Chapter 7: Finding A Way
Madende stopped and fell against a tree panting and holding his side. Keegen stopped beside him and looked at him nervously.
"You need to go lay down." he said, putting a hand on Madende's shoulder.
"I'll be fine. I have to find a scent." Madende said, pushing off the tree and walking off.
Keegen lowered his hand and shook his head with a sigh. He followed closely behind Madende, who dropped to his knees coughing.
"Madende please, go lay down. I'll track a scent for you." Keegen said, kneeling down beside him.
"No…" Madende said, coughing again. "I can do it." he said, starting to get to his feet.
"Madende, Jeric isn't going to be happy seeing you like this." Keegen said.
"At least he'll get to see me again." Madende said, forcing himself up, coughing again.
"You need to see a doctor or something. Drink some blood anything, just don't let yourself suffer like this!" Keegen said, standing.
"I drank before I left." Madende said, walking on. "And I'll drink before we leave again…" he added, coughing lightly.
Keegen watched after him, looking slightly pissed. Madende stopped and looked around, his eyes narrowing and growling lightly.
"What is it?" Keegen asked, walking over to him.
"Smell that?" Madende asked, looking at him.
Keegen sniffed the air and looked back at him.
"An unknown scent to me." he replied.
"It's Blake's scent." Madende said, looking around again. "He's close." he muttered, walking forward.
"You can not fight him like this." Keegen said, grabbing his shirt. "He knows your wounded and he'll go right for your side." he said as Madende looked back at him.
"That may be so, but I'm going to get some answers out of that mother fucker." Madende said, pulling free of Keegen's grip and walking on.
"Hey, let me do the hard work. You just stand back and ask the questions and if he doesn't give a good answer, let me know and I'll refresh his memory." Keegen said, running in front of him.
Madende paused and looked at him, raising an eyebrow. Keegen looked back at him, a sort of pleading look on his face and Madende sighed, dropping his head.
"Alright…" he said, nodding.
"Good. Now, don't jump in on it either. Just stand back, and let me take care of it. You ask questions, and I'll get straight answers." Keegen said.
"Deal." Madende said, looking back up at him. "Will you be able to catch him?" he asked.
"Please, he's a bird. I'm a cat. What do you think?" Keegen asked, smirking.
"Good point." Madende said, smiling weakly.
"I'm a bird?" a voice came from the trees.
Madende and Keegen turned, looking up in the trees. Blake sat, squatted down on one of the branches, glaring down at them. Madende growled and stepped forward, but Keegen held out his arm, stopping him.
"Remember. Stay back." he hissed, looking at him.
Madende nodded and looked back up at Blake. He smirked back at him and stood up, jumping down a few feet in front of them.
"Now, a plane old bird is not what I am. I am an Eagle demon, thank you very much. Being called a bird is simply insulting." he said, crossing his arms.
"Well, an Eagle is a bird, so it sounded right to me." Keegen said. "Just as a Tiger is a cat. I insulted myself so shut up you bastard." he added with a light growl.
Blake laughed and shook his head.
"I've fought Tigers before, and I might as well fight a domestic house cat. They're weak." he said.
"Well you haven't fought this Tiger yet!" Keegen growled, pouncing him.
Madende smirked and walked forward, holding his side. Keegen punched Blake a few times in the face and once in the stomach, then stood up, pulling him to his feet and pinning him to a tree by the throat.
"Now that we have your attention, we have a few questions." Madende said, walking forward.
Blake glared at him, then smiled wickedly as he noticed Madende holding his side.
"I see your still a bit sore from last night. I thought Vamps heal quicker than normal humans or demons." he taunted.
"They don't when they have broken ribs." Madende said, stopping just behind Keegen.
"Oh, is that so? Then why don't you go suck someone's blood out and heal yourself?" Blake growled, gaining a punch in the face from Keegen.
"Stop your racist bullshit and listen to him!" he growled, tightening his grip.
Blake coughed from lack of air, and looked back at him and Madende.
"Where are the others?" Madende asked.
"Don't know what your talking about." Blake wheezed.
"Keegen…" Madende said, shaking his head.
"My pleasure." Keegen said, punching Blake again, only harder.
"Now, where are the others?" Madende asked again, as Blake opened his eyes and looked back at him.
"With Gerard." he said, gasping lightly for air.
"No shit! Where?" Keegen snapped, punching Blake in the stomach.
Blake grunted and leaned forward, gripping his stomach. Madende raised an eyebrow and shook his head.
"The more you hold out, Blake, the worse its going to get. You might as well fess up now." he said, a light smirk playing across his pale lips.
Blake groaned as Keegen pushed him back up against the tree, holding him by the throat again. Blood dripped down off his chin, running from his nose and lip. Madende coughed lightly, holding his side tightly and wincing in pain.
"Where's Adam?" Keegen growled, tightening his grip.
"In Gerard's Mansion." Blake muttered.
"You know, I'm really getting tired of your lame answers!" Keegen growled, punching him twice in the stomach.
Blake hunched over again, but Keegen slammed him back against the tree with enough force to make it shake and loose a few leaves.
"Tell me where they are!" he yelled. "Exact location! No more bullshit answers!" he growled, his face inches from Blake's.
"I don't know the exact location. All I know is how to get there! They don't give us fucking addresses!" Blake said, gripping Keegen's wrist as his grip grew tighter yet.
"Then you'll be taking us to them." Madende said, his eyes narrowing.
"Fuck no." Blake growled.
"Oh I think you will. I don't think your ready to die. In fact, I know your praying to God that he won't kill you." Madende said, smiling coldly.
Blake's eyes widened and he stared at Madende, shocked beyond belief.
"How the fuck did you know that?!" he cried.
"I'm a Vampire, Blake. Don't you watch movies or read books. All Vamps are given the gift of Telepathy when turned over." Madende smirked, walking a bit closer. "I can see everything in your fucking mind, as if I were reading a book. And now that I've read your mind, and everything, I don't need you to know where I'm going. You've already lead me to them." he said, smiling and flashing his fangs.
"Then…what are you going to do to me?" Blake asked, his voice shaking with fear.
"I'm not going to do shit to you." Madende said, and Blake sighed in relief. "However, I'm not the one you need to worry about." he added, and Keegen smirked.
"W-what?" Blake asked, fear overwhelming him now.
Madende smiled and turned away, heading back for the house. Keegen looked back at him and raised an eyebrow.
"What do you what me to do to him?" he asked.
"What ever in the hell you want. Just leave a little fun for me later." Madende said, without turning around or stopping. "Oh, and I'm sure Shadow would like a little more fun with him as well." he added, still walking.
"Got it. I'll be there in a few." Keegen said, smiling evilly back at Blake.
"Be waiting for you." Madende said, vanishing from sight.
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Shadow met Madende outside the door, rushing to him as he walked up and collapsed again, coughing.
"Madende! Are you ok?" she cried, sliding up to him, and wrapping her arms around his shoulder.
"Fine…" Madende said, coughing again.
"Come on, lets get you inside and get you wrapped up." Shadow said, standing and trying to pull him to his feet.
Madende helped her and stood up, then leaned against her, as she walked him towards the door. Shi opened the door just as they reached it and held it open while Shadow helped him through. Going to the table, Shadow set Madende down and left the room, jogging up the stairs to her room.
"Madende, what did you find out?" Shi asked, kneeling down in front of him, laying her hands on his knees.
"I found the way to Gerard's Mansion. I need some blood so I can try healing a little on the way there." Madende said, shaking his head.
"Ok, hang on." Shi said, standing and going to the fridge.
She grabbed a blood packet from the fridge, bit it open, and poured it into a glass. Madende took it from her as she handed it to him, and drank it all in pretty much one gulp. Shi's jaw dropped as she stared at him.
"Give me one more…" Madende muttered, setting the glass down.
"Ok, but take it easy on this one. At least try tasting it." Shi said, making him smile weakly as she grabbed another packet.
Shi bit open another packet and poured it into the glass, tossing the two empty packets in the trash can. Shadow came back around the corner, carrying some wrap, looking at him.
"Take off your shirt." she said, setting the wrap on the table.
Madende nodded and reached around gingerly, grabbing the back of his shirt and pulling it off over his head. His entire left side was almost black, it was bruised so bad. The outline of Blake's foot could be seen in the bruise and Madende flinched every time he moved.
"Fuck me!" Shi and Shadow said together, covering their mouths simultaneously.
"I may be your brother, and I may have grown up with you, but that shit still freaks me out." Madende muttered, laughing lightly, starting to cough again.
"No, no don't do that." Shi said, shaking her head and kneeling down beside him.
"Sorry…it was funny though." Madende said, coughing again and smiling at her.
"Glad we could make you laugh." Shadow said, grabbing the wrap. "This is going to hurt, but it has to be done." she added, unrolling some of the wrap.
Madende nodded and gritted his teeth as Shadow began wrapping his side. Keegen soon returned with bloody knuckles and blood on his shirt. Madende looked up at him, as did Shi and Shadow.
"What the hell happened to you?" Shi asked, standing up.
"Got into a fight with a bird." Keegen replied, smirking.
"A bird?" Shi asked.
"A bird named Blake." Madende said, flinching as Shadow wrapped the wrap around his bruised side.
"Blake came back?!" Shi cried, looking at her brother.
"No, we went and found him. That's how I know where to go." Madende said, digging his claws into the table.
"Almost done." Shadow informed him, pulling the wrap around again.
"Good." Madende said through clenched teeth.
"I'm going to go take a quick shower, and wash this blood off me." Keegen said, heading for the living room.
"Ok." Shi said, nodding.
"You better hurry your ass up, I'm not waiting on you to long." Madende said, looking over at him.
"I'll stay here and follow your scent." Shi said. "You lead Jake, Eclipse, and Shadow over, and we'll meet up with you there." she added, looking back at her brother.
"On second thought, I think I'll just change shirts and wash my hands." Keegen said, darting out of the kitchen.
"Or that works too." Shi said, nodding.
"Alright, I'm done." Shadow said, tying the wrap off and standing.
"Thanks." Madende said, grabbing his shirt and gently pulling it back on.
Shi and Shadow helped him, as Eclipse and Jake walked into the kitchen.
"Did you find anything?" Eclipse asked, stopping next to Shi.
"Yea, we're going to head out." Madende said. "You three are with me, Shi and Keegen are going to catch up." he said standing.
They nodded and followed him to the door. As the others went out, Eclipse stopped and turned to Shi, grabbing her in a tight hug.
"You be careful." he said as she hugged him back.
"I'll be fine, I have Keegen remember?" Shi said smiling.
"I know. Just still, be careful." Eclipse said, leaning back and looking at her.
"I will be." Shi said, nodding.
Eclipse smiled weakly and kissed her quickly, heading out the door.
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Dalila awoke in a cell that looked similar to prison cells. There was a barred door, and three of the four walls were barred up. In the cell next to her, Adam lay unconscious still on the top bed of his and Abi's bunk bed. One of his arms dangled lazily off the edge of the bed, while the other rested up beside his head. In the jail cell beside her, Jareth awoke with a start, sitting straight up off the bed. Dalila looked over at him and sat up slowly.
"Are you ok?" she whispered, gripping one of the bars.
"Yea…I think…" Jareth whispered back. "Where are we?" he asked, looking around.
"I don't know, I just woke up." Dalila said quietly.
"Who all did they grab?" Jareth asked, looking back at her.
"Jeric, Shade, me, you, Abi and Adam." Dalila replied sadly.
"Damn, took half the house sounds like." Jareth replied looking down. "I'm sorry, this is all my fault." he said, his voice shaking.
"No its not. They were after me too." Dalila said shaking her head.
"What for?" Jareth asked, looking at her.
"They've been holding me captive since they found out about me surviving Reko's attempt on killing me." Dalila said, looking away from him. "But I managed to escape and hide away for the longest time. That's why I didn't want to go back to my children and bring them into it, but…it's to late now. They have me, and half my friends, and soon they'll have the others." she said sadly, dropping her head.
"No they won't…They can not hold on to Madende, you should know that. And if they can't hold on to him, then they're damn well not going to be able to hold on to the others for very long." Jareth said, smiling weakly.
Dalila laughed lightly, and looked back up at him.
"Yes, my son is a master lock picker. I haven't seen one cage, chain, or collar that could hold that boy down." she said.
"Exactly. He'll come for you, just as much as he'll be coming for Jeric and the others. We're all his family, and they've done gone and fucked around with us. He'll be here, you can bet on it." Jareth said smiling.
Dalila nodded and smiled at him. In the cell beside her, Abi bolted upright suddenly in her bed, smacking her head on the top bunk and fell over holding her head and groaning. Scared awake by the sudden hit to the stomach, Adam jumped clear out of his bed and landed on his feet panting and looking around, ready to fight.
"Where am I?" he asked, holding up his fists.
"Don't know." Dalila said calmly.
Adam jumped and turned around, looking at her. Noticing Abi, he walked to her, trying to catch his breath. Kneeling down beside the bed, he looked at her and smiled weakly.
"Are you ok?" he asked.
"My head hurts…" Abi muttered, rubbing her forehead.
"I bet. My stomach hurts, you hit me pretty hard." Adam said, rubbing his stomach.
"I'm sorry." Abi said, lowering her hand and looking at him.
"It's fine. What scared you?" Adam asked, standing and sitting on the foot of the bed.
"A dream…but I think it was a flashback, because it apparently isn't a dream." Abi said, tears forming in her eyes. "We've been kidnapped haven't we?" she asked, sitting up slightly.
Adam looked away and nodded sadly, "I'm afraid so."
Abi dropped her head on her knees and cried, hiding her face from him in her arms. Adam looked at her and rubbed her shoulders gently, sliding back on the bed some.
"Don't worry, we'll get out of here I promise." he said, hugging her as she curled up to him.
"I'm so worried about Jake." she said, crying into his shirt.
"I know. You know he'll come looking for you though." Adam said, rubbing her back. "He has before, and he will again. We just have to give him time." he added quietly, laying his head against hers.
"They took our phones, so we have no way of letting him know we're ok." Abi said, gripping his shirt.
"Yes, but they couldn't take one way from you." Adam said, looking down at her.
"Telepathy…" Abi muttered, looking up.
"Exactly. Just calm down and concentrate, and you'll be able to talk to him." Adam said, smiling. "It'll be ok, you'll see." he said, wiping her tears away.
Abi nodded and laid her head against his chest, staring out at the floor. They all fell silent, listening to the noises around them and listened to the heart beats of the other two, making sure they were all ok.
A/n: well, here's the next chappy!! hope you like it so enjoy!!!! :)
SHOUTOUT
To Abi :)