Ch. 12: Danger Is Near

At the Owl House, Luz and Amity were sitting in the living room.

Both of them had calmed down and watching the crystal ball, holding hands while they waited for their friends to arrive.

"I hope they get here soon, we need to talk about this." Luz said.

"Stop worrying. I'm sure they'll be here soon." Amity said before a knock came to the door. "See?"

Amity got up to open the door as Luz watched her.

"Amity, have you met me? I always get worried." Luz said.

"Not always." Amity said as she was greeted by Gus, Willow, Hunter, and Tracey. "Tracey?"

"In the flesh. Apparently, the Titan Trappers are after your human allies too." Tracey said as she walked past Amity and into the house.

"Great, just great." Luz said, groaning.

"Yeah, plus Masha is really pissed off so get ready for that." Tracey said.

"One tried to get us after the movies until Tracey took care of her." Hunter said.

"Bitch earned that." Tracey said with a grin.

"What about you, Gus? What were you doing before this?" Amity asked him.

"I was working on getting an internship at Eda's college." Gus said.

"An internship? For what?" Luz asked.

"For my expertise on Earth items. And I mean genuine expertise and not things I make up as I learn." Gus said, shaking his head. ""Since magic and Earth have collided multiple times, it might be a good idea for humans and magic to actually interact. I'm still working on some things."

"Like what?" Amity asked, closing the door.

"A sort of exchange program. Let some witches and demons explore Earth while bringing certain humans here to study magic." Gus said, revealing his plan and pulling out an idea book. "I don't have it all worked out yet, but it's getting there."

There was suddenly a new knock on the door.

"If I had to guess, that might be Vee and angry Masha." Tracey said, walking into the kitchen.

"Let me get the door, Amity. I've seen Masha angry before." Luz said, walking to the door and opening it.

To her surprise, it wasn't Masha or Vee but it was Cat, and Luz's adopted sister via Eda, Skara.

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Luz squealed and pulled Skara into a massive hug. "SKARA! YOU'RE BACK!"

Her excited scream got everyone to turn to her, Cat, and Skara.

"Luz, it's good to see you and I love you like a blood sister, but you're crushing me." Skara said as she was experiencing Luz's titan strength once more.

"I don't care, I have a few years of hugs to catch up on!" Luz said, hugging tighter.

"Then can we do this AFTER I tell you what I know?" Skara said, groaning a bit.

"Trust me, Luz. This is really important." Cat said as she looked inside.

"I've learned something. Something big involving the Titan Trappers." Skara said.

Hearing that, Luz broke away and pulled them both into the house. She was about to close the door before Vee fly in with wings in her back.

"We're here!" Vee said, landing and undoing the wings. "And Masha is out for blood. We ran into a trapper along the way and-"

Suddenly Masha walked, right past Luz and covered in blood.

"Uh, Masha, you uh... have a little something uh...here." Luz said before gesturing to her face.

"Don't worry... it's not mine." Masha said, wiping some blood from her face.

"Is that supposed to make us feel better?" Hunter asked, holding Willow close.

"Yes? I mean, I'm not hurt and I dealt with one of the Titan trappers. Win-win." Masha said with a shrug. "I'll just take a quick shower and we can talk about the game plan after."

Masha went upstairs and Luz looked at Vee.

"Your partner scares me sometimes, Vee.l Luz said.

"I know but do you think yours doesn't scare me sometimes?" Vee asked.

"Me? What do I do that scares you?" Amity asked.

Vee thought back to the time Amity all but went feral and shook a raccoon like a dog toy, with her teeth, until it was nothing but a stain on the ground... which she then began to lick up.

"A few things." Vee said.

'I don't know if that was because of her Titan blood or not, but that freaked me the fuck out.' Vee thought.

"I'm not that bad." Amity said, crossing her arms.

"I know and I'd still love you either way." Luz said, hugging Amity and kissing her cheek.

After Masha was clean and sitting next to their girlfriend in the couch, everyone was settled in the den by either sitting on the floor, an arm rest, or the therapy couch on the side.

"Okay, is everyone here?" Skara asked, seeing everyone nod. "Good. "Now, without going into detail I have been dealing with these Titan Trapper people for weeks. They've been attacking my ships, my colonies, and my people. I have had spies watching them and the second they told me what was happening, I came here."

"Your ships?" Luz asked.

"Your colonies?" Amity asked.

"Your people?" Gus asked.

"Long story short, Skara is the queen of society of witches that study the elements long before the titans lived." Cat quickly said.

"WHAT?!" Everyone shouted in shock.

'THAT'S WHAT SHE'S BEEN UP TO FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS?!' Everyone but Cat thought.

"Anyway, that's besides the point." Cat said, "She learned they're trying to get Titan's Blood. What for, we don't know, but it can't be good."

"Our blood? Why could they possibly want with our blood? They hate titans." Willow said, grabbing her wrist.

Luz suddenly realized something. Something that she learned two years ago, that was lost in the back of her mind until just now!

"Years ago, King and I ended up on the Titan Trapper's island. They were going to sacrifice King in the name of the "Grand Huntsman," the Collector. What if Titan's blood allows one to call the Collector via a sacrifice?" Luz theorized.

"Well, that might've worked two years ago, but the Collector is on our side now. so I don't think that would be an issue." Amity said, shaking her head. "Still though, if they do want our blood for some sort of summoning ritual, who exactly would they want to summon?"

That made Luz even more scared.

"THE ARCHIVISTS!" Luz yelled.

Everyone jumped from this, looking at Luz in surprise.

"The what?" Masha asked, holding Vee.

"The Archivists! Collector told me about them after we got them to see reason! They're basically his older siblings or parents or whatever! But they're the ones who started the war with the titans in the first place and why Collector was sealed away by accident!" Luz shouted, beginning to pace and panic. "Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit! The Trappers want our blood to contact the Archivists!"

Everyone paled from this as they realized what this meant. The Archivists, these were the ones responsible for the Titans dying. And if the Titan Trappers reached the heart or got blood from any of them, they could summon the Archivist back to the Boiling Isles.

They were nervous at the mere thought of that.

"Where's King?! He needs to hear this too!" Luz said, looking around for her little brother. "King, where are you!?"

Before anyone could stop her, Luz ran off to check every inch of the house for her brother.

'He's the last pure blood Titan in the entire realm! If the trappers get him, I don't even want to know what they'll do to him!' Luz thought.

"Luz, you need to calm down." Amity said.

"I'll calm down when I find my brother!" Luz said.

"Then just call Eda or Raine! He's bound to be with one of them." Amity said to Luz.

"Or he's upstairs napping like a bear in hibernation." Cat added, making them turn to her. "You know how he is."

Hearing this, Luz went upstairs and went through every room before she found him.

He was in his room, sleeping on his bed with his tongue slipping out of his mouth.

"King!" Luz said with a smile.

"Huh? What? Don't wake me until lunch." King muttered, turning over in his bed.

For King, being the last pure blood Titan makes him think he can just do whatever he wants. Including sleeping the day away when he feels like it. And no one really can say otherwise since people still deliver tributes to him, Luz, and the others to the owl house.

"King! Get up! We have an emergency!" Luz shouted.

"I know, Titan trappers. Yeah, yeah, yeah." King said, turning in bed. "We drove them away once, we'll do it again."

"They after dad's heart and our blood!" Luz shouted.

"WEH?!" King shouted, jolting up.

"Yes, weh! It's a big emergency! Come downstairs and help us with a plan!" Luz said.

"Okay, okay! I'm coming!" King said, getting out of bed and putting on some shorts.

When he started wearing clothes, Luz doesn't know. But she did find it incredibly cute on him.

"Nice shorts." Luz comments, moving aside as King walked out of his room.

"Thanks." King said as the door shut.

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