Galen and Lewellyn sat among the fallen leaves on the forest floor, and glared at the drael, who glared back with a wicked grin. His master and mistress  had sent him to the woods to find the two teens  to deliver a message.  Judas and Elektra wanted them to go to the castle stronghold, to discuss an important mission.

"They haven't been able to make us cooperate over the years, even though they damned near killed us. What makes them think we'll agree to go on their mission? Galen growled in anger.

"They're offering both of you your freedom, and your full abilities back; that's why they think you'll cooperate," the drael sneered.

"Ill just bet they'll let us go free. As soon as we've done their dirty work, they'll enslave us again. I don't trust their promises for a minute." Galen said, his voice sharp with belligerence.

"I don't trust  them any further than I could throw this tree," Llewellyn agreed with Galen.

He flapped his leathery wings for a moment, then snorted out several puffs of smoke. When he had his full powers back, he would be able to breathe real fire. He had only been six or seven when the Van Helsings killed his parents, and took him hostage. He could barely remember his parents, or what it was like to have full powers.

"You don't have a choice anyway. If you don't do what they say, they'll kill you right where you stand. I don't imagine it will be quick or painless either."  The drael said in a bored voice as he inspected his filthy claws.

Galen's shoulders slumped in defeat. he knew the drael was telling the truth. If he and Llewellyn didn't do as they were told, they would probably be tortured to death. The drael hovered slightly above Galen and tried to pull him to his feet, but he resisted, so the monster hooked his claws around the teen's arms.

"We have to go. The master wants both of you in the war room."  As the drael spoke, he lifted Galen off the ground and flew at top speed to the stronghold, with the teen dangling between his claws. Llewellyn flew under his friend, just in case the decided to drop him, just out of spite. The drael flew through the large open window of the war room, and unceremoniously dumped his human cargo on the floor. Llewellyn flew in right after, and landed on the floor beside Galen.

"It's about time you got here." Judas growled angrily. "Get out of here drael, before I turn you into a big reeking turd and use you for fertilizer."

The monster threw a resentful glare at Galen ,then flew back out the window.

Judas stood in front of a huge map that took up the entire end wall of the room. Elektra stood near the the far side of the map.

"Stand up and show some respect!" Judas bellowed.

 He waved his hand at the the pair, and they were immediately lifted from the floor, then set on their feet in front of him.Judas was not one to beat around the bush, so he got right to the point.

"Dragon, you're going to fly this sorry piece of crap with you, to this island." He indicated the map on the wall with a wave of his hand.

"I will give you the general coordinates, but you might have to do some searching. That blasted island keeps moving. When you get there shape shifter,  you are going to turn yourself into a replica of this woman." Judas waved a hand and a life sized picture of Gloria holding Sarah Morgan, materialized on a section of the map.

"Why?" Galen clapped his hand over his mouth. It wasn't healthy to question a Van Helsing, you just might find yourself hanging upside down from the ceiling.

The patriarch of the family glared at him for a long moment, then decided to answer the question.

"You are going to kidnap this child and bring her back here. You know that you have a tracking device implanted in your brain. If you try to escape without completing your mission, I will send out a high pitched frequency of sound that will find you, and explode your brain right inside your skull!"

Galen stood his ground and stared at Judas. He didn't want to kidnap a baby, but it seemed he had no choice.

"You will leave in two days. Tomorrow, you will be given your full abilities back  to be trained to use them for this mission. Now both of you go to  your rooms. You will be contacted after breakfast in the morning. We will go over your mission strategy then." Judas turned his back on them in dismissal.

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Author guidance for This story

This is the story of Morgan, Mike, and Gloria whose fates became entwined upon the Protagonize Bus. They have descended from the bus to forage forward on their own along with Ash, who has been given his own parallel story, Last of the Line (see link below).

Readers Beware: In order to gain the full story we (Spook, Anna, Moon and I) recommend you read Faerie Bound and Last of the Line together. So to help you out I have put together a connections list (see below).

Connections List: Start with Faerie Bound and read until you hit the first chapter listed on the left (In this case it's just the first chapter). Once you've read that chapter click on the link to the right (separated by =} ). Then read until you've read the chapter on the left (again in the first case it's just the first chapter). Once you've done that then click the link on the right, so forth and so on. Please contact me if you have any questions. Note: FB = Faerie Bound and LotL = Last of the Line. The number that follows is the chapter number.

FB 1 Faerie Bound =} LotL 1 Last of the Line
LotL 1 Last of the Line =} FB 2: Heading Home
FB 5 Making Connections =} LotL 2 Blade of Fire
LotL 2 Blade of Fire =} FB 6 Filling the Gaps
FB 6 Filling the Gaps =} LotL 3 Blood and Water
LotL 3 Blood and Water =} FB 7 Devil's Flat
FB 7 Devil's Flat =} LotL 4 A Different Sort of Fight
LotL 4 A Different Sort of Fight =} FB 8 Serena's Death
FB 12 Leaving the Flat =} LotL 5 Between One Door and Another
LotL 5 Between One Door and Another =} FB 13 Life Line
FB 18 Dream Interrupted =} LotL 6 First Awakening
LotL 7 Mind the Bruises =} FB 19 Breath it in
FB 23 Talking is Hard =} LotL 8 Making Inquiries
LotL 8 Making Inquiries =} FB 24 Going Soft
FB 31 Watery Kisses =} LotL 9 Recovery is a Slow Process
LotL Recovery is a Slow Process =} FB 32 Elemental Respect
FB 35 Waking Appology =} LotL 10 Plotting and Planning
LotL 10 Plotting and Planning =} FB 36 Steady Hand Break
FB 36 Steady Hand Break =} LotL 11 The Unavoidable Decision
LotL 11 The Unavoidable Decision =} FB 37 A Duck for Sarah Morgan
FB 40 Deamon Pillow =} LotL 12 Damned Crutches!
LotL 12 Damned Crutches! =} FB 41 Men are Boys
FB 44 Creepy Pete =} LotL 13 And Yet More Bruises
LotL 13 And Yet More Bruises =} FB 45 Girl Talk
FB 46 Cornered by Petey =} LotL 14 Issues with Petey
LotL 14 Issues with Petey =} FB 45 An Anger Intervention
FB 54 In Trouble =} LotL 15 Love is a Complicated Business
LotL 15 Love is a Complicated Business =} FB 55 Lecture!
(Note: FB 55 is a little out of place please forgive our enthusiasm. We got a little ahead of ourselves)
FB 59 Repressed Anger =} LotL 16 The "Badness" Returns
LotL 16 The "Badness" Returns =} FB 58 The Truth Will Out
FB 59 Allies =} LotL 17 It Follows Me Like the Plague
LotL 17 It Follows Me Like the Plague =} FB 62 Logic Over Heart
FB 65 Elven Resurrection =} LotL 18 Fight or Flight
LotL 18 Fight or Flight =} FB 66 Morgan's Anguish
FB 67 Salty Salvation =} LotL 19 Broken Soul
LotL 19 Broken Soul =} FB 68 Heartache and Hope
The lyrics for the song Morgan sings' to Ash can be found at Heartbreak and Hope - sung with alternate verse 3
FB 68 Heartache and Hope =} LotL 20 Distant Fires
LotL 20 Distant Fires =} FB 69 Families
FB 75 Introduction =} LotL 21 Voices
LotL 21 Voices =} FB 76 Betrothal
FB 76 Betrothal =} LotL 22 Hiding in the Shadows
LotL 22 Hiding in the Shadows =} FB 77 From Air to Water
FB 80 Making the Cake =} LotL 23 Eyes in the Dark
LotL 23 Eyes in the Dark =} FB 81 Objections
FB 84 Ain't No Way =} LotL 24 Escape Plans
LotL 24 Escape Plans =} FB 85 I Will be Strong
FB 86 Can History Repeat Itself =} LotL 25 Supplies for the Journey
LotL 26 Voyage =} FB 87 A Dream Without Earth
FB 127 Let the Race Begin =} LotL 27 Back to the mainland
LotL 30 Breaching the Defenses =} FB 128 Elemental Symphony
FB 145 Kidnapped =} LotL 31 A Cry in the Dark
LotL 31 A Cry in the Dark =} FB 146 The First Appeal
FB 146 The First Appeal =} LotL 32 Changed
LotL 33 Fleeing the Dream =} FB 145 The Revelations of Dreams

We hope you enjoy the reading for we are enjoying the writing!

AUTHORS ONLY: Well I had to keep our spoiler link in here after my revision of the guidance didn't I? *Elo grins* This IS an Author Discussion , which contains all manners of plot spoilers, character information and the like. FB & LotL Spoiler Thread

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updated Sep 1 '11 by Elorithryn