Lucian got to his feet standing over Michael and Selene. There was nothing he could do it was solely up to Michael.
Michael gritted his teeth angry, Marcus was fortunate to already be dead.
"Why are you giving up? What did that bastard say to you?"
Lucian wandered over to the large steel door looking at Marcus's corpse when he hears a scratching sound coming from the other side of the large steel door.
"What the…" he leaned in closer putting his sensitive hybrid ear to the door. On the other side a dealer attached a plastic explosive to the door along with many other explosives by other dealers. Lucian frowned listening through the door as the sound repeated at least four times again against the door. It was not until the dealer linked each explosive up making a familiar click setting them Lucian realized what it was.
"Shit!" Lucian pulled away from the door flying over to Michael and Selene dragging the both of them across the floor and over to the other side of the room.
"What the hell are you doing you could have hurt her!" Michael screamed at Lucian ripping Selene and himself out of Lucian's grip then cuddling Selene like an innocent puppy.
"I don't think she really cares and right now we have bigger problems!" As soon as Lucian fell silent he heard another set of faint clicks around him, from through the walls and above.
"… They are blowing this place sky high…" he stood up listening around him.
A loud click then clank moved above him closing the hole in the roof
"Fuck! They are blowing it sky high along with us!"
Michael wasn't even listening he was too concerned with Selene in his arms lost to why she would not respond to him, some one who cared.
"Michael we have to move!" Lucian panicked looking up watching the hole slowly closing over it was their only way out.
Lucian violently grabbed Michael to snap him out of it
"Michael if we don't leave we all die even Selene!" Lucian shook Michael to bring him round.
Michael looked blankly at Lucian for a moment then saw the closing hole above him. "Alright" Michael climbed to his feet holding her in his arms.
"There was a leaver that Marcus used to open the hole" Michael looked toward the wall near the door
"Marcus destroyed it he was hell bent on watching Selene burn" Lucian pointed to the broken leaver on the floor.
"We have to go out the hole quickly!" Lucian jumped up onto the concrete holding pole then looked up at the roof.
"It's almost shut!" Michael stressed.
"Not yet!" Lucian with all his hybrid strength leapt up at the hole grabbing hold of the rim he pulled himself up though the narrow gap as it thinly closed touching his sides shutting just as his feet left the gap.
"No!" Michael yelled watching the hatch close.
Darkness filled the tomb leaving them alone for death to visit
"Well if you want to give up you got your wish. At least now I'm coming with you"
Selene still gave no response.
About to sit on the cold floor Michael heard a horrible metal screech from above. Slowly the hole opened up again revealing Lucian's bloody fingers he had jammed in the hatch to reassure getting it open again.
"Hurry this place is completely hard wired with explosives, we have little time!" Michael hurriedly swung Selene over his shoulder and climbed up onto the pole. There was a fair distance between the roof and the pole, and with Selene over his shoulder she weighed him down.
"Here we go" Michael crouched for a second then with every last part of energy he had left leapt up toward Lucian.
He was no where near high enough and with only one arm to grab the hole it made it seem almost impossible even as a tiered hybrid. Landing on his feet Michael looked up at Lucian
"Come down and help me lift her!"
"I cant my foot is wedged between the gears stopping the hole from closing. Try again I will reach for her as far as I can"
Michael as fast as he could go climbed up onto the pole again then once again leapt up at the hole. Lucian could barely reach Selene only enough to tap her head, not enough to grab hold of her shirt of grab a limb.
"Fuck!" he cursed watching them fall to the floor again. He leaned down a little further reaching down
"Try again"
Michael climbed the pole again puffing a little carrying her dead weight
"Okay" Michael hinted he was ready taking to the air again flying up toward Lucian who this time managed to grab a handful of Selene's shirt taking hold of her. Michael fell to the floor leaving Selene hanging mid air when his claws ripped her shirt loosing his grip, he lunged forward to grab her only to slip his foot out of the gear causing the hole to begin to close.
"Shit" Lucian had to let her go as he felt the hole close against his middle almost cutting him in half he barely stuffed his foot back into the gears.
"Fuck" Lucian grumbled having barely enough space to pull him self back though.
Michael barely caught Selene as she fell toward him avoiding her skull from being split open on the solid tomb floor. Michael knew Selene must have hesitated or had second thoughts since she tensed up when he caught her.
"Selene please don't give up" Michael hoped to get a reaction still none.
"Michael there is no time! If she wants to go… leave her"
"No I can't, if she dies I die too. I have nothing else"
"Michael we cant get her up here unless she reaches up herself, she doesn't want to and she is still too weak, let her go"
Michael looked down at Selene not giving her up
"Michael we are running out of time we have to go now!"
"Selene… please I know you are hurting, seeing you hurt makes me hurt… but you cant give up now, not after all you have been though. Marcus is a fucking bastard and had no right to say what he did, they had no right to treat you like they did. You are so much better then them…" Michael noticed her eyes begin to water slightly.
"We are free, free from all this all we have to do is get out of here all you need to do is reach up and we can leave, leave to a better place. We are hybrid you don't have to run from the sun we have a chance of happiness I want to make you happy, we can start life over"
A small clear stream strolled from her eyes as she finally opened them revealing her deep earthy irises, glassy from tears.
"…Sun" She muttered looking at the hole
"Yes the warm sun you don't have to run anymore" Michael gave the warmest honest smile he could give.
"I no longer know what warmth is… I lost my humanity years ago"
"No, no! That's not true its there in you I've seen it in you, you only tucked it away, give me a chance Selene give yourself a chance at happiness I will never hurt you and I will do what ever I have to, to prove it to you. But we need to get out now please you are all I have in this immortal world…"
More tears fell from her eyes when her eyes fell to the picture of her family then looked back to Michael almost if to decide, join her family in death dwelling on their death or life with Michael. Lucian was becoming most uncomfortable as he saw the last of the Vampyre's fleeing the site
"Come on Michael just tell her"
Lucian's words drew her attention back to Michael locking her eyes with his. He took a deep breathe, it was as sharp as when he first saw her, along with a flutter of the heart
"I'm in love with you… that will never change" Feeling it was the truth as well as feeling sort of venerable and silly he hoped he didn't sound cheesy. Her expression didn't change but he could see in her eyes deep inside the emotion changed. Both Lucian and Michael were relived when she finally moved looping her arm around Michael for support sitting her self up. Michael didn't blame her of think any bad of her, he didn't see her as insane or suicidal, this kind of breakdown after hundreds of years of shutting her feelings away and mental abuse would do this to anyone. In his view she was stronger to last this long without doing this already.
Some how still weak and drained Michael ended up helping her up onto the pole then held her like before
"Ready?"
She gave a small nod looking up at Lucian reaching down for her. Before the jump she took him by surprise by giving him a small gentle kiss.
He smiled from ear to ear knowing it was her way of expressing her love for him, for her indeed it was a big jump for little things such as a kiss.
Carrying her once more on the last leap Michael flung her up successfully flinging her into Lucian's grip. Lucian pulled her up though the small gap in which she fitted through easily and onto the roof.
"Michael hurry!" Lucian panicked he could hear the electrical pulse start up flowing though the wires about to trigger the bombs. Selene standing on the roof fell pale at the amount of explosives attached to the building.
"My God!" She was shocked at the rash actions of the coven.
Turning to see Lucian pull Michael from the hole she was also in time to see the bombs detonate, the building below cracked and shook violently as it gave way beneath them the last thing each of them saw before the main explosion was a large burst of orange flames along with a deafening rumbling followed with blackness.
Synch14: Thankyou for the information I needed if for a new feature coming soon on my site.
dArK-dAeMoIs-DeA: I had a fantastic holiday, found a few lotr locations by accident too. Wetraveled by helicopter to the mountains (the ones they used for the misty mountains in lotr) then hiked upFox Glacier. We went into the real underworld to and I can tell you now its bloody cold. 11 degrees max, and pitch black! Hahah you name is a little hard to type out thats all :P
Punk-rock-prinsses: Thankyou I cant help but leave a cliff hanger :) only one more chapter left.
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