The darkness engulfed the tunnel, spreading out to every single milimetre of space within Alec's vision. His reflexes told him to spin around, make sure there was nothing lurking behind him. He felt the itch to spread out his fingers and reach down, and pluck one of the weapons from his belt. With no vision his bow would be useless, still, he missed the security it usually offered him. Alec didn't bother to reach for a weapon, the only thing angelic he had on him was the witchlight, however its glow has faded once he had dropped it, his fingers had been shaking so much he had barely felt the stone slip from his grasp. His body was still shaking, his shoulders hunched, but not due to shyness, but rather the physical strain and effort placed on his body due to the silent sobs and desperate gasps falling from his lips. It wasn't so much crying, as silently screaming. His mouth hung open, mimicking a shocked expression, but tears streamed down his face, invisible in the darkness.

Alec was snapped out of his state of grief by the sound of footsteps behind him. His shadow hunter instincts still caused him to pay attention to his surroundings, even if in that moment he wanted to drown out the whole world and cease existing all together. It sounded as if someone, or something was trying to creep up behind, but they were lacking the subtlities that only came with experience. Alec slowly turned towards the sound, his still laboured breathing sounding too loud in his own ears. There was little he could do in the situation, he realised. He couldn't fight the threat, as he had brought no weapons with him, one of the conditions to his little meetings with Camille. He couldn't even run away, as he was completely disorientated, and had no idea where the way out was. He had not idea how Magnus had figured it out, although there were a lot of things he didn't understand about his ex – boyfriend. That thought earned another gut wrenching sob from the shadow hunter.

"Upset are we?" A young feminine voice asked from the darkness. At least it's probably not a demon Alec thought as he tried to pinpoint the location of the voice. The woman was obviously comfortable with the darkness, which suggested to Alec that it was probably a vampire, and he got the feeling that he should recognize the voice.

"That was quite the break up, I must say, and now you've left alone with me, utterly defenseless."

The voice was obviously meant to be intimidating as well as taunting, but it sounded too immature for Alec to take it seriously.

"Whatever it is you want, now is not the time," Alec said in a strained voice.

"That's no fun…" The stranger replied, and Alec felt goose bumps travel up his arms as he realised how close the girl had gotten to him. He should have been able to feel hot breath against his neck at the distance, instead there was simply a cold presence behind him. Alec gulped at the suddenly daunting situation, and even as he shifted only slightly, he felt the woman move as well, mimicking the move so that she was left just as close to him.

"If you're going to try and get away from me, you're going to have to move a little faster than that."

Before Alec knew what was happening his feet weren't touching the floor, and briefly he was aware that he was in the air, and then pain seized him as he made contact with the stonewall on the far side of the tunnel. He groaned in pain, but pulled himself up, only just dodging another tack from what was now definitely identified to be a vampire. He managed to duck away from another blow, but already he knew it was a losing battle. She had all the advantages, and although she was not completely sure of herself, indicating she was still a young vampire, she did have more speed, power, and self-control than most newborn vampires. Alec turned and started to sprint in a desperate attempt to escape, his brain running on adrenaline rather than logic. He knew his only chance was to escape, even if he didn't know how to do that, he had to try. All possible self deprecating thoughts of defeat were lost in the moment as his brain went into survival mode, and just as he thought that maybe he was making some progress, two strong arms dripped him, and drew him back with such force that he heard a loud crunch as his shoulder collapsed. He made no sound of pain, instead he continued to fight from the frightening embrace, but he was too slow, and she was too strong. He struggle and squirmed, but he was drawn closer to her, and Alec suddenly realised what was happening. She was directing his neck towards her mouth.

"I've always wondered if angel blood would taste different to humans…" she whispered against his skin, her extended fangs tracing lightly against a vain just below his porcelain skin. Alec successfully landed a blow from his elbow whilst she was distracted, and even though he knew it must have caused some damage, she didn't even acknowledge it. He kicked out, but his foot didn't come into contact with her, but only made his balance even less stable, so he had to lacth onto the arm around his neck for support. He tugged at her arm, but she didn't seem to notice, and as he frantically tried to think of some other tactic, he felt her fangs sink into his neck. He had expected it to be easier to fight her, even once she had bitten him, but his body went limp, the strange sensation taking over for a moment. By the time he came back to reality the pain from the sucking at his neck was already spreading around his body, and he screamed out, thrashing wildly. Soon his attempts to escape became more and more pitiful, and eventually he stopped moving altogether, and simply hung in her arms, feeling the life being drained from him. Just his eyelids started to feel too heavy Alec thought he heard shuffling in the background, and the pain was gone, but he wasn't aware of what was actually happening. As the vampire was pulled away from him, Alec fell to the ground, his entire body too weak to support him. As he lay on the cold ground, feeling his hot blood still running down his neck, and the sounds of struggle echoed around the corridor of the tunnel Alec finally remembered who the vampire was. Maureen. That was the last logical thought he had before Alec let his eyes slip shut.