Darkness rising: Prelude

The incidents began as small things that would have not drawn his attention at the start but they grew in importance as the weeks progressed and soon enough his eyes came upon the trouble that he had least expected. Aaron was sitting within his personal room of the Hale main house within Chicago Illinois and the day was a bright one,though the clouds that encompassed the horizon would soon be upon the windy city as well as what seemed like a powerful storm of white snow;possibly even sleet if the city had little luck with it. Sean had left earlier this morning and left him to what he usually did when he was alone and a case presented itself so clearly.

From the looks of the evidence he was dealing with either vampires or crazy people who took themselves to be vampires;either were dangerous and not something he would want to deal with if he could help it. A Hale family member had been attacked and nearly killed by what they had described ad a fanged man,but covens of Chicago would not be so stupid as to attack one of the family without fear of retribution and now they made it somewhat of a personal vendetta actually. Looking over the choice view of the city he wondered;wondered why things were suddenly going sour when they did not years before hand. Dominus was stirring more than the world of meta humans and that was not something that Aaron could take with a passive direction.

He was not one to openly oppose military powers but perhaps he could in the future make a special exception for the Dominus organization and their leader. Standing from the soft chair he considered perhaps looking into this himself but he could not really afford to throw himself into such dangerous territory alone,which left him with one of two possible options. Either he break an ancient deal between his family and an equally ancient being to seek justice or take someone with him,just to keep an intimidation factor about him. There was of course one besides his mother and Ailill who fit this bill,that person being his rather annoying but powerful twin. He was likely to be in the workout room which was only a floor down from where he sat and it would be much easier if he telepathically contacted him.

”Brandon I have something that I need you to help with.” His mental voice easily reached him as he felt that feeling of reluctance go over the telepathic link before he felt the response reverberate across his mind.

”Do I have to? I was about to pass my best and lift over 100 tons dammit.” He could feel the annoyance but his brothers discontent with him would have to wait until another time when he had well...time.

”Yes you do. Normally I drag Sean into this but since he is busy with other things I have you as the next best thing if you do not mind that.” He could hear the minor mental grumbles reach him from across the link as the young man made his way to him as he pushed the door with what could already be seen as inhuman strength. His hair unlike Aarons was what could be called wind tussled and he was dressed in simple gym shorts and a shirt that seemed to show his abs through the fabric. He may not have been fast nor a master of magic but he could shrug off what killed a person and lift more than anyone in the Hale family physically could. He had a look of annoyance upon his face but that was to be expected of his twin who wanted little to do with what Aaron did himself.

”I guess I have little say in the matter anyway.” He seemed to huff as he looked upon his twin,a thinner version of him with straight hair dressed in the usual gray business suit that always made him look sharply dressed and to most damned good looking.

”I could simply tell you no but that would be rude now wouldn't it?” Brandon sighed at this as Aaron explained why he was doing what he was doing in the first place,and of course why he would need his help when he was dealing with whatever he was dealing with.

”You want me to help you piss off a vampire queen? Nu uh,not gonna happen bro.” He shook his head before turning to walk out of the door.

”I could cut you a deal.” Aaron noted sending specifics through a mental message that interested Brandon.

”:Fine, i'll help you with your little vampire hunt but only because it has something that I want in it.”

With that they made their way into the city under the cover of night was white snow descended upon the city with little people actually noticing them as they were;powerful individuals of the magical world. Brandon was only developing that amazing strength now but how long he would keep it was unknown to them,or if it would evolve into something else entirely. Aaron was wearing a simple winter coat with faded blue jeans and a sweater under his coat. Brandon wore what he was wearing before with a less revealing shirt,his body always able to keep a constant temperature even in the coldest of environments.. They were following what seemed like a predefined patter but who they would strike next they had little clue of but only a name at that really,it was enough to go upon though. They were walking down an alleyway,flakes of white falling upon Aaron in a torrent as he pulled his jacket closer to his skin trying to stave off the possibly death bringing cold that would rob him of his warmth.

”You sure you know what you're doing?” Brandon dared to ask as he heard something crunch in the snow behind him.

”I may not.” H e admitted not noticing the strange frail looking man following with red,hungry eyes.