The fifty Ladies broke off into three groups of twelve and one group with fourteen.  The first group of Ladies was being led by Margaret.  Each Lady had hunting rifles with scopes for long-range shots.  They positioned themselves about one hundred yards from the front of the property.  Six of the Ladies took aim at the four guys patrolling the front lawn, and the two vampires guarding the front door.  Margaret whispered over the walkie-talkie, "Six down.  Four humans, two common."  The other six of the first wave had quickly moved to the back of the property, "Eight down.  Seven humans, one common."  Giving the all-clear for the next waves to move in.

The Ladies of the second wave moved forward to secure the door, "Breaching the door."  Everyone heard a small giggle from Lindsey before the front door was blown into splinters.  Lindsey announced their entrance, "KNOCK! KNOCK!"  She and the Ladies of the second and third wave scattered throughout the house to take out the other humans and newly turned Commons. 

Some of the older Ladies stayed back to collect any injured or to shoot any of Frost's minions.  So far, none have run out of the manor yet.

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The Lost Boys were mildly impressed with the Ladies.  But ultimately ready to kill anyone who stood in their way of getting their mates back.  David and Dwayne split from Marko and Paul.  They were following the scent of their mates. 

Dwayne and David caught Izzy's scent, as well as the scent of her blood.  Dwayne sped up his steps until he was almost running.  There were Ladies fighting Commons in front of him.  He stopped long enough to slash his clawed nails at a guy that had knocked one of the Ladies out and was getting ready to bite her.  Dwayne kept on moving, not bothering to see if the Lady had regained consciousness. 

David was not far behind Dwayne.  He kept his head on a swivel, looking for the one vampire responsible for this whole mess.  David passed through the front of the house and headed for the back.  This house was massive but not well furnished, so maneuvering wasn't difficult.  Some rooms had the doors opened and he could see Ladies and Commons fighting.  These Ladies are truly devoted to Nyx and Izzy.  David never would have thought humans would fight for and with vampires, and yet, here they are.  David followed his instincts towards the back of the house.  He could tell Frost was powerful, just not as much as David and his brothers. 

The closer David got to the back of the house, the quieter it was.  So hearing a noise of someone pacing back and forth, led David to a study with an angry, pacing Frost.  The coward was hiding.  David was pissed off as it is, now he is livid.  He wanted nothing more than to viciously tear Frost apart.  He pushed the door all the way open and stepped into the room, his spurs catching Frost's attention.  "You know, the last person who tried to touch something of mine was torn apart.  And all he did was lean on my bike."  During David's monologue, he had taken his gloves, and both coats off and set them down on Frost's desk.  He stepped in front of Frost, nose to nose, "You, on the other hand, took my mate."  David shifted his face into his vampiric form.

Frost was running on so much adrenaline from taking his 'prize' from their home, he didn't count on the de Romanus sisters having mates.  He planned on draining them dry and replacing his blood with theirs in the hopes of becoming a pureblood.  Frost is insane.  He truly thought he could just replace his blood with theirs.  He was turned almost three hundred years ago, but never took any of that time to learn anything about vampires or their different species.  He just saw the sisters as a way to elevate himself higher in the vampiric hierarchy.  He was currently hiding in his study, looking over the procedure needed to exchange his blood.  He was so engrossed in his notes, he didn't realize they were under attack until his home shook from the front doors being blown apart.

Standing nose to nose with the mate of one of the de Romanus sisters should scare Frost.  However, he is insane and overconfident.  Frost could feel the rage coming off the Grim in waves.  Of course, Frost didn't know David was a Grim until his face shifted and even then Frost didn't understand what or who he was up against.  Frost just thought David was different, not that he was older and more powerful.  If David really wanted to, he and his brothers could have taken on all these Commons on their own.  The fact that the Ladies are lending a hand with the lower-ranking Commons made confronting the inner seven that much easier.

Frost could only think about Izzy being drained of her blood a few rooms down the opposite hall in the dining room.  He knew he should be paying attention to the pissed-off vampire standing in front of him, but his mind kept drifting to the Pureblood vampires.  Frost smirked at David, not really thinking, "You think he can scare me.  You have no idea who I am, do you?"

David's voice sounds deeper, more demonic, "Boy, I don't care.  I only care about getting my mate back." 

Frost steps back far enough from David to get a better look at the Grim.  If he was paying attention, Frost would have seen he was severely outmatched.  The power and rage coming off David is immense, yet he stands in front of Frost looking as calm as the eye of a storm.

In a blink of an eye, Frost had launched himself at David, landing a right hook to his face.  David is barely phased by the punch even though Frost put his full weight behind it.  David's head had swiveled to the left, his lip busted open from his fangs biting down. 

He turns his head slowly to face Frost with his signature smirk, "My turn." 

David shoves Frost with minimal effort into the wall behind him. Frost's body crashes into the wall, it caves in around him.  David flashes forward, grabs Frost by the shirt collar with one hand, and picks him up to eye level before punching him in the face, shattering Frost's nose and cheekbones.  Frost's eyes widened when he realized he was going to lose this fight and probably his life.

David chuckles as he still has a hold on Frost, "Oh, there's no probably about it.  You're going to die."  David doesn't bother saying anything else before he grips Frost's throat with his free hand.  Shifting his nails into claws and tearing out Frost's throat.  Knowing that even though Commons are not that powerful they are still very resilient.  To make sure Frost is dead, David tears Frost apart and separates his heart from his body before crushing it in his bare hands.  Using a lighter from his coat pocket, he lights Frost on fire.  Strutting out of the study with his coats and gloves back on, leaving behind a smoldering pile of ash.

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Coming to consciousness, Nyx tried to prop herself up on her elbows on the cold hardwood floor.  Her body felt weighted from the sedatives.  Judging by how she was feeling she knew Mercury had been the one to drug her and her sister.  Mercury had a penchant for pharmacology.  Mixing the right amount of certain substances can disable even the strongest creatures.  The sedative Mercury had developed for vampires is a mix of Midazolam (fast-acting with amnestic effects), Diprivan (Deep Sedation), and a touch of Silver Nitrate (just because it hurts).  The effects were slowly wearing off.  She needed to find Izzy.  Nyx wasn't sure where she was, she just knew she needed to find Izzy.  However, a cold, familiar laugh from a dark corner told her she wasn't alone in the room.

Quinn came out of the shadowed corner still laughing, "You can't get away now.  Mercury dosed you real good."  He crouched next to her head, stroking her cheek, "You should have just joined us.  We could have been good together." 

Nyx spit in Quinn's face, "I would rather die than be anywhere near you."  She was still trying to gain control of her body when Quinn stood up.  She wounded his ego, so he is going to crush her.  Quinn stomped her ribcage with all his weight, hearing several cracks as he broke her ribs.  The air is pushed out of her lungs before she starts coughing up blood. 

Nyx again tries to sit up so she could turn over and crawl away.  But before she could get her elbows off the floor, Quinn had taken a silver sword that was conveniently mounted on the wall and stabbed her in the chest.  He pushes the sword through her body and into the floor.  Nyx tries to scream but all she can do is cough up more blood.  She could only send a message to Marko before submitting to the dark, "I Love You." 

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Marko could only briefly respond, "Nyx!  Don't give up on us now...NYX!  NYX!"  He is currently fighting with some stupid bitch named Vanessa who couldn't stop running her mouth about how she helped Mercury take away his mate.  After hearing Nyx, Marko lets his vampiric nature take over.  Nothing or no creature can stand in his way of getting to his mate.  Marko quickly tore Vanessa limb from limb.  Then he turned his attention to another Common bitch that came upon him.

Mercury looked at the pieces of her lover strewn around the hallway.  She screamed in fury and launched herself at Marko.  Not realizing how ruthless this angel-faced vampire can be.  Marko caught her by the throat with both hands before her feet touched the floor.  Digging his nails into her throat, crushing her trachea and her spine in one squeeze before ripping her in half.

"Paul.  Please tell me you found Nyx."  Not sure if Marko wanted the answer or not.  But at the same time, he needed to know.

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A small group of Ladies were checking out the lower floors.  Lindsey was one of them.  She is extremely smart, however, she kept crossing that line between insanity and brilliance.  Lindsey had spent her teenage years in and out of police custody.  Before joining the Ladies, Lindsey had been in Juvenile Hall for setting off an improvised explosive inside a known meth lab in her neighborhood.  The Matron came across the young lady in the streets after being released.  She saw potential in Lindsey and nurtured her talents.  When one of the Ladies leaves the de Romanus family, they don't truly leave.  Which is why so many answered the call.  Lindsey was happy to help the women who saved her life and helped secure her dream career.  She works with explosives at a rock quarry in the US. 

Lindsey was leading this small group of Ladies through the lower level.  They had walked into an open space with two doors leading into different rooms and a long hallway with a metal door at the end.  A desk in the far corner, and a metal table with various chemicals sitting on it.  Walking further into the room, one of the Ladies noticed a massive puddle of blood forming on the floor.  She followed it with her eyes only to scream in anguish.  The Matron had been crucified, her ribcage torn open and her heart on the floor beneath her feet.  Lindsey couldn't take her eyes away from the mother figure they all loved, "Sarah, Casey.  Get her down.  Shayla.  Let's keep searching this floor.  Still have to find those kids.  The Matron would be so upset if we didn't find them."

The two Ladies concentrated on taking the Matron down while Lindsey and the other Lady followed a muffled sound of someone banging on a metal door down the hallway.  Laddie and Sam were sealed in a room in the basement as it filled with water, they nearly drowned before the door was blown off the hinges.  Lindsey had run back to the metal table.  She was able to put together a chemical bomb from the substances on the table and a nearby fire extinguisher.    Lindsey and three other Ladies led Sam and Laddie out of there while carrying the Matron's body.  Sarah's trembling voice came over the walkie-talkie, "We found the kids and...and we have The Matron." 

Sam and Laddie had tears running down their faces.  Frost had ordered his goons to separate them from The Matron.  Sam tried to fight his captors but they were more experienced than him.  Laddie shifted into his vampiric form and was biting and clawing at the men who were trying to seal him into a room.  Once Sam and Laddie were in the sealed room, it started filling with water.  The room was almost consumed by water when the door was blown open.  Now that they were out of the room, they were shivering and in shock. 

Laddie had seen one of the Ladies carrying the Matron but he did not realize she was gone.  Sam didn't want to admit it to himself.  If he did, then he would crash hard.  The de Romanus became his family in the short amount of time he was with them.  He didn't want to lose them.  He hopes Nyx and Izzy make it out alive.  He even hopes the Lost Boys make it out.  They may be ruthless, killing creatures of the night but they have no intentions of harming him.

The small group of Ladies, Sam and Laddie escaped the property.  They were joined by a few of the older Ladies on the outskirts of the perimeter.  They all slowly walked to the vehicles.  Sam and Laddie were given blankets and dry clothes that were not theirs, but at least they were dry.  The Matron was carefully wrapped in a blanket and set inside a vehicle to be put to rest later.

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Paul had run through several lower-ranking Commons before coming across one of the inner seven.  He was so furious at this point.  Paul wanted to find Nyx and get the hell out of there.  The goon somewhat put up a fight but he was no match for the Grim.  The poor schmuck got his head ripped off and kicked down the hall like a football. 

Quinn had exited the room in time to see Paul kill his friend.  He made the mistake of leaving the door open.  Paul looks past Quinn into the room, he sees Nyx lying on the floor with a sword through her chest.  The two vampires collide, one trying to subdue the other.  The Grim winning the battle in the end.  Paul tears Quinn apart, he even ate Quinn's heart.  Paul left Quinn's scattered pieces in the hall.  He entered the room Nyx was in right as he heard Marko in his head.  "I found her", Paul quietly responds, trying to not give in to his emotions.  He just knew he needed to get his mate out of there, whether she was alive or not.  He didn't care about the damage to his hands when grabbing and pulling the sword out of Nyx.

The injuries Nyx sustained from Quinn were not completely fatal.  Her heart may have been stabbed but it was still connected to her brain.  The silver sword and Silver Nitrate will slow down the healing process, but she will survive with the help of blood.  So when she felt someone place their bleeding wrist to her mouth she latched on.

Paul wasted no time in puncturing his wrist with his fangs and feeding her some of his blood.  Something that should have been done a while back.  He was not paying attention to anything else but Nyx.  Five Ladies passed by the door of the room he was in with Nyx.  Two of the Ladies stood guard while the other three came into the room.  Two of them made sure the room was clear of any other people.  The third knelt down beside Paul and slit one of her wrists with her switchblade, offering it to him, "Here."  He was starting to feel woozy from Nyx, the offering couldn't have come at a better time.  Paul was also feeling a new connection forming with Nyx.

Paul felt before he heard the relief come from Marko, "Oh thank fuck!  About fucking time Paul."  "Shut up dude.  Man, love these Ladies."  After feeding off all three Ladies in tandem, Paul had regained enough strength to carry Nyx out of the house and back to the vehicles.

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Dwayne was so close to Izzy.  Her scent was so strong he could taste it, but these two from the inner seven were in his way.  No matter, they were nobodies compared to him.  Dwayne destroys Crease and Erl.  Crease was too cocky for his own good.  He thought he could take down Dwayne by himself.  He was so wrong.  By the time he figured that out, Dwayne had ripped his arms away from his body and then his head.  Erl was no challenge whatsoever.  He tried to run away after watching Dwayne rip apart Crease.  Dwayne punched his hand through Erl's chest and pulled out his heart.  Erl dropped like dead weight. 

Dwayne follows Izzy's scent and finds her hanging from the ceiling in the dining room with several tubes draining her blood into bags.  He pulls the needles out, licks the puncture wounds to close them up.  Then he proceeds to drink a few of the blood bags with the idea to have Izzy drink from him to regain some strength.  Because he drank her blood and she fed off him, they have partially bonded.  He informs David, "I have Izzy.  She's weak but alive." 

"Good.  Dealt with Frost.  Marko?  Paul?"  David was making his way back to the vehicles.

"We're with Nyx, Sam, and Laddie.  The Matron didn't make it," Marko sadly exclaimed.

After a headcount, overall, The Lost Boys, Nyx, Izzy, Sam and Laddie, and 28 Ladies survived.  Stacey took charge, "Let's get them home."  She pointed out a blacked-out armored truck, "It would be best to ride in there.  The back has been retro-fitted against sunlight."  Stacey worded it as a suggestion to David and his brothers.  They were already feeling weary being so close to sunrise.

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The Lost Boys were driven back to Santa Carla with Izzy and Nyx by their side as they slept.  The surviving Ladies drove as a convoy, led by Stacey, to protect the vampires.  Upon arriving in Santa Carla the truck backed up to the house near the kitchen door but didn't bother waking the vampires.  Sunset was only about an hour away by the time they reached Hollyvale.  Sam and Laddie followed the Ladies inside.  They were too tired to deal with burying Brutus and Tank.  Some of the Ladies went ahead and cleaned the house and buried their beloved guard dogs.

When the sun set, the Grims were wide awake, as well as relieved to be back in Santa Carla with their mates.  Sleeping while holding on to their mates felt right.  They normally sleep upside down, like bats, but their mates do not.  So if their sleeping arrangements need to change to be closer to their mates then so be it.  The cave has been their home for decades.  They will still keep it and maybe stay there on occasion so as not to crowd the de Romanus home so much.  These things the mated trios will need to figure out, but for now they are just glad to be home.

Each mated trio completed their bonds that night.  Splitting up between the cave and Hollyvale.  Marko, Paul, and Nyx stayed at Hollyvale to complete their bond.  David, Dwayne, and Izzy went to the cave for theirs.  After which, the pack felt stronger than ever.  They will be an unmovable force of nature now with their bonds completed. 

Akasha and Enkil silently approved from their thrones.  They may never rise again.  Akasha is too powerful for this world.  She would decimate the population during snacktime.  Enkil would do anything to keep his queen happy.  He would stay by her side no matter what.  So the likelihood of those two being brought back to life is minuscule. 

Over the next few years, word spread about the Grims bringing down the House of Frost.  Many other vampires who wanted the de Romanus sisters knew not to go after them or anywhere near Santa Carla.  The risk of facing the Grims was too high.

The Lost Boys loved the fact they are feared worldwide.  They may have massive egos but they never got too cocky.  Their mates kept them in line.  Especially when vampires who were too confident for their own good crossed the Lost Boys' territory.  They were either warned to get out or torn apart as a warning to other vampires. 

The de Romanus sisters never had to move again.  Being forever bound to the Lost Boys had secured their place.  The Lost Boys never thought they would be mated, but they wouldn't change it for anything.  Even David's stubborn ass.

A/N:  That concludes this story.  I am currently writing others with The Lost Boys.  I love this fandom.  I feel it doesn't get enough attention.