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Disclaimer Deuce: wow this chapter just never ended... it's really not that long but I just kept writing and writing, thanks to my advisor for Evelyn.

Evelyn's POV

I was in the hall for meetings but that wasn't why he was here. Felix avoided my glance and quite frankly I couldn't blame him. Just because I understood why didn't mean I had to like it. It hurt to know how much it was getting to him. From every conversation I'd had with the rest of the guard he was unflappable. To me he wasn't. Even now I saw he was a sea of emotions, but he was very good at hiding it. Maybe I wanted him to hold those feelings for me even though I shot him down. I wouldn't let myself dwell on it though. I was surprised Ulrich was with him, he usually wasn't.
Demetri entered the room forcefully pulling a young woman in to the room with him. no one moved in the room but Ulrich, he was tensing and I thought I heard him growl but I wasn't sure.
"This woman is my meal, I'm about to feed, just thought I'd ask if that's okay." He said addressing Aro.
"Yes that's fine Demetri." Aro answered. I didn't understand what was happening at first, but suddenly Ulrich shot in Demetri's direction. Felix was only a stride behind him, only then did I realize who that woman was. In my meetings with Ulrich he once described a woman with red hair and a black band in her hair. I watched Felix try to catch his student but Ulrich was in front of him with very little running room. Demetri caught Ulrich's arm hoping to rip it out but before he could Felix pulled him off Ulrich throwing him back and protecting Ulrich. I was slightly surprised. He was extremely protective of Ulrich, I didn't realize how much until now. Ulrich stood in the middle of the room trying to protect the woman but he was surrounded. He spun around looking at everyone and growling at them, throwing his cloak over her shoulder.
I had to stop and admire his restraint, he was less than a foot away from a human girl he found attractive and her scent wasn't overtaking him. His restraint was amazing for a newborn.
I watched as the Vampire's around the room watched the events unfold, each one taking in the young woman's scent with vested interest.
"He attacked me! His penalty should be death, or at least a duel with me!" Demetri said pointing at Ulrich like a child trying to get their sibling in trouble.
"You provoked him, you found out he liked this girl and hunted her down and brought her to get him to fight you... you're trying to kill my student!" Felix shouted. I could see he was on the edge of attacking Demetri. His rage was taking over. Please keep it together Felix. I thought to myself.
"Regardless of his reason Felix, Ulrich's punishment will be a duel to the death." Aro announced. Felix was failing to control himself. He shook his head.
"Demetri will need to kill me first before he can attack my student." Felix said with as much control as he could muster. I wanted to calm him down, but it wasn't my place. Besides that I didn't know if talking to him would only make it worse. I turned my attention to Demetri, who was in the back of the room smiling at what had transpired. I felt completely disgusted by him. He seemed so proud of himself.
"Demetri... is what Felix said true?" Aro Demanded. You had better not lie to him, I can confirm what Felix just said. I thought to myself.
"Yes... what he said is true." Demetri Admitted quietly. I couldn't believe he was planning on doing this to Ulrich over some stupid rivalry.
"We do have a problem though... This woman has seen us, seen what we are, and for that she can't walk away." Aro said plainly. I watched as a look of horror crossed Ulrich's Face. This is exactly why Ulrich had explained he must stay away from this woman. Ulrich tried to argue but Aro always kept with the rules.
"She doesn't need to… she can leave, she…" Aro shook his head and Marcus interrupted him.
"Her fate is in your hands… either turn her or feed on her… but YOU will do it." he said with a morbid bit of enjoyment. Ulrich didn't like it but he looked at her staring in to her eyes… "I'm sorry" He whispered lowering his head to her arm. But he's a newborn! He'll kill her…. I protested in my head. I watch tensely as Ulrich brought her arm to his lips and bite her. I ran to his side because I knew he could not do this alone.
"Ulrich, you have to let go, you'll kill her" but the intensity of his blood thirst was overtaking him quickly and he didn't respond. He was a newborn after all, and if he killed her, there would be no saving him from himself. I knew he was too empathetic to survive such an event. I pulled out a crude shiv I had made from a vampire bone and stabbed him right above his left hip. He screamed in pain but stood up straight. He looked down at his hands and felt his lips and horror spread across his face. I moved quickly to the woman on the ground who I was certain I still heard a heartbeat.
"Felix!" I yelled for him and motioned to hold Ulrich back. He did so immediately. Just talking to him that much made me think of us but I couldn't right now. Felix had put Ulrich in a full nelson holding him back.
"Move her to an observation room." I instructed. Afton was at my side immediate picking her up. Ulrich pulled his arms down breaking the grip of Felix and jumped. Corin jumped and caught a hold of one shoulder before Santiago made it to the opposite shoulder holding him back. Felix quickly recovered and moved in front of him.
"It'll be alright... she'll change without any problems..." Felix said placing a hand softly on Ulrich's chest. He was comforting Ulrich. Ulrich started to regain his composure.
"Where are they taking her?" He asked calmly as the Santiago and Corin let go of him.
"A secure room for the transformation..." I answered. He still didn't look okay.
"Ulrich, she'll be fine." I said assuring him.

Felix's POV

I found it necessary to keep moving. Afton left with the red haired woman and Evelyn followed. I approached the Aro, Marcus, and Caius.
"If it's okay I'll proceed with plans to leave for training as scheduled." Aro nodded in response. I shot Demetri a look before turning back to Ulrich. I hurried Ulrich out of the building and to our meeting area with Abhash.

Evelyn's POV

I followed behind the guards as they carried the girl through the halls. They placed her on a bed. She seemed to be unconscious but as I watched she became away of the searing pain spreading like poison through her bloodstream, moving to every inch of her body. She started screaming in agony. I always hated this part. I stepped out of the room and shut the door. There was another reason she was moved to this room. It's mostly sound proofed.
I stepped out of the room to return to the main chambers. She'd want a face she recognized when she woke up and the closest thing to that was Ulrich. I wanted to talk to Felix also but this needed to be dealt with. I entered the main hall and didn't see them. I returned to Ulrich's room, then Felix's office... empty. I thought to myself. I went to the only place I thought they'd both be... the training room.
I ran to the training room getting excited as I heard someone in it. I swung the door quickly, but to my disappointment, I found the last person I was looking for.
"What are you doing here?" I demanded angrily. His bored expression turned bemused.
"I'm training... in the training room. What does it look like?" He said slightly amused. I didn't have time for this, and more than that he really wasn't worth it.
"Have you seen Felix or Ulrich, the girl will be waking soon and I want Ulrich there." I said without looking at him.
"He should have just killed her." Demetri said without answering my question. I was angry at him but there was more important things to deal with.
"If I wanted your opinion I'd ask for it." I said shortly at him. I wasn't particularly pleased with him and I shouldn't have given him a side of my anger because I knew that wouldn't help anything but I couldn't help it.
"In the meantime, have you seen Ulrich?" I asked trying not to sound as harsh as I felt.
"He should have just killed her" Demetri scoffed. He blocked my way, obviously unhappy with how I addressed him.
"Hey, watch it Eve, you know my position in the guard." He snapped at me. My blood started to boil. I hated that nickname. I never told him it because it had a particularly bad memory attached to it, an abusive boyfriend.
"You may hold an important position in the guard, but I don't report to you, I report to Aro himself, so you can shove you attitude." I said pushing him back forcefully.
"And don't you ever call me Eve again!" I said letting too much of my emotion out. I realized I was yelling.
"I don't respect you... if nothing else you'd use Ulrich's feelings for a girl against him as an advantage." I said angrily.
"You are a bastard." I said stepping away from him and towards the exit. Demetri moved in front of me quickly. He put his hands up.
"Don't be mad at me please..." I couldn't believe how he changed. It was pathetic, it made me even more angry. He thought he could play me. He was trying to be nice and soft now and I wouldn't have it.
"I don't have time for this, I need to get back to the girl." I said pushing him aside and leaving.
"I'll deal with you later." I said frustrated with him.
"They left" he called to me as I walked away. I turned back to him listening but not responding to him. when he didn't continue I did.
"What do you mean they left?" I said frustrated.
"Felix took Ulrich out for training, don't know where. He's going to come back to bring Ivan along as well since Ulrich and Ivan aren't supposed to meet." Shit! I thought to myself. They were gone, at least Felix would be coming back.

Felix's POV

I had already dropped off Ulrich with Abhash and now I was picking up Ivan to do the same. If I was lucky I could sneak out without ever needing to see or talk to Evelyn. I nodded to Jane at the door.
"Hello Jane, how's your day?" I asked blandly.
"Monotonous." She answered returning my same expression. She didn't try and act like most days were interesting but I smiled all the same. More than anything I wanted to avoid Demetri, I wouldn't be able to contain my anger. I moved through the halls silently and turned the corner. I would also do well to avoid Evelyn, I didn't want to say anything in this state that I'd regret later. I would deal with her when I was calm and collected, not now.
I turned the corner but stopped mid step as I saw her leaning up against the wall one leg on the wall one on the ground... waiting for me. She had a faint smile she aimed at me. I was starting to forget why I was mad at her but I shook that off. I knew I was right in my anger. I needed her and I knew she felt the same but instead of being together she simply replaced me with Demetri, like I was a used towel... the idea that she was with that man after everything he did turned my insides out. I stopped in front of her, well out of her reach and crossed my arms.
"Why are you here Evelyn." I said before she could try and charm me. And believe me she could charm me... I was too angry to be turned, no I needed to do this I needed to stand up to her and I wouldn't bow to her will or her beautiful eyes. Here dark hair fell beautify to her shoulder. Her skin was so smooth and beautiful. Snap out of it. I told myself closing my eyes for a brief moment before she could answer.
"I needed to talk to you." She said taking a step closer. Her eyes even while being red had certain softness to them. Her lips were full. I shot myself with the mental image of her with Demetri to wake myself up a bit.
"There's nothing left to say, you've made your intentions clear." I said quickly without thinking the words through. I saw a quick flash of pain in her eyes, and I wanted to apologize but I didn't. I will not bow. I told myself, it was harsh but it wasn't a lie. Her once beautiful small smile had been replaced with a neutral look.
"I'm sorry Felix, for everything. I didn't know that he was going to do what he did." She said not looking at me, avoiding eye contact.
"So if he wasn't a complete ass hole what you did would be completely forgivable right." I said again before I could stop myself. I tightened my lips, they wouldn't mutiny again. We both stood in silence for a brief moment before I dared to break it.
"Why did you go to him? Why did you choose him over me? If you just talked to me instead of running away… Isn't that what you always tell me, 'face your problems, face your fears.' Does that mean anything?" I tried to keep the yearning from my voice but it was prevalent. I needed her. I didn't have all the right answers anymore, I didn't have all the right things to say. I was never the smooth romantic. She took another step forward and now she could reach me. I wanted to grab her, I wanted to kiss her passionately but that would get us nowhere and I'd end up hurt. No, I would stand firm in my resolve.
"I'm sorry… I didn't mean to… Sometimes it's not as easy to practice what you preach. I don't want you mad at me, but I can't find the right words." She said. She moved forward again and slid her small hand up the side of my arm. I relished in her touch for a moment but then stopped and softly grabbed her hand. I had to resist the urge to kiss it, it was so smooth and beautiful.
"Evelyn, please don't." I said pleading more than anything else. If she kissed me I'd be hers, body and soul, my will was weakening. I let her hand go regretting the absence of her touch.
"Until you're not with him, we don't have anything to talk about… much less work through. I need some time to think…" I wanted to say that she hurt me but she knew it… She knew what she did to me. She sighed looking down again. More than anything I wanted to lift her chin and kiss her passionately but I resisted the urge. I needed to move Ivan so I could get back to training. In the end of the day she was with Demetri and that is something I couldn't look past. I stepped around her to Ivan's door and reached for the knob but she stopped me.
"Ulrich should be here for when she changes back… She doesn't know any of us." I sighed. I recited my cell phone number to her then she gave me hers.
"If it becomes paramount that he comes back for her safety call…" I opened the door to Ivan's chamber ending the conversation. He smiled slightly evilly.
"Nice bit of tail you got there captain." He said with mock respect. I was to angry right now to be calm with him. I launched myself at him, he blocked my first two blows but my palm nailed his jaw and lifted him off the ground. he was sitting on the ground.
"Listen, and listen well Ivan… I am your only advocate, you have pissed off enough people around here to get you killed. I'll take most of your shit… but Evelyn is completely off limits… are we clear?" I said backing up to look him in the eye. He slowly nodded getting up to his feet.
"Come on it's time for some fighting you've wanted so badly."

Evelyn's POV

I watched as she started to regain her senses. Her movements were quick, it must feel normal to her but her movements weren't human anymore. Nothing felt normal to her anymore. She moved quickly as if it was natural. Poor thing had no clue what happened to her, but that is how it started for most of us. Her eyes opened and she blinked staring at the ceiling for a while then she moved her hand in front of her flexing it and relaxing it. she examined her hands then she sat staring at her skin spinning her arms. She seemed almost hypnotized. She felt where there should be teeth marks from Ulrich but they weren't there. She sat up quickly and searched the room until her eyes met mine.
"You!" she said but recoiled immediately. It wasn't her voice that came out of her mouth. It was changed… she returned her eyes to me.
"You were there, in the hall." I could tell her mind had sharpened. Her eyes darted around too quickly.
"What happened to me? Where am I? Why did he bite me? Where is he?" she said quickly. I tried to stay calm and keep my demeanor welcoming and calm. She focused on me waiting for the answers instead of asking more questions.
"You've become a vampire… You're in Volterra. Ulrich bit you because if he didn't you'd be dead… well I suppose in some people's eyes you're dead already. He's off training." I said calmly answering her questions. All the answers would have overwhelmed the human mind, but not a vampire's
"What do you mean I'm a vampire?" she asked.
"I mean exactly that… It'll make sense but first, my name's Evelyn, what's yours?" I asked. She didn't answer right away…
"Alexis… my name is Alexis" she answered quietly. She was meek and nervous, she might be newly strong but she sure didn't look like it.
"Nice to meet you Alexis. The man that brought you to us is Demetri. He's one of our guards. Ulrich bit you to save you… they would have killed you if he didn't turn you. You just experienced the transformation, how do you feel?"
"I see everything… there is so many things to take in, I should be overwhelmed… but I'm not." Her hands ran up and down her face then to her neck. She felt her throat then down her neck and panic became obvious on her face.
"I can't find my pulse!" she said panicking. I moved to her and put my hand on her arm to calm her down.
"You don't have a pulse anymore. Take slow breathes… but you don't need to I guess." I told her.
"Well you remember the Festival of St. Marcus?" She nodded quickly holding on to every word.
"Well… Marcus is in main chambers… he's a vampire." She seemed to be taking it all in well.
"Why did Ulrich need to turn me?" she asked still not understanding why she needed to die or be turned.
"Because we need to protect our secret from the general population." She accepted that as an answer. It appeared. she focused on me and blinked.
"I'm thirsty."

Ulrich's POV

Abhash didn't have a concept of taking it easy, or a learning curve. Everything was trial by fire. He pushed me to the limits, went at his rate and if I couldn't keep up with him we'd try again until I could. Truly I never could keep up with his fighting but I could follow his style with his help. Today he handed me a dagger and told me to stab him with it and that is what I've been trying to do with it for the last hour. I charged at him. He jumped at me hitting me with a quick elbow. He turned and hit the top and bottom of my wrist forcing me to drop the weapon. He caught it and made a quick slit across my chest. I looked down shocked. He took a couple steps back and started flipping the dagger in the air as if it was of little consequence.
"You use this dagger as if it is foreign, as if it's a weapon. You need to wield it as if it was part of your hand, natural movement… natural flow. Your weapon must become part of you." He was right of course. I felt very cumbersome with a dagger. I didn't like the weapon it was sharp and I never needed to use it before and never did. He spun the weapon between his fingers and wielded it sharp side across his arm.
"Watch me move… I strike it's my hand striking… it's not the weapon." He moved quickly and I managed to block his first strike but then I felt a quick cut across my bicep. I asked a question with the hopes of maybe stopping the onslaught if only for a moment.
"Your eyes are golden, why?" I said trying to give myself some time.
"I find I get more clients if I don't eat the human ones." He shrugged.
"What do you eat then?" I asked genuinely curious now.
"Deer, bears, wolfs, tigers, lions, whatever I can find." He answered.
Felix entered the room and wore a half amused smile. He closed the door behind him.
"I see Abhash has been breaking you in…" he said addressing me. His attention turned to Abhash who was standing casually, like he hadn't spent the last week kicking me around like a rag doll.
"It's time to switch partners, I need there to be something left of Ulrich. Besides, you can start with the other one." He nodded. I still didn't understand what the working deal was but it had to involve something to get a bounty hunter to teach us to fight. Felix took a couple steps forward towards me I took a defensive stance naturally. He attacked and I blocked every move, he went with a lock round house kick to my thigh, I lifted my left knee catching his shin with mine he followed it with a punch from the other side. I dropped down to my leg I had lifted and with a block to the outside I blocked away his punch. He punched from his hip at my chest which I narrowly blocked turning my body horizontal and putting my arm out to stop his. He spun through the air aiming for a jump spin round kick to my chest but I put both my arms up to block him. He landed and launched a straight side kick which landed beneath my elbow and above my hip. I winched stepping backward. He smiled.
"You've come a long way in a week." I laughed in response.
"Yeah I'm almost as good as you are." I said mocking him. In a flurry of moves I felt a punch to my stomach then my legs flying out from under me. I looked up at him. He wore a grin on his face.
"Not even close, actually." He extended his hand helping me back up to my feet. I heard a noise from the ground near the wall. Felix quickly moved to his phone and picked it up. He looked at the screen and sighed loudly.
"It's for you." He said before throwing the phone at me I caught it and opened it without looking who it was.
"Hello?" I said unsure.
"Ulrich? Is that you? Why did you answer Felix's phone?" I shrugged realizing belatedly she couldn't see me doing it.
"Felix said it was for me." I answered honestly.
"Oh." She said. She sounded strangely disappointed. Until this point in time I couldn't remember the voice but now I realized it was Evelyn.
"I need to talk to Felix." She said adamantly. I didn't understand what was going on but passed the phone back to Felix. Knowing full well he could hear what was said. Felix growled and picked up the phone.
"You might want to bring him back… Alexis needs to see him." He said before leaving the room so I couldn't hear anymore. Who is Alexis?

Who is Alexis? Well bleh you all know that just not him. so anyway yeah chapter's done I hope you like it… without lyrics in chapters it's very difficult to decide on chapter titles. Well I hope everyone reviews, because reviews make the world go round. Rolls of twenty dollar bills, high fives, knucks, questions, and ideas here… review.