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Trinity seemed to be distracted. She was lost in thought as she stared at the people in the room. I knew that she had heard Talia and Alexio coming from the elevator. I knew that she could smell them too. She was aware of it from the moment that I sensed it. I had seen it in her face. Now though, she seemed to be lost in thought and couldn't really get herself to come out of her mind.
I knew that I needed to get her attention before Talia came in here. Trinity was the one that was going to be leading this discussion. Not that I couldn't do it, I was more than capable of doing that, but that just wasn't the point here.
“Trinity.” I walked over to her and touched her elbow lightly. “Are you OK, Little Bunny? Talia is about to come into the room.”
“Huh? Oh yeah, I am fine.” She smiled at me. “I knew that she was about to get here.” She smiled at me and seemed to wake up. “I was just thinking, that's all.”
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“Alright. Well, it's almost time to tell the others about Talia's vision. This is going to be important for us all. And we need to come up with a plan for that night. It's two days until they're supposed to kill those girls. We need to be on guard.”
“I know.” She nodded at me like she was at the top of her game now. “I am good to go. Don't worry about me at all.” As she gave me that fake smile, Talia and Alexio came into the room. None of the others seemed to take notice of them, even though they had all heard and smelled them coming. They weren't people to be alarmed about, so they basically ignored them.
Talia and Alexio walked over to where we were standing and looked at the room filled with people.
“I did not expect there to be this many people. And I see that there are some that I have not met as of yet.” Alexio was looking over at Reggie and Darrol as they worked on their tasks.
“I called them in just recently.” Trinity told him. “They are FBI specialists and have Vincent's seal of approval. There is nothing to worry about.”
“Ahh, Vincent. I trust his judgement completely. I am glad that they have been vetted already.” He was a lot like Vincent in the way that he never wanted to let people that he didn't know around Talia. They were both extremely protective of their charges. I wonder how he will react when I finally do let Talia start dating? I know that it could be difficult to care for someone like they're your kid or family and seeing someone that might hurt them. For a while, Vincent was pissed at me and the way that I made Trinity feel. And he even told me that to my face before. Best of luck to Talia's future mate, that was going to be a fun thing to watch.
“Can I have everyone's attention please?” Trinity walked over so that she was standing in front of her desk, like she was addressing a classroom or something. “There is something that we need to tell all of you.” She turned to look at Talia now, beckoning her over. That left Alexio to stand near me.
“How are you holding up?” I asked him with genuine concern in my voice.
“I am worried about Talia. The visions will likely get worse before they get better.”
“That is true.” I nodded. “But we need to have faith that we can use this most recent vision to our advantage. We will save those girls, and we will capture those boys.” I was determined to make sure that Talia's friends and classmates were safe.
“Agreed.” Alexio nodded with a firm set to his jaw. He was going to make sure that Talia's dream was not going to go to waste.
It was time to pay attention to Trinity now. She was speaking to the room at large and I wanted to make sure that I didn't miss anything that she was saying.
“There was a vision that was had before the last murders, but it was incomplete. We didn't know it was a vision at all until the scenes matched up.” She explained this to the room and Trevor was the first one to speak up.
“How is that possible?” His deep voice practically boomed throughout the room. “How could you have a vision of a murder and not try to stop it.” He obviously thought it was Trinity that had the vision and not someone else.
“I didn't get a location. I saw what happened, but not where. I knew that the girl that died was from the US, but I didn't know where she was. I..if I did know, I would have told my parents so that they could save her. I didn't even know it was a vision and not just a nightmare until it came true.” Talia explained this to him and the others.
“Talia?” He looked shocked. “You were the one that had the vision?”
“Yes. It came to me as a nightmare one night. And when the murders happened here the other day, that was when I found out that they were real. I had the dream a couple of days before the girl was killed though. If I knew how, I could have stopped it.”
“I am sorry, Talia. I didn't mean to imply that it was your fault. You didn't know.”
“I know, and I will work on not blaming myself. However, I had another vision today.” I had thought that it was going to be Trinity that was leading this discussion, but as it turns out, it was Talia. She was a natural at this leader thing. She was shy quite often, but she was there when she was needed.
“Another vision? Do you know who the victim is this time?” Trevor was intent on stopping another senseless murder.
“I know who all five of them were. This next murder is meant to be a statement to us. They are planning on making a display of five girls. Five men are going to lure them in as if they are on a date. And then they will kill them in Acacia Park. It will happen near midnight this Friday.”
“In two days!” Trevor was shocked. He and the others seemed to be reeling with the information that they just received.
Talia started to go into detail about the vision. I was pissed about every part of it, but when she told them about the man talking to her and grabbing her in the vision, and that he left a bruise on her arm that was still visible even a few hours later, I was even more pissed. That man had hurt my daughter, and I was going to hurt him. He was a monster. And I was going to do what Dietrich used to do and destroy this monster. I know that we weren't exactly the same as his former group that he hunted with, but I think it's about time that he got back to his former business. This group of people, not just that asshole that bruised my baby girl, were a threat to the world. If they somehow managed to kill all the nonhumans, where would they stop? Would they end their quest for power, or would they try to dominate the world? That was just something that none of us were able to leave up to chance. This was what was going through my mind as Talia wrapped up her speech.
“So, Talia, what you are telling us is that this man knew you were there in this vision? He knew that you were watching him and the others commit these crimes. And he was able to hurt you in the vision?” Valerian seemed to be almost as pissed off as I was. I mean, I didn't blame him, he may have kids of his own, but he still loved all his family with a fierceness that most couldn't match at all.
“Yes, Athair mòr, that is what I am saying.” Talia nodded at him. “I don't think he is aware of it now, but I think that he will sense me there in the future. In a sense, I think that my vision was more of a metaphysical time travel. I didn't actually have a vision. What I think happened was that I was actually there. My subconscious was anyway. And he could feet me there. And that also means that I will be there in a way on that night. I might not be able to be seen, but I might be sensed by other people.”
“That could be used to our advantage.” Valerian seemed to go into deep thought at that moment. “If we can sense you, we will be able to track you to where you and those men are. It would help us if we took them by surprise because he thought it was just like you being there.”
“We will work on that later, Athair mòr.” Trinity nodded at him. “What we need to do before that is to figure out how we're going to stop these boys, and how we're going to use the vision to our advantage.” I love it when my Little Bunny gets all serious like this. She is always a beauty when she is in charge. That is probably why I didn't complain too much when I, a true Alpha male, had to start letting my wife call the shots in almost everything. Hey, I still had the bedroom, and I ruled there.
