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Okay this was orginally going to be posted up with chapter 10 but got impatient... so here is chapter 9 =) and it ends with a cliff-hanger... Chapter 10 and on will be marked adult

Chapter 9- Saving Erin, Part 1 (Conflict)

Once Lucas got upstairs he leaned up against the wall... his thoughts were still reeling from that last kiss... it was mind-blowing... Lucas blushed a bit thinking about how hard he'd returned the kiss... he was still hard from said kiss and he was pretty sure he has soaked his underwear with his pre-cum which was embarrassing... He stayed like that until he heard someone's footsteps come from the staircase.

He heard a chuckle before a voice spoke, "Um... so good to see you...?" it said in a deep accent. Greg was standing in front of him somewhat awkwardly... "I guess I should say I'm sorry for walking in on you two...? But it could've been Jordan which would be very hard to explain seeing as how Ian has yet to tell his father he is gay..." the tiger said looking away. "So are you out to your parents?" the tiger asked.

"Yeah I am... had to... I was outed in the 9th grade..." the fox said looking away.

"How were you um... outed?"

"I don't want to talk about it..." was the fox's response.

Greg just nodded and sat down next to the fox, "If you insist... Ian is getting dressed right now after that we can go find Richard and Monet... So, your dad had your magic sealed? That's a bit excessive..."

Lucas just shrugged. He had tried not thinking about his father... the man had lied to him his entire life... he'd just found out he knew nothing about his own father, the man who sired him... how was he going to break this to Erin that their own father went far enough to seal part of their identity? "I guess he is... I never knew... all my life I've be lied to..." he felt tears well up in his eyes but held them back... he wasn't going to cry in front of anybody or else they might think he was weak...he hated looking weak.

"I'm sorry about that mate, must be rough... don't have many memories of my own parents... good or bad... was a tiny kitten when it happened..." Greg admitted sadly.

Lucas looked towards the tall tiger and frowned, "I'm sorry, I guess complaining about my bastard of a father would be insensitive to someone who doesn't have a dad... err... no offense."

Greg just smiled slightly, "No offense taken to either issue... Jordan and Rebecca took me in afterwards... they raised me as their own and for that I'm grateful..."

The two sat in silence for a bit before Lucas managed to ask what he had been wondering for a while, "What happened to your parents? Ian said you lost both your parents and grandparents and his uncle and cousin died... what happened?" he asked eventually.

Greg stiffened somewhat and Lucas winced a bit. Eventually the tiger loosened his shoulders and sighed, "I don't want to talk about it," he said mimicking what Lucas had said earlier.

The two just sat in silence for bit before they heard Ian walk up the stairs he was wearing a white pull-over sweeter and jeans. He looked pretty handsome even outside his uniform... Lucas blushed again thinking at how hard the other boy kissed him. Ian also looked a bit sheepish rubbing the back of his head.

"Err... good to see you Lucas, uh sorry I didn't say that earlier but I guess we were both a bit... distracted..." he muttered. Lucas chuckled a bit, they were more than a little bit distracted then... "So um... you are a mage? Who knew...?" he muttered shrugging.

Lucas just nodded a bit, "Yeah, and all my life I never knew..." he sounded a bit hurt he knew it but damn... his own father had lied to him his entire life! What else did his dad lie about?

Noticing this Ian smiled and grabbed the smaller boy into a tight hug, "Well now you know! You'll have to talk to your dad though... might as well understand his reasoning... maybe he had good intentions."

"The road to hell is paved with good intentions," Lucas muttered coldly. "I remember the vision... he had my magic sealed because he hated magic for whatever reason... is it true the knights take mage children born to Mundane's from their families?"

Ian just nodded, letting the boy go.

"Yeah it is an agreement between the council and the knights... Tahleno are given to mage families while the Ahtan... Children born of mage families but lack magic are sent to live with a family in the knights... It's a bit controversial and my grandfather outright banned the practice in Scotland and is trying to have it banned in the entire UK... not having much luck though."

Lucas looked towards Ian in confusion, "How does your granddad have so much influence?"

"My granddad is the head of the family so he's the pretty much runs Scotland...The other heads serve as his council and he also represents Scotland in the UK scene and the UK itself in the international workings..." Ian explained helpfully.

"So how does this Council work exactly?"

"Simple, the Council pretty much is our government the main council is comprised of the heads of each of the head mage families of a country... for example each Canadian Province has a head family... the BC head is the Ackerman clan I think... We have to be registered and they also do a test to see how strong we are as mages... You'll have to do both I guess sometime soon..."

Lucas just nodded somewhat nervous... "Cool... I think we should find Allison now though..." he said.

Ian and Greg both nodded and the three went deeper in the house. They walked in silence for a bit before Lucas spoke up. "So...where do you think they are?" he asked.

Greg was the one who answered, "Knowing Jordan, he should be in his office still... guess they are there," he said curtly.

The trio walked a bit more and found Richard sitting outside a door. He had managed to find a shirt it seemed and he was listening to his iPod. When he noticed the three he smiled, "Hey guys, I didn't expect to see you until later... or well you and Lucas Bro," he said with a small grin.

Lucas blushed and Ian gave a sheepish grin at that.

"Well Greg kinda walked in and ruined the mood so..." Ian said with a shrug making Lucas blush even more. He feared he might pass out with the amount of the blood coming to his face. Greg also looked a bit uncomfortable it seemed which made Lucas feel a bit better. "But yeah, is Monet speaking with dad?" he asked.

Richard nodded a bit, "Yeah! They've been talking for a while... dad put an anti-eavesdropping spell up so I couldn't listen in," he muttered with a pout, "But he told me that when you guys showed up to let you in," he perked up at that. "Just knock on the door first or risk getting an air-blast to the face..." Lucas looked a bit confused about that before Richard spoke up again, "He's an Air-Mage... can control wind..."

"Oh, Allison said Erin was an Air-Mage as well... um... so I'm a... dark mage?"

Ian nodded with a huge smile on his face, "Yup, quite a strong one going by your magic levels, once you get some training I'll bet you'll be quite a powerful mage... I can teach you a few spells as for using you powers... uh well you'll have to figure that one out yourself."

"How come?"

"Dark and Light mage's are extremely rare. Ian was the only Light Mage in the entire UK and as far as we know there is only one other Light Mage here in Canada, but he's over 70 years old... and we don't have a Dark Mage back home in fact you're the first Dark Mage any of us have met," Richard said. "But we'll leave the talking for later, Dad really wants to talk to you Lucas," he said.

Lucas looked towards the door nervous but Ian noticing this smiled warmly and walked with him to the door, "I got your back Kit trust me," he whispered in the Fox's ear. After that he knocked on the door.

A deep thickly accented voice rang through the door, "Come-in."

Ian opened the door and led Lucas into what looked like an office. It was pretty comfy with several plush chairs and couches. Allison was sitting on one of the chairs facing a very tall wolf man. He was around 6'7 and he looked very fit. He could definitely tell where Ian got his looks from except for the eyes though... The man had dark grey eyes instead of green.

The wolf smiled at his son then turned his eyes towards Lucas making the fox shiver, "So you're Lucas Mason? The boy who my son saved from Angel's... Ms. Monet here as said you were tainted but she managed to remove the taint and that you are in fact a mage... is all that true?" Lucas nodded shyly at that.

"Yes, all that is true... my father had my magic sealed away when I was five... I had forgotten that day and only remembered when Allison unblocked my magic..."

"Why did your father have your magic sealed?" the man asked. "Oh how rude of me! I am Jordan Mansfield, the father of Ian and Richard. It is good meeting you Lucas."

"Good meeting you as well sir, from what the vision said he said he didn't want me and my sister taken away from him and my mother because of some law about taking magic children away from Mundane families... apparently he is a member of the Knights or something..." those grey eyes hardened at that.

"Yes that was an agreement between the knights and the Council. It has been that way for centuries however my father has managed to ban the process from happening inside Scotland thankfully. However the law is still in affect here in Canada... I can see why he didn't want his children taken away. Not that I condone what he did but I understand..." The man sighed a bit, "Now tell me why you and Ms. Monet are here please?" the man asked.

Allison was the one to speak up, "I will explain that one Mr. Mansfield. When the angels attacked, Mason and his sister he was tainted... I fear that his sister Erin is tainted as well... Considering she is an Air-Mage, or I assume she is because from what Mason said the angel referred to her as a 'wind-shifter' the taint will slowly turn her into a thrall and we both know the Council's policy on tainted mage's..."

Lucas noticed that Ian gulped and Mr. Mansfield looked a bit ill, "What is the policy?" he asked.

Ian looked away from him for several minutes before speaking up, "The usual way of dealing with tainted mage's is killing them... we had no way of cleansing them of their taint... however it seems Monet has found a way to remove the taint without killing the mage..."

Lucas paled a bit at that and looked towards the older wolf.

"Is that true sir?"

The man only nodded, "Yes, so Ms. Monet, what do you propose...?" he asked the young coyote.

"I will go and cleanse the girl... however I will need help restraining her... Mason here is useless in that regard given that he only just now had his magic unlocked," she stated seeing Lucas' hurt look she sighed, "What I say is true Mason; you would not be able to restrain the girl."

"So you wish us to aid you?"

"Yes, I will also need a fey present... I fear a gate might have been opened in the Mason house..." The older man cursed at that. "Yes, your son... the younger one mentioned you had contacts with the Seelie court is that true?"

"Yes it is, I'll see what I can do. We will aid you in this endeavour Ms. Monet. Now will you all leave me be... I will need to get in touch with my contact and he doesn't much like being seen by many furs..." he said shooing the three out.

Greg and Richard were sitting and chatting a bit, waiting for them to come out when Richard noticed them he smiled, "How did it go?" he asked them.

"Your father agreed to help us; he is contacting his contact in the Seelie court. I guess we should go somewhere more comfortable while we wait," Allison told him.

Greg nodded a bit and got up, "Yes, you guys go to the sitting room I'm get some tea heated up... do you like tea?" he asked Lucas and Allison.

"Never had British tea..." Lucas muttered while Allison just nodded.

With that he headed off towards the kitchen and Richard and Ian lead to them into a comfy looking room with several couches and a large TV. They all sat down. Ian sat next to Lucas and put his arm around his shoulders and snuggled the boy, his muzzle on top of Lucas' head. Lucas blushed a bit at that but let himself snuggle into the taller boy's body. Richard and Allison were sitting on another couch, though they weren't touching. They sat there in silence for a bit until Greg showed up with five cups of piping hot tea.

"Here you go you guys."

Ian let Lucas go and quickly grabbed his cup and put up to his lips. Lucas followed suit and wound up burning his tongue. He gasped and spit out a bit of the tea.

"You okay man?" Ian asked him. He only nodded in embarrassment. "Let it cool for a bit... I'm used to it but you aren't..." he joked.

They just sat their sipping tea until Mr Mansfield stepped in, "I have talked with my contact and he has agreed to help if there is indeed an open gate. Now we should all get going... you all head on I will wait for my contact..." They all nodded.

"Thank you..." Lucas told everybody present.

"Tis' no problem mate, you're my buddy so of course I'd help out!" Ian stated cheerfully. After that the group started heading out. "So are we taking the forest?" Ian asked and the others nodded.

"Yes, it will be faster. Richard and I will head on ahead, you guys follow a bit behind," Greg stated.

"Come-on Rich!" he said and the two started running and eventually disappeared into the dense woods.

"Ready guys?" Ian asked and the other two nodded and started running.

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Ian ran quickly as he could. He was happy that Lucas wasn't a mundane. It made things simpler... he still needed to tell his parents though...he was dreading that. It wasn't illegal to be gay but it was very frowned upon... plus considering his position as one of the next head of the family could cause major conflict... He was surprised that Monet seemed to be able to keep up with him without much issue.

They ran in silence for a bit before she spoke up... "So what do you feel for Mason?" she asked him.

He looked towards her surprised, "Why do you want to know?" he asked, suspicion dripping from his voice.

The girl only shrugged before speaking, "I believe that Mason likes you quite a lot Mansfield... and I also believe he has had a hard time trusting others... so what do you feel for him?"

Ian looked down a bit wondering what to say after a few minutes, "I love him... I don't know why but I do... something about him draws me to him has been like that ever since we met... And I see him hurting and I want to make all his troubles go away..." he said. It felt good to tell someone what he felt, he was too scared to tell Lucas himself... he would probably be faced with suspicion and mistrust...And Richard would make fun of him.

"Have you thought of asking the boy out? Asking him to be your boyfriend?"

He looked towards her in confusion at that one, "Um... no, why?" he asked.

"Simple, do you not think it would make sense to make your relationship... official? So no other boys could ask him out?"

Hmm... he hadn't thought about that... he was brooding about it for a moment before he heard Lucas cry out. "Hey! Wait up you two!" he said before tripping on a limb and falling over.

Ian was immediately by his side. He'd heard a pretty nasty snap as he got worried. "You okay?" he asked, leaning the smaller boy against his body. He just winced and shook his head.

"No, I think I hurt my ankle..." he moaned out in pain.

Monet quickly ran up to them both, "Let me see..." she ordered. Reluctantly Lucas obeyed and let her check his leg his winced when she put her paws on it, "Yes, I believe you have broken your ankle... if we had time I could heal this in a jiffy... however we do not have that time and I will need to save my chi for cleansing your sister... Have Mansfield carry you he is strong enough I think," she said walking off.

Ian quickly scooped him up bridal style and began to walk, "You don't have to do this you know..." Lucas muttered blushing like crazy.

Ian just smiled and shook his head, "You can't walk if you have a broken ankle silly... plus I like holding you it feels nice," he said kindly. "I care for you a lot... hey um... once things settled down and I'm not grounded anymore do you think you would want to go on a date with me?"

"Is this really the time to be asking me out?" Lucas asked incredulously.

Ian just gave him an annoyed look, "Will you just answer please?" he asked his heart starting to sink.

Lucas looked like he was thinking hard about it before shrugging, "Sure, I guess when thing calm down..."

Ian's heart then rose again he felt so happy! "So you'll be my boyfriend?" he asked happily.

Lucas blushed a bit, but nodded. Ian had an extra skip in his step at that and eventually they managed to catch up with the others. They were all standing outside the wall.

When Greg noticed Ian holding Lucas he looked concerned, "What happened to Lucas?" he asked.

"He tripped and broke his ankle. Once everything is done with I will mend it, but now we have a bigger task at hand... Moore, if you will do the honours?" Monet spoke calmly.

Greg nodded and focused hitting the wall with his fists and eventually split the stone wall wide enough to allow them all to walk through. The yard was clear so they sneaked inside to find the entire bottom floor trashed.

"Damn, did a tornado come through here or something?" Richard muttered as they went through the floor and went upstairs the second floor was just as bad as the first and the third was even worse... Eventually they found themselves outside the staircase leading up towards the loft.

"So, looks like she might be up there... I sense her energy... something is funny about it though..." Ian said.

"It is the angel taint... she is still herself as of now, but we don't have much time..." Monet said as Greg pulled the staircase down.

Luc looked a bit nervous noticing this Ian spoke up, "It will be fine Kit, trust me we'll save your sister..." he said encouraging the fox. Lucas just nodded into his chest as he walked up. The central room was completely destroyed everything was scattered around the place. In the middle of the carnage stood Erin still in her uniform. Her eyes looked a bit clouded over, but she noticed the others.

"What are you guys doing here?" she asked them. She didn't sound like herself, she sounded way more serious than normal.

"We came to help you Erin. Get rid of the taint..." Monet told her calmly.

Erin laughed a chilly cold laugh that made the fur on the back of Ian's neck stand on end, "I don't need help, I just need the Codex... so if you would just give it to me Luc I'd appreciate it..."

"I didn't bring it Erin; I left it back at Ian's... I won't let that book fall in that angel's hands," Lucas managed from Ian's arms. Ian noticed Erin's shoulders tense at that. She looked freaked out.

"No... Don't you see! If I don't get the Codex you will all die! Ishmael said he would kill everybody close to me! I will not let that happen!" she shouted.

"No harm will come to you Erin I promise so please let Monet remove that taint," Greg spoke up.

Erin just shook her head sadly, "No, I know what Ishmael can do... if I can't get that codex peacefully I'll take it by force!" she shouted.

Several Messengers showed up out of nowhere and Ian felt the wind around her start to pick up. Soon enough Erin was surrounded by a massive swirling vortex of wind.

Monet cursed at that this, "It looks like we'll have to do this the hard way... We have to restrain her... Mansfield... the younger one you and Moore help me get past that vortex and take the angels out. Older Mansfield take care of Mason and make sure he does not get hurt... this will be a hard fight..." she said grimly.

Ian gulped at this they had gotten well over their heads it seemed... he just hoped this would work out without anyone getting seriously hurt...