Discovered

Selene cast one look back towards the safe-house to be sure Eve /wasn't/ following her before continuing on her path towards the city. Once she neared the border, the vampire took a deep breath and headed towards the police station to find their human friend. Waiting until she knew the man was alone, Selene entered the station and approached his desk. Sebastian looked up when the light was blocked slightly, an eyebrow shooting up when he saw who had come to pay him a visit.

"Selene?"

"I need to talk to you, in private."

"Uhh, yeah, sure. Follow me."

The detective got up and led the vampire off to a conference room, where he closed and locked the door, and pulled the blinds down to keep nosy officers from getting too curious.

"What's up?"

"I find myself in need of your help, unfortunately."

"Help? What do you need, then?"

"I need you to keep an eye out for this man, and if you see him, contact me immediately."

Selene produced a picture of Michael from her coat pocket and handed it to the human before crossing her arms over her chest. Sebastian took the picture and un-folded it, peering down at it for a few moments before lifting his eyes to the Death Dealer in front of him.

"Who is he?"

"Eve's father..."

"Ah. Well, I'll see what I can find, then. If I find him, I'll bring him here and you can come pick him up."

The vampire gave him a small smile and nodded, looking towards the door when the handle rattled and a voice called out to Sebastian from the other side.

"I should go."

The detective nodded, but before leaving, dug in his pocket and handed her a small black cell phone.

"I'll call you on this if I find anything to do with your lover."

The pair shared a small smile, and he moved over to the door, pulling it open and exiting, making sure the officer outside didn't see Selene. Once the coast was clear, she exited the room and made her way back outside. As she walked down the street, hands in her pockets, the vampire sensed someone following her. With a low, inaudible hiss, she turned down one of the side alleyways to get away from the people starting to crowd the streets, and confront her follower. Selene dodged out of the way just as the near-silent whoosh of an air-powered gun was heard, and a dart hit the stone in front of where she'd been standing. Turning to face the person holding the gun, the vampire let her eyes shift from brown to blue, another low hiss escaped her.

"Who the hell are you..."

"Someone you should be running from, blood-sucker."

Selene let her eyes travel over the figure in front of her, lifting an eyebrow slightly when she saw a silver ring situated on his finger.

"You're human. Why would I run from a human?"

The man grunted and fired off another shot from his weapon, the dart flying past the vampire's head and embedding into the stone again.

"A human with very bad aim, at that."

He narrowed his eyes and aimed again, pulling the trigger and sending another dart towards her, the needle-tip sticking in the bulk of her coat. Deciding that enough was enough, Selene moved forward and pulled the gun out of the man's hand and slipped around behind him. She struck the base of his skull with the stock of the rifle-shaped dart gun, knocking him unconscious. Tucking the gun into one of the inner pockets of her coat, she turned and left the alley, heading back towards the safe-house. She reached it within an hour, and after typing in the code that David had taught her, the Death Dealer entered and closed the door behind her. The moment the door hissed, signaling the engagement of the locking mechanism, Eve appeared in the doorway of the room she'd been staying in.

"Mom! Did you find anything?"

"Sebastian said he'd keep an eye out for Michael, and contact me if anything comes up."

The hybrid child nodded, though couldn't hide the slight disappointment in her eyes, having hoped her mother would return with news of the father she'd yet to meet. Passing by her to enter the small kitchen area of the safe-house, Selene laid a gentle hand on her daughter's shoulder, giving a small squeeze before moving to the fridge. Eve followed, watching the vampire's movements carefully as she pulled three blood bags from the fridge and poured the contents into some glasses, setting them in the microwave.

"You're heating it?"

"Have you ever had cold blood? It's disgusting. Feels like you're trying to drink a glass of snot."

A snort of laughter escaped the girl and she moved to sit at the small table, only looking up when the microwave dinged. Selene pulled two of the cups from the appliance and sat one in front of her daughter, before seating herself next to her with the other. The third she left in the microwave for when David rose and joined them, which didn't take long. The male vampire smiled and took his cup, thanking her, and joining them at the table.

"David...are there any other covens in the area? If we're going to stand a chance against Antigen and it's...ridiculously large lycans...we'll need as many bodies as we can get."

"I'm not sure. My father had records of all the other covens that may have existed. I can access them if I can get back into the old coven...they were stored underground there."

The Death Dealer watched as Eve finished her blood and moved off into the bedroom to do something. Once she was gone, Selene produced the dart gun, laying it on the table with a serious expression on her face.

"I was attacked on my way back. Luckily the bastard was human, and had shit aim..."

"What is this...it looks like a tranquelizer gun..."

"Shoots darts like one too."

With that, she produced the dart that had stabbed into the thick fabric of the coat she'd been wearing while in the city. David hissed and picked it up, examining it closely before taking it, and the gun, down a set of stairs near-by. She followed him, wanting to know what would have been injected into her blood-stream if not for the coat. After a bit, the machine that was analyzing the liquid inside the dart gave them a result; inconclusive.

"What the hell..."

"So you're telling me that a machine can't break this down and tell us what's in it?"

"That's the way it would seem, oddly enough."

"Perfect. Now we have crazy humans with darts full of mystery liquid that we have NO clue what will do to us?"

"Ah...to put it bluntly, yes."

The conversation was suddenly interrupted by a loud alarm, as well as red flashing lights. David cursed and moved up the steps, informing Selene that the proximity alarm outside had been tripped. The two of them moved to gaze at the monitors, and their eyes narrowed when they saw nearly a dozen well-armed men approaching the small safe-house.

AN: Hi everyone! Thank you for reading chapter two: Discovered! More than likely, all of my chapters will be around this length, unless I get a big, fat, giant muse-monster that takes over my body and makes me write longer ones. Later on, once things develop a bit more, I'm sure they will get a /bit/ longer. Enjoy, and be sure to review! Reviews make me a happy wolf!