Kahn stood in silence, in awe as Mason's body was crushed by the helicopter. As he watched one of his long-time friends' blood spurt everywhere, the gore mixed in with the snow. As the snow turned pink and the bone-crunching was too much to bear, Kahn looked down as the screams coming from Mason finally stopped ringing in his ears. No! he though desperately. Not Mason!
He felt tears build up in his eyes, but his soul had been dead for too long to let them out.
The helicopter fell through the snow, falling onto the bridge below. It almost crushed Selene, Kahn saw as he neared the hole slowly. Suddenly the winged-Jeepers Creepers-like being from that morning jumped behind Selene. The scent reached Kahn's nose as he instantly realized who the winged-thing was. Marcus!
And as if that wasn't enough to boggle Kahn's mind, Michael was fighting some huge albino werewolf… and Kahn remembered Corvinus telling Kahn his sons' story.
"Kahn, Marcus and I, we have business to discuss." Corvinus said vaguely.
"Sorry, he's out hunting Lycans. You want to stay here until he arrives, sir?"
"No, that's fine."
Corvinus started to walk away. Kahn couldn't help but let his curiosity get the better of him.
"Corvinus… what's so pressing you must keep visiting? …If you don't mind my asking, sir…"
And it had been in that moment Corvinus opened up to Kahn, where they first established a centuries-long relationship. It had been in that hour, that fascinating hour where Kahn found out about how it had been Marcus, not Viktor who was the eldest vampire Elder. It had been then that Kahn found out about William, Marcus's brother with an unfortunate fate. It had been then that Kahn's views of the Coven had shifted, that he'd seen Viktor for what he truly was -- a power-hungry, cruel, cold man. And it had been then Kahn had sworn eternal "loyalty" to Viktor. Viktor, who would do whatever was necessary to protect the species. Viktor, the man who was ruthless and merciless. Viktor, the ruler of all because he was a tyrant.
And Kahn hated tyrants. He hated Viktor, he despised him. So Kahn got close to Viktor after that, to make sure he never got out of hand…
And then Viktor had condemned his daughter. And Kahn had been helpless to stop it. So when Viktor chose Selene as Sonja's replacement, Kahn promised to never be helpless again. He would help Selene as indirectly as possible – and he had, by helping Selene out when she was presenting her proof. When he had found out about Amelia and the Council, he ran to the crypt as soon as possible to help her gain absolution. But she turned it down, for Michael. Just as Sonja had for Lucian…
Once again, Kahn's views shifted. He had provided her with an out, and she didn't take it.
But when Viktor died, Kahn's loyalties shifted back to Selene. Now, Selene was in trouble. So he started to jump in to help her…
Shit! Lycans surrounded Kahn. They all seemed more feral than any Lycan he had seen for centuries. One swiped his gun out of Kahn's hands.
Another grabbed Kahn's neck and started to pull – but Kahn was quicker. Kahn pulled a knife out of the sleeve of his jacket and thrust backward, and the Lycan let go of his neck and roared in pain as the blade sliced through flesh. Stealthily dropping and rolling to pick up his gun, he aimed and fired, killing every Lycan.
When he was sure they were all dead, he ran and jumped through the hole, unsure of what he would find when he landed.
Mason's blood flashed before him as he leapt below…
A/N:
Kahn is about to meet up with Selene and Michael…