Pain.

It ached around her head like a bullet going off in her skull. Her temple throbbed as she lay in an awkward position on top of something, barely able to move. It was pitch black yet she could still see the bight light of the blast in her eyes as if it burnt the very sight of itself into her eye sockets. Letting in a gasp she began to cough wildly chocking on the thick dust of cement and fine debris, her chest ached bad as did her twisted spine. She could feel her warm blood seeping across her forehead leaking from the large cut she could also feel it dripping down her left forearm almost pouring like a tap from the large gash below her elbow and one across her shoulder that seemed to have taken most her fall.

Still coughing Selene's main intention was just to breathe eventually she coughed up grayish black goo and blood she had inhaled.

Lucian had been the first to come round, he had narrowly avoided being seriously harmed or squashed under any large debris, this however was strange. The very pole that held Sonja had landed above his head creating a barrier stopping anything from falling on him.

"Now isn't that strange… or is it" he muttered looking up to see a small ray of warm light beam though a hole above him showing him the way out. He smiled for a moment thinking of Sonja could this mean she was free? Watching over him? Either way a warm feeling seemed to come over him fully completing his inner peace. Crawling out from underneath the rubble he emerged with only a couple of scratches, he rose to face a warm sunrise lighting the day.

"Freedom… with or without loss" he barely took in any breath as he looked on over the rubble, Michael or Selene where no where to be seen, until he heard coughing close by from inside the rubble.

Selene flinched with fight when Lucian suddenly lifted one of the steel doors of what was the tomb making her think the rubble was going to cave in on her.

"You're alive" Lucian smiled her face filled with surprise at his warm smile and grateful tone of finding her alive.

She opened her mouth to talk when the dust caught the back of her throat making her go into a coughing fit again.

"Easy" Lucian climbed down to investigate her injuries, he already knew she was low on blood and with the gash in her arm she would surely not last much longer. Ripping fabric from his torn cloths he firmly bandaged her elbow then tore then used the rest of his shirt to make a sling elevating her arm.

"Thank you nurse Lucian" She tried to smile.

"Good lord you have a sense of humor" Lucian slid his arm under her back and helped her to her feet.

"I can walk" She insisted. Lucian let her only to find she stumbled as soon as he let her go

"You're still too weak" he said picking her up carrying her across the rubble over to a small grass clearing.

As he sat her down her eyes suddenly realized light was filling the air as the suns rays suddenly shone upon her when the sun raised enough above the trees. Giving a loud screech feeling the hot sun on her skin and the bight light stinging her eyes she simply on natural reflex flung herself with everything she had and scrambled under a set of cracked wooden doors out of the suns reach.

"Selene" Lucian snapped annoyed since she gave him a fright more than anything else

"You don't need to run from the sun…" He stood watching her bundle up keeping as far away from the light as she could be.

He rolled his eyes

"Very well, I will look for Michael you can stay there" He stood up strait stretching his back then looked around looking for a place to start.

"Not much use in such a weak state anyway" he grumbled to himself beginning his search. Selene looked down at the skin of her free arm which had touched the suns rays to see it was not burnt only a light pink, almost the natural colour her skin should be rather than its pale milky white Vampyre tone.

It was a strange feeling, it tingled but did not burn… it was warmth heating her ice skin for the first time in over one hundred years. She had felt the suns burning power before, all Vampyre younglings learn the hard way the importance to keep out of the sun. Selene being her stubborn curious self pushed the boundaries on how much light could go on her until it burned and Viktor let her. He believed she had to learn for herself, in the back room above the dojo where Viktor had been observing her training with enthusiasm one of the small fanlight windows had been partly let open leaving a small ray of sunlight into the room. Viktor left it open for her to investigate, cruel yet he wanted her to learn rather then be killed. Hiding in the corner with a cold wet towel knowing she would investigate he had watched her walk in looking for him to find the light ray instead. Approaching it slowly she stuck her finger out poking slowly toward the ray of light only to find her hand got hotter at the very light reflection off the floor. Then something Viktor had not planned happened, the windows latch slipped letting more light though then planned dousing her hand and light UV reflection onto her arm and face. Still very young Selene hissed and screeched like a child throwing herself toward the wall holding her hand bursting into tears, weeping and wailing like a child at the sheer pain it was worse than any blade nicks, combat wounds or bullet wounds she had ever encountered.

Viktor marched over and quickly slammed the window shut then over to Selene he crouched beside her

"Give me your hand my child"

She lowered her head trying to hide her pain and tears putting out her bleeding hand. He placed the lovely cold towel over her arm it felt so soothing.

"It's alright every youngling does it. Do it once" he said

"And you'll never do it again" famous words that where too true. It was a lesson that hardened her on the pain factor, no bullet or weapon seemed to ever cause the same pain that had caused making her warrior side more vicious.

Selene cringed at the memory, not about the pain rather the repulsion now of him caring for her like a father, she was the only one who had his sympathy the only one he had apologized to, he had revealed how he felt terrible for letting to much sun in burning her more seriously than he had planned. Huddled watching the light get brighter she remained still her eyes slightly crunched up from the bright stinging, yet still fixed knowing sooner or later it would fill where she sat.

Lucian was having a hard time finding Michael. No matter where he stood it would cave in threatening to swallow him or topple onto him. And if Michael was covered in grey dust he would easily blend into the rubble making Lucian miss him completely since it would also hide his scent.

"Michael!" he called looking around.

No answer.

"Michael!" he yelled louder still no answer.

Hope began to fade in Lucian, he knew Michael was close to the blast hybrid or not it would blow anyone or thing to pieces. He only hoped he did not find half of Michael and have to look for the other half.

"Michael!" He continued to call making his way though the rubble.

Selene watched the light her eyes still squinting, but keenly she listened to Lucian calling for Michael and waiting for any response. Slowly Lucian got further away from her till she could barely hear him moving about at all.

Silence over the next minute seemed like an hour until she heard some of the debris cave in from afar.

"Lucian?" She called for him but there was no response.

"Lucian are you alright?"

"Lucian!" She yelled louder and louder, no reply.

"Fuck!..." her chest felt tight guilt suddenly grasped hold of her

"This is all my fault…" she muttered to herself, if she hadn't been so selfish and thought only of her herself and giving up over the past after both of them had come to rescue her only to be blown from the mansion and lose their lives leaving her alive and alone.

"What have I done" once again the sliver streaks slipped down her cheeks as her mind counted her losses over and over again.

Condemned to be alone and suffer though eternity, maybe she thought she did disserve to burn in the sun, for all she had done to others and herself for so long.

"Enough…" She told her getting to her feet, Michael was missing and Lucian could be in trouble, if she burned she burned if she didn't then she would find them both she was certain of that.

With hardly much strength but full of mental will she took a deep breath looking at the sunlit ground before her.

"Here it goes" she told herself shutting her eyes from the bright intense light, with a burst of courage she stepped out into the light revealing her whole body to the suns rays for the first time since she was human.

It was like stepping into an oven. Immediately her skin became pink taking a sharp breath she could barely breathe from the intense heat. She couldn't open her eyes the light was too much for them to handle, stumbling she became quickly disorientated. Blind, weak and hot she stumbled about trying to follow the direction she thought Lucian went but the to much before long she tripped on rubble and fell to the ground, she let out a screech hissing madly at the intense burn on her skin.

How it burned.

Bad.

She took in quick sharp breaths wanting to cool down she didn't think the death would take this long to burn her as she still lay fully in the sun. She realized. It was the Lycan part in her that was keeping her alive she had been a Vampyre for much longer, Michael and Lucian where Lycan at first used to the sun her body would have to slowly adapt.

However she made the decision if the sun didn't kill her she would not stop till she found them making her slowly pull herself to her feet again. With little energy but still so much will power she blindly stumbled though the rubble tripping and slipping, catching herself on sharp twisted metal adding many more cuts to the collection. The heat continued to burn making it feel like she had no skin left on her bare flesh, it seemed like the sun was tons of hot weight pushing her down. She couldn't stop she told herself pushing on though the heat, she could feel warm tears escape her eyes as she stumbled across something made of cold steel. The steel seemed nice on her hands, almost smiling for once wanting the cold she realized what this slightly twisted long steel shape was. A fridge.

"Yes!" She felt around the fridge seeing with her hands that it was on its side. Crouching down she climbed in wanting to escape the sun only for a few moments she got an even better deal. Her hands and side immediately submerged into a pool of chilled blood, and many blood packets that where contained from within.

"This is more like it" She licked her lips intoxicated with the delicious smell her eyes finally opening turning black. She lay down in the pool and packet mess of blood on the shady inside of the slightly twisted fridge, it was what she needed to regain her strength and heal her body. She was never fond of drinking cold blood but this one time it was an exception, the cool crimson pool sounded her red burnt skin that greedily absorbed the blood healing instantly. She picked up an un-torn packet and bit into it drinking the uncontaminated contents inside. She felt with every gulp and second her power and strength return to normal but then much more. The hybrid side was taking place she could feel the sheer strength build in her limbs, each of her muscles adjusted to its new ability.

Dropping the empty packet she greedily bit into another one wanting more. She drank until the power rose no more and her skin was back to its normal state.

Taking a deep breath she knew she had to leave her lovely chilled blood filled coffin and find the others. Covered in blood she submerged back into the sun, her eyes tightly shut again yet this time her skin did not burn. The blood left on her skin was acting like a barrier against the heat of the sun.

"Lucian!... Michael!" She called them, no reply.

"Fuck!" She cursed not able to see. It seemed pointless without her vision how was it possible to find either one of them?

Placing her hand over her eyes she left a thin gap though her fingers to barely see though hopefully to block out the suns rays. Opening her eyes was like two red hot pokers going into her eye sockets, but she saw enough to give her an idea. She was not to far off the trees, if she could get into the shade of the trees she may be able to climb the tree to have a better look at the rubble from a shaded area. It seemed a random stupid idea but it was the only thing she could think of it was better then moving blind about in the rubble like a blind rat though a maze.

It took her longer than she had planned to get to the trees but she made it despite the blood on her skin was beginning to dry loosing its cooling effect. Sighing with the cold softness of the shade Selene felt around on the ground for something to stand on to climb up the tree, jumping blind into a range of many branches was not a good idea unless she planed on embedding her face into bark.

She fluttered her eyes open for a second it didn't burn as bad as the first time allowing her to see a pile of grey concrete in front of her. Crawling over she attempted to move the rubble only to find it was soft. Too soft. Flesh soft. Her hands trailed the shape of what she thought was concrete to feel familiar human hands, broad chest then the face of Michael.

"Michael!" she forced open her eyes, as much as it burned she looked down at him lying on his side completely covered in grey dust and debris making him camouflage.

"Michael!" She called him trying to wake him. It seems the shoe was now on the other foot. Michael didn't answer only laid still she pushed the chunk of wall that sat on him to the side freeing him.

Gently she lifted his head and wiped the dust and dirt from his face revealing blood and the natural tan colour. Now she felt guilty

"I'm so sorry!" She checked for any signs of life there where none she could find. It tore her apart inside, he really loved her and now he was dead because of her she had recklessly thrown him away. Leaning over his body she began to wail with guilt she had lost the last person who ever really cared for her.

"…this is all my fault" she spoke resting her head down on his chest.

She instantly felt something rest on the back of her head causing her to stop weeping taking a sharp breath

"No... It isn't" Michael's voice crackled still exhausted from the battle earlier.

She sat up suddenly, instantly finding his blue eyes

"You're alive!" She smiled warmly.

"There's that beautiful smile you hide" He smiled wiping the tears from her cheeks. She gently placed her own hand on top of his that cupped her cheek.

"I thought I had lost you" she said leaning into his hand.

"I'm so sorry if I hadn't had been so selfish we would have got out, I…"

"Don't blame yourself you are safe that's all that mattered to me"

She noticed he had lost a lot of blood though countless injuries

"You need blood!"

"It's too late" Now Michael was the one giving in

"No there is a fridge full of blood close by it will heal you"

"Selene…"

"Shut up don't argue you where willing to lose your life to save me, I am for you because I'm not going on without you. You where right Michael we only have each other, now get yourself over my shoulder and I will carry you" She grabbed his arm and yanked him up onto her back. Michael gave out a growl of pain as she lifted him with her new hybrid power and began to carry him though the rubble.

"Stubborn" he muttered but smiling she was back to her strong self

"Get used to it" she said keeping her eyes partly open. It seemed her eyes where slowly adjusting to the light, the burning became less each time she blinked.

"And don't you dare die on me" She ordered glad the fridge was now in sight.

"I don't plan on it" he tried to keep a good temper resisting the pain he was happy she was alive but her blind stumbling though the rubble was causing more pain in his back where most his injuries where.

"Here" She laid him down next to the fridge then opened it up revealing the blood inside.

"Time for blood bath" he joked. She looked at him blankly not understanding

"Didn't think you where the movie type its just a saying" he kept his high sprits as she rolled him inside.

He physically wanted to be sick the idea of literately bathing in blood made his stomach churn. Immediately his body soaked up the remaining blood from the split packets.

"This is disgusting!" he swallowed hard.

"Your body needs it, believe me you'll get over it" She said biting a full packet open.

"Here" she handed him the packet taking it to his mouth

"No!" he refused

"Its clone don't worry"

"I can't"

"Michael you need it, don't worry its not as bad as you think" She pushed it against his mouth. He didn't open his mouth just looked at her like a child not wanting to eat his vegetables

"Don't make me force feed you" She grabbed his nose anyway so he had to open his mouth to breathe. He tried to resist but he needed to breathe and eventually opened his mouth knowing for well she was right he did need the blood. Screwing up his nose and eyes he let the thick liquid pour into his mouth immediately he wanted to spit it out and be sick yet did his best to hold it in his mouth.

"Swallow"

He forced himself to swallow when something strange came over him, he wanted more it was not like the blood he knew now it seemed mouth watering, his stomach growled for more, the taste changed and the natural thirst he had tried to contain took over. He grabbed the packet himself and took another gulp

"See it's not so bad, you'll find nothing can satisfy you hunger or thirst like blood can, it's the Vampyre nature and habits. Viktor did to me what I just did to you, I refused to drink it for at least three days. It was animal blood then he tried locking me in my room with only the glass of blood but I got out though the bathroom" Selene smiled with a hint of a laugh remembering her first days as a Vampyre.

"He eventually chased me down gabbed me by the scruff of the neck and held my mouth open till I opened my mouth and poured it down my throat. All the rest of the coven couldn't believe he ran after me to do it… I was his daughter and got away with it. Some how I saw a gleam of satisfaction or fun in his face maybe it's what he did with his daughter… who knows" She told him while he drank. He was surprised she spoke up so easy about Viktor after what he had done.

"You really loved him as a father"

She lowered her head a little bit

"He was a father to me longer then my real father… my real father favored my sister more than me she was his first born. With Viktor I got all the attention, maybe that's why I was so willing I suppose. And of course then I thought he had saved me"

Michael saw the sadness return to her eyes

"Hard to believe you ran around like a kid"

"The thing is I was then. I was twenty when Viktor bit me, in my time when you're that age your still considered a big kid, I used to play with my nieces so I was used to games"

"The youngest takes the longest to grow up cause they are always called the baby of the family, it's hard to see you as a child you look older" Michael smirked savoring the moments of Selene opening up talking about her family without crying for once, it was good memories for once.

She smiled

"To a Vampyre you're still a child at that age. It changed as soon as I joined the death dealers do age visually but very, very slowly. There are ways to avoid it"

"How? Taxidermist?" he said smiling at her, she looked so beautiful with the sun on her skin it made her pale face glow with warmth as she smiled at his joke. He thought his ears deceived him when he heard a rare sound of a short soft laugh leave her mouth. She herself hadn't even noticed she was still sitting in the light or was smiling

"Blood baths" she answered.

"Blood baths…. Like what I'm having?"

"Yes, its how the elder Amelia stayed looking so young" She rummaged though picking up full packets of blood.

"Lucian might need these"

"Lucian! Where is he?"

"I don't know he disappeared"

"So you have seen him?"

"Yes he pulled me out the ruin and went looking for you, I heard a crash and it went quiet"

"We have to find him"

"Not until you have healed"

"My back is fine I'm all good let's go" He almost bowled her over climbing out.

He helped her to her feet immediately she closed her eyes as she faced the light.

"I'll lead you" He took her hand that actually had some warmth in it now

"You're warm" He said as he led her through the ruin. Selene had only just noticed the blood had dried and flaked off her skin leaving it bare to the sunlight. It warm, that's what seemed to be making her happier, along with Michael at her side leading the way she trusted him somehow after so many lies she trusted him he was different… she loved him. She couldn't say it not yet but she loved him, her mother had told her she would know when she found love she told her she would know when she found love instantly. It was true.

Lucian kept his eyes shut scratching his head. Slowly stretching he yawned stretching his arms out above his head. His ears picked up the roaring of the engine it gave a smooth purr running as it should.

"Son of a…!" Lucian yelped suddenly opening his eyes as the flight attendant bashed his elbow with the food trolley.

"Oh I'm so sorry Sir, can I get you anything"

"No" he grumbled looking across at Selene and Michael sitting in the seats next to him. Selene looked up at him though her light sensitive glasses from looking out the window, it was the first time she had ever flown and was enjoying every bit of it. She sat in the sun that she had now grown used to she only had to wear shades to protect her eyes.

Michael sat between them still asleep, his head back mouth wide open with earphones from his player in his ears blocking out all sounds.

Lucian looked back toward the front of the plane, Selene looked back out the window. It had been a week since the Mansion fell. They had found Lucian down a hole perfectly fine only knocked out. Now it all seemed to be in the past they had left Europe heading for the pacific into the lands of sunlight leaving everything behind finally moving on.

"So how does it feel to finally be free?" Lucian spoke up drawing her attention back to him. She looked out the window at the daylight then back at him again

"Warm" she smiled a little.

There was another silence between them except for Michael's half open mouth that gave a slight snore.

"I know we have all moved on… but I found this when I was in the rubble" Lucian reached into his pocket and pulled out an envelope then held it out for her to take. She immediately knew what it was

"Sorry it took so long to give back" he watched her take the envelope and opened it. Reaching in with two fingers she pulled out the black and white photo of her family.

"It's a little damaged around the edge but the general picture is fine"

She looked down at the photo like she had done many times before. He watched her expression change into a frown

"Something wrong?"

"No… Something is right" She looked up then gave a smile.

"It doesn't hurt anymore" Her eyes fell on him holding Sonja's pendant his eyes followed hers to his hand.

"I know exactly what you mean"

Well thats the last chapter for Goodnight moon. Thankyou for taking the time to read my short story, now Im moving on to finish Reminise for once lived Hyms. Once that is done I will not write till Underworld evolution is released, I may write for that if its any good.

Thankyou again for your time, patienceand wonderful reveiws

-Evelyn-

Synch14: Sorry don't know much about Kahn, hardly much is said about him. It says in the book know one knows who bit him or where he was from. Either way he was very skilled in combat giving him the rank of leading the death dealers quickly.

dArK-dAeMoIs-DeA: Sure I took heaps of pictures just email me cause I cant find you email and I will send them to you. Nope no memorial. They are not sorry the mansion is gone in this one hehe.

Mel: Haha your lovely review was repeated five times, wonder what happened there lol. Thankyou very much that means alot to me :)

Aseawen: Yup the country is just one big kiwi fruit vine. Did you know kiwifruit vine bark makes cats high? its really funny we used to have one and our cat kept smooching it and chewing on the bark leaving him high as a kite unable to stand up strait. Argh I just cant kill Selene. Its obvious she is my fav character, I just cant kill her. I can kill any other character but I just cant kill Selene. Thanks for keeping with the story.

Punk-rock-prinsses: Mean? you mean with cliffhangers? Im getting bit of a reputation for nasty cliff hangers. No no sequel for Goodnight moon Iwant to finish the trilogy at the moment :). Thankyoufor sticking with the story :)