The CheezHead (old snake-eyes): If you hadn't reviewed, I would've trashed the whole story! moonlight2: Thanx for the encouragment and the news that torturing Artemis is okay to do (there will be some torture) Ice Raider: I feel so smart for using video games! I didn't mean for the bullet thing, but the reason they are in America is for Christmas holiday. QueenTigris: I used a lot of your suggestion and I thank you for you help!

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"This might take a while," Holly said, clearly exasperated at Solo's bluntness, grabbing hold of Artemis's limp, bleeding head, readying her magic to heal all the external and internal wounds. "That fall really screwed up his brain quite a lot." Holly closed her eyes tightly and willed the wounds to heal. Solo watched in complete and utter amazement as the light blue sparkles raced from Holly's small fingers and into Artemis's dark head, closing up all wounds on the way.

Artemis started twisting around back and forth violently in the fairy's tiny arms. His limbs flew around everywhere and he was involuntarily twitching. "What's happening?" Solo shrieked, jumping a safe distance away from both Artemis and the flying sparks. Holly told her to shut up because she needed to concentrate on healing the brain-damaged boy. After five sadistic minutes, Artemis slowly opened his eyes and there was the normal mocking shine in them, the dimness was gone.

Holly couldn't help but sigh in relief. That was her first brain healing she had ever done in her life. She felt slightly weak, but she pressed the others on anyway. "Come on, guys." She stood up, wavered slightly and started walking down the street, turning on her communications to Foaly.

Artemis sat up and looked after Holly. "What happened?" he asked.

"Everyone got captured by Shina and, well, there's a possibility that they won't come back alive."

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Root closed his eyes as Axl pulled the trigger. There was a gunshot. The stained glass shattered loudly, spraying an array of rainbow light all across the cathedral floor. Root opened his eyes to see Axl's arm bent in an unnatural way, in a way that an arm wasn't meant to be. Over to his left, a boy had Reret in his arms and Axl's gun in his left hand.

"Nice of you to join us, Jack," Axl said, holding his hands in the air. "But Solo isn't here."

"So?" the boy said, his voice was inhuman and sounded like a growl.

Root shook his head and sighed. "Great, now we have werewolves to fight."

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Everything was so dark; Nick had never seen it this dark before in his long life. A sharp pain was in his wrists, digging deeper into his pale skin. He forced his head to move and realized he couldn't move it. He felt paralyzed. There were voices. One was deep and low while the other sounded female. Slowly, the darkness pulsated away, giving in to a dim light. He could smell blood, his blood, and he could sense a werewolf. "Reret?" he croaked. He looked down upon the blood-soaked floor and saw her in the arms of a werewolf. The pain in his wrist faded and he felt fury rise up inside of his chest. He was about to yell out when Axl seemed to retreat and he fled through the huge double doors. Shina was calling after him, running after him, only to be caught in a wrestling match with Butler, who leaped off the beams and landed on her like a cougar lands on its' doomed prey.

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Holly and Solo didn't even see the blur that emitted from the church's double-doors. Only when Foaly yelled out, did Holly turn around to see it face to face. It took Artemis. Solo raced after it, but she was no match for the vampire. Holly pulled out her gun, set it for level three, and aimed for Axl's head, planning to rip it cleanly off his neck in one shot. Before she could get a clear shot at him, Alset was all of the sudden on her, tearing at her face and arms. Solo panicked, yet had enough sense to pick up a sharp rock and start hacking at the vampire's pale flesh. It hissed at her and headed for the church. Holly, who had bright-blue sparks healing the gashes along her face, looked around. Axl Blair was out of sight, yet he wasn't out of mind.

Someone shrieked inside the church.

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Shina twitched slightly as Butler set his gorilla-sized foot near her head. She was tied up with barbed wire that was tied with a soldier's skill. She twisted and turned her hands, but the wire just kept going deeper. It wasn't before long when she felt the blood trail down her arm. "Go get Nick," Jack said, licking the deep cut on the side of his arm, much like a wounded dog would do. Butler motioned for Reret to go, picking up the pistol the vampires had confiscated earlier, loading it with ammo.

The door flew open and Alset was standing there, eyes red with hate. He charged Jack, who was bending over Shina, waving a goblet of holy water above her head.

There was so much blood, everyone sort of stopped for a moment, looking up at the source of the blood. Nick had wrung out of the barbed handcuffs. He flipped off the beam and landed without even having to brace himself for the hard landing. He held his hands above his head and whispered an incantation. Alset crumpled up and screamed.

Alset was dead in two minutes. "How did you do that?" Root asked, eyes wide with horror.

"You can do a lot to your offspring." He slung a bounded Shina over his shoulder and opened the doors. "Oh, and it's great to see you again, Jack."

"Pleasure's all mine," Jack said, infatuated with getting the blood of Alset out of his long black hair.

They went outside to see Holly and Solo, who were scarred for Artemis's life.

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Artemis woke up on a cold beach, watching the sun slowly set in a massive swirl of colors. The sound of seagulls and waves was sort of soothing, if only he could ignore the massive bleeding from his stomach, maybe he could enjoy it. With every breath, with every heartbeat, the darkness ensued and swallowed the light. He could hear footsteps. Nick appeared in the darkness and he put his lips to Artemis's neck. It felt good. It felt like a cold hand of a fevered brow. "I'll make you live forever. I'll make you like me, and all I ask for in return in love."

Artemis was so scared of dying, he accepted.

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Oooh! Wot's gonna happen now?! Hehe. You'll have to wait! Please review! New chap up soon.