Chapter Two

Disclaimer and AN: I removed all those stupid p's at the beginning and end of each paragraph, Not sure how they got there, sorry about that guys. I'm working very hard to get everything back on track. As usual I own nothing.

Selene grabbed her gun from its holster and raced toward her daughter's bedroom with David close at her heels. He quickly flicked the light on flooding the room in sudden brightness. Eve sat up in bed blinking at the unexpected light with tears streaming down her cheeks, her sweaty hair stuck to her neck and the blankets tangled around her, evidence of her restless sleep.

"Another nightmare baby," Selene sat on the edge of Eve's bed and wrapped her arms around her trembling daughter. Eve shook her head, her voice muffled as she buried her head in Selene's shoulder.

"N...not...not exactly, it was Dad, I...I saw through his eyes again. I think I know where he is, but I think he's in trouble."

Selene pulled back looking at Eve in shock.

"What do you mean he's in trouble? What did you see?"

David held his hand up to silence the frantic death dealer.

"Selene, she just woke up, give her a minute. Why don't we go into the living room and talk? Eve can get a drink, maybe open her present, everyone can calm down a bit and then we can figure everything out okay? Come on."

He led them into the living room and went into the kitchen to get Eve a glass of water. Eve sat on the couch rubbing the sleep from her eyes. She took the glass David handed her and took a drink before speaking.

"Thank you. I saw Daddy, he was in a big room, it looked like a warehouse, some kind of storage facility or something. There were people everywhere but he was in a closet or something, hanging upside down by his feet. He kept repeating, "Where am I? Where's Selene? Who the hell are you people?"

Selene reached over and took Eve's hand as she took another drink of water and set the empty cup on the table.

"Then what happened love?"

"This guy walked up and stood in front of Dad with a huge knife in his hand. He had black hair and dark skin, he looked Native American or Mexican, it was hard to tell. He mentioned someone named Lucian, one of the other people in the room callled the man Marius and that's when I woke up."

Selene reached over to the coffee table and picked up the lavendar gift bag and placed it in Eve's lap.

"Now I know you want an iPad, but I think twelve is still a bit too young for that so I got you something else, instead. Well, David picked it out, but I asked him to. I hope you like it."

Eve reached into the bag looking confused as she pulled out the DS case.

"What is this?"

David grinned.

"Open it and find out."

They watched as she unzipped the case and pulled out the 3DS.

"It's the video game I saw on TV, thank you, but how did you know my favorite color is purple?"

David smirked.

"A little birdy told me, look in the bag, there's more."

Her face lit up as she pulled the rest of the stuff out of the bag.

She jumped up, hugging them both.

"Oh, thank you, Mom, thank you, David.

Selene returned her daughter's hug.

"You're welcome. It's late Evie, you should go back to bed. I need to talk to David for awhile. I'll see you in the morning, okay?"

"Okay, night Mama, night David."

"Goodnight,Princess, sweet dreams."

Eve blushed as she closed her bedroom door and climbed back into bed, setting her gifts on the bedside table. She liked it when David called her princess, she would never admit it, but she had a huge crush on him, she had since the first time she met him after she'd been bitten by the lycan and he'd taken her and her mother to his father's coven. Eve turned her iPod on and put her earbuds in, humming along to a Miley Cyrus song as she snuggled into her blankets, falling asleep again.

Selene and David sat huddled over the kitchen table, maps spread out before them, discussing Eve's 'dream'.

"She said this Marius invoked Lucian's name, do you think he could be the new leader of the lycan hoard? I know they've been scattered and hiding since the purge happened but we knew they'd regroup eventually and if this Marius really is their new leader, they'll be stronger than ever especially if...they have Michael. His blood will make their powers limitless."

David stood up.

"Why don't you get some rest? I'm going to go talk to my father, see if he knows anything about this Marius."

Selene nodded rising from her chair.

"Thank you, David, please let me know what you find out and thank you again for finding the DS for Eve."

David smiled as he opened the door.

"No problem, I'd do anything for that little girl."

Then he disappeared into the night.

Thomas glared at his son pacing before him.

"Why should we help her and her child? Have you forgotten she killed two of our elders?"

David spun to face his father, his eyes glowing blue and bared his fangs in anger.

"No, of course I haven't forgotten, how could I, you bring it up every time I so much as mention her name. Need I remind you Father, she saved my life and you also gave her daughter back to Antigen, the way I see it, we owe her. Now, tell me what you know about the leader of the lycan clan."

Thomas stepped forward, pinning David to the wall with his fist around his son's throat.

"You watch how you speak to me, boy, unless you want to join your mother."

David pushed his father back breaking the older vampire's hold on his throat.

"Don't threaten me and don't you dare drag Mother into this, just tell me what I want to know Father. Stop holding a bloody grudge against Selene, that all happened a long time ago, she's proven herself loyal a million times over by now and as for Eve, she's a child, stop holding her responsible for who her father is, she has no control over that. Lord knows if children could choose their parents I wouldn't have had to endure your tyranny and abuse all my life."

"Fine, you have a point, the lycan leader's name is Marius, it would be best if the child disappears without a trace, so not even her mother knows where she is."

David stared at his father in shock.

"Are you crazy? There's no way in hell Selene would agree to send Eve away without knowing where she is, a twelve year old girl can't be on her own with no adult supervision."

Thomas smirked, folding his arms.

"The child is not an ordinary human child, she was raised in captivity, she had no one to care for her since birth, except perhaps some lab technician or other, she's used to being alone. Besides, think about it, the leader of the lycans is going to be on the hunt for her and her father, if he finds Selene all he has to do is drink her blood and he'll see where the child is in her memory, if Eve leaves and not even Selene knows where she is, no one else will either, the child will be much safer if she just vanishes with no trace."

David sighed, he hated to admit it, but what his father said made sense, the less people who knew where Eve was, the better off she'd be, he just hoped Selene would agree to it, she wasn't his father's biggest fan to put it mildly.

"Okay, I'll talk to Selene as soon as possible and see what she says about this, thank you for finally hearing me out Father. Goodnight."

David waited until his father was out of earshot before pulling out his phone and dialing.

"Selene, it's David, I have information on Marius and a plan but I'm afraid you're not going to like it."