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Seated on a large circular table were 8 were with only 4 members being present inside a dark meeting hall. Each of the members wore hooded robes, which concealed their appearances .
It seemed that the robed figures were having a meeting of major importance.
"We should have gone there to retrieve that boy like I said, but now look his staying with those bloodsuckers!" The one of robe figure spoke up voicing his opinion on the situation with Lazarus.
"It's not too late, as we've gotten new info that he goes to the same campus as young Gideon. The information also said that Ragnar Von Helsing also goes there, we could ask him to help capture the young boy." Another voice their own thoughts.
"What about the Bloodfire clan?" A female voice spoke up next. "We know he's living with them since his apartment was destroyed, and we don't want to get into a war with Duke Bloodfire."
Even though they didn't want to admit it most of them couldn't even match Duke Bloodfire, especially if they attempt to touch his children as with any of the children of the vampire nobility.
"I have an Idea. would you all like to hear it?"
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On the campus roof Lazarus stood over the bloody bodies of Maxwell's subordinates with no expression on his face, he held Maxwell by his throat wondering what he should do in this moment.
He looked at Maxwell who looked back at him with fear in his eyes, as he struggled in Lazarus grip. Lazarus wasn't even applying that much strength into his grip.
"Hay... why have you been harassing me since you've known me?" Lazarus asked with no noticeable emotion in his tone.
Maxwell still struggling looked at Lazarus in the eyes and it seemed his fear was replace with anger. "So what..? Huh do you feel strong, now that your a monster?"
Lazarus didn't answer and just let him continue, to which Maxwell did so "Yeah i picked on you cause you were an easy target for bullying. Orphan,... no family... and most of the... time prefers to deal with his own problems. A.K.A the perfect punching ba-." He said between choked gasped as Lazarus grip tightened and his claws begun to dig into his flesh.
As Lazarus heard Maxwell reason for trying to ruin his life since they first met his anger became more pronounced as flames the color of black and red surrounded them both swirling around them like a tornado.
"You know I'm glad you set this up... cause no one is going to stop me from what I'm going to do to you." As he said that his tattoos begun to lose all their colors and turned into a dull white color.
Maxwell tried to resist, as he continued to struggle in Lazarus grip and even begun to beg. "Please I'll do anything you want! You want money, women, fame name it and I'll give it to you just let me live!!! PLEASE!!!"
Maxwell desperate plee landed on death ears. As his notice that his body had begun to turn into white dust particles.
Argh!!!! Make it stop, make it stop, make it stop!!" He screamed as loud as he could but no one was coming to save him.
His screams continue for the next 2 minutes as his body was completely gone, Lazarus stood there rid of Maxwell he turned to his subordinates.
He didn't really hold anything against them as they were just following orders, and most of them were decent people. So he made a decision that he may regret later.
He reached out for one of them but as he was approaching he felt something was off. As he looked down at his shadow and he jumped back as a large black wolf head popped up and tried to bite him in half.
"Woah! Hay,there big guy where's the fire?" He said checking if the beast left any marks on him.
As he was checking himself for injuries the beast took its full form as it was a large wolf that seemed to be the same size as a mini-van. It's furr was a deep black with red markings along it's body, with blood red claws that seemed to have been soaked in the blood of it's enemies.
*GROWL*
It was letting out a low growl as it begun to pace back and forward, and it's tail was held high and stiff as if ready to attack.
Lazarus got up and tried to communicate with the beast. To see could understand him. "Hay boy, look i know this looks bad but they attacked me first, so this was actually self-defense." He said as he tried to come-off as non threatening to the beast.
But the beast didn't seem to believe him as it looked at the people who seemed to be severely injured with burn, claw, and stab wounds on their bodies. The wolf used it's own shadow making it take the form of multiple tendrils to spread towards the unconscious bodies and took them in itself as storage.
As it finished it's task. It suddenly attacked. It rushed towards Lazarus but, before it could reach Lazarus he took action.
The blood on the roof began to move and float towards him, taking the form of circular red orbs and that shot out small blood spikes at the wolf, from multiple angles.
But as they were approaching it the attacks phased through it's body leaving small craters. And this confirmed Lazarus suspicion of the beast.
"Oh! So your a spirit, huh?" He said as he was formulating a plan to deal with him. As he remember from his time with Dakarai. He said that spirits can't fully manifest without a contract with someone who has a high spiritual affinity and they can't be far away from their contractors.
'This is going to be a pain in the ass.' He thought preparing for the worst to come.
But in the next second the roof door got kicked off and 3 people came rushing out. Those 3 being Ragnar, Gideon and Astra.
"Bloody hell?!? what in the world happened here?" Gideon questioned as he pulled out a golden sword that had precious gems inbeded into it's gaurd,hilt, and pommal.
"Seems the fight is already done and judging by the fact i can't detected Maxwell anywhere, and i can detect that your spirit companion has most of Maxwell's people inside it, so I'd have to assume he's dead". Astra finished as she was looking around, uncaring for the small amouts of destruction and blood on the roof.
"Hay come here!" Ragnar called and the large shadow wolf came to him excitedly wagging it's tail at him. As if the earlier scenario of it prepared to attack Lazarus didn't happen.
As Ragnar looked at Lazarus his suspicions were right. "So you became a vampire?" He asked to which Lazarus nodded. Signifying his answer.
Ragnar looked at Lazarus with a look that was hard to decipher. It seemed as if he was hesitating to do something, but he look at Lazarus and pointed a revolver at him.
"Lazarus, as your friend I don't want to do this but I need to bring you in."