Previously on Shadowland
Two college students in the service of vampire Baron De La Vega confronted their pasts. One discovered his true Fae origin. The other orchestrated his own death so that his loved ones could go on without him.

All four members of the cohort faced their future. Two of them as vampires. One as Fae. And one as an Immortal.

Why did Tom’s grandfather react so strangely to the Salk Institute?
Is Abe’s family truly in danger?
How did Jack trick his Sire to become his girlfriend?
What will Dean’s Sire, the Sheriff of San Diego, think of the way he became a bat?

Why was Cailin, the high school angel, placed in their path?
What is the conundrum of Thomas?
Who is the Hunter?
How do you deal with the Banshees?


On the evening of 23 May 2019, the cohort was in the conference room as the Arcane Lux. Cailin was there too. As was Asali and Isabella, the two Sires.
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Isabella was seated next to Jack. As close as their chairs would allow. They were holding hands, their fingers were intertwined.

Jack and his sire have apparently become very close. Tom does his best not to act too curious about it, but he admits that he can't blame Jack. Just because the guy's undead now doesn't mean he doesn't have needs, and Isabella is stunning.

Clearing his throat, Tom says, "So, uh, good to see you guys again. What's on the agenda for today?"

It was obvious that Dean and Asali had not become as intimate as Jack as his Sire in the interim. He seemed to treat her like more of a superior than a lover.

That was not to say that he judged Jack harshly, who knew what sort of traditions the others Clans had? Or that he was not a little jealous. They were surrounded by remarkable attractive women, and Asali was one of them. But Dean also wondered if such a close relationship might effect the quality of his training.

He was dressed in black motorcycle racing gear, a little dusty from the road, but with an armored jacket and thick boots to combat road rash. A plain black helmet was casually perched on one knee.

He smiled to Tom and jerked his head up slightly, obvious a little wary about keeping up some stoicism in front of their peers and superiors. "Not sure. Some how I doubt it's just a check in."

"Good of you to ask," Asali told Tom.

"A keen observation," she told Dean.

"There is a group of rogue werewolves known as the Banshees. We could call them a gang or a pirate crew. They interrupt long-distance transportations. They leave the trucker in pieces, steal his cargo, and vanish."

"Because of the threat the Hunter is to all of Shadowland, the werewolves have withdrawn their tacit protection from the group. Which means we can deal with them without going to war. We have recently found out that they are taking a semi-truck coming to San Diego on Highway 8 tomorrow night."

She pressed a button and on the screen, a map appeared of the Highway and its surroundings, the San Diego border was highlighted at the edges of the map.

"Any questions or suggestions on how to do this?"
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Abe quipped at Tom as he entered: "Same thing we do every day, Pinkie.  Try to not die or screw things up too badly."

He nodded to each of the others and took a seat at the table and listened as Asali spoke.  When asked for questions and suggestions, he spoke up. "Well, are the werewolves vulnerable to silver like in the stories?  Or anything else?  We have enough people here who can transport that if we know the truck's information we could intercept it and replace the drivers.  Instead of an unsuspecting human or two, they'd be facing our cohort - all ready and packing for bear... or wolf in this case, I guess."

"They are indeed vulnerable to silver," Asali said. "Other things can harm them normally, but they heal very fast, and only silver can kill them."

"Replacing the driver would be a good idea. Does anyone know how to drive a semi-truck?"

Cailin was wearing pretty much the same thing as what she left Abe and Dean for Tom: a jean and a hoodie, though this one was a Marine one. She nodded to greet everyone and looked curious, listened attentively, but didn't seem intent on saying much of anything unless asked a question… or heard something she needed to address.

Which, up to that point, wasn't the case: she didn't know much, but rampaging werewolves attacking innocents sounded to her like a legitimate target.

Tom nods in assent at Dean's observation and listens as Asali lays out the situation. A group of rogue Werewolves, and the Baron wants their cohort to deal with them? It seems like a tall order to Tom, though he figures that with Dean's and Jack's enhanced physical attributes and whatever magic Abe had been learning, they might stand a chance.

When Abe suggests a plan, Tom nods his head. "That sounds like a good idea, Abe. With any luck, they'll be taken completely by surprise."

"Do we have any way to track the Banshees? If we knew where they were planning to highjack the truck, we could get there first and catch them by surprise, too."

"They only operate in San Diego County," Asali said. "And we know the route. But we don't know where they are attacking."

"So maybe we could try a bait truck..." Dean suggested. "Maybe something on the side of the road, having trouble. An easy target." he went on. "Even if we don't go for that, I would bet that getting them while they are still in their car, or truck or whatever, would be a whole lot easier than trying to fight them all on foot."

He took a deep breath. "But that would mean weapons , and I've barely even shot a gun before." he added. "It's not gonna be easy, whatever we do."

"It seems unlikely that they would be lured away from their target," Asali said. "Not that I'm sure why they have picked this eighteen-wheeler. On paper, it's only carrying basic supplies. Toilet paper, non-prescription medicines like ibuprofen, food staples, and the like. There's nothing of value. Unless they are actually carrying something completely different."

"I don't know if they have access to Fae transportation, but if we can take them out in one clean strike, that would be great. But as you say, that requires weapons."


[OOC: I'm sorry if important details that should have been presented at the beginning are presented later.]

Dean seemed to think about it for a few more moments. "What if we follow that truck with another truck?, another big rig. When they do for the first one, we could hit them with the second. Probably won't actually kill them, but, going into a fight getting hit by a semi would suck"he posited.

"Would still need a driver though."