Collateral 4.12

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Collateral 4.12
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Collateral 4.12 is the twelfth chapter of Collateral. With Evan's help, Blake escapes a army of Others and binds a moderate-tier goblin.

Plot

Others begin to surround Blake and Evan as they try to hunt down the Hyena. The first to catch up to them were the savage Faeries. Blake tries to evade them, but keeps running into branches and eventually gets caught. They bicker for a bit before the captor slowly drains Blake of his flesh. Noting their anger, Blake kisses blood off of his lost flesh and spits it at another Faerie. This causes them to attack each other long enough for Blake to escape.

More Others join in trying to trap Blake however Evan points out an opening. Blake runs, guns, and clubs his way through the opening. Having broken through, he quickly scans his surroundings for trouble only to fall under the effect of a Bug-Eyed Other. Forced to look at her, Blake's progress is halted as he trips and nearly snaps his neck. He uses his wind rune on the snow to block the connection. Evan carries Blake into a tunnel, where he use his Glamour Ink to squeeze through.

Having escaped the Others, Blake and Evan take a small rest. Something Evan says causes Blake to have a epiphany about Rose's condition. They walk a bit more before they begin setting up the trap. A Glamoured chain noose with a Holly branch binding circle. They call the Hyena towards them and trick him into getting caught. Blake reinforces the binding, then uses threats to force the Hyena to submit. With the leader caught, the denizens of the woods begin to disappear or heal. Blake calls Nick for a ride to Conquest's home.

Fell snarks about Blake. Conquest accepts the Hyena Blade, then sends Blake off to finish his last task. However before he goes, Blake borrows Fell's phone to look for Evan's body.

Later that day, Blake finds Evan again. Blake leads him to the location of his corpse. After a lot of crying, Blake offers Evan a choice of moving on to the afterlife or becoming his familiar. Before Evan can respond, the Toronto Police Department suddenly appear and arrest Blake.

Major Events

• The Hyena is bounded.
• Blake offers Evan a chance at becoming his familiar.

Trivia

• The Fae have an Irish conversation that roughly translates to:

"Share with me"

"Share in a while"

"Share!"

• Blake requests to use Fell's phone since he is too poor to own one. However earlier Blake is shown playing games on his phone.<ref>Bonds 1.1</ref>

Characters

Blake Rose Denizens of the Woods Hyena Evan Matthieu Savage Faeries Bug-Eyed Other Toronto Council Conquest Fell Mention Nick

References

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