Surprise!

Because I felt so mean.. A quick update I hope you will all enjoy :)

Warnings: Strong violent scenes..

"Malik! Move!" Ryou shouted.

Just in time, the ground where they had once been exploded in shards of rock and dust as gunfire hit it.

The two vampires ran for cover as the air around them seemed to suddenly be filled with the whistle of bullets raining down from all sides. Ryou let out a yelp as a few of them hit true, forcing their metal shells deep into his shoulders and wings. Malik whipped around and grabbed his arm, dragging them behind a slab of upright concrete.

"What are you doing? I said hold your position Gemini!" The radio snarled.

Yami frowned in annoyance.

"I am holding my position Scorpio!" he all but shouted back, "The fire is not from me- I thought it was you!"

"Well if it's not from either of us, then who is it? Who else would be stalking vampires right now!" Seto's cool, dangerous voice snapped again.

"I don't know! How about you just move in, and check it out?"

"I'll move in when the-"

Just what time was deemed appropriate was abruptly cut off as more gunfire torn through the still air that had once surrounded the area.

Seto nodded to Thabit as the bullets came far too close for their liking. The two sprung out from their hiding place and send a round of fire at a couple of men dressed in black who were advancing on the obvious shelter of the vampires.

The others fell easily, and their comrades immediately turned to shoot at them, shouting as they did so.

Ryou peeked from behind the slab and saw, with confusion, two lots of humans firing on each other. He quickly replayed the news to Malik, along with their numbers and current locations.

"Well we should take advantage of their confusion." Malik spoke quickly.

"Yes, we can fight them now and try to get away. In the air we'll be easy targets unless we move fast enough, trust me I know." Ryou replied in a low voice. "Here." He added, handing Malik a metal pole he'd picked up off the ground.

"Thank you." Malik nodded, looking into his eyes intensely. "Ok, let's go."

The two ran stealthily out from the shelter using the darkness as cover, coming towards the men, the pieces of scrap metal and junk aiding them across the baron yard. Quick whistles through the air successfully took out a couple of the men's legs with their poles.

The screams from the fallen made them all realise it was the creatures they were after and they began firing shots into the night, deafening in their ears. Ryou took advantage of his target-status and ran behind one of the men, another trying to shoot at him but succeeding in taking down his comrade. Malik ducked and weaved over pieces of old machinery, waiting for some of the men to catch him up before ambushing and aiming powerful blows with his makeshift weapon.

Unfortunately they had underestimated just how many people had set out to find them. Ryou felt yet another bullet thump into his leg, and he dived behind a stack of metal railway runners, wiping the makeup out of sweaty eyes. Squinting through a gap for Malik, he caught sight of the other, and his stomach clenched in fear. The bullet plinked out of his pale thigh and onto the ground, and he leapt from the shield, pole still in hand, successfully swinging it to connect with one of the human's heads, he half ran, half flew over to Malik, who was shielding himself between the warehouse wall and some oil drums, and obviously in a lot of pain.

Malik saw Ryou dive next to him, concerned brown eyes taking in the tanned chest that was peppered with bullet holes in alarm. Quickly looking out and seeing no one close enough to be a problem, Ryou spat on his hand and reached forwards.

"This may hurt, sorry." He muttered, before digging his fingers into one of the wounds and plucking out a slippery piece of metal.

Malik inhaled sharply, his breath wheezy from the blood in his throat. The pain was like nothing he'd ever experienced, he body trying to heal itself desperately. He heard the men moving closer to them and knocked Ryou's hands out of the way and stood up, along with the other.

They managed to attack the three men with reasonable force, taking down two, but leaving one, whose aim wasn't so bad and whose bullets found their way into Ryou's right arm, breaking one of the bones and making him drop the pole. He growled in pain and Malik attempted to protect him, running forwards and ripping the gun from the man's grasp before delivering a deathly blow to his head.

Whipping around, he let out a snarl at the sight of the smaller vampire struggling with two men with no guns. His broken arm had not yet healed, and he was losing. Malik charged forwards, and one of the men looked up, seeing him coming.

A pace away from helping the other, and the human struck, Malik feeling the agony a moment after the eight-inch blade was plunged into his stomach and twisted, ripping it through the tanned flesh.

He let out a choked sound and snarled, ripping the human off him and pulling the knife out with him, immediately reaching down for his fallen pole and taking care of the man. His vision fading, he reached down and felt his own, hot, life-giving blood streaming down his stomach. Through the haze he was in, he felt someone put their arm around him and haul him to a relatively sheltered place.

He knew it was Ryou by the white shapes he could see floating in his vision.

"No Malik, no, no, no…" he heard the other's voice whisper.

The vampire looked down at Malik helplessly, the violet eyes flickering to try and stay open, he breathing ragged. He abruptly knelt down and ran his mouth over the mangled gash in vain, feeling it heal partially.

"Malik please…" he said softly, not being able to stop the tears that were stinging his eyes. Desperately dragging a fang across his wrist and holding the wound to the bronzed demon's lips.

Malik felt his consciousness become good enough to speak, shakily lifting his hand to push Ryou's wrist away.

"Malik- you have to drink, come on, I've got to take you home." Ryou cried desperately, his hearing picking up the men advancing once more.

"N-no… B-baby." He managed, making the effort to look into Ryou's brown eyes. He knew it would be of no use.

"Yes!" Ryou tried, "Come on," He repeated, holding the blood up to Malik's mouth once more.

"No." Malik repeated, stronger. He had lost too much blood, and they both knew it. "Leave me now… go back to Marik and… and B-Bakura."

"No…" Ryou whispered.

"Go Ryou!" Malik said harshly. "I need you to live… For me… and them… I'll be fine…"

The tears were no longer suppressed as they streamed down Ryou's cheeks.

He shook his head at this lie. Malik's shaky fingers moved up to gently brush over the silver necklace around Ryou's neck. The pale fingers joined them swiftly and he squeezed the hand desperately.

"I can't leave you."

"Look… I don't want you to die for me- that… That would be… Stupid… You have eternity to live for…" Malik took a deep breath, struggling with the black at the edges of his eyes with a great effort now "All I want is for you to l-live and be loved… I love you."

"I love you too." Ryou said, his voice choked. "Eternity without you is nothing… Please…" he tried again, knowing the answer.

As Malik opened his mouth to reply, Ryou suddenly felt a blow to the back of his head.

Turning around and blinking the stars away, he let out a snarl and attacked the human, tears sill wet on his cheeks, he did not look back as the remaining men swarmed in, though they tried to grab his ankles as he spread his wings and kicked off into the night, weaving away from the shots of their guns.

The guilt stabbing through him was more forceful than the metal.

Though this was what Malik wanted him to do… Could he have possibly helped him further? Why did he fly to this place in the first place? He let out a moan of anguish that was lost in the streaming night sky.

Yami looked through the sights of his rifle carefully. The vampire had taken to the air, which made him a primary target.

He took aim and squeezed the trigger.

To be continued..

Hmm.. I can't help but feel this update is even more angst-making..?

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Much Love,

Scarlett.x