KosmoKhaos: Thank you for the reviews! ^____^ Lol I thought I might as well get this chapter over with seeing as I already had the ideas and stories written down! I'll have to write some more or risk forgetting my ideas… I kinda forgot over this break.

Nova: Yeah right! You mean got lazy and stayed up 'til 5 am and sleep 'til noon?

KosmoKhaos: O.O NO! I-I have no idea what you're talking about!

Nova: Oh really? So you weren't up watching old westerns five nights in a row until the break of dawn?

*Glares at Nova*

KosmoKhaos: Quiet you! At least I don't have some arrogant, Lycan, psychopath after me!

Nova: Take that back you stupid bit-

KosmoKhaos: Hey! I'M the one writing the story here! If I wanted to I could easily just call him here and let him get you!!

Nova: O.O You wouldn't!

KosmoKhaos: :} OH PIERCE!!! WOULD YOU COME HERE FOR A SECOND?! NOVA SAID THAT SHE'S DECIDED TO GIVE HER ALL TO YOU AND LET YOU-MMMPH!

*Nova cover Kosmo's mouth*

Nova: OKAY! I'M SORRY!!!!

Mina: *Shakes her head in exasperation*

Darcia: ^___^ Enjoy the chapter people! And HAPPY HANU-KWANZA-MAS!! WITH A GREAT NEW YEAR!

Mina: Hanu-kwanza-mas??

Darcia: *shrugs* Hey I was improvising!

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Nova watched as they got closer and closer to what looked like an old abandoned monastery. She frowned.

"I'm guessing this is more than just an old monastery?" Helena mused as she leaned lazily from her position next to Taylor in the driver's seat.

Pierce huffed in what could only be described as disgust. "We're going to see a vamp."

Nova gave a toothy grin. Pierce saw the look and shook his head.

"No, we ain't going to kill him either."

Nova pouted. "Well that's no fun."

Taylor laughed. "Well he has a lot of guns for us to take home." He offered.

Her grin came back full force at the mention of guns. "Goody! I can't wait!"

"So you guys have a blood ally?" Helena mused.

"More like Lucian's ally." Pierce countered darkly. "They betrayed him like they do everyone else they come across."

"So now he is helping us." Taylor finished.

"Huh…and they call us dogs." Helena said gruffly.

"A vampire killing his own…Typical." Nova said lowly as she glared out the window at the sky. The moon was out in all its half-full glory. It was going to be a full moon soon….

The gate at the entrance was open for them and as they went in Nova frowned. She got such an odd feeling as they approached it made the hair on the back of her neck stand on end. They came to a stop in front of the main building and began to get out. She stepped out and immediately narrowed her eyes as she looked around. 'What is this scent…like a Lycan but more….stronger?' She sniffed and then wrinkled her nose. 'And this other scent….I know it from somewhere…but it's definitely the scent of a leech.'

"There are first generations here, huh?" Helena asked in shock.

"Yup…"guard dogs" of sorts." Taylor answered as he and Pierce took the lead into the old building.

Nova glared at the walls suspiciously. 'Why do I know this scent?!' She growled low in her throat involuntarily. It filled her with such a rage. This scent was making her angry! Pierce heard her growl and glanced back at her raising an eyebrow. She looked back at him and realized she had growled aloud. She flushed a light red and turned away from him. She saw a slight curve of his lip as they came upon some wooden doors. The doors were opened from the other side suddenly revealing a rather lavish room with half-naked, female vampires on a bed. At the center was a scrawny male vampire and the last person Nova wanted see.

"TANIS!" she snarled.

Her companions turned to her quickly at her sudden outburst. Tanis looked pass the two male Lycans and Helena to look at her.

"Well good evening gentlemen…" He looked to Helena. "Lady…" Then looked to Nova. "..and Slayer."

"Call me that again and you'll be sucking blood from a tube you scrawny, backwards, blood-sucking, leech!!" She snarled.

Tanis shook his head as he stood from the bed. "Still as crude as ever I see."

Nova began to attack him almost immediately but Helena grabbed her collar and pulled her close to her.

"Down girl!"

Nova cut her eyes darkly at the red-head.

"LET ME GO."

"Not likely. Calm yourself…I know his presence torments you but just relax for now." She whispered softly.

Nova grit her teeth and held back another snarl. Her canines had lengthened and she bit into her tongue but ignored the taste of her blood in favor of glaring at the vampire who smiled appreciatively at Helena.

"Such a wise, beautiful woman you are Miss."

Taylor glared at him then and stepped in front of her to block the vampire's view. Tanis laughed.

"Don't worry Lycan, I don't like canine women anyway." He said.

Taylor growled and stepped forward threateningly but Helena grabbed the back of his jacket. He stopped almost immediately and glanced back at her as she walked beside him. She smiled at the vampire.

"Yea..and too bad for you I don't ratty parasites anyway. All suck and not enough bite, ya know?"

Tanis took her insult with a defeated smirk. "Definitely too bitchy for me." He commented

Helena smiled benevolently.

"You got what we came for Leech?" Pierce snapped with a glare as Taylor began to growl in an animalistic tone in the back of his throat.

Tanis sighed and raised his hands in surrender. He knew very well that Pierce despised him.

"Of course…It's out back- follow me."

They did so silently. Nova was giving of an aura of death that made everyone uncomfortable. Helena sighed. 'So this is Tanis?...Boney little thing he is…barely any meat at all.' She looked him over contemplatively. 'But still…I'm rather hungry.' She cocked her head to the side in wonder.

Tanis could feel her watching. "See something you like, hun?" He asked without turning around.

She laughed heartily. "Nah you're a bit boney babe, not much of a meal." Tanis gave a shaky sigh and shook his head. How did he get himself into this mess? Helena smirked and Taylor nudged her in the arm with his elbow.

"What? He is!" She said lowly.

Taylor chuckled and threw her a devilish smirk. "Bad, bad girl!"

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Mina watched the men in Lucian's pack silently from her place in the shadows. She leaned, lazily as usual, against the wall of the dark, damp underbelly of the city. There were a good few dozen of Lycans down here. The largest pack she'd run into in a long while. She watched as a group of them stood in the center and conversed. She watched boredly, her left eye was covered in shadow and glowed an ominous gold as her eyes narrowed. There was a sudden growl from one of the corridors and all eyes were drawn there as a fully transformed Lycan came walking in. He had what seemed to be the remains of a half-eaten human in his claws and mouth. The scent of blood quickly filled her nose and her lip twitched ever so slightly. Everyone watched as he continued eating and growling at anyone that got too close or stared too long. 'Ah yes. I forgot…now I'm hungry too…but must he eat so sloppily?' She thought. The Lycan was tearing away flesh and splattering blood everywhere. An unfortunate lower pack member inched just a little too close and was mercilessly clawed in torso. He quickly drew well away. Mina shook her head. 'Like dogs they are…'

She pushed away from the wall and stepped out of her "hiding place". All attention quickly diverted to her. The Lycan that was eating paused too glare over at her as she was coming steadily closer. She had no intentions of trying to take his "meal" from him, but he was in the way of where she was trying to go. There was a slight hush across the room. Mina didn't even look up at him as she came just within reach of him. He began to emit a steady growl at her. She glanced at him and raised an amused eyebrow.

"You growl at me?" She mused calmly.

She looked over the bloody mess that he was eating and turned away with a disgusted huff.

"I don't want any so don't go getting your panties in a bunch Cujo." She drawled and began to continue on her merry way.

The Lycan snapped at her angrily. She didn't even flinch. Moving with uncanny speed, she swiftly grabbed the upper half of his snout firmly with one hand and clenched tightly. The Lycan immediately stopped, letting out a pained howl. She turned and pulled him closer until his he was hunched down to her height. She stared him coldly in the eyes as he whimpered. All the others watched in utter silence and shock. She took in a deep ragged breathe as she glared at him. Everyone waited to hear the inevitable crack of bone as she snapped his neck, or cracked his skull. The blow that would possibly end his life for daring to attack such a "superior" Lycan as herself. She squeezed a bit more tightly and he whimpered louder… Then with she suddenly pushed him away with such strength that he went stumbling back into the hard stone and cement walls of the subway tunnels. Everyone watched him fly back a couple of feet and hit the wall hard. And without a word, she turned and kept walking, leaving behind a group of stunned Lycans. At that moment she'd gained quite a few of their respects, and some new enemies. The Lycan slowly shrunk back to his human form, mouth and head bloody from impact with the wall. His dirty blonde hair hung, dishelved, in his face as he glared with burning hatred at Mina's leisurely retreating form. Three other males walked over also watching as two of them helped him up. He quickly pulled away once to his feet and spat blood angrily to the cold floor.

"Fucking BITCH!" He snarled. 'You will pay girl!' He seethed to himself. 'You come here and think you can disrespect our territory and pack?! Our law?! You have it coming bitch!! I SWEAR it!!!'

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Nova silently took the two hundred pound crate from Pierce and sat it into the back of the truck with the other, already loaded, ones. Considering how giddy she'd been earlier, she was completely flaccid now. These crates were filled with weapons and she didn't even seem to care in the least. She was even obeying Pierces commands, although apathetically. As she and Pierce finished their load, they stopped and waited for Helena and Taylor to finish theirs. Needless to say that Pierce was intrigued. Her sudden, but slight, submission was a complete turn-around change of her character. She moved to the side of the truck next to him and lay her head back up against the cool metal and stared up at the sky. He stared at her openly, as usual, and despite looking a bit uncomfortable she seemed to be ignoring him unless he was actually going to say something and break the silence. The moon reflected brightly off her eyes as she stared at it in a trance-like state. After a moment of study the brightly glowing partial orb she closed her eyes and sighed softly through her nose. Finally, Pierce broke the silence with a simple question.

"What's up with you and that vampire?" He asked lowly so the others couldn't hear.

Nova simply shrugged. "He's a jack-ass and I hate him."

Pierce huffed his agreement to that statement but he knew that the cut ran deeper than that. "You have other reasons for the way you acted in there though. No one gets that mad at someone just because they just don't like the person."

It only confirmed it with him when she glanced over at him with a half glare.

"Says you." She growled as Taylor and Helena walked pass them to get into the truck.

She turned away and began to get back into the truck. She didn't want to be here any longer than needed. Pierce followed her and watched as she got in first. Tanis was watching from a distance. She glared certain death at the vampire. He waved at her and smiled cheerfully. A low growl resounded throughout the truck. Pierce got in after her to close the double doors, turning to give Tanis a threatening look of his own for provoking the irritated female. As the doors closed, Taylor wisely took of quickly before one of them jumped back out and tore the blood-sucker apart.

Helena sighed next to him once again. Taylor shared a glance with her. She gave him a meaningful look. This kind of behavior seemed to obviously not be unusual with Nova. Taylor looked up into the rear-view mirror at the pissed off female Lycan. She was sitting with her arms crossed across her chest and hair draped about her shoulders, face and back like a curtain of darkness. Nova had a distinct "piss off" look on her face. It was rather amusing because her expression matched Pierce's rather perfectly. They were acting more alike at the moment than either one of them would like to admit. A mild look of chagrin was on his face as he raised an eyebrow, turning back to the dark, wet road.

"Any specific reason you hate this one particular one so much Nova?" He mused.

Nova threw him a pointed look. "Do I need a reason to hate one?"

"Ah…point taken."

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T_____T Yes I know! I neglected this story for TWO WEEKS!! But over break I got completely lazy. I threw off my entire sleeping schedule. I stayed up until 6am and didn't wake up again until about 3 in the freaking afternoon…yea insomnia :P I was supposed have this up Tuesday but my mom kidnapped the computer and I fell asleep from my wacky sleeping habits. But I thought that even though this was shorter than I'd like, I thought you all deserved at least what I had already typed up. The next one will be MUCH longer to make up for neglecting it, I promise! ^___^" I haven't given up this story, don't worry. Oh and I made a Devianart page! You all should check it out! I have to get more pics up there…but go to my profile for the link! ^___^