PROLOUGE: Facing the Consequences
Budagpest, Hungary - The subway tunnels
They needed to vacate the tunnels immediately! There were a number of lycans surroudning them; unsure of whether to attack the vampire/lycan hybrid and death dealer or not.
Selene knew the vampires would be coming for her as well. She had killed Viktor; and, no matter what Viktor had done, Marcus wouldn't let his death go unpunished. And if she was correct, Kraven had somehow managed to escape this mess unscathed; with no one the wiser about his conspiracy with Lucian. He would be filling Marcus' head with more lies and deceptions.
But, there would be time later to think about all of this, right now, she and Michael were injured and they needed both time and a place to heal. Later, she would think about the vampires and, Michael's transformation. Right now, they needed to concentrate on living long enough to get to that point.
"We need to get out of herer", Michael said looking at the shapeshifters growing restless around him.
"I'm up for suggestions", she replied quietly, keeping a distrustful eye on the growing number of lycans.
She and Michael were standing back to back; watching the shapeshifters that now filled the upper level of the chamber.
"I say let's get out of here first, then we can figure out where to go", he suggested.
"Agreed", Selene concurred.
They slowly made their way to the room where just minutes earlier, Selene had converted Michael into the creature he had now become. Fortunately, the lycans made no move to follow them.
Once they were in the room, Michael caught sight of Lucian's prone body lying on the floor. He went to the deceased shapeshifter's side and dropped to his knees. "He was trying to stop this madness", he said aloud.
Selene stood close by and looked at the once powerful Lycan leader. "Maybe, she said. "But whatever his intentions were, they have now only made the situation worse. Michael, we need to leave", she reminded him, gently touching his shoulder. "It will only be a matter of time before the vampires send out more death dealers; and, I don't want to be here when they arrive."
Knowing she was right, he stole one last look at Lucian before he stood to leave. He wasn't sure how he felt about his change, but he was curious as to what skills and strengths he may develop. Unfortunately, the one man that could have helped him was lost now, forever.
He would have to figure this out for himself. Well, he and Selene. They were a team; the outcome of this battle left them little choice. But together, he was sure they could find the answers.
Grabbing her hand, they made their way through the carnage and up to the subway level. Knowing sunrise was on its way, they quickly vacated the area and looked for a suitable hiding place.