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Hi all sorry about waiting so long to get this chapter out and all. I once again got lazy and I had a bunch of homework n' stuff. I also got wrapped up playing FF8, and The Legend of Dragoon, and Darkstalkers n stuff like that. Now for something totally random and unrelated. ! 2 73- /4574- 0 1337. -342 /3-. ! 20 02 2 80 025.

If you know what that says…You're a geek…Welcome my brother…The council of the great nerds expects you…

Chapter 5 : The Calling

The War

Taylor's eyes widened. His brother was alive. The person who had helped him through all those hard times was alive. After a moment he returned his brother's embrace. They stood like this for a long moment before Cri broke the silence. "Ok enough of the lovey-dovey stuff. Commander ShadowRyan, We have come here before you and the council to try and end the war, or at least make peace for awhile." The council members looked at her skeptically. One of the only female members stood up. MoonCelot cleared her thought loudly and glared at Cri. "And how do you propose we do that, half breed?"

Cri winced at the name. Most of the council had never really accepted her. They considered her 'tainted,' and therefore unworthy of being in their army. This was a chance for not only the war to end, but for Dhampirs to be able to come out of hiding and walk among both their human and vampire brethren without being taunted or hunted.

Another council member stood up. It was DuskSoto, the leader of the vampires. He glared at MoonCelot and she sat down. He walked up to Cri and kissed her deeply surprising Taylor to the point of staring. "No one shall harm my soon to be bride for fear of death." He glared at the other vampires. "Is that clear?" The other council members nodded but MoonCelot looked at Cri with pure hatred. She had always had a crush on Soto but she could never win his love. Now she thought this little half breed had just appeared out of nowhere and stolen her love away from her.

Cri glared at MoonCelot, her gaze burning a hole right through her. She had no knowledge of the crush Celot had had on Soto and therefore would often be rude right back. "I will need to be accompanied by at least 4 council members, not including Commander ShadowRyan, and the human of course. Soto, I want you to stay here…" She snuggled closer to him. "I will explain my plan after they have been selected and we arrive at the human's base." A murmur ran through the council. Commander ShadowRyan stood up and addressed the rest of the council. "I am willing to go if it will make peace with the humans. We cannot survive without them and their population is dwindling dangerously low. I say we try this plan, even if it does sound hopeless. I think it's better that we die knowing that we tried, than to drop dead from lack of blood." NovaTalim, always optimistic, jumped to her feet. "I agree with Ryan. Let us die sooner knowing that we tried, than to die miserably wishing we had."

After a lot of persuasion she finally managed to get 3 other council members to agree. ShadowRyan, NovaTalim, CometIsabella, DarkJacob, StarSelena, BloodCri, and Taylor were all getting ready to depart. Cri made sure to pack some blood vials for herself and the other vampires. She quickly put the backpack over her shoulder and motioned for the others to follow her. "Come on, there is no time to loose." And with that they began their long trek to the main human settlement base.

The Tower

The boy ran out of the alleyway and ran down the street. There was a crowd of people running down the street all screaming. The boy managed to see what they were running from and froze. He tried to run but he felt like he was wearing cement shoes. Vampires…Or humans acting like them. They walked down the street grabbing anyone they could and ripping a chunk of skin out of their neck with their short dull fangs and drinking their blood. He braced himself for his own inevitable demise. The infected people were closing in quickly and he knew he had no chance of running. He closed his eyes tightly, his body shaking violently.

After a few seconds of nothing the boy cracked one eye opened. The infected people had passed him without touching him. Tears of relief ran down his face as he sank to his knees. He wiped them away with one hand and gasped. They were tinted red. A chill ran down his spine. He had 'studied' vampires in his free time. It was said their tears were blood. As he raised his hands to touch his eyeteeth it then dawned on him why they passed him. They thought he was one of them. He had been cured of the 'disease' that had been infected them but what damage that had happened was probably permanent.

He ran his tongue over his teeth realizing for the first time how thirsty he was. He spied a young girl hiding in an alleyway and felt his thirst rise. He now knew why Cri couldn't control herself. A real vampire's thirst must be much greater than his own. He tried to turn his head away but couldn't. He rose to his feet, the smell of the girl's fear as he advanced made his thirst grow stronger. He kneeled in front of her, closing his eyes. He resisted with every fiber of his being, but his willpower was fading fast. 'Someone help' he thought to himself as his willpower all but vanished.

The War

After a full day of walking they reached one of the human's sanctuaries...And what a pitiful example it was. The walls were made of wood, the flag was torn, some of the beams looked half rotted, rats were scurrying in and out of the shadows here and there...Very pitiful indeed.

Cri smiled, peeking out of the bush they were hiding behind. They were finally here. She sat down, pulling a few metal objects out of her backpack. Handcuffs, chains, and sort of a muzzle made of chain mail that a human or vampire could strap around our face. She also pulled out a bottle of fake blood. "Alright," she said. "This is what we are gonna do. Taylor, smear this fake blood on your arms and face. Rip your uniform in places too. We want them to think you were fighting. The rest of us will put on these muzzles and handcuffs and stuff and follow you into the base. Then we will talk peace."

The Council members looked at her skeptically. NovaTalim stared at Cri for a good minute. "So…You're asking us to disarm and disgrace ourselves and walk into the enemy base completely helpless where we could be attacked and killed at any time?" Cri looked down at her boots nodding. "Well I guess when you put it that way…" NovaTalim cut her off, "I love the idea! It sounds fun!" Cri couldn't move. She actually fell over fell over from shock. "Riiight…Well then…Lets go."

Well that ends another chapter. I hope you enjoyed it. I will apologize once again for taking so long to update.