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Once again they were in the dark tomb of the unknown creature. Gabby kept close to Alucard as he guided the group into the tomb.

Behind him were Bill and Fleur who were, to Gabby's amusement, whispering to each other. Behind them, Sirius Black was leading a group of men, mostly Aurors. They need to find what was it they were up against.

Although the stories he heard from Dumbledore made the hairs on the back of his neck stand.

He never heard anyone take on a Dementor without using a Partonus charm.

Hell, he never heard of anyone ripping a dementor to shreds.

If he was more powerful than the Dark lord as everyone claimed, they're in deep shit.

And Sirius wasn't sure about Alucard either. But Dumbledore said that he could trust him and he believed him. But to him, he was still a boy.

Alucard stopped in his tracks motioning the rest to stop as well.

"What is it?" Sirius asked as he stood beside Alucard nodded towards the entrance of the tomb. Sirius looked and saw nothing out of the ordinary. Alucard slowly walked and knelt down by the door. He picked up a rock and brought it back to Sirius. Confused, Sirius looked at the rock then back to Alucard.

"What is it Ally?" Gabby asked. He took her lit wand and pointed it to the rock. Everyone's eyes widen when they saw a red stain on it. It was small and barely noticeable.

"What the hell is it?" Sirius asked.

"Blood," Fleur said in surprise. "But why is there blood?"

"I have a bad feeling about this," Bill said as he looked at the doors. "A really bad feeling."

"What could possibly happen?" Fleur asked with a tremble in her voice. The rest didn't want to think about it.

Bill opened the doors and they entered, all of them were on their guard.

"So, Sirius. What's the plan?" Bill asked. The Auror looked around and raised his eyebrows in question.

"Where's Lucius's body?" he asked him. Bill looked at him as if he made a terrible joke.

"You mean you didn't remove it?" he asked. Sirius shook his head and looked at the surrounding places. "What are those?" he asked pointing to the black gooey mess that even scattered to the walls.

"That must be Dementor entrails," Bill said.

"Then where are the bodies?" Sirius asked. For some reason, Bill hated to know the answer to that question. "Everyone, be careful," Sirius called out. "We have to wrap this up quickly." Bill nodded and went to Fleur.

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"I don't want to go in there," Gabby said as she and Alucard went back to where the first met: His sarcophagus. "He's still in there." Alucard knew whom she was referring to. He entered the chamber and was surprised that he found nothing. No body but only dried blood.

Alucard held out a hand and smiled at her. Tentatively, she took his hand and they entered the chamber. Still frightened, Gabby looked around and sighed in relief that the body of THAT man was not there.

"What are we doing here, Ally?" she asked. Alucard smiled and with a wave of a hand the whole room illuminated.

"What's this?" she asked as she saw the hieroglyphs. "I'm not well versed in ancient Egyptian."

"The angel of darkness was confronted by the Talons of Horis," Fleur's voice suddenly filled the room. "That doesn't make sense. Does it mean that the wielder of the talons faced him?"

"Hi Fleur," Gabby smiled. "What does it say?"

"The angel and the talon were... brothers?" she frowned in confusion. "The talon was tricked into killing his brother but fortunately they came to their senses and somehow stop from killing each other. But then..."

"The Pharaoh had his men stun them with a very crude and dangerous stunning charm," Bill said as he read a leather bound book. "The brothers were buried but their locations were kept secret."

"Where did you get that?" Fleur asked. Bill inclined his head to Alucard who was sifting through his sarcophagus. He took out a large crystal as big as an orange and casually tossed it to Gabby. Her eyes grew when she saw what it really was.

"An uncut diamond?" she stared at it. "But it's so big." Fleur's eyes widened as well. She had never seen a diamond that big before.

"What else do you got in there?" Bill asked as he peered into the coffin. The coffin had a false bottom and Bill could see its contents. Rolls of parchment and jewels could be seen under the compartment. "Wow," he whistled in awe.

"I have a question that's been bugging me for a while," Gabby said as she looked at Alucard. "Why were you here?"

Alucard paused and looked at her. He sighed and looked away. But before anyone could pursue the question further, there was an ear-shattering scream that echoed into the halls. Immediately, all of them ran for the source.

As they did, they stopped dead in their tracks only to find something they did not expect.

"This is not possible," Gabby shook as she saw what was before them.

The Death Eater that chased her and tried to rape her was walking towards them. But it walked limply as it dragged one of its legs as it walked. It moaned in but not like any moan they had heard before. It was... frightening.

As the light shone on the Death Eater, they were shocked as they saw its face.

Half of his face was decaying but it looked like someone had gnawed at it. The Death Eater raised its arm and walked towards them. Bill took his wand out and pointed it at the Death Eater.

"Stufey!" he shouted but it merely staggered back and continued their way.

"What in the world?" Bill asked but he turned to Fleur who was trembling in fear. "Are you okay Fleur?" he asked. She didn't move when he touched her.

"It can't be happening," Gabby shaking, said as she saw the Death Eater inch his way towards her. "Your dead. Your DEAD!" she screamed but the man didn't flinch.

"We need to get out of here," Bill said as he tried to shake Fleur out of her shock. "Alucard, try to get Gabby out of her shock." Alucard blinked at the task.

He sighed and tapped Gabby to get her attention. Tap turned to a slight push but she didn't blink. Smirking, he had no choice but it seemed like the only way to get her out of her trance. He didn't want to hurt her so he took a chance.

He slowly came up and blew gently into her ear. Gabby twitched and looked at him. Alucard smiled in triumph and he took her hand and slowly turned her away.

"Alucard, she still in shock," Bill said as he looked at the Death Eater. Sighing, Alucard carried Gabby in his arms and looked questioningly at Bill.

"Have it your way," Bill said as he held Fleur in a fireman's carry. "Let's go." They ran away from the Death Eater as fast as they could.

"What was that... thing?" Bill asked but sighed as he remembered his only coherent companion couldn't talk.

Suddenly, a large dog came running towards them in high speed. It immediately transformed into a man and he stopped to catch his breath.

"Sirius!" Bill came to him and looked at him with worry.

"Magic... can't... stop... them," Sirius tried to catch his breath and looked up to face them.

"Them?" Bill asked.

"They killed all of my men," Sirius said in spite. "Those... things overpowered them and... ate them."

"Ate?" Bill grimaced. He noticed that Alucard was calm. Too damned calm. "You encountered them before, haven't you?" Alucard nodded sullenly once. "What are they?"

Alucard put Gabby down and took out a book from his pack. He turned the page to the chapter he was looking for and showed it to them.

"Zombies?" Bill and Sirius said incredulously. Alucard closed the book and returned it in his pack.

"But why were Fleur and Gabby affected?" Bill asked.

"Twenty years ago a necromancer attacked our village," Fleur said almost hauntingly. "I was newly born then but I remembered everything."

"Let's talk about this later," Sirius said as he looked around. "We need to get away from them. Let's go," he walked toward the path Bill and the rest just came.

"Ah... Sirius? There're some that way," Bill said almost shyly. Sirius growled like a dog and looked for options. "How many are there?" he asked.

"Thirty at least," Sirius said as he looked at Bill. "Most of them are Death Eaters."

"How'd you know?" Bill asked.

"Aren't you getting tired?" he asked as he looked at his charge. Bill blushed as he slowly placed Fleur on her two feet. When he did, Sirius continued.

"I recognized most of them," he said as he paced. "I even got to see Malfoy. He looked like a prune but he walks. Why are you not affected so much?"

"Being a curse breaker have some advantages," Bill sighed. "I always run across one mummy after another. So zombies do not surprise me."

"Yeah, well being an auror I have the same experiences," Sirius smiled as he tried to lighten the mood. "But zombies? I've never fought with one before. Vampires, occasional werewolves, although my fight with the werewolf is always verbal." Bill laughed as he remembered Sirius's and Remus's banter whenever they came to visit the Burrow.

"We need to get out of here," Bill said as he looked at the catatonic girls. "Plus it would be best if ALL of us were using our feet. I can't think of anything to get her out of it." Bill caught Alucard's sly smile as he looked at him. Blinking he looked at Fleur and back at Alucard.

"You're not serious," Bill asked but Alucard looked confused and pointed at Sirius. "Ha, ha. Very funny. But will it work?" Alucard shrugged and looked away.

"I'll hold you responsible if she won't talk to me," Bill sighed as he walked towards Fleur. With a final sigh and a gulp he placed his hand on her arms and leaned forward for a kiss.

He simply touched her lips with his gently at first, seeing how she would react. When she didn't he placed some pressure in the kiss.

Imagine his surprise when Fleur fought his kiss. His eyes widened when she drove her tongue in his mouth. Their tongues dueled as their kiss deepened. Bill thought he was a good kissed but he was learning from the people who invented that kind of kiss. Bill's arms were around her slim waist as he pulled her closer. Her hands were pulling his head closer to her as they tried to feed on each other's passion.

To feed their desires.

To fulfill each other's longings.

"I hate to interrupt but we really need to get going," Sirius said as he looked at the dark halls. Bill and Fleur hesitantly pulled away and looked into each other's eyes. Then, reality came back into Fleur's mind.

Her brows were knitted as she realized what had happened. Bill swallowed loudly as he saw her expression. He wanted to run but he knew it would come to this. Somehow, he felt that it was all worth it.

Fleur balled her hand into a fist and gave him a hard punch to the jaw.

Bill fell down groggy. He moaned as he tried to orient himself. Fleur, on the other hand, was furious.

"Why?" she asked, tears forming in her eyes. "What made you do that?"

"Later," Sirius said as he walked slowly towards her. "We have more pressing issues at the moment." Fleur looked at where Sirius was staring and she trembled once again.

A hoard of zombies were inching their way towards them. Unconsciously, Fleur helped Bill up and backed away from the zombies.

Gabby backed up but began to panic and ran.

"Gabby! Wait!" Bill shouted as he saw her go. Taking Fleur's hand, he followed Gabby into the shadows. Sirius turned and followed them.

Gabby entered a dark chamber and looked at the entrance. She backed away expecting the zombies to enter the chamber.

Her heart raced as she looked at the entrance. Where was Alucard? She waited in the dark for him, praying that he would come for her.

Suddenly, a pair of rotting arms grabbed her from behind.

Gabrielle screamed.

End of 6.

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A/n: Cliffhanger extreme! You can kill me if you can find me. ;)

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