Ryan collapsed onto a leather chair, as did Michael but Selene sat down and waited for someone to start a conversation.
"Does anyone have a plan?" Asked Michael while pressing a hand to a cut on his head.
"No, not at the moment, I will need to think." Ryan had his hands to his ribs.
"We can't just sit here and wait for those two to destroy each other." Said Selene.
"Why not?" asked Michael.
"Because at full power those two could level the city. Anybody want something to drink."
Said Ryan who was now moving towards a door, which led to a "Wine" Cellar. Both replied no.
"Do we have anyway of fighting Anub'Arak?" asked Selene, as she was slowly falling further and further into her old depressed self.
"No, not to my knowledge." Said Ryan as he drank his fill.
"What can we do?" asked Selene.
"We can help Anubis I suppose." Ryan said as he polished off more "wine."
"Yes, but how could we help him? Anub'Arak is far too strong for us." Said Michael.
"Well, we could bring him many people to feast on, make sure that he has his power restored."
"Well there is no point in stuffing him all the time, we will have to pace it somewhat." Said Selene.
Ryan sat at a piano and started playing one of his sad songs, his face was emotionless and he bobbed it from side to side or backwards and forwards, after awhile he sped up, he went faster and faster until he was moving faster than any human could hope to move, his piano was releasing an furious song.
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A Lycon walked the cold empty streets of Egypt, he moved down an alleyway that would lead to a market. He was looking for a nice human to feast on, perhaps a girl to start off, a young one, yes a nice tender one and then he would move on to an older one. As he walked towards the market he got a smell. It was the smell of death, and a lot of it, a real bloodbath. Although it wasn't a bloodbath as he couldn't smell blood, but he could smell everything else that should be there. When he reached the marketplace he saw what he smelled earlier. The market was strewn with corpses, and by the smell of things it was Anub'Araks work.
"I better report this to the boss." The Lycon got a smell that had eluded him moments ago. He spun around to find Anub'Arak right at his face.
"You will report nothing to your boss child!" The Lycon went to transform but Anub'Arak grabbed him by the throat when he was part way through. Anub'Arak strangled him and when he was about to die Anub'Arak loosened up a bit and started drinking on the Lycon.
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Ryan had moved from the piano to the violin, playing more sad songs, he didn't speed this time, he just played and thought about what would be his next move.
Selene stood with her head to a wall, also thinking. Michael was getting impatient; he wanted to do something he wanted to strike Anub'Arak now with everything Ryan had at his disposal, every Vampire and every Lycon. He wanted to just hold off Anub'Arak for as long as possible, he wanted to do him as much harm as possible so that Anubis could finish the job.
"That is a very valiant idea Michael." Said Ryan, still playing the violin.
"Thank you, but could you do me a favour?"
"That would depend on the favour."
"Well, could you not read my mind?"
"Mmmm…no."
"Right, well." Michael had nothing else to say.
"I am going to warn the other Covens. I shall send word to Germany, to Ireland, to Australia, to France and to America." Said Ryan.
"Is that all the Covens?" asked Selene.
"Of course not! Just the ones I can think of at the moment."
"Oh." She sat down on a leather chair and started thinking of Hungary, thinking if perhaps the war had started again, it probably had…but maybe it hadn't.
"Will you go to Hungary for me?" Asked Ryan to Selene. Selene raised her head in surprise.
"I…I…I don't know, what about Markus? Won't he be after me and Michael?"
"Absolutely! That's why you should go, you know where to go and he will be looking for you."
"That doesn't sound very smart to me." Said Michael.
"Perhaps, but it would be safe, I will make both of you strong enough to defend yourselves."
"How?" asked Michael.
"Have you learned nothing in your time with me?" said Ryan with a boyish scowl.
"Well yeah just…"
"You shall both feed on me, my blood will make you stronger. The older the blood the stronger, don't worry its perfectly safe."
"Well then, lets do it, we need to warn the underworld." Said Selene as she walked over to Ryan and he presented his wrist. She dug her teeth in and felt his blood rush in, his blood was amazing, it was like liquid fire or the strongest wine, when it came to him asking her to stop she couldn't.
"Get off!" He roared, but she couldn't the blood was to good, it had enslaved her, she needed to continue. He dragged her off and threw her across the room and then he collapsed.
Selene got up from the table she had landed on and wiped her lips, there was a little blood left, which she quickly sucked off her hand.
"I apologise, if you are awake that is." Said Selene.
"You are forgiven, but please, learn a little restraint." Said Ryan, still lying on his back. He slowly got up; he had to lift himself up onto a chair.
"Michael could you go down there and bring me a bottle. Thank you." Asked Ryan, while brushing some hair from his face. Michael walked down a few steps that led to a very warm wine cellar; of course no human would enjoy this "red wine." It was extremely warm down there and he had to put his coat over his hand when holding the bottle as not to burn himself. He walked up the steps back to the room where Selene and Ryan sat silently.
"Jesus Christ it's hot down there. Watch yourself the bottle is hot." Said Michael as he handed Ryan the bottle. Ryan just took off the cork and started drinking, he took several large gulps then offered some around, Selene took some but found that its taste was mild compared to Ryan's ancient blood.
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Anubis walked through the streets of London; he had acquired clothes from a victim, a butler in some large house. He had learned to read and write English from the butler, he had drained it from his brain the way Anub'Arak had.
The streets were empty and cold, he found that London was not the best place for someone like him, there where Vampires and Lycons across the ocean, he could feel them. It felt the Irish Coven, one of the oldest Covens on the planet, just younger then the German coven and both where a few centuries younger then the Egyptian Coven.
He decided to find these Vampires and Lycons, he started to run, then he went faster and faster, soon he was nothing but an insignificant blur to anything that saw him. When he reached the water he just continued, he ran on the water as if he was the Son of God. As he approached the coast the sun started to come up, this was of course nothing to him, a little sunlight was nothing to someone so old and powerful, his Lycon power also gave protection. He slowed down once he was on the Emerald Isle's and he jumped up onto a roof, he started running from roof to roof, he had many miles to cover yet, but he could feel them, he could sense every individual Vampire and Lycon, he could feel there movement, he could tell that the older members could feel him. He would reach the Coven safe house in minutes, when he did a Vampire was waiting for him. A thin blond figure was waiting.
"And you are?" Asked Anubis.
"I am Philip, I lead this Coven. I know who you are, and your presence leads to questions, why are you here?"
"I am here because I choose to be here."
"Amazing, now come in quickly!" They all ran inside to escape the rising sun.
Gevaden: That's another chapter. I hope you enjoy it, If you have any suggestions for the storyline I would appreciate them, If you have any complaints I would also appreciate them. Anything else would be appreciated. If you would like a character from one of your fics to make an appearance just tell me, perhaps say what you'd like them to do in the story, which side shall they take? Because a war is starting, I promise…