Greetings from The Lady Mage.
Hello, and welcome to the next chapter of Second Chances. Yes, I know it is very short! But I had to break it off here for the next chapter to work, which I will being typing on Sunday so look for it around Monday, 'kay?
Oh, and to address a certain review. Someone asked me why they were having fights. Well, the answer is simple to the point of silliness. For the hell of it. I mean, it is their entertainment! Remember in the movie when Pierce and Taylor were fighting? This is like that, but fair, clean, and with a little vampyricy stuck here and there. Fun.
Read, enjoy, review!
Disclaimer: Check chap 1.
Rating: Same as always.
"Where we go?" Sondra asked quietly, rubbing the sleep from her little brown eyes. She and Nikkie sat on her bed while Kraven went back and forth around the room, collecting together a change of clothes for her. He'd already pulled together a change for Nikkie.
Kraven paused, settling the little pink and blue backpacks down on the teatable. "We are going to go back to my house." he answered softly. "But first, we must play a game. Do you like games?"
"Yes!" both children nodded with enthusiasm.
The vampire smirked at their innocence. They'd never met him, yet were willing to leave with him just for a game. He smiled as sweetly as he could. "Okay, here is the game. We're going to play Sneak. We have to get from this room all the way down to the front door without anyone seeing or hearing us. If someone finds us, we lose." he explained. "We can't lose, okay?"
"We good at hide-go-seek. Scare Mommy." Nikkie said quietly.
"That's good." Kraven said approvingly, helping each child put on their backpack before lifting them up into his arms. "Ready?"
"We ready." Sondra answered.
"Here we go, then." Kraven carried them into the bedroom, then down the hall. He could hear something going on down below the first floor. If most of the coven was there, there wouldn't be many around to catch him. He smirked again, hurrying down the stairs and around them, headed for the kitchens. Better to leave out the back where there were less people.
"AND LEONE IS THE VICTOR!" Marcus called over the loudspeaker. The crowd of lycan and vampire cheered as the battered and bruised- but still conscious, and therefore, victorious- vampire stepped from the ring. Once outside, he collapsed into his mate's arms. "Congratulations, Leone!"
Lucian and Michael hefted the unconscious body of Torent- a vampire- out of the ring as the next to fighters- lycans- entered in. "Fair fight, boys." Lucian commented to them in passing.
"Sure thing, boss." one returned casually, cracking his knuckles.
Selene, Erika, and Kindra sat watching from the front row. Erika and Kindra wore looks of barely-hidden boredom. Selene was smirking, her eyes on the vampire being dragged from the room, as if he had had it coming for weeks. Kindra sighed quietly, lifting Erika's wrist to see her watch.
"The children should be waking up soon." the young nanny murmered.
"Just the excuse needed." Erika commented. "Let's go check on them. The fights won't be interesting until Marcus beats the fire out of Lucian and Michael."
"Pardon me?" Selene turned to Erika, one dainty eyebrow raised. "And just what makes you think that-"
"Goddess above, you're just like your children." Kindra interrupted, standing. She motioned to Damon and Lucian across the ring. When she held their attention, she gestured to the doors out, then waved. As she walked away, Erika and Selene followed. It wouldn't do for Sondra and Nikkie to awake alone.
Well, what did you think? Good? Bad? Tell me in a review!
The Lady Mage
Hello, and welcome to the next chapter of Second Chances. Yes, I know it is very short! But I had to break it off here for the next chapter to work, which I will being typing on Sunday so look for it around Monday, 'kay?
Oh, and to address a certain review. Someone asked me why they were having fights. Well, the answer is simple to the point of silliness. For the hell of it. I mean, it is their entertainment! Remember in the movie when Pierce and Taylor were fighting? This is like that, but fair, clean, and with a little vampyricy stuck here and there. Fun.
Read, enjoy, review!
Disclaimer: Check chap 1.
Rating: Same as always.
"Where we go?" Sondra asked quietly, rubbing the sleep from her little brown eyes. She and Nikkie sat on her bed while Kraven went back and forth around the room, collecting together a change of clothes for her. He'd already pulled together a change for Nikkie.
Kraven paused, settling the little pink and blue backpacks down on the teatable. "We are going to go back to my house." he answered softly. "But first, we must play a game. Do you like games?"
"Yes!" both children nodded with enthusiasm.
The vampire smirked at their innocence. They'd never met him, yet were willing to leave with him just for a game. He smiled as sweetly as he could. "Okay, here is the game. We're going to play Sneak. We have to get from this room all the way down to the front door without anyone seeing or hearing us. If someone finds us, we lose." he explained. "We can't lose, okay?"
"We good at hide-go-seek. Scare Mommy." Nikkie said quietly.
"That's good." Kraven said approvingly, helping each child put on their backpack before lifting them up into his arms. "Ready?"
"We ready." Sondra answered.
"Here we go, then." Kraven carried them into the bedroom, then down the hall. He could hear something going on down below the first floor. If most of the coven was there, there wouldn't be many around to catch him. He smirked again, hurrying down the stairs and around them, headed for the kitchens. Better to leave out the back where there were less people.
"AND LEONE IS THE VICTOR!" Marcus called over the loudspeaker. The crowd of lycan and vampire cheered as the battered and bruised- but still conscious, and therefore, victorious- vampire stepped from the ring. Once outside, he collapsed into his mate's arms. "Congratulations, Leone!"
Lucian and Michael hefted the unconscious body of Torent- a vampire- out of the ring as the next to fighters- lycans- entered in. "Fair fight, boys." Lucian commented to them in passing.
"Sure thing, boss." one returned casually, cracking his knuckles.
Selene, Erika, and Kindra sat watching from the front row. Erika and Kindra wore looks of barely-hidden boredom. Selene was smirking, her eyes on the vampire being dragged from the room, as if he had had it coming for weeks. Kindra sighed quietly, lifting Erika's wrist to see her watch.
"The children should be waking up soon." the young nanny murmered.
"Just the excuse needed." Erika commented. "Let's go check on them. The fights won't be interesting until Marcus beats the fire out of Lucian and Michael."
"Pardon me?" Selene turned to Erika, one dainty eyebrow raised. "And just what makes you think that-"
"Goddess above, you're just like your children." Kindra interrupted, standing. She motioned to Damon and Lucian across the ring. When she held their attention, she gestured to the doors out, then waved. As she walked away, Erika and Selene followed. It wouldn't do for Sondra and Nikkie to awake alone.
Well, what did you think? Good? Bad? Tell me in a review!
The Lady Mage