Chapter 9
For centuries Selene and I were loyal soldiers of the vampire clan. But we were betrayed, the war was not what it seemed. In one night the lies that had united our kind had been exposed. Craven, our second in command, had formed a secret alliance with Lucian, ruler of the werewolf clan, to overthrow Viktor, our leader. But Craven's lust for power and domination had failed. Viktor was not the savior we had been led to believe. He had betrayed us all. Soon the hunt will be on for his killers.
We have only a few allies left, Michael, the descendent of Corvinus. Neither vampire nor Lycan, but a hybrid and the Cullen's, day walkers that were brought into this mess because of me and now must fight for their lives just as Selene and I will have to before this is over.
It's only a matter of time before we're found. Our only hope now is to awaken Marcus, our last remaining Elder, and expose the truth before Craven tries to murder him while he's still in hibernation. Craven knows he's no match for him awake.
We had traveled by foot for a while, Selene and I leading the others towards a safe house. We needed to try and get to Marcus before sun rise. Before we'd be weakened.
The others followed without question. Edward was right behind me, never parting from me for too long as we traveled. I could tell they trusted us and looked to us for guidance. Not something I was use to when dealing with the Cullen's. But it was clear the tables had turned and now I was the one that must work to keep those I loved safe. And I would.
"There." Selene said to me pointing towards a hidden path within a hill deep in the woods. Nodding we made our way into an old mine tunnel. The other behind us.
Shinning my flashlight for Selene to see we watched as she keyed in the code to the hidden door and we slipped inside and made our way slowly down stairs.
I tried to turn on the lights but we found the power was out.
"Perfect." Selene said and we all lite our flash lights and began to look around.
Fires of gun shots sounded and we all turned quickly to see Selene and Michael had found a Lycan body and mistaken it for alive.
"This thing's been dead for weeks" I said going over and check it out. The Cullen's right behind me looking at it close up.
"I thought Lycans went back to their human form when they died?" Michael ask.
"They do. This one's been given a serum to stop regression so it can be studied." Selene answered.
"How can you tell?" Carlisle ask and Selene pointed to a sigh hanging from the Lycan that clear said what it was injected with and why. Chuckling at Carlisle I went over towards the breaker box and flick on the lights so we could see.
"How long can we stay here?" Alice ask us. I looked up at her from the computer screen I was looking at and gave her a smile.
"Not long. These safe houses are all linked together on one mainframe with motion sensors, revealing which ones are active. Someone could've picked us up already." I told her and she nodded.
Selene packed a bag with weapons for us and I went over and placed some in my pockets.
"It's only about an hour until daylight. Can you even make it back to the mansion before sunrise?" Edward ask coming to my side.
"Just." I told him and I could tell he didn't like the odds.
"Okay, let's get what we need and go." Michael said and Selene looked at him sharply.
"No. We're going alone." She told him and everyone looked at us like they were about to argue. We so didn't have time for this.
"If we can plead our case, there's a chance you'll be granted sanctuary, right now you'll be killed on sight, I'm not prepared to risk it." Selene told him and Michael was highly un happy.
"The same for you all as well." I told Edward who was looking at me with pleading eyes.
"So what am I supposed to do, sit here and wait for you? No Craven may still have his men with him, you're not going alone." Michael argued with her as they stared each other down.
"You're not as strong as you might think." I told Michael who looked at me confused.
"What?" he ask looking back at Selene.
"Michael you're unique, there's never been a Hybrid before. However ambivalent you might feel about it, the truth is your powers could be limitless. You depend on blood, you need to feed. Without it you'll be growing weaker by the second use the time for that." Selene told him zipping up her bag and handing him a bag of blood.
"Jesus Christ. And what if I don't, what if I can't?" Michael ask taking the blood and shaking his head. Selene looked like she wasn't sure what to tell him so I stepped around Edward and placed my hand on Michael's arm to get his attention.
"Normal food could be lethal, if you don't anticipate your cravings you will attack humans, and believe me; you don't want that on your conscience. Since your half Lycan you cannot feed without killing like we can. There really is no going back, Michael. I'm sorry." I told him and he nodded to me before looked back to Selene.
I walked back to the Cullen's and gave Edward a kiss before pulling away.
"You all need to feed as well. You will need all your strength for the unknown future and there's no telling when the next time you'll have the time and resources to feed. Use the time were gone to feed as much as you can. Then when you're done keep him company." I told them and they nodded, not liking the fact we were going on our own but they knew I was right.
"Look, I understand what you did. I'm grateful, you saved my life. I wasn't ready to die. I don't know. Everything's changed. I probably need just a minute to make it all fit in my head; it's a lot to process all at once. Look, go, I'll be here. You just make sure you come back." I heard Michael tell Selene as he caressed her cheek. Nodding she looked towards me and together we left them behind in hopes that our talk with Marcus would be alright.
We walked for about half an hour before we stopped. The forest was eerie silent, no sounds at all.
"Something's wrong." I whispered and Selene nodded. Just then we heard the sounds of large flapping wings and we knew that sound. Marcus was awake and he was heading for Michael and the Cullen's.
We ran as fast as we could back to the bunker. We saw the Cullen's walking back towards the door after finishing there feeding. They looked up in alarm when they saw us running.
"What's wrong?" Edward ask.
"Where's Michael." I replied.
"He should still be here." Edward said as we opened the door and ran inside to find it empty.
"Damn it." Selene cursed and before anyone could say anything we heard several gun shots and knew it was Michael.
"Shit." I said as I followed Selene outside and we ran towards the sounds of fighting with the Cullen's behind us.
We came to a ledge and looked down to see Michael running and fall to the ground as several human's shot at him. Anger clear in Selene's face as she pulled her gun and fell the long way to the ground. I followed her immediately.
The Cullen's had jumped down and helped Michael to safety as they watched.
Together we took on the humans. Dodging the bullets they shot and un arming them quickly without causing too much damage to them. Edward yelled my name as one Human shot me directly in the stomach with a shot gun.
Pissed off because that stung like hell I yanked the gun from this hand and slammed it into his chest. Send the man flying into the trees behind him.
Once they were all knocked out we ran over towards Michael and I saw he was in bad ass shape.
"Michael. Shit. Here take it." Selene said biting her wrist and holding it to his mouth. Shaking his head he replied.
"No."
"Michael. You'll die." She yelled and he had no choice seeing the seriousness in her face.
He latched onto her wrist and drank. I turned my head to give them privacy when I saw my sisters eyes close in pleasure as he drank her blood. Smirking I saw the Cullen's too look away uncomfortable at the act that was so intimate. Edward was looking at me and licking his lips remember the taste of my blood from our heated make out session and if I could blush I would have.
Once he was done and starting to heal she pulled her wrist away. Panting Michael looked down at himself and cursed.
"shit." He said.
"Can you move? We need to go." She ask and he nodded.
Just then the sound of hundreds of birds flying for their lives sounded ahead and I started.
"Like now." I replied and we helped him stand and took off running.
"What's going on?" Rose ask as they could tell we were running from something. Neither of us could reply as we stopped and turned sharply. The Cullen's gasp as they saw a large winged creature land not too far from us and you could tell from the look in his face there was no talking to him.
"Marcus." Selene and I breathed at the same time as we stared into his furious face.
