A/N: I give you all full permission to crucify me Priest-style. This late update is inexcusable. ;~; I have nothing further to say other than FORGIVE ME. And also I'm sorry that this is just a filler chapter and actually might suck.

Soundtrack: L'Outro by Kellee Maize; Hit Me by Klaypex

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Last Time…

"I believe I can get you out of here undetected."

Isaac took an eager step forward and Ezekiel stood up.

"How?" The vampire said, some life coming back to his eyes. Nicholas looked at the door again.

"There are secret passages in the City that only I know about. They lead outside the walls."

Isaac finally smiled.

"Is this the truth?" He asked hopefully. Nicholas nodded.

Isaac strode forward and kissed Nicholas' forehead.

"Thank you so much." He said, smiling from ear-to-ear. Nicholas blushed lightly but smiled back.

"I can get you out later tonight, before Black Hat's execution tomorrow morning."

Ezekiel's eyes were glowing once more as he smiled, showing his fangs.

"Perfect."

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The time didn't pass fast enough for Isaac and Ezekiel. Moments after Nicholas left the room, Isaac was told to leave. With one last glance at the vampire seated on the mattress, he did as he was told, albeit reluctantly.

He passed Nicholas on his way out and a quick quiet conversation passed between them. Isaac would return several hours later and Nicholas would let him in through a side entrance. They would take everything else from there.

Isaac sat in his apartment, fingers laced together under his chin as he watched the clock, the minutes ticking by as slow as molasses. More than once he got up and paced and then sat back down, growling. He wanted to get out. He wanted Ezekiel to get out. He wanted to be with Ezekiel again. The level of raw need that Isaac felt when he was away from the vampire could be considered dangerous, almost violently so.

Not that he cared. He had long since given up on ever being his old self again.

His world was Ezekiel and he was Ezekiel's world. Nothing would ever be able to change that, not even the series of unfortunate events that they found themselves wrapped up in. Isaac was willing to do whatever it took to keep them safe, and that included going against the Church again.

The next time he looked at the clock, he stood and gathered his robe and his bag he had packed. It was nothing but extra clothing, some food and water, and of course his weapons, all of which he knew he would need at some point.

He moved through the city silently, keeping his head down and his face hidden, making a beeline for the prison. He bypassed the front doors, instead heading for the door hidden in the shadows of the alleyway on the right side of the prison. As Nicholas promised, the door was left unlocked for him.

Remaining almost completely silent, Isaac slipped inside, putting down his hood and striding down the hall. Nicholas was waiting for him, but they didn't speak yet. The other guards in front of Ezekiel's cell needed to be taken care of first.

As usual, they did nothing when he walked up to them, simply stepped aside and let him in. After the way he had reacted to them injuring Ezekiel earlier, they knew better than to fight with him. He kept a neutral expression as he passed them, cutting his eyes at them. The door slid shut and Isaac turned, smiling as the shadowy figure on the bed stirred and stood.

Ezekiel stood in front of the bed in all of his glory, hat and duster coat once again adorning his body, his eyes barely visible underneath the brim of the beloved hat. He had no bag with him, choosing instead to travel light. Isaac wanted to protest but since they were short on time, he didn't.

There was a knock at the door, a signal from Nicholas. It was time to go. Isaac stepped aside to let Ezekiel pass, holding the door open for him as he slid past him.

So far everything was going just as they planned. The dual thuds outside confirmed that. When Isaac stepped outside, the two guards were passed out on the ground with Ezekiel standing over them. Silence followed as they waited for Nicholas.

Several minutes passed.

No Nicholas.

After fifteen minutes had passed, Isaac started to get worried. Nicholas was supposed to meet them outside the cell after Ezekiel had taken care of the guards. Giving Ezekiel a look, he started down the hallway when a sound stopped him.

It sounded like banging and shouting. It took no more than three seconds for the banging and shouting to get louder when Isaac realized what was happening.

Nicholas had sold them out.

He tore back down the hallway, seeing Ezekiel waiting for him.

"Nicholas told the Clergy's guards!" He exclaimed, already looking around for the passageway, not even sure if it existed. Nicholas had lied to them. Ezekiel's eyes lit up yellow and he hissed, starting down the hallway, jacket billowing out behind him.

"I'll kill that lyin' son of a—!"

Isaac caught his arm, stopping him.

"Don't waste your time. We need to get out of here."

A louder bang followed by a thud.

The guards had kicked the door in. They were quickly running out of time. With a final snarl, Ezekiel let Isaac tug him away, yellow eyes glowing lividly. Isaac didn't think about what he was doing. He was acting on the fight-or-flight reflex and it was screaming flight.

He jumped inside Ezekiel's cell, half-pulling the vampire in with him before slamming the door and deadlocking it shut. He spun around, realizing that he had essentially just signed their death warrant. For the next couple seconds, both he and Ezekiel glanced around, trying to find a way out.

They found nothing.

Isaac was starting to feel like a trapped animal. He started pacing when Ezekiel grabbed his arm, stopping him short.

"Stop that before you drive yourself crazy." He said, his voice tight. Isaac stared around the room, seeing nothing but a cage in which he was being kept until it was his time to be led to the chopping block.

"We have to get out of here." He said, his eyes wild.

His feelings of claustrophobia from his childhood were resurfacing fast. His throat was already closing up. He jerked out of Ezekiel's grip only to run over to one of the walls and begin to pound on it. Ezekiel quirked an eyebrow at his estranged lover before striding across the room, catching Isaac's hand before it hit the hard brick again.

"For God's sake would you stop before you hurt yourself?" He snapped. His voice was angry but he held Isaac's bleeding hands tenderly, cleaning them as best he could on his shirt before letting him go. He turned his gaze to the wall before him, taking a sudden interest in the differently colored bricks.

After another moment of contemplation, he swung his fist all the way back before slamming it into the wall, dislodging several bricks that then fell into the dark space behind the wall. With a quick look at Isaac, Ezekiel unloaded on the wall, bashing out a hole big enough for them both to fit through.

As it would turn out, Nicholas hadn't been lying. There were passages out of the prison and possibly out of the City that most people probably wouldn't know about, mostly due to the simple fact that they were located in the "extremely dangerous" cell of the highest-level security prison in the entire City.

Fate was on their side this day.

When a loud bang was heard outside the steel door of the cell, Ezekiel grabbed Isaac's hand and pulled him through the hole into the darkness. They set a quick pace through the catacombs, jogging lightly.

"I can't see anything." Isaac hissed, gripping Ezekiel's hand tighter. The vampire chuckled, raising the hairs on Isaac's neck in the darkness.

"I can see just fine, so follow me and you'll be alright." Ezekiel reassured him.

Together they quickly made their way through the hidden hallways in the walls of the prison, hearing the sounds of the guards getting closer.

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A/N: Oh thank god I finally updated. -_- I have Tally and Dorky to thank for that. Stay with them for 4 days and suddenly the urge to write an update kicked me in the nuts.

ENJOY AND REVIEW! SO SORRY IT WAS LATE.