"What do you mean we can't? Of course we can and we must. They will all die if we don't help them!" Amaris was outraged. How could this man call himself a soldier and a protector if he will not even try to save these people. Some of them ones that he knows. "Amaris calm down and let me explain." Amaris narrowed her eyes and was ready to do worse than mice to him this time. "We are only two hundred werewolves. They are eight thousand vampires and we are not sure how many werewolves that just joined them. Even if we free the prisoners, they are humans, and I would bet most of them would not be able to fight. We are beyond out numbered. It would be suicide for us, and the prisoners would still all die. We need to have some sort of plan. I know you can do all sorts of remarkable things, but we need to make sure that we have a chance of bringing them out alive, as well as a good chance of surviving all this." Amaris still looked ready to go, but she was somewhat more deflated and brought ba

Lyle and Amaris opened the flaps and walked into the tent. Everyone that had been with Amaris at the truck was there. They were already standing around a map table. Alexis seemed to be pointing to a large map with drawing on it. Coming closer, Amaris saw that they had drawn the different things that she had described on the map. Alexis turned and aknowledged them and then went back to what he was saying. "Amaris can you confirm from what you saw that these are the main places on the grounds." He pointed to a large section of the back area of the palace grounds. "This is where the vampire troops are stationed?" Amaris nodded "This is where the munitions are located." Again Alexis looked to her for confirmation. "This is where the holding area is for the prisoners." Alexis pointed to a spot down the side of the wall. Amaris said "Yes. They are in a fenced in area contained within the wall. There is enough room between the wall and the fence for a man to walk and that is ab

When Lyle opened his eyes, he was on the floor with Amaris looking down at him. "What happened?" He said as he tried to sit up. She pushed him back down. "I gave you shield abilities, and you shot them everywhere, and then passed out." She said with a huff. "Are you okay?" Lyle looked at her half confused, half amused. "I shot shield everywhere?" He said with a laugh. Amaris shook her head in exasperation. "Yes" She said as she pursed her lips. "Is that all you can think of? I thought that I killed you. You passed out!" That seemed to sober him. He tried to sit up again. This time Amaris did not stop him. As he got to his feet, several people came running into the tent. "I think you got them all Mari." Taji said as he and Anna came in. This time they had Alexis and Andreas in tow. "I had to take down all your shields as some of them were depriving some of the soldiers of movement and oxygen. I called Taji and Anna to help me make sure that I had all of them af

Amaris sat Taji down next to Anna. "Are you ready?" She asked. Taji nodded. Despite her encouragement, Anna looked on nervously. Lyle stood back and just watched. Amaris laid her hands on Taji's forearms. She closed her eyes and concentrated and wished that Taji would be able to heal people. When she opened them, Taji was still sitting there, but her was closing his eyes tightly like he was expecting it to hurt. She tapped him on his arm, and he opened one eye and looked at her. "Its alright. Try it now." Taji opened both eyes and then looked at her astonished. "That was it?" Taji looked from Amaris to Anna. Anna still clearly had a cut on her forehead. "But she is not healed." Taji said bringing his hands up to Anna's face. "No. You need to heal her. Now put your hands on her, close your eyes, and concentrate on healing her." Taji was silent for a moment, and then closed his eyes. He stayed like that for a few minutes. Lyle moved close to Amaris and put his arm

Alexis walked off to start meeting with the different squads, and Amaris walked in the other direction to go talk to Nikos and Michalis. When she found them they were leaning on the back of a truck. "I knew you would come to find us sooner or later." Michalis chuckled. "Everyone loves the boom boom brothers." The two brothers laughed. Amaris smiled at their corny humor. "I am guessing that you heard what I said at the meeting." She looked from one brother to the other and then realized that Lyle had tagged along. She ignored him for now. "Yes Ma'am we did. Unfortunately, the boom boom brothers are out of boom. Unless there is Semtex or something in that cache of weapons in there, we have nothing. The only problem is we need to get in to get to it. So I guess we will have to make you an honorary boom boom sister." Michalis put his arm around Amaris' shoulder. He and Nikos had big smiles. "Maybe I could help." Lyle stepped forward and tentatively added to the conversat