Kora had kidnapped Penny. Penny woke up in a cave somewhere far away from her friends and family. Buck smiled down at her. " hello my dear." He sneered. Penny snarled struggling. She felt the vines get tighter around her bare body. Buck held her close. " shh stop struggling." He whispered into her ear. Penny whimpered feeling his hips press firmly against hers. She cried out as Buck r*** her on the harsh grey stone.
Kora stood over Steele. She had a knife to his throat. She heard the old man stir. " Penny?" He couldn't move his head. " the b*** is gone. Your next." Sam had made it to the place on where Penny and Steele were held captive. Sam had a bad feeling wash over him. He kicked the door in to find his sister attempting to murder his boss. Sam's rage courses through him. He tackled his sister to the ground snarling. Some of his tiefling features began to show. "Well hello dear brother, nice of you to stop by," , "Don't play games with me Kora, let my friends go!" Sam growled, "Now why would I do that? Besides, I knew that hurting your friends and your lover would lure you closer to me and Buck so that we could finish you off," , "Leave Elvis and my family out of this!" , "S-Sam, its alright my boy, just save Penny and the others that my be trapped here, I'll be fine," Steele weakly said, "Sorry sir, but I'm afraid I'm gonna have to disobey you," , "Aww, how sweet. Its like a father and son moment, too bad your father was already dead." Kora laughed. Sam snarled lowly. Steele eyed Sam carefully. Something in Sam's body language changed rather quickly. "you don't go making jokes about my family like that." he snapped. Kora smiled at him. She pressed down on Steele's neck. Steele froze. He looked at Sam sadly. "Sam, go. That's an order." It hurt him to have to say goodbye to his team. He closed his eyes letting silent tears fall. Sam looked conflicted. "go Sam." his voice shook. Sam shook his head. "I'm not leaving you here." Kora let out an annoyed sigh. She dove the knife into Steele's neck. "no!" yelled Sam. Steele coughed and gagged. He smiled at Sam weakly. Sam tackled Kora tearing her away from his boss. His fangs came out. He snarled at his sister pinning her to the ground. He wanted to kill her. His claws were close to her jugular. Sam let her go. "get out." he ordered. Kora managed to escape without a single scratch on her. Sam held Steele close to him. "No. No. You can't go." he whimpered. He pressed his forehead to Steele's. Steele held his senior fireman tightly. "please take care of everyone.", "Please don't go, please!" Sam cried, tears falling down his face, "Its for the best Sam, take care of PontyPandy like the firefighter you are," Steele's eyes closed, "No! Please sir, please. I cant run the fire station by myself! Please wake up." Sam kept shaking Steele but it was already too late, "Please, father please!" Sam stopped as he realized what he just said, but he didn't regret it, he always though of Steele like a father figure to him. So even if he did call Steele his father he didn't care, "Father, please." Sam cried on Steele's shoulder. Steele relaxed in his arms. He was quiet just like the room he was in. Sam stayed there bawling. He had lost someone close to him. He carried Steele out of the hospital.
Anika gasped putting a hand over her mouth. Sam just stood there holding his father in his arms. Tears stained his cheeks. "he's...gone." He whispered. "I was too late." He fell to his knees. " I failed him. I couldn't save him." He closed his eyes crying. Elvis tossed his arms around his lover. He held onto him crying softly, "You did the best that you could Sam." Elvis reassured, "Kora will pay dearly for what she has done." Sam growled, "That's what we came here for. Apparently, Finley knows a chant that can defeat Kora but we have to time it right." Sam looked down at Steele. "right now we need to find Penny. No telling what pain she's in." he sniffed. "Finley, can you get Station Officer Steele's body ready for burial please?" he asked weakly. Finley nodded. "of course." She took the body from Sam. Sam got up. He walked away from them needing to be by himself for a while. The weight of world laid on his shoulders.
Sam sat down in an alleyway. He held himself. He was suppose to lead his teammates? How was he supposed to tell them that their former Station Officer had passed away? He leaned against the wall. A light rain began falling on him. He continued to sit there soaked to the bone. "why did it have to be him? Why could I save him?" whispered Sam. Suddenly Sam felt arms around his waist, he turned and saw Elvis holding an umbrella for him. Sam burst out into tears. He held onto his friend crying on his shoulder. Elvis kept the umbrella over the top of Sam's head. "Sam, there was nothing you could have done to save him. He died trying to protect all of us." whispered Elvis. "he's our boss. He was basically a father to all of us. I'm supposed to save people, Elvis." Elvis frowned holding Sam tighter. "Sometimes the hero isn't quick enough to save everyone." Sam held onto Elvis. Elvis helped Sam to his brother's house. Bronwyn got to work on drying Sam off.
Three weeks go by...
Sam had gone off with Anika to rescue Penny. Penny was worse to wear. She had been impregnated by Buck. She hung from the stone wall weakly. Her body covered in scars. She heard someone enter the room. "please. No more." she begged. She curled up trying to get away from whoever it was in the room. "Relax dear, I'm actually here to help you just this once," Kora said as she held up a large needle. She injected Penny with it, "Its an injection that will abort the baby. We can't have you to carry the fool's baby now can we?" , "Why do you hate Sam so much?" Penny asked, "Because he killed my mother," Kota growled, "How do you know it was Sam?" Kora froze for a moment, "Well, I actually don't know, I was born with moon blood so I was a disgrace to my family, they threw me out like I was nothing," , "But how did you know Sam wanted you to go?" , "I don't know, all I know is that since Sam had the hunter's blood like our family did and not me, I figured he hated me," Penny shook her head, "Sam's not like that, I know that Sam still loves you. No matter what you are, even if you're different." Kora looked at Penny for a moment, "You better be right." Penny howled in pain. She whimpered watching blood drip from between her legs. Anger coursed through her. That was her child. Her baby had been slaughtered right in front of her. She snarled softly pulling away from Kora. Tears threatened to spill from her eyes. The abortion had hurt her in more ways than one. She didn't want the baby aborted. It was her child. Kora walked away from Penny leaving her to bleed out. "I never said I would save you." she whispered. She had a small smirk on her face. "now that the brat is gone. Buck won't come after you." She headed back upstairs. Penny sobbed quietly to herself. She kept hoping Sam would come for her soon.
Sam had changed into his armor. He could sense Penny's spiritual pressure. "she's close." He whispered. "I can feel it." He turned to Anika. "let's get going." He sounded a whole lot like his mom. Her determination burned in him brightly. Anika nodded. "you take point then Sam." She grabbed her snipe rifle off of the shelf. Sam followed Penny's spiritual pressure into the caverns. Kora had long since left Penny to bleed to death. She sobbed quietly grieving over the death of her son. She heard the sound of footsteps. " Penny?" A voice called. Penny wiggled only to feel the vines get tighter around her body. " Sam!? Is that you I hear!?" Sam picked up the pace. He spotted his friend tied to the wall. Her body dangled helplessly from the vines. He saw blood pooling under her. His feral instincts kicked in. He felt his throat burn. He gritted his teeth. "Oh, Sam! I nearly forgot," Anika took out a needle and stuck Sam with it. Sam hissed in pain but suddenly his blood desires have faded away, it was like his body was normal and his hunter's blood was far away, "Elvis's blood has a reoccurring agent that will help with your powers," Sam sighed affectionately. He always knew that Elvis was special for a reason. With the desires out of the way, Sam opened the door and started to release Penny, "Penny, what happened?" Penny looked down. " he...he r*** me then she..." Tears fell down her face. She couldn't even begin to tell Sam how bad watching her child get aborted had harmed her. She looked away sobbing quietly. Sam cut the vines. He caught Penny in his arms. She was really weak. "you're okay now. Let's get you out of here." He comforted. Penny leaned against Sam's chest. She held her barren womb. " my baby." She whispered. " they took my baby from me.", "I know, I know, but it's okay. Your safe now." Sam carried her through and brought her out of the place where she was trapped. It took a while but they finally managed to get back to the hospital after it was cleared to out.