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When Alexcia got back to the warehouse from dropping Taylor off, she pulled into her parking space. The garage door was closing on it's own so she walked over to the table where Whistler and Scud were working. She slipped into a chair, knowing Scud had checked her out before returning back to his work. She ignored him, refusing to even look at him. Whistler was also refusing to look at him but that didn't mean he had missed Scud looking at her. He decided to yell at the young man when alarms started ringing out and the lights inside the warehouse went nuts.

" What is going on!" Alexcia asked. Blade breezed through the room. She jumped up and moved to Whistler as Scud ran to the monitors.

" Suckheads!" He yelled to Blade.

" Get Alexcia out of here!" Blade yelled back to Scud as second before vampires descended from the ceiling completely covered in black gear.

Two of them held swords to Scud and Alexcia who were standing next to each other. Both of them held their hands up. Whistler was pinned against a wall and could only watch helplessly as Blade stared to fight another vampire. Alexcia was far from being scared. She was angry with Scud. He was supposed to be the best of the best. He had boasted that no one could get through his systems.

" What the hell, Scud! I thought your systems were ' amazing'!" She snapped. He smirked.

" My system is amazing, I meant it. I just didn't say which of my systems are amazing." He said. She looked right at him and blinked.

" You're kidding me, right? You aren't really hitting on me where there are vampires pointing swords at us." She said. He shrugged as he grinned.

" Well, they say stressful situations bring on the best sex. We are in a very stressful situation." He said. Alexcia scoffed and looked away from him.

" You are disgusting." She said.

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After the fight, they all gathered around one of the big tables in the warehouse and listened to the vampire princess talk. Alexcia was standing in between Scud and Whistler. Scud was standing back, trying to listen and look busy at the same time. Alexcia looked up at him to see him rubbing his lip and biting it at the same time. He caught her eyes and dropped his hand with a grin. She narrowed her eyes and shook her head as she looked away.

Alexcia, Blade, Whistler, and Scud stood together while the vampires came them some room to talk. Blade and Whistler were going to go with the vampires to talk to the king but Alexcia was trying to talk them out of it. She wanted to go with them but knew she couldn't because of Taylor.

" They kidnapped you, Dad. Blade, you just got him back. How can you guys even consider going with them? What the hell is wrong with you guys?" She snapped.

" I got to go with Alex on this one, B." Scud said as he rubbed the back of his neck. " Something ain't right here."

" We have no choice. Scud, you keep her here. She's tricky. Don't let her go sneaking off." Blade said.

" Blade, please." Alexcia pleaded. He put his hands on her shoulders.

" We will be fine. Stay here with Scud. I'm not kidding, Alexcia, stay here with him while we go and see what is going on." Blade warned. Scud grinned.

" I can keep her distracted." Scud said. Alexcia closed her eyes and shook her head.

" You keep your filthy hands off my daughter!" Whistler yelled. Scud held his hands off.

" What if she can't keep her hands off me?" He asked. Alexcia's eyes popped opened.

" That won't be a problem." She snapped.

" Blade, we must leave." The princess said.

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Scud and Alexcia stood on the roof of the warehouse, watching the helicopter take off. The vampires had covered themselves again with the black clothing, using special goggles to protect their eyes. Alexcia's eyes met Whistler's. She was frowning as the chopper drifted away. She shook her head and walked away to go back into the warehouse. Scud grinned and started after her.

" Hey, Alex, wait up." He called as he walked through the door to the warehouse. She was already jogging down the stairs.

" No." She said. " You are the last person I want to be around right now."

" Come on, baby! Don't be like that. I just want to get to know you." He said. Alexcia whipped around and came at him quickly. She grabbed him by his shirt and pushed him against the railing. He held his hands up. " Whoa, Alex, chill."

" I am not your baby. I do not want to know about which of your systems are amazing and which aren't. I do not want you to keep me distracted and I am not interested in getting to know you. Are we clear?" She asked in a low voice. He dropped his hands and sighed.

" Yeah. We are clear." He said.

" Good." She snapped. She pushed him one more time then walked away. Scud started rubbing his lip than started after her.

" You know, I'm just trying to fuck with you. Take your mind off shit. You seem tense since I met you so I was just to get you to loosen up." He said.

" Well, I don't need you to loosen me up. You have no idea what the vampires did to me to fuck up my whole life." She snapped. Scud reached out and grabbed her arm. He pulled her around to face him.

" You aren't the only one they fucked up, alright?" He asked.

" Oh really? What do you know about it? If your life is fucked up I'm sure it's because you made it that way." She said. Scud sighed and dropped her arm. He started undoing his shit. " What the hell are you doing?" She asked, hating the panic in her voice. Scud pulled open his shirt. He grabbed her hands and placed them on his chest, on his scars. She sucked in her breath. " What happen?" She asked softly as she started touching him.

" I met some girls, vamps. They had fun with me." He said. He fought his body's react to her touch. His stomach wanted to hitch as she gently touched him. He looked up to the ceiling as he jumped when her fingers grazed close to his nipples. He laughed as he stepped away from her. " Sorry." She looked at his blushing face.

" What?" She asked. He laughed as he started buttoning up his shirt.

" I haven't been with anyone for a while, you're touching me, I think you're hot so I'm kind of getting turned on." He said.

" What?" She asked again. " Are you kidding me?" She asked. He laughed again.

" No." She shook her head and started walking away from him.

" I'm not hot." She said. He started following after her.

" Ah, are you kidding me? You're so hot!" He explained. It was her turn to laugh. " Look, can we just try and get along? I will stop making sexual comments to you, you stop wanted to punch me." Alexcia stopped walking and closed her eyes. She sighed but tried around and looked at him.

" Yeah. I guess that wouldn't be so bad." She said. He grinned.

" Good. But if you change your mind, I'd totally fuck you." He said. Alexcia shook her head but smiled as she turned away,

" You just had to say it." She said as she walked away.