A/N: Sorry for the super long wait. Had massive writers block. Am going to try to finish off the story with chapter, but if you want more, let me know and I will see what I can do.
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( A/N: Slight time jump. It has been about four months sine Christian's fathers murder and the Lycans have declared war on the vampires. Christian and Elise are still in love, but she is afraid of hurting him with her new powers, so she has been distancing herself a lot. No one is sure who murdered his father, but the other lycans are convinced that it was the vampires and were planning on attacking them, but the vampires heard about this and decided to attack first.)
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Elise pressed her back into the wall and wished desperately that Lord Julian had not ordered her to lead the Angels of Death on a surprise attack against the Lycans.
She closed her eyes, but the sound of explosions and the moans of the dying still assaulted her ears.
Suddenly, there was a low growl behind her and she spun around to face a burly werewolf.
His fangs were dripping with blood and he clasped a human heart in one hand.
From the smell of the blood, Elise could tell it had been a vampire who he had just fed upon.
She raised her gun and coldly staring him in the eye, fired four silver bullets into his skull.
With a earsplitting howl, he crumpled to the ground and his wolfen features slowly began to change back to that of a human's.
Elise fought the urge to empty the contents of her stomach, when she recognized the creatures face.
It was Christian's bodyguard, Rafe.
He still looked arrogant in death despite the bleeding hole that was all that remained of the top of his skull.
Elise slowly backed away from the corpse and turned down another hallway, her eyes never leaving the body.
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Christian could not believe it.
He had protested against attacking the vampires, but now there were vampire warriors in his home, killing his friends.
He ran down another passageway, still forcing himself not to change to his more animalistic counterpart, because he knew if he did, the vampires would kill him on sight.
His lungs felt like they were about to burst, but he kept running.
He had to get out of the mansion. The vampires would kill him if he stayed. But the lycans would kill him if he left.
Christian was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't see the body, lying on the ground in front of him.
He stumbled over the corpse and went tumbling down to the bloodstained floor.
When, he turned to see what had tripped him, a low moan of anguish bubbled up in his throat.
Rafe lay dead on the ground, several silver bullets implanted in his head.
Christian knelt beside his friend, hot tears of grief and anger pooling up in his eyes and spilling down his cheeks.
His gently closed Rafe's eyes and when he pulled his hand back, he was surprised to see the claws that had sprouted from his nail bed.
He felt a howl build up in his throat and loosed it as his bones warped and shifted.
Christian clambered slowly to his feet and turned the corner at the end of the hall.
A vampire stood waiting there for him, but he did not care anymore.
His father and best friend were dead and the woman he loved did not even care for him anymore.
The vampire pulled out two silver whips from underneath his jacket and let them fly.
One whip grazed his cheek and the other, his leg.
The wounds stung horribly, but he continued towards the vampire.
Finally, as the vampire moved to lash him again, he grasped the whips in his claws and yanked them out of the vampires grip.
Then, moving with almost unnatural speed, her bore down on the vampire and crushed his skull between two strong hands.
The headless corpse slid to the ground and Christian stared at the blood the was covering his hands.
He let out another howl and ran towards the passage that led to the basement.
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The basement was dark and damp, certainly not as immaculate as the rest of the house.
Kraven shuddered as his mind turned back to memories of the sewer he had spent days hiding in, when the vampires had discovered he was the one behind the treason.
Don't worry, though, he thought to himself as he puled out the gun. The little monster will be here soon enough and then I will kill him. After he is dead, Elise will be mine for the taking.
Over the past months that he had spent at the mansion, he had developed somewhat of an obsession with the young vampiress.
She was beautiful, almost as beautiful as Selene and very willful. But he was sure that when she found out her Lycan lover was dead and he was there to comfort her, she would begin to see things his way.
He heard the sound of Lycan feet on the stairs and hid behind a series of pipes that ran across the wall, waiting for the Lycan to get close enough to be within range.
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Elise spotted a Lycan disappearing though a secret door in the wall.
She reloaded her gun and began to follow him, but was cut off short by the arrival of Lord Julian.
"Ah, Elise." He smiled happily at her, despite the carnage that was scattered about them.
"Have we killed them all yet ?"
Elise ducked her head avoiding his eyes.
"No my lord. There is a few left. One just went that way."
She pointed at the door.
"Well then. You deal with it and I will check and see if any remain on the upper floors."
He drew a large silver sword out of his belt and gave her another smile before turning towards the stairs that led to the upper chambers.
Elise started down the stairs, keeping herself hidden and as soon as she had disappeared from sight, the smile slid from Lord Julian's lips.
I love her like a daughter, but she has been tainted by that Lycan and they must both be dealt with.
He normally would not trust the word of Lord Kraven, but he had seen the look on her face.
Those dream-filled eyes, the small smile, they all pointed to love.
And he knew that the only men she had been in contact with, besides her fellow Angels was that Lycan boy, so it had to be him.
He turned back away from the upper stairs and stared after her, silently into the basement.
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Christian was so intent on getting out of the mansion alive, that he didn't see the vampire come out of hiding from behind the pipes. Nor did he see the pistol that was pointed directly at him.
There was a loud noise and the smell of sulphur and then Christian felt the incredible pain tear into his body.
This didn't hurt like a normal silver bullet would and it smells different too, he thought.
He raised a hand and saw his veins growing in size and becoming discolored as some sort of gray liquid crept through them.
There were two more bangs and he crumpled to the ground with a low moan, as the icy fire slid through his body.
He could barely make out the form of the man crouched in front of him, but his words rang in his ears.
" I am sorry for having to kill you in such a painful way. But, you deserve to die. Just like your father deserved to die."
Blood trickled from his lips as he tried to speak and his brain worked frantically to comprehend what had struck him.
Then, with his last breath he realized where he knew the substance from.
SILVER NITRATE!
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Elise drew in a sharp gasp as she saw Lord Kraven shoot the Lycan that she had been following.
As the Lycan crumpled to the ground and it's features began to change, her heart tugged painfully within her chest.
Christian! No!
She ran to his side and dropped down to the cold floor next to him, clasping his hand in her own.
For a brief moment his eyes met hers and then they rolled up in his head.
Tears of blood welled up in her eyes and she bent over his body, but straightened suddenly when she felt the barrel of a gun nudge her temple.
"Step away from him, Elise."
She turned and saw Kraven standing next to her, pointing the gun at her head.
"Why did you do it, Kraven ?"
Kraven looked puzzled and lowered the gun a little.
"Why did I do what ? Kill him ?"
"No. Why did you lie Kraven ? Lie about killing Lucian, lie about Selene. What is your gain in any of this ?"
Kraven's face looked stormy and he pressed the gun harder into her temple. "Because. I was always going to be the lackey. I would never have the power. Unless of course, I removed the elders. Which I did. But it didn't work so well then, so I'm hoping that it will work better this time."
"And why kill him ?"
She gestured to Christian, who had begun convulsing as his life slowly ebbed away.
"Because he was in my way. As his father was. That is why I dealt with him, too."
Elise noticed that he had lowered the pistol again and prayed that if she kept him talking long enough, she would be able to catch him off guard.
"How was he in your way ?"
" His father would not aid me in bringing down Lord Julian and threatened to tell your dark father everything, so I killed him. As for him," he gestured at Christian with the pistol. "He had the one thing I wanted the most, besides the power."
Elise could tell he was almost at ease talking to her, since he had removed the pistol from her head.
"And what is that ?"
"You. But now that he is out of the way, you will be mine"
Elise head snapped up at his words and she could practically feel the color drain from her eyes.
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Kraven instantly grew terrified as he saw the young vampire's eyes change from their normal gold color to a deep blood red.
A black shade blossomed over her skin and he saw fangs lengthen and brush against her lip.
She was on her feet in an instant and her hand was around his throat, pinning him to the wall, before he knew what was happening.
"No one will EVER own me, Kraven. I will give my love to the one I choose and it is not you. It is him."
She pointed one taloned finger at the young lycan who still lay writhing upon the ground.
"Hurting him was your biggest mistake and it shall be your downfall."
Almost as quickly as she had grabbed him, she wrenched the gun from his hand and fired the last shot point blank into his chest. He let out a groan, as silvery-red blood bubbled up from the wound.
Elise let go of his body and turned away from him, but then turned back on an afterthought.
"I chose to kill you this way, because you should feel the pain that all your victims felt and because you are not worthy of any other kind of death."
Turning away again from the vampires limp form, she knelt on the ground beside Christian, running her hands over his wounds.
She could still hear him breathing, but it was growing more shallow and ragged sounding by the second.
A few more tears slipped from her eyes, striking him on the cheek.
He is dying, she thought. And there is nothing I can do about it.
Suddenly, she felt a presence beside her. She turned quickly, still kneeling on the ground and saw though tear-filled eyes, a man standing beside her.
He looked only to be in his late-thirties, but all of his long hair and neat goatee was silver. He wore a black trench coat and dark pants, tucked into black boots. Around his neck was clasped a small gold pendant with green stones in it.
He knelt on the ground beside her and looked at the dying boy.
"Do you love him ?"
Elise nodded and wiped the tears from her eyes.
"Then, you must bite him."
"But why ? He will not survive. Barely anyone can live through the virus transmitted by werewolves or vampires, let alone a mix of all races."
The man nodded solemnly. "I know. But it was prophesied that this would happen to him and I am here to make sure the prophesy comes true. You must bite him."
"But who are you ? How do I know I can trust your word ?"
Kraven still remained alive and he painfully rolled over, trying to catch a glimpse of this mysterious stranger.
When he saw who it was, a gasp of surprise came from his lips.
"Lucian!"
Elise also gasped in surprise and backed away from him.
"But you are supposed to be dead !"
Lucian smiled grimly. "Yes, I have died several times. But I do not wish to hurt you. I will leave this place as soon as you bring him back to life."
Elise eyes narrowed. "How do I know now that I can trust you ?"
"Because. I know what it is like to be in love and to have your lover wrongfully taken from you. If you bite him, I promise you, he will survive."
Lucian stood to move away from her, but turned back again.
"Oh, and just to let you in on a little secret. It wasn't rogue vampires who killed you family. It was Lord Julian himself. He would have killed you all, but for some reason he chose to turn you instead. You should definitely trust me on this. He is a murderer and should not be trusted."
Elise stifled a gasp of surprise and horror and nodded, instead. Moving closer to Christian, she dipped her head towards the large vein in the side of his neck. Feeling her fangs brush her bottom lip, she slid one hand under his head, pulling his body closer to her and sank her teeth into his throat.
Kraven's face twisted up in anger and pain and he let out a low growl. Lucian smirked at him and knelt beside the injured vampire.
"My will is done, once again, cousin. And this time, I have to say that I have the upper hand."
Kraven growled again, but Lucian cut him short by standing up and kicking him hard in the side. Then, wiping his hands on his pants, as though finishing with a distasteful chore, he took one last look at the young trybrid and her lover and then left the room, via the sewer.
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Christian's blood ran down Elise's throat, hot and thick, but with a cool feel to it, from the liquid nitrate.
I never knew it could be like this, she thought.
Lord Julian had banned feeding off of humans, several centuries ago and so she had never done it before.
She had to resist the temptation to drink him dry, up to the last drop, for that would kill him, instead of saving him.
Just, as she was about to pull away, a hand seized her by the collar and picked her up, throwing her against the far wall, away from Christian.
When her head stopped spinning, she saw Lord Julian standing beside Christian. Picking the unconscious boy up by the throat, he forced him into the wall and then through it, with a hard blow to the stomach.
"No!"
The words rang out around the silent room and Lord Julian turned back to her, the sneer sliding from his lips to be replaced by a look of sadness.
"Who has done this to you, my child ?"
She would have forgiven him for striking her, but the rage at how he hurt Christian boiled up inside her, further fueled by the memory of Lucian's words playing through her mind.
It wasn't rogue vampires who killed you family...... It was Lord Julian .... . He would have killed you all....... chose to turn you instead...... He is a murderer........ should not be trusted.......
A cruel smile grew on her lips and she swatted his outstretched hands away.
"You did this to me, Julian. Your decision to keep me alive all those years ago. Even though you knew what I was. It would have happened eventually. It was inevitable."
The sadness on his face was quickly replaced by anger and he drew his sword from his belt.
"Yes. I did choose to keep you alive, but I never would have thought you'd be so ungrateful for the gift I gave to you."
She laughed coldly and stood, staring him fearlessly in the eye.
"And, what gift is that, Julian ? Eternal life ? How can a life of coldness and loneliness be a gift ?"
"It was a gift, because without even knowing you, I loved you as a daughter. But, I see now that I should have killed you and so will rectify my mistake tonight."
He raised his sword, preparing to cut this foul creature in two, when a series of cracking noises rang out around the room. Elise's head snapped up as she recognized the sounds of a newly born trybrid's bones breaking and re-forming themselves.
He's still alive! Her heart leapt, but she knew that Christian would be at his most vulnerable point right now and she had to keep Julian away from him.
Moving quickly, she scooped up her own gun and fired three shots into Julian's back, as he turned away from her.
He stiffened and whirled around, slicing a deep cut in her arm with his sword.
The cut didn't hurt much and so she grabbed the sword blade in her hands, as he swung at her again.
The blade dug into her palms, but she gave it a hard twist and pulled it from his hands.
The blade went flying across the room, but Julian merely shook his head.
"You will never beat me, Elise. I know much more than you. You will pay for this insolence with your life."
Elise laughed and the sound made Julian's blood run cold.
"You may know more, but over the past months I have learned much of my new gifts and am stronger than you think."
Julian hissed, showing white fangs. The color drained from his eyes and he threw himself at her, slashing with his twin daggers.
One of them struck her in the shoulder and it burned like fire. She lost her concentration for only a moment, but it was long enough for Julian to drive one of the blades into her stomach.
She stumbled back, desperately trying to free the blade from her flesh, but Julian smiled coldly and twisted the blade in even deeper.
Elise fell to her knees and Julian raised his second blade, to deal the final blow.
"Magicked blades my dear. Deadly to any species, even monsters like yourself."
The blade seemed to be moving in slow motion towards her throat.
Then, with a ferocious roar, another creature practically exploded through the wall, knocking Julian off his feet.
As, he fell, his grip on the blade in her stomach loosed.
When he let go of her, Elise had fallen sideways and now she lay, half propped up against the wall.
Her eyes widened as she saw Christian in his trybrid form, battling it out with Julian.
Frantically she pulled the blade from her stomach, as she watched Julian knock Christian to the ground and his hands slide around the younger mans neck.
Christian fought desperately, but he was new to the body and an inexperienced fighter at that, so he was no match for the vampire.
Elise grabbed the other blade from the floor and running over to them, sunk it into Julian's back.
He roared in fury and backhanded her. She went flying across the room and hit the wall with a sickening thud.
Christian spotted the blade that had fallen from her hand at the same time Julian did and they both ran for it, but with Christian's extra speed, he beat Julian to it and scooped it up.
He turned, just as Julian leapt at him and slashed the blade through the air.
Julian went past him, but quickly stood again. He pulled the blade from his back and prepared to do battle with this other creature.
Staring Julian in the eye, Christian raised the blade he still held in his hand, revealing crimson blood dripping from it.
Julian's hand flew to his throat and it came away covered in blood, seconds before his head fell from his shoulders.
Christian let the blade drop to the floor beside Julian's headless corpse.
Elise had not moved from where she lay and he ran to her side, pulling her body into his arms.
"Elise ?"
He brushed some of the blood-red hair from her face and cradled her body to his chest.
She moaned softly and opened her eyes.
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Elise opened her eyes and looked up to be met ith a pair of equally white eyes. Her lips curved into a smile and she sat up gingerly, leaning against his chest.
"Are you all right ?"
She nodded. "Yes, those blades just took a big chunk out of me."
He laughed, but then looked at his own hand, as though he had never seen it before.
"Elise, what has happened to me ?"
She ducked her head and her words were soft when she spoke.
"I'm sorry, Christian. But, I could not bear to see you die, so I fed off of you, making you a trybrid like myself."
"And when did this happen to you ?"
"A few months ago. Shortly before I cut of my contact with you."
"Why did you do that, though ? Do you not love me anymore ?"
Elise gasped. "Christian, no! I cut off my contact, because I was afraid of hurting you with my new gifts. I have never stopped loving you."
"So, you do really love me then ?"
"Yes."
She placed a steadying hand on his chest and leaning forwards, kissed him softly.
He wrapped one arm around her waist and kissed her back, but the sound of gunfire interrupted them.
Christian stood and keeping his arm around her waist, helped her to her feet.
"We should leave before they find us."
Elise nodded, but as they headed for the sewers, looked back at Julian's corpse.
"So it is really over then ?"
"Yes, it is."
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This is a sordid, dark little tale you have witnessed tonight
Lord Julian is dead and Asiel has taken his place on the throne
She has ordered my death
And, so my former colleagues hunt me
Maybe someday they will find me
Maybe not
All I know is that
I will now never be alone again
And the dark doesn't seem so scary anymore
This is the end of my story
I thank you for bearing witness to it,
Your Dark Angel
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A/N: and so it ends dear readers.
There is the possibility of a sequel in the works, but who knows.
Thanks you for reading, now please give me some final reviews!
Love to you all,
SpoonGirl1