Legacy of Travas Chapter 13: The End of Alastair Ballantine, a Legacy of Kain + Extinctioners Crossover fanfic

Warning: This chapter contains some sexual content, though slightly indirect. Reader's Discretion is advised.

Legacy of Travas

Chapter 13: The end of Alastair Ballantine

With the daylight shining upon the city of Willendorf, a ferocious battle continues to rage on among the roof of the newly formed, now damaged Battle Dome that lies upon the Lake of Serenity. On the roof, Alastair is enhancing his watery blades to help him get the kill he had wanted so eagerly. As he does so, Travas could only stare upon the demon as he lays there, broken, bloodied, and bruised.

"Damnit… almost all of my bones within my body have been broken from the damage I sustained from crashing upon the roof. The only thing on my body that I can move is my right arm, neck and nothing more. How in the fuck am I going to get out of this now", Travas wondered while cursing himself as he saw death standing a few feet from his current position. But within a few moments passing, Alastair finally finishes enhancing his watery blades to the way he wants them and approaches Travas' broken body with haste.

"I do sincerely apologize for the long wait, but I needed to enhance the blades to the way I wanted them. But now that the wait is over, it is time that I kill you from where you now lie upon, Travas", Alastair spoke evilly as he raised both of his blades and gripped upon them both as if they were one blade. He begins to raise them as high as he possibly could while aiming for Travas' heart. As a response, Travas growls upon him and shuts his eyes while turning his head away from the blade.

"Well… it looks like I'm going to die… again… and in a similar fashion to how I died on Alopex", Travas thought within his mind as he could only think about the fond memories he's had with the Vampire Resistance, his childhood friend, Johnny, his family, and Umah. "Umah… I'm sorry, but it looks like I won't be alive for much longer. I hope that the Vampire Resistance could make use of the work I've done for them. I guess… this is goodbye", he continued thinking as Alastair had finally chosen a spot to strike his opponent.

"This is the end for you, Travas Starfox! NOW DIE AS THE WEAKLING THAT YOU ARE", Alastair Screamed from the top of his lungs as she raised his blades over his head, using them as means to kill Travas. But before the blades were to touch Travas, Alastair had felt something sharp strike his back. "What the", the demon spoke as the same projectile that struck him exploded, covering him in smoke. But after a few moments, he turns around to find the direction the attack had came from… and soon enough, he sees the Bartender from Stahlberg and instantly recognized him. "You…!" he spoke while growling upon the Bartender.

"Yes, the same man whose family you've killed within the palms of your hands while he had remained unconscious", the Bartender, Marcus spoke strikingly, with Alastair now looking upon him with deep hatred. "And now the hour of judgment has come to you at last! And all of those you have single handedly murdered, including the lives of my own family!" he exclaimed as he grabbed another explosive arrow from his case and pulled upon the string of the bow. Thus, he aims the arrow towards Alastair and began to prepare firing another round.

"Explosive-equipped arrows… very nice", Travas thought to himself as he smirked intriguingly upon the Bartender's weaponry.

"Yes, I remember you from almost six months ago when I slaughtered your family… and recently when we crossed paths again three months before this particular moment. You may have been lucky that day, Marcus… however, I should've killed you within the same time range I had slaughtered your family in! Especially after your discovery of my weakness three months ago", Alastair spoke angrily, yet calmly, setting his sights on the Bartender as his new priority target. "But that doesn't matter anymore for you are now standing here before me… thus, making my search for you a hell of a lot easier and time saving. It is time that I finished the job I started several months ago, you wretched little pawn", he continued as he smirked in delight upon having the chance to kill the Bartender at last, but stopped when he heard him chuckling at him mockingly.

"I like to see you try, you wretched little bastard", Marcus shot back provokingly as he now fired the explosive arrow upon Alastair. However, the demon simply catches the arrow and throws it back at the direction of the Bartender's position. Fortunately, however, Marcus manages to dodge the arrow before it exploded where he once stood.

On the roof, however, Travas could only watch the battle progress between the two clashing enemies below. At the same time, he began using his right arm to crawl carefully among the roof and find a way to get off of there and find a spot he could bring himself to reach. But at the same time, the vulpin began to notice Alastair summoning forth energy once again, causing the vulpin's eyes to widen in shock.

While Travas was searching for a place to get off of the roof, Alastair finally managed to pull off another water based energy blast and strike the attack upon Marcus, causing him to crash upon the wall as he screamed in pain. As a result, the demon saw his opportunity to strike and took it by using both of his enhanced watery blades, using them to impale the Bartender's torso. The left blade had struck the Bartender just above his collarbone as the right blade struck his stomach just below his left lung, causing him to scream in more agonizing pain.

On the roof, Travas merely looks upon the water demon impale the bartender with his watery blades with shock and horror while crawling towards the edge of the roof. As he continued to crawl, he saw a railing that he could latch onto and make his way towards Marcus. Below, Alastair pulls the blades out of his body and heads down towards the Arena, where he begins to power up instantly.

At about the same time, Travas finally begins to fall towards the railing inside and grabs a hold of the bars with his right hand barely. But despite the vulpin's strong grip, however, he slowly, but surely begins to slip from the bars as Marcus looks upon Travas with shock. Although injured, the bartender knew what he had to do.

"Travas, hold on…! I'm coming to get you", Marcus exclaimed as he slightly coughs up blood briefly. Though he was injured, he makes his way towards Travas as fast as he could in an attempt to save him. But within a few brief seconds, Travas finally loses his grip and begins falling towards the arena some one-hundred feet below. But thankfully, Marcus manages to grab a hold of his right arm tightly and begins to pull him up with whatever strength he had left. As Marcus was pulling him up, however, Travas once again felt a striking, yet familiar, sharp pain in his head.

"Damnit…! Why now", Travas yelled within his mind as he was being pulled up by the injured Bartender, thus the vision itself comes to play and reveals the future to the vulpin once more.

*Vision*

Within the home of the Starfox family, Erica had continued on with her stretching exercises inside her rom as she was listening to Venom's "Sons of Satan" on her Band PA Sound system. From the moment she finishes, Erica begins hearing loud banging on her bedroom door, realizing that Scarlet was the one committing the act.

"Erica, turn that bullshit speed metal music down now", Scarlet yelled as she continued banging on the door some seconds later.

"Fuck you, Scarlet!" Erica shouted. "I'm sick and tired of you playing your glam metal bullshit to the point where I can't hear my music, you mother fucker", she continued as Scarlet growled from behind her bedroom door. Suddenly, Scarlet breaks the door down and furiously enters her room while Erica was growling angrily. In a similar manner, Scarlet began to smash her Band PA sound system as Erica begins to growl a lot louder and angrier than before.

"Damnit, Scarlet…! What's your fucking problem, man?!" Erica asked furiously as she growled upon her and clenched her fist.

"Erica, you better watch who you're cursing at, you scrummy little bitch", Scarlet yelled aggressively as she began to approach Erica in a furious manner.

"Scarlet, Back off", Erica yelled, but despite her anger, the older sibling continued to approach her angrily. "I said BACK THE FUCK OFF!" she screamed as she finally punches Scarlet right on her muzzle, causing her nose to bleed.

This had infuriated Scarlet to her boiling point as a result to the attack, causing the older vixen to lose her temper and grab onto Erica's neck tightly in response. Because of this, Erica had begun choking upon Scarlet's grip upon her neck as she desperately tries to struggle by whatever means to get out of her hold. And soon enough, she begins to gasp for air as Scarlet continued to strangle her and smash her head viciously upon Erica's mattress. This, in turn, began to cause the younger vixen to cough and gasp for air violently.

"Scarlet… Let go… of me", Erica pleaded as she continued to struggle against Scarlet's tightening grip upon her. But alas, they have shown to be in vain as she began to, though very slowly, run out of energy and lose consciousness. But suddenly, Scarlet's eyes widened in shock as she notices Erica's eyes open to reveal her pupils changing into a blood-red color with the white section becoming a brighter red color. However, it had lasted for only a brief moment as the younger vixen shuts her eyes once more, not bothering to look at her sister while trying to get free.

While Erica was struggling with getting loose from her sister's tight grip, she shortly found herself in surprise as Scarlet finally releases the younger vixen from her hold. She then looks upon Scarlet directly within her furious-filled eyes and stands up onto her feet-paws once again.

"So… what the fuck is up with you, now", Erica asked furiously, yet calmly while slightly catching her breath. The only response that Erica was able to get was to see her sister look upon her in shock while shaking her head.

"What the fuck are you, Erica…? What have you become…" Scarlet softly answered as the elder vixen walks out of her sibling's room. However, the younger vixen heard every word she said and began to wonder what she meant by saying them.

"What did Scarlet mean by 'what have I become'...? I wonder", Erica thought within her mind as she thought about this thoroughly. "What was it that Scarlet saw in me that made her so shocked all of the sudden", she continued thinking as she opened the CD tray and took out her surprisingly undamaged Venom "Welcome to Hell" CD from the destroyed sound system. With this, the vision comes to an end as Travas is once again shot back into reality.

*Vision End*

While Travas was recovering from the sudden vision he's just had, the Bartender, Marcus, has successfully managed to pull him up, despite his own injuries. Marcus had also noticed Travas having some sort of headache or something similar to it, for he saw him cover his eyes after being pulled up.

"Is something the matter, Travas", Marcus hoarsely asked as he held onto his injuries while grunting and coughing in pain.

"Huh… Oh, yeah… I'm alright. Just had another vision", Travas answered as the Bartender looked at him with confusion.

"Vision…?" Marcus asked hoarsely, but curiously.

"Yes, and though I cannot explain much about it due to the situation we're currently in, let's just say that it involves my two younger sisters", Travas explained softly as the Bartender nodded in understanding. However, the bartender began coughing up more blood as his body began to grow cold from the blood loss he's currently suffering from.

"Damn it all… I never expected to have a battle against Alastair this soon… but I can only say that it seemed necessary for me to do what I could against him", Marcus spoke hoarsely while coughing and looking upon the vampuric vulpin. At the same time, an idea came into his head. "Travas, there is a favor I need you to do for me", he continued, coughing up a bit of blood in the process.

"What is it", Travas replied before he grunts in sharp pain. But as he recovered, the vulpin looked upon the bartender's face despite the bloody condition he was in.

"All I ask of you… is that you release me from this world at once", Marcus pleaded hoarsely as Travas looked upon him oddly. But within a mere moment, his eyes widened upon figuring out what he was truly asking for.

"Marcus, no, I'm not drinking your blood and there's no way in kenal I'm going to let you die", Travas shot back instantly as he looked upon him with serious eyes.

"Travas don't argue with me!" Marcus yelled as he coughed up more blood. "I need you to feed upon my blood so that you will be healed and give this god damned demon a run for his money", he continued as Travas looked upon him with serious eyes.

"Then why are you asking me to release you from this world…? The least I could ask of you is to give me a better explanation than this. I know there's a deeper reason that you're hiding from me within your mind", Travas asked with seriousness and a slightly louder tone as the bartender began coughing blood.

"Travas… the other reason… is because I don't want to suffer anymore and I wish to reunite with my family in the heavens above!" Marcus yelled as Travas' serious expression softened into a sympathetic look. "I'm begging you to feed upon my blood at once… please!" he continued as the injured bartender continued coughing blood, with many thoughts concerning the issue flows within Travas' mind. Before Travas could look upon the dying bartender's face, he gave a sigh of reluctant cooperation and pulls up towards the Bartender's right shoulder.

"Marcus… are you entirely positive about this", Travas asked reluctantly as the bartender turned to face him eye to eye.

"Yes… I'm a hundred percent positive about this… but there is one more thing I must tell you at once", Marcus said while coughing up a bit of blood.

"What is it", Travas asked curiously, but looked upon him shockingly as he began coughing up blood violently.

"There's… there's a key underneath my doormat that opens the door to my home near Uschtenheim. And inside… there's a letter… explaining my actions concerning my journey to try and save you on top of my bedroom dresser. I require you…" Marcus paused as he began coughing for a brief moment. "…to give that letter to my niece as soon as you possibly can. Her name is Abigail and she is close to your current age. I want her to know the truth about what really happened during the final battle against Alastair. She lives upon the town of Steinchenchroe, which… lies northwest from here", Marcus spoke hoarsely as Travas leaned slightly closer towards his right shoulder. At the same time, the demon was at the final stages of completing his devastating attack.

"Very well… I will make sure she gets the letter… and I'm sorry for all that's happened to you", Travas apologized. "And, although I must admit that I'm reluctant about doing this... I hope you reunite with you family in the heavens above", he continued as he finally, but reluctantly opens his mouth, causing his fangs to grow slightly sharper than they once were. And within a moment, the vulpin finally pierces upon the Bartender's right shoulder as she gasped in pain. Thus, he begins to feed upon the remaining life blood the Bartender has within his body.

"Thank you… now feed and destroy this demon at last", Marcus thought within his mind, causing Travas to read it while feeding upon his blood. "My family… I will be reuniting with you in the heavens soon… then, at last, we shall then be whole once more", he continued thinking as within a mere ten seconds, he lets out his last breath as his mind begins to fade. With this, the bartender, Marcus, begins to become nothing more than a soon-to-be lifeless body that will soon lie peacefully upon the floor of the newly formed, yet damaged Battle Dome. Down on the Arena, however, Alastair looks upon Travas feeding upon the Bartender's body.

"So… it seems that Travas is saving me the trouble of killing the Bartender by feeding upon his remaining life's blood", Alastair said as he smirked in delight in the thought that Travas would be saving him the trouble of killing the Bartender himself. But as he looked upon them more thoroughly, he notices that Travas' broken body had begun to repair itself as he fed upon the Bartender's blood.

"Wait a minute… he's not trying to feed off of his blood by means of disposing him… he's doing this as a way to repair his own bodily injuries! Damnit, how in the hell could I have not discovered this right from the start?!" The demon thought aggressively within his mind as he now finalizes the attack, causing it to look like an electric like sphere with the capability of destroying the entire dome, perhaps the entire city of Willendorf itself.

Up above, Travas continued to reluctantly feed off of whatever blood was left within the Bartender's body. But down on the arena below, Alastair raises his hands and prepares to hurl the attack towards his two opponents.

"This has now come to the point where my life has become a strong gamble… however; it seems that I must use this attack upon Travas as he feeds upon the Bartender's lifeblood", Alastair thought within his mind as he slightly pulls his arms back, preparing to throw the sparking attack upon his opponents. "Feeding time is over, you damned vampire! It's time for you to DIE!" Alastair yelled viciously as he now throws the attack upon Travas and the dying Bartender, causing the attack to spark violently as it hurls towards the duo above.

While the attack was coming upon the duo above with a fast speed, Alastair begins to grin evilly, watching the attack head for the unmoving duo above. The demon finally laughs upon them with satisfaction as his attack finally exploded upon the area in which Travas and Marcus were located. Alastair continued to chuckle upon the now destroyed roof as it collapsed upon parts of the arena and the water surrounding it. His expression, however, had changed once the smoke had cleared and saw that Travas had formed a barrier around himself and the now lifeless body of the bartender, Marcus.

"I can assume that everything didn't go well with your plans, Alastair… or did you not expect that I would recover so quickly after feeding upon Marcus' life's blood", Travas mockingly asked just before he began growling with increasing anger and hatred towards the demon. All of the sudden, the vulpin began powering up as a massive rate, putting Alastair into shock upon the energy signal he now senses from within him.

"How can this be… it's like his energy level had skyrocketed at a massive rate and has exceeded past my expectations", Alastair thought within his mind while he continued to look upon his opponent in shock. "What is even worse is that he's managed to devise a barrier strong enough to protect himself and the now lifeless body of the bartender… it looks like I may need to devise a plan and immediately", he continued while Travas looked upon him in disgust.

"You're one hundred percent correct on that, Alastair. Unless you find a way to defeat me, then it looks like your time on this earth has finally run its course", Travas replied coldly as he started smirking upon Alastair, seeing that the demon was running out of options. "Anything else you like to say or think before I kill your sorry ass" he asked while smirking and preparing two energy spheres engulfing around his hand-paws. It was then that Alastair had come up with an idea that also happened to be his only option left… his last chance to kill his opponent once and for all.

"As a matter of fact, I do, Travas", Alastair answered while smirking as he flew upwards into the air. As he got to where he wanted to be, the demon also begins to power up his energy as well, trying to match that of Travas' current power. "It is time that we have one last clash against each other, one final struggle, and the victor shall destroy the fallen", he continued while powering up his energy and cupping them into his hands.

"Sounds fair enough… but I doubt that you will be able to beat me this time… since I can sense your energy beginning to decline at a pretty sharp rate", Travas replied as he also cupped both of the energy spheres into one and began to power up the attack into one.

"It looks like we will have to see about that", Alastair said as he finalizes his attack. "Now take this and DIE WHERE YOU STAND", the demon yelled loudly as he fired his attack into a beam headed straight for his opponent.

"I don't think so Alastair, if you think killing me will be easy, YOU'RE WRONG! IT'S TIME YOU PAID THE PRICE FOR EVERY INNOCENT PERSON YOU'VE MURDERED!" Travas shouted as he finalizes his attack and fires it upon Alastair's own oncoming attack.

Soon enough, the two energy beams begin to meet with one another, causing the Lake of Serenity and Willendorf to shake in response to the intensity of both attacks. While this was happening, the two beams continued pushing each other back and forth as the two fighters continued to push their beams against each other, hoping to overpower either Alastair's or Travas' beams. It was within a minute or two that Travas had begun to overpower Alastair's beam, causing the demon's eyes to shoot wide open in shock.

"What the hell…! Travas' own attack is beginning to overpower my own! I have only one shot at this, and though it may be a strong gamble, I must make it count or my like will end by the hands of this vampire", Alastair thought to himself as Travas' attack finally overpowers his entirely and dissipate completely. With this, and the cost of taking extreme damage upon his body, the demon flies towards Travas without realizing that he himself had been expecting this and powering up in the process. In response, Travas powers up enough energy and starts flying towards the direction of the demon, with his hand-paws shining in a bright red energy and ready for the final attack and kill him where he stood.

"I knew you were going to do this right from the start, and because of you taking extreme damage from flying through my attack, this is going to cost you your life", Travas yelled as he prepares his claws for the kill he had been waiting for. "It's over, Alastair…! Your reign of terror has finally come to an end! IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO DIE!" he screamed aggressively as he finally uses his hand-paws to slice diagonally right through Alastair's body, causing the demon's eyes and mouth to shoot wide open in pain.

All the demon could do now is glare at the vulpin in agony and shock, with his vision beginning to blur as a result from the attack. Then all of the sudden, Travas begins to attack him with several other strikes using his claws. As a result, Alastair's body soon became nothing more than severed body parts floating in the skies, with blood splattering everywhere. Travas has then begun to drink the blood that Alastair's severed body parts he began splattering about, using the blood to repair the remaining damages he's sustained during the battle.

"You lose, Alastair Ballantine", Travas spoke while calmly growling and using one last energy blast to exterminate the severed body of Alastair, turning the severed parts into nothing more than ashes flying into the breeze.

Although Travas had won the battle, he could only feel a calm, slightly saddened feeling within him, now turning his sights upon the lifeless body of the Bartender. He hovers down into the Dome and picked the lifeless body up and began to fly towards Willendorf's shore. But before he could get to the shore, he sensed a powerful, transparent blue colored essence at the spot where Alastair had been killed. Yet before he was able to react, the essence shoots towards him instantly, causing his body to be engulfed in a blue sparking energy for a brief few seconds or so.

After the sparking energy had subsided, Travas had begun to feel a sense of weariness as his vision began to blur. Then all of the sudden, the vulpin finally loses consciousness as he and the Bartender's corpse fall into the waters of the Lake of Serenity below. Soon, he and the corpse crash into the water, engulfing them both within the lake itself.

*On the hills near the entrance of Willendorf City*

Over the hills nearby the entrance of Willendorf, Umah arrives upon the scene of the end of the fight. As she had arrived, she saw that Travas and an unidentified corpse falling towards the Lake of Serenity and landing inside its waters. Umah fell to her knees and gasped in shock upon what she had just seen.

"Oh no… TRAVAS…!" Umah screamed as she places her hands over her face and leaned towards the ground until the back of her hands touched the grassland before her. As she was sobbing violently, Vorador, Celestia, and Doyle arrive on the scene, to which they discover Umah crying severely.

"Umah, what's wrong", Vorador asked worriedly.

"Where's Travas", Celestia asked, kneeling down next to the sobbing vampire and placing her left hand on her back.

"I can't sense either Travas or Alastair. Could it be that he has successfully assassinated the demon upon the price of sacrificing himself in the process", Doyle asked as Umah looked upon them with red eyes due to crying so much.

"I know he had obtained the power and managed to kill Ballantine", Umah answered while sobbing. "But I cannot sense Travas' energy signal either… and I'm afraid that he might have died defeating him", she continued in a heavily saddened tone as Vorador placed his hand on her left shoulder in an attempt to comfort her. The only thing she could do is hold onto him as he held her in his arms.

"I cannot say if whether or not he has died… but all we can do at this time is hope that he hasn't sustained any injuries from the fall or from the water's acidic touch", Vorador said in an attempt to comfort Umah. All she could do is simply hold onto Vorador and hope that Travas may have survived in one piece.

*On the shores of the Lake of Serenity, near Willendorf*

Upon the shores of the Lake of Serenity, a gray fox arrives on a motorcycle upon the scene of the battle that had just concluded between Travas and Alastair Ballantine. He begins to investigate upon what had happened at the recently formed, now damaged Battle Dome as he climbs on board of a nearby motorboat he had rented for that day. He starts the engine to the boat and begins to drive towards the dome with caution.

While the gray fox was making his way there, however, he discovers what seemed to be two bodies floating on the water surface. One of them happened to be his close friend that he knew from the Alopex S.S. Academy, Travas Starfox, who now floats upon the water surface unconscious. And in response, his eyes widen and began driving towards the unconscious vulpin with slight haste.

"Oh shit… Travas, hang on", the gray fox spoke as he pulled him out of the water. "Travas, wake up, it's Johnny", he said while getting him on the ship, slightly shaking him in an attempt to awaken him from his state of unconsciousness. However, his attempts could not wake him and the gray vulpine simply sets him down on one of the seats gently.

After putting him on board, he makes his way to the other body, and after putting the body on board, he discovers that he knew him as the bartender who worked in Stahlberg, who was now dead.

"This isn't good, I gotta 'Whisper' Vorador and tell him about this", Johnny thought to himself as he began to clear his mind and focus on getting into contact with Vorador's mind.

*On the hills near the entrance of Willendorf*

After Johnny had been investigating the Lake of Serenity, Vorador and his crew continued to try and comfort Umah as much as they possibly could. However, Vorador began to hear a voice speak within his mind… and within a short moment, he recognizes that it was Johnny speaking into his mind.

"Johnny, it has been some time since we have talked. How has your life been treating you at this time", Vorador asked.

"It's been serving me well. However, I'm currently located at the Lake of Serenity and has managed to find Travas unconscious", Johnny replied within the 'Whisper' as Vorador's eyes bucked open slightly.

"Unconscious, you say…? How is that possible if he's fallen into the water", Vorador asked as Umah heard him from within the 'Whisper' as well.

"I'm not for sure, but it seems that he's still breathing. However, I discovered another body within the Lake of Serenity… and it seems he's been identified as the bartender from Stahlberg, Marcus", Johnny answered within the 'Whisper' as Vorador nodded in response.

"I have heard tales about him not too long ago", Vorador claimed within the 'Whisper'. "It is said that his family was murdered by the demon Travas had successfully assassinated within a few minutes ago. I can assume that Travas had drained the bartender of his blood in order to recover from his injuries. Anyways, we're headed to your current position immediately. We will see you on the shores of the Lake of Serenity shortly", he continued as he regroups the vampires and used a teleportation spell to get them there.

*On the Shore of the Lake of Serenity*

As Johnny was making his way back towards the shores of the Lake of Serenity, Vorador and the other vampires arrive to see him make his way towards them. Shortly after Johnny had parked the ship upon which the other vampires began to head towards the docks to meet up with him and acquire Travas' unconscious body. Once they acquire his unconscious body, the vampires teleport towards the Vampire Citadel as Johnny would take the corpse to the Willendorf authorities and explain to them what had happened based upon his investigations.

After the explanation Johnny has made, the Sarafan take the body to the Willendorf morgue and make a phone call towards his only niece, Abigail, to tell her what happened to her uncle. Afterwards, Johnny gets back on his motorcycle and heads back to his home in Meridian City and make preparations for lunch. Thus he would continue on with his life in Meridian.

*Inside the Vampire Citadel, five hours later*

As the day continued to progress, Travas had continued to rest upon the safety of his own bed. But within a moment later, he begins to slowly awaken from his apparent slumber. As he awoke, he looks around his room with questions coursing his mind while yawning softly.

"How long was I unconscious… and how did I get back into the Citadel", Travas thought within his mind as he gets out of bed. "Well, it looks like I may need to make a trip towards the bartender's home near Uschtenheim and get the letter from his bedroom", he continued as he put on a clean gray tank top, a pair of sanded blue skin-tight jeans, black leather fingerless motorcycle gloves, and his black and white converse shoes. After he put these clothes on, he puts on his silver studded belt after tucking in his tank top while heading out of his room.

As he was making his way towards the balcony near the main chambers, his stomach begins to growl and places his hand-paws there in response.

"Eh… maybe after I get something to eat and a glass of blood to drink", Travas spoke to himself while chuckling embarrassingly, now turning his sights towards the kitchen and began walking there. When he enters the kitchen a few minutes later, he sees Janos inside finishing up some chicken-fried steak inside. He sniffs the dish in delight as Janos turned to see him.

"Ah, I see you have awakened from your apparent slumber. You have been in a state of unconsciousness for approximately five hours now… and it's a miracle that Johnny has gotten you out of there alive", Janos said as he placed a plate of the cooked chicken-fried steak on the table.

"I see… looks like I'm gonna have to stop by his place sometime and thank him. Oh, and the chicken-fried steak smells good", Travas replied as Janos nodded and the vulpin headed towards the table and took a seat.

"I had sensed that you would be hungry upon your awakening", Janos claimed as he placed a twelve ounce wine glass full of blood next to the plate.

"Thank you, Janos" Travas replied as he began to drink some of the blood and eat the chicken-fried steak.

After a short amount of time passes, Travas puts his plate and wine glass into the sink and begins to head out towards the bartender's home. But as he was walking towards the Balcony, Janos notices him leaving and approaches him curiously.

"Travas, where are you heading at this hour", Janos asked curiously, causing Travas to turn and face him.

"I'm headed towards the Bartender's home near Uschtenheim", Travas answered. "The reason why is that he wanted me to grab a letter he wrote to his niece explaining his journey towards Willendorf by means of trying to save me", he explained as Janos looked upon him. "It's tragic that he died while fighting the demon and trying to saving me. He told me to drink his blood in order to recover, regardless of how reluctant I was, and defeat Alastair once and for all. It's the least I can do for him after he saved my life", he continued as Janos nodded in understanding.

"I understand… you go on ahead and do what you need to do. I shall organize the other vampires and begin our hunt for the remainder of Alastair's remaining assassins", Janos said as Travas nodded. "It may however, take a certain amount of time to find them and kill them for their murderous actions", he explained as Travas began to head out through the balcony.

"Alright, Janos… I'll be back as soon as I can", Travas said as Janos nodded in response. It was then that he began to make his way towards the Bartender's home by flight as Janos watched him go.

"Travas… remain safe and I hope you find whatever else it is that you may need not to just explain to the other on what had happened… but to comfort yourself as well", Janos thought within his mind as Vorador soon entered the Main Chambers to greet his sire.

"I can sense that Travas has awakened from his slumber. But what do we make of his condition", Vorador asked as Janos turned to him.

"His condition, it seems that he is doing well as we speak. However, it seems that he is making his way towards the Bartender's home near Uschtenheim to acquire a letter for his niece", Janos answered as Vorador nodded in response.

"I understand, sire… from the tales I have heard about the Bartender, it is said that he lost his family by the hands of the water demon, for he is now dead as well", Vorador said as Janos looked upon the sun setting horizon.

"So I have heard… and though Travas may have just met him, I can sense that he might have suffered emotionally from the Bartender's death a few hours ago", Janos explained while Vorador listened. "But at least the bartender is at peace and reunited with his family at last. And may he rest in peace", he continued while making his way towards the Main Chambers and began to make plans concerning the remaining assassins hired by Alastair and how he tends to assassinate them.

*In the Countryside near Uschtenheim, about ten minutes later*

While Janos began to devise some plans of action towards the remaining assassins hired by Alastair, Travas continues to fly towards the former home of the Bartender and his family. Though soon enough, he finds the home and lands softly upon the ground, walking towards the front porch. He finds the front door key underneath the doormat and uses it to unlock the wooden door before him.

Upon his entry into the bartender's home, Travas notices numerous amounts of reports concerning the late Alastair Ballantine lying upon the dining room table. Though he was curious about these articles, he temporarily ignored them and headed towards the Bartender's room down the hall. Soon enough, he enters and sees quite a few family photo books upon the bed as well as the letter on top of the Bartender's bedroom. He takes the letter and heads out of the bedroom and towards the front door.

Before Travas had gotten towards the front door, however, he notices a letter-sized envelope with his name written on the front of it located on the top of the small coffee table before him. He heads towards the coffee table and picks up the letter while taking a sea on the sofa, thus opening it and begins reading it. Strangely enough, the letter had also sent chills down his spine, knowing some of the details upon which he knew himself as it said this:

Travas,

It may seem that by the time that you get this letter, it is most likely that I am dead. Even though this may be the case and that we barely knew each other, I want to thank you for giving me the courage to fight Alastair Ballantine once more. It's the least I could do for you after trying to pick up the pieces of myself like putting the pieces of shattered glass back together as if it were a puzzle. It may also be possible that you may have foreseen this event take place before I even wrote this letter to you, including the possibility of requiring you to feed upon my blood to defeat this bastard.

It has also come that I may have forgotten to tell you this important detail I am about to write in this letter that I may forget to say when I fight Alastair on your side. My niece, Abigail has joined the Sarafan as a glyph guard about a year ago to this day. I shall provide you with a necessary item that you will need to take with you on your journey to deliver the letter to her. Inside the black vest hanging on the coat rack, there is a Sarafan emblem that you must take with you in order to avoid any harm from her when her glyph magic senses you presence in Steinchenchroe.

The last thing I wish to give you is my home upon which you may stumble upon when finding the letters for you and Abigail. All I can ask is that you try and take care of the house and guard it well. I am unsure if Abigail will understand the letter I wrote to her, but all I can hope is that she will not lay harm upon you after knowing the truth. The only thing that is left for me to say is to thank you for allowing me to reunite with my family in the afterlife… but all I can hope is that you may reunite with yours someday while they are alive.

With the best of luck to you,

Marcus.

Once he had finished reading the letter, Travas sets it back upon the coffee table while clenching his left hand-paw into a fist, placing it gently upon his muzzle in grief. The grief had almost become so overwhelming that Travas could barely contain it. Though he was on the verge of breaking into tears, he manages to contain them as he made his way by flight towards Steinchenchroe at once with both letters in his hand.

*Among the Citadel, about an hour later*

Within the Main Chambers of the Vampire Citadel, Janos had finally finished discussing the plans for how they were going to assassinate the remaining assassins hired by Alastair Ballantine. As a start, Vorador sends Doyle, Celestia, and Aramantha towards the eastern section of Nosgoth to begin their search for the remaining assassins. But within a short amount of time afterwards, Travas arrives upon the Balcony as Vorador comes to greet him.

"Janos had told me of your travels towards the deceased bartender's home near Uschtenheim. Were you able to find anything inside his home", Vorador asked as Travas could only nod in response… then he turned to face him.

"I have… and there were two letters I have found that he wrote prior to his death as well as a Sarafan Emblem for me to use. One for his niece, Abigail… and the other was for me… which explained his journey to fight Alastair and giving me his home for whatever I can use it for", Travas explained softly, showing small depression in his voice.

"I understand… but what makes of the other letter for Abigail and how did she take it when she discovered you were a vampire", Vorador asked.

"Even though she was a Glyph Sarafan Warrior, she didn't try to kill me since I had the Sarafan emblem she gave to her uncle. However, she was deeply saddened by the Bartender's sacrifice and finding out that I drunk her uncle's blood in order for me to save the people of Willendorf from Alastair's wrath. I was also told that his funeral will be held in Uschtenheim with the Bishop of Meridian being the pastor for the event", Travas continued as Vorador looked upon him.

"I see… the Bishop has been a great help to the Cabal, including towards Kain's journey to rescue Umah from her execution at the Sarafan Keep", Vorador explained as Umah enters and sees Travas awake, causing her to run towards him and give the vulpin a prolonged, tight, heartwarming hug. Then she heads towards the Training Room to begin her evening training. "However, I am glad that you have managed to assassinate Alastair with your own hands", he continued while making his way towards his own chambers for rest.

On Travas' side, he began to make his way towards his own room in order to rest from what he has been through against Alastair and from the aftermath of the battle. Soon enough he enters the room and lies down upon his bed while staring up into the ceiling, where he begins to think about what the future may be in store for him.

Within a week after Alastair had been defeated and killed by Travas, the funeral for the Bartender, Marcus, had been held featuring the Bishop of Meridian acting as the pastor for the event. Many sad faces of those who knew him have shown up, including the remaining members of his family and his niece, Abigail, and Travas himself. Within a course of an hour, the family and those that knew him passed by his casket to see him one last time before heading to the Cemetery in Meridian. And within a few minutes, the pallbearers take the bartender's coffin to his final resting place, upon which would rest by his family's side.

While the funeral was going on, the vampuric members of the Vampire Resistance had been on the hunt for the remaining assassins hired by the late Alastair Ballantine. Within their luck, they find one of the female assassins and begin to hunt her down. Within a minute after the chase began, Umah and Celestia finally manage to surround the female assassin at a stone mountain she now faced.

"Your time is up, demon. Now turn and face us", Umah exclaimed as she and Celestia prepared to fight.

"Very well… But I will warn you two that I shall not make this easy on you whatsoever", the female demon assassin replied as she unsheathed the two swords on her back and prepares to fight while Umah and Celestia finally began to clash towards her.

Due of the assassin's efforts, Umah and Celestia were having some problem with taking her down. But after about ten minutes later, they overcome the assassin as Umah uses her Butcher-like sword to behead the demon, thus she and Celestia drink the blood from her dead body. After finishing up the blood drinking, Umah and Celestia continue the hunt until it was time for them to head home.

As the next three weeks passed by, the rest of Alastair's hired assassins had been hunted down one by one until every single one of them was dead. It was sometime late at night as Travas had awoken from his slumber due to an empty stomach and not being able to sleep at the time. He then gets out of bed and heads the Citadel kitchen while wearing a grey tank top, black pajama pants, and white socks, hoping to get food intake to help him sleep for the remainder of the night.

When he entered into the kitchen, he grabs about four pieces of wheat bread, some lettuce, lean deli chicken, and some mayo. He toasts the bread in the toaster and about a minute or two later, he assembles the sandwiches and begins to eat them. However, Umah enters the kitchen as well and sees Travas eating his sandwiches from behind him.

"It is rare that I see someone else within the Citadel from these past several months awake and roaming about. Is something on your mind, Travas", Umah asked curiously as Travas slowly turned to face her.

"I came in here since I am hungry and that I was having trouble…" Travas spoke until he turned around to see Umah dressed in nothing but a purple pajama long-sleeve shirt with some cleavage showing, a red G-string thong, and, to his surprise, not seeing her luxurious black hair tied back. Her long bangs leaned were pulled towards the right side and had a small touch of volume to her hair as well. Because of the sight, this caused Travas to blush instantly while causing a slight nosebleed from seeing the female in those articles of clothing.

"Travas, is something wrong", Umah worryingly asked, seeing the vulpin having a nosebleed while blushing.

"Oh… um… No! No! Everything's fine, Umah, I swear", Travas nervously answered while waving his free hand-paw and using the other to hold his nose, but ceases his waving within a short moment. "And… it's the first time I saw your hair not tied back by your ponytail… and it looks cute", he continued nervously while Umah blushed briefly and turned towards couch inside the Main Chambers.

"Um… maybe we should take a seat on the sofa. It might be best to continue our conversation in a more comfortable environment", Umah suggested while giving Travas some tissues to help clean his bloody nose.

"Thank you, and that sounds like a good idea", Travas replied as he took the tissue and cleaned his nose. Then Umah took Travas with her to the Main Chambers as they took a seat on the sofa.

"There we go… and there is something I want to ask you… were you not able to sleep well tonight or was something bothering you within", Umah asked curiously as Travas finished the first sandwich and picked up the second.

"To be honest, I couldn't sleep since my stomach was growling and had to get something to eat", Travas answered as he took a bite out of the second sandwich.

"I see… but I can sense that there is something else on your mind. Can you tell me what else has been troubling you", Umah asked worriedly as Travas looked upon her and swallowed the first bite he took off of his sandwich.

"Well to be honest, I was just having some thoughts about what I did in order to defeat Alastair and stop him from killing anymore innocent lives. When I drunk the blood out of Marcus' body, I felt that I was taking whatever chance at life he had left… and even when he asked me to, I wished I could've found another way to defeat the demon without taking the bartender's life away from him", Travas said as he began to look upon the floor at an angle. "I don't even know how to cope with this since I felt like a monster in the process… and I didn't want to become anything like that", he continued as Umah placed her right hand on his left shoulder and looked upon him.

"Travas, just because you have the vampire's predatory blood thirst doesn't make you a monster", Umah claimed as Travas turned to see her eye to eye. "It is how you use your blood thirst that should declare if whether or not it makes you a monster. And over these past months, you've never proven to be a monster, but a savior to those who cry for help", she continued to explain as Travas felt some comfort in her words, but was unsure about some other things coursing his mind.

"But what about-", Travas tried to speak until Umah interrupted him.

"It doesn't matter, Travas, the bartender was already dying and he wanted you to drain him of his blood in order for him to reunite with his family once again. If it wasn't for him, you would've died in the battle and all of Nosgoth would be in peril within a certain period of time", Umah said as her expression began to sadden and turn away from him while Travas noticed. "And I would've lost the man that I fell in love with…" She thought to herself as Travas involuntarily read her mind, causing his eyes to widen as a result.

"So that was why you kissed me back in Alastair's dungeon… and why I heard your cries during the battle between the demon and I. Why didn't you tell me that you were in love with me, Umah", Travas asked calmly, yet slightly comforting while his eyes began to narrow in a soothing expression.

"I didn't know how you would've felt about it if I had told you… I've been in love with you for the past two months and I couldn't act upon my feelings until the moment I kissed you for the first time within Alastair's horrific Dungeon", Umah explained. "I should've explained this to you sooner, but we were busy with hunting down the remnants of Alastair's assassins… I'm sorry for not telling you until now", she apologized while Travas placed his left hand-paw on her right cheek, causing Umah to look upon him and blush.

"Umah, it's alright… I'm glad you told me everything… and I want to thank you for being here with me to talk", Travas spoke as he wrapped his left arm around her. "And, to be honest, you're actually really beautiful", he continued as Umah blushed heavily upon his words.

"Thank you…" Umah said slightly nervously she looked at a different direction for a minute or two. Then with a sudden surprise, Travas gently turned Umah's head to face him and plants a kiss on her lips. In response, she begins to kiss him back as the vulpin held her in his arms, causing the female vampire to lean towards him, laying him on the sofa as they share a passionate kiss together. Then within a few prolonged moments, Travas breaks the kiss as they look upon each other's eyes with blushing faces.

"Hold on… not on the sofa", Travas spoke as Umah looked into his eyes.

"Hmmmm… Where do you wish to continue", Umah asked as Travas looked upon her blushing face.

"My room…?" Travas asked while he and Umah softly smiled.

"With pleasure, Travas", Umah replied with a hint of seduction while kissing his muzzle lips. Then with a sudden surprise, Travas quickly got off of the couch while holding Umah bridal style, thus the two headed towards Travas' room lovingly while they kissed each other passionately.

Within about five minutes of walking and another three minutes after entering the vulpin's room, Travas and Umah continued to passionately kiss each other in the nude and underneath the covers of Travas' bed. However, Travas had also been penetrating Umah's nether lips while he was on top of her, going at a steady, passionate rate as Umah held onto him lovingly. Though the speed and intense pleasure continued to progress, the moans were kept to a low level to avoid waking or alerting the other members of the Vampire Resistance.

As the two continued to passionately kiss each other, Travas continued to thrust into Umah while getting closer to the point of climax. Though he was on the verge of releasing, he knew better than to release inside of Umah's womb. Instead of climaxing inside her, Travas pulls out and begins to release his life-giving essence upon Umah's well-toned stomach, kissing her deeply. Once the last of his offering was released, his climax abated and lies upon his back as Umah began to rest her head upon his muscular chest, with Travas looking upon her lovingly like she did to him.

"I love you, Travas", Umah softly said as she made her way closer towards Travas.

"I love you, too, Umah", Travas softly replied as the two finally kissed each other. Umah then rests her head upon his chest once again comfortingly while smiling to herself. With this, the two begin to fall asleep while holding each other in their arms, allowing the future to hold onto what may be in store for new couple.

A/N:

Well, folks, Travas has managed to defeat Alastair and get out of the whole mess alive, but with the price of feeding upon the blood of the Bartender, Marcus. However, it seems that Umah has also finally revealed her feelings for Travas, despite him reading her mind. And since Umah and Travas are now a couple, what does the future have in store for them? I guess we'll find out.