In The Still of The Night

Rose blinked her eyes open again and turned to see Jack inches from her face and she let out a slight gasp. One arm was under her head like a pillow and the other was slinked around her waist. She felt her cheeks blush but she found that it wasn't completely uncomfortable for her. As she studied him she could see that he was still tense while he was asleep and she reached her hand to touch his face.
 
her touch instantly made the tense fall from hsi face as he went limp against her, lettign out a sigh and cuddlign closer. " mm stay " came the silent, subconscious demand.
 
"O-okay," Rose said quietly. She let her hand rest there and she smiled slightly at him.

Jack looked vulnerable and peaceful when he was sleeping. Suddenly, Rose move slightly closer to him and closed her eyes, their foreheads touching. Butterflies filled her stomach but she didn't care, she like it and she liked Jack. He's the only person beside her mother and her younger sister that seemed to care about her, and she didn't want to lose it.
 
"Macneil.... are you done with that vault yet!?" came victors voice as he walked along the basement floor, He stepped over a Corpse, and kicked some bones out of the way.

"Lord Voctor.. it is sealed tighter than anything i have ever HEARD of... Wwe cannot open it with the tools we have now." a decrepit old man said, pullign off his glasses.

"you IDIOT! I TOLD YOU THAT VAULT NEEDS TO BE OPEN A.S.A.P.!!!" he grabbed the man by his throat and threw him against the stone wall.

"WAHT PART OF THAT DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND!" he yelled, walking off again. " Bring in big guns. just remember to park your vehicles behind the mansion..." he scoffed, kicking the corpse again.

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Jack wake up with a start at around ten the next morning, gasping and cluthcign hsi heart, which was beating faster than he coudl remember ti had in ages. he bonked his head ont he lid of the coffin. " youch.. nnn.. well that sucked." he sighed, lookgin over at rose, hoping he had not awoken her.
 
Rose woke up slowly seeing a blurry image of Jack rubbing his head. Yawning, she was careful not to hit the top of the coffin and looked at him.

"Are you okay?" she asked, half asleep.

The hand that was holding his face was now on his arm and she rested it again on his face.

"You're warming up," She said almost frantically. "You're not getting a fever are you?"

She looked at him with worrying eyes.
 
"heh.. it means im still alive." he said, wiping sweat from his brow. " you hungry?" he asked, liftign the lid up. the heaters here were startign to warm up the underground facility.


"ack. i hate this place. we never used it, so it went into disrepair,a nd it wasn't finsihed int eh first place. theres an underground lake in here that runs right through the cafeteria.. well. underneath it anyways." he chuckled.

'It's kinda coolt o look at though." he added, trippgin out of the coffin.


"Ow...." he said, unentertained.
 
Rose giggled as she watched him trip.

"Sorry," She said smiling. "It's always funny watching people trip over things."

She got out of the coffin and dusted herself off. Out in the distance she heard a clash of metal and snapped her head towards it. With that metal came the sounds of shouting. Looking at Jack she was half expecting him to say something.

"Um...what's happening?" She asked her voice trembling.
 
"oh hell.. that woudl be the cafateria.. C'mon lets see what happened." he yelled, grabbgin her hand and his coat, runnign out the room and down a slanted metal lined hallway that conencted with foru others alogn the way. when they got tot eh door and opened it up.a massive cavernous chamber stretched out infront of them, and the metal panels that made teh floor had shifted, a largehole breakgin and showign the pool of water below.


"awe man... and i thought the problems this place had BEFORE where bad." he sighed, laughign as Lorenzo of all people cussed loudly, climbing out of the water, soaking wet.

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"Well if lord Victor wants in... he want is.. now plase, ship over our diamond drill bits and saws." the old man said, sighing as he smoked a cigarette outside the damon mansion.

"why does he want into their ritual chamber anywyas.. he's trygin to eliminate them after all. none of them are hidden in teh vault."

It began to rain.
 
Rose looked at the cafeteria in shock and then back at Jack who was laughing almost hysterically. Lorenzo glared at the two and Rose blinked, looking around.

What did I do?

She walked over to him, "Are you okay?" She asked him. Looking at the pool of water, Rose turned her head to the side.

Was is rusty....or something?​
 
"DAMN THIS DELAPIDATED WRECK OF A HOLE!" he growled climbing to his feet.
"We need to get our tech's in here and make sure this place doesn't fall apart on us!" he yelled huffing out past Jack.
 
Rose coiled her hand back and flinched at Lorenzo's yelling. Taking a step back, she turned towards Jack.

"Um...what does he mean by techs?" She asked carefully. Her stomach growled and she quickly put a hand over her stomach, blushing.
 
"technicians love... c'mon lets get our meal" he siad, walking over to teh attendant. all they had was oatmeal and orange juice and toast or a muffin. He opted for the muffin and sat down ata table near the edge of the room.
 
"Oh..." Rose said.

Following him towards the food she picked the oatmeal and orange juice. She sat down with him and slowly are her meal. She could see slight flashes of his fangs and she wondered what would happen when he finally changed. Rose figured that fit in the coffin was the result of the change affecting him again. Wondering how long it was going to take, she took a sip of her orange juice.
 
"Lorenzo told me yesterday that we are going to have to rush my initiation." he said, finsihing his Orange Juice. He had a contemplative look on his face, but did not seem worried...yet.

"And i have to win all seven of the keys before the year is out." he sighed, starting to get worried. "Worst of all... he suspects Victor, the currnet leader of the rival clan is on a powertrip. he's doen thsi to other covens before apparantly."
 
Rose nodded.

"That seems logical...I guess. But doesn't that mean it'll be only time before he finds us. We need more supplies like first aid and food...I think. But still we can't stay here forever...well I can't."

She was grasping her cup tightly and looked around. People were still trying to desperately cover up the damage and Rose had no idea what to do. She was just a human, what power did she have over this?
 
"We are sneakgin out at dawn..." he smiled at her a little. an older gentleman walked by and he frowned again, leaning close to her.

" We need soem supplies, and I have some friends who can help out. theres a tunnel that goes intot he sewers. Victor and hsi cronies won't look there... not for us ' high and mighty' Clan Damon." he chuckled a little. " so lets get soem food and get some sleep first." he saidm, finishign his oatmeal.
 
Rose nodded and after he finished his meal, Jack led them down to the tunnel. It was dark and it slightly smelled, something expected of the sewers. The slight sound of dropping water echoed along the walls and Rose wrapped her arms around herself. Jack rendezvoused with his friend and Rose followed them down the tunnel. Unfortunately for her, she didn't hear the footsteps behind her. In the dark, Rose was grabbed around the waist and she screamed.

Struggling, Rose tried to twist away from her assailant, but he had an iron grip. "JACK!" She screamed, her voice echoing.

"Shh." Said the voice behind her, she found it familiar for some reason but she couldn't help it. Also, the tone in his voice seemed alluring, almost mesmerizing. She felt her head get foggy. "Go to sleep now." He said gently in her ear.

Against her will, Rose closed her eyes and crumpled into the arms of her kidnapper.
 
Jack and the guy turned around as the sewer grate closed. "ROSE!" he yeleld, trygint o wrench the grate free. it was no use... laughter came from all around.


"oh god.. its them.. the clan is after us.. robert, get topside, they don't know you!" he yelled, the man ran for his life. eventually he woudl escape to tellt he tale, but now jack was alone int eh sewers. he pulled a short double sided sword from his coat and readied it.

"bring your worst, you marvels of hell." he recited, poised and ready, remembering his training. "this is the moment of deaths demise. the hour the bell tolls for the greetign of an old friend."


Rose was beign carreid away, farther and farther from Jack. from safety. somewhere In the Damons mine retreat, Lorenzo woke from his meditation, lookgin around the room and twitching. "Javier?" he asked the wind. he swore he heard jacksfathertellign him something.


Jack saw teh first shadow down teh sewer pipe. " And all the winds change for you this moment. all the waters flow backwards for you are the salt of the earth and the bones of our nation." he recited oncemore. he swiveled the sword around him, and assumed a fighting stance.


" The time has come, and the trial has begun." came Lorenzo's voice, closign his eyes and concentrating on the boy he tutored. " you are the son of lord Javier the mighty. The vampire king of north america... If he had lived to see this day young Jack... the day you become LORD DARIUS DAMON!." he stood up and pulled out his own sword strikign the air.


" HIYA!!!" he yelled as allt he candles went out in the room. "ThE TRIAL OF bLOOD! SLAY FIFTY MEN!" he yelled. his voice reverberating through the cavern.


FIFTY MEN... FIFTY MEN... fifty men... fifty men... fifty men...fifty men... fifty men...
 
Victor smiled maliciously at Rose in his arms. He knew Jack would come back to get her, if he wasn't he wouldn't have protected her in the first place. As he walked back inside the mansion, he was greeted by his scouts and listened to their findings nonchalantly. After, he walked up the stairs and set her down in one of the guest rooms. In a second one of the elders were by his side. His red eyes shining, his mouth watering at the smell of fresh blood. He turned to look at Victor.

"Are we to feast on her tonight?" he asked quickly. Victor shook his head.

"No." He answered, running a finger down Rose's pink cheeks as he smiled more. "We're going to have to constrain ourselves for the moment. But don't worry, we'll find another human to feast on."

Victor ushered out the elder. Taking one last glance at the sleeping Rose, his eyes twinkled as he licked his lips.

"For now."
 
The reverberatign clang of steel echoed throught he sewers as Jack fought his way throguth eh hordes. Back at the mines, four men ran into Lorenzo's meditation room... rival clansmen. He smiled.

"Thsi time.. i am ready for you, fiends!" He yelled, pullgin out a pistol. there was no mercy in the mines that day. Every sleeping Damon clan awoke with weapon in hand. today the fight woudl be fair. and today Voctor's men woudl pay.


Jack huffed gruntign as he pulled a knife from his leg. he stood up agaisnt the wall of the sewer, striking at the rugged biker-like man infront of him int the head with a hard blow. he wrenched hsi sword free and ripped off the mans bandana, tyign it around his leg. at least it smelled clean... nothgin else down there did as he hobbled back towards the mines.
 
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