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Chapter 27: Ambush! "Don't move! Put your hands up in the air!" said one of the many guards standing in front of us. He raised his gun and pointed it at us. "Those RX-10s again. Laserlock." I noted. "If you know that much about these guns, maybe you'll know that we can set them on full auto anytime!" another guard grinned and flicked a switch on his gun. The muzzle blared red. "Surrender and we won't be forced to shoot you." "Like that'll happen." I scoffed and leapt forward. They opened fire, red laser beams beaming out of their muzzles. I ignored them, knowing that my armour would absorb the shots. One of the guards tried to whack me with the butt of his gun but I broke his hand. A minute or so later, I had either decapitated or knocked out the entire group. "She tripped the alarm......" I murmured. "A silent alarm. Impressive." Jakito nodded towards a beeping object in a guard's back pocket. "We need to get outta here." I grabbed Alexis's hand and ran. My vampiric instincts started up again and I turned towards the unconscious bodies, longing for blood. Alexis snorted and slapped my cheek, bringing me back to normal. "I hate this." I grumbled. "You know, we can't go out there naked like this." Alexis remarked. "Good point. Let's 'borrow' some clothes." I smirked and turned towards the unconscious guards again. "I'd like to see the looks on their faces when they see this." Alexis giggled as we ran. I had stripped two guards of their clothes and given Alexis a set. She had turned her back to me when I took off the guard's trousers though. We were dressed in identical black vests that stretched and a jacket made out of some sort of dull green material. Green trousers covered our legs. We couldn't take the helmets though, our horns wouldn't permit it. The facility was quite large and the corridors were long and winding. "We need a map." I panted, resting up against a wall. "Yeah, but who'd have a map here?" Alexis was breathing heavily. "I do." A strange voice came from the other end of the corridor and we turned towards it. Fiona was walking calmly towards us. Her fangs had regrown. "I guess I owe you one for saving me." she smiled. The fangs poking out of her mouth did not help her smile. "Actually, I don't want to fight. But that Hugo kidnapped my parents and I......" Fiona started to sob. Alexis patted her on the back gently. "That William guy seemed to be a good friend of him... and he wanted a vampire of his own so......" Fiona sobbed harder. "So that's how you came to be here." I bent down. "He asked William to bite me while his cronies held me tight. I couldn't break free." Alexis had finally managed to calm Fiona down. "He showed me to my parents and they turned their backs on me... I felt like my whole world just shattered, but I still wanted to protect my parents." she continued, "That's how I'm here now." "That bastard......" My blood was boiling. "We'll help you get your parents out." Alexis smiled at Fiona. "Really? Thanks!" she hugged Alexis tightly. Suddenly, I saw her open her mouth. I slapped her cheek. "Sorry, vampire instinct." she shook her head. My vision suddenly blurred and something fizzled under the skin of my arm. "Hugo just woke up and pressed the button on the sleeping pill." Fiona consulted a digital pad she had retrieved from her side pocket. Alexis was wobbling. "We need to get you somewhere safe." Fiona quickly grabbed us by the scruff of our necks just as we fainted. I got up with a jump and quickly looked around. I was in a room that was painted pink. A few soft toys sat on top of a cupboard and there was a computer in a corner beside a door. I was lying on a bed together with Alexis and Fiona was sitting on a chair, nodding her head. "Sorry, I couldn't resist......" she said and fell asleep. I looked at Alexis. She had fangs too! "So we're all vampires now? Great." Alexis fingered her fangs tentatively. She suddenly lunged for my throat and I slapped her cheek. She fell onto my lap. "Vampire instincts, I know." I finished Alexis's sentence for her. "You'll be able to assimilate the magic faster, the power in your blood is significantly stronger than Artemis's." Jakito said. "Nothing to worry about then." Alexis grinned. Fiona was apologizing on the floor. Fiona led us to the small prison where her parents were being held. "Who're those with you?" a guard asked as we approached the cell. "Friends." I smiled and kicked the guard in the shin. He flew up into the ceiling and stuck there comically. That reminded me of a little scene from my past life...... Haha. "Thank you." Alexis smiled and took the guard's key chip. She placed the chip in the cell lock and turned it. The door opened, revealing two figures huddling in a corner. Fiona ran in. "Oh my...... Is that you?" a woman asked. "Yes, mum. Sorry I'm late." Fiona laughed. "Just so you'd know, Papa and I would never disown you. You're our one and only daughter and we love you no matter what you may be." the woman said. "We just turned away from you then because......we were too shocked." Fiona's father explained. Fiona left the cell with her mother, propping her father up. He appeared to have a broken leg. "These are your......" the father looked at us. "Friends. We need to get out of here." Alexis explained. "Vampire friends?" I overheard Fiona's mother whispering to her. "I....ummm......well......" Fiona spluttered, obviously at a loss of words. The next second, Alexis's and my fangs disappeared. "Assimilation complete." Jakito reported. Fiona's father was well-built, easily 170 centimetres tall and he had neat black hair. Her mother was thin and timid, her long purple hair tied back in a ponytail. Both were wearing ragged clothes that had obviously been through a long period of imprisonment. |
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