Since the last chapter was a cliffhanger, I was typing as fast as possible to publish it soon. And now, here it is. The next chapter will be the last, so feel free to say what you think I should write the next story about. I have one in plan (which I'm already writing) but I'd like to hear what would you like to read about! So, every idea is welcome!

And now, enjoy!

As the door shot open Dante pushed Zhalia behind himself, ready to protect her even with his own life.

Amy was the first one to react and she moved between Dante and the man. She still wasn't sure who was it, so she didn't want to use spells. Instead, she got ready for an attack.

"Boltflare" the man muttered and an orb appeared in his palm and lighted the room.

"Metz!" Dante said with surprise and relief at the same time.

"Is everyone alright?" Metz asked as he entered the house and closed the door.

"Yes, we are" Amy answered and calmed down.

She was ready to protect the team from Tuomas, but now she relaxed as she realized that he's not brave enough to attack her while she's with more people. She was wondering where is Cherit, when the titan flew in through the window.

"Now, what happened?" Metz asked and stepped to Dante.

Everyone relaxed and sat down. Amy and Dante told them everything that happened during the evening. They were talking almost at the same time, first Dante, than Amy and than again Dante. During that time the electricity and the lights came back, although the storm was still raging with lightning and thunders.

Sophie was sitting in an armchair with Lok standing beside her. They were holding hands while listening to Amy and Dante. Lok wasn't too scared, but Sophie still couldn't believe that a vampire attacked them. She read lots of books, but none of them were talking about how to fight against a vampire. She never saw a vampire fighting, but as she saw her mentor's expression, she was sure that it isn't a nice sight.

Metz was sitting in another armchair, listening carefully. He got really scared when Cherit flew into his office in a rush, yelling that Amy and Dante are in big trouble. The first thing he thought was that they were attacked by some Organization agents, but when Cherit told him that a vampire attacked them, he run out of the HQ not telling anyone where is he going. He wanted to go to the park, but Cherit told him to go better to Dantes house. While he was now listening to Dante he calmed a bit down, although the news were bad. He was glad that Dante was alright and unharmed. He was sure he wouldn't bear it if something happened to Dante.

Amy was sitting on the floor hugging her legs. Lok asked her a few times if she's cold, but she only shook her head. Now that she was sure that they're safe, she tried to relax, but failed. Slowly she started to panic, her heartbeat increased and she was twitching to every little sound. She stood silent and let Dante to finish talking what happened. She never had to fight a vampire ever in her whole life, only when she was practicing with Angelus, but that wasn't real. They were really careful not to hurt each other, but this was for real, for death and life. She shivered at this thought.

Dante was sitting on the couch, with Zhalia by his side. Zhalia was sitting next to him with her legs curled up, her hands around Dantes arm and her head was on his shoulder. Dante noticed that she's having a frightened look in her eyes, but he thought that it's because of what happened.

"And what now?" Metz asked when he heard everything.

"I don't know. The only thing I know is that I don't want to see that guy ever again in my whole life!" Dante said and shivered at the memory of vampire fangs.

As Zhalia felt Dante shiver she moved closer to him and hugged him a bit stronger. Dante looked at her with thankful eyes and hold her hand between his hands.

"Why are you so pale?" Sophie asked when she saw Dante getting pale.

"Do you remember that you wanted to see Amy's fangs?" he asked from Sophie.

She looked at Amy and then lightly nodded.

"Well believe me, you DON'T WANT TO SEE HER FANGS! You DON'T want to see ANY vampire fangs!" Dante shook his head.

"Sorry" Amy looked at him and apologized with regret.

"Hey, it's not your fault" Dante tried to calm her down.

"I know that it's not my fault, but I should have stopped myself from doing it. I couldn't help it. My vampire instincts made me hiss and growl at him" she said with a sad voice.

"So what? That's a good thing! At last your vampire side woke up. That is good!" Lok went over to her and sat down on the floor right beside her.

"No it's not! I don't want it!" Amy almost yelled. They were all surprised by her reaction.

"Chill it Amy. It will be alright" Dante assured her. She looked at him with worried eyes, but stood silent. She only laid her head on Loks shoulder and sighed deeply.

"So what are we going to do now?" Metz asked Amy and looked at the other members of the team.

"Well, I think that you shouldn't go out after dark for some time until this settles down. He won't attack at daylight, it's too risky" she suggested.

"Really? I was thinking about carrying garlic around my neck" Lok joked a bit. Amy gave him a cold look. Lok just shrugged.

"And what will happen to you? He wants to kill you, not us" Dante asked with worry. Maybe Amy wasn't his best protégée, but he was still worried for her.

"I'll be fine. You saw what I can do" she said with a small smile.

"True" he nodded. They were talking about what to do next for some time.

"So, we're not allowed to go out when it's dark, not to talk with strangers who look suspicious or like vampires, we have to go straight home from school and we must always be together. Really nice" Sophie said angry.

"What is better: to follow these simple rules or to be killed by a psychotic and insane vampire?" Amy asked with a tired voice.

Lok noticed how tired Amy really is. She wasn't tired only physically, but mentally too.

"Sophie, leave the girl alone. Amy, you should go to sleep, you look like you could pass out every second" Lok said and pushed Amy gently towards the stairs way.

Amy looked at Dante, asking him if it's alright. Dante nodded. She said goodbye and went upstairs. Soon Metz went back to the HQ and the other went to sleep.

Everyone expect for Amy. She couldn't sleep. She was a vampire so she didn't needed to sleep too long at night, but right now she could use it. Unfortunately for her, she wasn't able to fall asleep.

She was thinking about what happened during the evening. Her thoughts were completely mixed up and she wasn't able to think straight.

She was thinking about Tuomas, the reason he betrayed her and attacked her, about Angelus, the reason Tuomas was after him, the fear in Dantes eyes when he saw what she can do and realized that she really is a vampire, the test…

THE TEST!

Did she pass it? And what if she failed? What will the others say? Will they be disappointed with her? Will Zhalia be angry?

"Will it make any difference? Tuomas still wants to kill me" Amy whispered to herself bitterly.

With that thought she fell asleep.

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Amy was sitting in the school with Lok beside her. Sophie wasn't here because she was at Dantes place with Cherit, Dante and Zhalia.

Lok was taking care of Amy more than ever before. He wanted to know she's safe because they still haven't heard anything from that vampire who attacked her and Dante. Even Sophie was around her when Lok wasn't able to keep an eye on Amy.

Right now they were having English. They weren't paying much attention, the teacher was writing sentences on the board and was calling the students to come and solve them.

"Who wants to solve this task should stand up. Maybe you Lok?" the teacher asked when she saw him yawning.

Amy wasn't paying any attention at all, she already knew this part. She was lost in her thoughts the whole week. When someone called her she wouldn't response, only if someone caught her arm or shook her shoulder.

She was thinking about something, about Tuomas. She knew him well enough to know he won't give up this easy. He was hiding somewhere and planning his next attack. While she was thinking like that, she didn't noticed Lok looking at her, asking for help how to avoid what the teacher asked from him.

Lok hated to go in front of the board, he would get nervous and make a mistake or his accent would become noticeable and others would make fun of him. He quickly thought a way how to get rid of the task. Under the school desk he poked Amy's side so she jumped up.

"Oh, Amy, you want to solve it? Alright. Come out please" the teacher said when Amy jumped up.

"Who? Me?" Amy asked confused.

"Yes you" the teacher answered.

Amy gave Lok a killing look when she realized what happened. He only smiled at her and waved as she passed by in front of his desk. As she solved the sentence the bell rang.

"Oh right, you couldn't ring 5 minutes earlier!" Amy said with an annoyed voice.

"For whom the bells ring?" Lok asked with a smirk as Amy went back to her place to pick up her bag.

"Now, this bell tolling softly for another says to me: Thou must die" Amy quoted Hemingway as well.

"But it will ring for you when I catch you" she answered with an angry voice.

"Oh come on. It wasn't so bad" was assuring her. Amy only sighted.

They went out of the school and headed Dantes house. On the way Amy was silent. When they came into the street they saw a police car in front of Dantes house. They looked at each other with fear. Lok noticed that Amy turned pale, really pale. They started to run and in a few seconds they were in front of the big house. They run through the gates and saw Dante and Metz standing in the yard with two police officers. Lok and Amy run to them.

"Dante! What happened?" Lok asked when they reached him.

"We got a letter from some psycho and one of my neighbor's saw the letter before I got home and she got scared and called the police" Dante answered coldly

Amy became even paler than before, and Metz stood beside her to catch her if she faints.

"I assure you that it's nothing. In my job as an investigator I get lots of people who hate me. I'm sure one of them wanted to scare me" Dante went on assuring the officer who was taking notes.

"Where's Zhalia?" Amy suddenly asked when she noticed she's not around.

"She's in the house. She's a bit upset" Dante answered.

"Are you two alright?" Metz whispered to Amy and Lok.

"Of course, why?" Lok whispered back.

"That's all Mr. Vale. We can't do anything more, I'm sorry. Please be careful and feel free to call us if anything like this happens ever again" the officer said and they both went away.

"Lets go inside and I'll tell you what happened" Dante said and led his protégés in.

There they saw Sophie sitting on the couch watching Zhalia walking all across the living room.

"Zhalia?" Dante asked with worry and stepped right behind her.

"What!" she snapped and turned around while taking a step forward As she did so she bumped into Dantes chest and almost fell on the ground, but Dante caught her around her waist.

"What's wrong?" he asked with his calming voice.

"It's nothing, I just… I just really have enough of people threatening me. Back in the Organization I had to watch my every step because of that" she whispered with a sight. Without any words, Dante pulled her closer and hugged her tight to make her feel safe.

"It's alright. I won't let him hurt you" he gently whispered into her ear. After a minute he let her go.

"Better?" he asked with a small smile, but Amy saw that he's worried. Zhalia lightly nodded.

"I'll go and drink some water to calm down" she pointed at the kitchens door. Dante nodded and Zhalia disappeared into the kitchen.

Sophie stood up to go after her, but Dante shook his head to tell her to leave Zhalia alone.

"I'll go and find Cherit in that case" she said and disappeared on the first floor.

"Who is threatening Zhalia?" Amy asked with worry.

Dante was surprised how she heard it, but then again, she was a vampire, she had great senses. He sighed heavily.

"Here, read it" Metz handed over a letter to Amy

Amy opened it and was shocked by what she saw and what she smelled. She knew the handwriting very well, it was Tuomas', but she felt the smell she hated the most. She wasn't shocked by that, but because how the letter was written. It was written with pure blood. That was the smell she felt, the smell which made her feel like she could throw up every second. Amy almost dropped the letter, but she was too curious. She slowly started to read what was written on the paper:

I gave you a chance and you missed it. This time there won't be a second chance, you will have to pay for your mistake. And not only will you. Your friends will pay the same price as you. They will die too, not for you, but because of you. They will die slowly and with lots of pain and screams. I'll find you all one by one. Your pretty raven-haired friend Zhalia is the first to die.

Happy hunting

When Amy read it she turned white. Not pale as she was before, but completely white. She slowly sat down on the couch. Her eyes were completely empty. She wasn't looking at something or somewhere, she had an empty gaze in her eyes.

"Amy…" Dante crouched down to her.

"I'm so sorry" she said with a quiet and sad voice.

"It's not your fault" Dante was assuring her, but she only shook her head.

"It is. He's doing it because of me" she said with an upset voice. Amy was trying to think what to do next.

She was trying to remember what Angelus taught her, what to do in such situations like this one was. She knew that Tuomas won't stop until he gets what he wants, so she has to stop him.

Amy looked into the kitchens way.

"Take care of her. She's the one who gave me a chance here. I won't forgive myself if something happens to her" she said and stood up.

"Where are you going?" Dante stood up as well and caught her wrist as she made a step towards the door.

"He won't stop until I go to him or until he hunts us all down. And we can't fight him with normal seeker powers, he's s vampire. An experienced one. I have to find him Dante. You know I do" she answered and looked into his eyes.

Dante understood what she is talking about. He saw fear in her eyes, but there was more than fear. He saw determination. Even if he would lock her into a room, she would find a way to get out. He had to let her go. He slowly let her writs go and nodded.

"Be careful" he sighed.

"I will. Take care of the others" she said and hurried out.

"Is it a good idea to let her go all on her own?" Sophie asked from the stairs.

She was holding Cherit in her arms like children hold their teddy bears. She looked worried and scared for Amy. The others were surprised that she was the one who worried for Amy so much.

"Don't look at me like that! Maybe I don't like her and I'm not as friendly with her as you guys are, but I'm still worried for her. She is our teammate" Sophie said and hugged Cherit tighter.

"She will be fine" Lok stepped to her and hugged her.

As he stepped to Sophie she let Cherit go and the small titan flew away from her. He flew up in the air and landed on the couch. Sophie was holding him so tight that he was now gasping for air.

Dante left them alone and went into the kitchen to check on Zhalia.

She was sitting at the table with a glass of water in her hands. Dante silently went behind her, trying not to be noticed. As he approached her, he saw her shivering and softly sobbing. He put his hands on her shoulders and she jumped a little bit before she realized that it's Dante. She bit her lower lip to make herself stop crying.

"Zhaal, it's alright. Calm down" he whispered. Zhalia didn't answer, but Dante saw that she's not calming. Dante put his chin on her head.

"Zhalia…" he whispered softly.

"I'm fine Dante" she said at last with a shaky voice.

"You are such a little liar" he said and brushed a tear off her cheek.

Zhalia held back her breath trying to stop crying, but it was all in vain.

Dante stepped beside her, took the glass out of her hands, put it down on the table and pulled Zhalia up on her feet. He hugged her really tight and gently caressed her back. First she tried to push him away, but when he didn't let her go she wrapped her arms around him and put her head down on his shoulder.

"Cry yourself out, you will feel better" he whispered softly.

Zhalia didn't want to cry, but her tears were simply rolling down. As they were standing like this in the middle of the kitchen Dante felt really helpless and weak. He couldn't help Zhalia and he felt like his heart is breaking into pieces with every sob he heard from her.

After a long time she started to calm down. Dante never saw or heard her cry so much.

"It's alright. You're safe here with me. No one can harm you" Dante whispered into Zhalias ear while still holding her tight.

"Thank you" she answered and closed her eyes.

All the time Dante was slowly cradling her and it made her really sleepy.

"Are you better?" he asked and slowly let her go, but he left his palms on her waist.

"U-huh" she said and lightly nodded.

Dante brushed away the tears from her cheeks and caressed her face.

"Don't worry, he won't come near you. I promise you" he said with a serious look.

"Thanks" was all Zhalia was able to answer.

Dante knew that it's hard to scare Zhalia, so he asked what's going on that she's so afraid and upset. Sure, it wasn't a nice thought that you could die soon, but during their missions she was in bigger danger than right now.

She was in direct danger during missions, almost getting killed by deadly traps, fighting with enemies stronger and bigger than herself… She was even jumping in front of attacks and spells! She was thinking for a minute and than sighed.

"You know that Klaus took me in from the streets" she started.

"Yes, I know" Dante nodded.

"He was a scientist and he loved to make tests with everything. He made up spells, invented things and made tests. Some of those tests included mixing up blood" she went on and shivered.

As Dante felt her shiver he pulled her closer. She blushed a bit and looked away.

"Wait, how do you mean mixing up blood? What is that?" Dante wondered.

"He was making mutants. Those you fought back on the roof were nothing comparing to the ones I saw" she shivered again and pulled as close as possible to him. Dante caressed her neck gently, so she calmed down quickly.

"It all happened about a year after he took me in. He was testing a new power up on some people. Later I found out that he mixed up their blood with pure vampire blood. In the beginning everything was alright, but with time they became aggressive. One night one of the vampires got out of its cage and attacked the Suits who were guarding him". As she said the last sentence Zhalia turned pale.

Dante saw that she's uncomfortable about the conversation and he decided not to ask anything more about it, but he just couldn't say no to his curiosity.

"Can you tell me what happened next?" he asked with a gentle voice. Zhalia nodded.

"At that time we were spending all time in the Organizations headquarters. He was testing things as always, and I was training to become, well you know, a master spy. My room was in the same hall with the others rooms, but it was the closest to Klaus' lab. It was late and everyone went to sleep. I heard some noise in the hall so I went to see what is going on. I saw one of the vampires fighting some Suits. They had no chance against him. I saw how he killed the Suits. It was terrible" she whispered the last sentence and Dante saw tears form in her eyes.

She became so pale that he thought that she will faint, so he hugged her again.

"It's alright. No one's going to harm you" he said and gently caressed her long raven hear.

Zhalia couldn't stop thinking about what she saw, the vampire with huge fangs, red eyes, big and scary claws and especially all the blood which she saw. She roughly pushed Dante away from herself and stepped away from him.

"No, it's not alright Dante. He literally tore them apart! I don't want to die like that! I don't want to die!" Zhalia said, almost screamed hysterically.

Her breathing became uneven and she started to panic.

"You won't die Zhalia!" Dante grabbed Zhalia by her waist and pulled her to himself

He fastened the grip around her, so she would feel safe in his arms. He thought that she's going to push him away again, but she didn't. Instead of it, she wrapped her arms around him and hugged him really tight.

Dante was holding her in his arms for some time, before she calmed down and relaxed in his arms.

"Thank you" Zhalia whispered after she calmed and looked at him with a small, but honest smile.

"You're welcome" Dante answered and draw his hand through her long hair.

"Are you alright now?" Dante let her go and asked silently, afraid that he will scare her or cause a mental break down.

"I am. Let's go to the others" she said and Dante nodded at her offer.

"Oh, and by the way, please don't tell anyone about what happened. I don't want them to know" she asked him.

"Of course I won't tell them" Dante assured her with a soft voice.

As they went into the living room, they saw Lok assuring Sophie that Amy can take care of herself. Zhalia didn't know what are they talking about, but she was too tired to ask them.

When Dante and Zhalia walked, Sophie looked at them with surprise. She hasn't heard anything what happened, but she noticed Zhalias expression. She looked exhausted and her eyes were red and cried out.

"Dante?" Sophie looked at him.

Dante only put his forefinger in front of his lips. Sophie understood immediately what he wants from her and she stood silent.

Zhalia sat down on the couch and as soon as she closed her eyes she fell asleep. Dante went upstairs and brought his blanket down. He covered Zhalia with it, leaving her to have some rest after a really hard day.

To be continued...

This wasn't a cliffhanger and I hope you all got satisfied with this chap. So, as I said, the next chapter will be the last one and I hope you enjoyed this one. I will update the lats chapter even faster if I get more reviews and I really want to hear your ideas about what will happen next. Review please!