Author's notes:

Adding to the cast list is the brief appearance of a hybrid named Magnus, played by Roger Yuan (who most people remember as the main villain from Shanghai Noon)

Ok, here's Part 6

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Underworld 2: The Three Sided War

Unexpected Ally

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"Where have you been," Sebastian asked Ortega with an annoyed voice as he entered the room, wiping his mouth.

"I was just out getting a snack, nothing more."

Sebastian sighed. "I've told you, no leaving here unless I tell you to, we can't risk any chance of any of us running into the renegades until after Marcus is dead. Do you understand?"

Ortega rolled his eyes. "Yeah, sure."

"Good," Sebastian replied before walking out of the room. A few minutes later he came back in.

"By the way, have you seen Damon?"

Ortega just raised an eyebrow. "He probably just went out to get some cigarettes or something."

"I don't trust him," Sebastian muttered.

"You barely trust anybody," was Ortega's reply. "The only reason you distrust Damon more is because he's a demon; well, half-demon anyway, like Gabriel is."

"And myself."

Ortega glanced at Faustus, who was leaning in one of the corners, twirling a long curved sword in his hand.

Faustus appeared to be in his mid thirties, and had a look that made him seem almost like a rat. He had black hair and bluish-gray eyes.

His companion, Jared, looked around his late thirties-early forties, with dark hair with the tips blonde. His brown eyes were closed, as he softly hummed to himself.

"Well, just tell me when Damon gets back," Sebastian said to Ortega as he walked out of the room.

"Where are you going?"

"I'm going to send out some hybrids to patrol down below."

***

"Gabriel, Gabriel, Gabriel. You son of a bitch," Talos said with a laugh as he followed Michael into their hideout. Everyone looked over at the newcomer with confused expressions, with the exception of Gabriel and his group.

"Talos," Gabriel responded with a smirk as he walked over and shook his hand. "How have you been?"

Talos shrugged. "I've been so-so, how about you?"

 "The same," was his reply.

Gabriel noted everyone else's confused expressions. "This is Talos. He's an old friend of mine, and he's a were-panther."

Selene raised an eyebrow. "A were-panther?"

"It's pretty much a lycan, except instead of a wolf, the animal is a black panther. They're also a lot faster and stronger than lycans. Actually, from what I've seen Talos do, they're around equal, maybe even more, to that of a hybrid."

"I've fought one of your species before."

Everyone looked over as Lucian emerged into the room, Sonja at his side. Talos smiled.

"Ah, and this must be the legendary Lucian. I've heard much about you."

Lucian replied with, "I wish I could say the same."

Talos frowned and started to say something, but he stopped suddenly, and sniffed the air.

"Hybrids; and they're close." Michael and Lucian both opened they're mouths at the same time. "I don't mean you two," Talos said, interrupting them.

Everyone in the room glanced at each other, before grabbing a gun and heading outside.

***

"Damon, what are you doing down here?"

Damon glanced at the hybrid he was now walking next to as they moved down one of the dark tunnels under the city.

"Oh, I was just out getting some smokes. What are you guys doing down here?"

"Sebastian sent us to patrol down here for some reason."

"Ah. Well, I guess I'll come with you."

The hybrid just shrugged.

Idiots, Damon thought to himself with a smirk. The hybrid glanced at him.

"What are you smiling at?"

"Oh nothing, nothing at all."

***

As the group rounded a corner, they found themselves facing Talos, who just stared at the group, ready to strike.

That was when he saw Damon, who instantly grinned.

"Talos!" he crowed while clapping his hands. "It's been a long time."

"Not long enough."

Damon just laughed. "Don't tell me you're still pissed off about what happened."

***

(que flashback sequence)

"SEBASTIAN!"

Sebastian glanced over at Talos, who was being held back by Ortega and Damon. "Please, don't…"

Sebastian smirked. "Talos, you fucked me and my group over. You betrayed us. And now, you must pay. But first…"

He turned his attention back to the lovely young woman he was holding by the throat. He smiled, and opened his mouth, even as his fangs elongated.

Damon suddenly roared as he transformed. He broke free just as Sebastian sunk his fangs into her throat.

He tried to move. In his panther form he was incredibly fast…

…but… he knew how fast a human could be drained of blood, especially by a vampire.

Her corpse hit the ground, eyes starring vacantly up at the sequel.

Talos cried out in pain and anger as he plowed into Sebastian, knocking the hybrid through the air. Before anyone could react, Talos was gone, and so was the body.

"Should we go after him?" Ortega asked.

Sebastian smirked. "Why bother? He'll be coming after us anyway."

With that he turned and walked out of the room. Damon and Ortega looked at each other, shrugged, and followed.

***

Outside on the rooftop, Talos, now back in his human form, cradled the woman's body in his arms.

"Jessica," he said softly, brushing some hair out of her eyes. "Wake up."

She didn't move.

Talos knew she was dead, but he couldn't stop telling her to wake up, to say something… so she could hear him say how much he loved her.

He lowered his head, squeezing his eyes shut as a few tears trickled down his cheeks.

Then, the sadness was pushed aside by burning rage, and he looked down over the edge of the building. Sebastian and his men were nowhere in sight.

You will die, Talos thought to himself as he clenched his fist, his claws sprouting and causing blood to pour between his fingers. Sebastian, you took her away from me, so now I'm going to take away your life!

(End flashback)

***

"Ah yes, that was great," Damon chuckled to himself as he walked foreword.

Talos snarled, and then lunged, his claws popping out as he transformed. The hybrids raised their weapons.

And then Michael and Lucian exploded out of nowhere, tackling two of the hybrids to the floor. Sonja and Selene emerged, firing at the other ones. Soon Gabriel and the rest of his group stepped out also, and soon everyone was hiding behind pillars and whatnot as bullets tore the large room to shreds.

Lucian and Michael meanwhile, were fighting the two hybrids one on one. Lucian was able to grab his opponent before decapitating it. Meanwhile Michael's opponent was equally matched. The two exchanged thunderous blows as they moved around the cavern. Finally, Michael took advantage of a slow block, grabbed the hybrid's left arm, and brutally broke it before headbutting the hybrid, knocking him unconscious.

Gabriel moved foreword but suddenly, he was surrounded by eight beings. He wasn't sure if they were vampires, lycans, hybrids, or all three. What he did see, was that each one was armed with some kind of wicked looking bladed weapon.

Gabriel grinned. This should be fun.

The leader of the small group, a dark-skinned Asian hybrid named Magnus, just watched as the man unsheathed the katana he was holding with amusement. He must have been an idiot, Magnus thought, if he thought he could take on eight in hand to hand combat and win.

Gabriel smiled again.

And then his eyes glowed, becoming like that of a hybrid's, but as Magnus watched, he could see what looked like a little burst of electricity that was the same color as blood crackle within the eyes. What in the hell…

Before Magnus could continue in his thoughts, Gabriel suddenly reappeared next to one of the group members, a vampire, who almost instantly fell to the floor in two pieces, blood spraying upwards.

Instantly the other six launched themselves at their unknown adversary, but he was too fast. They couldn't even land one blow on him as he dodged and blocked everything thrown at him before ferociously countering.

He dodged a sword swing from a lycan before spinning and lashing out with a reverse roundhouse kick, effectively breaking the lycan's jaw and sending him spinning through the air before he hit the ground. As he tried to recover, Gabriel swung the sword, decapitating him.

He took down the remaining five with the same ease before attacking Magnus. As strong, fast, and skilled as Magnus was, he still couldn't hit Gabriel.

Finally he lucked out, slashing Gabriel across his face before smashing him with an uppercut. The force of the blow caused Gabriel to be catapulted through the air. Still, he was able to land on his feet, even though it was in a crouched position.

Magnus smirked as he watched Gabriel rise to his feet, while he raised a hand and wiping away the blood on his face. He had a large cut that went down his entire face.

Magnus smiled an arrogant smile…

…a smile which instantly disappeared and was replaced by a look of horror as the wound closed up. Before he could even react, the wound was totally gone.

What in the hell is he? Magnus thought to himself as he slowly backed up. Not even a hybrid could heal that fast.

And then Gabriel disappeared. Magnus whipped his head around the room, glancing at all the other combatants as they continued to fight, but there was no sign of Gabriel.

And then a burning pain filled him, and he looked down and saw a sword blade protruding from his chest. Before he could do anything, the blade went upwards, and Magnus' life instantly fled him as the top half of his body was split down the middle.

Gabriel smirked satisfyingly as he sheathed his sword. Then, he ducked as a lycan appeared out of nowhere and opened fire at him. Hiding behind a pillar, Gabriel pulled out a Beretta before returning fire.

Damon meanwhile, had been lounging in the corner this whole time. He watched as Selene and Sonja fired at the other hybrids, their bullets hurting them but not killing them. Finally, Sonja was able to shoot one in the head. As his companion fell, Sonja aimed at the other one.

All she saw was a blur before he was in front of her. Before she could react he reached out, grabbing her slender throat and lifting her off the ground.

Lucian, who had just cut down another hybrid, looked over and saw the hybrid as it prepared to snap Sonja's neck.


"NO!" he yelled as he lunged towards the two. Seeing this, Damon pulled out a rather nasty looking gun with two barrels.

He aimed and pulled the trigger…

…and the hybrid screamed as he fell to the ground, his left leg blown off at the knee. Sonja coughed as she fell towards the ground as Lucian reached her, catching her.

Damon calmly walked over to the trio. The hybrid looked up at Damon disbelievingly as he reached them.

"Damon, what the hell are you doing!?" the hybrid yelled. Damon shrugged. "I've made some changes in my plan."

With that he raised the gun and pulled the trigger, blowing the hybrid's head off.

As he lowered the gun, Talos charged and tackled him, sending the two to the ground. Talos raised a clawed hand. "What are you trying to pull Damon!?" he spat.

Damon just raised an eyebrow before punching Talos in the face. As Talos recoiled, Damon moved his legs under Talos, and pushed him off before leaping to his feet.

He glanced around the room at all the firearms that were now being aimed at him. Damon rolled his eyes.

"Ok people, just put the weapons down. I'm not stupid enough to try and attack you guys when it's one against…" he looked around the room. "Well, one against a big-ass number of you. I'm not here to fight."

"And why should we believe you?" Michael asked.

"Well to be honest, I don't give a shit whether or not you believe me or not. All I'm saying is that I would like to form a little truce with you guys for the time being."

Everyone glanced at each other, not sure of what to make of this. "Why?" Talos asked.

"Well truthfully, I think Sebastian has become really… well I just think that he's an arrogant prick who's going to get himself killed very soon, such as when he tries his assassination plot against Marcus. All I'm asking is you just hear me out. So, why don't we go to your hideout, and I'll tell you what I know, and in return you don't try to kill me."

Everyone still looked at him cautiously.

"Come on. What do you have to lose?" 

To Be Continued.