Part Eleven Mideon yawned and felt around for Christine. He shot up when Bradshaw burst into his room. " Takers gone!" " What?" " We went to check on him this morning and he was gone. Where's Chrissie?" " I'm not sure." They searched the entire place and found no sign of her. The three of them entered Gangrel's room and woke him out of his sleep. " What is it?" " They're gone." " Who?" " Taker and Chrissie, they're gone." Gangrel shot out of bed to see for himself. " When did they get away?!" " Sometime in the night." " Search the area! If they got out they couldn't have gotten far. He's dead weight." " Unless the spell has lifted." " No it won't lift for another few days. Now get your ass's in gear and find them!" Taker woke up a few hours later sore from the last few weeks but feeling better than had in awhile. He looked down at the small figure next to him and smiled. Her heart had opened and she had come to him. By now Gangrel would notice that they were missing and begin to search for them. He stood up bringing Christine with him. He concentrated his energy and vanished from the room. He reappeared in his home in Texas. No one knew about it, or where it was. This was his haven, and now hers. He carried her into the bedroom and laid her down on the bed. He then slid in next to her falling back asleep. She woke up a few hours later to someone tickling her stomach. She slapped at his hands before finally opening her eyes. " How are we going to keep them from finding us?" " Already taken care of." She sat up and looked around. They were in a different house.

" Where are we?" " My house in Texas, no one knows how to find it. We'll be safe here. At least till I have to go back to work." " What will happen when you have to go back?" " Some bad shit. I bet Mike had a part in this too." " What makes you say that?" " I would have known if they were following us." " They could have just asked someone in the company." " No, when I moved to that house I didn't give the company the address. Someone would have had to tail us to find it. Mike is the only one out of the bunch that could have told them." " Have you spoken to Vince about why you've been gone?" " No, I'll call him later." " You might want to call him now. I'm sure he's not very happy with you right now." " It's not my fault that three nut jobs held me and my girl hostage." She climbed up onto his chest and looked down at him. " What about your brother?" " What about him?" " Do you think he would have a hand in this?" " Kane? No, He would come straight after me. You're not even on the list. As far as he sees it you're an innocent bystander that happens to be with me." " Always a good thing you know." " Most of the time he doesn't hurt women. There are the exceptions though." He began running his hands up her back. " I take it that you like this living arrangement?" " I'm getting more accustom to it." " It's better than what you had before." " That's not the point." " Well if you want I could take you back to Mideon and let you have no freedom." " No! God no, I'd rather be skinned alive than put up with any of them." " So you like living with me better than them?" " If they're the alternative then yes I do." " You'll grow more accustom to it over time." " What about when you retire?" " I'll stop working when I'm dead." " Aren't you already dead?" " Fully dead, as in no pulse, or brain activity." " That won't be for a long time." " Plenty of time to play with you" " We're not little kids." " That wasn't the type of playing that I was thinking of. We still have to make up for lost time." " I thought we did that we when got back?" " Not fully, why are you to tried?" " I'm to sore, I don't think I can walk." He laughed at her comment. " I didn't hurt you that badly, did I?" " No, it wasn't you. It was the four nut jobs." He began to rub her nipple between his fingers. " Believe me when I tell you that if I could have stopped them I would have." " How come you can move?" " You're mother was a healer so I'm assuming that's what some of your power is for. Does it really matter?" " Not in the least." He slid her forward, moving her towards his head. " Taker what are you doing?" " Kissing it so it'll feel better." " If you kiss it we'll end up doing something that'll make it feel worse." " That's bad?" " For me it is, but I'll make you a deal. You go call Vince and I'll let you do what ever you want." His eyebrow went up. " Who controls who?" " At this moment I control you. I'm perfectly happy waiting a few days till the pain subsides." He grasped her waist and rolled her onto her back. The sudden movement made her let out a scream. He pinned her down with his weight and placed his head over her. " Funny you don't look in control." He lowered his face to hers. " And I can do anything that I want to you when I want." " Really?" He looked down to find her legs crossed at the knees. " Give it up little one." " I told you once that I wasn't going to be trained." " Still the hard way?" " So far the hard way hasn't been to bad." He stopped the hand that was tracing the tattoos on his arms and caught her other one. He sat back and pulled her up with him. " It hasn't been bad because you've kept me in a good mood. I trust you, but that doesn't mean I won't restrain you so I can have a little fun." " How come you get to have all the fun?" " Because you said you wanted things the hard way. If you had just agreed to stay you could have had more fun." " But I have agreed to stay." " This means what?" " That you don't have to restrain me." " Maybe I like having you at my mercy sometimes." He gave her a wicked smile before pulling out two pieces of rope. In no time he had her attached to the headboard and was preparing open her legs. He rubbed his chin contemplating how to go about it. " What's wrong?" " I'm debating whether I want your legs around me or not. Then again, I'm not sure if I want you moving around either. Depriving you the use of your limbs could be interesting." " It's cruel." " You said you wanted to do things the hard way." He grabbed both of her ankles and pulled her body taught. He attached each ankle to either side of the bed. He then ran his hands up her legs to the bed of curls. He contemplated it for a moment for standing up and heading for the bathroom. She strained against the ropes trying to get comfortable. Part Twelve " You're not leaving me like this?" " Leaving no, taking advantage of you like that? Yes!" He walked back out stark naked. Taker once again let his eyes roam over her body. " I think this is the first time I've been able to get a good look at you." His hands once again traveled up her legs. He slowed his pace to explore every inch of them. He stopped when he reached her stomach. Leaning forward he began to trace her navel with his tongue making her jump. An annoying ringing made him stop. Both looked over to his cell phone sitting on the nightstand. " I wonder who that is?" " Can't your voicemail get it?" " Nope, it won't be to long." Taker picked up the phone looking at the screen. " Who is it?" " Vince." He stopped the ringing and answered. " Hello" " Where the hell are you! I've been trying to get a hold of you for two weeks." " Someone jumped me and Christine. If it wasn't for Christine we'd probably still be there." " You mean to tell me that you were kidnapped." " Yup" " Somehow I find that hard to believe." " It's true, go ask Farooq, Bradshaw, Mideon, and Gangrel." There was a long silence on the other end. " Vince you still there?" " Yeah, how soon can you get here?" " Where's here?" " Stanford" " I'll check the flight schedules and call you when I get something." Vince agreed and they both hung up without a goodbye. Taker turned back to Christine who had loosened the knots a little. " Talented little thing aren't you?" " I try." She gave him an innocent smile. " How are you feeling right now?" " A little frustrated." " I meant physically." " I'm fine, why?" " Because I want to do the teleport again, and I'll need your help." " You're going to have to let me up for that aren't you?" " Regretfully yes, but I can always get you like this later." He stroked her face and let his hand travel down between her breasts. Part Thirteen The next day Taker and Christine sat in Vince's office waiting for him to speak. He looked very grave and almost fearful. " Well boss, this going to take all day? I have a little business I have to finish up." " When you were kidnapped did they take you both or just you?" " They took both of us. The lady got us out of it. What's this all about?" " Because in the past two weeks the four of them have become very powerful and have taken out everyone that has stood in there way. They're unstoppable, and we can't explain it." Christine straightened up and spoke up. " I can, Takers been training me to use my gifts and they took advantage of that. It wasn't them doing all the work it was me. Believe me when I tell you that I didn't want any part in this. I feel horrible about hurting all those people." " But do you know how to hurt them?" " Not really, Taker knows more about them than I do." " Well deadman you have any ideas?" " A few, Mideon will be a push over. The Acolytes will be toughest but if we go for their weakest points we'll be fine. Gangrel will be the most difficult. He's the most powerful and probably the smartest of the bunch. It will take everything I have to beat him." " Why can't she fight him? If she's strong enough to get you both out of there I don't see why she can't square off against him." " She doesn't know him nearly as well as I do, and she also doesn't have the knowledge or experience." " The I suggest you teach her how. Every little bit will help. I'm at my wits end with this shit. I refuse to let anymore superstars get hurt because of them." " This will take time. They'll be watching for us and I can guarantee that they'll try to get her back." " Then you'll just have to make sure they don't get anywhere near her." Now Christine was worried. Taker had held a very relaxed pace with her. She knew that was out the window, right along with the calm demeanor she had gotten used too.