Alex felt her body and mind drain of all its strength and power.
"What are you doing," she managed weakly.
Victor pulled her up by her hair. "Getting some revenge," he said with an evil glint in his eye. "Hope your friends are enjoying the show."
The entire station had seemed to freeze. Lupin and Snape were staring at her with wide eyes, unsure of what to do next. Malfoy, on the other hand, was laughing so hard tears were pouring out of his eyes. "This is brilliant," he exclaimed with glee. "I hope he kills her! Save us the time, eh mate," he nudged Snape with his elbow.
Lupin started foreword with his wand out, Potter and Black at his back. "Let her go," he threatened.
Victor laughed mirthlessly at their innocence. "I've no need to hurt you boys, but I will if you make me. I don't want a scene, I'm just going to take my darling Alexandra with me. I imagine you'll have her back by next term." With that, he was gone and so was she.
Lupin turned to Black and Potter, filled with despair. "What do I do," he asked, sounding frightfully helpless. They shrugged, unable to come up with anything. They had never faced a power like Victors.
Snape was forced to pretend the incident hadn't happened. He was off with Malfoy to swear an allegiance to the Dark Lord, signing over his soul and any chance of happiness he had outside of Hogwarts with Alex. He didn't look back as they made their way down the platform, and he cursed himself for being so weak.
Alex was lying on a bed in Victor's flat in Venice some hours later, still powerless and weak. She was sure he was going to beat her mercilessly, and she would heal from that. What didn't make sense was Victor, while he hated her, must have a deeper reason than revenge.
She endured a good fifteen-minute beating and due to the drug he kept administering, she did not heal, as she should have. "I hate it that I hate you so much," he said to her as he mopped up her wounds. "I remember when I loved you and we had eternity to make music and be happy."
"You were the one who became obsessed with our kind," she retorted. "You were the one who retreated into your silent world of science, not speaking to anyone for decades at a time, then demanding everyone submit blood samples."
"Have I not brought good to our kind," he said angrily. "I have found the tests to determine which of us will survive. I have learned to tell which of us will die of diseases that run rampant through our blood stream, killing only our kind but leaving me blessedly free to continue my hellish existence on this planet!"
"If I had known you could not die I would have left you human on your deathbed where I found you," she spat weakly. "Now what do you want with me?"
"Catrina's boy is dead. He was not a true immortal. He managed to place his seed somewhere on this earth, but I can't find it anywhere. I wont give up looking of course, but I did come to a realization."
"Oh thanks be to the gods," she said sarcastically.
"You and her share the same blood line. I have found what I am sure is a kin of the man that impregnated Cat with a male child. I will have him impregnate you and then when you give birth to your bouncy baby boy, I will find the key I need to ending my horror story."
Alex said nothing to him. She would not give up the information he sought, but this time he seemed quite convinced he was on the right track. For once, he was not trying to pry information out of her. Fortunately for her, Victor was way off. The father of Cat's baby wasn't even in this world. And only Alexandra and Catrina knew the secret. Now all she had to do was protect that baby growing in some woman's womb.
Alex lay in the dark for at least two days before Victor returned. She was injected regularly with the drug that kept her powerless and unable to escape. Finally, he entered the room accompanied by a human male no older than twenty.
He was tall and thin with blonde hair and gentle face. He looked absolutely terrified as Victor left him in the room with Alex. "Do it or I will kill you," Victor said evilly. He shut the door and bolted it.
The man approached Alex and let out a great sob when he saw that she was awake. "He-he said that you would be unconscious. I could do it if you were unconscious..."
Alex didn't bother to try to sit up, it was useless. "Do what? Are you the one sent here to rape me?"
He nodded, shaking violently. "He is going to kill me and my family. I have a baby girl only three months old. He said he'd make me watch her die."
"He won't do that," Alex assured him. "He is only trying to force you to do this. But I will help you all I can. He will let me go when this is over and he will let you go unscathed if you cooperate with him."
"My name's William," he confessed. "So when you have the baby, you'll have that to tell her about me."
Victor pulled her up by her hair. "Getting some revenge," he said with an evil glint in his eye. "Hope your friends are enjoying the show."
The entire station had seemed to freeze. Lupin and Snape were staring at her with wide eyes, unsure of what to do next. Malfoy, on the other hand, was laughing so hard tears were pouring out of his eyes. "This is brilliant," he exclaimed with glee. "I hope he kills her! Save us the time, eh mate," he nudged Snape with his elbow.
Lupin started foreword with his wand out, Potter and Black at his back. "Let her go," he threatened.
Victor laughed mirthlessly at their innocence. "I've no need to hurt you boys, but I will if you make me. I don't want a scene, I'm just going to take my darling Alexandra with me. I imagine you'll have her back by next term." With that, he was gone and so was she.
Lupin turned to Black and Potter, filled with despair. "What do I do," he asked, sounding frightfully helpless. They shrugged, unable to come up with anything. They had never faced a power like Victors.
Snape was forced to pretend the incident hadn't happened. He was off with Malfoy to swear an allegiance to the Dark Lord, signing over his soul and any chance of happiness he had outside of Hogwarts with Alex. He didn't look back as they made their way down the platform, and he cursed himself for being so weak.
Alex was lying on a bed in Victor's flat in Venice some hours later, still powerless and weak. She was sure he was going to beat her mercilessly, and she would heal from that. What didn't make sense was Victor, while he hated her, must have a deeper reason than revenge.
She endured a good fifteen-minute beating and due to the drug he kept administering, she did not heal, as she should have. "I hate it that I hate you so much," he said to her as he mopped up her wounds. "I remember when I loved you and we had eternity to make music and be happy."
"You were the one who became obsessed with our kind," she retorted. "You were the one who retreated into your silent world of science, not speaking to anyone for decades at a time, then demanding everyone submit blood samples."
"Have I not brought good to our kind," he said angrily. "I have found the tests to determine which of us will survive. I have learned to tell which of us will die of diseases that run rampant through our blood stream, killing only our kind but leaving me blessedly free to continue my hellish existence on this planet!"
"If I had known you could not die I would have left you human on your deathbed where I found you," she spat weakly. "Now what do you want with me?"
"Catrina's boy is dead. He was not a true immortal. He managed to place his seed somewhere on this earth, but I can't find it anywhere. I wont give up looking of course, but I did come to a realization."
"Oh thanks be to the gods," she said sarcastically.
"You and her share the same blood line. I have found what I am sure is a kin of the man that impregnated Cat with a male child. I will have him impregnate you and then when you give birth to your bouncy baby boy, I will find the key I need to ending my horror story."
Alex said nothing to him. She would not give up the information he sought, but this time he seemed quite convinced he was on the right track. For once, he was not trying to pry information out of her. Fortunately for her, Victor was way off. The father of Cat's baby wasn't even in this world. And only Alexandra and Catrina knew the secret. Now all she had to do was protect that baby growing in some woman's womb.
Alex lay in the dark for at least two days before Victor returned. She was injected regularly with the drug that kept her powerless and unable to escape. Finally, he entered the room accompanied by a human male no older than twenty.
He was tall and thin with blonde hair and gentle face. He looked absolutely terrified as Victor left him in the room with Alex. "Do it or I will kill you," Victor said evilly. He shut the door and bolted it.
The man approached Alex and let out a great sob when he saw that she was awake. "He-he said that you would be unconscious. I could do it if you were unconscious..."
Alex didn't bother to try to sit up, it was useless. "Do what? Are you the one sent here to rape me?"
He nodded, shaking violently. "He is going to kill me and my family. I have a baby girl only three months old. He said he'd make me watch her die."
"He won't do that," Alex assured him. "He is only trying to force you to do this. But I will help you all I can. He will let me go when this is over and he will let you go unscathed if you cooperate with him."
"My name's William," he confessed. "So when you have the baby, you'll have that to tell her about me."