Disclaimer: Boo hoo I don't own the show. Life is so unfair. Lol.
Notes: Thanks for the reviews and I know you're all dying to know how Calista fits in. Sorry, but that has to wait until the next chapter, so keep on reading. Also, this chapter contains some gruesome parts, so if you have a woozy stomach, I advise you not to read this.
"Marguerite, what the hell are you doing?" yelled Roxton. Marguerite was putting on her belt and hat when she heard Roxton's outburst.
"I'm going to look for her. John, she's in trouble and she's probably not aware of the danger out there. I'm not staying so don't even try."
"Marguerite's right, John, we should go look for her and try to get some questions answered," said Challenger.
"No! It's late out! Let's wait till tomorrow," the lord insisted.
"Whoa, big guy. They have a point. We can't sit around and wait," Finn said. Roxton was about to say more when the elevator started rising. Veronica step out and right away from the looks on all their faces, something was up.
"Did I come back at a wrong time?"
"No Vee, you didn't. You won't believe what just happened!" Finn ran to her. She told the jungle princess everything. After listening to Finn, she look over at Roxton apologetically. "Sorry Roxton, but I agree with the rest. We should go look for this person."
Knowing he wouldn't win this, the lord agreed. "Fine, but I'm going along. One of us is going to have to stay here in case our friend comes back."
"I'll stay," volunteered Challenger.
"Good. Finn could you also?" Roxton turned to the youngest member.
"Sure," she replied.
"I'm going with you guys," announced the older blonde. Veronica, Roxton, and Marguerite got on the elevator and left. It was dark out but not enough to stop them from looking for tracks. Bending down, Veronica noticed some footprints heading west.
"Seems, your mystery person went that way," she pointed.
"So let's go," Marguerite said.
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"I better rest for a little bit." Christina sat down on a rock and looked around. I'm getting no where, she thought. I'm going to fail everyone. No! Don't turn to despair just yet. Get off your butt and let's take care of business.
Christina jumped up but quietly scanned the area. Taking a deep breath, she let the beast within out. Her olive green eyes turned to a silvery gray. Squinting, she made out some sort of object. Looking further, the object took from and there was a man holding a rifle.
"David," she muttered. With the stealth of a tiger, she moved quickly through the trees, moving in the direction of the unsuspecting man. The blood pumped in her veins as she moved. She will enjoy this hunt, for she will take pleasure in hearing him plead for mercy and avenging all those died by his hands.
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"Where are you, she-devil?" David crouched looking for where she went. Didn't bother to cover up her trail. Pity, he thought. Standing up, he checked his rifle to see if it was loaded. Satisfied, he was about to leave when he heard voices coming from behind. He dodged behind a bush, with his rifle ready.
Marguerite, Roxton, and Veronica emerged and stopped where David was at a few seconds ago. "Judging, by the looks of it, she was here," Roxton said. Looking over his shoulders, Marguerite noticed something. "Are those someone else's footprints?"
"I'm not surprised. We are in headhunter territory," Veronica said as she looked around. She wandered over to where David was hiding. Glancing around, Veronica headed back to where the dark-haired couple was. David was holding his breath the entire time. That was a close call! he thought with relief. His time was short and already he had a creature in front of him. If I can't get Christina, then she'll have to do.
He jumped out from his hiding spot, with his rifle at hand and barked, "Drop your weapons!"
The three quickly looked over at the man. "Excuse me?" Roxton asked.
"You heard me! Now or I'll just kill you here right now!"
Complying with his orders, they laid down their weapons. "Good," David said. He walked over and picked them up and threw them away. "Can't risk of you trying to escape," he laughed.
"Who are you?" Marguerite asked.
David turned his head to the heiress and smiled. The smile sent chills down her spine as he stared coldly at her. "My name is none of your concern. Let me guess, you're looking for Christina too. So am I. But I'm afraid you won't live to see another sunset."
Without any sudden warning, he fired and the bullet slammed into Marguerite's stomach. "NO!" Roxton screamed. He ran to her and held her in his lap. The crimson blood poured all over her white blouse. From such a close range, the bullet was in pretty deep. Veronica kneeled to her friend's side and tried to stop the blood from pouring. She was having no luck. The blood just kept coming out and it got over Veronica's hands and the hunter's too.
Roxton looked at the crazed man. Anger started to build up and was about to take action when Marguerite croaked out his name. Returning his face to look upon his love, he almost cried at the sight she made. Marguerite was quivering from the loss of blood and her face was all white. A pool of blood was next to her and every breath she took sent her to a fit. Lifting a weak hand to touch her beloved's face, she whispered, "I love you. I love you." Grasping her hand, Roxton kissed it and whispered, "You'll be fine."
Veronica's heart was broken at the scene before her. She couldn't tell the hunter that there was no chance of her surviving from the ugly wound. Her knife was a few feet away, taking a chance, she ran to get but a loud bang sent it flying away from her.
"I wouldn't," David said lowly.
"You," Veronica spat. "You shot my friend, you bastard!"
"There's no need for name calling. I saved you all from an untimely death. There would be a matter of time, before your 'friend' turned on you and feast on your blood. I saved you! I saved YOU!" he screeched.
While the man was ranting, none of them noticed a young woman flying towards them. She attack David and started to mull him. Gasping what was happening, Veronica ran to Roxton and together they carried Marguerite back to the tree house. While they ran, they heard the screams and cries of pain from the man but they never noticed where he was being attacked.
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After a few minutes the man's cries died down and there was just silence. Getting up, Christina looked down at the man she had just killed. His eyes were full of terror and blood was about everywhere on his face and neck. Lifting a hand, she smeared David's blood off her mouth and looked at her hand. Returning her gaze at the man, she whispered, "I finally got you." The animal in her slowly started to crave for more blood, but she firmly pushed the desire away.
She regained her normal eye color and forced her gaze away from the man. She figured she'll the body get eaten by an animal. She knew she came too late. She sensed rather saw the whole thing. She felt deeply upset that an innocent was now dying because there were times when she had a chance to kill him but didn't. She had a good idea why David reacted the way he did. The woman had the characteristics of vampires'. The dark hair and pale skin was what made him assumed that.
I have to help her, she thought. There was little time left so she left. The blood she fed upon gave her the adrenaline she needed to make it.
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Challenger laid Marguerite on her bed. The bullet was in so deep that even the scientist felt his faith slipping away. There was no way he could save her. This, he knew, would tear Roxton's heart apart. Tears formed in the old man's eyes as he accepted the inevitable. Marguerite Krux was going to die.
Roxton paced back and forth in the Great Room. He was angry with himself and the man who shot the woman he loved. In his heart he knew there was nothing he could have done to prevent this but his brain told him otherwise. His shoulders sagged low and he softly wept. Finn and Veronica weren't faring well either. When Finn saw Marguerite, her face turned ghastly white. This happened way too fast and both women huddled together to wait for what Challenger had to say.
Thud! All three jumped at the noise. Out on the balcony, stood a figure. Roxton went for his Webley but a firm voice stated no. Stepping into the light, Christina looked at their anguished faces. "Where's your friend?" No answer. She repeated, "Where's your friend? The one who was shot."
Roxton saw her hand covered in blood and quickly realized what she was. "No! I won't let you feed on her!"
Christina was shocked by the outburst. Well, duh, Christina. You just killed a man and his blood is still on your hand. Great one. "You don't understand. I can save her if you just let me."
"Oh yeah, like I'm going to believe you! You probably turned her into a monster! I won't let it!"
"Roxton! What's all the commotion?" Challenger asked as he ran out. Looking at the woman in the room, a memory a couple of years ago came back to him and recalled the blood lust that Roxton went through.
Christina was becoming impatient. "Listen, it's not what you think. I'm not going to harm her. I just want to help because you saved my life by taking me into your home and not leaving me in danger out there."
Veronica and Finn stood in front of Marguerite's door to protect her and the men slowly moved up to Christina. This is so unbelievable! She ran up to Roxton and grabs his throat. Turning his neck to the left, she inspected his skin. Challenger ran to her and threw her away from the hunter. "You stay from him!"
"Sorry, but I wanted to see if I was right."
"Right about what?" Roxton asked.
"You. That bite mark looks to be about, I say, 2 or 3 years old. And I can tell a man, a little younger than you, bit you. And a woman seduced you into becoming one of us. So to speak."
"How? How did you know?"
"Simple. You are very lucky sir. Not many were able to overcome Calista's power and you did. Bravo. But enough with these games. You have no reason to fear me, understand. I want to save your friend. Come and watch me if you don't believe me."
Christina moved past Veronica and Finn into Marguerite's room with Roxton behind her. She moved to side of her and inspected the wound. She picks up a scalpel on the nightstand and pricks her finger. She lifted her finger over the wound and her blood dripped down and landed where the bullet was. Roxton, observing all this, had to look away. When Christina was satisfied, she turned to the man behind her. "She'll be fine. In a few hours she'll be good as new, but she will have a slight fever so don't panic."
She got up and left. Roxton looked at Marguerite and followed Christina. She walked over to a chair and sat down. "I'm waiting," she said.
"For what?" asked Finn.
"A thank you could be a good start."
"Thanks," Roxton said. "What did you do in there?"
She smiled. "Well, since you were a vampire for a few days you know we have accelerated healing. Just a drop of my blood will heal your friend. Put in too much and yeah you will have a vampire in the house. But there's no chance of that happening. By the way, I'm Christina Smith."
The others' introduced each other. They were quite skeptical of this person but she didn't seem to mind.
"I'm from the future," she started.
"Hey, so am I. 2033 and you," Finn asked.
"2020."
"So you are already living in the tunnels, huh? Hiding from nuclear bombs."
"Nuclear bombs? No way! See, I'm from a different world."
Confused looks greeted her. Sighing, she started again, "I'm from a different timeframe then you. You may be having a nuclear war in 2020 here in this world, but in mine there isn't. Anyways, the man who shot her was David Saco. He's a vampire hunter who ended up here when it was suppose to be just me. I was sent on a mission and you all got dragged into it, and it will be the polite thing to start from the beginning."
The explorers came closer to Christina as she explained. "It started a long time ago."
To be continued.......
Notes: Thanks for the reviews and I know you're all dying to know how Calista fits in. Sorry, but that has to wait until the next chapter, so keep on reading. Also, this chapter contains some gruesome parts, so if you have a woozy stomach, I advise you not to read this.
"Marguerite, what the hell are you doing?" yelled Roxton. Marguerite was putting on her belt and hat when she heard Roxton's outburst.
"I'm going to look for her. John, she's in trouble and she's probably not aware of the danger out there. I'm not staying so don't even try."
"Marguerite's right, John, we should go look for her and try to get some questions answered," said Challenger.
"No! It's late out! Let's wait till tomorrow," the lord insisted.
"Whoa, big guy. They have a point. We can't sit around and wait," Finn said. Roxton was about to say more when the elevator started rising. Veronica step out and right away from the looks on all their faces, something was up.
"Did I come back at a wrong time?"
"No Vee, you didn't. You won't believe what just happened!" Finn ran to her. She told the jungle princess everything. After listening to Finn, she look over at Roxton apologetically. "Sorry Roxton, but I agree with the rest. We should go look for this person."
Knowing he wouldn't win this, the lord agreed. "Fine, but I'm going along. One of us is going to have to stay here in case our friend comes back."
"I'll stay," volunteered Challenger.
"Good. Finn could you also?" Roxton turned to the youngest member.
"Sure," she replied.
"I'm going with you guys," announced the older blonde. Veronica, Roxton, and Marguerite got on the elevator and left. It was dark out but not enough to stop them from looking for tracks. Bending down, Veronica noticed some footprints heading west.
"Seems, your mystery person went that way," she pointed.
"So let's go," Marguerite said.
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"I better rest for a little bit." Christina sat down on a rock and looked around. I'm getting no where, she thought. I'm going to fail everyone. No! Don't turn to despair just yet. Get off your butt and let's take care of business.
Christina jumped up but quietly scanned the area. Taking a deep breath, she let the beast within out. Her olive green eyes turned to a silvery gray. Squinting, she made out some sort of object. Looking further, the object took from and there was a man holding a rifle.
"David," she muttered. With the stealth of a tiger, she moved quickly through the trees, moving in the direction of the unsuspecting man. The blood pumped in her veins as she moved. She will enjoy this hunt, for she will take pleasure in hearing him plead for mercy and avenging all those died by his hands.
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"Where are you, she-devil?" David crouched looking for where she went. Didn't bother to cover up her trail. Pity, he thought. Standing up, he checked his rifle to see if it was loaded. Satisfied, he was about to leave when he heard voices coming from behind. He dodged behind a bush, with his rifle ready.
Marguerite, Roxton, and Veronica emerged and stopped where David was at a few seconds ago. "Judging, by the looks of it, she was here," Roxton said. Looking over his shoulders, Marguerite noticed something. "Are those someone else's footprints?"
"I'm not surprised. We are in headhunter territory," Veronica said as she looked around. She wandered over to where David was hiding. Glancing around, Veronica headed back to where the dark-haired couple was. David was holding his breath the entire time. That was a close call! he thought with relief. His time was short and already he had a creature in front of him. If I can't get Christina, then she'll have to do.
He jumped out from his hiding spot, with his rifle at hand and barked, "Drop your weapons!"
The three quickly looked over at the man. "Excuse me?" Roxton asked.
"You heard me! Now or I'll just kill you here right now!"
Complying with his orders, they laid down their weapons. "Good," David said. He walked over and picked them up and threw them away. "Can't risk of you trying to escape," he laughed.
"Who are you?" Marguerite asked.
David turned his head to the heiress and smiled. The smile sent chills down her spine as he stared coldly at her. "My name is none of your concern. Let me guess, you're looking for Christina too. So am I. But I'm afraid you won't live to see another sunset."
Without any sudden warning, he fired and the bullet slammed into Marguerite's stomach. "NO!" Roxton screamed. He ran to her and held her in his lap. The crimson blood poured all over her white blouse. From such a close range, the bullet was in pretty deep. Veronica kneeled to her friend's side and tried to stop the blood from pouring. She was having no luck. The blood just kept coming out and it got over Veronica's hands and the hunter's too.
Roxton looked at the crazed man. Anger started to build up and was about to take action when Marguerite croaked out his name. Returning his face to look upon his love, he almost cried at the sight she made. Marguerite was quivering from the loss of blood and her face was all white. A pool of blood was next to her and every breath she took sent her to a fit. Lifting a weak hand to touch her beloved's face, she whispered, "I love you. I love you." Grasping her hand, Roxton kissed it and whispered, "You'll be fine."
Veronica's heart was broken at the scene before her. She couldn't tell the hunter that there was no chance of her surviving from the ugly wound. Her knife was a few feet away, taking a chance, she ran to get but a loud bang sent it flying away from her.
"I wouldn't," David said lowly.
"You," Veronica spat. "You shot my friend, you bastard!"
"There's no need for name calling. I saved you all from an untimely death. There would be a matter of time, before your 'friend' turned on you and feast on your blood. I saved you! I saved YOU!" he screeched.
While the man was ranting, none of them noticed a young woman flying towards them. She attack David and started to mull him. Gasping what was happening, Veronica ran to Roxton and together they carried Marguerite back to the tree house. While they ran, they heard the screams and cries of pain from the man but they never noticed where he was being attacked.
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After a few minutes the man's cries died down and there was just silence. Getting up, Christina looked down at the man she had just killed. His eyes were full of terror and blood was about everywhere on his face and neck. Lifting a hand, she smeared David's blood off her mouth and looked at her hand. Returning her gaze at the man, she whispered, "I finally got you." The animal in her slowly started to crave for more blood, but she firmly pushed the desire away.
She regained her normal eye color and forced her gaze away from the man. She figured she'll the body get eaten by an animal. She knew she came too late. She sensed rather saw the whole thing. She felt deeply upset that an innocent was now dying because there were times when she had a chance to kill him but didn't. She had a good idea why David reacted the way he did. The woman had the characteristics of vampires'. The dark hair and pale skin was what made him assumed that.
I have to help her, she thought. There was little time left so she left. The blood she fed upon gave her the adrenaline she needed to make it.
+++
Challenger laid Marguerite on her bed. The bullet was in so deep that even the scientist felt his faith slipping away. There was no way he could save her. This, he knew, would tear Roxton's heart apart. Tears formed in the old man's eyes as he accepted the inevitable. Marguerite Krux was going to die.
Roxton paced back and forth in the Great Room. He was angry with himself and the man who shot the woman he loved. In his heart he knew there was nothing he could have done to prevent this but his brain told him otherwise. His shoulders sagged low and he softly wept. Finn and Veronica weren't faring well either. When Finn saw Marguerite, her face turned ghastly white. This happened way too fast and both women huddled together to wait for what Challenger had to say.
Thud! All three jumped at the noise. Out on the balcony, stood a figure. Roxton went for his Webley but a firm voice stated no. Stepping into the light, Christina looked at their anguished faces. "Where's your friend?" No answer. She repeated, "Where's your friend? The one who was shot."
Roxton saw her hand covered in blood and quickly realized what she was. "No! I won't let you feed on her!"
Christina was shocked by the outburst. Well, duh, Christina. You just killed a man and his blood is still on your hand. Great one. "You don't understand. I can save her if you just let me."
"Oh yeah, like I'm going to believe you! You probably turned her into a monster! I won't let it!"
"Roxton! What's all the commotion?" Challenger asked as he ran out. Looking at the woman in the room, a memory a couple of years ago came back to him and recalled the blood lust that Roxton went through.
Christina was becoming impatient. "Listen, it's not what you think. I'm not going to harm her. I just want to help because you saved my life by taking me into your home and not leaving me in danger out there."
Veronica and Finn stood in front of Marguerite's door to protect her and the men slowly moved up to Christina. This is so unbelievable! She ran up to Roxton and grabs his throat. Turning his neck to the left, she inspected his skin. Challenger ran to her and threw her away from the hunter. "You stay from him!"
"Sorry, but I wanted to see if I was right."
"Right about what?" Roxton asked.
"You. That bite mark looks to be about, I say, 2 or 3 years old. And I can tell a man, a little younger than you, bit you. And a woman seduced you into becoming one of us. So to speak."
"How? How did you know?"
"Simple. You are very lucky sir. Not many were able to overcome Calista's power and you did. Bravo. But enough with these games. You have no reason to fear me, understand. I want to save your friend. Come and watch me if you don't believe me."
Christina moved past Veronica and Finn into Marguerite's room with Roxton behind her. She moved to side of her and inspected the wound. She picks up a scalpel on the nightstand and pricks her finger. She lifted her finger over the wound and her blood dripped down and landed where the bullet was. Roxton, observing all this, had to look away. When Christina was satisfied, she turned to the man behind her. "She'll be fine. In a few hours she'll be good as new, but she will have a slight fever so don't panic."
She got up and left. Roxton looked at Marguerite and followed Christina. She walked over to a chair and sat down. "I'm waiting," she said.
"For what?" asked Finn.
"A thank you could be a good start."
"Thanks," Roxton said. "What did you do in there?"
She smiled. "Well, since you were a vampire for a few days you know we have accelerated healing. Just a drop of my blood will heal your friend. Put in too much and yeah you will have a vampire in the house. But there's no chance of that happening. By the way, I'm Christina Smith."
The others' introduced each other. They were quite skeptical of this person but she didn't seem to mind.
"I'm from the future," she started.
"Hey, so am I. 2033 and you," Finn asked.
"2020."
"So you are already living in the tunnels, huh? Hiding from nuclear bombs."
"Nuclear bombs? No way! See, I'm from a different world."
Confused looks greeted her. Sighing, she started again, "I'm from a different timeframe then you. You may be having a nuclear war in 2020 here in this world, but in mine there isn't. Anyways, the man who shot her was David Saco. He's a vampire hunter who ended up here when it was suppose to be just me. I was sent on a mission and you all got dragged into it, and it will be the polite thing to start from the beginning."
The explorers came closer to Christina as she explained. "It started a long time ago."
To be continued.......