Chapter 40:
-The Master of the Underworld-
Meanwhile Kathleen and Erika woke up again, however also somewhat confused what was going on and sought Alex.Inconspicuously, then they tried to crawl across to him however, had Taylor already noticed them and gave the order to hold them. They were lifted unceremoniously from two Lycans at their throats and held on by their claws and suddenly also Selene and the two Lycans became grasped, however refused and broke the Lycans the necks and hurled two further into the crowd and yelled provoked.Michael threw his friends a short gaze to, that they should calm down.
"They won't move, if I don't want it." insured Michael Taylor. "Leave them alone; it's rather about me here, not true? You want to kill me...go on, but leaves them out of the game."Without to attaché great importance to it, whether he now was attacked or not, he went to Alex, turned his body to himself and looked again at the sore, that was newly, however, had healed soon. Alex winked and took a deep breath. As he perceived Michael, he smiled.
"Dad, I am sorry... "
"It's not your fault. It's gonna be fine, I will make sure for it." Michael smiled back and opened his mouth, bit himself into his wrist and handed it at Alex's mouth to strengthen him a bit. Then, Michael got up and faced Taylor.
"Your father was possibly weak and as you said, a abomination. I however, am complete, thanks to Alexander."
"What shall this mean? Alexander exists no more and you will keep him company." Michael only grinned shamelessly. "What should this grinning?"
"You're right, Alexander exists no more or only indirectly. He lives on within me and he was the one who saved me from your death.I found him and I consumed his flesh and blood and I know the past and more..."
"And this should scare me now. Kill him!" Taylor screamed. Michael threw off his coat and changed within seconds into his mighty hybrid shape. He was bitten, scratched and shot from all sides and they full-pumped him with silver nitrate and also with radioactive bullets, however, whatever they did it didn't detain the enormous hybrid and his wounds had healed in no time.Now, it was Michael's turn to serve a few hits at them and there was no escape. He was too fast and also too strong, not even five Lycans all at once had a chance.Michael roared, snarled and drilled his teeth into his aggressors and bit them the half neck away, so that they bled to death. He shattered some the skulls and their individual bones. As the remaining ones then refused to fight against this enormously monster, Taylor got his sword out and got ready for the fight. He hissed and cursed Michael, who had waited only for this moment.
"Dad!" Alex suddenly screamed, concerned about his father and wanted to come to help for him, but Michael turned around shortly and hissed, in order to say Alex, that he should stay there where he was and so he did...not only because his father asked for it of him but because he was afraid of his own father.However, Alex kept other enemies away from himself. But in this moment, no one dared it anymore, to get close one of the hybrids. Suddenly a more bestial hell scream sounded and as all looked around, they saw, as Taylor directly with pleasure and full of joy had rammed his sword through Michael's heart and pushed it in right down. Michael growled and hurled Taylor with one powerful push backwards at the wall, where he then fell to the ground. Michael pulled the sword out of his chest and shattered it with one hand. For a short moment, Michael changed back, not because he was weakened, no he had still something to say, before he consumed Taylor's elixir of life and nothing would be left of him, all what one could see of his hybrid side, were his black eyes. Slowly, he approached Taylor.
"First, I actually didn't intend to kill you, Taylor, cause I actually wanted to know more about my family, however, since I now know, that it is you who hates his own family and even yourself, so it seems I don't have any choice."
"You really think that you know me..." he hissed angrily.
"In the contrast to you or the wrong bastard Kraven, I don't abuse my companions about to take care of my dirt-works, because I do it by myself. I force them to nothing and I never will. I call them friends and not my jackals. Your time is over, Taylor. I promise one thing, if you're no more, Lycans also like vampires will be free from the slavery and if they want a master, they get him."
"And you should be the one exactly!" Taylor snapped.
"If they accept it...then yes." Michael finally had realized his fate and took over the place as the sole master over both species, but as long as Taylor was in his way, there will be never a balance and for a very long time Michael can't find peace. Taylor hissed, and jumped Michael so to say into the face and threw him onto hid back and scarred his face.Michael cried out. Under Taylor's fingers, the muscles and the skin of Michael began to mutate, and suddenly a powerful claw seized Taylor's throat. Michael didn't let loosely this time but his grasp became tighter.Desperately Taylor tried to free himself from this monster, however all what he got left was to gasp for air and gargling. Suddenly Dianira screamed from the back and ran Taylor to help. she tried to strangle Michael with her own hands, but the free hand of the furious hybrid grasped to the back and seized without showing pity for the female vampire at the throat and sent her flying over Taylor away. She clearly didn't have any chance against this beast and as it seemed, it was also over for Taylor...her single companion and love. Then it was over. The breaking of bones the sounded and the head of Taylor dangled lifelessly on side. Triumphantly, Michael roared and last but not least and to his satisfaction... his fangs penetrated into the aorta of his deserted victim and sucked the ancient and liquid fire out.All around him had to look at this bizarre drama and Alex felt strange, as Michael began his victim to distort piece by piece, how a beast from a horror film. Smacks, sucks and the biting sounded barbaric and inhuman. As Michael was finished, he only knelt there, on his arms supported and panted. Suddenly, his cold gaze wandered to Kraven that kept himself back and wanted to make off again. Hardly Kraven had approached the exit, Michael already behind stood him growling and teeth baring.
„Not this time!" Michael growled. Kraven got his arms forth and shot the whole magazine on the breast of his opponent. Out of rage, Michael rammed his claw into the chest and pulled the heart out of his body.The screams fell silent, and everything what was left behind was dust. The blood streamed over Michael's body and dripped from his mouth.Now that his deadly enemies were dead, he could change back without the risk that he's getting attacked again. He paid no attention to the crowd and approached directly Dianira, which retreated anxiously from Michael and showed only her fangs that he should stay away from her. He knelt down before her without emotions.
"Do you hate me, for what I did?" it was an unexpected and strange question he asked. "The true traitors are dead. I'm sorry, what happened to your sister, it was all a plan of Kraven and Lucian, only about, to attain peace again in the clans." Dianira was surprised from his characteristic change. a few seconds ago, he was cold-blooded, emotionless and brutal and now...he apologized for something, what he had nothing to do with. She looked skeptically at him and wasn't sure, what he really intended to do with her.
"Who really are you?" was her direct and harsh question, her pride not lost.
"I am Michael Corvin, descendant of Alexander Corvinus and master of the underworld."
This answers shocked not only Dianira but also Kathleen, Erika and also Alex. Master of the underworld? Such a story didn't exist or only in the imagination and TVs.
"What?"
"I'm not here to lead a war and nourish myself pointlessly on immortal blood, only that you finally understand, that you chose the wrong way from the beginning and consequently believed in lies.I'm here, to end this war and I promise you all here, that I will keep out of your business and I only interfering in, if it's necessary, is that clear?" this speech was not only directional at Dianira but at all in this house, no matter whether vampire or Lycan, it was applicable to everyone. "The war is over!"
"Why do you let me alive, if you know that I wanted to kill your son?"
"because you actually don't hate me but furthermore the murderer at your sister and... such a strong wiled and more beautiful vampire like you it is, could teaches the other even much more, they need it."
"Why does everyone tell, how cruelly and dangerous you are... I know what I saw here and it confirms this however, how you talk...this contradicts it all."
Michael smiled a bit confused. „All fear me for a good reason, however, I am who I am and I'm Michael Corvin, not more not less. I am against force and I'm more human than you guess and I choose this life and I getting really pissed off if only somebody dares to disturb this. You leave me alone, I leave you alone, that's the deal. Now go and do whatever you want. You don't have to listen anymore to the lies."
"Thank you." she didn't know wherefore she actually thanked. That he was so honestly or because quite simply he let her alive? Both seemed to be inappropriate for her. Michael stretched out his hand for her, she looked at him... hesitated shortly and then she seized his hand and he helped her to stand up.He wasa puzzle for her, he acted out of his feelings and allwhat he did, was to protect his family... the ones he so loved. Love... a strange word in the world of immortality. It was only a word. Love was, if a vampire stroved after power and hunted people for fun. For Michael however, love was more than a word, it was a feeling, that he really felt and showed.Without turning around to her once again, Michael went to hissister and Erika, she embraced him and he was happy to find both uninjured. The small group left out the villa together, without further occurences, in the opposite, all yielded to Michael to the side from reverence.