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Wow i cant believe it 30 chapters! this is intense for me! but i hope your enjoy ^.^
The doors of the mansion flew open as Darien walked in from the rain Serena's bloodied form in his arms. Kreon and Valencia came out of Darien's study; Kreon 's face showed concern and Valencia's curiosity. Darien glanced at them daring his mother to speak a word. "Zoicite can you treat her upstairs?" he asked.
"Yes I'll get my supplies and be there in a few moments," Zoicite said running from the room and into an adjoining hallway.
"Ami tend to Hermione and ensure that she doesn't lose too much blood," he said before he used his speed to take Serena to their room. He kicked open the door and went into the dark room. He walked over to the bed and gently set Serena down. He turned on the lamp next to their bed and a dim glow lit the room. He surveyed his lover's injuries. There were numerous small cuts on her arms from the glass and he could see that her arm was broken, her legs were also cut up, but it was the large gash on her back that he was most concerned with. As he went to touch her face and push back her hair he noticed that his entire hand was covered in her blood. It was steadily seeping from her wound.
Without harming her he turned her over so that her back was facing him and her head was turned away. Her shirt was ripped almost in half and smooth skin was dyed red from her own blood. He took the two pieces of fabric in his hands and ripped it completely right as Zoicite came in.
"Good that will help, I need to clean the wound and stitch it back up," Zoicite said.
"Isn't her accelerated healing helping heal her?"
"Yes but remember Serena is only half vampire so she won't heal like us, it will take less time that it would a full human but she will still need to take it easy and stay off of her feet for a few days," he said as he began to dab at her back with an alcohol pad. "I'm glad she's not awake right now because if she was this would probably hurt like hell."
"Zoicite that woman she…."
"She's the third isn't she, she's Abigail's third slayer."
"Yes that's what Serena said but did she seem stronger to you?"
"Her powers were extremely advance compared to Serena and Hermione's but that may have just been because of the training that she's received in the last few months," Zoicite said as he threaded a needled and began to work on Serena's back.
"Yes that could be it but she overpowered Serena and Hermione so easily, she wasn't afraid of any of us either," Darien said watching the progress.
"What do you mean?"
"From what Serena, Kusanagi, and Hermione have told me their "sister" wasn't like that, the personality didn't match. They all said that Momiji was stubborn, quick witted, and passionate when it came to life. That woman we encountered wasn't the same, she was still, too calm, and cold. She doesn't seem like the same Momiji that was described."
"She is a different person Darien, she lost all that was dear to her and turned away from the man that she loved it's to be expected that she has lost much of who she was before."
"Again a valid point but still there was something of that woman…."
"What exactly do you feel was off Darien?"
"She didn't seem the same as Serena and Hermione. She…she seemed older…" Darien said.
"Older?"
"Yes she wasn't as young as Hermione and Serena and she wore that mask, no one ever said anything about the slayer wearing a mask."
Zoicite finished his stitches and began to bandage Serena's torso. "That is true but I also don't remember any of them saying that she was skilled with a katana and yet she proved that tonight she was very adept."
"Zoicite something's off, something doesn't feel right about this entire incident," said Darien.
"Darien the love of your life, your mate, was attacked of course it doesn't feel right. But you need to stop worrying about that now and take care of Serena she's going to wake up confused and upset you need to be here to comfort her when that happens," Zoicite told him.
Darien didn't respond, he just leaned against the wall and watched as Zoicite moved on to Serena's head and then arms. When he was finished Serena's arms, torso, and head were wrapped in white bandages; her legs hadn't been too bad so all Zoicite had done was clean them and wrap a few single bandages around the deeper cuts. He stood once he was done. "I'm going to check on Alana and Hermione."
"Thank you Zoicite," said Darien.
"Make sure to treat her gentle for the next few days," Zoicite said. Darien nodded. Zoicite moved to leave and then stopped, he turned back to Darien and sighed. "If you like I can have Malachite look into the incident and see if he can dig up anything about Momiji that may explain the change in character."
Darien nodded, "Don't inform Kusanagi about this yet however he's going to have a hard enough time accepting that Momiji is back and if he were to find out that it wasn't her I can't even begin to predict the outcome."
Zoicite nodded and then left Serena and Darien alone. Darien took off his jacket and threw it at the end of the bed, he sat on the edge of the bed and stared down at Serena. "Why do you always get into trouble wherever you go?" He touched her cheek and breathed a sigh of relief.
In the past few months Serena had definitely changed Darien; every moment that he was away from Serena he had a sense of fear that was always present. He wondered where she was, worried that she was in danger, worried that she was hurt, worried that she was being hunted, worried that she was hunting. Never in his life had he worried so much about another person until now.
He constantly kept their bond as open as he could to ensure that she was safe no matter where she was and tonight when he had felt it completely severed by that witches magic he knew something was wrong. Even though Serena had often cut him out and blocked him from her thoughts he could always sense her presences as well as her moods and tonight after while in battle their bond had gone still, cold, and he had been scared stiff thinking that something terrible had happened. When he had seen her laying there on the ground bloodied and near death it took every single ounce of control not to kill that witch right at that moment.
Darien looked at his sleeping lover and smiled, a thing he only ever did for her in private, he leaned in and kissed her forehead gently. Darien leaned back and looked down at his hands, they were still covered in her blood. It was dry now but he could still smell it strongly as if it were newly fresh. He put one finger in his mouth and sucked. The taste of her blood to him was intoxicating, only twice now had he tasted it.
The first was a few months ago when she had accidentally cut her finger and he had placed it into his mouth. Though she never would admit it he knew that his actions had turned her on, he had felt her body temperature rise, and saw how she shifted ever so slightly at his touch. He had smiled coyly at her and that had been his downfall. She had ripped her finger back quickly and yelled at him for trying to use her as a snack.
He took his finger out of his mouth and smiled, he let out a restrained laugh and looked at Serena. His eyes were drawn to her neck, he reached out and caressed the smooth skin. "One day you and I will exchange our blood and then we will be bonded forever. Not just physically as we are now but my soul will become yours and yours will become mine. One day I will turn you into a full vampire."
Sarah sat alone in the large kitchen, a cup of tea sat in front of her, it was room temperature and had not been touched since Blake had set it in front of her. From the basement she could hear the sounds of smashing boxes, cries of pain and frustration, as well as the sound of breaking glass. She looked at the basement door and stared at the large black seal that was burned into the door, it was to keep Abby in and unwanted visitors out.
They had come back to Los Angeles only two days ago but Sarah was still drained from the trip. It had taken a lot to transport them, as well as Abby, without being spotted by the Ambrose's spies; and putting a barrier around the house wasn't a piece of cake either. She had to ensure that the barrier would inform them about intruders and hostiles, as well as keeping sound from the neighbors. She didn't want some paranoid housewife blowing their cover.
Sarah rubbed her temples and tried to relax, she stood and emptied the cup into the sink and looked out of the window. Rain pelted the panes and fogged the view; she sighed and sat back down at the table. She looked at her phone and then placed it next to a large stack of papers that sat on the other side of the table. The finally gave in and pulled the papers in front of her. "Well might as well get to work," she said. She began to flip through the papers and read the highlighted areas.
Suddenly the house became silent, the sounds from the basement grew silent and the rain seemed to have stopped. Sarah sighed, 'Finally its quite.' But then she noticed the feeling in the air. "Its too quite," she said aloud. She stood and pushed the chair back but she was too late.
There was a loud bang and suddenly Sarah felt herself being thrown across the room. The windows shattered from the force and the door was blown to pieces. It took a moment but Sarah was able to open her eyes; in the doorway stood a figure dressed in black robes, her hair was pulled back and in her hands a long sword.
Sarah knew the woman instantly, as she stared at her she smiled. "Ironic that you are the one to sneak up on me."
"I was always the one who did the dirty work," she said.
"Well I thought that Yoshiki would have sent someone else," Sarah said.
"I volunteered for this mission."
"Ha again I see the irony, you attacking the people who raised you for the people who abandoned you, have you come to kill her?"
"You sound almost hopeful."
"I won't deny that it would be easier without her."
"Sorry to disappoint you but not tonight."
Sarah gave a small laugh, "Well just don't tell Blake I wanted you to."
"It will be our last secret."
"Momiji…you're still safe in our world…you can come back," Sarah said.
Momiji smiled and then threw her sword at Sarah. It pierced her shoulder and pinned her to the wall. Sarah didn't scream out only grunted from the pain.
Momiji lifted her hand at Sarah, there was a flash of light and Sarah felt darkness enveloping her. Momiji stared down at her, "Come back? I have nothing to come back for." She looked at the door to the basement and then back to Sarah, "See ya Sarah." And with that Sarah sunk into black.
Hermione woke up drenched in sweat, she had been dreaming again, dreaming of fire and snow. She tried to catch her breath and slow her heart rate; after a few seconds she tried to move but when she did she felt searing pain all through her body. She gently laid back down and tried to focus on her breathing and not on the pain. She clutched the bed sheets. "Fuck my life," she whispered to herself.
"Women such as you shouldn't use such vulgar language," said a voice from the other side of the room. Ignoring the pain she sat back up and stared at the shadow in the corner. She turned the light on next to her bed and watched as the light washed over the mans face.
Long dark brown hair, perfectly slim body, tight lips with a smile playing on them, and dark eyes. She knew his face well it had been the face from her first vision, the one that created so many nightmares within her, the face that had brought such sadness, the face that had taken her sister from her.
"What do you want?" Hermione said.
Nephrite remained silent he stared at her unblinkingly. Then he spoke, "You look just like your sister."
"Don't you speak about her" Hermione said her voice not coming above a whisper.
"You know she's alive, she's downstairs right now having tea."
"Don't speak about her!" her voice was louder now.
"She wasn't killed that night, I turned her, she's my mate."
"DON'T SPEAK ABOUT HER!" Hermione yelled, her anger shook the room and the window panes rattled. "That is not my sister," she said after calming herself down. "My sister is lying down the hallway fighting for her life, and my other sister is missing."
"Lita is your blood."
"And what does that mean? She is blood and yet she allowed herself to be a vampire and abandoned me, abandoned our family. She left and she died and to me she's going to stay dead."
"You have a second chance to know the woman and yet you refuse to?"
"Who's fault is it that I do not know her? Yours you took her from me, the only person who loved me and you took her from me," Hermione said fighting back tears, she refused to cry in front of this man. "For your own selfish reasons you took my sister from me."
"She chose to come, she knew that our love was strong and that without each other we would be incomplete. You made the same decision!" Nephrite told her.
"I didn't allow myself to be bitten by a vampire in order to be with the one I loved, I didn't abandon my family, I wouldn't have come to this side had Serena not come with me."
"Yet a vampire comes to your bed every night, and your other sister is lost," Nephrite said.
"She's not as lost as you think," Hermione said, she turned her head and looked out of the window. "Leah left us and didn't look back, she is no longer my sister."
"Her name is Lita," Nephrite said.
"Exactly she's not my sister, now I would like it if your please left I need to rest," Hermione said. She lay back down and closed her eyes waiting for him to leave. She heard him stand and saw the light from the hallway as he opened the door. A few seconds later and the room was once again dark.
As soon as she was sure that he was gone Hermione threw the covers off of her and swung her legs over the edge of the bed. She looked at herself and saw that her legs had been bandaged due to the cuts, and her arms had a few dressings on them. But her ribs as she breathed in and out she could tell that a few of them were broken.
However none of this stopped her from going to her closet and pulling out a large black box from under all her clothes. She carefully picked this up and took it to the center of the bedroom. She sat down on the plush rug and put the box in front of her. She opened it and began to take contents out of it.
From the box she took a bag of sand, she opened it and poured it into a large circle around her. She took out a three candles, placed them into a triangle around her and lit the two that were behind her. She placed the last one in front of her unlit; then she took two stones out of the box and placed them on either sides of her, they both had markings on them one in white and one in black. She then took a piece of paper out of the box; she read the writing on it and then crossed her legs, closed her eyes, and began to chant the words that she had read.
"Nord, Est, Ostro, Ovest," she chanted that several times and then added her twist. She chanted several times over and over again, after each time she opened her eyes and looked first at the candle and then at each of the rocks. For a while nothing happened, and then Hermione finally grew angry. "Come on!" she yelled. She continued to chant but still there was no response.
"So the third Slayer has returned," said Kreon his back turned towards the small group of people in the room.
"Yes and it seems that she had turned and now has a vendetta against those she once stood with," said Malachite. He stood next to Rei and Jadeite. Jadeite had three large files in his arms.
"This is the slayer that Kusanagi claims to have feelings for?" asked Valencia.
"Yes, Momiji Takada" Malachite said.
"Takada? Is she…" began Valencia.
"Yes she is Yoshiki Takada's only daughter," Jadeite said reading from his file.
"This couldn't get any worse," Valencia said.
"It does mother," said Darien from the doorway. The party within the room turned and looked at Darien; "Her mother is part of the Roderick Family, she is the eldest daughter of the Roderick's matron and was supposed to have taken the title when her mother retired. But she disappeared and hasn't been seen or heard from in the past twenty five years."
"Sophia Roderick," said Kreon wistfully.
"You sound as if you know her father," said Rei.
"Before the last War between our families I was acquainted with Sophia's mother, Letitia Roderick. She was a strong and politically sound leader, and one of the few humans I respected. Her daughter on the other hand was not as interested in the craft as she would have liked. Sophia wasn't interested in magic, Latitia said her daughter considered it a dream world and she would rather live in the real world. Her disappearance was a devastating blow to the coven."
"Why? Sophia has other siblings doesn't she?" said Jadeite.
"Yes but coven edict has always dictated that the eldest child living takes the title, if a the second child were to take it while the first still lives then the collective power of the family would be weakened," Kreon said. "That is why Letitia has been the matron of the family for almost fifty years, she cannot step down until the heir is returned to the family."
"I take it that they were unaware of the marriage between Yoshiki and Sophia?" Rei said.
"They probably don't even know where Sophia has been the last twenty five years let alone her activities" Kreon said.
"Why were we never made aware of this until now?" said Daniel
"Because it was all magically sealed until recently," Rei said. "When Jadeite and I were looking for information nine months back we were blocked at every turn it wasn't until only a few weeks ago that the barriers began to weaken."
"It's because Abby is weakening," Kreon said. "The infection is effecting her magic and because the caster is dying and growing weaker her spells to have losing their power as well."
"This would be the perfect time to attack we could weaken the slayers with a blow like that, not many know that Abby is infected and by killing her we could make us look stronger," said Valencia.
"I will not kill someone who cannot defend themselves especially not my sister," Kreon said.
"Your sister created this virus in order to kill us, why not do the same to her?"
"Because she may have the antivirus."
Every head turned to see Serena standing in the door way. In a blink Darien was at her side; he gave her his arm to hold onto, she took it reluctantly.
"You believe that Abby has a cure?" Jadeite said.
Serena nodded, "As impulsive as creating this virus was she wouldn't have made it unless she knew that there was a way to cure it. She knew it was a virus that would evolve and she knew that it could possibly evolve to the human anatomy; she wouldn't have let it lose upon the world without knowing that if needed it could be stopped."
"But it is most likely hidden within her," said Jadeite, "she wouldn't just write something like down."
"That's why she has to stay alive, if Hermione and I can get close enough to her for a significant amount of time we might be able to enter her mind and get the antivirus," Serena said.
"That could be dangerous, especially trying to find their location," Rei said "You're going to be blocked wherever you go and it will be dangerous to try and break through them."
"Yeah I know you forget I was raised by these people," said Serena.
"We'll wait until you are strong till attempt anything it may take a while but it would be for the best," said Darien.
"The sooner the better, we must act while their ranks are broken," said Valencia.
"I will not endanger Serena or Hermione's lives to do this," Darien told her.
Valencia opened her mouth to speak against but was stopped by Kreon, "We understand Darien we will wait until you feel that Serena and Hermione are ready."
Darien gave a small nod to his father and then led Serena away from the room and back upstairs. Rei began to speak but was cut off by her father, "Leave us all of you." They exchanged glances, Jadeite set the three files down on the table and then they left Kreon and Valencia alone.
"Why is it that you are protecting them?" asked Valencia "For years they killed many of our family as well as friends we should be executing not allowing them to bed our sons!"
"Our sons have found their mates Valencia they have found the ones that they love. We have no right to interfere in their love lives, just as our parents had no right to interfere in ours," he said.
"We were in a completely different situation," Valencia said "We are both Vampyre and though our families didn't get alone we were not enemies!" She sat down on the couch and opened one of the files trying to ignore her husband.
Kreon's arms encircled his wife from behind. "Do you really wish to see our sons unhappy?"
"You know that isn't what I desire but this…."
"This is what they have chosen and who knows perhaps this may lead to the end of this futile war."
"We are too optimistic," she said. Kreon smiled into her hair.
"I believe that it was one of the things that made you fall in love with."
Blake closed the door to the car and walked up to the front door. Sarah had sent him shopping all the barriers had been set up. He opened the door and walked into the house, as soon as he closed the door behind him he knew something was wrong. There was a breeze coming from within the house and he saw broken glass everywhere. He dropped the groceries by the door and ran towards the kitchen. He could see the light flickering and knew that that was where Sarah was.
He turned the corner and saw glass and papers everywhere, rain was pouring in through the broken windows and the lights were going on and off. Then he saw Sarah laying on the floor blood seeping from an open wound on her back; he went to her and in on swift motion he turned her over and held her in his arms.
"Sarah…Sarah what happened?" he asked her trying to wake her.
"Attack…." She mumbled then "Abby…she went after Abby."
Blake looked over at the basement door and saw it was closed and the seal unbroken. He heard no noise from the basement, it was completely silent. "Sarah the seal isn't broken, are you sure that they went for Abby?" Sarah let out a groan; "Sarah the books where are the books?"
"Bedroom…."
Blake gently laid Sarah down and ran upstairs to one of the spare bedrooms. He threw open the door and looked inside, it was bare everything was gone. Every book, every spare piece of paper, every file, every potion, everything had been taken. He leaned against the doorframe for support as the shock set in. "We're screwed."
Sydney, Australia
A young brown haired brown haired boy sat in a café sipping from a large cup of coffee and reading from a thick paperback book. It was a warm and cheery spring morning. The boy was completely content and peaceful until his cell phone rang. He answered it with a bright "Hello?"
"Sam it's your mother," said a woman's voice.
"Hi mom, how are you?"
"I'm good Sammy there is something that I need to tell you," she said. She gave a heavy sigh and then spoke again "Sam I need you to stay where you are, I don't want you to tell me it's not safe but wherever you are I need you to stay there. Don't try to contact me or find me."
"Wait mom what's happened are you okay? What about Ken and the kids?" he asked.
"They are safe Sammy but I need you to listen to me no matter what happens don't come back, don't come anywhere near here," she said "I love you so much Sammy so much, I hope that you grow up into a fine man and have a wonderful family and become a wonderful father. I love goodbye."
"Wait mom!" he yelled into the phone, but it was too late she had already cut the phone. He hung up and tried to quickly call her back several times. When that failed he began to panic and tried to call his step father. It rang once and then said that the line had been disconnected. "What the hell is going on?"
Sammy tried to call several other friends of his mothers but all of them acted like they knew nothing, they all said that everything was fine and that he was worrying too much, all of them lied to him without hesitation. After trying to find his mother for almost two hours he finally broke down and called the only person he knew he could trust.
The phone rang several times and then went to voicemail. "Hey Serena it's me I just got a really weird call from mom telling me not to come home. I'm really worried so I'm booking the first plan outta here. I'm going to fly into Los Angeles and stay for a few days, I know that you and mom haven't talked in a long time but I need your help, just….just call me when you get this."
Helena turned off her phone after speaking with her son. It had been heart wrenching but it had been the best thing. "I told him to stay away, which means he will go straight home and there he will be safe."
"That is the best thing for him," a blonde haired man with shaggy brown hair and glasses. He was dressed in a tailored suit and could have passed for a lawyer.
"This isn't going to be easy Gaius, going to Los Angeles is going to put us in a dangerous situation," Helena told him.
"Yes but if what the rumors said are true then that is the place where we need to be the most," he said. "Your daughter is going to need you in these upcoming times."
"I have never given Serena anything other than trouble, when Abby took her away I separated myself from her thinking that it would be the best but all it did was destroy her even more," Helena said. "I'm going to help her this time."
Momiji entered the still house her arms full of books and papers. She went into a large room and dropped them onto the table in the middle of the room. She stared down at the pile with cold eyes.
"Your mission was successful I take it?" Yoshiki asked coming into the room.
"Yeah everything was there," Momiji said.
"You don't sound satisfied."
"Sarah couldn't even fight me, she didn't sense my presence at all, never saw the attack coming," Momiji told him.
"Your strength has increase enough," he said "And just think in a while your full strength will be reached and you will be even better."
"I want a worthy opponent if those who trained me have become insignificant then this isn't going to mean anything at all," she said her voice emotionless and cold. Yoshiki said nothing he only stared at his daughter as the contemplated. "Where is mother?"
"Resting she too had a mission tonight," he told her.
"Well I'm glad that we were both successful," Momiji said. She held out the sword he had given her only a few hours ago. But he didn't move to take it.
"It's yours Momiji it was made for you and your power type," he said.
She stared down at it, "Well maybe it will help my find someone worth my time." She gave a light bow to Yoshiki and then turned and left the room without another word.
"She's not the same as when she was a child," said Sophia from behind him. He turned around and looked at her. She was almost identical to their daughter everything except the eyes and her hair color. Sophia's eyes were blue and her hair was significantly lighter than Momiji's, but still they were almost identical.
"I thought that you were sleeping," he said.
"I felt her presence and wanted to catch her before she went to sleep," Sophia said her eyes on the door where Momiji had left. "Did she attain the information?"
"Yes, she said that Sarah didn't fight her."
"Her power is growing stronger with everyday," said Sophia.
"She said she is disappointed in the fact that there is no one strong enough to stand against her," Yoshiki said.
"Once she begins the actual battle that will change her restlessness will also dissipate."
"And her detachment?"
"That is something that she herself must remedy," Sophia said. There was a pause between them. "You didn't tell her what my mission was did you?"
"No there's no reason for her to know yet," he said.
Sophia nodded and then turned to leave. "Goodnight," was all she said and then she too left him.
Yoshiki stared at her back as she left the room. "Sophia will you ever forgive me?"
In the hallway Sophia was joined by Rin and another woman. "My lady was the young Mistress successful?" asked Rin.
"Yes she was able to gather what we needed, I want you two to being to analyze the information tomorrow," Sophia said.
"Yes my Lady," Rin said.
"Is it wise to allow Takada-san to be part of this?" asked the other woman.
"You feel that he is a threat Nia?"
"No but I don't see the logic in remaining in his presence," Nia said. "Are you and he still not estranged?"
"We are but my daughter needs me now and that is the reason that I remain in his presence," Sophia said.
"My lady…" Nia began but Rin held out a hand to stop her. Nia looked at Rin and then bowed her head. "I am sorry Mistress I did not mean to question your motives I was only concerned."
"You have nothing to be sorry for my old friend, I understand that you do not always understand human reasoning and that some of our actions confuse you," Sophia said. "But trust my judgment, I know what I am doing."
