Disclaimer: The concept of vampires and werewolves is not mine, although all characters in the story are. And, the song lyrics are by Rob Zombie, off of the HellBilly Deluxe c.d. from the song Living Dead Girl. Although, I have edited them for content, because not all of the lyrics are entirely appropriate for my rating.
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Rage in the cage
There's only one sure way
To bring the giant down
Defunct the strings
Of cemetery things
With one flat foot
On the devil's wing
Elise's pistols felt secure in her hands as she tucked them into holsters on either side of her hips. It was another raid on a mage clan. Normally, one would think that since she had been a mage once herself, that it would hurt to kill her own kind, but she had stopped caring years ago.
Crawl on me
Sink into me
Die for me
Living Dead Girl
Crawl on me
Sink into me
Die for me
Living Dead Girl
Her sylph-like figure was clad in a snug black bodysuit and she strapped two leather gauntlets that held deadly shuriken, which would whip out the moment the right amount of force was applied to them. They were coated in a special formula, which Mercutio, being their weapons master and all, had come up with. The mages had a nasty trick of using their magic to make the bullets or other arsenals whip around and attack the person who had fired them. But, this formula made the weapons resist the magic and continue on their intended path.
Psyclone Jack
Hallucinating Hack
Thinks Donna Reed
Eats dollar bills
Goldfoot machine
Creates another fiend
So Beautiful,
They make you kill
Crawl on me
Sink into me
Die for me
Living Dead Girl
The undead ichor in her veins was making the adrenaline pound in her ears as she bent to tie the laces on her combat boots. It was a bit morbid to be happy about killing people she may have once known, but over the last three hundred years that she had been a child of the dark, many of her friends had died at the hands of mages and so this was her revenge.
Crawl on me
Sink into me
Die for me
Living Dead Girl
Blood on her skin
Dripping with Sin
Do it again
Living Dead Girl
It was a moonless night, which was the best they could hope for, because it upped the chance of not getting noticed by security. Elise slid behind the wheel of her sleek, black jaguar and Christopher hopped into the passenger seat beside her. They did not speak, but the tension seemed to crackle in the air between them. When, they arrived at their destination, they ditched the cars a few blocks away and started off across the bridge, to the castle-like building where the mages were holding council.
Blood on her skin
Dripping with Sin
Do it again
Living Dead Girl
Crawl on me Sink into me
Die for me
Living Dead Girl
Halfway across the bridge, Elise stopped and held up a hand, gesturing for the others to do the same. Christopher crept up behind her and whispered in her ear.
"What's wrong ?"
"Lycans."
"Where ?"
"Across the road."
"How can you tell ?"
"Well, aside from the fact that I used my super-powerful vampire sense of smell to smell their unwashed animal stench, I also used my super-powerful eyes to see the large fur collars on three of their jackets."
"So ?"
"Most Lycans seem to think that if they can't be in their more primal form all the time, they can at least drape themselves in fur, when in human form. I also recognize the tall one from the covenant."
The Lycans had obviously seen them and they came almost bounding across the empty road to where the vampires stood. There was about maybe fifteen or so of them, but they all looked fairly young and inexperienced, save for the strange boy from the covenant and a tall, black man who seemed to be the boys protector.
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Raphael has spotted the vampires first.
"Bloods." He growled low in his throat, sounding almost like his animal counterpart.
Christian glanced across the road to where a small group of vampires were standing. He could see several pistols and other various weapons tucked into holsters hanging from their legs and arms. The crest branded into the back of their leather jackets marked them as the Angels of Death, the vampires most elite and powerful warriors.
Christian carefully skimmed over their faces, trying to see if he recognized any of them from the covenant. But, one of them caught his eye. It was the girl from the covenant, the one who was possibly a mage. She hadn't seemed like much of a warrior, but the icy cold look she shot him, belied her aristocratic features. It was full of pure hate and loathing.
Raphael started across the road and Christian followed, because he had promised his father he would stick close to Raphael.
The female vampire crossed her arms over her chest and glared sharply at Raphael, as the Lycans approached.
"What are you Lycans doing here ?"
Raphael gave her a mocking grin. "We're on a mission to destroy those damned mages. Now, if you'll move, we'll be on our way."
She stared stiffly at him. "Well, I'm terribly sorry then, because it's our mission. Lord Julian commissioned us for it. His orders."
"Well. Lord Christophe told us that we had to do it, so if you'll kindly leave, we need to take care of this."
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Elise bit her lip, trying to stop herself from whipping out her silver nitrate bullet filled gun and firing pointblank into this arrogant Lycans head.
"Since you are being so very stubborn and this is getting us nowhere, I will call Lord Julian and see what he has to saw about this."
She pulled out a compact black phone and pressing a button, put it to her ear.
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Christian was also shooting sharp glares at Raphael. Normally, he never acted like this. It seemed to be the presence of the vampires that brought out this incredibly rude side of him. He jumped when he heard a loud click and turned to face the vampires again. The girl had put her phone away and was quietly addressing the other vampires.
"Lord Julian has ordered a recall of all troops for tonight. We are to return to the mansion before sunrise and are not going to be proceeding with tonight's mission."
Raphael gave her a smug grin. "Well, I guess you little bloodsuckers better be running back to your coffins now."
The girl whirled around and if looks could kill, Raphael would be nothing more than a smoking crater and a small pile of ashes by now.
"Just because we are being called back does not mean we are weaker than you. Do not forget that you were once our slaves."
Raphael's already dark face turned stormy. "You little bitch. If, it were not for our peace treaty, I would kill you here and now."
The girl gave him a cold smile. "Ohhh, look. I'm shaking in my combat boots."
Raphael shook his head. "One of these days our treaty will break and then I'm coming for you."
She laughed and turned to the other vampires. "Let us return home and leave these braggarts to their business."
The black clad vampires seemed to meld into the shadows as the walked away and in a moment they were gone.
Christian turned to Raphael and shook him by the shoulders.
"What were you thinking ? She would have killed you if you had kept going on the way you were."
Raphael brushed his hands from his shoulders. "She wouldn't have. Now, lets go."
He walked away and the other Lycans followed. But, Christian remained for a moment, peering into the darkness lost in his own thoughts.