Anubis, Khalid and Khentimentiu had been told to leave the manor grounds by their evil master, Ammon. It was a good thing too; they were all getting hungry for the delectable crimson liquid they cherished so much. Even Anubis was beginning to become a bit snappish due to the blood hunger that raged inside of him. They had been walking around for quite a while and had not caught sight of a single human.

"We should have eaten the girl!" Khentimentiu growled, fangs protruding over his bottom lip. He licked them hungrily. "I don't want to have to search for my food when it was right there!"

"Shut up," Anubis snarled, "there wasn't enough of her to feed all three of us. Besides, there are thirty humans walking in the park a few blocks from here. You can eat as many as you want then."

Khentimentiu's pace quickened. He was obviously anxious to feed tonight. And when he would finally sink his teeth into the mortal's succulent throat and taste the coppery liquid flow down his throat in a gushing stream...bliss. He began to run suddenly and the others had to jog to keep up with him. A wicked smirk twisted his face into a portrait of insane delight when he found that what Anubis had said was true. There were indeed thirty humans in the park. He didn't wait for Khalid and Anubis to catch up; Khentimentiu launched himself at the nearest person, a young man just graduated from college, and bit fiercely into his throat, purring when the throat's nectar poured down his. It was beyond heavenly.

As the other two vampires arrived and claimed their own victims all hell broke loose. The people still alive panicked and fled, running every direction possible to get away from the hungry hunters. Sadly, none got away alive or in one piece. They were all slaughtered, bodies lying bloodless on the ground and staining the grass red. It was after that that Anubis regained his senses. They had been lost in the world of hunger and all reason had deceived him. He looked at his hands, his massive chest and stomach; even his arms were covered in blood. His hands shook and his teeth gritted tightly. It was all he could do to keep himself from screaming in anger and disappointment in himself.

Khalid put a hand on his shoulder with a bloody, fanged grin. "It's such a rush, isn't it?"

Anubis hissed at him, fangs still lengthened. He pushed his hand off and stormed away, not quite sure how to deal with the emotions that were raging inside of him right now. It had felt so good, so right, when he was killing and feeding like Khentimentiu and Khalid, but now it felt wrong.

Khentimentiu licked blood from underneath his fingernails. "What's his problem?"

"I don't care," was Khalid's quick reply. "But I think he's starting to side with the mortals. He's been acting so strangely since he dragged that girl off to his room."

"If she becomes a problem she'll have to die. Lord Osiris requires all of us to offer ourselves to him so he can be resurrected."

Khalid grunted. "I don't like having to give up my soul and power to him. I can't see why he needs us to regain his power."

"Human souls are not enough to fuel his life. They are too weak. However, if Runihura is doing as we planned, only Yami's soul will be sacrificed to Lord Osiris. His soul alone could revive our Lord three times."

They both laughed.

"Then he won't be a roadblock in our plans to destroy all light and the life that clings to it desperately. Darkness and death will reign supreme and we will be as gods."

Anubis had heard what they had said and he did not like it. He knew that Yami was essential in their plans and if he escaped from their scheme then the world would have a better chance. He snuck off while the two loyal ones were talking together evilly and followed the scent of Runihura's blood to the Shrine of Osiris. All he needed to do was—

A siren began to blare. He had tripped an alarm and the police had arrived on the scene already. It seemed that Yami had missed one of the alarms and Anubis had set it off. He hated to do such things, but the police had to die. He couldn't let anything stand between him and telling Yami of the loyal one's plan to sacrifice him to Osiris.