KosmoKhaos: WHOOO! IT'S ALMOST CHRISTMAS BREAK!!! Two weeks out of school!!! XD It is awesome, yes? Anyway, here's chapter four! ^____^ And of course thanks to Delilah von Lohengrin who's been my faithful reviewer so far! ^___^
Nova: Who's Deliah von Logren?
Khaos: ^__^" Uhhh, its Delilah von Lohengrin, Nova….not-
Nova: O.O Long what??
Khaos: *Sigh* Never mind Nova.
Helena: She's too oblivious to get it.
Nova: WHAT'D YOU SAY?!
*argues with Helena in background*
Khaos: Uhhhhm, yep, Enjoy the chapter! ^____^"
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Mina smiled at her small group of female cohorts. Darcia smiled back. She knew that smirk well. It meant that the time had come to start moving on with their plans. The first step was ready to be put in place. She had been waiting for this moment. The one moment the "fun" would begin. Mina shook her head knowingly.
"Darcia, I need you to go and the others…and take Keiko with ya." She ordered with a lazy smirk. "Me and Lucian have work to do."
Darcia smiled mischievously in turn. "Finally! I've been waiting for some action to start in this place! I should've known you couldn't keep things boring for long Mina!" She said excitedly and started towards the exit. "C'mon Kei, it's time to get this party started!"
"Wait!" Lucian said suddenly.
Darcia and Keiko paused to look back at him curiously. The Lycan lord gestured to the tall, hulking figure of Raze.
"Take Raze with you."
Darcia looked the large Lycan over and he glared at her. She was amused. 'Does he think that we're that incompetent? Or does he not trust us at all?'
"Expecting trouble?" She asked aloud.
Lucian's eyes narrowed as if he could read her thoughts. "Better to be safe than sorry, hm?" He said simply. He seemed to have chosen his words carefully.
Darcia gave him a strange rather doubtful glance before she looked over at Raze briefly. "Yea…sure."
She smiled at Raze as he caught up with the in two quick strides. 'Well aren't you mean looking, eh cutie?' She blew a kiss at him on her way out the door. The Lycan's eyes narrowed and he barely suppressed a dark growl. He had a feeling that he wasn't going to like this.
Nova, on the other hand, leaned her head back in exasperation. She let it hit the metal with a rather loud thud. Everyone looked at strangely so she glared darkly. All she really wanted right now was to take a nice long nap and at least some kind of shower… Did they even have showers down here? 'I'm sure as hell gonna find out! There is NO way I'm staying down here without a shower!...And some new clothes…well a new shirt and change of underwear at least…' She thought with an annoyed twitch of her nose. It was more like a held back snarl of frustration. For some reason, she couldn't shake the adrenaline that had managed to consume her. The tiredness of tonight's events was still there but she still had a rush of raw adrenaline. She crossed her arms over her chest and tried to block out the world around here to the best of her ability.
Lucian looked at her and Helena and then spoke to Mina. "They can accompany Pierce and Taylor to get the weapons."
Mina nodded in agreement and Nova's head perked up suddenly at the talk of weapons. Mina looked at her with a "don't-mess-this-up" expression. "Just don't go and get all trigger happy on me Nove."
Nova gave her the face of an innocent angel. "Why, whatever do you mean Mina?"
Mina rolled her eyes. "You know what I mean."
She tossed her the gun that Helena had confiscated when she had attempted to shoot Pierce earlier on their way back here. Needless to say Pierce was going to rip her apart. Helena and Taylor had to actually separate them from tearing each other's throats out. Nova grinned as she followed Pierce, Taylor and Helena out the room.
Mina sighed. "Man are they a handful at times…" She growled and turned to Lucian. "I hope your "bargain" holds up."
Lucian gave a doubtful sigh of his own. "As do I…Your help is greatly appreciated."
Mina leaned on the wall, lazily taking a long drag on what was probably her third cigarette of the night.
"Sure thing…I may not have been born a slave to them as you were but…" Her voice lowered dangerously. "I'm not…particularly fond of their "Elders." Her lip twitched in what was most definitely an annoyed snarl. "Personally, I don't like your…"cousin" either. I ended up the way I am because of him ya know…" She said matter-of-factly.
Lucian seemed rather shocked at this bit of news. "You know him personally enough to say that?" He asked.
She smiled at him. "Well he did kill my mother…then he took me captive for a decade and a half so, yeah I suppose I do know him personally." She laughed. "But don't worry, our past relationship won't get the way of your desired plans for peace. But doesn't it make you question his trust when he so easily turned his back on the so called Elders of his kind?"
"I don't completely trust him…even after all of this, if the plan shifts and it works in his favor, I'm sure he'd pick the easier way." He said.
"The easier way being to kill both you and Victor, right?" She mused with a small smirk. "But not to worry! You asked for my help and like some people, I believe in the saying; "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."
Lucian shook his head with a smirk.
"Well that's good to hear Mina…Come, let me show you what I've really been up to." He said.
Mina raised an eyebrow as she followed him down a hallway. 'Now how kinky did that sound?' She laughed to herself.
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(Nova's POV)
I followed behind the three older Lycans in silent excitement. The word constantly whirling around non-stop at five thousand mph was "Weapons! Weapons!" 'God do I love guns!' I thought happily. I had become fascinated with them ever since I was younger. Just the thought of one was exciting almost to an alarming point. Of course such a strange fascination probably seemed peculiar to any other human. But most humans didn't grow up in captivity with leeches and get born into an ancient, supernatural war of beasts versus monsters now did they? We had got into a truck that reminded me of the SWAT vans that I'd seen in a couple of movies. I was so wrapped up in my thoughts that I had barely noticed that I had been put in the back with Pierce. I could smell him clearly, I could even feel his eyes on me, he sat right across from me, but I couldn't bring myself to look up and glare at him. I felt the amused curiousness beneath his gaze at my apparent excited state of mind. I bit at my lip anxiously. Taylor managed to get the front seat with Helena and he started at a rather speedy pace, for a truck like this anyway, down the dark, damp streets. A sudden steady buzzing in my pocket made me jump. Pierce watched with a raise of his eyebrow as I squealed and fidgeted for the vibrating phone in my side pocket. I pulled it out with a huff and looked down at the text message I had received. 'It's from Darcia…'
"I've got your toys. Helena's too."
A grin ghosted quickly across my face. "Darcia got our "toys" Helena." I said.
Helena grinned back at me from the front seat. "You mean your toys?" She corrected.
I shrugged. "Hey, what's dog without a bone?"
Unfortunately that question turned out to be one of my first mistakes.
"I bet you'd enjoy a good bone." Taylor chuckled beside Helena.
My eyes narrowed at him darkly and he smirked at me deviously through the rearview mirror.
"I have a bone for you if you're ready." Pierce whispered huskily as he leaned in close to me from the other seat.
Instead of immediately glaring like I usually did, I was in a rather good mood so I smirked and leaned in closer until we feel each other's breathe on our faces. That was yet another mistake. It wouldn't have been so bad if the look in his eyes hadn't made a shiver go down my spine. He saw me shudder and a smirk curved at his lips. I let my eyes narrow dangerously but didn't glare at him…yet.
"How about it? I'll show you what a bone is really like…I'm sure you'll enjoy it. I'll even be gentle." He offered.
Now I glared. But I couldn't shake the feeling that somewhere behind my glare, that something inside me craved his offer. Needless to say it was immensely disturbing. It was almost the craving I got when the full moon was out. I'm a half-breed so I was never forced to make the change but the feeling was always there. I was always more vulnerable and prone to…"violent outbursts" when I got like that. But this feeling was different. Instead of feeling rage and bloodlust, I felt like I was burning…and something inside me tightened and sent a tiny ripple of pleasure throughout my body. However…that wasn't going to deter my current comeback. I huffed contemptuously.
"NEVER." I said through clenched.
Pierce grinned at me and gave a sudden, brief kiss to my lips. It was short but it was still off putting. I blinked in shock and pulled back away from him as he smirked at my expression. My face darkened because now I was angry. Very angry. I felt the sudden urge to rip his face off.
"I'LL KILL YOU!!" I snarled.
He smirked at me smugly and Taylor laughed. 'Why do they seem to take amusement in my anger and annoyance? It's infuriating! They do it to annoy me and it's actually working! The bastards!'
And with that aggravating thought, I leaned across the van with rather incredible speed and took a swing at Pierce's face with my sharp clawed nails. However I was shocked when he simply grabbed my wrist and yanked me off the seat. I hurdled forward and fell to my knees, slightly off balance since he held onto my arm, not wanting to fall on my face I was forced to catch my fall by bracing myself between his knees. My knees stung from the sudden contact with the hard, cold, metal of the floor of the van. I was in shock they he had so quickly countered my blow that all I did was grimace up at him in astonishment. He stared back at me passively. I shivered. I was suddenly reminded of Darcia's earlier warning about him being older than me…stronger than me. He grabbed both my wrists with one of his larger hands and pulled me up closer to him so that my torso was up in his lap between his legs. Once again were inches apart.
"Care to try that again pup?" He growled softly at me.
My mouth went strangely dry and I swallowed. Just the tone of his voice sent a chill of fear into me at the moment. I hadn't been called a pup in almost sixteen years. Whenever I was referred to with the name it always meant that I was in for some trouble. I hated the name with a passion. I managed to give him a somewhat defiant look as held my wrists in death lock.
"Let. GO of me!" I snapped lowly as I pulled at my captured wrists.
He quelled my struggling with a simply jerk of my arms.
"Watch yourself pup! Keep it up and you'll catch the beating of your life!"
"My NAME is NOVA! Not PUP! Not GIRL! N O V A- NOVA! Don't try and pull your seniority bullshit on me mother fucker because it won't work!" I retorted scathingly before I could think about maybe even trying to hold my tongue. I saw his hand rise to strike me and my first reaction was to draw back and flinch. I braced myself for the blow.
"Hey!!"
Helena yelled, halting his blow in mid-swing as she turned around in her seat. "BEHAVE you two! I will pull this truck over! I swear to God!"
She glared back at both of us from her position in the front seat as Taylor tried not to show Pierce that he was smiling. Helena sounded like an annoyed mother with two misbehaving children in the backseat of a car on a long road trip. Pierce glared at her.
"Sit down and be quiet! If you can't say anything nice then say nothing at all!" She growled angrily at both of us.
Pierce's eyes narrowed before he glared back at me. He released my wrists and I snatched them away and sat back in my seat. The blood began to circulate back into my fingers almost immediately. I flexed them in irritation as me and Pierce stared at each other darkly. After a moment I simply turned my nose up at him and looked out the small fenced back window of the van, crossing my arms childishly. I unconsciously pulled my still ripped shirt closed. I hadn't got a new one yet but when Darcia got back with all my stuff I should have a ton of those things somewhere.
'…I wonder if she's having as good a time as I am…' I thought sarcastically.
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Keiko was also watching silently out of the car that she occupied as the buildings blurred by at speed that a car shouldn't be going on old, beat up roads like this. But that is what happens when Darcia is allowed to get behind the wheel. Raze, unfortunately was forced to learn this the hard way. Darcia sped about eighty plus down the old, wet, stone street. She whipped around the corners in a smooth slide and easily maneuvered her way around other drivers. She didn't miss Raze's dark glare as she rounded the recent street corner with a screech.
"What's wrong big guy?" She asked glancing over at him as she made a hard left. "Too fast for ya?"
He gave her a withering glare.
"Pay attention to the road girl." He growled in his deep baritone voice.
Darcia was amused. It was the first time the large Lycan had said anything to her at all. His voice was deep. She hadn't heard a voice like his in all her life! She cocked an eyebrow at him and pursed her lips.
"I'm no girl….and don't worry, I can't say I've even almost crashed before. My skills are mad."
Raze huffed. A smirk played across Darcia's lips as he did so. 'Alright Mr. Uptight, looks like I'm gonna' have to step my game up then huh?' She thought deviously. She switched gears and slammed her foot on the gas. They shot forward with a sudden jerk of intensified speed. 'Oh if looks could kill…' She laughed as Raze growled at her from somewhere deep in his chest.
"Aw relax! Tell ya what! If we crash then you can kill me!" She offered happily.
Keiko shook her head in the back seat as she pulled her cell phone from her pocket to text Mina. 'Why did send Darcia in a car like this? It was just begging for trouble.'
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Said young woman was currently watching with curiosity as Syinge, the pack's "doctor" of sorts, showed Lucian some of his latest test results on the blood collected from one of the various Corvin's that they had abducted. Apparently, his goal seemed to be to make the perfect hybrid of both species. According to Syinge, only a "pure" source that carried the hidden virus would be able to contain both Lycan and Vampire blood without dying. So far they'd had no luck on finding anyone that was a match. She leaned back lazily on a wall and watched as Syinge mixed some blood in a strange solution of liquid. It turned a dark black color and Lucian cursed under his breath. Syinge sighed in exasperation. Mina was silent and looked on thoughtfully. She knew that the victory of this war was a personal goal for Lucian. She didn't judge his motives at all. She was even going along and helping him. Mina was just ready for this all to end. If the leeches couldn't play nice and accept a treaty, when and if this was ever over, then they could die with the rest of them as far as she was concerned. The sound of her phone vibrating made her lose track of her thoughts. Both of the other occupants of the room watched over at. She looked over her incoming message in amusement. She looked up and gave Lucian a toothy grin.
"Looks like your lieutenant learned rule numero uno when working with Darcia." She laughed. "Unless you're in a hurry, never let her drive!"
Lucian and Syinge exchanged looks.
"Don't worry though, Darcia won't crash." She smiled.
Syinge sighed and shook his head at the Lycan master, giving him a "Where-did-you-find-this-girl-again?" look.
Lucian ignored it with a sigh of his own as Mina laughed in spite of the Lycan that had been sent to accompany her friend.
'What fun! This could turn out to be interesting!' She thought giddily.
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Yay! Sorry it took a second to get this up! Lol My stupid internet wanted to go all crappy on me and not to mention that it's the week before Xmas break so school was hectic! But yay another chapter right? I'll try my best not to get too caught up into break over the next 2 weeks and neglect my story! Lol ^___^ Review if ya like it!