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A vampire's forbidden love: the lies that bind us ch.3

Usagi POV

The next day had arrived sooner than hoped. Sometimes the nights that we got to have together just didn't seem like enough but I was grateful for them regardless. My time spent with Mamoru left me feeling happy. It's how he always made me feel. The moment got up, bathed and threw clothes on we left out of the room and into our jobs I went to go work on the supply orders in the office to finish them off before heading down to the basement to complete the first training for basic fire arms.

The supply orders didn't take long so I didn't bother to spend too much time in the office. I sometimes still felt like it was Damon's or rather his fathers but not mine. So as I made my way down the steps I saw Eldon was down there with the other vampires. He looked disinterested in the activities they were engaging in like he'd been through it before already and this was more theater to him.

Something about him was off and for the life of me I couldn't put my finger on it. I put a mental note on it for later. "Today we go beyond the weapons cleaning you did last week." I said as I walked up to a table with weapons on it as they got in line in front of me. I pulled up a Glock off the weapons table in front of them and aimed it at the statue at the end of the shooting bay taking a good chunk off the statue.

It was enough to stun some of them but not all of them. Good. "Take this gun for instance, properly cleaned and fired perfectly. But there's more to weapons that making sure it's properly cleaned. While that's important to avoid misfire and jamming what's also important is to know what to do when you have a gun that does jam or misfire." I explained as I put the Glock back down. "Say for instance your gun runs out of bullets." I gave a for instance.

"A vampire can only carry so many weapons on ones form before they run out and must rely on an enemies dropped weapon as I have on several occasions. However, you don't know if the enemy properly takes care of his or her guns and you therefore take the necessary risk of using their gun for your own benefit." I explain as they nod in understanding. I never thought I'd be someone to be a teacher that's for sure.

"If the weapon in your hand jams whether it's yours or theirs in the middle of a fight what happens?" I asked the trainees. "You lose time." One called out, "You lose your life." Another called out, "Both of you are correct. This can happen if the weapon jams or even misfires on you but what if you have a secondary and third back up weapon on you?" I asked. "You go for that weapon." Another answered, "Hai, but what do you do before it?" I asked.

No one answered. "If you have a Lycan coming at you and your gun jams and you have other weapons on you, you must use your tactical evasive responses. Their thinking patterns aim for any exposed skin or the neck to bite at. Once they latch on it's nearly impossible to get it off unless it's shot dead." I explained. "Your next response after your weapon jams is to evade the Lycan." I expressed.

"I state this as there's been to many errors I've seen in the past where a fellow and now fallen comrade got caught in the clutches of a Lycan. To many times I've seen other vampires get attacked because the weapon they had in the possession jammed up on them and DIDN'T evade the Lycan. Don't try to figure out the weapon right there. It'll more than likely get you killed." I watched them nod their heads.

"Instead you evade their next attacks. Use your speed as your next weapon. They can move fast but you can move faster. Use that to your advantage. You're smaller stature as a vampire can easily out run a Lycan's larger more animal like size." I tell them, "You do this till you can get enough distance between you and the Lycan to pull out your next weapon and kill it." I saw more nods of agreement and understanding.

"Make sure to not just bring a gun to the fight though. There will be times where the area your in doesn't give you the proper lighting for a gun nor the space to use it. Always make sure you have blades on your person so that you have not only something quick to throw." I picked up one as a reference, "This one is a good example. It's partially serrated and partially flat for cutting and going in smoothly." I motioned with it.

I noticed Eldon seemed to take an interest in this as much as the other vampires were but he seemed to be focused on me in a different way. "This morning you'll be learning how to always check your weapons before going out on a hunt and how to work without them and use your learned evasion skills. Pair up." I wanted them to know how to work with every situation I had been in with Lycans. I knew it was hard work but the crew I used to work with, though some were still around, learned the hard way over the years.

I didn't want them to learn the same fate as some of us had by losing vampires that we cared for and who were our brothers and sisters in arms. "One of you will be the Lycan and the other will be the vampire. Then visa versa on the next round. You will practice these moves till they are second nature cause in battle there is no second chance." They nodded as they went into checking their weapons.

Well the weapons with the safety on them and blank rounds on the inside. I would never let them work with real ones until they were ready for them in the use of the gun controlled area we had off to the side. But this wasn't about shooting accurately. This was about evasion technics and how to use 'escape and evade' to one's advantage and still fight off a Lycan without becoming their lunch.

Plus they weren't ready for that yet. That would be a lesson for next week. So for the next thirty minutes I over looked them as they were still practicing as if their gun in hands jammed up and were realizing the quick thinking that was required to continue moving forward. Most were using the practice to commit to muscle memory as needed. I understood that doing this wasn't easy but it was necessary for their own survival. For but a moment I caught irritation on Eldon's face before he quickly covered it up and practiced.

I looked over to see Mamoru going over lab results and gave the group five minutes for the guards to watch as I went into the room Mamoru was in. "Working hard?" I asked, "I think I might have found a way to use the nucleotides to rearrange them with the introns but I always end up with a stray one." He began as he was focused on the microscope in front of him. I loved seeing him so hard at work like this.

For some reason seeing him so determined and excited was a turn on to me. He looked so sexy. I think I just need to use plasmids to transvector the new base pairs vectors directly into the codon sequence." He sounded so excited yet I hadn't a clue on what any of that meant at all. I tried to think on it to see if any of it clicked and nothing. It all went right over my head. I rounded the desk he was at.

"English please." I asked as he smiled, "Basically if I can rework these factors then I can be even closer to guarantying a way to reverse the effects of changes made when some is bitten by a vampire or a Lycan. I can change it from 50% to at least 75%. Take a look." He insisted I look at the microscope. "See the DNA strands?" he asked. I muttered, "Hai." "Well if you clip one graph closer to the other and seal it you can have been chances of reversing it."

I pulled away from the microscope as he finished off, "However it's more or less just a theory and wouldn't work on someone who's been a vampire or Lycan for longer than a day. I just need a fresh blood sample to test it out on as nothing older will work." I knew what he meant. The last time we did this test and found that it could work it was on a live host, anything older and the transformation was too far along.

They were in the hospital having just been bitten by a Lycan. Mamoru got to him just in time before the changes could be more permanent which is how he'd been basing it so far. It had worked fairly well for a little while otherwise he wouldn't have been able to get as far as he did with his research. However once word got out that we took out Yamamoro we had been having less of those chances.

On either side to be honest and rarely did we get reporting's of attacks happening these days on both fronts. So Mamoru's work had become really more lab based than anything the last few months which he was happy about as he wanted to perfect it more in the lab that on innocent people. He didn't want someone to suffer for an experiment. Which don't get me wrong was good but it also meant we had no way yet of testing his new found theory.

For now he was content with waiting. Moments later a messenger came down, "There's activity on the monitors from hours ago. You need to see this." He expressed before leaving. "Alright, class continue to practice for another twenty before you leave out for break." I left them with the guards to ensure it for the next twenty to ensure they stayed and did as told but had Eldon follow us up as he was going on the trip with us if this turned out to be something pertinent.

I wanted to see what his skills were like in the real world just like anyone else already trained that came from another coven. This would be a great test of his abilities and a good reason to get out of the estate. Mamoru and I needed some fresh air and this was a good excuse as any to get that. Turns out this might actually be a real hunting trip to go on this evening. I just hoped no one was going to get stupid out there today.

I really didn't want there to try and be another Yamamoro rising up out there. All that would do would cause more bloodshed for them and their pack and it wasn't necessary. If Lycan's lived as we did and didn't go after the humans we might be able to actually live in some sort of relative peace but they refused. They saw humans as walking talking meals on legs and that wasn't right. If only.

Once we got up-stairs into the remodeled control room that we had walled off from visibility of the front we saw the monitors and what they were watching on them. "Usagi, Mamoru, glad you're here, you need to see this." Soren typed a few key strokes and pulled up the video footage showing nothing at first, "You see how everything looks fine and like it should be at this time of night?" I nodded as he moved the cursor over and showed us what came next.

"See from sun setting to two am nothing, but the this happens." It was several vehicles leaving out at 2:30am but the strange part about it was the amount of them at that time frame when normally everyone and their mothers slept add to the fact that the lens caught the yellows in the eyes of the drivers. "Lycans?" I asked, making sure that it wasn't just a trick of the camera. "I already pulled it from the street corner camera's that we monitor." He said.

"And no, no glitch. I've cleaned it already and filtered it to be sure." He clarified. I nodded as we did keep an eye to make sure neither species was caught on camera as least within range of where we were. We could only monitor so much but we did what we could with what we had to protect ourselves and the rest. Most Lycan's and vampires stayed underground to not only avoid detection but also to avoid sending out an alert that we all existed and having everyone begin a modern day witch hunt.

It just wasn't worth it to either species. There were more humans that vampires and Lycan's combined and even with our advancements we weren't invincible. So the covens had been working together to keep an eye on activity and hunt down those who threatened it to reveal us and those who made general mistakes of exposure. No one wanted to revert back to the days of the Salem Witch trials as we had come so far already. Granted we weren't witches but the metaphor remains the same.

"Question is, is if they are Lycan's why make this sudden move now? It doesn't make any sense. If anything this only gives more questions than answers, we need to definitely investigate this." Mamoru said. I agreed with him as Soren remarked, "He's right it doesn't make sense. Unless they decided to move the pack for the up-coming winter in a few months." While it was possible something with it didn't sit well.

"If that were the case they could have moved out in the day light. Not only is it warmer out with the sun light but they don't have the same vulnerabilities that we do and they have human forms to take. That alone makes their journey during the day time easier. Granted there are more people and cops on the road but it's not like they would speed or do something stupid to gain their attention. No they choose the darkness for a reason." I summed up.

A reason I want to know and know now. We needed more information though. I just hoped it wasn't a wannabe Yamamoro trying to play a fast one on us. They would lose terribly in the process. Yamamoro almost exposed us all a year ago for his own selfish gains and we couldn't take any more risks so these new monitoring processes were in effect in the majority of the covens world-wide.

"Were sure they are but before we make a move with our soldiers…" I put my hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry we'll confirm it tonight for the hunt. If they are Lycan's on the move then we need to find out where the pack went to and why the sudden move out of the blue." I stated. "I want an address of that location sent to my phone." I ordered. "On it." he responded as he got to work typing.

I responded to Eldon as Mamoru began to lead me away, his hand lightly around me as we headed off to my office. I needed to get his perspective on some ideas and the logistics behind it as I was no expert. I may have done a lot around here but I enlisted everyone that could help in the areas so that we all contributed to make this coven work well. It wasn't just me, "Looks like you might see something tonight after all." Before walking away with Mamoru.

Mamoru POV

I watched my girl work away at this new information. Something about it was definitely off as she pointed out some very true facts. I looked over at Eldon and saw a weird glint in his eyes like he was really in anticipation over what was going down this evening. His facial features didn't betray him but his eyes did. In a weird so of sense he looked a tinge bit like Damon did with his dark hair and tiny glare he sent my Usa's way.

I wasn't found of that though. I felt the need to ask him what was up but his eyes quickly went back to the screen as if he never even glanced her way. He seemed to be the average looking vampire. Nearly an inch taller than myself, medium weight, a few scars on him from obvious Lycan battles that were just too deep to heal up perfectly. He looked at me with disinterest as if I wasn't worthy of being seen.

Come to think of it not once has he tried to be social with anyone as of yet. Granted he'd only been here for a day or so but it did seem a bit odd. Perhaps he was just feeling the coven out as he was new to being here. So when Usagi and I left out I heard her playful words of encouragement to him. Theni also heard his comment back though she was too far away to hear the whispered, "Oh I know I will."

While I tried to ignore it the tone in his voice didn't sound positive at all. It sent bad vibes running through me as I wondered what he could have meant by that. Perhaps on this run tonight I can ask him if he's cool with being here with us. See if there's something on his mind or if he's just settling in. There could be a number of reasons I just had to know why I was getting this feeling this vibe from him.

Plus it seemed like he had a slight problem with my hand lightly around Usa's waist as I lead her away. We had work to do still as wanted to get on it before the sun set when we could leave out for this hunt. It wasn't as if he were jealous, not by far. I've seen jealousy in a man before, most notably in Damon when he was around, but this was more like disgust. Perhaps he wasn't interested in seeing someone else's PDA and just didn't want to say anything as this wasn't his coven to speak on.

If he did have a problem though with it visibly going forward I'd ask him about it. I don't like the idea of some strange vampire glaring at my mate nor looking at us like that. You don't like it don't look at it but don't look and then make facial remarks that can be louder than words. It's rude and unnecessary. I knew it may have seemed excessive to think this way but my mate brought out my overly protective side in me what can I say.

So when the sun went down we were on our way out the door. We prepped up on the motorcycles just as Eldon was suggesting having seen the address to, "We should take the side roads. It might take a little longer but if they are in fact moving they'll have the roads between their old haunts on the new ones covered." And while it was a worthwhile noted idea, Usagi knew these streets better than anyone.

She had been doing runs in the area for far longer than either of us had so whatever plan for a hunt she had I followed her. "We'll go straight." She stated, expecting no argument, "Perhaps I need to rephrase myself." Eldon began getting settled into his own seat. "We should take the side roads to avoid being spotted. The Lycan's will have all the main roads covered." He was beginning to sound condescending and I wasn't liking that, "Not every road." She stated with confidence as she pulled her com up.

"You got street surveillance in your sights?" she asked Soren through the com's we were given, "Gotcha covered. I own them along with the tracking devices on police vehicles. No risk of being caught off guard on your route." He responded. She looked over at Eldon and remarked, "Don't worry I've got us covered. My team is great." She smiled as she hit the shift gear and started to go forward.

The two of us following even if Eldon was less than thrilled with our current course of action. I definitely wanted to talk to him about it later. She doesn't ask for vampires to jump through hoops for her but to show respect to a vampire leader of a coven is basic that even I know it by now. Even though I'm second in command here I ALWAYS show my respect to her, our elder and even Minako of her coven when she comes around.

It's the way of the vampires. So if you're not familiar with an area don't jump the gun. Go with who knows the area and see what they can show you and learn from them. It's what I've done since I turned. We sped through the night through the security and evaded police as we traveled through the in between alleyways to get us there faster to where the address was to have a starting point.

I loved how my Usagi looked on her bike. She looked like a sleek black panther ready to strike at a moment's notice. A coiled tiger ready to pounce. I felt ready to pounce her later on in bed once this was all done and over with. The thrill of getting out to go do this was nice though as we did tend to get a little cabin fever in the estate once in a while. So when Eldon got between us and sped up Usagi even looked over at me.

He was a little unorthodox and perhaps rough around the edges but I knew Usagi was also using this as a test run. She wanted to see how he worked under pressure. We arrived at the address ten minutes later. Strapping her guns to her as I did to me we walked in ready to use them but not trigger happy enough to start wildly shooting. We came across several abandoned vehicles on the outside of the tunnel.

We got off our bikes and checked them out with or guns out. We found them all empty and devoid of life. "Nothing in them." I noted. She nodded, "They must have gone inside." She noted as we saw the aqueduct to the left of us all. As we began to remount our bikes Eldon said, "Why? If we go in stealthily without the bikes, we can have the advantage of surprising them." he commented. "True if there were any left in there." Which made him narrow his eyes at her in response something I wasn't a fan of.

"Look at the signs." She remarked and both of us saw the under-construction signs. The signs to divert traffic away from the area and the big bobcats that were dozens of yards away from us. It was clear as day that when day break broke there would be construction guys back here to get to work. "This place is still under construction. They wouldn't still be inside. To high of risk for exposure to humans." She said as if it were obvious which is was.

"This is just another clue to where they went to. the more we look the better idea we get on where they went." I could tell he was peeved she had good reason as he kicked his bike into gear. We drove inside the tunnel all the way to the end. I doubted they were still inside, but we could still gain some clues on where they went. If we could catch a latent scent, we could get closer to where they went to.

To the left of us we saw the tunnel of an aqueduct and Usagi gave us the signal to drive through it. As bumpy as it was we still went inside and used our enhanced sight to see through what the lights on the bikes couldn't. We came to a stop as we hit the end of the line or what seemed like the end of the line. Usagi dismounted first as we followed behind her. I was leery of what else could be in here and used my senses to make sure we were alone.

The air even smelled like water and a hint of cement. The bikes were safely in the center and parked in a fashion for a quick exit. She examined the area as I focused on listening and smelling anything that could give way to Lycan activity but so far nothing. I saw the many lights that were lined up along the sides for sight for the humans. Funny for me to use that word considering less than a few years ago I was one.

Either way I took a look around with my gun at the ready and saw above my head was a sewer grate with a short ass ladder coming down from it. In the section we were in though it was still being constructed so there was also a grate along the walls. Probably for workers to get out if they got caught down here like they did for miners back in the day and even today. To have a secret exit to get out of in case of a rupture of something during construction. It would probably only get removed once construction was completed.

"Looks like they took the underground aqueduct system and decided to use the spare exit here to go through the sewers to finish the trip off." She motioned to the grates on the side of the tunnel as I figured she would. "That doesn't make any sense." Eldon stated sounding slightly irritated by her words. Like we were wasting his time on this. I really wanted to talk with him about things but that could wait till later.

After all we were on com's right now and had to be focused on the task at hand. Though I think he needed to realize that himself to at this point as he was starting to get on my nerves, "Actually it does. The tunnel is going through repairs and won't be having any water coming through it. See." Sure enough there was a block put in place and behind you could hear the distinction of water behind it.

"They ditched the trail here because the water would cover it up if ever searched. Their smart." She commented. "And the grates would lead to a nearby sewer system that is only accessible through here and one other location." She stated. "Why?" Eldon asked, "The other entrance is surrounded by a field of wolfsbane. They couldn't use that path so they used this one. Clever. Now we have a good lead." She noted.

Eldon seemed to have a bit of a problem with this though, "Hold on! How do you know that?" he near demanded like he was having trouble with the fact that she knew more than he thought she did, "I've been in Japan for several life time's now. I know this island better than most and I made sure to know of every location where a Lycan would be at their weakest in case I was ever at a weak point." She explained calmly. "Now come on." She ordered gently but firmly as we both followed her through the grate.

When we got through, she pulled her gun out, "Soren can you hear me?" she called as we all heard some words but static to. to much to be honest. "Great. Were too far underground to get good signal out." She looked back at us as if contemplating our next move, "Whatever you pick I'm with you." I confide to her as Eldon gives a bit of an eye roll, "Can either of you hear me on the com's for signal?" I asked. We both motioned that we heard her voice clearly.

"Good so we have signal to one another but not great for in here." She then looked to me and asked, "Mamoru stand by the grate and see if you can hear Soren better." She motioned as I went to the grate entrance and called out, "You got me Soren?" I asked, "Yeah got you now, stay there and I've got clear signal of you and can hear you." He said over the com's giving us an idea of what needed to happen.

"Mamoru since our com signals aren't working at 100% down here, I need you by the grate, so we can have access for help if its needed." Before I could protest her wanting me to stay here she gave me this look in her eyes which told a different story all together. One of not trusting Eldon fully and wanting me here in case things went sideways and we both knew she was right on the signal. If something did go wrong Soren would respond better to me telling him something that the newbie Eldon.

I didn't like the idea of leaving her in there with just him, but I knew she was capable, "Both of you, com checks every two minutes. No exceptions. We're not on radio silent in here." She stated. I merely nodded to her while watching her and Eldon retreat inside to try and gain the scent of the Lycan's inside. "Com check." She muttered within the first two minutes as stated before. "Com check to." Eldon stated. Something about this whole thing now put me on high alert. Something was going to happen.

Eldon POV

This Usagi was driving me crazy with irritation. Not wanting to follow my lead instead of traveling through this kami –sama awful tunnel system. That stupid mate of hers having her back so – my frustration levels were mounting. I had to remember that as soon as this part was over with I could start to things go my way. I just had to get away from her and him so I could send out this text to that Lycan leader.

I managed to find a signal spot which was near a vent when we separated where I could send it out without looking suspicious to her. Luckily not only did he receive it but he also responded back that he was within the vicinity as well. Good. I had had enough of agreeing with her and doing things her way. Time for the rest of the coven to see what a leader she really is. Unworthy of that title. Soon your coven will be mine…I grunted irritated as she checked in.

I saw the light that indicated it was her flash light and followed it, "Looks like they went through this tunnel." She indicated as I saw the tunnel in question. It was much slimmer and we'd both be crawling like wiggle worms through it. The pack definitely used this route while in human form, no other would fit. "That could be all the way to the end of the city." I complained as she looked through it herself.

"True…we'd have to get the schematics to narrow it down further. I mean all of this is way too much work to go through just to travel to a new home." She noted and perhaps she had a point but still… "We're not going in there are we?" I asked of her, hoping it was a no. she had to have a limit of where she was willing to go to and she needed to be around for what would happen next. She needed to see it.

"No we could be in there for hours at that pace and the sun will be up before we'd even reach where the trail goes. No it might even dive off into different directions. We need to head back to Mamoru and get Soren back on the com's. He can look up the schematics and at least give us a better idea of where to go to next." She commented as we headed back. This would be the make it or break it part.

Mamoru POV

I felt something in here with me now. I had crawled back through the grate and heard Usagi's check in a few more times before listening to her conversation with Eldon. I wanted to be within range of hearing her and of signal range for Soren. Now however, I smelled something in here with me. It wasn't Usagi or Eldon, their scents were still too far away, and I knew Usagi's by heart. This was Lycan in nature. I couldn't help but vamp out a little as I heard a bit of a growl coming from the dark corner of the tunnel.

It was on the other side of our bikes that we had parked. How did one get in here? We didn't see anything or smell anything when we got in. I sniffed the air and it suddenly stank of Lycan. I wondered if it snuck in here as I came back through the grate from the upper one and I just didn't see it drop down or something. It was the only explanation I could think of as I took a big whiff of the beast.

It was older to. The newer ones that I noticed had a lighter scent whereas the older ones had a more-musty scent. Almost like old books that were waiting to attack you…as weird as that sounded. That's when I heard a subtle tell-tale growl. I peered more closely and saw a large Lycan slowly coming at me from the darkness of the shadows. The lights on the sides were nice but they were barely bigger that a nail polish bottle.

Thankfully I've had enough encounters to this date with Lycan's to no longer be afraid of them as I once was. Now it was more like 'bring it'. But this one was older, I just knew it. It came after me just as I jumped into the air using part of the wall behind me as I flew over its head with ease evading it like I had been trained to. Suddenly glad that I trained by the best of the best and that I could defend myself better than I could several years ago. Don't get me wrong I could still fight but this was a lot more extensive.

I used my gun to shoot at it from behind, before pulling out my other Glock to continue shooting at it. The older ones required more ammo to take them out versus the younger ones. Found that out during the battle last year. Usagi was going to be worried if she came back to see this one in here. Thing was the silver bullets we had weren't doing a whole lot but slow this one down. I had to use the moves I learned to escape its grasp as the sucker was faster than anticipated. This one may be older but it sure as hell wasn't slower.

I jumped all of our bikes in one leap as I slid on the gravel below my booted feet and twisted back around to shot it some more, emptying both clips as it fell over the bikes in its hast to get to me. Two of the bikes were now underneath it while the other one got jammed in place preventing it from reaching me for the moment. I released the clips before reloading quickly and cocking the gun back as I testily went forward to it. I didn't get to close, not even within arms-reach just to be safe. "Who the hell are you?" I asked it.

Problem was I knew it was still alive or else it would have started to transform back to its human form. "I know your still alive. I know what happens to your kind once your actually dead. Some just take longer than others but still. It happens." I called it out. Recognizing this it lunged for me and while I dodged the first wipe the second one knocked me off my feet and the guns were dislodged from my hands. "Fuck!" I cursed.

I rolled backwards and landed back on my feet moments later foregoing going for my guns as I didn't have time to grab them and instead went for a blade out of my pocket. I use the tunnel wall to spin back around using my vampire stealth and speed, narrowly avoiding its swiping arm and enraging it further as I stab it in the side with the long blade. For a normal human that would have been the kidneys a sure fired way to get it to slow down and stop it.

I pulled out another blade and was prepared to stab it in its back to the sever its spinal cord when it ducked my effort and roared loud enough to makes the walls shake a bit and slammed its fisted claws into me. Not having expected that I soared over the bikes and hit the opposing wall with a hard enough hit that it cracked and crumbled a little bit. My ribs got a little kick out of that one as I couldn't help but taunt the obviously pissed off Lycan, "Someone got up on the wrong side of the sewer this morning."

I got up in time to barely avoid another two swipes as it came jumping over two of the bikes after me and grabbed the third one to try and hit me with it. "Seriously?" I managed as it crashed the bike into the wall hitting the gas line of the bike. "That was my bike to." I complained as I ducked it tossing the now bent out of hell bike at my head. Instead I ducked my own bike and slashed at it as it kept trying to slash at me. Right up until it tried to bite me. Its talon like fingers grabbed at me to pull me closer to it.

I used all of my strength to keep it from me as both guns were too far from me to grab at so I went for my next blade. Just barely grabbing for it I slammed it into the upper chin of the Lycan as it threw me, yes threw me, into the other opposing wall behind us both. I felt a bit like a rag doll at this point. Definitely older. Only this time I didn't fall down as I previously had. I grunted in agony as I looked down to see myself impaled on rebar piping.

My form was dangling up here now like a worm on a hook as the Lycan shoved the broke bike out of its way. I felt the rebar as it was coated in my blood. My body shifted a bit and I felt the pain as it began to tear at my muscles. My body weight making it worse as gravity was doing its job on pulling me back down…slowly and painfully. It had been out enough and just high enough not to have been noticed before now.

Luckily it was only through my right shoulder but I could also feel that it was tearing still through muscle up there. I had to get down off this thing before the Lycan came after me again only this time it might actually get to sink its teeth into me. I couldn't help the agonized groan of pain that erupted from my throat as I pushed myself slowly off the piece of impaled metal but not before I heard shouts from Usagi.

I heard Soren shout something but through the pain I wasn't getting much of his words. I wasn't going to be living this one down any time soon. Not that she would poke fun of me not by far she did respect me but till I healed up from this she'd bench me for sure to make sure it didn't get worse. The Lycan turned its head to see her and it almost seemed to be smirking before taking off out of the tunnel. There was something to be said for a Lycan running away from its enemy like that.

Usagi POV

I was stunned by what I came back to. Mamoru was slowly pulling himself off of the rebar pipe that was poking out of the wall above. I jumped up, placed my feet against the wall and pushed him away from it as I helped him down the rest of the way. I looked over as I saw the Lycan getting away. I then felt the profuse amount of bleeding that was coming from Mamoru's wound. I took a quick looked at it to see that it yes did tear into some muscle but wasn't life threatening. "Go." He remarked as I took off after the Lycan that attacked him.

I made it outside but the damned thing made off into the night before I could get a hint of trace on it. "Soren, I need a scout out tonight to see about a rogue Lycan. It attacked Mamoru. It'll be in the area where the aqueduct is." I ordered as I ran back inside. "Also prep medic for Mamoru, he's lost a bit of blood." I added. "What the hell was that?" Eldon demanded. "What the hell was what?" I snapped not in the mood.

I had been dealing with his attitude since the beginning of this evening. Now my mate was hurt and we had a Lycan that attacked him on the loose. "Ah you choosing to save your mate over a Lycan! Now it's on the loose and could attack an innocent." He snapped. "I've got scouts ready to find him and get on it. We have to get Mamoru back before he suffers from too much blood lose. It may look like just a sho - " but he cut me off.

"I don't give a fuck! The Lycan got away. You'd rather have the potential sacrifice of an innocent out there over your precious mate?" now I was getting pissed, "I get that you come from a different coven, so I'll let that slide but here we take those who we care for seriously. We don't abandon our comrades we give a damn. Now there are scouts out there looking for that Lycan so that it won't hurt anyone, but we need to get him back now before the blood becomes to much." I could see the blood coming out pretty heavily.

Mamoru was even beginning to sway in consciousness and there was a bit of a small gaping hole going through his shoulder that I know I could stick my finger fully through and only encounter blood. That wasn't good. I had to get him back the estate so that way our medic could get a look at him. I pulled his other arm around my shoulder and pulled him onto my bike as I spoke to him, "Now if you want to be of use right now get on your bike and let's get out of here before the sun begins to come back up." as I kicked it into gear and sped on out of the tunnel.

I didn't like how Eldon was acting towards me. Something was become more off and apparent about him as things went by and even though I know covens did things differently we weren't so different to abandon a fallen vampire. We took them back with us as much as we could. Besides I could never leave Mamoru to die or become worse out in the field. Call me selfish but I loved him to much to do that.