Chapter 8
Shortly are departing his father's ship and leaving Amelia and Blade devastated and heartbroken from Selene's death, much to his delight, Marcus had eventually arrived at Viktor's old castle. After navigating the pitch black passageways, he had found the sarcophagus that held his brother William. Marcus stated, smiling while glancing between the key and the cell with his twin sibling inside. "Soon brother...soon you and I will have our revenge against Amelia."
After inserting the key and unlocking the coffin, the mutated and fallen Elder had stepped back as the coffin slowly opened and inside was a hibernating albino Lycan...whose eyes swiftly opened and lunged forward, while growling/snarling at the mutated vampire hybrid.
Marcus had simply stared at his Lycan sibling...and William immediately calmed down as he sniffed, recognizing his brother's scent.
The albino Lycan asked through a telepathic link he and his brother shared. "M-M-Marcus? Is that you?"
The vampire/Lycan hybrid walked up to his twin and simply nodded, confirming it was him and stated. "It is, brother."
The mutated and fallen Elder then informed his brother on what happened after his capture: Viktor had hired Selene's father, an architect from a local village to build his prison and then killed him after Lucian and his tribe of Lycans had overpowered Viktor and the Death Dealers and claimed the castle as their own. Marcus would also informed William about Viktor's death by the hand of Amelia's hybrid friend/ally, the Raccoon Daywalker Blade, followed by Lucian's death at the hands of Kraven and latter's death by Amelia and her lesbian lover Selene. William smiled as his brother told him about the battle on their father's ship: how he coldly mortally assaulted their father and savagely/mortally wounded and killed Amelia's mate and lover. The albino Lycan smiled sadistically as his brother stated how he had been listening from outside the vessel and enjoyed every second of hearing how heartbroken and devastated Amelia and her hybrid allies were after learning that her one true love died from the wounds he inflicted upon her.
"Nicely done Marcus. You and I more alike than dear Father ever realized, along with those idiots Viktor and Amelia."
The mutated Elder stated while smiling evilly. "Thank you brother."
William asked. "So what's our next move Marcus?"
"Amelia and her friends are no doubtingly on their way now to kill me in order to avenge her beloved's death by my hands. After we've killed them, there will be on one to stand in our way. We'll be free to terrorize the world and kill and turn as many people as we want after I make you stronger. But before that, we kill Amelia and her friends." Marcus stated while smiling evilly, imagining all the things they'd do to humanity.
William smiled as he smiled darkly at the plans and future Marcus had in mind for them both. "I'm in."
Marcus smirked as he stated darkly. "I figured you were, brother."
A little later
Shortly after leaving the ship, Amelia, Blade and Michael had been quiet as they were still grieving for Selene's death. The three of them had shed silent tears, as the last few haunting and tragic moments were still fresh on their minds: Amelia holding her dying lover in her arms, the last words she was able to mutter out while clinging to life and receiving the devastating news from the surgeon and her team.
The silence had been broken as the pilot stated through the chopper's intercom. "Excuse me Lady Amelia, we're about 3-4 minutes away from Viktor's old castle."
The former Elder state softly. "Thank you pilot. As soon as we get out of the helicopter, just get back in the air and fly away."
Michael stated softly. "This is it."
Blade stated as he and Amelia shared the same hateful glare towards the monster who took Selene away from them. "We're going to make that bastard pay for what he did to Selene, Amelia."
Amelia would state softly. "You're damn right about that, Blade."
After the 3-4 minutes had passed, the co-pilot asked as he saw something was heading right towards them. "What the fuck is that?!"
The pilot shouted as he recognized the vampire hybrid right away. "Holy shit! That's Marcus!"
As the two pilots attempted to avoid Marcus, the fallen and mutated Elder had sharpened his talon like claws and slashed away at the rear propeller! Knowing there was nothing they could do to save the pilots, Amelia, Blade and Michael had evacuated the spiraling chopper but not before recovering the gear they brought with them: a Mossberg 590 "Compact Cruiser" with silver nitrate rounds, an HK G3KC assault rifle with UV rounds and ordinary flash bang grenades to stun both William and Marcus.
After landing safely out of the chopper, Amelia and her friends glared angrily at Marcus, who landed on a high ledge with a still standing bridge and William stepping out of the shadows! Amelia stated after seeing the albino Lycan. "No! We're too late!"?
Marcus stated mockingly with his brother smirking in amusement. "Oh, what a shame Amelia. First you failed to save your dying lover and now you failed to stop me from freeing William. I suppose that's how humans say, 'Karma is a bitch!" Amelia and her friends glared at the fallen and mutated Elder mocking them for not being able to save Selene and he added. "But don't fret, if you and your friends miss Selene that much...William and I can help reunite you with her...in Hell!"
Michael stated plain and simple. "Blade...you and Amelia take Marcus. I'll deal with William."
Although both Blade and Amelia were surprised that the human hybrid had just called Blade by his name, the raccoon/vampire hybrid stated simply. "Just watch your back with battling his brother, Michael. William might've been locked up for centuries, but that doesn't mean he's forgotten how to fight."
After Michael transformed into his Lycan/Vampire form, he and William charged in and faced each other with brute force while Blade and Amelia leaped up to the ledge and fought together against Marcus. Despite putting up a terrific fight and landing numerous blows to the fallen Elder, Marcus proved too evenly matched with them, even with Alexander's blood flowing in Amelia's veins.
After Marcus successfully knocked Blade away and grabbing Amelia by the throat, he raised a wing bone above where Amelia's heart was. "It's time, Amelia...time for you to say goodbye to this world!"
Amelia closed her eyes, ready to accept her death as she stated softly. "I'm sorry, Selene. Blade, Michael and I tried to avenge your untimely death, but it wasn't enough. But at least I'll be reunited with you and we'll be together forever in the afterlife, my love."
But before Marcus could land the killing blow, he, Amelia, Blade and Michael stared with shock as they heard an all too familiar voice. "Get away from my Amelia and my friend, Marcus!" That was when none other than Selene, the love of Amelia's life and the one Blade saw as a sister, had appeared and landed two aerial roundhouse kicks that knocked the surprised mutated Marcus away a few feet away from them and onto his back on the floor.
The new revived vampire hybrid had the same new white eyes that Amelia had as she turned to Blade and Amelia, whom were quivering in shock and amazement that she somehow came back to life. "Hello, my friend. Hello...my beautiful Amelia."
Amelia asked while whimpering softly, still shocked that her Selene, her mate and lover was alive and was standing in front of her right now when it was only 1 hour ago that she held her lifeless hand in hers, along with Blade. "S-S-Selene? I-Is that...r-really you?"
Selene answered by smiling softly and pulling her Amelia in and locking lips with her in a burning passionate kiss, which she happily and eagerly returned after getting over the shock. After they pulled away, Selene and Amelia looked at each other with teary smiles before she answered. "It's me, my love. I've come back to you. And thanks to Alexander, new and improved...just like you."
Amelia wrapped her arms around her new and improved lover in a romantic hug and kiss, while Blade and Michael looked on with tears in their eyes as well as they saw their friend and ally was back and better than ever.
Both William and Marcus were shocked by this turn of events, especially Marcus because he was the one who killed Selene. The albino Lycan would mentally call out to his brother, "Marcus! I thought you killed Amelia's mate and lover!"
The mutated and fallen Vampire elder shouted back, baffled by resurrected Death Dealer. "I did! I impaled my claws right through her, underneath her heart and bit into her neck! There's no way she could've survived!" After flying back up to the ledge, Marcus groaned in disgust at the sight of Amelia kissing her lover. "Oh, break it up! You're both making me sick!" He yelled, making the 2 lovers break their kiss and glare angrily at the one who separated them in the worst way possible. "It doesn't matter if you're alive again, Selene. I killed you once and I'll kill you again!" He said coldly while pointing at Selene.
Selene stated plain and simple. "Not this time. The only ones going straight to hell are you and your brother, Marcus!"
"Yes. It's payback time for what you did to me and my beloved!" Amelia added.
Blade said with a smile as he stood beside the two lovers. "It's good to have you back, old friend."
Selene stated softly, which surprised her friend and ally. "Thank you...brother." Surprised that Selene somehow knew what she truly meant to him...Blade simply smiled after being called 'brother'.
After seeing his friend alive gave Michael the second wind he needed to continue battling William, who returned his attention to the human/Vampire/Lycan hybrid. Michael then used the cavern walls to outmaneuver William and slash away at the pure evil Lycan before killing him by tearing his upper/lower jaw apart, avenging all the innocent people he'd killed before him imprisonment.
While battling Blade, Amelia and Selene at the same time, Marcus had stared shocked and devastated at the sight of Michael killing his brother. "WILLIAM!" He then glared angrily and shouted out at Michael. "You'll pay for that Hybrid scum!" He yelled before turning angrily at the two lovers and Blade. "I'm going to rip every one of you apart, limb from limb!"
The battle had turned into a heated back and forth fight between the mutated Elder and Amelia, Selene and Blade, whom were giving the second fallen Elder a far greater challenge by working together but Marcus was losing fast because of his rage consuming him. Selene had landed a powerful kick to Marcus' chest, followed by a reverse side kick from her Amelia, who then landed a a swap kick behind his right leg and the two lovers had landed a team roundhouse kick to the mutated Elder's face, stunning him. Both Selene and Amelia shouted at the same time. "Blade, do it!"
"Got it! This is for all the innocent people you've killed Marcus! This is their revenge!" Blade yelled as he prepared his third and final Deadly Sword Technique, slicing him in half before he could counterattack, causing Marcus to scream in agony before he finally split in half, killing him and avenging everyone he'd ever killed.
Selene and Amelia smiled, as both Alexander's son were dead and could no longer hurt them or anybody else ever again. Selene turned to her Amelia. "It's over, my love. It's finally over." She said softly before she and her lover embraced the other in a loving hug and locked lips in a burning passionate kiss.
Once they pulled away, Amelia would state smiling at her one true love. "God baby, I thought I lost you. We thought we lost you."
Selene stated while cupping her lover's face in her hands. "I promise you, baby, I have no intention of putting us through that ever again. I'm never going to leave you, I promise."
Blade and Michael walked up to the two lovers and welcome Selene back to the land of the living. Amelia asked as she, Blade and Michael were curious to how she came back to them. "Selene, how did you come back to life? Those wounds Marcus gave you were lethal and the surgeon and her team said there was nothing they could do."
Selene smiled and answered honestly. "This might be hard to believe...but it was all thanks to Alexander."
Amelia and their friends were surprised at who made it possible for Selene to come back to them. "Alexander Corvinus?"
Selene continued after nodding her head. "He poured his blood into my body and showed me what had happened after...Marcus wounded and killed me. He gave up his own life in order to bring me back."
Amelia and the others were surprised that Alexander had sacrificed his own life in order to bring Selene back to them and realized that they were wrong about him: especially Blade. "Well, I guess I was wrong about the old man. If he did that for us, then I misjudged him."
"Indeed. So... what do we do now? With Marcus and Viktor dead and our part in it, the covens will hunt us down unless they let the Lycan do it for them." Amelia asked, knowing that Selene and herself could never return to any of the covens, especially since they had a part in killing Viktor and Marcus.
"You're right, my love. They've already signed our death warrants by now if they haven't already." Selene said with concern for herself, her Amelia and her new brother.
"Why not travel with me for a while, you 2? With the strict rules your kind have, it's very unlikely that they'll do anything that would expose themselves to the humans. Think about it, the humans would surely hunt down all vampires and Lycans alike if they discovered their existence. From what Helsing told me years ago, Alexander's cleaners have had a contingency plan in case he died. They'll hire people they can trust to expand their new numbers in order to keep the war a secret. And if you 2 are with me, you'll be safe and under the protection of certain organizations that keep people like us a secret and throw anyone looking for us off our scents...for their own reasons, of course." Blade explained, knowing that if Amelia and his new sister were with him, they'd be safer than they'd be if they stayed in their world.
Amelia and Selene thought about what Blade had said and knew that he was right. As long as they stayed in the world they knew, they'd be hunted down and branded as traitors and executed without a 2nd thought. But if they went with Blade, it would increase their safety and well-being. Plus, they'd always thought of leaving the covens to get away from this insane war and try something new for a change.
After thinking for a few minutes, they made their decision. "Alright Blade, we'll go with you. It's time Selene and I left this insane war for good and give something else a try." Amelia said with a smile.
"Besides, I just got a brother I never knew I wanted. And it'd be a shame to just go out separate ways again. And we want to explore your world and see some of what you've seen." Selene said with a smile as she accepted Blade as the brother she never knew that she wanted and wanting to see his world.
Blade smiled before hugging Selene. "Then it's settled, Selene, you both travel with me and I will show you my version of the world. What about you... Micheal?"
"Well, I prefer to do my own thing. I did it when Selene and Amelia saved me that night I was turned, and I can do it again. Just be sure to send me a postcard when you guys get a chance." Michael said, smiling as Blade called him by his first name and not an idiot.
"I don't do postcards, and from what I've seen of these 2, they don't either." Blade said with a smirk.
"Hahaha . I see. Well, take care of yourselves." Michael said with a laugh before he left in the 2nd shuttle that had Alexander's old friend from London inside.
"Well brother, where will we be going?" Selene asked as she, her Amelia and Blade entered the aircraft that Selene came in and sat down in the room in the aircraft while Blade piloted it.
"Well, I'd say we'll start with getting out of here." Blade answered.
"And then?" Amelia asked with a smile.
"You'll both be surprised." Blade said with a smirk, knowing that his new sister and her lover were going to enjoy what his world had a store for them.
Amelia and Selene smirked as well. "Interesting. Well, tell us when we get there... brother. Amelia and I have something we'd like to do to celebrate our new life." Selene said while smiling at her Amelia seductively, making her smile the same way before she closed the door while leaning in to kiss her and activated the soundproof system.
"Hehehe. Have fun, you 2." Blade said with a smile as he flew away from the old castle and to somewhere he knew they'd like.
There you go, my friends Evolution is complete. Next chapters will have Blade and the 2 lovers encountering some of Marvel's greatest superheroes. Won't reveal them because I want it to be a surprise. See you when I see you, my friends.