Title - Hold on to life.
Chapter title - Rookery.
Author - OblivionsGarden.
Genre - Romance/Supernatural.
Disclaimer - I do not own The Little Vampire in anyway, shape or form. For this chapter I only own, Ellen and Evelyn Blackshaw.
C.10
"Left, right, left, right, left, right..."
Gregory rolled his eyes from beneath his helmet. "Eve?" He whispered.
"What?"
"Tell them to shut up."
"You're their brother."
"Exactly. They'll listen to you."
Eve sighed. "Ru, Anna?"
"Yes?"
"Please be quiet."
Silence followed as the five of them marched on. It hadn't gone unnoticed by Gregory that Eve was being unusually quiet.
"Eve?" He whispered again.
"Now what?"
"Why so quiet today?" He was thankful she couldn't see his face, given the concern that was defining his features.
"Why'd you take your dad's necklace." Eve countered.
"I asked first."
Eve scowled. "I am quiet because, a, Tony's been trapped and, b, I'm trying to figure something out."
"Figure what out?"
Eve stalled, deciding weather or not to tell him about the message on her cast. "Well...the night you came to our cellar, I went to sleep with a blank cast, save for one or two messages, When I woke up there was a new message."
Gregory smirked. "Oh yes? Saying what?"
"The thorn in my side but my beating heart too."
"Oh how romantic!" Cried Anna earning a swift elbow from El.
"Sounds like someone's rather fond of you," Commented Rudolph, knowingly as they entered McAshton grounds.
"So why'd you take your dad's necklace?" Eve changed the subject, wanting the attention away from her.
"To make the call."
"Call?"
"You'll see." He would've smiled if she could see it.
Eventually, as it was starting to get dark, the five of them were inside the crypt, covers discarded and pushing the lid from the coffin.
"Dude, you heard me!" Tony grinned as he climbed out.
"I heard you my hero, and I wrote you a poem." Anna climbed onto a rock to recite said poem as Gregory rolled his eyes.
"We gotta find Elizabeth's tomb before Rookery does," Said El, helping Tony jump down to the floor.
"Who's Elizabeth?" Frowned Rudolph.
"The last holder of the stone. The one from our dreams.
"Guys look!" Tony gasped, pointing to a mouse that was scurrying through a gate.
"It wants to lead us somewhere."
As Anna, Rudolph, Ellen and Tony went after the mouse, Gregory grabbed Evelyn's hand before she could follow.
"Come, we must make the call,"
"Wha- Ugh, fine." Eve didn't pull her hand away as Gregory's cool skin was oddly comforting.
"Stupid chains. Break! Break!"
"Erm, Tony? Yelling at inanimate objects isn't in the least bit-" El trailed off as dust started to tickle her nose. Looking up she saw the tip of a large drill burrowing into the ground. "Helpful." She finished with a smile.
The four of them worked together to remove the lid.
"It's Elizabeth!" Tony and El said in unison.
"Uncle Von! Father was right, he did come here."
"Oh how romantic! Their love preserved forever."
Tony leant forward and pulled the chain that hung around the decayed neck of Elizabeth. El, who had gone extremely quiet, was stood a few feet from the coffin. Rudolph, sensing her unease, made his way towards her. He placed a comforting hand on her upper arm and looked her in the eye. However her dark eyes were unfocused, unseeing.
"Ellen? Are you ok?"
"Tony dearest, what is it?"
The two immortal children waited in silence until their friends came back to life.
"The stone is in my room!" Tony exclaimed. "No wonder I had those dreams."
Rudolph excitedly hugged Ellen who stiffly returned the gesture. "What is it?" He asked. She glanced nervously at the corpses and that was all Rudolph needed to understand,
Meanwhile~
"You can open your eyes now." Gregory smiled. Eve opened her hazel eyes, thankful that she was back on solid ground. Gregory helped Eve to a seat atop a large rock and moved to the edge of the cliff. As he did so, Eve's vision blurred until all she could see was Elizabeth and Von.
"Eve! Answer me!"
Eve snapped back to reality, to see Gregory knelt beside her, one hand on her knee, the other on her shoulder and his face dangerously close to hers.
"Sorry. I had a vision. The stone's in Tony's room."
Gregory sighed in relief. "Are you ok?" Eve nodded and Gregory moved back to the edge of the cliff.
"So why the sudden change in attitude?"
"You mean you haven't figured it out yet?"
Eve frowned. "What do you mean?"
Gregory glanced at her cast and then back into her eyes before turning to look out at the horizon. Eve stared dumbly at her cast until the light bulb lit up in her mind.
"You? You wrote it?" She stood up and moved toward the teenage vampire. "Why?"
"Isn't it obvious?" When Eve didn't answer, he continued. "The thorn in my side but my beating heart too. You infuriate me beyond belief and yet..." He paused, looking deep into her eyes. "And yet I love you." He finished in a quiet voice. Eve was blushing furiously as Gregory reached up a cold hand to tuck her hair behind her ear.
"Finally!"
"Shut up, Anna!"
The two teens jumped apart and turned to the voices. Anna and Ellen were stood watching them, smiled plastered on their faces. Eve coughed,
"Um...make the call, Kay, Spike?"
Gregory rolled his eyes but pulled out his fathers necklace and started to swing it around above his head.
"Ru and Tony have gone to get the stone." Explained Ellen to her sister as Dottie, Bob, Freda and Frederick arrived. Eve and El started to walk towards the car as bats appeared all around them, quickly turning into vampires. They were surrounded, El was clinging to Eve and Eve did the first thing that came to mind.
"We're with the Sackville-baggs." Some of the vampires exchanged unbelieving looks.
"Friends!" Everyone turned to see Gregory, floating above the crowd, necklace still in hand. "These humans are not food. They have helped greatly to find the amulet. They are our friends."
The crowd of vampires backed away respectfully. Eve smiled thankfully at Gregory before running hand in hand with Ellen to Dottie and Bob.
Oh girls, thanks god you oh...where's Tony?" Panicked Dottie.
"He's near." Anna stood on the rock where Eve had previously been sat.
"Where?" Asked Bob as he and his wife looked around.
"Look up, guys." Whispered Ellen as she saw Tony and Rudolph overhead.
When the boys landed, Tony handed Frederick the stone. "I think you've been looking for this."
"The stone. Thank you, my friend." Frederick turned to those who had gathered. "The stone of Attomon is ours!" He held the stone up to the moon, the beam of red light stinging the five pairs of human eyes. "Ab ovo...in toto."
Rudolph glanced back at El and Gregory at Eve.
"Nil desperandum...sine die."
Suddenly, the red beam was blocked off as a huge blimp floated into view, carrying non other than Rookery.