On the walk back from Dracula's castle I tried out my new speed. Running up and down the path before Michael could take three steps.
"Stop that!", he shouted.
"Is someone jealous?", I teased.
Finally I was able to get my speed under control and walk like a normal 'human' when we arrived back in town. Quickly we arrived at the hotel and bought a train ticket and waited in our cabin to head back to London. Soon the train jolted forward and they started off back to Northern France, on the ferry to cross the English channel and back to their warehouse in London.
"You're back!", Nelson shouted from our room.
"Yes, be quiet!", I laughed.
We talked a bit and he was gone, we had to plan our trip back to the others.
"We're going back? After what Marcus said? I don't think that's a very good idea.", Michael doubted my idea.
"I know. I need to beat some sense into him. Literally. He needs to grasp the concept that things aren't going to stay this way forever. Lucian is going to find out about everyone and he won't stop until he finds and kills us all.", I stressed that fact.
I heard a noise, it was the garage door. I peeped around the corner, it was Nelson. Once the door was closed I ran down to greet him.
"Woah!", he gasped, "How'd you do that?"
"Long story. Don't take this the wrong way, but why are you here again?", I asked.
"I have something that I thought might help.", he said handing me a sheet of folded paper.
I opened it and it was a map of this block with patrol times of the Lycans.
"Thank you! You've helped us so much!", I praised him.
I zipped back up to our room and showed Michael.
"Do you think we can trust this guy?", he asked unsure.
"We have no choice. It's already been a week since we were excommunicated. They can't stay secret forever."
I looked over our cheat-cheat and the only time when our block was completely in the dark so to speak was between 11:30 p.m. and 11:36 p.m.
"Not much time.", Michael laughed.
"Not much time at all, but we'll have to make it quick."
Our time gap was closing in on us and we weren't quite prepared.
I slipped into my leather cat suit, laced up my bullet proof corset, clipped on my holsters and slipped my pistols into them. I was ready.
"Selene, four minutes.", Michael warned.
We waited by the door. We couldn't use the garage door due to it's extremely loud sound so we settled for the person sized door beside it.
"Two minutes."
My heart began to beat fast. Building anxiety. We had to make it to the manhole cover and inside in the time frame, or we'd be dead.
"Selene, you can make it. You're much faster. Remember.", Michael reminded me of my new power.
I calmed.
"Now!"
I threw open the door and Michael closed it behind me, I sprinted, dragging Michael behind me. We made it. Lifting up the cover, slipping in and letting it drop closed.
We stood perfectly still in the dark corridor for a moment then silently moved toward the throne room. I stopped, my head turning in all directions.
"What is it?", Michael whispered.
"They know we're hear. I hear Marcus.", I said.
We ran to the throne room, plowing through the door, no use in being silent now.
"Why Selene, what a pleasant surprise.", Marcus laughed.
"Grow up. I'm not here to play your games. I'm here to give you an ultimatum.", I said flatly.
"Hahaha! You? Tell me what to do? Hahahha.", he laughed.
"We need to make headway in the war. Lucian is going to find out about all of you. It's only a matter of time and I'm not going to let you kill the remains of our race."
He looked up at the ceiling, tapping his chin.
"Good point my child.", he started, "The only problem is, the meer six hundred years you have as a vampire aren't enough to make a decision like this."
I was furious. Because of my inexperience he was going to doom what remained of the vampires.
"No, I'm done playing your games. I'm going to save us and you're not going to stand in the way.", I shouted. A crowd gathered in the doorway.
Marcus stood in anger and walked to me.
"Are you challenging me?", he asked.
I pressed my forehead to his, staring into his eyes.
"You bet."
I shoved him, sending him crashing into the throne, broken stones scattering across the room. Guards rushed me, in a flash I disarmed them, tearing their arms out of their sockets. Once the guards were gone, it was just me and Marcus. No one else dared to intervene.
"I've told you Marcus, I'm not playing games. I'm serious this time.", I said approaching him.
He scrambled to his feet, "Selene, you're breaking alot of laws here."
"Oh, and who made those laws? THE elder. THE Dracula, whom I've received the gift of these powers."
His face went expressionless.
"YOU DRANK FROM HIM?", he screamed.
I smiled.
He lunged for me, infuriated.
I moved out of the way as he flew past me I grabbed his hair, yanking back fracturing several vertebra.
A gasp escaped from the crowd as Marcus' lifeless body dropped in a heap on the floor. Placing my boot on his head and crushing his skull, I was finished.
"Now.", I started loud and clear, "I rule you. You obey only I."