Ok, here's the updated cast list for the rest of the characters who get introduced.

Julian Sands…Lazarus

Michael Jai White…Ortega

Aidan Gillen…Faustus

Johnny Depp...Bane

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Pursuit of Purpose

Explanations and New Players

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The drive back to the mansion was rather quiet. The group was either checking on each other for wounds or just sitting and looking at their weapons, or just looking out the windows. Lucian sat looking at the rest of the group, while Sonja had her head rested on his shoulder, her arms wrapped tightly around him. He had one arm wrapped around her, his hand tenderly stroking her hair; his other hand held her hand in his. Cain and Abel just looked at Sonja curiously, until Lucian gave them a look telling them to stop.

Gabriel just glanced at the two. So this was Sonja? He had heard of the war between the vampires and the lycans and how it had been set off when a vampire elder had condemned his daughter when he found out she had been pregnant with a lycan's child. "That's Sonja?" he asked. Lucian nodded. "She's pretty."

Lucian just smirked.

***

The Merovingian raised his head when he heard the sound of the front door opening. He walked out and found the group in slightly bad condition, but he was more interested in two things: the young woman who was clinging to Lucian, and the fully transformed werewolf that had been barely able to fit into the doorway. He motioned to Lucian with a questioning look, but the hybrid ignored him and walked down the hall. The Merovingian moved to stop him, but he suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder, and he turned around and saw Gabriel, who shook his head, telling him to let him be.

When Lucian was gone the rest of the group looked at Raze with looks of curiosity. The lycan then started to change back to normal.

"WAIT!"

Raze stopped changing as Vlad ran out of the room. A few moments later he came back with a pair of clothes before pointing to another room. "Go change in there." Raze looked at him for a moment before shrugging to himself and walking into the other room. Everyone looked at Vlad questioningly, who raised an eyebrow in response. "What? I don't want to see him naked."

Everyone else rolled their eyes.

***

Lucian entered his room, Sonja right next to him, before turning and locking the door.

The second the door was locked Sonja wrapped her arms around him, bringing him closer as she tenderly kissed him. She sighed into his mouth as his arms wrapped around her and practically crushed her slender frame to his body as the kiss deepened and became far more passionate.

Suddenly, she pulled away and winced in pain, and Lucian looked down and noticed one of her hands had gone to her abdomen.

The same spot where he had stabbed her earlier.

Lucian looked away from her, his face now wearing an expression of guilt, but she reached up and cupped his chin, forcing him to look at her. She gently kissed him again. After a moment he pulled away and gently picked her up and carried her over to the bed. Setting her down he walked out of the room, coming back a moment later with a damp cloth and some bandages. Sonja just watched as he tenderly wiped the blood off her before beginning to bandage her up. He suddenly stopped, and looked up at her.

"Sonja, I'm sorry," he whispered, and she shook her head in response.

"It's alright," she said, trying to soothe him, without much success, as he just looked down again.

"No, it's not," he told her as he continued to bandage her up. "I almost killed you." Sonja just grabbed his hand, stopping him from continuing his treatment. She brought it up to her face, letting the palm touch the smooth skin of her cheek. Then, she slightly turned her head and kissed his hand. Lucian stood up and sat next to her on the bed, his hand still on her cheek, caressing it as he moved his hand down to where he had stabbed her before finishing up wrapping it. He touched her as if she was the most fragile thing in existence.

She smiled before leaning foreword and kissing him again. After a moment the two laid down on the bed, Lucian holding Sonja in his arms, as she rested her head against his chest.

***

Gabriel and Vlad sat in what appeared to be the living room. Raze, who was back in his human form, was also sitting in a chair. Gabriel and Vlad kept looking at each other before glancing at Raze. The lycan just sat there with a casual look on his face.

Finally Vlad broke the silence. "So, you and Lucian know each other?" Raze simply nodded.

There was another pause, and then Gabriel pulled out a pack of cards. "You like poker?"

Raze smiled.

***

David slightly winced as he heard another now-unconscious body hit a wall as Thaddeus threw that person. After Lucian and the rest of the Merovingian's group had escaped, Thaddeus had started taking his frustration out on the people closest to him. This had been going on for a few minutes. Finally he knocked another employee unconscious and stormed out of the main lobby. David watched as he disappeared down one of the halls before he and several other workers who had been able to avoid the half-breed's wrath ran over to tend to those who hadn't been so lucky.

Thaddeus entered his office, slamming the door shut, but not using his full strength since that would have ripped the door off its hinges. Walking into the room he ran a hand through his hair, letting out an aggravated sigh.

"Thaddeus."

Thaddeus turned towards the door, angered at being disturbed. "WHAT!?" he roared, before the anger dissolved off his face when he saw it was Eve, who had shrunken back at hearing the rage in his voice. "Eve, I'm sorry," he said apologetically as he sat down on his desk. Eve looked at him with a worried expression as she walked up to him and caressed his cheek. He smiled gently at her as he moved his hand and rubbed the back of her hand with two of his fingertips. "Well, that was the first idea of mine that fucked up," he muttered after a moment.

Eve smiled before quickly kissing him. "Everyone has to mess up at some time or another. Besides, ransom ideas never seem to work out anyway." Thaddeus nodded before looking up at her and slightly grinning. He reached up and grabbed the back of her head before pushing her mouth down to his. She moaned, and the sound urged Thaddeus on as he wrapped one of his arms around her while the other moved to the front of her shirt and started unbuttoning it. He got to the third button before letting out an irritated growl and grabbed the shirt, ripping it off her. He flung it aside and looked at the disapproving glare she gave him. He innocently shrugged in response.

"I'll pay for it," he breathed out before reaching up and crushing his lips to hers again.

***

"So this is L.A."

The man, well, at least he looked like a man, but his companions knew better, stared out at the window in the apartment complex he was standing inside. He glanced behind him, at the former owner of the apartment, who was now very dead; his head cut open. One of them was holding a bloody short sword, leaned in the corner, smoking a cigarette. He appeared to be in his mid-late thirties, and was rather handsome, but with a dark aura floating around him. His hair was black, with streaks of a dark silver color, and was spiky at the top, and he had a long thin ponytail that went down to the middle of his back. He wore all black, with a long trenchcoat.

The other was a large black man in his mid thirties, with a shaved head, and dark eyes. He wore similar clothing to the silver haired man, except he wore a black leather jacket instead of a trenchcoat.

The man who had been looking out the window was wearing a black suit with a collarless white shirt. He as in his early forties, and had shoulder length blonde hair that was tied up in a short ponytail. He blue eyes were as cold as the arctic ice.

And finally, another who around the same age as the black man and the black/silver color haired man. He had black hair, and blue eyes. He wore black pants, a gray shirt, and boots. He was twirling a dagger around in his hand with a bored expression.

"Yeah, this is L.A." answered the silver haired man as he sheathed his sword. "I personally don't see what's so great about it."

The blonde haired one nodded. "So, Bane, you're sure this is where Lucian is?"

Bane nodded. "Yeah, I'm positive, Lazarus. He came up here shortly after Viktor was killed."

Lazarus smirked. "Good. And I trust finding him won't be a hard job for the three of you?" The three nodded. "Very well. We'll wait until tomorrow before beginning our search." As he spoke he walked towards the door of another room in the apartment. He stopped, and looked down at the corpse in front of Bane. "Ah yes, I almost forgot about you," he said with a sneer before raising his hand and clenching it into a fist. The body then disappeared, as did the blood that covered the floor around it. With that he walked into the room.

"He shows off way too much," Ortega, the large black man said after a moment, and the other two nodded.

***

Lucian stared at Sonja as she rested her head on his chest, her fingers playing with the pendant he was wearing. After a moment she sat up, and looked into his eyes. "So, why did you attack me? You looked at me as if I was someone else." Lucian looked down, away from her eyes, but she grabbed his chin and forced him to look at her. "I'm not mad at you, Lucian. I'm just wondering."

After a moment Lucian replied. "Well, a night ago, you were here. Well, it wasn't exactly you, it was the wife of the Frenchman; the man who you saw in the hallway." Sonja nodded before letting him continue. "She could shapeshift, and she took on your form, because she wanted to feel what my love for you was like. I kissed her, and then two of the Frenchman's workers came in and she changed back. I tried to kill her but they held me down so she could escape."

Sonja's mouth opened in surprise. Then, she wrapped her arms around him and hugged him tightly. "It's alright. I'm here now," she whispered before kissing him. After a moment she pulled away and looked at the window. "The sun's going to be coming up in a few moments," she whispered, and Lucian could sense the fear from it.

"I can help with that," Lucian said after a moment, and Sonja looked at him curiously, before her eyes widened as his own eyes changed pitch black. "I'm a crossbreed now, both vampire and lycan, but with none of the weaknesses." Sonja opened her mouth to speak but he cut her off. "I don't want to explain it at the moment. If I bite you, you'll become like me, and the sun won't burn you. You'll be able to see it."

For a moment she didn't do anything but stare at him. Then, she glanced at the window. Finally, she tilted her head to the side, baring her neck. She nodded.

Lucian pulled her closer, and opened his mouth as his fangs elongated. "This might hurt a bit," he told her, but she didn't move. Then, he ever-so quickly, bit into her neck. She let out a small cry, but it wasn't entirely of pain. Lucian let out a low groan as her sweet blood filled his mouth as he greedily drank from her. After a moment he was finally able to pull himself free. He didn't want to drink so much that it would weaken her.

He stared at her as she raised her eyes, which changed to icy blue, to his own. Then, she squeezed her eyes shut and started to convulse, and he held onto her as she transformed. He felt her claws cut into his back, but he ignored the pain as he felt her transformation continue as her ribcage grew and her eyes changed black. Then, it went in reverse, and she shrunk down into her normal form, and she collapsed in his arms, panting heavily. After a moment her breathing returned to normal, and she looked at him before down at one of her hands.

"My god," she whispered as she looked at her hand. What she felt coursing through her body was amazing. She had never felt so powerful. She didn't even notice that the sun had fully risen at this point, and as she raised her head towards the window, she involuntarily shrunk backwards, away from the ultraviolet rays, but Lucian held onto her. After a moment she stopped, and stepping out of his arms she walked towards the window, staring out at the sun as it fully rose.

"It's beautiful," she murmured as she felt Lucian's arms encircle her waist. She turned around and captured his lips in hers. "I love you," she whispered when she pulled away.

"I love you too," he replied with a smile.

***

"Lucian," Raze said aloud, drawing everyone's attention away from the poker game as Lucian and Sonja entered the living room. Sonja's gaze went to Raze and she smiled when she saw him. He gave a small smile back.

"So, how did you find me," Lucian asked as he and Sonja sat down.

Raze simply smirked before pointing to Cujo, who entered the room also. "He and I are friends," he answered, and Cujo nodded in confirmation. "After he said this group had knocked you out and brought you back here, I thought I would come and say hello." He looked at Sonja. "Although finding her here was quite a surprise. How…?"

"Thaddeus," Sonja answered. "He said he was going to try to use me to manipulate Lucian." Lucian's face darkened for a moment, but then he smirked.

"Well I guess I disappointed him," he said with a chuckle as Sonja smiled and rested her head on his shoulder. Then, Cain came into the room.

"The Merovingian wants to see you about something," He said, pointing to Lucian, who nodded before he and Sonja stood up and followed him. Reaching his office Cain opened the door and the two stepped inside, where the Merovingian and Persephone already were.

"Lucian, now that I've given you and your new friend some alone time, perhaps now you could tell me what's going on. For starters who is that lycan?"

"That's Raze, he was my enforcer in the war," Lucian explained, before motioning to Sonja. "And this is Sonja."

The Merovingian's eyes widened slightly, as did Persephone. Sonja glanced over at Persephone, and walked up to her. She looked at her, and then at the Merovingian. "She's your wife," she asked, and the Merovingian nodded in response.

A second later, Persephone's unconscious body hit the ground, a bruise already forming on her face. Instantly the Merovingian's face darkened and he moved foreword, but Cain suddenly jumped in front of him blocking his path. "Get her out of here unless you want her to die again!" Cain yelled. Lucian instantly nodded and grabbed Sonja before running out of the room.

"CALM DOWN!" Cain's request didn't work, as the Merovingian was still trying to get past him. "MERO!" Suddenly, the Merovingian stopped, and just looked annoyed.

"Don't call me that," he hissed in response.

"Okay, just don't go after her, since Lucian will just kill you. Just calm down. Woosah," The last word he said with a whisper. The Merovingian paused, before saying the same thing, and it looked like he started to calm down. "Good. Now, I'll just go get some ice for your wife." He started to walk to the door. He stepped out, and then looked back. "But you kind of had to admit she had that coming for a long time."

Instantly he shut the door, to avoid the knife that the Merovingian suddenly threw at his head.