Chapter 3:
Titania slammed the door open into the wall standing in its light with an impish look, before walking in loudly. Rose woke first and let her eyes fly around wildly to see what was going on. Eddie was still scarily pale and unconscious with a bleary eyed Dimitri beside him. Lisa and Christian were waking slowly on the adjoining wall. Lisa was curled on his lap and he sat slumped on the wall with his arms draped over her once sleeping form.
"Hello sweet heart," she purred happily in front of sleep coated eyes belonging to Christian.
"Sorry, I'm taken." He snapped tensing his arms which remained protectively over Lisa.
"What by her?"
"Yes, I tend to like girls that aren't half dead murders."
"Well, that hurt, but not as much as you're going to." She seethed angrily jolting him to his feet and letting Lisa fall to the floor off his legs. Obron walked in slowly with measured steps to look upon the scene.
"Titania you may have some fun but don't kill him…yet." He smirked leaning against the door frame lazily. Titania let a wicked smile slice her mouth as she dropped him into the splintered chair. Her heeled boot smashed into his chest and a faint crack echoed from a cracked rib. She sent her fist into his cheek bone and stomach before staring down at him. Blood dribbled from the corner of his mouth and his smirk had slipped off completely but he still refused to cry out. He still kept looking to Lisa more worried about her breaking point then the pain inflicted on his bones. Then she pressed her lips to his making him squirm uncomfortably. When she pulled back she licked the bit of blood on her lips and smiled hungrily.
"Well that's just nasty." Christian groaned in between gasped for air trying to hunch forward but restrained by his ropes. She grinned sickly and showed her fangs hungrily leaning towards his neck.
"No Titania, not right now." Obron pulled her back forcefully making her snap her moth closed angrily. "Let me have a go."
Another fist now slammed into Christian's abdomen then chest creating another crack. Blood spewed from his moth with a kick from Obron's boot. "Do you want to save him?"
Lisa looked up wearily trying to hold back fresh tears and keep her watery eyes down, "Yes."
"I didn't hear you."
"Yes."
"All you have to do is kill one of the others, and lover boy leaves."
"I…i…"
"Very well," Obron sighed pulling out a sleek knife from his jacket, "It is your choice."
"Don't…do it." Christian rasped before Obron's foot smashed down on his leaving a parade of snaps and cracks.
"Limited time offer." He teased carelessly flicking dust from the silvery blade, "five…"
"Please I can't." Lisa pleaded pressing her back into the cool wall to try and break away.
"Four…"
"No, just let him go I can't…"
"three…"
"Please!'
"Two…"
"NO!NO!NO!"
"One. This going to hurt, you can thank your girl over there." With those words Obron sliced the blade all the way through Christian's abdomen. He gasped in shock and agony as the knife withdrew from his center. Obron picked him up from the chair and shoved him back by Lisa, "To be nice I will help you."
Obron leaned down and clutched Lisa's bound hands before slicing the blade through them and releasing her hands. "Remember any of you can save yourselves."
He stood straight again and left with a gleeful grin on his lips with Titania close behind him. Lisa pressed Christian's wound desperately with open palms as. "I'm so sorry."
"I's not ur fau..lt" He shuddered slumping heavily on the cold wall as his eyelids dropped.
"Lisa it's okay it is our job to save morio." Rose sighed desperately with tears falling down her cheeks as she tried to hide her sorrow. "Obron!"
He didn't enter and there was no noises pointing to the fact that anybody was coming. This was there chance to get out. She stood slowly and moved toward the door to try the handle. Nope, because that would be too easy. Her shoe made a harsh impact on the wood but it still didn't budge. "How are we supposed to get out of this?"
"I can," Christian choked out pressing his bond fists to the ground and stumbling upward. Lisa caught his shoulders as he began to tip and helped him to the door. '"stand back."
"Christian, you aren't strong enough to use that much magic." Lisa warned pushing his wrists back down. He rolled his eyes back to her and smirked.
"I'm indestructible babe." He chuckled with a fake smirk before stretching his palms back to the door watching as the door burst into flame. The fire danced and fidgeted at its barriers but didn't budge until finally it dissolved away into ash.
Christian swayed on his feet wincing at every motion. Lisa encircled herself in his arm and held him partially sturdy. Rose took his other side with ease and evened his stance.
"Dimitri, get off your butt and help Eddie." Rose barked in annoyance glancing over her shoulder before poking her head into the stairwell. There was nobody in sight. She clutched her finger into Christian's shirt before cautiously moving up the stairs. Each step seemed ear popping as the steps creaked angrily under their foot falls. Her ear twitched at the sound of Dimitri gliding across the steps with ease even with Eddie's added weight. At the peak of the stairwell voices could be heard bellowing. Rose scanned the room to see at least five strogi leaning against scattered moth beaten furniture.
"I say we just kill them all." A barrel chested one groaned, his black buzz cut gleamed with sweat. He flexed large muscles and smiled with a hunger for blood. His fangs bit into his bottom lip and looked as if they might break the stretched skin. "There is no point in this stupid game."
"You are wrong there my friend, I don't only want to break them physically. I want to tear their souls out like how the ripped my companion's hearts through with a stake. They are going to fall apart inside and out." Obron spat mercilessly with a cup of scotch cracking under the steel grip which flowed through his hands.
"Is it clear Roza?" Dimitri questioned softly peering his dark eyes upward. Rose pressed her lips together tensely before giving a grim shake of her head.
"Can you fight?" Rose pleaded softly not breaking eye contact with the dangerous enemies to close for her liking.
"Yes, how many are there?"
"I see five in total, but there may be more close by."
"Roza," Dimitri beckoned giving her a cool stare of certainty, "Get Lisa and Christian out of here and to safety."
"You're injured and you can't fight all of them at the same time. I can help…"
"They come first," Dimitri spat strongly at a very low tone before sliding Eddie to the stairs, "Get them out." Rose sadly complied and pressed back to the wall so Dimitri could take the lead. He tensed as if ready to pounce and sent a steely glance over the room. Before mouthing out 3…2…1…
He shot forward from the stairwell with fists ready. Rose began to pull Lisa and Christian toward the doorway carefully with eyes keen. Then she saw it, a sparkling silver stake. Lying teasingly on the jacket she had been wearing, its resting place only a few feet away. She glanced over her shoulder at Dimitri who was losing pitifully and knew she only had seconds before they would come for her. So she made up her mind and let Christian slump on the wall with Lisa holding to him for dear life. She struck forward and snatched the stake from the fabric in one swift motion.
