Disclaimer- I don't own Underworld. If I did, people would hate me.

A/N:Sorry for the delay. I've been really busy lately.


Lucian and Raze looked at Mace, both absolutely appalled.

"And what is that called again ?" Lucian asked.

"Country Grammar," Mace said.

"Who sings it ?" Raze asked.

"Nelly," Mace said.

"That was one of the most obscene things that I have ever heard," Lucian said.

"I have worse," Mace said.

"Less obscenities," Khalid said. "Eli is still here, you know."

"How about Candy Shop ?" Mace asked.

"That doesn't sound too bad," Lucian said. Mace smiled and hit play on his CD player. When the song finished, Raze and Eli looked disgusted, Khalid and Michael were laughing, and Lucian looked completely confused.

"Nympho ? Lick the lollipop ?" Lucian asked. "I'm lost."

"I'll leave this one to you, Raze," Khalid said, standing up and starting to walk off.

"Oh, no you don't," Raze said, wrapping his arm around Khalid's waist and pulling her back. "He's your father."

"Prick," Khalid muttered.

"Only to you," Raze replied.

"Is anyone going to explaine this to me ?" Lucian asked.

"Nympho refers to nymphomania, the obsession and/or addiction to sex," Khalid said.

"Oh, my God," Lucian said.

"And, when he says lick the lollipop," Khalid said, starting to laugh,"he isn't talking about candy."

"God, that's disgusting," Lucian said. "That's what young people are listening to these days ?"

"Yep," Mace said. Everyone looked at Michael as he grabbed a chair and pulled up beside the door to Cadent's room.

"What ?" he asked, realizing he was being watched.

"You're guarding her," Raze said.

"So ? Lycans were the daylight guardians of the Vampires, right ?" Michael asked.

"Yeah, but that's not why you're doing it," Mace said.

"Why am I doing it, then ?"

"Because she's your intended mate," Mace said.

"Excuse me ?" Michael said.

"A male Lycan will always, always guard his intended mate, even if he hasn't realized that he has chosen her," Mace said.

"He's right, you know," Lucian said.

"So, I've subconsciously chosen Selene as my mate ?" Michael asked.

"Yep," Mace said.

"I really don't like how that works," Michael said

"You will," Lucian said. "Trust me."

"Hey, Khalid," Mace said, suddenly.

"What ?"

"M-4 incident," Mace said.

"Shut up," Khalid said. Just then, everyone heard a beeping sound.

"Sorry," Mace said, reaching into his pocket and pulling out a cell phone. "Text message."

"From...?" Raze asked.

"Damon. He's on his way to Ordoghaz, and he wants to know if his mission is still the same."

"Tell him that he needs to get clothes for Selene," Khalid said. "I doubt if she'd like any of my stuff."

"He'll do it," Mace said, putting away the phone.

"Well, I'm going to go put away my stuff," Khalid said. "Anyone coming with me ?"

"I am," Lucian said, standing up. Khalid was about to walk away, when she realized something.

"Uh, Raze," she said.

"Yeah ?"

"You're still holding onto my waist," Khalid said.

"Oh, sorry," Raze said, letting go of Khalid. As Khalid, Lucian, and Eli walked away, Mace grinned at Raze.

"You were enjoying that."

"Shut up, Mace," Raze said.

"She's your-"

"Don't start," Raze said.

"Well, she is," Mace said.

"Mace," Raze said, threateningly.

"Shutting up."


Khalid put her stuff down in a large room.

"Wow, it's just like I left it," she said.

"Well, we figured you'd be back," Lucian said.

"Figured, or hoped ?" Khalid asked, starting to unpack. After a few moments of silence, Lucian suddenly spoke up.

"We'd have thought no less of you, you know."

"What ?" Khalid asked.

"If you had hugged him, we'd have thought no less of you," Lucian said.

"Who ?"

"Raze," Lucian said.

"When ?" Khalid asked.

"When you realized it was him," Lucian said.

"You are saying this because...?"

"Because you looked like you wanted to hug him," Lucian said.

"I did not."

"Did too."

"Did not."

"Did too."

"Did-"

KNOCK KNOCK

Lucian and Khalid responded at the same time.

"Come in."

"Go away."

Khalid glared at Lucian as Raze walked in, his arms crossed behind his back.

"What weapons do you have, Khalid ?" he asked.

"My 1911s, a .25, and a .38," Khalid said.

"You don't have an M-4 ?" Raze asked.

"No," Khalid said.

"Here," Raze said, pulling an M-4 from behind his back. It only took one look for Khalid to realize what it was.

"No," Khalid said. "No, no, no. I do NOT want that thing back."

"Why not ?" Raze asked. "It's a good gun."

"Bad memories," Khalid said. "Very bad. Wait a minute. Have you had that thing this whole time?"

"Yeah, why ?"

"Only you would keep something like that," Khalid said.

"Khalid, take the gun," Raze said.

"Fine," Khalid mumured, taking the gun. "Whoa, this is a whole hell of a lot lighter than I remember it."

"I haven't changed it at all," Raze said.

"Uh-huh," Khalid said, disbelievingly. She pointed the gun at Raze.

"Duck and cover !" he yelled, diving across the bed.

"Not funny, Raze," Khalid said.

"I thought it was," Raze said, laughing. He stopped, however, when Khalid sent a bullet straight past his head.

"You loaded it ?" Khalid asked, glaring at Raze.

"No," Raze said. "I didn't do anything to it."

Khalid flipped over the gun, and looked at the magazine. There was an "M" carved into it. Khalid instantly knew whose it was.

"MACE !"


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