She sat in the darkest corner she could find and it still didn't seem dark enough to forget about the sun.

It will take time, she thought, everything always takes time. and time was all she had. an eternity of dark corners, dim rooms and shadowy halls. she sat there holding off thoses feelings by only the thinest of pleasent thoughts.

The sunlight had done the trick. Jules could have never done a better job of making her a monster on his own. somehow she had been taken to the brink of the abyss, dropped in, then yanked her back in a shroud of shadows from which she could never escape.

he had won. that's all there was to it.

She looked at the men sent to guard her. they stood like statues by every entrance to the dark room. not a one of them smiled or showed the slightess emotion. She could feel their eyes on her. Not the lustful eyes she had seen in men a thousand nights working clubs on sunset strip, but rather cold snake eyes that mistrusted her. she pulled the hood tighter about her face to conceal herself further. There wasn't enough darkness to hide in she thought.

Sure, she had freedom, she could go where she wanted, do what she wanted as long as the mistrustful eyes were there. Yet there was comfort in seeing them as well. For the first time in her life she didn't feel so alone. She only wished her guards had names.


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[ This Message was edited by: Adrianna on 2002-01-15 22:59 ]

[ This Message was edited by: adrianna on 2002-01-19 21:02 ]

((Your such a good writer Adrianna :smile: ))

(great wriring Adrianna. Give us more!!! hehe))

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She stood, moving toward the window to look out at the night. But she held back just outside the moon beams illuminating the floor and window sill. The grey light was a leathol poison to her now. true it wasn't enough to kill her, but in the past few nights she had come to feel it for what it really was... reflected sunlight.

"miss"

A settie guard hissed at her.

She turned to see that one of the statues had come to life long enough to answer the phone.

"who is it?"

"A gentlemen named Goldie" hissed the Settite.

"oh god, my agent," she sighed. he was the last person in the world she wanted to talk to, yet she had to wonder how he had found her, unless of course he had been just calling every number in his rolladex and lucked upon Reannegs. Still she didn't want to talk to him, he would ask those same old questions like when would she be avalable to dance again, or if she could attend some pervo party to help promote his web site.

"tell him i'll call him back please."

"he says it's urgent." that hissing sound was becoming annoying.

she took the phone, venting her irritation of being confined to darkness in the way she said hello. Goldie was just the mortal she could be short with and not regret it later.

"good evening my sweet, I see you once again manage to cheet the Abyss, good for you."

she felt her heart start beating on it's own. wide eyed she looked at the phone as if the person on the other end was looking at her. This is imposible she thought, but it was him, as if thinking of him was enough to tell him where to find her.

"It's a pity MR Goldie will not be around to enjoy your return, but as you know I'm not in the habbit of being told by kine what i can and can't do." She could almost here him smileing in the phone.

Panic had her mind racing with a thousand thoughts, but she was able to force the most important one into words.

"Where are you?"

"safe, my dear, very very safe, nice of you to ask. but don't worrie your little head over me i will be ok, and i'm looking forward to being with you again."

she hung up the phone. it was him. God he's found me again...
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((Oh boy...I hope its not who I think it is))

((( :grin: thanks guys... is all happy with self...

Thinks roff hates my posts :(

)((No, no,i love them...just sad.

"miss do you mean to go out agian?"

She looked at the settite only half understanding his words. "yes... yes I'm going out."

The guards exchanged glances as if to voice some disapproval, but they kept it to themselves.

"What? say it please..." her expression carried all her haughtiness in a glance.
But the guards didn't back down an inch.

The leader stepped forward and showed his fangs. At his sides he held his hands clinched tight as if he ment to strike her.

"your habbits of going out and entertaining mortals are not what the prince intended for you i'm sure," he hissed.

She faltered for a moment. On one side Jules had found her back in Cascadia and had even killed her agent Goldie. And on the other side her guard were asserting their authority over her for the first time.

"stay then, do what you want, I don't care. i'm going to elysium and that's it."

the settite's eyes seemed to flash serpentine and he grinned with a devilish sneer. " watch where you step child of darkness, for you have no authority here, and what your sneaky clan might intend for others, I assure you, you will be the first to fall."

She stared blankly at him for a minute. He had just threatened her. He really had no idea what he was doing, she thought. she felt the laughter begin someplace deep inside. It was not a mocking laughter that said, oh sure, i'm far to strong to threaten, because in truth any one of her guards could have finished her off with very little effort. No the laughter was a differant sort altogether. She was truly ammused. How do you threaten someone with death when they are already dead...

She laughted on threatening manhood and stealing her guards moment of rebellion. She laughted on, rolling on the floor at their feet, building their fustration with each giggle until they could stand hearing that mocking sound no more.

She laughted even as she felt the first blows from their fists...

(( :cry: ))

Rachelle walked along the city street thinking of where she might find employment and pay the rent that was already overdue..."Well it's been almost a 2 weeks without work or luck in finding one..I almost feel like giving up" she thought to herself...she stopped near an intersection and watched as the cars sped along past her..."Speaking of which, I'm close to adrianna's house..I'll stop in and see how she's doing maybe she heard from Diam".

After a few blocks she reached the highrise apartment building Adrianna lived in "I hope she's awake" ...Rachelle walked in casualy and noded to the doorman who smiled in return.."Hi Peter" she said..the doorman answered "Hi Rachelle, Going up to adrianna's?"
"You bet..have you seen her this evening?"
Peter replied with "No I'm afraid not"
Rachelle smiled and thought to herself "How does she sleep so late"...she then said "Ok, thank you"

Rachelle moved to the 4 sets of elevators that went up to the many floors above and pressed the button....soon after an elevator's doors opend and she walked in and hit the button for Adrianna's floor.

After a short ride the doors opened into Adrianna's apartment...Rachelle walked in half expecting to see adrianna sitting on the couch facing the entry, but she was nowhere in sight.."Hmm..." she thought.

"Adrianna!?" she called out...and moved a bit further into the apartment...as she walked into the living room she noticed something on the floor behind one of the chairs..."Adrianna!" Rachelle cried out in supprise of seeing her friend crumpled in a heap...Rachelle ran to her side and knelt down.."Hun?..are you ok"..Rachelle shook her a little but got no response.."Oh no..I better check her out"..Rachelle rolled Adrianna over on to her back and looked for Injuries...she didn't see much in the way of marks or bruises..."Adrianna?" she said again hoping that maybe she just fainted.

Rachelle then thought of the worst case Scenario and decided to check her pulse..she put two of her fingers on adrianna's neck just where she assumed the jugular vein would be...she felt nothing..and Adrianna was very cold..."Oh god no..." she thought..."Ok wait maybe I'm not doing this right" as rachelle went to try again adrianna moved.."Adrianna!..thank god ..are you ok?"

((Well thats my part of the story..and it's my first story..ever..so please bear with me :smile: ))

((it's perfect hun :cool: i love it.

((my post takes place 20mins before you arrive.

"stop it," yelled a settie guard. Almost as soon as the attack began, the other guards came to Adrianna's aid, pulling the attacker off before he could inflick lethol damage.

She lay there covering her head with her arms and very near to torpor.

"stop it Akim, what has come over you?"

Akim's eyes cleared of frenzy leaving him bewildered and confused over what he had just done. "I done know," he hissed.

Adrianna let out a painful gasp, then the laughter returned in short bursts... "I know," she whispered. "he's back."

"who is back?"

"jules" she was now between giggling and sobbing.

"seize Akim, he will have to answer for this." said the leader.

"I don't know what came over me." he protested.

"it's not him" Gasped Adrianna. She could feel herself slipping away. Everything hurt and the more she tried to heal herself the weaker she became.

"she must have bumped her head when she hit the floor." said one of the guards.

"He's here..." she answered. she was certain she would slip into torpor any second.

But the settie leader realized what it was she was trying to say. Jules was not only in the city of cascadia, he had somehow slipped past them and was someplace inside the Lasombra haven. the setties knew that the clan Lasombra possessed the ability to dominate, but none of them had ever been close enough to one of significant power to worrie about it.

"she's right, check the grounds, our enemy is here."

The setties scattered, checking every door and room of the heaven, but finding nothing.

"check the grounds, we can not let him escape or it will be our heads..." Yelled the leader and the setties went outside, leaving Adrianna where she lay.

Akim, hovered over her for a moment. he could see the bruises were already healing but he still felt bad about what he had done.
"I'm sorry." he hissed and left the room to join the others in the hunt.

Adrianna was half way between torpor and recovery. She lay on the floor in a heap trying to wake herself before she slipped away completely.

She saw a shadow move toward her and she felt it touch her with it's cold embrace.

"its a pity they stopped the fun so soon," whispered the shadow.

"just kill me jules, haven't I suffered enough?"

"oh no my dear, you've only now become more interesting. But i will give you your peace. that is once you do something for me."

"what?" She could feel his hands on her body now, he was rubbing her in places she din't want to be rubbed. "what do you want from me Jules...?"

"Want? oh my dear, my wants are not so simple as all that. I want you to restablish our clan in this city..."

"you want me to be primo?"

he smacked her across the face. "you shall never hold such a rank..." he hissed. "but you will support our clan in this city... Send your new found friends on an erran to retrive that dear Ring you left in LA. know my sweet child, If you try and raise up against me, I will see you killed..."

She felt his hand against her throat keeping her from being able to answer.

"goodnight my dear..." he said strikeing her so hard as to knock her unconcise.

((and that's All i remember, before Rachelle showed up.

((Mind if i post a little something?


As the days grew longer the nights steadily became shorter. He could not remember much about his past, but he knew he must not have been a social man. he occasionally had dreams of the forest, large Oaks surrounded by ferns, both large and small. The dream always ended the same way, with the image of a beautiful rose.

The only Kindred he considered a true friend was the sweet and kind Adrianna. She has what others refer to as a "girl next-door" disposition.

The Evil Snake named "Kiya" Had denied him the right to even see his only friend, His Comrade and Prince had forced him to remove his Vigil Watchmen from the beautiful Adriannas home, and now every flower he touched withered and died, he is only now begining to fear that it might also harm others. He did indeed have a heavy heart during these cold cold winter nights.

He sat on the bridge a short distance from the Monastery, he had just finished in his garden and had nothing to do for the rest of this night. He concentrated his senses on both the water and the wind. The sweet harmonic sound of the swiftly flowing waters of the river combinded with the low howl of the midnight air cooled his black heart and calmed his soul...



((as you can see i didnt mess with your posting....just felt like posting :lol:
Great writeing to both rachel and adrianna.
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((bravo :grin:

~batty~

The phone rang frantically at Kiya's. The sound startling her.

"Hello?"

"Aaaaaaahhhhhh ... Ms. Nekham, ya, this is Ralph. We have a problem at the Lasombra haven." His voice was shaky.

Urgency swept through Kiya's body like a tidal wave. "Ralph, what's wrong, is Adrianna ok?"

"Well ma'am, I don't know. I think that Jules guy is somewhere in this vacinity." He cringed waiting to be blasted for his words.

"Jules WHAT?! You get EVERY man and women your know to block off the city. I want every INCH of this place covered. He is NOT going to escape Cascadia this time. One of you bring Adrianna to the Elysium immediatly. Don't stop for anything. Do you understand me?" Her voice was paniced and she broke into a sweat.

"AAaaaaahhhhhhhh ... yes ma'am. Is that all ma'am?"

"For now. I'll see you there in 15 mins." She slammed the phone on the reciever. Who should she call next, Drain or Valek. She knew that Cain would be the best kine to deal with this, but he was no where to be seen. She pulled the reciever to her ear and dialed frantically.

"Valek, Jules is back in the city, I think somewhere around Reannags haven. I just ordered the city to be blocked off, but I don't know how much my guards can do." Valek remained calm, saying very little. "I'm going right over there to see what I can find. Adrianna should be on her way the the Elysium, if she makes it."

Valek remained silent for a moment. He was in deep thought. "I'll send one of my guards to escort her as well." A smirk crossed his face. "No one will mess with her." The phone went dead.

Kiya grabbed her coat and ran to the front door. "Frank, you know that Rofellos guy that I told you to keep an eye on?"

"Yes ma'am, I remember. He's pretty boring. Does nothing most of the time." He stood there with a shit eating grin on his face.

"Where is her right now?" Frank turned to the moniter.

"Aaaaahhhhhh ... it looks like he's just starring at stuff. He hasn't moved in a while."

Kiya sighed, realizing that he was no threat. She still was uncertain about his frame of mind. She would analyize him later.

"Forget about him. I want all cameras to scan for the Lasombra Jules. I gave you all a picture of him months ago, do you still have it?" Frank fumbled through some papers and pulled out the picture, smiling triumphantly.

"Good, obviously you're not going to be able to see him, but look for branches that are moving that shouldn't be. Or footsteps in water. Anything that is abnormal. You understand?" Frank looked at her cock eyed. Kiya ignored the ignorance and turned to Louie. "You're coming with me. Don't even close your eyes to blink, you understand?" He shook his head and headed out the door. Kiya searched for her cell phone and followed closely behind. Louie started to head out by foot, but that would take entirely too long.

"No Louie, we're taking the car this time." She high pitched beep of the locks broke through the silence, as they hopped in the car and started the engine. She handed the phone to Louie. "Here, call Ralph back, tell him to wait for Valek and his guard to show up." He took the phone and relayed the message, as she pulled out of the driveway and sped down the road, leaving a ball of dust in her wake.

"There you go ma'am." He handed the phone back to her, flipping it shut. She quickly took it from his hands and began dialing again.

A man's scratchy voice answered the phone. "Hello?"

"Yeah, is Drain available?" She hated having to inform him of anything, but she knew that he had to do his job at this point.

"No, he's not." The man was snotty and rude. His words snarled as they exited his mouth.

"Then give him this message. Something is going on with Adrianna, and Reannag's old haven. His presence is needed immediatly." She figured that it was vague enough to cause him to panic somewhat. She smiled to herself.

"I will give him that message immediatly." The line went dead again. Kiya threw the phone unto her seat as she pulled up to the building. Kiya scanned the grounds. Setite guards were everywhere, along with some faces that she had never seen before. Kiya jumped out of her car, and made her way quickly to Adrianna.

(( Sorry Valek for rping your character. If I did something wrong with him, then I'll change my post concerning that. :smile: I kind of think that Angelica would be a good thing to bring into this part, but that's up to you ... :smile:

(( Very nice posts you guys ... Rachel ... your first post was a hell of a lot better then mine ever was. Heck, it's better then what mine is now :smile: