Chapter 7

After five minutes of walking they came to a large empty hall. The only thing in it was a large table stretching from the left to the right at the far end. The walls were made of thick concrete which made the room soundproof. Lexi and the boy were pushed into the empty room. A small click meant that the thick steel door was locked. Lexi turned to the small boy who was shaking.

"Let me do the talking. Don't do anything unless I say so okay?" The boy nodded silently. Lexi heard another door open and a young woman walked in. She was tall and had long white hair that reached her waist. Her eyes were a light grey and they shined in the light of some candle on the table. She sat in the biggest chair in the centre of the table and beckoned them forwards. Lexi stepped forwards before Luke. The woman looked as if she should be a vampire but Lexi could tell she wasn't. She didn't have the same look behind the eyes of the people of the night world. They all had a certain depth behind their eyes which told their story. Lexi still considered her a threat so she kept the boy behind her.

"What do you want?"

"Only to talk Miss Kinzer." Lexi was momentarily confused but then remembered her previous lie. "I believe you could help us with a certain case. There's been a high number of missing people in the area lately and last night six men were found dead in the middle of a street."

"What's that got to do with me?" Lexi knew no one had caught her or would be able to connect her.

"Well your brother here was the one who found the bodies. Did he not tell you?" Lexi turned to the boy.

"Luke is that why mom and dad said you were freaking out?" Lexi then winked at the boy who caught on and nodded. She turned back to the woman in the chair.

"I wasn't with him last night though. I got a call from our parents early this morning, so I was heading back home when I was kidnapped by you lot."

"My apologies, you see we had a contact inform us of your presence there last night. They said you were around there at that time so we had someone follow you."

"So that's why Qui... my friend is here as well? You saw us talking and thought we had something to do with it." She then thought of Hannah. "Well what about the other girl?"

"She's here on another matter. We believe that she's included in a gang of highly wanted criminals. Someone high up has been tracing them. That's why my colleague Mr Jefferson thought you were someone else."

"Who did he think I was?"

"I can't disclose that information I'm afraid."

"Okay so can we leave now? My brother and I had nothing to do with this and neither did my friend." Suddenly the door the woman had walked through opened again and in stormed another woman. She was shorter but made up for it in her looks. She had short brown hair which stopped at her ears and orange eyes. Lexi instantly knew she wasn't part of the night world either. She wore a pair of black leggings under a long black top. On the top was a picture of a skeleton with a piece of wood sticking out where the heart would've been. Lexi knew she was trouble by the way she glared at her.

"I don't have it wrong. That's her!" she cried to the other woman. "She had nothing to do with that boy she's making it all up. Neither does her friend. In fact that boy's probably the only innocent one around here." The woman's head snapped to meet Lexi's eyes. Lexi smiled and shrugged.

"Worth a try wasn't it?" The woman pressed a button on the table and around twenty men jogged in instantly.

"Restrain her!" The tall woman cried standing.

"I'm guessing you've heard of my work then?" Lexi smiled then pushed the boy back. "Anyone touches either of us and hell breaks loose." The shorter woman laughed to herself.

"What're you going to do? You're a seventeen year old with no combat training whatsoever. You have no chance against twenty men all with martial art training, not to mention they each have a tazer and two guns."

"I did warn you." Lexi then pushed the boy to the ground and ran forwards. Every man in the room opened fire on her. She dodged several bullets but got his my most. She managed to recover from them and break the necks of all but three. The gun shots stopped and were replaced by the sound of empty guns clicking. The woman behind the table pushed herself back and stared at Lexi who now stood towering over her on the table. "This is how it's going to go. You're going to call everyone coming off then you're going to get the other two released and brought here. You're then going to let us go peacefully and never speak of what happened here."

"And what if we don't?" One of the men behind her said. Lexi quickly moved and stopped in front of him with her face a few centimetres from his.

"Then everyone in this entire facility dies an extremely painful death." The man smiled as if she was joking then stopped.

"Who are you?"

The short haired woman whispered from behind the table. "Princess Tenebrarum" Lexi turned to her as she was slowly shuffling backwards. Lexi turned and glared at her.

"Non est, ut nostra lingua antiqua." Lexi then effortlessly jumped over the table and grabbed the girl by the collar of her t-shirt. "Dog." Lexi then threw the girl at the far wall. Lexi turned and grabbed the boy. As she reached the door she turned and saw the girl get up. She seemed to be snarling at them. Lexi then noticed the large canine teeth that were growing in her mouth. The girl was also gaining a large amount of hair on her body. Lexi turned and ran at high speed to the cell Quinn and Hannah were in. She broke the lock then kicked the door down. "We're going now." Suddenly there was a large roar from the tunnels and Quinn froze mid-step.

"Was that a-"Lexi nodded. Quinn grabbed Hannah while Lexi still kept hold of Luke. They managed to find a ladder leading upwards. Quinn went first while Lexi pushed Hannah and Luke in front of her. Everyone had gotten up and just as Lexi was about to climb out she heard a growling noise behind her. She looked behind her and saw a large grey wolf stood just over a metre away. She quickly turned back and kicked off the ladder with one foot. She flew upwards and landed in the middle of a road. Quinn was about to put the lid on when suddenly a large mouth with several large teeth appeared there. Lexi pulled Quinn back from being bitten and put herself between the others and the hole.

"Quinn get them out of here," Lexi cried quickly.

"Not without you!" he yelled. Suddenly the large wolf broke through the small gap and was now stood on the same road. The wolf dived for Hannah and Luke but Lexi was faster and caught the animal's tail. She pulled it and threw it into a nearby building that had been abandoned. There was a large crash as the wolf hit the wall and went through it. Lexi turned to the others.

"Run!" she yelled. Hannah took off dragging Luke behind her just as the wolf was lunging for Quinn. He dodged it with easy but the wolf landed perfectly and spun around quickly. Quinn and Lexi were now stood side by side. Lexi followed the wolf's eyes whilst Quinn watched its feet. Lexi waited for one of the wolf's feet to move but it didn't. It just stood staring directly at Quinn. Studied it for several seconds then saw its foot move. As soon as she did she pushed Quinn sideways and placed herself in the large animal's path. Suddenly the large beast landed on top of Lexi and pushed her to the ground. She collided with the ground and the force vibrated through her body. Everything seemed to go misty and grey dots danced in front of her eyes but Lexi still kept conscious. She kept all her attention of keeping the animal's large teeth away from her throat. After several seconds Lexi saw Quinn move out of the corner of her eye. She knew that the wolf had noticed as well. Instead of letting it move Lexi dug her hands in through the thick coat of fur until she reached its skin. She dug her razor sharp nails into it until she drew blood. The wolf whined slightly but then managed to know one of her arms away from her. Lexi had her left side of her neck exposed. The wolf knew it as well. Everything suddenly moved in slow motion as Lexi saw the wolf's mouth turn left at open at it came shooting at her neck.