A.N: WOW its been a long time, lol. I hope you guys like this chap cause I really had fun writing it so…….enjoy and BTW this is the longest chap I have ever written (making it up to you hehehe) and the 8th chap will be a long one too , hopefully, plus…one more thing if my spelling and grammar gets really bad tell me, lol. Now on with the show.

CH.7 Loves Last Hope

Selene clutched Michael's form, taking the chill from her cold skin. His arms tightened around her bringing his warmth to Selene as he brought her closer to him.

She loved the heat coming from him. Some how it made her forget what she really was. She envied him and the others, especially the new guy, Kurtis. At least he was still human.

Selene also felt she would be lost without her vampire side. She had been one for so long.

"What are you thinking about,?" Michael asked quietly. Selene was startled for a moment, but then she rolled over, facing Michael. He had his eyes closed. "What do you think about Kurtis? Can we really trust him?," Selene seemed to be asking herself this more than anything and Michael knew why. "I think we can. I mean Lucian trusts him.," Selene gave a sigh in approval and rested her head against Michael's chest. She lifted her head slightly as a knock came to the door and Kurtis peaked his head in. "Hey we have a small problem.,." kurtis said trying not to stare, just in case he saw something he wasn't meant to.

Michael was fully alert now at hearing the news. "What problem.," he asked getting out of the bed quickly and throwing on his close. "Its Kraven . He's ," Kurtis didn't get to finish as Michael and Selene headed out the door. Kurtis gave a small shrug before going out the door himself.

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Kraven quickly headed out of the underground layer. He was lucky not to be caught for he undoubtedly was being watched like a hawk. He quickly stole a glance over his shoulder to make sure. He snickered to himself as he saw no one behind him "Probably don't even know I'm gone. Pathetic dog," Kraven said out loud as he gave a cruel chuckle.

He finally made his way out the entrance and out onto the sidewalk of Hungary. The city passed him as he briskly walked to the edge of the street and signaled a cab. One finally stopped and Kraven quickly got in. "Where will it be to, sir," the cab driver asked. Kraven gave an annoyed glance at the rather large man "Just take me to the closest hotel ," Kraven finally replied. The cab driver gave a nod and began to drive away.

Kraven gave a sigh of relief as the cab came to a stop and he got out of the car without paying the cabi, who shouted at him. Kraven just kept on walking, not even noticing the girl walking opposite of him. He ran straight into her causing her to stumble into him. "sorry about that," she began but then her face became a mask of shock. "Kraven…..," Kraven took the time to look at her and then he gave her a similar stare. "Erika? What the bloody hell are you doing," Erika gave a nervous look and was about to answer when a pain surged through her arm as kraven violently grabbed her and dragged her into the hotel lobby. "Kraven your hurting me. Stop this.," Kraven didn't listen to her as he dragged her to the front desk with him.

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Lucian handed Michael a hand gun as he grabbed his coat with the blade in the sleeve. Selene grabbed her twin barretas . Kurtis took his own hand gun as well as a clip just in case. They all stopped getting ready except for Lucian as they saw Sonja come in the room with a silver incased sword, ready for a battle. "Ummmmm should she be carrying that thing," Kurtis said to Lucian. "I mean in her condition.," Lucian glanced at Sonja and smiled. "She can hold her own………but he is right." He looked up at Sonja with an apologetic expression. "I don't want to risk you getting hurt. Not again.," Sonja gave an understanding smile before walking over and kissing Lucian. "I understand. Its just I don't like the thought of you guys out there alone while I'm here doing nothing to help.," she replied with a sigh. "You worry to much, love. Like a mother," Lucian chuckled. The others chuckled as well. "I know.," she smiled and kissed him again. Lucian turned to leave and noticed the gang looking at him with smiles. He just shook his head and lead them out the door.

"What do we do if we see him.," Kurtis asked after a while. "I wouldn't mind killing him, personally.," Lucian muttered. Kurtis gave a curious glance and he turned to the others who just shook their heads at him. He didn't ask.

The street was quiet, and had been that way for a while until they heard commotion out side one of the hotels they were near…….and then they saw him.

Kurtis noticed the girl trying to get away from kraven and he sprung into action. He ran toward them as they entered the lobby and punched Kraven but the punch didn't help. He tried to hit him again, but he got kicked in the face and was knocked unconscious. Erika gasped and pulled her hand away from Kraven, instantly going to aid the man, who came to her rescue.

Erika looked at the handsome man in aw. She suddenly got a strong smell of human coming from the strange man and was a bit disappointed but shrugged it off as she pulled the man to the side. The others had engaged in battle well Lucian and Kraven did. Michael and Selene tried to make sure it didn't get out of control. It was becoming quite brutal, on kraven's part so staying out of the way seemed a good idea to Erika and she didn't want her night and shining armor to get hurt even more.

…………..A few hours later………………………………..

The light coming into the room was very bright and it wasn't helping his throbbing head. Kurtis tried to sit up but a firm hand pushed him back down. Just where in the hell am I, he thought , then everything came back to him and he focused on the person who was looking down at him. His face paled at the sight of the beautiful blonde who was looking at him like a god. "How are you feeling? Any better?," he felt like an idiot just laying there and gawking at her, but he couldn't help it.

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During the battle, Kraven had been knocked unconscious and drug back to the underground layer. Lucian on the other hand wasn't looking his best either with a few bruises on his face and not to mention a few cuts from a couple of rings on Kraven's right hand. He didn't care though as he was being doctored up by Sonja at the moment. She carefully wiped the rag on his cuts, trying not to hurt him. She sighed. Glad that they had caught Kraven. She didn't want anyone to get hurt badly.

Selene was taking care of a few cuts on Michael's side, as it were getting Lucian to stop pounding on Kraven was harder than it looked, but pretty much no serious damage was done..

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Kurtis finally got his courage up and decided to talk to her. "So who are you?," he couldn't think of anything else to say.

Erika smiled. He was obviously nervous. That was incredibly cute. Especially with the face he was making. "I'm Erika and you must be Kurtis. I want to thank you for what you did….um….," Kurtis raised a hand to silence her. "Its no problem. By the way. where is Kraven. Did they….I mean….is he still alive?," Kurtis desperately tried to create a conversation. "Yes unfortunately. But we put a transmitting device on him. Its built inside a bracelet along with shocking impulses that will go off if he tries anything." Kurtis nodded slightly smiling. "Well, I must be leaving. It was nice meeting you Kurtis, I hope we meet again," Erika slowly got up from her kneeling position and exited the room smiling at Kurtis. He only managed a small wave.

A.N. that ended rather differently than I expected. Hm………oh well. I hope you enjoyed the chap despite some differences in my writing style. Love you all.