Author's notes:

Ok, there were a couple of characters who I forgot to mention in the cast list back in the prologue who are going to be appearing in this chapter. A few of them are villains.

Here they are.

David No… Kane

Rhona Mitra… Eliza

Benecio Del Toro… Talos

Aidan Gillen… Faustus

Richard Roxburgh…  Jared

*****

Underworld 2: The Three Sided War

Allies and Enemies

Sebastian glanced back and forth between Sonja, who now had a bruise on her jaw from where Damon had hit her, and Damon himself, who was leaning against one of the corners of the room, calmly smoking a cigarette.

"And you say Lucian did this, Damon?"

Damon nodded. Sebastian rolled his eyes.

"Damon, if you think I'm an idiot, just say it."

Damon shrugged. "Ok, you're an idiot."

Sebastian walked over to Damon, yanked the cigarette out of his mouth, threw it on the floor, and stomped on it.

Instantly Damon had a gun drawn out of his coat and aimed at Sebastian's head, right between the eyes.

"Don't. EVER. Touch. My. Smokes," Damon said with an extremely cold tone.

Sebastian smirked before raising his hand and lowering the gun. He glanced back at Sonja. "Could you please excuse us for a moment?"

Sonja gave a quick glare to Damon before walking out of the room. Sebastian turned back to Damon.

"You know, if you didn't want me to know you hit her, you could have said someone who would have actually hit her hit her. Lucian is not someone who would have hit her."

Damon rolled his eyes. "Look, the bitch was pissing me off, so I hit her; there's no need to get all freaked out about it."

Sebastian raised an eyebrow. "Do I look like I'm freaking out to you?"

"Good point. Well anyway, Lucian knows she's alive; she stabbed him in the chest though. You should have seen the look on his face. It was so fucking hilarious," Damon chuckled as he walked into the center of the room, pulling out another cigarette and lighting it.

"Well, he doesn't know about the ring, right?"

Damon didn't answer.

"He knows doesn't he?" Sebastian said with a annoyed voice.

"Not from me, but I bet Gabriel knows and I really don't see why he wouldn't tell him."

Sebastian just sighed before glancing out the window.

"When is Faustus getting here?"

"I got a call from him. He and Jared should be here tonight."

"Good."

*****

The hybrid ran across the rooftops as fast as he could run. He had tried fighting the man, or at least it looked like a man, but he hadn't even landed one blow.

He leaped from the rooftop he was on to the next… and there he was.

He was crouched on the opposite ledge, almost like a cat. He wore all black, black combat boots, black pants, a black button-up shirt, and a black leather coat, which went well with his dark eyes and black hair.

He leapt from the ledge to where the hybrid stood, landing around five feet away from him.

For a moment neither did anything, they just stared at each other.

Then, the hybrid lunged, his clothes slightly tearing as he transformed. He slashed at the man with his claws.

He hit nothing but air. He swiveled around, and there he was.

Snarling the hybrid launched itself foreword; it went into a mad slashing frenzy. And each it hit nothing as the man dodged every slash.

The hybrid finally got lucky, as he slashed the man across his chest, causing blood to squirt out. Then, he grabbed him and flung him through the air. However, the man was still able to land on his feet.

For a moment he stayed crouched, unmoving, his head lowered.

Then, he raised his head.

And that was when the hybrid saw his eyes.

They had changed; before they had been a dark brown. Now, they were an emerald green, with black slits for pupils.

Cat eyes…

The man smiled, revealing fangs. Then he stood upright and, ripping open his shirt, threw it to the ground, along with his coat.

And then he started to change.

The hybrid backed up a little as black fur sprouted on the man's body, even as his muscles expanded slightly. His ears changed as they moved to the top of his head. His face jutted outward slightly as whiskers sprouted. His hands tensed before long claws sprouted from his fingers.

And then it was done, and the man stood fully upright, now a half-man, half-black panther.

The hybrid wasn't sure what to do. Then, he decided to run.

He turned…

…and the panther was in front of him.

The hybrid tried to defend itself; but he didn't stand a chance. The man had been fast before, and now in this new form, he almost couldn't be seen.

Finally, the hybrid hit the ground, several bones broken, but he was in one piece.

As he looked up, the man tensed, and then changed back into his human form.

Slowly he walked over to his shirt and coat and put them back on. Then he walked over to the hybrid, who was trying to get up as he transformed back into his human form.

His reward was a kick in the face. The man leaned down.

"Where is Sebastian?" he asked, venom dripping from his voice.

"Eat shit," was his answer.

The man rolled his eyes before grabbing one arm and brutally snapping it, causing the hybrid to let out a scream of pain.

"Let me ask you again, and I'll just tell you now: every time you don't answer, I'll break something else, and it will hurt."

The hybrid just glared daggers at him for a moment before saying, "I don't know where he is, alright. I seriously don't."

The man sighed before rising to his feet. "I don't know why, but I'm going to take your word for that. But if you ever run into him, tell him his time is almost up."

The man turned and walked towards the ledge of the building. Then he stopped and turned around.

"Oh, and tell him Talos sends his regards."

With that Talos leapt off the building, disappearing into the night.

The hybrid just stared after the were-panther, before turning and walking in the other direction.

*****

"Are you sure you're ok?"

Selene was looking at the various wounds on Michael's body that had been made by Damon, Sonja, the twins and Ortega (the large black man). They had healed quite a bit, but a few of them still looked pretty nasty.

"I'm fine, really. They're just scratches," Michael responded before glancing at Lucian, who was leaning against the corner. He was looking at his hand, which had his blood coating the fingers.

The blood was from his chest wound, the wound that Sonja had made.

Gabriel, who had been sitting in a chair this whole time, looked at the expression on Lucian's face, which held a rather calm expression, but he could see the confusion and pain in his eyes.

Clearing his throat he spoke up.

"I probably should have mentioned this earlier…" he trailed off, as Michael and Lucian both looked up at him, both getting the same idea.

"Wait, you knew about her and you didn't tell us?" Michael asked, looking rather confused.

"I didn't think you would believe me. I thought you would have had to have seen it to believe it. And besides…"

He didn't get to finish, as Lucian shot out of the corner and grabbed Gabriel by the throat before pinning him against the wall.

"You knew she was alive, and you didn't tell me, you son of a bitch," he spat.

"Let go of me now," Gabriel said as calmly as he could but everyone could tell he was really close to attacking the hybrid.

Michael stood up. "Wait, Lucian, we have other problems right now."

No one else in the room knew what was going on. "What are you talking about?" Raze asked.

Lucian let go of Gabriel and walked out of the room. Gabriel rubbed his throat before answering.

"Sonja's alive, and she's on Sebastian's side."

Most of the vampires and lycans in the room didn't know who Sonja was, as most of them hadn't been involved in the war until long after it started, and talking about certain issues in the past, the most important being the affair between Viktor's daughter and a lycan, was forbidden. The ones who did know who she was looked rather shocked.

"How is that possible?"

Gabriel sighed before pointing to the exit. "Get Lucian back in here; he needs to hear this also."

Raze nodded before walking out of the room.

*****

Raze found Lucian leaning against one of the walls in the next room. His fingers were playing with the pendant that was worn around his neck.

Raze opened his mouth to speak, but Lucian spoke first.

"Do you want to know something, Raze?"

He didn't give Raze the chance to respond before continuing. "That even though she did what she did to me, when she stabbed me and said I was an enemy, I was still so happy to see her face, and to hear her voice."

He looked up at Raze, a single tear sliding down his cheek. "What if I have to kill her? What if I have to see her die again?"

"You're not going to. We're going to get her back."

Lucian nodded, not entirely sure himself.

He walked back into the room, Raze following him

*****

Once everyone was back in the room Gabriel held up a photo before placing it on the table. It was a photo of Lazarus.

"This," he began pointing at the photo. "Is Lazarus, Sebastian's second in command, and he is also a very powerful warlock. He has several powers, one of which is the ability to raise the dead."

"So you're saying this guy raised Sonja. But why would he?"

"That I don't know. But I do know why she doesn't remember who Lucian is." Gabriel looked over at Lucian. "When she stabbed you, did you happen to notice a ring on her finger?"

Lucian looked down, thinking. "I think she was, why?"

Gabriel pulled out another photo from the folder and handed it to Lucian. It was a picture of a silver ring with a very small red gem.

"I'm not sure how it works, but Lazarus put a little magic mojo on that thing, and from what I've read, anyone who puts it on once the spell is cast, looses whatever portion of memory Lazarus wants them to loose."

Lucian looked at the photo for a moment before replying. "So, how is the spell broken?"

"Well, probably if the ring is broken, or you could just find Lazarus and kill him."

"I prefer the latter option."

With that Lucian headed towards the exit.

"Wait a second Lucian," Gabriel began. "You have no idea where Lazarus is, and even if you do find him, killing him isn't going to be easy. He's a warlock, a very powerful one. I don't think you can take him on your own."

Lucian paused, before glancing back. "I don't care. I have to get her back."

He turned around and was about to leave, when footsteps were heard.

Everyone tensed, ready for an attack.

And then three people entered. Gabriel smiled.

"Ah, my backup has arrived."

The three newcomers were all wearing similar clothing, which was like that of the death dealers. There were two male and one female. The first male was pale, which made him appear to look like a vampire, but the lycans in the room could tell by his smell he was a lycan. He looked around half-Asian, half-American, with blue eyes and black hair. The second male had a darker skin, and brown eyes, as well as spiked dark brown hair. The female looked like she was in her late twenties, with long brown hair and brown eyes. She was very attractive.

"Everybody, this is Kane," Gabriel said, pointing to the lycan, "Raziel," he added, pointing to the second male, "and Eliza," he finished, pointing to the female.

Lucian didn't even give them a second glance before heading out.

Gabriel rolled his eyes. "Ok, Selene, Michael, Raziel, Kane, and Eliza; you all come with me. We need to make sure he doesn't get himself killed."

Gabriel stood up after picking up his katana and two guns. He walked out of the room, followed by the people he said to come with him, after they armed themselves.

*****

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" one of the hybrids asked Lazarus as he moved through one of the dark tunnels, followed by Sonja and eight other hybrids.

"The sooner we kill them all, the better it will be for me because then I won't have to hear Sebastian keep whining and complaining about it.

As they rounded a corner Lazarus stopped. He paused, as if sensing something.

He glanced at Sonja and one hybrid. "You two go that way," he said, pointing to one tunnel. "The rest of you go that way."

The group nodded before going their separate ways.

*****

Gabriel and the rest of the group weren't sure where Lucian had gone, or if he was still even underground. So they decided to split up. Selene, Eliza, and Michal went one way, and the rest went another.

Selene, Michael, and Eliza, after searching through various tunnels, rounded a corner and came face to face with Sonja and the other hybrid.

Time seemed to stand still as they stared at each other.

Sonja was the first to react, pulling out twin handguns and firing, sending bullets in their direction.

The three dodged, and then the fight was on.

*****

Lazarus heard the gunshots but was ignoring them as he moved through the tunnels. He was planning on finding Gabriel and killing him, since he had been one of the main problems for Sebastian.

Lazarus found himself in a large cavern. He moved foreword…

…and then he stopped. Someone was behind him. He turned around.

"So, you must be Lazarus," Lucian said as he stepped into the room.

Lazarus smiled. "I am, and you are Lucian."

"What did you do to her?" Lucian said with a snarl as walked foreword.

"Gabriel probably told you by now, so I'm not going to bother."

"He told me the spell will be broken once you're dead." When Lazarus nodded, Lucian smiled. "Alright then; now that we have that out of the way…"

The blade popped out of his coat sleeve and he lunged. Lazarus wasn't prepared for this as Lucian plowed into him, sending the two crashing into the wall that was behind Lazarus. Lucian stabbed at Lazarus' head but he snapped his head to the side, the blade passing his head. Then, Lazarus' eyes glowed red and Lucian suddenly found himself thrown backwards.

As he landed on his feet, Lazarus walked foreword.

"Foolish hybrid; do you really think you can kill me? I'm a three-hundred year old warlock. I have more power in one of my hands than you do in your entire body. Your stand against me is futile."

"We'll see about that," Lucian snarled as he sprung foreword. Lazarus snapped his hand to the side.

Lucian yelled in pain as he felt as if he had been hit head one by a truck. He flew in the direction that Lazarus had swiped his hand in and crashed into the wall, the sound of his body hitting the wall filled the air as he hit the ground.

"Yes, I suppose we shall," Lazarus said as he moved towards Lucian, who was starting to rise to his feet.

To Be Continued.

Ok, the next chapter is basically going to one big action sequence.