Ah, hi! You know what to do!
Chapter 12
Common sufferings
About fifty soldiers of the 'Holy Order' occupied the balcony and the other bigger part was finishing with the guard outside. It was nonsense to fight with such amount of nature vampires plus Dracula … Still Terri and Selina – the only turned in the crowd noticed a vampire with the soldiers.
"John?.." – Sel whispered, staring at her past boyfriend.
John hasn't changed at all; his big grassy green eyes were sparkling with delight, long dark-brown hair were scruffily strewed by his shoulders, and that unpleasant smile across his pale face …
John – a turned vampire worked on Romulus Fern, but was mostly known as 'Snake' or 'Insensible fiend'. He was cruel by his own reasons and always tried to kill as many people as he could, not just for eating but for revenge. Selina became very fond of him soon. It was John who taught her the art to kill …
Still something changed him – the mortal woman – the lonely hunter. It was a treachery … And Sel couldn't forgive him that.
As for Terri, the older man knew John as a member of his 'Sun Circle' and was quite surprised to see him here with the 'Holy Order'.
Meanwhile they've opened shooting, and vampires flew up into the air.
Selina pinned John to the wall and then threw into the corridor, far from the battle. It was only her business.
Ex-boyfriend wiped the black blood from his mouth, it seemed she broke him few teeth.
"Hello, lover, remember me?"
John stared at Sel's willowy figure in amusement mixed with inner fear; he knew her in anger, but she looked calm, maybe too calm …
"Selina Cale! Haven't seen you for ages!" – he found strength to smile while her face stayed impervious.
"For two years to be honest …" – John add, rising from the floor slowly.
"I hope you're not angry on me …"
"Course I am."
Her voice sounded so cold and unfriendly that he felt sharp lightnings around her.
"You know, I was so upset when you left me … so upset …"
Selina started walking around the room, but her amber eyes never left his.
"Forgive me. By the way, congratulations, you're now count's bride …"
"Yes, funny, a? Selin Cale – the turned vampire, the assassin of the Council, 'The Snow Queen', 'heartless bitch', as your friends call me, - now the Dracula's bride ..."
"Done well …"
Suddenly their private talk was broken by a girl, dressed in ninja's black suit and with a long Japanese sword in the right hand.
''White Dragon'', - Sel recognized the member of a hunters' group.
The girl ran to John and stand near, burning her with eyes, and this fire depicted in hunter's sword.
"How sweet! Now, we're together!" – Selina exclaimed, staring at the couple.
"I know who you are! You are …"
"Thanks, I know my name, so maybe you'll introduce yourself?"
"Not your business! I killed thousands of guys like you! It's me! Black Tiger!" – The girl shouted, touching vampiress' throat with the blade.
"Stupid nickname, you, humans, aren't choosy in such things. To the deal …" – Sel stepped closer to 'ninja', feeling the sword, licking her neck. John pushed his love away and said firmly:
"If you think we came to start a war, you're wrong. We're from the 'Sun Circle' …"
"By the way! About 'The Sun Circle'!" –Descartes appeared in the doorstep.
"Terri! We …"
"Johnny, Johnny, Johnny … When you joined 'The Sun Circle', I've told you that we're not killing anyone … As for you, Rachel, I hoped you, as a human, won't act as some of us …"
"Bear me in mind?" – smirked Selina, enjoying how confused John and Rachel were.
"Yes."
"But we thought that The Holy Order …"
"Just simple fanatics!"
"Selin!"
"Ah, shut up, Terri!" – she denuded her leg and showed a leather belt with a tiny pistol.
"My revenge! Whom the first? You or your precious … Rachel, right?"
John covered his love with himself and said:
"Come on! Want to avenge? So do it! But don't touch Rachel!
Sel's finger touched the cock of her pistol and …
"Give me your weapon, Cale! You act like Maya! And you two, get off!"
The couple left with a bow, and then Terri grabbed broken and weak Selina by shoulders:
"Cale, we've already had one Maya, and we don't want a second one … You're not evil as you think."
Selin released rudely:
"You're so right! Almost a priest! But you don't know anything! You can't tell others what to do! And you can't understand that mortals and immortals are too different to live in peace! While we need their blood – the war won't over! Never!"
"Still I can try … That is my way, my aim …"
"Your men went too far …"
"They just couldn't live without fight!"
"As I do … So shall be it!"