Chapter 3
"ALEX!" a man's agonized voice sounded through the Gard headquarters. "OPEN UP!"
The racket jolted Charlotte awake. She sat up straight on her bed. She saw that Caroline was already out of bed. She got out of bed as well. She quickly put on a jacket and headed out to investigate. She saw Durik quickly run to the door. He looked into the peephole for half a second, and then opened the door, yelling "ATTACKERS INCOMING!" He motioned to the agents downstairs, who were stationed with guns, arrows, and knives.
He quickly brought the man inside and steered him to a safe area. The man looked disoriented and he was breathing heavily. He leaned on Durik for support, and his legs kept buckling. Durik laid him down gently on the ground and ran back towards the fight.
He picked up a bow and started shooting. Charlotte saw that his aim was extremely accurate. At times, he launched two arrows at once, with impressive skill. There still seemed to be at least about 60 enemy soldiers, against the Gard, which had only about 20. She quickly picked up her gun, and started shooting as she came downstairs. She had taken down 11 soldiers, when someone struck her hard from behind. The edges of her vision started to grow fuzzy, but she managed to deliver a back kick to the attacker. She then turned around and saw that he had taken out a knife. Before he could make use of the opportunity, she shot him expertly in the heart. She saw Caroline cry out in pain, and ran to help her. She had been shot several times, but she was still breaking necks and twisting arms. Charlotte tripped one of Caroline's attackers, shot him, then instinctively dodged a punch from another attacker. She tried to shoot him in the head, but she realized she had run out of bullets. In that split second, the woman took advantage of Charlotte's pause, and attempted to stab her with a jagged blade. Charlotte was caught off guard, but tried to dodge as best she could. Luckily, Caroline saw this and snapped the woman's neck with vampire speed.
Charlotte released a quick sigh of relief, and went to take on another attacker. The battle didn't last much longer. It was over in ten more minutes. Durik sent a team to dispose of their dead enemies, and went to examine the state of everyone's injuries. "Caroline!" he called. "I know what you are capable of. We have seven people you must heal. Or else they will die within minutes."
He led her to those people, and Caroline rushed to feed them her blood. She then went on to heal everybody else. Charlotte said "Thanks, Care," when she healed her. She felt so much better. She had obtained a fair share of bruises, as well as a deep cut. It was amazing how fast the vampire blood healed her.
Caroline looked around to see if anyone else was in need of her help. She looked to Durik, who had gone to the man who had knocked on the door. Caroline called, "Durik, do you need my blood too?"
Caroline ran to him, and Charlotte followed her. She was curious to see this man who had brought so much danger to them. The Gard had suffered three casualties in that skirmish.
The man's shirt was bloodstained, and he had a dark streak of blood running down the side of his head, continuing down his neck. His dark hair was matted with blood. Charlotte said reassuringly, "Hey, we have someone who can heal you up."
Caroline finished healing Durik and looked at the man. She slowly dropped to her knees, her wide eyes transfixed upon his face. "K-Klaus?" she stammered.