[sakari09]

Lilith began tapping her long fingernails on her desk impatiently waiting for Will and Caterina to finish. They had been going at it for hours from what they could see out of the surveillance cameras hidden in the room. The pureblood line of Nosferatu would be carried on through the children of Will and her daughter.
She got up then and went over to a fledgling monitoring the couple on a laptop computer and asked, “Have they emerged from the bedroom yet?”
He shook his head mournfully, “I’m sorry, My Lady, but no they haven’t. We could be here a while.” He smirked a little where Lilith couldn’t see him, obviously a follower of Kari.
Lilith growled, “I’m going down there to see if they are truly breeding. This is taking too long.”
He looked up at her, “Please, My Lady, this isn’t something you can rush. Think of the conditions they’re in.”
She looked at him severely, “Are you telling me that I can’t do something? You’re inferior to me Kiel! I will not have you telling me what I can, and can’t do!”
Kiel took a sharp intake of breath; he didn’t think she would want to go down there so early. He still wasn’t sure if Yiichi had gotten them out of there yet. He had to buy them more time.
“My Lady…” He began, “I implore you to wait a little longer. I have a feeling that they will emerge soon.” After he told her this, the computer screen flashed Will and Kari exiting the room in robes.
Lilith grinned, “I guess I should listen to my underlings more often, they seem more useful than I thought.”
Kiel tried not to laugh and replied, “Thank you My Lady.” Good luck Lady Kari. We’re counting on you down here. He thought as he stared at the laptop.
…


I was beginning if we would ever see the light of day again. Yiichi had us running for hours it seemed; after we had gotten out of the room, we followed her up a flight of stairs into the city—which was freaking huge—and ran through there until we found another flight of stairs. She mentioned something about these being the last set.
“Yiichi, how much longer?” I asked breathlessly, “Don’t you think they’re on to us by now?”
She shook her head in disapproval, “No. I have connections down there. No phone calls,” Yiichi pulled out a cell phone from her pants pocket, “means no trouble.”
Will didn’t seem to buy it, “Are you sure; they could’ve been found out by now. You must remember that there still are some Methuselah that are still loyal to Lilith.”
Yiichi stopped suddenly on a landing. (Did I mention that landings going up were clear? You can see right through them.) She looked at us appearing aggravated.
“I do understand. I’ve taken the liberty of preparing for this. I knew that Lilith had been planning this for a while now; everything has been in place for at least 10 years.” She sighed, “We need to get above ground and to the Council. They’re expecting me to bring you safely to them.”
I looked angrily at Will, “And you wanted me to stay with you instead of them, huh?”
He shrugged, “I didn’t know something like this was going to happen!”
Yiichi rubbed her temple with both hands, “This is getting us no where! I can’t take listening to you like this!” She became surrounded by thick black smoke and when it cleared, she was now a large, black Pegasus.
Will chuckled, “Where did you find the time to master this look?”
Smoke started coming out of her nostrils, so I guess that meant that she was a fire-breathing Pegasus, “I had to come up with something for children in the nursery, now get the hell on!”
I didn’t delay. I ran up a few stairs to give me a boost and threw myself onto her back; Will did the same fearing Yiichi’s wrath as much as I did. She took off quickly and flew the rest of the way up. I don’t want to burst any child’s dream of riding a Pegasus, but to tell you the truth, you DO NOT want to ride a Pegasus when it’s pissed off.
I’m not much on fast, crazy rides so I stay away from amusement parks. This would probably be the only time I ever ride Yiichi in this form. Someone was going to have to carry me off of her; I felt horrible.
“Yiichi….” I tried to control the urge to throw up, “…how much further do we have to go before we see the light of day?”
It took her a minute to answer me; she was obviously somewhere else in her head, “We’re almost there. You sound shaky…are you alright?”
I forced the words from my mouth, “No…no I am most certain that I’m not alright.”
I felt Will’s hand cover my forehead, “You have a fever Kari.”
I could’ve turned around and hit him, but I probably would’ve fallen off Yiichi, so I didn’t try it. Instead I attacked him with words. “Good observation. I’m glad you’re such the doctor.”
I heard Yiichi mutter something incoherent after I said ‘doctor’. I’d have to ask her about it later. I looked up to see the doors atop the stairs; I came close to crying. Fresh air and sun sounded great.
The doors then opened on their own and we went through. To my disappointment, it was dark and the stars were out in the meadow that lay covering the underground city. We dismounted Yiichi so she could transform back into a cat.
“It’s easier for me to move this way. Less energy is burned.” She explained as she hopped on my left shoulder and moved to lie across them both.
I groaned, “I have to carry you the whole way back? I’m not even sure where the hell we are!”
She chuckled, “I’m a living GPS, My Lady.”
“Don’t call me that. It feels weird.” I shivered. The last thing I needed was to be addressed like royalty by a talking cat.
Will took one look around, “This isn’t Lavaria…we’re still on Earth, in the human realm.”
“That really helps Will. Thanks.” I muttered angrily.
Will looked back at me innocently, “I know exactly where we are, and I was just trying to break you into it slowly.”
I pulled myself together and sighed before I got the urge to strangle him and Yiichi, “Ok. So where are we exactly?”
“Stonehenge.” He replied simply.
“Stonehenge?” I asked shocked; there was no way we could be at Stonehenge.
He pointed to the dark shapes around us, “This is Stonehenge. There are all the giant rocks that make up the pattern.”
Yiichi added to Will’s little History Channel review, “Humans thought aliens…it was really vampires with disguised planes filled with Laughing Gas.” She chuckled, “We had to make them high in order to sneak back into the city through this entrance.”
I took a look around myself and I finally realized that they weren’t lying; this was defiantly Stonehenge. I wondered how many more entrances the Vamps had to their underground city. There might even be one in Gran’s back yard; the thought of that made me shiver. Will noticed and shrugged off his jacket to give to me.
I waved my hand at him, “I don’t need it. I just had a weird thought, that’s all.”
Will sent me a look of uncertainty and reluctantly put his jacket back on, “I just don’t want you getting sick on me. The last thing we need is to carry you around on my back 24/7.”
“I can’t get sick remember? I’m really a vampire.” I growled at him.
He looked stunned, “Please don’t go this way; you’re not a full vamp. There’s other blood lines in you too don’t forget. There’s a chance that you won’t turn out this way.”
I looked up at him sadly, “You don’t know that. I could wake up in the morning and attack you out of the blue out of thirst. Sometimes I wish I was never even born!”
Will grabbed my shoulders and stared directly in my eyes as he spoke, “Don’t ever say that again. Do you understand me? You have no right to say something like that when you haven’t experienced everything life has to offer—unlike me; I’ve been around the block a few times.”
Yiichi finally interrupted, “Ok. I think it’s about time that we get moving again. You two forget the one’s who will be following us soon.”
Will sent Yiichi a nod and threw me up on his back, “Let’s go.”
Without time to protest, Yiichi and Will took off across the countryside at blinding speed. I wanted to come back one day and see Stonehenge again when I wasn’t running for my life. I could even bring a picnic lunch.
After running for about a half hour Yiichi finally slowed in front of us, “I have a car waiting in Barcelona, from there it will take us to the airport. I plan to get into Lavaria through the border near Cecilia’s home. There’s a barrier to ward off any trackers so getting to the Council should be a piece of cake.”
“Should be…” Will muttered, “What do you mean by should be?”
Yiichi sighed, “There’s a small chance that Lilith’s guards could sense our location through the barrier. That’s if she has a seer.”
I was wore out already and just wanted some sleep so I added, “Less talking, and more getting our asses to Barcelona please!”
Will gave me a venomous look, “We will, but it’s better to know what we’re up against here Kari!”
“Oh gee, I’m sorry! It sounds like I might be pissing you off just a little.” I growled back.
He threw his hands into the air, “Are you just now figuring that out? You were always so freaking slow!”