here's my update...dunno when the next one will be, i got a job so i dunno when i'll get the chance to write more...but i made this one longer so you'd get more...JG
She didn't know how long she was locked in the concrete room; far too long, by her standards. For what could have been days, she struggled against the thick leather straps that held her arms and legs to the cot. The straps were positioned so they were impossible to bite, and even if she managed to get a hand free, she was still fucked. There were straps on her biceps, just beyond the reach of her teeth. Also, she had restraints passing over her hips and chest, making it so, even if her arms were free, impossible to sit up. Separate thick strips of leather bound her thighs, calves and ankles.
After what seemed like forever, and probably a broken hand, Jaden wriggled a hand free. She could still only bend her elbow to move her hand, and she couldn't bend to reach the other strap on her arm. Frustrated, she tried jerking her arm, in hopes to break the strap. It did work a little. Again and again, she thrashed her arm upwards, until eventually, the band of leather snapped.
Savagely grinning in her success, she ripped the bond away from her other arm, before proceeding to pull off the restraints to her chest. A few moments later, she was standing in the middle of the room, wondering what to do next. The door James had exited out of had no handle on the inside, and looked to be solid concrete. It probably also had a steel reinforcement. She wouldn't be going out that door until someone on the outside opened it.
Pacing back and forth until she was sure she'd wear a hole in the concrete floor, it was apparent that she was going a little insane. She couldn't stop wringing her hands and images of bloody scenes passed before her eyes. There were instances when Blood Lust loomed up inside her so powerfully that she was forced to her knees gasping for air as her mind was invaded with a terrible thirst for blood.
Eventually, after a particularly bad instance of Blood Lust, Jaden was unable to rise again. She lay pathetically on the floor in a heap, aching in her need, yet unable to abate it. Her eyes rolled back into her head as a more intense bout of Lust seized her. With the feeling of drowning in a pool of blood, Jaden lost all track of time and what went on around her.
When she awoke, it was because the room seemed to heave in what could only be explained as an explosion. Weakly, Jaden pushed herself up into a sitting position. The slight movement caused her head to throb and her want for blood seemed to increase ten fold with the change of altitude. Body wanting to lose consciousness, Jaden slowly forced herself to stand. She could sense something coming; she didn't know what or how, but she knew that she didn't want to be huddled in a heap on the floor when it came. Swaying slightly on her feet, Jaden could hear what sounded like a far off explosion. As she stared at the ceiling in apprehension, the door burst open. Her exhausted mind watched distantly as her cell was invaded by people.
"Damn it, I thought she was tied up," a large Vampire said, striding into the room. Who was he, Jaden's foggy mind wondered. Marcus? No. Mathew? Definitely not. Ma…Ma…Maddox! That was it. Maddox.
Oblivious to Jaden's inebriated state, Maddox pinned Jaden to the nearest wall with his forearm pressing into her throat. "Clear," he called to someone outside Jaden's prison cell. James strode in looking slightly harassed, but he smirked slightly when he saw the condition of the restraints on the cot in the corner of the room.
"Can't…breath!" Jaden wheezed as her airway was being crushed under Maddox's arm. The big man gave her a withering look, but lifted his arm slightly, allowing the blue-faced woman to breath better. Sparing her assailant an annoyed glare, she observed that besides Maddox and James, there were six other Vampires present. Two were Vanessa Cartier and the blond Vampire from James' office, Andrew. Three of the new Vampires were men who would have fit in well at the Organization. They looked like bodyguards and when Jaden considered that some of the most powerful Nichelle Vampires were in the same room as her, she guessed that's what they were. The last person was a woman who would have looked completely at home in either a whorehouse or a strip club. She was the sluttiest woman Jaden had ever seen, and Jaden had had experience with a wide variety of people. Annoyed that she was still being held against the wall when it was apparent she wasn't going to harm anyone, Jaden gripped Maddox's wrist and forced the arm pinning her away. From the look of slight shock on the large man's face, he hadn't been expecting Jaden to have the strength to push him away. In fact, the job had been rather easy. Giving him a slight push she moved around and away from him and, directly addressing James and ignoring everyone else, she asked icily, "What the hell is going on?" Whatever had been incapacitating her a moment before, was being funneled and used as fuel to create a cold, dispassionate person, emulating contempt and confidence. A person completely opposite Agent Jaden Korr in other words.
"The Nichelle are under attack," James replied frostily, he held out his hand and took a bag from one of the bodyguards. As he removed items of clothing and handed them to Jaden, he explained, "It would seem that someone has been indiscrete with sensitive information, revealing to our enemies you have joined our ranks. Put that on," he added, indicating the clothes he'd given Jaden. "As we speak, the enemy is ripping apart the Compound to find you. Whether they want you to join them, or to destroy you; we can obviously allow neither to happen." Jaden nodded, the last thing she wanted was to be captured by a different League. "Why haven't you gotten dressed?" James asked irritably.
Jaden gave him a horrified, shock and disgusted look, "I am not changing in front of all these people!" she cried indignantly.
James just rolled his eyes in exasperation and told everyone to leave. After the room was cleared of all people but the two of them, he asked, "happy?"
Shooting him a scathing look, turning her back and doing the job very quickly, Jaden stripped and pulled on the new garments. Surveying what she looked like, she furiously turned around, folding her arms over her chest hissing, "I am not going out like this. I look like a total slut."
Surveying her with insulting liberty, James just shrugged as he inspected the shirt that was made of tight black leather-like material, which was so small that it showed skin an inch above her navel and dipped far down her chest. The shirt looked ready to either split or her breasts to burst out with every breath she took. It preposterously had long sleeves. Along with the shirt, she also wore a pair of tight, low-rise, dark colored jeans. They swooped so low that most of her hipbone showed. Jaden hated feeling so exposed, alone in a room with a much stronger man; a stronger Vampire.
James smirked at her and told her, "Obviously, you may not leave this room and go wandering around the Compound or very well the city, as Agent Jaden Korr with the Vampires. We are disguising you as a Newborn of a different master," he strode to the door and opened it. "Ian, come in here," James ordered. Instantaneously, one of the "bodyguards" walked in, holding the same bag that Jaden's new clothes had been in. Ian reached into the bag and withdrew a wig from within. Wordlessly, he handed it to James, who in turn tossed it to Jaden. Vanessa, who'd come in right after Ian had, helped Jaden tuck the last straggly amounts of hair under the wig and secured it with hairpins. James took a small case from the bag and walked towards Jaden as he opened it. The case contained contact lenses. Head being held still by Vanessa, Jaden had contact lenses inserted as James explained, "Until I say so, you are Maria Diaz. That is the only name you are to respond to. Understood?" With the last word he gripped her shoulders and shook her hard. Mutely, Jaden nodded. "Good," James gruffly replied. "Ian is your master, you must obey him or your cover will be destroyed. Remember also, Maria is a bloodthirsty being who is prone to violence, so try to stay in character," the last part was said with a sneer.
Jaden frowned, "who is that girl in the hall then?"
Smiling James answered, "Jaden Korr."
"What?" Jaden was stunned. Looking around, she saw that the clothes she had been wearing were gone. Glancing down at the fake hair that hung down on her shoulder, it was the same color as the slutty woman's; Jaden was also willing to bet that her eyes were the same shade of green as well.
Just at that moment, there was an explosion overhead; much louder than the last had been. Grabbing her wrist, her "Master", Ian, pulled her from the room crying, "come on! We have no time to lose."
As they ran past the Vampires waiting out in the hall, Jaden glimpsed a woman who could have easily been mistaken for her. The nine of them sprinted down the hall until they reached a fork. Halting there, James ordered, "Jaden, Vanessa, David and Christof, come with me. Maddox, you take care of the rest of them." The man turned and started running down the hall, followed by the other four. Jaden knew that James had spoken of the imposter when he's said her name. Jaden was going with the other group. She didn't need the shove that Ian gave her to know which direction she was to go in.
After many tense moments of running, ducking through doorways, and stumbling as the floor rocked with explosions, the four of them ended up in a parking garage. It was into a dark green SUV that they threw themselves in as Maddox gunned the engine, sending them speeding out into the dark streets.
They had been underway for less than five minutes when the back windscreen exploded as a dark car pulled up behind them and its passengers opened fire. With a snarl, Andrew, who was seated in the back next to Jaden, drew a gun from his waistband and, sheltered behind his headrest, fired three shots in rapid succession. After the third shot, the car veered sideways crashing into a building. Watching the events unfolding in the rear-view, Maddox sneered commenting, "Three shots Andrew? You are out of practice it seems."
Enraged it seemed, Andrew ground his teeth and retorted, "Didn't you see the gunfire stop after the first shot? As I recall, it would have taken you at least three shots to hit one person. I hit three in three shots." This part was said smugly and arrogantly. It seemed Andrew was an accomplished gunman. Maddox didn't reply, but simply glared at the other Vampire in the mirror. Andrew just smirked and turned to stare out the back window to be sure that they weren't being followed still.
For a short time, things were fine; it seemed the danger had passed. Almost immediately after Andrew had turned around and properly resumed his seat, the window next to Jaden shattered. With a cry of surprise, Jaden threw herself flat onto the seat, practically into Andrew's lap, to her disgust. Ian, on the opposite side of the car, opened his window and perched so his upper body stuck out of the car, while his hips and below remained inside. Turning, he fired several shots at the rooftop across from him. There was a scream in the distance, and Jaden glimpsed a dark shape falling from one of the roofs. "Did you get them?" Maddox asked when Ian lowered himself back into the car and Jaden sat up again.
Panting slightly, Ian nodded slightly, "I think so."
Staring at him for his lack of certainty, Jaden snapped, "Well, don't you think it a good idea if you were completely sure?" Ian turned and gaped at her as if she'd just sprouted another head and tentacles. Rolling her eyes, Jaden snatched his gun from his hand and leaned out the window, staring back in the direction they'd come. Amazingly, Jaden found that she could see clearer than she usually could during the day. Able to see all the way back to the rooftop from which the fire had come from, though it must have been more than a mile behind them. Glimpsing movement, she fired two shots. All movement stopped. She fired one more shot to be sure, aiming for the generator near where the movement had been. The generator exploded magnificently, and even from their far vantage, they could hear the roar and see the dark shapes of bodies thrown high before crashing down into the street.
Settling herself back in her seat, Jaden handed the shocked Vampire his gun and coldly informed him, "You missed a few."
Andrew roared with laugher at the look on Ian's face. Maddox smirked when the enraged Vampire turned around and met the larger man's eye. Still chuckling, Andrew turned to look behind them, surprising everybody when he swore loudly. Without turning he exclaimed, "Fucking shit, we got Agents on our tail."
Terrified Jaden looked behind them. It was true; the distinctive car of the Agent's night watch was speeding up behind them, gaining ground with every passing movement. Shit, Jaden thought, if we are caught, I'll be killed along with the others because of this damnable disguise. Even if I weren't disguised they'll think I've gone over. Her heart was hammering in her chest. Beside her, she saw Andrew raising his gun, but just when he pulled the trigger, Maddox swerved into a side-street, causing his shot to go wide. As he tried to regain his aim, Jaden snatched the weapon from his grip and fired shots at the front tires of the pursuing vehicle and a few into its front grill, then, taking careful aim, shot the driver of the car. The pursuers swerved and slammed into a lamppost. Jaden's aim had been true; she'd hit the Agent in the shoulder.
Clapping her on the shoulder, grinning, Andrew cried, "Great shot Kor—Diaz." He'd barely caught his mistake. From the driver's seat, Maddox grunted in agreement as he drifted a corner.
Jaden grinned unenthusiastically and settled back in her seat, hoping she didn't know the Agents in the car. Hoping he was alright after the crash. She also hoped that the Vampires didn't see that she was attacking the car directly instead of the occupants.
The rest of the drive was uneventful, as it seemed all pursuit had been shaken off. Ten minutes or so, they pulled into a parking garage and paused by a pillar in the middle of the lot. Maddox opened his window and pressed his hand against the post. There was a chiming sound and then a terrible grating sound. Jaden audibly gasped as the floor in front of the SUV began to break up and part of it sink. An instant later, where unmarked pavement had been, a ramp lead down into a tunnel below the floor.
As if this were nothing out of the ordinary, Maddox proceeded to drive the car down the ramp and they drove through the pitch-black tunnel. For the longest time, the only light was from their headlights, but then, out of the darkness, another car came from the opposite direction, racing towards the exit. Fifteen minutes more of driving and Jaden glimpsed what appeared to be a light; what could have been the end of the tunnel.
The SUV pulled out into another parking lot a moment later. Maddox steered the car out and across the street into the garage of a building there. When he'd parked in the corner of the lot, he switched off the ignition and without a word, got out of the car. Andrew and Ian followed in suit. Reluctantly, Jaden got out as well, but as she did, she could see that this was a chance for her to escape. The garage doors were open, and freedom from the Vampires beyond. She stood still, staring at them, weighing her options. She was still considering what to do when a voice quietly said in her ear, "If you run Jaden, you will not survive to the end of the night."
Turning, she glared up into Andrew's face, snarling, "Is that a threat?"
He shook his head gravely and murmured, "It's was warning. The Nichelle will not give up their prize easily; the Agents will not allow you to be a Vampire and rejoin their ranks; and any other League you make contact with will see you as an Agent first, and a Vampire second. You have no choice but to stay with us." All was said in an undertone, so that Ian and Maddox did not overhear and try to stop Jaden by force.
Jaden took one last look at what was probably her only chance of escape and turned away from it. Andrew was right, she had no choice. Her place was now with the League of Nichelle; with the Vampires.
