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Chapter 51: Second


Terra was helping Ingrid along the corridor and pulled the door open knowing Bertrand, Mori and Ramanga were watching her.

Jonno, Korith, Yassik and Valencia all gasped when they entered.

Valencia sprinted over helping Terra get Ingrid to a chair once that was done Yassik rushed to shut the door and stood guard over it with Jonno. Valencia crouched by Ingrid trying to keep her calm and Korith went up to his cousin.

"What happened?" he asked.

"Elizabeta used the forbidden sound power on us," Terra told him. "She didn't break anything in the room but it really affected Ingrid, and Erin was dusted by Elizabeta."

"What about Malik?" Yassik asked.

"He's still out there with her," Terra told them.

Valencia frowned. "We cannot heal that kind of thing, you have to recover on your own." She told Ingrid who looked slightly less weak.

"How long will it take?" she asked.

Valencia shrugged but Korith answered. "Not long, you're a strong vampire Ingrid. It should only take five minutes."

"We may not have five minutes," Jonno complained.

"He's right," Terra agreed. "My father is here now, I can sense it."

"Just great," Yassik muttered. "We're doomed."

"We cannot be," Korith said shaking his head refusing to admit defeat. "Darius, Mori, Ramanga, Adze and Bertrand are all still out there. They might be able to delay them long enough for us all to get into the mirror and draw them in."

"I don't see how," Yassik argued. "Terra and Vlad are the only real ones who stand a chance against them."

"Mori has experience with them, he can handle it," Korith continued.

Jonno frowned. "Why don't some of us go and some of us stay? Valencia can take care of Ingrid and then rest of us can help the others and draw them to the mirror. Then Valencia and Ingrid can go in from behind and make sure they go to the right room."

Yassik raised his eyebrows at Jonno, impressed. "That sounds like a good idea."

Korith nodded, he was practically the leader at the moment and so had the final word. "Right, we do that then. We'll slowly draw Malik, Elizabeta and Salem down here. Hopefully, Ingrid will have recovered by then, and Ingrid and Valencia can force them into the office."


Terra decided to go off on her own to warn Adze, Robin and Darius. She knew didn't want to risk anyone else's life by coming with her. It was easier for them to get Ramanga, Bertrand and Mori who were had been nearby and probably listening in on their conversation.

She found the three in Vlad's room, Robin was telling the two how he first met Vlad in this very room so four years ago.

"Sorry to interrupt," Terra said, actually feeling apologetic because she had never heard how Robin and Vlad met – Vlad didn't really like to talk about Robin too much before they saw each other again after Vlad's sixteenth... that seemed so long ago now! "But we've had a change of plan."

Robin frowned. "That's not like Vlad."

"He didn't decide to change it," she informed him shrugging.

"Are we not slaying the Grand High Vampire?" Adze asked looking angry at the thought.

Terra rolled her eyes. "Ingrid has been temporarily weakened by the forbidden sound power Elizabeta used on her and myself. Valencia is with her, we are all going to come down on Dad, Elizabeta and Malik like a fleet of bats and get them downstairs, and the Valencia and Ingrid will join us, drawing them into the office."

Darius shrugged. "Okay, that's not a major change in the plan. Let's get on with it."

"Hold on," Adze looked at her almost boyfriend. "What about the half fang?"

"She's been dusted, Elizabeta killed her," Terra admitted lightly, not caring and Adze looking just as uncaring nodded. Darius and Robin both looked disturbed at this.

"How did she do that?" Robin asked.

"The lightning thing," she responded and Darius flinched, he had been on the receiving end of that once when his family were being wiped out, he knew how painful it was.

"Let's go then," Adze took a deep breath looking intimidating despite how short she was.

The four flitted down, the others were still gathering downstairs. They were facing the three vampires, and every one of them could feel anxiety in themselves but didn't let it show.

The Grand High Vampire stepped forward t look at the four.

"Adze Ramanga, what an unpleasant surprise," he smiled wearily at her and she did a fake curtsy.

"The honour is all mine your highness," she told him between her teeth.

He looked then to the others. "Darius Verfore... a half fang... and..." he looked at Terra without surprise. "Hello daughter."

"Father," she greeted, glad he was taking his time because they needed the time for Ingrid to get better and the others to get up here.

"Still playing with the Dracula boy I see," he said raising his white eyebrows. "Had I known how close you would be I would have let you two marry in your own time."

Darius snorted. "As if, you just wanted the Count dead no matter what, the whole 'Vlad is the Chosen One, I should take care of him' thing was partly a facade."

Salem didn't respond to that.

"Actually," Terra interrupted. "Vlad and I aren't a couple, at least not anymore. We're friends, and I stand by my friends."

She smiled at the three others.

"But not by your father," he added.

"You're not a proper father," she corrected. "If you were you wouldn't have abandoned me and mum, you would have raised me. Not just snatched me from my mother because it was convenient for you."

The Grand High Vampire didn't flinch at her accusations but merely ignored her.

"I know how you feel," Malik muttered. "I had the exact same thing done to me."

It was Robin's turn to interrupt now. "The Count didn't know you existed. I am sure if he did he would have happily raised you. He loved having children around, no matter whose they were. He made out he didn't but he did. The Count would have taken you in and raise you... I wish he had, you might have turned out better if you had been raised by him."

Malik winced; he only knew what his mother had told him about his father. Hearing from Robin that his father would have taken him in made him feel guilty in a sense for hating his father as much as he did.

"None of that matters," Darius said. "Count Dracula is dead and so are my family."

"Any my mother," Adze added. "You murdered all of them."

"Vampircide is the ultimate crime, it is punished with death." Darius said. "That's a quote from the law you wrote."

Terra wanted to get Darius to shut up, he was talking too much... but they were still buying time; time where they would stay alive. Terra looked at Malik and her father, both were engrossed in the conversation but Elizabeta wasn't so stupid.

Terra frowned entering her mind briefly; Elizabeta knew they were stalling for some reason, it was a matter of for what reason that she hadn't figured out.

Hurry up Korith, she sent telepathically to her cousin. Elizabeta is going to figure out what we are up to any second now.


Korith looked around at the other five in the room; he had just told them the plan and had heard Terra call for help in his head.

"The Grand High Vampire is up there," Korith admitted and looked at Mori. "Do you think we can keep him at bay long enough to get them to the office?"

Mori frowned. "Maybe, as long as we stick to the plan."

Yassik then spoke. "We better go."

"I won't be able to keep up," Jonno pointed out.

Mori gestured for him to go to him and put an arm around his shoulder.

They all flitted appearing behind Malik, Salem and Elizabeta.

Terra almost smiled at the sight of them but kept her face straight.

"Nevertheless Verfore, I am the Grand High Vampire and I will do as I please," Salem told Darius.

"Even if what you please is making our kind and the human race extinct?" Korith asked rhetorically making the three jump and Darius, Adze, Robin and Terra smile knowing that they had a better chance now reinforcements were here.

Salem ignored Korith and looked at Mori. "You betrayed me."

Mori shrugged. "Do you expect anything less your highness?" he asked. "You murdered my mother. I have been waiting for the correct time for this for centuries."

Salem didn't speak at first. "You're weaker than I thought Mori. Standing alongside the Chosen One will be your undoing."

"I doubt it," Ramanga interrupted. "My son," he put his hand on his son's shoulder. "Has made me proud, he has defended the clan at all costs and now will bring the position we deserve to the clan."

Korith looked at Terra. We're going to have to start this now, we've delayed long enough.

Terra nodded pulling her hand back and launching a fireball at Elizabeta. She saw this coming and simply shifted out of the way letting the fireball hit the wall.

That's when all hell broke loose.

Robin, Darius and Adze flitted to the others leaving Terra alone while they all backed away to the stairs.

Terra knew she would have to stand alone, her father was following the others abd Malik had rushed after him, but Elizabeta stayed put unwilling to let the young princess live.

"I guess this is it," she murmured to herself and noticed Elizabeta was about to loosen her jaw again. Terra thrust her hand out making Elizabeta freeze in place, held by telekinetic forces and began to choke slightly. With a flick of her fingers Terra made Elizabeta fall down the stairs which only moments either her son had gone down to follow the GHV.

The nine rushed down the corridor, struggling to get through feeling fireballs rush past them.

Jonno then stopped abruptly knowing he was slowing them down and faced the to the GHV and Malik.

Yassik who was at the back stopped too. "Jonno hurry up!"

Jonno shook his head. "No. Yassik go! I'll delay them."

Yassik frowned. "We cannot leave you."

Jonno looked over his shoulder. "Yes you can, this is the best I can do. Tell the others that I'm grateful for everything they have done... and Yassik I'm sorry for what I did to your mother."

Jonno then turned back to the GHV who was only metres away, pulled out a stake and flung it with great accuracy at him.

Salem merely made it freeze just before it hit him andusing his telekinetic powers made it spin around. He then flung it back hitting Jonno in the stomach and making him fall down to the floor blood pouring from him.

"NO!" Yassik yelled, feeling nothing but anguish that the boy who had slayed his mother might well be dead. He looked at Malik and the GHV unwilling to let them feed on him. He flung a fireball at them to make sure they followed him and flitted to join the others in the office.

Ingrid felt much better, and was peering through the slightly open door - with Valencia - at Malik and Salem about to enter her father's old office.

Then she spotted at the other side Terra and Elizabeta fighting it out, slowly making Elizabeta go back to the office. Elizabeta kept on flinging fireballs and red lightning at the princess, but Terra merely stopped them with telekinesis and then used the same telekinesis to make Elizabeta slid back several metres.

Elizabeta then decided to play another card just as she passed the door which Valencia and Ingrid were looking out of.

She shifted and took the form of Vlad.

"Terra!" she said in Vlad's voice. "What are you doing trying to kill me? I thought you loved me!?"

Terra stiffened now uncertain. Valencia rushed out Ingrid on her tail.

"Don't you dare use love to try and win this Elizabeta!" Valencia yelled at her, furious she would try such a move. She then turned to her relative. "Terra, that's not Vlad. Look... she's wearing the wrong clothes. Vlad has a black t-shirt under his shirt today not a grey one!"

Terra blinked realising she was right and Elizabeta hissed through Vlad's form and turned back to herself.

"We're shifters too," Valencia told her. "We can spot these things."

Terra then pushed her back crashing into her son and Salem so they all fell onto the floor.


Vlad was with the others now and Yassik had looked frantic when he flitted in.

"Salem stabbed Jonno with his own stake," Yassik said wide eyed.

Robin and Vlad both felt devastated at that, he was their friend, they hated the thought he was dead.

"Do you think he's dead?" Vlad asked and Yassik shrugged.

"I managed to stop them feeding in him, but that's all," he told Vlad and Robin.

Robin winced still worried, but Vlad nodded knowing Jonno would rather die than be bitten.

Then the door opened and Elizabeta, Malik and Salem all burst in backing away from the three girls who flitted in.

Vlad wormed his way past everyone so he could speak to his brother, Elizabeta and Salem.

"Welcome," he said with fake enthusiasm. "Sorry, it's a bit crowded in here but you know," he shrugged. "Best we could do under the circumstances." He looked at Salem. "This was Dad's office once. I rarely came in here, and when I did... usually it was to protect people."

"Vladimir Dracula," the Grand High Vampire looked over the sixteen year old. "You look a lot like your father, more so than you did when I last saw you."

Vlad shrugged. "I'll take that as a compliment."

Ingrid slid beside her brother. "Yeah, because not all of us were fortunate enough to get his looks," she looked at Malik.

Malik lunged forward furious at Ingrid insulting him.

Vlad automatically on instinct stepped in front of his sister, swung his arm in a circular motion a green light erupting out of his hand and his Malik. Vlad and Ingrid's brother immediately was hidden in crystal and shrank to a small crystal on the floor.

"Malik!" Elizabeta cried looking at the crystal holding her son.

The Grand High Vampire ignore her and looked at Vlad, astonished. "You know how to zone people. That was lost centuries ago."

"Is that what it is called?" Vlad wondered. "Well apparently so."

Ingrid peered around her brother looking at Elizabeta crouched about to reach for the crystal.

"Now," Vlad muttered and the blood mirror behind then all glowed and with the force like a black hole pulled them all inside leaving the crystal holding Malik still untouched on the ground.


I will not say if Malik and Jonno are alive, you can wonder that until I tell you. The next chapter is basically the end, and then it's more of a tidying everything up thing.

Thank you for reading and please review!

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