Chapter 7: Shadow's Rage and Aurora's Stupidity
Shade knocked three times on the door to the lair, and waited patiently. Abi and Shadow stood behind him, looking around and listening for sounds of anything moving in the woods around them. The sun was beginning to set, making them all nervous, and their Vampire senses fly sky high. Shade too was beginning to get nervous and irritated that no one was answering the door like they were supposed too. Pounding on the door, he growled and looked around. Shadow pulled out her phone and dialed Drac's number, while still glancing around.
"Hello?" came Drac's voice on the other line.
"Drac, its Shadow. Where are you?" she asked.
"Sitting in my office in the lair…Why?" he asked.
"Well, we are standing outside the door, pounding on the it, and no one is answering. Can you please let us in, the sun is beginning to set, and we all know what happens around here when it does." Shadow replied, glancing over her shoulder when a twig snapped.
"Be right there!" Drac said, then hung up.
Shadow closed her phone, and turned around to look in the direction of the snapping twigs. Abi tensed and Shade grabbed her, pulling her behind him. The bushes began to rattle, as the door to the lair opened, and Drac appeared. Shade gently pushed Abi through the door and grabbed Shadow as he himself headed in. Drac quickly shut and locked the door, then turned and swore loudly.
"Where the fuck is that guard!!" he yelled, then looked around at the three. "Where are the others?" he asked.
"Gone…Your sister." Shadow growled and walked down the stairs.
Drac growled lowly and followed Shade and Abi down the stairs, as the guard to the door came around the corner, and young, female Vamp in tow. The guard stopped dead and stared in shock at Drac, who was glaring back.
"Where the hell have you been?" he growled.
"Uh…Er…well I went to get something to eat…" the guard stammered.
"Yea, I bet you did. Out now!" Drac yelled, pointing to the door.
"What? Your throwing me out?!" the guard yelled.
"Yes I am!" Drac said angrily.
Abi stared at him in shock, but Shadow and Shade where glaring at the guard angrily.
"Why?" the guard asked.
"Why? Because I can't have a horny Vamp guarding the door in times of emergencies such as this! Now GET!" Drac yelled, making Abi flinch.
Shade put a comforting arm around her shoulders and smiled weakly at her. The young female Vamp released the guard and hurried away, out of sight.
"I will deal with you later, missy!" Drac yelled after her.
The guard lowered his head and headed for the door. As he passed Drac, he tried to take a cheap swing at him, but Drac ducked it and punched him full in the face, sending the guard flying back.
"Now is not the time to fuck with me!" he growled, standing over the guard.
"Drac, come on!" Shadow said, grabbing Drac's arm and pulling him away from the guard.
A few other Vamps gathered around, watching in amusement as Drac slowly allowed Shadow to pull him away.
"You, get him out. And you, take the door and don't leave it or so help me I will rip your throat out!" Drac growled.
The Vamp he had told to take the door swallowed and nodded feverishly, and ran up to the door. The others grabbed the dazed guard off the floor and also headed for the door, Drac glaring at them the whole time. After they had left, Shadow pulled on Drac's arm again, and he walked backwards with her pulling him.
"Lets go to my office." he muttered, turning and walking ahead of Shadow.
She released his arm and fell back into walking pace with the other two. Drac led them down several long hallways, and Abi was worried that they'd get lost with all the twists and turns they were taking. But Shadow knew exactly where they were headed. The old office of the old Sire that they had come to know when they first met Drac. Shade knew the tunnels well too, seeing as he lived here before he met Shadow and the others. They finally came to a set of small stairs leading down, and headed into a door.
"We keep going down like this and we're gonna end up in the bowels of hell!" Abi muttered, looking around.
"Dear, we are in the bowels of hell." Drac replied with a smirk.
Shade and Shadow laughed lightly at the sudden mood change, then looked around the old office. Sighing, Shadow looked up at Drac and stepped forward to the desk.
"Shi was kidnapped by a guy named Lux, this morning. Eclipse chased after them and Jake chased after him. After all that, someone else snuck in the house and kidnapped Adam…According to Shi's mind, Lux is a follower of your sister. We were hoping like hell, that you knew where she is." she explained.
Drac growled again and looked around at them all.
"No. I haven't heard from her since Shi stopped me from killing the bitch." he grumbled.
Shadow sighed and looked down.
"I can't get a read on Shi's mind. Its all been dark since about three hours ago, like she's unconscious." Shadow muttered.
"Lets hope that's all that it is." Drac said, sitting down.
"What are we going to do? Jake is gone!" Abi cried.
Shadow looked back at her, and Shade looked at her, gripping her shoulders again.
"Stay calm for us. For Jake! He needs you to stay calm for him, ok?" Shade said softly, looking at her.
Abi nodded and wiped away a tear, then sighed, her breath shaky. Drac sighed and stared at his desk, thinking.
"Drac, we need your help!" Shadow said suddenly.
"I don't know anything though! I can't help!" Drac replied, looking up at her.
"Send some Night Hunters with us! We need some of your fighters!" Shadow growled.
"No way! They are busy!" Drac said.
"With what?!" Shade snapped suddenly, making Abi jump. "You were always bitching about not being able to help Shi when she needed you! Or not being there for her in her times of need! Where the fuck did all that go?!" he yelled.
"Out the damn window since she met that goody boy, Eclipse!" Drac yelled back, jumping to his feet.
"Drac, we all know I will kick your ass up one side and down the other of this room! So don't tempt me!" Shade growled, eyeing Drac.
Drac relaxed a minute, realizing this and looked back down at his desk, dropping down in his chair. Shade relaxed a bit as well, but rage was still coursing through his body.
"Shi needs you…Eclipse was taken too." Shadow said calmly.
"That's her problem then…" Drac muttered, not looking up at her.
With a growled, Shadow was suddenly on top of the desk, the collar of his shirt clenched tight in her fist, their faces inches apart. Drac stared at her stunned, never seeing this side of her before. Shadow glared back into his icy blue eyes.
"My sister is missing, due to your sister. Either you help us, or the Children of the Night will be looking for another Sire to lead them!" she growled forcefully.
"Ok, ok! Let me go! I'll help!" Drac said quickly.
"Good boy." Shadow growled, releasing his shirt.
Drac dropped back into the chair, his heart racing and his body trembling. Shadow jumped off the desk, and stared at him, waiting for him to say something else.
"Well…I'll…I'll gather the Night Hunters, and meet you in the Main Hall." he said, voice trembling.
"Good. In the mean time, where is Ryan Ross's room?" Shadow asked.
"The Fledge?" Drac asked, confused.
"Drac, don't play stupid! Where is he?!" Shadow yelled.
"Down the hall, across from you're guys's old rooms!" Drac yelled, cowering.
"See, that wasn't so hard, was it?" Shadow sneered.
Turning back to the others, she gave a weak smile to Abi, who looked terrified, hiding behind Shade, and headed to the door. As she opened it, Shade lead Abi out of the room, and Shadow looked back at Drac, who was shivering in fear.
"I expect to see you, and your Night Hunters in the Main Hall, within ten minutes. If you are not there, I will hunt you down myself." she growled.
"I'll be there." Drac said, nodding.
"Good." Shadow remarked, and left, slamming the iron door behind her.
Drac sighed and tried calming his nerves, before heading up to find his Night Hunters.
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Shi awoke hours later, laying on her back on the cold concrete floor of the cage. She slowly sat up, putting a hand to her pounding head, and looked around. In the cage next to her, Jake, Adam, and Eclipse sat silently, staring around. Jake was the first to notice her, and jumped to his feet.
"Shi! You're ok!" he cried.
"Yea…Fine." Shi muttered, slowly getting to her feet.
Eclipse raced to the bars of their cage and stuck his hands through to her cage.
"Shi…I was so worried!" he said, reaching for her.
Shi slowly walked to him, grabbing his hands and looking at him with a weak smile. Eclipse gripped her hands tight, as if he thought she would vanish if he let her go.
"What happened?" she asked hoarsely, looking around.
"We didn't see exactly, but I think they got you with a knockout dart." Adam said, stepping up beside Eclipse.
"Adam? How'd you get here?" Shi asked, looking at him.
"Some fucker attacked me in my room. I'm more worried about Abi and the others. Abi was having a panic attack before I got bagged." Adam said.
Shi sighed and looked down at the floor, rubbing the back of her head.
"My head is killing me…" she muttered.
"Yea, well Eclipse about had a conniption fit over that…" Jake muttered.
"Oh?" Shi asked, looking at him.
"Yea. They just threw you in there like a rag doll. You hit your head pretty hard on the floor." Jake explained.
"That's why it hurts…" Shi muttered.
"Yea, they're all out looking for the other girl that was supposed to be in there with you." Eclipse said.
Shi's eyes widened, and she gasped. She suddenly let go of Eclipse's hands and ran to the door of the cell, looking up at the rafters.
"Shania? Are you ok?" she asked.
"Just fine…" came Shania's voice quietly.
"I'm sorry…I didn't mean to leave you up there all alone." Shi said.
"Don't worry about it. It's kinda fun." Shania replied.
The boys all walked to the door of their cages, and looked up at Shania, who was perched high up on a metal rafter. Shi looked around for a way out, but couldn't find one, considering the hunters had taken her key away. Sighing, she looked back up at Shania.
"I guess you're there for a bit." she said.
"That's ok. I'm fine." Shania said, smiling.
The door outside started to unlock, and Shania lay down on the rafter, disappearing from sight. The door opened, and Aurora walked in, a huge scar across her forehead. Shi couldn't help but snicker at it.
"You…" Aurora said, stopping at Shi's cage. "Look what you did to me!" she yelled.
"Shouldn't have pissed me off." Shi muttered, glaring at Aurora.
"I'll show you piss me off." Aurora said, her foot suddenly flying between the bars and slamming into Shi's stomach.
Gasping, Shi stumbled away, trying to catch her breath, doubled over, clutching her stomach. In the cage beside her, Eclipse growled angrily, as did the other two.
"Oh lookie boys. They want to protect her." Aurora taunted. "Open the door."
One of the guards with her, stepped forward and unlocked the door to Shi's cage. Shi looked up as Aurora entered, and flinched as her stomach twinged in pain. When Shi made no move to get away from her, Aurora decided to take another shot at hurting her. But Shi had been waiting for that. As Aurora's foot came up towards Shi's face, Shi stood up and grabbed Aurora's ankle, twisting it sideways, and brought her own foot up, connecting with Aurora's face. Even as Shi's feet were bare, the force of her kick was enough to send Aurora to the ground.
Aurora used her free foot to kick Shi away from her, sending Shi stumbling back into the wall. Aurora got to her feet and again tried a quick move on Shi, but she was quicker. Ducking the attempted attack, Shi sidestepped out of the way of Aurora's fist, but right into a side kick, right to the ribs. Shi stumbled back again, this time into the wall where Eclipse, Adam and Jake were leaned, watching intently.
"Get her over here…We'll help." Eclipse hissed to her.
Shi smirked faintly, and waited for Aurora to come at her again. That didn't take long at all. Thinking she was winning this fight, Aurora rushed forward, smiling widely. But she hadn't anticipated Shi side stepping, and she running right into the waiting hands of the three boys next door. Tables turned now, Shi took her opportunity to beat the hell out of Aurora. The hunters that had followed Aurora in, hastily opened the door to Shi's cage, and rushed in, one grabbing Shi and ripping her off Aurora, and throwing her across the cage like a towel. The other grabbed Aurora and wrenched her free of the boys grip and started dragging her to the door.
Shi looked up at the one hunter towering over her, smirking evilly. Around his neck hung the key to the cages. Eclipse growled angrily as the hunter pulled back his foot, readying himself for a kick right in the face of Shi. But again, Shi was quicker, and latched on to his other leg, sinking her teeth deep into his flesh. Screaming in pain, the hunter stumbled back, kicking his foot wildly. Shi was soon thrown from his ankle, taking a chunk of his flesh with her. Like before with her father, she gagged and spit out his blood and the chunk of meat from his ankle. Then, without warning, she jumped to her feet, and using all her Vampire strength, she attacked the huge hunter, dragging him to the ground in an instant. Ripping the key from its chain, she snapped the hunters neck and jumped up, heading for the door. The other hunter slammed it shut, just as she got to it, knocking her to the ground, stunned. He apparently hadn't realized the she had the key, because he quickly locked the door and left, carrying Aurora.
Shaking her head, Shi stood and wobbled over to where Eclipse's hands where hanging through to her cage.
"Are you ok?" Eclipse asked.
"That was a pretty hard kick you took when he shook you off." Jake said.
"Fine." Shi said, nodding.
"Are you sure? You're bleeding." Eclipse said, wiping away a blood droplet from her chin.
"Its not mine. Its his. And this is all old. I'm fine, really." Shi said, smiling at him.
"Ok…what's that in your hand?" he asked, looking at her hand.
Smirking, Shi held up her hand, and let the key dangle down between her fingers. The three boys cheered and looked happily at her.
"Boys, we are getting out of here." Shi said, smiling and heading back to her door. "Again…" she added softly.
A/n: THATS the next chapter...and it will get better yet!! so review for me!! LaterZ!