For the Love of Lana

Chapter 2

I went all over town looking for him, damn! Figures he wasn't anywhere in town, actually that was pretty smart considering I was there most of the time. Finally in a cave a few miles from town I felt him, I appeared at the mouth of the cave, calling out to him as I felt my powers fade.

"You know, after five or six hundred years of sleeping at night I've kind of gotten used to it my friend." Gregor came out of the cave had almost reached me when he stopped short, "Shit John what has happened now?" He asked, "You need someone killed?" He started to laugh when I smirked at him. "Oh I see, it's Lana um hm, sit my friend and tell Gregor."

So I sat, I hadn't really had a real friend since Gregor had been ripped from my life by his father. He listened intensely 'til I got to the part about spanking his sister, then I swear he couldn't stop laughing.

"She actually said that?" He gasped for air, another round of all out laughter. When I finished I wore an extremely serious face, "Damn it John, NO! You know how dangerous it is and you being a mage I'm not sure I could do it to your mind. John don't do this! Haven't you tortured your self enough the last two hundred years? Damn it man! Give your self and your busted heart a freaking break!

"Gregor," I started, "I can't, I can't do this again you are the only one who knows just how bad our fathers pushed me. I can't chance falling for her again, they stepping in trying to force me and her to dance to their whims, I won't allow it I can't allow it!"

"John, we've been friends a long time, if you do this and it holds, it would be as bad as if you were dancing to their tune. You'd lose a lot more than just the memory, you'd lose a lot of you, I know John, I've done this a few times I've seen it happen." Gregor said as he sadly shook his head.

"Damn it! I have to do something I can't concentrate, I can hardly formulate plans against them. If I can't clear my head soon it will be over before it even starts." I told Gregor.

"John you need to learn to channel all of this into a new way of thinking and planning, with the energy you are getting from this you should be unstoppable!" Gregor said his excitement growing Sighing I tried to concede but felt I was lost I didn't know how to re-channel my energy, I'd better learn quick or I was a dead duck for sure.

Gregor bid me good bye and went back into the cave as I started to walk away, finally I was far enough to feel my powers return. I wish everything was that simple then I might not be as stressed out as I was, yeah I was really starting to think I needed to kill my father and hers too. Appearing in my room I got ready to go to work, god only knew what they had in store for us today. I dreaded that they might hear something about us being out last night then they'd never stop, with a groan I headed out.

For the first time in days the day started rather good but I knew something was coming I wasn't stupid I could feel it creeping slowly up on me with cold fingers out stretched. Though I really didn't expect to see her towards the end of the day I started looking for her to pop in at any moment. Shaking my self I realized I was starting to act like a love sick puppy mooning over everything in sight.

I heard the train as it was approaching town, grabbing my assistant we headed out to the station. They'd just started to off load my packages when I felt a sensation of almost pure evil run up my spine. Turning toward the train I saw a box being off loaded, damn it! From the feel of this one this was an older vampire, though he was alive when near me he was still formable, even becoming human didn't slow the older ones down a whole lot.

I was about to ask who's box it was when a couple of lackey's grabbed the box, turning they stared at me. Yeah they knew what I was and what I could do, this was unexpected I'd have to prepare for what ever this new threat was. It was a damn good thing father had worked me up so bad, I now had at least two active wards with me at all times, hey better safe than sorry right? I watched for a few minutes as the half dead helpers of the vampire carried the box toward the building Lana was in. Well screw that idea all to hell, there was no way I was getting any where near her now not with... what it was that had just arrived.