The Brethren

Chapter Seven:

Thorn found himself alone, in a dark room, smelling faintly of blood and smoke. Steps sounded outside his door as Angelique opened it and made her way over to him, humming softly to herself. What had happened? He remembered Selenity blowing herself up, and then, this, Angelique with a tub of water.

\"What happened?\"

He asked aloud. Angelique was not surprised, she lifted up his hand and kept humming,

\"What happened?\"

He asked louder. She startled, with eyes like a doe, taking off her head phones, she smiled and dropped her tub, jumping gleefully, she hugged him.

\"She blew us up!\"

she cried happily.

\"That\'s not something to be happy about.\"

\"And they have dean.\"

She finished, glumness settled over her face, only to disappear when she looked at him again.

\"Why didn\'t you tell me that you hadn\'t eaten, I was so scared when you stopped healing, but now you\'re all better again.\"

She\'s off her brains, he thought, looking at her.

\"Are you okay, pet?\"

Thorn asked, concerned for her health.

She looked at him, fire in her eyes, glaring at him, with lightening speed, she slapped him and looked at the reaction she would get.

\"What the sod was that for?\"

He asked, his English personality taking over for a second.

\"Don\'t ever call me pet.\"

She said, not asking, but telling him not to.

\"Alright, but next time warn me before you beat me.\"

He said, pouting.

She smiled and took him to get a shower so he could go out and eat someone. His main priority was to get fed, but he had a shower anyway, to get rid of the burnt smell that seemed to follow him.




Selenity took to walking the halls during the day, exploring every place she could find. Entering unmarked doors, taking flights of stairs whenever she found them.
Opening a door, she found another long hall, this one was lined with mirrors, she watched herself walk beside her. Her image had a mind of its own though, twisting and turning, forming different shapes, turning into birds and wolves. Staring, she continued down the hall until she came to a door at the other end. Opening it and walking in, she found herself in a large room. All around her were books, going from old to new update diaries and then to little chips.

Feeling the same chip attached to her tooth, she knew she was in the Slayer Archive. No one was about so she explored what else was she supposed to do, walk away and forget she was ever there.

Going to the area around the time the first Brotherhood was formed, she scanned for the diary of the slayer for that time. Finding it, she felt it and was stunned, it was made of blue velvet with silver writing on one side that read,


Sarah Parker.
1767 to 1768.

She had only been a slayer for one year before she died. Taking the book for later reading, she went for the autopsy report of this poor girl. She was not French, or her last name would sound French, so she must have been an imported slayer.

Why would they need an imported slayer? Selenity asked herself, looking at the first page, she realized.

They were the first slayers to France, poor girl; every thing must have been riding on her success. Selenity heard a quiet meow, looking down, she saw a small black and white kitten rubbing at her ankle. Trying not to think of it as a snack, she looked at it as amusement, it had a camera strapped to its back, waving, she hoped someone on the other end noticed she was a vampire.

Smiling she showed her fangs, they itched lately, she wondered if it was just her skin adjusting to her new teeth, and not some disease.

The cat noticed the fangs and turned in mid air before making a quick get away. Following, she hoped it would lead to someone fun.

Rounding a corner, she came face to face with a young boy, maybe two years younger than her, furrowing her brows, she wondered what he was doing down here, and if he knew the way back to her rooms.

Smiling, she held out her hand in introduction.

\"I\'m Selenity.\"

She said smiling widely, but not enough to show her fangs.

Looking at her hand, she could sense the stance he was in, he could get away so easily, but she would chase him if he did, no one could deny her the chase.
Taking her hand, she felt it tremble in her grasp as she shook slowly.

\"I\'m Toby, and this is Kitt.\"

He said nodding to the kitten.

How interesting, they look the same, like pet, like owner. Selenity thought smiling.

\"I\'m looking for the autopsy report on Sarah Parker. Could you help me?\"

Selenity inquired. Hoping he would help, not run away.

\"Sure.\"

He said, turning and walking to another room, inconspicuously, he hit an alarm button that sounded silently.

\"Quickly, please, this is important. It\'s for research.\"

She could almost hear the clogs working inside his head, clicking as they turned. Picking up a folder, he handed it to her.

\"You\'re the second one to want this.\"

He said.

\"Oh, who was the first?\"

\"Another vampire, I think it was Jay?\"

He said, shaking his head.

So Jay had worked out how to get here before she did, he could have told her, she thought bitterly, slapping herself mentally for not working out how to get here sooner.

\"What\'s with the mirrored hall on the way down here, I mean, it\'s freaky.\"

She said by way of conversation while scanning the report, all it said was her head was chopped of, along with all her families, except for the brother who was never found, believed to be in the Brotherhood of the Wolf.

Smiling she looked up and found herself alone.

\"How rude.\"

Selenity said, turning she heard footsteps jogging up to her, by the sound of it, Six slayers, all equipped with stakes and knifes by the way they placed their feet.
Walking out to supposedly meet her doom, the leader noticed who it was and stopped short. He knew she was powerful now she was a vampire, but he was overconfident and stepped forward.

\"Hands up and come quietly where you will be put in a holding cell to live out the rest of your unlife.\"

He looked into her eyes and let slip a bit of her new power. Stunned, he fell over, still as a statue.

\"Run along now slayers.\"

Selenity said waving her hands at them. Smiling as he first turned and walked slowly away. The last two dragged their leader out of the room. Ashamed for their loss, they would be sending down more heavily armed than they were.

Snorting, she followed them at a distance that would keep them going but wouldn\'t threaten them too much.

Exiting the mirrored door, she came across Noel just about to enter. Looking at the folder she held he looked sternly at her.

\"Selenity, what did you do?\"

\"Research, Jay did it as well.\"

She pleaded. Looking up into his eyes, careful to keep the power in this time.

\"I didn\'t eat anyone.\"

She said as she brushed past him. On her way to do more exploring. She sensed Jay in one of the rooms, he was like a beacon, and he needed to shield better.
Knocking three times, Jay came to the door and opened it, surprised to see her, he quickly invited her in. As she entered she noticed how cozy this place was, every thing was 15th century.

\"You need to learn to shield better.\"

Selenity said entering a room with Eve sitting at a table staring at the chess game in front of her.

\"Check.\"

She said, not even looking up.

\"I was scanning for you, you have to put your shield to do that.\"

He replied smugly.

\"And did you find me?\"

He was looking at the chessboard, concentrating very hard.

\"Check mate.\"

He said after a while as he moved his king.

\"Huh, oh, no, I found several of you though, were you by any chance walking past a mirror when I was scanning?\"

\"How would I know\"

She asked hotly.

\"It\'s a kind of feeling like your being watched.\"

He replied, setting up the chessboard for another game.

Watching, she felt thoroughly left out, he never told her where he stayed, but he told Eve?

Leaving in a flurry of silk cloth, she left without a good bye.

He would probably tell me to be quiet so he could continue to play with Eve, she thought, but she didn\'t care anymore.

She entered her apartments and went to her room. Taking out an old book, she started to write in it as her diary, getting the idea from Sarah Parker.


14th October, Friday, daytime.

Dear diary,
I don\'t know how to write in a diary, so let me start by saying that I don\'t care who reads this. If they do, then I will have someone out there who understands me. Ever since I have become a vampire, I have been more and more left out, I have learnt nothing from Jay and I don\'t want to either.

I want to learn by myself, so tonight, I will leave to get my own food. Maybe meet another vampire to go hunting with. Jay usually meets me here at sunset, so I will be gone by then, waiting by the doors maybe. The sun doesn\'t bother me much, so I will leave at sunset. I hope I don\'t meet him out there. That would be a disappointment.

Feeling Jay running through my veins comforts me somewhat, I don\'t know, I just want him to notice me as his equal. He doesn\'t seem to know me. But I love him, I think?

I had better go, someone is at the door, and it seems as if Jay noticed I left.

Ha! Probably waited until he finished his precious game with his FRIEND Eve.

I think something is going on with them, maybe it\'s my imagination.

I doubt it.

Opening the door, she looked at Jay, letting the full brunt of her hatred out mixed with some power. He seemed dazed, but other wise unaffected.

\"What?\"

She asked cruelly, glaring at him and putting a hand on her hip.

\"I have things to do, your interrupted them.\"

She continued to stare at him.

\"I wanted to spend some time with you.\"

He said, eyes questioning. I doubt that, probably wants some information out of me.

\"Great. Bit late though isn\'t it?\"

Selenity continued to question and bombard him with bits of power and anger. He looked scared, but not the prey scared, he was scared for Selenity.

Seeing this, she softened up a bit.

\"Can I come in?\"

He asked, leaning forward a bit. Sticking an arm out, she stopped him from entering her quarters.

\"Tell me here.\"

Selenity commanded.

\"I love you.\"

He said, looking down at his feet and seeming smaller that he really was, he looked harmless and lost.

Not replying, she shut the door in his face and ran to her room crying, she was going to write in her diary.



\"She what?\"

Eve asked, looking shocked all over.

\"She shut the door in my face and ran to her room.\"

Jay repeated.

\"Yes, I heard you Jay, but why?\"

Eve wanted to know. Jay looked clueless and unhappy. Why was Selenity doing this to him? What was Jay doing to Selenity?





Okay, almost finished.