This is where the Queen of the Banishéd Ones, or the Vampires, resides.

::Carys walks in and grabs a convenient torch off of the wall next to her. Walking to the middle of the room, she waits for a vampire to address her::

"Why hello, my dear..."

::Bobby steps out from the shadows and smiles slyly at Carys.::

"Are you lost?"

::He runs a hand through his hair and looks at her questioningly, his features perfectly human.::

::Carys looks at Bobby and takes a deep breath::

(One vampire, one me. I hate those odds.)

"No, I'm actually looking for someone. Maybe you could help me?"

::She steps forward and holds the torch up in front of her, as a makeshift sheild::

::Bobby shies from the fire a little, looking at Carys strangely.::

"You know, it's not safe to be down here... there are... a type of people in this place..."

::Carys grins at Bobby's reaction to the torch::

"You don't say. Look, maybe I should just cut to the chase?"

::Without waiting for an answer, Carys jumps forward and shoves the torch at Bobby, aiming for his head::

::Easily evading the fire with a sharp dodge to the right, Bobby twists his body and grabs the torch, his hand tightly gripping Carys. With another fast movement, he ducks under her arm, swinging the torch around in a loop and bringing her arm behind her back.::

"That wasn't very nice now, was it?"

::He snarls and raises her arm up her back painfully.::

::Carys grits her teeth against the pain and releases the torch, letting it clatter to the floor::

"No...and neither is this!"

:: On the last word, Carys twists out of the armlock and and swings her arm forward aiming for Bobby's stomach::

::Bobby catches her hand easily with a lightning fast movement. Gripping her fist, he squeezes it, crushing her fiingers together while he reaches over and hangs the torch back on the wall.::

"Don't be so foolish, little girl. You could get hurt."

::A small fluttering sound grows froom one of the dark tunnels as a tiny bat shoots into the room, flapping around a few times before becoming its human form. Cora looks from Bobby to Carys in alarm.::

"What are you doing? The Queen will be back any second!"

(Who is the human and what's she doing with a death wish? Smells... hmm...)

::Hearing talking Theo presses his back against the wall.::

(Where in the world am I?)

::Using the light of the torches lining the walls he sneaks further into the room. He eventually comes across three people. Two girls and one guy. He hears them say something about vampires.::

(Ohmigod, vampires...Shoot)

::He looks down at himself to make sure he is still invisible.::

(Good.)

::Theo walks past the group and kneals down beside a throne hiding hoping to find out more about whats going on.::

::Carys wrenches her hand out of Bobby's grasp and moves back a few paces::

"The Queen?"

::She crosses her arms and stands motionless looking at Cora::

::Cora holds up a hand, silencing all conversation. She takes a few short sniffs, before sharply snapping her vision towards the Queen's throne. With a huge single bound, she perches on top of it and leans over the back, her balance perfect, grabbing the invisible Theo by te scruff of the neck.::

"She has an accomplice here. I can smell his sweat."

::Lifting Theo right into the air, she pulls him back to Bobby and Carys, shaking him so hard he cannot keep up his magic.::

::Theo looses his invisibility as he is shaken around by the vampire::

"Agh!"

::He screams as he is shaken hard by his neck::

"Stop please! Stop!"

::He falls to the ground and looks up into Cora's eyes with a look of helplessness::

(Ohmigod what did I get in to?)

::Carys looks at Theo in suprise and trys to work out if she's seen him anywhere before::

"Accomplice? I don't know who the hell he is."

"She is telling the truth! I dont know her either!!"

::Theo stands up and brushes himself off::

(What is going on?)

::Bobby looks at the two and his eyes train on Theo.::

"This one's a witch. The Queen would like a nice fresh witch..."

::He glances at Carys.::

"As for her, well, I just ate. Are you hungry pet?"

::Theo looks at Cora::

"You dont want her! Look at her. How pathetic. Dont you want a strong witch like me?"

(Damnit, I don't know what to do!)

"Isn't there a way that we could help you somehow, do something to keep- er I mean help you guys?"

::Cora smirks knowingly at Theo.::

"Isn't that cute? Trying to protect the lady and making an utter fool of himself in the process."

(I may humour him though...)

"Tell me, witch. How could you possibly help us?"

::A hundred thoughts rush through Theo's mind::

"Well I can do many things, I could help bring you "food". You name it and I can probablly help. "

(Do something Theo, you digging a deeper hole.)

::Trying to sustain a snort of laughter but failing miserably, Cora stares at Theo incredulously.::

"You? Bring us 'food'? That's a nice idea, witch."

::An idea quickly forms in her head.::

"Hmm. Maybe we'll take you up on that. I let you go, and if you're not back by daybreak with something we like, the girl dies. How about it?"

::Carys laughs nervously at Cora's proposal::

"Hey, wait-"

(He'll just run off and leave me here...)

"You can't keep me here. In fact, we're gonna go right now."

::She turns to Theo and indicates the entrance to the tunnel that leads to the beach, waiting for him to do something::

::Following Carys' eyes, Theo reaches into his pocket and grabs the sharp shell from earlier and thrusts it at Cora's stomach. He jumps back.::

"RUN!"

::Theo turns around and begins to cast quietly while jogging back::

"Make them see what cannot be,
Flames that leap to make them flee."

::Theo raises his arms hoping the spell works, and that the vampires will think he can control fire.::

[Make up your own damn spell, instead of stealing words you couldn't possibly know. Nothing happens.]

::Theo's mouth opens as the spell does nothing::

(Damn TV spell! RUN! THINK!)

"Ancient beast of mythic lore,
with this spell let spirits soar.
Evil creature, beast of hell,
Vampires now, have no smell!
My power hides me from the eye,
I share it now with mortal kind."

::Theo grabs Carys' hand and prays that the spell will destroy their scents. He concentrates as hard as he can to cover himself and Carys with invisibility::

[I'm sorry, I didn't catch what you said since you were rambling about beasts so much...]

::The Beast appears, blocking Theo and Carys' escape route. Its red eyes gleam, even in the darkness, and it's spade-like teeth glint as it opens it's mouth and lets out a mighty roar.::

"Why dont my spells work?!"

::Theo looks at Carys with a I'm-sorry look on his face and then back to the vampires::

::Patience rushes in making a fine scene and about as much noise as she could to get the Beasts attention.::

(I hope this works)

::Patience focuses on the beast and Wills The Beast To Go Under A Trance. Just incase it works she screams her command.

"Attack the vampires!!!"

::Carys clamps her jaw together to stop herself screaming at the sight of the beast, and tries to look like she's not scared::

(Holy fuck...what a moron.)

::Her heart rate slowers and the look of fear leaves her face to be replaced by one of contempt at Theo, which dissapears when Patience comes rushing in::

"Patience?"

::Patience dosen't even notice Theo dissappear as she grabbs Carys by the wrist and pulls her out of the beast's way and into the beach caves.::

"Come on!!!"

::Theo grabs Carys' hand and runs with them going invisible out of fear. Off they run to the beach caves::

::The beast lunges towards Cora and Bobby, completely forgetting the witches.::

::Bobby's eyes widen in horror as the monster turns on himself and Cora. Grabbing her hand, he hauls her down some random cave.::

::The beast roars ferociously and chases the vampires down the random cave.::

::Patience haults upon entering the Throne room.::

"Well...this is the place...but where are the vamps...or that beast..."

(Did I forget to mention that???)

::Lirie walks into the cave chamber cautionly, scanning the room around her for any surprise guests::

"Beast, Toots? Didn't see a reason to share that piece of information?"

(What does it matter? We'll kick its' furry ass as well!)

"Wait, what? What's this about beasts?"

::Petunius walks in with Piper and stands in front of the others.::

"Could you just give us all of the information at once, instead of throwing it out in pieces for dramatic effect?"

::Patience takes a defensive stance as she turns on Petunius.::

"Don't get snippy with me...I forgot...excuse me for making a mistake!"

(You know...I'm really getting sick of helping ungrateful people...I mean I just got out of the hospital...I'm putting my ass on the line to help them...and what do I get...the same as always...a big fat nothing.)

::Patience huffs realizing that she will have to be the one to tell the story of what happened.::

"I hypnotised the damn thing to attack the vampires...and since it was one of them who attacked Carys I'm pretty sure that the vampires either lured it really deep into the caves or killed it...therefor it shouldn't be a problem."

::Patience turns to Theo.::

"Hey...how did that beast get there anyway? Vampires hate those things...so I seriously doubt they would of built there home in a place that was occupied by one...and I'm positive they would of know that it was here."

"Uh huh. Right. And in our line of work, a mistake like that could mean the difference between life and death. We can't afford that little luxury."

::Petunius sighs in frustration before looking at Piper then leaning on the wall.::

(Take it easy. It's not her fault Phoebe bailed on you. Ah shut up!)