18 Chapter 18 - Drax's Rescue

Darrien felt a cold sweat from his brow, blood still seeping from his wound as the earth magic flowed into the ground, using mud to cover his wound, for now, the wind holding him and animating him as he would shut the door behind himself, quickly moving along the corridor as he felt the world passing him by, this was crazy he had just killed someone, it was all in self-defense but that person was closer to a person than the crazy monster he fought against.

He would lean against the wall on his way back, slowly coughing up a lung as he would eventually throw up, spewing up what he had for lunch all over the marble floor, it took him a few moments to get back into reality as he would continue to press along the stonework, his hand sliding along the stones as he was drenched in cold sweat, the vampire about to eat him still flashing in his mind.

"It was all to close, I need to get stronger so that this does not happen in the future"

He shook his head as he would continue up the passageway, ascending up the stairs as the light was barely able to light his path, feet tripping up every so often as he would see a figure right at the entrance, looking as panicked and worried as him.

He noticed the strong, imposing and impossibly large frame of Drax standing at the frame, his eyes worried as he stared down at him, his fangs pressing further up his face.

"Are you here to take down the vampires?"

His question was simple as he stared at him, Darrien could see the hope in the man's eyes, slowly shaking his head. "I'm not anyone important, I'm just an idiot who wanders"

He would see the man's eyes start to dim again, he knew that his hope had been killed by these words, though he knew he had to be careful as this man could turn him in.

"I may know someone who can help, her family is strong from what I've heard"

He watched Drax's eyes seem to light back up, slowly nodding his head as he quickly opened the door and helped him out.

"Come on, let's go. you are hurt and if the vampire smell you then I cant promise you anything"

Drax would speak quickly as he grabbed the shoulder of the male, something had changed inside of him, he could sense that and he even felt a shiver down his spine, he knew that something had changed but how could anything change so fast in just a few days, he was not even sure he could win against this man anymore.

Maybe he was tricked?

"I know a back area that we can escape"

Drax would the man, pulling him up and out of the cellar, taking a slightly different path instead of coming up onto the main area, leading down a side passage and into the back of the house, this area was empty as it was close to closing time.

"I'm coming with you, I need some help as well" Drax would respond, Darrien barely knew this man but he had guessed he must have been in some trouble with all the cryptic warnings he had given, he only wished he had listened.

"My first night went off with a bang right?"

He said laughing as he would climb into the strange Orc's car, though he would almost burst out laughing when he saw the massive frame in such a tiny car, it was almost like a clown car.

"Laugh and I'll toss you out the car on the motorway!"

Darrien felt his laugh die as he would nod his head. "Sorry"

During the ride, he felt his body starting to shiver, he would slowly shake his head, he was lucky that he had managed to roughly treat his condition otherwise he would have been in trouble, his shoulder still in massive amounts of pain from earlier, he was a massive mess as he felt the car speeding up and going onto the motorway.

"What happened in that place?"

Darrien felt the question hit him, he would start to recount his experience, wandering the halls as he would eventually find a place with many people trapped, he would skip over the part about getting hurt by the vampire and killing him with even more strange magic, he shook his head as the car started to slow again and pull from the motorway, coming down the ramp and coming back towards the apartment block.

He would get helped from the car, pulling up towards the complex, eventually up towards his room, standing outside his door would be Karen, looking worried as she turned to him, he had texted her in the car saying that he was in trouble and needed her help.

"Darrien!"

She had a look of panic and fear, rushing over as she checked out his wounds, Darrien had resolved his first wound without making her worried about him, this second wound could not be hidden as it hindered his movement, he would just smile at her lightly before they all entered into his small apartment.

As he would sit, getting fawned over by Karen, who was cleaning, pressing and wrapping his wounds, both of them as she frowned as she noticed one was older than the other. She gave him a look of worry before he nodded.

"The vampires are keeping prisoners below the building, there is a massive network of tunnels and buildings to do that"

He felt his fear spiking as he watched her getting mad, slowly shaking her head as she looked to Drax.

"This is Drax, he helped me get out, he needs our help but I don't know why"

Karen frowned before the Orc would quickly speak, looking pale and in shock himself.

"My daughter was taken, many months ago and I've had to obey Vanessa, otherwise I won't be able to see her again. Please help me get her back!"

Darrien and Karen looked at each other, Darrien weakly smiling as Karen had a frown, she was going to have to ask her family.

"Fine, you are in no danger Darrien, both wounds missed vitals, lets head to my family, they shall help"

Drax felt panic as he would look to her. "Family, who is your family?"

"The Blackrose Clan"

Drax felt his panic replaced by total fear, his eyes looking to Karen and then Darrien, how did this young man have such connections to one of the most powerful clans in the entire country.

He was unsure who he should fear, Vanessa or this young man here.

He now had one thing he had lost for along time.

Hope!