Ok, this is the prologue to the sequel to my alternate ending to Underworld, which is also a minor crossover, in the form of two characters from a movie.
Author's notes:
Below is the cast list for the main characters in this (AKA who would play who)
Kate Beckinsale… Selene
Scott Speedman… Michael Corvin
Michael Sheen… Lucian
Jennifer Connelly… Sonja
Christian Bale… Gabriel
Mark Dacascos… Raziel (has nothing to do with the character from "Soul Reaver", I just like the name)
Kevin Grevioux… Raze
Gerard Butler… Marcus
Arnold Vosloo… Sebastian
Julian Sands… Lazarus
Colin Farrell… Damon
Donnie Yen… Raven
Michael Jai White… Ortega
And Featuring Adrian and Neil Rayment as The Twins (yeah, that's right, the dreadlocked guys from Matrix Reloaded are in this, I liked them, so I have them in here as villains. The difference between them and their movie versions are that they aren't as fast and as strong as they were in the movie. They still have their ghost powers, but that's their only real power, besides being skilled in hand-to-hand combat)
One more thing, if you do not know anything about some of the actors I mentioned above, here is a list.
Jennifer Connelly: Was in such flicks like Labyrinth, Dark City, that one movie with Russell Crowe that I can't remember the title for, and the Hulk.
Christian Bale: Was in American Psycho, Reign of Fire, and Equilibrium, among other things, he will also be playing Bruce Wayne/Batman in the next Batman flick.
Mark Dacascos: Was in Drive, The Crying Freeman, Brotherhood of The Wolf, and most recently he played the villain in Jet Li's 'Cradle 2 the Grave'.
Gerard Butler: I've only seen him in Dracula 2000 and Tomb Raider 2 (which I despise).
Arnold Vosloo: Most people know him as Imhotep in the Mummy and The Mummy Returns (which I haven't seen yet, but I hear a lot of people complained about how he died in it). He was also in Hard Target and some other stuff that I haven't seen and probably never will (*cough*agentcodybanks*cough*)
Julian Sands: I've only seen him in two things, The Warlock, and The Medallion (why the studio that released that flick decided to cut out almost 40 minutes of that movie is puzzling)
Colin Farrell: You should know who he is, but if you don't, he's been in Daredevil, Phonebooth, S.W.A.T., and other things.
Donnie Yen: Kung-Fu veteran who's been in a ton of Hong Kong movies. He's been in three American flicks: Highlander: Endgame (as Jin Ke), Blade 2 (as the vampire 'Snowman'), and Shanghai Knights as the Villain 'Wu Chow'.
Michael Jai White: He played Spawn in the live action movie, he played villains in Universal Soldier 2 and Exit Wounds, and he will be appearing in Kill Bill Volume 2.
Ok, now that all that is out of the way, here is the prologue.
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(Note: this italic section is like the narration Selene did at the beginning of Underworld)
The war between the vampires and the lycans had changed drastically in the past 15 years, ever since the death of Viktor, who had raised me like I was his daughter… until I found out that he had killed my family. It wasn't I who killed him though; it was Lucian, the most feared ruler of the Lycan clan, whose forbidden love affair with Sonja, the daughter of Viktor, had started the war. Now, things have changed. With the awakening of Marcus, a new breed has risen with him; a breed that was half vampire, half lycan, but was stronger than both. Ever since he had risen, vampires and lycans have been forced to join together, just to try to survive. We have two Hybrids on our side however. Michael Corvin, and Lucian himself. But our numbers slowly dwindle with each passing day.
Underworld 2: The Three-Sided War
Prologue
The quiet of the night was shattered by the sound of gunfire.
To Selene it seemed like deja-vu all over again, as the location of the shootout was in a subway, one that seemed very similar to the one where she first laid eyes on Michael, the human whose blood led to the turning point in the war.
The gun battle taking place was between several vampires and lycans, and four death dealers.
Only these were the new breed of death dealers.
They were Hybrids.
They were armed with guns that were either loaded with ultra violet bullets, or silver nitrate bullets, and they were mowing down quite a few vampires and lycans.
One of them finally ran out of luck, as Selene fired a bullet that struck the hybrid in its kneecap, shattering it. The hybrid screamed as it fell to the floor, the pain immobilizing it long enough for Raze, who had been firing at the other two death dealers, to move foreword and snap the hybrid's neck.
As the second death dealer aimed at Raze with his berretta, he heard a growl.
He turned around just in time to see Lucian, in hybrid form, lunge foreword. The death dealer only had a second to look surprised for a second before the blade popped out of Lucian's sleeve and he shot his arm foreword, the blade impaling the hybrid in the head.
Michael, meanwhile, had also transformed and was dealing with the third death dealer. The two were exchanging vicious blows; blood gushed from several claw wounds.
Finally, Michael was able to grab one of the hybrid's arms, and throw him into a wall. As he collided with the wall, Selene opened fire, peppering the hybrid with bullets, slowing it down but not killing it.
The bullets were able to slow it down long enough for Selene to move foreword, and with Viktor's sword, which she had taken after using it on him, and decapitate the hybrid, who fell dead.
When the last hybrid fell, everyone slowly relaxed and lowered their weapons.
Selene lowered her sword as well before suddenly glancing around.
There were three dead hybrids lying on the floor.
I could have sworn there were four…
She wasn't able to continue her thinking as the fourth death dealer sprung out of the shadows. It wrapped an arm around her throat before aiming a gun at Michael, who was the first to react.
'Try anything and she dies," the death dealer said to Michael, who snarled at the other hybrid, but backed off.
The death dealer smirked.
"I should have known he would do anything to protect you."
"The only one who needs protecting here is you."
Everyone looked over at the direction of the voice.
The speaker had been leaning up against one of the pillars in the subway for a while now. He was tall, and appeared to be a bit older than Michael. He had short black hair and dark eyes. He was wearing an outfit similar to the outfit of the death dealers, which consisted of all black with a black trenchcoat. He was casually holding a long katana in his hand, his fingers gripping the black scabbard.
"Who are you?" the death dealer asked with some weariness as the man moved foreword.
"You can call me Gabriel," he answered as he moved his other hand towards the handle of his sword. The handle was colored dark silver, and carved to look like some sort of demonic gargoyle with red eyes.
The death dealer tilted his head to the side as he stared at the newcomer.
He then threw Selene over at Michael which sent both of them down to the floor. He then lunged at Gabriel, a dagger popping out of his sleeve.
Gabriel simply blocked his arm, before brutally breaking it. Before the hybrid could scream, Gabriel unsheathed his katana and slashed upwards. The sound of the hybrid's body, which was now split in two, echoed through the abandoned subway tunnel.
As he sheathed his katana, Gabriel glanced at the survivors, which consisted of Selene, Michael, Lucian, Raze, and a few lycans and vampires.
Gabriel smirked. "I've been looking for you people."
"Why?" Michael asked.
"I have some information that you should find useful. Show me back to your hideout and I'll tell my secret."
The group glanced at each other, as if not sure what to do. Gabriel rolled his eyes.
"I'm not going to bite, so you can relax."
Lucian, who had been silent this whole time, leaned over to Raze. "Watch him. If he does anything suspicious, kill him."
Raze nodded as the group moved out, Gabriel following.
Unseen by any of them however, were two forms, hidden in the shadows.
They stepped out, revealing themselves. The first one looked around the same age as Michael, with spiky black hair and brown eyes. He wore black pants, a silver-colored shirt, and a black leather coat. His companion had blonde hair, and wore a long purplish-red overcoat (think the color of Viktor's outfit) with black pants and a black shirt.
"It looks like Gabriel's just entered the game," the black haired one said in a thick Irish accent.
"It appears so, Damon," Answered the blonde haired one.
"Should we tell Sebastian?"
"No, he is still probably busy with his new… lover."
Damon glanced at his companion. "You know Lazarus, I didn't
expect that shit to work, but it did, I was surprised."
Lazarus smirked. "Never underestimate my power. Anyone who does usually ends up dead."
"You do realize what will happen when that spell wears off though, right?"
Lazarus just rolled his eyes. "I've told you already: the spell lasts for as long as that ring that she is wearing is still in one piece. Only when it is destroyed will the spell wear off."
"And if it does, she's gonna fuck him up beyond repair, unless of course L…"
Damon found himself airborne as Lazarus raised an arm and a spark of black light erupted from his finger. The energy collided into Damon and sent him flying through the air before slamming into the opposite wall.
"And I've already told you not to underestimate my power. If the spell does wear off, she will die."
With that, Lazarus turned and disappeared back into the shadows.
Damon rolled his eyes. "Prick," he muttered to himself before following.
To Be Continued.