A/N: Hello my lovely readers, first of all, I just want to say happy holidays. I hope Christmas and New Year has been as great as it has been for me. I'm really sorry I haven't updated sooner, but I just been busy. First I had finals to study for, then when I was finally done with it, my aunt had a baby and she wanted me to help her around the house for little bit… then the holidays came, well you get my idea. I just been crazy busy, but know my heart was always been with this story. Ok soo, here is chapter 15, I hope you like it. I'm trying very much to follow the storyline, and at the same time trying to keep them in character, so please review, and let me know what you think. Seriously though, reviews make me update faster, so if you want to read the next chapter sooner, REVIEW PLEASE. Oh and check out the new banners I made. Before I had Emilie De Raven as Anna, but I decided she looked a bit older and doesn't have the innocent look I was looking for, so I took down all the banners and made new ones, but this time with Dianna Agron. I think she fits Anna a lot better, and also looks a bit like Sarah Newlin.
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What if this storm ends? And I don't see you
As you are now, ever again.
The perfect halo,
Of gold hair and lightning,
Sets you off against the planet's last dance.
Just for a minute,
The silver forked sky lit you up like a star
That I will follow.
Now it's found us, like I have found you.
I don't want to run,
Just overwhelm me.
What if this storm ends? And leaves us nothing.
Except a memory,
A distant echo.
The Lightning Strike - Snow Patrol
Chapter Fifteen – When The Storm Ends
The room seems a bit quiet, as we both sat in content silence. Well at least I was, as my head was filed with vaguely visions of what it would be like Godric and I together. Helen cleared her throat pulling me out of my thoughts. "Well, I guess this will be a great time to tell you that…" she hesitated before continuing, "…the lockdown is tonight." She finished in a small voice.
"WHAT?" I questioned shooting up from where I was sitting. "Yeeeaaah, I should probably have mention this sooner, huh?" she questioned right back, her hand going to the back of her head sheepishly. "How do you know this? I thought the lockdown was next week or something." From what I know, Steve's plan was to have the lockdown at the end of this month, which is next week. "Apparently, there were these intruders at the church. Something about these two humans coming in looking for the vampire, and Steve was calling them fangbangers, so from what I could guess they probably work for vampires. You should also probably know, he has them trapped somewhere in the basement." She stated letting out a sigh like she said all this in one breath. "How… how do you know all this?" I was flabbergasted at her knowledge of the situation. "I'm the maid… dahhh. I know everything that's going on around the house." She stated proudly with a smile.
My head was imagining these wild images of what will happen to Godric at sunrise. It was like my nightmares coming to life. I didn't even know I started pacing back and forth. The panic that was gone moments ago came back with full force. My head was running a million miles a second trying to find a solution, but nothing. "What am I going to do, Helen?" I asked pausing for a moment in my pacing. She looked at me like I was stupid for a second before she spoke, "you do the only thing you can do. You fight." she stated like it was the simplest answer.
"Fight? Really, Helen? How am I going to fight a church full of vampire haters?" I questioned corking my eyebrow at her. Seriously, I can't imagine fighting even if I had the powers of superman. I wasn't made for fighting. It's not in me. I have always been the gentle soul who would rather walk away than stand up and fight.
"You are not a kid anymore. You are a woman now. Have you heard the saying, there is no hell like a woman scorned, well, it's true. You are a woman whose man is about to die, so you go in there and bring hell down on them." She voiced passionately standing up, with a slightly dreamy look on her face. Ooh Helen, she was always the pensive one, which is one on the things I loved about her, but right now dreamy thought are not what I need.
"Seriously, Helen, you really need to cut down on the fantasy books." With that I resumed my pacing. "No, no, no, think about it, there is no one better than you who knows the church's in and out. We still have little time; if we can plan this properly, I have fate in you, you could pull this off." Her voice was strong and confident, and somehow I was reassured by her words. It was true; I have been part of this church since I was a little kid. I have spent countless hours and hours in that church, I know it like the back of my hand. Helen was right, if we planned this properly, I could pull it off.
"Alright, so what's the plan?" I questioned looking toward Helen, and as if on a cue, there was an ear splitting alarm that went trough the house. My hands immediately shot to my ears as I looked toward Helen, who was copping my action. "What the hell is that?" I questioned loudly trying to get heard over the noise. Her eyes were wide in shock, before she rushed out of the room. I mimicked her action and followed right behind her. She hurriedly went to the living room toward the alarm system, which was flashing bright red. she quickly typed some sort of code that instantly killed the sound. I let out a sigh lowering my hand. "What the hell was that?" I repeated my question. "This alarm system is connected to the one in the church. The moment the alarm in the church goes off, so does this one. Steve thought it would be for the best if the two alarms are connected, in case something happens while he is here." Her voice had gone flat, no more of that dreaminess and confident behind it. I was almost afraid to ask my next question, "so what does that mean?" my hands were starting to shake and my breath was coming out quicker. "It means no time for plan." She stated as she walked away. Well that was a burst to my bobble.
"Wait... wha…?" I was frozen where I stood. She paused in her step and turned toward me, "don't you get it? that was code red. In the twenty years I have worked in this house, there has never been code red. Something bad is going on in the church, and if you want to save that boy of yours, you have to go now or you might not see him again. Now, wait here I'll be right back." With that she disappeared down the corner. I didn't think I could have moved even if she told me to follow her. My heart was beating faster than ever, like any moment it was going to beat out of my chest. What am I going to do? How is it little-O me going to save a 2000 year old vampire? And what if I failed? What if I can't do it? I promised him I would get him out. Damn it!
Helen's returning foot steps broke my inner battle. She walked toward me holding some sort of mettle object in her right arm. When she raised it to my eyesight, I couldn't help but gasp in surprise and take step back. "Helen is that… is that what I think it is?" I questioned with a shaky voice as my eyes moved over the body of a Shotgun she was holding. "Yep. You need a weapon to protect yourself when you go in there." She voiced cocking the gun. It did not even register to me what she said. My mind was screaming to the fact that she had a gun.
"Where… where did you get a Shotgun?" I asked still flabbergasted. Helen blinked for a moment before she answered my questioned, "hmmm, from Steve's weapon room." She said it like I was stupid. "What? Steve has a weapon room?" If my jaw could hit the floor it would have been now. Helen rolled her eyes at me, "yeaah, where have you been? You know what, this is not important right now. Here." She said thrusting the gun toward me. I slowly took it in both hands as I looked over it again. The gun was heavier than I expected, it had a sort of old style to it, not that I have any knowledge on guns, but just from what I have seen in movies. "What do I do with it?" I questioned looking up at Helen. "You know, for someone who is going to Yale, you're pretty stupid." She said slightly irritated that I wasn't catching up with her. She moved swiftly, her hands on mine as she helped me hold the gun properly. "Hey, I have you know, I have a four point GPA. It's just all the shock is getting to me. And secondly, I just don't believe in guns, ok. There is no need to hurt anyone."
"Fine, I get it. But you are going to a place where there are hostile vampire haters with guns and sticks, and from guessing from the code red, whoever is causing the alarm is not human. This is not a place where you could sweet talk your way out of, or by batting your long lashes. You don't need to hurt anyone, but you have to protect yourself. We have no time for this, Anna. Now, this is called Stock and this is the Safety, Trigger-guard, Trigger, Forestock and Muzzle." She said pointing to each part of the gun. "You don't need to shoot anyone, just use it to scare them, but if you have to pull the trigger, shoot toward the sky or the ground. Oh and after you make a shot, you need to cock the forestock before another shot, got it?"
All I could do was nod as a respond at her question. "You have no time, Anna, now go. Be brave sweetie." With that said, she gave me a slightly push to indicate for me to go. I took a couple of hesitated steps before breaking out into run. I quickly grubbed my car keys that was on the table. In my head I was screaming 'I can do this' repeatedly, which seem to give me a boost. I ran out of the house toward my car that was parked at the front. I yanked open the door and got in and quickly place the shotgun in the passenger seat, before starting the car with a shaky hand. Unlike before it did not take 5-7 minutes to get to the church. Driving 70 MPH, I was able to get there in two minutes.
From where I parked, I was able to see the front of the church, which was surrounded by the fellowship of the sun members, holding sticks and guns. I will be honest, I was terrified. Not for my life, it was NEVER for my life. I was scared of what I will find inside. Somehow the images of Godric being tortured in so many ways kept popping in my head. And most of all, I was afraid of failing. I can't lose one more person I love, so I will do this for him, even if it kills me. I would do this for Godric. With that thought in mind, I walked out my car of with the shotgun in hand.
As I walked toward the entrance, one of the guys seemed to notice me. "Who is there?" He yelled pointing his stick toward me causing everyone to panic and raise their weapon too. I slowly walked out of the darkness so he could see who I was. "It's me, Anna." I said forcing a weak smile at them. They all seem to look toward me, I could tell most of them seem to recognize me and return my smile. Unlike everyone, the guy who questioned me didn't lower his weapon as he glared at me behind his glasses. "Who the hell is Anna, and what are you doing here?" He asked again, but before I could answer him, another guy from behind him, I think his name is Toney or something, smacked him in the back of the head. "Get your shit together, Sam. That's Anna, Sarah Newlin's sister, stupid." He said to the guy with the glasses before turning toward me, "Please excuse him, Miss Anna, he is just a bit paranoid." He said smiling nervously with a slightly blush on his cheeks. "Oh, it's quite alright… humm, Toney right?" he nodded his smile getting wider. Someone at the back seemed to clear their throat knocking him back to senses, for he nervously step aside to let me pass. "You be careful in there miss Anna, there are vampires on a loose." He said still smiling. "I will. thank you." I quickly replied and hurriedly walked into the church. The last thing I heard before I closed the door was, "you didn't have to hit me so hard just because you have a thing for her."
Now, it was time to find Godric. I swiftly moved trough the church in a quiet run, looking from one room to another before moving to the basement. I ran into the room where Godric was kept, but there was no Godric. The door of the cage was yanked out of the metal and was thrown across the room. My heart beat immediately seemed to speed up as my hand tightened around the gun I was holding. Oh god, I can't be too late, he has to be here somewhere. He has too…
With that thought in mind, I turned around and ran out of the room into the hallway through the stairs. I looked through every door I could fine on my way toward the main room of the church. When I finally got to the wide hallway by the main room door, I stopped. I could hear voices, mainly Steve's, and there was also a scream of pain in the background. The scream was filled with roar to it, like whoever was being tortured. I didn't need to know who it was; my head instantly provided me with enough images and nightmares of Godric being tormented and burned. I didn't even notice my tears have started to fall until it caused my vision to become blurry. "Oh Godric…" I tightly shut my mouth with my free hand to keep my cry muffled, and listened to the painful scream from the next room. The next thing I know, there was a WHOOSH sound behind me. I quickly turned around with my gun back up ready again.
And there he stood, as if hearing my cries, my ache for him. Godric was standing at the other end of the hallway. There was not even a scratch on him; he was just as I last saw him. Suddenly, the relief hit me hard, causing the tears to double, but this time it was in happiness. I dropped the heavy gun in my hand, and broke out into run toward him. And he waited with slightly raised arms as I jumped on him. If he was a human he would have fallen with from the speed and force I jumped on him, but he didn't even budge. He caught me by my waist, pulling me tightly to him, with my feet hovering off the ground. All the pain I have felt, about Claire and Sarah, just seem to vanish. It was true; in his arms, he makes everything ok. One of my hands moved around his neck tightly as the other gripped the back of his hair. I twisted my head down so I could bury my face in his neck and inhale. Oh how I missed him. How I missed his sweet scent, his small smiles, his quiet laugh, the way he looks at me. Even though it's only been two days since I last saw him, it felt like years. "I was looking for you." He spoke tenderly, his voice muffled in my shirt. Oh how I missed his voice. He seemed to have been looking for me like I have been, probably searching room to room trying to find me. This thought seemed to bring the tears back up again. He shhhed me gently as my cry continued wetting his neck. "I'm so sorry, Anna. I should have told you everything." he whispered with his soft voice.
At first I didn't know what he was talking about, and then it hit me. The last time I saw him, he had lied to me about the mind control powers vampires' have called, Glamouring. I just… I didn't want you to doubt your actions. Was what he said. I slowly pulled back so I could see his face. "I forgave you the moment you said it, Godric. I'm just so glad to see you right now." I smiled with my face still wet from my tears. He slowly set me down on my feet before he moved to wipe my tears with the back of his hand. His lips were curved up in his distinctive smile. Ooh how I wanted to kiss him. I slowly stood on my tippy toes to kiss those inviting lips, but a loud screams broke out from the main room of the church, which I had completely forgotten about. Godric pulled back from me before saying, "stay here." My hands immediately tightened around his white shirt to prevent him from going. I didn't want him to go, I just wanted him to stand here and hold me tightly. "I have to stop this, Anna. Please stay here." He said softly prying my hands away. I guess when it comes to him, I'm a bit selfish. With that said, there was another WHOOSH, and he was gone out of my sight.
I want pinned down, I want unsettled.
Rattle cage after cage, until my blood boils.
I want to see you, as you are now,
Every single day that I am living.
Painted in flames, all peeling thunder.
Be the lightning in me that strikes relentless.
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