Room #217, Wednesday Evening

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Savannah had heard Zoe's announcement and she wasn't really happy.

In fact, she was worried and annoyed as she remembered that Lana had never shown up yesterday.

That would be why she was sitting on the bed with her darker grimoire and notebooks. She was researching.

Okay, she might be trying to memorize darker spells in a hurry.

Just in case.



[OOC: Mostly for the boyfriend, but open to anyone, too]

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Johnny heard Zoe's announcement and made his way quickly back to the dorms from work to make sure Savannah was safe and inside.

The statues were creepy and he'd seen too many of them.

Walking in, he let out a pent up breath at seeing her sitting on her bed, and he closed the door behind him. "You heard?"

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Savannah nodded, looking up at him.

"Lana's gone."

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"Shit," he muttered and moved to sit down on the bed near her. "She could just be somewhere, Savannah," Johnny muttered, not really believing his own words. He remembered looking after Lana when Jim was gone.

This was not good. Not good at all.

"Savannah, please don't go out. Not without me."

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"She never showed up at practice, Johnny. She wouldn't have missed it... and so soon after she and Chris broke up..."

Savannah's natural instinct was to dig her heels in and say she could fight... but she could tell he was worried.

She looked at him and tried to smile. "You planning on walking me to my classes and to work?"

Come on, she was trying to be brave even though she was scared.

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Johnny wasn't aware that Chris and Lana broke up... or if he did, he must not have thought about it for long. He frowned and tried not to think about her missing. "She's okay, Savannah. I'm sure she is."

He really didn't want to frighten her with talk of angel statues and their creepiness and people disappearing, but he couldn't argue with her either. "No... I can't do all that. I have class too, but..." it was obvious he was frustrated.

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"We have Invasions together... and I'm sure if I tell Sean what's going on he'll want me not to be out alone..."

She ran her hand along the book before closing it. "And I have this, too." She swallowed. "I'll be okay."

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"We'll go to class together tomorrow then," he said, thinking as he glanced down at her book. "What are you planning, sweetheart?"

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She shook her head. "Nothing yet... this book... it's the darker and more dangerous spells. I thought if I tried..." She bit her lip. "Maybe there's something I can do to help protect people..."

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"I should do something. I can torch the statues, get rid of every damn one I see..." he said. "But... I don't get it and Savannah, your dangerous spells, you think that is such a good idea? We don't know what we are dealing with here."

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Savannah looked at him and then looked down. "I don't know," she admitted. "I don't like... people just disappearing. I mean... there are people that it would hurt too much to lose and I'm... I'm scared."

She didn't like admitting that.

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Johnny moved closer, took her hand in his and stared down at it, rubbing his thumb across the soft back. His jaw flexed; he was disconcerted and he didn't like the feeling. "Don't be scared, please," he looked over, ducking his head a bit to try and get her to look at him. "I'm here, I will do what I can to keep you safe... and to find out what is going on."

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Savannah did look at him, and her hand tightened around his.

"Please... promise me you'll be careful, Johnny. Please. I need you to... to try to be careful until we know for sure what's going on." She knew he'd kep her safe, she believed in that.

But didn't always take his safety seriously... so she was willing to do that.

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He assumed he was indestructable. Look what he could do, his powers? Johnny didn't think there was anything out there that could hurt him so he would do what he could to protect those he loved. And he loved Savannah.

"Don't worry about me, okay? I want you being aware of what you are doing and where you are at, at all times. And Savannah, stay away from the angels."

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There was only one angel she had trusted and he was gone.

She gave him a look. There were times she thought she was indestructible, and hell, he had seen her summoning demons when she was trying to Eve back from the dead.

The problem was that there were things that Savannah thought were more important than he own safety...

"Johnny... you know how much I love you, right?"

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He was trying to figure out that look of hers. "Yes..."

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It was a very intense look. Not one she let him see that often because sometimes her emotions could throw her... and she didn't want to throw him. But right now... this was too important to her not to show him... not to try to make him understand.

"Do you have an idea what it would do to me if something happened to you, Johnny?" Her voice was soft. "I know you're damn near indestructible, but there is always something bigger and badder out there." She swallowed, looking for the words. "It would break something, Johnny... you... you saw what happened when I thought Eve was dead..."

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"Don't... don't even go there," he said, his jaw tight. "I'm strong, I'm capable, you know that. You know what I can do. Nothing is going to happen to me. Okay? The last thing I want you worrying about is me." Johnny was determined to have his way here and though he knew how stubborn she could be, he could be just as stubborn.

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"You're already worried about something happening to me," she pointed out quietly. "Making sure that I take precautions and be extra careful until we know what's going on and it's taken care of. Can you honestly stand there and tell me that you don't expect the girl who loves you to be just as worried about you?"

Levine Stubborn vesus Storm Stubborn. Oh my...


No wonder she named their daughter Storm.

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"You'll let it cloud your senses if you are worrying about me," he said tightly. "Don't do that. Me, I'm different. I can afford to worry about you so let me do it."

Backing down much? Not on your life.

Which I can't wait to read more of omg

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"I tend to be very focused when I care about someone, Johnny," she said quietly. "I'm not planning to do anything stupid... at the moment. But I promise you that if anything happens to you because you're not being careful, I will tear apart every statue I find until I find where they sent you... and then I will find you and kick your ass all the way back to Fandom."

And then she would hold him and probably cry for a little while.

She tilted her head. "You don't want me to worry about you, but I cannot and will not make that kind of promise. Because if I could, it would mean that I don't love you as much as I do. That simply is not true."


As soon as I type more up! And I am so sorry she's being so stubbornly intense about this.

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"So do I and I think you know that by now. If something happens to you it will be my fault, don't you get that? I'm the guy here, I'm supposed to protect you, not the other way around. Hell, I'm a freaking superhero, Savannah. That in and of itself says much," he said. "And," he added. "If something happens to me, I'll let you kick my ass because I will have deserved it. The same does not go for you because you are going to be safe and with me."

He took a deep breath, allowing his gaze to soften. "I know you love me, and I know how much. But you've got to do this for me because so help me, does something happen to you Savannah, I won't forgive myself and I won't be forgiving to whoever has hurt you."

Don't be sorry! This is good!

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Savannah stared at him, intensity still burning in her eyes. This was so not the time to point out that she had powers too... powers that could kill if she lost control of her emotions -- and therefore her powers. It was also not the time to point out how it sounded for him to be telling her that it was his job to protect her because he was the guy.

It wasn't the time because something that he said caused her to pull up and think.

"You're afraid of what you'd do if... if something did happen to me. Aren't you?"


It really is, even if she did surprise me with it!

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Johnny met the intensity of her gaze, not giving an inch. She wanted to get hot with him, well he would get hot right back. It was who he was and she knew that. Why she was testing him was beyond his thought process right now.

Her question had him frowning, giving her a look. "Aren't you?" he asked her instead of answering.

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She wasn't trying to test him, she was just being who she was. Right now it was a volatile sorcerer-witch who was scared to death of something happening to the guy she loved.

She chewed on her lip. "I know what can happen if I..." she swallowed. "I know what would happen with me and what I would do if something hurt you, Johnny. I just... I never realized that there was that worry for you, too."

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"What?" he asked incredulously and let go of her hand, standing up from the bed to pace back and forth across the room. "You doubt how much I love you?"