Marcel Gerard Imagines

Knight

You reread the text Marcel had sent you. He had said that there was an emergency and to meet him. You'd assumed that he was hiding or someone was injured and they just needed some extra help. But the further into the rundown building you went, the more the pinprickles that spread over your neck made you shiver.

"Marcel?" You asked. The empty corridors of the building started to get darker so you paused, fiddling with your phone to turn on the light. When you looked upb you were face to face with a vampire. You screamed a little, startled by their sudden appearance. In your panic you lost sight of them. Their movements echoed around the corridors but you still couldn't see them. You ducked into one of teh rooms, hoping for some cover and tried to dial for Marcel when the phone was snatched from you.

"He isn't here." They said.

"Clearly." You muttered as you tried to subtly look around for anything wooden to defend yourself. "So... who are you?"

"Who am I?" They asked with frustration. "I am Marcel's nightmare and I will start with you!"

"So that's your name? Marcel's Nightmare?" You asked them. They stopped walking towards you and frowned.

"That is what I call myself and it is what Marcel will come to know me as!" He declared dramatically. You spotted a broken chair and reached for it just as they dove for you. You struck them and then stumbled backwards, into Marcel who was waiting in the doorway. You let out a sigh of relief as he caught the vampire by the neck.

"Is that a new thing? Bad guys give themselves bad names." He asked. The vampire started sputtering as if he was suddenly scared by Marcel's appearance. He almost squealed when Marcel tossed him away and sent him through the wall into the next room. "Are you alright?" He asked as he helped you steady yourself.

"Yes. You showed up just in time." You smiled up at him and he grinned.

"Well. I do have a knack for timing. Josh is down the hall. Go with him? I'll come by later and check on you. Maybe I can finally convince you to have some sort of security until this thing dies down."

"I'll go with Josh. But I'm not letting random vampires into my home." You said warily. He chuckled and nodded, waiting for you to leave. You could hear the vicious snarl he let out. There was a loud series of thumpings and you heard Marcel cry out in pain.

"He'll be fine." Josh assured you as Elijah Mikaelson hurried past him to help Marcel. "But I should get you out of here. Marcel was already worried when no one could find you, if you actually got hurt it'd be my neck on the line."

"Let's go." You agreed as several more vampires turned up. Josh managed to get you away and you could have sworn you saw Hayley and Jackson attacking the few vampires that chased after you. When Josh set you down on the doorstep of your apartment you could see vampires lurking, ones that you didn't know and hadn't seen with Marcel. "Josh, would you like to come inside? You protect my neck, I'll protect yours."

Josh was inside in a second and began shutting the curtains and any open windows. "Marcel didn't want you involved in this. They did more digging than anyone thought. Found out he has a soft spot for you." Josh explained once he was satisfied that he'd secured the apartment.