O.K. ... chapter 2 - the key chapter of the story! review, please!

Chapter 2

The child

"Where were you, Sel! We worried!"

Kiara caught Selina, when she returned to Lucien's flat. Vampiress collapsed into the armchair and showed Ki the photoes.

"This is my family. My mother, sister Samantha and my second great-grandson Caleb."

"You have mother's eyes, you know …"

"Yeah, I know. My life was without any sense … In my twenty-one I had only my job, nothing else mattered. And I haven't changed at all …"

She smirked bitterly.

"No you are wrong! You have us! I, Angelic, guys from the troop, Valdemar, Fellan … oh, I can't name the whole list! Besides your sweet count … and maybe … Gabriel …"

Selin stared at Kiara with flames in her eyes:

"Repeat ..."

"Yes, Dracula … you love him, don't you?"

"I heard the name I hoped I'll never hear again. Haven't you met with him?"

Ki shook head, a little bit in fear as she can't guess what shall be Selina's reaction.

"I trust you, Kiara Moon. Don't disappoint me. Tomorrow night I'll go to the old cemetery, I want to visit my grave. Take care about Angelica and protect her from ... herself …"

It was cold and windy, but Selina couldn't feel cold. She stayed above mowed gravestone with her name. Old faded bouquet of daffodils completed the dull picture.

"Everything as I imagined … I was forgotten …"

She looked at Samantha's grave near, decorated with fresh flowers, and sighed deeply.

'Sometimes I envy you, Sam.'

"Selina …" – called someone.

'Great, now I hear dead guys! I really need to rest!' – Sel shook herself.

"Selina …" – this time the voice was clearer and belonged to the man in cowboy-like hat.

"Van Helsing!" – hissed vampiress, her pretty face became demonical.

"Selin, I …"

She turned into her hell-beast form and slashed the air with her claws. Gabriel recoiled aside and grabbed her by wings.

"Stop it, I want to talk!"

"Sel became normal and faced to him with a knife (A/n: 'Such serious girl can't walk without a weapon.') behind her back.

"You want to describe how you killed Victor, bastard!"

She raised hand with a knife above his neck. But he caught her by wrist and … Again this light … white light … This time more intensive …

She scanned all his minds and understood who the Victor's murderer was.

'You aren't guilty, hunter … So why did you stay with humans? You're a werewolf!"

'It doesn't mean anything ... I'm still the Left Hand of God. My life, my job …'

'And my job is killing such traitors as you!'

Selina broke the line between them and flew away, trying to calm her hurting heart. The cessation was awfully painful.

'Something's going to happen … The ancient power arises … just like in Vina's vision,' – thought Sel, flying high over the skyscrapers. Thoughts were muddled. She slowly landed on the patch beside few tall trees. She lied on the ground and stared into the night sky, thinking about this light, and then Dracula's face changed it. 'Vlad, I feel so wrong … and I need you so …' Her glance fell on the bright illumination of the park, and her head filled with noise. 'Oh, I almost forgotten … Today is Christmas Eve …' (A/n: 'Vampires celebrate only Halloween's Eve, The day of first turned: when Maya turned Terri and The holiday of Blood: nature vampires' holiday')

Suddenly she felt a pick in her heart. It was someone's mental scream for help. Selina flew for a signal with speed of sound. She found Angelic on Kiara's hands on the other side of the park.

"Sel! Angelica is in an awful state!"

Ki touched witch's abdomen and showed her hand covered with red sticky blood.

"Oh my …"

"What shall we do!"

"I can't take her to the nearest healer! It's too dangerous for them!"

"Girls, please, the baby is coming!" – moaned Angelica with plea in her voice.

"We'll save your baby, trust me. Ki, stay with her."

"Where are you going! To take a taxi?"

"I'll see …"

"But there are traffic jams on the roads! It's Christmas, remember!"

Sel just waved hand and hurried to the road. Kiara was right, long column of cars stretched by the Main road from one end to another. But one street was filled with military cars with letters 'H.O.' on their sides.

'What are they doing here?' – Selin asked herself and intuitively faced to the park. A huge pole of energy rose over the tress into the sky, she was sure only soldiers and she could see it.

'What's the hell is that! It's just above Angelic …'

Sel shook herself and concentrated on the car, where was one young human. She teleported into the car and bit the guy before he started to pray. She took the keys and ran back to the park. Kiara helped to carry Angelic to the lorry and settle her there.

"Hurry up, she …"

"I know!" – vampiress became nervous and depressed, hearing witch's moaning and even screams.

Selin turned on the highest speed and drove to the nearest hospital. Every minute could be the last …

Suddenly one soldier stopped them with sign and walked to the car.

'Great! If I'll kill him now, others will see, I have no time to fight!'

Luckily Gabriel said him something and came to the lorry:

"What are you doing, Sel?"

She couldn't take it any longer and put out the knife:

"Sit on my place quickly! No sound or I'll kill you!"

He obeyed as he really wished to help her.

Selin settled beside driver's chair, holding her knife on prepare. Ki smiled when she noticed their personal driver:

"Hello, Gabriel, glad to see you again!"

"I'm glad, too, except …"

"Shut up and move!"

After the few minutes they were in the hall of the hospital, decorated with mistletoe and holly. Nurses called for the doctor and took Angelica into operating room, because of the difficult childbirth. Girls could just pray for her, keeping fear. The hunter left invisibly as usual …

The hour passed …

"What time is it now?"

"Eleven o'clock …"

"Oh, God!"

"How is she!" – exclaimed Irvin running to them, Vladislaus followed.

"What are you doing here!..." – asked Selin in disbelief.

"Vina had another vision about my baby, so we hurried to New-York," – explained Angelica's husband. Meanwhile count was speaking with one of the young nurses, who 'ate him with eyes'.

Sel used telepathy to comment his actions and make him to sit nearby on the sofa. They started waiting …

The clock started beating, and the tired but happy doctor walked out of the operating:

"Congratulations! We saved them both! Father, you can see your wife."

Irvin ran to the operating and fell on his knees near Angelica's bed. She was deathly-white but absolutely happy with her baby on her hands:

"Look, Irvin, isn't she beautiful?"

Vampire took his tiny daughter, admiring this gift of life.

"Yes, she's beautiful … How do we call her?"

"Diana … that's a good name for witch …"

"Don't forget that she's half a vampire. But, yes … Diana sounds gently…" – he smiled, touching Diana's face with a tip of his nose.

"I love you, Irvin …"

"I love you, too …"

"I'm telling you, it's a boy!"

"Of course it's a girl!"
Vlad and Selin were arguing in the loud whisper.

"A boy!"

"A girl!"

"A boy!"

The door opened and Irvin let friends to come in.

"Look at my sweet Diana," – smiled the witch showing them the pretty girl with intensive blue eyes, sparkling on pale skin.

"Ha, it's a girl, you lose!"

Kiara kissed Angelic into forehead:

"You two are heroes tonight, you know! Diana is so beautiful! And she has born on Christmas!"

Vlad stepped back, remembering something, but Selin broke his thoughts:

"We're standing under the mistletoe, it means …"

They kissed passionately under the applause of others.

"Merry Christmas, guys! And Happy New Year!"