I am relatively pleased with myself cause this is a reasonably long chapter for me. I hope you guys like it!

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IMPORTANTISH NOTE: The hilt of a knife is the handle bit. At least I think so...Anyway, I think hilt sounds much cooler than handle.

Chapter 10

What just happened:

Deya and Brianna helped support Lukas as they made their way through the forest, as quickly and as silently as possible. Stumbling through the undergrowth, Brianna expected the guards to find them at any moment. Several times the group were forced to hides amongst the trees to avoid being detected. They're systematically searching through the forest, Brianna realised, they'll be getting to the perimeter any moment now. Forcing the others to speed up, Brianna rushed towards the edge of the forest, knowing that the perimeter couldn't be far away from there. Horrified, she came upon a scene of around fire vampires were brutally attacking Michael, who was valiantly trying to stop any of them reaching the girl who lay unconscious behind him.

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"Don't let him change!" Brianna yelled to Deya but it was too late. Lukas had already changed into a wolf and was leaping in to battle. Running forward, Brianna tried to stop him, knowing that he wouldn't be able to hold up much longer. But the vampires who had seen them approaching turned around to face them began to charge.

Before the first of the vampires could reach them, Deya had thrown a ball of fire at him and knocked him down. Lukas hurled himself at one of the vampires and began to attack him mercilessly. One of the vampires managed to get past them both and headed straight for Brianna. Dodging a punch, she grabbed the vampire's arm and pulled him forward causing him to stumble and fall. He soon recovered and started to try and stand up when Brianna aimed a precise kick to his head which left him unconscious.

Deya aimed a blast of magic at another vampire, who immediately fell to the ground. Two vampires, who seemed to have come from nowhere, began to attack Lukas so Brianna took a knife from, the unconscious vampire next to her and launched herself at one of the vampires. Pinning him to the ground, Brianna used the hilt of the knife to knock him out, giving Lukas enough time to finish off the other vampire.

Michael finally managed to get the better of the vampire who he'd been struggling against, meaning the last of the vampires had fallen. Searching the pockets of the nearest vampire, Brianna found a mobile phone. Quickly dialing in a familiar number, Brianna waited for him to pick up.

"Who are you calling?" Michael asked in between gasps, still breathless from the fight.

"An old friend." A wry smile spread across Brianna's face.

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In a matter of minutes, Ash had pulled up in a red sports car next to the fence which Brianna and the others were stuck behind. Pushing up his sunglasses on to the top of his head, Ash took in the scene before him. Two seemingly unhurt girls and two obviously injured males with bodies littering the ground all around them, one of them being the fair haired unconscious girl behind Michael.

"Need a lift?" Ash offered, climbing out of his car with a grin.

"Took you long enough." Lukas muttered to himself loudly, so that Ash was able to hear him.

"Lukas, I think we all know you're just bitter because you haven't got a car like my baby." After patting his car lovingly, Ash pulled out a large pair of bolt cutters from the back of his car. It wasn't long before he had used the huge cutter to cut out a sizeable whole of the fence, leaving a gaping hole for the others to climb through.

"How the hell do you know Lukas?" Brianna questioned Ash after she had introduced Michael and Deya to him. Together they carried the unconscious body of the girl to the car, and carefully placed her on one of the back seats.

"Didn't little Lukie Poo tell you?" Ash replied cheerfully, as Lukas scowled at him. "He's a Daybreaker to. That's why he ended up here."

"The only reason I was stuck here in the first place was because you couldn't do your job properly and shut down the vampire gang!" Lukas retorted angrily.

"It wasn't my job. It was hers!" Ash replied, pointed an accusing finger at Brianna. "She's the one was supposed to be finding this place."

"Well I found it, didn't I?" Brianna looked back to Deya helping Michael to limp over to the car. Wincing as he sat down on the floor next to it, Deya looked over his injuries.

"Aww! My poor baby." Deya carefully peeled away the bloodied material of his trousers to find another deep cut and then finding another cut on his face. "You were so brave."

"Maybe you could kiss it better?" Michael asked hopefully. Laughing, Deya kissed him on the forehead, near to where his cut was/

"You make me sick." Lukas glared at the happy couple in a very menacing manner.

"Just cause you're feeling left out!" Brianna went over to Lukas and kissed him on the cheek and Lukas, to Ash's great amusement, turned a beetroot red.

After healing Lukas and Michael, Deya and the rest of them climbed into the car. Michael sat in the front with Ash, who was driving. Deya, Lukas and Brianna were sitting on the back seat with the still unconscious girl. Deya had wanted to be next to the girl incase she woke up, and Lukas had refused to let Michael and Deya sit next to each other on the grounds he would be sick on them both if they started acting all 'coupley'.

Narrowly avoiding one of the vampire patrol cars, they managed to get out of the area of the vampire head quarters completely. The car journey was a long one as Ash had decided they should try and get as far away from Dorian as possible, as chance were that he wasn't going to be to pleased when he found out they had all escaped.

Resting her head on Lukas' shoulder, Brianna closed her eyes and relaxed. Gingerly, Lukas put his arm around her so Brianna snuggled up to him, finally feeling safe and protected. Yawning loudly, Brianna began to dose off to sleep as the days events caught up on her. I'm finally safe, Brianna thought to herself sleepily. I escaped. Knowing that she probably would never see Dorian again left her feeling slightly sad, though she knew at least now she wouldn't have to worry about him finding the other Daybreakers. But for once forgetting her problems, Brianna drifted off to sleep feeling happier than she had for days.

Authors notes:

incarnated-soul: Yes you were right Mrs. Clever. And don't worry Dorian will get his own back…eventually. At least I think so! But no Dorian can't feel that Brianna's alive as I have randomly decided that he can't. Maybe their link isn't that strong or something? I'm not sure. Can you think up a reason why? Thanks for your review! They are always in depth and point out any stupid mistakes of mine. You are a very good reviewer. And also an annoyingly good writer. Your stories are aggravatingly well written. Why can't I be as good a writer as you?

Gi Xian: I have tried to update as quickly as I can! I hope you liked this chapter. What do you think of the story so far? Anything I should change? Thanks for reviewing my other stories by the way! I love getting reviews! Are you going to write a story soon? As I would love to read one of yours. Important question: Who do you prefer, Lukas or Dorian?

dragonzrox3000: You are so nice! Thanks for saying I am 'one heck of a writer.' No one has ever said that to me before. You're so great! Thanks for reviewing my story. I love getting your reviews! Though they will probably give me a big head…. It's so nice of you to say all my chapters are good! Even if it isn't true…some of them are probably rubbish but I haven't got time to go over them. I think you should definitely try to write a story as I would love to read one of yours!