A/N: Here's chapter thirty-eight! Keyword for this chapter: runaway. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Bloodlines, but I do own my OCs. Also, there's some zest in the first scene, if you're not a fan.
When Sirius came home, he saw the kitchen light was on, but Juliet wasn't in the kitchen, until about a second later the doors open and she walked in wearing her bath robe. "Oh, hey. Sorry, I ran out of shampoo, I had to use yours." She walked over to the fridge and grabbed an apple before sitting at the table and crossing her legs.
"Is that right?" Sirius asked, "Now you're gonna smell like a sexy beast instead of a woman."
"Uh huh. I mean, I still used my conditioner, soap and shaving cream so it shouldn't be too different…"
"I guess I'll be the judge of that later." He sat next to her, "Anything fun happen here?"
"I think there was a mouse in the other room. The…" She pointed a finger, "One. Down the…you know…hall…I don't know, there are too many rooms in this damn place…" She rambled.
"What?" His eye widened, "Fucking hell, I made sure this house was spotless when I got it!" He snarled and stood up, "I guess I'll find the little bastard and drain it dry…"
"Really? You can…find them that easy?"
"Yeah…sure…" He said hesitantly. His voice grew more and more distant as she heard him go from room to room, overturning furniture and knocking things over, to the point where she assumed he didn't have a clue as to where it was.
She closed her eyes and called, "It's probably gone by now."
"I have to find it now!"
"Why don't we just get a cat or something?"
"For one mouse? Isn't that a little extreme?"
"Well, I dunno, maybe there are more we don't know about."
"Don't say things like that!"
Her eyes widened as he shouted back, before she just stopped talking and finished eating her apple. Since he was out of the room, she reached into the freezer and grabbed a pint of ice cream, diving into it with a spoon.
He eventually returned to the kitchen, looking both annoyed and agitated, "Fucking hell." He plopped back into his chair, "Next time I'm out, I'm stealing thirty mousetraps. Put them all over the house. Profit."
"Uh huh." She smiled, "Sorry I brought it up."
"It's fine…I just…don't want a dirty house…"
"It's not dirty. Mice get in, especially when you live in the middle of the woods."
"I know, I know…" He said, "Huh…and I thought this was the perfect venue…"
"I mean…people can't get in…"
"People don't even know this place exists." He said, "And I plan to keep it that way. The contractors and realtors who gave this place to me were so doped up on Serpentis I doubt they even remember that this house is a thing."
"Good, I…kinda like it that way. I don't want to know what kind of enemies you have or think about them coming here."
"Yeah, everyone hates me, that's why I more or less live like a hermit."
"It's nice that I don't have to go to work, but…I'm gonna get bored eventually…"
"Huh…I thought endlessly porking you would solve that problem. I mean…you can take one of the cars out…if you want…oh yeah…you hate driving off-road…"
"I mean…maybe if you had an off-road car, it wouldn't be as bad…"
"Hey, I got tons of cars."
"Are any of them off-road?"
"Eh, some of them gotta be…"
She snickered, "Uh huh, I guess I'll look into it." She said.
He watched her eat for a moment or two, then he said, "You should see the disaster that's going on at work…it's great, there's a love triangle…"
"Really…? You guys have love triangles…?"
"I know…we're supposed to be political masters and warriors, but I guess some of the guys want to reenact a high school drama…"
She snickered and shook her head, "That's fucking priceless…"
"It might mean the disbandment of our little group." He said, "The chick at the center of the attention has lost it, the two guys lost it." He shook his head, "At the very least we're going to lose a lot of members…"
"Anything you can do to help?"
"I'm trying, but, no one's been listening to me." He said, "It's clear that this drama has started long before I joined…"
She shook her head, then closed the pint of ice cream and stood up, bending over to put it in the freezer. When she turned around, Sirius was gone. Her eyes darted around, "Fuck. Where the hell did you go?" No answer. She swiped her fingers through her hair as she slowly walked away from the table, "Sirius…" Still nothing. "Sirius, this isn't fun anymore." She put her hands on her hips.
She felt a significant length rub up against her loosely clothed rear, sliding up and down to create friction, while invisible hands groped her breasts.
"Fuck…" She hissed, closing her eyes, "Shit, I knew it was coming…like a goddamn jack-in-the-box…" She placed her hands on top of his. The invisible person knocked her to the floor, doing away with her robe and teasing his erection all over her lower abdomen.
Her cheeks where flushed bright red as she squirmed on the floor, "Let me see you…" She reached her hands out and held the back of his head, "I don't want to start making out with your nose…"
"But you look so helpless." His Obfuscate broke, and a naked Sirius was over top of her, "It was kinda hot…"
"Thanks." She smiled and pulled his face closer, meeting their lips for a searing kiss, "You're good at keeping this fresh…"
"Don't speak so soon." He said, "We've only been…well…whatever we are…boyfriend and girlfriend…ghoul and vampire…master and servant…friends with benefits…whatever the hell it is. We've only been that for a small handful of months…"
She slowly slid a hand up from his abs to his chest before it rested at his shoulder, "And I think I love you like a…a goddamn horny teenager…" She kissed him again, "But I can't get you out of my head and I don't want to."
"That's probably the blood bond." He rolled over and let her be on top, but it was revealed that this only so he could spank her mercilessly. She grit her teeth before she bit onto his shoulder, biting a little harder with each spank, not to mention the groans that he heard along with each one. "You're such a dirty little glutton…" He whispered, luckily for him her ear was right by him, "You gotta face your punishment." He spanked even harder, playfully pulling on her hair with his other hand.
She let out a moan before she moved her head away from his shoulder, shuddering in his arms before she shifted herself up a bit so she could grind against his abdomen. He smirked as she began to make a mess all over him, "I want you to suck my cock so hard…"
She slowed herself to a stop and brushed her sweaty hair out of the way, "Then stand up and I'll take care of it."
"You'd better slurp it all down, cause I ain't holding back."
"You let me worry about it." She kissed his lips again as he got to his feet. Once he was there, she sat up on her knees and slid her hands up the backs of his legs, gripping onto his rear tightly as she gave a pronounced lick to his length. It was only seconds later before he was entirely in her mouth. He gave a long sigh as he finally released what he had been holding in for the past quarter of an hour into her mouth, holding the back of her head to secure her in place.
He soon began a rhythm, more or less out of control, as the inside of Juliet's mouth was providing a better orgasm for him than before, even though he was aroused enough already.
After she continued to bob her head and take him in as far as she could, she licked up the last few drops and held his shaft, holding onto it with one of her hands, "It's like ice cream…"
"I doubt it actually tastes like that…"
"Not at all…"
He rolled his eye, lifting her up to a standing position and hugging her, "I guess we should rest up now."
She blinked a few times, "…huh?"
"Unless you want to sleep standing like this…"
She walked two fingers up his chest, "But you didn't fuck me…"
"Eh, but I'm pretty sure you orgasmed…unless…that was just…pee all over me…"
"Well, it wasn't piss but I didn't come either…I got close…"
"Huh. So you didn't come." He started walking towards the bedroom, "Oh well."
One of her eyes twitched as she followed after him, "Hey. Hey! This is entirely unfair." She reached forward and grabbed his shoulder, "How would you like it if you ate me out then I called it a night?"
"…I'd probably just…finish myself off…imagine that you just ate a five course meal…or were pregnant…or something really out there and erotic…I have a lot of blood in my system, so…I could afford to play with myself quite a few times…"
"Fine. Then I guess that's what I'll do." She crossed her arms.
"You're gonna touch yourself?"
"Guess so."
He took her hand, walking with her to the bedroom, "So, you're telling me that you're still a little horny?"
"More than a little."
"Hmm…why don't you tell me about it? In detail. Maybe throw in a little begging and I'll think about it." He said as they entered the bedroom.
"The hell?" She asked as she sat down on the edge of the bed, "Please just…give me something. I don't care what, I don't care how, I just need something."
"That's it?" He asked, laying back on the bed, "Alright, goodnight, Juliet."
"Fuck me, Sirius!" She demanded, crossing her arms.
He laughed, peeking an eye open and holding his arms out, "Come here…"
"Thank god." She crawled up onto the bed and started kissing him. He kissed her back, letting her boobs squeeze up against his chest. Her mouth hungrily sought his before she broke the kiss and started rolling her hips against his abs again to build up some sort of rhythm.
"Jeez…you enjoy this quite a bit, don't you?"
She panted a bit and laid over him for a moment, "I want you on top…"
"Oh, is that right?" He switched positions, "Like this?"
She nodded and slid her hands over his chest, her nails gently scraping the skin, "God, you're so hot, every night with you feels like…some…wet dream…"
"Good, I'm glad I can give ya some nice dreams, at least."
"Yeah, thanks sweetheart." She laced her fingers into hair, kissing him over and over.
"Look…" He rubbed her hips, "I didn't mean to piss you off…I was gonna get ya…"
"I know…" She smiled, "I…I know…" She closed her eyes, "Sometimes I just think it's all gonna fall apart…like this is all too good to be true…"
"You worried about me dying or something?" He asked, "I ain't gonna die on you. I'm too powerful."
She nodded and held onto him tightly before she kissed the column of his throat, "Thanks, babe…"
"I guess fucking you would show how strong I am." He started rubbing her lower abdomen.
She closed her eyes and nodded, "Yeah…yeah, it…it really would…"
"Alright." He pressed one of his thumbs on her nipple while the other hand teased the area around her womanhood, "Then I would get ready…"
She spread her legs and moaned, "Fuck…" She hissed through clenched teeth, "You're…p-perfect…"
"Say that again." He said, preparing his cock yet again.
"You're perfect…" She said stronger, her nails digging into his back, "F-Fuck me…please…"
"Alright, you did ask nicely." He drove into her, it was a bit clear that his intent was to absolutely ruin her. This much was obvious as the violent thrusting began almost immediately once he made contact. She bit her lip and let out a lovely sounding moan of release. Her legs locked around his waist so she could stay just that much closer to him.
His hands went around each of her massive butt cheeks, squeezing them and pulling them closer with each further thrust. Her hands, meanwhile, found his shoulders and dug in there. She felt yet another climax flutter deep inside her just from the feeling of his muscles rippling beneath his skin.
He gave a quiet sigh, closing his eye in an effort to give a few more thrusts before he ran out of energy. She was practically limp beneath him by the time he'd finished, a sure sign of success.
"There." He got off of her, hugging her from the side, "Happy now?"
"Yeah…" She said breathlessly. "My hips feel good and broken…"
He rubbed her stomach with one hand and the back of her head with another, "Good. Let's get some sleep then, I'll see you tomorrow after work."
She gave a little smile, "God…if you could, I'd be so pregnant…"
"Hey…" He frowned, "Don't…turn me on…and make me feel disappointed in myself…at once…"
"Sorry…" She gave a little smile, wrapping her arms around him, then mumbling in her sleepy voice, "I daydream of…getting married and…having kids…adopting them or…" She nuzzled her head against his chest, "Getting some…somewhere…"
He swallowed hard, both nervous and touched at her declaration, "You…want that…even after…?" He rubbed the back of her head with both hands, wanting to keep her warm.
"…mmm…" She squeezed him, "Night…"
"Right…uh…goodnight…"
There was a light knock on Raven and Rainy's hotel room. Raven's eyes widened as she looked over at Rainy, who was on the bed. She tugged her hood over her head and stepped forward, opening the door just a sliver.
"There's no need for such secrecy, Kindred." An incredibly deep, rumbly voice said from the other end of the door, making Rainy stir in her bed.
"What brings you here?" Raven asked quietly.
"I am Jun Oshiro, great Bodhisattva of the Kuei-Jin, and the new ruler of the city of Chinatown."
She expressed no emotion. "We will be gone by tomorrow morning."
"Very well." He said, "It is fortunate to see that some Kindred are capable of peaceful negotiations. I will return tomorrow to search the area."
"Thank you very much."
The door was slammed as Jun left the hotel. "Raven…?" Rainy asked nervously, "Who was that…?"
"We have to leave." She said, overall sounding quite composed, "The Kuei-Jin have returned." She paused, "We have until sunrise. But, at least…they seem more tranquil…"
"The Kuei-Jin?" She shuddered, "What are we going to do?"
"Leave."
"But then where?"
She paused, "I might ask the Prince for…local recluse areas. He might offer us a solution."
She nodded, moving towards her sire's side, "Should we go now?"
"Make sure you have everything. Anything that wasn't here when we first arrived." She said as she gathered a few charts and tucked them into her robe. Then she went into the bathroom and took some of the accolades provided, "And…um…anything else you may need."
She gave another nod, digging around for her own robe, she put it on over the rest of her outfit, putting the hood up, "I'm ready."
Raven nodded and peered around the room again before she left with Rainy, her bright blue eyes on high alert as they left the room, quietly paid the man behind the counter, then headed out for the streets. Once there, they clung to the shadows the entire time. Rainy knew the trip to downtown would take hours.
Rainy tugged on Raven's hand after a gathering of minutes, "Someone's following us…"
Raven's eyes widened as she squeezed Rainy's hand back, then slightly turned over her shoulder to see who was trailing them.
They were too far away to be seen at first, but Ebony made herself known once she cackled, "Where are we going, dear Cainites? What's the rush?" Rainy swallowed hard, immediately hiding behind Raven.
Raven continued until she was in a deep alleyway, somewhere far away from roads and blocked off by buildings, "Let us pass."
Ebony snickered, "Your blood is a most odd solution, that of which I do not know." She outstretched a hand, "You will come with me to my leader, or I will kill you and your duckling here."
Her eyes flared red as her body glowed green, "We mean no harm."
Ebony waved a hand, and Raven and Rainy began to vomit up blood, "Must we make this difficult?" She asked, pulling out a pair of pistols.
Rainy wiped her mouth, quivering in pain, "She's…Tremere…" She said, getting out a few pistols of her own as she glowed green while her eyes glowed red.
"Hmm…Auspex…and Fortitude…"
Raven looked around for another escape, but knew it would attract attention. She had to do something. She reached in her robe and took out a small knife, "P-Please leave us…"
"Die!" Ebony coated herself with a blood shield, firing at both the opposing vampires with each pistol.
Rainy jumped in front of Raven, hoping that Fortitude would block some of the damage. The two girls engaged in a shootout for a little while, both of their guns hardly doing a thing with their defensive enchantments up.
Raven held an arm up and hoped not to be hit by any stray bullets, before Rainy had to reload. "Enough." She hissed quietly, deep blue lightning crackling in the air overhead before she ran forward to knife Ebony in the face.
Ebony froze her in place by utilizing Purge once more, so Raven and her childe had to vomit up more blood. "Such strange powers, Master Lafayette will hear of your transgressions against the Sabbat!"
"Raven, you go ahead…" Rainy pulled her switchblade out, "I'll hold her off…"
"Sabbat…" Raven hissed through clenched teeth as she buckled over on her knees, only for a moment, "No." She said firmly, regaining her ground, "I need you to run, Rainy. To him." She nodded, praying Rainy understood her implications.
"I won't leave you here!"
"Please…"
"But what about you?"
"I'll hold my ground."
Rainy gave a shaky nod, it looked as if she wanted to say more, but she ran off.
"How sweet." Ebony snickered, "You're going to take the fall for your duckling…"
The blue lightning flickered again, but she seemed to hold more of a defensive stance than anything else. Ebony gave an insane laugh, firing away at Raven, adding an occasional blood bolt to the mix.
She held an arm out as she took the hits, really, her body hardly felt most of the blows, with Fortitude, Auspex and Obeah acting in her favor. She ran forward again to charge with her knife when she felt her blood pool dwindle.
Ebony grimaced, taking a step or two back, although for the most part trying to slash through Ebony was like trying to cut through pudding. Ebony kept firing away at Raven, calling on her own Auspex to make her shots a bit sharper.
Raven flinched and stepped back, desperately pulling on her hood to keep it in place. She rushed forward again when the window opened to slash at Ebony. "Oh, I grow bored of this." She waved a hand, causing Raven to throw up again. Ebony was meanwhile merciless with her shots as Raven was immobilized.
Raven grunted as she fell to her knees, but quickly struggled to stand, wiping the tears from her eyes as she put her knife away and looked for a path to escape.
"How dare you run from our battle!" Ebony called, chasing after her, bullets would narrowly miss Raven as she was being pursued.
Raven ran into a dead end and turned around, her eyes revealed how horrified she was before she turned back to the brick wall. A dumpster stood against it, which served as everything she needed. She jumped onto the dumpster, then scaled the wall, getting onto the rooftop of the building and disappearing into the shadows.
He felt bad for visiting his girlfriend so often, but if she was in a state like this, then it would be all for the better anyway.
There was something very wrong when he entered however. How clean the apartment was. Spotless, really. This would be fine if Anastasia wasn't a little, laid-back with her cleaning.
Skelter's worry increased when he saw a note lying on the now empty coffee table, it hardly answered any questions, yet answered them all at once.
Peace out. And a peace sign below it.
That was it. No other information was on the note.
He picked up the note, checked the back of it, then folded it in half and put it in his back pocket. He grabbed his phone and dialed her number. When there was no response, he cursed and called Nines.
"Hey. What's up?"
"'Stasia's gone."
"Gone?"
"She's gone. She left. Told us 'peace out'. Dammit, Nines, this is your fault!" He roared.
"Relax. She couldn't have gone far. Did you talk to her?"
"She said she's not coming back to the Anarchs as long as Killian's there."
"Shit." He gave a sigh, "Then we just have to wait."
"Wait? Wait!?" Skelter wanted to throw the phone at the floor, "That's your answer for everything, isn't it? What are we waiting for, huh? Waiting for her to die? Madison wants her head more than he wants yours!"
"I'm almost certain she's with Vanderbilt."
"Oh, really? In the Cam? With Madison?"
"He'll keep her safe."
"No. No, no, we have to find her."
"We don't have time for this, Skelter."
"Well I'm finding her." He said, "Fuck this, I'm not coming back until she's with me." He shut his phone and put it in his back pocket, storming out of the apartment.
Back in the Last Round, Nines cursed quietly as he closed his phone. Killian was sitting at the table, rubbing one of his temples. He didn't need to hear both sides of the conversation to know what was happening. Sirius was a little less observant, "What the hell was that about?"
"Anastasia's gone, so is Skelter." Nine said quietly, getting out a cigarette.
"Aw, seriously, it couldn't be worked out?"
"Well, she went missing. Skelter's out looking for her, and isn't coming back until she's coming back. And…well…she's not coming back until Killian's gone."
"Fuck." Killian pounded a fist on the table, "Nines, just let me leave. They're stronger than I am anyway."
He shook his head, "They'll get over it with enough time."
Downstairs, Damsel leaned up against the doorframe of the storage closet, trying to eavesdrop before she saw the door open. "Vanderbilt." She said, then her smirk faded when she saw how livid he was, "Shit, what's this about?"
"Where is she?" He asked.
"Who, Anastasia?"
"I need to see if she's upstairs or not."
"Yeah, go on up."
He went upstairs, fists clenched to ridiculous levels as he reached the top, "Where is she?!" He screamed.
Sirius looked confused, "Who the hell is this?"
Cadmus's dark eyes analyzed the five of them, he didn't recognize half of them, and out of those he did, he barely knew them either, aside from Nines.
"Is…is he Camarilla?" Catalina asked.
"Why…isn't she here…" Cadmus growled.
"It's cause I'm here." Killian sat up, "Nines, I swear, everything will be better if I leave."
"Skelter's out looking for her right now." Nines said.
Cadmus crossed his arms, "I got a voicemail from her. Said she didn't even feel safe in her own skin and was skipping town. I thought she was just trying to get attention so I came here. So where the hell is she then?"
There was a silence.
"Dammit!" Killian stood up, "I'm out."
"Killian, don't—"
"What good am I doing, Nines? I'm just another body for Blood Boil. I'm not doing shit. Those two are actually important, they matter to other people, and they matter to the cause. Thanks for the second chance, but this isn't gonna work."
Cadmus raised a brow, "Someone wanna clue me in on why she left in the first place?"
"Why the hell should we tell you anything, you're in the Camarilla!" Sirius snarled.
He narrowed his eyes, "So you're the one who keeps attacking Phaedra, huh? Glad to finally meet you…"
"Oh, so she bitched to you about me too, huh?"
"Yeah, and I'll make sure you're the first casualty in this war for it."
"Enough." Nines said, "Cadmus is Anastasia's sister. He's family to us. We have a truce."
"What?" Sirius asked, eventually muttering something under his breath about how overall inactive the cause was.
"Wait…baldy's gone too…" Cadmus said, "Isn't that her boyfriend?"
"As I said, Skelter's not coming back until he finds her." Nines said.
He clenched his fists, with a flourish he turned around, "If she's dead…" He muttered, stomping out of the building.
"What the hell was that?" Sirius crossed his arms.
"This is bad…" Catalina said, "If she said she left the state a day or two ago, then she's probably long gone by now. We're…going to have to hold up the fort without her or Skelter for a while."
Killian took his phone out. "Kid, what are you doing?" Nines asked.
"Calling Skelter and telling him that I'm leaving."
Cissy stood up and sat next to him, slowing taking his phone, "Look, sweetheart, this'll work out."
Killian narrowed his eyes and looked down at her, "I keep forgetting about you…"
"What, how you half-fucked me?" She grinned, "Well, I forgive you."
"Forgive me for what? You were the one who told me you lived alone."
She giggled and avoided the subject, "Anyway, kicking yourself out isn't going to solve the problem. From what I understand, Anastasia's afraid of you. If you left, that really wouldn't change much for her, would it? I say she needs to face her fears." She sat back, "She needs to face you."
"And she won't. I can't blame her." He said, "Now quit bugging me."
Sirius and Catalina exchanged a glance, "Well, this has gotten juicy, fast." The former said.
"Killian, you shouldn't objectively leave though." Catalina said, "We already have two people missing in action and we don't need three."
"Look, if I leave, we get two back. Don't need to be a math genius to see which is the better deal."
"But she's probably out of California by now." She said, "She won't magically come back unless Skelter finds her, which, could take a while."
"Just stay for now, alright? I'll call Skelter later tonight and see what's up."
Killian sighed and crossed his arms, "Fine…fine…"
Cissy crossed her legs, "So…my place? Tonight?"
Killian snickered and shook his head, "Catalina, I pity you…"
"I don't know, I thought you two suited each other." Catalina said, Sirius burst out laughing.
"Yeah, see?" Cissy leaned in.
"I was hardly interested before, and I'm not now." Killian clarified.
"What?" She asked, genuinely surprised, "You're turning this down?"
"Yeah."
"Fuck." She sat back, "What a shame…"
"He's got someone else on his mind." Sirius said.
"If it's who I think it is, that ship probably sailed." Catalina said, "Call it women's intuition…"
He let his head hit the table. "I need a drink…"
Damsel came upstairs, "Hey. I was gonna head out."
Nines nodded, "Guess we'll close the place up then." He followed her down to help her close up.
"Good…I was getting too damn tired anyway…" Sirius got up, "Later."
"Should we go home together or are you going to get yourself sorted out a few times first?" Catalina asked.
Cissy looked up at her, "Why do I feel like you're taking hits at me?" She stood up, "This is a serious condition, you know."
Catalina rolled her eyes, "Across the world, there's famine and disease the likes of which this planet has never seen. Forgive me for not considering your orgy-obsessed disease a contender…"
"Orgy? Ugh, I'd love that, wish I actually experienced one of those…"
"Given your history, I'm surprised you haven't…"
"C'mon, let's go." She said, pausing as she looked at Killian, still moping there, "Hey. You got a place to stay?"
"Yeah." He said lowly, "Just go."
She shrugged and followed Catalina out, "You let me know when you change your mind, Cat."
"Change my mind about what?" She asked.
"You and me."
"Yeah, I don't think so. Like I said the other nine times, I'm straight."
"Uh huh, that's what I said too, all those years ago…"
"All what years ago, aren't you barely cracking sixteen or something?"
"I'm eighteen!"
"Oh, right, such a big difference…" She snickered, "I'll let you know when I'll take your advice, little girl."
Cissy pouted and glared at her before she crossed her arms, "Whatever." Catalina rolled her eyes as the duo headed for Catalina's apartment.
A/N: The Anarchs numbers are dwindling without actions needed from any other forces…what does the future hold for them? Thanks for reading!