Dealings in the Dark

The meeting

Jack paced around the Last Stand as Nyxy glanced at him "you don't have to go if you dont want to." He glanced at her "im not going to let you and the kid go alone, especially not in his condition. Plus if this thing has intel on my men I need to know." Snake had his head on the bar hiccuping. Nyxy sighed Jack had been on edge since they got back to the bar to drop the guys off. She glanced at Snake "Snake dear are you going to be okay?" He looked up "yeah Ms Nyxy, yeah yeah." She nods then glances at Jack "we better go." He nods then walked up to Charlie whispering something, he nodded to Jack who then heads out with Nyxy and Snake following. He said nothing to her just got on his bike and started it up waiting for Nyxy and snake to start their own then drove off heading towards the abandoned graveyard. Jack pulled up first stopping his bike getting off, Nyxy saw him draw his gun as she got off her bike. Nyxy was wise enough not to question his actions though she doubt the being who addressed them would be put off by a gun.

The trio made their way into the crumbling area, over turned headstones and graves long plundered by looters laid about. A voice greets them "lovely night?" Jack rolled his eyes "why don't ya come on out and speak to us face to face?" The voice replies "I would but you are a scary individual old Jack." Jack gave a throaty laugh to that and the being spoke again, "Besides what I can tell you does not require my visage to hear. I find it may unnerve your lady friend. " Nyxy frowned "I am not some weak willed female." The voice answered "oh I did not mean you dark one, I meant her." Jolene approached "hey guys." Nyxy tensed glancing at Jack who still had his gun cocked "oh great now Red's here the fuck with this shit." Nyxy put a hand on his arm to calm him "I didn't know she would be here please just think about your men who disappeared dear." Jack frowned but said nothing. Jolene smiled "I see you guys got back together good I was worried." Nyxy stared warily at Jolene but nods "yeah." The voice speaks "fret not old Jack your lady did not invite the lovely one I did, you see the four of you know things, things we wish to know. In turn I give you information you need to find out who took your men." Jack's voice came in a low near like growl "you better not be yanking me around or so help me I will find you." The voice speaks "I am not yanking you I know better, besides you have what I want." Nyxy speaks "I don't think we do, unless you mean information. And I am sorry the things we know are only known by a very small group of people, so unless you give us something solid to find out where his men are I will not part with any information. Jolene blinks "Is that what Roach promised you information on missing people?" Nyxy glanced at her "who is Roach?" the voice answered "I am, and yes I promised them to help find their missing crew for information about your island trip." Jolene sighed "oh I see, I thought you approached me for something else." Roach answers "oh we shall get to that in time, but the Dark one and her Old man are not patient and I fear if I do not answer them they will leave with precious knowledge." Snake who was slowly shaking off the alcohol frowns "why are we here?" Jack groans and shakes his head "its like a fucking circus... "

Nyxy sighed wanting to to quickly end this meeting "look give us something and I'll start talking please." A hooded figure slowly made his way towards them staying a good distane but allowing them to catch his outline, "fine, I will give you a little, for a little of yours." Nyxy nods to him and he speaks, "you believe the prince has your men incarcerated, truth be known the prince is not all together there anymore. And his henchmen Draconis has more worry on his plate than simple busts. Your rival who runs the MPD also is not really looking your way. Truth be known we do not understand why the being who has taken your men have done so. Beside being associated with you, and you with the Dark one we cannot pin point why they would be snatched. Our only thought is you will be so distracted blaming the Prince and start a new gang war thus distracting you from their plans." Nyxy blinks "who Roach?" He shakes his head "uh uh your turn." Nyxy sighed "fine, though I was not hired to go to the island by the prince but by a member of my coterie Doc, I knew enough of why we were going. The first reason was to study who attacked us at Elysium and why. The second was whoever was doing it were also attacking the Gangrel of the island who are in alliance with Sigfried. And the third was to retrive an item of interest." Roach nods "go on." Nyxy smirked "do you really think I'll give it to you that easy?" This time Jack smirked at her though he was still pissed at being played. Roach sighed at her "fine I will tell you more." Jolene piped up interupting him "wait, if she gives you all you need you wont help me find out what I need to know." Roach sighed "I am sure we can work out another arrangement pretty one." Snake pipes up "well hey I needed his help to that isn't fair Ms. Nyxy." This time Jack speaks "will you both shut up? He approached Nyxy first, and we need to find out who took my men, your stuff waits." Snake frowned at Jack as did Jolene. Nyxy sighed "look whatever deal you have to make with Roach I will help share the burden but this is important to me both of you."

Snake frowned looking away "Fine Ms. Nyxy." Jolene frowned "not fine, I would do it for you but not for him, not after the last time." Jack glares at her pointing the gun "the only reason your still alive now is because of Nyxy, don't tempt me red." Nyxy frowned "Enough both of you!" She sighed glancing at Jack "Love they are right, the knowledge I have is enough to turn a lot of things on its ear. We at least know that someone is trying to set you all up to be a distraction and start a war. Perhaps we can go with that to start hunting for the missing crew and Snake and Jolene can use what they know for the information they need." Jack glared at her "no way we still don't have enough to find out who took them Nyxy. He made the deal with you first." Nyxy sighed "I know but I can't just ignore that they need his help to, come on Jack they are my coterie.. He glances at her with a scowl and says low "the same ones who staked you..." Nyxy holds her chest looking down "don't" He snaps at her "so what am I just supposed to let the fact that several of my men disappeared go? No fucking way."  Nyxy frowned "I am not saying that, but it wasn't just me who went to the island, and this information is..." Jack stalked off and she frowned hugging herself. "Well now you three need to decide, who will get my intel?" Nyxy glanced at both Jolene and Snake she was sure they had reasons for needing Roach's help but she was not happy about pissing off Jack. "What will it cost me to find out what happened to his men without telling you what I know?" Roach answered "You really don't have anything else I could possible want Dark one, perhaps another of my kind but definitely not me. All I want is information." Snake sighed "Ms. Nyxy, you and Jack have been nice to me I do want to find out some things on my past but I want to help you to." Nyxy smiled at him "thank you dear." Jolene frowned "I want to help you to, but not Jack he can rot in hell." Nyxy glared "watch it Jo Jo, I care for you but that is my man you are talking about." Jolene frowned "your man is a monster." Nyxy shot back "we all are monsters."

Roach spoke up, "too much bickering, I will give you each a portion of what you wish to know as long as what you tell me about the object is worth it. You can take what you hear back to whomever Dark one but tell me about it...yes the object you were seeking. Nyxy glanced at Jolene who nods "Fine." Nyxy then began to explain the object, what she thought it did and what happened to it and Jeeves with the others piping in what they knew. Snake sighed "I had it in my hands I should not have given it to him." Roach puts his boney hands together "perhaps not but its no matter whoever grabbed him would surely have taken you." Snake frowned "I wouldn't have gone easily." Roach shrugged "you can believe that if you want, but this one he is tricky slimy tricky ancient almost to. His name is not known to us yet but he has a lair, perhaps the beings he took are there; though if they are they will not be the same as before if alive at all. I will give you a map of where they could be located but that is all." He turns to Jolene "as for you Pretty one you may come with me now to find out what you wish to know. Snake frowned "and what about me?" Roach turns to him his face still hidden, "I suppose you can come to but you may have to work out a deal to find out what you wish to know." Snake nods "that's fine." Nyxy glanced at him "are you sure you want to go with him?" Snake nods "I got to watch Jo Jo's back." Nyxy smirked "back eh?" He shrugged "aw Ms Nyxy don't tease me." Nyxy smiled "go on then."

Roach slowly walks up to Nyxy and handed her the map and Nyxy nods "thanks." He turns to head back towards Jolene and snake "No thank you, our kind heard whispers that such an object existed, imagine the power over time flow itself...and the delicious rumor someone is trying to awaken the original beast...yes this is the intel that we crave. If you find any more I will be around." Nyxy sighed shrugging leaving the other two to deal with Roach she made her way over to Jack who was on his bike. "I heard what you said back there how you put red in her place, thanks. I also heard about that artifact, you should have told me." Nyxy sighed "I know but I was trying to protect you." Jack glanced at her with a frown and she handed him the map, "here this is a map to the last place they saw the person who took your men. We can go investigate and see what it leads us to." Jack takes the map and puts it in his vest "Fine but it still doesn't square us Darlin'. There is going to be a time when you have to choose between me and them. I hope you make the right call." Nyxy puts a hand on her hip her eyes narrowing at him "I got the intel from Roach about your men, and the fact that I am here by your side should tell you who I choose." Jack starts his bike up "we shall see about that Darlin.' He rides off and she watches him with a frown wondering if she should bother to follow, then gets on her bike riding off after him.

To be continued.