Lazarus, Cassandra and Astra appeared on the roof and within seconds, what they saw somewhat surprised them.
"Ok, um guys, can I ask a question?"
"Nope", both said in unison.
"Okay, so my question is: how did Lason do all this, and no one on the ground had noticed the winter wonderland experience on the roof?" She asked them as she walked along the since rooftop, which seemed to have been transformed.
Lazarus didn't speak; he walked over to Gideon, who was encased in the ice on the wall.
He stared at Lazarus unflinchingly and even offered a smile. "Sup." He said casually despite the situation he was in. Defenseless, unable to move, or even fight back.
"Where is he?" Lazarus asked, keeping his composure, but he failed to hide his urgency, which caused a smile to spread across his face.
"No idea."
"...."
"I'm serious." A flash of divine power just appeared underneath him and teleported him away. But I think I know where the source came from." He finished his words, catching Lazarus's attention
"Where?"
"First, get me out of the ice. Then I'll tell."
"How can I tell you're not lying?"
Gideon didn't answer him yet; he took a deep breath. "From a couple of miles away from the campus grounds. Three exorcists were in a building, and I think they're still there. If you don't believe me, check for yourself, and if I'm lying, you can have my life."
Lazarus turned his head in the direction in which he mentioned, and Lazarus immediately detected three presences on a building. Two of them were seemingly healing their comrade.
Lazarus snapped his fingers and the ice encasing Gideon broke apart, and he fell to the floor.
"Than-"
Before he could thank him, Lazarus released a flap of his wings and immediately flew towards the priests.
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Father Mikhail, you should rest; we're in no hurry to get back to that demon. And besides, we have one of the vampire's friends, so he'll likely comply with what we say." Sofia spoke as she rubbed Mikhail's back as she passed divine energy inside him to help restore him.
"No, we shouldn't be arrogant. That boy has the backing of Sebastian Clockwork, and he's not someone who follows orders for anyone aside from the royal family. And from what the reports say, Lazarus was meant to become a saint but gave it up to become a leech." Mikhail got up to his feet
With his tome under his arm, he stared at Monica, who was looking into the distance as if monitoring for anything. But then she stepped back as cold sweat ran down her head.
"We need to move, we need to move now!" She shouted at her teammates, but it was too late.
"What's the matter? I thought you guys wanted me." The voice they heard made them feel an overwhelming dread as they didn't move.
Monica stared at the man who was behind both priests. He looked so much different from the last time they saw each other, to the point she thought he was a different person.
He held a crimson cross blade between Mikhail and Sofia, but they didn't move. Or, to be more precise, they couldn't, as Lazarus extended his shadow into their making, so they couldn't move without him saying so.
"Where...is....he?" Lazarus asked in only three words, and everyone could tell he wasn't joking around, as the blade released scorching heat as he pressed it along Mikhail neck.
"Argh!" Mikhail let out a low grunt as the blade sizzled his flesh.
"Lazarus, we're not here to fight; we came to invite you to-"
Before the words left her mouth, Lazarus appeared in front, moving like a blur. Reappeared infront of her, his eyes were gone and what stare into Monica's eyes were pools of inky darkness. " Dinner or trap?"
Monica instinctively reached for her blade, but Lazarus placed his foot on the butt of the handle. He got close enough to whisper into her ear.
He snapped his fingers and created a dome of shadows that covered them from the outside world.
"You damned blasphemer! How dare you attack a servant of the lor-" before he could finish his words, a bladed dagger pierced through his cheeks, and lightning passed through his body, knocking him out.
Cassandra and Astra appeared on the roof, which shocked Sofia as she stared at them in surprise. "¿ De dónde diablos has salido?"
" Desde el recinto universitario," Astra replied back in fluent Spanish toward Sofia and stared at Cassandra who pulled her dagger out of Mikhail mouth and swung it the dagger to removed the blood from it. "Should you be doing that?"
"Don't worry, he'll live; all I did was just knock him out."
"Ahhh.
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Monica stared at Lazarus, who pulled his blade away from her and molded the shadows into chairs for both of them to sit on.
"Have a seat." He offered the chair across from him. Monica hesitated, but she swallowed her fears and took the seat.
"How've you been? The last time we saw each other was last year, if I'm correct?" Lazarus asked
summoning a glass with red liquid inside it.
Monica didn't meet Lazarus's eyes as he took a sip of the red liquid, which she recognized as blood. "So you gave in to temptation and became a vampire. I thought you valued your life as a human; I guess I was wrong."
Lazarus stopped drinking the blood that was in the glass and looked at her. "Where in my life was being human great, when I was picked on or how about the times Maxwell got me fired from most of my jobs. Making it difficult for me to afford rent and you came here with you high and mighty act like you've had to deal with half the bs I've had to!"
He finished his words, cutting through her like a knife through butter. "Just tell me what you want?"
"There's a demon who's got my brother... and he said if we want him returned safely, I have to bring him to you."