Hello my dear lovelies!

I'd like to welcome you to the next

installment of my story!

I am not going to lie, I have no

excuse for taking so long to update.

So, I won't bore you any more! Lets get to

the next chapter, ok? :D

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Kevin could not believe what he was seeing. He blinked owlishly at the figure in the tree. It was Edd alright but he looked different somehow. Changed. Thats when he noticed the muscles that adorned his once scrawny frame. The light and life in his eyes vanished into oblivion. His eyes never left the sight of him, taking in every detail. His mouth went dry and his heart pounded in his chest. Edd, the one his heart yearned for. The one his body ached for. The one he savagely raped and killed to soothe the pain in his own selfish body. The one he loved… He blinked back astonished tears away as Edd stepped gracefully forward onto the branch he was standing on. His long legs seemed to dance and tease with each step he took. His dull blue eyes never lost heir focus on Kevin. Kevin followed every lithe movement noting the way his body was reacting to the sight of the gorgeous creature in front of him. Edd stepped down from branch to branch until he fell to his feet from the last branch. He walked until he stood next to a bored looking Jett.

Nat was gawking at his wife. He almost thought this was some kind of dream but couldn't help but notice the collar hanging around her pretty little neck. It brought back the painful memory of watching his wife be tortured on screen. In his peripheral vision he saw Rj take a defensive stance as he stared down the two individuals that stood near his home. He wasn't going to take any chances with his pregnant wife in the immediate vicinity. He turned his head towards Kevin and Nat. With a roll of his eyes, he barked an order they couldn't refuse.

"They're not who you think they are right now! You need to realize that! You wanna save them? Then get up and get ready!" he yelled just as Jett's nails grew out into sharpened points. She narrowed her eyes at Nat and took a defensive stance. The earpiece in her ear crackled and an order was barked out.

'Jett, take him down. Hard.' With a nod of her head she started to walk towards Nat. He got up from his knees and was about to run to gather her into his arms when a thick wall of ice was formed between them.

"Focus Nat!" said Rj, staring straight into his eyes "That's not your wife right now, remember? She's under someone else's control!"

"That's my fucking wife!" he yelled back the panic evident in his voice, "This may be my one and only chance to fix this!"

Jett managed to jump up over the wall of ice and bring the heel of her boot right into Nat's shoulder. Nat staggered back a few feet before realizing she was advancing on him again. Before she could strike him again, she was thrown off course by a wall of sand and pinned back into another tree. She snarled and clawed at the sand only to have it return a second later. Nat was stunned. His wife of 200 years had attacked him. He placed a hand on his shoulder but recoiled at the touch. She had managed to shatter the bones. He turned his stunned eyes onto Kevin. The veins around his eyes were protruding and glowing a bright green. His hands were held up in a defensive stance as he continued his onslaught of sand and earth.

"Your turn, Edd. Take out the earth user." Edd seemed to vanish from the branch he was standing on and reappeared right next to Kevin. Before Kevin could react, another wall of ice formed and blacked Edd's punch. The wall shattered and several shards of ice came flying in all directions. Kevin jumped several feet back only to land on a cloud. He was hoisted high into the air along with Nat and Rj. Several spears of ice formed around the trio of vampires.

"Nat! Are you alright?" yelled Rj.

"Ngh…I'm fine." he said holding his mangled shoulder. "Word of advice, try not to get hit by them! They pack a fucking kick!"

"How long do you think it will take for your shoulder to regenerate?" Rj asked as he sent an ice shard hurling at Jett. She dodged the blow and tried to maneuver around them only to be knocked back by a wave of sand. Nat looked at the damage done to his shoulder and saw that the shattered pieces were mending themselves.

"Give or take with this much damage?" Nat laughed breathlessly, "Five minutes."

"They can do a lot of damage in that amount of time." Rj said before he dodged Jettina's glowing red fist. The earth below them shattered and scattered debris all around them. Kevin used pieces of the broken earth to create a shield as he saw Edd charging right at him! Edd had managed to break into an amazingly fast sprint and use his momentum to shatter through the shield of earth. Kevin was knocked back a few feet back and skidded to a halt nearest to Rj. Rj was busy trying not to get knocked out by the fierce fighting machine that was Jettina Goldberg. "You ok?!"

"Yeah…Yeah I'm fine!" Kevin yelled as he dodged another blow from the emotionless Edd. "I hate to admit it, but, we need to knock them out!"

"No kidding." said Nat as he managed to blow a gust of heavy wind at Edd before he could charge Kevin again. Edd was knocked back but pulled into a back flip and landed on his feet. Edd popped his knuckles and took an aggressive stance before charging straight for Nat.

"Shit!" Yelled Nat as he managed to stand up and push himself up and off of the ground with a gust of wind.

Edd and Jett's ear pieces began to crackle and a shrill voice sounded in their ears. "Forget the head on attack! You need to get around and get into that house and take the pregnant one! Do it now!"

The two nodded and began to back away from the other three vampires. Kevin was the first to notice something wasn't right about this. They had assaulted them full force but now they were pulling back? It made no sense. Rj must have sensed something was off when he saw the two nod as if they both came to an agreement. But how? No matter, he had bigger issues to deal with. He knew they weren't going to be able to win this one on their own Rj closed his eyes and focused a bit of his energy into his hand. A small silver lance formed out of ice and into his awaiting hand. "If we can't knock them out, we need to restrain them before they get another chance to try an attack!"

Rj pulled back his arm as he saw Jett trying to make a break for his house. He launched the lance and managed to get her in her left shoulder. She screamed in agony on the ground where she was pinned. She struggled to try and get free, but it was no use. The lance was too big and she couldn't get up. With that mindset, she did the unthinkable! Her nails grew out two nasty little points and she began to claw at her own shoulder. She tore through muscle, tissue and bone until she managed to sever her own arm from her body. The three men watched on in horror as she stood on shaky legs, arm gone and bleeding profusely. It didn't take long for her arm to regenerate and burst through newly formed and ready to go.

"What the fuck kind of horror movie did we get sucked into?!"

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Sam was sitting in a chair away from the frozen doors and windows with Doll keeping a defensive stance. She stood in front of the pregnant vampire. "Something about this seems…off." Sam crossed her legs and began to fidget with her hands. Doll turned her gold eyes to her before returning them to keep watch of the room around them. "What do you mean?"

"I mean, why would anyone want to take control of vampires just to use them against their own. I mean, humans and vampires have been living harmoniously for awhile now…haven't they?"

"I guess you could say that. There are still a few humans out there that are still terrified of our race. Although they are afraid of us, they will not hunt us because they know we can survive. We're stronger than them in every way, but we don't throw that around to try and control them. It's not what the Lady would want." Doll nodded and then thought about it. "The only ones with the stones to try and take on the clans are the members of the Wolverson clan…but they're all dead."

Sam nodded and rubbed her belly. "Still, something doesn't feel right…Ah!" The girls gasped as Persephone came crashing in through the walls of ice. "Shit, that hurts!" Persephone rose to her feet and drew her katanas, her own eyes burning a bright blue, the veins around them bulging and pulsing with life. Athena appeared a moment later and scooped Sam into her arms. "Hold him off! I'll get her out of here as fast as I can!" With a nod, Doll and Persephone took a defensive stance as Edd walked in rotating his shoulder. He looked down to the girls from a pile of broken ice and craned his neck. Without a word, he pointed in the direction Athena left with Sam. "Not on my watch, kid!"

Persephone launched herself at Edd, the ice beneath his feet quaking and making his footing shaky. As he was distracted, Doll took the opportunity to cut a small hole in her palm with her nail. Her golden eyes began to glow a dull red as the veins in her temples bulged and throbbed with energy. She waved her hand sharply creating a whip using her own blood. With a crack of the whip, she managed to grab his ankle and pull his leg forward. He went flailing backwards as Persephone sliced it off. The sound he made was shrill and banshee like as he gripped where his leg once was. He pushed himself onto his knee and held the limb out as his leg began to regenerate. The earpiece began to crackle to life.

"WHY ARE YOU JUST SITTING THERE! GET UP AND BRING ME THE WOMAN! WE NEED HER AND HER BLOOD DROP* ALIVE!" Edd nodded and stood. Even without one leg, he was still fast and undetectable. Persephone and Doll stood back to back as they circled around waiting for him to pop out and attack.

Edd was laying low in a dark corner of the house he managed to escape into, waiting for his leg to finish reforming. His breathing was ragged and he looked a little worse for wear. You can imagine his surprise when he heard the crackle of his ear piece coming to life. "Ah, shit...You and Jett need to get your asses out of there and as far away as possible! Their reinforcements are on their way!" Edd grunted as the rest of his leg reformed the last bit of tissue and muscle. He stood to his full height and used his super speed to dodge Persephone and Athena. He rushed out of the door and grabbed Jettina, throwing over his shoulders. He turned to give them one last once over and began to run full speed away from them and back to their unknown destination...

Kevin was picking himself up off of the ground, and noticed Edd sprint away with the injured Jettina on his shoulders. He was about to chase after them when he was stopped by a hand on his shoulder. Rj was staring at him shaking his head. "Let them go...we're no match for them right now. Especially Nat." He motioned to the teal haired man whom was having his shoulder popped back into place by Athena. Kevin set his fists down in defeat and rubbed the back of his neck. "I'm going to be sore tomorrow..."

Sam and Doll took a few cautious steps out of the house and made their way over to the group. An even larger group of Rj's clan were beginning to come out of nowhere. "It seems we are too late...apologies my lord, we got your call and tried to get here as soon as possible."

Rj turned and looked at the man addressing him. "It's...alright. What came was a lot faster than we are." The man nodded and bowed his head. "We'll set to work getting the are secure and heavily guarded." Rj nodded and waved them off with a wave of his hand. He tucked his wife under his arm and held her close. Nat was looking at the ground as he rolled his shoulder around. "Damn it...Damn it to hell! We let them get away!"

"Calm down, Nat. We weren't going to be able to take them down anytime soon. They're souped up forces to be reckoned with." Doll sighed and shook out her head. "We need to hurry and get to the rest of the leaders before anything else happens. So, we should get to packing and leave here immediately to get down near Death Valley. If not, we'll lose our chance to catch Aiden until Arizona." Kevin nodded his head and hooked a thumb at Doll. "I'm with her on this one. We need to move."

With a grumble and a few strings of cursing from Nat, he agreed. Rj grabbed a medallion from around his neck and held it out to Kevin. Kevin took it giving Rj a curious look. "You'll need that to get to Aiden. Consider it your all exclusive backstage pass." The medallion was an aqua blue crystal with the mark of the Aquaria clan symbol carved into it. "Don't worry about us here. Now that reinforcements have arrived, we'll be ok." Sam nodded and held out the backpack Sean gave them. "Take these. Something tells me you can use them for research and information." He took the backpack and slung it around his shoulders before putting the medallion around his neck. "And just know, if you ever need us, just squeeze the crystal. A few of our finest guardians will come to your aid."

Doll, Kevin, and Nat nodded as they all said their goodbyes to the leader and his wife and packed up their belongings into the SUV. Doll took the wheel as the other two climbed into the vehicle. "Buckle up, boys. Death Valley awaits..."

'Death Valley...' Kevin looked out of the window, clutching a fist to his side. 'I'm coming Edd.'

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Oh. My. Goth. I am so very sorry for not

Writing and getting this uploaded to you. It's been finished for about

a few months now but I barely had the time

to upload it now. I am so sorry about the wait and hopefully I can start

working and writing on this fic!

I AM NOT GIVING UP ON IT!

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