Let's never go back

Aislin stood in the center of the sacrificial meadow, looking around in a fury as her powerful emotions stirred up a wind, rattling through the trees yet barely touching the livening up flowers surrounding Aislin’s feet. “You won’t have a captive in me, I will not be afraid of you!” Aislin called out, her hands becoming dark as if blood was pooling there as she began to feel all the beings that had died in the meadow and surrounding forest. Every tree, every animal, and even some hunters and prior victims of the monster that was coming to take her away.

“Show yourself so we can work this out! There must be another option to appease you that doesn’t cost a life!” Aislin added, being braver than she actually felt. Soon, deer skeletons and mouse skeletons that’d become reanimated surrounded her protectively, chittering and looking in a specific direction as to warn Aislin that was where Y/M was coming from. She lessened her powers, hands returning to normal, and the animals returning to their proper resting places.

Aiden had been keeping the surrounding area vibrant and prosperous for as long as he'd been here, it was simply a byproduct of him living in the area and having a prosperous hoard. So when he started taking the sacrifices it wasn't because he wanted to it was because they were offered and he added them to his hoard until their natural lives ended so that he had a companion and then he took them back to the sacrificial meadow and let them pass naturally. He wanted company and he attacked anyone that preyed on the weak and helpless, usually killing them in the same meadow so as not to contaminate his own home.

So when the powerful woman that was set to be his next companion started screaming at him and showing her power he approached slowly. Letting her expend her anger and relax before finally appearing. "You know nothing of me or what I have done for this place and yet you insist I am the monster. Did your little show of magic tell you that they all died naturally at the ends of their lives. The women I cared for and protected and treasured until their ends. Sure, many have died here when they attacked those who couldn't protect themselves, but that is all part of the deal I made to protect this place," he informed her simply.

"You're not... tired, are you?" Mike panted as he leaned down at Eli. Despite having gone several rounds already, he was feeling unusually energized. "Thought you'd have more stamina than this."

"You forgot to remove the collar before you left last night." James hardly reacted when Nix appeared next to him, "I tried removing it myself but this thing is seriously hard." He tapped the metal band that hung around his neck, trying not to draw attention to the awkward outline of the leash he'd tucked into his shirt. "Thankfully, nobody has questioned it so far."

“You’re still alive, huh?”

“My ‘people skills’ are ‘rusty’.”

“He’s a dick, but a deal’s a deal.“

“You’re scrawnier than I pictured.“

“You promised you’d leave it alone.“

“Fight the fairies! You fight those fairies!“

“You know, it’s a miracle it didn’t kill you.“

“Of course I didn’t leave it alone! Sue me!”

“You mean the non-sexy kind of drilling, right?“

“You wanted a family. You have for a long time.“

“Like I said, the son of the bitch doesn’t answer.“

“You are not to harm them, do you understand me?“

“I’m not gonna fight you. But this is your last chance.“

“I don’t need you to fight my battles for me. Get bent.“

“If you don’t help us, I will hunt you down and kill you.“

“Better run, man. I think the fourth kind is a butt thing.“

“I’m just trying to make you feel better, don’t be a bitch.“

“Unless you like your wings extra crispy, I’d think about it.“

“Do you have any clue what walking away meant for me?“

“My point is, you’re distracted, and that makes me nervous.“

“I’m a killer. And there’s no changing that, I know that, now.“

“Wow, that sounded really creepy coming out of your mouth.“

“These aren’t vampires, man. These… these are douchebags.”

“You think I came because you called? I came because of this.“

“I know how scary it is. You know what’s scarier? You right now.“

“I wanna go home. I feel like this whole place is bad-touching me.“

“Whoa, whoa, come on, man. Now I’m scarred for life! Thank you.“

“No offense, but if you don’t walk out that door, I’m going to shoot you.“

“You have no idea what’s in some people’s walls. Could eat them alive.“

“And this is… this is just going to keep happening, so, I need you to go.“

“I don’t know. You think I speak baby? Maybe he needs a diaper change.“

“I mean, I know it wasn’t greeting-card perfect, but we were in it together.“

“I mean, accidents just don’t happen accidentally…You know what I mean.”

“You call me, and I come through. Every damn time! And what do I get for it?”

“Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray to (name) to get his feathery ass down here.“

“You shove it down… and you let it come out in spurts of violence and alcoholism.“

“I know I’m going to live to regret this, but I’m officially on your team. You bastards.“

“I’ll make it out of here, trust me. And the next time you see me, I’ll be there to kill you.“

“Do me a favor, don’t scratch the wall. Trust me, you’re not going to like what happens.“

“I am trying to keep my cool here, but what are you doing in my house with a shotgun?”

“You had to know that we were coming for you sometime, pal. You can’t outrun your past.“

“You’re white-knuckling it living like this. Like what you are is some bad, awful thing. But, you’re not.“

“You’ve never been what I’d call ‘brainy’, but did you really think you were gonna get to keep all of this?”

“This is very complex. If the pizza man truly loves this babysitter, why does he keep slapping her rear?“

“When your kind first huddled around the fire, I was the thing in the dark. Now you think you can hurt me?“

“There’s not much to tell. You know, it’s– I… lived on the road. Took crap jobs that nobody else wanted.“

“Yeah, well, the guy that basically just saved the world shows up at your door, you expect him to have a couple of issues.“

“You’re a freaking child, you know that? Just because you can do what you want, doesn’t mean you get to do whatever you want.“

“I love you like my own. I do. But, sometimes… sometimes you are the whiniest, most self-absorbed sons of a bitch I ever met.“