Hastiness and Precision

"Don't you think that it's a bit weird?" asked one the vampires.

"What do you mean??" asked another Vampire.

"I mean the boss hurriedly rushing to go meet that witch" said the vampire.

"Didn't you see the weird look on his face, like he was in heaven or something" said the vampire.

"That has to be weird do you, isn't it Bruce??" asked the Vampire.

"Oh that" said Bruce as he was not surprised, he looked like this topic was boring him.

"What do you mean by "oh that??" do you not care for our boss?" asked the vampire.

"Oh look, the boss is a grown vampire, I am sure he will take care of himself, and besides, his beloved "Cat eyes" would not do anything to harm him... or so he believes" said Bruce as he focused his attention to the ground below.

He and some other vampires were doing patrol, and they were watching over the camp from above, right now Bruce was sitting at the edge of a nearby mountain, and he could see all the lights coming from the camp that was beneath them.

"What do you mean Bruce?" asked the other vampire.

"Quite frankly, I do not trust that woman, she is very cunning, and for her to be Azazel's right hand woman, you know that she is not ordinary and that she matched on par with him" said Bruce.

"You see what she and her witches did to Billy, sure he was stubborn, but you could have just given him a stern warning, and not resort to killing him just like that" said Bruce.

"That woman just wants to shed unnecessary blood" said Bruce.

"You see, you think the same way I do, which is why we need to go save the boss, before it's too late" said the vampire.

"You said it yourself, she is dangerous and she wants to shed blood, she obviously has no feelings for anyone other than herself, so boss is in danger being alone with that woman" said the vampire.

"Look we do not need to involve ourselves in something that is not our business" said Bruce

"Liam went to her on his own accord, I am sure that he is fine and enjoying himself where he is" said Bruce as he looked up at the sky, and saw the shining moon.

"How can you say that?? Liam is out boss" said the vampire.

"Look Hunter, if you care so much, why don't you go look for him yourself" said Bruce as he looked annoyed.

"Don't you think I tried?" said Hunter angrily

"I cannot even use my hearing, those witches probably put a sound barrier up or something" he said

"And it's even worse in the camp, as if every individual tent is protected by a sound barrier, those witches are too crafty" said Hunter as he did not hide his frustration.

"Good to know that you know" replied Bruce.

"Look Bruce, I cannot do this alone, you have to come along with me, we can gather the boys, and go and find Liam" said Hunter.

"You said it yourself that those witches are crafty, and you want the six of us to go and take down a whole camp full of them" said Bruce.

"Can you hear yourself right now??" asked Bruce.

"At least I care for out Boss, if something happens to him, what will we tell him when he asks" said Hunter

"That is not our problem" said Bruce.

"What a friend you are" said Hunter.

"Look Hunter, you are probably overreacting, Liam can take care of himself" said Bruce.

"In fact he must be having a good time, and you are over here worrying about nothing" said Bruce.

"Trust me, he is alright, he knows how to handle himself, he is older and stronger than all of us, so relax" said Bruce.

He had an odd feeling about what was going on right now, and he could not just shake off the feeling, he felt like something terrible was about to happen, and no one else was listening to him.

Especially Bruce, who was put in charge by Liam, but he would not even spare him a glance, it was frustrating, and Hunter could do nothing but sit and wait because he could not be accused of starting a rebellion.

"Whatever you say Bruce, whatever you say" said Hunter as he turned around and walked away, he hoped that he was just overreacting, because he was sure that they could not bear to loose another one of their men, and especially their strongest vampire, and leader.

Meanwhile back in the camp.

"Stella if I may ask, we were supposed to have a meeting to start the plan, but I was told that our meeting was cancelled" said Jacob

Jacob and Stella were in her office, there were only the two of them there, and they had some issues to discuss.

"Ahh yes, sorry I apologize for that, I had an important meeting with some High Council members this morning, and I was even late for that, so please accept my apologies" said Stella as she smiled.

"It's no worry Stella, I understand" said Jacob.

"Thank you" said Stella as she smiled.

"There is really nothing much discuss only the matter on carrying out the plan, we still need your go ahead, to initiate it" said Jacob

"You see about that" said Stella as she looked serious.

"I have decided to put all our plans on hold" said Stella

"Is something the matter?" asked Jacob as this was a surprise to him, it was questionable on why Stella decided to hold on a plan that was supposed to be carried out earlier this morning.

Jacob was a commander, he was used to questioning every single behavior that someone played, it was not like he didn't trust Stella, it was far from it, but he had to make sure that they were on the same page, and that they still had the same goal, it was why he was here in the first place, to make sure that the goal was accomplished.

And now with Stella making changes, he had to be sure that nothing fishy was going on behind the scenes, after all he was still loyal to his own realm, no matter how good the people in a realm could be, their leaders at the top determined what happened to them.

"Nothing is the matter" said Stella as she realized what Jacob was thinking, by now she had gotten used to assessing the expressions on people's faces, and even though Jacob tried to hide his concern she could still see it.

"I just realized that there is a difference between hastiness and precision" said Stella

"My desire to get this over and done with is very hasty, and in the process of rushing, could jeopardies the safety and the overall outcome of this whole operation" said Stella

"In the end the main person we want is Azazel, and no one else" said Stella

"I understand Stella" said Jacob as he understood what she was trying to say.

"You do?" asked Stella

"Yes, there is no need to explain any further, I trust you" said Jacob

"That means a lot to me Jacob, Thank you" said Stella as she smiled.

"You are welcome" said Jacob as he smiled back.

"So does that mean that all our plans are cancelled??" asked Jacob so he could be sure on what to do next.

"Oh no, far from it Jacob, nothing is cancelled, they are just put on hold, till I give the go ahead, and trust me it will be soon" said Stella

"Ahh I see, alright then" said Jacob

...

Meanwhile is Azazel's camp.

The sun had risen brightly, but the atmosphere in the camp was less than lively, in fact it was deadly, Azazel's mood was at his worst.

"How could this happen?" he asked, his voice sounded smooth, but no one would dare overlook the coldness and anger in his tone.

"My... My.. Loo...rd" said a witch as she was stuttering.

"Can you stop stuttering and open your big mouth and tell me what happened" said Azazel as he raised his voice.

"Ahhh, my lorrd pl...ease, please spare me, I did not do anything" said the witch as she cried, Azazel's aura was so suffocating that she could not control her emotions.

"I promise you I did not do anything, I just found his body, there cold and lifeless" she said.

"*Tisk* go get me Selene" said Azazel as he turned from the pitiful sight that he was seeing.

"Yes my lord" said the witch as she did not waste any second, and she ran out of his tent to go get Selene.

Meanwhile outside.

Hunter had an angry look on his face, he angrily walked over to where the other vampires were, with each step angrier than the last.

He tapped Bruce on the shoulder, and as soon as Bruce turned around, Hunter gave him a mighty blow to his face.

"What is wrong with you??" asked Bruce as he was taken aback and the great impact of the punch moved him back, and he held his nose, and he spat out blood.

All the other rogue vampires gathered around to see what was going on, they did not dare interfere, they were also curious as to why Hunter would suddenly hit Bruce.

"He's dead" said Hunter angrily.

"What do you mean?, who is dead" asked Bruce as he was still recovering from the mighty blow.

"Liam, he's dead!" said Hunter

"He was found dead this morning" he said