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In the darkness shall thou kill

In the light shall thou laugh

To follow my every will

As now thou are my puppet

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In The Endless Darkness – Chapter4

By: Alasse Fefalas

Darren knocked on the door of Kurda's room. "Kurda? Kurda are you in there? Kurda??" Darren asked into the door.

"Yeah... who is it?" Kurda asked irritably, not opening the door.

"It's me, Darren. Kurda, I want to show you someone!"

"Darren! Yeah, what is it??" Kurda opened the door with a smile on his face.

"Come on! We can't keep her waiting, can we?" Darren jabbered, literally pulling Kurda off his feet and dragging him.

"Wait, wait... where are we going?" Kurda asked, still being dragged by Darren.

"Can you use your feet? Anyway, we're going to meet someone. It's a girl too. You'll find out when we see her," Darren explained as Kurda got to his feet.

They jogged in the direction Darren came from. Kurda was asking questions and Darren just answering them with a smile. Just as they neared a door, Kurda stopped abruptly.

"Darren, wait. Darren! Stop!" Kurda whispered.

"Hm? What's wrong, Kurda?" Darren asked as he backtracked to Kurda.

"Don't you smell it...?" Kurda asked him seriously.

"Smell what...?"

Kurda's voice fell into a barely audible whisper as he said, "Blood..."

Darren sniffed the air and his blood turned ice. There was a faint scent of vampire blood in the air... and it was coming from the room! Just as he was going to break the door down, Kurda grabbed him by the scruff of his shirt and pulled him back.

"What do you think you're doing?! Are you crazy?!" Kurda hissed into his ear.

"Kurda! Let me go! I have to help her! If she's in danger, I got to help her! Let me go!! I gotta save Rina!!" Darren screamed as he tried to wriggle out of the vampire's grip.

"Ri... Rina...?"

"Yeah! You heard what I said!! RINA!! I've gotta help her!!" Darren screamed.

Kurda got his senses back and hissed into Darren's ear again, "Well, if you just go in like that, you'll end up dead! We don't know who's in there, right?"

"Well, what do you suppose we do then?"

"Break the door open!" Kurda replied as he kicked the door down and backed away.

"So... it looks like you two finally got the guts to come in here! You've been talking out there for so long that I thought that I would just have to make do with this little girl here!" A low voice said amusedly as he deepened the sword at Rina's throat.

The vampiress still had her eyes shut, and brows creased as though fighting something in her mind. The two vampires outside had their mouths wide open as they saw the situation and their purple skinned cousin. Rina was bleeding from her forehead and her left arm had a stone sticking out of it (Well, who wouldn't if they ad landed on hard, uneven STONE floor??). She was gagged and her hands were bound.

Darren felt rage surge through him and pounced on the vampaneze. The vampaneze was not stupid. He stood behind Rina and used her as a shield. Darren stopped halfway and dropped to the floor.

"You... are... such... a... COWARD!!!" Darren screamed.

"Darren! Darren are you alright?" Kurda asked him as he ran up to him.

"Yeah... I'm alright. But Rina..."

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Voices... voices in my head... GO AWAY!! NO!! GO AWAY!! What's happening?! Why won't you go away? Huh...? Help... me...? Darren... Kurda... help them too... but... NO!! I won't give in!! NO! GET AWAY FROM ME!!

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"If any of you come any closer, I swear... this blade will stick out of her...!" The vampaneze cried.

"Wait... we can not do this right...? Can't we just discuss this peacefully...?" Kurda asked forcing a slight smile on his worried face.

"Peacefully?! What makes you think I want to discuss this? What I want you is dead!" The vampaneze answered.

"Fine then... You can have me... Just let Rina go ok...?" Kurda's eyes dropped to the floor.

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Why...? Why now...? No... no... I won't give in! NO!! NO! No! No... no... won't give in...

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"To hell about her!! I want to see you suffer... just like you did to me! YOU made ME this – this purple skinned monster!!" The vampaneze grinned sadistically. "And for that..."

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Yes...

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He took the blade away from Rina's throat and swung it high over her head. Suddenly, Rina's eyes snapped open and she launched herself forward. The vampaneze was taken by surprise and stuck his sword into the wall into instead. Rina landed on top of Darren, who untied her hands and ungagged her.

"Thanks, Darren..." Rina paused and took a look at the vampaneze who was pulling his sword from the wall. "My turn."

It all happened in a blink of an eye. Rina moved so fast that even Kurda couldn't see it. One second the vampaneze was pulling out his sword, and then he was on the floor, dead.

"How... how did you do that...?" Darren asked.

He and Kurda was staring at the dead vampaneze on the floor in awe. Suddenly, Rina fell to the floor, clutching her head and moaned in pain. The two men ran up to her and helped her to her feet.

"Rina...? Rina are you alright?" Kurda asked worriedly.

"Yeah... Yeah. I'm fine... I'm perfectly alright!" Rina told them.

Darren sighed in relief. Rina's eyes flew open. They weren't their normal icy blue ones. Instead, they were a dark blue colour. Kurda noticed this and jumped away from her, pulling Darren with him.

"Wha- what are you doing Kurda?" Darren exclaimed.

"Don't you see it, Darren? It's not Rina..." Kurda explained in a rush.

"What do you mean it's Rina? Rina's Rina! There's nothing wrong with her!" Darren told him exasperatedly.

"Look properly... no... look at her eyes... they're not hers..." Kurda ordered him.

Darren took a long look at her eyes and understood what meant.

"Very good, Kurda. You really deserve to be my father!" Rina clapped her hands.

"Who are you and where's Rina?" Kurda asked her strictly.

"Oh? You don't recognise me? I AM Rina..."

"Liar!" Darren screamed.

"No... She is... she's Rina's dark side..." Kurda whispered, making Rina grin evilly.

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To be continued...

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A/N: This one's a bit long... 3 pages! But! It's another cliff hanger!! Please review!

Thanx for reviewing,

FunkyDonkey

Please don't kill me!! (throws away needle in her hand) It's another cliff hangar and there's nothing you can do about it!! (You ARE a girl, right? If you're a boy, you're damn sick...)

Jerichoholic-Edgehead

Thank you for reviewing!! Your reviews are greatly appreciated!!

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In the darkness shall thou kill

In the light shall thou laugh

To follow my every will

As now thou are my puppet

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