03 - Darkest Before the Dawn

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Michael continues to work to fulfill the promise to his love, but the world isn't the same place. Now, there is a mistake he made centuries in the past walking around he needs to rectify. To complicate matters, there is a group out of England believing Michael’s blood will be just what they need for their business. While they get nasty Vampires off the street at the same time. Further, the effort to pull together the Sacred Clan’s ship parts are starting to come together. Unfortunately, no one wishes to give Michael and his new family any help.What is a man with a hair problem supposed to do?

03/1 WORD IS OUT! Captain O’Banion is approached to confirm information re Michael, the ship’s activities, weres. Vamps, etc. Has video, will split fee with bartender.

03/1 - 6 LOOKING FOR THE DUKE Michael and Akio barhopping, reading minds, looking for info re Duke. Find someone, an older man, Jan Freholt. Upset because the Duke missed a meeting it took 6 month to set up. Get info from him, go to “Don’t Make Me Angry” bar, pick huge man, alpha of the pack, a werebear, to fight with. Akio, known as the Shadow, has a reputation. Michael mind-read the Duke’s passwords. Go to another restaurant, meet with Fraulein Hilga Overstead, a were, who, after fight with her men, knows of the Dark Messiah. Hilda tells them about Little Michael. They rescue him, take him to Paris, to relatives. While there, they check with Sabine, to see if she is ready to come back with them yet, Akio and Michael to be her teachers.

03/7 - Akio, Michael, and Sabine go to Duke’s Chalet, looking for him. Michael goes in, explores, is blown up, but had ducked into Etheric so was not injured. Sabine attracted to Akio, but confused. Duke not there. William receives word, but excited. OK, just don’t make a mess of them. Akio and Sabine finish off crew inside Chalet. Sabine totally destroys all art work, valuables inside chalet. Michael sets it all afire, and they return to Germany.

03/11 Akio, Michael, and Sabine go to Duke’s Chalet, looking for him. Michael goes in, explores, is blown up, but had ducked into Etheric so was not injured. Sabine attracted to Akio, but confused. Duke not there. William receives word, but excited. OK, just don’t make a mess of them. Akio and Sabine finish off crew inside Chalet. Sabine totally destroys all art work, valuables inside chalet. Michael sets it all afire, and they return to Germany

03/16, 17 Michael, Akio, and Sabine purse Duke into the Sewers of Frankfurt, the underground living areas for the rich and the roaches. Enter through the Subways, headed for Dark Corners area, where people disappear regularly. Meet Erich, convince him to guide them (or die). They Myst to area. Noah’s group (Blood Baggers) also headed into area (Noah, Keith, Beatrice, Tommy, plus 3 more). Michael senses Noah’s group on the same level, in the Duke’s home, and accosts them, killed all seven. Plan to go to England to destroy main group.

03/20 THE HADRON COLLIDER In the Blood Bagger’s fight in England, Michael had learned that the Duke was at the Large Hadron Collider area near the old France/Switzerland border. They all go there to destroy the Duke. Land near Collider. Duke has not been sleeping in the daytime, something Michael did not know, so was awake when Michael entered the Collider, ready to turn it on. Had Michael-traps in Tunnel, to catch him in myst, so he could not escape. They would then bombard the traps, killing him. Sabine to protect top, so no one could come after. Sabine attacked on top, Akio killing in one area of hallway, Michael trying to get to William, enters Collider Pipe. William turns it on.

03/21, 22 ‘The pain was horrible, and the desire to just give up and dissipate was intense. Then he remembered who this was all for, and he fought on. He would offset the pull of the magnets with the energy he drew through the Etheric. He could not move into the other dimension, but neither could the collider pull him apart. He wasn’t sure if he was moving down the pipe or holding still.’ Michael was powering the Collider with the energy he was pulling from the Etheric, and he didn’t know it. Yuko and Eve get to Collider, give Sabine blood to heal, find Akio, who tells them to “stop this machine”.

03/24, 25 Eve shut down their systems, and put a crypto-lock they have to bypass to get it up and running again. Akio finds William, blows off his kneecaps. Michael arrives, using the energy of the Cosmos to melt William’s body, all except the legs. Anoints hat with William’s blood, as promised. Hat has only a small silver piece, melted, on side. Michael apologizes to Akio for his stupidity and arrogance, acknowledges their part in saving hem. Blows up rest of William with energy, leaves.