Title: EaRtH aNgEl

Author: Jamie Carlson

Contribution: Section One: Prelude to the Battle - Part Six

Rating: 15, PG13

Warnings: Some strong language and violence

Spoilers: Vampire Diaries series and Vampire (Princess) Miyu anime OVAs (and some Manga references)

Disclaimers: I do not own Vampire Diaries or Vampire Miyu. Jaymee, Arthis, Rei and Crysania are mine and mine alone. (yeah, I stole Crys' name, but the character is mine. And Rei's name I stole as well... Heheh gomennasai. I'm surprised at how few people pointed that out - only one or two! The reason I chose that name is my love of the anime Sailormoon)

Summary: All Damon Salvatore wants to do is get far, FAR away from Stefan and Elena. But, his wandering brings him to a young woman, trying to deal with becoming a vampire. When this girl disappears, will Damon be able to bring himself to ask Stefan for help? And will he, even with Stefan, Elena, Alaric, Meredith, Bonnie, Matt, and a few new-comers be able to find her in time?

Special Thanks: BIG thanks to everyone who has read and commented on these, and actually enjoyed the story! Don't worry; the new changes aren't big and are just to make the whole thing easier to understand, and basically grammar, spelling, and sentence correction here and there.

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Story notes can be found in Part One.

Part Notes:

This is basically setting it up for the first skirmish between the Hero(es) and the Villain(s).

Section One: Prelude to the Battle - Part Six

It was dark there. Very dark and very warm. The sounds around her were fuzzy and made no sense. Pain in her cheek was no more than a dull ache anymore, but she didn't care. She didn't really know what that word meant right then.

She was just content to lay there....

Lay there where though? She wasn't really sure. She felt something warm wrapped around her, and it smelled like fur... and she was leaning against something strong and hard, and a small weight was on her back and left arm. Her right cheek was pressed against something. Inside of that something was a rhythmic beating... a heart.

Ah, a heart. now she knew what that sound was... and she could now smell the blood and flesh of the one holding her, for she was being held. By who though? She didn't really care, she was warm and comfortable and felt a sense of love emanating from the one holding her, so she was all right.

A voice penetrated her warmth, and she listened so she could remember where she was...

"I can understand why we're doing this, and I can understand why *you're* doing it even more, but I'm telling you, there is no *escaping* than Shinma devil woman!"

The voice was female, with the power and sensual beauty of a vampire.

"We will find a way." That voice was very male, and very close... She could feel the words moving the chest of the speaker, whom she was being held by. She stirred, and she felt the arms tighten around her briefly. "She's awake."

Jaymee opened her eyes. She looked up at Crysania first. The female vampire was sitting a few feet away, and was watching her with kind blue eyes, small oceans of sorrow in her pale face. Jaymee then looked wearily up at Arthis, who was looking down on her with an expression of sadness and joy mixed together. He sighed softly, and repeated himself in a voice barely louder than a vampiric whisper:

"We will find a way...."

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Bonnie screamed when Damon suddenly slammed on the breaks in the middle of a residential area. Meredith, behind them, had to swerve to avoid a collision. When the car had stopped, Meredith, Alaric and Himiko climbed out and went immediately over to the others.

Damon was already out of his Ferrari (he seemed to have a Ferrari stashed in every town he stayed at). He tilted his head back slightly, nostrils flaring slightly as he tested the air. He then reached out with his Power, almost certain now.

*'Hey... Jaymee... If you can answer me, please do...'*

To his joy, which he was careful to hide from Stefan and Bonnie, he received a groggy reply, broken like a fuzzy radio signal from distance as the girl was only a fledgling.

*'...Mmm? D--on? ..--ere are you? ...-y Si-- is -ith me.....'*

As Damon received the reply, he zeroed in on the source. He grinned.

"Damon?" Elena asked softly.

"She's near... about a block away... She's tired, but alive..." Damon was barely able to contain his glee at finding her so soon. But... She had NOT been in town the three days he had searched for her. How..? He brushed all questions away. It didn't matter. The fact was, she was near, and she was still coherent. "Come on."

Damon took off at a dash, and the humans piled into Meredith's car as Stefan followed on foot. Meredith left tire tracks burned into the pavement six feet long in order to keep up.

Damon didn't know what it was, but something URGENT was driving him forward. Something was telling him he had to hurry... Suddenly, a presence next to him made him turn his head.

Gliding one foot above the ground, the girl Miyu was next to him. He sensed Larva nearby. He saw the look in her eyes and began to talk without slowing.

"That Shinma is near isn't she?"

"Yes." The girl's voice was deeper, more adult when she was serious. "Rei is nearby. She is also very, very angry. Someone has done something to cause her to become enraged. I have a feeling your girlfriend will lead us to that someone, but will also lead Rei to us."

Damon felt cold. That was why he was being pushed forward. He knew that this Shinma woman was going to hurt Jaymee if she got there first. Well, she wouldn't. She WOULDN'T.

Damon shifted quickly into his wolf form and streaked ahead. He heard Miyu call after him.

"To the left. Three houses down. Arthis and Crysania are with her. HURRY, Damon, Rei is coming!"

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Arthis was suddenly on his feet. He turned to Jaymee, who was curled up on the bed. They had broken into a house whose occupants were away to rest. He had sensed another mind brush against his childe's, and he had heard her reply. Damon. Salvatore? Yes. The one Rei was after. Rei.

Arthis went to the window. It was getting dark. Clouds filled the sky. He knew why. He knew who was doing it. Rei. She was angry. And she would have her revenge on them for stealing away her bait... and then she would kill Jaymee, and take Damon's blood. For he was coming. And Arthis knew they could do nothing against her. Shinma were demons. He knew of no way to kill Rei.

Crysania was at his side. She looked at him in worry, saw his red eyes shadowed with worry and fear. She looked over at the girl.

*'She has no idea.'*

*'Of course not, Crys. She is still muddled from sleep.'*

*'Arthis... We may die tonight.'*

...

*'Arthis?'*

*'... If I die.. it will be protecting you and her.'*

He then shut Crysania out of his mind and turned toward the window again. His eyes searched the gathering darkness and saw the sleek wolf heading their way from the North... the wraith-like child close behind... and to the East, a dark shadow upon the darkness of the clouds.

:... If I die..it will be protecting you and her.:

Yes.

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