I just have to say thankyou to myst-walker-in-grey, Keri459, and VampyricAngel for your lovely constant reviews, if you didn't review like you do I wouldn't have written any more, but IVe come this far and its almost finished,

thankyou once again

-Evelyn-

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Cyrus stood in front of his mirror marvelling at his new body form of evolution, now he thought he would be ready to take on Marcus, yet he was still unsure if this form would be strong enough. None of the Vampyre's were game enough yet to walk out into the sunlight, there was only one way for sure of checking if they would burn up. Cyrus and Amos stood side by side aligned with the door out of lights reach as did everyone else, two dealers stood with a drugged weakened Soren. The front of he mansion held two doors, if one where opened the other would protect any Vampyre who would have been in the lights range. The doors where only new and made of wood, they where not fully one hundred present finished in contrectatio due to Selene's trigger happy finger on the grenade launcher when she rescued Duncan. The two dealer escorted a sloppy footed Soren to the doors, Cyrus and Amos both evolved waited as the dealers closed toe doors behind them. They opened the doors from the side and quickly threw Soren out into the sun, then pulled the doors shut and watched on the small monitor next to the door, what would happen.

Soren may have been slower form the drugs, but he was still in somewhat of a clear state of mind, he had one only plan of escape. Soren shielded his eyes, he could not open them in the light, the sun scorched his skin, he did not burn up enough killing him, but the sun still tried harshly to dispose of his skin. Going with his plan, he threw himself to the ground and began to yell as if he where dieing and burning, dieing at the rays of the sun. He listened for the doors, to open into the main foyer then close, they where no longer watching. It had felt like and eternity in a furnace, now all he had to do was run. Barely making it to his feet, he stumbled, disorientated with the drugs, blind by the light, he had to use his hearing and sense of smell to guide him away. He could hear the birds in the trees near by, he ran with everything his body possessed, even though his skin was burnt and torn from his body, he reached the wall with a bone cracking thud. He leaped up to the top and grabbed what he could find his hands barely gripping slippery with blood and raw to the bone, he hauled himself over the fence, cutting himself on the razor wire he landed in the merciful shade of the trees and high fence. He didn't are if he bled to death, as long as his death was not by their hands. Shaking from the pain and blood loss he crawled deeper into the forest until he fell into a small cavern near a creek, it was dark, littered with moss covered rocks that tricked with cold water, in which he landed.

Cyrus waited as the two guards return without Soren

"He burnt up sir"

"What? that cant be, so if I look outside I will see a body make of coal?"

"Well, only his skin brunt not his body"

"Then bring him in" He was angry at the result. They opened the door and lead him to the monitor. He glared at the monitor then screwed up his face

"Where is he?" They stared at the monitor, the ground was empty, they where lost for an explanation

"I thought you would have chained him up and dragged his body back, but no you had to be an imbecile and now he's escaped" Cyrus almost screamed punching the closer death dealer, then stormed off back to his sister and awaiting Vampyre's.

"From that racket I'm guessing it was a failure" Amos presumed quickly

"Well he didn't die, but we know at lest we wont in the sun, all we need is a way to protect outs skin" he grouched, when a young servant approached him

"My lord, you have a call" She held the phone up with her hand covering the bottom

"Not now!" he snarled at her though his teeth

"But my lord"

"Not but my lord anything piss off"

"Its Marcus and Selene on the other end" whispers wove thought the group as their names where mentioned. Cyrus snatched the phone off the woman, then shoved it to his ear

"What do you want?!"

Marcus sat at his desk, with Selene on the other side feeding Kain, they had both hear Cyrus yelling at the other Vampyre's and how pissed they where that the sun burnt the skin off their mussels, making them smile at there new found advantage, they had heard the whole senario

"Good afternoon" Marcus was being sickly polite

"Fuck up what do you bloody want?"

"We rang for a lovely chat diddums" Selene mocked, Marcus was shocked at Selene, he had never seen her being sarcastic before

"Bloody Bitch!"

"You shouldn't call your sister names, its not nice" Marcus couldn't help but pick fun, both he and Selene where in a good mood. Amos heard the comment and scoured at the direction of the phone

"I'm guessing that wanker saved her bastard son" She snapped

"Yes he did, I can hear him feed off his bitch of a mother" Cyrus was impressed by his new hearing abilities, Selene's eyes widened surprised, Kain was making small noises, while Marcus's brow lifted

"Alright, enough, time to get to business"

"You called me"

"Yes, this is to end once and for all, we prepose a battle, in a place just between us, a place we can fight it out, who ever wins is superior race, the other wiped out for good. This place is secluded and to both our choosing, this will end like the battle it started with" Marcus explained in a way he knew Cyrus wouldn't want to refuse. Cyrus was indeed intrigued

"Fine, up the old country road, about mid way from both or covens, though the forest lay a field littered with ruins, we will meet there in one week time two hours after dusk"

"The field of Burwood, agreed" Marcus hung up on Cyrus. Cyrus with his blind arrogance in power stupidly thought he already had the upper hand.

"The Burwood ruins?" Selene asked Marcus narrowing her eyes on him, slightly adjusting Kain

"Yes, it will be perfect you cannot get motor cars though but you can horses easily, why?"

"It's supposed to be haunted, and the ground is unstable there are many hidden rooms and stairways, and underneath lay hidden volts and catacombs to fall into and get lost"

"I hardly took you for one to believe in ghosts"

"No such thing you think?, just like there are supposed to be no such things as Vampyre's and werewolves" She was dead serious.

"Come on you don't honestly believe..."

"I've seen my fair share of unexplainable things in my time, on the run from place to place ending up heading though a old building or seeking refuge from the day, I have ended up in a strange place where I had no sleep" She told him her face still serious, she could tell by the look on his face he didn't believe her

"Don't believe me ask Kahn, he was there so was two other death dealers, there is other forces in this world than just Vampyre's and Lycans"

"I will believe it when I see it"

her brows flattened as she blankly stared at him, he stared back lifting his brows

"I'm not saying I don't believe you its just I have never seen anything to convince me yet..." he stoped at her wincing face

"Ouch" She pulled Kain back

"You've seen Vampyre pregnancies before, yes?"

"Yes why?" he was confused

"How early does a Vampyre get their fangs?"

"Is he biting?"

"Yes, he's almost piercing the skin"

"He will get them soon, well before teeth. Mother's that live just let them bite and drink a bit of blood as well as milk, it's good for them"

"Wouldn't I change though?"

"I have no idea, it might pay not to let him then"

She frowned then sat Kain up, fixing herself up then leaning him against her. Marcus leaned forward and felt Kain's gums for the fangs, he could feel two pointy lumps that the teeth hadn't quite come though, Kain bit down onto Marcus's finger

"Bloody hell" Marcus snapped his arm away

"He's going to be a biter"

"Well you did shove your finger in his mouth what else would he do, what would you do if someone shoved a finger in your mouth"

"Bite it I suppose, but I've seen most Vampyre children and they grow a bad habit of biting. its just our nature I guess"

"Great" Selene didn't sound to enthusiastic about it.

The war date was set, everyone was to be told just not about the hybrid army, Selene just had one more thing to do, she had to ensure no matter what the outcome of the battle, Kain was safe, she knew exactly who to ask, she knew they would be able to protect him.