As they drove to a small villa, where a friend of Adrian's would be waiting for them, Amy admired her surroundings. Being in Greece had always been a dream. She and Lily would usually spend hours searching for all those destinations they dreamed to visit, but would never have money to.

"I've always dreamed being here," Amy told. "Don't you suddenly feel the urge of lie on the beach and relax?"

"Later, Amy," Kamilah was focused on the road ahead of her. "First, we need to find Gaius and rescue my brother."

"Sure."

Kamilah drove in silence for a little while longer until they both eventually pull up in front of a scenic coastal villa. As they got out of the car, a tall bearded man approached thee female vampire with his arms spread.

"Kamilah Sayeed," he shook her hand. "A good friend of Adrian, it's such a delight to have you here!"

"It's a pleasure to meet you too, Elias."

"And this is?" Elias looked at Amy, with a warm grin on his face.

"Amy Parker," Amy extended her hand. "I'm also Adrian's friend and… Kamilah's girlfriend."

"Come, come, you must be starving after your travels."

They followed Elias to an outdoor seating area, with wooden chairs around a table with a lot of food.
"You didn't have to go through all this trouble, Elias. We'll be brief on our stay."

After much insistence, Kamilah and Amy sat down to enjoy the wine and snacks Elias had provided. Amy listened in silence as they spoke about the Order Of Dawn. A secret society, founded in ancient Greece. Their only objective was to eradicate vampires. They moved with military precision, using the most advanced technology.

"How do you know so much about them?" Amy asked curious, as she took a bite of her sandwich.

"Because I used to be in the Order," his words made the girl tense up a little bit. Kamilah gave her an assuring nod that Elias was trustworthy. "It was a long time ago. It was. The late 1800s, to be exact."
"But… you're a vampire now."

Elias nodded, his eyes became distant as he remembered his past.
"We were in the middle of a raid that went terribly wrong. One of the vampires cut me open and left me to die. But another vampire found me, and I pleaded for my life. He Turned me, and saved me."

"I assume it wasn't easy to become the very thing you'd been hunting," Kamilah told.
"No, my friend, it was not. But eventually I learned to be grateful for this second chance."

They changed the subject and started to discuss the last details of the plan. While working for the Order, Elias used to be stationed in the island of Mydea. Where their headquarters were built, and also where the tomb of the First Vampire was located. Getting a boat and acting cautiously, they could easily reach the island.

Amy took the moment to explore the vineyard and reflect about the situation. She wondered what they'd be finding inside that compound and if Kamilah would be able to handle Gaius by herself. She felt a strange sensation in her stomach.

"Amy," Kamilah came to meet her, "there you are. I'm taking a walk on the beach to clear my mind. Would you like to come?"

"Of course!" Amy smiled, as Kamilah enlaced her hand with hers and they walked together.

Stopping by the shore, Kamilah stood in silence, staring at the ocean ahead of her. Amy kneeled down and started playing with the water. With a mischievous smirk, she splashed the unnoticed vampire.

"Hey!" Kamilah shouted, then broke into a laugh, splashing Amy back. "You're ridiculous!"

She embraced Amy and tuck some of her wet hair behind her ear. Her expression suddenly changed again. Amy knew her well enough to tell she was dealing with an inner struggle.

"He's going to be okay, Kamilah," she told. "Elias will get us the boat and we're going to find him."

"You and your optimism," Kamilah fought a smile. "It isn't only about my brother, Amy. There's… Gaius."

Gaius Augustine was an ancient vampire and a jerk, who was almost everybody's Maker and was interested in her blood to bring back the First Vampire. That was all Amy knew. There was one important detail she was missing though, his relationship with Kamilah.

"Oh. Seeing him after such a long time, it does sound kinda troubling."

"It's not only that. I… Amy, for centuries I was convinced I loved him and that he loved me back. He played with my feelings, when he granted me power to avenge my brother's death. After that, I became fascinated by his ideals of leadership, of being a superior race. He not only Turned me into a vampire, but into a monster. I've done horrible things by his side. Things that if you knew, you'd never look at me the same way again."

Amy squeezed her hand in an assuring manner.

"But you've changed, Kamilah. You has saved me so many times and… you have a good heart, even if you try to hide it all the time. The past should be in the past."

"Amy…" Kamilah's brown eyes gazed deeply into hers. "If you look at me and see somebody worthy of redemption, that's enough for me."

"I do. And I promise you, we'll have a brighter future and a lot of new memories together."

"I'm looking forward to this," Kamilah's lips found hers, pulling her closer by the waist for a lingering and heated kiss.


Heading back to Elias' villa, Kamilah's eyes went wide in shock and surprise. Another group of people was waiting for them, enjoying the wine and snacks.

"Surprise," Lily grinned at Amy, raising her glass for a toast.

"Lil!" Amy hugged her tightly. "And Adrian, Jax… what are you guys doing here?"

"I was about to ask the same," Kamilah snarled. "I thought I had said I'd deal with Gaius myself."

"Honestly, Kamilah," Adrian patiently answered. "Last time, it took all the six members of The Council only to trap him in a sarcophagus, do you really think you can kill him alone?"

Kamilah rolled her eyes and sighed defeated. She hated admitting Adrian had a point.

Elias returned to the villa, announcing he had gotten a boat that would guide them to the small island of Mydea. The group took with them some weapons from the Shadow Den, along with Lily's precious crossbow.

"I've upgraded my skills since the last time," Lily bragged. "I can't wait to show you."

"What about you, Amy?" Jax asked, showing her the weapons. "You'll need something to protect yourself too."

Amy analyzed the crate and took some UV grenades and a pair of daggers, like Kamilah's.

"Excellent choice."

Some time later, they arrived at the island. Adrian ordered Elias to return, it was too dangerous for him to follow. The Order's building was completely destroyed, there were bodies and blood from the dead soldiers in every corner, increasing even more as they approached the entrance. Amy felt her stomach twisting. She had never witnessed something so horrible in her life before.

"Stay alert," Adrian told, "he could be anywhere."

The girl gripped tightly around her weapons, unsure if she'd be able to use them properly. She had defense lessons from Jax and Kamilah, yet she was the most fragile member of the group. The one who could jeopardize the whole mission.

"Lily, can you get a map of this place?" Kamilah asked.

"I'm just trying," Lily tapped her cell phone's screen repeatedly, trying to find anything suspicious. "Hmmmm… there's a high-security elevator on our left. It seems to go way deep into the compound. Like, underground deep."

"Then let's not waste time," Kamilah drew her daggers.

When the elevator stopped a few minutes later and the doors opened, no Order soldiers are waiting for them, but a horde of Ferals.

"Amy, stay back!" Kamilah shouted, starting to send her daggers flying through the air, severing the heads of the creatures with a perfect precision. From inside the elevator, Lily started shooting using her crossbow, hitting a couple of Ferals too.

"Achievement unlocked, baby!" She celebrated.

Together, Adrian and Jax took doen the rest of the monsters, who were blocking the path to an underground chamber with a massive set of stone doors, carved with strange symbols.

"What the hell?" Jax examined the door closer. "I don't think we can simply push it open."

"I'm getting Tomb Raider vibes here," Lily added.

"It looks like a riddle," Adrian concluded. "Some sort of password."

"I don't have time for this child play," Kamilah scowled. "I need to rescue my brother!"

Uselessly, she kept trying to force the door open.

"Took you long enough, My Queen," a voice echoed from inside the chamber. That voice Amy was beginning to get familiar with. Yet, it still gave her shivers.

"Gaius!" Kamilah slammed her fists against the door. "Open it. Right now!"

"I'm afraid I can't. It's not so hard, but you better hurry. Lysimachus' life is leaving his body, second by second…"

"Bastard!"

She kept furiously punching the door, again and again, until her knuckles slip and bleed, but healing almost instantly. It wasn't enough to make her quit.

"Kamilah, stop!" Amy yelled. "You're hurting yourself."

"What else am I supposed to do, then, Amy? Sit around while Gaius kills my brother and mocks me?"

"We can get through this together. We just need to figure out the password."
Kamilah let out a weary sigh and crossed her arms.
"And here I thought I'd never see the day where you became the rational one."
"I'll take that as a compliment."

Amy took a few steps away from her, attempting to ignore her words. She placed herself in Kamilah's place. If one of her siblings was kidnapped by a maniac and locked inside some creepy chamber, she'd be probably acting the same.

She leaned against the door, starting to feel a little tired. She closed her eyes and as her hand touched the door, she heard it. Almost like a whisper in her ear.

"Life," the female voice said.

"Huh?!" She thought, trying to figure out what was going on. Hesitantly she said it aloud. "Life!"

With a dusty heavy creak, the doors rumbled and slid open… The group looked at her in shock, especially Kamilah.

"Amy, h-how did you…"

Amy didn't answer. She suddenly started feeling dizzy as they walked into the Tomb. A strange feeling was taking over her mind and body, a connection to that place. In the middle of the chamber, a young male was laying on the floor unconscious.

"Brother," Kamilah rushed to his side, holding him in her arms. "I'm here now… you're going to be okay, I promise you."

From behind the tree, another figure emerged, an ancient powerful man. Amy could sense the dark aura surrounding him. All the darkness of centuries of evil and bloodshed.

"My Queen," Gaius smiled, devilish, "it's been a long time."

"What have you done to him, Gaius?"

"I've brought Lysimachus back to life, as a gift for you."

"A gift?! Look at him, he's barely alive!"

"A gift… for your betrayal," Gaius eyes turned blood red. "How could you, Kamilah? After everything I've given you? What about our love, our story? You've traded all of it… for him."

His eyes went straight in Adrian's direction, gazing at him with fury.

"We did what it had to be done, Gaius," Adrian argued. "You wanted to destroy the humankind!"

"My Prince… it's such a shame you've became a failure. A mistake I must fix… NOW!"

In a flash, Gaius had grabbed Adrian by the throat, squeezing his neck with a supernatural strength. Kamilah leaped through the air, landing right on his neck, with one of her daggers she attempted to decapitate Gaius.

"Not this time, My Queen," he dropped Adrian and with one hand he send a ball engulfed by a blue flame in Kamilah's direction, sending her flying meters away.

Jax lunged in his direction with his katana in hands. Gaius not only easily deflected the move, but took his sword, stabbing him in the stomach.

"Jax!" Lily fired a few bolts using her crossbow, but the ancient vampire caught each one of them mid-air, throwing them back at her.

Seeing her friends being tortured and hurt by Gaius, Amy couldn't stay put anymore. First, she had to attract him to a secluded part of the chamber. She looked at the tree and went for it, stabbing it with her daggers. For her surprise, blood started to spill everywhere around the chamber.

"What are you doing, foolish mortal?" Gaius grimaced.

"It's here she is, isn't it?" Amy confronted him. "I'm going to cut down this tree. You'll never get her back! Not with my blood!"

As Gaius came in her direction, she carefully threw an UV grenade in front of him. It exploded in a flash of light. Amy couldn't see anything but she prayed it hadn't affected any of her friends. When the light dissipated Gaius was standing in front of her, unharmed.

"How is… that… even possible?" Kamilah and Adrian exchanged looks.

"The blood!" Adrian concluded. "Kamilah… he drank blood from the tree!"

"Oh no, it means… he's so powerful as the First Vampire."

Gaius laughed sarcastically.

"That's right, my children. My beloved Rheya may be trapped somewhere inside this tree, yet she was able to grant me one last gift. The gift of being a God!"

Amy gulped. If Gaius was so powerful as the First Vampire, that meant he was almost invincible. Little had she heard so far about her, but she knew Rheya was immune to sunlight and the stake.

"Amy…" Kamilah looked at her with begging eyes. "Take my brother out of here… and run!"

The girl nodded, going for Lysimachus, who was barely conscious on the ground.

Gaius approached Kamilah and using his Maker powers, he forced her to her knees. From his waist he pulled a stake, impaling it on Kamilah's back.

"Kamilah!" Amy yelled. She expected her girlfriend to convert into ashes, as she could see the tip of the stake coming out from her chest. But it never happened. Instead, she only grunted in pain.

"My Queen, can you feel it now? How it feels to be stabbed in the back?"

"If… you're going… to…" Kamilah muttered, "kill me… just… do it!"

"Do you think I'm going to kill you, just like that? I missed your heart on purpose."

"W-Why?"

Gaius smiled maliciously, as he twisted the stake inside Kamilah's body.

"And missing the chance to see you mourning your beloved brother one more time? He's going to die again and nothing you do will be able to save him. There's no better punishment for your betrayal," he pulled the stake in a violent manner, making Kamilah collapse. "Make you go through your worst pain, twice."

Watching Kamilah in so much agony infuriated Amy. She couldn't tell what was hurting the female vampire the most, the hole in her chest or her brother's condition.

"You bloodsucking piece of filth!" She screamed. "I'm not letting you…"

Gaius released a fireball in her direction, slamming her hard against the tree. About to pass out, Amy felt the blood dripping over her body, soaking her clothes.

"Bastard!" Adrian went to his Maker direction again. "You're going to pay."

"I'm done with you."

Her blurred vision saw the ancient vampire tearing through Adrian's chest, ready to rip off his heart.

Something erupted inside her. An electric source of power. Suddenly all the impact from the blow disappeared and she was standing on her feet again.

"Stop!" She ordered by impulse.

Gaius let Adrian go and turned around to face her.

"I've told you to stop!"

It was almost like he was trapped inside his own body. He couldn't move or attack any of Amy's friends.

"I-It can't be…" Gaius' eyes went wide in shock. "Y-You…"

He vanished through the chamber's door like a thunderbolt.

"He's getting away," Kamilah complained. "Somebody go get him."

"No," Adrian kneeled by her side, already healing. "We need to take care of you first, and…" he glanced at Lysimachus.

"Kamilah," Amy fell down in tears, "are you going to be okay?"

"Only if I can save my brother."

Adrian examined her twin brother, checking his vitals.

"He's alive, but very weak. I'm sorry, Kamilah. He won't make much longer."

"No way!" Kamilah stood up with some difficult, "I'm saving him. No matter what it costs me."

Adrian was pensive for a moment, then his expression went dark.

"Amy's blood brought him back to life, but it wasn't enough to keep him stable. Maybe if we give him some more…"

"How much more are we talking about?" Amy wanted to know, showing concern. Although she wished Lysimachus would live, she wasn't willing to risk her own life.

Before he could answer, Kamilah took both of her hands, staring deeply into her eyes.

"Amy, I'm begging you… save my brother."