Hi everyone! Ten reviews! (Yay!) So now, we have the actual fight. So, a heads-ups before you begin reading, I suck at writing fight scenes so I did try, but . . . I gave it just a tiny, ity-bity twist. One vampire is in the way and I really do need to get rid of her. (I'm tired of writing her in, so I'm just gonna kill her off.) Enjoy the chapter!
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Vampire Queen
Chapter 6
Arrow Angel was the oddball in his class, in the neighborhood, like most of his family. To him, growing up hearing about vampires existing was so normal that he often forgot what weird and odd out in the world was. Since the day he'd turned five years old he had secretly started to practice and hone his skills in every way he could without his family knowing about it.
But when his father had caught him practicing with a knife it had cut a good sized hole in his heart when the old man had yelled that he was far too young. It was that event that led him to sneak out and go after an actual vampire.
Unfortunately for him it was a vampire that was a tad bit too powerful. When he'd first seen her he could feel the power that rolled off her in waves. Logic told him that he wasn't strong enough to take her with the silver cross he had snatched.
His ego said something very different.
To his shock, she didn't react like any vampire would. First she denied it, and then upon realizing he came from the Angel bloodline he noted that her blue eyes had started to glow a little bit, reminding him of the blue city lights they were now surrounded in.
The street was conveniently empty of all people, but Arrow quickly amended that at this time of night, it usually was.
All the time learning about vampires he'd forgotten that they too were once human and to meet a vampire only months old, who acted very much like a human, who once had a family that was killed by a vampire, it was easy to say it made him see things in a different light.
What was the real shocker was the fact that she would be the Queen of Vampires, the mate, or whatever they called them, of the High King, Atem. His Grandpa Williams, the man who first started the family bloodline, never stopped grumbling about the vampire and Grandma Sandra claimed she could still remember when he'd bitten her.
Meeting Anzu was a complete turn-around on his view of the vampires he'd grown up getting to know.
Now, in front of both of them stood the vampire of his nightmares. This woman looked mean and heartless. She had black hair tipped with violet and blond bangs framing her face. She was the usual tan like most of the vampires here not to mention she felt . . . ancient. Her body didn't show it, but he could see it in the woman's eyes, cold, cold eyes. She was the vampire he'd grown up knowing. The ones that killed for fun.
She was the kind of vampire his Grandpa warned him about.
"Atena." Arrow wanted to run. Did Anzu say Atena? As in, the vampire King's sister?
The vampire smiled. "Anzu, why in the world are you here? This is where the humans live."
Arrow watched as Anzu's back stiffened and stepped in front of him. The protection made his ego sulk, but logic was now very, very firm within his mind. Anzu would be able to take on the old vamp, hopefully. "So what? I got bored being in the castle all the time. It's not fun to stay in the same place while so young."
Atena's eyes narrowed. "You broke a rule, a very major rule, not to mention you've been talking with an Angel!" the vampire spat. Anzu took a deep breath and reached for her trusty defense and offensive skills she'd learned as a cop.
'Atem?'
'Anzu, where in the hell are you?' Atem's voice growled at her through their link.
'Umm, in the city.'
'…'
'So . . . am I going to get the pounding of my life?'
A low snarl. 'You know I would never hit you!'
'That's not what I meant, darling.' Anzu purred. She sent him the image of a lovely velvet whip she ordered a few days ago.
'You'll be in chains.' He huffed, but she could feel the sexual torment she'd caused him by sending that image.
'I look forward to that but you need to get over here quickly, your sister has me and an Angel cornered.'
'Hold her off as best you can! If that boy dies then it'll start a bloody war that will probably not see an end for a long time.'
Anzu held up her fists and her blue eyes turned to a glowing crimson. 'How did you know it was Arrow?'
'The Angel line is also very rich. Every time there's a new addition the papers can't help but blare and blab about it.'
A shrill scream rented through the air as Atena launched herself through the air. Anzu blocked the punch and grabbed the woman's arm and with all the force she could muster, slammed the ancient vampire into the asphalt. The ground buckled under the sudden force, leaving the body impression in the road. Anzu backed up just in time as Atena was on her feet again, her eyes glowing embers.
Arrow was frozen in fear at the sight, he'd known that vampires were strong, even the young ones, but to see that . . . he took a gulp of air and pulled out his phone as he started to dial for the one man he knew would help. Anzu screamed as she was slammed into a building. Arrow flinched as the glass sprayed everywhere.
"Arrow?"
"Help, get to the old bank in Old Cairo." Another scream went up, this one very inhuman. Anzu was once again slammed into a building, making the glass shatter again.
"Stay there." A harsh but worried command.
Arrow gulped. "Not a problem." Atena turned to him, her eyes utterly inhuman. Anzu's fist came in from the side; giving Arrow a great view of the lady's shocked face as she was literally knocked off her feet and into a building. He turned his gaze to Anzu, and flinched.
He could tell she was young. She was more beaten up than Atena, but what frightened him was the fact that her eyes were a solid black, the only color were two dots of red, her teeth were fully extended, practically needles. "Back off." She snarled. Atena laughed and lunged again.
"Make me!" Anzu moved again, and Arrow wanted to close his eyes when she bit into the throat of the vampire. She had acted so human and to see her do something inhuman . . .
A gun shot rang out then. Anzu could see in slow-motion as Atena's shoulder exploded. The vampire dropped without a sound. "Grandpa!" she heard Arrow yell. Anzu let go of the throat she had latched onto and looked over to see the boy hugging a man with white blond hair and a farmer's tan, one blue eye, the other green.
An Angel. There was two more men standing on his right and left side, a woman, probably his mother, came out and hugged Arrow. Even though the others were trained on the boy, the man that had been called Grandpa, and in reality he didn't even look like one, was watching her.
Ignoring his stare, and being very aware that she probably looked like an utter monster with her mouth covered in blood, Anzu picked up Atena, holding her blown shoulder, making the vampire scream out in pain, which called the attention of the Hunters.
It was really, really awkward. She hadn't felt this awkward since Police Academy when she had to stand in front of everyone and introduce herself. 'Atem?'
She heard a chuckle.
Behind her.
"Hello, William."
The man remained silent for some time before he spoke. "Atem." Anger, hate, and a whole range of other emotions in that single word.
Atem smiled. "I hope Arrow is all right."
"He's fine."
Anzu sniffed. "Who stuck a pole up your ass?" Atem laughed suddenly, his shoulders shaking with effort to hold back his chuckles as he leaned against a ruined building.
"Now Anzu, he can't help it. He only saw the bad side of vampires; his view is limited of me." Anzu watched as William's jaw firmed and his eyes turned to stone.
"For a reason."
Atem laughed softly as if something amused him greatly. "Oh, yes, a good reason indeed." He said and turned to his sister. "Atena, you can imagine how disappointed I am at you for almost starting a war?" He walked over and produced a silk napkin and wiped off Anzu's face as if she was a child, and yeah, she was, but it still made her blush a bit.
Atena screamed shrilly at him, trying to yank away from Anzu's grip, only to have her brother's hand grab her healing shoulder. "Enough." He snarled at her, stopping her struggling. His gaze went to the boy that was watching him with wide eyes. He could only smell Atena and Anzu's blood. "Atena, you dare hurt a child?"
"He was an Angel!"
"A child." He said softly. "Is a child, blood or not." Atena screamed as he yanked her so she would stand. The sickening sound of a bone being crushed into tiny little pieces was like a gun shot, making everyone, even the hunters, flinch. "Have a nice night, Angels." He snarled.
~o~
Arrow watched as the three vampires disappeared literally from view. He took a deep breath and turned to his Grandpa. "So . . . those are . . . vampires." He said.
"Yes, those are vampires."
"Anzu didn't act like a vampire." Arrow said softly. As much as he was taught to hate the vamps, she didn't seem like one at all, in fact, she felt more human despite the fact that she was covered in blood.
"The other female creature?" His father asked, making Arrow bunch up his fists.
"Her name is Anzu." He sniffed. He could feel his Grandpa's gaze on him, but he refused to meet it.
~o~
Atena was slammed into the earth, her spine almost snapping completely. "Leave Anzu." She heard him say. The new vampire left and Atena could feel the dread that was now sitting in her stomach. "You went after her, Aname."
She looked up at him in shock. "How did you know?" she demanded, Atena's features shifting back into her own. Her King walked forward with his eyes glowing a crimson red, making her stumble backwards.
"Your eye. Atena is missing one eye and she has a gash in her face. She is growing weak; it would take three whole days for her to heal completely."
Aname bared her teeth. "Atena is not growing weak!" she screamed. To her shock, because she had never dared thought to go against him in any way, so that had never prompted him to hurt her, he grabbed her neck and slammed her into the earth once more.
This time she felt her spine crack, and to her horror Aname lost all movement in her legs and arms. It left her helpless. Out of her six hundred years alive, she hadn't felt this helpless since she was a child. "You almost started a war, using my sister's image! I was so close to having peace with the Hunters, and this just sets me back even further. How dare you!" he snarled, his needle-like nails driving into her neck, making it hard to breathe for Aname.
"I was being loyal to my Queen." She spat.
For one second the King remained silent and emotionless.
Then the King moved.
"I will not di-" Aname screamed, but before she could finish, she was cut short.
Forever.
*Evil Smile* Now my plan can continue. H-hee hee!
So, when I uploaded this chapter I didn't have the next one finished, but now I'm actually pretty close to being done. There is no lemon, but the whip will come back later on. (*evil grin* I PROMISE!) Don't forget, ten (10) reviews.
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