(sorry this took forever, I have had a lot to do)

Part 9

Confessions of Ken's Mind

I didn't betray them, Ken thought as he felt the heat rise in his body, he heard noises in the hall. He saw Schuldich walk into his room. "Wake up, Siberian, time to go," he heard the German whisper, but all Ken could do is just lay there and stare at him with a dead look in his eyes.

"Damn, I keep forgetting about this," the German turned. "I'll come back latter."

Schuldich dashed out of the hall and looked from room to room for Nagi, he had no real luck, he saw Crawford enter a cell, there he was trying to get close to Omi, but somehow Aya pushed him away. "Don't touch him!"

"He's a vampire, have some common sense, when that little beast wakes up what is the first thing he'll do?" Crawford was growling holding the pointed stick.

"He's not going to do anything, Crawford, I've been telling you that for an hour." Schuldich walked up and pushed the stick down. "For Pete's sake, let's just get the hell out of here. Get Nagi and leave!"

There was strange noise in the back of the room and Omi had his eyes open and he seemed to be giggling. "Omi, go back to sleep," Aya told him.

"Mamoru doesn't want to," Omi said blandly and stood up, there was a sort of evilness to the way the boy looked, sort of like something out of a horror movie. He moved up to Yohji, he did seem to look like a boyish doll dressed up in assassin gear looking around with red eyes. "I'm hungry!"

Crawford looked rather vindictive. "See, I told you it would happen."

"Hmmm..more visitors," a voice was heard and they turned to see Locke standing with Ken next to him. Ken didn't look right, he was smiling, twin fangs shown. "Ken, be a good boy and get little Mamoru out of that cell, after all we do need him."

Ken walked over to Omi who just smiled at him and let out a purr walking behind and then snapping at Yohji who jumped out of the way.

"I see our guests are all here," Locke announced cheerfully. "Time for the ritual to begin."

**

Ken's mind was trying to fight and from what Schuldich could tell, it wasn't working. He decided to help out himself. /Ken, listen to me ignore your master's calling, just think about Omi and that you have to take care of him./ He hoped that this would break the spell, but so far he saw Ken looking at him blankly.

"Ken?" the German was guessing that the boy would respond.

"Leave me alone, prey," Ken hissed, then without warning, Aya walked up and smacked him. "Aya, stop that!"

Ken just stared blankly around. "What is going on?"

"That's what we would like to know, Ken," said Yohji blinking.

"The ritual, they want to walk in the sunlight, so they think that if they kill an innocent, one that hasn't been killing people that the curse would be lifted on them," the boy whispered and held himself. "So far they need someone who is innocent himself to vampirism."

"Omi!" Aya blinked.

**

Nagi lay on the bed looking at the ceiling; he giggled a little as some items floated toward him. He looked up at some vampires who walked in and proceeded to make him stand up, he looked at them with a lazy gaze as they undressed him and then dressed him in a white robe. "Tonight is special, my pet," Locke walked in and touched his cheek. "I treat you better than those men who take care of you."

"Of course," Nagi smiled and then felt a strange feeling in his chest.

"When you're one of us, Nagi, you'll be the most beautiful treasure I will ever have, far more beautiful than little Omi of Weiss."

"Omi?"

The memory flashed of a boy no older than himself trying to attack him, he smiled a little and giggled, he turned to see Crawford and Schuldich being led down the hall. "Crawford-sama," Nagi looked out and smiled. "Hello."

Crawford seemed stunned like he had never seen Nagi ever smile in his life.

Ken looked around and felt his heart beating fast, when he saw Yuriko being led into a room, he nearly had a heartattack, if it was possible for a vampire. Yohji was holding him and whispered. "Listen, lover boy, you have to wait."

"They mean Nagi to kill her, they plan on making Nagi a vampire, we have to stop this ritual."

Schuldich decided to take action and held Ken back and whispered into his mind. /If you want to save Yuriko, you will have to wait./

**

Mamoru was in his cell, Omi's mind had been gone for close to an hour, that was when he saw Farfarello peeking in. "Is the little angel safe?" the insane man asked, though the reaction was something between an inhuman growl and fangs being reading to slice into Farfarello's skin.

The insane one held the vampire and whispered. "I don't plan on killing a vampire, Omi, so you better listen to me."

"Let me go!" the boy winced and squirmed.

"Tell me what is going on."

"Master is going to make Ken a blood sacrifice, Ken is Nagi's first kill," Mamoru's words were fast and rather upset. "Why do you care?"

"Because little Nagi has never killed anyone in his young life."

Farfarello didn't know where his other teammates were, but he knew he had to protect Nagi, for the sake of Nagi's innocence. The young boy had never truly taken a life, he had never really had it in him to really kill anyone.

Crawford sheltered Nagi for so long and now this was happening.

**

Aya was pacing in the new cell, he could hear the sound of people talking in the halls. Ken just sat there and smiled a little thinking to himself.

Aya looked around the cell and then down at Yohji who was quietly considering what was going on. "Aya, do you have a plan?"

"No."

Crawford sat in the same cell and looked at the two of them. "I don't know, but Schuldich is still out there and so is Farfarello."

**

Nagi sat down on his bed as two female vampires circled him and put a white robe on him. He smiled a little as one of the women led him to Locke.

Aya, Yohji, and Crawford were forced out of the cell and into a room that was once a ballroom. Locke was standing there with Ken next to him, Schuldich was hidden behind some curtains.

"As we all know that we are going to have the fledgling who will help us walk in the sun again. His body of a virgin, untainted," Locke announced as several vampires clapped and cheered. "Bring forth the humans who dared to challenge us."

Feeling something press against his back, Aya was pushed toward the front of the room. "As these men have come to challenge us, our fledgling will dine on their blood as well our pets."

**

Omi looked at Farfarello who was watching the vampire ritual. "What do you think?"

"Using the darts are not going to work on those," Farfarello brought out some wooden spikes he had used a knife on. "These will work, they're sharp enough."

Fitting the darts on the bow, Omi nodded. "Next time this occurs, I'm not helping you."

"One time thing," the insane man smiled and nodded.

They moved into the room hiding in the back so none of the vampires were not paying attention to them. "I'm sorry Ken-kun."

**

Crawford adjusted his glasses and then looked at Aya. "Omi and Farfarello are coming."

Locke was still speaking as he lifted Nagi and without warning he bit in the boy's neck, there was a pained moan from the boy.

The room went into chaos when as Locke stood up that a dart flew into his chest and he fell onto the ground and was a pile of dust. Nagi opened his eyes and saw Crawford. "Crawford-sama," he screamed and ran toward them.

Another dart flew by aiming at Ken who quickly moved so that it landed on the ground. "OMI, STOP! I DID NOT BETRAY YOU!!!"

Omi walked into the ballroom, Farfarello was staking other vampires who were trying to get out. "Ken-kun, I'm sorry."

Ken knew that Omi meant to kill him. "I am telling the truth!" He ran up to Omi and shook him. "You have to listen to me, I did not."

**

Crawford carried Nagi out of the room and to his car. He turned to see Schuldich and sighed. "Something you want to say?"

"Yeah, you still want to kill those two because they are vampires?"

"Not anymore."