• Chapter 15


    The rain falls hard on the park as the wind blows about quickly. The silence is broken by a crash of thunder and a flash of lightning. The wind grabs at every recklessly as it rushes by anything it touches. A voice softly whispers across the quiet park. A dark figure walks over to the splintered remains of the fallen tree. " Nick" It whispers, its voice being carried along with the wind. " such a dissapointment" It says, walking around the tree. The dead wolf begins to shift and opens its yellow eyes, looking up into the stormy sky above them. He pulls himself up from the jagged remains of the tree and standing back up, shaking slightly as he tries to steady himself. " Defeated by a mere vampire" The dark figure says, pacing back and forth infront of Nick. " A child,none the less". It says, dissaprovingly. The figure steps forward and into the light of the moon. It was a man. He has short blond hair that is neatly combed forward. He has long thin side burns that run down to about eye length. His eyes are a steely grey but have hints of yellow streaks, like that of a wolf. He is about 6 feet tall but still somehow could intimidate the 7 foot tall animal that Nick was. He is wearing long black slacks and a strange leather shirt that is dyed a dark grey. Running across the shirt are numerous leather straps, that under them, hide several small darts and daggers and other small items. Billowing behind him in the midnight air is a long torn and weathered red cape. It floats behind him as the rainy wind whips around it.
    " It wasn't my fault". Nick says growls under his breath, his voice rough and strangled. " you were defeated like a pup on it's first hunt" The man says calmly then suddenly lashes out and hits Nick hard against the back of his head. Nick yipps out in pain and falls back down to the ground. The man reaches behind his cape and pulls out a sword sheath. He removes the sword from it's sheath and holds it out toward Nick. The sword is large and very thick and doesn't seem to have much of an edge at all. It seems to glow in the dark void of the night though and the shadows wrap themselves around it's blade almost as if called by the dark blade. " Luthein" Nick says, trying to catch his breath. " It was lance" He manages to choke out. " He was here". Luthein slowly draws his sword back. " Lance was here?" He asks quietly, sliding the sword back into it's sheath. Nick tries to catch his breath again to answer but luthein was already gone. " Silverfang is looking for you. He has made progress on the weapon and wishes to speak with you". Luthien's voice says on the wind from the shadows. Nick nods and gives a bow, knowing luthien was probably still watching. Nick waits until he is sure that he is gone and then lets out a bitter growl as he is reminded of the numerous wounds that plagued him. He stands back up and gathers his strength as he makes his way out of the park and out of the park.

    The moon could be seen, but only just bearly through the thick cover of the storm clouds over head. Nick brushes his rain drenched fur out of his face as he makes his way down the street. He was still in his wolf form, and probably would be for several more hours. He looks around at the rain filled streets. They were empty. He hurries down the street and listens to the soft patter of his feet on the cold side walk. The storm was getting worse. The rain and wind froze everything with it's chilly touch as it fell down to the earth. Nick shivers as the cold wind and rain pelt him. he was almost there though and keeps pushing himself to keep going.

    He soon arrives at an old abandoned subway. The dark subway is blocked off and boarded up so that nobody could ever go into it. Nick reaches out and rips a few of the boards down. He sets them down and stares into the dark abyss of the subway. There are a few things scattered about and one or two lights cast a very weak glow on the room. Nick thought back to the story about why they had closed the subway,

    One night a lonely man wandered into the subway. He had gotten himself lost and was looking for a pay phone to call home. He figured there would be one down in a public place like the subway. He walked down into the darkness, but never came back out. The police searched every where for him, but he was nowhere to be found. They finally searched the subway and were shocked at what they found. There was blood everywhere. The only clues they found were broken tiles, a few smashed benches, and massive clw marks on the walls. They closed the subway and searched the tracks, but the man was never found and was eventaully left for dead. They closed the subway permently and boarded it up. Over time, the event was forgotten and everything returned to normal. Everybody walked by the old abandoned subway, not even putting so much as a thought into what had happened down in it's dark depths.
    Nick walks down the cold steps until he reaches the bottom. He looks around at the dark dungeon the subway had become. He looks down at the ground, the blood still spilled across it's surface. He picks up one of the broken tiles and looks at the shattered reflection of his face in it's glossy surface. He stares into the eyes of the monster reflected on it's cold surface. he drops the tile and walks over to the wall. he runs his clawed hand across it's rough surface. His claws fit in the holes perfectly. He silently walks over and jumps down onto the train's tracks. He speeds up his pace until he eventually finds himself running down the tracks, sinking into the endless darkness of the tunnel.


    Chapter 16

    " So?" Jessi asks, trying to contain her excitement. " whats up?" She asks, urging Nikki on, eager to hear the good news. " Well, ummm...." Nikki stammered, trying to figure out how should would tell Jessi about everything that had happened. " It was him". She says quietly, her face going red as she remembered the night before. " It was the boy". She says, looking away sheepishly. Jessica just gives her a confused look then breaks out into a huge smile. " Details Nikki! Details!". She says, her smile growing. " Don't you remember? The boy from my dream..." Nikki says quietly, making sure that nobody else around them heard. " I finally met him" She says quietly in a hushed tone. A shocked and suprised look comes over Jessi's face. " You mean he's real?!" She asks, trying to contain her sudden excitement. " Jessi" Nikki starts, looking away and then back up at her. " I think I love him". Nikki Says, hiding her face under her long bangs. Jessi sat down and listened to Nikki as she began to explain everything that had happened the past few days, leaving out the parts about Nick, vampires, and being blooded. Jessi looks at her friend, not wanting to believe anything she was saying. None of it made sense and didn't really seem possible. Honestly, Jessi didn't want to believe anything she was saying. If it wasn't for the look Nikki had in her eyes while she was saying it, Jessi would have never believed it. " When will you get to see him again?" Jessi asks simply. " I don't know". Nikki answers quietly. " I really don't know....." She repeats sadly, hiding a tear as it fell down her face. Deep inside her heart, she missed him already. She missed him so much. Suddenly something outside catches Nikki's eye and looks out into the dark rainy school yard. " Did you see that?" She asks Jessi, keeping her eyes trained on the rain filled darkness. Nikki suddenly pulls her legs up to her chest and shakes. " are you OK?" Jessi asks, concern in her voice. " Yeah, I just got the chills". Nikki says, still looking out into the rain. " If you say so" Jessi says skeptically. " I'll be right back". Nikki says suddenly, standing up and taking a deep breath. She hadn't realized just how exhausted she really was from the night before and it took her a minute to steady herself. " Are you sure your OK?" Jessi asks, looking at her friend who she was now very concerned about. " Yes, I'm sure". Nikki says happily, giving her a reassuring smile. She opens the doors and walks out into the rain and disappears into the darkness. " I guess I'll talk to you later then". Jessi says quietly to herself. Jessi didn't know the truth though. That would be the last time she would ever see Nikki again.

    The rain had suddenly lightened up a little, but it somehow almost seemed like it had gotten darker outside. Nikki could feel the cold sting of the rain on her face and she shivered as the chilling wind blew through her. Chills suddenly spring up on her neck and race down her spine. Something had moved through the darkness and Nikki had only just bearly caught sight of it out of the corner of her eye. Nikki looks around and searches for whatever have caused her so suddenly to become on edge. She turns around quickly when the feeling suddenly grows and comes to an abrupt stop when she is facing the school. Standing in front of her is a person in a dark cloak. A dark hood is draped over their face and dark long bangs hang in their face, hiding their face even more. Nikki watches carefully. There were two dark things or figures or somethings that branched out from behind them like wings. Nikki and the mysterious stranger stand in the rain for what seems like an eternity before the dark figure finally breaks the silence. " Nikki" It says gently, it's voice seeming as if it echoed in Nikki's head. It was a woman. More specifically, a young about Nikki's age. She couldn't be much older than 16. " Nikki" She repeats again. " Who-" Nikki starts but takes a cautious step back. " How do you know my name?" She asks, starting to get a little scared. " The dark child" The figure says, still hiding her face under her hood. " The blood angel". She says, just as a flash of lightning and crash of thunder makes it's way across the sky. Nikki gasps and jumps at the lightning but mostly at what she had seen just in the small moment of light that the lightning had provided. She could see it clearly. The dark wing like figures behind her. They were wings. They were long vast wings that looked as if they belonged to an angel. Except for one thing. The wings were black. The wings were as black as night itself. Something seemed to stick out more than anything in Nikki's mind though. When the wind had blown by her, Nikki had caught a glimpse of a red symbol in one of the folds of the cloak. Something about the symbol seemed really familiar, but she just couldn't quite remember where she had seen it before. Nikki finally shakes herself from her deep thought when she hears the dark girl speak again. She said a single name and it caught Nikki completely off guard. " Lance". She says quietly, hiding in the shadows of her hood. " What about him?" Nikki asks, her voice shaking. " You will bare him a child". The dark stranger says, finally pulling her hood back. Her face was hard to see in the dim light of the dark rain, but Nikki could still see it. Her face was very young and looked like it had a few long scars across it. She had long thin black hair that feel about shoulder length. She had a very warm but stern face and her eyes seemed like they were pure silver. " This child" She started. " Will bring about the end of this war. The war that has been battling for thousands of years." She says, her eyes shifting silently. " wait, what war? we aren't at war..." Nikki asks, trying to made sense of what she was saying. " He will take on the name of the angels father". She replies, seeming to completely disregard Nikki's question. " wait, what?" Nikki asks, still very confused. The school bells suddenly rang and the happy screams of thousands of kids cut through the cloak of the rain filled air. " go to him. He needs you". Nikki heard the girl say. She had only looked away for a few seconds, but that's all it took. She was gone. The dark angel like girl had vanished into the darkness and was nowhere to be seen. Nikki turns around and suddenly takes off running toward the street. She didn't know why she was or even where she was going. She couldn't really even see 2 feet in front of her face because of the rain. There was only one thing on her mind and that was all she really knew for sure at the moment. There was one person she was worried about more than anything and she wouldn't stop until she found him. She had to find Lance.