Night began to fall once again on the day following Jakub and his friends' encounter with Rose. They rested the entire day after the fight with Rose until the sun began to fall. Each of them sat in the living room in deep thought about the day before.
"I think it's time we move on to Reign's warehouse Dreg spoke of in the southern district. Tonight would be ideal while everyone has bad blood with them. The longer we wait the less likely we are to seek them out at all." Jakub recommended
"I agree, Nicole healed all my wounds and I'm more than ready to fight. But you two need tech clothing not those normal clothes you've had this entire time." Amaya replied
"Yeah I was wondering what you guys had been wearing." Emily joined. "It has really thin lights flowing through it and it seems like it glows the color of your aura."
"Yeah!" Nicole replied. "Tech clothing became the norm not too long ago, I think I've heard people refer to the style as cyberpunk. But wealthier people tend to avoid the style and have clothing similar to your typical street wear custom made with the tech weaved in. Although I like the style so I don't avoid it."
"I like it." Jakub and Emily said at the same time and looked at one another.
"Jakub my dad may have some that fit you in his room. I haven't been in there since that day, but you can go look. He only wore the fancy stuff to the university, he loved the other style. As for you Emms I have some you can wear."
Jakub went into her dad's room and looked around. The room had gotten dusty from no one being in it and cleaning it for a while. Nicole had ordered the maids to stay out of the room also. He noticed the closet and went to look inside, it was a large walk-in closet with everything you could think of wearing inside of it. Instantly catching his eyes was an outfit that was all together sitting on a corner table in the closet. A long sleeve white shirt and a thin black and gray jacket with a hood. Cargo shorts with straps hanging from them and sneakers sitting on the floor in front of them. All of it with tech woven into the fabric. Jakub decided this was what he would wear and put the outfit on. All of the flowing lights turned white from his mana flowing in, syncing to his mind and feeding him constant updates about his body.
Jakub reached his hands into the pockets on the jacket and felt gloves in them. He pulled them out and noticed that they had tech in them too and were meant to be part of the outfit too, so he put on the gloves and walked back out to the living room where Amaya and Light still sat talking.
"Looking good!" Amaya said winking at him
"Not gonna lie you do look good." Light agreed
"Thanks." He said smiling back
Emily and Nicole were in Nicole's room looking through clothes that Emily could wear. Nicole picked out a purple skirt that matched Emily's hair and a black top to go with it. She gave her black and purple sneakers that were intended for that outfit. She also had on a black jacket and a ball cap that all made her look really good but still able to move around. The two returned to the living room with the rest of them.
"You look really good." Jakub said smiling
Emily started to blush. "Thanks."
The Hunters began their preparations to move out also, as the night grew darker the Hunters operation was beginning to draw closer. Paulina got the group together and told them the plan and that they would be heading out very soon.
Lizzy gathered the vampires together and told them she was taking Eli and four others with her to attack Reign so that she could get revenge on Pluto for bringing her to this world. After grouping them together they headed out of the Diamond tower and told the rest to make sure nothing happens.
Jakub's group was gathered in Nicole's living room and everyone was prepared to leave for the southern district. She called Thomas to take them quickly to the district. They arrived in the district in ten minutes and were a little ways outside of the old warehouse.
Looking toward the building Jakub used his heightened senses to try to locate guards, but it seemed like there was no one to be found. Amaya led the way sneaking them closer to the building. "You guys didn't have time to train and I'm sorry, but your conductors can make up for that. Jakub your strong sense should help in sword play for now. It looks like there are people inside." Amaya stepped forward and heard a splash, she looked down to notice she stepped into a puddle of blood and ash. "The vampire queen is here!" She said as she ran toward the door to the building.
Bursting through the door to see two people in the middle of the room. A woman and a man standing very close to one another. The blood began dripping from the man and he burst into flames and then ash. Dressed in all black tech clothing glowing with red the woman turned to face them. Blood ran down her fangs and covered her mouth. Acidic blood dripped to the ground confirming she was the Queen. Amaya stood shocked by who it was, "You… you killed my father. You're the vampire queen? But how? I mean I mentioned it could've been but I honestly didn't believe it."
Jakub ran in and looked around, seeing all the blood and Lizzy in the center of the room with Amaya in front of him, daggers drawn.
"No no no… Lizzy… How?"
"Jakub? I… I turned into this after I used that doctor's locator. I went crazy because of something Pluto put into my Grim." She replied to him
"Your… your Grim? You're a reaper? But how?"
"He forced me here… he wanted me to go against you but I couldn't. He could sense it and my grim had a rage inducer that blinded my thoughts and the doctor was the first of many. I've killed so many people now because of feeding and the inducer, but after killing everyone in the Diamond Tower I found medication those reapers worked on that controls the inducer."
"I don't care! You're dying here!" Amaya yelled as she ran toward her.
Lizzy bared her fangs and prepared to fight but Jakub ran in between them. "Stop! You can't kill her. I know how badly you want to but she didn't have control."
"Jakub move or I will kill you too. She deserves to die for what she did!"
The others ran in behind Amaya seeing Jakub guarding Lizzy from her.
"What the hell is going on?" Emily asked
A loud bang came from outside and burst through the wall. A bullet was flying toward Lizzy when Jakub grabbed Lizzy and moved her, sensing the bullet coming.
The back door of the warehouse opened and the hunters walked in. "That was pretty stupid of you to get in the way of us killing the vampire." Cindy said as they pulled their hoods from their heads. Paulina began to release her aura and her crown formed teleporting everyone in the room into her realm.
"What just happened?" Light asked looking around the throne room.
"Why are we in a throne room?" Nicole questioned
"This is getting way weirder than it was before." Emily said
"Wait, I know that voice." Paulina spoke. "Emms? Is that you?" She asked as she had been the last to take her hood off.
"Paulie? What- what- how are you here?" Emily asked as she began to tear up.
"I was told that if I killed her, I could go home and you would be brought back." She said pointing at Lizzy. "I serve Artemis as her lead hunter."
"That group isn't against us! No matter what they are, do not harm them." Paulina told her team. "But her you can kill." Point at Lizzy once again.
Jakub drew his swords from his back. "Nobody is going to hurt her. I don't care about your reasoning anymore, I won't let you kill her."
"Jakub what are you doing?" Emily asked
"Emily I can't let her be killed. She didn't have any control over herself, jealousy of you guys fueled the fire." He replied
"How did you know that?" Lizzy asked
"I got my memory back right before you ran out and the look on your face told me everything."
"Jakub please don't do this… I don't want you to die here." Emily begged
"I'm sorry Emily, but I can't let anyone kill her. She is the reason I'm able to act the way I do now. I was more reserved before."
"Please Jakub… I love you!" Emily said crying
Everyone stood there watching everything happen. Light and Nicole were in shock that she just admitted to him how she felt.
Jakub sensed something moving rapidly in his direction from behind. Closing in very quickly toward Lizzy's back, he turned to see a spear moving in her direction. He slid around her, caught the spear and threw it back at one of the realm guardians that had thrown it, killing the guardian.
"I said no one will hurt her." Jakub spoke.
"Did you hear me Jakub!" Emily yelled after he killed the guardian.
"Yes… I heard you and I love you too but I can't let her die." He replied
Light walked out from behind everyone toward Jakub and Lizzy. She got next to them and turned to face everyone else, forming her metallic fists. "I agree with Jakub, she wasn't in her right mind and deserves forgiveness. He's standing up for her so I will stand beside him."
"No, why? Light please don't." Nicole pleaded.
"I'm sorry, I love you babe but I obviously won't kill any of you but I can't let her be killed either. The Hunters on the other hand, I wouldn't mind dealing with Artemis' little group."