The women gasped and the men laughed.
"Okay, you owe me five bucks, I told you he would do it," Darian said, turning to Aiden.
"They need to leave Keelan alone," Meryn grumbled.
"Okay, seriously though men, we need to test to see how powerful it is. Knocking out Keelan doesn't really take much. So, which one of you will go next?" Aiden looked from Gavriel to Colton to Darian.
"Not it!" Gavriel and Darian called out at the same time.
"Sonofabitch! I hate electricity. I swear I'm still twitching from the time Ryuu shocked me trying to get to you Gavriel." Colton scowled at his friends.
"Please tell me he's not going to electrocute himself," Rheia said.
"He so is," Meryn chuckled.
They watched as Colton took a deep breath and reached out to the perimeter line. The second his fingertip hit the spell he went down like a sack of potatoes.
Darian, Gavriel and Aiden stood over Keelan and Colton's prone bodies. Aiden rubbed his chin. "He has always been susceptible to electricity."
"I bet I don't go down," Darian said slyly.
Aiden and Gavriel eyed the large fae. "I don't know, Keelan did say it would be pretty strong." Gavriel shook his head. "I don't think you can hack it."
Darian frowned and turned to the perimeter. He pulled his arm back and let his fist fly as if he were going to take down the perimeter spell. The second his knuckles crossed the perimeter his body shook, his eyes rolled back in his head and he landed with a loud thud.
Gavriel and Aiden looked at their fallen brothers, then the perimeter, then each other.
"Oh God, they're going to go for it!" Meryn laughed gleefully.
Beth shook her head. "They're not that stupid."
Ryuu chuckled. "Want to make a wager on that?"
"I have a higher level of immunity to electricity, I'll try it next." Gavriel said rolling up his sleeve.
Next to them Beth groaned and covered her eyes with her hands.
Seconds later the ancient vampire was on the ground next to the others.
"Please, oh please, oh please do it," Meryn begged under her breath.
Aiden stood, hands on his hips looking down at the men. He looked at the perimeter, then down at the men again.
"I'm a big ole bear; they are weak compared to my manliness. Look how muscular I am, this perimeter can't take me down." Meryn deepened her voice providing a hilarious running commentary to Aiden's thought process.
Aiden took a deep breath and reached out for the perimeter, a flash of purple flared and the Unit Commander was down. Everyone stared in disbelief at the entire Alpha Unit laid out unconscious on the ground. Finally, it was Beth's laughter that set everyone off.
Rheia turned to Meryn who was laughing so hard Ryuu was holding her up with an arm wrapped around her waist.
"Shouldn't we check on them?" Rheia asked.
Jaxon shook his head. "Keelan and Colton are already coming around, looks like it doesn't last long."
"I wish we'd recorded that," Meryn said wistfully.
Grinning Noah held up his phone. Meryn threw her fist in the air. "Best. Minion. Ever!"
They watched for a few more minutes until all the men were on their feet.
Aiden turned to the men. "Okay Keelan, I think we all have a pretty good idea of how strong it is. Go ahead and take it down, Gamma will be here soon for drills," Aiden said as he Gavriel and Darian walked around to the side of the house.
Colton lingered back, placing a hand on Keelan's shoulder.
"Want to see if the perimeter is as effective against Gamma?" Colton's voice sounded devilish.
"I do owe Sascha and Quinn for turning me purple," Keelan answered.
"They wouldn't," Beth whispered.
They didn't have long to wait, soon Gamma Unit was walking up the driveway. Colton placed his elbow on Keelan's shoulder and leaned against him nonchalantly.
"Look Kee, it's hippo." Colton laughed as Sascha's face turned pink.
"I'm not fat; my tiger has a lot of fur," Sascha protested.
Colton nodded. "Of course. Man I can't wait for dinner. Ryuu said he's making pot roast with carrots and potatoes, hmmm, my favorite." Colton rubbed his belly.
Sascha growled and Quinn frowned at Colton. "You know better than to tease him about food."
"And for dessert I think I heard him say we're having chocolate pie. You know how Ryuu is Kee; I bet he made enough so that each of us has our own." Colton nudged Keelan knowingly.
Sascha roared and charged at them, Quinn not too far behind. They both hit the perimeter and flew backward from the shock. Ben, Christoff and Oron stared, open-mouthed.
Colton and Keelan were laughing and giving each other high fives.
"What the hell is going on?" Aiden bellowed coming around the corner.
Colton tuned to Aiden his face a mask of innocence. "Just testing the perimeter with Gamma. I'd say it works perfectly."
Aiden looked over to the unconscious Gamma leader and rubbed his hands over his face. "Keelan, take the perimeter down now. Oron, Ben, help Sascha and Quinn to the drill field. They can join us when they wake up." He turned on his heel and walked back the way he came.
The women watched as Keelan removed a brass key from inside of a dangling brass ring. He looked up. "Okay, it's disarmed now," He called out to the other Gamma unit members.
Shaking their heads, Oron and Ben picked up their two unconscious members and they all headed to the back. When they all disappeared from sight the women turned to each other.