Erika… oh, my fucking God! Kahn thought.

"Is it… just you?" Mason asked.

"I don't know." Erika stated, as-a-matter-of-factly.

"What do you mean, 'you don't know'? How can you not know?" Kahn asked, his voice clearly irate. He said every word very slowly, enunciating each syllable so as not to confuse the blonde.

"Well, I ran out after Kraven came back into Ordoghaz. Good thing, too. The whole damn mansion burned down!"

No shit, Sherlock. Kahn sighed impatiently.

Seeing this, Mason tried to calm him down. "Tell us everything – from the beginning."

"Okay," Erika began, "after Kraven left me alone and drove off without me after I gave him the gun he asked me to get him,"

Kahn interrupted, "The silver nitrate one!"

"I dunno. It was a huge gun, and it was silver… and on your desk."

"Fucking hell." Mason swore.

Kahn sighed. Now's not the time. "Continue." He instructed curtly.

"Yeah, so he left. I went back inside, and then a little while later, all the Death Dealers left – including Selene. A few hours later, a bunch of Soren's goons went to the door, and met Kraven there. I saw this, and I couldn't take seeing his face – as attractive as it is – and ran away. I sat outside the gates for a little while and cried. And then, all of the sudden the mansion was on, like, fire! So I looked up, and I saw this Jeepers Creepers thing fly out of the mansion like a bat outta hell and fly that way."

Erika pointed towards the direction Kahn and Mason had come.

What the hell could she have seen? Kahn wondered. It didn't sound like anything that had been living inside the mansion to begin with! Mason and Kahn exchanged confused glances.

Erika gave a chuckle. "That asshole!" Erika murmured.

"Which one?" Mason asked.

"Kraven! He saved my life!"

Kahn looked at Erika in a puzzled manner. "How so?"

"I left because of him! If he hadn't arrived, I would've gone down with the mansion!"

Kahn couldn't help silently wishing Kraven didn't arrive at Ordoghaz.

"What now?" Mason asked Kahn a few minutes later.

"I don't know. The sun's rising, so I guess we should find some shelter."

"Like, where?" Erika asked.

Oh, dammit. Seems we'll have to drag her along. Kahn thought in disdain. "Well, we can't stay here. I can barely stand the smell from here."

"I agree." Mason said.

"So, I guess we'll have to go to the nearest safe house."

"Where's that?" Erika inquired.

"It's back the way we came and farther. We should be able to make it there by sunrise."

"Sounds good." Mason said, and they all headed to the safe house – not realizing that it was the same one Selene and Michael had just reached.

"How much longer?" Erika whined after the group had been walking for a while.

Somebody please put me out of my misery! Kahn thought. "I don't know."

"Is it soon?"

"I don't know!"

"Are we close?"

"I don't know."

"Are we in the vicinity?"

"I DON'T KNOW!" Kahn shouted, scaring some crows nearby.

"Kahn! Look, it's Selene!" Mason said.

Oh my God, it is! Kahn was about to call for Selene when she suddenly switched direction and ran the other way. And right ahead of her was a creature with wings, but was the size of a full-grown man.

"That's' it! That's the thing that burned down Ordoghaz!" Erika shouted.

Kahn, Mason, and Erika took off after Selene. What the hell is that thing? Why is Selene chasing it? Why are we chasing her?

Selene ran right into the safe house Kahn had been heading for. They were still several feet away from the entrance, when Selene ran right back out and headed for a nearby town. What the fuck is Selene doing?

"Let's follow her!" Kahn shouted.

"Fuck that! The sun's coming up, Kahn!" Mason shouted.

Shit, he's right. "Alright, into the safe house!" Kahn shouted back, glancing up at the sky. It was already turning orange, showing that the sun was coming up – and soon. So where in the world was Selene going?

Erika and Mason fell asleep in the titanium chairs in the safe house, after each drank a packet of cloned blood. Kahn had drank a packet as well, but couldn't fall asleep. He kept worrying about Selene. I hope she found shelter. The nearest safe house would've been too far away to reach before sunrise.

Helicopter blades whirring slashed through his thoughts. Now what? Kahn thought. He walked hastily towards the doorway, stopping short when he saw three cops leaving. How the hell did they get in here? Then, Kahn remembered that in their haste, nobody had locked the way into the safe house. But why would cops ride a helicopter here?

Kahn peeked out the doorway, just in time to witness the cops being knocked out by another group of mortals. Who in the world…?

Then, the mysterious humans approached the doorway. Shit! We're about to be discovered! Running with superhuman speed, he woke up Erika and Mason as quietly as possible.

But where could they run to, now? The doorway was out of the question. There was only one place possible left… But was there any chance of reaching it before they were discovered?

A/N:

cue dramatic music

In case you didn't know, the "mortals" are the Cleaners…

I tie this story in with a lot of Evolution, and this is the point where the Cleaners blow up the safe house…