly lines drawn on with a black marker. "she did it… it's here… I can't believe it was here…" he gently caressed the spell.
"What is this Nico?" Raven curiously peered at it.
"Weapons…" Nico squatted down and hurriedly opened the latch of the metal box. A small hissing sound was heard and the drawing on top of the box disappeared.
"Weapons? From inside the river? Who tosses it away? "
"Raven this was my house. I have a lot of secrets buried underground. Don't be surprised," he mumbled,
"If it was in your time, won't the weapons be destroyed…"
Nicolai ignored his curious banter. Inside of the box was slightly damp but the water had not permeated in. the contents were wrapped in a small white cloth which had turned a shade of beige.
"How is it still like this? Linens disintegrate in years… it's been thousands of years.."
"Time preservation spell. Raven, its magic. anything is possible." He excitedly untied the small knot on the top and peeled off the linen. Inside there was a gun, a small glass bottle with weird liquid, a letter and a book.
Nico first picked up the book. 'When mum went off with that box, this book was right in front of me on that table. How did it end up in this box? Did mum bury it later… or did it magically appear…the grimoire was too mystical. He did not know if this would be of use to him or not. His mum claimed that he was a powerful witch, a voyager. But Nico did not feel like it. he did not feel like a witch.
'Gosh, I should not be distracted by this.' He handed it to Raven for safekeeping.
"We have a gun. That's; useful right… we can shoot down anyone who comes our way," he said hopefully.
Nicolai picked it up. the weight of it was weird. It did not feel like a real gun. As a person who was used to hunting, he was familiar with guns and this one did not feel like a real one. He peered at the barrel. There was a huge yellow stripe on it. "its.. it's a taser gun…"
"Taser gun? What's that? Can I shoot silver bullets?"
"No it can shock a person silly. We can't kill anyone with this," he frustratingly slammed the box close.
"What was that bottle?" Raven picked it up. "um says it's medical-grade chloroform.... This is of no use as well,"
"Wait chloroform…" he picked it up with interest. It was much more useful than the taser gun.
"it's all preserved so well. How do you know of this witch this powerful Nico.…." as he was talking he noticed droplets of water dripping off of Nicolai. "Shit you're soaking wet. Did you dig through the river all night….… oh god, get out of those wet clothes. You'll get sick," Raven grabbed his shirt and tried to untie the strings.
"I'm fine. It's nothing I'm a vampire and I don't get sick.. achoo!" he guiltily looked at him.
Raven just gave him a judging look.
"Don't look at me like that. This was fifteen feet below the lower level of my house. If it was normal, lands I would have used a shovel, but this house was already taken over by the river…" he carefully held the letter to his chest.
it was a baby pink envelope. "to my dear Nicolai" was written in cursive font.
Nico gently caressed his name on it. "She has neat handwriting… I guess I didn't inherit this from her..'"
With trembling hands he opened the envelope and took out the yellow paper. The corners of it were slightly charred and singed but the whole paper was intact.
It read,
{"dear Nicolai, mommy has packed some basic stuff for you to help you kick that ass alpha king.. But I can't give your real guns because I do not condone violence. But I do want to help you save your friends.
Go kidnap that alpha king and exchange hostages. Good luck.
Love mom,"}
A drop of water hit the paper. Nicolai hurriedly wiped his eyes. His eyes were blurry.
He did not even realize he had been crying silently while reading her letter.
"Your mom… how?"
"She's… she's the powerful witch… she… she's awesome…" he carefully folded the letter. But as he went to store it in his clothes he noticed how soaking wet he was. "do.. do you have something to keep it from getting wet.. I.. I want to preserve it…"
"or you can give it to me. My shirt is still bone dry," Raven took the letter inside shirt.
"Careful with it. It's very precious to me.."
"I know Nico.." he gently patted his back. "come on get out of your wet clothes. I don't want you sneezing when we are in the middle of our plan,"
"I won't sneeze.. achoo!"
Raven gave him that same look.
"Fine," he removed his clothes and was sitting in only his underpants.
Gingerly, he held the taser gun. It was an old model. He did not want to test fire it now. it might not have a charge line on it and they don't exactly live in a place with electricity no longer.
"How does it work? I mean I've seen guns.. Not that gun…"
"It sends out two hooks that hook into the victim and a shock is sent through their body. it's easy to put down a grown man with it," he gently caressed the sides of it.
"What about a grown werewolf? They are much stronger than humans Nico,"
"I know…" Nicolai placed it down and picked up the chloroform. "that's where this comes in. When the alpha king is stunned, I'm going to use this and kidnap him. Do you think he's a burly man? I don't know if I can carry him off through…."
Raven chuckled softly. "I don't know.. I've heard rumors that he is very handsome.. like the sun…. heard he's a bright person. But to me, he is a murderer. A fucking psycho. We just wanted to live in peace right Nico.. why did he have to disrupt that.. you know I forgot about revenge I forgot that annoying werewolves in those six months… wanted to live…"
Nico pulled him close for a hug. "Me too… I wanted to live peacefully with you guys… but.. I'm sorry.. it's because of me.. It's because of me that you guys were involved."
"It's not your fault. All that alpha king's fault. He was the one who tortured us so… he was the one who is hell bent on killing our kind.. Nicolai when confronting him we have to kill him. even if it means throwing away our lives and our brothers lives. We have to kill him…"
Nico frowned. "Raven… we are doing a hostage exchange…"
"We'll kidnap him and kill him… I don't want him to die peacefully. I want him to burn in hell…"
Nicolai could not say a word. He silently kindled the flame.
"What is the plan?" with renewed passion Raven looked at him.
"Wait until its night…" Nicolai looked at the golden orange sky. It was sunrise already. Their plan was about to commence in the night. He was still no confident on how it will work out but…
But it has to work.
Or else their lives would be in grave danger.
That guy is the alpha king After all.