Okay, here's the next part.
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Lovers Reunited
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Gabriel tried to eat his food, but kept stopping to glare at Jones, who was looking at him with a small smirk. The others in the room noticed this as well, but figured it would probably be best if they didn't ask.
After a while the kitchen door opened and Willow walked in, sitting down in the only chair vacant at the table.
Which just happened to be next to Gabriel.
As she sat she glanced over at him, smiling gently at him. He smiled back and gave a small knowing nod.
This just made Jones' smirk even bigger, and Willow almost rolled her eyes at it while Gabriel just ignored him.
Finally, Lucian decided to be the one who broke the silence. "Alright," he began, leaning foreword. "Let's hear it. What's going on?"
"Oh nothing," Jones said after a moment as he raised his glass and drank from it. "I just went to tell her dinner was ready and..." He trailed off and noticed the glare Gabriel was giving him. "What? You two had been making googly eyes at each other since we got out here."
Willow buried her face in one of her hands as Gabriel tried to punch Jones, who jumped back slightly to avoid it. The rest of the group kept silent, but looked rather amused.
* * *
Eliza looked around the engine room that she and the workers had now started to emerge into. After getting close enough to the Pearl without being detected, they had been able to make a small hole into the ship; nothing that would cause it to sink however, but big enough so they would be able to slip in silently.
"Okay, here's the plan," she began as she began giving out orders to the men. "A few of you will look for the item that we came to collect. The rest will distract the league. If we take them by surprise, killing them shouldn't be any problem."
The rest of the group gave various signs of agreement. Eliza smirked, and turned, unsheathing a small sword, as she headed for the door she noticed at the end of the room.
She was still a little uneasy, being here, and so close to the one whom she kept seeing in her dreams. She wondered what they meant. Even more unnerving to her was that the girl in the dreams looked exactly like herself, but with a different name.
Sonja…
She shook it off, and opened the door, stepping out of the engine room, with the workers following. Once the league was dead, she was sure she would be able to rest easier.
Well, she hoped she would, anyway.
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Lucian just listened to the banter between the half-demon and the archeologist with a hidden smile. He himself had noticed the looks Gabriel and Willow had been giving each other since he had been dragged into this.
There was one look that he had remembered most of all from recently that he saw Gabriel give her, mainly because it reminded him of the way he used to gaze lovingly at Sonja.
He raised his hand and clasped the pendant. He was thankful that they had given it back before the mission had been finished, and he would stay and finish helping them. He owed them for returning it so early.
And then he stopped in his thoughts, and his senses perked up. It was the scent of a vampire. An all too familiar scent of a vampire.
Sonja…
The others noticed the look he now had as he stood up and looked questioningly at him. "What is it?" Gabriel finally asked, as he stood up. He too had caught something in the air that made him uneasy, and his body tensed, in case something was about to go down.
Lucian shook his head. "There's a vampire on board. I can smell it."
Suddenly, the sound of a gunshot filled their ears from down below, and instantly everyone got up and ran out to see what it was.
Gabriel paused as he ran back to his room, grabbing a hand gun and his sword before rejoining the rest of the group.
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"I don't think it's here."
The other worker glanced at his partner with an expression that said "gee, ya THINK!?". But before the other worker could respond to that, they heard the sounds of several guns cocking. They turned around and saw three guns aimed at them. One from Jones, one from Mariachi, and one from Gabriel.
"Looking for something?" Jones asked.
They all suddenly heard an agitated yell as Sparrow came in from behind the two workers, an angered expression on his face. "Why do you people ALWAYS feel the need to put holes in my ship!?" He yelled, possibly in the loudest since they had been brought together.
The second worker took advantage of the distraction and
ducked, sweeping Sparrow's legs out from under him, while the second member
pulled out his gun and fired at the rest of the league.
Willow raised her hand and muttered
something, and the bullet suddenly bounced back, and struck the worker in the
shoulder, upon which, the worker dropped his firearm as he grabbed his
shoulder, cursing in pain.
"Well that wasn't too…" Gabriel was cut off as they suddenly heard what sounded like an explosion, and the whole ship shook from it. Everyone glared at him, and he gave an exasperated sigh. "Yeah, yeah, yeah. I jinxed it. Sorry."
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Eliza walked into the large room they had found after climbing up to one of the top levels of the ship. The door that had just been blown off its hinges had been made out of what appeared to be titanium. Fortunately, they had brought some explosives.
Stepping inside the room she looked around. It was empty, save for a few shelves with some boxes. Walking over, she started looking the boxes before stopping at one. She smiled triumphantly.
Reaching inside the box she pulled out what looked like a rather large computer chip. Looking down at the picture that Doc had given her she knew it was what they had been sent to find.
It looked like they wouldn't even have to kill the League after all.
"Okay, let's go," she said to the workers who were with her, and they nodded, walking out of the large room.
Eliza got out first when a yell filled her ears, and she looked over just in time to see a black blur leap at her, tackling her. The two smashed through the door on the opposite side and landed in a tangle of limbs. Gabriel leapt to his feet and unsheathed his sword, and Eliza did likewise. They didn't even pause to say anything before charging.
Eliza slashed at Gabriel, who blocked the blow before ducking and trying to sweep her legs out from under her. She jumped up to avoid it, and Gabriel lunged, jumping up and twisting his body in mid-air. He lashed out, both of his feet smashing into her chest and knocking her backwards.
She hit the ground but quickly got to her feet. They circled each other, and then they attacked again.
* * *
The rest of the league would have probably run to Gabriel's assistance, but they were suddenly attacked by gunfire from the workers who had been in the other room.
Willow held up her hand as a small dome formed around the door entrance, blocking all the gunfire.
"Here!" Lucian yelled. "Let me in there!" he requested, ignoring the look she gave him. "Just do it!" Finally Willow shrugged and briefly lowered the shield. Lucian jumped in, his coat blade unsheathing.
He transformed, shedding his coat as his body slightly grew into that of his hybrid form. He ignored the bullets as they hit his body, as the pain was brief.
The workers never had a chance, as Lucian batted them around the room with an almost bored attitude. Finally, he knocked out the final worker. He smirked, and then suddenly grimaced as he changed back into his human form and they all noticed how many bullets had hit him. They moved to assist him but he held up his hand.
Then, he tensed, and the eyes of the others widened in surprise and shock.
Lucian closed his eyes, and as his fangs, sprouted, roared in pain. Then, one by one, the bullet holes opened up, and the bullets were forced out, dropping down to the floor around the hybrid. Finally, the last bullet emerged, and Lucian's eyes opened, as he reached down and grabbed his coat as he put it back on.
As he walked to the door he noticed the expressions the others gave him, and he simply chuckled. "It took me a while to be able to do that," was all he said as he headed out. The others followed, hoping Gabriel was doing all right.
* * *
The fight between Gabriel and Eliza seemed to be pretty even, but Gabriel seemed to have the advantage. Finally, Eliza knocked him to the ground with a roundhouse kick. As she tried to stab him, he leapt to his feet and backhanded her, causing her head to whip back as some blood burst from her mouth.
Then, in almost slow-motion, both swung their swords at the same time.
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The group entered just as the two swung their swords at each other, each aiming for the other's neck.
And then, two screams filled the air.
"NO!" Willow screamed, and her cry distracted Gabriel as he looked over at her.
The second scream however, was something none of the others had expected.
"SONJA!"
* * *
Time seemed to stop as Lucian laid his eyes upon Gabriel's opponent. It was her. Sonja, his beloved.
His cry distracted the female vampire, and she too, stopped her attack. In the end, both blades were resting on the other's neck, slightly breaking the skin, but both ignored it, especially Eliza.
When her eyes settled upon the man from her dreams she was suddenly shown a hundred images; a hundred memories as they flashed before her eyes. She remembered who she had been once.
Sonja.
The sword fell from numb fingertips.
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(Author's Note: In case you are somewhat confused, Eliza is the reincarnation of Lucian's dead lover Sonja. And by seeing him, she has suddenly remembered her past life as Sonja. Also, from this point, on, she'll be called Sonja.)
Sonja slowly moved foreword, ignoring the hostile looks everyone, with the exception of Lucian, were giving her.
"Lucian," she whispered softly, and Gabriel's eyes widened.
And then he had remembered hearing Lucian cry out Sonja's name. He looked at her, at Lucian, the looks they were giving each other, and then it all came together.
"Oh my god," he whispered to himself, as the rest of the league moved over to him.
"What's going on?" Willow asked him, pausing as she looked him over to see if she was hurt.
"That vampire, she's Sonja, Lucian's lover."
Everyone else's eyes widened at that, and just watched the pair, unsure what to do.
Lucian just gazed at her as she finally reached him. She raised one of her small hands, caressing his cheek.
The second he felt her skin touching his, he grabbed her and pulled her tightly to him. He buried his face in her neck as he started to cry, in happiness and disbelief. Here she was, the love of his life, alive, well, and in his arms. He felt her own arms wrap around his body, as she rested her head on his shoulder, quietly crying. After a moment he pulled away slightly so he could look at her face. Then, he kissed her fiercely, and she returned it with the same passion he gave her.
No one noticed as one of the workers suddenly stirred. He looked at the couple, the other league members, and then, he looked at the floor, his eyes lighting up as he saw the chip Eliza had taken.
Before anyone could react he lunged, scooping the chip up and running for the exit. He quickly reached inside his coat and pulled out what looked like a marble.
"This better work," the worker said through clenched teeth as he threw it into the air.
Almost instantly the marble became a small glowing…well it was supposed to be a vortex, at least that was what Mashirra told him.
He quickly jumped through it, and it closed behind him.
Behind him, Gabriel and Jones reached the hall he had gone, noticing the dead end. There weren't any doors either.
And yet, he was gone.
"Where did he go?" Gabriel asked, more to himself than Jones.
* * *
The worker yelled slightly as he hit the cold floor. Cursing under his breath he rose to his feet, and then suddenly stumbled back as he noticed Doc was in the room. The large creature noticed him and walked foreword. "Well?"
He nodded and quickly held his hand out, showing the chip. Doc grinned and took it. "Excellent."
Everything was going according to plan. It was only a matter of time now.
