Several hours later, Brennan was coming around to consciousness, when she heard the soft throaty moans coming through the thin walls. At first it didn't register and she thought it was just a dream or a movie. Then when she heard one of the voices call out lustfully "Sebastian" and a lower answering call of "Myrddin," she decided she had heard enough and that it definitely wasn't either of those things. Wide awake now, she straightened her clothes and grabbed her room key before heading out the door. She did not want to listen to the marathon cuddlebumpers going at it - mainly because then she'd get the mental image of them together. It's best not to smell the cake since you'll be tempted to eat it, she thought to herself.

She went on a walk down the street, surprised to see the sun was sitting low in the sky. I'll give them a few more hours, she thought to herself. She grabbed a bite to eat at a burger joint, contenting herself with watching the other people in the restaurant. There were young couples, old couples, and families with squalling babies, but very few single people like herself. If they were alone, they ordered their burger and quickly scuttled back out the door. One guy caught her attention though. He was alone also and very well dressed. Wavy dark locks and black eyes accentuated his features and he seemed to be doing the same thing she was - watching the patrons of the restaurant. Their eyes locked for an instant across the room, and Brennan found herself rising, unable to suppress the urge to go introduce herself to him.

She knocked her her knee against the table and the pain brought her back to reality. She broke eye contact with him to inspect her knee. Determining that it wasn't going to bruise, the thought of going to the restroom crossed her mind. On her way there, she couldn't help notice that he watched her, as if daring her to make contact with his eyes. With a shiver she entered the cold bathroom, and she knew she didn't want that to happen again. Finishing her business and leaving the restroom, she was annoyed to find her place had been cleared of its drink already. She decided it was time to leave anyway, she walked out the door and back towards the hotel. She didn't see the stranger slip out of his booth or that he casually had fallen into a silent step behind her the entire way.

She entered her room, locked the door, and was really, really annoyed to find the sounds of love-making was still coming from behind the walls. "Just frikken great," she muttered. She had gotten hot and sweaty on her walk, and went to take a cold shower to cool off and drown out their noise. It was still going on when she came back out with a towel around her head and another wrapped around her body. With a growls and mutters at the randy noises, she opened her bag and dragged out clean clothes to dress hurriedly. This time it was a purple skort with a matching vee neck shirt. Her well worn sneakers went back on and the room key went in her pocket as she exited yet again. By this time, the sun was setting and casting gorgeous red orange colors into the sky. Brennan walked to get a good view of the western sky and watched the changing colors of the sky until it disappeared entirely and the moon showed its faint light brightly.

"Beautiful, wasn't it?" A soft and charming voice said behind her. She froze, not wanting to turn around, and didn't say anything to the voice. She took a quick inventory of her location and realized there wasn't a soul around her except her and whoever this voice belonged to - and it was male. "Do you often watch sunsets?"

Simple questions could never be more than deadly, she thought to herself. Maybe if I play mute... she kept her head down, and turned around. It was the pants that caught her eye - and knew it was the guy from the burger joint. A chill went down her spine as she tried to walk past him and he stopped her by stepping in front of her.

"Please don't ignore me." He whispered as he leaned down in her face. She knew he wanted her to look up, and she felt a tremble go through her body. It was hard to explain, but he felt like Sebastian. Old and wise, but this guy had danger written all over him in a way that couldn't be compared. "What's your name?"

"All-powerful doesn't mean all-knowing," she whispered. Fear was beginning to take over, and the only thing that kept her from lashing out towards him was that he hadn't made a move towards her. He gently touched her face, and she was going to kick him when her eyes met his and she froze. He repeated his question of her name, and she immediately answered, "Brennan."

"Brennan, that's a beautiful name and matches you well." he whispered seductively. "Are you here alone?"

Brennan hesitated, her mind going wild with fear, but she could do nothing except stare at this man's lovely black eyes and answer. "No."

"No? Are you sure? Who would let such a tasty morsel such as yourself out of their sight for a minute?" His soft, seductive voice hummed a moment, and she got the clear idea what he wanted her to do.

"No, I'm not alone now that you're here. Why don't you come back to my room and I'll show you how grateful I am?" She whispered back, leaning in and softly brushing his lips with hers. This isn't me. I'm not doing this. she thought to herself as he broke his gaze and led the way back to her room. She knew he was a vampire and was bending her will. She knew he'd drain her when she got back to the room. Please, guys.. be through. I don't want to die...


Sebastian and Myrddin, although a little winded, were taking a small break from loving at that point in time. Snuggling together was another favorite pastime of theirs and they were doing it at that very moment. They heard Brennan's door open and close through the walls.

"Myrddin, was that Brennan leaving or coming back?" Sebastian asked lazily. He had lost track of time and when he looked over at the clock, he honestly didn't want to believe the time of night it was.

"Who cares?" Myrddin purred back, crawling to lay on Sebastian's chest and kiss his lips lightly.

"SEBASTIAN! HEL-!" came the scream from through the walls, stopping abruptly. Both men tensed at it, listening to see if it were to be repeated, then Myrddin kissed Sebastian's lips again.

"It's probably just something she's watching on the tele." Myrddin said reassuringly.

"Maybe..." Sebastian said unconvinced. A few more moments of silence later along with Myrddin's persistent kissing had him getting ready for round two of the marathon of love. That is, until another scream came through the walls.

"MYRDDIN QUIT FU-GCKH!" The scream came abruptly to an end again, putting a temporary damper on their ideas. Myrddin paused, surprised that Brennan would be calling his name - and what was that she said, something like "quit fuck" or maybe he had misheard and she had said, "quick fuck?'

"That's not normal." Sebastian said softly, cutting into his thoughts. "Maybe I had better go check on her." He was already wriggling under Myrddin's form to move out from under him.

"I'm sure it's nothing. Maybe a roach." Myrddin said with a lingering kiss to corner the tall man - after all, he was on top.

"She doesn't say fuck. Her word is cuddlebump, remember?" Sebastian said when the lengthy and passionate kiss ended. Myrddin couldn't help it and snickered.

"No matter how you slice it, that word is as strange as she is." Myrddin said with another kiss, letting his hand roam down to caress below Sebastian's belt. With a hiss, Sebastian whispered Myrddin's name and returned the kiss, turning his attention back to where they left off. It was just getting good when a bloodcurdling scream rent through the air and the two men froze in their embrace. Their expressions were the same as they quickly left the bed before the scream ended - Sebastian grabbing his pants and slipping them on in two smooth motions and zipping them as he went to the door that separated the two rooms and opened it with a "BANG!" Myrddin was a little slower, but did the same as he saw Sebastian swiftly disappear from the doorway.

The vampire knew what room she was in - he had followed her, after all - and drew her key from her pocket, unlocked the door and entered it, drawing her in behind him. He drew Brennan into a tight embrace and kissed her on the lips. He drew her closer to the bed with little resistance and slid into bed with her in his arms. He was deftly undressing her when her first scream tore through the air and his face was in hers in a second and the scream stopped. "You can not resist. You know you want this." He hissed before giving her a fierce kiss on her lips.

I don't, I don't, I don't... kept running through Brennan's mind. Where are they? They aren't cuddlebumping each other to life next door, so what are they doing? she hoped they weren't out. That would be just my wretched luck... The vampire continued to undress her, exposing her to the cold room before he gently traced the rose vine tattoo at her waist.

"You are so very lovely. I will enjoy this." His hand dipped lower until it was between her legs and that's when she screamed again.

"MYRDDIN QUIT FU-GCKH!" she gagged as he hit her throat with a swift motion to cut off her air flow. It left her wheezing for breath and looking fearfully at him.

"That isn't very nice, calling out other men's names." He snarled impatiently at her as he looked at her with contempt. His voice was a low, deadly tone. "Who are they? You do not see them here." He leaned down closer to her face and licked her ear as he added, "They aren't coming to rescue you from me." Then his tongue slid down her neck before she felt a sharp pain and the life began draining from her body.

I agree, not coming is their problem. Brennan thought to herself. She had tears in her eyes as she felt her strength leaving her. Is this how it was for Sebastian and Myrddin? No. It couldn't have been... Her strength and vitality ebbed until it was barely there and he looked at her again, his cheeks a rosy blush and his lips stained with her blood. She could feel him reach down between his legs and heard a zipper crank down slowly. NO! She thought to herself, willing herself not to lay down and die. He can have my blood, but he will not have my body until after I'm dead! He was looking away from her face, down for his grand entrance, and she drew in a large breath, and screeched a horrible bloodcurdling scream that reverberated on the walls.

His face showed his great displeasure and he was near her face in a second, a quick slice of his fingers slicing her throat. It wasn't deep and there was little blood left to seep out of her wound, but it cut off her scream as the door to the next room burst opened with a loud "BANG!" He looked up and was surprised to see a half naked blond man standing there and looking extremely surprised and then very pissed off. It took a second for the strange vampire to realize he did not want to be there in the next moment and he bolted off of Brennan and out of the room by the door very quickly. Unfortunately for him, Sebastian was in hot pursuit. With a loud "BANG!" The room door was almost torn off its hinges twice as two vampires left it - one very much in fear for his continued existence and the other wanting to catch him to put an end to it.

Myrddin was zipping up his pants as he walked through the doorway, wondering what all the noise was about. That was when he spotted Brennan lying on the bed in a very compromising position and put all her screaming together. With a curse, he ducked back into his shared room and grabbed one of his bathrobes out of his bag and brought it into the next room and covered Brennan with it before gathering her into his arms. Her neck was bleeding very lightly, and tears were streaming down her face as she clung to him. She was barely hanging onto life, and her heartbeat was getting slower and slower.

"Didn't think.. you'd ever..." she said softly. "Sorry... love..." The tears were tears of joy, not sadness. Sebastian and Myrddin had both come after all. Maybe a little too late to save her from Death, but the point is they came for her when she needed them. They really were her family. She closed her eyes as she felt a satiny blackness falling over her body.

"Crap Brennan, don't do this. Don't die on us." Myrddin said softly. "Hang on. You can do it." He continued trying to give her a pep talk to keep her awake and focused, but she had lost too much blood and her heart was failing her. Shit, shit shit! This is all my fault. If Sebastian had of checked out her first scream, he could have prevented this! He saw the small smile drift over her face as her grip on him loosened and she began closing her eyes. Her heartbeat was getting fainter and fainter. In a second, he knew what he could do. Biting his wrist, he stuck it next to her mouth, opening her lips with his other hand and placed it on his bleeding wrist. It was painful, but not as painful as Sebastian would be holding out the lovin' if she died. He hoped that some of his blood had gotten down her throat - enough to turn her - before he heard her final heartbeat.