Chapter 12: Melissah

Grayson smiled and stood up "I wondered how long would I have to wait till you came crawling back, Talbain."

I heard the faint cry of a girl to the right.

"Who's that?" I asked.

He ignored me. "You two may leave now". He turned and sat back down and raised an eyebrow when he saw Richard and Alexandria still there, defying him.

"Leave!" He repeated, they flinched but they didn't move.

Grayson's face twisted and turned to look at me as I walked closer.

"Where are Christine and Samantha?" I asked bluntly.

He didn't reply, instead he called out a single name "Rewall."

Instantly I was pushed back towards a wall as Rewall forced me aside. "Hey Jonny, miss me? I missed you" he taunted me.

He raised his hand as blades extended from his fingers. He moved to stab me, but Richard moved quickly and threw him back. Rewall extended his wings before he hit the wall working up momentum and came at me again.

Lily kicked Rewall in mid air, sending him crashing into the elevator. Alexandria quickly pressed a button and the elevator went down as Rewall slammed against the door which wouldn't budge.

Grayson sat uneasy. I moved towards him, he stood still, which meant that Melissah must have been nearby.

I asked again. "Where are Christine and Samantha?"

I heard someone hit reinforced glass to my right. I turned to see Samantha, naked and scared pounding on the glass with one hand and covering herself with the other. She yelled out, I couldn't hear her.

I ran towards the glass and threw myself at it, it didn't budge. I kept hitting the glass as two figures in lab outfits pulled her back towards a stretcher; I knew I didn't have much time.

"We... Are here to prevent the Darkstalker race from growing..." started Grayson; he looked tired "Darkstalkers are a plague on this earth."

I ignored him as I threw myself into the glass again and again, but nothing happened. I noticed Christine, who was asleep on one of the stretchers, probably drugged. My fist hit the glass again and again but nothing. I noticed the only door that leads onto that room; it was large and reinforced, it had a numerical keypad with a card reader on the side.

"Jonathan, there is still time for you to join us" said Grayson. "You could help us make this dream come true..."

"Go fuck yourself Grayson, open this door" I said casually.

He stared back, "You asked for it... Get him." A wall opened and the same bull man that was in the school stood in the walls gap, he proceeded to run at me on two legs with his bull horns facing me.

I jumped to one side as he ran moving passed me and went after the others who dodged him easily, as Jeff was agile and the rest were a type of cat. I heard the elevator jam and finally start heading back up; I had a plan.

I waited till the bull man saw me again, I stood in front of the elevator as it opened, I fell out of the way just as Rewall tried stabbing me from behind but only ended up stabbing the bull man who speared him with one of his horns, the elevator was instantly covered with blood, Alexandria sent it back down as both men fell.

We all looked at Grayson who looked at us enraged. "Who the fuck do you think you are?" he bellowed, kicking the seat behind him.

"We just want to save our friends..." I said "open the door."

"Lies! You want to stop me from changing the world!" He pulled a gun and shot me twice. I fell back as the others yelled in horror, I held myself as I bled. It hurt, even as it slowly healed and the bullets oozed out and my skin reformed itself.

"Jonathan, you're ok..." Said Richard as I spat blood.

Grayson shot me three more times, Lily made her way towards me and Grayson shot her too. I grunted under the impact, Lily actually yelled.

The bullets slowly came out of me and Lily as Grayson struggled to reload. Richard jumped on all fours and ran to Grayson, punching him in the face. Grayson flew backwards hitting the floor hard. He finally reloaded and shot at Richard who moved out of the way.

"Tye!" I yelled. "We recover because of the werewolf blood in us, you two would die!"

"I kinda guessed that, Dog." He replied moving quickly so Grayson wouldn't have a clear target.

I moved closer to try and grab Grayson. I didn't move two steps before large eye opened behind his head. I flinched as it stared at me. He turned around and shot me again. I was pushed back with the impact. He then stopped and shot at Alexandria who didn't have time to move

"NO!" yelled out Richard as he jumped on Grayson, knocking him down. I barely had time to place my arm in the way, the bullet hit my hand, the pain shot up and I couldn't help but cry out under the impact as the bullet slowly came out through the other side and fell to the ground. I fell to my knees, holding my hand as blood splashed. It slowly recovered but the pain was crippling. Alexandria knelt next to me; holding me in her arms. Lily did the same.

"Why did you save me?" She asked as my wounds began to heal.

"I have a soft spot for cats..." I replied giving her a small smile.

"Big brother" said Lily then ran towards Grayson in hopes of attacking him. She jumped at him but stopped in mid air, she looked around confused as Melissah made her way into the room.

Lily was thrown to the side and held there as Richard was lifted off Grayson and thrown back towards me and Alexandria.

Grayson stood up and dusted him off, "Took you long enough." He said picking up his gun and aimed it at Richard who struggled to move.

He pulled the trigger, Richard braced himself for the impact and I forced myself to move in front of Richard. I knew I wouldn't make it in time. The bullet came to a complete stop in front of Richard who stared at the bullet in horror. I turned to look at Melissah and so did Grayson.

"Melissah?" He asked.

"You said that we weren't enemies with Darkstalkers. You said we wouldn't hurt them..." Said Melissah with a child like logic.

"These are different..." replied Grayson impatiently, "They must die!"

"You lied to me..." Started Melissah as the bullet hit the ground, Lily was let go and she landed on all four. "You said that you only needed Christine and Samantha as hostages... That you wouldn't experiment on them..."

Grayson's face turned red. "They are bad, they need to be stopped." He pleaded with her, while reloading his gun.

"No... They're not." Said Melissah as she turned to look at Grayson. "These are the nicest people I know."

"You know what..." Started Grayson, he shot at Melissah with his entire clip.

Melissah quickly moved her hands as she deflected the bullets, one of which hit the wall an inch or two left of my face, the last one actually flew back and hit Grayson in the head. Grayson hit the floor slowly and lay still.

Melissah stared at his motionless body, sadly.

I moved towards Melissah, she wouldn't hurt me; she threw herself towards me and wrapped her hands around me, crying loudly. I passed my werewolf hand through her hair. She looked at me.

"I'm sorry Jonathan..." She started with tears filled eyes, "I thought we were making a difference... I didn't know that he did this to every Darkstalker he didn't like." She dug her face into my blood stained shirt and I continued passing my hand through her hair.

"Melissah," I started cautiously, she looked at me "we need to save Christine and Samantha."

She nodded and passed her hand through her eyes. She looked at Grayson's body, it moved slightly as his keycard floated from his pocket, through the air and into my hand.

I took it as Melissah let go. I reached for the keycard slot and slid it. It beeped and the door flew open, but then I heard the elevator move again; we all stared at it, including Melissah.

I waited; I expected several Darkstalkers or men with vary big guns; someone who would stop us. The doors opened to reveal two Darkstalkers: a man and a woman. One was a cat; patches of white fur stood out passed her dress and blouse. Her long blue hair stood motionless. The other was a werewolf, his blue and white fur had splashes of blood everywhere, and I relaxed when I saw them... I relaxed when I saw my parents.