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The coven leader hurriedly ordered his vampire warriors to outfit themselves. Around the abandoned church, vampires ran around hurriedly, as though preparing for battle. Swords were drawn, guns were loaded with bullets. The warriors grimly wore their weapons.

"If he continues to hunt us, there shall be nothing left of us! Onward, you lot! We shall search for him! And we shall kill him, or it will be the end of us all! He means to piece together the items that will open the crossroads, that demon! In doing so, he shall open the portal to the demon world and to this world, and we shall be reduced as weaklings, you hear me?!? We will all be slaves to that devil!"

The warriors and the coven master filed out. They ran into the depths of the city, and when they reached the damned sewers in which the creature resided, they all cautiously went underground.

"What manner of beast is that?!" Luca cried, taking a couple shots at the figure leaping from the bushes.

Seizan just hissed and took a couple steps back, but the illusion was fading. The inherent ugliness of Nosferatu began to show in his carelessness.

Kryss grinned at all the commotion around him, swiftly blocking the bullets aimed at the darkness and picked up the black cat gently, cradling it in his arms as though it were a baby. Technically, it was just a baby. Eventually, the cat would grow into a large black panther, but for now it was just a kitten, only slightly larger than the average housecat.

"I'm sorry my kitten frightened all of you," he said, amusment sparkling in his eyes. "He likes to sneak up on people, you see. He's just learning how to hunt."

He grinned down at the "cat", scratching its head before setting it back on the sidewalk.

He had noticed the Nosferatu's change, and knew it was an illusion he could not see through, and he had watched the half-demon's change, and knew that Zareb was stronger than Kryss had guessed before. The demon would certainly have a challenging battle with this group.

The faint yellow light around Zareb slowly dissapated, his hair turned to it's original state, and his pupils returned to it's deep brown color.

"heh.....sorry guys, i thought we had some action"

he looked in Kyrss's direction

"so i guess we can keep going?"

"Sorry if I hurt your....um...pet" Luca said apologetically.

Seizan had already left, runing as fast as his legs could take him. After he fell from everyone's sight, the sounds of a car screeching away could be heard, then the realtive silence of the night.

"I'm hoping that was a compliment" Luca smiled back.

He slipped one of the .22's back into its holster, but kept one out, polishing it with a hankerchief he pulled from his sleeve.

"I'd think it would be best to keep out of that Coven's way, I think..." He was interrupted by the slightly muted tune of "Bohemian Rhapsody" coming from inside his jacket.

"Oh, right." Luca slid his other .22 back into its holster while using his free hand to grab his cell phone.

He quickly mumbled into the cell, periodically pausing while a very urgent voice answered him.

"....yeah, got it." he closed the phone, slipping it back into a pocket.

He felt the unease radiating from Zareb, and a glance in the half-demon's direction told him why. Something about Luca's gun bothered the half-blood, although he did not know what, exactly. Maybe he would find out later. If he needed to know, he could find it burried somewhere in the demon's mind, but he didn't think he really needed to know.

"Ready to go, Luca? Or do we need to wait for more vampires of yours to show up?"

He kept all traces of sarcasm out of his voice with the ease of much practice, but he did not bother keeping it out of his eyes. There was not much point to that, anyway, as the sardonic tone of his words were there whether it was heard or not.