Special thanks to Ty, especially for being my first reviewer and encouraging me with this fanfiction, and also special thanks to joan of arc for reviewing!
Chapter Two, Possession
Helen stepped warily through the tunnels. She disliked the silence, apart from their footsteps and Nikola's breathing. She shut her eyes and tried not to think of what could happen if Afina possessed him.
Nikola paused, sweeping his flashlight over the expanse of dirt-covered stone. "This might be an entrance point."
"To?" she asked, frowning slightly.
"Well, it's different from the rest of the wall. See, it's all smooth?" he ran his hand over the surface.
"Right..." she decided reluctantly she'd better just let him figure out a way in. The sooner this was over the better. As much as she disliked admitting it, Helen was just slightly afraid of what could happen.
"Hey, who got us in?" he asked proudly, smirking up at me. The huge stone slab slid backwards, making a rather abrupt thud as it fell to the ground. Somehow it did not remind Helen of the technologically advanced vampires, but rather of their simple thirst for blood.
"Yes, yes, Nikola. Well done," she patronized him.
He smirked even more, although she would have thought it wasn't possible. "Well, ladies first," he gestured grandly to the entrance.
She smirked back at him. "Afraid, are we?"
He did an exaggerated bow which, given the circumstances, only aggravated her more. She brushed past him without another word, leaving him pursing his lips and looking back at her.
"Dear God." Instead of the hard, purple crystalline surface that Helen remembered from the vampire queen's lair, an almost identical chrysalis stood before her. However, this one was soft and pliable, like jelly.
"I wonder if this is what the other one was like before Afina stepped into it." Nikola rubbed his chin, looking intensely at it from the corner of his eye.
"Well... In that case, what do you think happens if we step in it?" Helen proposed carefully.
"Is that really smart?" he said skeptically.
"Probably not wise until we know more," Helen observed. However, standing next to the mysterious structure, she felt somehow pulled towards it. She bit her lip as she looked into the mysterious object. "But maybe..." she said.
He wasn't looking at her. Maybe... she could just...
Her hand reached tentatively up to brush the surface of the fascinating structure. Suddenly, she yelped.
Helen's fingernails were elongating. Her eyes were blackening.
"Helen!" Nikola whispered in pure fear as he looked at her.
Afina had chosen the woman he loved, and he might never get her back.
I'm sorry it's short. If you read it... you know where I'm going with this. Reviews are what give me my inspiration, my reason for... well, in this case not writing, but uploading the next chapter. (It's prewritten). Thanks again to Ty and joan of arc for helping me along with this!
~Iceshadow