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Ok so here is the Second Part to Fallen. I really hope you gals and guys liked the first part of Fallen. Ok I'm not going to tell you how many, but the Second Part is based several years after Aiden leaves Vampire Mountain; you'll soon learn how many, probably in like the first two paragraphs or so. Lol. Well hope you enjoy. p.s i'm soo sory for how long it took me to update.

Part Two

Chapter 6

Back to the way things were

My paced quickened; soon green and white and a tiny bit f black all blurred into one; I was now flitting. I couldn't hold them off for much longer like this, running away from a fight just wasn't the answer to the life anymore. They had found me and I would have to face them one way or another and they knew that.

I soon came to a stop and unsheathed my old sword. I soon saw their purple bodies coming into view. For several years I hid myself from the world of both human and the damned, but no longer could I run and hide, my destiny was chosen for me a long time ago, and once I fought them it would be sealed.

"Ahh, so the mysterious killer of the night has finally deiced to face us," the leader said. I looked around the area, then back too the three vampaneze. They had been hunting me after I had found out important information. I smirked as they started too advanced on me.

"You're brave to be hunting me," I said slyly. The leader smirked as they surrounded me.

"You're right, but weather you kill us or not, we were trained to kill vampires like you, so you just might die because of your wounds," the leader said confidently. I shook my head as I unhooked two small knives from my belt as swiftly shot them towards the other two vampaneze; both knives landing in their heads; both died instantly. The leader looked at his fallen comrades, then back up at me.

"You were saying?" I laughed as I charged towards him. He dodged the sword. I shrugged as I sheathed me sword and turned my back towards him. He laughed as he jumped at me; I spun around a shot one of my knives into his stomach. He looked at me shock as I roughly took out the knife. He looked as though he was still going to put up a fight so I didn't hesitant; I unsheathed my sword and stabbed him in his stomach again. I watched him fall onto the snow, which was now stained red with the blood of the helpless victims; I soon kneeled down on my knees as he started to say something.

"No use in killing us, they'll all come for you," It was hard for him to talk but I was now curious.

"Why?" I asked, he laughed lightly.

"Because, you and him, are the only two that can stop the war now and my lord is not going to let that happen,"he laughed a tiny bit more before he went still and stopped breathing. I cursed, got up and sheathed my sword. I pulled both of my swords off my waist and placed them on my back. I would be traveling for a longtime again and this was easier to carry them like this, as soon as I was done I was off to stop something I was never meant to be involved in.

It's been seven years since I left Vampire Mountain and my life as a 'bounty hunter' or that's what Tiny called it any, ended. I always knew I was a vampire bread to kill, to become an assassin. For the last seven years I've just been wondering mostly. But I've also been killing vampaneze when they cross my path; I've also had some interaction with humans, not a lot though. Through the years I had been living on my own, I hadn't once come back into contact with the clan; that is until now.

I banged on the huge wooden door when I arrived. Soon a green clad guard was there to greet me and see if I was recognized by the gate. I had been gone for seven years and never really liked the thought of saying my name; also I had to talk to him.

"Address yourself to th…," he didn't even finish his sentence before I knocked him out and walked over his body into the main tunnels.

"Sorry bub, just not in the mood tonight," I said cockily as I welcomed myself into the tunnels. My jacket swayed behind me, showing all my weapons in all their glory. Whispers broke out as I walked back into the Hall of Osca Velm. It had been a long time since I first stepped foot into this hall, that time I was new at everything and Vancha's assistant, but now I was here on my own and here on doomed business.

"Oi wench!" I stopped dead in my tracks. I knew it was a new vampire that thought he was all tough and shit, but I still didn't show my face to him. "Hey wench I'm talking to you! Do you not know who I am?!" the vampire yelled out at me again. I could feel all the older vampires going stiff. I slowly turned around; my hood was still over my face, covering it.

"Huh?" I asked as if I were an innocent human female. He smirked at me as he advanced closer to me.

"I was talking to you, you didn't listen wench. So time to play," he said smoothly as he popped his fingers.

"Oh…lets," I said slyly as I ripped of my hood and unsheathed my sword. I watched as the vampires, who knew who I was, backed off and watched in disapproval at the younger vampires.

"What the…?" the younger vampire questioned himself before coming at me with another remark. "So the wench does know how to fight," he laughed. I smirked as I dropped my sword and flitted towards him; grabbed him by his neck and ran back to grab my sword before it ever touch the ground.

He looked at me wide eyed. "Why yes I do know who to fight," I commented back as I sheathed my sword without letting him go. I was about to let him go, but I decided to give him a farewell gift. I took one of my black painted nails and gave scratched him right down his left cheek; it was deep and it would heal to be a scar. I dropped him to the ground and watched menacingly as he looked at the blood dripping off of his face. "Never forget the name Artemis Skyler, wench," I hissed at him.

In the background I heard clapping; I swiftly turned around and saw Darren and Darius standing near the exit to the Hall. I sighed as I started to march over towards the two but stopped and looked back down at the man that challenged me. "You've got guts Cree; nobody ever dared challenged my queen," Darren smiled as I walked, reluctantly, over to him and Darius.

"Milord," I bowed my head and then looked at Darius. "Darius," I nodded my head, he also did in return. I smirked as I turned back to Darren. "Still going on about that 'queen' crap?" I asked. He glared at me; I just shrugged as I started to walk past him and to the Hall of Princes. "Get moving…we have things to discuses," I shouted at the two men. They sighed as they fallowed me to the Hall.

I gazed around the marbled walls and floor. Even though I hated this mountain, I would admit that's this Hall was magnificent. I looked around slightly as I waited for Darren and Darius to ketchup to me. I clench my fist as Darren walked past me and to his throne. Darius fallowed him and sat down in, what was usually, Arrow's throne. I looked at him, but he just looked away.

"Arrow was killed two years ago. Steve killed him, so Darius took his place as a prince," I went stiff then relaxed when I realized it was Mika, the prince I always fought.

"Really, well that's what I here to talk about," I started but Mika grabbed my shoulder and spun me around. I was about to smack him and then talk but he shot me a glare I had never seen before.

"Aiden it's been seven years! Seven years and now this is the time you deiced its ok to waltz back into the clan and our lives?!" Mika's eyes were full of different things, but mostly concern and a tiny bit of hatred.

"I never wanted to come back, I would have been happy if I never came back to the clan at all!" I said back to him. Inside the hall there were a couple generals here and there, they had been talking, but by now their quiet.

"Then what made you come back?! I know it wasn't for Vancha or Madden, what was it for?!" Mika started to yell at me. I looked away shameful.

"I don't know," I said my voice cold. Mika smirked sadly at me.

"Of course you don't! Do you even know how upset Vancha was over you leaving, and Madden?" I shook my head, "same old Aiden, always caring for herself. Vancha was distraught over it after you didn't come back after your usual three months. Madden, he stopped speaking and Darius tried to help him, but he just went off with Vanze, he hasn't been the same since," Mika stopped yelling and took a breath. I turned my head towards him and looked him straight in the eyes.

"Are you finished yet?" I asked my face stoned with no emotion. Mika growled as he clenched his fist together and walked back to his throne. "I came here for one thing and one thing only, so I don't need lechers about it," I smugly said as I walked over to the door of the Hall and watched as the guard opened it for me. "I'll take me leave now," and with that I was off to my old quarters.

Mika had tired to talk sense into me, but my heart had become colder over the years I was gone. There was time it would have had an effect on me, but that me is long gone now, I am only here to save my clan and get what I came here to do in the first place, get my revenge.

I lay on my bed, my weapons and jacket on the drawer, I was just staring up at the jagged rock ceiling going over what had all happen since I left and came back. I hadn't run into Vancha or Madden. I knew that they were still here in the mountain, but I didn't know where. "Can I…come in?" I recognized Harket's voice immediately. I didn't answer back, but just sat up as he walked in with a mug of warm blood and one of wine and sat down besides me. I gladly took the mug as he handed it too me and drank from it; I had run out of vials of blood some days go and was parched with thirst and hunger.

"Thanks," I said to Harket as I sat the mug on the ground. He nodded his head and took a sip from his mug.

"You know Artemis…Vancha wasn't always that stick in…the mud as he is now," Harket said through gasps of breath. He had gotten better over the years I had guessed, but with the air in this mountain it can probably, and most likely did, put him back a couple years in his breathing. I crocked my head as I looked at him.

For as long as I had known Vancha, he had always been stressed and unwelcoming towards some people, but I had heard stories, but I never thought them to be true. "He use to be, or what he thought, a 'ladies man'. He was a carefree vampire stuck…in the old ways and in the…middle of the begging of this war. But once Mr. Crepsley died…and Darren accepted his fate as Lord of the Shadows,…Vancha sent Alice, his almost love interest, away with…Debbie and made sure he never saw them again, because if he did Darren would be with him…and he didn't want to put the girls in any danger," Harket stopped and took a sip of his wine. I knew he wasn't finished, but I had never known that Vancha had been affected so much by this war.

"What happened next?" I asked like a child waiting for her father to go on with a very good story. Harket sighed.

"As time went on Vancha became…cold and null to a lot of things when Darren made the changes that…he did and what Mr. Tiny wanted,…Think of what it did to him…when he was ordered to kill his own kind?...To think a vampire loyal to his clan and his…pride being made to kill his own kind secretly as they made waves to…over throw Darren. That would…kill me," Harket looked at me before he got up and took the two, now empty, mugs and walked over to the curtain that was covering the doorway. He was about to leave, but he turned back to me and walked over to the bed again.

"What else Harket?" I asked. He smiled his sharp toothy grin a tiny bit.

"Vancha was just like you, well that is until he saved you…But when you're warm heart started too turned cold, so did his…and when you left, he went back to his old self again," Harket said sadly. I looked up at him.

"What about Madden?" I asked worried about my old assistant.

"You could say…Madden became the old him," Harket started to laugh a tiny bit as he put the mask back on and walked out of my quarters. I just sat there on my bed thinking and trying to imagine a Vancha carefree, wild, and a womanizer?

"Strange…," I smirked as I shook my head and got off my bed. I grabbed my weapons and jacket and started for the doorway; I took a deep breath and walked out. It had been seven years since I last saw Madden; I was colder and harsher now, but I had to make amends, maybe even become friends once again. What if what Harket had said was true? Maybe Madden had turned into a free loving, wild, womanizing vampire; that would be something else.

After that talk I had with the older little person, it made me look at something different, maybe it wasn't just me that is was effecting. If what Harket had said was true and Vancha had been the way he had been long time before I meet him, then maybe there were a few things I needed to revaluate.

I walked into, my least favorite Hall, the Hall of Khledon Lurt and looked around. There he was. He was talking to a few other Vampires. I looked him up and down; he hadn't changed much, gotten taller maybe, even a little more of a demanding presences about him. I smiled a tiny bit as I just leaned against the rock wall and watched as the younger vampires noticed me and made him turn around.

We locked eyes for several seconds before I nodded my head in 'hello'. His mouth became huge as he smiled and raced towards me. "Aiden!" Madden yelled out happily as he put his arms around my waist, picked me up, and spun me around. I growled a tiny bit, he just smiled as he put me back on my feet. After he stepped back from me, his smile became a frown as he looked at me.

"Holy shit Aiden; it's been seven fucking years!" Madden hissed at me harshly. I cringed lightly knowing I deserved it. "But I'm glade you back," Madden smiled at me as I looked at him shocked.

"Well sorry about it anyway," I said quietly. I knew he heard me as we both started to walk down the tunnels. "I'm going to the baths," I warned. Madden laughed.

"I won't look," he smirked. I sighed knowing he wasn't going to leave my side. "Does Vancha know you back?" Madden asked. I shook my head.

"No, and I want it to stay that way," I said harshly as we entered the Hall of Perta Vin-Grahl. Madden sighed as he put his right arm over my shoulders and walked with me. I soon came to a stop and turned to him. "Well…?" I stated, he smiled as he started to walk away, but then stop and turned back to me and leaned down.

"Just for lost times," he said before he lightly and softly kissed me on the lips. I stood there shocked. Madden smirked softly as he walked to a corner and started to undress. I stood there for a few more seconds until I realized what I was here for. I soon stripped off my clothes and dived into the freezing water. Madden was already in, but he was at the other end.

The bath was a long one. As I remember, I caught Madden looking at me once in awhile. We had been in and out and we had talked for a while, but nothing prepared me for the meeting I never wanted to happen.

As Madden and I got dressed two men walked in. I didn't cover myself up or anything, I was used to it by now. When I looked up I saw who it was, my eyes widen and I started to run out of the baths. Madden looked up also as he saw me race out of there.

"Whoa! Where you going in such a hurry?" Madden asked. I shook my head in the direction of the two men. As he turned his head I ran. "Aiden!" he shouted out, that was the last thing I wanted him to do. I cringed as the two male vampires raced after me.

I ran harder as their foot steps caught up with mine. "Awe, where you going Aiden?" one of them asked.

"Yeah, we still have unfinished business, missy," the other one laughed. My eyes glowed purple as I stopped running and turned to face the two vampires.

They where two tall young looking vampires. One of them had purple hair with blue strikes though out the hair, he was also broad shoulders and was lean. He had dark green eyes and a strong face; his name was Lucas Amare.

The other one was a little shorter then Lucas, but still tall. His hair was a dark brown and his eyes were a bright hazel. He was also lean, but not as broad shouldered as Lucas. His name was Lucian de Marco; he of course was older and the leader of the two.

"Daemon Acme!" I yelled out in rage at the thought of them coming after me again. A huge yellow shield appeared and blasted both Lucian and Lucas; who were shot about ten feet away. "I should have killed you two when I had the chance!" I screamed out, my voice becoming coated in darkness. "I should never have given you a second chance!" I screamed out. I started too walked menacingly over to the two other vampires.

Lucian, as soon as he saw me coming, jumped to his feet and glared at me as he unsheathed his knife. "Shut up, Artemis! You have your reason as we have ours!" Lucian yelled out at me. I growled as I stopped and looked at him.

"You really think that knife will stop me?" I laughed as my voice got darker and darker. He cringed as he held his ground.

"You can't do this!" Lucas yelled at me. I laughed and I unsheathed me sword.

"You're helping the enemy!" I yelled as I ran with my sword held out towards Lucas. Lucas dodged my fist strike, but couldn't miss my second. My second blow was a small one to his shoulder joint.

"Bitch!" Lucas screamed out in rage as he sprinted straight towards me. Lucian stood back and watched as Lucas and I went at it. I dodged a quick punch as I sliced his thigh.

"So, now you want to play?" I grimaced as his fist meet with my stomach. I started to cough as I lost my breath. When I looked up from the ground the only thing I saw was Lucas' fist meeting my face and my body hitting the clod, ground.

"Uhhh. Fucker. Did your mother ever teach you it wasn't nice to hit girls, jackass?" I hissed at him as I spit blood from my mouth.

"Grrr, did your mother ever teach you it wasn't nice to fuck with people?" Lucas growled at me as he ran menacingly over to me. The next thing I saw was his body over mine and blood dripping down my forearm. As I gazed up I saw my sword gouged deep inside his chest and his lifeless eyes looking down at me.

"Shit!" I hissed as I brought my leg up and pushed his body off my sword and rolled his body away from me. I sheathed my sword while I was still sitting on the ground; soon I felt a cold, metal on my neck.

"Don't move, bitch," my body went still as Lucian's voice creped into my ear.

"Lucian, get the fuck away from her!" My body went into even more shock as Vancha's voice reached my ears. I felt as Lucian turned away too face Vancha, there was my chance. As I started to bring my elbow up to sock him, he noticed.

"Don't try anything, Artemis," Lucian growled as he pulled the knife clser to my neck. I rolled my eyes as he turned away again without seeing my left arm going, slowly, up into the air.

"Hey, jack-wad," I said aloud before elbowing him in the stomach and slipping my neck away from the knife without hitting it, almost actually. I watched as Lucian's body fell to the floor and Vancha was on top of him, holding him down, in less then a second.

"Remember, stay away from her," Vancha growled as he punched Lucian across the face. He let him got after that. I watched as Vancha walked over to me, his eyes full of a mixture of things: hate, agony, love, happiness, sadness, but most of all hate. "What are you doing back here?" Vancha asked me menacingly. I stood my ground.

"I came back for the council," I answered simply.

"Bullshit, Aiden. What's the real reason you came back?!" Vancha yelled out towards me. I smirked a tiny bit.

"Still the old Vancha, ay?" I joked as I started to walk away from him. I was jerked back and slammed to the ground by force. "Get of me Vancha," I growled.

"No, not till you tell me why they were attacking you and why you're back," Vancha hissed in my face.

"Fine, you want to know?" I looked at Vancha, he nodded angrily, "the reason to as why I came back, you'll just have to stay and find out what they are. And as to why they were attacking me, is the same," I said simply before I pouched Vancha in the stomach and got to my feet.

"Aiden, what's going on?" Vancha asked between coughs as he tried to get back up.

"Something bigger then us," I sighed before I started back to the Hall of Khledon Lurt.


Well there you are. The sixth chapter and Part two. Again I'm sorry it took my so long to update, and pre-warning I have finals this week for high school so it will be awhile before I update again. Well I hoped you like it as much as I had fun writing it. laughs

Mistress of the Blooded Night

Null and Void

Tell me with Perfection in your voice

That you never really had a choice

Place on me the burden of the past

Offer me the future and take it back

Show me what you never meant to show

Tell me what I'm not supposed to know

Contradict me when you're in the wrong

Don't commit to anything at all

My life is null and void

Dismantled and destroyed

My life is null and void

My life is null and void

Fill me with compassion and concern

Thrill me with an unexpected turn

Tempt me with the secrets that you hold

Don't divulge until you're in control

Show me what you never meant to show

Tell me what I'm not supposed to know

Contradict me when you're in the wrong

Don't commit to anything at all

My life is null and void

Dismantled and destroyed

My life is null and void

My life is null and void

My life is null and void

Dismantled and destroyed

My life is null and void

My life is null and void

My life is null and void

Dismantled and destroyed

My life is null and void

My life is null and void