Doing what she must [July 25th]

Aisha took her hand and when the darkness closed around her, she felt her heart began to race again. She struggled to breathe for a moment, her hand clingy to Mary's for nearly dear life. She was shaking from the sudden cold that washed over her. Then the fact that she couldn't see, couldn't hear, couldn't smell anything washed over her. This was absolute darkness and it shook her to her core. Then she felt something touch her leg and she jumped and practically pushed her body into Mary's. She thinks she might have screamed in her fear but she isn't quite sure.

They walk out and the light from the room fills her orbs and she is shivering. She feels as though there might be ice on her but she isn't quite sure. Mary says something but Aisha isn't sure she registered it before she was gone again. She scrambles for the light switch and when the light comes on she feels as though she is blinded for a moment. She goes and sits on the bed for a minute, taking the blanket and wrapping it around her. The darkness was something she still hadn't gotten over, though it was something she could handle with David. But David wasn't here, he was gone.

Tears fell from her eyes again and then she became a sobbing mess again. She buried her head into the pillow and cried for quite awhile. The tears finally stopped after she had dosed out at some point. When she awakes, she isn't rested, her head hurts from the crying, her body hurts everywhere and she couldn't seem to get over that she might not ever see David again. She wanted to cry all over again but tears seemed to be gone from her body. She seemed to be in a haze.

She recalls Mary telling her to shower. She grabs a clean outfit and walks out of the room to the bathroom down the hall. She forces herself to move, turn the shower on. She stands under the scalding hot water for longer then she should before she goes through the motions of actually cleaning herself. When she is done she stumbles back into the bedroom. She drops her things on the floor and stares at the walls. She picks her brush up from in her bag and begins to brush her hair into some sort of none mess. At least she was cleaned.

She walks out of the room. She hadn't ever been this far into Mary's home. She wasn't interested in exploring either. She just wanted to find David. She sighed and walked down the stairs. She didn't know where Mary or Exo were. She wasn't sure what to do with herself. She wondered if she should just go back to her books. Try something new. She wandered into the sitting room and sat on the couch, staring into space. Unaware if anyone was around.

"The Tremere we can deal with if we must. That she came to us instead of them shows she is not a total loss, what we need to decide is ... what is David worth to us? Do we fight for him on principle, or leave him to his own stupidity?"

She takes his hand.

"Will you join me downstairs again? She needs reassurance, and comfort, and perhaps a little more intimacy that she realises. She still hates you,meven though she is here. Give her your blood. It will help ease her pain, and bridge the gap a little."

Maria smiles at Exo. Aisha may be bound to david, but there was nothing stopping them holding her as close as they could. And just maybe, a bond to Exo, or both of them, however small, would help her keep her mind while they searched.

She kisses him, smiling. "We'll see, my fury." And with his hand in hers, they shadowstep downstairs, finding Aisha staring off into space. At least now she was showered and clean.

"Aisha... " she steps up to the witch, sits beside her, "with David gone, you will feel his pull very strongly. As time passes, it will get worse. Let us help you. Our blood will help keep you stable, as we are close. Take from Exo. He is strong."

Mary smiles at Aisha. And, she thinks, should David die, it will give us some control as you lose yours.

Exo thought for a long moment before moving to sit in the comfy chair like it was his throne. "Maria...come here please..." He gave hr a knowing look before turning to Aisha. "You as well...come here Aisha. Let me talk to you." His tone is calm, almost caring. Like he just wanted to have a chat.

Aisha sighs and stands. She doesn't go to her knees nor does she sit on the ground, she just stands there. She didn't want to get off the couch really but she did anyway.

"Yes I trust David. I am trying to trust you like I once did, but." She looks from Exo back to Mary. "I can't trust him. He hurt David. How can I truly know that he won't do the same? That he won't hurt me? Or use me to hurt David? I don't know that I am willing to take the chance. David isn't here." She looks down at her hands and her feet. She seems to fumble with her skirt before she sits down, she isn't kneeling, she doesn't believe that Exo deserves that from her.

Her feet are tucked to the side though as she sits on her legs. "Looking for David is helping me. I just want to find him." She seems to be on the verge of tears again and seems at a lost of what to do. Why won't they go look for him now? Send out who they need to? Start the search? Why are they taking their time? He is more important than she is. She doesn't understand. Before long tears are falling again and she crumbles, laying her head down in Mary's lap.

Maria strokes Aisha's hair as Exo strokes hers. Mutual comfort. Shared feeling.

"Nothing takes what is mine, Aisha. David is, by my choice and his, my brother in the Sword. We take care of our own. While this may be David's personal trouble, letting an outsider take one of ours from us cannot be tolerated. We will find him. Not tonight, probably not tomorrow night, but we will find him. And take him back." She lifts Aisha's chin so their eyes meet. "And for that, we must preserve the thing he will move the earth to return to - you." She leans down, kissing Aisha in the forehead.

"If I could find him using the symbol, I would have by now. And I would show this Renee his mistakes with much more pain then I ever inflicted on David." He looks Aisha in the eyes. "That night? The night I tested David? I may have caused him some pain...but it was something I knew that would fade. Something that he would know and understand but not feel after a few minutes. If I had really wanted to hurt him that night? I would have done something to keep him from you. Because I know that would have ripped his heart out." He tilts his head. "He would move the earth for you...if he could. The power that he is using is...specific. And can be powerful. And if Renee is David's sire..." He nods. "It stands to reason that David will succumb to his powers. If it was my sire, I would succumb to hers no doubt." He is quiet for a moment. "Being one of us...is something special to me. Not just the Sabbat, mind you. I mean us. Mary and I, my pack. That is special to me. David and the Procession? They are an extension of that pack. That means that we will do what must be done to get him back." He straightens up again. "And we have to be smart about it. Going in there with our emotions overtaking us? That will only get David killed. And that is not what I want. That's why we are offering you my blood. You need your strength. You need to be calmer. And I am asking you to trust me...as I want to trust you."

Aisha had no response for Exo and his words. She just couldn't seem to think straight. In a way she knew he was telling the truth but she still didn't have trust in him. How could she? Pain was pain, regardless of how it faded or not. She just didn't understand hurting to hurt someone. Where was the point in that? Hurting for pleasure was something she could understand without any problem, but just to hurt. She rubbed her temples as she sighed softly.

"I guess that makes sense." She replied to them both not really paying much attention, to many words at one time caused her to close it all off, her mind going back to David again. Her heart was hurting, her body was hurting she closed her eyes. Mary spoke again and she looked at her, then watched her bite Exo's wrist.

The sensation drew her in, the smell was different, she looked at it, her eyes wide. She didn't want to do this. Didn't want to hurt David. This would break him, could break her. She wasn't sure what to do. She stared at his wrist, saw the blood pool there. What would happen when David found out? How would it effect them? They were husband and wife after all. Was it not a betrayal to him? She couldn't focus, as her eyes just stared.

She closed them trying to will the smell away. "No." She said, she started to rock herself, her eyes opened again. "No." She repeated. She didn't want to hurt him. "Oh my David." She whispered under her breath. She wanted him back so much. She wanted his hold, his love, his touch, his blood. Not this. What was she doing?

"It's wrong." She stuttered out, her eyes still looking at the blood. She didn't know if she had energy to fight this off, but she was trying to for David. She just couldn't think with all the noise in her own head.

Mary didn't speak. She left this moment between Aisha and Exo. This was needed. Both for Aisha's grounding, and to build trust. They couldn't have Aisha hating Exo for ever. Not even for he foreseeable future. Not if they were to work together for David's freedom. Not if they needed to use Aisha to acquire it. So she sat, watching, waiting.

Exo's eyes close and for a moment, his bottom lip is bitten. As she drank, he manipulated his will and their bond began to form. As it did, he slid his free hand to the top of her head and stroked her hair to comfort her. He would go hunting soon enough, so he had more then enough blood to spare. Let her get her fill, he knew she needed this more then she thought she did.

Of course, this also came with a feeling that he needed to suppress slightly. Intimacy. There may not be love between them...but sharing blood like this was...very intimate. And the only person who took his blood like this was Mary. He looked up into Mary's eyes and she could see the lust slightly forming there. He wanted to pull Aisha into his lap, let her finish and then drink from her...

...so much so? That his telepathy reached for Mary and told her so...

Aisha wasn't sure what had come over her but her grip was tight and her nails dug into his skin some what. Not enough to break it but enough to leave an impression on his flesh. His hand on her hair seemed to calm her in another way and she made a soft noise in her throat. She was lost in the drug of her addiction and she didn't want to stop.

Aisha felt a slight movement and she lifted her eyes slightly and through the vale of her hair she saw Mary drink from Exo as well. It was a different sensation to watch another feed from the same person as she was. It was closely related to the feelings she had when she shared beds with her sisters when she was still working in the scene. Something that was fun, enjoyable.

She had a smile on her face as she pulled her mouth from his wrist, his blood dripped a bit off and she felt as though her anger seemed gone, her hatred seemed to be erased. She looked up from Exo and then to Mary and stared at her, a sort of lust washing over her eyes. She suddenly wanted to feel Mary's bite again and Exo's. She couldn't understand how drinking the blood could cause such a rush to her.

Mary watches as Exo pulls Aisha into his embrace. She licks the wound in his wrist, and takes Aisha's hand instead. Once Exo is feeding, and Aisha is lost in his Kiss, she adds her own, sampling Aisha's blood for the first time in a long while, savouring each drop. She reached for Exo, sitting up so she can hold him as they drink, sharing the feeling, the intimacy.

Exo holds her in his lap and he drinks. Slowly...but he drinks. It was like the first time he drank her, not that long ago. The taste was rich and he...he was very much enjoying it. Especially once Mary joined them. It was...a sight to behold, to be sure. The three of them on the floor, Exo sitting cross legged with Aisha in his lap, almost straddling him while Mary say next to him with and arm around him as they fed from her.

Soon enough, Exo released the kiss. He gave the wound a long slow lick, taking the last bits of blood with him as they sit in the afterglow, one arm holding Aisha, the other stroking her hair.

Aisha purred softly as Mary and Exo withdrew from her flesh, closing her wounds. She was lulled out of it. Her eyes were closed but she felt Mary come closer, she didn't open her eyes to look, she didn't seem to have the energy to do so. She heard something but it seemed distant to her.

She was relaxed in Exo's arms and her mind wandered away with her. She really did miss her David. She wondered what he was doing tonight. She should text him. Maybe he will respond? She sighed softly. She was pulled from her thoughts as her phone beeped. Her heart raced praying it was David. 

She looked at the message and sighed. "Darren hasn't heard from David but he is on his way to the Castle now." She replied and tucked her phone back away. She stood from Exo's lap and went to the couch and sat down. She curled her legs under her and rested her head on the couch arm.