Resonance
Author's note: Whoop! Thanks for the reviews you guys!
I wrote this chapter while listening to "Adia" by Sarah Mclachlan, if you are curious. As for Erika...she shall have her time when she does.
See chapter one for disclaimers.
The sounds of my half dragging the girl down the halls barely caused a single glance in the mansion. Vampires drinking cool blood, propping up against the white washed walls and sitting on lavender velvet couches. It reeked of perfumes mingling together, their unique vampire scent was heavily masked.
I found Kraven sitting in his office, a vampiress was being fed off of, her neck at Kraven's mouth. Both of their eyes were closed shut, but that is not what shocked me the most. The vampiress was wearing no shirt or dress-top. Kraven fondled her chest. I recoiled in disgust. If this is what he wanted to do with me...I would kill him first.
I flung the girl onto his desk in front of him, her face smashing into the solid wood. Immediately, Kraven looked up and pushed the vampiress-slut onto the floor. She grabbed her shirt that was on the floor and ran outside.
"Did you care to join us, Selene?" Kraven said, his eyes moving close towards me chest.
"Did you care to retrieve your little servant?" I asked, the girl was terrified, I kicked her in the thigh to shut up and stop whimpering. She did.
"Hm?" Kraven said, leaning over to peer at the girl, "Oh, her. I thought I could make this whole thing up to you. Possibly have someone else take your place amongst the death dealers and give you that sense of "vengeance" you so dearly desire." He continued, "As for me", he paused to stare at me, well aware of my crystal blue eyes glaring at him, "I only desire you." He said and tried to touch my arm. I took the girl off the floor and threw her at him, landing in his lap and sending him backward in his chair. Horrible bastardly, good for nothing, deceptive, blood lusting vamp. I was ready to kill him, rip his pale cold-blooded throat out then and there.
But...I held my composure.
"My sense of vengeance?! Is that what you call it? I need, I will, and I must kill every single lycan, I hope you know that what you desire is no more then a snake trying to go after his prey. And trust me, the snake may be wounded, bitten, pursued, clawed at and gnawed at but..." I said, leaning over his desk smiling with my now ever present sick sense of humor, "The snake always catches its prey. And strangles and kills all those who become far too close to it." I said, and left the two of them there on the floor.
I have better things to waste my time on now.
When I got back to the dojo, Kahn was speaking with Viktor near the shooting range. Viktor turned towards me and smiled gently. Oblivious to what had just gone on down the hallway.
"Child", he said, putting an arm over my shoulders, "I must soon be leaving you." Said Viktor, he almost sounded sad. I wonder why he was leaving. Wait...he could not leave me here alone with HIM!
"But why, my lord? You must not leave me with Kraven! He..." I said, fumbling on my last words on this. I knew that Viktor put his trust so greatly into Kraven. It was frustrating to think about how to phrase my emotions and attitude towards him.
"Yes?" Viktor said letting go of me.
"He wanted me to join him in the coven itself and so he tried to replace me with a new blood." I told him, a sound of pleading could barely be heard in my voice.
"Is that so?" Viktor said, and then we both looked up to see Kraven coming through the doors, his mouth stained with blood.
"I took care of her for you, Selene. The new blood trying to replace you in the death dealers has been killed. She defied my orders and struck me down suddenly." Kraven said dramatically. I was appalled at his loss of conscience. Not shocked though, he was an evil man and we ALL knew it. Every single vampire knows of his deceiving and scheming behind closed doors.
"Continue on." Viktor said, his arms now crossed over his chest.
"She told me that I was" he gasped for another breath, "trying too hard to pursue Selene but I disagreed. So she threw me over the table and tried to kill me but I took care of her. She was useless. I did not believe that you would disapprove." Kraven said. I know he just saved my ass but still, why the hell was Viktor leaving.
"Back to the matter at hand, Selene I must leave you for I must take my reprise and rest back in Hungary for the next two hundred years." He said to me, facing me and his hands were on my shoulders.
"I understand my lord, but please would you be kind enough to keep Kraven away from me." I said to him, Kraven had left some time before our conversation began.
"My orders are and shall remain for him to not harass you. He will be staying here while the members of two of our covens will be relocating along with all of the death dealers to the American coven." Viktor said. All I could think of was Oh joy...we get to spend the next six months on a boat.
"But Viktor, there are many Lycans still here in the locations of the old world covens. Shouldn't we go after them first?" I asked since I hated ships. Spending a week on the English channel with him had been boring enough, I am not sure how long I could spend on one with out going mad.
"We want to prevent them from spreading to the New World so we shall send over two covens worth of death dealers. You shall be leading a group of them along with Edward." Viktor told me, he obviously had great trust in me now. I did not mind Edward, he was strictly business.
"If you wish so", I said, casting a downward glance. Kahn was smiling behind Viktor, who then left.
"You're going to have a fun time at sea with us won't you, Selene?" Kahn laughed. I glared at him, not funny at all. Six months at sea, no lycans, no Kraven...wait! NO KRAVEN!!
"You know what, Kahn." I said picking up a gun and starting to shoot at the targets. "I think I really will".
Edits: I changed that whole sea sick thing...you're right, while going back it didn't seem appropriate for the vampire story. Viktor's orders shall not change, in the movie he seemed more preoccupied with the chain being broken then with Kraven harassing Selene. So you really never know just HOW important it is to him.