Kenny's P.O.V
I leaped towards the guy standing at the door leading to Luna's parents, throwing my body weight at him and pinning him to the ground in a choke- hold. Kyle followed my lead, throwing his weight against Zack, pinning him against the windowed wall with his arm pulled tight behind his back.
"Well that went well." I chuckled as Zack looked at us in shock and betrayal.
"W- What do you two think you are doing?" Zack sputtered out, his cheek pushed up against the window from the force of Kyle behind him.
"A rescue mission, duh." I smiled a cocky smile at him. "You should really be more careful who you mess with dude."
"You- You two won't get away with this! The cameras would have caught your act just now and any moment I'll have back up you twerps." Zack tried to smile in triumph even with a smushed face, which honestly was pretty funny looking on top of the fact that he thought he would get back up. If my suspicions were correct, Luna would have gotten those cameras taken care of by now.
"Actually, you may want to think again." I moved the petrified guy I had pinned with me as I pointed to the motionless camera that also was missing the blinking red record light. "As I figured my beautiful girl has taken care of those pesky cameras."
"Shit, boss isn't gonna like this." The guy underneath me spoke for the first time in a quiet voice.
"I don't think you should worry too much about that right now." I turned my attention back to him. "Tell me the code to the door."
"No chance in hell." The man said as he tried to spat at me.
"Wrong answer." I angrily said before bashing the man's head to the ground, knocking him out cold. "Zack do you want a chance to answer me?"
"Like my fellow researcher said, no chance in hell kid." Zack answered with disdain.
"Kenny, this isn't working obviously." Kyle looked at me in question of to what our next move would be.
I stood up and turned around, crossing my arms as I thought. A thought crossed my mind in that moment, one that I felt was an answer we needed but was unsure where it came from. I turned back to face Kyle and Zack and made my way over, grabbing Zack by the nap of his hair and bashed his head into the window to knock him out cold next to his fellow jackass.
"Kenny!" Kyle yelled my name in annoyance, "Now we really won't be able to get any answers!"
"Hold on Kyle, chill out." I held up a finger as I approached the door and tapped a code into the keypad. The door slid open as I hit enter and I looked to Kyle with a mix of triumph and was returned with his look of confusion.
"How… How did you know the code?" Kyle asked as we walked through the door to help Luna's parents.
"Honestly, I'm not sure. I just got this thought and it came to me. Maybe it's something to do with the bond Luna and I share, maybe I can feel it more even as a human than we gave it credit. Luna must have gotten the access code from Mephesto while shutting down the cameras." I answered with the most logical answer, and one I knew deep down was true. The bond between Luna and I was strong but me being human limited certain parts of it that she experienced, but not as much as originally thought. "That's not something we should be focused on right now though, we have to help Mr. and Mrs. Kearne."
Kyle nodded at me as we entered the large white walled room, following the windowed side of it until we were beside Luna's parents. They were forced to their knees, tied up with some rope and looked weak enough to barely stand. As we approached they looked up at us with gratitude as they realized who we were, their eyes were so dark they could make pure darkness look like nothing.
"Mr. Kearne? Mrs. Kearne?" I knelt down and started working on untying the ropes. "Are you two okay?"
"As far as being okay goes, I would say so. Thank you Kenny. Kyle, you too" Luna's mother answered weakly and gave Kyle a quick glance as her father gave nod to backup the answer.
"What did they do to you?" I pushed for more answers. "From what Luna's told me there's a scroll of some type and that's the only thing that can actually hurt an immortal so bad."
"Yes, that would be correct. It's called the Ending Scroll and it has enchantments and blessings that are the only known thing to hurt all types of immortals, even go as far as to end an immortal's life." Mr. Kearne explained as I finished untying the rope around his wrists. "They used it to enchant bullets to catch us and these ropes to keep us down and weakened us even more by essentially starving us."
"I can tell, your eyes are dark as fuck." I commented, sputtering some gibberish as I realized I probably sounded rude as hell just now before I finally got out a proper sentence. "I mean, I just noticed cuz Luna's eyes get darker sometimes when she hasn't had enough to satisfy her thirst. I'm sorry."
"Hey don't worry bout it kid." He chuckled at my embarrassment. "No offense taken, its a weird sight if you're not used to it."
"Speaking of Luna, where is she?" Mrs. Kearne asked as she rubbed her now freed wrists.
"She's with Stan and Cartman. She was taking care of the security cameras and got the access code for the doors." I answered. "By the way, there are two people knocked out in the hallway and you two are welcome to them to get your strength back." I shrugged at them as I suggested. "I know it's not your way but I know Luna would want you guys to not be starving and the help would be nice."
"At this point I think we can make an exception, especially on these assholes. Isn't that right dear?" Mr. Kearne looked to his wife before they made their way towards the hall. "It's probably best you two stay here until we are done."
"We will, don't worry." Kyle spoke, his voice somewhat wavering.
"I'm guessing the rest of your friends know about us now?" Mrs. Kearne looked at me with a look that told me she knew the answer already.
"Yes ma'am." Kyle answered for me, "But, please don't be mad at Kenny or Luna, he had nothing to do with it really and Luna only wanted to do what she thought she had to. We don't care what she is she's our friend and your secret is safe with all of us, even Cartman."
"Ah, yes the tubby one who always smells like a heart attack waiting to happen." Luna's mother commented. "I never thought Luna would trust him enough, but if she chose to I trust her."
Both Kyle and I let out a laugh at her remark as Luna's parents gave us smirks before leaving us in the room to take care of their thirsts. I looked to Kyle who had a thinking face on as we both waited for the Kearnes to return.
"Kyle?" I said his name in a questioning tone. "You cool dude?"
"Yeah, I was just thinking that this seemed a little too easy though. I mean yeah if they had the advantage of special bullets to capture Luna's parents they probably wouldn't expect a group of teenagers to come rescue them, but we just came in and are gonna walk out. Just makes me feel like it was way too easy."
"Hmm, I mean you make a good point but," I stopped talking as a feeling if dread suddenly overtook me and I doubled over as pain shot through my stomach.
"Kenny?" Kyle looked at me with concern as I stood up straight and patted my stomach, my hands coming back clean and no wounds on my body visible at all.
"Kyle, something's wrong." The sudden pain was gone but the overwhelming feeling something bad was happening remained. I ran to the doorway, yelling for Luna's parents who looked up at me from beside each of the now dead men on the floor. They looked to one another in shock at the how unmoved I was about seeing them with bloody teeth over two dead bodies.
"Yeah, I date your daughter don't forget." I stated, waving a hand to show the scene didn't phase me. "But that's not what's important right now. I think Luna's in trouble. I just got this overwhelming feeling of dread and a pain shot through my side, I think it's from Luna." I explained, talking a mile a minute.
"Honey, their soul bond. He must be feeling what she feels because she's trying to reach out to him." Luna's mother stood up and looked to her husband as I stood, leaned against the doorframe. "Kenny, you need to take us to where you guys split up. We are strong enough to help you guys now, our senses are coming back to full strength as well. We have to help her, she could get severely hurt… or worse."
I sucked in a breath at her last words. Luna getting hurt was bad enough, but to lose her completely would devastate not only me, but everyone who has come to know her. "Kyle, come on! Mr. and Mrs. Kearne, follow me." I sped past them and led them back to where we first split off from the group.
Luna's P.O.V
I slowly opened my eyes and moved my hand, feeling a cold stone floor below me. I slowly pushed myself up on my hands, careful to not make any sudden movements as I let myself get reoriented.
"Luna?" The voice of Stan came from somewhere beside me as I got into an upright position and looked around the room. The room dark, but not phasing me as I looked to the source of the voice.
"Stan, is Cartman here too?" I asked, trying to stand up fully, grabbing at my side when a pain began sending me back down to a sitting position.
"Yeah, I'm here and look at the mess we are in thanks to you." Cartman scoffed from the other side of the room.
"Well gosh golly jee this is exactly how I thought this day would go, didn't you?" I snapped back as I tried again to get up, letting out a grunt as I again ended up on my ass.
"Ay, this is your fault bitch. I coulda been home eating cheezy poofs and watching tv or playing video games but no, I'm now stuck in a crazy person's lab with a vampire who dragged me into this shit." Cartman snapped back.
"Guys, this is no time to fight!" Stan sternly advised as he made his way to my side to help me up. "No one was dragged into anything, we all agreed to help Luna."
He didn't reply, just glanced at me over his shoulder from the corner of the room he was pouting in before giving a sigh and an eye roll and coming to assist Stan in getting me to my feet. I placed a hand to my side, pulling away to find remnants of my silver blood.
"Damn, this could be bad." I felt around my side, applying pressure and searching for any sign that the bullet Braxton happened to exit my body on its own, but from how weak I still felt and the fact I was still bleeding made me think it was still housed in my body. "Yes, this is very bad."
"Oh really? I hadn't noticed!" Cartman's smart ass remarks just kept coming even in the worst of situations.
"Not the time Eric." I glared daggers at him as I prodded around my side some more, finally finding the culprit of my pain. "Fuck! I can't get my strength back if this bullet is in me, it will prevent me from healing too because of the blessing on it." I kept my hand on my side at the location of the bullet as I stumbled out of Stan and Cartman's support and ran my hands along the walls, looking for anything sharp weather it be a rock or some other random object.
My hand finally brushed over a sharper part of rock. "Bingo." I grabbed the piece of rock jutting from the wall and pulled hard, the action slightly harder than normal due to me being weakened.
"Luna, what are you doing?" Stan asked, looking on in concern with Cartman also showing a glimmer of concern in his eyes.
"What I have to do to get us out of here." My voice came out stronger than I felt as I brought the pointed rock to my side where the bullet was lodged just below the skin. I sucked in a breath and clenched my teeth as I dug into my side, my skin cutting as easily as human flesh as my blood bubbled up around the wound. I made one quick movement and slashed into my side dropping the now silver tipped rock to the ground before inserting my fingers into the gash and pulling out the cause of all this pain. "Problem- Problem solved." I panted, throwing the bullet to the ground and stomping on it as I took another look around the room, spying the sliding door with the only window in the dreary room.
"Oh god Kenny's gonna murder us if he finds out she was hurt." Cartman complained, wanting to play off the situation in the best way he knew how.
"That's the least of our problems fatass, plus Luna's strong she just cut a fucking bullet out of herself." Stan slapped Cartman on the arm before walking to my side as I stumbled forward towards the sliding door. "Are you okay?" He asked as I slung an arm over his neck.
"Yeah, I already feel better. Like I said that bullet was the problem, now that it's out I can get my strength back and I'll be healed up in just a few minutes." I smiled to show that my strength was indeed returning as we reached the locked door.
I looked out the window, seeing nothing but an empty hallway leading to the elevator. "Looks like this is the only room down here, we must be underneath the lab in a room that was meant originally for storage, and not for the human kind either."
I took a sniff of the musty air, the smell of other humans coming through the musty smell of the walls. I let out a low growl of frustration and punched the door, leaving a good sized dent in it and causing Stan and Cartman both to jump from the sudden loud bang.
"Sorry guys, letting out some frustration." I let out a low laugh as I glanced back out the window. "Wait," I started as I felt the pull of the soul bond. "I.. I think the others are nearby!" I exclaimed, unsure if that was a good or bad thing.
"Oh, so not only are we captured, Kenny and Kyle are too! Now we really are trapped here to die!" Cartman yelled.
Over his yelling I heard the sound of the elevator begin to descend from above. "Hey why don't you shut up for a second!" I shushed him and returned to listening, taking in another sniff of the air. This time more smells came through the must, a good sign my senses were returning to full strength. I placed a hand on my side to check the wound, the gash now nothing more than a deep scratch that on a human would just need stitches. "Someone's coming down the elevator, but I'm picking up more smells." I explained as I took in one more deep breath as the bond gave another tug. I picked up the normal human smell, but also the delicate smell that distinguished immortals from humans as well as a smell I have come to love and crave, the smell of Kenny. "Guys! I think we are about to get out of here and kick some ass!"
I knew you could do it! I thought to myself, sending it down through the bond in hopes that my earlier attempts to reach out to Kenny when I was shot had worked and he was able to feel what I was. The elevator was still making its descent, moving at what seemed to be a snail's pace before it reached the end of the hallways and the bright orange parka caught my eye.
"Yes! And you doubted us Cartman." I stuck my tongue out at him as I turned back around and saw the accompanying bodies with Kenny and Kyle, my parents. "Mom! Dad!" I yelled in excitement as they bolted down the hall at inhuman speed.
"Luna!" They both yelled in unison as they put their faces up to the window to see in. "Are you okay sweetie?"
"Yes, I am now, is there a pin pad outside the door? I still don't have all my strength back. I was hit with one of the bullets the scroll blessed."
"Yeah, there is." My father confirmed as he checked the side of the door he was standing by. "Do you know the code?"
"Yes, she does. Here." Kenny stated as he jogged to join my parents.
"Kenny!" I yelled with as much excitement as I did when I saw my parents. "Babe I knew we could do it!"
"I would hope so, doubting me would be hurtful." He glanced at me with a smirk as he punched in the code.
The door slid open but stopped just before it finished at the dent I had punched into it. "Oops, my bad I was releasing a little pint- up anger before I had my full strength back." I gave a guilty smile as my mother pushed the door open the rest of the way with ease.
I wrapped my arms around my parents, thankful to see them alive and well. They hugged me back, recoiling as I hissed in pain and they saw my shirt was wet with blood.
"Luna, you're hurt?" My mother's concern showed on her face and in her question.
"Yeah, I was but it's nothing." I explained trying to calm her down.
"Babe if what I felt was you getting hurt then it wasn't 'nothing'. I've been stabbed, shot, decapitated, you name it and that pain was pretty up there on the 'please kill me now' scale." Kenny commented as he took my arm and pulled my close.
"Gee thanks for helping calm them down." I rolled eyes at him, letting him pull me into a gentle hug. "Besides that pain you felt was the bullet, but I didn't make you feel me cutting it out of my side so be grateful for that." I stuck my tongue out at him.
"Lemme see how bad it is." Kenny half asked half commanded out of concern. "If you don't mind."
I nodded as I slowly lifted my slightly damp shirt to reveal the now almost closed scratch. "Fast healing, looks a lot better now than it was. That bullet was a bitch to deal with."
He gently caressed the skin around the scratch, pulling away and looking at his fingertip that had a small bit of my silver blood on it. "I hate that you got hurt and I wish I coulda been there to help or take a bullet for you, but silver blood is pretty fucking cool hun." He smiles at me, trying to make the best out of the situation.
"I told you I could handle myself." I smiled back. "And you should get used to silver blood cuz you're stuck with me." I leaned in and gave him a kiss.
"Ugh so fucking gross! Ey! Shouldn't we be trying to get out of here alive instead of you two sucking face!" Cartman yelled at us.
"I mean, not to agree with fatass," Stan started as he shrugged, "but shouldn't we deal with this Braxton guy?"
"Wait, Luna did He just say Braxton did this to you guys?" My father asked looking concerned.
"Yeah. He used the scroll to bless a bunch of bullets but we destroyed most all of them. He took the scroll though, still has it. What I can't understand is why an immortal would turn on their own kind and also how do you know him?" I talked a mile a minute, jumping from one thought to the next.
"It's a long story, but to make it short just know he didn't want to live in peace with humans and the coven decided to kick him out." My mother answered.
"So now that we are all reunited again we should have an advantage right?" Kyle asked, his thinking face on as I assumed he began to start a new plan.
"We should, but we need to all work together if we are going to get the scroll back and stop Braxton." My father looked to me. "You seem well fed for the injury you just had."
"Collateral damage at the house, some asshole that I now know worked for Braxton." I shrugged. "Had to get information and he was a liability"
My parents looked at me for a moment before nodding, knowing I did what I had to and that it was the right choice in the end.
"Now, who's ready for round two of some ass kicking?" I asked, the boys all looking at me with determination and my parents nodding at me with the same look. "Good. Mom. Dad, why don't you start by telling us about this Braxton guy."