"Saeth." came Christoph's voice from the doorway

A grunt came from Saeth's throat as he looked up from Rin to Christoph. Christoph had a look of slight fear in his eyes as he held a phone, his hand over the mouth of it. Something was different…but what. Saeth had sensed it just before the demon walked in.

"It's Artix." he said

Saeth's eyes darkened before brushing past Rin to grab the phone from Christoph. His eyes scanned the demon for a moment, sensing something was…off about him but the vampire didn't know what. He just knew something was wrong.

"Hello?" growled Saeth into the phone

"So good to hear from you Saeth, how is your beloved human Lucia?"

"Don't toy with me Artix." the vampire snarled, his eyes flashing a demonic red "Where is she?"

"Hahaha... She is fine really. Just waiting to be devoured… along with your little demon lover."

Saeth's eyes widened at this before snarling animalistically and smashing the phone against the wall. He whipped around and faced the terrified demon. Rin was confused because she didn't know what Artix had said to make him so angry.

"Where is he?!" demanded the vampire, punching the demon in the face sending him crashing into the wall

"Saeth what are you doing?!" shrieked Rin "That's Christoph!!"

"No it's not!" he barked before walking to the fallen demon and grabbing him violently by the neck "Where is he!"

The copy demon turned back to its true form but Saeth's grip only tightened more. The demon cried out in pain as Saeth's nails dug into its neck and started drawing blood. Rin got scared at how aggressive Saeth became as he grabbed the demon's neck with both hands now, ready to kill it.

"Saeth stop!!" cried Rin

"Tell me where they are!" demanded Saeth of the demon

"T-they're in M-M-Makai!" stammered the demon as Saeth's eyes went cold and pale, piercing into his mind

An evil smirk came across the vampire's face as the demon became paralyzed, before his fangs were bared and he bit into the demon's neck. He hadn't truly fed in years because of his vow never to feed on a human, since he had fell in love with Lucia. Now though, that suppressed hunger took over and he fed off the demon that was weakly struggling to be free against the strange curse the vampire placed upon it… but to no avail; it only made Saeth more starving for the blood. He was finally free of his invisible restraints. Rin's eyes were wide in fear, never having seen the horror of a vampire feeding. It was as if Saeth didn't have control over his own body anymore; his mind yielding to the curse of blood thirst. Blood spurted onto the wall as Saeth's fangs pierced the demons throat savagely and blood dribbled down the vampire's chin. Rin would be scarred for life because of this but there was no stopping it. She couldn't tear her eyes away no matter how hard she tried. She felt strange…as if she wanted to be in Saeth's place…killing the demon. She forced that urge down, finding it scary that she even thought about it. The sound of a body dropping on the ground tore her out of her thoughts as she saw Saeth stand there, breathing heavily. The vampire turned around slowly and lifted his head to look at her; eyes wide and changed. Their color startled her out of her mind for they had changed into a demonic red.

"S-Saeth?" stuttered Rin

Blood dripped from the corners of his mouth, his mouth open slightly ajar as if his mind wasn't there. He stood awkwardly, tilting to the left a degree. She saw the blood in his mouth, covering his fangs and teeth, as well as his lips, dripping down mixed with a tinge of saliva. What had gotten into him? He had suddenly become an animal. She yelped when he had taken a few crooked steps forward, towards her. He cocked his head to the side as he abruptly vanished. Suddenly he was in front of her making her scream shortly. A grin got to his face as he watched her expression.

"So huntress." he said casually "How do we approach this kidnap problem of ours?"

Her eyes widened as he smirked.

**---**

Meanwhile in Makai, Christoph and Lucia were basically prisoners in the strange building. A tall, eight foot demon forced Lucia into a cage while three had to be used to chain Christoph down in his. He was putting forth one hell of a fight as he spat molten fire at one of the demons in his struggle. One of the demons however, jabbed two fingers in the back of his neck and shocked him. The demons eyes widened as he cried out in pain before coughing up smoke and going limp. The demons snickered before tossing Christoph into a separate cage next to Lucia's and chained his wrists to the floor.

"What did you do to him?!" wailed Lucia, her mind being overwhelmed

"Just stunned him, don't worry…He'll live for now." Chuckled a dark voice

"Who are you?" demanded Lucia, her voice shaking with fear

"My dear." Purred a man who came out from the shadows, "You may call me Artix."

He reached into the cage and grabbed her chin to pull her closer. Her eyes were filled with fear but her face was set like stone. Artix smiled before turned her face over, examining her before releasing her and taking his arm back.

"I must say…Saeth has good taste." He said, glancing at the waking demon "On both sides of the playing field…"

Lucia glared at the man as he knelt down in front of Christoph's cage. The young demon shakily got up to his knees before finding that he was chained. Artix watched him amusedly before chuckling, making Christoph look at him with hate.

"Bastard." spat the fire demon, trying to use his fire but found that he couldn't

"Can't use your little fire powers?" said Artix "Too bad."

He got up and smirked.

"You both will be receiving harsh punishment." chuckled Artix coldly