Frozen Heart Chapter 11.

They all stood in position, face to face against the Evil Queen, who started this whole chaos. She seemed royal, but her aura was darker than the deepest pit. The Queen reached out her greedy claws, pointing at the group on the other side of the throne room.

"I want your heart, Mickey Dragul!" she spoke.

The others grimaced, Mickey clenched his fist and bared his fang.

"Just in your dream, hag!" shouted the Count and spit out.

"Fine then. Huntress! Kill them!" ordered the Queen. Molly stared at her seriously, hiding the young Zuritan behind her back.

"No."

"What did you say?" hissed the human.

"I said no! I won't be your pupped anymore!" replied the cat loud.

"Tsss you little pest. You will regret you disobeyed your Queen!" she flipped her fingers, whereof the doors opened and many zombies and goons marched in.

"Oh great." frowned Ozzie and pulled out his guns, Mickey readied his sword either.

"Kill them all!" bellowed the Queen and the minions attacked with a battle screech.

"Stay behind us!" the Count pulled Zuritan away to protect the boy.

The first zombies arrived meanwhile. Shots surrounded in the room and they collapsed to the ground, crumbled into as and armor crashed down. Ozzie grinned with steaming guns in the hands. He began to enjoy the battle.

It was the same with Mickey and Molly. The Count slashed three creature with one single move, using his dark energy on the blade. The Huntress leaped from a place to another really fast, behind her goons fell down dead. It wasn't a big thing for the three well skilled adult, but the minions just came without an end.

"We need to do something or they'll get us!" shouted through the chaos Ozzie.

"Shut up and continue the fire!" barked back Molly but the rabbit was right. No matter how many creature they killed, two more arrived in it's place.

"Is that hard to kill three animals?" sneered the Queen, by her voice the goons hunched their shoulders and trembled "Tss useless vermins. If you want to do something right, then do it yourself." said and from her robes she took out a silver dagger.

The minions chirped with scare and rushed away from the Witch, keeping distant from her and the intruders. The Queen murmured some magic words and something materialized in her hand.

"What does she doing?" raised a brow the Count suspiciously.

"Oh no..." Molly's eyes grew wide in fear "Everyone run! Run befor... aaaaaaaahhh!"her shout choked in a painful groan.

"Hm... The pact weakened. But I can fix it." hummed the Queen.

In her grip she hold a chained heart pulsating with blue aura. She touched the organ with the dagger and spelled a word, whereof the knife shined up. Around the heart many magical chains appeared, entangling it like small metallic serpents in a tight grasp. Molly grabbed her chest and screamed in pain.

"No... I don't want! N-no..." her voice was suddenly cut in the middle. Around them the minions stopped the battle and made a few step behind.

"What's happening?" muttered Zuritan startled.

"I don't like this..." said Ozzie then got a really bad feeling "Mick! Get away from her quickly!"

Suddenly they heard a chuckle from the cat and when she slowly raised her head, they noticed that wicked, devilish look, like the first time they met. Her eyes were blank yet maleficent.

"Someone is deserve to die." hissed the Huntress and grabbed her dagger.

"Huntress! I order you to kill the intruders and give me their heart!" commanded the Queen, the heart in her hand shined up.

"As you wish, my Queen." grinned the female and charged.

The Count yelped and rolled out her way, metal clanked as he avoided her slash with his sword. The dark energy engulfed his blade as his blood slowly heated up in the fight. Around them the minions shouted, encouraging the hypnotized Huntress.

"Nhh.. Stop you mad female!" sneered Mickey and pushed away the cat. She slid a stop and hissed.

"That hag..." growled Ozzie standing a bit further, keeping an eye on the creatures and protecting Zuritan at the same time "She's controlling her..."

"We must stop her somehow!" stated Zuritan confused by Molly's change.

"I know but how?" asked back the rabbit.

Metal sparkled and the two combatant snarling wrestled with each other. Mickey's eyes glowed blood red as his insticts took control over his mind.

"That's all you can do, Count?" said the Huntress and made another assault.

Her blade just missed Mickey's cheek, but the silver made him hiss painfully. He jumped behind holding a hand on his wound.

"You... now you made me really angry." said the Count, baring his killer jaws. A darker, vicious aura emitted from his body.

"Tehe... That's it, that's it! Be angry at me! Then it will be a bigger pleasure to tear out your heart." chuckled the Huntress.

Mickey let out a furious roar and charged at high speed, swinging his sword. The female ducked and punched up, managing to hit him hard on the chin. But suddenly the figure vanished and her wrist was grabbed from the other side.

"What the... behind me?" she startled then she was tossed against the wall, making a smaller crater in the surface. Molly let out a painful groan.

"Stop it! Father! Molly!" shouted Zuritan shocked. He tried to run there, but Ozzie hold him back.

"You can do nothing." stated the rabbit.

Molly collapsed to her knees and coughed out some blood. Her shoulders trembled but she clenched her claws and glared at Mickey with pure hatred.

"Don't force me to use my full power." stood above her the Count, around him, like a soft cloak, his dark energy floated. His eyes shined with blood lust.

"F... fool. No matter.. what you do... I kill you for.. my Queen..." rattled the Huntress, trying to stand up, but the previous attack drained too much power from her.

"Stop it Molly!" she heard a tiny yell and hands hugged her neck. The cat moaned and looked down, seeing a small kid close to her.

"W-what..? Get off me... pest..." Huntress hissed and tried to shake off Zuritan without success.

"Zuritan! Get away from her!" shouted Mickey worried.

"No way!" shook his head the boy. "I not want you hurt each other!"

"I... kill you... if you not... get out of my way..." rattled the female, keeping her eyes on the target still.

"No... you not like this. I know you're an awesome girl, Molly. I hate to say... but you like a friend to m!"

By the word Molly's eyes grew wide. Someone's voice echoed in her mind. Someone she almost forgot in the madness.

"Molly. Please promise me something." an old, kind face appeared in front of her.

"What is it, Huntsman?" heard her own, younger voice.

"You know, I won't live forever. There comes a time when I leave you."

"No, I not want you go! You're my only friend."

"Hehe, Molly. There are plenty of friends around the world."

"Really?"

"Yeah, you just need to find them. And remember, a friend can appear in any kind of form. Don't throw the chance away or you will regret it in your whole life."

"I not really understand it, but I promise."

"Good girl, my dear Molly..."

The shine slowly returned into Molly's eyes. She made a sharp moan as she came back to reality. Her blood thirst vanished, in the Queen's hand some chain broke off her heart.

"Z...Zuritan... what..." she muttered in confusion.

"Finally you back!" grinned the boy and nuzzled. His gesture made her blush a little. Molly glanced at him then at the Count.

"It seems... I made trouble again..." she said and slowly stood up, patting the kid's head "Thanks to you now I'm returned. I'm grateful you're my friend, Zuritan."

"Friend?" the young vampire surprised. Molly nodded with a weak smile.

"Yeah... and this time..." turned against the Queen, pointing her dagger at her "I won't betray my friends, I'll protect them with my life!"

To be continued...