"So, now what? We know what they want from me, but what could they possibly want from Lena? She's got nothin to- Aaagh!" Nicky doubled over and pressed the heel of his hand to his forehead.
Blade grabbed his temples as a bloodcurdling scream ripped through his mind. Almost as if it had never occured the sound stopped andhe straightened up slowly to see Nicky doing the same thing. Glaring at his son he shouted, "What the FUCK was that?"
Nicky shook his head to clear the resonating sound the scream had left behind and said, "It's Lena, somethin's wrong."
"You sure?"
"Yeah, I know my sister. That was her voice."
His glare turning into a worried frown Blade said almost in a growl, "Let's go."
"Her powers are developing at a much quicker rate than I ever could have anticipated. Find her and soon! She must be mine before the transition becomes complete!"
"Yes Master, we've narrowed her location down to a one mile radius. We'll be able to find her within the next 24 hours, though if our sources are correct then she's been put into protective custody since the accident."
"I do not care! I want my bride IMMEDIATELY! Do notmess this up!"
"We will get her for you Master, don't worry. You will have your bride before the next full moon, that I can gauruntee you."
"You had better not fuck this up because if I have to expose myself in order to get her you will not live past the full moon!"
"It won't come to that Master, I promise you."
Lena stood under the hot spray of water from the shower with her head tilted back when a blinding flash blocked out her vision. She grew lightheaded, and the next thing she knew she was in a long dark corridor. She heard muffled voices at the end of the hallway and was headed towards them when she was brought back to the present by a loud banging on the bathroom door. Struggling to sit up she called out in a frail voice, "What?"
"Sis, are you all right? What happened?"
Lena groaned and had just wrapped a towel around her after shutting off the water when Blade brokedown the door. Lena screamed and secured her towel more securely around her body. "What is your problem? Have you lost your mind?"
Blade frowned feeling uncomfortable for the first time in his life as he said, "Sorry, I thought you were in trouble."
"Even if I was, I was still in the bathroom. You could've sent in Abigail. You're like one of those really old perverted guys who get his rocks off by lookin at younger women you would never have a chance of gettin with in reality!"
"Calm down Sis, he was only tryin to help you. We all thought you had hurt yourself or somethin. I heard you screamin miles away, literally." Nicky stepped in front of Blade, used to protecting people from his twin's anger, and said, "He did what he thought was best for you and the babies. What if you'd been hurt? He was the only one strong enough to break the door down in order for us to help you."
Some of Lena's anger drained out of her body until she realized that there were at least sven people in the bathroom staring at her while she was in the bathroom with just a towel on. "That's fine," she said, "smiling a deceptively friendly smile that had Nicky backing away from her, "but you all need to GET OUT OF THE BATHROOM!" Suddenly her eyes went black and she froze with her hands at her sides. The same dark, menacing voice as before came from her mouth as she said, "You are all going to pay dearly if I have to come for my bride! Give her up to me and I may think about sparing your pathetic little lives! Do not test my patience or you will not live long enough to regret it!" With that Lena's eyes closed and her legs gave out from beneath her as she crumpled to the cold tile floor.
Nicky quickly picked her up, careful to keep her covered up by the towel. He carried her into her room and laid her gently on the bed before turning to Abby. "I need you to get her dressed for me please. I need to have a talk with my new found father."
King stopped Nicky and said, "Earlier today your sister woke in a cold sweat screaming bloody murder. I didn't know what was wrong so I went to check on her. That same evil voice said that she was his, and then went on in pretty much the same way as just now. Oddly enough the voice sounded kinda familiar, like I'd heard it somewhere before."
"Then you come too. I'm not gonna lose my sister to some psycho maniac again!"
Blade turned from the bedside where he stood staring worriedly at Lena to glare daggers at King, before asking Nicky, "What do you mean again?"
"Lena's ex, Craig Minh, went psycho when she dumped him. He kidnapped her and tried to force her into marrying him. She managed to get away on her own, but now she's pregnant with his kids."
King looked over at Lena's slender form and asked, "Did he...?"
"No, he didn't rape her. Can we please go talk somewhere else now? I really don't wanna see my sister naked, and her bein in only a towel is too close for comfort."
Blade nodded, his look of casual disdain back on his face, and the three men walked down the hall and downstairs to a soundproofed training room. "Now," he said turning to King, "you can tell us why you decided not to mention that this bastard had already taken over my daughter's body once today."
"Didn't really have the time. You guys came in and busted the door to my bathroom down before I even had the chance to make a single peep. So, yeah it really wasn't my fault. If I'da known you were gonna do that I woulda called you on the bat-phone and told you while you were out."
Blade took off his sunglasses and coat and sat down with a sigh, "This is fucked up. I gave you two up so that I would never have to worry about you guys. I had to stay focused on my job. To keep you two and the world safe I had to be able to contentrate on only the killing. Now, I've got you two, plus two more on the way, to worry about."
"Look, we don't have time for you to feel sorry for yourself. We've got to figure out a way to stop these monsters, hopefully without havin to let Lena know about 'em."
"You're gonna have to tell her about these bloodsuckin mother fuckers soon enough cause she's one of 'em... DRAKE!"