Mason was making crude remarks about the younger vampire women when Duncan walked in. He knocked on the door of the dojo, drawing Kahn and Mason's attention. Mason cocked his head to Kahn. "Come in." Mason said. Duncan walked briskly towards Kahn.
"What is it?" Kahn asked.
With a hint of confusion on his face, Mason said, "Selene said that you want to see me?"
Kahn and Mason exchanged puzzled looks. "No, I didn't." Then a horrible question reached Kahn's mind. "Did you leave the booth with anyone to take over?"
Duncan immediately avoided Kahn's eyes. "No…" he muttered. What do you mean, "No"!
Mason cut in. "You're saying that you came up here and left the crypts under no surveillance?"
Duncan gulped. "Yes, sir."
"Mason," Kahn ordered. "Get Kraven immediately. We may have trouble."
"Yes, sir."
What the hell is Selene up to now?
Minutes later, Kraven joined Kahn in the dojo. There were a few moments of silence. Kraven's walkie-talkie crackled, making everyone in the room jump.
"Sir?" Soren's gruff voice could be heard.
"Yes, Soren. What is it? What did you find?" Kraven demanded over the walkie-talkie.
"Nothing sir. No one is in there, and none of the crypts have been opened. Perhaps Selene was just playing a trick?" I can only hope that's what Selene was doing…
There was another brief moment of silence and then relief. Then Soren's voice crackled in again. "Sir?"
"What!" Kraven barked into the walkie-talkie.
"Sir, there's someone at the gate. I don't recognize him, but he's asking for Selene. You should get down here immediately."
Kraven answered, "I will be down there shortly." Kahn started to follow Kraven, when Kraven turned around. "Stay here."
"No way, I'm coming with you." Kahn said.
"Stay here."
Kraven turned around and left the room. After a few seconds of Kraven's footsteps retreating down the hall, Kahn muttered, "Fuck you, dick bag", and was surprised to hear the members in Soren's goon squad left in the room chuckle.
"Didya hear, Kahn?" Mason walked into the dojo with a perplexed look on his face.
"No, I didn't Mason. I've been here since Kraven walked out. Mr. Full-of-shit went to check who was at the gate." Kahn said.
"It was the human." Mason said.
Kahn sighed. I hate it when Mason gets all vague on me. "Which human, Mason? There are trillions on earth."
"Selene's human. The one that escaped before." This caught Kahn's attention. Why the fuck is he here? Doesn't this guy learn? Does he have a crush on Selene or something? Kahn chuckled at the thought of a human being infatuated with Selene.
"What'd he want?" Kahn asked.
"I don't know. But that's not what's bothering me." Kahn sighed again.
"What is it, then?" Kahn asked impatiently.
"Right before Selene left to her human, Kraven threatened to never let her back in here." Kahn looked at Mason.
"That's what's bothering you? That she may not come back?"
"No… she said that Viktor will have something to say about that."
Yeah, two centuries too late. "So? I'm sure by the time he's awake in 200 years–"
Mason interrupted him. "That's it. The way she said it, it was as if…"
"As if…?"
"As if she had awoken him." Mason said.
Kahn looked at Mason in disbelief. "Selene would never do that, Mason. She would have to be very –"
Mason interrupted again, "Pissed off?", with a smile.
"Yes," Kahn said. "Yes, pissed off. And even she would never be –"
Soren walked in and started to talk. Dammit, can't I get a sentence out anymore without being goddamn interrupted?
"Kahn. We have some," Soren cleared his throat. "…some news. Viktor, he's… he's awake."
"What!" Kahn exclaimed.
Mason smirked after a moment. "Selene musta been very pissed off…"
Mason entered the dojo again. "Yes?" Kahn asked.
"Selene's back, Kahn." he said. "And she's very pissed off."
"What makes you say that?"
"Well, Kraven caught her, and they yelled at each other. Then," Mason's smile grew wider. "Then, she punched him. Probably broke his nose, 'cuz he started bleeding. She got away from him, and now she's talking to Viktor."
Kahn chuckled. "Punched him, huh?" Mason let out a laugh. "Yeah, she finally did it. I guess she figured she's gonna be in trouble either way…"
Kahn smiled. That's Selene alright.
Kahn was working on making a second SN gun when Kraven entered. He looked up at Kraven. Hi, coward. How's the nose? Musta sucked, getting' punched by a girl…
Kraven announced so that everyone could hear, "Change of plans. Amelia will be picked up Soren and his team."
What? Mason gave him a look that he was just as appalled as he was. "That's our job!" Kahn said.
Kraven had a smirk on his face, "Not anymore." And he turned and left the room.
After Kraven was a safe distance away, Mason asked, "What the fuck was that about?"
Kahn was still in a state of shock. They'd been responsible for the last several Awakenings, and Kraven couldn't just take it away. "Fuck him. Just let him do it. One less thing for us to worry about." Kahn said.
Mason didn't look satisfied by Kahn's answer. "Kahn," Mason said. "You know Soren'll fuck this up, right? Thing's are already up shit creek."
"I know, Mason." Kahn said, and sighed. "But Kraven's pulling rank. And there ain't nothin' we can do."
I just hope Viktor knows what he's doing…