Adriana's P.O.V-

I roared in frustration as the time vortex spit us out, I landed beside my brother and turned away from him, I could tell that his aura was calm and cool, almost too relaxed for the grim failure.

"Those children are stronger than they look…" Corbett said I bristled at his comment.

"You are a fool, Corbett. You could have paralyzed them with ease, gone and got the Hourglass and we could have both the artifacts in our possession." I said, turning to face him, he remained cool.

"I was just having a little fun with our prey before we kill them." He gave an innocent shrug. "You know how it is with me Adriana." I tensed.

"Well this is the last time! Do you not care?! Do you not want our plan to work?" I shook my head at my brother's foolishness.

"Of course I care! How could you even think of accusing me of such a thing?! HOW?!" My brother now seethed with rage and clenched his fists, he took a step toward me; I remained calm for I knew that he would not harm me. He stopped a few inches from me and his shoulders fell and he turned away. "I them just as much as you…"

Normal P.O.V, Valerious Manor-

Kevin walked out of his room in Valerious Manor in a new set of clothes. He was wearing a white poet shirt, black pants and a pair of brown leather boots, a leather arm guard was around his right wrist, and on the leather was an intricate Celtic knot in the shape of a wolf's head. A dagger sheath was attached to his leg, at the moment it was empty. A belt hung lopsided just visible below his white shirt, a pistol was hanging just onto one of the loops, on another of the loops was a black scabbard containing a Katana that he just recently started to use.

He jumped onto the railing and slid down it, jumping off the end and landing easily in a squat. Kevin stood up and ran right into Kate.

"Sorry." Kevin said.

"It's ok." She blinked and smiled she tilted her head. "I was lookin for you guys anyway, Watcher left."

"Huh? And he didn't even stop an say goodbye." Kevin leaned casually on a wooden panel in the hall.

"Kev, he called me little angel."

Kevin blinked and immediately straightened up.

"What the?! How did he know about that?"

"I don't know…and he told me about a warning…"

"A warning? What kind of warning?" Kevin tilted his head like an owl and cocked an eyebrow.

Just then Abigail walked out of a room with a cup of tea in her hand, she was shaking her head.

"I swear that friar, sometimes he is just too absorbed in his books." She mumbled but then stopped and smiled at the two teens. "My Kevin don't you look dashing in your new clothes."

Kevin smiled and nodded. "They fit great, thank you for taking the trouble to have new ones made while I was away."

"It is no trouble at all, your old ones were so torn up that they could have fallen off you." Abigail laughed a tiny bit.

Kate smiled and jabbed Kevin in the ribs. "Yeah Kev, you do look rather gentleman like in those clothes." Kate gave a grin, Kevin gave a low bow and held out his arm. Abigail smiled.

"Kate, your clothes are in your room, as always." Abigail began to walk back to the kitchens when she stopped. "Dinner will be ready in a while, I shall call you two when it's ready so you can get the others." She then continued right on down the hall towards the kitchens.

Kate began to walk up towards the steps, Kevin followed.

"What about this warning now?"

Later-

Alice and Libby sat by the fire watching quite amused, as James carried in several armloads of firewood. He dropped them into a basket next to the fireplace and began throwing several logs onto the fire; finally he put the last one on the fire and collapsed in front of the blaze.

"Sure I'll be a gentleman!" He covered his head and let out a large shiver.

Kate and Kevin walked through the halls of the manor; Kate was now dressed in her new clothes. As it turned out her new clothes were really just a long sleeved black shirt and a new pair of pants, she had left them in her room, as she did not need them at the moment. Her hair was pulled back into her usual ponytail, secured with a bit of string.

"So Watcher just gave out the warning and left?" Kevin said raising an eyebrow.

"Yep, it was really odd, he almost seemed sad too." Kate replied, turning for the armory.

"Sad? You'd think he wud have some kinda detachment to the people he looks over."

"Yeah."

Van Helsing stood outside looking up at the stars. A pair of hands slid around his waist and caught him in a warm hug. He turned around and smiled down at Anna, enveloping her in an equally warm hug, he placed a kiss on her forehead, and she returned the kiss.

"Have I told you just how beautiful you are, lately?" Van Helsing said, smiling at Anna.

Carl stood on his tiptoes while pushing a book back into its place high on the shelf. He wobbled a bit and clutched at the latter and made a frightened face before taking a tentative step downwards.

"Hey…Hey mister!" A voice rang out from behind him, making the friar jump and miss a rung.

"Yeep!!" Carl slipped down the ladder a few rungs, stopped himself and put the sides of the object into a death grip. After a few minuet he turned around and sighed with relief.

"Ah, Marcum your awake, how are you feeling?" Carl climbed down the last few steps of the ladder and walked over to the teen that had moved into the room.

Marcum blinked. "Wait a sec.. aren't you Kate's friend from eastern Europe?"

"Well, technically yes."

"Technically?"

The form of a female figure moved down the darkened halls of Valerious Manor, her movements seemed to be carefully placed, as if she was being careful not to disturb anything.

"Damn it." She muttered silently. "I think I'm lost…" She stopped at a corner and looked both ways curiously; the hall to the left lead to a dead end with a painting of a great landscape on the wall; the hall to the right lead to a set of stairs that lead down into the darkness.

"Marc? Marc!" The female figure was Rachel. She looked both ways again and made a dash for the stairs. She reached the bottom and slowed down. A fire was going against the wall casting an eerie light over what appeared to be a large entrance hall. Columns shot up to the ceiling and painting of various people dressed in old style armor and clothing. Rachel wondered curiously around the hall until a particular portrait of a beautiful young woman with long chocolate brown curls of hair and a young man who was ruggedly handsome, his hair was like that of the woman's. Her jaw dropped and she just stared.

"Homygod!"

Upstairs-

A window blew up quietly and two figures dropped into Kate's room. Their yellow eyes glowing fiercely, they separated these two mysterious figures where Corbett and Adriana. Corbett gently and soundlessly shut the window and turned, his boots shoes should have made a clomping noise on the wooden floors but they remained soundless. Adriana moved, just as soundlessly as her sibling over to the drawers, opened them with ease and began to go through them, while Corbett stood glancing around his surroundings for a few minutes before gliding over the hard wooden floors and the carpeted part to a desk, he opened it up and began to rifle through it. No doubt what these two are looking for. This continued for a few seconds before Corbett looked up.

"Look what I have found." He said holding up the Hourglass, Adriana's eyes flashed and flared in the dark room.

"Is that what I think it is?" She said, in an almost disbelieving tone.

"How careless of them to leave it out in the open," He twirled it in his hands.

"Careful! You might break it." His sister hissed.

"Right where it can be taken. I know what I am doing Adriana." He finished a cold tone in his voice.

At that moment hurried footsteps could be heard from outside the door, the siblings froze.

Rachel's P.O.V-

I ran through the halls of this strange place and stopped at a room.

Where the hell is Marc?! He has got to see this!!

I grabbed the handle and threw open the door. A pitch-black room faced me, I my eyes snapped over the darkness, trying to see if anything was hidden in the dark expanse of a room.

"Wait… what's that?" I said under my breath and stepped inside the room. I could tell that the floor was carpeted, I moved toward the glowing object and stopped a few feet from it. I realized that it was an hourglass.

Eee! It glows!

I sat looking at it for a few seconds before setting it down, I turned to leave when something hit me.

Didn't that guy who was at Kate's party mention an hourglass?

I turned right back around, but, it was gone!

What the hell?!!? Since when do inanimate objects move on their own!!

I took several steps back towards the door and tripped over something and fell backwards on my butt.

"Owie…stupid chair." I mumbled I looked up and met with a pair of yellow eyes. I blinked as it didn't register exactly what I was looking at.

"Yellow dots? Since when do ceiling have glowing yellow dots…." At that moment they disappeared and reappeared. "AAAAHHHH!! EYES!!!!!!!!!!" I scrambled up and made a mad dash for the door but met with a body and was knocked back on the floor. I looked up fearfully at the form outlined in the light of the hall.

"Holy shit! Your that guy from Kate's party!!"

He smiled evilly and revealed a pair of fangs. "How good of you to remember."

"Meep."

Downstairs-

"What do you mean you got separated?" Van Helsing said, he was standing in font of

"Rachel and I were looking around upstairs and we got turned around someplace and then we got separated…sir." Marcum said casting his eyes downward. Carl had just given him an explanation as to where he was.

"This place is huge! She could be anywhere!" Libby said.

"I just hope-"

But Marcum was cut off when a scream ripped through the air. Van Helsing, Libby, Alice, Anna, Carl, James, Kevin and Kate took off towards the scream that emanated from upstairs. Van Helsing held his Tojo blades fast, Kate and Kevin each held a bow and a quiver of arrows was at their sides having just came in from outside, Anna had her usual sword, James held a book in his hands, Alice and Libby stopped at a suite of amore which held a pair of flails, they looked at each other, made a grab for them and ran to catch up with the others. Carl and James brought up the rear. They rounded a corner and pulled into the hallway where the teen's rooms were located, Kate stopped at the door to her room. Van Helsing pushed open the door to be met with an open window, he blinked and walked further into the room. He turned looked around a few times and shrugged. He turned back are when suddenly something dropped down and threw him towards the door. His feet left the ground and he slammed into the wooden paneled wall opposite of the door, hard.

Anna and Kate both looked into the room to see a pair of glowing eyes staring right back at them.

A/N: AH! I couldn't resist a little cliff hang! I hope this isn't too bad. I have a cold at the moment and am a little out of it. XX;