I set up the charges on the door, and started the timer. Sam wanted five minutes, he's got five minutes. Now was the perfect time to get him mad.

"Hey Juju." I said the the man next to me. We were sitting a safe distance away from the door.

Justin's eyes tightened as he looked at me. "Excuse me?" Only his sister called him Juju.

"Yeah, Juju. How'd Maria die? I can't really recall."

"Don't." His voice had gotten dangerously low. But this was the only way he'd get mad.

"Oh! Now I remember. It was your dad, right?" I felt terrible inside, but it had to be done.

"Anita, don't." He was going to kill me later, but not now.

"It was when his friends were over, right? Yeah, it was. He wanted her to 'meet' them, and he brought her down to the basement where they were staying. And they started to...take advantage of her, didn't they?"

"Stop."

"And you, hearing her screams, you went down to see what was going on. They found you spying on them, and your dad made you watch, didn't he? He forced you to watch them rape her, didn't he!"

He was shaking with anger now, "Stop it, right now."

Just then, the charges went off, and part of the building exploded. Then, I heard two more explosions, these farther away. I smiled, saved by the charges. "Let's go." I jumped up from my spot and ran into the building with Justin following me. I pulled out the UV Shooter from my holster and leaned flat against a wall, using the smoke as a cover. I closed my eyes and stayed uber quiet, listening for a sudden rustle or breath that wasn't mine nor Justin's. Thats when I heard a hiss, and I opened my eyes and shot in that direction. I saw a body turn into fiery ashes, and I continued on. When we got to a T in the hallway, I said to him, "Justin, go left. I'll go right."

He nodded, and we went our separate directions. I headed up the stairs that followed, and shot at two whores that were coming down. I ran through their screams and ashes and came to a bridge. Four more, piece of cake. I holstered the shooter, pulled out the Bo staff, and pushed that special blue button. And let me tell you, I went all Jedi master on their asses. The stupid vamps came at me one at a time, so I just 'helicoptered' their heads off. It felt so good to be back in the game. After I had shut down the Bo, I looked around for more. But everywhere was empty, which got me confused. I distinctly remember dozens of people just hanging around here. Without a second thought, I ran down the hallway that I knew so well. I counted the doors as I made my way to my old room. When I got to the door, I kicked it several times until it flew off.

"GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM HIM!" I shouted at Danica who was straddling Hannibal.

She hissed as she got off of him, "And just who the fuck are you?" Hannibal smiled when he saw me.

"Who do you think I am you mother-fucking-cunt-sucker?" He scoffed at my originality.

"You must be Anita." Her voice was filled with venom as she started stalking towards me.

"And you're just ugly enough to be Danica." We both shot daggers into the others' eyes. She took one more step and I pulled out the Shooter and put it in her face. "You caused my father so many years of pain, it's too bad this will only last a second." I pulled the hammer back and got ready to pull the trigger.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you, Anita." Novak came up from behind me and stepped between me and her. "It wouldn't end well for you."

Hannibal broke his chains like they were paper, and socked Novak across the face. "Get the fuck away from my kid." Then they got into beating each other, which left Danica for me. Excellent.

"You're lucky Danica." I said, putting the Shooter back into its holster. "I'm willing to make this hurt."

She gave a terrible smile, and lifted her leg to kick me in the face, but I grabbed her foot and broke it. She fell to the ground in screams, and stepped next to her, making her look up at me. "For five years, you had him locked up!" I kicked her in the face. "You forced blood down his throat!" I kicked her again. "You would constantly rape him!" I kicked her yet again. She looked up with a bloody nose, swollen eye, and fat lip. She wasn't even trying anymore. Why? I pulled out my silver knife and pulled her by her hair up to my face. "This time, stay dead." I brought the blade across her throat and stared with hard eyes as she writhed into ashes. For the first time, I could hear other things beside my heart beat in my ear. I heard a hiss, and saw Novak gripping Hannibal by the shoulder and going in for a bite. "I don't fucking think so." I pulled out the shooter and shot him in the back of the head. He screamed as he died, and I was breathing heavily. That was more exhilarating than expected.

"Thanks." He said as I helped him up. As soon as he got his balance, I hugged him tightly. He hugged me back. "Oh, I never want to lose you again." He hugged me even tighter.

"You're not going to. Common, we've gotta get Justin." We let go of each other, and headed out. I lead the way across the bridge and down the stairs, when we got to the T, we went straight and almost ran into Justin who was heading our way.

"We gotta go." He said quickly and we darted back towards the entrance. When we got there, there were still no police. I let out a sigh of relief. They must still be distracted with Sam's and the barge. We ran from there until we got far enough away that no one would suspect we did anything. When we got into a more populated crowd, I pulled out my wallet from my back pocket and took one of the twenties I had and went up to a guy about thirty-ish.

"Hey, twenty bucks for your shirt." I showed him and he shrugged and took it off. I handed it to Hannibal, and we continued on our way. I looked over at Justin, and he looked beaten. We made our way in silence to the subway. I got our tickets, and stopped before we got on the train. I ushered the boys onto it, but took out one of the vials of Daystar, and set it off. My last job. I got on the train just as the doors were closing, and sat with the boys. Soon we'll be in Hamburg. Soon we'll start over.

~.~.~.~.~.~.~

Four Months Later

I stood behind the bar and started to fill up drinks for the newest customers. Sam had a bloody chain of bars, and apparently his will said that I inherit everything of his east of Iowa. Wow, so much for conspicuous.

We had used his fortune to buy a new house which Coulter travels in and out of. Apparently he's too good to stay in one place. Whatever. I took the drinks to table four, and went back behind the bar to the grill which was sizzling with burgers.

Hannibal had started a weapon making business for vampire hunters. He was always good at that sort of stuff. I wonder where I got that gene from. I took the burgers off of the grill and prepared them before taking them to the two men sitting at the bar.

I enrolled Zack into the Hamburg School District, and he should be coming in at any minute. He is so smart, he actually helped Hannibal design the newest versions of UV weapons.

Justin normally goes in and out with Coulter. When he does come home eventually, we normally spend the night with each other. But nothing ever more than that. I really thought that we were going to be together. But never mind that, Zack just came home. "NITA! NITA! NITA!" He shouted as he ran into the bar. He sounded scared.

"What? What's wrong?" I ran to him as soon as I heard him.

"Justin's in the alley! He told me to get you! He's hurt real bad."

"Okay, I'll go get him. Why don't you go downstairs and be with Uncle Hannibal for a little bit." He ran downstairs and I quickly went into the alley by the bar. "Justin? Justin?" I called for him. "Justin where are you?" I was quickly going through the alley.

"Right here." He whispered in my ear. I quickly turned around to face him, and he pulled me into a kiss.

I pulled back from the kiss and said, "Zack said you were hurt."

"He lied." He started going through his pockets.

I then hit him in the arm. "Don't encourage him to lie. He already gets enough inappropriate jokes from Hannibal. I don't need you teaching him to lie."

"I only got him to lie so I could give you this in private." He pulled out a box from his pocket and handed it to me.

I took it cautiously, and opened it. There was a Claddagh ring with an emerald heart in the middle. How he knew King was an Irish name, I have no idea. I looked up at him with a question in my eyes. "Why are you teasing me?"

He shook his head. "I'm not. I'm tired of going from place to place fighting whenever I can. I want to be here with you and Zack. I want to get married. Be with you forever."

I took the ring from the box, and put it on my left hand with the heart facing out. "Nothing is forever. But I'm willing to spend the rest of my life with you." He smiled, and gathered me up in another kiss. After he pulled away, he whispered to me. "Can I tell you now what I was planning on all those days ago?" I nodded. "I love you."

I looked him in the eye and said, "I love you, too."