Davis sighed a little as most of the bleeding stopped.
'It might not help much but I'm not taking any chances.' He looked at Troika nervously as the vampire swore loudly. Troika's eyes were red.
"Cowards like you sicken me! I'm gonna kill you!" Troika shouted as he charged at Sero. Sero quickly pulled out another large bullet and reloaded the gun. He aimed at Troika and fired as fast as he could. The impact of the bullet hitting Troika's stomach caused him to stumble backwards and fall over. Davis' eyes widened and gently set Kouichi down. He crawled over to Troika.
"Troika! Are you okay?" Davis asked as he sat up. Troika glared at Davis.
"Yes I am perfectly fine even though I have a bullet lodged in my stomach!" Troika's answer was heavy with sarcasm. He held his stomach tightly and grimaced. Davis frowned when he heard Sero laughing.
"How does that feel? Face it you monster, holy water is the most powerful substance there is." Sero taunted and lowered his gun. He stopped laughing when he saw Davis stand up.
"Ah Daisuke. So glad to see you are alright. Come here and I will let you finish off these creatures." Sero offered as he held up his gun. Davis walked towards Sero until he was in between Sero and his friends.
"You're glad to see me huh?" Davis muttered when he had stopped walking. His head hung low and he clenched his fists. Sero narrowed his eyes.
"Yes I am Daisuke. Now get over here." Davis raised his head so he could glare at Sero.
"My name is Davis!" Davis shouted. He raised his arms straight out and his glare worsened.
"And I won't let you hurt my friends anymore." Sero raised his eyebrow.
"You're calling these freaks your friends?" He asked, not really caring about the answer. Davis gave a small nod.
"I'm starting to think that it is not vampires I have to fear. I don't think anyone should fear them." Davis stated. Sero laughed at him.
"And why do you believe that? Just look at them. They are monstrosities!"
"Everyday a human kills another human. They will even kill themselves just to kill thousands. With weapons far worse than a vampire could ever do. And yet we call the vampires evil, killers, heck even monsters! I think we should just leave them alone for once." Davis' words sparked Sero's nerves and he raised his gun.
"Fine then Daisuke. If you won't move on your own. I'll kill you." Sero pointed his gun at Davis and aimed carefully.
"If it will make you feel any better I will hit you directly in the heart so you only have a few seconds to feel the pain." Sero explained calmly. Davis heard the click noise and his body began to shake.
"No that doesn't really make me feel any better." Davis muttered. He heard the familiar click from the gun as the trigger was pulled. He shut his eyes tightly and his fear of death had drowned out all other sounds. There was a loud noise that echoed through the halls and then nothing. Davis stood there waiting, wondering. He opened one eye expecting to see Sero waiting so he could witness his death but that wasn't what he was seeing. Davis opened both eyes and gasped. Sero was on the floor and was obviously dead. He looked up to see who killed Sero and saw a vampire holding Sero's gun and a girl that was floating softly in the air. Davis took a good look at the new vampire's features.
'He looks just like Kouichi! He must be Kouichi's brother.' Davis heard the girl gasp and watched as she immediately flew over to the two injured vampires.
"Kouichi!" Zoe shouted as she hovered above him. She looked up at Koji.
"Koji, Kouichi is hurt really bad!" Davis looked over at Koji and jumped when the vampire glared at him.
"Damn humans are all the same." Koji cursed. Koji walked over to Davis and grabbed the human by the collar of his shirt.
"I swear to Lucifer if Kouichi dies I'll kill you!" Davis froze at Koji's words and he couldn't stop staring at those blood red eyes.
"N-no! I didn't do any-anything!" Davis cried out when Koji had held up his fist. Troika frowned and stood up.
"Koji don't hurt him. He is telling the truth. If anything he saved us." Koji gave Troika a weird look before slowly setting Davis down. Koji shook his head and ran over to Kouichi.
"Kouichi!" Koji's voice cracked when he called his brother's name. He knelt beside his brother and shook him slightly. Koji sighed in relief when Kouichi opened his eyes.
"Ko-Koji…You're here." Kouichi gave a weak smile.
"I knew you would come…You always do." The injured twin cringed and grabbed Koji's shirt. Koji shook his head.
"Kouichi I know you are fighting off your animal form but you are going to kill yourself if you don't save your energy." Koji stated. He shuffled around his pockets and pulled out Kouichi's pill jar.
"Here. I found these on the floor. You didn't take one already did you." Koji muttered as he opened the jar. Kouichi watched as Koji took out a pill and then shut the jar lid. He set the jar down and slowly lifted Kouichi's head up.
"Okay Kouichi open your mouth." Koji ordered as he hovered the pill above Kouichi's mouth. Kouichi did so and swallowed the pill when Koji dropped it in. Kouichi groaned slightly and closed his eyes. At first Koji feared the worst so he checked his brothers pulse.
"His pulse is normal." Koji muttered. He lifted Kouichi's shirt to see that the bleeding stopped and the wound was slowly healing. Koji sighed in relief.
"Kouichi is going to be fine. I think he is just resting for now." Koji looked at the others and smirked. He really wanted to smile. Just a small one but with people around he dared not show anything more than a satisfied smirk. Zoe smiled and rested her hand over her chest.
"Oh thank goodness! I'm so relieved." Zoe looked at Troika and frowned.
"Hey where is Takuya and Riku? Weren't they kidnapped too?" She asked. Troika frowned.
"They were taken somewhere else." Troika answered sadly. Koji turned to Davis and glared at him. Davis' eyes widened and he made a squeak noise.
"Wha-what? Why are you mad at me now?" Davis asked as Koji approached him. Koji stopped when he was a mere two inches away from Davis' face.
"Don't you work here? You might know where they are." Koji spat out. Davis flinched and shook his hands in protest.
"I-I wouldn't know! I'm just a rookie! They don't tell us anything!" Koji growled at Davis. Troika walked over to Koji and pulled him away from the startled human.
"Calm down Koji. You just handle your brother. I'll take care of Davis." Koji gave a last growl before walking back over to Zoe and Kouichi. Davis sighed and looked at Troika.
"You are being surprisingly nice to me." Davis said as he smiled. Troika glared.
"Yeah well you did stick up for us vampires in all. That's the first time any human has done that." Troika looked away.
"But I still hate you…a lot." The vampire calmly finished. Davis frowned and looked away.
"Great." Davis muttered. He was starting to get a headache. The smell of blood was heavy and the alarms blaring wasn't helping. Davis looked at the dead body and sighed.
'By the looks of it Koji had shot Sero in the back of his gun…It also looks like Sero's neck was snapped.' Davis cringed.
'Yeah I don't think this job is my style.' He looked at the others and frowned as he watched Koji slowly lift his brother. Troika's head shot up and he looked down the hallway. Davis looked at Troika before looking behind him. There were guards coming towards them. A lot of them but they were a good distance away. Troika turned to Koji.
"Hey Koji we gotta split. We finally have signs of security." Koji looked at Troika and frowned.
"Alright lets get out of here and find the others." Koji ordered before taking off. Troika picked up Davis and followed Koji with Zoe behind him. The guards stopped running and stared in disbelief when their enemies had disappeared.
Riku forced open another door that had been automatically sealed by the alarm system.
"This noise is so annoying." Riku muttered. He looked up at one of the blaring light bulbs that flashed the bright red light.
"More annoying than being near the sun." He glared at it before continuing down the hallway. He looked around his surroundings as he ran.
'All of these windows show big machines doing stuff. I must be in the actual factory part of the building.' Riku stopped running and approached one of the windows. He saw the familiar empty cans that had Amp labels on them. They were on an assembly line where another machine would fill them up with the toxic sludge. Riku punched the glass until it shattered. He jumped into the room and looked around. There was a smaller area that held a desk with the Amp notes. He looked through the notes and gasped slightly.
"I can't believe it! This is awful!" Riku shoved the notes into his pockets before running up to the assembly line. The smell of the liquid hovered in front of his nose and a weird sensation sparked through his body. His body itched and shook every so often. Riku held his head and tried to shake off the feeling.
"Ugh… This sudden urge to…" Riku grunted in pain and glared at the machines.
'Please Lucifer don't tell me I am actually wanting this stupid sludge.' Riku pounded his fist into the conveyor belt causing it to break. The cans fell and with no cans to fill with Amp the machines poured it on to the floor. Riku smirked and ran out of the room. He sighed in relief as the urge to drink Amp went away.
'I hope I can find the others. If I find an exit first I'm getting out of here. Then at least I can bring backup.' He kept his eyes opened as he ran throughout the building. He stopped only for a brief moment to observe an already broken into room. A few men were dead. Riku looked into the room.
"Ugh. Looks like this was another laboratory." Riku looked at a small area where there was a desk and a broken chair next to it. He shook his head before continuing on his path. He was starting to get worried.
"I hope Troika is alright. If anything happens to him then I'm gonna have to find a new body guard." Riku made a sharp turn as the hallway split into two directions. He yelped and came to a sudden halt when he was quickly greeted by an army of guards. Riku slowly backed up and went in the other direction. He could hear their footsteps following him closely. He clenched his teeth and growled in frustration.
'Damn it! It's only a matter of time before they begin to fire their guns! I gotta get some distance!' Riku mentally cursed as he pushed himself to run faster. To Riku's unfortunate fate the guards were also running faster to keep up with him.
'Why can't I go faster!? I can normally go ten times faster than this!' Riku bit his lower lip.
'I'm gonna have to go into my animal form. I can run faster and be able to make me a smaller target.' Riku frowned.
'But it is highly embarrassing if anyone besides Troika sees me like that…Oh what the hell.' Riku sighed and closed his eyes. The guards suddenly stopped in shock as the man they were chasing had shrunk. Riku inwardly glared at his now large furry feet but decided to argue some other time. One of the guards walked over to the small red furry rabbit with black wings that stood before them. Riku turned and looked at the guards.
'Pffft. Stupid mortals. I'm outta here!' Riku hopped away in a quick sprint. The guards stood there confused. They looked at each other before running after the furry creature.
Troika was at the front of the group, making sure to tackle anyone that was in their way. Koji was behind him followed by Davis and then Zoe. Koji had to be careful while running since he had Kouichi on his back. Troika suddenly stopped causing Koji to slam into Troika's back. Davis and Zoe quickly stopped before running into the others. Koji backed away and shook his head. He glared at Troika.
"What the hell?! Why did you stop?" Koji shouted while he checked to make sure he didn't hurt Kouichi. Troika looked at Koji.
"Because I hear a large group of people coming this way." Troika answered. He stood his ground and waited. Troika blinked as a red rabbit hopped around the corner and stopped as it approached him. The red rabbit looked at Troika and started jumping in place. Troika stared at the rabbit before giving off a huge grin.
"Riku! Oh my god! It really is you!" Troika held out his arms as Riku jumped up to Troika. Koji looked at the red rabbit and raised his eyebrow.
"What the hell is that?" Koji asked as he poked Riku. Riku snuggled in Troika's arms and inwardly glared at Koji.
'Great. I'm glad that I found Troika but now they are gonna know my animal form…' Troika smiled as he held Riku.
"This is Riku's animal form! Oh Riku I am so glad to see you safe and sound!" Zoe went to the front of the group and looked at Riku.
"Oh wow he is so cute!" Zoe cooed as she petted the top of his head. Riku twitched his nose in anger and quickly tried to bite Zoe. She just giggled and pulled her hand away.
"Did you forget already? I'm a ghost! If I don't want you to hurt me you can't. Simple as that!" Troika rolled his eyes and held Riku out.
"What were you running from anyway?" Troika asked.
"Halt!" The guards shouted as they came around the corner. The others looked up at the guards and backed away a bit.
'That is what I was running away from…' Riku looked at Troika and twitched his nose. Koji glared at the guards.
"Shit." He uttered under his breath.
"Hold your fire men. I want to speak with these things before we kill them!" A scientist with a blood stained lab coat walked up to the front of the crowd and smirked.
"I see we have escaped haven't we?" Davis' eyes widened as the man stood tall and proud of himself.
"Matto…" Davis gasped. Koji looked at Davis out of the corner of his eyes.
"You know this guy?" Koji asked. Davis nodded.
"This guy is trouble! And creepy!" Riku looked at the man and twitched his knows.
'Hey! I know him!' Riku jumped out of Troika's grasp and turned back into his normal body. He glared at Matto and pointed his finger at him.
"You!" Riku shouted in anger before letting his arm lower. Matto looked at Riku and frowned.
"You're still alive? Hm… Something must be defective with the stuff I gave you." Riku clenched his teeth and snarled. Troika looked at Riku.
"Riku? You know him?" Troika asked.
"He…nearly killed me. He made me drink that nasty toxic crap to test it out." Troika glared at Matto.
"Oh? Is that so? Need me to kill him?" Troika's voice overflowed with hate. Riku smirked.
"Yeah why not? Do it slowly and in the most painful way possible. I want him to feel what I felt." Troika grinned and cracked his knuckles. Matto smirked.
"Come near me and I might inject you with the same stuff I gave to your little red-headed friend." Matto pulled out a large cylinder glass tube full of a baby blue colored liquid. Riku flinched as he felt a small wave of pain shoot through his body.
'Ow what the hell was that?' The pain came again and again. Riku whimpered and fell to his knees. The others jumped when they saw Riku fall. Troika's eyes widened and he frowned.
"Riku! Are you okay? What's wrong?" Troika asked as he watched Riku's body shake. Matto watched in amusement.
'So Riku can't get anywhere near the stuff or else it starts up huh? This should be fun.' Matto concluded as he took of the small rubber cork that kept the toxic remedy safe. Riku yelped and held on to his sides as if they were going to burst. Matto grinned and stepped away from the guards.
"Shoot them!" He ordered as he raised his hand high into the air. The guards quickly got into place and began firing with everything they had. Troika quickly turned his back on the guards and opened his wings in the cramped hallway. Troika cringed as his large wings were force to bend to accommodate the small area. He held Riku close to insure his cousins safety. Davis sighed and smiled when Troika stopped the bullets from hitting them. Riku cringed and clung to Troika.
"Yo-you idiot…It was my turn to save you." Riku coughed out as the pain was slowly going away. Troika gave a weak smile.
"I didn't know we were taking turns…" He set Riku down gently before standing straight up. He waited until the bullets stopped before quickly turning around, making sure he was still protecting the others. Matto glared at Troika.
"Can't you dimwits reload your guns faster?!" Matto shouted. The guards threw down their guns and pulled out larger guns. They aimed at Troika before firing once more. Troika winced as the bullets penetrated his flesh and the smell of holy water was everywhere. Riku slowly sat up and reached out to Troika.
"God damnit Troika! What the hell are you doing!?" Troika ignored Riku and stumbled closer to Matto.
"Get the hell away from me!" Matto hollered and took a step back. Troika stopped once he was in arms reach and grabbed Matto's head. The man screamed as Troika squeezed his hand as tight as he could. Matto stopped moving and blood was gracefully trailing down his face. Troika smiled when he was sure Matto was dead. Troika dropped the body and looked at himself. He was covered in his own blood from all the bullets that were still hitting him. To Troika's surprise he wasn't feeling any pain. His entire body had gone numb as he was standing there. His wings were battered and torn as the bullets went right through and he was quickly losing energy.
'Maybe this is what Kouichi felt when he was shot. Cold and tired. Everything starting to become quiet and dark.' Troika fell to his knees and then kept falling on to his torso. Riku screamed when Troika fell causing the guards to cease fire. Koji's jaw dropped while Davis' eyes widened. Zoe started to cry a little and the room dropped a few degrees. None of the three knew what to do and could only stand and watch. Riku's anger rose as he crawled over to Troika and rolled him over on to his back.
"Troika you idiot! Why the hell did you do that?! We could have just run away! Troika! Look at me!" Riku begged. Troika's eyes opened a little and he smirked.
"I crushed his head in…He's dead now." Troika muttered. Riku looked over and saw Matto lying on the ground, a puddle of blood around him. Riku's eyes narrowed as he tried to keep tears from coming. He looked back at Troika.
"C'mon Troika! Get up! We got to go!" Riku stuttered as he grabbed Troika's hand. The tears were falling freely from Riku's eyes and the vampire tugged gently on his friends hand. Troika pulled his hand away before lifting it up to Riku's face to wipe the tears away, only earning him even more tears. Riku raised his hand and held Troika's hand before he could lower it. Troika sighed and glanced at the others before smiling at Riku.
"Stick with them…okay? I-I can't protect you any-anymore…" Riku shook his head.
"No! Don't say that! C'mon! Get up!" Riku pleaded some more. Troika took a deep breath and looked at the ceiling.
"I can't…You have to go now. Riku, promise me…That even without me you will still be who you are. You don't need me for everything you do. A-and my mom…and your mom…All three of us will be looking out for you…" Troika's eyes became lifeless and his expression turned blank. Riku gasped when Troika's hand fell out of his grip and hit the floor. Riku gave a couple of hiccup sounds before sobbing. All of the sadness that Riku had ever held in came out into a single sob. He sat there crying for a minute before turning and glaring at the guards. His sadness quickly turned into rage and his wings shot out of his back with such force that the walls were quickly demolished within seconds. Some of the guards jumped a little before pulling out there guns. Riku stood up.
"You! I will kill you for what you have done!"
Whoo...okay this is up and done. Yes I am supposed to be at my grandma's house but I have been given a break but I leave to go back tomorrow. I got to go home around friday which was spent sleeping. Saturday morning until afternoon I had spent with my family. After dinner I had a friend sleepover until sunday night. Yesterday I did nothing but clean the house and write this story because I wanted to get it out to my loving fans before I had to go back for another week. So yay I did it! Please enjoy!