Disclaimer: Loves Steve Vai music, I bet Stephenie Meyer doesn't like Steve Vai music… hell maybe hasn't even heard of him.
Disclaimer Deuce: "Here and now" by Steve Vai, find it, I dare you… I'll wait
Ulrich's POV
"Who do you want to be in charge of waking up then?" I said to Ivan. Adrian sat in with us.
"I'll take the big guy, Murphy." He was referring to the 6'6 cage fighter turned vampire who was just now waking up. I pondered on the irony that he was more worried about the 5'8 Irish girl he had feelings than the brute. That softy. I thought ironically.
"I want you to watch the girl." Ivan said to me. I turned to Adrian.
"That leaves you with Connor Mactaverish." I heard Adrian grumbling.
"I get stuck with the shrimp…" I turned back to him.
"'The shrimp' is going to be much stronger than you right now. He's going to be able to throw you across the room regardless of how small he may look. He also might have a movement related power…" He nodded I could tell he still felt like he drew the short straw.
"You and I will have a sparring session after their wakeup call." He smiled evilly for a moment with a smile. I saw Alexis out of the corner of my eye. She returned my smile. Adrian turned around to see Alexis.
"Hey Ulrich… over here." My attention returned to Adrian.
"You're getting it in training." He threatened. I laughed.
"You need to hit me first." He shrugged.
"That won't be my problem."
Adrian's POV
I realize it's my first assignment of any kind but did I really have to nanny this guy who probably weighed one hundred eighty pounds soaking wet with bricks in his pockets. I opened the door and saw him waking up. His eyes burned red and he turned to me. He leapt at me and I threw my leg out to catch him but it missed. I fell forward for a moment before catching myself. I turned around and saw someone out of the corner of my eye. I turned to see him down the hallway. Then he disappeared and reappeared behind Corin. He wore the same baffled look.
"He's a teleporter." He yelled. I chased after him down the hall then saw him disappear on one side of Demetri and reappear behind him only to be caught by the collar and thrown roughly to the ground. I ran to Demetri. I heard a high whistle and Felix, Jane, and Alec were in the room.
"If you teleport you're going to be hurt very badly…. Don't try." Connor smiled mischievously. He disappeared and I felt nothing. I couldn't hear anything see anything, feel, smell or taste anything. Then a moment later I could, and I saw Connor wreathing in pain on the ground. I saw the two twins smiling. Ulrich had explained their powers to me but I never understood how affective it'd be until I watched Connor screaming in pain on the ground. Finally he stopped wreathing in pain. He looked up and disappeared. Once again I lost all senses then a moment later gained them all back only to hear another blood curling scream coming from Connor. Ulrich showed up next to me.
"Why do I keep losing my senses?" Ulrich smiled.
"Be thankful. Alec uses his powers to stop all movement. Once he finds Connor Jane focuses her illusions of pain on him and Alec removes his influence on us." I nodded not quite understanding but thankful not to be Connor who had just finished screaming. He didn't move a muscle. The only thing that moved was his eyes. Demetri rolled his eyes at Ulrich and I.
"You're newborn has been neutered, you're welcome… try dealing with your problems on your own."
"Why is Demetri in a bad mood?" I asked.
"Is he ever in a good mood?" Ulrich asked me laughing. I didn't know, truthfully right now was the first time I'd ever heard him spoke.
"I can't say." I said plainly.
"He isn't… he's just mad because we killed both his pupils… really you're the closest thing he's got to a pupil now."
"Why is that?" I asked.
"Because he found you." I thought about my past. I'd tried to stop thinking about it but it was difficult. I was supposed to be one of the top draft picks in the upcoming years, I was going to be a very well paid running back. I was going to make millions of dollars and everything else would be insignificant compared to my football. Apparently I was too good to pass up.
"Afton is coming with Ivan and I to the next pick up in Russia." I sighed.
"I'm on babysitting duty?" I said angrily.
"Yes you are, but you're also in charge of developing the fighting abilities of Teleporter."
"You realize I have no training in fighting… just what you and Ivan have taught me."
"Huh… Felix and Demetri haven't worked with you?"
"Nope." I said flatly.
"Heh…" he Ulrich laughed.
"We'll have to make sure they do… but in the mean time, Connor hasn't had any fighting training either."
"And why is it so important that I train in him and no one else?"
"Because besides Felix and Demetri you're the only one we're confident who can counter him move for me… and quite frankly Felix and Demetri have better things to do." I understood.
"Don't show off your powers… test them, train them… and use them to beat Connor around the building… just try to keep the holes in the wall to a minimum." He smiled.
"And here's the package you requested." He handed it to my awkwardly by the neck.
"What is it?" I laughed.
"It's a guitar."
"Why?"
"You've got your books, I've got my guitar…" I said plainly. He laughed.
"You're up. Take Connor down a peg." I grabbed my guitar and made my way to my room. I started strumming slowly.
"She sits alone by a lampost
trying to find a thought that's escaped her mind
She says Dad's the one I love the most
but Stipe's not far behind
She never lets me in
only tells me where she's been
when she's had too much to drink
I say that I don't care, I just run my hands
through her dark hair then I pray to God
you gotta help me fly away
And just...
Let her cry..if the tears fall down like rain
Let her sing...if it eases all her pain
Let her go...let her walk right out on me
And if the sun comes up tomorrow
Let her be...let her be.
This morning I woke up alone
found a note standin' by the phone
saying baby, maybe I'll be back some day
I wanted to look for you
You walked in I didn't know just what I should do
so I sat back down and had a beer
and felt sorry for myself.
Sayin'...
Let her cry...if the tears fall down like rain
Let her sing...if it eases all her pain
Let her go...let her walk right out on me
And if the sun comes up tomorrow
Let her be...let her be.
Let her cry...if the tears fall down like rain
Let her sing...if it eases all her pain
Let her go...let her walk right out on me
And if the sun comes up tomorrow
Let her be...awww...
Last night I tried to leave
cried so much I could not believe
she was the same girl I fell in love
with long ago
She went in the back to get high
I sat down on my couch and cried
yellin' "Oh mama, please help me!
Won't you hold my hand?"
And
Let her cry...if the tears fall down like rain
Let her sing...if it eases all her pain
Let her go...let her walk right out on me
And if the sun comes up tomorrow
Let her be...let her be.
Let her cry...if the tears fall down like rain
Let her sing...if it eases all her pain
Let her go...let her walk right out on me
And if the sun comes up tomorrow
Let her be...let her be."
A couple hours after Ivan and Ulrich left to turn more vampires for our army I was ready. I'd been working on very small uses of my abilities. I think I had mastered it. The doors opened and Connor walked in like he owned the place. I will wipe that smirk off his face.
I charged in with an obvious punch he quickly disappeared in a puff of smoke and appeared behind me kicking me in the back. I smiled recovering.
"So you want to use powers?" He laughed.
"If you had powers you would have used them already." I nodded still smiling. My back was up against the wall. He charged at me dead on. I feigned stupidity again and charged straight at him. He disappeared in a small puff of smoke I planted my right foot and threw my body backwards with all my power throwing an elbow. I heard him appear behind me and then I felt his stomach against my elbow and then nothing. I heard the repeated sounds of him smashing through walls behind me.
The sounds finally stopped. I turned around to see Dr. Anderson frowning at me.
"Adrian Miles!" she yelled at me. I tried to hide.
"I know you're there… who else could fling someone through a dozen walls!"
"A dozen walls? That's farther than he hit Felix… that's like a new high score." I heard a deep voice laughing.
"Don't encourage him Demetri." I heard snickering.
"Don't let "The Man" keep you down Adrian, keep fighting the good fight!" he said as Dr. Anderson walked away obviously frustrated. I heard the sound of Connor teleporting. He appeared a foot in front of me.
"What the hell was that?" He said in disbelief.
"It was my power… now come on, we need to hone our powers." I said getting in to a fighting stance. He nodded bending in to his own.
Ulrich's POV
I walked in with a woman on my right shoulder, and a guy on my left, Ulrich came in with two guys.
"So the guy on your left should have powers… the others we're just hoping?" I nodded.
"I guess that's the best we can do…" I put them down in their cells and waited. That's all I could do now, wait until they became vampires. Our army was growing by the day, soon we'd have enough vampires to protect the Volturi from any threat. Soon.
You couldn't find the song playable could you? I didn't think so, Here and Now is impossible to find…
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