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Pursuit of Purpose
Reunited
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Lucian stared out at the window, looking out as the sun began to set in the horizon. Raising his hand he looked at his hand for a moment, watching as his claws briefly sprouted before retracting. He thought that hopefully he would feel better once Thaddeus was dead, since fighting him the night before had slightly cheered him up.
"Lucian." The hybrid looked over as Gabriel entered the room with several guns. He tossed one over to Lucian, who caught it. "It's time."
The hybrid nodded before picking up his coat and blade before walking out of the room.
***
Sonja stared at the dark haired man-wait, he wasn't a man, he smelled like a vampire, and like something else- and the female who was curled up next to him. She glanced at the large bald man next to her and the large weapon he held. As well as two other vampires and the bizarre weapons they were aiming at her. The box was no longer in the room, and they had gotten Sonja a pair of clothes to put on.
She finally spoke. "Where am I?"
Thaddeus smiled and nodded, stepping away from Eve. "Well, Sonja, you see, it is the year 2003." He held up a hand as she opened her mouth in shock. "Yes, it's 2003, which means that you've been dead for a little over six hundred years."
Sonja looked down at the floor, lost in the last memories of her life. She had been tied to the pole, watching as Soren had brutally whipped Lucian in front of her, how she had begged him and her father, Viktor, to stop, yet they didn't. And when it was done she remembered how they left and the sunlight that had come into the chamber and burned her alive, and their baby. She could still feel it on her arms and body. The last noise she had ever heard besides her own screams was Lucian, as he cried out her name with such pain. She couldn't imagine what he must have felt, being forced to watch her die.
Finally, she looked back up at Thaddeus. "So, what do you want with me?"
***
The group drove down the road; this time Gabriel was behind the wheel. Finally, they stopped in front of a large building with a sign that said 'Wolfram and Hart'.
They got out, quickly unloading their weapons before walking up to the building. Unknown to them however, a figure was perched on the rooftop, watching. With a growl he disappeared before walking through the door on the roof.
***
"You see Sonja," Thaddeus began, as he walked up and ran a hand through her hair, ignoring what almost seemed like a growl that came from Eve, in fact he actually smirked. "You're lover, Lucian, tried to kill me last night. And since I don't tolerate that sort of behavior, I decided to get rid of him. Of course, since the two assassins I sent to where he was are most likely dead, seeing as how they aren't back yet, I am doing my first plan, which is a very simple one. I have something he wants: you. He would do anything to get you back. So, now, I have a manipulation tool at my disposal. So how does that make you feel?"
The second Thaddeus finished talking the back of Sonja's hand collided against his cheek, causing his head to twist to the side as he licked his lip where a tiny bit of blood trickled down his chin. He wiped the rest away with his hand. "Such fire…I love it."
Before Sonja could hit him again another man ran into the room with a worried expression on his face. Thaddeus was the first to notice this. "What is it?"
"WE'VE GOT COMPANY!"
A second later, the sound of gunfire filled their ears. Thaddeus growled as his eyes changed pitch black. Walking over to Eve he grabbed her arm and walked over to one of the gun-toting guards. "Take her to a safe location. If anything happens to her you will be killed, very slowly," he hissed in the guards face before looking over at the other guard. "You follow me," he said before looking at the scythe-wielding warrior. "Magnus, stay here, watch her."
The four walked out of the room in different directions, leaving Sonja and Magnus alone. Sonja looked at him, and he gave her questioning look. She sighed, and walked over to the corner of the room that was the farthest away from Magnus.
***
Most of the humans had run for cover as quickly as possible as soon as the twins had entered the building in their ghostly forms. Now the majority of the people in the room consisted of Lucian, Gabriel, Cain, and Abel, Vlad, the twins, and Cujo, as well as several creatures that resembled the assassin who had escaped the mansion earlier.
Gabriel sliced one warrior down before spinning and kicking another in the head. Meanwhile, Cain and Abel were working together, alternating between shooting and attacking hand-to-hand. Cujo and Vlad were also working together, as were the twins, but that was normal for the two.
Lucian snapped the neck of one before noticing that one was running away. He quickly ran after it, chasing it down one of the halls. Finally, he tackled it, sending the two crashing into a closed door and into the room inside. The warrior tried to hit Lucian, but the hybrid blocked his punch before breaking his arm, not giving him a chance to yell in pain before he raised his arm, the blade popping out of his coat sleeve, and bringing it down, impaling its head.
He suddenly felt a 'whoosh' and instantly rolled out of the way. As he did the body of the warrior he just killed was instantly cleaved in half. Lucian leapt to his feet as Magnus swung his scythe and attacked, his curved blade clanging against Lucian's own blade. Finally, Lucian knocked the scythe from the demon's hands and brutally kicked him in the head. As Magnus recovered, Lucian lashed out, his blade piercing the demon's heart. Magnus coughed up some black blood, looked at Lucian, and then fell over dead.
As Lucian relaxed he suddenly heard a gasp and spun around. He almost wished he hadn't.
There she stood. Sonja, well at least she looked like Sonja. Slowly she moved foreword, raising a hand to touch his face.
"Lucian," she whispered.
And then Lucian snapped. The curiosity as to why Persephone was there at the moment in Sonja's form, even after he threatened to kill her, was pushed aside and replaced by rage; rage that this bitch had the nerve to once again try to deceive him, to pretend to be his beloved.
Sonja found herself against the wall, Lucian's arm crushing her throat. Gasping, she looked into his eyes and saw the rage in them as they turned black; it looked like he didn't even recognize her. He snarled, baring his fangs.
"How dare you," he hissed. "You tried to trick me again. I warned you what would happen, but you didn't listen to me." As he spoke his blade popped out of his coat sleeve and Sonja screamed in pain as he stabbed into her abdomen before pulling the blade out. He reared back, this time aiming for her heart…
...and then he stopped, and looked into her eyes, and saw the fear in them…and more strangely, the love in them, even after he stabbed her. She was crying by this point, tears rolling down her beautiful face.
Lucian slowly backed up, looking at her for a moment. "Sonja, is it really you?"
Sonja raised a hand and caressed his cheek, more tears coming down when she heard his voice. It seemed so shattered, and so full of hope, and he had spoken so quietly. She nodded. For a moment Lucian didn't do anything, he just looked at her with such a heart breaking expression. Then, he quickly grabbed her and pulled her to him, feeling her arms tightly wrap around his body, as his did around hers. She buried his face in his neck, sobbing. The two couldn't stand and they fell to the floor, holding onto each other. Lucian rocked back and forth with her in his arms, before pulling away slightly after noticing the blood on the floor.
And then he saw the wound he had given her and his soul screamed out. It was a deep one, and she was bleeding rather badly from it. He raised his head and looked at her face. "I'm so sorry," he whispered, his voice hoarse and pain filled as he removed his coat and wrapped it around her, to try and help the bleeding stop. "I'm so sorry."
Sonja raised her hands to his face, her thumbs wiping away some of the tears that came down his face as he cried over seeing after so many centuries since her death, and what he had just done. "Shhhh, shhhh," she whispered. "It's alright," was all she could get out again before she moved foreword and fiercely kissed him. After a moment she pulled away and he pulled her tightly to him, his face in her hair, dampening it with his tears.
The two were so busy holding onto each other and crying, that neither one noticed Magnus as he slowly rose to his feet, nor did they see him walk over and pick up his scythe, before moving towards the two lovers, raising the scythe.
Suddenly, a roar shook the air, and the three looked over just as a fully transformed lycan burst into the room, barreling into Magnus and taking them both to the ground. The lycan raised a clawed hand, and Magnus had one second to yell before he plunged it downward, crushing the creature's skull.
Instantly Lucian stood up and growled, his eyes changing black as he pushed Sonja behind him. The lycan looked at for a moment. And then, Lucian's eyes returned to normal, and he stopped. He recognized those eyes.
"Raze," he asked, even more surprised when the transformed lycan nodded. "How…?"
Before Lucian could ask how Raze had found them, the twins suddenly came up through the floor.
"We hate to interrupt," Twin One began.
"But we need to get out of here," Twin Two continued.
"Now."
Raze, Lucian, and Sonja looked at each other and nodded before running out of the room. Outside the place was littered with demon bodies, but more kept coming, so finally the group was retreating.
"COME ON!" Gabriel yelled to the trio as they all ran outside. They all reached the vehicle and quickly leapt inside, Vlad and Cujo sticking out of the ceiling window, firing at several other demons. Raze simply followed the car, since he wouldn't have fit in his wolf state. Inside the car the group threw several questioning glances at Sonja, but Lucian simply gave a look that said 'Don't start.'
Back inside the building Thaddeus walked into the main lobby, looking at the floor and all the bodies. He sighed.
I need a goddamn vacation…