(It was hard, but Jory was able to tell his "sis" that she was just like him, a necroscope. Jory would now have to take her aside, like Anita did with him, and help her understand her abilities. It was weird to be the one that Kerri would now have to seek knowledge from. Usually it was her brothers, Vic, Alex Mann, or Galuda she would go to for guidance and understanding, but now it would be him...as only he could be the one to help her understand now. Night was quickly decending upon New Orleans and Jory could hear Mardi Gras getting ready go kick off. Jory figured he'd leave the teaching alone until some other time, it was a night of celebration and he wasn't about to deny Kerri a dance with her fiance. Its been a while since Jory has been able to relax and party, to be honest the last time he was able to have a party was at last years Soul Survivor and even that ended up being ruined. After Jory left his room, he followed Zedd to where he was told their rooms would be, which ended up being not too far away from Kerri, and crashed on his own bed after making sure his stuff was all there. It felt good to finally be alone again, he hasn't been able to be by himself for a while, especially with whats going on. Buried in his thoughts, Jory decided to give Becca a ring and catch up with her. Because of this phantom, his constant traveling, and the battles, Jory hasn't been able to call Bec, and with this pause in his hectic life he figured he could get in at least a five minute phone call. Jory picked up the hotel's phone and got the front desk to patch him to his resort house in New York where Becca was recovering from her gruesome match at NYR. Going into the match, she was the UEF Krash Course Champion and in a heated fued with Tag Team Champion Hiddukel and Stiv Strummer, with International Champion Scorpion watching her back along the way.
This fued led to a Casket/Ladder match at NYR that had her facing Hiddukel, Strummer, and Scorpion with both the KC and Inter. Titles on the line. How the match was is that two people would get eliminated via being put into a casket, and then the last two would battle over the International Title, the loser of that battle would receive the KC Title for their efforts. Bec was pretty much dominated in the match, but she hit moves that made it difficult for the others to continue on the match because they were just too injured. Her injuries came when she put Hiddukel through a casket with the Chissled Sapphire, or her version of a Senton Bomb, and then being Stiv Slammed through a table and onto the outside floor by Stiv Strummer. She became unconcious and doctors later discovered that she had a dislocated shoulder, and major bruising in her ribs and back that would take her 2-3 months to recover from. Since it had only been a month, Jory figure she'd be in better condition and wanted to check up on the recovery.
After a few rings the nurse that Jory and Scotty had left behind to take care of Becca answered the phone.)
Nurse: Johnson residence, may I help you?
Jory: Hello Jan, its me Jory.
Nurse Jan: Mr. Johnson!? My goodness, its nice to finally hear from you.
Jory: My apologies Jan, things right now are keeping me from being able to check on you guys.
Nurse Jan: No need to apologize sir, I know your life is very stressful and respect that your doing what you can to get through this.
Jory: Thank you Jan, is Bec there?
Nurse Jan: Yes sir, let me go get her.
(Nurse Jan set the phone by her side and walked to the room where Bec is still recovering in. Becca was looking better, with most of her facial injuries all healed up and the bruising showing signs of weakening. Nurse Jan hands her the phone and decides to not tell Bec, sorta leave it as a surprise.)
Becca: Rebecca Levin speaking, who is this?
Jory: *Lowers his voice* Papa Johns ma'am, was calling to confirm an order.
Becca: *Sounds confused* Um, I didn't order anything.
Jory: Yes you did, you ordered 3 large and 3 medium.
Becca: Um...no I didn't, theres no way I could eat all of that.
Jory: Is this the Johnson household?
Becca: Yes it is.
Jory: Well it says here that a Mr. Johnson ordered this, and this is the Johnson residence so..
Becca: I dont know how Mr. Johnson ordered pizza, hes out of town on buisness.
Jory: Not according to this ma'am.
Becca: LISTEN!! I..NOR..WE DID...NOT...ORDER...PIZZA!!
Jory: *Laughs hysterically*.
Becca: Whats so funny!?
Jory: *Calms down a little* Oh man babe, I never thought you had such a temper.
Becca:...Jory!? Argh!! You dont call for a month then pull this!?
Jory: *Laughs* Calm down babe calm down, I was only making a joke.
Becca: It wasn't very funny.
Jory: Sheesh babe, get a sense of humor, these times are trying you know.
Becca: You dont have to tell me, I'm still bed ridden! These damn bruises wont heal fast enough.
Jory: Well, you did take a beating.
Becca: Yes well, when your named the "Queen of Extreme", you gotta live up to it.
Jory: I'm sure you do.
Becca: Anyways, why havn't you called? Whats going on?
Jory: Well, I went to the Queen Mary like the dream suggested.
Becca: And...?
Jory: Well, to begin with...I ran into Evil DM.
Becca: *Pauses*.........I thought we were rid of him after Earl?
Jory: Thats what I thought too, but apparently it isnt that easy.
Becca: Why not?
Jory: Well, Evil DM, or Zedd as he likes to be known, still has a bond to me. With that bond he too has the dreams of the phantom and decided to go to Queen Mary as well to investigate it.
Becca: So, you two decided to collaberate then?
Jory: Well, as I see it, myself and Scotty didn't have a choice. Here I am, a mere human, going up against a freaky thing like that?
Becca: You did take on Zedd and Earl though...
Jory: Yea but that was with the help of other supernatural beings, were talkin just me and Scotty doing this. I figured with Zedd's help, we could win.
Becca: I see, what else?
Jory: In teaming up with Zedd, I found out something about myself and Kerri that surprised me and may have you view me in a different way...
Becca: You and Kerri?...What do you mean?
Jory: Its nothing like that babe, see...how do I say this...
Becca: Are you....
Jory: No damn it, I told you thats not it. Listen, when I teamed up with Zedd, he told me the reason that hes bonded to myself and Kerri was because of the fact that were necroscopes.
Becca:...Did he say if I was?
Jory: No, he doesn't feel that link to you, and neither do I.
Becca: But what about my "6th sense"?
Jory: There are many forms of a 6th sense Bec, I just happen to have a different form then you...a more powerful form.
Becca: This would definately explain a lot. So, where are you now?
Jory: I'm in New Orleans right now, we chased the phantom here after a battle on the ship. Were thinking that maybe...
(Before Jory could finish he heard a loud scream come from the background..it was a terrible scream that almost seemed unhuman.)
Jory: What the Hell was that?
Becca: *Pauses*.....Oh my God Jory...its the thing in my dreams...
Jory: WHAT!? That cant be possible!
Becca: ITS KILLING THE NURSE!!! JORY HEL...
(The phone suddenly went dead. Jory hung up the phone and quickly ran to his door to go see Zedd, upon opening it Jory bumps into Zedd and his assassins, whow ere standing outside of his door.)
Zedd: If I didn't know any better my boy, I'd say you were in a rush.
Jory: Zedd, we have a problem.
Zedd: *Looks surprised*...A problem? What kind of problem?
Jory: The phantom isn't in the city...
Zedd: *Stares at Jory*...Thats impossible, we followed it here..our connections to it led us here...
Jory: I know Zedd, but it must have found a way to mess with it or something..I dont know. I was on the phone with Becca and.......it attacked her.
Zedd:.....This isn't good...this isn't good at all. Hurry, we must find the others!
(Quickly, the 5 men started running towards Kerri's room, with Zedd in the lead.)
Zedd: *Raises his voice* The reason I came to your room, was because I had every assemble at Kerri's room.
Jory: Going over tonight's plans?
Zedd: Yes, but now it seems we need to strengthen those plans.
(Since Jory's room was so close to Kerri's, they had only to run down a few paths and there they were. Jory & the others burst into the room without knocking, startling everyone in the room, which included the three vampires accompanying them on this journey.)
Richard: Ahh Jory, nice to see you again.
Jory: Sorry Richard *walks tot he front of the room* we dont have time.
Jean-Claude: Um, may I ask what is the problem Mr. Johnson?
Jory: *Checks out the window* Listen, the enemy as tricked us...were already under attack.
Scotty: What!? What happened!?
Jory: *Sighs and lowers his head*....The phantom is at my house...in New York..with Bec.
Scotty: No....
Jory: Its already killed the nurse....I dont know of Becca's condition.
Kerri: *Walks over to Jory and lays a hand on his shoulder*...I'm sorry Jory.
Jory: *Shakes his head* We cant get ahead of ourselves Kerri, for all we know it could be a trick to distract us. Tonight, we have to beef up security, and keep a sharper eye out. *Looks at Kerri* Sorry sis, but you'll have more then Zedd's assassins watching you tonight.
Kerri: *Nods* I understand.
Jory: I want every person in this room armed with something, a gun or knife..whatever..and I dont care what power you have, in the end a weapon will always save you.
Asher: Speaking of which Jor, I got the stuff you wanted.
Jory: *Looks at Asher* Where are they?
Asher: Back at the warehouse.
Jory: Good job. *Walks over to Kerri and hands her his dagger* Take this for now Kerri, you may need it.
Kerri: *Nods and takes the dagger* Ok.
Jory: Kerri, go on ahead to the ball, Kain, Vincent, Cloud, and a couple of werewolves will accompany you, everyone else, follow me to the warehouse.
(After making sure that Kerri got to where she needed to go and the others were in place, Jory led Scotty, Asher, Jean-Claude, Zedd, Richard, Anita, Damien, and whoever was left to the warehouse. Because of their speed, they made it within reasonable time and were able to sneak past guards to get into the warehouse they needed. Inside it was cold and dark, much like the one that Zedd used as a hideout. Boxes were strewn everywhere and in the middle of the room, with what little light was left, coudl see the coffins and bozes that were yet to be opened. Richard sent his wolves out to check the the area while they made their way over to the boxes.)
Scotty: So, whats in the boxes Jor?
Jory: Tell me Scotty, ever handled a sword before?
Scotty: Yea, why?
Jory: Because...
(Asher, Jean-Claude, Damien, and Jory lifted the lids off the boxes and exposed what was in them. Swords, daggers, axes, guns, stakes, bullets, any weapon that could help them was in these boxes.)
Jory: Your about to equip one.
Scotty: Sweet!
(While Jory had everyone arm themselves for the night, Asher went back to his coffin and opened it up. Jory followed him over and watched as Asher pulled out Jory's old long leather trench coat.)
Asher: Zedd thought that maybe you'd do your best fighting with a little bit of old fashioned luck on your side.
Jory: *Slides the trenchcoat on*...Brings back memories.
(With the jacket on, he fills it up on a few daggers, throwing knives & stars, and a few other essentials for the night. With the backups ready, Jory went to the sword box and pulls out a long blade thats been sheathed in a pitch black cover.)
Asher: that right there is a Katana, think you can handle it?
Jory: *Fits it so its hidden in his jacket but easily accessable*...If your lucky Asher, you might find out tonight.
Zedd: This was a good idea Jory, the enemy wont expect this.
Jory: I didn't do it for surprise, I did it for survival.
Scotty: Are we ready?
Jory: Guys, tonight we head into battle...lets keep are heads level and our eyes open shall we?
Zedd: *Laughs* look at General Lee over there giving orders, I like it.
Jory: *Chuckles* We'll meet you in the French Qaurter, Joseph Storm invited Scotty and I over there, I figure it'd be a nice spot to camp out at for a while. We'll figure out what to do from there, but for now we need to comb the city.
Zedd: Alright, we'll meet you there. Be careful
Jory: Dont worry, we will.