Okay it sucks I know and I don't give a damn. Any way Marry Christmas!
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X.A.N.A. approached Erin hungrily.
"Oh how the mighty have fallen…" He said in a low tone. "I had no idea that your body was in such condition." (You'll find out towards the end).
"You do realize, that once Spike gets here he'll kill you right?" Erin said in a 'you are so dead tone'. X.A.N.A. burst out in laughter.
"You honestly think that pathetic excuse for a dragon could get past my followers? And then kill me?" That only made X.A.N.A. laugh harder. "He doesn't even have a virt form." Just then one of X.A.N.A.'s follower's came in.
"Forgive me lord X.A.N.A. but…I…" He came over and whispered something in his ear.
"Vary well…" X.A.N.A. said quietly. "But I don't want Vamp guarding her any more… send Strider."
"Yes X.A.N.A. … but there's something else…" He whispered something more into X.A.N.A.'s ear.
"WHAT!" X.A.N.A. roared. "WELL SEND MORE!"
"Yes, sir…" The follower said as he quietly exited. Erin smirked.
"Looks like Spike's here already." X.A.N.A. turned to her with an evil grin.
"Yep, and even if he gets in here… I'll still get my prize." He replied advancing towards her, his eyes filled with lust.
Meanwhile with Spike and Ulrich
They had already entered the warehouse, and had been swamped by followers (none of which had a virt form).
"Man these guys are weak." Spike said as he threw two followers off of him. Almost hitting Ulrich.
"Hey! Watch where you're throwing them." Ulrich said. Just then all of the followers seemed to disappear. Suddenly there was a high pitched whistle.
"Ahhhhhhh!" Spike howled as he covered his ears.
"Spike look out!" Ulrich shouted. Spike turned to see Tekira barreling towards him. The dragoon hit Spike like a rhino.
"Spike!" Ulrich began to run to the aid of his friend.
"No Ulrich! Don't!" Spike shouted. "I caught Yumi's sent! She's down that hall!" Ulrich turned heel and ran down the hallway that Spike had indicated.
"Yumi…" He thought.
With Yumi
Yumi and Vamp had been sitting in silence waiting for the follower to return telling them to move for about twenty minutes now. Then the door swung open to revile a follower.
"Master Vamp… you may move her now, but you have to hurry." He said. Vamp looked at the follower with a questioned look on his face. "There's a… there's a bit of a disturbance in the main room… The dragon and the swordsmen are here." Yumi picked up her head.
"Ulrich?" She muttered. Vamp nodded and stood up.
"Which room?" Vamp asked.
"Master Strider's Room." The follower replied simply.
"Why there?"
"X.A.N.A. has passed guard duty onto Master Strider." Yumi tensed.
"I have to go to him?" She thought. Vamp sighed and picked her up gently being careful not to stress her out more than she already was.
As they made their way down the hall. Vamp began to hear heavy breathing. He looked down to see Yumi practically gasping for air. Vamp began to get worried.
"Did we take to much blood?" He wondered. Suddenly he heard nothing… no breathing… nothing. "Shit!" Vamp yelled as he laid Yumi down.
"What's wrong with her?" The follower asked.
"SHE'S NOT BREATHING WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK!" Vamp practically screamed. At this point Yumi was now unconscious. He took a deep breath. "I think she's going into cardiac arrest. Ulrich I really hope you're not around." Vamp thought some what panicking as he (forgive me Ulrich and Yumi fans!) began to perform CPR.
"1…2…3…" he said as he pressed down on her chest attempting to stimulate her heart. Soon after he enclosed his lips over hers breathed.
He continued to do it for a few more minutes before she began breathing again. He sighed.
"Okay Yumi I'm pretty sure you don't want me doing that again. Sooo just… just keep breathing okay." He said before he picked her up again.
Strider's Room
Vamp laid Yumi down on Strider's bed. She was still gasping for air.
"I'm going to right back okay Strider." Vamp said in a 'I don't want you to reply to that' tone as he walked away.
"No you're not." Strider said somewhat angry. "X.A.N.A. said you're your guard time is up." Vamp stopped at the doorway. He had been taking shit from everyone sense he became a follower. No way was he going to take that from some wannabe biker. He turned around and walked up to Strider.
"I said… I'm coming back." Vamp said in a threatening voice.
"Fine…" Strider growled. Vamp grinned and left.
15 min. later
Vamp came back dragging an oxygen tank and mask with him. He knelt down beside Yumi and twisted the valve on the tank.
"This should make things a little easier for you." Vamp said in a brotherly kind of tone as he put the breathing mask on her. He turned and walked back up to Strider. "That breathing mask comes off, so will your head." Vamp began to walk away. "AND KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF!"
With Spike
Spike swung his tail at Tekira who unfortunately caught it.
"Oh shit." Spike said. Tekira nodded and flung him into the nearest wall. "Ahhhh!" Spike hit the floor. Tekira came up to him, his jittes at the ready. Spike barely had time to get out of the way, as Tekira thrust them down only hooking Spike's bandages thus ripping them. Spike covered his now exposed wound (the one that Tekira gave him in ch.15) with his hand. Tekira smirked.
"Hurts doesn't it?" He said as Spike winced and fell to one knee. "That was my Claw of Descending Dragons technique. The point of the attack it to make a wound that'll never heal so your opponent bleeds to death."
Just then spike flapped his wings and flew into the air.
"You think you can run away from me?" Tekira asked as he jumped up and grabbed a hold of Spike thus bringing him down. Tekira stood in front of Spike with an evil grin on his face. He held out one hand soon after a fireball formed in it. "This will end it!" Tekira yelled getting ready to throw it when Spike jumped out of the way. He put his hand to his wound cupping some blood in his hand and throwing into Tekira's eyes. "Ahhhhh!" He howled. "My eyes!" Tekira knelt down trying to get the blood out of his eyes. Spike was about to finish him off when…
"Erin…" Spike muttered he had caught her sent. "We'll finish this some other time." Spike ran off into the dark warehouse.
With Ulrich
Ulrich had looked in about ten rooms already.
"Gee Spike you couldn't be a bit more specific?" He asked.
"(The last room in the hall.)" A voice in Ulrich's head said.
"What?" Ulrich questioned.
"(The last room in the hall.)" The voice simply repeated.
"Okay whatever…" He said he ran down the hall. Truth be told he had nothing else to go on.
Up in the rafters Vamp sat with a smug little smirk set on his face.
"Divine intervention." He smiled.
Ulrich continued to run down the hallway. How long was this thing? Just then he came to the last door. He quickly opened it to see Yumi with an oxygen mask on and Strider standing over her.
"GET AWAY FROM HER!" Ulrich roared. Strider turned his gaze from Ulrich to Yumi. He picked up a sword that lay next to his bed.
"And hear I thought you'd be to scared to come." Strider said. "But then again even I'd go after her… Anyway shall we get started?" Ulrich took a fighting stans. "I'll take that as a yes." With that he disappeared. Ulrich looked around franticly.
"Where is he?" Ulrich said. Suddenly Strider appeared behind him and slashed his back. "Ahhhhh!" Ulrich yelled.
"What's wrong boy? Getting tired already?" Strider asked as he appeared in front of Ulrich and slashed his chest.
"Ahhhhh!" Ulrich cried as fell to his knees.
"Weakling…" Strider said somewhat discussed. "I'll end your pain." He raised his sword. "And don't worry about your girlfriend. She'll be just fine with me… I just hope she's good in bed." That was it no way was he going to leave Yumi with him, he would die before that. As Strider slashed Ulrich jumped out of the way making Strider's get stuck in the ground. Ulrich kicked him in the ribs sending Strider into the wall. Before Strider could even react Ulrich picked up him sword and stabbed him in the stomach thus pinning him to the wall.
Ulrich quickly raced over to Yumi.
"Yumi? Are you okay?" He asked taking the breathing mask off. Yumi weakly opened her eyes and looked at the vary person she had been wanting to see sense the kidnapping.
"Ulrich?" She asked in disbelieve as tears began to form in her eyes. Ulrich grinned and picked her up.
"Come on lets get you out of here." He said as he carried her out the door.
With Spike
"Erin…" Spike said as he sniffed the air. He finally came to a door, which smelt strongly of Erin and… someone else.
Meanwhile
X.A.N.A. took off his chest armor and shirt.
"You know Erin you're very lucky, most of my female followers would kill to have this done." He said claiming up onto the bed.
"So why don't you pick one of them?" Erin snarled.
"Because I want you…" X.A.N.A. replied simply as he crawled on top of her being careful not to hurt her. X.A.N.A. brought his face down close to hers. For a second Erin he was going to kiss her but instead he missed and went down to her ear and whispered something to her. Erin's eyes widened. But before she could say anything X.A.N.A. placed a hand over her mouth.
"Don't worry this wont hurt a bit." He said before he pulled the blanket down to her collarbone and began to bite her neck. Just then X.A.N.A. noticed a scar on her neck leading down under the covers. He traced it with his finger and began to pull the covers down. At that time Erin was beginning to get the feeling back in her arms. She instantly put her hands on his chest and tried to push him off of her. It was no good it only seemed to entice him.
"Spike… I'm sorry." She thought. Just then Spike burst through the door. He seemed to freeze for a few seconds so he could rejecter with what he was seeing. As soon as he could move again he rushed X.A.N.A. and dug his claws into X.A.N.A.'s back and threw him out the window (yea I know its crappy but I didn't really think this far ahead). Spike ran over to Erin's side.
"Erin we gotta go now!" He said as he grabbed a hold of the covers.
"Spike no wait." Erin said trying to stop the dragon. But it was to late, Spike had already torn the covers off reviling Erin's badly scared body. It took Spike the better of 5 seconds to realize his mistake. He quickly turned around, his face completely red. He handed her his blood stained trench coat.
"Here…" He said somewhat nervously.
"Spike, there's a little problem with that." Erin said not really expecting an answer. "Aside from my arms I can't move." Spike whimpered a bit, the new what he had to do. He helped Erin sit up, he then slid the coat on and buckled the ends together. Throughout the time he was doing this Spike did not take a breath. He scooped Erin up into his arms and ran down the hall.
Spike stopped suddenly, there blocking the way was Griff. Spike stood his ground expecting a fight. But Griff just moved to the side of the hall. Spike was confused at first but decided if he waited X.A.N.A. would surely come after them. He walked around Griff not turning away from Griff till he passed him. After that Spike sprinted down the hall.
"What's up with him?" Spike asked out loud.
Meanwhile
Ulrich met up with Spike still running for the door. only to be stopped by X.A.N.A.'s followers.
"Oh great…" Ulrich said angrily. Just then the lights went out.
"What the hell!" A follower yelled.
Else where
Vamp stood next to a large switch that was turned off.
"Oops. How clumsy of me." Vamp said sarcastically as he turned it back on.
With everyone else
Just as soon as the lights turned on.
"RUN!" Ulrich yelled. Spike and Ulrich raced through the now really confused followers.
They quickly made it to the truck. Ulrich and Spike jumped in still holding Erin and Yumi. Spike started the truck and raced away.
"You girls alright?" Spike asked. Yumi nodded. Erin didn't react she kept thinking about what X.A.N.A. had whispered to her.
Flash Back
"My love… My creator"
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Creator?Oooooo what's going to happen next. How did Erin get all those scars?
Oh a special thanks to everyone who helped me out, especially deadinside72
I tried to incorporate all of your ideas. Later……………..
