OMG I freaking LOVED tonight's (08/03/12) episode! Such a great episode with truly great acting from Johnny & Nina! Hope we see a lot more of them together from now on!
Thanks to everyone who's favourited/alerted/reviewed/even just read this so far! Ready for some more drama? I am! Quite a long chapter compared to some previous.
Previously:
"Christian. Are you OK?" My voice shook with emotion, and I was half dreading his answer.
"I'm fine, Sy. Just come get me. Please." I hated hearing him sound so scared and not being able to do anything about it.
"I'll come for you, Christian. I promise. I love you." I heard more movement, and the sound of a door closing. "Christian!"
"How very touching," Amira's cold voice rang out. "If you want to keep loverboy safe, I suggest you and I have a little chat."
"I'll do anything. Just don't hurt him. Tell me where to go."
I turn up at the address Amira had specified. It's an old town house in the middle of nowhere, perfect for a meeting between two scorned vampires who may actually try to kill one another. My senses were all on high alert, so I picked up Christian's scent without any difficulty. Just knowing that he was here, somewhere, hopefully alive, was spurring me forwards, despite the fact that there was a very real possibility that Amira wanted me dead, once and for all. I followed Christian's scent, and with my vampire speed, I was in the basement of the old house within seconds. A seperate part of my brain was keeping tabs on Amira, listening out for any sounds of her possible approach and waiting for her scent to flood my senses. But the larger part of my brain was focused on finding Christian and getting him the hell out of here.
I turn a corner, and there he is. He had his eyes closed, seemingly asleep. Tied to a chair with a gag in his mouth, but still alive. Still breathing. I was by his side and had him untied in a second. His eyes flickered open as I removed the gag from his mouth, and he breathed my name. I put a finger to my lips in a slient warning, even though part of me knew that this was nothing more than a trap. Christian stood and flung his arms around my neck, our lips meeting in a kiss filled with relief. Even though I knew we were no closer to getting out of this mess than we had been when Amira had answered my phonecall, I couldn't help but share some of his relief. Just feeling him in my arms again was making it easier to breathe.
"Are you OK? Did she hurt you?" my eyes run over his face, checking for any scratch or bruise. If she so much as laid a finger on him, it would only make it easier for me to kill her.
"I'm fine, Sy. Let's just get out of here." His voice is almost desperate, and there is nothing I want more in that precise moment.
I take his hand in mine and am about to lead him out of the basement when I feel myself getting wrenched from his grasp, and the next instant, I feel myself colliding with the wall. I'm back on my feet in an instant, my senses are purely instinctual now, as are my actions. I'm crouched in a defensive pose and I feel a growl resonating through my throat as I find myself face to face with my creator. She has an arm slung around Christian's neck, a knife pressed against his throat. One look from her, and I instantly relax my stance, knowing not to provoke her when she has my fragile partner in her grasp. My eyes meet Christian's, and I have to look away as soon as I see the horror and panic in them, knowing I need to stay as calm as possible if I have any hope of getting us both out of here alive.
"Hello, Syed. Long time no see," Amira grins coldly at me, and I take a deep breath to steel myself. I can't lose control now, not when Christian needs me so much.
"Amira. I staked you. How did you survive?"
"Ah yes, I wondered how long it would take for you to bring this up," she laughs, and it's a cold, cruel sound. I see Christian flinch, and I clench my fists in response. "You see, Syed, what you and your pathetic brother didn't realise was that I am one of the Authentic Vampires. In fact, my father was the First Vampire, and so a mere stake to the heart doesn't really work on me the way it would you. It will kill me, yes, but only as long as the stake remains in place. I had accounted for this possibilty to happen, so I merely had my witch remove the stake as soon as it was safe for her to do so."
"You're an Authentic?" I can't believe it. I'd heard rumours of so-called 'Authentic Vampires', the ones who can't be killed, but I'd never actually believed them to be true. Well, Amira was always out for number one, and she had so successfully integrated herself into our lives, that suddenly it all made sense. She had been walking this earth for centuries, maybe even millennia. She had mastered the art of seduction, and so it had been easy for her to bend me and my brother to her will.
"Yes, Syed," she sighed. "And now that I have your attention again," she looked at Christian, and I felt my defensive streak start to rise up. Knowing that this was the reaction that she wanted, I forced it back down, for Christian's sake. "I think we need to settle a few things."
"You're pissed that I killed you. I get that. But Christian has nothing to do with this, Amira. Please, do what you want to me, but let him go."
"No!" her answer is instantaneous, and she presses the knife, which she had relaxed somewhat, closer to Christian's throat, enough to draw a little blood. I feel my nostril's flare at his familiar scent, and see him wince a little in pain, but I manage to stop myself from lunging for Amira, knowing that this would only have a negative effect. "For nearly 100 years, I've been searching for you. And your brother. But I could never find you, no matter who I went to. I found traces of you after you'd left all of those towns massacred, but your little brother has managed to evade me."
"So that's what you want from me; my brother?" I have to hold in a laugh. " Even after all these years, it's not me that you really want, is it?"
Amira releases Christian by slamming him against the wall and backs me up against the wall opposite. She's so close, I can feel her breath on my face, but I don't move away. Let her get it out of her system. That way, she might let Christian go.
"You still don't understand, do you, Syed?" she looks hurt, almost, and the most vulnerable I think I've ever seen her. But it only lasts a second at most, and then she's focused again, and the fire has returned to her eyes. Out of the corner of my eye, I see Christian return to his feet, and I plead with him with my eyes to get out of here. If I can keep Amira busy, maybe he can get away. "It was never a question of me choosing you over your brother. I wanted both of you; I wanted us to be together forever, all three of us. But you were so jealous of one another that you ruined my plans."
"I loved you, Amira! I wanted us to be together forever, but you just couldn't help yourself. You turned me against you, against my brother, against everyone I've ever met! You say you love me, but I'm incapable of love! You turned me into this, Amira. I could never love you." My eyes flick to Christian after my little speech, and I hope that he knows I didn't mean it. I love him with all my heart. I can't not. His eyes lock with mine, and I can see that he knows how much I love him. I feel my features soften automatically, I can't help myself. Amira catches our exchange, and without thinking, I launch myself at her, taking her by surprise and managing to pin her to the ground. "Run, Christian!" I yell, and thankfully, he does as I ask. Amira growls up at me, her teeth sinking into my neck as she grabs a nearby pole and plunges it into my stomach.
"If I can't have you, then no one can!" she screams, leaping to her feet and running after Christian.
"No!" I tug the pole out of my stomach and force myself after them, reaching the courtyard of the house seconds after Amira. She has her arm around Christian's neck, and I come to a standstill just in time to see her break his neck...
Sorry! I'm evil I know! But if you stick with me, I promise Syed will have his revenge, and maybe something more than that too...