The Notorious Nine: Vampires Will Never Hurt You (FINISHED)

Chapter Twenty Four - These Days Watch Over Time

The battle was won but as we all sat in the church pews we couldn't help but think if we actually did win. In the front of the church, we had created an alter. Skye now laid upon the table, she looked beautiful and at peace. I had lost her, she sacrificed everything to save me and now she's gone. If that wasn't hard enough on the group we were missing several other members.

Dramatic Demon, Wretched Soul, Authority Dangerheart, Jet Star, and Shattered Heart were all missing. Then there were the ones who were injured badly. War Tiger was in pain from her ribs cracking and someone hit Horror Rival over the head causing a gash. Everyone else had bruises, cuts and other minor injuries but was it worth it?

After everything I promised to Shattered, about keeping her safe and she's gone. I failed her and I failed Skye, I was worthless and only cause pain. There was crying, it echoed throughout the church. There was so much I needed to tell Skye, things about her past that the BLI made her forget.

There was silence now, it didn't last long because Party stood up and walked to the front. "Listen up Killjoys. We've lost one of our own today and several others are missing. I refuse to believe they have been dusted, tomorrow morning we will go look for them and bring them home. Phoenix?"

Somehow I knew what he was going to say next but I still didn't want to hear it. "When you're ready, we can bury Skye and say our final goodbyes." There it was, I would have to come to terms that sooner or later I would have to bury her. I closed my eyes, hoping to wake up from this nightmare.

The church doors slammed shut behind us, everyone turned around to see Authority, Jet and another girl. Wait a minute, her eyes were red, she was a vampire. I wasn't the only one to notice but Party was the first to talk.

"What are you doing? That is a vampire, how is she in the church?"

"Party, you have to trust us, she's not an enemy. She helped us stop the vampire hoards from coming." Jet Star stood protectively in front of the vampire girl. "She can walk in here because....."

"Because you invited her in!" Ghoul shouted a little to happily for my taste while jumping up. Harlequin grabbed his jacket and pushed him back down into the seat.

"Yes that's right. Party the vampires had a machine, it was created by the Better Living Industries. Go ahead and tell them what you told us." Authority pushed her out front to speak.

"My name is Vintage Vampire, I swear I bring you no harm. I was not apart of that fight and wanted nothing to do with hurting anyone. A man from the Better Living Industries came to the group, telling us of a machine. This machine could create hoards of vampires on command."

She walked a little closer towards us. "The man said if we wanted to win the fight, this was the only way. He talked about the prisoner we had, Shattered Heart. He said he would give us the machine as long as no harm came to her, she was not to be hurt in anyway."

"Meaning it was all just a trap, Aleck wasn't going to bite her at all." Sparkling said while standing up. "All of this was for nothing. We lost more members today for nothing."

Tiger stood up next and asked, "where is she though? Who took her away? Who is bringing back the BLI."

"The man told us to call him only by the name of Korse."

Now it was my turn to speak, well more like yell. "That's impossible! Korse is dead! You're lying!" Deathwish put her hand on my shoulder, causing me to relax.

She looked at Vintage, "if no harm was to come to her then, where is she?"

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"Hello, I see you're awake. Now we can fully begin." It was too dark to see but I could recognize that voice anywhere. I just didn't know why I would be hearing it at this moment.

"Dramatic? What's going on?" He turned on a light to reveal I was strapped to a table. "Why am I tied to this?"

"So you wouldn't escape." Another voice I recognized appeared out from the shadows.

"Wretched? I don't understand what's going on."

"Dramatic brought you here for me, I needed his help. In return I am giving him and Deathwish a new life."

"What are you talking about, a new life? Why am I here exactly?"

"Oh my lovely Shattered, this was always going to happen. I chose you, my father was quite happy with my choice too. You were one of his favorites and mine as well. My father and I came up with this plan, I got to pick any of the Notorious Nine to become my partner and I picked you."

"Picked me to be your partner? Korse hated you for being with me, for running away with me."

"All an act, I was his only son and he wanted me to take over for him. Start a family of my own, which I have." He ran his hand over my stomach and smiled. "Of course things happened that were not suppose to. Like your dad killing my dad and those stupid vampires kidnapping you."

"Dramatic, why would you help him?" He looked away from me as Wretched continued to speak.

"Now that my father has died, I am the highest Scarecrow. We'll be so happy together in Battery City, you as my wife and our little baby. Dramatic helped me to get a taste of what we will have. He wants a better life for him and his partner too. Can you blame him?"

"You betrayed me, you betrayed the group and for what? A little piece of heaven?"

"Shattered, I just wanted to love a normal life with her. Start a family and be happy without worrying if we would survive the night. Now we can, I knew if you agreed and went with Wretched then Deathwish would follow. You're the one she looks up to the most."

"The reason you're tied up, is I'm going to remove the child. At the BLI we have a genetics team that can speed up the process of growth, so we can be a family right away."

"You're crazy and I should have known, once a BLInd always a BLInd."

"I'm afraid this will hurt, so Dramatic cover her mouth. We wouldn't want anyone upstairs to hear us." Upstairs? We were in the church basement, right above us was my safety but Dramatic was already covering my mouth.

I watched as Wretched retrieved a two inch cylindrical object, he lifted up my minidress to reveal my stomach. Next he placed it on my stomach and pushed a button. Razor sharp blades tore deep inside, making a disturbing sickening sound. I screamed into Dramatic's hand, it being muffled for no one to hear.

Within a few seconds, everything went quiet. My head was spinning and my eyes closed. Before I passed out I heard them talking, "she's bleeding too much Wretched. What do we do?"

"Leave her, I have what I truly want. Get Deathwish and let's go."

After that I blacked out from the pain and the loss of blood.