Chapter XIV
The Return of Lucian
A small army of men walked with a purpose through a poorly lit sewer tunnel, they were immaculately dressed in matching red ties and black trench coats. As these pale warriors splashed through the filthy water of the sewer they clutched their automatic weapons as if their very lives depended on it, these men had seen a lot in their long lives, however they looked as if they were journeying into the mouth of a beast. At the head of this small army were Kraven, and his ever present ally Soren. Kraven had seen red when Soren had told him of Lucian's return; this was not how it was meant to be. He had a look of fury in his eye as he and his men came within sight of a storm drain. Stood just in front of this drain was a group of silhouettes, Kraven neither broke his stride nor waited for his men, as he got to the poorly lit figures their features became more apparent, a hulking African Lycan, Raze, stood next to him were Lucian's old friend Trix, and a small wiry man with glasses. There were also the two thugs of the group, Piers and Taylor, whom Soren had tormented mercilessly when they were Viktor's cattle. And standing in this middle of this motley crew was Kraven's partner in this little plot, Lucian.
"Hello cousin" the well spoken Lycan smiled politely
"What the hell are you doing here?" demanded Kraven "Do you have any idea how dangerous your presence here is?"
Lucian smiled at his counterparts rage "Come now Kraven, lets not squabble in front of the men…"
"Don't try and talk your way out of this Lucian!" he hissed "It's 1979! You have returned more than twenty years ahead of schedule. I told you to stay away until the awakening, that I would take care of everything! I gave you a simple instruction!"
"Don't you dare talk to me like that Kraven!" Lucian cut him off with a seething venom in his voice "You were supposed to be undermining Amelia's position this century, but it's stronger than ever! I can't trust you to handle this alone."
"What are you talking about Lucian?" dismissed Kraven "Amelia's on the other side of the world, she is of no concern to us."
"No concern? No concern!" began Lucian "Kraven you bloody idiot" Lucian reached into the inside pocket of his tattered over coat and pulled out a small box of aspirin "Do you know what this is cousin?" he asked casually.
"It aspirin" replied a baffled Kraven
"Yes its Aspirin" said Lucian as he gave Kraven a patronizing smile "And do you know who made it? No? Ziodec enterprises. This corporation has made the Elders more powerful then they ever were as rulers of these lands."
"Yes and when Amelia is dead it will all be ours, so why don't you take your men, go back to Moscow and leave everything to me."
"Well cousin" began Lucian "Although I would like to I can not risk it. You see your future bride and her Death Dealer friends have all but wiped out the Lycan presence in this country. How do you expect me to pull of this little coup if I don't have an army?"
"You want to start building up your forces here?" hissed Kraven
"That's right Kraven" nodded Lucian "You see, I'm not going to be able to bring an army of Russian Lycan across the boarder, therefore I'm going to have to start from scratch here, and let's face it its going to take me a while."
"How long?" he demanded
"Oh I don't know… say twenty years"
"Fine" began Kraven "but you will keep your men under control, keep your numbers to a minimum and you will above all else lay low."
"I wouldn't have it any other way" the Lycan master responded dryly
"That's good" nodded Kraven, his voice taking on a more menacing quality "Because if you don't" he said pointing to his men "I may just have to forget this little deal."
Lucian hushed his men who had begun to growl a little, he despised Kraven, but he knew he needed him, for the time being anyway, besides he was outnumbered. "That will not be necessary cousin" he smiled "I will lay low"
"And what are you going to do in the meantime?" demanded Kraven
"Oh don't worry about me" smiled Lucian "I've got a little project in mind to keep me busy"
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Kraven sat at his desk with his head in his hands "This is all I need" he moaned
"My Lord?" asked Soren
"Lucian's back ahead of schedule, soon he's going to start rebuilding his forces. Do you know how many Lycan he could sire in twenty years? Hundreds probably. And what's worse is the fact that all our men now know our plans now. I need you to make sure they are all loyal."
"Of course My Lord" he bowed.
Kraven and Soren were interrupted by the ringing of a phone on his desk, after a moments hesitation Kraven picked up the receiver "Hello" he sighed. When he heard the voice on the other end of the phone his eyes widened and he swallowed hard "My Lady" he began in a surprised tone "You honor me with this call" Kraven listened intently as the voice on the other end of phone delivered a series of instructions to him "I understand My Lady" he said humbly "When are we to leave?" Soren watched as his master cringed at the words being spoke to him "Of course My Lady, I look forward to it" He slowly hung up the phone and allowed a look of shock to come across his face.
"What's wrong?" asked Soren
"I've been summoned" he said in a tone of disbelief "Amelia has summoned me to New York."
"Do you think she knows about Lucian?" asked Soren
"No, I'd be dead already" said Kraven
"When do we leave?" asked an eager Soren
"We don't" stated Kraven "Amelia has said you are to remain here, Selene is to accompany me, I leave tomorrow."
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A small wiry man sits alone at a desk, he is studying intently a pile of papers, family trees, death certificates, records of births, he wipes a bead of sweat from his brow as he stumbles across something. After checking his papers he allows a smile to creep across his face "Lucian" he exclaims "we found one." Lucian approaches the mans desk hardly breaking his stride.
"Who?"
"Henry Kerwin" the man stated "I believe we have our first candidate."
Lucian studied the mans documents, and the photograph of his potential candidate "Mr Kerwin, you may be the most important man in the history of the immortal bloodline."
"Do you think he could be the one?" the old man asked "Could this be the carrier to merge the bloodlines?"
"There is only one way to find out Mr. Singe, have Raze bring him in."
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"You have got to be joking" spat Selene as she stood before Kraven's desk. "I have got to accompany you to New York?"
"Those are Amelia's wishes" sighed Kraven
"Okay then" Selene smiled
"Your happy about it?" Kraven smiled in return, delighted at the prospect of spending some time with Selene.
"Of course" she beamed "I haven't seen Malachi in about a year, it should be fun."
"I see" hissed Kraven "Well we wouldn't want to keep lover boy waiting would we?"