Wow, three chapters in one day. I feel special for some reason.

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Recruiting (Capturing) the Final League Member

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It took several days for the Pearl to sail across the ocean, before finally reaching Hungary.

"Okay, now before we go out I just want to say this is going to be very dangerous," Gabriel explained as he pulled out his sword and loaded a gun. "Because of that, only Willow and I are going. The rest of you are to stay here and prepare the ship for when we bring him back."

The others mumbled various things, but all nodded in agreement. "Alright then, let's go luv," Gabriel said as he walked out of the kitchen.

"Now he's talking like Spike," Willow muttered under her breath as she followed.

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Willow and Gabriel moved through one of the dark alleys of the city they were now in. "So how do we know where to look for him?" Willow asked.

Gabriel glanced at her. "I'm half demon, which means I can smell certain species, such as vampire, and werewolf, which he is both of."

Willow raised both eyebrows at that. "How is that possible? That would only seem to work if it was a werewolf and a vampire having sex, and vampires can't have children otherwise Spike and Buffy would have had quite a few." She said the last part silently.

"There's more than one kind of vampire species, Willow," Gabriel told her. "Several different kinds. The ones you are used to are the only ones that don't have souls also; the rest do. All are vulnerable to sunlight, while others are immune to holy water." He mentally smiled when he saw how intrigued Willow was at this.

Suddenly he stopped, and looked up at the building they were standing next to. "He's up there." Willow looked up before looking at him with a questiong stare. He nodded.

"I don't see a staircase," Willow stated as she looked around. Suddenly, Gabriel moved foreword and scooped her up in his arms, one under her knees and the other around her shoulders. "What are you doing?" she asked as she tried to get free.

"There's no time for stairs, just hold on and be as quiet as possible." Before Willow could react Gabriel crouched down and then lunged, his legs carrying him up to the top of the building, which was a four story building, in a second. He landed on the rooftop and set Willow down, ignoring the disapproving look she gave him.

"There he is," Gabriel whispered as he pointed to the opposite edge of the rooftop. Willow looked over there, and saw a figure perched on the edge, a long black coat flapping around him from the wind.

"I'm not in the mood for a fight; not tonight," a voice suddenly called out, as the figure stepped down from the edge and turned to face them.

He was around Gabriel's height, with long black hair that went down past his shoulders. He wore black pants, black boots, and a black button up shirt. Around his neck hung a gold pendant with a small ruby in the center. He had a neatly trimmed beard and moustache as well. His eyes were a dark gray, and Willow could see the sadness that haunted them.

Gabriel, however, knew why the eyes seemed that way, but instead he spoke aloud. "So, you must be Lucian."

Lucian paused, and then nodded. "What do you want?"

Gabriel stepped foreword. "The United States government needs your help. Now, you can either come with us quietly, or we can knock you out and take you with us. What's it going to be?"

Lucian bitterly smirked. "The latter, if you can."

In the blink of an eye, Lucian was in front of them, and Gabriel pushed Willow out of the way as Lucian slashed at him, claws sprouting from his fingers. Gabriel blocked the attack before unsheathing his sword and slashing at him. Lucian raised his other arm and a long black blade shot out of the coat sleeve, blocking the sword.

The two broke off and circled each other. Black eyes stared into black eyes, as Gabriel let out a slight growl, as did Lucian.

Then they attacked, slashing and punching at each other. Gabriel ducked and tried to sweep Lucian's legs out from under him, but Lucian jumped into the air. Annoyed, Gabriel quickly stood upright and lashed out with his katana, slashing Lucian across the chest.

Lucian roared in pain as fangs sprouted. He jumped back, and began to transform.

Then he stopped, and looked down, and saw that the pendant that had been around his neck was gone. Raising his head he saw Gabriel dangling the pendant between his fingers, smirking. "Loose something?"

Lucian looked disbelievingly at him before letting out a roar filled rage. "GIVE THAT BACK!!" he snarled before moving foreword.

"WILLOW, NOW!"

Lucian stopped, and realized too late that Gabriel had been distracting him. He spun around just as Willow thrust her hands together and fired a burst of electric energy. Lucian wasn't able to react in time and the energy hit him dead on. He fell to the ground, convulsing before slipping into unconsciousness.

Gabriel relaxed before sheathing his sword and looking at Willow. "See, now was that hard?"

Willow shrugged. "I guess not." She looked at Lucian's unconscious body. "What about him?"

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Lucian let out a groan as he slowly opened his eyes. The first thing he became aware of was that he was chained up, which instantly brought back memories of a day six centuries ago that he didn't want to remember. Groaning he opened his eyes to find five people that he'd never seen before in front of him, staring.

"What the...?" Lucian then trailed off, as he suddenly remembered. The two who had knocked him out, and the male who had taken his pendant.

Sonja's pendant...

"Now, before you do something you'll regret..." Jones began.

He was cut off as Lucian let out a roar. Then, to the surprise of the other five in the room, he transformed, his shirt slightly tearing as his skin changed to a dark silver color. His muscles tightened as his ribcage seemed to grow. Claws sprouted while fangs elongated. Finally, his eyes changed to a pitch black.

"GIVE THE PENDANT BACK!" He roared, his voice filled with rage. "GIVE IT OR I'LL ..." he suddenly switched and went off, yelling in some other language.

Jones leaned over at Willow. "What's he saying?"

Willow looked back at him with a questioning look. "How should I know?"

"I thought you were a witch."

"Yeah, not a walking translator."

Lucian continued thrashing in the chains for a moment before stopping. "Look, alright, alright. I'll help with that government assignment. Just please give me the pendant back. It's all I have left of her."

Everyone else suddenly looked confused. "Her?"

Gabriel however, didn't. Instead he walked foreword. "When the mission is done I'll return her pendant. If you fail to cooperate I'll throw it in the ocean." With that he reached up and unchained Lucian, who dropped to the ground before changing back into his normal form. "And don't bother searching for it. You won't find it."

As he walked out of the room everyone looked at Lucian, and then after Gabriel, before following Gabriel. Lucian sighed before following as well.

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"So, who are you talking about?" Jones asked as the group sat down in the kitchen. Gabriel paused, and looked at Lucian.

"Ask him, he'd be the better story teller than I would." Lucian rolled his eyes at that and sighed before standing up.

"…My name is Lucian. I'm a hybrid, which means I'm half vampire, and half werewolf." He stopped as Jones opened his mouth to speak. "No questions during this…or after, for that matter." Jones closed his mouth. "Anyway, I used to be a werewolf, which we call lycans. Back in the 1300s lycans used to be slaves for the vampires, since in that time both species were hunted greatly and we decided to help each other out. We protected them during the daylight hours and were given shelter in return. I was born into servitude, but I harbored no ill will for them. A while after that I fell in love with a vampire named Sonja…she was so beautiful."

He trailed off again, closing his eyes. Then he reopened them and looked at the group. He cleared his throat before continuing. "Anyway, tragedy struck us. You see our union was forbidden. Sonja's father, Viktor, was the oldest and strongest of the vampires. He found out about us, in 1402, shortly after she learned she was with child…my child." Lucian trailed off again, and the group could tell what he was about to say was bringing up some painful memories. "Viktor…he feared what the child would be. He feared it so much…that he killed his own daughter; chained her up and left her to burn alive in the sunlight…for loving me."

Then, as he looked down at his hand, he muttered the last part.

"And he forced me to watch. I was chained to the floor, after getting a brutal whipping. I tried to break free, but there wasn't a damned thing I could do to prevent my beloved from dying." He squeezed his eyes shut, and one, single tear emerged from his eye, but he quickly wiped it away.

"Her death set off a war that lasted for six centuries. I made a pact with a vampire named Kraven, and we planned to assassinate Viktor and the rest of the vampire council when the time was right. Then a few months ago, I found the key to creating the creature that I am now. The key was a human named Michael Corvin. With his blood, and the blood of Amelia, a vampire elder, I transformed. Shortly after, I ran into Viktor. We fought, and I killed him."

The silence that followed was deafening. Then, Lucian sat down.

"Alright, I told my story. Who's next?"

Almost everyone pointed to Jack, who just looked at them with a confused look. He hadn't even been paying attention. "What?"

"Tell us about yourself."

"Ah." Jack cleared his throat and stood up. "Well, my name is Captain Jack Sparrow, and I am NOT an alcoholic." Gabriel snorted at that.

Well, the League is set, Jones thought to himself as he smiled, listening as Jack began to tell a story about this ship and someone named Barbossa. Let's just see what this team can do together…