Disclaimer: I don't own the gargs, If you know 'em then they aren't mine. I am making 0$ off this flight of fancy. Raina, Rowan, Cade, Jake, and Seobah are mine. Avalon Music and its' star group Rythym belong to me. If sufficiently bribed with gerbils, I will write down lyrics to the songs listed in this story below. ()'s are my thoughts... a random occurrence. J This story picks up right after Simple Pleasures. Please send me feed back on my work at waffle@micrord.com Enjoy! Immortal Soul By Montanna of Moonsong Rowan stepped off the plane with a sigh of relief. She stretched and straightened her lacey blue and white mini-dress and dusted off her blue leggins. Rowan frowned at the smudge on her white, high-heeled granny boots. Rowan flipped her Pink, Melon, Cobalt and Aqua colored hair over her shoulder. As head of Avalon Records, she projected a slightly flamboyant, 80's style that suited her quite well, right down to her fey roots. She was so glad to be off the chartered jet that had brought her to Wyoming. She understood that flight was faster than rail, but the thought of humans being responsible for keeping her in the air was unnerving. She retrieved Seobah's Mother Boards, and was greeted by a nervous Cade. They stowed her luggage in the back of his black Range Rover, having left Raina's Hummer back at the Keep with a flat tire. Her thoughts turned to her mortal companion. He had freed her from her imprisonment in the forbidden crystal several years before and that had resulted in an adventure unlike either had even read about... She owed him big time, though he would never admit it. "I'm terribly sorry to pull you away from Avalon Records, but this is an emergency. Demona is a massive threat to all of us and Rainy is about to have a nervous break down. She really loves him." "Don't worry Cade, between Chyna and Harmony, Avalon Records will be fine." Cade quickly filled Rowan in on the events of the last few days. Including the serious turn in Raina's relationship with Onyx. Rowan smiled at his easy acceptance of the love Raina had for the gargoyle warrior. The exiled sister of Titania had several adventures with the mortal male, and they enjoyed a friendship unlike anything either had known before. The reached the Keep in record time. Jake met them at the gate, an experimental new ion canon held in his hands. Raina was in side, baking as a way to deal with nervous tension. When Onyx awoke from his stone sleep, Raina introduced them. Rowan explained what she was, an exiled fey warrior. (her story will be told later in seriesJ ) Avalon Records... Chyna Smoke and Harmony Faith were putting the final touches on their new album, "Rythyms in Jade" the group was well know in the R&B and Pop music industries. Together with Rixie Moon and Dreamer Chastein, they had become that hottest new band of the year. Their ballads: Night Passions, Eternal Winds, and Midnight Sun were in the top 10, and their single Rock Warrior had the number one spot on the charts. Their songs were played at PIT rallies all over the city. And it was driving the Quarrymen crazy. Storm Mountain Keep... Rowan hooked Seobah, her experimental computer, up to the Keep's security system. As the independent minded computer powered up the various security screens flashed to life. A holographic image of a red-haired, silver-eyed woman appeared in the room. "Hello Seo, are you finished with the analysis of the Keep's defenses?" "Yeppers, and with a few minor upgrades, this place will be invulnerable." "Great, now we just have to deal with Demona..." On Storm Mountain... Demona made her way back to her camp. That wretched human, how dare she try to stop me! I'll kill Thailog and her friends first, then she dies! With that last thought, she changed clothes and waited till nightfall. Then she would have her revenge... Rowan and the clan waited patiently for Demona to attack. The upgrades to the Keep's defense systems were completed earlier that day, not long after Ro had arrived at the ranch. They all knew that as night fell, Demona would strike. Each warrior held an ion cannon or rifle in their hands. There was no chance of Demona leaving them alone after her assault started. At midnight Seobah alerted them to Demona's approach on the west wall. Predictably, she attacked Onyx first. He dove out of the way, and Raina took aim. She laid down a rain of cover fire allowing Onyx to reach the tower. Raina wasn't about to let this bitch kill her beloved. Once Onyx had reached the relative safety of the tower, Raina fired a shot across Demona's nose. (Actually it was more like UP her nose but let's not quibble) Demona turned to face the human that had become such an annoyance. Then she paused to take aim. That was just enough time for Rowan to cast her spell. Within moments, Demona was frozen. Moving quickly, Ro cast the final spell that would remove the knowledge that Thailog was Onyx and that he lived on the Storm Mountain Ranch within the Keep. Or that he was in love with famous novelist Raina Starr. She would remember nothing of the last few days actually. Then, using a trick that she had learned from Tanna, Rixie's older, Rowan opened a jump portal and sent Demona back to her secluded estate in Manhattan. Never to return to Wyoming... or so they thought. Next up: the moment you've been waiting for, our heroes become mates!