I didn't want to leave everybody had a cliffhanger so I decided to make it a little bit more of a happy chapter. Enjoy.


Present day.

Loquia had wondered what happened that made Sportacus get more will. It was going to take another two weeks if he didn't falter again. She was so enjoying him. It was worth every bit of the challenge. One thing was still there. Elena. If Elena weren't dead, she'd kill her. It was getting close to dawn and she wanted to play with Sportacus more, but for now she just decided to watch him until she fell asleep.

Sportacus watched her enter the room, look at him, give him a goodnight kiss and go to bed. He didn't know what he could do. He found something inside that gave him the boost that he needed to not fall, but could he keep a hold of that something? And what was it. It felt like hope. Was there hope? He did admit that coming here alone was a mistake and if he were to get out of this, he would still kill her. Now he was tired. He closed his eyes and went went to sleep.


Elena and Lily woke up as the sun rose. They made stakes, had holy water and they were ready to rescue Sportacus. They went to the door when Elena stopped.

"Lily?"

"Yes? What is it?"

"What am I doing? I'm not a killer."

She sat Elena down. "Nor am I but we have to rescue Sportacus."

"What happens after we do? When the vampire comes after us?" She started to panic.

"Elena, calm down. We are not going in there to kill, just rescue. But if she wakes we have to defend ourselves or they will kill us. So, let's think one step at a time. Let's go there and get Sportacus."

She nodded. They took off on their mission to rescue Sportacus. Along the way she was quiet. If she had to kill it was going to affect her. She was confused. Lily pointed out that this vampire was dead anyway. So she would be ridding the world of a monster. She would be saving lives by killing her. It was a valid point but she still didn't feel good about it.

It was about midday when they reached the cave. They ducked behind a tree. Elena pulled out the map and it showed the route to get to her room where Sportacus was. He wrote down where the keys were to the shackles. Her job was to get Sportacus free and out of the cave. Lily's was to cover her going in and out and to place a seal spell on the cave after they got out. Seeing as it was midday she figured this vampire would be sleeping soundly... She hoped.

They followed the tunnels very quietly. Elena could feel her heart pumping. She was nervous. She got to the cave that was her bedroom. And there was another two off either side. She went up against her wall and caught sight of something blue. Lily came up behind her and she pointed. She shined the light and saw Sportacus's shirt and vest. She picked them up put the shirt in her bag and put on the vest on which still had the crystal.

She, as quietly as she could, entered the room and saw Sportacus was chained up and had multiple bites and lacerations over his chest. Her heart broke. She was going to get him out of this. She walked past Sportacus. Lily was covering her. She saw the keys on the makeshift table near the bed. She very carefully picked them up and tiptoed over to Sportacus. She was never going to get this image out of her head. She undid his feet first. She moved the shackles away from them.

Then she stood up to undo his wrists but she couldn't reach them. The chains had to be lowered. She saw where they were hooked. She signaled to Lily what she had to do.

She went over to the wall and ever so quietly unhinged the chain from the wall. Then she let it out very slowly. Enough to get his arms lowered. As his arms got relief he started to stir. When they were low enough she went back to Sportacus and reached up to undo one of the shackles.

Sportacus's eyes opened and focused. "El-" she put her hand over his mouth and mouthed 'shh'. Was this another one of her tricks? What did she think she was playing at. And she was wearing his vest. She unlocked one and reached up for the other as soon as his hands were free he wrapped them around her throat and up against the wall. "You're not going to mess with me again!" she struggled against him trying to shush him at the same time.

"It's me! Elena!" She strained.

Lily entered watching as the vampire stirred. "Sportacus." She hissed. "That's really Elena."

He loosened his grip a bit. "Elena?"

"Yes now come on."

"Sportacus!" Lily warned as Loquia got up.

"What?!" Loquia bolted over and yanked Sportacus off and across the room, knocking the wind out of him. Then she got a look at who was in front of him. "YOU!"

Lily ran for Sportacus. Loquia brought her teeth out. "How many times do I have to kill you?"

Elena just looked in shock. "Lolo?" Lily got Sportacus out of the room. She was going to go back and get Elena. She wasn't going to let her die again.

Loquia stopped and her teeth retracted when Elena said that name. She was surprised. How did she know?

Elena kept looking at her inching her way out. "Lolo. Oh my god."

Loquia decided she didn't care how she knew that name. She was going to die, again. She brought her teeth out and went for Elena.

"NO!" Lily saw as she went forward.

Elena brought her hands up and there was a flash of light from her ring that blinded Loquia to the point she retreated. Elena ran out of there. They picked up Sportacus and ran out of the cave. His arms over each of their shoulders. They could hear her screaming and advancing but she stopped at the entrance as the sunlight shown down. Then Lily did her spell and temporarily sealed the cave. They left quickly getting an injured hero back to town.

Loquia. This was something Elena was not prepared for. There was no way, if it came down it that she could kill her daughter. This was too much. They had to stop and rest several times and it was almost dinner time by the time they got home. Elena was quiet the whole time. Lily tried to say something but she knew Elena was not in the mood for talking. They got to the house and put Sportacus on the bed. They both went into the living room to rest for a few minutes.

"What happened back there?"

"What do you mean?" Elena just stared at the ceiling.

"Do you know her?"

"You might say that. But I'm not ready to talk about that just yet." She went to to the bathroom and got a basin and filled it with warm water. She searched over for bandages and tape. She found cloths, disinfectant and tape. That would have to suffice.

"What about the flash of light that blinded her?"

"I guess it was the crystal protecting me." Which was true, but she didn't say it was from her ring." She wasn't sure if she should just yet. "I'm going to clean his wounds can you find bandages?"

She nodded. "At least we are safe for a couple days." She headed out.

She went in, sat on the bed and gently started cleaning Sportacus's wounds. She had a lot to think about.


Loquia was not happy. She was throwing anything within her reach. "ROBBIE ROTTEN!" She went to his room and pulled him up by his vest.

"What?"

"How did they get here?!"

"Who?"

"That witch and Elena!"

"Elena's dead, remember." He looked down. He had to make it convincing.

"Well, apparently she's not! She and her witch just took Sportacus!"

"What?"

"As soon as the sunsets, we get back my prize and I kill Elena again. How is she even alive?" Robbie was silent.

Later as the sunset she went to leave and she couldn't get out. There was a barrier preventing her from leaving. She tried and tried but couldn't pass it. And that made her very angry. She told Robbie to stay by the entrance and let her know when it was gone. It couldn't last forever. She went to her room and sat in silence and pondered on how she was going to torture then kill Elena after she got Sportacus back.

Robbie sat at the entrance and just smiled.