Aliana Saints Hospital, Perible, England, Mid
10:24pm
A young womanly nurse, stuck on the 'graveyard shift', sat alone at the front desk of the town hospital, paperwork done for the night as people of all types walked in and out the front doors. A lady, slightly older than the nurse, stepped in through the front doors and walked over to the front desk, quickly gaining the nurse's attention "Hi, sorry- is there public rest rooms in here?" the woman politely asked as the nurse smiled, motioning to the corridor to her left "Down there, to the right, can't miss it" "Thank you" the woman brightly smiled before quickly rushing down the corridor just as a man in a grey sweater and jacket walked out of the corridor leading out of the emergency room. The nurse shot out of her seat front behind the desk and over to the man "Sir, you haven't been seen by the doctor yet-" "It's alright- stomach pain turned out to be bad gas" he smiled, waving off the nurse "I'm all good now... can't say the same for the bay I was waiting in though, sorry" he apologised before heading right out the front doors. She sighed whilst pulling a slightly disgusted face as she rounded back to her desk and picked up the phone "Hi- can you send a cleaner down to bed five in emergency with air-freshener, please?" the nurse asked, hearing a slight cackle of her responding co-worker on the other end of the line.

Perible High School, Perible, England, Mid
Blake was sitting at his desk in the HISE teachers' staffroom, marking the last of his students' homework as one of the school cleaners stepped into the room, jumping at the sight of Blake "Shit" the cleaner breathed, holding his chest as Blake lifted his head and looked over at the other man "Oh sorry- I lost track of the time" the teacher apologised, starting to stand "I'll grab my things and go-" "Nah, don't worry about it," the cleaner waved him off "You got work to mark, I'll clean around you". As the cleaner grabbed a wet cloth and begun to wipe down the other teacher's desks, Blake shoved the rest of his things into his bag before shifting his gaze back over to the cleaner, reading the ID tag hanging from the other man's waist: 'Nik Asgi'. Blake's brows frowned as he watched the cleaner "You're the new cleaner covering Sandez whilst she's on maternity leave?" the teacher questioned as the cleaner hummed in confirmation "Yep" he answered as Blake stood up and stepped around the desk and as he did, the cleaner spun around with a red-filled needle in his hand however, he was too slow. Blake grabbed the raised arm harsh enough to make the intruder drop the needle before turning him around and slamming him up against the wall, arms firmly pinned behind his back "Mal Sandez is covering for her sister so what are you doing here?" Blake growled into the intruder's ear. He laughed "Not 'who am I'?" "I already know who you are, Nikkalin Asgi" the teacher hissed "And very well what you are so answer me; what is a Grey Army soldier doing in my high school?" Blake repeated himself. When Nikkalin didn't answer, Blake glanced down at the needle on the floor to their side "What's that?" "Princess blood" the soldier grinned "I was given orders to kill you, councilman" Nikkalin laughed as anger boiled through Blake.
How dare they touch her. Take her blood like that. How dare he order and watch such a disgusting thing to happen to his friend-.
An explosion sent the room rocking as both men fell to the ground whilst the entire school shock and screamed in pain. The ringing plagued his ears as Blake forced himself up onto his knees, watching the soldier quickly scramble out of the staffroom as smoke tainted the air 'That was the east side of the school' his mind stated to him as carefully pulled himself up onto his feet with the help of a nearby desk. 'Football team on the school field, basketball team in the hall...' his mind kept listing who should be where as the ringing slowly faded, then screaming and shouting consumed his ears the second his hearing came back, along with a second explosion. Blake looked out the staffroom window, eyes growing wide as he watched the primary school a block away from the high school become ruins within seconds, along with the hospital in the great distance.

Rhin Warden House, Perible, England, Mid
"I can't believe you change your clothes in the car before coming home" Tom laughed a little, Tord holding back his own laugh as he drove, having taken off his army leader coat, mask and shirt for a white Red Army issued t-shirt. Yet as the car pulled up out the front of the house, Tom and Tord were immediately greeted with the sight of Matt trying to bust his way into the house, his failing attempts to break through the front door. The two quickly got out of the car and rushed over as Matt turned to face them "Someone threw me out and locked themselves inside with Edd" he blurted out, panick for his friend rotting through his voice as Tom motioned him away from the door right as an explosion blasted a few blocks away, a small town clinic going up into flames. Horror filled Matt and Tom's faces as anger rotted Tord's.
"You'll regret this, Larsson" the Grey Son warned him "I'll make sure you know the mistake you just made".
"Fucking Grey" Tord muttered under his breath whilst pulling out his gun "Stay out here" the soldier ordered, regaining Tom's attention with the unsettling change of tone in Tord's voice, watching in slight amazement as Tord easily kicked in the door and stepped into the house.

"I'll ask one more time, angel- where is Tord Larrson?" the greyed soldier's voice boomed as he cornered Edd in the kitchen "I told you, I don't know!" Edd snapped back, fear squeaking through his voice as Tord neared the doorway of the room, watching the soldier hold his friend at gunpoint. "Put the gun down" Tord hissed, holding his gun against the back of the grey soldier's head "Drop it" the red leader ordered, the solder slowly placing the gun down on the dining table "This doesn't end well for anyone, Red Leader" the soldier stated, grinning as he watched the army leader's friend's eyes grow wide whilst Tord's narrowed on the soldier "It's not ending well for you either" the red leader stated. "Isn't it?" the soldier grinned before Matt's yelling consumed the house, the soldier spun around, pulling out a bone white dagger and swung it, slicing Tord's arm a little before the red leader swung his gun and knocked the soldier out cold with the back of the gun. Tord then grabbed Edd by the arm and rushed back through the house, keeping his friend safe behind him as they stepped out the front door.
Tom stood between Matt and another Grey Army soldier; the half demon stood in slightly bloodied clothes, cuts healing within an instant as the soldier tightly held the bloody dagger, identical to the other soldier's back in the house, yet the blood on the dagger immediately dissolved as if the weapon itself had consumed it. 'Devilbone?' the thought rotted Tord's mind like a question before the soldier ran at Tom, then it was like the leader lost control over his body. Tord darted out and in between Tom and the soldier, the dagger plunging into Tord's right shoulder, followed by an ungodly slice of flesh and bone. When Tord looked back at the soldier in front of him, he was met with the sight of an arm held out from behind him, pass his head and having plunged a metallic blue dagger through the soldier's eye. As the soldier's body dropped to the ground, Tord turned around to see Tom, black voids holding two bright blue glowing orbs, and as Tom's arm dropped and eyes stopped glowing, his body dropped to the ground too, Tord quickly catching his boyfriend, wincing a little from the pain now shooting down his arm.
Tord didn't even think, he acted. He scooped Tom up into his arms "Edd, drive" Tord ordered, Edd standing shocked for a second before Tord yelled at him "EDD!" he snapped, his voice jumpstarting his friend who quickly rushed over to the leader's car and into the driver's seat whilst Matt quickly helped Tord get Tom into the backseat, then rushed around the car and jumped into the front passenger himself. Tord sat in the back with Tom's head carefully rested on his lap. "Blake's house" Tord told Edd as he started up the car "But-" "They have re-warded the house with protection runes" the army leader told him, hissing a little as he looked down at his arm, watching the boiling blood starting to pour from his shoulder and run down his coldening arm. "The guy just jumped out and Tom pushed me back behind him" Matt worryingly rambled "He's okay, right?" he asked as Tord nodded his head, gently caressing Tom's pale face "Just fainted, he'll be alright" Tord answered, breath short and head starting to spin "Shit..." the army leader breathed, only now taking into account how blood-soaken his clothes were before hopping into the car, there's no way he lost so much blood in such little time. "Tord?" Matt's voice rung out in concern through the soldier's ears as Tord's vision quickly blurred "Tord, talk to me- Tord!" and within seconds, the world went completely black.

Wiccan's Heal Shoppe, Perible, England, Mid
Euanthe sliced another soldier's neck before tossing him back out the front door, quickly closing and locking it before her hands glowed green and with a quick flick, strong roots shot up through the floor and sealed the shop's doors shut "Faith?!" the princess called out "No one's answering!" the girl called back from the backroom of the shop, trying to call one of the others back at the house. 'Kids are home, Blake's at the school, Jocelyn's grocery sho-' "Call Jocelyn!" Euanthe yelled out to the girl as the hypnotic desperately typed in her aunt's number into the princess's mobile whilst the shop's phone begun to ring. Euanthe rushed over and answered "Blake?" "No, it's Joseph" the voice answered back "Larrson-" "Grey Army is attacking Perible, Ashmaine, Rieannie and Centre Mid," Joseph cut the princess off "I can't get a hold of my son- the LBR and armies are setting up defence and evacuation camps, I need you and whatever witches in the area to head over to the town evac-points" the man stated as Euanthe tightly closed her eyes "...Princess-" "I can't go, but I'm spending them over" Euanthe answered right before hanging up on Joseph. Faith rushed out into the shop, face full of worry "Euanthe-" "Stokes Street, the 'Garden Club', tell them that they're needed at the town's rugby fields and to take you with them" the woman told the hypnotic who shook her head "No, Euanthe-" the princess took off one of her pendants, one of the Thorn family's royal crest, and hang it around Faith's neck "The armies need healers, you'll be safe with them and I need you to help them" "Not without you" the girl pressed. Euanthe gently caressed Faith's face "I'm going to the house to protect your friends... Trix, I need you to trust me and listen" the princess asked, watching the girl's eyes become glassy.

Drift Warden House, Ashmaine, England, Mid
Lilly flinched as another explosion went off in the distance, sitting curled up into a ball whilst Jacob hugged her, trying to calm her the best he could and Chloe sitting on the other side of Lilly as they hid in the basement of the house; Holly stood at the basement door with her dried bloody hands holding a firm sealing and protection rune over the locked door to reinforce it, behind her, about halfway down the staircase, stood Sean with a baseball bat and at the bottom of the stairs, between the door and the rest of the kids, stood Corey with a spear already summoned into his hands.
No one is getting pass him.
"Any luck?" Sean quietly called "Cell service just dropped out" Chloe answered, unable to get in touch with anyone outside the house.
They heard the first explosion over in the direction towards the school where they knew Blake was, followed after the one at the hospital a block away from where Jocelyn had gone to get groceries. They all locked every door and window into the house before rushing down into the basement.
"We sure they'll come here?" Chloe asked "Vixen wants Corey, he would know where he is by now" Sean answered "As long as we stay inside and have everything locked, the runes will hold" Holly stated, recalling what her mother had instructed with the runes on the house "My dad, he's still out there-" "He'll be alright" Jacob assured Lilly "The school's built like a fortress, he's safe" he told her. Corey looked at the three hypnotics huddled on the ground then to the shadowed figure standing beside them, Ethan, giving him a knowing look. Corey growled under his breath and shook his head as he started up the stairs, passing Sean "I'm heading outside" he stated, motioning Holly to let him through the door "Are you insane? you'll get yourself captured or fucking killed" Sean snapped at the younger boy as Holly met Corey's gaze "Holly" the firm voice he used made her brows frown. "Step out that front door and you can't come back in" she reminded Corey as he nodded his head "That's my intention" he answered before she let him pass and the second he left the basement, Holly pulled close and locked the door, using the blade on her hip to re-pierce the tips for her fingers again and redrew the sealing and protection rune against the door. "What the fuck are you doing?" Sean snapped at the girl "We don't know how many soldiers are out there!" "They don't know how fucking angry he is" she stated in a warning tone, one that sent a chill down Sean's spine and made him take a few steps back down the staircase.

Perible Rugby Club Fields, Perible, England, Mid
The 'Garden Club' witches rushed out of the car after pulling up beside the medical tent, Faith filing out with them as one guided her into the tent "You can help me" the woman leading Faith stated, motioning the girl to follow her to a cot holding a man with a badly snapped leg. The witch opened her bag and pulled out a small jar of bluey-purple slimed jell, opening the jar and dug out a decent amount of the jell, with the jell glowing within her hand, she motioned Faith to hold down the man's leg. The hypnotic followed the silent instructions, holding down the poor man's leg whilst the witch chanted under her breath as she smoothed the jell over his leg injury, the man screaming in pain whilst gripping the bed and trying to kick his leg, struggling as Faith kept a firm grip.