Steve's POV
Way too easy! I drag the unconscious Darren to the Hall of Princes. Thanks to that one vampire, Kurda Smahlt, we have maps to this place and know it inside out.
We finally get there through all the tunnels. I've waited for this moment for so long.
Darren is semi-conscious. I pull his had up, the same arm where I stabbed him, and he lets out a groan. It's so pathetic how I beat him so easily..
Kirin's POV
Arwyn's brother has Darren! Darren…is he dead?!? No not Darren! The vampaneze has Darren's hand, about to put it on the door to the hall of Princes. Now's my chance.
Steve's POV
"Thanks for all your help buddy," I snicker.
Darren groans again. Stone of Blood, here I come! What?!
"Put him down!" someone yells.
I whip around to see the vampiress from earlier, the one who cut me on my face.
"I said put him down!" she screams.
I'm not going to let her get in the way of my plan.
Kuroi's POV
Why did Kirin run off in the direction of the hall of Princes? I'll go see why. I run all the way there to see Darren unconscious on the ground next to the man I saw earlier. The one with silver hair. So he is a vampaneze. Kirin's standing there too! The vampaneze is trying to use Darren to get to the Stone of Blood!
Kirin raises her sword.
"I have no choice then," she sneers.
The vampaneze draws a sword. He runs over to Kirin. Their swords clash together. I have to help Darren! While the vampaneze is fighting her I'll get Darren out of here.
I sneak over to the unconscious Darren. His right shoulder had a small life in it and he has several other cuts on him. Also a bleeding lip. I slowly life him up onto my shoulder. Before I start walking away I hear Kirin holler. I turn to see her on the ground. The vampaneze didn't intend to kill her. He didn't have his sword now, so at least he didn't wound her. She stumbled up again, determined. But what surprised me was that the vampaneze didn't get his sword off the ground.
Kirin was weakening. I had to get Darren out of here, I thought.
I started to, slowly, walk away in the shadows. Kirin falls to the ground with the vampaneze's fist in her face.
I wish I could help her, but I can't. The vampaneze realizes Darren is gone. His eyes search the room, finally seeing us, crap! He walks over to Darren and I. His eyes are so beautiful, but install so much fear, I can feel my legs slightly tremble.
"Put him down," he hisses.
Without thinking, I slowly put Darren on the ground. Why am I so afraid? The vampaneze grabs my chin.
"No I'd hate to kill you," he pulls out another dagger, the kind in Darren's shoulder, "So back away from him.
MIKA!
"Put it down!"
The vampaneze whips around, grabbing me, and spins me around with him. His dagger goes to my throat.
"Mark my word, one move and she dies," he says.
I feel tears forming. Mika stares at me helpless and grits his teeth.
"Don't you dare harm Kuroi," Mika growls.
"Oh, so that's her name," he pulls the knife closer to my skin making me gasp, "She is beautiful, isn't she?"
The vampaneze runs his hand through my hair, obviously trying to get Mika mad.
"I may have failed this time, but when I'm full vampaneze, the clan of vampires will be no more. But, I'm not the only one who failed today. Darren Shan and his 2 other friends, who are trying to kill me, couldn't even do that when I showed up on their doorstep."
And with that, helpless, I was taken out of Vampire Mountain in the hands of…a vampaneze
