LadyR: Hello everyone! Here is the first installment of my awesome Bloodlines fic! I luffs it!
Raziya: I have clean socks on and I have a cute nose. But seriously...I'M RUNNING! I'M RUNNING! WHOO I'M NAKED!
Hero: O.O That has nothing to do with the story... Wait...were you drinking from Malkavians again?
Raziya: ... Is that a penguin? Pokes Hero
Hero: -Rolls eyes- Someone wanna do the disclaimer for Rosalinn please?
LadyR: -Shakes head- Yes...please.
Damsel: That bitch doesn't own us!
Skelter: -Claps a hand on her mouth - And that's enough outta you...
Jack: Apparently Raziya owns me...she tattoed me with a copyright symbol on New Years Eve. And I thought taking advantage meant something different!
Nines: -Points and laughs at Jack- You're whipped!
Damsel: Shut up Nines!
Nines: Okay...
Beckett: -Comes in and pushes them all over- Allow me...the Lady Rosalinn does not own Bloodlines or it's cast of characters...Thank you
LadyR: Thank you Beckett!
Beckett: -Nods and turns into his wolf form and walks off-
Hero: Lousy Gangrel...-Mutters-
LadyR: Okay! On with the story!
Raziya: Monkeys!
All but Raziya: -Rolls eyes- She's batshit...
Act One
3:35 am, Tuesday, January 1st, 2008. The Last Round.
A wet and bedraggled figure ran through the streets of Santa Monica and almost slammed into the Door of the Last Round. She let herself in and closed the door behind her. As she was about to remove her coat the red head behind the bar fondly known as Damsel turned around, her red hair framing her face, as irritated as she looked.
"Hey see the sign? We're closed! Take a hike!"
"Why was the door unlocked then?" asked Rosalinn as she removed her hood. Dead as she was, she still hated getting wet. Damsel rolled her eyes angrily.
"Don't get smart with me!"
"Don't leave the door unlocked then!" Rosalinn countered, now getting pissed off.
"What the hell crawled up your ass?" asked Damsel, almost entertained.
"You!" Shouted Rosalinn fiercely. She was usually calm natured, but not tonight. Damsel came at her and grabbed her neck.
"Watch yourself newbie!" She uttered. "You aren't in with us just yet." She sneered as Nines and Hero came downstairs.
"Hey what the...?!" Hero went and grabbed Damsel as Nines pulled her hands off of Rosalinn and grabbed the Rosalinn around the waist.
"Damn it Damsel what have I told you about sticking together?! If it werent for Rosalinn and her sister, Lacroix wouldn't be dead. I would!" He said after setting Rosalinn down on a chair. Damsel huffed.
"Hey when she walks in all pissy what am I supposed to do? Sit and take it? I don't think so! That little new blood-" Rosalinn shrieked and got up about to pounce on Damsel.
"Why you...!" She said and trailed off, having being suddenly grabbed by Hero.
"Calm down okay? Please?" He looked down to her and smiled. She growled and ran upstairs, looking almost as if she could frenzy. Raziya walked in the door next as Jack waltzed downstairs.
"What's with the girl...where in the fucking world have you been?" He said glaring at the youth of the Anarchs angrily, trying to look as if he didn't care.
"Nowhere. And my sister is upset for a damned good reason." As she opened her mouth to explain, a deep voice cut in.
"The Sabbat right?" Said Skelter as he walked down the stairs and came to lean on the bar.
"How'd you know? Did Rosalinn tell you?" asked Raziya.
"No. the last time the anger wafted of someone like what came from Rosalinn the Sabbat and Camarilla were still around. And the Camarilla are out of action. Process of elimination."
Raziya rolled her eyes.
"Smart ass" She muttered.
"Anyways you're correct." She said looking to Hero noticing he was grabbing his coat.
"I'll be back..." He muttered angrily.
"Where are you going?" As Damsel, finally calm.
"The kids. I am going to make sure they're okay. Keep Rosalinn busy please." He said and opened the door, walking out into the rain. He couldn't believe after all their work the Sabbat were back.
"Damn them!" He said, clenching his fists. He came to Club Confession and walked farther down until he reached the Skyline Apartments. He went in and up to the fourth floor, the Haven he shared with Rosalinn and the kids. It was bedtime for them. He walked in and was greeted by Cassie, Rosalinn's ghoul who was feeding Abigail.
"Where is my master?" She asked.
"Rosalinn's with the other Anarchs and I wanted to see the kids." He muttered. He knew the ghoul was not strapped for blood so his concern was nil. He gave the kids a kiss each and looked to Cassie.
"You had better damn well do your best to watch those kids, Cassie."
"I will! You and Master have my word!" With that he walked out and back to the Last Round.
It had been days since the Anarchs learned of the Sabbat's return to town. Jack and Damsel were edgy and Nines did nothing but pace in and out of the Last Round. Hero, Raziya and Rosalinn were trying to think of ways to find them and knock them down before any damage could be done, and Skelter was skulking around looking for clues as to where they were.
Jack was sitting and thinking with a half-angry look on his face when Raziya got up and sat on his lap facing him. He looked up apparently not amused.
"What do you want, kiddo?" He asked, his usually deep, gruff voice silenced from though, making it slightly softer than usual. She blinked a couple of times and leaned her head on his shoulder. He sighed and let her stay put, his arms staying at his sides. Damsel started to snicker and she pointed to him.
"Must be getting soft in his old age..." Jack narrowed his eyes at this. He calmly grabbed Raziya around her waist and sat her on the table and got up, beginning to advance towards Damsel who was grinning happily.
"What'sa matter old timer? Truth hurts don't it?"
"You little young blooded no-mind! Watch yourself! Or I'll-"
"You'll what? Bite me? Go for it! I might like it!"
He growled and Damsel darted behind the bar and just as Jack was about to jump on the bar the door flew open. In ran Hex, Raziya's ghoul, a gray female feline, followed by Cassandra.
She collapsed breathlessly on the floor in front of the table where Hero, Raziya and Rosalinn sat.
"T-the kids!" she blurted out, and pulling herself up into an upright position, she threw herself at Rosalinn leaned into her chest, sobbing softly.
"These...these things...they came and forced their way into the haven! They came from above, the air ducts and the door! They even locked me in the bedroom and they took the kids! Please Miss Rosalinn! Master! Forgive me!"
Rosalinn and Hero both paled and Raziya started to growl.
"You vampire reject! How could you let that happen? Who took them! WHO!" Snarled Raziya, piping up for her currently voiceless sister and Hero. Her teeth glinted in the bar's dim light. Soft cries could be heard in the back, coming from a distraught Rosalinn and Hero trying his best to comfort her. Damsel came out from behind the bar and banged into Nines who was walking in from the back having finished doing the inventory. Regardless of their nature, it was still a bar frequented by humans and he needed to keep up.
"What happened?" He asked, eyeing the silent crowd. Skelter looked up and raised an eyebrow.
"They took Rosalinn and Hero's kids. Forced their way into her downtown haven." He said darkly. Raziya walked over to Jack and grabbed his waist. She proceeded to bury her face in his chest and started to scream out her obscenities' He grunted and stared down, then awkwardly patted her shoulder.
"Hey half-pint, they aren't your kids..." He said. She stared up the way a frustrated child would and puffed out her cheeks animatedly.
"Want me to fix that?"
Jack's eyes widened immensely and he shook his head.
"Noooo that's okay. I think one sociopath per world at a time is all this planet can handle."
She nodded curtly and frowned, then buried her face again.
"Then you'll let me scream because that's the closest I'll get to having one."
Nines rolled his eyes and grabbed a phone from the counter.
"Okay I'm calling someone to see if I can find out more about our kid theifs" He dialed some numbers and grabbed some paper and a pen. Now between Rosalinn and Cassie sobbing and Skelter talking heatedly with Damsel about what they were going to do upon finding the kidnappers, and Raziya still screaming her obsenities in Jacks chest, he was having a hard time hearing.
"What? Hang on a second...SHUT UP!" He shouted to those in the bar. Silence came quickly and he turned back to the phone."As I was saying..." His voice trailed off and everyone murmured softly.
"Hero..." said Rosalinn weakly looking up at him.
"What if we don't find them?" She asked looking to him, her blue eyes sparkling with tears, eager to find consolation in his dark chocolate eyes.
"Don't worry. Please. I don't think Jack, Nines, Damsel, Skelter and Raziya will let anything harm them." Leaning down and kissing her forehead. She leaned into his shoulder and closed her eyes.
Cassie looked on, her guilt over-riding her usual bubbly attitude. Nines walked up and holding the phone to his chest, he squatted in front of her.
"Okay Cassie, what did these men look like? Did you see them at all?" He asked. She shook her head. "I was locked in the bedroom remember?" She said softly sniffling, her tear-stained face depressed at her failure to protect her master's offspring.
"I did find alot of sand in the haven though, all over the floor. I cleaned it up though. There were claw marks too." Nines perked up and eyed Jack. Jack nodded.
"Looks like someone is headed to Santa Monica." He said quietly. Raziya looked up.
"Oh we're going home?" She said looking at Jack curiously.
"Yeah short shot we're going home for a bit."
She grinned and clapped, but shut up when she caught her sister's crestfallen look.
"So why don't I take short shot and Nines and we head out here..." He was cut off by Hero standing up.
"I'm going. These are my kids." He said, looking at Jack stubbornly.
Jack nodded and Nines backed up.
"I think I'll stay behind with Rosalinn, Damsel and Skelter anyhow. Let the kid find his offspring, He deserves answers. Besides the last thing I need is to hear of Damsel and Rosalinn killing one another." He said sarcastically. Hero nodded and Jack and Raziya separated. Hero leaned Rosalinns chin up and gazed at her.
"I'll be back..." He left a lingering kiss on her lips and grabbed his coat. "I'll find them. I promise." He said and the three exited the bar, heading for the parking lot, Raziya piping up about 'shotgun' and Jack muttering something about distractions while he was driving.
About an hour and several distraction-related pullovers later, they finally reached Santa Monica, surprisingly in one piece.
"Do me a favor said Jack exasperatedly.
"Try not to grab anything next time we get in the car, okay? And the excuse about reaching for the stick shift does not work, damn it!"
"I make no promises..." She said, shifting her eyes from side to side in fake suspicion.
He groaned and got out of the car with Hero chuckling to himself.
"Where are we off to?" He asked Jack.
"Remember the shack you went to go and get the astrolite for Mercurio? We're headed there." He said, eyeing the beach as they walked through the parking lot. Hero nodded and they headed to the beach. A half hour later they arrived at the shack and Jack hushed the two, hearing voices coming from an open window.
"Did you see the skin on that girl kine? She looked good enough to eat!" Said a gangrel type voice.
Another, less gruff voice piped up and said,
"To eat? Those abominations? You idiot! They are good for killing and drinking from but you don't want to eat them! What are you, one of the Nagaraja? Fool..." Snarled the second voice.
"Besides, we won't have them long enough to feast..." He said. "They will be going to..."
The voice was drowned out by a radio being turned on, which was talking about the days news. As soon as the radio was turned off, they heard foot steps leaving the house and as three cars sped off, a small cry could be heard.
"That was Abigail!" Said Hero, getting up from his knees and making a start to chase the cars when he saw all three race off in different directions. One in the direction of Downtown, one in the direction of Griffith Park, and the other in the direction of Chinatown, but one could not be sure of their true destinations. He groaned and held his head. Jack slapped his back.
"Let's get inside okay? We'll find something there..." He said walking in front of the others and into the house. Raziya followed him and pulled Hero in by the arm.
As they entered they noticed no one was left.
"My guess is they ain't coming back here..." said Jack said as he noticed some older blood stains on the walls. Hero's heart entered his throat and he began to panic. Raziya gasped and grabbed him.
"Hey no that's not the kids! That's just the retards I killed trying to get the astrolite! That was Dennis's and that was Brian's..." She started to point them out and he calmed himself. They started to snoop around when Hero came up with a small stuffed animal.
"This is Dakota's!" He held up a blue dinosaur and hugged it to him." Raziya nodded and headed for the laundry room and hunted by the machines.
"Man they still haven't cha..." She stopped mid sentence and caught sight of an ass. Jack's ass. She purred to herself and eyed the beds by her. Then she shook her head and slapped herself.
"No! NO! BAD Raziya!" As she came back to reality she noticed a glint coming from the floor. It was keys. She picked them up and noticed the Luckee Star Motel tag on them.
"OH! OH! Let's go see Hatter! Whee!!!" She said bouncing into the room holding up the keys.
They hunted around and gave up when they found nothing else. Raziya grabbed a cell phone from the counter and they walked out.
"Hey I'm going to call Mitnik and the others and see if they'd be interested in doing some leg work for us." She said.
"Sure thing, bite-size...then they can tell us what is in that hotel. And it would be pointless to go now being as the sun will be up by the time we get there."
Hero nodded and on the drive home she called and sucked not only Mitnik but Gary, Barabus and Imalia into helping. Then she sat back in the car seat and drifted into her thoughts.
Back at the Last Round Damsel had calmed Cassie into going home and Rosalinn had passed out on Nines lap. Dead or not, emotion took alot from her. Nines looked at her and smiled slightly and Damsel sighed.
"Little freak. What does she have to go and get all worked up for?"
Nines looked up smiling slyly.
"Didn't know you cared..."
"I don't!"
"Could have fooled me!"
"SHUT UP!" She said defensively and turned around huffing. As she did so, Hero, Jack and Raziya walked in.
"What'd you find?" Said Nines softly, tossing his head in Rosalinn's direction to tell them to be quiet.
Hero held up the dinosaur and Raziya held up the keys. Raziya explained about the Nosferatu doing some leg work and Damsel curled her lips at the mention of them. Skelter got up and nodded.
"Well I suggest we all go home for the day and come back after dusk. We need rest." Hero nodded and yawned, his fangs glinting. The yawn caught and Jack did it next and Raziya purred and grabbed his hand, pulling him towards the door.
"Night guys! I have to get my squeeze toy home to bed!" She said, a sloppy grin on her face.
"Hey! Don't fucking call me that!"
"Okay how about squeaky toy?" She said giggling.
"GAH! Fine. Shit...you're a fucking pest, bite size. I'm going to kick your ass!"
"Ooohhh promise?" He shook his head and waved at them his back turned as he walked out. Raziya clinging to his arm, and Hex following close behind.
Damsel smirked and and got up.
"Okay Nines, Skelter, let's hit the road. Who's driving these guys home?
"I will..." said Nines. He was the only one besides Jack who felt okay going into Chinatown after the Kuei-jin. The others were still too hot-blooded about the events that had happened in the past to go anywhere near there.
Hero picked up Rosalinn and headed for Nines's car. He looked down as the three of them walked and watched her sleep. She looked so unhappy. He sighed.
"Should never have trusted that ghoul. She probably let them get taken. Little ingrate.." He sat with her in the backseat and Nines flopped into the front. Nines looked in the rearview mirror at hero's guilt-ridden look and sighed.
"You know, we'll find those kids. Nothing will happen to them. After all they are my family too, right?"
Hero nodded and they started the drive to Chinatown.
When they got out all the people awake, even the prostitutes, gaped, trying to figure out why the baron of Chinatown was being carried in by her mate. Murmers and mutters circled him and he hurried into the Red Dragon, where, on the newly built third floor, they shared their Asian style haven. Nines hadn't been in it so when they walked in, he whistled.
"Nice place you got here..." His eyes looking the place over. Hero laid Rosalinn on their bed and walked back into the living room. Nines nodded.
"Okay well you kids are safe so I'm off before the light hits. Only have about two hours. See you tomorrow night."
He said, showing himself out.
"I'll pick you guys up..."
Hero let his jacket slid from his shoulders and went to the washroom. He growled and gazed at the reflection he saw. A far cry from the human he once was. He walked into the bedroom and undressed part way, chucking his shirt on a chair and slid in next to the sleeping Rosalinn. She stirred and he wrapped his arms around her.
"I'm sorry my love..." He whispered. He closed his eyes slowly and kissed her lips gently so as not to wake her. Her eyes fluttered and she looked up to him.
"Hero? Are we at home?"
"Yeah, we are."
She nodded and nuzzled into him. he couldn't help but gaze at her chest lovingly, as it was squished right up against his. He kissed her cheek and held her close, caressing her side. She leaned up and kissed his lips and he felt a couple tears fall onto his cheek. Her rubbed her cheek lovingly and wiped them away.
"Please...we'll find them. Like Nines said before he left, we will find them! I promise!"
She nodded and he pulled her in for a kiss. A longer one.
I'm going to take this pain away from you.
He thought sadly. He leaned into her neck and kissed it, his hands wandering all over her body. She huffed slightly and soon they were no longer thinking, only feeling. Her mind numbed and he lost track of the hours. As they made love, her pain melted and confidence took over. He looked into her eyes and smiled slightly. When they were finished she hugged him and they collapsed. They fell asleep, entangled with one another, spent of energy.
Back at the haven shared by Jack and Raziya, she had hopped out of the shower to see Jack sprawled out on the couch, half in and half out of sleep. She threw on a t-shirt and undergarments, that were perfect for her slim frame. She snuck up and as she was about to pounce on Jack he opened his eyes. She fell over and landed on the floor with a thud.
"JESUS JACK! I thought you were sleeping!!!!" She exclaimed as he sat up.
"Guess you were wrong, half pint." He stated calmly. He eye-balled her in her garments, her chest unbridled by a bra and her pouty look damn near breaking his dead heart. He rolled his eyes and pretended not to pay any heed to her. He wasn't about to admit he thought she was cute. Or even good looking. But thank God for self control over his blood flow or else he wouldn't need to say a thing. She got up and started to walk to the bedroom, purposely swaying her hips seductively, and as she reached for the door, Jack spun her around and pinned her to the wall.
"H-hey! Not that I'm complaining, but...what are you doing?"
He grinned a bit and leaned into her neck, barely brushing his lips on her cheek. His fangs scraped the flesh and caused her hair to stand on end. She shivered slightly and closed her eyes. Soon his arms were around her and they found themselves in the bedroom.
"What happened to the couch?" She asked, as that was where he usually slept.
"Want me to go back?" He replied.
"NO! Eh...er I mean no it's okay..." She said, blushing slightly.
"Ya know, you're pretty cute when you get all embarrassed Her arms slid around his neck and her nails slid up the back of it into his hair. As their lips met she felt a tingle up her spine and soon they were on the bed only she occupied in the norm. She loved Jack. Maybe more than she should. but he had always given her some sort of attention when they were alone. Maybe tonight she would receive some. Jacks nailed fingers slid all over her and she couldn't control it any longer.
"So...have I gotten you all riled up?" He asked, laughing somewhat.
He heard a small whimper from her, which told him the obvious. He growled slightly and she purred leaning into him.
"You know I haven't gotten any vertical mambo from you in a while..." He said. "Maybe tonight...I'll give in."
She gazed up and blushed, their eyes meeting. He did feel for her. After all she kept him alive when the Society had him imprisoned. For three months she fed him and kept him alive. And he fed her on occasion. Then after his escape, he made her a kindred. So, in a way, he loved her. He leaned down and kissed her and at the same time made the first move. Not a sound was heard from her, but she clung to him, digging her nails into his back. He groaned and continued on, allowing her to rake his back. Only hours later when they lay back exhausted did they stop. She looked up to him and blushed.
"I love you Jack"
'Mmm...you too half pint..."
She smiled and leaned on his chest ready to sleep. He never said he loved her but she knew his feelings and that was good enough.
As Nines walked in the door of the three bedroom haven all was quiet. He sighed and walked into his bedroom, pulling his shirts off. As he slid into bed he heard one of the other doors open. Figuring it was Skelter grabbing blood he started to doze. But a few minutes later he was disturbed by someone slipping into bed with him and sliding there hands up and down his lean chest.
"Mmm Damsel you little dope what are you doing awake."
"Hmmm gee I dunno, waiting for you maybe?" she said sarcastically. He turned over and saw she was pretty much in the nude. He gasped and she kissed his lips.
"D-Damsel...were you walking around the house naked?"
"No...I had a housecoat. It's on the floor"
"Oh..."
She grinned and bit his ear.
"Oh...hey...don't do that..." he whispered. Her hand slid down his belly and began to tickle his abdomen gently. Soon after, they committed the same act that Hero and Rosalinn and Jack and Raziya had committed and fell asleep with Damsel's blood red hair fanning the pillow and Nines's breath floating down her neck They fit each other like pieces of a puzzle. And as the sun rose the group slept soundly, save poor Skelter who had been woken by Damsel cries from the other room. He shook his head and rolled over.
"One of these nights I'm going to waltz in there and throw water on them, I swear..." He muttered.
End of Act One
LadyR: Sooo how was it everyone?
Hero: Bastards took my kids...
Raziya: -Stands up and clears throat- Ahem...many of you may think there is something wrong with me because out of all the characters I am into Jack the most. To these people I say -Starts dancing- It's peanut butter jelly time!!! Peanut butter jelly time!!! Peanut butter jelly time!!!
Hero: Oh dear God save us...the blood wore off hours ago...
Jack: Hey you don't have to sleep next to it.
Hero: Neither do you.
Raziya: -Narrows eyes and crosses arms- Get out of my haven...-Picks up a car stereo and prepares to commence a beating-
Hero: HAHA DOGHOUSE!
Jack: Bring it, half pint.
Raziya: Hey! What did I say about insulting my height in public?!
LadyR: Okay moving right along! -Sweatdrops- Please read and review and thanks to Raz for her help on writing this fic!