UNDERWORLD WATCH

Chapter Four

Chapter Four.

Noah woke up with a groan. He turned to the couch expecting to see Benny tapping away on his computer. He usually spent the whole day typing away. Noah is not sure what.

He scrambled back to the headboard when he spotted the large man on the couch. The couch was small and the man's legs hung off the side. His heartbeat slowed down when he remembered last night.

Ashton Brown.

He'd picked him up before the night was over. Something about rescuing his niece. He stepped out of bed and pulled on his boots. Changed his t-shirt. Replaced his weapons and moved to the couch to shake the man awake.

Tired green eyes watched him as Ashton groaned awake. Noah walked into the bathroom for his daily morning routine to let Ashton wake properly.

They left the apartment a few minutes later and walked into the night. Noah had started feeling the call of his master a few days ago. And he didn't like it.

A master vampire is a pure blood who starts the line of vampires. He or she creates vampires and all that these vampires create will be under him. He or she becomes their master. His master, Ivan, had gone into deep sleep after sustaining an almost beheading a few years back. He's not very popular in the supernatural world. Most people want him dead. But it's hard to kill a pure blood. Since his head wasn't exactly completely severed off his body. It started to reconnect. For healing to fasten, vampires have to be underground. The soil helps in healing faster. A created vampire always hears the call of his or her master. But when he's asleep, it's silent.

Noah had started to hear it but since it wasn't that strong it means Ivan is not yet awake. Because if he was, it would be hard to resist. But there's no need for that. That's exactly where they need to go. If the vampires are gathering people, then there's only one place they're going.

Ivan's blood banks.

He's going to need a lot of blood once he wakes up. Noah was sure that's where they were taking Cammy. But why her. A twelve year old girl will be drained in seconds. Why was she so special.

Noah was sure Ashton was hiding something from him. But he didn't have the chance to question him before they reached their first destination.

Maria is a witch whose helped him out many times before. She was a really good woman and had taken him in for a while after his change.

She wasn't very fond of supernatural creatures though.

They alighted from the motorcycle after parking in front of a white building. It looked almost abandoned, if you don't look at it closely enough.

Two men walked out of the house and approached them before they could get too close to the house.

"Maria has been expecting you," one of them said. He was dark skinned. They both were. Clean shaven, even the head. They were also dressed in white robes.

Noah nodded his head and made his way to the door.

"Only you." the man stated when Ashton attempted to follow. He just shrugged and stayed by the bike. "That's alright. I'll wait here."

"Okay."

He walked into a living room. It was expensively decorated with luxurious furniture. Brown colored couches. A glass coffee table in the middle of the room. A 40" TV was at the wall adjacent from the door.

"Welcome dear, it's been long."

He turned to see a young woman. She didn't look old, maybe thirty. But Noah knew that this wasn't the case. Maria was a lot older than she looked.

She was dressed in a yellow flowery dress and sandals. Her brown hair flowing down her back. She had a smile on her face, her blue eyes shining with knowledge. Yeah, it wasn't the look of a typical powerful witch. But she was great, almost like a mother to him, or an older sister.
"Hi Maria, how have you been?" he smiled. She stretched out her arms and he went in for the hug. God, he'd really missed her. He wished he could just stay like She'd offered.

"Come, sit down," she pulled him down to one of the couches. "What brings you here my boy."

"I need to know where the vampires will be gathering to receive Ivan." he said getting straight to the point.

"That's not where they're holding the girl though."

His head whipped back to stare at her. "You know where she is?"

She smiled, "of course. Why would everyone fear my greatness if I didn't know such a simple matter?"

"So you'll help me?"

"Yes. We can't keep the handsome man outside waiting." she smiled mischievously making him groan knowing where this conversation was going.

"Please don't."

She chuckled, almost sounding evil. "What, I didn't say anything."

"You were about to."

"I see why you helped him. He's a hunk."

"No that's not why. I'm trying to save a twelve year old."

"So you admit he's hot."

Noah groaned in frustration. Now he remembered why he left.