Shanshan moved another chess piece, her eyes looking into Weiwei's, trying to figure out if that was the right move or not.
"She's going to checkmate you in two moves if you place it there." Zhao Shaoxiang spoke up from the doorway. He was against the side of the house, glaring at the two girls. K.O. was standing near him, inside the house, ready to attack if need be.
"How long are you going to be playing cat and mouse for? Don't you have a city to destroy?" Hao Mei asked, his eyes looking around towards the few vampires circling the place. It had been a few days since he fed, the lack of blood was starting to thin his patience. Zhao Shaoxiang ignored the vampires inside, his eyes falling on Shanshan directly.
"Do you want to hear a story?" Weiwei knocked over a chess piece, moving her own to call check.
"It's not like we can go anywhere." Shanshan mumbles, moving a pon, knowing Weiwei was going to win from the beginning. She was better at Go, then Chess. Standing straight up, Zhao Shaoxiang, crossed his arms, a devilish smile forming on his lips.
"I love a captive audience." Weiwei rolled her eyes.
"Get on with it already." Her patience had run out two days ago.
"You know, I wasn't always out for revenge. Like my maker, I too fell in love with a human. I had spent almost one hundred years with him, and thought I found the person I wanted to spend the next 100 with. Feng Teng thought different. He resented the fact that I found someone while he was still picking up scraps from the battlefield. One day, Feng Teng said we were going to play a game of hide and seek. It's Shanghai, I'm sure I could win. This was before it was what it was today. Still a small port city, nothing major. If I won, I could leave with her, a new vampire and eternity with the love of my life. If I lost, I would find her body missing some pieces. I still thought Feng Teng was a man of his word. I guessed wrong. Xiao Nai did nothing to help, nor did he stop the slaughter that happened. He was new to our nest, but he was stronger and closer to Feng Teng then any of us ever were. The next night, I woke up by the river to find her corpse lying with her blood drained, next to her head on a spike. She had been dead for three days. Feng Teng said he could have turned her, but thought against it. Not only did kill her, but he killed her family." Shanshan looked over at Weiwei shrugging her shoulders. Weiwei smiled at Zhao Shaoxiang. She stood in front of the doorway, crossing her arms at him.
"Was that supposed to sway us? Make us hate them?"
"Feng Teng told me before I left that the woman he killed was a hunter."
"You seem to be close with a lot of them." Weiwei quipped. All three vampires in the room stood up, their gazes falling to the back of the house. Shanshan and Weiwei both realized what Zhao Shaoxiang was doing too late. The smoke and flames coming out, as fire rained into their house. Cocktails ablaze, it shattered setting everything it touched to an inferno. The smoke was filling their lungs, the air becoming thin. They had two options, remain inside and burn or take a chance with Zhao Shaoxiang. K.O. grabbed Weiwei while Qiu Younghou grabbed Shanshan. All vampires bolting out of the house as fast as they could. Unfortunately, more of his men were there, wrapping silver around them.
"Don't kill them!" Weiwei heard, her eyes falling on Hao Mei who screamed. She watched Shanshan tired to reach him, but falling too short before another vampire got her. "I want Xiao Nai and Feng Teng to enjoy all their friends deaths." Weiwei felt a sudden pain on the back of her neck, before the world went dark.
"Weiwei! Wake up! Please wake up!" Shanshan yelled through her tears. She felt her friend regain consciousness, bolting against the ropes that bound them. "Weiwei!" Shanshan cried loudly.
"I'm here." She tried to reassure her cousin, trying to get her bearings back. Reaching her hand as far as she could, she grasped Shanshan's fingers, squeezing them. A boat was being pulled up. They watched a silvered Hao Mei dragged on, a knocked out Qiu younghou slivered to the dock.
"Time for you to go." Weiwei felt herself pulled up from the ground, dragging Shanshan with her, until their rope holding them together was cut. Shanshan yelled after her, but no matter how much Weiwei kicked or struggled it was like fighting against a brick wall. She was dragged screaming onto the boat, while Zhao Shaoxiang lifted Shanshan up into his arms, holding her close to him.
"Say bye bye to your little friend. When the sun comes up, Hao Mei will light her on fire until theirs nothing left of either one of them." Tilting her neck to the side, he sunk his fangs into her throat, getting the first taste of her. Weiwei was screaming until she was pushed inside the bottom cabin, unable to see what else was going to happen. Shanshan felt her hope die, further and further as the boat drove out onto open water. She felt Zhao Shaoxiang stagger back, confusion hit him. Turning her to face him, he looked her over, trying to figure it out.
"What are you?"
Weiwei took in a deep breath, trying to steady her tears. They had left them there alone for now.
"Hao Mei, can you see anything?" It was too dark for her human eyes, but he could see everything.
"What are you looking for?"
"Something to cut my ropes." She heard his skin sizzle more, when he lifted his head as best he could.
"Just beyond your reach three feet behind you is a piece of jagged metal. Be Careful!" He yelled, when she moved closer. She reached around, finding the jagged edge. Sawing away at the binding, felt the ropes break free, moving quickly to unravel her feet. "I hear noises outside. There's fighting." Hao Mei was trying to keep her calm.
"I'm coming." Weiwei felt her way over to him, pulling the silver from his skin. He groaned but stood, holding onto her.
"You know being a vampire hasn't been the greatest time so far." He joked to her. Weiwei gave him a weak laugh, while he lead them to the door.
"Ready?" She asked, grasping the silver tightly in her hand.
"Not that we have a choice." Swinging the door open, She caught one of the vampire's outside off guard. Swinging the chain at him, she knocked him over, quickly getting to her feet. He was on her just as he came. Hao Mei jumped on him, knocking him down on the deck, while Weiwei wrapped the silver around his neck. Hao Mei helped her pull tightly, until he burst into blood and goo.
"There should be more." Weiwei , grabbed the chain, trying not to throw up at the sight she had helped create. Making their way to where the noise was, they got there just in time to see Xiao Nai and K.O. stake the last one. Both there teeth out and ready to fight. They looked at them fiercely, catching the scent of the dead one before they found them.
"Xiao Nai?" Weiwei whispered. "Xiao Nai!" She yelled, dropping the silver and running over to him. He met her half way, wrapping her in a hug, and holding her tightly. Cupping her face, he kissed, relishing in the moment, he thought he had lost forever. She was crying, smiling up at him.
"I knew you would come."
"I'm sorry it took so long. We had trouble getting on the boat." He wiped some vampire blood from her face, kissing her again. Weiwei pulled away, her mind going to back to Shanshan.
"Shanshan! He has her!"
Shanshan felt very tired. She was struggling to remain awake with every drop of her blood hitting the concrete. It took everything in Zhen Shaoxiang not to drain her then, but his anger out weighed the need to drink her dry. The warehouse doors slam open to a pissed off Feng Teng. Before she could blink, He was standing a mere ten feet away, but Zhen Shoaxiang's hands on her head stopped him.
"She'll be dead before you take another step." He smirked at him.
"She has nothing to do with this!" Feng Teng yelled, his fangs out. She could tell he already been through several vampires before he had made it here.
"Feng Teng…" She whispered. Trying to keep her attention focused.
"Don't fall asleep, Shanshan." From the amount on the ground, he knew she didn't have much time.
"You won't have to worry about her falling asleep." Zhen Shaoxiang began to add pressure to her head. She felt the sudden pain her eyes shooting open. She went to reach up towards his hands, trying to keep him from pressing further.
"Stop it!" Feng Teng yelled, his eyes turning red. He let up, allowing Shanshan to take in a deep breath. Her vision returning to normal.
"It's interesting for you isn't it? You don't have the power over me anymore. You released me, and now I can do what ever I want." Zhen Shaoxiang's hands fell to her shoulders. She felt him put pressure on her collarbone, and a shot of pain erupted into her. Feng Teng heard the crack. She whimpered, flinching away from his other hand. "Shh….little one….Which bone should I break next?" He grabbed her hand, crushing the bones inside of it. Her scream caused Feng Teng to grow angry and angry with every passing second. For the first time in a millenal he was helpless. He moved she was dead, he stayed, she was being towed with at his expense.
"What do you want?" He demanded. Zhen Shaoxiang, smiled at his maker.
"Tears...for this human?"
"Feng Teng…" Shanshan whimpered out, crying through her own.
"Kneel. I might let her live." Feng Teng slowly got to his knees, his fangs baring out at the man. Something caught his senses, but was too quick to pinpoint it. "How the mighty fall even for a woman….What was it you always say. 'Is it the blood or the woman? You never know until it's too late.' I guess we found out which it was." Zhen Shaoxiang moved to twist her neck, but before he could finish Shanshan, he exploded into a bloody mess. Shanshan screamed, becoming drenched in the aftermath. Xiao Nai stood there, holding a stake in his hands, fangs out and breathing deeply.
"He talks to much…" He whispered, throwing the stake down on top of his former brother. Feng Teng grabbed Shanshan before she could hit the ground. He tore off part of his wrist, giving her his blood, cradling her into him.
"I got you." He whispered, wiping blood away from her face. Shanshan lifts her hand up, feeling the bones crack back into place, the pain subsiding. She smiles, through her tears, wiping away his own.
"See...I told you I wasn't going anywhere." Feng Teng kisses her. He checks to make sure everything is healing before he even allows her to stand. Shanshan grips him tightly, looking towards Xiao Nai.
"Weiwei-"
"K.O. is bringing the boat in. She's fine."
"We don't have much time before dawn." Feng Teng pointed out, draping his jacket over Shanshan.
"You could just say, thank you." Xiao Nai mumbled, walking out of the warehouse. Shanshan made her way over, gripping Feng Teng's jacket closer to her. Weiwei jumped off of the boat the moment it was safe too, running over to her and hugging her close.
"I was so worried." Weiwei cried into her cousin, holding the last human family she had left. Shanshan held tightly. Both girls' turned to the two vampires off to the side.
"We would do it all over again wouldn't we?" Shanshan said after sometime. A smile playing on her lips. Weiwei looked at Xiao Nai, smiling wide.
"In a heartbeat."