Warnings: See chapter 1

Pairings: See chapter 1

Disclaimer: I do not own these characters but I do own idea and any OC's, I don't own Jess, Starlightangel101 does.

Chapter 28

Jess twisted in the grips of her abductor, she used what strength she had to get through his vice grip.

She could feel his cool skin against her own icy one, muscular arms made of solid rock held her, she could hear his heavy breathing, the stench of blood in his breath, his pulse racing rapidly.

"You're not getting out of this one traitor"

Jess recognised the voice, it was Crusher who held her, one of the physically strongest vampires she had ever met, if he had grabbed Hilary, the human would have snapped in two.

"Who are you calling a traitor; you want to destroy everything you've fought to preserve" she choked out as his grip tightened.

"And create a better, more obeying society" came a new voice, menacing Jess knew it in an instant, Boris.

Jess felt the hand removed from her eyes, Crusher held her around her waist, his arms holding her own arms close to her body, her legs dangling like a rag doll.

Jess's eyes focused in a second and she could now clearly see what was before her.

They faced the area where the ceremony was taking place and should be just about finished.

Crusher stood on the right of Boris, as Boris held onto Hilary with what appeared to be little effort on his part.

"Don't hurt her!" Jess called out.

Boris raised an eyebrow, a hand covered Hilary's eyes, her whole body had gone still in terror, and she was stiff and turned as she heard Jess's voice.

"I wouldn't dare, not someone so…precious to young Kai"

"He'll get you, and kill you!"

"Child, no one has that kind of strength to destroy me, not even Brooklyn who has my very same blood, the same blood that runs through your own veins"

Jess's body went still, she hadn't thought of that, the very same blood was the same as Boris; she was part of him from the beginning.

"You know he's wrong Jess, don't listen to him!"

Jess's head turned sharply as she heard the voice of Brooklyn, she saw him standing with the slayers, a few meters away from Boris and Crusher.

Boris turned to face Brooklyn and laughed.

"Is this all you could find, HA! And here I thought you really had the potential to be something great"

Jess faintly heard Brooklyn growl, she watched he draw from the sheath at his side a sword, and held it directly at Boris.

"It isn't you who I want to fight Brooklyn, where is Kai, too scared to face his destiny"

"You're wrong"

Boris turned to Jess, she stared at him defiantly, baring her fangs at him, and hostility ebbed from her as she withered under Crusher's grip hoping to tire him out.

"You have been a thorn in my side since Brooklyn met you from day one, I should have broken you and made you mine when I had the chance"

Jess glared and spat in his face.

Boris growled and tightened his grip on the now limp Hilary; he flung her to the ground where she curled into a ball.

In the distance Jess heard Tyson cry out her name as well as another voice.

Boris then removed his own weapon, another sword, completely black; at the hilt was the decoration of petal wilting.

"Come any closer human and she will die"

Tyson, Max, Heero and Ray all simultaneously stepped back but still retrieved their weapons.

"So you all want to fight do you, well since I do need a warm up"

Jess watched as Hilary had began to crawl away and as she did so, Boris threw a hidden dagger which missed her face by mere inches and stopped Hilary in her tracks.

"Don't touch them"

Jess turned her gaze to see Kai, standing with Tala and Bryan along with Brooklyn, he looked pale, his eyes were dazed and his body shook slightly.

"Uh so Kai has decided to join us…and Amber, where might she be?"

Kai stood up straighter at the sound of Amber's name.

"Where she belongs, with Voltaire"

Kai's bloodied fangs made Boris growl.

"How could you…"

Kai shrugged and moved away from the others, walking slowly towards Boris, unsheathing his katana, the sheath falling to Brooklyn's feet as he raised his katana ready.

"We are now even Boris; no once defeat us but each other"

"You are still not powerful enough to defeat me boy, I have the blood of thousands of vampires in me, and those who have disobeyed their clan have fallen to my wrath"

Kai frowned.

"You would destroy your own kind for power"

"Kai, I would destroy the world to be the best"

"You're insane"

Boris shook his head laughing and raised his sword.

"No, I'm just the extreme of you"

Kai growled and with a sudden fluid movement his katana and Boris's made contact, Boris was on his knees, Kai above him, pushing him further and further down.

"Surrender" Kai growled.

Boris grunted, "Never"

Kai leapt away from Boris, made eye contact with Brooklyn who nodded and suddenly everyone moved at once.

Jess watched as Crusher moved away from the two fighting vampires, she watched as Heero and Tyson went to Hilary and Max and Ray headed back towards the females of Amber's old clan and Brooklyn, straight for her.

Brooklyn was running towards them, he then leapt over Crusher's head, Jess heard Crusher gasp as Brooklyn stabbed Crusher in the back a dozen times, with Crusher's grip loosening Jess removed herself and watched as Crusher fell to the ground.

"He won't be down for long" Jess noted.

"Are you ok?" Brooklyn asked as he took her hand.

Jess nodded.

"What's going on?" she asked as they both turned, their trained eyes following the battle between Kai and Boris, it appeared to be rather evenly matched.

"Kai will finish Boris; we need to get Hilary and the humans out of here"

"Hey we can fight for ourselves" piped Tyson as he, Heero, Tala and Bryan ran towards them.

"But can you fight against an army of vampires when we are already out numbered"

"An army?" asked Max

Tala nodded.

"I can hear them now; they'll be here in a few minutes"

Brooklyn glanced at Hilary who lay in Heero's arms.

"The shock got to her" he said as he cradled her, "She'll wake any minute".

Brooklyn nodded.

"Amber's clan has agreed to fight for us but wont stay to join Black Rose" said Ray.

Brooklyn stared away from the group and towards Kai and Boris as they fought, moving too fast for a human to follow, he could hear their pulses race, the heavy breathing and see the sweat glisten on their faces.

He watched as Kai tried desperately to move Boris and the fight away from the others and further towards the lake.

It was then that something struck Brooklyn, did Kai have a plan?

"Brooklyn what must we do?" asked Jess.

Brooklyn looked passed Jess and saw the females of Amber's clan moving towards them.

"We'll fight. Jess, I want you to watch over Hilary. Heero, Ray, Max and Tyson you'll do the same, make sure no one gets her. Tala and Bryan I want you to fight with me, take out the toughest of the bunch, get the strongest down and then the rest is easy pickings"

"What about Kai?" asked Tala?

"Kai can look after himself; he knows what he's doing"

Everyone nodded and split their own ways.


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