DA: And chapter 4. This one has a little bit of fluff in it. I don't own anything that has to do with Trinity Blood. I only own Nikki my Oc.

Chapter 4

Nikki ran down the grand hall to the throne room. She passed many Methuselah on her way. Some she knew others she didn't but one stood out to her because of who he looked like.

"Radu?" She was speechless really. Ion had told her that Radu had died.

"Yes Princess?" He smiled at her and she knew what was going on.

"Oh I'm just glad that you are well. My brother had sent word of your death back to us in letters but we were not sure if it was true. Now if you'll excuse me Mother had sent for me. I'll see you later Radu."

She ran past him and right into the throne room. "Your eminence. You summoned me?"

"Yes my child please help Radu in any way you can to catch the Earl of Memphis."

"But your eminence this is my brother! I assure you what ever happened wasn't his doing."

She looked at Nikki sternly. "Please Princess I know what he is to you and that is why I am asking you to help. I know that if I leave it up to Radu then your brother will surely be dead when I need to talk to him about what happened on his mission."

Nikki looked at her and bowed. "Thank you your eminence, for choosing me to help him on this mission. I fear that the Radu that we knew is no more."

"I fear that you are right my child. Now lets be on our way. Astha will have to keep your brother safe until we figure out what is happening."

"Mother I also fear that the Order has infiltrated our home and that some of our friends and family could be working behind our backs to help the enemy. I believe that Radu is the master mind behind this."

"I believe you are right. Your brother went to see his grandmother and that has led to problems."

Nikki frowned. "I told him not to do that because I knew it was a trap. You summoned me before I could tell him directly but Father Nightroad was to keep him away from our home."

*fast forward to the trip to the graveyard.*

"Radu what are you doing taking off like that!" yelled the red head.

"Sorry milady. I didn't know that it was a crime to walk around my own home town." he said sarcastically.

"You are not to leave my sight!"

"Forgive me then for disobeying you milady." he said bowing.

Nikki looked up to see Ion looking at Radu. 'Oh no!'

Radu looked right at him too.

Ion cried out in rage as he jumped from the shadows at Radu. Radu had his own sword out and started to battle with Ion. After a few minutes the sword was aimed at Ion's head and Nikki gasped in fear for her adopted brother. But the sword missed and ended up next to Ion's head instead.

"I-Ion s-top the e-empress. I-it's a trap."

"Radu?"

"Shut up you stupid corpse." said the man that looked like Radu.

"You monster!" Ion jumped at Radu and failed.

Ester was there too. 'What are they doing?'

"No!" yelled the empress. "I want them alive!"

"Yes milady."

"Baibars! Take them to the dungeon and keep them safe."

"Yes princess."

Radu smiled at Ion before he blacked out and Nikki was worried about her friends.

"Please forgive me for asking but why are we going to save them from their fate?"

Nikki looked at Radu's body and noticed that it was stiffer than it was when they lived with Ion. 'Something's not right with him.'

"We're saving them so that we can hear their part of the story and see what we can do after that. If you question mother again Radu you're going with them." Nikki said with a stern look on her face. Her eyes were throwing daggers at the man that was using Radu like a pawn in a game of chess.

When everyone got to the mausoleum, everything exploded. Nikki tried to run in after the empress but it was no use. The building was collapsing and there was nothing that she could do. Radu looked at Nikki and frowned.

"You were in on this the whole time weren't you!"

Nikki looked at everyone. "No you all know full well that I would never do anything to hurt the empress. And Radu! I'm not stupid stop acting so innocent! You're the one that did all this!"

Suleynam looked at Nikki and frowned. "From this moment on you are to be held in your room and you are not to leave it for any reason. And princess," he grinned evilly. "Your dead wrong about who is behind this." He whispered in her ear as she was dragged off to her room in the palace.

*at the palace*

"Suleyman you bastard! Let me out!" Nikki started to cry. "Why are you doing this!"

"Aw look at the little Angel that got locked away again. See what happens when you try to help?" Radu said from the window.

"Fuck you! Your not Radu. He would never try to hurt Ion or me for that matter. He was our brother!" The tears fell down her face as she tried to hit the man in front of her.

"Now now there will be none of that princess. After all Master Cain did say that he wanted the pleasure of killing you himself."

At that her eyes went wide and she grabbed her knife and cut the man. "You can tell that fucking bastard that he can go fuck himself!"

"Now that's not nice."

"Yea well if it wasn't for him I would never have gotten into this mess of a war he started! He dragged me in when he killed LILITH!" She had him pined to the wall but flinched as she saw Cain's face looking into the window.

He turned just right and she ended up pined in his place. "Oh by the way my name is Dietrich. You might as well start calling me that. This body had its usefulness but alas its time has run out."

"You MONSTER!"

Dietrich crashed his lips to hers and forced an odd smelling liquid into her mouth. After a few seconds Nikki's body went limp in his arms.

"That's much better."

He laid her down on the bed and tied her hands to the head board. He couldn't help but feel a rising lust for her as he watched her breasts move up and down with every breath she took.

"Damn that Cain. He's so lucky to have a girl like her. I wish that I had time to do anything but I must be going.' He glanced back at her sleeping face and smiled. "Rest my dear. You're going to need it when master Cain gets his way."

~To Be Continued~