Chapter Eighteen

Maximillum placed his own helmet on his head and began to fight the Lycans with two swords he had on his back. Sonic gritted his teeth and jumped from the wall he had been standing on and ran towards the Vampire Elder, cutting down Death Dealers as he went.

He then strode towards where Maximillum was, as he went through the battle, the Lycans cut down the vampires that fought them, blood flew and hit the ground and the walls, screams of pain and anger filled the air as the battle continued. As he fought, Maximillum looked through the eyeholes of his helmet and saw sonic coming towards him.

Sonic almost got to him, but he was stopped by five Death Dealers, Sonic held up his sword and began to fight them mercilessly, he was determined to get to Maximillum and make him pay for his cruelty to him, his race and for murdering Sally. Sonic fought the Death Dealer then went for Maximillum but then saw a grid in the ground was open.

The Vampire Elder had cowardly gone through the grid and was planning on escaping, he had made his way through the passages and back into the castle, as he went he threw off his armour hoping to find Antoine who was loading the boat with the other elders so he could escape.

Sonic jumped down the grid and began to run after Maximillum, he ran along the many passages hoping to find him. He then ran into the dungeon area, but as he rounded a corner he ducked as two swords slashed above his head. Sonic ducked and took out his own swords, but Maximillum got the upper hand and knocked him backwards making the hedgehog fall down the level below.

"You defiled my daughter!" shouted Maximillum "I LOVED HER!" screamed Sonic, his anger getting stronger and stronger "YOU KILLED HER!" Maximillum shouted back. Maximillum then jumped down and they began to fight more. They both clashed swords and pushed against each other, determined to take the other down.

Maximillum blocked a blow from Sonic, and pushed him against a wall, but Sonic pushed his swords away and leapt onto Maximillum growling, he knocked Maximillum onto his back and began to pound his back into the stone floor. Maximillum snarled, then saw a discarded collar that had been dropped, he grabbed it and smacked Sonic across the face with it.

Sonic recoiled and Maximillum threw him away from him, Maximillum then jumped up and began to run down a rounded passage leading to the moat where he knew Antoine would be with the elders. Sonic saw where he was going and jumped down the passage knocking the Vampire Elder down the steps.

Sonic then jumped in down the passage after him, he grabbed the chains that were hanging from the top of the passage and he and Maximillum began to fight again, clashing their swords against each other. But Maximillum knocked Sonic's sword from his hand making it fall down to the bottom of the passage.

Sonic also almost lost his grip on the chains, but as he grabbed them again to steady himself, the chains that were attached to the ceiling began to pull some bricks free and sunlight began to filter in. Sonic then swung himself onto the steps and Maximillum jumped after him.

Sonic thinking quickly began to pull at the chains trying to let in more sunlight so Maximillum would be burned by the light, as Maximillum swung into the light, he screamed as it began to burn him. Sonic watched as he saw his enemy get burned, he began feel a sliver of satisfaction as Maximillum was going through what Sally went through when she was burnt alive.

Maximillum snarled but Sonic kept swinging towards him and kicked into the light again causing the elder to be burnt again, he then threw some chains at Maximillum and they wrapped around him, as they coiled around him, he dropped his sword. Maximillum looked up at snarled with hate and fury at Sonic.

"I should have crushed you under my heel the day you were born!" he snarled. Sonic picked up Maximillum's sword and snarled at him nodded "yes...you should have" he then lifted the sword and drove it into Maximillum's mouth. "But you didn't..." he ended leaning close enough to whisper in the Vampire's ear.

He then drew the sword out and pushed Maximillum into the water below, Sonic watched as he saw the Cruel Vampire sink beneath the water, Sonic then threw the sword into the water as if it were rubbish along with Maximillum who disappeared from sight in the water.

Sonic then left the area and walked out of a hole in the wall and watched as the dawn broke above the forest, a new day have dawned and the castle was now taken over by the Lycans. All the Vampires had been massacred; it was a new dawn of freedom for the slaves.

They all looked up and saw Sonic appear and called to him "Sonic!" Knuckles, Espio and Mighty also looked up as the Lycans called his name. The Lycans then began to cheer their victory at the Vampires fall and how they had defeated their captors, Sonic looked at them, then looked at the horizon.

"Sonic!" called Knuckles "It is finished!" Sonic looked at Knuckles, then looked back at the sun that was rising above the trees and mountains, it was a new dawn, but it was not the end of the war that had started, he knew that Maximillum was not dead and he would be back, he was a strong vampire.

"No" Sonic said "this is just the beginning" he gasped Sally's pendent in his hand and looked up as the werewolves took over the castle and made it their own. They might have won this battle against the vampires, but he knew that there would be more wars, until Maximillum was dead...there would be no justice for his lover's cruel murder.

Meanwhile

On a boat that was heading out to sea, the three sarcophagi of the elders sat at the bottom of the ship, Antonie stood and watched as Maximillum walked over to his sarcophagus and lay in it. Antoine then watched at the sarcophagus closed and Maximillum began to hibernate...

The End

...And so the Blood Feud begins!

Now I'm gonna start working on the Fanfics of the films Underworld and Underworld Evolution, I'm trying to cast other smaller characters right now as I've got the main characters cast.

Btw, sorry about the absence, Shadowmjl and I moved house and we have no phone and internet right now, but we should be getting it soon, hopefully by Thursday! I was only able to update this chapter at a friend's house who have internet so uploading will be kinda slow.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed the fanfic, the other fanfics of the other films will follow so check back soon.

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