Michael stood silently at the edge of the path the lycans had made. His heart racing in his chest and his mind swirling with images of his fallen brothers.
His eyes filled with sorrow and his breath caught in his throat. Nine had died that night. The only one who didn't was carrying the body of his brother now.
Michael stopped him placing his hand on Luke's shoulder. Luke looked at him silently obviously not trusting his voice.
"I'm sorry." He whispered.
Luke nodded, "So am I." He replied his voice low and soft.
Michael closed his eyes as Luke continued to walk past him. Looking back towards the direction of the mansion he vowed that Marcus would pay. They may never be able to spy, but Michael knew that it wouldn't be long before they would need to try and defeat the vampires.
They were running out of time, and so was Selene.
He remembered William telling him that the virus could kill her suddenly, he didn't want it to happen and there had to be a cure somewhere and somehow he would find it.
Watching as the last body was carried away in front of him he motioned for the extra men to follow him as they walked away following the trail that had led to their brothers' deaths.
~*~
Selene sighed and layed her head in her hands. She had the biggest headache and to make things worse Michael hadn't returned yet.
A sound made her raise her head from her hands as she kept her gaze focused on the door. A slight knock sounded and she stood up, after making her way to the door, she slowly opened it, not knowing what to expect on the other side.
A woman stood on the other side of the door, he shoulder length blonde hair looking dark without any light. She could see the girls light green eyes staring back at her.
"Can I help you?" She asked.
The girl nodded slightly, "We have just got word that the lycans are starting to return. They will arrive in about ten minutes and it was made a request by Michael that you be down there when they return. He knew you were worried and thought it would be best if you could see him to make sure he was alright."
Selene nodded forgetting about her headache, "Thank you." She told her.
"No problem, Selene." She said walking away and Selene watched her go. Michael must have been the most caring person in the world. She was surprised at his kindness and his eagerness to keep his promise to her. Without another word she started walking shutting the door behind her.
Luckily she knew where the entrance was from the time Michael had taken her out to breakfast. Clasping her hands together she continued to walk noticing not as many lycans were staring at her now.
~*~
William kept his gaze on the vampire before him and it seemed that minutes passed by as they just stared. William was never trained to fight, but it came on instinct, and if he had to bet, his beast would kick in when he most needed it.
The vampire pulled out a gun from his pocket, not blinking as he raised it. The sound of screaming was faintly heard in William's mind as time seemed to slow down and the click of the trigger sounded.
Diving aside he managed to miss getting hit and was quickly back up onto his feet and ducking behind a dumpster. He could hear the man's footsteps as he walked closer.
The clicking of the vampire's feet stopped and William once again moved his hand into his pocket, he could sense the vampire almost right next to him now.
Making a choice William stood up quickly and pointed the gun at the vampires head, shaking as he wasn't accustomed to using a gun William growled.
"Step back or I will blow your brains out."
The vampire showed his fangs but lowered his own weapon and stepped back.
"Drop your weapon."
The vampire did as he was told, the gun dropping to the ground with a clank from the metal.
A smug look crossed the face of the vampire as his eyes moved around to the surrounding empty streets.
Before William even attempted to ask he pulled the trigger, the bullet hitting the vampire in the head and the blood beginning to pour from the wound in a small trickle.
The vampire fell to his knees and opened his mouth to scream in pain as smoke poured out of it and his skin began to turn grey and black.
The remains of his body fell to the ground in a heap of ashes, which began to blow in the wind that began to move through the empty street, bringing in the dark clouds for a giant storm on the move.
William sniffed the air but didn't sense anything. Placing his gun back in his coat his gaze fell upon the scorch marks of where the vampire had died.
A familiar sense made the hair on the back of his neck stand on end. Turning his head sharply he could smell the scent of lycans. His mouth turned into a frown as he sensed more.
Not only did he sense lycans, but also blood, and the faint stench of death.
That could only mean one thing, and that was that his senses were right. Moving quickly he made his way back towards the den, his footfalls echoing off the stone walls of the surrounding building and empty street.
~*~
Lydia gave Drake's hand a light squeeze.
"It really sucks that I can't even tell them about it." He continued from his story.
"It will all work out." She told him with encouragement.
"Yeah, but for it to work out, Vincent needs to be here. It could happen any day now, anytime, I can't risk my part being too late."
Drake sighed and hung his head. Lydia grabbed his head in both of her hands and tilted it up to face her.
"With what you have told me. They have this planned out, you can undo whatever has been done with the information you have."
"Not without him, and to top it off he doesn't trust me."
Lydia remained silent at his comment but then dropped her hands from his face and smiled, "Maybe," She began slowly, "We can show him."
Drake looked at her confused, "What do you mean?"
"Even if Vincent can block me from speaking to him through his mind, he can't stop me from sending different memories."
"You mean like, taking control of his brain and showing him images to change his mind so that he comes back."
"Exactly." She said smirking at him.
"I love how you think." He told her mirroring her smirk and placing a chaste kiss on her cold lips.
"And I love how you think." She told him her eyes sparkling, "Ready?"
"Always." He replied watching as she closed her eyes.
~*~
Vincent turned over in the small bed tossing his blankets off of him. He was dreaming again.
~*~Dream~*~
Sonja smoothed his short dark hair, "It will be alright my son." She said gently.
"I can feel it Mommy." He told her looking up his big red eyes making contact with her own.
She pulled him closer and hugged his small frame to her body, "You are strong."
He gave a small whimper and the bandage over his small arm started to show a blue like puddle from the inside.
"It burns." He cried.
She placed a finger against his lips and rocked him gently. He had been cut by a vampire who had stalked the streets when he was sitting outside.
His blood ate the vampires skin alive from the touch and killed him almost instantly, but made him suffer first. The blood was now burning him. It made her sad that she knew there wasn't anything she could really do to help him, nothing like this had never happened to her knowledge.
The dream flashed and shifted to another memory.
Vincent hid behind the door, his eyes watching the scene unfold infront of him. His mother had been stabbed and now had fallen to the ground on her knees. His breathing began to speed up as did his heart rate.
A small laugh escaped his mother's throat, "Kill me again Father." She told him with pure hate in his voice.
His Grandfather gave a small snort, "I must do what I must."
Vincent's eyes widened and he could no longer stand it. Jumping from behind the door he lunged forward covering his mother's form. "NO!" He shouted.
"Vincent," She hissed, "You have to run."
"I will not leave you mother, you cannot leave me." He said glaring at the man that was Viktor with hate in his eyes and tears stubbornly clinging to the corner of his eyes.
"This is the abomination." Viktor growled pulling out his sword.
Sonja stood ignoring the pain she felt from her wound and pushed him behind her, "You will not touch him!"
"Why not, I have a right to see my own Grandson."
"No, you lost that the moment you decided that he needed to be killed, and I with him. You are no longer my Father, and in no way will I let you harm him."
Viktor glared at her, "After all I have done for you. How could you do this?"
"After all you have done for me? You tried to kill me, to kill my son. I am your daughter and you keep my happiness from me."
Viktor's eyes flashed and he lunged forward only to be shoved back by a seemingly invisble force.
Vincent looked up to see Lydia standing infront of him. Her back to him but he could feel power radiating from him, which was strange because he usually couldn't feel any presences.
"Lydia." Viktor spat standing back up his warriors behind him.
"Long time no see brother?" She asked.
"Still alive."
"Alive and kicking."
"Still annoying as ever."
"Still as backstabbing and heartless as ever."
"What did you expect?"
"For you to be dead already."
Viktor hissed, "You're really starting to get on my nerves."
"Can't handle that I am older than you can you? Or wiser, you can't stand that I can out smart you."
"You better watch your mouth, you are talking to the newest Elder."
"That scares me." She said in a sarcastic tone, "You know I could beat the hell out of you. I admit, it was rather clever of you to tell father about my love life. But you forget, it was also your mistake. I am not scared of a Coven that has long since abandoned me."
"Have your way then." He said running his tongue over his fangs.
The vampire warriors armed with their swords, daggers, and axes jumped forward heading towards Lydia with a frightening speed.
The first wave of three vampires came with their swords raised high in the air hissing as they moved.
Lydia ducked one hit and closelined the vampire knocking him to the ground, she quickly dispatched of the other two breaking their necks without much force.
Vincent looked at his mom as she bent down to her knees to speak with him, "Your father will be here any minute and you must go with him."
"What are you-I can't." He told her shaking his head.
"You must be strong. I must do this, this is what he wants and he will neve stop until it is done. You must live and stay with your father and aunt Lydia. It is very important that you know that I love you more than anything."
"I know mother." He told her wrapping his arms around her neck and hugging her tightly while she kissed the top of his head. Lydia still fighting off the vampires infront of her as reinforcements arrived for Viktor.
"I will never let you go. Always remember Vincent, you must always do-"
~*~End of Dream~*~
Vincent sat straight up on his bed, beads of sweat falling down his face and bare chest.
His breathing was faster than normal and his heartrate was also up, the same way it felt when the event had happened.
Rubbing his eyes to get the sleep out he stood up and walked to the dimly light bathroom. After splashing cold water on his face he sighed.
He had, had these dreams before, but never had they felt so real. Stepping out of the bathroom he placed his black button up shirt on leaving it open and stood beside his window.
He could feel a faint presence in the back of his mind, but it didn't feel the same as it usually did when Lydia was in his mind, and it left him wondering.
Closing his eyes for a moment and trying to concentrate the images flashed again before him of what his mother had tried to say.
"Always remember Vincent, you must always do what-" He opened his eyes again clenching his jaw. He felt the presence again, and his almost growled. Someone was feeding him these memories, the memories he didn't want to remember.
"Get out of my mind!" He yelled both mentally and verbally.
Sighing once again as he felt the presence fade a little more he sat down and pressed his back against the wall.
For most of his life he had been able to block the memories of his past out, and never in his dreams had he ever gotten as far as he did tonight.
He sat there for what seemed to be forever, thinking of everything that had taken place within the last few days and last week.
He didn't know what was going to happen, and he didn't know what was happening, but from his view of the situation, it didn't look to good.
Vincent made a small grunting sound as a pain shot through his skull like a lightening wave. Closing his eyes tightly he felt himself slip into another memory.
Selene made eye contact with Michael in the subway, and then stepped away from his view her thoughts moving almost too fast to catch.
Another memory, Selene leaned in forward and gave Michael a chaste kiss before handcuffing him.
It didn't stop there either. Selene let her tears fall as his grandfather's words echoed in his mind about her being tainted by an animal.
The flashes kept moving and the pain was growing, somehow Selene's memory and essence as a vampire had be let to run wild in his mind.
"I love you.." Michael told Selene his gaze reflecting the love he felt.
Vincent opened his eyes quickly and raised his hands to his head trying to make the pain go away and shake the memories from his head.
The pain started to fade as he tried to push the thoughts away then something else hit him when he closed his eyes, another memory, but it wasn't one of Selene's.
Lucian cupped Sonja's cheek in his hand, "I love you.." He whispered and kissed her softly on the lips and wrapped his arms around her waist.
He tried to open his eyes as he felt the memory start to change again but he found that he couldn't and it hit him again.
"Always remember Vincent, you must always do what is right." Sonja whispered to him, and Vincent tried to shake the memory from his head, literally.
"Always fight for the justice you see being destroyed this very moment. The union between two opposite lovers, can only bring peace if the bond is strong enough to overcome the trials it will face." She pushed him away after giving him one final kiss on his cheek, "I love you.."
He clenched his fists at his side as he felt someone grab him from behind. Lucian stood, towering over him. "Sonja."
She looked at him and amidst the chaos taking place around them, it seemed as if there was nothing else. "I love you, Lucian. And someday, we will be together again."
His seemed as surprised at this comment as Vincent had, "No, Sonja you can't leave me, I can lose you again."
She stepped closer to him and hugged him tightly kissing him on the lips soundly and pulling back with a sad smile, "You'll never lose me, neither of you will." She told them looking down at Vincent as well.
"Hurry!" Lydia said stabbing a vampire with their own sword.
"Go now! Take care of him Lucian, and if anything happens to you, or to Lydia, trust to vampires to take care of him."
It didn't make any sense to him, but his mother was a vampire and trusted them with her life, well, sometimes.
Lucian gave her one last loving glance before picking his son up, "We will both always love you, and someday we will be together once again, all of us."
She nodded, "I love both of too." Sonja turned to face her father and Lydia as Lucian tore his eyes away from her form and carrying Vincent away from he scene before him.
Vincent gasped as he opened his eyes. His mother's words still ringing in his ears. He glanced at his watch that was glowing in the dark on his wrist. Looking up at the dark and empty room his red eyes remained immoble, staring into space.
Finally he made a decision. Standing up Vincent grabbed his coat and put it on quickly, there was only one more thing he needed to do. Sighing he let his mind roam freely, and opened it to Lydia. She would give him guidence when he needed it.
Stepping out of the hotel room Vincent returned the keys to the man at the desk before leaving. Once outside the building he looked up at the moon, 'Time to make things right.' He said to himself, but somehow he knew that Lydia could hear him.
~*~
Michael could sense her presence in the room before he entered it. Her's being different from a lycan, the scent of a human.
As soon as he stepped into the room, he sought for her dark green eyes. He found them staring back at him. He knew his eyes must have seemed dull from the pain he felt inside, and he knew now that it just wasn't his pain, but the pain of Lucian too.
He walked up to her, his thoughts from earlier returning as he tried to push them away and just focus on her now. She had her arms crossed over her chest and looked vunerable. He gave her a small smile and grabbed her shoulders. She let her arms fall as she looked at him.
Without thinking she leaned against him and stepped into his inviting embrace as he held her close to him. She layed her head on his shoulder her headache slowly disappearing, and his thoughts slowly drifting away.
The were completely oblivous to the lycans around them as the others moved past carrying their fallen kin, and the ones looking on were staring at them in silence, seeing their former leader Lucian in Michael as he held to his love tightly.
Michael pulled away and clasped her hand as he led her away from the crowd and walked quietly back to their room, not wanting to face the facts just yet. She followed him giving his hand a slight squeeze in an attempt to give him comfort.
He gave it a squeeze back as they reached the top of the stairs and he opened to the door with his free hand.
Once inside he let go of her hand reluctantly and sat down in one of the chairs. Selene watched him feeling helpless to help his mood any.
She walked over to him and kneeled on the ground at the front of the chair. Michael who had hung his head looked up at her through his long bangs.
"Are you okay?" She asked him quietly.
"I'm fine. Just not used to the feeling yet."
Selene understood that he meant the loss of his trusted kin and she didn't pressure him anymore on the subject.
Instead she stood and pushed him back against the chair gently before sitting on his lap and tucking his hair behind his ears so she could see his blue eyes more clearly.
"I'm glad you came back."
He gave her a small smile, "So am I."
Michael cupped her cheek and stroked it with his thumb as she leaned into his touch. She knitted her eyebrows together as the headache shot through her mind again but quickly pushed it away enjoying the feeling Michael was giving her.
"Are you okay?" He asked stopping his actions.
"I'm fine, just a little headache."
He moved his hand up to her temple and massaged it gently with two of his fingers. She closed her eyes relaxing at the touch.
Michael brought his other hand to do the same on the other side as Selene placed her hands on his shoulders to steady herself so she wouldn't fall if she became too relaxed.
When he finally stopped she rested her head against his shoulder and he wrapped his arms protectively around her shoulders holding her gently as if she might break.
"Thank you." Selene told him bringing her arms up and placing the around his neck.
"No problem." He replied giving her a smile and tilting his head so that he could give her a kiss on the cheek and let his lips linger there feeling the warmth of her skin.
He let his hand slide up and down her back sensing her weariness as she layed against him, and the only that mattered to him at the moment was making her feel better and making her happy. He removed his lips from her cheek and continued rubbing her back.
It was funny how she was soothing him at first, and now it was him soothing her. She lifted her head and looked him straight in the eye their noses almost touching and her breath warm on his skin.
His heart beat started to speed up as he felt himself moving forward slowly. She kissed him then, pulling him close and kissing him hard on the lips.
For Michael he never wanted the moment to end as he kissed her back with just as much of the same force, as he tried to contain his beast that was wanting to get out and be let free.
~*~
A/N: Looks like a good place to stop..well, for the lack of a cliffhanger anyways. So, Vincent is back in action and in not too long you will see everyone in the SAME chapter! That's my goal, well sort of, among a list of others that go with this story. I figure I might as well answer one question a reviewer had. So, yes, Selene will be turning back into a vampire.
This is the only time I am stating this so if you didn't read this note, then you will have missed an important piece of information, hope you all will be happy with that announcment.
Hope you liked it and read and review...if you can, if not, well then nevermind, but hope you enjoyed it. Talk to you all in the next chapter!
His eyes filled with sorrow and his breath caught in his throat. Nine had died that night. The only one who didn't was carrying the body of his brother now.
Michael stopped him placing his hand on Luke's shoulder. Luke looked at him silently obviously not trusting his voice.
"I'm sorry." He whispered.
Luke nodded, "So am I." He replied his voice low and soft.
Michael closed his eyes as Luke continued to walk past him. Looking back towards the direction of the mansion he vowed that Marcus would pay. They may never be able to spy, but Michael knew that it wouldn't be long before they would need to try and defeat the vampires.
They were running out of time, and so was Selene.
He remembered William telling him that the virus could kill her suddenly, he didn't want it to happen and there had to be a cure somewhere and somehow he would find it.
Watching as the last body was carried away in front of him he motioned for the extra men to follow him as they walked away following the trail that had led to their brothers' deaths.
~*~
Selene sighed and layed her head in her hands. She had the biggest headache and to make things worse Michael hadn't returned yet.
A sound made her raise her head from her hands as she kept her gaze focused on the door. A slight knock sounded and she stood up, after making her way to the door, she slowly opened it, not knowing what to expect on the other side.
A woman stood on the other side of the door, he shoulder length blonde hair looking dark without any light. She could see the girls light green eyes staring back at her.
"Can I help you?" She asked.
The girl nodded slightly, "We have just got word that the lycans are starting to return. They will arrive in about ten minutes and it was made a request by Michael that you be down there when they return. He knew you were worried and thought it would be best if you could see him to make sure he was alright."
Selene nodded forgetting about her headache, "Thank you." She told her.
"No problem, Selene." She said walking away and Selene watched her go. Michael must have been the most caring person in the world. She was surprised at his kindness and his eagerness to keep his promise to her. Without another word she started walking shutting the door behind her.
Luckily she knew where the entrance was from the time Michael had taken her out to breakfast. Clasping her hands together she continued to walk noticing not as many lycans were staring at her now.
~*~
William kept his gaze on the vampire before him and it seemed that minutes passed by as they just stared. William was never trained to fight, but it came on instinct, and if he had to bet, his beast would kick in when he most needed it.
The vampire pulled out a gun from his pocket, not blinking as he raised it. The sound of screaming was faintly heard in William's mind as time seemed to slow down and the click of the trigger sounded.
Diving aside he managed to miss getting hit and was quickly back up onto his feet and ducking behind a dumpster. He could hear the man's footsteps as he walked closer.
The clicking of the vampire's feet stopped and William once again moved his hand into his pocket, he could sense the vampire almost right next to him now.
Making a choice William stood up quickly and pointed the gun at the vampires head, shaking as he wasn't accustomed to using a gun William growled.
"Step back or I will blow your brains out."
The vampire showed his fangs but lowered his own weapon and stepped back.
"Drop your weapon."
The vampire did as he was told, the gun dropping to the ground with a clank from the metal.
A smug look crossed the face of the vampire as his eyes moved around to the surrounding empty streets.
Before William even attempted to ask he pulled the trigger, the bullet hitting the vampire in the head and the blood beginning to pour from the wound in a small trickle.
The vampire fell to his knees and opened his mouth to scream in pain as smoke poured out of it and his skin began to turn grey and black.
The remains of his body fell to the ground in a heap of ashes, which began to blow in the wind that began to move through the empty street, bringing in the dark clouds for a giant storm on the move.
William sniffed the air but didn't sense anything. Placing his gun back in his coat his gaze fell upon the scorch marks of where the vampire had died.
A familiar sense made the hair on the back of his neck stand on end. Turning his head sharply he could smell the scent of lycans. His mouth turned into a frown as he sensed more.
Not only did he sense lycans, but also blood, and the faint stench of death.
That could only mean one thing, and that was that his senses were right. Moving quickly he made his way back towards the den, his footfalls echoing off the stone walls of the surrounding building and empty street.
~*~
Lydia gave Drake's hand a light squeeze.
"It really sucks that I can't even tell them about it." He continued from his story.
"It will all work out." She told him with encouragement.
"Yeah, but for it to work out, Vincent needs to be here. It could happen any day now, anytime, I can't risk my part being too late."
Drake sighed and hung his head. Lydia grabbed his head in both of her hands and tilted it up to face her.
"With what you have told me. They have this planned out, you can undo whatever has been done with the information you have."
"Not without him, and to top it off he doesn't trust me."
Lydia remained silent at his comment but then dropped her hands from his face and smiled, "Maybe," She began slowly, "We can show him."
Drake looked at her confused, "What do you mean?"
"Even if Vincent can block me from speaking to him through his mind, he can't stop me from sending different memories."
"You mean like, taking control of his brain and showing him images to change his mind so that he comes back."
"Exactly." She said smirking at him.
"I love how you think." He told her mirroring her smirk and placing a chaste kiss on her cold lips.
"And I love how you think." She told him her eyes sparkling, "Ready?"
"Always." He replied watching as she closed her eyes.
~*~
Vincent turned over in the small bed tossing his blankets off of him. He was dreaming again.
~*~Dream~*~
Sonja smoothed his short dark hair, "It will be alright my son." She said gently.
"I can feel it Mommy." He told her looking up his big red eyes making contact with her own.
She pulled him closer and hugged his small frame to her body, "You are strong."
He gave a small whimper and the bandage over his small arm started to show a blue like puddle from the inside.
"It burns." He cried.
She placed a finger against his lips and rocked him gently. He had been cut by a vampire who had stalked the streets when he was sitting outside.
His blood ate the vampires skin alive from the touch and killed him almost instantly, but made him suffer first. The blood was now burning him. It made her sad that she knew there wasn't anything she could really do to help him, nothing like this had never happened to her knowledge.
The dream flashed and shifted to another memory.
Vincent hid behind the door, his eyes watching the scene unfold infront of him. His mother had been stabbed and now had fallen to the ground on her knees. His breathing began to speed up as did his heart rate.
A small laugh escaped his mother's throat, "Kill me again Father." She told him with pure hate in his voice.
His Grandfather gave a small snort, "I must do what I must."
Vincent's eyes widened and he could no longer stand it. Jumping from behind the door he lunged forward covering his mother's form. "NO!" He shouted.
"Vincent," She hissed, "You have to run."
"I will not leave you mother, you cannot leave me." He said glaring at the man that was Viktor with hate in his eyes and tears stubbornly clinging to the corner of his eyes.
"This is the abomination." Viktor growled pulling out his sword.
Sonja stood ignoring the pain she felt from her wound and pushed him behind her, "You will not touch him!"
"Why not, I have a right to see my own Grandson."
"No, you lost that the moment you decided that he needed to be killed, and I with him. You are no longer my Father, and in no way will I let you harm him."
Viktor glared at her, "After all I have done for you. How could you do this?"
"After all you have done for me? You tried to kill me, to kill my son. I am your daughter and you keep my happiness from me."
Viktor's eyes flashed and he lunged forward only to be shoved back by a seemingly invisble force.
Vincent looked up to see Lydia standing infront of him. Her back to him but he could feel power radiating from him, which was strange because he usually couldn't feel any presences.
"Lydia." Viktor spat standing back up his warriors behind him.
"Long time no see brother?" She asked.
"Still alive."
"Alive and kicking."
"Still annoying as ever."
"Still as backstabbing and heartless as ever."
"What did you expect?"
"For you to be dead already."
Viktor hissed, "You're really starting to get on my nerves."
"Can't handle that I am older than you can you? Or wiser, you can't stand that I can out smart you."
"You better watch your mouth, you are talking to the newest Elder."
"That scares me." She said in a sarcastic tone, "You know I could beat the hell out of you. I admit, it was rather clever of you to tell father about my love life. But you forget, it was also your mistake. I am not scared of a Coven that has long since abandoned me."
"Have your way then." He said running his tongue over his fangs.
The vampire warriors armed with their swords, daggers, and axes jumped forward heading towards Lydia with a frightening speed.
The first wave of three vampires came with their swords raised high in the air hissing as they moved.
Lydia ducked one hit and closelined the vampire knocking him to the ground, she quickly dispatched of the other two breaking their necks without much force.
Vincent looked at his mom as she bent down to her knees to speak with him, "Your father will be here any minute and you must go with him."
"What are you-I can't." He told her shaking his head.
"You must be strong. I must do this, this is what he wants and he will neve stop until it is done. You must live and stay with your father and aunt Lydia. It is very important that you know that I love you more than anything."
"I know mother." He told her wrapping his arms around her neck and hugging her tightly while she kissed the top of his head. Lydia still fighting off the vampires infront of her as reinforcements arrived for Viktor.
"I will never let you go. Always remember Vincent, you must always do-"
~*~End of Dream~*~
Vincent sat straight up on his bed, beads of sweat falling down his face and bare chest.
His breathing was faster than normal and his heartrate was also up, the same way it felt when the event had happened.
Rubbing his eyes to get the sleep out he stood up and walked to the dimly light bathroom. After splashing cold water on his face he sighed.
He had, had these dreams before, but never had they felt so real. Stepping out of the bathroom he placed his black button up shirt on leaving it open and stood beside his window.
He could feel a faint presence in the back of his mind, but it didn't feel the same as it usually did when Lydia was in his mind, and it left him wondering.
Closing his eyes for a moment and trying to concentrate the images flashed again before him of what his mother had tried to say.
"Always remember Vincent, you must always do what-" He opened his eyes again clenching his jaw. He felt the presence again, and his almost growled. Someone was feeding him these memories, the memories he didn't want to remember.
"Get out of my mind!" He yelled both mentally and verbally.
Sighing once again as he felt the presence fade a little more he sat down and pressed his back against the wall.
For most of his life he had been able to block the memories of his past out, and never in his dreams had he ever gotten as far as he did tonight.
He sat there for what seemed to be forever, thinking of everything that had taken place within the last few days and last week.
He didn't know what was going to happen, and he didn't know what was happening, but from his view of the situation, it didn't look to good.
Vincent made a small grunting sound as a pain shot through his skull like a lightening wave. Closing his eyes tightly he felt himself slip into another memory.
Selene made eye contact with Michael in the subway, and then stepped away from his view her thoughts moving almost too fast to catch.
Another memory, Selene leaned in forward and gave Michael a chaste kiss before handcuffing him.
It didn't stop there either. Selene let her tears fall as his grandfather's words echoed in his mind about her being tainted by an animal.
The flashes kept moving and the pain was growing, somehow Selene's memory and essence as a vampire had be let to run wild in his mind.
"I love you.." Michael told Selene his gaze reflecting the love he felt.
Vincent opened his eyes quickly and raised his hands to his head trying to make the pain go away and shake the memories from his head.
The pain started to fade as he tried to push the thoughts away then something else hit him when he closed his eyes, another memory, but it wasn't one of Selene's.
Lucian cupped Sonja's cheek in his hand, "I love you.." He whispered and kissed her softly on the lips and wrapped his arms around her waist.
He tried to open his eyes as he felt the memory start to change again but he found that he couldn't and it hit him again.
"Always remember Vincent, you must always do what is right." Sonja whispered to him, and Vincent tried to shake the memory from his head, literally.
"Always fight for the justice you see being destroyed this very moment. The union between two opposite lovers, can only bring peace if the bond is strong enough to overcome the trials it will face." She pushed him away after giving him one final kiss on his cheek, "I love you.."
He clenched his fists at his side as he felt someone grab him from behind. Lucian stood, towering over him. "Sonja."
She looked at him and amidst the chaos taking place around them, it seemed as if there was nothing else. "I love you, Lucian. And someday, we will be together again."
His seemed as surprised at this comment as Vincent had, "No, Sonja you can't leave me, I can lose you again."
She stepped closer to him and hugged him tightly kissing him on the lips soundly and pulling back with a sad smile, "You'll never lose me, neither of you will." She told them looking down at Vincent as well.
"Hurry!" Lydia said stabbing a vampire with their own sword.
"Go now! Take care of him Lucian, and if anything happens to you, or to Lydia, trust to vampires to take care of him."
It didn't make any sense to him, but his mother was a vampire and trusted them with her life, well, sometimes.
Lucian gave her one last loving glance before picking his son up, "We will both always love you, and someday we will be together once again, all of us."
She nodded, "I love both of too." Sonja turned to face her father and Lydia as Lucian tore his eyes away from her form and carrying Vincent away from he scene before him.
Vincent gasped as he opened his eyes. His mother's words still ringing in his ears. He glanced at his watch that was glowing in the dark on his wrist. Looking up at the dark and empty room his red eyes remained immoble, staring into space.
Finally he made a decision. Standing up Vincent grabbed his coat and put it on quickly, there was only one more thing he needed to do. Sighing he let his mind roam freely, and opened it to Lydia. She would give him guidence when he needed it.
Stepping out of the hotel room Vincent returned the keys to the man at the desk before leaving. Once outside the building he looked up at the moon, 'Time to make things right.' He said to himself, but somehow he knew that Lydia could hear him.
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Michael could sense her presence in the room before he entered it. Her's being different from a lycan, the scent of a human.
As soon as he stepped into the room, he sought for her dark green eyes. He found them staring back at him. He knew his eyes must have seemed dull from the pain he felt inside, and he knew now that it just wasn't his pain, but the pain of Lucian too.
He walked up to her, his thoughts from earlier returning as he tried to push them away and just focus on her now. She had her arms crossed over her chest and looked vunerable. He gave her a small smile and grabbed her shoulders. She let her arms fall as she looked at him.
Without thinking she leaned against him and stepped into his inviting embrace as he held her close to him. She layed her head on his shoulder her headache slowly disappearing, and his thoughts slowly drifting away.
The were completely oblivous to the lycans around them as the others moved past carrying their fallen kin, and the ones looking on were staring at them in silence, seeing their former leader Lucian in Michael as he held to his love tightly.
Michael pulled away and clasped her hand as he led her away from the crowd and walked quietly back to their room, not wanting to face the facts just yet. She followed him giving his hand a slight squeeze in an attempt to give him comfort.
He gave it a squeeze back as they reached the top of the stairs and he opened to the door with his free hand.
Once inside he let go of her hand reluctantly and sat down in one of the chairs. Selene watched him feeling helpless to help his mood any.
She walked over to him and kneeled on the ground at the front of the chair. Michael who had hung his head looked up at her through his long bangs.
"Are you okay?" She asked him quietly.
"I'm fine. Just not used to the feeling yet."
Selene understood that he meant the loss of his trusted kin and she didn't pressure him anymore on the subject.
Instead she stood and pushed him back against the chair gently before sitting on his lap and tucking his hair behind his ears so she could see his blue eyes more clearly.
"I'm glad you came back."
He gave her a small smile, "So am I."
Michael cupped her cheek and stroked it with his thumb as she leaned into his touch. She knitted her eyebrows together as the headache shot through her mind again but quickly pushed it away enjoying the feeling Michael was giving her.
"Are you okay?" He asked stopping his actions.
"I'm fine, just a little headache."
He moved his hand up to her temple and massaged it gently with two of his fingers. She closed her eyes relaxing at the touch.
Michael brought his other hand to do the same on the other side as Selene placed her hands on his shoulders to steady herself so she wouldn't fall if she became too relaxed.
When he finally stopped she rested her head against his shoulder and he wrapped his arms protectively around her shoulders holding her gently as if she might break.
"Thank you." Selene told him bringing her arms up and placing the around his neck.
"No problem." He replied giving her a smile and tilting his head so that he could give her a kiss on the cheek and let his lips linger there feeling the warmth of her skin.
He let his hand slide up and down her back sensing her weariness as she layed against him, and the only that mattered to him at the moment was making her feel better and making her happy. He removed his lips from her cheek and continued rubbing her back.
It was funny how she was soothing him at first, and now it was him soothing her. She lifted her head and looked him straight in the eye their noses almost touching and her breath warm on his skin.
His heart beat started to speed up as he felt himself moving forward slowly. She kissed him then, pulling him close and kissing him hard on the lips.
For Michael he never wanted the moment to end as he kissed her back with just as much of the same force, as he tried to contain his beast that was wanting to get out and be let free.
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A/N: Looks like a good place to stop..well, for the lack of a cliffhanger anyways. So, Vincent is back in action and in not too long you will see everyone in the SAME chapter! That's my goal, well sort of, among a list of others that go with this story. I figure I might as well answer one question a reviewer had. So, yes, Selene will be turning back into a vampire.
This is the only time I am stating this so if you didn't read this note, then you will have missed an important piece of information, hope you all will be happy with that announcment.
Hope you liked it and read and review...if you can, if not, well then nevermind, but hope you enjoyed it. Talk to you all in the next chapter!