Hey, everyone!! Thanks for the reviews!! It may have only been three, but I didn't expect anyone to like it so … there we go …
A.n: I might have trouble updating this, because my stupid laptop decided to … let me … kinda break the spacebar, so I won't be able to write much because my finger starts to hurt after a while from pressing down on the little … pressure pad … thingy … so yeah … ENJOY!
A.n2: Also, most of Sidorio's crew will be my own characters, since I only know/remember Jez, Sidorio (duhh …) and Johnny. But I'll try to make them as … evil as possible! XP AND The main focus is obviously The Captain, Darcy and Lorcan, but all the other good Vampirates are there too.
Chapter 2
I decided to forget about it as I took a deep breath. 'They might need help!' I told myself, as I reached out and touched the door handle. I was surprised to see that it turned the whole way, until I remembered that Lorcan was in such a hurry to leave he didn't have time to lock the door like normal. After a second deep breath, I listened intensely as the latch of the door clicked …
Normal POV
Lorcan watched Darcy run around the deck franticly. He shook his head as he turned back to the ship that collided with The Nocturne. A calm Sidorio, arms folded and smirk spread right across his face, was still standing on the edge, and was now being joined by other rogue vampires. Darcy stopped what she was doing and stared up at a particular face who was sharing the glance.
"Jez?"
Jez smirked evilly which caused Darcy to gasp and take a few steps back. Lorcan slowly walked over to her, not taking his eyes off of Sidorio, and put a comforting arm around her shoulders.
"So, Captain, what do you think of my new boat and crew? I don't like to brag, as you well know, but my crew and I will only have to spend … hmm, lets say, 3 minutes on this pathetic thing you call a ship before all of you are dead. Well, since that already applies to everyone here, lets just say I'm going to kill you all. Remember the pain you felt when you became a vampire? Well, this will hurt 5 times more."
Lorcan gasped this time, as his eyes widened and paranoia kicked in as he thought of Grace, sitting and the cabin just metres away from all this. It was then he remembered that he never locked the door on his way out.
Careful not to make it look obvious, he made a quick glance to the door of the tiny cabin, making sure she wasn't peering out or opening it. When he saw the door shut, he relaxed a little and turned back to Sidorio, who, along with Jez, Johnny, and a few others that The Captain and co didn't recognize, jumped down and landed feet first onto the deck of The Nocturne.
Jez and another that seemed to be his best mate ran at Lorcan, their fangs growing larger and larger as they travelled. Sidorio stood still, baring his golden fangs as Jez and his friend held Lorcan back. Sidorio took a few steps forward, his eyes remaining on The Captain the whole time.
"Where's the little human brat that's the cause for all this? I would've thought she'd be out here, ready to get killed." A smirk played across Sidorio's face as Lorcan attempted and failed many times to charge at him. Darcy was about to move but Johnny and a girl stopped her, putting her arms behind her back and pushing her to the floor before she could realise what was going on.
"Darcy!" Lorcan shouted, but Jez simply punched him in the jaw with such force it knocked Lorcan sideways a few paces.
"Don't worry about that poor excuse for a vampire. It's you you should be worrying about." Jez explained loudly, causing all the rogues to laugh in unison and Darcy to hang her head, hair falling in front of her face purposely. Lorcan's eyes saddened and decided to use words instead of actions.
"Grace is stronger than you know, do you honestly think she would do something as stupid as come out here?!"
Sidorio gave Lorcan a glare before walking over and facing him eye to eye. "Yes. Yes I really do think that. Because the human follows you like a little puppy dog. It's almost painful to see you where she isn't. But I'm bored now. Summer, Viper, Jynx, you can have your fun now."
Behind Sidorio, three impossibly beautiful female vampires giggled and walked forward. One of the good Vampirates decided to attack one of the girls, and The Captain, Darcy and Lorcan stared in horror as the girl didn't even look in the Vampirates' direction before she held her hand out and slit his throat with just one nail. She then turned to face him and kicked as high as his head, using the heel of her black leather boot to chop his head clean off, causing blood to splatter over all of the Vampirates, causing them all to turn bloodthirsty.
Then it began.
Everyone ran at each other, Jez and his friend let go of Lorcan and Johnny and the girl let go of Darcy so they could join the action. Lorcan and Darcy did the same, and after a while no one even knew who was fighting who any more.
There were quite a few dead bodies lying around The Nocturne by now, and everyone knew that Sidorio was winning. Most of the Captain's crew had either died or joined Sidorio because they were either cowardly and didn't want die or had too much of a blood lust now to stay with the Captain. A lot of the donors that wanted to know what was going on had perished, too.
By now, Grace was standing at the door, listening intently to the fighting outside. The door opened and before she realised her feet had taken her a few steps outside the cabin. Luckily, no one had seen her yet, so she stayed against the wall as the fear finally crept upon her. She could see dead donors and a couple still alive, so she knew they wouldn't notice her straight away.
She crept along the wall of the cabin and put her head around the corner, searching for Lorcan. When she saw him, her eyes widened at just how scary he could be when he was fighting. Grace had never seen Lorcan look so … dangerous.
Grace really didn't know what to do next. She clearly couldn't try to fight, and if she decided to go back to the room someone would surely notice. She continued to watch Lorcan, and every now and then her eyes drifted over to Darcy, who was fighting just as scarily as he was.
Before Grace realised, Lorcan's penetrating blue eyes were staring back with shock. When Grace finally noticed he was staring back with worry and frightfulness spread across his face, she blushed and looked at the floor, before looking back up to see him.
Unfortunately, Lorcan wasn't the only one to spot Grace standing there. Johnny, who was fighting close to Lorcan, had seen the look on Lorcan's face, and he knew what it meant.
"Stukely, Captain!" Johnny shouted from where he was standing. He saw the two turn around inquisitively as he glanced over at Grace, who was still looking at Lorcan (Ahh, love …).
Sidorio and Jez took the hint, knocked out the person they were killing, and headed for Grace, who still hadn't realised (I'm not trying to make Grace sound dumb and stupid, honestly, I love Grace, she's such a cool character). Lorcan, however, saw everything knew what was going to happen. 'No. Not Grace, I won't let you near her! I promised I'd protect her and I plan to keep doing that! I am NOT losing her again!'
"GRACE!"
The panicky yet still sweet Irish brogue brought Grace back to life and she noticed that two seemingly bloodthirsty vampires were running towards her. Her eyes widened at Sidorio, but her heart sank a little when she saw that the other was Jez. She had been good friends with him on The Diablo and when he first became a Vampirate. But … to be killed by a friend wasn't the way she planned to go.
Grace stood there in shock and bewilderment. She then noticed Lorcan hot on their heels, with just as much anger in his eyes than when he was fighting. Sidorio grabbed Grace viciously, causing her to scream loudly. Jez stood in front of her, smirking evilly as Lorcan approached them. It was then that Johnny stepped out in front of Lorcan, causing him to stop.
"Well, well, well, I knew you'd come out eventually. It's in your nature to mess things up." Sidorio whispered to the helpless girl, who just stared at Lorcan with a little bit of hope in her eyes, even though it tore her apart to see Johnny like this.
"Let her go now!" Lorcan threatened, ready for attack if necessary. If Grace was scared at Lorcan when he was fighting, then she was definitely shaking from head to toe at how frightening he looked now.
"Why? You don't have any feelings for her. The only feelings you have for her are complicated, right? What's so wrong about this?" Johnny said, deliberately bringing that subject up. Lorcan's eyes widened and Grace gasped as Sidorio clutched her arm tighter, turning the gasp into another agonizing scream. Lorcan shouted once again, and tried to get past Johnny, but for some reason, he was no match for him. Johnny had Lorcan on the ground in a matter of seconds, and he was barely conscious.
"Jez, stop!"
They turned their heads to see Darcy Flotsam running towards them, almost crying. Jez sighed and rolled his eyes whilst Johnny sniggered. Lorcan tried looking up to the face that belonged to the voice, but was strangely in too much pain. Darcy ran over to Lorcan to make sure was alright while talking to Sidorio, Jez and Johnny.
"Please, stop it. This isn't you. You could do so much better than this – all of you … except maybe Sidorio, but that's beside the point, look, just let Grace go, and leave. It would be the smartest option." Darcy explained, trying her hardest, and succeeding, to make herself sound confident. Jez chuckled and Johnny walked over to Sidorio and Grace, punching her as hard as Jez attacked Lorcan earlier, only for a human it hurt much more. Grace let out a final 'Lorcan' before she fell unconscious in Sidorio's arms, and he smiled.
"We don't need anything else here. Everyone, back on the ship!" He shouted vigorously, and the rogue vampires roared with both delight and disappointment as they scrambled back onto the ship, taking the unfortunate donors who were still alive with them. Jez blow a fake kiss to Darcy as she glared at him and Lorcan was starting to wake up.
"Grace … G-Grace? Where's Grace? GRACE!" Lorcan gradually got louder through that sentence as he saw Grace being carried away by Johnny and Sidorio. He shakily got up and tried running after them, but it was proved difficult when the Captain and Darcy were holding him back.
"What do you think you're doing!? LET ME GOOO!! GRACE!!" Lorcan shouted, his long black hair flowing everywhere in the wind. But despite his efforts, and the fact that he was currently too weak from fighting to get out of their strong grasp, Lorcan had to suffer watching Grace being taken by Sidorio.
As the boat sailed away, Darcy and the Captain released their hold on Lorcan, who remained still as a statue, as if they didn't let him go. Then, without warning, he turned around, fangs showing and eyes blazing with fury (hehe, Furey's Fury…)
"WHY DID YOU STOP ME?! WE HAVE TO RESCUE HER! I MEAN, ARE YOU WORKING FOR THEM OR SOMETHING!? WHAT'S GOTTEN INTO YOU!?"
Darcy and even the Captain looked taken aback by that sudden outburst, but Darcy folded her arms across her chest and frowned, her fangs also bearing. "Well, do you think it would've helped if you did go and get yourself killed? Going up there would've, meant signing your own death wish. Then you never would've seen Grace again! Think about it, Lorcan!" Darcy yelled as the ship went over the horizon, just in time for them to notice the sun starting to rise. Lorcan calmed down a bit now and realised that Darcy was right. 'Don't worry, Grace. I'll save you even if my life depends on it. I … I love you too much to lose you again.' And with that, the three vacated to The Captain's office, where they were coming up with a plan to get Lorcan's love interest back …
Wow … that was crap! I really didn't like that chapter, and it's okay to say you didn't too, I mean, I don't care! Criticism is allowed! Especially for this chapter! But anyway, more to the point, Grace is captured! Don't you just hate Sidorio and Johnny … and Jez …
But now, to thank you all for making it through this far without thinking 'wtf is this girl on?' And closing the chapter, here's a little bit of randomness from me that you probably won't look at anyway!!
Me- Wow, Sidorio's so bloody evil in this chapter! I hate him so much!
Lorcan- Did someone say Oreos? I love Oreos! (licks lips)
Me- … (stares blankly) Uhh … Sidorio, not Oreos, Lorcan.
Lorcan- (Looks disappointed) Ohh … I'll be off then … (starts to walk away)
(Grace turns up with my good friend, Btvsfifi.)
Grace- Hi everyone! What's up?
(Lorcan's ears prick up and he spins around to face Grace)
Lorcan- … hi … how are you? I thought Sidorio's taken you …
Grace- Well, he has, but that's just in the story. This is the AFTER chapter stuff … you know, kinda like a 'behind the scenes' but … not.
Lorcan- … Well, duhh(!) I knew that! I was … just … teasing you …………
Me- … loooovvvveeee …
Grace & Lorcan- SHUT UP!
Emma- …right … anyway, did you guys hear about the next Vampirates book? It's called 'Black Heart' … sounds good …
Btvsfifi- Yeah init! Can't wait!
Grace & Lorcan- … uh huh …
Okay, me gone now!! There might be more of that no idea. (P.s: Fifi, hope you don't mind you having a line in it XP) Anyone else want to be in my lil random part… just review and ask!!
TOODLES!!
-x-Emma-x-