"How dare they throw us out like that?" Nikola fumed as the group walked down the street.
Magnus sighed in exasperation before pausing to open the van doors. "You threw your wine in the bartenders face Nikola; I'm not surprised they threw you out."
Nikola just glared at her. "Well if you had picked a place that serves better wine, perhaps we wouldn't be in this predicament."
"Oh don't you dare try to pin this one on me Nikola!" Magnus said back.
As the two began to bicker and argue, Will stood there opening the van door when an almost silent yet audible thump caught his attention. Looking to Druitt, he saw that the sound had also caught his attention.
"Hey. HEY!" Will shouted to the pair bickering, finally catching their attention. Holding up a finger asking for silence, Will listened carefully for another sound. There was nothing for a moment before Will spoke again. "Did you guys hear that?"
"Hear what Will?" Magnus asked.
"There was a thump when you two were fighting." Will said, looking towards the alley behind them.
"I didn't hear anything." Magnus said.
"Neither did I-" Nikola quipped before being cut off by a short scream coming from the alley. Heads swiveled around to look at the alley with wide eyes.
"Well I heard that." Druitt said with light humor before Will and Magnus jumped into action, grabbing weapons and equipment from the van.
"Go go! Before they have a chance to get away!" Magnus shouted as she led the team running down the alleyway.
The man gave a short scream before being cut off by the boy hastily drinking the blood of his latest victim; his black eyes quickly returning to their rose red color. The girl stood once again leaning against the wall watching as she always did, keeping a close eye on what her companion did.
There was the sound of quick scurrying at the opening of the alley towards the street, and the girl slowly turned her head lazily to meet the incredulous looks of the Sanctuary team. The girl turned her head back to watch her companion, not quite thinking over what she had just seen until after a moment, the image sank in. The girl whipped her head around to look at Magnus, Will, Nikola and Druitt before whipping her head back to look at the boy.
"Alec RUN!" The girl shouted at the boy.
The boys head snapped up from his now finished meal, not a single drop of blood left, to look at the Sanctuary team with blood red eyes. After that he didn't waste a second following the girl's orders, jumping up onto the three story high building to his left and running. Magnus and Will tried to shoot at him but missed their targets.
Suddenly, an invisible force shoved them back into the alley wall behind them, knocking the wind out of the both of them. Nikola looked to the girl who had her arm stretched out with her palm facing Magnus and Will as though she pushed them.
Nikola stepped forward with a grin, his eyes going pitch black, claws extending. "You shouldn't have done that little lady." He said, his fangs flying out as they were exposed. Hissing at the girl trying to frighten her into capture, Nikola was surprised when the girl hissed back; her skin color quickly paling and her brown eyes turning the same red rose color as her missing companion. Hissing, the girl slouched into a fighting stance before Nikola flew at her, trying to make a mark on her cold stone flesh with his claws. The girl quickly blocked his arm and threw him back, making him fly through the air. Nikola tried the same move again, but to no avail. The second time that sent Nikola flying through the air, he managed to land on his feet in a similar slouched stance. At the end of the alley, the girl watched him with wide red eyes, her teeth bared with a growl slipping through them.
"Man, the bitch is strong." Nikola said, his voice deep with an underlying tone. Suddenly, an idea came to Nikola, and after a moment of concentration, a dumpster that had sat against the right alley wall was sent flying into the girl; in turn sending the girl flying back into the dead end of the alley.
She collided with the wall with a sickening bang, and didn't get up for a moment. Finally, she managed to stand up, though more or less stumble around. Her eyes met with Nikola's, Magnus', and Will's as she walked away from the alley wall a bit, which now had a considerable sized dent in it. Quite quickly, the team could see the girl's vampire characteristics were fading, her red eyes returning to their natural chocolate brown, her skin getting quite pink from exhaustion. She stood there fighting for breath for a moment before trying to take a step forward.
Suddenly, there was a snap behind her along with a flash of red and black energy before a large pair of arms wrapped around her. The girl looked up behind her in fright to meet with the gaze of John Druitt. He smiled darkly at her as he held her tightly, leaving her no means of escape. "Hello." He said before stabbing the needle he had hidden in his sleeve a moment ago into the girl's bicep. The girl gasped loudly before her eyes rolled back into her head and her knees gave out beneath her, falling into Druitt's grasp.
Magnus, Will and Nikola, the former now no longer in vampire mode, ran to Druitt at the end of the alley. "Is she alright?" Magnus asked, studying the young girl in John's arms.
"Oh she'll be alright," Druitt shrugged. "She's just been knocked out."
Will looked at Druitt slightly shocked. "There was enough in that syringe to take even an elephant down." He stated.
Druitt shrugged once again. "Ah well, seeing as how she was able to take down Tesla so easily, I imagine she'll be able to handle it." Nikola muttered something inaudible to everyone else in annoyance, which nonetheless made Druitt smile sarcastically.
"Yes well, we should still get her back to the Sanctuary before she wakes up. We'll want to have her contained when she does; there's no telling what she'll do when she does." Magnus said, checking over the girl.
"She wasn't the one drinking from a human, Helen." Nikola reminded Magnus.
"Regardless," Magnus said, turning to Nikola. "We can't just leave a teenage girl unconscious in the streets; especially at a crime scene. Besides, maybe she'll be able to give us some answers."
As the Sanctuary team loaded into their van, they were unaware of the vampire watching from the rooftops as they got into their van and drove away. His red eyes were wide with fury as he watched the mortals take away his friend, the one he was supposed to watch and defend while they were on this trip.
As he followed the van on the rooftops, he quietly whispered "Sanctuary…" to himself before blending into the night; and as he ran, he vowed to get the girl back at any costs.
A/N: The fight scene looked a lot cooler in my head, believe me. But anyway, I hope you liked it and please review!
Also, uh... Please don't hate me?
