It happened so fast Dylan wasn't even able to comprehend what happened, something very abnormal for her. Losing communication with Gavril sent her emotional state nearly tumbling down a cliff. She had been edgy and could barely sit still, stress peeking for her. When she heard the squeal of the tires, that's when time seemed to change. The crunch happened so fast, before she knew it the S.U.V was tumbling. The S.U.V rolled twice before dropping that long distance to the highway.
Dylan couldn't move, her seatbelt nearly strangling her as it held her in place. She weakly struggled against the airbag for a few seconds before she saw the hand reaching for her. She knew she should fight against it. Dylan knew bad things would happen if it grabbed her, but now red was mixing into her fading vision, and before she knew it the blackness on the edge of her vision became all she knew.
There was death here, the air reeked with it. Gavril stayed in the form of mist as he moved through the house which was in shambles. The human must have tracked down one of their layers, and stumbled into her own doom. There was blood everywhere, which lead Gavril to assume he hadn't made it in time and that she certainly was dead. As he traveled through the house, Gavril felt a familiar alarm go off, something that told him something wasn't right.
Gavril's form shimmered into vision in front of the cellar's door. He stood outside now, knowing where that evil tainting the air was coming from. The doors were no doubt heavily safeguarded, but being an ancient so powerful it only took him a few mere moments to smash through them. As he descended into the cellar, it seemed almost as if he floated down the stairs.
The chamber was large and even had a few sub-chambers. The blood streaking the walls was fresher down here. It almost looked as if a human had literally blown up. A shiver rolled down his spine, something he was not familiar with. He needed to learn quickly to contain these emotions Dylan had woken in him.
He moved through the chambers quietly and slowly, analyzing every detail. That's when he felt the throb of power. It hit him hard, nearly knocking him to his knees. Gavril punched through the door behind him in a whirl of fury and power. Before him stood two large vampires, hunched over a woman's body. Their head's snapped up as he charged through the room, catching them off guard. In one fluid movement he snapped the neck of the smaller vampires. His moment of surprise was over, though, as the other vampire leaped over the body and launched himself on top of Gavril. The vampire got one large cut in before Gavril shifted, sending the vampire off balance and tumbling forward.
Turning back into solid form behind the vampire, Gavril punched through his back and grabbed a hold of the blackened heart, ripping it through his body. Tossing the heart to the side, Gavril moved through the room with blurring speed, ripping the leg of the cold table where Jessica's body lay, and used the leg to light on fire and incinerate the evil heart.
Gavril turned his attention back to the vampire with the broken neck, who was now crossing the room to attack. This one was slow, and now significantly weakened. Gavril was on him quickly, tossing him easily across the room. He was on him within seconds, ripping his heart out as the vampire racked his talons arm. Using the leg once again, Gavril quickly incinerated the black organ. The vampires were weak, clearly underlings who had gotten a lucky kill. Gavril lifted Jessica's body off the table and nearly floated off out of the cellar. As soon as he took to the skies, he sought out his mental link with Dylan. When he was met with silence and darkness, his heart leapt. "Dylan!" He screamed it mentally, hoping to wake her from whatever was wrong with her. Again, no response. Fear struck him hard, and he dropped Jessica's body off at Dylan's hotel room.
Gavril searched the streets via the sky for fifteen minutes before he found the wreckage. His heart sunk and the fear began to manifest into something stronger; panic. He dropped from the sky, keeping his body hidden from the humans now swarming the scene, investigating as well. There were bodies, but her's was not among them. One body, one of her friends, was being lifted into an ambulance as he clung for life. The S.U.V was destroyed, and it was clear by the damage that it was no accident. Someone had hit them head on, causing them to tumble over the edge of the bridged freeway.
As Gavril examined the wreckage, he caught her trail. It was weak and fading, but it was there. Gavril desperately followed the link as he took to the sky in his mist form, screaming through the air at an incredibly fast pace.
"Don't… Stay… Trap!" It was faint, but he heard her words loud and clear. Despite everything, despite the fact that he could clearly hear she was dying, she tried to protect him. Gavril's stomach wretched in an unfamiliar way as he streaked even faster through the skies. His worry also grew stronger. She was not human, both halves of her were so strong, the accident shouldn't have hurt her this much. Something was wrong. Gavril traveled at an even faster pace until he realized he was being led out of the city. Into the wilderness. To a vampire layer.
As he grew closer to the looming trap, he was able to reconnect with Dylan, to his relief. "You can't… They know… you are coming…"
"What is happening, describe it to me." He had to keep her talking, force her to stay alive.
"If you come... they will… win… It's what they-" Dylan cut out and Gavril felt a tinge of panic. Gavril followed the link back to her, forcing his way in. Pain erupted in his stomach and he almost lost his concentration and shifted forms in the sky. They were torturing her to find him. "It's what they want. Please…"
"I will find you." He said it as a promise as he raced through the maze of trees and nearly into a small shack. It was rotten, and falling apart, barely enough room for someone to live, but she was there, he could feel it.
Gavril burst open the front door of the cottage with barely any effort, the door itself was nearly falling off the hinges to begin with. It took him less than a second to realize there was no one in the cottage. They had tricked him. It was impossible, but they did. Rage swept through him and the small furniture flew across the room. He turned, looking for something, anything to go off of. Anything to find a lead. That was when he noticed it. Everything about the room was off. Gavril circled again, his eyes now focused on the floor. The floor wasn't real. In a blur of motion, Gavril used his wait to destroy the floor, and he fell through it.
"No… Go… Flee…" Her communications were so much weaker now, and growing weaker with each second. He scanned the tunnel he now stood in. It was dark, damp and moldy. The air itself felt toxic, poisonous and evil. Gavril needed to move quickly, he was running out of time.
The tunnel was simple enough, a few doors leading to other rooms here and there but he knew exactly where she was. He'd be able to find her anywhere, she'd never leave him again. The door to her room blew off its hinges and immediately his senses were assaulted with the most foul smell. Panic struck him once again, and he did his best to ignore it. Now was when he needed his level head the most.
Before he could even enter the room, he was being attacked. The vampire was animalistic, rabid and gone. The kill was easy, just a snap of the neck to stun him and Gavril punched his way through his heart in a fluid movement, pulling the black and twisted organ from his chest.
Gavril burst through the empty doorway, his eyes quickly taking in the room. A table stood in the middle of a small, bare room where Dylan lay helplessly. Her eyes were half open, skin as pale as a sheet, and tubes ran out of her arms, at her head stood two tall and menacing vampires. It took him only a small second, but he recognized one of them as a child hood friend, Derek Irinov. His face and body, once so powerful and strong, were now rotting, showing he had given into the darkness some time ago.
"Irinov-"
"'Bout time you showed up. Look at this, ain't it great! Thanks to a little human tech we are able to put down one of our greatest challenges yet. Look at her, pathetic!" Rage shook Gavril's body, and without a second more he launched his attack. He moved with great speed, attacking Irinov's man, but not Irinov himself. As he orchestrated his attack, he was careful to knock out some of the tubes in Dylan's body.
"Quick… The master is luring you into a trap… His creature below." Gavril heard Dylan's warning louder and much clearer this time, she was gaining her strength back quickly. Gavril dodged another blow from Irinov's man, but focused his attention on the ground below. Something certainly did not feel right, and from the fact that Irinov had been completely absent from the battle so far, Gavril knew his window was closing quickly.
Turning his attention back to Irinov, Gavril used his weapon of choice, his fire whip to distract him. His attack fell short, however, as his slave threw himself in front of the attack. There was a loud cry and the abomination shifted into a halfling form. He had the scaly tail and snout of an alligator with the body of a bear, an ugly combination. Gavril hurled his attack, throwing everything he had at the creature.
Another loud cry caught Gavril and the beast's attention, it came from Irinov. Dylan half stood, half slumped against the table, Irinov now lay on the other side of the room, bleeding from his side profusely. Gavril's opponent now lunged at Dylan, who was too slow to dodge the attack. Gavril threw himself at the beast, causing him to miss completely killing her, but from her small scream he could tell the beast got in a good blow.
"Stop this! You are too weak, you must rest!" Desperation hung in Gavril's voice as he kept up with his opponent and worried over Dylan.
"His creature… It's coming!" It was her only warning, and he knew he didn't have a choice now. The floor rolled, nearly causing him to lose balance. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see Dylan stumble to the floor as Irinov stood once more. Gavril knew his window had closed, and he fought more desperately, landing several crippling blows which forced the creature in front of him to shift back into his vampire form. Punching through his chest, Gavril ripped his heart free and used his whip to incinerate the blackened organ. Now he could focus his attention on Irinov.
As the floor rolled once again, this time even stronger, Gavril took to the air in the form of a strong hawk, diving at his prey's outstretched hands and taking one off.
"No!" The yell was horse and very angry. Irinov's efforts had successfully been stopped, his enemy distracted from summoning his spawn from hell. A force hit Gavril, nearly knocking him off balance, and in a second Irinov was upon him, claws scratching like mad.
"I will turn you, in front of your bitch. I will make her see her hero get ripped from her and get sucked into the darkness. I will make her suffer the pain of losing you. You will wish you had never been born!" Irinov raved, showing all signs that he was completely and utterly gone. Teeth snapped at Gavril's neck, but before he could attack blood poured onto him from Irinov's chest. Irinov choked in confusion, looking down at himself. A gross sucking sound told Gavril that Irinov's heart had been ripped from his chest.
Irinov turned, eyes red with rage, but before he could attack, Gavril threw him out of the way, ripped the pumping heart from Dylan's hands, and incinerated it in a flash of heat and fire. Before him, Dylan was on her knees, her wounds deep, skin pale, and hair a wild, blood coated disaster. Gavril's heart skipped a beat and he rushed forward, pulling her into his arms. "Come on, let's go home."
A/N: Alright guys, I finally posted the next chapter. Sorry about the wait!Dx Anyway hopefully it won't take as long with the next chapter. I struggled a bit with this one too. Thank for all the reviews it's great to hear the feedback! Soon Dylan and Gavril will be able to build their relationship together, so look forward to that!
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