Phew , trying my best to get this out as fast as possible for you guys! Thanks for the reviews and tips on how to improve!
Vampirates and it's characters are owned by Justin Somper.
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Sidorio.
Grace stared open mouthed in horror. Seeing Sidorio again brought back a onslaught of bad memories. Being trapped in her cabin , him coming dangerously close. The captain lying motionless in Sanctuary. Mosh Zu's face as all those he'd been working to save gave up on themselves.
Lorcan swore under his breath , the word sounding odd in his soft Irish voice. It tore Grace out of her memories and back into the real world.
"What do we do? There has to be a back door!" , she reasoned desperately. Tightening her grip on Loran's hand.
"No," Connor shook his head sadly in response.
"Then what are we supposed to do?"
"Hide , and be quick about it." Her twin answered sharply. Looking around for someplace to take cover. "Under one of the tables , we might last long enough for a chance to dash out".
Lorcan nodded , towing Grace behind him as he clambered under the nearest table. It was surrounded by noisy , drunken pirates singing at the tops of their voices. Thankfully ignoring the three of them as they squashed under as best they could. Lorcan keeping a firm grip on Grace's hand , while Connor peered out from underneath . Watching to see what would happen.
The noise of the tavern was muffled under the table as they tried to stay calm and stay out of the way of the shuffling boots of pirates that sat around the table.
"Maybe they won't do anything," Grace whispered hopefully.
Lorcan looked at her , blue eyes filled with worry , "I wouldn't count on it. They wouldn't come to such a populated place if they weren't feeding".
"But there's a lot of pirates here. Surely they'd be strong enough to fight them off.
Again , Lorcan shook his head. "Not without weapons. And at any rate , the more blood these…deserters have drank , the stronger they'll be."
Grace shuddered slightly , listening intently incase there was some sort of fight. It didn't take long.
"Oi! You! You can't come in here with that sword y'know , it'll have to be left outside with the others!' Ordered one of the serving girls.
"What? This old thing? No problem. I can do more damage without it." A boastful , booming voice rang out across the cavern. Grace cringed as she heard Sidorio , arrogant and proud as ever. A few pirates sitting with earshot of Sidorio turned and stared. Surprised by his words and his powerful voice.
"It seems some of you don't believe me," Sidorio roared , getting more charismatic as he began to draw in stares from the crews assembled at the cavern.
"What's he playing at?"
"He's just full of him self'
"Is he serious?".
From under the table they were able to catch snippets of people murmuring. Grace heard footsteps shuffling across the cabin and managed to peer out. The vampires were drawn to Sidorio as if he was a magnet. Eyes hungry , mouths hanging open as they pushed passed the crowds towards them.
"You see , a sword'll just slow things down. They're very messy when it comes to trying to get a drink out of you lot", Sidorio explained as he stepped towards the tables.
"What's he talking about?"
"I don't like how those people are looking?"
"Are the drugs?"
"Hey , remember what happened to the Wrathe Brother?"
"So , if you all don't mind. And it doesn't matter very much to me either way. I think I'll just help myself". Sidorio was closer now , standing directly in front of the table , Grace , Connor and Lorcan were hiding under. With an alarmingly fast movement , Sidorio reached down and seized Connor by his arm , hauling him out from underneath.
"You-your like her…" Sidorio murmured , as if recalling his previous meeting with both of the twins. "Young and strong , hah , my perfect meal," he laughed , as Connor squirmed in his grasp , to little effect.
As if a switch had been flicked , the pirates realised what terrible danger they were in and swarmed up as if to attack. But before any of them could so much as finish standing up , the rest of the vampires were upon them , snatching some in their grasp to feed of them. While the pirates that managed to avoid being caught fought with little effect to free their friends. It was as if when blood-lust came over these vampires , they seemed unable to notice pain , and their limbs became as hard as rock. Sidorio bent his head towards Connor's neck , getting ready to feed.
Grace felt dizzy and sick. Shaking uncontrollably. Connor! Her twin! What was she supposed to do? She couldn't just let Sidorio get him , not after everything that they'd been through. But what to do? A thought struck her right away. No. She couldn't do that? But she had to. She couldn't make such an impact on him , surely. She had to try. Grace swallowed , mind made up.
She tore her hand from Lorcan's tight grip. Scrambling out from under the table and turning to Sidorio. It happened very slowly. Grace could see Lorcan's horrified face , Sidorio's eyes turn and latch onto her with such intensity. Connor fall to his knees as Sidorio dropped him aside. Sidorio diving towards her , his mouth open in some roar or cry , but she couldn't hear it. He crashed into her , and they are both sailing through the air. Out of the open doorway. Time going slower , and slower and slower.
"Grace!" Lorcan cried.
Everything sped up. Grace smashed through the rotten planks of the Tavern's walk way. Wood cutting fiercely onto her back , causing her to scream in pain as she tried to free herself from Sidorio's grasp. And then , with Grace's mouth still open in a cry , both of them plunged into the sea. Salt water stung Grace's eyes and filled her throat. Making the lacerations on her back ache even more. Air , she needed to breath. But Sidorio held her tightly , making it impossible for it move , and every second she grew weaker. He lowered his head and his sharp tight cut through her skin.
Grace retched in disgust as Sidorio began to 'share' with her. Despite what the captain had told her about there being little pain involved in the process , it only added fresh hurt. From blood loss for from lack of air , her vision began to grow fuzzy ,but still she tried to free herself from Sidorio's grip. Then , a rush of silver bubbles flew towards her , Sidorio arched his back in pain , Grace could see the tip of a sword protruding from his neck. He'd been run straight through. And though she wasn't sure , she thought she could make out Connor grasping the sword. Sidorio's rock hard grip on Grace was suddenly gone , as he tried to escape Connor. Grace felt herself begin to sink like a stone , falling deeper and deeper into the ocean. Her desperate need for air lessened , she'd almost drowned before , twice. And now this time was even calmer than the previous two , she thought surprisingly at as she felt the last of her strength drain out of her.
There was another blast of silver bubbles , this time much closer to Grace. Something was coming towards her. Someone. Lorcan. He was swimming towards Grace desperately , eyes filled with desperation , fear and something else which Grace couldn't work out in her weakened state. If only he had appeared a few moments earlier , she thought , then she could've held on. But now she was too tired to try to keep herself from closing her eyes. How funny that both of them would have met like this , with her drowning and him trying to rescue her. And now they would part like this. The irony of it all caused Grace to smile at Loran , the last silver bubbles of air rushing out of her mouth. She tried to hold on , but she knew her last ounce of defiance couldn't save her…
And then there was darkness.
Going on forever and ever and ever.
Then , suddenly , Lorcan's cold lips were pressing against hers. And suddenly there was air. Air. Thin and unsatisfying , but there it was still there. Blown from his lungs into hers. Then , still giving her air he began kicking upwards , clutching tightly onto her. They broke the surface of the water , and Loran ,almost reluctantly , pulled his head away from her.
"Grace , Grace?" He asked worriedly , treading water , keeping her head above the wave. Grace couldn't answer , despite the fact she could breath now. Something else was wrong. She could feel her blood draining out of her , and once again everything began to grow dark.
"Grace? Grace! You'll be fine , you have to be alright! Oh please Grace , oh no. Please be alive Grace , please , please". Lorcan cried , his voice growing more desperate and more broken as terror gripped him. And with Lorcan's desperate pleads in her ear. Grace , reluctantly this time , fell away into the darkness.
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Well , that was pretty awful. I just felt like I owed you guys another chapter cause I didn't right for a-g-e-s.
