Finding |Piper|

[brendan james huntington]

Not long after he had got back that he had spend much of his time with Piper and during that time he realize of how much he missed her and not being able to sleep with her. Brendan knew that if he had to leave to learn about the powerful magic that he would being Piper and tell her about the magic or what he know about it. For it was one of those ancient magic that would be triggered by events of some kind, no matter if it was good or evil. There had be myths and legends about this magic, there had be a couple of areas of where something strange happened in the last few months, like Italy and Russia. From what Brendan gather that there was at least three source of the said magic one was somewhere in Moscow, Russia, other was Paris France and the last one was Rome Italy. Brendan had thought of going back to the one in Paris first but decided against it and saved it for the next trip that he has to go for learning and finding out about this magic.

As it happens, Brendan was there in Rome Italy because of that ancient magic. Unlike last time, when he was in Moscow, Brendan had brought along Piper. Actually he had went ahead of her a couple of days, mainly because he had a feeling that half of the time that they were going to be in Rome that they might be in the bed or walk around Rome looking at the sights. It really depended on what happens when Piper gets here in Rome of which should be any time, Brendan was at the airport. Brendan has told her that it would be better to use Muggle transportation than any Magical transportation. The main reason for that was because Brendan had wanted to keep as low of a profile as they could get. Even though it sucks of waiting for Piper to get off of the plane.

[piper]

Piper hated muggles, and she hated muggle transportation anymore. And taking a plane from London to Rome was not her idea of fun, luckily she had been able to find a nonstop flight, and instead of having a layover in Berlin or something- she'd been able to reduce her travel time from eight to two and a half hours, but that still didn't mean she had to enjoy it. And so help her, if she was hit on by one more stupid muggle... Piper normally enjoyed romantic attention, but she believed herself above the likes of non-magical people. She deserved only the best, and muggles had absolutely nothing to offer her.

Except, of course, the cute Italian boy that she had sent to get her luggage. Piper sure as hell wasn't going to track it down on her own. True, she had traveled light, just a carry-on and one checked bag, but she was better than carrying her own stuff. The boy, Stefan, came back with the purple suitcase. He was handsome, arrogant, and strapping, normally traits which Piper liked, but he was too young, he couldn't have been older than eighteen. "Gratzi," said Piper, her Italian flawless. She spoke all the romance languages, she loved their strict structure, yet effortless nature, how the words flowed off the tongue like a breeze through the branches of trees.

Piper winked before parting from Stefan, who was going to connect a flight to Naples, he definitely looked displeased, but she was glad to be rid of him. Sighing, she picked up her suitcase, being careful to not ruin her manicure, she hated being in this muggle place, having to act like one of them when she was so clearly better than they were. Finding Brendan was easy as she left the terminal, he stood out perfectly to her amongst all the muggles. She made her way to him, shamelessly greeting him with a kiss on the cheek- nobody here knew she worked for him. "Goodness these flights take forever, sorry to have kept you waiting," said Piper.

Outfit

[brendan james huntington]

Brendan knows that Piper doesn't like the muggles very much or their way of traveling, Brendan had thought of using a broom or flo powder. However, the only reason he didn't do that was because they may have gotten out of wrong fireplace or they would be spotted flying on a broomstick. Not only that but it attracted less attention to what Brendan and Piper were doing in Rome and the reason they were there. For they would more like a couple than coworkers. Brendan looked around for her as he lean against a wall, he blends in perfectly with the muggles, though he was sure that Piper would find him easy enough. Brendan was wearing a button down shirt, one of his better black pants and one of his nicer pair of shoes, it was somewhat dressy but still casual. Brendan's hair was still the same color as he normal kept it of which was brown and his eyes were blue as well of which was his usual normal eye color.

It didn't take Brendan long to spot her, it was obvious that she saw him him for she walked over him to him. She had than shamelessly placed a kiss of his cheek, Brendan smiled at her when she had done that. Piper had than made the that the flights seem to take forever, and said sorry for keeping him waiting. "Planes trend to take a while before reaching their destination." Brendan looked at what she was wearing, she was wearing a cropped leather jacket and from the shirt under it, Brendan could tell that it was red along with a black skirt. She also was wearing high heel boots, Brendan was already wanting to see what was under her clothes. However he know that they need to learn more about the ancient magic that they had come here for, Brendan had already showed her the paperwork that he has for it. There was not much on the ones in Paris or in Rome but there was plenty with Moscow, though not as much as Brendan would like. The main reason for that was because he could always get near to the magic and there was still some things he needed and wanted to know more about this magic.

"All right, should we go to the hotel and drop off your things or would you prefer to go to the sight first?" As Brendan spoke that he put his hands on Piper's hips and pulled her closer to him, like in the past, he was only looking at her. When he touched her that he wanted to have her again, for it had be two days since he had last her, since he had come back, that seem like forever to him now. But he knows he needed to focus on their task here in Rome and not just focus on Piper only.

[piper]

Airports seemed to be a wonderful place if one were looking for anonymity, nobody was paying them the slightest mind. Normally, this might have bothered Piper, as she felt that people ought to worship the ground that she stood on, but for all intents and purposes, it wasn't necessary at the moment. She had a task to focus on. Brendan had finally let her in on his annoyingly secret project- some sort of ancient magic that they had to figure out- and she needed to take note of everything and report it all back to Jezebel. Her mistress was going to be so pleased, surely this magic, whatever it was, would be of great use to them.

Piper was more than ready to reclaim her spot as her mistress' favourite, the title that was hers had been snatched away when that stupid Amanda girl had gotten the assistant job to the Minister of Magic. The position that ought to have been hers, by the way. She was still bitter about it, and lately was viewing the stupid blonde as something of an enemy, even if they were on the same side of this war. All the same, Piper didn't take kindly to people who got the things that she wanted. Especially when she felt that they were not deserving of them. Stupid Amanda girl.

But Piper would show her, she would be more useful than the girl who had access to most all components of the ministry. This magic, Piper knew that it was big, knew it would be tricky, and most of all she knew that it would secure her at her mistress' right hand, her rightful place. A small smirk dashed across her lips as Brendan placed his hands on her hips, there he was again, asserting that sexy male dominance, even in a way that was subtle, appropriate for public display and not at all on par of the things they did in the bedroom.

She ignored his comments about the planes, really she would rather not discuss her flight. Piper had hated it. It hadn't been bad, it had been utterly uneventful, but being in that flying metal tube for two and a half hours with a bunch of stupid muggles had been anything but entertaining. Piper didn't do well with being bored, she needed constant stimulation, she had to be working, moving, doing something other than just sitting around whilst she commuted. It was probably why she preferred magical means of transportation- they were more along the lines of instant gratification.

Floo and apparation took only a few seconds, hell- she was sure that going from London to Rome on broomstick would have been faster than taking a stupid plane. Though she had never been too fond of flying, it was brutish, undignified. Piper could fly of course, she was excellent at it, but she wasn't in love with it. "I would prefer to drop my things off first, I'd rather not lug them around," said Piper.

[brendan james huntington]

Brendan know Piper had tried for that jon as the assistant to the minister himself, if she had got that job instead of the other girl, than Piper may not got the information of his department even if they still spend time in the bedroom. For Brendan wouldn't showed anything of the projects in the department of mysteries for there was a reason of why the department was called the department of mysteries. for there was a lot of secrets in the department that the minister can't know about like this project he was working on with Piper. For there was a chance it was dangerous as well as being helpful in is war that was going on, Brendan wasn't sure of what it could do even spending about five months in Moscow to learn about the magic at that source. Brendan may need to go back there after he leaves here and than leave Paris and than he may have to come back to Rome and Paris again to learn more about this old magic. For Brendan had quickly found that this old magic wasn't going to unravel it's mysteries to him after one trip to this places. But he needed to figure out what he could learn about the sources and the magic it has in it before he knows for sure if he needs to make a outer trip to the three different cities.

Brendan didn't press her for information of what her trip was like, for there was no need to ask her about the trip. For it was most likely boring, Brendan has to admit that flying on an airplane was boring to say the least even if it took longer than any of the magical transportation did. Than Piper had said that she prefer to go to the hotel first and drop off her things off first for she didn't want to being them with her. Brendan had nodded when she said that, he took her hand as well as taking her suitcase from her before he walked outside and lead her to an area that wasn't anyone in sight and he apparated them both on a side street of there was no one there currently. Brendan had lead her over to the hotel of which was one of the best hotels that he could find in Rome and there were plenty of them. The one he picked was the Sofitel Rome Villa Borghese, Brendan picked because of the things he heard about it and it has some French touch to it and Brendan thought that Piper might like that. Not only that but it was one the luxury hotels in Rome and Brendan had booked the biggest and best suite in the hotel. Brendan had lead Piper up to the room of which was on the very top floor of the building, when they reached the top floor that Brendan had lead her to the room that they would be staying in together.

Brendan had saw no point of having two rooms since for the past couple of weeks, that Brendan and Piper had shared a bed together as well as almost every night since Piper had become his assistant till he had left for a few months to go to Moscow. Once inside, Brendan had put her suitcase by the closet while he let Piper look around their room of which was huge. There was a kitchenettes as well as a couch, chairs and a tv, though Brendan doubted that they will use the tv. There was two but doors that lead to the bedroom and in there was a king size bed with an canopy over it as well as a balcony. The bathroom was off of the bedroom, there was a bathtub big enough for two people and the same went for the shower. When Brendan had put Piper's suitcase by the closet that he walked back over to her an doubt his arms around her waist from behind. He could smell flowers from her as well as some other things, Brendan loved the smell at was coming from her. As he moved one of his hands up her side that he was having a hard time thinking of the task and instead thinking of what they could do now. However Brendan wanted to know if Piper had something else in mind so he whispered to her. "Well we are here now. Would you prefer to look around Rome to to the source or the magic or stay here."

As his moved his hand touched her bare legs that Brendan knew that he wanted to stay in here instead of going outside. "However I prefer if we stay here." After he said at, that Brendan had started kissing her neck and he slowly started kissing down reaching her sweet spot between her shoulder and neck.

[piper]

Piper had locked her gaze on Brendan, she was hardly noticing what was going on in the airport- now that she had arrived and was here in Rome, all her attention was to be on her boss and the task at hand. Her level of focus was uncanny- but Piper had always been this way. When there was something that she wanted it seemed that everything else in the world became entirely insignificant. Her ability to focus was seemingly unmatched- even when she had been in school Piper had never gotten distracted when there was work to be done. She may be cunning and clever- but Piper figured it was her prowess at concentration that made her more a force to be reckoned with than her intelligence.

Always analyzing, plotting, scheming. Her mind was sharp as a pin and constantly whirring, making sure that she was two steps ahead of her adversaries- which, to Piper, meant pretty much everyone that wasn't a Death Eater. Even then, there were a few (particularly that damned Amanda girl who had taken her spot), that Piper absolutely loathed. Usually the big, burly, brainless ones, used solely for their mass and mindless devotion. They were like pawns in the game of chess- only they could move further and had a bit more power behind them. But Piper wasn't thinking on any of them, only Brendan- and how she was going to please him in all the right ways so she could get her hands on this magic.

Piper didn't even know what it was or what it did, and she wasn't entirely sure that Brendan knew either, but she was going to find out all that she could, and give hopefully valuable information to Jezebel. Her mistress was beyond clever, her intelligence unmatched, so surely if even she and Brendan couldn't crack the case, then her mistress would figure it out in an instant. Piper just needed to bring her the materials that she needed to harness whatever ancient power may exist. Of course, there was a chance that it could be absolutely nothing- but Piper didn't like to think about that.

She had come too far, and done far too much for there not to be a reward of some sort. All of this needed to pay off, and it needed to do so quickly- patience was not a trait that she was well-known for. Piper smiled lightly when Brendan took her suitcase from her and took her hand in his- she liked not needing to hide their "affections." Of course, how much actual affection there was between them was debatable. Piper, for one, knew that she felt relatively little for Brendan, nothing aside from the fact that he had something that she wanted, and pure, animal lust. If something were to happen to him, she would be utterly indifferent about it so long as she had gotten what she needed from him.

Though she was curious as to what he saw in her, if he felt anything beyond what she did. Then she might be able to use something to her advantage- love wasn't anything that Piper had felt, and wasn't sure if she was even capable of feeling, though she knew it was powerful, and once it was there things could be manipulated even further in her favour. Piper just wished she could read minds- so she could know for sure whether Brendan viewed her as just a fine piece of ass (which she most definitely was), or something more. Piper walked alongside him, allowing herself to be taken along in his apparation to the hotel.

It was lush, grand, luxurious, exactly what Piper would have picked- she was impressed, she hadn't thought that Brendan would have such good taste, not everyone shared her liking for the best things in life. This would do just fine. At first Piper had feared that he would have her staying in a tent on some sort of excavation site- and that simply would not do. But this, this was perfect. Once in the room Piper shamelessly looked around, soaking in the posh accommodations. It must have cost a pretty penny, but the best things in life always did.

Piper smirked when Brendan wrapped his arms around her waist, she had known that he wouldn't be able to control himself once they were behind closed doors. A part of her wanted to get straight to work- she had waited for so long to get involved in this project and did not want to delay a moment longer, but that could be difficult, tedious work. Sex would be instant gratification, especially with Brendan as he had learned how to handle her. A sigh made it past her lips as he kissed the spot where her neck met her shoulder, she could turn her arousal on and off like a switch but she wanted her boss to think she was putty in his hands. She turned in his arms, pressing herself against him, teasingly beginning to pluck open the buttons of his shirt. "Perhaps we can stay a little," she purred.

[brendan james huntington]

When Brendan had ask Piper to come along that he had known that going to a simple hotel or anything less than that would a big no. At least when it involves Piper, he wanted to have the best room in the best or one of the best hotels around Rome. This hotel was one of the best in Rome as well as one of the most luxury hotels around and this as the best room at they had in the hotel. Brendan would admit that he wasn't in love with Piper, but he was attracted to her because she has a perfect body and she has red hair. Brendan always had a weakness for red heads, even back at Hogwarts. Every time he saw a red head girl that he couldn't help but be attracted to her, however he never felt e animal lust with any of the other red heads like he does with Piper. As he kissed in in that one spot that Piper had turned around in his arms, she pressed herself against her. Than Piper had started unbutton his top buttons and said that they could stay for a while.

Brendan had smiled when she said that, Brendan was having a hard time of not seen what was under what she was wearing. Brendan had kissed on her lips and he was rough the kiss and he was passionate about the kiss as well. He moved his hands up and he forced the jacket off of Piper before he had forced the shirt off of her, and he did the same with her skirt. Brendan moved his hands around her body, his hands were roaming her boy very roughly, like Piper likes it. Brendan had than pushed Piper against one of the walls of the room, he did it roughly. After a minute he had pulled away and looked down at what she was wearing, he smiled as soon as he saw the red set that Piper was wearing, besides, blue, purple, and green, Piper looks sexy in red. To be more accurate, she looks a goddess, way beyond a goddess now that he thinks of it. Brendan started kissing her neck and he moved his kissing up to her ear and he whispered in her ear. "You look beautiful in red, Piper. You are even more more beautiful than Aphrodite."

[piper]

Already her body was humming, though it was likely only because she was allowing herself to be. To Piper, it was an advantage of her psychopathy- she was the perfect actress, able to switch any emotion or feeling on and off at the drop of a hat. Except perhaps her anger, that was something not quite so easily controlled, and when she got angry... Everyone needed to watch their backs, she was not pleasant to be around if she was pissed off. But now, she was quite content. Her mind was sharp, and she was tingling with the anticipation of pleasure. Normally she didn't stick with a partner long enough (the exception being Isabella) for them to get really good at pleasing her, though with Brendan it was a bit of a necessity that she sleep with him regularly.

In all honesty, Piper hadn't thought that he would be able to be swayed by sex- when she first met him he seemed too prudish and morally upright. She liked to think that it was her to bring that trait out in him- though perhaps it had always been there, it had just taken her to awaken it. Either way, Piper wasn't exactly thinking on that, but rather what they were about to do as he forced off her clothes (she was silly to think that they were going to last the minute they were behind closed doors).

Piper allowed herself to be pushed against the wall, allowing her noises of pleasure to creep past her lips- she knew how much Brendan loved them, just how crazy she made him when she moaned and groaned. Needless to say she had learned how to push all his buttons in all the right ways. Piper smirked as he let up on her just a moment to take in what she had been wearing beneath her clothes- and she took the opportunity to push his unbuttoned shirt off his shoulders.

Now that he had let up a moment, she took the chance to show her own dominance- she wasn't sure how long it'd last, but it would be fun nonetheless, Piper was never one to be entirely submissive, dominance was something that had to be earned. She pushed Brendan back to the bed, pushing him down before straddling his waist- he could easily put her beneath him, but maybe he'd play along. She began nibbling up his neck, stopping when her lips were beside his ear. "More powerful than her, too," whispered Piper.

[brendan james huntington]

Brendan had to admit when he had first meet Piper, he never thought that he would be doing this with her. Not only that but he would have a hard time controlling himself around her pretty much every time she was around him. Every time he sees, he wanted to rip off or force her clothes off and feel her against him as well as feeling her skin under his fingers. The first few times he had sex with her, he did have some control over himself, but as it went on that he seem to lose more control over himself when Piper was around. Brendan know it was lust that was making him lose control when he sees her, the lust, want and need. For before he had meet Piper, he never slept around or anything like that, when he had become head of the department of mysteries, he never thought he would sleep around with his assistant. Brendan couldn't help but smile as he heard the noise coming from Piper, the noises were driving him crazy.

Brendan had become more rough with his touch as he heard the noises coming from Piper. He was losing control of himself once more, like he always done in the past with Piper. When Brendan had let up that she has forced his shirt off, so that he was only has his pants on now, of which didn't bother Brendan all that much. As he looked at her that Piper had pushed him back to the bed and pushed him down on it before she had straddled his waist. Brendan, for now, was letting her have control for now, since it seem like Piper had so little control over this in the past couple of weeks. Piper had started to nibble his neck till she reached his ear, than she whispered more powerful than her too. Brendan had to agree with what Piper had just said. Brendan had put his hands on her hips and he pushed her off of him and than he climbed up on her, he looked down at her with a lust gleam in his eyes. "You are more more beautiful and more powerful than Aphrodite. Aphrodite can't even measure up to you in any way possible, godly or not."


Brendan had undid her bra and took it off of Piper and he did the same with her panties as well, so that she was nothing now. He kissed her lips roughly and passionately, than he moved his lips down her neck, to her shoulder and than to her breasts. With each kiss he was more rough wi her so he would leave something on her from this as well as wanting to hear more sound coming from her. For it drives him crazy when she makes sounds, he always become more rough when she makes sounds. One of his hands was roaming her body while his other hand was roughly caressing one of her breasts. He was having a hard time of not wanting or need her right now, foe he still had his pants on, unlike Piper of who had nothing on. As he kissed her breasts that he took off his pants and bowers, when he had down that he moved his kissing and body up so he can have her.

Some time later

Brendan had his hands on Piper's hips, Brendan wasn't sure of how long it has been, but he know it has been a while. He looked down at Piper's body and smiled, for he loves her body at least for it was perfect and he loved the feel of her skin, that the limit of any kind of love he has for her. Brendan wanted to have her again but he know that the should work in the magic, but he wanted to stay here with Piper. Brendan had looked out of the window, it seem like if the sun was seething, he wasn't sure if they could get anything done tonight with the magic. Than Brendan looked over at Piper and than he spoke. "Well Piper, we could go to the location of the magic for a bit but I don't think we get too much done though or we could have dinner at one of the restaurants or we could just stay here."

[piper]

Piper wasn't used to Brendan letting her have control, though she had relished in it. Of course, it was somewhat disappointing to have had it handed to her rather than won it in an intense bedroom battle- though Piper knew if it came to that she wasn't likely to win. Brendan was, after all, quite a bit bigger than her, taller and stronger- the size difference wasn't something that could be overcome easily. At any rate, as long as he enjoyed it she supposed that was all that mattered. Normally she was looking out for only her own pleasure, and while Brendan did give her a healthful amount, it wasn't exactly about her as much as it was about her spying on the Ministry.

And that she had been able to do a great deal of- she had lost count of all the documents she had either copied and given to her mistress, or destroyed to help them along. But what she did know for sure was that she had gotten very good at what she did. No, extremely good. Piper was simply the best when it came to being a double agent. If she hadn't ruined essentially all relationships with her family she might work on penetrating the Order of the Phoenix- though that she knew would be too much of a stretch, raise too much suspicion.

She simply did not fit the bill. Piper had only ever looked out for her own needs, not at all caring about what happened to other people. In fact, she had almost a ruthless disregard for anybody aside from herself. Piper would knock down and walk all over anyone if it meant getting something that she wanted. That, along with her exquisite, expensive taste and generally cold demeanour had been what had estranged her from the rest of the dreaded Weasley clan. Though honestly, she was glad to be rid of them. They were all so... upright.

It made for a dreadfully boring existence. Really, Piper was willing to go so far as to adopt a different last name, though it did things for her. Ever since the downfall of Voldemort "Weasley" carried a certain weight to it, people automatically assumed her trustworthy, good. Really, it was probably part of why her career had moved so quickly- the other half was what Brendan had just been pleasured with. Piper loved sex more than she could say, and she was more than willing to use it as a manipulative tool. It was a powerful thing, one that she had complete prowess with.

Piper absently played with his hair as his hands rested on her hips, they were both slightly sweaty, their tresses in disarray, and she knew she would have a bruise or two- he hadn't been gentle, as he had learned that wasn't the way that she liked to be handled. Piper might bruise easily owing to her fair complexion, but that didn't mean she was fragile. She was a passionate, fierce lover, and expected the same from her partner. Except, of course, when she found an innocent to corrupt. That could always be good fun- especially when Isabella was also there. Together, they were too much to handle, but it was always fun.

Piper wondered vaguely if she should bring Isabella along one of these times she spent the night with her boss- the idea of the both of them pleasuring her at once made her absolutely tingle with delight. Though she felt it would probably be for the best if she kept work and pleasure separate. A small smile played at her lips as he spoke, asking if they ought to get to work, go out for dinner, or just stay up in their room. The daylight was waning, so there likely wouldn't be much time for them to work, but she felt they ought to at least get started. She had waited for so long to get in on this project, she would be damned if she had to wait any longer.

"Well, perhaps we ought to at least get some work done this evening," said Piper, her hands leaving his hair and instead going to lightly trace the defined muscles of his chest and abdomen. "We could, at the very least, scope out the site," Piper continued, "and then, we could come back here, have a little more fun..."

[brendan james huntington]

Brendan looked up and down her body as he waited for her to answer him, she has a fair share of bruises on her skin. As Brendan learned, Piper didn't like being handled gentle but roughly, as he got more and more use to her that he started to handle her better. As a result he would the battles in the bedroom as well as any other room at they might do it in, just as long as they do it than Brendan won't care where they do it. Brendan would admit that he hired her that he didn't added the fact that she was a Weasley of why he hired her. He had, more or less, hired her because she was a red head, that was the sole reason he had hired her as well as the fact there was not another red head in the department of mysteries as well. After a minute that Piper had finally spoken, she said that they should at least get some work done that evening. As she said that, that her hands left his hair and she started lightly tracing his chest and she had wen on. That they could scope out the site and than they could come back here and have some more fun, when Piper had said that, that Brendan smiled.

Brendan was looking forward to that after they would leave the site that night even though they were still on the bed without anything on. "We will scope the site than. Let's get ready than." Brendan had got up, even though he didn't want to as well as not waning to end this, it was clear that he didn't want to stop. Brendan had put on what he had been wearing earlier, when Piper was ready that he took her hand and lead her back down on the street and towards the site. Other than the hotel was one of the best and most luxury hotel in Rome, there was one other reason he picked the hotel that they were staying. That reason was because it was two blocks from the site of where the magic was, however, Brendan decided to just Apparate there instead of walking. So when they were out of site in a corner that Brendan Apparate both of them into the middle of a ruined building. "It doesn't look like if this place holds the magic, but it does." Brendan had lead Piper to a set of stairs that were a bit steep, Brendan had helped her along the stairs. When Brendan was in the ground that he found himself in a room at looked like the room in Moscow.

The walls were ancient with old writing that had worn out after so many years, though it was still clear that the writing was there. Along the wall were different pictures of humans and animals, the pictures looked much like cave paintings do. In the middle of the room, there was a hole in the ceiling as well as in the floor, in the middle of the room itself center between the two holes was a blue orb. However one could tell the orb contained magic of some kind, for one could feel the power coming from the orb. There was a huge circle of the ceiling and floor about four feet wide around where the orb was, the orb had sent out some lighting at different angles but it didn't went behind the circle. There was images flashing along the orb of different people in different times. Brendan's didn't say anything at first and just let what piper was seeing sink in, than he had spoke. "I figured the room would look like this, the room in Moscow did, expect the orb there was shooting out water instead of lighting." Brendan had paused before he went on.

"Before you ask, there is an orb like this in Moscow as well as one in Paris somewhere, i am not sure where it is there. I will have to figure that out when we get back to London. At Moscow I had learned that orb could heal people as well as give people a power or an ability, there was other things it could do other things. But I needed to get back for two reasons, one because I needed to look up some things from books that were only in England and to place the papers in the safe. While I was looking up things that I learned that there two other orbs, the one in front of us and another in Paris. I had found it in an old tale book, I figured that if the one orb exist than the other two must exist as well. From the story it says that the orbs do different things and each one was unique with their powers and what I see the orb do in Moscow is only a tip of what even one orb could do."

(Having magical orbs was the first thing that had come to mind.)

[piper]

Piper smirked a little when Brendan went along with her suggestion, there was a good boy. It was always best to give her what she wanted, it just made life so much easier on everyone. She slipped out of bed and went to stand before the mirror. She used her wand to erase the signs of their less-than-gentle lovemaking, the bruises and blemishes faded away, giving way once more to her flawless fair complexion. She then pulled her hair back into a high ponytail, it would be easier to move around with it out of her face- and she wasn't sure what exactly they were getting into.

Nevertheless, she was excited to see what this infernal secret project finally was- whatever it was it had to be powerful and important for him to take so long to bring her in on it. Piper took a few minutes to touch up her makeup and freshen up a little before getting dressed. She put on the same top and jacket from before, though she swapped the skirt for a pair of skinny jeans and more sensible boots- forgoing the heeled varieties for ones that were flat with a sturdier sole- better for walking even if they weren't quite as pretty.

She then went to meet Brendan back in the main room, and allowed herself to be taken with him on their apparation. In a matter of seconds they had materialized in what appeared to be something of an ancient ruin. Brendan made some sort of observation about how it didn't look like there was magic here, and about that she supposed he was right- it didn't appear that way to the eye, but she could feel it as surely as her own heartbeat. There was definitely something here, something powerful, and she was dying with anticipation of finding out what it was- surely her mistress would be able to put it to good use.

Piper followed Brendan to a steep staircase, and allowed him to give her a hand along the way, though she hardly needed it. She was in phenomenal shape- she kept to a strict regime of diet and exercise, how else was she going to keep her perfect figure? People who ate disgusting things and laid around all day didn't look as good as she did- perfection was something that had to be earned, it was never handed to anyone. But all the same, she liked the gesture- as far as she was concerned everyone in the world should be bending over backwards for her so she needn't lift a finger.

Once in the room, Piper immediately began to look around, trying to soak up as much of it as possible. The feeling of magic was almost overwhelmingly strong, it was powerful- honestly it was a wonder that nobody else had ever found it before- surely it must be able to be felt for miles! Piper's eyes traced the orb, it's size, colour, how it shot out sparks of lightning at irregular intervals, it was intriguing, and she was very interested to find out what it did.

She figured that the writing around the walls might explain it, but it was very faded and in a series of highly complex runes that she didn't quite know how to decode. They didn't resemble anything she had studied when she took Ancient Runes back in Hogwarts. Though Piper figured that if given enough time she might be able to crack them- though it might be easier to figure out the properties of the orb by throwing things at it and taking cover if something were to go wrong.

Piper was quiet as Brendan spoke, merely observing the room, letting every detail about it sink in- she needed to convey exactly everything that she saw while she was here- down to the last, most trivial detail, so that way her ladyship would be able to determine whether or not pursuing this magic would be good for their cause. Though Piper had a feeling it was going to be- anything this powerful could definitely be wielded to their advantage- they could use any weapon they were capable of getting their hands on.

"I see," said Piper, for the moment not having anything meaningful to add to the conversation. She simply continued scanning the room, every inch of it, now looking for clues as to what this orb might do. She had already captured the details... If Brendan said the one in Moscow had restorative properties, and granted abilities, then perhaps the one here might do the opposite- given that it shot out lightning rather than jets of water. It would make sense logically, more so if it were fire. Perhaps then, they weren't complete opposites, but rather cousins. This was very curious indeed, she couldn't wait for its true abilities to be uncovered- whatever the orb did, she was confident that it was something big.

[brendan james huntington]

Brendan had no idea what this orb did or if the orb did something like the one in Moscow does, but it seems unlike due to the fact that the one Moscow shots out water but is shots out lighting. Brendan had let to of Piper's hand and touched the writing and runes on the wall next to him, it was because of how power this magic was and the writings that had made Brendan stay away for so long. For it had be hard to learn about this magic and what it does, though from what he could make out that he had only had learned the tip of it and he has done a lot of paperwork on it and it was by no means done. "When I had stumbled across the one in Moscow about a year ago, I know I needed to be focus as much time as I could on it. What I didn't expect was to stay away for so long. However when I had first found it, I just thought it might have be some sort of veil like the one we have back in the death chamber in the department of mysteries. I had come here a few months after I had hired you to see if it was stronger than the one in the ministry. But when I manage to figure out a few words that I learned quickly that it was by no means a veil."

Sme of the writing that he could make out, he could sort of read it, but he would to look at them more careful than what he is doing now and it may take a while a figure out of what was said and try to decode the ruins and writing. "It might take a while to figure out what this orb does, but it may be quicker with what I learned back at Moscow and that you are now here with me." He hoped it didn't take as long here as it did back in Moscow, than again he wasn't sure of how long this one would take. For it really depended on what this orb does not the other does not or if they do the same thing or not, Brendan figured that the orb does not do the same thing as the one in Moscow. Brendan had looked up the stairs, even though they were far down, he could see that it looks almost dark up above. Brendan had looked over at Piper. "We may as well get back up above, it is even more dark now than before and it would be best if we still had some light as we go back up. We can come back tomorrow unless if you prefer to do some sight seeing tomorrow. With how long I stayed at Moscow, I am sure we would might be here as long and we may as well make it worth out them while we are here."

Brendan had offered that up to Piper for a couple of reasons, one was because he wasn't sure of how long they were going to be here. And two was because he didn't want to get bores to reading and trying to decode the writing and ruins. Back at Moscow, Brendan nearly went crazy a few times because that was all he did all day was trying to figure out the writings and ruins in the room. So some of the days he had spent walking around, trying to figure out what he learned inside that room. "It may as be a good thing, some of the reason that I stay there so long that I felt like I was going crazy with decode the writing and ruins. Sometimes I had need a couple of days of walking around to clear my head, it may help with learning about the orb faster." Brendan was starting to want to go back to their room and start having some more fun in the bedroom it's Piper, but he had to wait till they were back in the room before he could do that.

[piper]

Piper had become uncommonly quiet, her brain was hard at work, coming up with potential hypotheses that might correlate to the complicated runes. If she were alone she might have brought an unwitting minion and made them touch the orb- it certainly would be a hell of a lot faster than trying to work it out this way, and if the right person were selected as a companion for the mission then it needn't matter whether any casualties resulted. Piper wouldn't touch it herself, she was smarter than that, but not concerned enough about the well-being of others to not use someone as a human guinea pig.

She was only frustrated that Brendan knew about this orbs- the last thing she wanted was for the ministry to get their hands on them first. However, he said he hadn't yet tracked down the one in Paris... Perhaps if she were to find its location first then her mistress would be able to use it without anyone getting in the way. Of course, this was a "top secret" project, one that had taken her months to get in on, as far as she knew the only person manning it was Brendan, and that one guy he had spent so long with shut up in his office before he had left for Moscow. If need be, she could take them out in a quick, sneaky fashion.

All Piper need do was convey the information to Jezebel and do what she deemed necessary for the situation. Really, her part was simple- it was figuring out what these orbs did and how to use their magic that would be the tricky part. She frowned in thought, following Brendan over to the faded writing on the wall. It would be tricky enough to figure out anyway, let alone with the runes being hardly legible, and in some places almost erased completely. Time had had its effect on the place, everything eventually crumbled and faded away...

Her frown deepened and she squinted at the ancient text, daylight was fading and that didn't exactly help their cause- though the light radiating from the orb bathed the room in a dim blue glow, if Piper were the sight-seeing type she might have described it as breathtaking, though she was more concerned with runes and the feeling of magic in the air. It was almost a crackling sensation felt deep within the subconscious, probably something to do with the lightning the orb shot out periodically.

Piper listened as Brendan spoke, nodding from time to time to show that she was listening and retaining what he was saying. But at the moment her brain was going at about a thousand miles an hour, she knew this wasn't something that would be cracked in minutes, it could take days, weeks, or even months if they were unfortunate enough, though she was determined to figure it out as quickly as humanly possible. Piper was confident enough in her abilities, she might just need a few books for reference- some of the runes were ones that she had never laid eyes on before.

"Right," said Piper, finally shutting off her steady stream of thoughts, she knew not much was going to be accomplished tonight, daylight was waning, but she had at least seen the place, and knew what she was looking for. So now she had two rather large tasks ahead of her- the first being obviously with the orb here, and the second being locating the third in Paris before Brendan did. Now that part might end up being a little tricky, but she was confident enough in her capabilities, she was smarter than what most people gave her credit for.

A deadly mistake in most circumstances. Her boss knew she was clever, but he hadn't seen the extent of it, he'd been limiting her by assigning her the roll of assistant and sex object. There wasn't a doubt in her mind that she could handle his job better than he could. Though Piper often had that thought about every job, she considered herself better than everyone. "Well, with any luck my assistance will makes things move more quickly than in Moscow," said Piper.

[brendan james huntington]

Brendan found it odd of how quiet Piper was right now, however, Brendan figured that she was thinking of different things of this orb. He couldn't blame her for he had gave her a lot of things to think about, when he spoke that she had nodded to show that she was listening to him about the three orbs. As he spoke, he could the magic coming off of the orb, this orb feels more powerful than the one in Moscow did and the one in Moscow was powerful. Brendan guessed that the one in Paris was going to be even more powerful, judging from what it felt like above the orb. Brendan and stood over the one in Paris, but he didn't go underground at that time mainly because Brendan needed to get here before Piper had got here. Before he had come here that he had went to Paris to locate the one in Paris. He did that so when their research was doing here in Rome that Brendan and Piper would go straight to Paris and get started on that orb. He figured it save more time if he found the orb in Paris as well as having Piper with him, for it would go faster for one thing. But he will didn't want to overdo this or have piper over think herself, true Brendan mostly has her as a assistant and having sex with her. But Brendan knows that she was not stupid by any means, however he has no idea of how smart she was.

Though a good amount of the time he trends to forget of how smart she was, since most of the time they were sleeping together. For being smart helped when it comes down to things like this, one other reason he brought Piper. Besides not being able to have sex with her for a few months, other reason was because he needed another point of view and someone else to help him to think of what this orb could do. When Piper said right, that he had nodded and spoke once more. "So you know, I was planning that the two of us going to Paris to learn about the orb there, from the stories I heard, I had an idea of where it was. Before I had come here to Rome that I decided to locate it and I manage to find it. It was be hard to miss, for I could feel powerful magic coming from underneath my feet. Though I didn't go underneath though. Than I had come here and made sure I had found this orb and I had check to locate other places to help us with the writing and runes. There is one magical library here that has some books at can help us with the translate for some of runes and writings that are similar to the ones in this room and there was a muggle library that has a couple of books that has similar runes in it as well." Brendan had nodded when Piper said that with her help that things would more quickly than they had done in Moscow. Brendan had took Piper's hand before he spoke once more.

"Come on let's go back up to the surface, let's go back to the hotel." Brendan had lead her back to the stairs and helped Piper up the stairs, once they were back up on the surface that Brendan Apparated close to their hotel. Brendan had lead Piper back into the hotel and up to their room of which overlooked Rome, the view was beautiful. More so with the sun just barely vanished behind the buildings and the sunset was different colors covering the buildings in orange, red and purple light. However, when they were in the room, that was not what he was focusing on, instead he was focusing on Piper. He had wrapped his arms around Piper from behind once more when he had closed the door behind them, he pulled Piper closer to him. "Do you want to have some fun unless if you prefer to ear first?" After he said that, that Brendan started kissing her neck roughly and his hands had moved down to her hips, as his hands went down that his touch was rough.