Here it is, the second chapter! I Hope you enjoy!

When Rallis awoke, he didn't open his eyes at once. There was something he noticed about the air. Actually it was something did not notice. The smell was gone! Rallis bolted out of bed in an instant and looked at the floor only to see that no trace of the strange creature was left. He had killed it, he knew he had, but somehow there was nothing on the floor.

"I must be going quite insane…" Rallis whispered to himself.

Rallis decided he wasn't going to tell anyone about this ordeal for fear they might think he was doing something and pretending it was a problem. Suddenly, there came a knock at the door that made Rallis nearly jump out of his skin. He went to the door and opened it just a crack to see who it was. Ashelin!

"Hey! We found someone trying to break into the HQ and we have him locked up now with Torn and Jak on guard. We thought you wanted to know, maybe with your appearance we can get some information out of him." She said and walked off.

Rallis closed the door for a moment. This could be the break he needed to find out what his attacker was. He quickly changed his pants to something more appropriate for city wear and ran out the door. People stared at him with every step he took with this look like "he must be a criminal!" He took the hint and slowed to a brisk walk and gave lopsided smiles to everyone to confuse them even more. Finally he got to the HQ and to the main control room where Ashelin was.

"I knew you'd come! He's in here!" Ashelin exclaimed and beckoned for him to follow her to a hidden room at the other end of the room.

Once inside Rallis saw the prisoner, chained to the wall with Torn and Jak on guard just in case he somehow escaped. The man stared at them hungrily like an animal would at its prey but that's not what Rallis noticed immediately. What he noticed was Torn! He also had the look of a beast and he was directing it at Jak then Ashelin then Jak again. There was one more thing, the prisoner had fangs, Torn had fangs, and Jak had no idea. Vampires had a certain ability to drink your blood without you knowing but you didn't turn either and you never knew. Jak had two holes in his neck and that was the signal for Rallis to take action. He knew the language of the vampires. Suddenly, Torn lunged at Jak, but Rallis was ready. He blocked Torn and grabbed him but the throat, thrusting him against the wall. Extra chains were put around the prisoner as well as the new captive. Rallis turned to look at Jak who stood who looked slightly stunned but not really afraid, just stunned.

"You're a vampire! It's you isn't it? The leader of them all!" Jak raged, his eyes starting to turn dark. Ashelin seemed pissed too.

"I should have known! Those late night missions where you would never be back at the right time and the sudden change in attitude, it was right under our noses!" Ashelin screamed at him.

Rallis was calm. The only one that was calm. He got right in front of the both of them but just out of reach so they lunged at him but to no avail. Suddenly his hand burst into flame, a vivid, bright blue flame, and they cowered back against the wall. Rallis spoke in the vampire tongue while Ashelin and Jak just stared.

"So vampire scum? This is what you have been up to all these years? Using people as experiments to create the perfect army but you didn't expect one of them to be brave enough to kidnap a half-Veeshan did you? Now you think that one of your undead mutants will bring me down…you better start speaking up or I will just have to force all the answers out of you."Rallis said darkly, his eyes aglow in the light of the flames. The two vampires looked at each other then back to him.

"We'll never tell you weak mortal!'" Torn growled, and spat at Rallis feat. Jak tried to move forward but Rallis stopped him.

"So be it." Rallis replied and pushed the other two outside of the room. He set the floor to fire, and watched it spread quickly. The vampires looked fearful, but he closed the door before they could scream.

"You'll burn the whole place down!" Ashelin yelled at him, but Rallis put up a hand.

"I know how to control it, so it will only burn the vampires." Rallis replied still calm as ever. He finally turned to look at them.

"What was that all about? You know their language? What did they say?" Jak demanded, not quite so angry now as he was then.

"I know it because my village was full of Veeshan and vampire. All I know is they are trying to make an army of the most powerful of people by doing some kind of experiment on people. They only used your people so far but now they are trying mine. That is how I got there. Although…I can't say their experiments are working as well as they thought." Rallis replied, his expression unfathomable.

"So I was just a piece of food to them?" Jak yelled, almost getting hysterical.

"I don't think you were all the time…Torn hadn't been born a vampire and I think he really loved you but when he was turned his whole…world…changed." Rallis said trying to calm him down. Jak looked away from them, obviously upset. Then he ran out of the building before anyone could say anything. Ashelin looked at Rallis with a sad expression and went to go after him but Rallis stopped her with a shake of his head. He needed some alone time.

"I'll go alert the city guards…" Ashelin said and ran out. Rallis looked at the closed prison now holding only ashes, simple remains of the former occupants that maybe once, just once had a normal life.

Night had soon fallen across the wary city of Spargus but few slept. One of those included Rallis, who could not stop thinking about Jak. He wondered if Jak was lying awake like he was, thinking about Torn. There were so many things going through Rallis' head right now there was no room for the notion of 'sleep'. Finally Rallis decided to take a walk. It was dark and no one would see him anyway, and if there were any vampires about, he could do the city some good by getting rid of them. Once outside, Rallis walked slowly through the quiet streets, noting that it was not bustling with late night walkers like most cities. He knew the reason why. Shades were drawn in the windows of broken houses, and blankets were put in front of the windows that had no curtains. After a while, Rallis had noticed he had meandered to Jak's house. A light was on behind the curtain so he knew Jak was still awake. Rallis went to knock on the door. A voice came from behind.

"Who is it?" Jak yelled, afraid to open the door.

"It's Rallis…" Rallis replied.

Jak opened the door and beckoned him inside. He then sat down in a chair amidst all the trash and junk on the floor. It looked as if he had been throwing things around very recklessly. Rallis sat in a chair next to him, looking straight in his eyes.

"I came to see if you were alright…" Rallis stated, watching Jak's face for any emotion.

"I guess so…as you can see, my anger kind of got the best of me." Jak said with a sheepish smile, indicating all the stuff on the floor.

"Yes, I noticed…do you need help cleaning up?" Rallis asked, pushing a piece of broken vase with his foot.

"Definitely!" Jak replied and starting to gather stuff up putting things away.

After about an hour of cleaning the house looked normal again except for a few empty spots on shelves and counters where pottery had been or plates and the like. They both slumped on the couch next to each other tired from all that work. After about a few minutes of silence, Rallis spoke.

"You loved him didn't you?" Rallis asked mysteriously, staring straight into Jak's eyes.

"I-I…don't…" Jak faltered, his eyes welling with unshed tears that had kept in for so long.

"Please, don't cry…" Rallis whispered, putting t a hand under Jak's chin, pulling him so close he could feel Jak's breath on his lips.

The evil cliffy:O

May it leave you in suspense!