This is my longest chapter so far. I'm so proud! I hope you like this chapter but I warn you the next one isn't as long. If you don't understand anything about this chapter just ask and I am sorry if I haven't made anything clear enough. What do youthink of the characters in this story? Who is your favourite? What do you think should happen? Please review with any comments, thoughts, questions or criticisms etc.

Chapter 6

Outside the cell, Brianna could hear someone talking in hushed voice. It was a man and a woman. Going closer to the door, Brianna was able to make out what they were saying.

'…did you feed the shape shifter then? The man interrogated scornfully.

'Of course I did!' The woman's voice was full of loathing. 'He was still pretty drowsy though but I think he can probably change by now. Nathaniel, we'll have to be careful…wolves are no walk in the park.'

'Only for those who don't know how to deal with them,' the man laughed mockingly at the woman. 'What about the girl?'

'She was still unconscious when I last checked…I better go check again.' The woman replied.

'Ok…I'll go get the next girl from the Drop Off. I'll be back soon.' Gradually the man's voice began to sound more and more distant. Then Brianna heard light foot steps travelling towards her cell.

Quickly, Brianna sprang up and hid next to the wall of the door, hoping the woman wouldn't be able to see her. Come on, Brianna prayed silently, open the door. Check that I'm here.

Waiting there trying not to make a noise, Brianna heard the footsteps grow distant then come back again. She was going to get a key, Brianna though triumphantly. She heard the key in the lock turning, and prepared herself.

The woman opened the door cautiously, looking for any signs of escape. As soon as the woman's head came into view, Brianna attacked. The woman hadn't had a chance and was unconscious before she had time to retaliate.

Grabbing the key, Brianna made her way outside, looking around warily making sure there was no sign of any other guards. Shutting the door behind her, Brianna quickly locked the door before the woman had time to wake up. Trying the key in the door next to her, Brianna was relieved to find out that it fitted. A skeleton key. Brianna began to unlock the door.

'What do you think you're doing?' It was the man again.

Brianna quickly unlocked the door then spun around to face him. She recognised him as one of the vampires who'd dragged her in. Brianna saw a pale, unconscious girl on the floor next the vampire. Her pale drained complexion told the tell tale signs of someone who has just had their blood sucked. Then Making sure he couldn't see, Brianna used her hand behind her back to open the door slightly. She could hear some kind of movement behind her but Brianna kept her eyes straight ahead.

'Look,' The vampire took a step towards her as he spoke. 'I don't want to have to hurt you. Your Dorian's prisoner and he'd kill me if you got hurt…but I'm sure he'd understand if he found out you were trying to escape. Now just get back into your cell and-'

But before he could finish a wolf had jumped out of the cell behind Brianna, pushing her out of the way, and had bounded on top of him, taking him to the ground. The wolf had attacked mercilessly but the vampire hadn't been prepared at all. So the fight lasted only a few minutes, leaving the wolf victorious and the vampire unconscious. The wolf quickly changed back into his human form, and Brianna soon found a tall, brown haired and haggard looking boy of around her own age standing before her. Though he was cut and bleeding in several places, he was still very good looking.

'The name's Lukas.' The boy's voice was harsh, as though he hadn't completely changed from being a wolf yet.

'I'm Brianna. Are there any others?' Brianna didn't have time for pleasantries.

'Yes, there's a witch in the cell two down from mine and I think there's a vampire down in the end cell. The rest are empty,' The boy was dragging the unconscious vampires' body into his now empty cell as he spoke. Brianna didn't bother asking how he knew. Wolf shape shifters had flawless hearing so he could easily have heard the guards talking. 'Don't worry. I'll look after the girl.'

Swiftly, Brianna retrieved the key from the lock of Lukas' cell and made her way to the next occupied cell. Inside, she saw a witch lying down on the bed looking pale and sickly. Her black hair hung limply over her face. Another of the vampire's victims. Pulling open the door, the girl looked up with an unmistakeable look of fear on her face.

'It's alright. I'm here to get you out of this-' Brianna paused, trying to think of the right words.

'Hell hole?' The girl offered, standing up to walk over to her.

'You got that right,' Brianna replied bitterly. 'I'm Brianna. I only just got here.'

'Well I'm sure you'll make a lasting impression by the way you're going,' The girl replied, a grin spreading across her face. 'My name's Deya. I'm a witch in the Circle of Twilight. And you are?'

'Brianna. I'm…an ex-vampire hunter,' Brianna replied as she walked out of the cell with Deya following her. 'There's a girl down there, she hurt. Do you think you could do anything for her?'

'I can try.' Deya headed off down the corridor, towards where Lukas and the girl were.

Making her way down to the end of the corridor, Brianna hurriedly opened the door. Guards could be coming any minute. A boy, the vampire, was pacing the room. His hands and arms had strange marks on. Then it dawned on her. They'd been torturing him.

'Look,' Brianna began, ushering him out of the room before he had a chance to speak and towards the others. 'I don't have much time to explain anything. To summarise we're escaping. I'm Brianna, an ex-vampire hunter. This is Lukas, a wolf shape shifter. And this is-'

'We've met.' The vampire interrupted.

At the sound of his voice, Deya looked up from the unconscious girl, and a look of pure joy spread across her face. Hurtling towards him, Deya practically knocked down the vampire who gathered her up in his arms.

'Look,' Lukas cut in. 'I'm sorry to break this touching reunion. But who are you?'

'I'm Michael…I used to be part of the Vampire Gang but-' The vampire explained.

'He found out I was his soulmate. He wanted to get of it but when he told them Dorian refused and-' Deya interrupted.

'And captured us both.' Michael finished. 'I overheard him saying he'd kill us all in a few days but I think he was probably just bluffing. Have any of you heard anything about it?'

'Well, I for one don't want to wait around to find out,' Lukas replied. 'We'd better set off before someone finds us here.'

Casually picking up the unconscious girl, Lukas led the way out of the cell area, followed by Brianna and the newly reunited couple. They soon came to the first floor of the factory, and managed to escape being detected though they had seen a few vampires patrolling the floor. Nearing the exit, Michael took the lead, using the back ways which were rarely used or known about by the rest of the gang members. Noiselessly, they passed through the empty corridors, expecting to meet a guard at any moment. Soon they came towards the exit, a huge metal door blocking their way.

'I'll get rid of it…' Lukas made his way towards the door and began picking at the lock with the knife he'd got from the vampire he'd previously fought. Stealthily, Lukas opened the door, only to find loud deafening sirens begin to sound throughout the factory. Footsteps suddenly began pounding down the corridor behind them.

'Go!' Brianna yelled, trying to raise her voice so they could hear her over the sirens, pushing Deya and Michael in front of her. 'I'll hold them off as long as I can. Just go!'

'I can help-' Lukas began.

'No! Take the girl. Go!' Brianna pushed them through the door to prevent them arguing anymore and slammed the door behind them. Turning to face her enemy, Brianna began preparing herself mentally for fighting. But when she turned, she found a pair of piercing blue eyes staring back at her…

Dorian.

Hee hee. A bit of a cliff hanger. I'll update as soon as I get a few reviews so if you are reading this, please review!