When Darkness Falls

[Ankara]

Leola saw a truck approach and stop. How perfect, she looked up at Dracius, "Another dancer?"

Dracius smiled, motioning slightly for Leola and to the passanger sitting in the cab of the truck. Dracius stepped up to the driver. "Yes," he purred. "I think you might be able to assist me..."

Leola watched Dracius brake the window and begin to feed from the driver. The passenger stared in horror as his friend was pulled out the window and into Dracius's arms. Leola let out an excited sound and grabbed the surprised passenger, tearing the seat belt off, she pulled him out of the van. Pushing him to the ground and sinking her teeth into him. She looked up at Dracius while she fed. It excited her to think that he could feel the same rush of heated blood surge through his body while he fed. She enjoyed watching him kill. Finally she gave in and closed her eyes, enjoying the blood, and the smell of the dying fill the air.

 

[rengadeirishman]

Dahmnall

Finn pulled up to the home of the current Patriarch of the family, Conor, and were met by Conor "hello grandda," dahmnall said looking at the ground. Conor slapped him hard "What did i tell you about looking every man in the eye!?" Conor said in his thick northwestern irish accent "Im sorry grandda," "do not blame yourself for michael and eamon, they knew the risks, they were prepared to die." "yes grandda" dahmnall said a few other men from the house came out and took Eamon and Michaels bodies, among them was his uncle Eamon, their father. "Uncle Eamon, I am sorry." "Me too dear boy, me too" Dahmnall turned to his grandfather, "we also have two girls we rescued, we need you to get them to their mother and out of town." "It will be handled." conor said, taking the two girls. "Goodbye grandda." dahmnall got back in the van with Ami, and lit a cigarette. "Finn take us to the hospital if you please."

 

[Ithica]

Amelia

Amelia looked out from the van at Dahmnall's family and felt like crap. Those men had died because she had been stupid enough to walk into a dark alley. Perhaps their lives in exchange for the lives of the two little girls sleeping in the front seat was a fair exchange. But looking at the family who lost the men, it didn't feel fair. When Dahmnall got back into the van Amelia said,

"I'm so sorry, Dahmnall."

 

[rengadeirishman]

Dahmnall

"So am I, Ami, so am I. I shouldve gone myself instead of bringing the family in."
Dahmnall said "They died warriors deaths, I just wish that they hadn't had to." he said looking down "Lets get you to the hospital, feel free you and Elizabeth can feel free to stay at my house for awhile, i have 4 bedrooms, and i live alone." And probably always will he thought to himself.

 

[Ithica]

"We should probably go to the doctor where your uncle is and kill two birds with one stone. I didn't ask, how did you kill Leola and that monster with her?"

 

[rengadeirishman]

Dahmnall

"Good idea," he said giving Finn directions. "I guess they must have ran, because i didnt meet them. When they heard Dahmnall O'Dochartaigh was coming to rescue his girl, they probably got scared." he said with a small chuckle, inwardly cursing himself for calling her his girl, She must think I am a presumptous idiot

 

[Ithica]

Amelia

Amelia paled a little at the thought of those two psychopaths on the loose and was glad the she hadn't been there to find out what was going to happen when the creepy white haired guy came back. She took a long drink from the whiskey and said,

"It's not over yet. We have to find them. Thank you for offering to let Elizabeth and I stay with you. I think we will be taking you up on that offer until this is over."

Amelia choose to let the my girl comment go uncommented upon, even though it did bring up some questions about their fledgling relationship.

 

[rengadeirishman]

Dahmnall

"Dont worry about that, I will find them. Because of them I lost two cousins in one night." He said taking a long drag of his cigarette, he pulled the flask of his belt and took a long swig. "I don't know how it is in your family, but in mine there is no extended family, we are all one large immediate one. Eamon jr. was born the same day as me, in the same hospital, our mothers were in consecutive rooms, he was as much my brother as Seamus was. Michael too, and they are both dead, and Leola and whoever the other is will pay for it."

 

[Ithica]

Amelia

Amelia smiled at Dahmnall and then finally remembering asked,

"How was your Uncle before you left?"

 

[rengadeirishman]

"The doctor says he''ll survive." Dahmnall said "Speak of the devil, here we are."
he said getting out and offering Ami his hand in aid.

 

[Ithica]

Amelia

Amelia took Dahmnall's hand and walked up to the doctor's door.

 

[rengadeirishman]

Dahmnall banged on the doctors door "Its Dahmnall, I have come to check on my uncle and to bring you a much easier patient"

 

[Mantra]

Dracius and Leola sat on the ledge of one of many skyscrapers in the city. Nearly an hour had passed since they had disposed of the truck and the remains of their supper guests. Afterwards, they had drifted into the city and made their way up here where they say and watched the city nightlife pass beneath them.

Every once in a while, Dracius simply closed his eyes, sitting in silence. Sometimes he would smile or let a short chuckle pass his lips but other times he engaged in small talk or philisophical debates with Leola. Other times still, he ignored her completely, simply reveling in his own world for long, uncomfortable moments.

"So," he said suddenly. "Why have you asked for assylum in my city Leola?"

 

[Ithica]

Amelia

The door opened and the doctor let them in. He took charge immediately and led them into a room where he started to take a look at Amelia’s hand. He went to get the x-ray machine ready and told Dahmnall that he could look in on his uncle if he wanted to.

A few hours later Dahmnall and Amelia were walking out; Amelia with a new cast and Dahmnall minus an uncle until tomorrow.

“I would like to go see Elizabeth. We can go get the stuff from the apartment later.”

 

[rengadeirishman]

"Aye, we can do that." Dahmnall said getting into the car he had his cousins bring over. "Now you can ride in my car for a change Ami," he said opening the passenger door to his cadillac for her

 

[Ithica]

Amelia

Amelia thanked him and hopped into the car. When he got behind the wheel she asked,

"How did Elizabeth get mixed up in all of this?"

 

[rengadeirishman]

Dahmnall lit a cigarette and started the car "I don't rightly know Ami, I came back from the doctors, and she was at the church. Probably a good idea she did though." he said driving off

 

[Ithica]

Amelia

Amelia nodded. She had been worried that Leola would attack Elizabeth if she stayed at the apartment. The painkillers that the doctor gave her were starting to make her dizzy so she rolled down the window and looked out.

 

[rengadeirishman]

They pulled up outside Dahmnalls house, and he turned the car off. He got out and opened the door for her, "Welcome to my home Amelia." he said holding the car door.

 

[Ithica]

Amelia

Amelia stepped out of the car and took a look around.

"Thank you for saving me. I owe your family a lot."

 

[rengadeirishman]

"We are warriors Ami, it is our purpose, you owe us nothing." Dahmnall said feeling a stab of pain for his cousins. He opened the front door "You'll be safe here, a few of my cousins are here right now to guard Elizabeth, and this ground is blessed so no vampyres could get in my house. I also have pretty much any weapon you could ask for from AR-15's to Zweihanders." he said with a chuckle, holding the door for her.

 

[Ithica]

Elizabeth

After Dahmnall left, Elizabeth sat down with Shannon and asked her about her family history. That talk led to vampires and eventually led to shots of whiskey. Elizabeth stopped worrying about her sister until, several hours later, she heard a car pull up to the house.

 

[Ankara]

Leola watched the city below her feet move incessantly. From up here, the sounds were muffled and distant. There was a constant breeze, but it was calming as oppose to overwhelming.

"So," he said suddenly. "Why have you asked for asylum in my city Leola?"

She new this question had been coming, she knew that she couldn't have avoided it for much longer. She just wasn't sure what to tell him. She didn't want to tell him that she had been fascinated by stories about him, or that she hoped to learn about his power from him. She wasn't going to tell him that she was attracted to him, but power always attracted her, so she wasn't really surprised.

"I've been staying in my birth city Venice, but I’ve grown weary of it. And it is hardly a glimmer of its once radiant self. With all the motorboats polluting the water, and the decay of the buildings, I was beginning to find it upsetting. So I traveled around Europe and now the United States. I knew that this was your city, so I supposed the best way to stay here would be through you. I’ve also had some troubles with hunters and I knew that you yourself have been killing hunters, so I knew this would be a safe place to come. Also, my maker knew of you, so I wanted to see you for myself.”

 

[Mantra]

"And so now you have seen me and this tiny little slice of my empire here on Earth, pitiable though it is. I do hope that I have lived up to all these stories you have heard about."

Dracius stood and started to walk along the access road and towards the city.

"Tell me something of these Hunters and the troubles you have encountered. "He called back to her. "I do not think that Detective Callahan was a part of them before, no?"

 

[Ithica]

Amelia

"We are warriors Ami, it is our purpose, you owe us nothing."

Having no answer to that, Amelia continued to walk up to the front door. Amelia looked down at her hand and started to feel sick. She kept on hearing her bones breaking and the creepy white haired monster saying "there are no such thing as vampires". She stumbled a little and to cover it she asked,

"What are we going to do about Leola?".