The sun had set by the time Selene and Michael had made it to the subway. It was an odd sense of déjà vu; it was where they had "met" for the first time. Not so much "met" as "saw" each other, but this is where they had first laid eyes on the other. It was an unforgettable moment for both of them.

For Selene, when she saw Michael coming down the stairs, her heart skipped a beat. It was an indescribable, weird moment for her – her heart had NEVER fluttered the way it did at that moment. Even though he looked worse than a drowned rat without his umbrella, his face caught her attention and held it. She couldn't help staring at him. Even though it wasn't "love at first sight" per se, she felt automatically drawn to him.

For Michael, she was a sight for sore eyes, and his heart leapt up his throat as he saw that stunning, beautiful woman standing there. Her eyes seemed like a mysterious abyss that engulfed him in utter darkness. He was enticed by her neutral look. He wondered what was going on in the mind behind those pretty eyes, and he wanted to know what had brought such a gorgeous woman to the run-down part of the city.

Pulling up to the train station in the stolen car, Selene and Michael lingered for a moment in the car, forgetting that it was a race of time to get inside the Lycan's not-so-secret underground bunker. As they left the car and entered the station, they had no idea that they had lost this particular race, that Marcus had already infiltrated the underground bunker and had already killed most of the remaining population of Lycans.

Approaching the entrance, Selene already knew something was wrong.

"We're too late." Selene said.

"How do you know?"

"There were only two dead guards when we left. Now there are four.", indicating the dead Lycan guards on the floor.

Selene and Michael continued cautiously, both on edge. Blood was everywhere, the stench of fear and perspiration making the air thick and pungent.

Even on guard, Marcus's voice still startled them.

"Don't worry, I haven't killed ALL of them. Just some."

Selene faced Marcus, who was less than ten feet away from her. "Marcus."

"Selene, I must say, I'm rather… disappointed. This move was so PREDICTABLE. I actually didn't think you would do it. But you let me down. I guess one can never overestimate one's foe."

"Sorry for disappointing you." Selene remarked wryly.

Marcus grinned, peeling his lips back and showing his fangs. Suddenly, his lips became a snarl as Marcus hissed and shoved Michael into the next room.

"Michael!" Selene exclaimed. Marcus attempted to do the same to Selene, but she was quicker. Backing out of his reach, Selene grabbed Marcus and forced it downward, kneeing Marcus smack in the middle of his forehead, resulting in a satisfying "crunch" sound. Blood dripping down his face, Marcus roared and tackled Selene into the wall, but did not push her all of the way through it.

Grabbing onto Marcus's neck, Selene gripped it as tightly as possible. Gasping for air, Marcus's talons striked faster than lightning into Selene's shoulders. Selene briefly shrieked in pain as blood began to pour from her wounds. Grabbing each talon with one hand, she pulled them from her shoulders and gave him a blow to his chest, which sent him flying into the wall opposite them.

Michael, in the meantime, had changed into his hybrid form. He picked Marcus up from the floor and threw him head-first through the wall, and Marcus landed fifteen feet below in water. Quickly, Marcus was back on his feet and flew back up and dove through the hole he had come from, tackling Michael. Marcus tried to bite Michael's neck, but Michael struggled with Marcus. Selene walked up to Marcus and kicked him in the ribs, then grabbed his arm as Marcus recoiled and swung him into the wall.

"Bitch!" Marcus cursed. He kicked Selene in the stomach and as she fell, dug his fingers into the wounds his talons had made. Selene screamed in pain, then gained composure and tripped Marcus.

While all this was happening, all the Lycans that had survived the attack a few days earlier began to check out the action. No Lycan dared to interfere… yet.

It was not until Marcus swooped up and grabbed a Lycan by its neck that any Lycan even thought about interfering. Marcus abruptly swung the Lycan's body over his head and back, over and over, until the cracking of the Lycan's neck stopped. A sadistic grin crept over Marcus's lips. Hissing, Marcus dropped the lifeless carcass to the ground below.

Marcus swooped down to get another victim. As he reached to grab another Lycan, Selene stood in front of the Lycan and punched Marcus right where she had kneed him, making the blood bleed more profusely than it had been already. "Fuck!" Marcus roared as loud as he could.

Marcus finally gave up and flew hastily out of the underworld – like a bat out of Hell.

Selene leaned against the wall – or what remained of it – and let out a long exhale of exhaustion. Michael did the same. They had almost completely forgotten about the Lycans, and about why they were even down there to begin with. One of the Lycans changed back to "human form".

He stuck his hand out, as if to shake Selene's hand, greeting her, "My name's Happy."

Taking it, Selene couldn't help but chuckle. "Happy?"

"Hardly." Happy said, grinning just a little. "Want to explain?"

"Explain what?" Michael asked.

"THIS. You know, Mr. Jeepers-Creepers, you two down here… again."

Michael glanced at Selene. "We will. But first—"

"You need help defeating The Batman's evil twin?"

"How'd you know?" Selene asked.

Happy smirked. "Well, no offense, but you guys didn't seem to do so well against the guy just now."

Michael sighed. "Yeah, I guess not. And we've fought him before, too."

"Oh?"

Selene spoke, now. "Yeah. Now, answer our question. Will you help us kill Marcus?"

Happy took a step closer. "Why not ask your own Coven or the American Coven?"

Selene glanced down. "They're dead."

Happy was shocked. "All of them?!"

"Yes. You're our… only hope."

"Well, when you put it THAT way… yes."

Selene glanced around her. All of the Lycans seemed eager to help. Good enough – it seemed like things were finally going her way… for once.

AUTHOR'S NOTE
Keep the comments coming! I had a lot of fun typing up this chapter; it's probably one of my favorites.
Thanks for reading!

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