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Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 01

By: donalde



I had intended that Diamond be a one chapter stand alone story but after numerous request I relented and started a sequel this is the first chapter of it and I hope that I did the original story justice. I would like to thank Kalamazoo707 for all of her help with the medical parts of the story and for her editing this story. 

Warning: This is the sequel to the Diamond Murders. If you haven't read that story, I would strongly suggest that you read it first. This is a work of fiction and all businesses, people and vampires exist only in my mind and on this paper. Any similarities to any person living, dead or vampire is purely coincidental.

Chapter 01: The Diamond Legacy

Andrew died en route to the hospital. Nothing that the paramedics did slowed the blood as it flowed from his body. An IV was started in each arm and fluids were pushed as fast as possible but they couldn't even begin to keep up with the loss of blood. He was dead before they could drive less than three miles to the hospital.

Amelia was alive but unconscious arriving to the hospital in grave condition. The lead trauma doctor, Dr. Walter Dressler ordered two cut lines to be started in addition to the two IV's already in place.

"I want two units of 'O' negative right now!" he shouted, "I also want a CBC, CMP and a PT/PTT stat! Give 40 mg of Protamine Sulfate pushed and then 60 mg per hour! Come on! Where's that blood?"

Dr. Dressler was frantic, he could see that nothing they did was stopping the flow of blood from Amelia's neck, he had a nurse at Amelia's head applying pressure to the wound but to no avail. 

"Call down to the blood bank and tell them to have fifteen units ready and to send what they have now!" He called out and then to another nurse, "fifty mg of Vitamin K IV push now! And get the hematologist up here... I think its Sanger."

Dr. Dressler had just stepped out of the trauma bay to talk to Sanger when Amelia crashed. He and his team put up a valiant fight but nothing they did worked. After twenty minutes, he called her death. When he got the lab results, he was shocked to see that according to the PT/PTT Amelia's blood had lost the ability to clot. Out of curiosity, he ran another PT/PTT even though Amelia was dead. He was amazed that the results hadn't changed even with the Vitamin K, Protamine Sulfate and the blood that she had received. He requested and received permission to take blood and tissue samples from both her and Andrew's bodies before they were taken to the morgue. 

Their autopsies would be performed first thing the next morning.

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Amelia opened her eyes and wondered what in the hell was going on. The last thing that she remembered was being in the car with Andrew when the "officer needs assistance" call came through. After that, she couldn't remember. "Where was Andrew?" she wondered as she tried to move. It was then that she realized that she was naked and lying on a cold hard bed of some type and covered from the face down with a sheet. She moved her arms and hit the sides of a wall and then the ceiling.

She yanked the sheet off her face and tried to take stock of her surroundings. Even though it was pitch black, she found that she had no problems with her vision and what she saw horrified her. She was in a stainless steel box of some kind. She panicked and began kicking and hitting at the metal walls around her. One of her biggest fears was of being trapped in a small place.

Finally, the door opened and the bed was pulled out of the small space. She looked up to see Andrew looking down at her with a smile on his face.

"Come on, I'll help you up." he said.

He held out his hand, helped her into a sitting position, and kept a hand on her back to steady her, as she felt inexplicably weak. When the room stopped spinning, she looked at Andrew once again realizing how handsome he was but without the clothes, she had to admit that he was the best-looking man that she had ever seen.

"I was disorientated and weak too." he said, "but it should pass quickly. In case you're wondering, we're vampires and I'm still trying to wrap my head around it and what that means for us. I now understand how that woman managed not to be seen. It seems that we can control people to some degree with our minds, that's how I got the guy who released me to leave and not to come back."

Amelia looked at Andrew as if he had two heads.

"What the hell? What kind of game are you playing here? There are no such things as vampires and where are my clothes?" she asked looking around. "You'd better hope that I don't file sexual harassment charges against you!"

Andrew laughed, "I'm not playing games but we do have a few obstacles to overcome, the first and most obvious being clothes. The second thing is food, I don't know about you but I'm starving and I know that we're going to need blood in order to survive. It took me about an hour to remember what happened and it's around two am now. We need to find a place to go before sunrise so what do you say? Shall we get the hell out of here and find some food and clothes?" 

Seeing Andrew's face change and his fangs extend jarred her memory a little. She recalled seeing the strange woman outside of the school and she looked as Andrew did now. She began to piece things together as she remembered the fight with the woman and being bitten on the he neck. 

"T...t... this I...I f...f...f...r...r...real?" she stammered.

"Would you believe your toe tag?" Andrew asked.

Amelia's went wide in shock as she looked down at her feet. Somehow, that little tag made everything seem real. How could something so little have such a profound affect in her? Her thoughts went to her mother, she had just lost her husband, Amelia's father eight months ago. She would be devastated to think that her daughter was dead and what about her baby sister?

"How long have you been up?" Amelia asked.

"A few hours." Andrew replied, "It took a while for the memories to return plus I seem to know a lot of things like how to charm someone and how to incapacitate my victims and this..."

Andrew concentrated and after a few minutes began to fade away.

"How did you do that?" Amelia asked shocked.

He reappeared behind her and replied, "It's easy. Close your eyes and concentrate on being invisible."

Amelia closed her eyes and tried for several minutes managing to make herself translucent but not invisible. She finally became frustrated and gave up, "I can't seem to do that." she said.

Andrew however was impressed with what she could do.

"How did you do that?" he asked.

"Do what?" Amelia asked confused.

"You became translucent like a ghost, it was so cool!" Andrew replied.

"I pictured myself as a pane of glass, how do you do the invisibility thing?" she asked.

Andrew imagined himself as a pane of glass and became translucent before responding.

"I imagined myself as not being able to be seen like that guy in the movie 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'." 

Amelia closed her eyes and envisioned being like the invisible man. After a few seconds, she vanished. 

"I did it!" she squealed excitedly and hugged Andrew.

As soon as she hugged him, he vanished.

"Now we know how she got the bodies out of the hotel unseen." Andrew said, "But as fun as this is, we need to get going, there's a clothing store down the street; let's head there."

Andrew took Amelia's hand and they both became invisible. They walked out of the morgue and headed toward the clothing store. Even in their weakened condition, they found it easy to force open the doors of "J. Brown's Fine Clothiers' an upscale clothing store.

They were both surprised at their strength when the door came off its hinges with what they thought was a gentle tug. They both laughed at their faux pas as Andrew set the door aside and then valiantly bowed as he gestured for Amelia to lead the way. 

Amelia playfully fanned herself with her hand giggling as she proclaimed, "My you are such a gentleman my handsome knight."

Andrew chuckled, "We'd better hurry, I think that it would be wise to be out of here before the police arrived." 

"How are we going to pay for this stuff?" Amelia asked.

"I seem to have left my wallet in my pants!" Andrew playfully remarked as he patted himself down. Seeing Amelia's reaction, he became more serious, "we'll send him a money order once we have access to money unless you happen to have some hidden somewhere on your person?"

Amelia wasn't happy; she had never stolen anything in her life unless the fries she would steal from her sister counted. Andrew was right she realized but then she had an idea.

"How about we get my mother to pay the bill and we could pay her back?" 

Andrew knew that she wasn't going to like his answer but he plowed ahead.

"Amelia, we can't contact our families. As far as they know, we're dead and it needs to stay that way at least for now."

"Why?" she asked angrily not seeing the issue.

Andrew looked away. He didn't like it anymore than she did. He didn't get to see his son Jake very often as it was and now, he would never see him again.

"If we go to our families several things could happen with the first thing being we could and probably would kill them." he paused to let this sink in before continuing, "and secondly, what do you think the government would do if they found us alive? May I suggest that we get some clothes and get out of here? The police will be here soon."

Amelia nodded and began to assemble an outfit consisting of a pair of black slacks, a white peasant top, a pair of comfortable shoes with a low heel and a leather jacket. A purse that matched her outfit completed her outfit. She looked over at Andrew to see how he had fared. 

She gave a whistle of approval at the pair of tan khakis, black pullover shirt, and a leather jacket and pair of black loafers that completed the outfit.

"Looking good!" she said appreciatively, "how do I look?"

"You look as sexy as hell." Andrew replied as his eyes took in her appearance.

Just then, two police cruisers pulled up out front of the store. The two of them instantly vanished. Andrew wondered how Amelia was going to be able to see him and began to reappear.

"What are you doing?" she asked, "They'll see you!"

The two officers startled turned to see where the voice had come from. The store appeared to be empty as they looked around.

"Walt, did you hear that?" 

"Yes, I heard it," Walt replied in a deep Jamaican accent, "but where did it come from?" he asked his partner.

"It sounded like it came from right here." Walt's partner replied.

While the officers continued to search, Amelia walked over to Andrew. Once she was standing in front of him, she leaned into him and whispered, "I'm sorry but I thought that you were visible to them. How did you make yourself visible to me but not to them?" she asked.

Andrew shrugged, "I just wanted you to see me, let's get out of here."

Amelia grabbed Andrew's hand and gestured for him to take the lead. Hand in hand, the two of them walked out into the night. Andrew was trying to find a place to shelter them from the sun, from everything that he knew and heard about vampires, the sun was dangerous to them and would burn them until they were nothing but ash. He couldn't imagine dying that way; he imagined it to be the most painful way to die.

"I know that you're trying to take care of us and I hate to add any more to your burden but I'm starving." Amelia said, "Do you think we could get something to eat? I would love a burger."

He was hungry too but knew that the only thing that would satisfy the hunger was human blood. He wondered why Amelia didn't realize this. He now had to come to grips with the fact that they would have to hunt and kill humans in order to survive. He was a realist and knew that it was either that or they starved to death. He made the decision to avoid people with families and children but he would do whatever it took to keep the two of them alive.

He wondered why he was so concerned about her; he really didn't know her that well but with her deep brown eyes and skin the color of rich chocolate, she was beautiful. A few minutes later, he had figured out the food and shelter issue, they would go to the hospital, steal some blood from the blood bank, and then go to his house. His ex-wife wouldn't arrive for a few days and it would give him and Amelia some time to plan their next move.

Andrew took a few minutes to reflect on his relationship with his ex wife. They had been high school sweethearts and became engaged their senior year. They married the year after he graduated from the academy. The only thing that he ever wanted to be was a cop but Shannon was miserable and worried constantly. The worry only increased when she found out that she was pregnant.

Their problems came to a head on the night that Andrew had been injured in a car accident while on patrol. A kid ran a red light and rammed into his patrol car. While Andrew only suffered a mild concussion and a dislocated shoulder, in Shannon's mind he almost died. As he recovered, she hovered over him, by the night he was supposed to return to work, she was a nervous wreck. After three weeks, she couldn't take anymore and moved out taking their son Jake with her. 

They tried counseling and reconciliation several times but it never lasted for long. Every attempted reconciliation destroyed not only them but also Jake a little more each time so they decided to permanently part ways. By the time the divorce was finalized, Jake was four years old.

Eight years ago, Shannon met and married her current husband Tony and Andrew found that he liked the man. He was genuinely happy for Shannon and Tony was good to Jake not attempting to replace him as his father. Three years after Tony and Shannon married; Tony got a good job offer from a west coast company. Instead of just moving, Shannon and Tony talked with Andrew before he accepted the job. They wanted him to understand that they would make sure that he would get to spend time with Jake. 

They stayed in contact via skype and this summer Andrew was planning to go out west for three weeks to spend time with Jake. Tony was going to charter a boat so that all of them could spend the day fishing. It hurt Andrew that it wasn't going to happen but took comfort in the fact that Shannon and Jake had Tony to help them through his death.

He dragged himself from his thoughts as he quietly said his goodbyes to his ex wife and son. He finally turned to Amelia and explained the food situation to her.

"I have an idea on how to get us through the next day or so." he said. "I know that you're hungry but it isn't human food that we need, it won't quell our hunger." he paused before continuing, "we need blood and it has to be human which gives us two choices, we either feed from a human or we steal the blood from a blood bank. Afterwards we can go to my place to figure out our next move, my ex and my kid won't arrive for a day or two and by then we should be gone."

Revulsion was on Amelia's face as she thought about drinking blood, "Are you fucking kidding me?" she asked.

Andrew laughed before replying, "No dear, I most certainly am not kidding. We're vampires, which means that we need blood in order to survive, now which is it? Blood bank or person?"

Amelia's shoulders slumped and she began to cry, "This isn't fair! I don't want to be a vampire and how can you act as if this is nothing? We're fiends who have to kill others so that we can live! Just let me die, I don't want to have to kill in order top live!"

"Do you eat meat?" Andrew asked as he hugged her.

"Yes but that's different." Amelia replied sniffling, "meat comes from animals and how can we feed from people when we're human?" she asked.

Andrew sighed as he held her, offering comfort and making sure that she was still invisible.

"I'm not sure of what we are but we have to eat or we die and I refuse to let either of us die." Andrew said. "We'll get the blood from the blood bank, go to my house and then we'll sort this out.

Amelia held on to him until she was back under control.

"Okay, lead on." she said, "but this would be easier if we had a car. By the way, how is it that you seem to have the answers but I don't?"

Andrew shrugged, "maybe it's because I'm more accepting of the situation than you are. I'm not sure if that's the reason but we need to take advantage of any opportunity that we have, we have less than two hours before sunup. Come on; let's see if we can catch a cab, maybe I can make him forget us like I did the guy at the morgue."

Andrew looked around and saw a Wells Fargo Bank with an ATM machine in front of it. He was wishing that he could withdrawal some cash from it when suddenly the machine started spitting out cash. They rushed over and began picking up the money as fast as they could and by the time the machine stopped, they had a little over six-thousand dollars in cash. 

"That was weird but lucky." Andrew said cheerfully as he stuffed the money in his pockets.

Amelia's elation quickly died as she looked at the money in her hands. 

"As nice as this is, we have to return the money, it isn't ours and I don't want to be a thief."

Andrew blew out an exasperated breath. He wondered why she didn't understand that they had to forget their old values and do what they whatever they needed to do in order to survive. They had to have money in order to live and getting a job was out of the question for both of them.

He briefly thought about leaving her to her own devices but found that he couldn't bear the idea of leaving her.

"Amelia, listen to me." he said gently as he hugged her again. "We need the money and as soon as we are able we'll pay everyone that we took from back."

After releasing her from the hug, Andrew picked Amelia up, slung her over his shoulder, and took off. Time was definitely against them. As he ran, he wondered about how he was going to convince Amelia that she was going to have to adapt. He didn't want to lose her and she was becoming important to him in a way that he had as of yet been unable to put into words.

What he did know was that it was imperative that she accept and adapt to what they were. The problem was figuring out a way to get her to that point. He was moving at a breakneck speed through the city streets, the building little more than a blur as he instinctively avoided all obstacles.

When he came out of his reverie, he they were standing in front if St. Agnes' Hospital. To his amazement, it had taken him less than twenty minutes to get from the inner harbor to the hospital, something that only someone who was driving could accomplish.

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Amelia had been enjoying the comfort of Andrew holding her when suddenly she was tossed over his shoulder and he was running at a good speed and increasing it until everything they passed was a blur. He seemed to have no concept of how fast he was going and it scared the living shit out of her.

"Andrew!" she screamed, "Slow down, you're scaring me!"

Andrew seemed no to hear her as he kept up the breakneck pace just barely missing cars and buildings. She finally closed her eyes, held on and screamed until she felt him slow down and come to a stop. She slowly opened her eyes and read the sign above the doors, "welcome to St. Agnes' Hospital"

Andrew gently set Amelia on her feet and held her until she steadied before whispering to her.

"We have to stay invisible and keep quiet." he said, "We'll take the blood and get out of here as quickly as possible."

Amelia nodded her understanding and gestured for Andrew to take the lead.

Andrew took Amelia's hand and led her to the hospital's blood bank where there was only one person visible. Andrew compelled the woman who was sitting behind a desk to go into the bathroom and not to return until he said that it was safe for her to do so. The woman stood up and walked to the bathroom without giving it any thought as to what she was doing.


Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 02



I would like to thank Kalamazoo707 for all of her help with this chapter and for being a great editor. I would like to thank everyone who reads ,votes and/or comments on offerings . 

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Andrew sadly looked at Catherine as he approached her. He looked from her and then to Amelia with tears in his eyes.

"I can't kill her even if it means our destruction... what are we going to do?" he asked.

Amelia sighed. She hated the feeling of uncertainty that flooded through her. She didn't want to kill Catherine but she was damned if she was going to share Andrew with her. The question that hung in her mind was how could they let her go? If they let her go and she told someone, it could mean their destruction if not something worse.

Amelia went to Andrew, wrapped her arms around him and pulled him into an embrace relishing in the warmth and safety his arms provided. They weren't' safe and she knew it but she needed the illusion of safety that being held by him provided.

"We'll work it out." Andrew whispered, "We have to keep her with us until we can figure out a way to make her forget us."

"What kind of life is that?" Amelia asked. "What happens if we do take her with us and she escapes during the day when we can't follow her? She could go to the officials and we'd be trapped."

"Are you saying that we should kill her?" Andrew asked.

"No," Amelia replied shaking her head. "I don't want to hurt her but I don't want to lose what we have. I don't understand how you can mean so much to me after just a couple of days but at any rate, we have to talk to her and explain everything to her. We'll make our decision when we see her reaction."

Amelia sighed, "All I wanted to do was send her home, have a good meal and then enjoy a day of making passionate love with you." she added.

"It's still early." Andrew replied, "You may still get your wish. Tell you what, I'll put the rest of the bags of blood in the fridge and make us some food while you wake up sleeping beauty. The brothers are secured downstairs so she'll be safe.

Amelia waited until Andrew left the room before waking Amelia but not before reminding herself that she shouldn't remove the poor human's eyes for looking at her man. She released the compulsion and gently shook Catherine while calling her name.

Catherine opened her eyes, looked around and asked for Andrew.

Amelia's eyes became black orbs as the skin of her face became pale and drawn. Her fangs descended, her gums drawing back making them seem even larger.

"He's mine!" Amelia hissed, "And if you don't stop looking at him with lust in your eyes, I'll rip them out of your head and feast on them!"

Catherine's eyes widened in terror as she let out a blood-curdling scream as Amelia approached her. Amelia was now in full predator mode trying to protect her rights to her mate and the girl's fear wasn't helping. She violently grabbed Catherine's head, yanked it to the side and bit down her fangs piercing the jugular vein. Amelia began draining the girl of her fear-laced blood thinking that it tasted sweeter than honey.

Andrew heard the scream, raced up the stairs and ran into the room. He saw Amelia in full vampire mode, her mouth latched onto the side of Catherine's neck. He raced across the room and yanked Amelia off Catherine as he screamed at her.

"Amelia! What in the fuck are you doing?"

Amelia struggled against Andrew as she hissed, "she was trying to steal you away from me! I won't allow anyone to come between us! She must die!"

Andrew turned Amelia around so that she was facing him and whispered to her, "she is a child, it's you that I want but you have to calm down so that we can help her before she dies."

Amelia regained control of herself and realized what she had done.

"My god Andrew!" she exclaimed, "help me! We have to save her! What came over me?" Amelia asked panicked.

Andrew went over to Catherine's side and tried to stop the blood flow knowing that if he didn't, she would die. Nothing he did stopped the blood from flowing from her neck. He looked over at Amelia and shook his head, "she'll be dead in a moment, and I guess our troubles are over."

"I didn't mean to attack her," Amelia said crying softly, "what came over me?"

Andrew wrapped his arms around Amelia as the girl took her last breath. He wished that he knew what to say to console Amelia.

"Maybe it's for the best." he said, "she won't have to travel with us and we won't have to worry about her betraying us."

Amelia was now beside herself with feelings of guilt, "What are we going to do with her body?" she asked, "She deserves a proper burial"

"We'll make sure that she gets one." Andrew replied. "We'll feed from the two downstairs, leave and then anonymously call it in."

"So we leave tomorrow night then." Amelia said softly. "Andrew, I am so sorry, maybe you'd be better off without me. You're better suited to the vampire life; I'll end up getting you killed." 

"Did you forget our promise to each other?" Andrew asked firmly. "We promised to live or die together so which will it be? Get this through that thick head of yours! You are mine and no one or anything is going to separate us do you fucking understand me? I have been infatuated with you from the first time I saw you and after everything that we've been through you have no right to separate us."

Amelia threw her arms around Andrew's neck and kissed him. "I love you."

"I love you too." Andrew replied as he returned the hug

They went into another bedroom and quickly undressed. Andrew took a long slow perusal of the naked woman before him. He thought her more beautiful than any woman that he had ever seen and that included the mother of his son. He savored every inch of her flawless chocolate colored skin. Her scent was maddening. Her scent reminded him of the clean smell of a mountain rain and now that scent combined with the scent of her arousal, he thought that he could lose himself in her forever. It was as if the scent of her life's essence was a magnet drawing him in.

Amelia still aroused from her feeding wanted Andrew so badly that it hurt. His scent reminded her of new leather and musk. She was driven to a distraction by the scent of his life's essence that flowed beneath the surface of his skin. She had to taste it. She needed it more than she needed air.

Unable to wait any longer, Amelia dropped to her knees and took his member into her mouth. She rapidly bobbed her head up and down going deeper with each pass. She buried her nose in his pubic hair and worked her throat muscles trying to milk his cock. Andrew was fighting to control himself when he pulled Amelia up to her feet.

"I want to cum inside of you but not like that."

He picked her up, carried her to the bed and gently lay her down on it. He kissed her sliding his tongue into her mouth taking the time to explore her mouth with his tongue. He worked his left hand down to the junction between her legs and began rubbing her clit with his thumb varying the speed and pressure. He worked one and then two fingers into her hot wet pussy sawing them in and out while wiggling them around making sure that he reached every sensitive spot.

Andrew continued the ministrations with his fingers as he broke the kiss and began to nibble his way across his jaw then down to her neck. His fangs descended and he raked them across the skin of her neck causing her to shiver with anticipation. She wanted him to taste her essence as badly as he had wanted to taste hers it was a burning need that couldn't be ignored. When he reached her collarbone, Andrew retracted his fangs. He kissed, licked and nibbled his way across her collarbone; he could feel her building to her first orgasm.

He worked his way to her right breast and starting at the base and in a spiraling movement began to nip and lick his way up to her nipple. Once he reached the nipple, he gently took it into his mouth and began to tug on it as he flicked the tip of his tongue across the top of it. His left hand massaged her left breast gently pulling and pinching the nipple. His right hand tugged sharply on Amelia's clit making her sending her over the edge and screaming through the orgasm.

Inspired, Andrew didn't let up as he slid a third finger into her tight pussy. Amelia was out of her mind with lust and tried to rush him. She wanted him inside of her but when she tried to hurry him, he slowed down. He switched to her other breast but this time he used the tip of his tongue to spiral from the base of the breast to the nipple. Amelia tried to push her tit further into Andrew's mouth but he wouldn't allow it. 

"I am the one who will decide how fast we go." he said as he held her in place. "If you insist on fighting me, I'll take great pleasure in tying you to the bed and teasing you for the next three days."

Amelia squealed, whether it was from lust or shock Andrew didn't know. He went back to teasing her nipple with the tip of his tongue and he could tell that her second orgasm was coming. He backed off but kept her right on the razor's edge of orgasm. She tried everything that she could to get Andrew to send her over the edge but he artfully dodged all of her attempts reducing her to begging.

"Andrew stop fucking teasing me!" she exclaimed, "and make me cum damn it!"

Andrew chuckled but continued to keep her on edge. Amelia tried to help herself go over the edge but Andrew wouldn't let her restraining her hands until she got the message.

"You are going to be sorry if you don't fucking make me cum right now!" Amelia demanded.

Andrew continued to ignore and slowly made his way down her stomach licking and then blowing across the moist skin making her shiver. He was taking great pleasure in driving her insane with lust never altering his pace no matter how much she demanded or begged him. She was getting to the point where she felt as if she was going to explode if Andrew didn't allow her to have her release. She couldn't even think clearly enough to use compulsion on him.

He swirled his tongue around her belly button as he worked her clit with his thumb just enough to keep her on edge but not enough to send her over the edge.

"Please Andrew," she begged, "Show me some mercy and let me cum."

Andrew rubbed his cheek across her patch of coarse dark hair reveling in the scent of her arousal as he slowly strummed her clit. Amelia was now begging in earnest offering him anything he wanted if only he would let her cum. He looked up at her and smiled as he got between her legs and slowly licked around the edges of her nether lips before going to the center and lapping at her. He stuck his tongue into her hole working it in and out like a small dick before licking his way to her clit. He began to nibble and suck on it as the bed became soaked with her juices. 

He slid one and then two fingers into her pussy massaging her g-spot. Amelia began to shudder as the orgasm ripped through her body. All she could do was whimper as her breath raced in and out of her lungs. Her whole body trembled as she experienced the most intense orgasm of her life.

Andrew didn't let up, he kept sucking and nibbling at her as she rode wave after wave of pleasure that ripped through her body like a tidal wave. As soon as she began to come down from her orgasm, Andrew picked up his pace on her clit and the inside of her pussy. With a finger from his free hand, he began probing at her anal ring gently sliding it past the tight ring of muscle. The new sensation sent Amelia into another earth shattering orgasm. She shuddered violently as wave after wave of rippled through her body. She was panting as if she had just finished running the New York City marathon in record time. 

She couldn't wait any longer; she had to have him inside of her. She grabbed Andrew by his head and pulled him up to her.

"I need you now." she said as soon as she could look into his eyes. She gave him a searing kiss forcing her tongue into his mouth. Andrew repositioned himself, took his rock hard cock in his hand and slowly slid it up and down her slit.

"What is it that you want love?" He teased.

Amelia wrapped her legs around Andrew's waist; her eyes now black orbs. "I want you now!"

Andrew inserted the head of his dick into her soaked pussy and held it there, "You don't intimidate me," he smirked, "I told you that this was at my pace not yours."

"Andrew please!" Amelia begged, "You're driving me insane!"

He began to work his way into her a little at a time then pull back until just the head of his cock was in her. He would pause for a couple of moments then slide in a little further only to pull back again. It took him a full five minutes to work his all of his cock in her. By this time, Amelia was beside herself with lust and desire, nothing she did could make Andrew speed up his slow, deliberate pace.

Amelia reached up, pulled Andrew down to her and bit into his shoulder. Andrew howled in pleasure and began to move at a frantic pace. His control gone, he let his fangs descend and bit into her shoulder as she had bitten into his. They each had only taken a couple of sips from each other but it was enough to send them into the most intense orgasm that either of them had ever experienced.

They released each other and lay in post orgasmic bliss. When they calmed, they realized that they needed to feed or else they would go into a frenzy. They headed to the basement where the brothers were still secured to the pipes. Andrew went to Paul, grabbed him as he turned his head to expose his neck and viciously bit down. He drank until the man was drained dry, released the lifeless body and left it hanging there.

While Andrew was feeding on Paul, Amelia calmly walked over to John and released the compulsion. She wanted him to be fully aware of what was going to happen to him. She wanted him to feel the same fear that Catherine felt when he had her tied to the bed and was going to rape her.

John watched as Andrew drained his brother and began to beg.

"Please! I'll do anything you want! Just don't kill me!"

"You have got to be kidding." Amelia said, "you expect mercy when you have none yourself? You're a pathetic piece of shit and I'm about to do the world a favor by getting rid of you."

She reached up, grabbed the rope that led to the pipe and snapped it. John tried to shove her out of the way but she didn't move other than to kick the side of his kneecap forcing it to dislocate to the side. John howled in pain as he fell, his leg no longer able to support him. 

Amelia grabbed him by the hair, yanked his head to the side and bit down puncturing his jugular vein. She gulped it down not wanting to waste a single drop as she relished the sweet taste of it. When he was drained dry, she unceremoniously dropped the body to the floor.

She looked at Andrew and realized that she could feel everything that he felt for her. She felt his love and need for her just as he felt hers for him. She found it to be a very surreal experience. Amelia wanted and needed to be held by him and knew that he wanted the same as they came to grips with this new ability. She rushed over to Andrew and hugged him, holding on to him for dear life.

"I could stay like this forever." she heard him say.

Amelia smiled before replying, "So could I my love."

"You could what?" Andrew asked confused as to what she was talking about.

"Stay like this forever." she replied laughing, "You just said it and I'm agreeing with you."

"Amelia, I didn't say anything," Andrew said, 'I thought it but .... Are you telling me that you can read my mind?" he asked.

"If I did, it wasn't intentional," Amelia replied. "But it sounded as if you had spoken out loud and I'm not trying to spy on your personal thoughts."

Andrew heard what she said but also heard, "God why does he have to look so sexy?"

"You're very sexy yourself." Andrew said, "And I don't think that you were reading my mind on purpose, it just surprised me is all."

Amelia looked at Andrew and was confused for a moment until she understood what was happening.

"Andrew, we're not reading each other's minds; somehow we're projecting out thoughts to each other." She concentrated on what she wanted to say and then asked, "Did you hear me?"

Andrew shook his head, "sorry love but it didn't seem to work this time."

Amelia shrugged, "too bad, I was offering you something special but now you'll never know what it was."

Andrew's eyes lit up, "I can only imagine what you were thinking of."

He snapped the rope that was holding Paul's body up and let them fall to the floor. 

"What do you think we should do with the bodies?" he asked.

"I don't know." Amelia replied, "How long are we going to be staying here?" 

"I figured on a few days so that we could come up with a plan and maybe get a better handle on our abilities." Andrew said, "and I was hoping to get to know you a little better but I think that we should leave here as soon as possible." he added.

Amelia smiled at the "get to know you better" comment and asked a question, "why did we become vampires and not die like the others? And what if Catherine is in the process of becoming a vampire? If it weren't for you, I would be in big trouble. Think about how she's going to be when she wakes up and remembers that I attacked her."

Andrew frowned at the possibility that John and Paul could be vampires. He thought about what he knew about vampires from the books he read and the movies. The only thing that was consistent in all of them was that they died if they went into the sunlight and death was permanent if either they were decapitated or their bodies burned. He wondered how one was turned into a vampire although he did not intend to turn someone; it was something that they needed to know to prevent accidental turnings.

"I don't know why or how we turned but it's a good question." Andrew replied. "I also have to wonder what the difference between us and that woman's other victims are. And for the sake of argument, let's say that we started the process of creating three new vampires, what do we do? Do we allow it to happen or try to prevent it?"

"I don't think that we should let the brothers become vampires." Amelia replied, "But how do we stop it?"

"We cut off their heads." Andrew replied.

"Are you sure?" Amelia asked.

"No but according to the myths they can be killed in two ways and one of them is decapitating them and of the two methods, that is the more practical one." Andrew replied.

"Why is that the more practical choice? And what about the girl?" Amelia asked, "Are we going to cut her head off too?"

"The other option is burning the bodies, it would take too long and as for the girl, she was an innocent, we'll try to help her but we can't let the brothers return as vampires." Andrew replied. "I wonder if we can find any reliable information on the web?"

"Shall we try Google or Wikipedia?" Amelia asked laughing.

"Actually," Andrew replied, "I was thinking of trying both. We need to make some quick decisions; we have less than an hour before sunrise. We have to decide what we're going to do and where we're going to go from here. I don't know how much information is out there but we'll have to take what we can get."

"I'm sorry love, you're right and besides, it really can't hurt anything." Amelia said softly.

"There's nothing to be sorry for." Andrew said as he wrapped his arms around Amelia, "and it does sound like some kind of joke but I'm trying to keep us alive."

Andrew released her from the hug and went to the garage to see if there was anything that he could use to decapitate the brothers. He was impressed with the selection of cars that he saw in the garage-taking note of the Beemer and a viper but the Hummer H-3 Alpha was the vehicle that would best fit their needs. He took a few minutes to look it over and realized that it had everything that they would need including a small refrigerator. After looking over the Hummer, he looked for an axe and found a machete.




Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 02



He went back into the house, pulled John's body out into the garage, and removed his head and hands before placing them in a trash bag. He repeated the process with Paul noting how little blood there was. Afterwards, he wrapped the bodies in comforters and with Amelia's help put the bodies in the back of the hummer.

Andrew knew that time was getting short but he didn't want the corpses in the house, it was bad enough that the girl was still there. 

"I'll be back in a little while." he told Amelia, "I'm going to get rid of the bodies."

He knew that he had to be quick. Sunrise was rapidly approaching. He was about to pull out and head to the state park when he spotted a garbage truck about to empty a dumpster. He quickly got out of the hummer, ran over to the truck and tapped on the driver's door. When the driver opened the door, Andrew quickly compelled him and instructed him to stay where he was. 

He put the bodies in the dumpster and then erased the driver's memory of him. That done, he went to a twenty-four hour grocery store and bought four bottle of drain cleaner with which he would use to dispose of the heads and hands of the brothers.

By the time he returned to the house, dawn was just touching the sky. He had just pulled in when he saw a trash truck headed their way. He had Amelia run the bags containing the body parts to the truck, throw them in and then compel the men to compact the trash and then to forget about seeing her.

While she was taking care of the remaining body parts, Andrew moved Catherine's body from upstairs to the downstairs sofa. He grabbed the file that he had taken from, the gun that had been in the dresser drawer, John's laptop, carried them down to the game room, and set himself up at the bar. Amelia came down a few minutes later with a tray containing two large omelets, a butler of coffee and utensils.

As they ate, the laptop was booting up, when it was ready, he googled vampires and was amazed at the number of hits that he received. He narrowed his search by typing in "real vampires" which knocked the number of results from fourteen million to about a million and a half. Not knowing where to start, he began picking random sites but a many of them were sites that retold the old myths about vampires. He was about to give up when he noticed that there were instructions on the lower right hand corner of the screen, "if you can see this, click here."

"What the hell?" Andrew muttered as he clicked onto the link. The laptop went through a series of redirects until it came to a site. "Amelia, come see this." Andrew said.

They couldn't believe their luck as they read together, "welcome to the blood exchange, the first and only site for people who have been afflicted with vampirism. If you wish to continue, you must first call...."

The site kicked them off after about a minute. Andrew, using one of the prepaid phones dialed the number. The phone rang four times before someone answered. Instinctively Andrew knew that the voice that answered the phone belonged to a vampire.

"Hello," Andrew replied, "I hope that you can help us."

"Hello parvulus, where is your creator?" the voice asked.

"If you mean the bitch who turned us, in hell I hope." Andrew replied.

There was surprise in the man's voice as he responded, "Who is there with you? How did your creator die and do you know her name? I am assuming that it was a female since you used the term bitch."

"My name is Andrew and not parvulus and the name of the lady with me is Amelia. Diamond was the name of the woman who turned us and as to how she died; I blew her head off with a shotgun."

"Ahh Detective Martin! So Special Agent Hensley is still with you, this is good. We had a feeling that you two had been turned. The man paused a moment before continuing." Now the incident at St. Agnes makes sense. Nice cover up, the humans are looking for some kind of fringe cult but I must ask you to be more careful. How much blood do you have and when did you last feed?" he asked.

"We fed last night." Andrew replied, "And we have some important questions for you like how do we prevent from turning humans into vampires when we feed on them? How often do we have to feed and do we have to kill the human that we feed from?"

"First of all, "the voice said, "If you feed from a human, they will die. Whether they will turn or not depends on when you stopped feeding. If you stop feeding before the heart stops, they will come back as vampire. Therefore, when you feed from a human, make sure that you drink until the heart stops unless you are planning to turn them.

Andrew drew in a harsh breath, "Shit! I thought we turned her."

"Who are you talking about?" the vampire asked alarmed.

"When we got here the man that owned the place was in the process of raping a girl that he and his brother had kidnapped." Andrew explained, "When we freed her she started flirting with me which made Amelia so angry that she attacked her. She only bit her once and latched on for less than a minute but we couldn't save her."

"Have you and Amelia exchanged blood yet?" the vampire asked.

"Yes, just before we fed from the owners of the house." Andrew replied, smiling at Amelia's blush.

"Congratulations are in order then!" The vampire exclaimed sounding genuinely pleased. "The two that you fed from, did you feed until the heart stopped?"

"Mating?" Andrew asked. "And yes their hearts were no longer beating not that it would have made any difference."

"What happened was when the two of you exchanged blood while having sex; you formed a bond that can never be broken. You will always be able to find each other no matter where you are or how far apart you are. You will also be able to feel the emotions of the other as if they were your own as well as project thoughts to each other. The down side to all of this is that it will be virtually impossible to remain sane after losing one's mate. More times than not, the remaining mate has to be put down." The vampire explained and then he asked about the bodies of the dead men.

"I decapitated them and cut off their hands." Andrew replied, "I was lucky enough to find a dumpster that was about to be emptied and tossed the bodies in there, they're probably in a landfill by now. The head and hands were tossed into a garbage truck and the driver was compelled to run the compactor."

"I am impressed." The vampire said. "Normally parvulus leave a trail of bodies behind them. How much blood do you have?" he asked.

"Six units and why do you keep calling me parvulus?" Andrew asked.

"Parvulus is Latin for infant or child. It is what we call newly turned vampires because in essence that is what you are in that you have to learn your abilities and how to manage them. As far as your blood supply is concerned, you don't have enough. The girl will require twelve to fifteen units when she wakes up. After that, you can choose your options. You can drink three to four units per day and not eat human food or you can eat human food and drink three to four units at least twice a week.

You should also keep ten units of plasma on hand for emergencies. It doesn't replace blood but it will hold off the blood lust for a day or so if you don't have blood, which by the way needs to be refrigerated. The plasma will keep for a year."

Andrew tried to think of where he could get that much blood and came up with one option, the hospital although getting a human would almost be easier.

"Alright," Andrew replied, "I'll go hit a couple of hospitals."

"No, that is too risky." The vampire said, "There is a place not far from you that acts as a blood supplier for vampires. I must warn you that it isn't cheap but the blood is always fresh and available. The blood cost two thousand a unit and the plasma is twenty-five hundred a unit."

"Where is this place?" Andrew asked.

"Do you know where Industrial Park on Lansdowne Road is?"

"I know the place." Andrew replied.

"Biomedtronic is in building number sixteen. Go to the receptionist and ask for Susan Dorchester, she will be expecting you."

"Thanks," Andrew said, "I'll head out as soon as the sun goes down."

"Why are you waiting?" the vampire asked, "You need to have the blood ready by the time she wakes up which could be any time after sunset."

"I have no desire to be burned to death!" Andrew replied his voiced filled with sarcasm.

The vampire roared with laughter, "My friend, you have much to learn! While it is true that you will get sunburn faster than humans will you will not burst into flame. In order for that to happen, you would have tied down and left in the sun. It could take hours before death comes. The only thing that you will experience is a decrease in strength that will return to you at night.

Let me think of some of the more popular myths that I can dispel, we can't turn into bats or mist, we can't teleport, and we can go on holy ground, holy relics such as crosses and holy water have no effect on us. Garlic does nothing except to give us bad breath- I happen to love Italian food. A wooden stake while painful is not always fatal; in order for death to occur, the whole heart would have to be destroyed. The surest way to kill one of us is by decapitation; guns will hurt but are rarely fatal unless the brain or the heart is destroyed. 

When you decide to leave Baltimore, come to Philadelphia. There is a night club called Sanguinem on Water Street and ask for me."

"And you are?" Andrew asked.

"I do apologize." The vampire said. "My name is Charles Black. I am the lead enforcer for the east coast. I can help you with the learning of your abilities and will show you how to locate blood suppliers as well as places where you can dispose of bodies. If you are in further need of assistance, please don't hesitate to call me. Here is a number that you may want to take down; it's the number to a body disposal service. They charge between five and fifteen thousand depending on the mess but it takes the responsibility away from you."

Charles gave Andrew the number and continued.

"You and Amelia are ultimately responsible for the clean-up of your own messes whether it be bodies or turnings. I will help you this one time with the female that was accidentally turned and as I said, I am even willing to teach you what you need to know in order to survive but there are rules. These are rules that all of us follow and if these rules aren't followed you will be hunted down, imprisoned or killed."

Andrew didn't care for the implied threat but he could see the need for the rules.

"I understand and thank you for the help that you've given us already; we'll see you within a week."

After hanging up, Andrew went into the office and looked at the financial records of the brothers. He saw that they had several local bank accounts and even though he had the numbers, he didn't have the identification needed to cash a check and there was no way for him to access the offshore accounts. He backed up all of the information on the desktop to the laptop and disconnected the computer.

He looked at the clock noting that it wasn't quite nine am. He had spent more time than he had wanted to in getting ready to go buy the blood. He quickly dressed and grabbed the keys to the BMW parked in the garage and the Glock.

"I shouldn't be more than a couple of hours." he told Amelia, "Do you want me to bring anything back with me?"

"I'm going with you." Amelia replied. "The girl won't wake up until sometime tonight so I don't need to watch her and besides, I saw you pick up that gun. There's no way that you're going to leave me behind."

"I'm only taking the gun as a precaution." Andrew said. "And I know that Catherine isn't supposed to wake up until this evening but what if someone stops by and finds her?"

"Then we'll put her in the back of the truck and take it." she replied. "If not that then we hide her someplace but either way, I'm going with you."

Andrew was going to lose this battle and he knew it.

"Fine, let's find a good place to hide her." he said.

In the end, they decided on the attic. Andrew went up first and had Amelia hand him Catherine's body, which he laid on an old blanket that he found. After making sure that she at least looked comfortable, he climbed down and closed the door to the attic.

Amelia was waiting for him with a request, "Could we take the hummer? I love riding in it."

Andrew grabbed the keys to the hummer and led Amelia to the driver's side, kissed her and handed her the keys.

"What you really wanted was to drive it." Andrew said with a playful smirk on his face.

Amelia's eyes glowed with delight as she started the Hummer and then pulled out of the garage. Andrew hit the button to close the garage and gave her directions to Biomedtronic. It occurred to him that they had nothing to keep the blood cold in so they made an unscheduled stop at "Wally World."

Amelia handled the truck as if she was a pro and had no problem maneuvering the large vehicle through traffic. Once at the store Amelia said that she had some things that she had forgotten to get the last time that they had been shopping.

"Alright." Andrew said, "as much as I would love to tell you to buy whatever you want, we have to watch the money until I can transfer more money into a local bank."

Amelia didn't argue as she grabbed a couple sets of undergarments, a pair of jeans and a tee shirt that looked to be about Catherine's size. She bypassed the other items that she wanted opting to wait until their finances were in order.

While Amelia shopped, Andrew grabbed a cooler that could be plugged into the cigarette lighter of the hummer. He also picked up a small apartment sized refrigerator as the hummer also had a power inverter as well as two house outlets located in the rear of the vehicle. The last thing he picked up was a couple of tarps for just in case they needed them.

He met Amelia at the cash register and used one of John's ATM cards to pay for their purchases. On the way out, Amelia handed him the keys.

"You drive, I want to look around."

Andrew helped Amelia into the hummer, put their purchases in and got in.

"How far away are we from our destination?" she asked.

"I don't know, twenty minutes give or take and depending on traffic." Andrew replied.

"Then I guess I'd better hurry." Amelia replied.

Before Andrew could ask her what she meant, his pants were unzipped and Amelia was pulling his rapidly hardening cock out. She bent down, wrapped her lips around his member and began to bob her head up and down each time taking more of him deeper into her mouth and throat. When she heard him moaning, she picked up the pace. After taking the full length of him in several times, she swirled her tongue around the head of his dick. Her ministrations were making it difficult for Andrew to concentrate on his driving.

She bathed the entire length of his swollen cock with her tongue before taking it back into her mouth. She kept going until she had every inch of him in her mouth and down her throat milking him for her reward. She stayed bottomed out on him for a few minutes and then began to bob her head up and down again. Once again, she took in his entire length using her throat muscles to massage him while a hand rubbed and tugged on his balls.

She only came up long enough to take a quick breath before returning to the task of milking him. Finally it had become too much and Andrew exploded in her mouth as she greedily sucked down every drop and tried to get more. She had failed to notice that they had arrived at their destination and had been sitting there for a few minutes. She smiled at Andrew before straightening herself up. Andrew gave her a quick kiss before getting out of the truck and helping her out.

They entered a building that looked old and worn on the outside but was new and modern on the inside. The waiting area almost looked like the waiting room of a doctor's office with the magazines and the water cooler. There was only one person waiting and both Andrew and Amelia knew that she was vampire.

Andrew approached the receptionist and knew that she too was vampire. He gave her a polite smile and stated his business.

"We're here to see Susan Dorchester."

"Who may tell her is here to see her?" the receptionist asked.

"Andrew Martin and Amelia Hensley."

"She will be with you shortly, please have a seat after you remove that gun from the premises." The receptionist said returning the smile.

"Sorry." Andrew said sheepishly, "Old habits die hard."

"I understand that you used to be a cop." The receptionist said, "But let me give you a piece of advice, that gun will do little more than to piss a vampire off. If you're going to carry may I suggest a Forty-four Magnum or a Desert Eagle?"

"Thanks for the advice but I didn't think that it would kill a vampire, I thought that it might slow one down enough to give me an advantage." Andrew replied.

The receptionist chuckled, "you are very perceptive for a parvulus and congratulations on your mating."

"Thank you!" Amelia and Andrew replied in unison.

Andrew went out to the hummer and placed the weapon under the seat hoping that he wasn't making a mistake. He rejoined Amelia in the waiting room and noticed that much to Amelia's annoyance; the other vampire was making eyes at him.

He wasn't really paying attention to her until she got up and made a point of making sure that her cleavage showed as she bent over to pick up a magazine. Andrew glanced at her more for the fact that she was invading his personal space more than anything else. The female vampire flashed Andrew a predatory grin.

"Excuse me sweetheart."

That was Amelia's undoing. Before anyone could stop her, she launched herself at the woman grabbing her by the neck and lifting her off the ground. 

"If you so much as look at my mate again, I will rip your fucking head off! Whore!" Amelia snarled.

"You bitch!" the woman snarled back as her eyes blackened and her fangs descended. "You dare attack me?"

The woman grabbed Amelia's arm, yanked it from her throat and twisted it to the side breaking it. Andrew seeing his mate in trouble roared and attacked. He threw himself at the woman grabbing her by the throat as he reached her. He hit her with so much force that the woman lost her grip on Amelia. Without thinking, Andrew snapped the woman's head to the side, viciously bit down and tore her jugular vein and carotid artery from her neck.

The receptionist couldn't believe how fast Andrew had moved. She didn't even have the chance to call for security. She watched fascinated as Andrew jumped to the defense of his mate and the offending female's blood sprayed around the room. She couldn't tear her eyes away as Andrew finally twisted the female's head until it separated from his body.

Andrew's primordial roar of victory had every member of the security team pouring into the reception area. Andrew now joined by Amelia turned to face their new attackers. Amelia's arm was broken and would need time to heal but otherwise she was unhurt. 

Andrew placed himself between Amelia and the six new vampires that had entered the room. He knew that he didn't have much chance of surviving but he would defend his mate with the last ounce with his strength.

The new vampires formed a line between them, the receptionist and the door to the back areas of the office. They held their defensive positions although they made no moves to advance or attack. Each of the new vampires had a sword and had a hand on the hilt.

After what seemed like an eternity, the tension was broken by the soft tinkle of laughter. Andrew glanced over to see who had laughed and saw a raven-haired Middle Eastern woman. The power that radiated from the woman was palpable as she surveyed the scene and then spoke to the security guards in a language that neither Amelia nor Andrew understood.




Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 02



The guards stepped back clearing a path for the woman as she looked at the corpse on the floor. "Candace," she chuckled, "that look suits you and you have been warned about starting trouble at my place. You should thank the parvulus; he saved you from a lot of pain."

She then turned her attention to Andrew and Amelia taking notice of how Andrew was protecting Amelia.

"You have little to fear from me." she said with a chuckle, "but I will be adding five-thousand to your bill for the clean-up and you owe Ms. Vegas for her ruined outfit."

"My clothes being ruined was a very small price to pay for the show I just saw." Gloria replied laughing, "Not only is he nice eye candy....."

"While I agree with the eye-candy part," Susan said interrupting Gloria, "I would hate to have to find a new receptionist. His mate is still looking a bit anxious so I think that you should wait to finish that sentence. Mr. Martin, Ms. Hensley, if you would follow me? There was one person ahead of you but she seems to have changed her mind."

Andrew was shocked. He had expected to die. This woman wasn't in the least bit concerned about the woman that he had just killed. He hadn't intended to kill her but the sound of Amelia's arm breaking made him lose control. He looked down at Amelia to check on her.

"Sweetheart, are you alright?" he asked.

"I'm fine." Amelia replied her voice strong as she cradled her arm. Her eyes were pain filled but she showed no fear as she followed Susan to wherever she was taking them.

Susan heard the pain in Amelia's voice, stopped and looked her over. She could clearly see where the arm was broken. "We'll need to set that so that it will heal correctly." she said, "I could do that for you if you like."

"Thank you Ms. Dorchester," Amelia replied shocked by the amount of compassion that she heard in the woman's voice. "I'm sorry for all of the trouble that I caused."

"It's no trouble." Susan replied with a chuckle, "there were no humans present but the next time please have your sexy mate take it outside." She added.

"I'll try." Amelia replied with a laugh, "but you know how hard -headed men can be."

Susan laughed as she led them to a locker room, "there's a shower in there and there's a couple of pairs of overalls in the closet but let's set your arm before it heals and we have to re-break it. Trust me, the second time is much more painful." she said.

She had Amelia sit on a bench and spoke to Andrew, "I need you to hold her in place while I do this."

Andrew sat next to Amelia and wrapped his arms tightly around her leaving the broken arm free. Susan grabbed the first aid kit and a broom breaking the broom into eighteen-inch pieces. She took Amelia's arm and set the bone with practiced ease. Amelia screamed in pain as Andrew whispered in her ear how much he loved her and that they would always be together. Amelia's fangs extended and she bit him.

The arm now splinted, Amelia released her bite and retracted her fangs. Andrew with his arms still around Amelia was dazed and trying to regain control of himself, her bite had acted as a powerful aphrodisiac.

Amelia now back in control thanked Susan and checked on Andrew.

"Andrew? Are you alright?"

"It's no problem." Susan replied, "I'll add it to your bill and please, call me Susan."

"Thank you Susan." Andrew replied, "and please call me Andrew and this is Amelia and we'll be more than happy to pay for any damages." to Amelia he replied, "I'm fine."

"Good." Susan said. "I'm going to my office so you two can get cleaned up. I'll send someone for you in fifteen minutes and Amelia, be careful with that arm. It should be healed enough to remove the splint in about two to three hours."

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Susan went to her office to change clothes. After she was changed she placed a call, the phone rang twice before it was answered.

"Hello, Charles? It's Susan... Yes, they are here now, there was a slight altercation. No, they suffered no major injuries but Candace Carmichael is dead. She flirted with Andrew and Amelia responded... No, Andrew killed her when Candace broke Amelia's arm... dear, he's almost as fast as you are. Yes, I agree, they will be perfect. How would you like me to proceed? All right, I can help them get set up but what about the woman they turned? You're sure that it won't interfere with your plans? I see. You're hoping that she will be an asset to them and if she isn't? I agree. She will have to die... Yes and I will see you next month, I am looking forward to the fun.... Bye lover toy!"

After she hung up, Susan pushed the button for the intercom.

"Gloria my love it you would, please cancel all of my appointments for today and close up the office until the repairs are completed. Also, call Ronald and tell him that we have to reschedule because of equipment issues and make sure that he has enough product to carry him until next week. What do you say about going to lunch for a private meeting? It's been far too long, what do you think?"

Susan smiled at Gloria's enthusiastic response, "Yes Ms. Dorchester! I agree that it has been far too long. I look forward to eating you.... Err with you."

Susan heard Gloria's chuckle as she released the button not fooled by her supposed slip of the tongue. In some ways, Susan envied Amelia for finding her mate so soon. Susan had been turned during the reign of Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus when she was a house slave to one of the Tribuni of the Praetorian Guard. She was freed when Charles found her in 26 A.D. 

Since then, the two of them had traveled the world together and there was very little that they had not done together. They had remained very close and although they hadn't felt the need to mate with each other, there was very little that they wouldn't do for each other.

Gloria had been turned during the Civil war by none other than Susan. She was about to be executed for helping slaves escape via the 'Underground Railroad'. Unfortunately, during the raid on their farm, her parents had been killed. Susan who had been there at the time begged Gloria to lay low but Gloria, set on avenging her parents refused to listen and killed eight of the twenty men responsible for the deaths of her parents.

Susan watched over Gloria and even helped her. Gloria, fully aware of what Susan was even gave her a couple of the men still alive to serve as dinner. 

One night, Gloria went up against the leader of the men who killed her parents and killed him. The trouble came when the three men that had been with him came to his aid. Gloria managed to kill all three of them but during the exchange of gunfire, she was mortally wounded. Susan gave her the option of being turned or dying. Gloria chose to be turned. The two of them had been friends and occasional lovers ever since.

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Andrew couldn't believe how hard Amelia's bite made him. He led her to the shower and helped her undress before undressing himself. After adjusting the temperature of the water, he moved her under the stream careful to keep her injured arm out of the water. Using the liquid soap available, he began to wash her starting with her hair and working his way down to her generous, perfectly shaped breasts paying special attention to her nipples.

His slow, deliberate massage was beginning to drive Amelia up the wall as his hands massaged in slow, lazy circles on her stomach working their way to her nether lips. His fingers spread her open and began to rub her bud with gradually increasing pressure.

Amelia was trembling with anticipation as Andrew began kissing his way down toward her waiting center. He didn't even pause at her breasts opting to go through the valley between them. He paused at her belly button, swirled his tongue in and around it before continuing his southward journey.

When he reached the apex of her legs, he traced the outline of her nether lips with the tip of his tongue before slipping it in between them. He licked back to front and when he reached her nub, he would flick his tongue like a snake sending little electrical jolts through her body.

Amelia was panting with excitement and began to beg, "Baby please fucking suck my clit!" She tried to get him to latch on but Andrew ignored her efforts and her pleas and continued the torture of her clit. Unable to withstand any more, Amelia's eyes changed from brown to black, "If you don't fuck me now, you will be sorry!"

Andrew ignored her and if anything, lightened his touch. Amelia screamed in frustration and with all of her strength shoved Andrew onto his back pinning him down as she impaled herself on him. She began riding him like a woman possessed as she bent down, bit into Andrew's shoulder causing him to explode inside of her. As soon as he began too cum, it triggered her orgasm; she shuddered with pleasure as it ripped through her body.

Just as she was coming down from her orgasm, she released her bite. Andrew bit into her shoulder causing her to shatter yet again. Her whole body convulsed as she screamed her release. Afterwards, Andrew held her as she came down from her pleasure high.

"You bastard, you did that on purpose." she said.

Andrew chuckled before replying, "guilty as charged but I think we'd better hurry, our escort will be here any minute if our hostess is prompt."

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Susan chuckled when she heard Amelia scream her release. She picked up the phone and said, "Our guests should be ready for their escort in about ten minutes."

The male voice on the other end of the line was doing his best to contain his laughter as he replied, "Yes ma'am but I think that the lady will need a little more than ten minutes to get her legs back under her."

"Ok, give them twenty minutes then." Susan replied, "And for god's sake make sure you knock before you enter." she added.

Andrew and Amelia quickly finished their shower, dressed in the coveralls in the closet and threw the clothes that they had been wearing into the trash. Andrew cleaned their shoes as best he could using the wet cloths from their shower. They had just finished dressing when there was a tap on the door.

"Are you ready to go?" A voice called in.

"We sure are." Andrew replied.

"If you will follow me." The security officer said as he stepped back from the door and waited.

They followed the security officer until they reached a double set of wooden doors. The officer knocked and waited for a response. Susan invited them in and led them to a conference table.

"Please, sit and make yourselves comfortable." she said with a smile, "wine?"

Gloria brought in a tray containing glasses of wine. When she was gone, Susan turned back to them.

"How many units of blood would you like to purchase?" she asked.

"Twenty units." Andrew replied.

"That's a lot of blood, are you going on an all blood diet?' Susan asked. She already knew the answer but wanted to assess their honesty.

"No." Andrew replied, "We're going to eat food too but we have another who is going to become one of us tonight and we want to be sure that we have enough."

"What do you mean?" Susan asked, "What did you do with the body?"

"The place where we are staying was owned by a couple of low-life drug-dealing brothers. My plan was to make the world a better place and stay there for a while. When we got there, they had an eighteen-year-old girl tied up in one of the bedrooms intending to rape her. We rescued her but when Amelia tried to erase her memories and failed and then the girl came on to me, Amelia judged her a threat and bit her.

We hid the girl's body in the attic while we came here to get blood. We have six units back at the house and according to the information that Mr. Black gave us, she'll need between twelve and fifteen units of blood to satisfy her."

Susan smiled inwardly as she held her poker face, "very well thought out." she commented. "I'm sure that Charles also told you to buy some plasma for emergencies, how many units do you want?"

"Just the blood for now." Andrew replied, "I assume that cash is the preferred method of payment?"

Suddenly Susan understood that they didn't have much money and probably no identification. Under normal circumstances, the vampire that sired them would have taken care of getting them set up for life in the human world. That preparation would have included teaching them how to use and control their powers but their sire was Diamond. Even if she were alive, she wouldn't have done anything to help them.

"Andrew, I have an associate that can help you. He can get identification for the three of you assuming that you are right about the girl. He can also transfer any assets like the hummer and any financial assets as well into your name. If you like, Gloria and I can come out to where you're staying and help you with the girl. As you know, a newborn vampire can go into a blood frenzy. We know how to control it and we might be able to prevent it. I'll check to see if Mr. Allen is able to come too."

The offer of help surprised Andrew but before he could answer, Amelia spoke up.

"Thank you so much! We'll need all of the help that we can get. How about we do steaks on the grill... is six alright?" she asked.

"Sounds good to me but let me call Mark, he's the friend that I was talking about. She came back a few minutes later. "He's coming but he wants you have any and all financial records ready besides records of the brother's holdings, that way he'll be able to tell what he can and can't switch over to you."

"We can do that." Andrew replied and then grimaced when he received the total for the blood and damages to the reception area. Forty-eight thousand dollars.

On the way back to the house, they stopped at the store and picked up six large New York strip steaks, a dozen large baking potatoes, mushrooms and fresh asparagus as well as a couple bottles of good wine.

When they got back to the house, they noticed a green Ford Focus with FOP (Fraternal Order of Police) tags on it parked in front of the house. 

"It seems we have company." Andrew commented as he hit the button to open the garage door.

"I wonder why a car with FOP tags is here." Amelia said. "Let me go first and see what's going on."

"I'll be invisible and follow you." Andrew replied.

Amelia went into the house with Andrew following close behind. She could smell the scent of 'White Diamond' perfume and knew that the person wearing it was upstairs. 

"John? Paul? Is that you? I just got back from the store!" Amelia called out.

Denise came out of the bedroom dressed in a sheer robe. "Who in the hell are you?" she demanded.

Andrew recognized her as Denise Samuels. She worked at central and now he understood how John was always ahead of the police, Denise was his contact. Andrew was beyond angry; he wanted to know why she had betrayed the force. Her betrayal had cost some good people their lives. 

Amelia sensed Andrew's rage.

"Andrew! No!"

Denise looked at Amelia as if she had gone nuts, "Who are....."

Andrew threw himself at Denise grabbed the front of her robe and slammed her into the door knocking the wind out of her.

"How could you betray the badge like that?" he demanded as he shook her. "Your betrayal cost brother officers and civilian their lives! Why did you do it? Give me one good reason!" he demanded.

Denise was frightened out of her mind, Andrew, who was supposed to be dead had just appeared out of thin air and attacked her. His face had the look of death and he had fangs. When she looked into his cold uncaring eyes, she saw her death and knew that it wouldn't be a pleasant one. She couldn't remember ever being so afraid of anything in her life. She thought about her son and realized that she would never see him again.

"Andrew please!" she begged. "Think about my son Johnnie, I'm all that he has!"

Her begging had no effect on him, "What about Drew's twin daughters? They were just two weeks old when Paul killed him. Did you pass on the information that blew his cover?"

When Denise refused to meet his eyes and looked down, he had his answer. He was seriously considering ripping her throat out and feeding from her but he needed information. He wanted to find out if she knew of other corrupt cops. He looked at Amelia.

"Love, could you find out what she knows? Oh and get her to write it all down." he added.

Amelia looked into Denise's eyes and compelled her to tell everything that she knew.

While Amelia was dealing with Denise, Andrew unloaded the car, put the groceries, and blood away. After looking into the well-stocked refrigerator, he realized that all that they had really needed for dinner was the steaks. After the groceries and blood were put away, he went to the attic to get a still unconscious Catherine and took her to one of the guest bedrooms.

He rejoined Amelia who was just finishing her interrogation of Denise.

"It's so much easier this way, this skill would be handy at the bureau." she said when Andrew came in.

"What fun would it be if all we had to do was to compel the criminals to tell us the truth?" Andrew asked laughing.

Less than twenty minutes later, they had a full confession of not only everything that she had done but also the names of everyone she knew had been involved.

"There's a disc in the safe." she told them. "It contains the complete list of John and Paul's contacts here and overseas. Everything is on there, please don't kill me!" She begged. "Don't make my son an orphan, my mother is too ill to raise him, he'll wind up in foster care."

Amelia ignored her, led her into a bedroom and compelled her into a deep sleep. That done, Amelia and Andrew changed into more comfortable clothing and began to prepare for their dinner guests. As they prepared the meal, Amelia thought about Denise and her child. She wasn't sure about making the child an orphan and she felt Denise's concern for her child.

Andrew sensed Amelia's unease about killing Denise but in his mind, the boy would be better off without her. Even if she went to prison, what would that do to him? Andrew sighed, "She deserves to die for what she did." he said.

"What capital offense has she committed?" Amelia asked. "From what I heard, what she did was protect the father of her child. Does she deserve to go to prison? Yes. Does she deserve to die? No and I really don't want to turn a child into an orphan, do you? Please Andrew, I'll do anything but that, please don't make me be a part of that."

Andrew let out a harsh breath of frustration. What in the hell was he going to do? If he allowed Denise to live, she would end up in prison and the child in foster care. If he killed her, Amelia would be upset and angry with him and the child would be orphaned. But damn it! What the hell? A smile settled over his face as a plan began to form, if he couldn't kill her, he would use her to bring down all of the other corrupt bastards in the state.

He looked at the clock and realized that although he had been up for thirty hours, he felt fine. He took some time to look at the discs. One disc contained all of the financial information and the other two would be of interests to federal prosecutors. He was sure that in the right hands the discs would cripple the drug empires of several cartels for years to come. He figured this way Denise had a chance at survival and if she died, it wouldn't be at his hands.

Satisfied with his plan, he told Amelia about it.

"Thank you!" she said hugging him thankful that the child wouldn't become an orphan by their hands. While Amelia continued dinner preparations, Andrew continued going through the disc and then made a salad and mousse for dessert.

Dinner was just about ready by the time their guests arrived. Susan made the introductions and Andrew remembered meeting Mark Allen once before. Mark had represented a person that Andrew had busted on a minor possession charge. The perp was the son of a council member and Mark had gotten him into rehab instead of serving jail time.




Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 03a



Here is the first part of chapter 3. I will post the rest of the chapter once it is edited. I would like to thank Kalamazoo707 for all of her hard work in editing and beta reading this chapter for me. Lastly I would like to thank all of you for taking a moment to read my story. so with out further delay here is chapter 3.

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Before Andrew could answer, Amelia shouted, "hey asshole! What makes you think that I'm going to let you live?"

Victor couldn't believe Amelia's insolence.

"You may have just signed your death warrant bitch; your death will be slow and painful."

Suddenly, Victor felt a crushing pain in his head. Blood ran from his nose as he dropped to one knee, his head in his hands. Catherine's eyes were glowing brightly but were dimming. She couldn't stave the fatigue off long enough to finish Victor off. Finally, she gave in to the exhaustion and went down to one knee panting hard.

Andrew took advantage of the distraction to launch another attack and charged the vampire standing between him and the women. On one level, he knew that it was a mistake not to go after Victor but he needed to protect his mate and her creation. He hit the vampire from behind, savagely jammed his fingers into the back of his neck and severed his brain stem from the spinal cord. While it wasn't a killing blow, the vampire was definitely out of the fight.

As Andrew started his attack, Amelia used the last of her strength to push into the mind of the vampire that had gone to help Victor and ordered him to attack him. Using a fingernail, the vampire slashed Victor across the chest tearing deeply into the muscles. It was the last offensive move that he would make. Victor, recovered from the effects of Catherine's mental attack made short work of the vampire, tearing off his head with no effort.

The odds were turning in their favor but they were all exhausted. Andrew hadn't gotten away without being injured. He had several gashes that were bleeding and one eye was swollen completely shut. Amelia's arm while not broken was sore as well as her wrist from when the vampire had tried to disarm her. She also had a couple of deep gashes. Of the three of them, only Catherine was virtually untouched. She only had a gash on her right arm from when she ripped the side of a vampire's neck out.

The next problem was that some of the vampires while injured were healing enough to rejoin the fight. Andrew realized that they should have killed them instead of incapacitating them. It was a lesson that he hoped that they would live to remember.

Victor felt better now that he had six other vampires in addition to himself. It had been a painful battle. His eye would take weeks to heal and he intended to make Andrew pay for the insult to him by crushing both of his eyes before killing him. He wanted to spare the women and have them work for him. Catherine in particular.

"You fought well." he said to Andrew. "I will only extend this offer to you once, if you surrender yourself I will let the women live and your death will be quick."

"Fuck you dick head!" Catherine responded her voice dripping with venom.

Victor was about to respond when he heard laughter ringing through the air. It was soft female voice that he knew well and made him cringe when he heard it.

"Victor darling, I thought that you and I had a date. I thought that you were going to teach me how to be a whore like your wife." Gloria said.

"Victor!" Susan called out, "did you tell your men that these three are under the protection of Charles Black?"

His men were shocked. Every one of them knew that their lives had just ended and those with mates knew that the lives of their mates were over as well. They all looked at Victor as they raised their hands in surrender.

Susan continued speaking, "I will forget the face of anyone that I saw here if you leave here now and you may take the dead with you. Victor, you aren't included in that offer." she added.

Victor's men scattered like roaches when the kitchen light was turned on. Victor knew that he was dead but was hoping to find a way to save the lives of his line and that of his sires. When he started this fight, he knew that it was a gamble but he figured that he would kill Andrew, Amelia and Catherine with no problem and then remove the bodies leaving no evidence. However, they had been much stronger than he had imagined.

"Susan, would you grant me two favors for old times sake?" he asked.

Susan looked at him for several seconds before responding, "What are the favors?" 

"Leave my sire and the rest of my line out of this and tell me who sired these three." Victor replied.

Susan thought for a moment. Victor had always been a bit of a flake but at one time he had been a friend but that was before he mated Candace.

"I warned you about what would happen if you touched them, I told you that you would lose. Charles will be the one deciding your fate and has ordered that you be taken to him. Because we were friends at one time, I will grant you the lives of your sire and of your sister. I cannot however; answer for your line, that decision is for Charles to make.

As to who sired them, you really should take more of an interest in reading the human papers. If you had, then you would know whom you were going up against. Amelia and Andrew are Diamond's parvulus; Andrew is first, Amelia second. Catherine is Amelia's first."

Victor now understood why they were so powerful. Until Amelia and Andrew, Diamond had never sired another vampire in her long life. While she wasn't the oldest of vampires, going almost a thousand years without siring was rare to say the least. He had heard the rumors about her getting out of hand and that she was going to be put down. He saw Gloria approach and spoke to her.

"Well whore, it looks as though you've gotten a reprieve, at least until I get back."

"I doubt that you'll be getting back." Gloria said with a smile. "Do you really think that Charles is going to let this slight go?" she asked.

"Then I guess killing you is free." Victor said as his eyes became black orbs and the skin of his face became drawn and leathery. His fangs dropped as he readied himself to attack.

Susan's eyes went black and she used her mind to stun him.

"Enough." she said, "If you cannot control yourself, then I will do it for you."

Victor's shoulders slumped. He knew that Susan wouldn't let him die in battle. He wondered if he could attack Andrew and at least avenge the death of his wife. Victor watched as they fed and knew that they would recover from their injuries quickly but he believed that he could get Andrew with a surprise attack. He forced himself to relax and bided his time. Once the guards surrounding the group began to relax, Victor began to move slowly toward Andrew trying not to draw attention to himself.

He was almost three feet away and about to launch his attack when Amelia and Susan looked at him at the same time.

"Andrew! Look out!" Susan shouted.

Amelia's eyes darkened and began to glow. Everyone could feel the power that emanated from her as she glared at Victor. As he dropped to the ground, Amelia grabbed her head and howled in pain.

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Andrew heard Susan's shout of warning, turned to look for the threat and felt the power spike that came from Amelia. He glanced at her and couldn't believe what he was seeing. Her eyes were not the normal brown but black including the whites and glowing. He watched as Victor's eyes widened in surprise as he collapsed to the ground. Amelia's howl of pain came seconds later and before she hit the ground, Andrew had her in his arms. She recovered quickly but was still shaky. After a minute or so, she could stand and the pain from the power spike was almost gone.

Everyone looked at Victor who was lying on the ground. His eyes were wide open and staring blankly into space. His breathing was slow but steady and there were no signs of cognitive thought. Susan tried to read his thoughts but there was nothing there. It was completely blank.

"Amelia, what did you do to him and why?" Susan asked.

"He was going to attack Andrew!" she replied angrily. "I erased his mind and no, I don't know how I did it." she replied. "He'll be like that for the rest of his life and I hope that he has a long life."

"It's true." Catherine said, "I sensed him about to attack Andrew, he was going to kill him."

Susan sighed, "Charles wanted him alive to use as an example."

"Well," Gloria snickered, "he is alive and physically unharmed."

Susan glared at her and Gloria grinned at her unrepentantly, "come on Susan, you know that Charles will understand and this may work out better for his purposes... how in the fuck can you destroy someone's mind like that?" 

Susan debated on how much to tell Gloria. The problem with Gloria was that she tended to talk too much especially in bed and she rarely slept alone. If word got out about Amelia and Catherine's powers, the danger to them would only increase. Susan made the decision to keep Gloria close to home for the time being.

"Yes Gloria, I have seen this before." she replied.

She wasn't lying. She had seen that particular power a few times before in her life but she had never seen it manifest in a parvulus so young. She was more than a little curious about Catherine's powers, that she was clairvoyant was obvious but to what degree was still to be determined. Her other ability while interesting, was secondary.

As of yet, Andrew hadn't shown much in the way of power except for his incredible speed and strength. Susan was sure that he had more mental powers than being able to make money spit out of an ATM machine. She had to wonder if he wasn't hiding his powers as an ace in the hole. In theory, Andrew should have been the most powerful of the three but that would depend on what his powers turned out to be. Given the trick with the ATM, Susan was certain that he was to some degree, telekinetic.

Susan shielded her thoughts from the three of them; she wanted no misunderstandings because of an errant thought. She could already see that Gloria was planning some great escapade for them and if her past capers were any indication, it would be highly profitable for all of them.

Gloria, while not an evil person was always looking for the next big score. It was a trait that Susan liked but at times, like now, it could be distracting. But overall, it kept life interesting and it would be a few years before Gloria brought them in on any of her schemes.

"Andrew, "she called, "make sure that all of you feed." she said.

She suggested that they each drink four to five units explaining that it would increase the rate of their healing as well as help them regain their strength. After they fed, she pulled Andrew aside and warned him to be extra vigilant.

"There may be others who will come looking for revenge. I will also keep an ear out and call you if I hear anything."

"What does Charles want with us?" Andrew asked abruptly changing the subject.

"That isn't for me to say." Susan replied with a smile, "But I would carefully consider any offer that he makes." she added.

"Is he trustworthy?" Andrew asked.

"I trust him with my life." Susan replied, "It is something that I have had to do many times in the past. He was and is an honorable man that has never betrayed a friend, has always kept his word and says exactly what he means."

Gloria stood behind Susan nodding her head in agreement. Amelia listened, but was reading Gloria who read like an open book. She was forming some kind of plan that involved the three of them. It didn't feel malicious and she seemed almost amused by it. Susan, on the other hand, was trying very hard to conceal something. What it was, Amelia couldn't tell but whatever it was, it was causing her great concern. Amelia could sense that while Susan was interested in all of them but her main interest seemed to be Catherine. She was also interested in Andrew but not in a romantic sort of way. It was more the kind of interest that a scientist would have toward an experiment. Amelia was glad when Susan finally told them that they could leave.

Amelia kept what she knew to herself by imagining that the access to her mind was behind a vault door that was tightly sealed. Amelia kept her eyes on Susan the entire time and had actually considered declining the offer of a ride home and would have if Catherine who was the only one of them physically able to drive knew how to.

Catherine sensed the added tension coming from her sire and it worried her. She moved so that she was standing closer to Amelia and Andrew even though she sensed no immediate threat. She tried to get a handle on everyone's intentions but when she got to Susan, she couldn't sense anything. She was sure that this was why Amelia was nervous and it made her nervous too. She looked over at Andrew wondering if he was aware of what was happening and noticed that he was his usual calm, pleasant self.

Andrew had in fact noticed Amelia's concern regarding Susan but wasn't sure of why. He was aware that in their current condition that they couldn't offer much resistance if there should be an attack. In the end, it really wouldn't have mattered. He felt Susan's power at the office and if she chose to attack, she would have very little problem with the three of them. He did wonder what it was that had set Amelia off but because her mind was blocked, he couldn't read her. Surreptitiously, he moved until he was between the women and the rest of the group and watched every move anyone made. He would be more than happy to leave as soon as it was possible.

Gloria had been around Susan long enough to know that she had blocked off her mind. She knew that it would happen at some point since Amelia was a mind reader and that Susan wouldn't take the chance of her finding something out. The intent was to prevent Amelia from finding out something that could be used against her and Charles or that she would misunderstand something now that emotions were running high.

The problem was that it was having the opposite effect. Gloria's gifts were subtle by nature and she could see the auras of others. She knew that Amelia could sense Susan's interest in Catherine and Andrew and she had raised the alarm of them as well. Now all three of them were on edge and it wouldn't take much to ignite the powder keg. Gloria also noticed that Andrew had moved so that he was between the women and everyone else. Although he gave the appearance of being at ease, he was far from it.

Susan also noticed the change in the parvulus but wrote it off as fatigue not thinking that Amelia was strong enough to know that she was purposely being blocked. As she felt the tension rise and noticed Andrew's position, she decided that it was for the best that she get them home as soon as possible before the day spiraled out of control any more than it had.

She breathed a sigh of relief when they were on their way home; the tension was slowly diminishing. All evidence of the fight had been carefully erased although there were no bodies. There was however, plenty of blood and Victor to contend with. She wondered if it wouldn't be more merciful to put him down but then decided that the decision wasn't for her to make. She would take him to Charles and let him decide. Once again, she was glad that she wasn't the one who had to make those calls.

Susan looked up to see Gloria approaching her and could tell from her body language that she was displeased about something. She met her partway so that she could find out what had her so upset. When they met, Gloria grabbed Susan's arm and led her away from the group.

"What in the fuck do you think you're doing?" Susan asked angrily.

Gloria waited until they were out of hearing range of the others before replying.

"You fucked up." she said.

"I fucked up? How?" Susan asked.

"You blocked off your mind and you weren't very subtle in your interests in the three of them, especially Andrew." Gloria replied. "Amelia picked up on it."

"There is no way that she could have picked up on that." Susan protested, "She's much too young to have her power developed to that degree."

Gloria sighed, "Susan, have you forgotten my abilities? As soon as Amelia sensed your interest in Catherine, her defenses went up and so did Catherine's. I also know that she tried to probe you and judging by her reaction, she knew that you were blocking her. To be honest, I'm surprised that she didn't confront you right then and there. You had to have noticed that the defenses of the other two went up in response to Amelia's alarm. All I'm saying is that you had better stop underestimating them if you don't want to be the subject of an attack by them."

Susan blushed. She knew and trusted Gloria and if she was this adamant, then it was the truth.

"What do you think that I should do?" she asked.

Gloria thought a moment before responding.

"Tell them the truth. Tell them that you are a bitch and that you hate being around people who can read your mind and that you were trying to figure out the best way of getting all five of us into bed... oh wait... that was me." she said laughing.

The two friends laughed before Gloria continued, "Seriously, I would advise against lying, they would know it. I would suggest letting them be for a few days so they can calm down and regroup before you approach them with anything else."

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Amelia, Andrew and Catherine looked forward to going back to their house. Andrew wanted to know what had the other two so on edge. He could still feel their anxiety although it had decreased some in the hummer. They were almost home when the driver spoke.

"Miss, I know that you are worried about the mistress closing her mind off to you. I just wanted to tell you not to worry; it's just her way of handling tense situations, a defense mechanism if you will. I can also tell you that she has no romantic interest in your mate and that she likes all three of you. This is the first time in the three centuries that I have been with her that I've seen her go to the defense of someone else's parvulus. She wouldn't involve us if it wasn't for Mr. Black."

Amelia sensed no deception in the vampire who was serving as their driver and decided to probe him for more information.

"Do you know what the interest in my mate was about?" she asked.

Andrea thought for a moment and couldn't answer the question.

"I'm sorry ma'am I haven't a clue except for maybe its just curiosity. You and Catherine have shown remarkable control over your powers and from what I have been led to understand, Andrew has shown incredible speed and strength. Correct me if I am mistaken, but Andrew was the first to be turned and should be the more powerful of the three of you."

Amelia found herself liking Andrea, he seemed honest and he wasn't trying to be deceitful.

"Thank you ... umm sir."

Andrea frowned slightly. "Please accept my apologies for my lack of manners. I am Andrea Susan's head of security. It is a pleasure to meet you."

Pleasantries were exchanged as he pulled into the driveway of the house and parked the hummer in the garage.

"I wonder if I can talk my mate into letting me buy one of these." he mused.

"My mate is the one who loves it." Andrew said laughing.

"Damn!" Andrea exclaimed, "How in the hell did you get so lucky?" he asked as he looked to see if his ride had arrived. He stepped aside so that the hummer could be unloaded. Andrew took the cooler out of the hummer and headed toward the house. Amelia invited Andrea in to wait for his ride.

"What in the hell happened to you?" Mark asked when he saw them.

"Victor wanted revenge." Andrea replied, "and if you think that they look bad, you should see the ones that attacked them." he added.




Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 03a



"What do you mean?" Mark asked.

"The other side has nine dead, two that will be permanently disfigured and one that may be crippled as well, his spine was severed. Victor no longer has a mind, he is a vegetable." Andrea replied.

"Has no mind?" Mark asked flabbergasted, "who could do something like that?"

"Amelia." Andrea replied, "All she did was look at him and he collapsed staring blankly into space."

Andrea had just poured a cup of coffee when he heard his ride blow his horn.

"I'll take care of it." Catherine said as she stood and went to the door.

Andrea sat down to drink his coffee. Greg, Andrea's ride came in a few minutes later following Catherine.

"There's coffee if you want some." Catherine said pointing to the coffee pot and mugs.

Greg and Andrea left after drinking a cup of coffee stating that they had things to do. Amelia started dinner while Catherine set the table and Andrew poured blood into four large glasses for them to sip on while they waited for meal of spaghetti, meatballs and salad.

As they ate, Mark explained what he had done so far.

"I've gotten everything arranged to get new identification which includes social security cards, birth certificates and drivers licenses for all of you." he said. "Each of you also has a line of credit and for you Andrew and Amelia, I have a marriage certificate. Your last name is now Barnes and Catherine is your daughter. I've already transferred the vehicles into your name and you have accounts at several local banks but it will be a few days before money will be transferred into them. 

I've also set up accounts in a couple of internet banks that are run by vampires and I've started transferring stocks into your name. Your portfolios look good and I've supplemented them with a few long-term investments. The last thing we have to do other than signing the contract for you to buy the house is to set up a line of credit with Susan so you can get blood whenever you need it until the funds become available."

"Thank you." Andrew said meaning it.

"You're welcome." Mark replied happy that he was able to help.

The next two weeks were spent teaching Catherine how to drive and how to care for and use firearms. It turned out that the brothers had quite an extensive collection of guns and other weapons. Hand to hand combat was added to Catherine's teaching and they were amazed at how quickly she learned. By the end of the first week Catherine could drive the hummer and shoot well enough to hit center mass. Her hand-to-hand combat skills were improving as well. They spent a few hours of each day working on their skills. Andrew's powers had begun to manifest and he was definitely telekinetic as well as having the gift of psychometry. That particular gift they found out about when he handled one of the guns that the brothers had and he had been able to see Paul shoot his confidential informant to death with it.

Amelia was able to fine-tune her clairvoyant ability to the point that she could go just a little beyond surface thoughts and probe into distant or forgotten memories. However, she still had quite a bit of work to do in that area. Her mind control abilities were progressing as well. She could maintain active control over her victims, which still drained her, but she was getting stronger.

Catherine's precognitive ability continued to be hit or miss but she was fine-tuning it by practicing on animals. At first, she would just kill them but with practice, she was now able to control the amount of damage that she did to them. She could make them uncomfortable and progress too crushing their brains.

After a couple of days, they headed to Biomedtronic to replenish their blood and plasma supply. They also talked with Charles informing him that they had to get their affairs in order before they left. 

"I understand." he replied. "But when you get here I have a proposition for you. I will only discuss it in person and of course you are under no obligation to accept." he assured them.

The third week after they had begun their training, they were out and decided to stop in to see Gloria and Susan. After a few minutes of friendly chatting, Susan invited them to a club that was run by and for vampires. They eagerly accepted looking forward to a chance to relax and have a little fun. They agreed to meet at the club which was located on Key Highway.

"Don't be fooled by the building." Susan warned, "It looks abandoned but it isn't and your vehicle will be safe."

She also informed them that Mark and Denise would be there and that Denise was taking to her new life better than anyone could have predicted. Her son Johnny had no problems with Mark. He had fully accepted him as a father figure.

When Friday finally arrived, they had mutually agreed to take Saturday off as well as they planned to be out late. They arrived at the club a few minutes early and waited by the hummer for the others to show up. As they waited, they noticed a young vampire being held by two older and bigger vampires while a third one was working him over.

"If we don't stop them, they're going to kill him." Catherine said as her eyes turned white and began to glow.

Andrew calmly approached the group with Amelia and Catherine flanking him.

"I think that you've had enough fun, let him go." he called out when he was close enough.

The vampire administering the beating turned toward Andrew, his eyes black orbs. When he spoke, it was with a thick Russian accent.

"I would suggest stay out of this parvulus. This one interrupted my meal."

"I could leave." Andrew replied locking eyes with the vampire, "but then I'd always wonder."

"Wonder what parvulus?" The Russian asked.

"Whether that young man is exceptionally strong or if you're that weak and cowardly that it takes three of you to fight him." Andrew replied.

The anger that rolled off the middle vampire was palpable as he spoke.

"I will give you one more chance to leave. If you choose to stay I will kill you and enjoy the bitc..."

Andrew had his hands around the vampire's throat before he could finish his sentence. Andrew lifted him off the ground by his throat crushing it. The other two vampires released the young man, went to the aid of their friend stopping when Amelia with her eyes glowing pushed into their minds, and ordered them not to move.

Andrew still holding on to the vampire unleashed several powerful blows to his face relishing the feeling of destroying the vampire's face one crushing blow at a time. His primal side was now in full control.

Catherine rushed over to the young vampire and could tell that he was very badly hurt. She picked him up and carried him over to the hummer. She eased him into the seat and got two bags of blood from the small refrigerator, ripped holes into it and fed it to him.

In the meantime, security from the club rushed out and tried to pull Andrew off the vampire. When one of them aimed a Taser at Andrew, Catherine used just enough of her ability to stun the security officer.

"The next one to raise a weapon to my sire's mate will die." she said loudly.

Finally, Andrew managed to gain some semblance of control of himself and released the vampire.

"Bet you won't ever call my mate a bitch again!" he said angrily.

"Sir," one of the security guards said, "I need you and your mate to go wait with her parvulus."

Andrew wrapped an arm around Amelia and led her to the hummer.

"Is he alright?" he asked Catherine when they reached it.

Catherine nodded the affirmative and continued to feed the young vampire blood watching as he healed.

"What happened that they were kicking your ass like that?" Andrew asked.

The vampire blushed.

"My name is Scott Mitchell. I saw that guy over there trying to rape a woman and when I tried to help his two friends grabbed me. Fortunately the woman was able to get away."

Andrew turned to look at the vampire still lying on the ground and wished that he had killed him. Amelia pushed into his mind and sent soothing thoughts to him. They watched as the vampire was being fed blood and saw that he was rapidly healing. The other two vampires that were with him were still standing and waiting for orders from Amelia.

Susan and Gloria pulled up, noticed the throng of people and finally noticed Andrew standing by the hummer with Amelia by his side.

"Now what?" Susan muttered as she parked the car. Gloria was openly laughing as they got out of the car and walked toward them. 

One of the security officers stopped her and told her that she would have to wait a few minutes before she talk to Andrew. She nodded in understanding and scanned the area. When she saw who was lying on the ground, she knew that she was in for a headache. Gregori Demidov, the vampire lying on the ground was the first to the lead to all of Russia.

After Demidov was healed enough to talk, he spoke to who Andrew assumed to be the head of security for the club. Andrew had a bad feeling and he moved to the back of the hummer, retrieved a couple of pistols that he passed to the women. Catherine had a three eighty caliber and Amelia a nine mm Glock 17 that they hid in their purses in the hopes that they wouldn't be needed.

Susan saw Andrew getting the pistols and made a quick phone call to Charles to apprise him of the situation. 

"Stay out of it if at all possible." he told her, "and whatever you do, do not let the parvulus go with Gregori."

"I understand." Susan replied, "I'll do my best."

She was relieved when Mark showed up a few minutes later if for no other reason that it evened up the odds a little.

After what seemed to be an eternity, the head of security walked over to Andrew.

"Mr. Demidov has decided not to press charges against you and the women but he demands that the other one be turned over to him."

"I don't think so." Andrew replied. "He stays with us and I already know that Demidov is too much of a coward to try and take him away from me. The fucking bastard was trying to rape a woman when Scott came up on them. I demand that he be arrested and taken into custody pending a formal investigation and it you're too afraid to do it, then I will."

"Sir," the head of security said patiently, "do you know who that is?"

"Some piece of shit rapist!" Andrew retorted.

"He's the first of the lead enforcer for Russia."

"Good for him," Andrew replied, "but the last I heard, Charles Black was the lead enforcer here and I demand that you turn Demidov over to him to face charges for rape and attempted murder.

While Andrew and the head of security were arguing, one of the security people tried to grab Scott. Catherine saw what was happening and used just enough of her ability to give the security office pain. He went to his knees while holding on to his head as blood ran from his nose.

"The next one of you that tries to take him will die." Catherine announced.

Amelia tired of the game ordered Gregori's two goons to take Gregori into custody. They immediately grabbed him and began to drag him over to Andrew and Amelia. The security watched not knowing how to react since it was Demidov's own men who were dragging him to the parvulus. A couple of the security officers blocked the vampires' progress and after a brief altercation, the two goons lay on the ground incapacitated.

The head of security issued a warning to Andrew.

"If you don't stop right now and surrender yourselves and Scott I will order my men to use lethal force."

"Then you'll have a bunch of dead men." Andrew replied coldly. "And you and that bastard will be the first to die." he added.

Andrew refused to give ground. His eyes scanned the group in front of him wondering which of them would be the first to die. Another security person made the mistake of making a sudden move but before the movement was complete, there was the loud report of a gun being fired. The man clutched his stomach in the area where Catherine's bullet had entered.

The head of security had to use every bit of influence he had in order to keep his men under control. He knew that the human police would come to investigate the report of a gunshot, which would be a very bad thing. He blinked rapidly as he recognized who was standing in front of him. If the rumors were true, they were under the protection of Charles Black. God he hated days like this. If he didn't turn the young vampire over, Demidov would have his ass. If he tried to take Scott by force, he would be up against three vampires who were under the protection of one of the oldest and most powerful vampires in the world. As he looked around wondering what to do, he spotted Susan who was Charles Black's right hand ...umm woman.

He ordered his men to stay away from the small group and approached Susan.

"Ms. Dorchester, it's a pleasure to see you." he said when he reached her. "Would you mind talking with the parvulus? Maybe you could get them to get them to see reason."

"Why would I get involved?" Susan asked.

"I was under the impression that they are of interest to Mr. Black... am I mistaken?"

"You are not mistaken; tell Demidov that he can't have them." Susan replied.

"It's not them that he wants." The security officer replied, "It's the young one that he wants. The other three are protecting him and are insisting that Mr. Demidov be arrested for rape and attempted murder."

Susan looked over at them and noticed how protective Catherine was acting toward the vampire in question. She also realized that the vampire was very young, not more than a week old. Where in the hell was his sire? She wondered. She then realized that Catherine was acting like his mate. "Fuck!" she said harshly.

"What?" the security officer asked.

Susan sighed before replying, "If I'm right, you're not going to get that boy away from them." 

Susan glanced at Gloria, waved her over and explained the situation to her. Gloria said that she understood and that she would do nothing to inflame an already volatile situation.

As Susan and Gloria approached the hummer, they could see how on edge Catherine was and realized that she was definitely protecting her mate. Susan hated this part of her job. Since Charles hadn't extended his protection to the young vampire, there wasn't much that she could do for him. Her job was to protect Andrew, Amelia and Catherine from others and that included protecting them from themselves.

"Andrew," she explained patiently, "You may have to let the boy be taken into custody. He attacked Demidov and endangered all of us by allowing the woman to escape."

Andrew's eyes and voice hardened as he replied, "That cowardly bastard was raping a woman and Scott tried to help. If Demidov wants him all he has to do is get past us but we both know that he doesn't have the balls to try."

"I'll kill anyone who tries to take him away from me." Catherine said calmly although the skin of her face was drawn back and her fangs were descended. Her eyes were white and glowing like spotlights. The power that radiated from her had Susan's hair standing on end. She turned to look at Susan. "Tell that cocksucker that all he has to do is get past me if he has the balls or to go home until he grows a set. Tell him to choose now."

Before Susan could explain that she would be the one to hold him in order to defuse the situation, Amelia spoke.

"It ends now."

"NO!" Susan screamed.

But it was too late. Amelia's eyes were glowing as she turned her gaze to Demidov. She stared at him for one brief moment watching as his eyes widened and he dropped to the ground. His eyes were fixed and dilated, he was still breathing but it as well as his heartbeat was slow.

Amelia's eyes went back to their normal color and she was a little shaky but she recovered quickly.

"No one comes after my family and lives."

Susan's eyes widened in disbelief. This was going to be a fucking nightmare and there was going to be hell to pay. She knew that she needed to call Charles right away and it was a call that she wasn't looking forward to making. The phone rang one time before Charles answered it. She quickly explained what happened and waited for the fall out. Instead he laughed.

"It's about time somebody put that piece of shit down."

"Charles, he's the first of Vladimir Demidov, the lead enforcer for all of Russia, won't he be upset?"

Charles chuckled, "he will do what is required of him. He'll make a formal complaint demanding that the ones who perpetrated the crime be turned over to him. I'll refuse, he'll pay me a personal visit in order to plead his case and we'll get as drunk as vampires can get and exchange stories.

The part that you're going to hate is this." Charles said. "Since you are the closest thing that I have to a mate, you will have to be here and entertain his mate Misha plus act as hostess at all of the formal dinners."

"But Demidov was his first." Susan repeated.

"Susan, the only reason that Demidov was Vladimir's first was because Innokenti and Lenka died. Don't you remember attending their remembrance ceremony?"

Susan thought for a few seconds. She recalled meeting Gregori at the funeral. He was still a parvulus but he had made her skin crawl as he looked at her as if she was a piece of meat. She had been trapped into dancing with him at the welcome dinner and he had been way to free with his hands. She had been relieved when Charles cut in much to Gregori's displeasure. During the dinner, Gregori had invited her out but she had politely refused deciding that it would be bad taste to have to kill him while at the funeral for his sire number one.

"So are you telling me that I should get the credit increased on the credit card you gave me?" she teased feeling much relieved.

"Enjoy your night out." Charles replied chuckling, "and try to keep them from killing or maiming anyone else. I'll see you in a couple of weeks."

"Now you are asking for the impossible." she replied laughing. "I'll see you in a couple of weeks."

She disconnected the call and was walking over to her friends when she recognized Vlad. He was standing in front of Andrew and saying something. As she approached, she heard Vlad say in his thick Russian accent.

"The four of you will surrender yourselves immediately or I will take you by force."

Instead of responding, Andrew delivered a lightening uppercut to Vlad's jaw. Everyone heard the sound of his jaw breaking and watched as the larger vampire went down.

"I bet you'll think twice before you threaten my family again." Andrew said. "I would suggest that you not get up." he added.

Six large vampires stepped forward and made a half-circle around Andrew, Amelia, Gloria, Scott and Catherine. Vlad sat up, looked at Andrew and asked, "What are you going to do now parvulus?"

"First," Andrew said, 'I would suggest that you let Ms. Vegas get clear. Then if you insist on pushing this, I guess we'll be sending you to hell."

"I have my orders." Gloria said. 'I'm here to help protect you so you have to count me in."

"I don't want you or Susan involved in this." Andrew replied. "But I do appreciate the offer."

"My orders came from Charles." Gloria replied, "And there's no way that I'm going to piss him off."

"Fine, if you're not going to listen to reason, then stand behind me." Andrew replied.

"I can do that." Gloria replied. "I hope that Amelia won't mind if I enjoy the view." she added with a chuckle.

Amelia laughed and allowed her feral side to come forth. The only difference was that instead of her eyes going to black lifeless orbs, they glowed even brighter than Catherine's did. She looked to the right and then to the left and saw that the others had gone over to their feral side as well.

Andrew took another step forward and then spoke.

"This is your last chance to leave here alive. Decide now."




Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 03a



Police sirens could be heard approaching from the distance. Vlad and his men stepped back.

"Another time." Vlad growled, "Humans cannot be involved in this."

"Why another time/" Andrew asked. "So you can try to ambush us? I don't think so. Either surrender yourselves now or get ready to defend yourselves. You have ten seconds."

"Andrew!" Gloria said urgently, "You can't be seen by the cops, they know you."

"We'll finish this after the cops leave." Vlad hissed and started to walk away.

Susan finally spoke.

"As interesting as it was to see the Barnes' in action, it's over. The four of them are under the personal protection of Charles Black. One thing though, if I were you, I'd thank Charles for saving your life."

Vlad gave her a disbelieving stare before replying.

"You have a lot of faith in these parvulus."

Susan smirked. 

"First, you forgot about my first Gloria but these are the ones who took out Victor and most of his men." 

Susan turned to Andrew and Amelia.

"Please become invisible, we don't need anymore headaches."

The police showed up a couple of minutes later and asked about the gunfire. When everyone insisted that it had come from somewhere else, they left. Susan led the group to a private room in the club and gave them a chance to order their drinks and settle down. When they were all situated, she turned her attention to Scott.

"How long ago were you turned and who and where is your sire?" 

Scott sighed and looked into his drink,

"My sire is Flora and I don't know where she is. She stayed with me for four days after she turned me and then we traveled her from Mississippi. The first night that we got here, she took me to a club on Monroe Street and then went to the hotel. When I woke up, she was gone but left me a note saying that it was fun but that I was a waste of her time. She left me three-hundred dollars and four units of blood in the freezer. That was four days ago."

"Do you know her last name?" Susan asked.

"No ma'am I don't." Scott replied, "But I'm pretty sure that it started with a T. she was wearing a necklace with the initials FT on it. Is there anyway that I can get blood without killing anyone?" he asked.

"I have a company that sells blood but it's expensive." Susan replied. "The only thing that I can do is to see if I can find someone who is willing to take you in and who will be willing to teach you all that you need to know in order to survive. The only thing is this, if someone takes you in you will have to become their servant and since you aren't of their line, you would be subservient to those who are."

"He can stay with us." Catherine said, "We'll help him."

Andrew shrugged. "I have no objections especially since he was brave enough to face that asshole Demidov and as long as he realizes that we will be traveling."

Amelia noticed Catherine's less than subtle interest in Scott. "As long as Scott has no objections he's more than welcome to come with us and we can all learn together." Amelia said.

Scott was surprised at how easily they accepted him, a stranger, into their company and wondered what they wanted in exchange especially after what Susan told him. He decided that the best thing to do was to be honest.

"I appreciate the offer but before I accept, I want to know what it is you want in return. Don't get me wrong, I'm more than willing to work and to carry my share of the load but I refuse to be a slave or anyone's whipping boy."

Andrew smiled at Scott's straightforwardness.

"We're not offering you a job." Andrew said. "We're offering you a place to live and to do what the rest of us are doing... learning to survive as vampires. We haven't been vampires much longer than you have and we're still trying to figure out how to fit in."

Gloria and Susan laughed at the last comment.

"You might try going for more than a week without picking a fight with someone." Gloria suggested. "It isn't bad enough that you picked a fight but it had to be with either the head of a family or their first." she added

"I didn't start that fight." Andrew replied. "What was I supposed to do? Let them kill him?"

The look on their faces told Andrew all that he needed to know. That was exactly what they thought he should have done. Scott was both shocked and angry.

"Are you saying that you would have let that slimy bastard rape that woman? You would have let him get away?"

"Scott, "Susan said sympathetically, "you have to understand that its part of out physiology. We become aroused when we feed so rape isn't a crime in our society. It is a byproduct of who we are."

Andrew was incensed as he replied, "All I can say is this, if I see someone raping, I'm going to tear their heads off."

Amelia was appalled, her expression showed shock and disgust.

"You have to be kidding me! What the fuck kind of bullshit is this?" she asked as she looked at Susan. "With places like yours, there should be no need to hunt humans."

"I understand how you feel and how you see it as revolting." Gloria said, "But you have to understand that when we go to our base level, we operate purely in instinct. Amelia that's why you attacked Catherine and why you Andrew, killed that female vampire. Blood laced with fear has a much sweeter taste and when a person is raped, the level of fear rises. Part of our instinct is to make our victims fear us.

When we orgasm, we release a toxin in our saliva that paralyzes out victim. When we bite, we release venom that is an anticoagulant. We can survive on bagged blood but the blood from a frightened victim is so much better. The difference between the two would be like having hamburger versus prime rib for dinner. I know that this is hard but you have to turn a blind eye to certain things."

"Another thing," Susan added, "Charles can only cover you for so much and if you don't stop, you're going to become a detriment to him. Victor was necessary but it wasn't necessary to fry Demidov's brain. Vlad, the last vampire that you tried to pick a fight with is a member of the Ubertas Venator. They act as bounty hunters for the various enforcers. He is one of the best and the only reason that you got him was because he underestimated your speed. The only reason that I said what I did was to deter him from hunting you.

Amelia, I would suggest that you watch the use of your powers. It will draw unwanted attention and there are those who will be able to resists you... look at what happened with Catherine. I want the four of you to settle down and I'm going to have Gloria tutor you on the things that you need to know. She will contact you with a time that is convenient for her and unless you want to find out how much of a bitch I can be... I would suggest that you listen to her."

Susan had stopped suppressing her power. The whole room seemed to be filled with electricity. The hair of the seven occupants at the table stood up on end as if they had touched a Van De Graff Generator. As quickly as she had released her power, she reined it back in. A few minutes later, things had gone back to normal People who had been staring at their table went back to their drinks and conversations.

"I didn't do that to threaten you." Susan said, "But you have to realize that ours is a dangerous world. Most newly turned vampires don't survive past fifty years even with the help of their sire. At the rate that you're going, you'll be dead in three months. Andrew and Amelia, I know that because of your previous line of work that the rape thing is a hard pill too swallow but it is a part of our world. You're going to have to find a way to deal with it. If you can't let me know and I'll tell Charles that you're a lost cause. I'm sorry to be so harsh but you've caused much too much trouble in such a short period of time."

Andrew took a moment to gather his thoughts before replying.

"I know that we've been a major headache to you and for that I apologize. We only intervened because there were three of them beating him to death. Catherine saw it as well."

"It wasn't so much that you intervened to help Scott, even Gregori took that in stride." Susan said, "It was all the shouting about rape and that Amelia fried Demidov's brain. I would have kept Scott safe by using my authority to take him into my custody but Amelia didn't give me the chance. The attack on Vlad was beyond stupid and Gloria can tell you that he isn't one to trifle with. I hope that he decides to drop it. 

Andrew blew out a frustrated breath. Who would have thought that this would have been so complicated? He wondered.

"I would appreciate any help that Gloria can give us and working around her schedule is no problem." Andrew said. "And... I promise that we'll try to stay out of trouble." he added.

"By the way," Amelia said, "I don't fry their minds, I just erased them."

Gloria had never seen a power like Amelia's and was curious about it.

"Could you undo it?" she asked.

"I don't think so." Amelia replied. "I think that I can implant memories but undo the erasure? I'm pretty sure that I can't."

"Are you saying that they can be re-taught?" Susan asked.

Amelia's confusion was evident as she replied, "I think so but I don't know how. I don't know very much about the power."

"Amelia," Susan said, "It is part of the gift of power. You always know what your powers do, not what they appear to do. I find the information that you just shared intriguing and I'll ask Charles to look into it.

Scott sat quietly trying to remain inconspicuous as possible. He had no abilities that he knew of. He had seen Flora go invisible but he hadn't been able to do it. She explained to him that all vampires had the gift of compulsion and invisibility and laughed at him when he failed. When he tried to live feed, the thought of killing a human kept him from biting. It was then that Flora declared him a mongrel with no hopes of surviving.

He hoped that they continued to ignore him. His fear was that if they discovered that he was a substandard vampire, that they would want no parts of him. He had been so deep in thought that he didn't realize that Catherine was talking to him until she nudged him.

"Sorry, I was lost in thought for a minute." he said sheepishly.

"I was wondering if you would dance with me." Catherine said.

Scott was enamored with her. He loved how her shoulder length blonde hair framed her face and how her jade green eyes sparkled with mischief. Her full lips had a slight smile on them as she waited for him to answer her. Catherine was about five inches shorter than his five feet-eleven-inch frame and he thought her to be the prettiest woman that he had ever seen. The next thing that he noticed was her scent. It reminded him of lying in a field of wild honeysuckle. 

As they got to the dance floor, the DJ began to play 'My Heart Will Go On'. As they danced Scott began to relax and enjoyed the feeling of having Catherine in his arms.

As soon as the young couple was out of earshot, Denise spoke.

"Something is bothering him, he's ashamed of himself. Something has shattered his confidence and he's going to need careful guidance to rebuild his self-esteem."

"It was his sire." Amelia said while nodding her agreement. "She called him a mongrel and a waste of her time because of his reluctance to live feed. To make matters worse, he hasn't discovered his abilities so he feels substandard."

"You are doing well with your abilities." Susan said to Amelia with a smile. "I'm also glad that you're taking him in. From what I can read, he's a good kid but a bad candidate for vampirism. I also doubt that he will ever be able to bring himself to live feed. You do realize what he is to Catherine don't you?"

"He's her mate." Amelia replied.

The song ended with an announcement by the DJ.

"The next hour is for all of you lovers so grab your mate or significant other and get out on the floor. I will be spinning some of the best slow-dance hits ever. I will start and end this segment with 'Endless Love'.

Mark and Denise excused themselves and made their way to the dance floor. Amelia ordered another round of drinks for everyone still at the table and enjoyed listening to the first couple of selections. When the DJ started playing 'When You Say Nothing At All', Amelia led Andrew to the dance floor and kept him there for the remainder of the hour.

Everyone, Susan and Gloria included was having a good time until a drunk human tried to cut in on Scott. Even though both Scott and Catherine told him no, the human became insistent and then belligerent. He threw a punch and was restrained by Scott and Susan who to their credit did nothing to harm the man. The vampire who he came with, a rather attractive South-American woman thanked them for not killing him and dragged him out of the club.

It was well after two when the group left the club. Scott was silent during the ride back to the house. He had enjoyed his evening with Catherine and didn't understand why he felt so drawn to her.

The next afternoon Gloria called to arrange a time to meet with them for the tutoring sessions. Mark called an hour after she did asking what they wanted to do about Scott as far as identification and finances.

"I'll call you back." Andrew said.

Andrew went to Scott who was mowing the lawn.

"We need to talk about what you want to do." Andrew said.

"What do you mean?" Scott asked confused.

"What are your plans for the future?" Andrew asked. "I know that you're concerned about not being able to use your abilities but don't worry about that, we can help you. We can also teach you how to defend yourself better."

"Why would you help a substandard vampire like me?" Scott asked visibly confused.

"Who in the hell gave you the idea that you were substandard?" Andrew asked. "You certainly don't lack for guts! You went up against three vampires who were much bigger and older than you are in defense of a woman that you didn't know. For that alone you've earned our respect. Scott, you do know that Catherine cares about you don't you?"

"I know," Scott said looking away, "but she's too good for me."

"Probably." Andrew replied laughing, "But that's not going to stop her. But you still haven't told me why you think that you're substandard."

Scott blushed but began to answer the question.

"Flora was the first woman that I had ever been with. She told me that I was lacking but that she thought that she could teach me how to please a woman. After she turned me, she called me a mongrel and told me that more than likely; I would be dead in a few weeks since I couldn't use my gifts. When I couldn't bring myself to kill so that I could feed, she called me a pussy and told me that I either needed to man up or she would leave me to die."

"First," Andrew said, "let me give you a little bit of wisdom about sex. No one does it right their first time. It's a learning experience and what works on one woman may not work on another. Secondly, if Susan is right about you being Catherine's mate, she'll kill you before she lets you leave. About the mongrel thing, it isn't true and I'm positive that I can teach you how to become invisible. Susan told me that it could take as long as a year for all of your abilities to manifest. But Scott, even if you never develop a power, you're welcome here or wherever we may be. We rarely live feed and when we do it's on those who are scum."

Scott couldn't believe how nice they were being to him. They took him in and were willing to keep him around even if he was a mongrel.

"Thank you." he said softly. "You've all been so nice to me and I don't know if I'll ever be able to repay you."

Andrew shook his head as he replied.

"There's no repayment. You are now one of our strange little group. The only real rule that we have is that we take care of us first. I'll have Mark set you up with new identification and access to money. The next thing is that we need to go shopping and get you clothes that fit. While I'm making the call, why don't you finish cutting the grass and I'll send Catherine out with something to drink. By the way, do you have a preference on last names?"

"Not really." Scott replied, "Just so it isn't anything hideous."

"So I guess latrine is out?" Andrew asked laughing.

"Yes," Scott replied laughing, "I would prefer something else but I guess that would be better than shithouse."

Andrew walked away still laughing to make the call to Mark. He dialed the now familiar number and Denise answered the phone.

"Allen and Associates, how may I direct your call?"

"Denise, its Andrew, is Mark available?"

"Hey Andrew!" she replied. "Mark's on the other line, can you hold?"

"Sure, how's the house hunting going?" he asked.

"Do we really want to go there?" Denise asked with a sigh.

Andrew smiled as an idea hit him.

"Denise, why don't you and Mark swing by later? I have something that I want to run past you."

"Depends on what you have in mind." Denise replied teasingly.

"I guess you'll have to use your imagination." Andrew replied in a husky voice.

At this point, Mark cut in his voice angry but Andrew could tell that he was trying not to laugh.

"That's enough! Stop propositioning my mate!" he growled and then started to laugh. "What do you need?"

"Damn!" Denise said just before hanging up, "just when it was getting interesting. Would seven be ok for tonight?"

"That's perfect." Andrew replied. "Bring Johnny too; he can play in the playroom while we talk business. Mark, I was just getting back to you about Scott. He isn't picky about a last name as long as it isn't something hideous. He'll need a full set of identification including driver's license and credit cards. As far as money, give him the same limits as Catherine."

"Got it." Mark replied as he made notes. "I'll bring his identification and banking information with me tonight. The credit cards will take a day or two but I'll put ten-thousand dollars in his account for now. I think I'll give him the last name of Hawkins, how does that sound?" 

"Sounds good." Andrew replied, "We'll see you later."

Andrew waited until Scott had finished cutting the grass before asking everyone to come into the kitchen.

"I was talking to Denise about the search for a house and I came up with something that I want to run by all of you. According to her, the search isn't going well and I thought that maybe we could let them have this place as long as we could store a few things here. Thoughts?" he asked.

Amelia was the first to speak.

"Mark has helped us so much and we won't be coming back this way any time soon, so yes. This place would be perfect for them especially with a kid."

"Catherine?" Andrew asked.

"I think that it's a great idea. I agree with Amelia, he has helped us and the house would just sit empty. What do you think Scott?"

"Why are you asking me?" Scott asked surprised. "Give him the house if you want to, it's yours not mine."

"Scott," Amelia said, "when you came home with us you became a part of this family. That means that you have a say in whatever decisions are being made. Now what do you think?"

Scott hesitated before speaking, "well, if he's helped you as much as you say he has and you all seem to be friends, then why not?"

"It seems as if we are all in agreement so on to the next piece of business." Andrew said. "Scott, I'm going to teach you how to become invisible. Close your eyes and imagine that you are a piece of glass."

"What do you mean?" Scott asked confused.

"Listen to him." Amelia advised. "It helped me when I couldn't become invisible."

"You had trouble going invisible?" he asked shocked.

"I sure did." Amelia replied. "And just think, I woke up naked in a morgue!" she added laughing.

"I would like to see him like that." Catherine said with a faraway look in her eyes.




Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 03b



This chapter picks up picks up right where the last chapter ended . I know this chapter is a bit shorter but please remember that it is the ending of chapter 3 and that the next chapter will most definitely be longer I would like to thank Kalamazoo707 for all of her hard work editing this chapter the story would be no where near as good without her and I would like to thank all of you who take time out of your busy schedules to read this story I hope you all enjoy it. Please take a moment to tell me how we have done.

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They were making small talk when Catherine and Scott joined them.

"Where's Johnny?" Amelia was asking.

"He wanted to stay over at a friend's house." Denise replied. "Since there's no school and you wanted to talk business, we allowed it."

Andrew called 'Nick's' and ordered pizza and then sat down.

Mark handed Scott his new identification.

"Stop by the office tomorrow and I'll have new identification for Catherine ready and we'll set up the trust fund so that they both have access to it." he said. "And while you're there, Scott and Catherine can sign the marriage license. If I had known earlier that we were going to see you tonight, I could have had all of this done."

"If I were clairvoyant, I would have told you." Andrew replied laughing. "They've only been mated for about an hour."

"Ok, then what's up or did you just want to flirt with my mate in person?" Mark asked teasingly.

"Damn! You caught me!" Andrew joked back. "Seriously, we know that you've been looking for a place and we were wondering if you would like this one."

Denise was shocked.

"We would love a place like this but there's no way that we could afford it." she said.

"We'll tell our lawyer to draw up the papers transferring the house to you." Andrew said. "The only thing is we'll need to store a few things here." he added.

Mark was speechless. When the shock wore off, he spoke.

"As much as we appreciate the offer, there is no way that we can accept it."

"First of all," Andrew said, "it's from all of us. Secondly, we're still your clients and you said that you would handle our legal matters. So stop arguing and draw up the papers."

A knock on the door interrupted any further conversation. Scott went to answer the door and called back.

"Mommy or daddy! Do either of you have any cash? The bill is twenty-three fifty three."

Andrew handed him forty dollars.

"Tell him to keep the change."

Denise was still in shock.

"I can't believe that you're giving us this house... Thank you!"

Once Mark recovered from his shock, he thanked them as well.

"If you ever need anything, just let me know."

As they ate, Mark explained the financial planning that he had done. 

"I've arranged for a management company to take care of the real-estate which includes as you know the condos in Ocean City, Florida and L.A. The same company will handle the strip malls and warehouses. Of course I had the company checked out and they are highly regarded."

He explained that he was going to set up a corporation and would put them on the board of directors so that they would draw a paycheck.

"You'll be paying taxes so it will keep the feds off your back. I've created a fictitious past for you as well." he said. "Everything including the documentation of your births and medical history will be available if by some chance someone starts nosing around."

He kept their academic records average or just slightly above and included participation in groups such as the '4H' club.

"These little additions are the difference between a good false identification and a great one." he said.

He wanted to take additional picture of them so that he would have fresh ones to use on any new identification.

"Becoming vampires did alter your physical appearance slightly making you more appealing." Mark explained. "If you were fat before being turned, you would remain fat. Unfortunately, becoming a vampire doesn't turn on into six -feet tall dark hero with washboard abs or if you're a woman, it doesn't make you some sexy goddess that belongs on the cover of 'Playboy'." 

He went on to explain that the blocking of cameras and surveillance was an automatic defense mechanism that was controlled by their subconscious minds.

"It's a modified use of your ability to become invisible. All you have to do in order for the camera to see you is to turn off the defense mechanism. You may need to allow your picture to be taken from time to time for things such as flying commercially." 

He had them practice until he was sure that they were able to do it without any trouble.

"Why don't we go to the pub to celebrate Catherine and Scott's mating?" Mark suggested when they were through practicing. "I know of a place that is run by an older vampire and his mate."

A few minutes later, all of them were piled into the hummer with Catherine sitting in Scott's lap for the ride to the pub.

They had been sitting in the pub for about an hour enjoying themselves when a female vampire came in accompanied by a man wearing a UMBC tee shirt came in. She was five three with generous curves and smooth toffee colored skin. Her face was framed by long brown/auburn hair that was braided and brought out the highlights of her deep brown eyes. Scott tensed as soon as he saw her.

Catherine noticed, put a hand on his arm and asked who the female vampire was although she had her suspicions.

"That's Flora my sire." he replied as he kept his eyes on Flora.

Scott felt the tension level of the group rise but it was mostly from Catherine.

"I know that she has no hold over me but it's the guy that she's with that I'm concerned about." Scott said. "She'll do to him what she did to me."

Flora, sensing that she was being watched slowly looked around the club until her eyes rested on the table with six vampires sitting around it. She noticed Scott and saw the changes in him. There was no indication of the shy, weak boy that he had been when she turned him. What she saw was a young vampire who was confident in himself. Next, she noticed the two other male vampires. One was all right to look at and she could tell by the way that he was dressed that he was a professional of some kind and not much older than she was. The other male was a knockout and exuded power. She no longer found the human male that she had come in with interesting. Using compulsion, she made him leave. She wanted any and all of the males sitting at the table.

As she approached the table, she could tell that all of the males, Scott included were mated. She glanced at Catherine who was glaring at her and mentally dismissed her.

"Scott darling." she said in a sweet, honey-drenched voice, "I've been so worried about you, are you alright?"

Scott looked at her with disdain.

"You dare to come over and try this bullshit after what you did to me?" he asked incredulously. "You called me a substandard vampire and a mongrel and then you left me to die!"

"It wasn't like that." she crooned, "You needed a little push and I didn't leave you alone. I paid someone to watch you and he didn't do his job. I've been searching for you ever since."

Catherine could see that Flora was lying and fought to maintain control.

"You looked real concerned when you walked in here with that human male." she said. "And from what I've been told, a sire can always find their creation if they want to. Care to try again?"

Flora knew that she had been caught in a lie and hated that a parvulus had called her on it. She pasted a false smile on her face and forced herself to remain calm.

"You have no idea of what your talking about." she replied.

"Flora, we know that you're lying." Catherine said with a smile. "But it makes little difference. Scott said that you called him a lousy lover. Well, I guess it takes a real woman to make him perform and god did he perform on me. Just think about what you lost bitch."

"I'm going to rip your fucking...."

That was all that Flora got out. Scott's temper exploded and he grabbed Flora by the throat.

"If you ever threaten my mate again I will kill you. You're nothing but a used up two-bit whore who used me for your own pleasure and then threw me away. You call me a mongrel and a waste of your time but guess who the waste is bitch? You and if I were you I'd leave and make sure that we never crossed paths again."

Scott released Flora letting her fall to the floor. Flora quickly recovered not believing that Scott had spoken to her as he had. She realized that she had underestimated him and wasn't about to let him get away with it.

"You are my parvulus." she said. "That means that until I decide that you are able to survive on your own you belong to me. So either get over here and do as you are told or I'll contact the lead enforcer representative for the area and have her put a termination order on you."

Mark laughed. "Would you like me to call Susan for you? I know that she was very interested in meeting you last night after all the trouble that he created."

"Who is this Susan?" Flora demanded. "And what kind of trouble could he have caused? It wasn't as if he was in blood lust."

"No." Mark replied. "He just picked a fight that caused great harm to the number one of the lead enforcer of Russia. Susan Dorchester is Charles Black's number one and his right hand woman. You have a lot to answer for and I believe that she has already procured the services of the Ubertas Venator to track you down."

"Are you going to stop me from leaving?" Flora asked suddenly worried.

"It isn't my job to stop you." Mark said with a shrug. "But I am required to report your location. If I were you? I'd get the hell out of dodge and live on bagged blood for awhile."

Flora cursed. She hated bagged blood but knew that the male was right. It would be too easy to track her if she kept feeding from humans. She would have to be careful. She knew that the Ubertas Venator went to a larger contract and they paid well for information on their quarry. She knew that she was fucked and that all she could hope to do was to delay the inevitable. She turned invisible and vanished from the club.

Mark turned back to his friends unable to contain his laugher. He took note of the confused looks on their faces, ordered another round of drinks and began to explain.

"Legally she did nothing wrong and while it is true that Susan wanted to speak to her, it was only to tell her to stop making parvulus. The Ubertas Venator wouldn't accept a contract on a petty criminal like her. I think that she'll be running and looking over her shoulder for at least the next decade or so."

Everyone at the table laughed. The celebration continued until the pub closed. They all agreed to meet at Mark's office at two pm to do paperwork and to work out the details for the house. When they got home, the two couples went to their respective rooms and settled in for the night.

Amelia and Andrew undressed and got into bed and began to kiss and caress each other while deepening the kiss. They took their time to allow the passion to build and to enjoy the closeness of being in each other's arms.

Andrew massaged Amelia's breast as she nibbled at his eat and neck while tweaking his nipples with her fingers. Gently, Andrew lifted her chin so that he could look into her eyes.

"I love you." he said softly.

"I love you too." Amelia replied.

Andrew slowly moved his hand down her body and toward her center. When he reached it, he began to massage her clit as he slid a finger inside of her and began a slow in and out motion. He lowered his head to her breast, caught a nipple in his lips, and began to tug on it sending shivers throughout her body.

Amelia nibbled on Andrew's neck then softly whispered, "I need you now."

Andrew lined himself up with her entrance and slowly slid into her. They made love at a leisurely pace letting the climax slowly build. Andrew was the first of them to go over the edge with Amelia following a few seconds later. They fell asleep in each other's arms and awoke the same way later that morning.

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As soon as Scott and Catherine reached their room, Scott picked Catherine up, threw her on the bed and quickly stripped her of her clothes. He began to kiss and nibble on her body while Catherine began ripping his clothes off. Their hands frantically roamed each other's bodies as they kissed. Catherine reached down between them, took his rigid cock in her hand and began to pump him. She moaned when Scott worked a finger into her soaked pussy.

Scott moved so that he was on top of her and impaled her with his rigid cock. He set a quick pace sawing in and out of her body. He moved a hand down, found her clit and began to massage and tug on it never slowing down his pace. Catherine felt the orgasm begin to overtake her, pulled Scott down to her and bit into his shoulder.

As soon as her fangs pierced his shoulder, he howled out his orgasm and bit into Catherine's shoulder sending her over the edge for the second time. Afterwards, they lay in each other's arms feeling the afterglow of their lovemaking. As they lay there, Catherine got a strange feeling in her nether region. It was a fleeting sensation and not one that she could easily describe. Scott felt her uneasiness and gave her a questioning look.

"Are you ok?" he asked.

"I'm fine." Catherine replied with a smile, "I just had a weird feeling in my vagina."

"Was I too rough?" Scott asked his voice filled with concern.

"No, I'm fine and you didn't hurt me. Whatever it was is gone." she replied.

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Andrew and Amelia woke up around nine, showered and quickly dressed. They went to the kitchen and started a breakfast of eggs, toast and coffee. Catherine joined them a short time later.

"Are you alright?" Amelia asked. "You look pale."

"I'm just a little tired." Catherine replied. "I guess Scott took a little too much blood last night."

Andrew sat a large glass of blood in front of her.

"Drink up and if you sip from each other make sure that you get some blood right afterwards." he said

"Yes Papa." Catherine replied with a smile.

"You two need to be more careful." Amelia said sternly. "And if you don't start looking better soon I'm taking you to see Gloria or Susan."

Catherine sighed but agreed.

Amelia softened her tone. 

"I know how you feel." she said. "I'm newly mated too but I'm worried about you and I don't want anything to happen to you."

Catherine gave Amelia a quick hug and then turned on the television. On the screen were her parents pleading for information about her whereabouts and for her safe return home. Suddenly, she felt guilty. She was having a good time, found her mate and her parents were going out of their minds with worry. Scott walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her.

"I have to let them know that I'm alright or this will kill them." she whispered.

"Catherine," Andrew said in a voice filled with compassion. "It's going to be easier for them in the long run if you don't contact them. What will it do to them if you keep going in and out of their lives? And how will you explain where you've been all of this time? You sure as hell can't tell them the truth."

"So what am I supposed to do?" Catherine asked. "Let them wonder and worry about me for the rest of their lives?"

"Why don't we see what Susan suggests?" Amelia asked. "We can stop in and talk to her on our way to Mark's office.

There was a knock on the door and Scott answered it.

"Good morning officer, can I help you?"

"Good morning." the officer replied. "I'm Officer Franklin and we're looking for this girl, have you seen her?" he asked as he handed Scott a picture of Catherine.

Scott looked at the picture making sure that enough time had passed before he replied.

"No sir I haven't. My wife and I are the only ones here; thes had to go out this morning. Oh, please excuse my manners, would you like to come in?"

The officer stepped in and looked around before saying anything.

"You see Mr....."

"Hawkins, Scott Hawkins."

"You see Mr. Hawkins, we have a report about someone who looks like this girl being seen around this house." the officer said.

Scott looked at the picture again and smiled, "I can see why, my wife resembles her." he said.

"I see." the officer said. "Is it possible to speak with your wife? Maybe she's seen her."

Scott hesitated.

"Give me a minute, she's still in bed."

The officer sensed Scott's reluctance and went on alert.

"If you wouldn't mind, I'd appreciate it." He said looking around again.

"Scott? Who's was that?" Catherine called down the stairs.

"The police." he called back. "He wants to talk to you for a minute."

"The police? Ok I'll be right down.' Catherine called back.

"I'm sorry." Scot said relaxing. "I just hate waking her up." he lowered his voice and then said, "She can be a real terror in the morning."

The officer relaxed and chuckled. "I understand," the Officer, said, "my wife isn't a morning person either."

"Can I get you something to drink?" Scott asked.

"Sure, a cup of coffee if you have it." the officer replied. "Are you new to the area?"

"Yes, I guess my accent gave it away." Scott replied. Mys got this property when they were here on business and decided to stay."

The officer followed Scott into the kitchen and came face to face with Amelia. She locked eyes with the officer and spoke.

"All that you will remember is that you met a nice southern gentleman. While our daughter does resemble the Catherine that you are looking for, it is clearly not her. You had a cup of coffee while you chatted with us, we answered your questions and you left here satisfied that the one you seek is not here. Now drink your coffee and have a nice day."

The officer drank the coffee, thanked them and followed Scott to the front door.

"I'm sorry that we couldn't be of help." Scott said.

The officer thanked Scott for their cooperation and the coffee. After he was in his car, he called in and reported that the woman at the house wasn't the one that they were looking for. He checked his next report certain that if they found the girl, she would most likely be dead. He was thankful that he only had five years left before he could retire. He hated looking into the faces of grieving parents and saying "I'm sorry for your loss." He had hoped that this time he wouldn't have to do it. He sighed and continued on his way.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when the officer was gone. Catherine now realized that no matter how much she wanted to, she couldn't contact her parents. It would be dangerous not only for them but for her and the others as well.

"Maybe we'd better leave before anyone else noses around," she said.

They started packing what they would need for the trip. Andrew packed a pistol and a shotgun for each of them leaving the rest for Mark to do with what he wished. The vehicles were another matter. Amelia suggested that they give the 2011 BMW Z-4 to Susan and that they give Gloria the Viper. The rest of the vehicles with the exception of the Hummer would go to Mark and Denise.

Catherine took stock of the blood supply and noticed that they were down to twelve units.

"How many units of blood should I order and what about plasma?" she asked. "We have twelve units in the fridge and I think that there's two in the hummer."

"Order twenty-four units of blood and twenty units of plasma." Andrew said. "And when you talk to Susan, ask her if she had an hour to spare when we get there this afternoon. We have some things to go over with her."

After the Hummer was loaded, they headed to Mark's office. They knew that they would be early but they didn't want to take the chance that someone else would show up at the house.




Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 03b



"You're early." Denise said when they walked into the office.

Andrew shrugged. "We're going to be leaving sooner than planned." he said. "The police showed up this morning looking for Catherine. Someone reported seeing her around the house."

"I'm going to miss all of you." Denise said frowning. "We'll have to find a way to get together from time to time."

"Don't worry." Amelia said hugging her. "We will."

"You're early." Mark said when he walked in. "I was about to take the wife out to lunch. Care to join us?"

"Please come." Denise said her voice tight, "it will give us a little more time together before you go."

"Go?" Mark asked surprised. "What happened?"

Andrew told Mark about the visit from the police.

"So we think that we'd better get moving before someone else sees her and it turns ugly."

"Have you told Susan yet?" Mark asked.

"We're going to see her next." Andrew replied.

"We can wait for lunch if you're in a hurry." Mark offered.

"No, lunch sounds good." Andrew said.

Mark called the restaurant that he frequently used for meetings and reserved a side room. After the meal, Andrew told Mark what they wanted to do with the vehicles.

"Everything else is yours to do with whatever you please." he said.

"I have everything ready to go at the office." Mark said in response. "All I need are signatures."

The business part of the meal over, the talk turned to more personal and social matters. Denise beamed as she told them that Johnny had gotten straight "A's" on his report card.

Soon it was time to leave though none of them wanted to. As they were leaving, a man walked up to Catherine.

"I know who you are." he said. "You're the one on television."

"I'm sorry." Catherine said with a smile. "But you have me confused with someone else."

"No I don't!" the man insisted. "I know it's you and I'm going to take you in for the reward."

Scott stepped between the man and Catherine.

"I would suggest that you back away from my wife before I rip your fucking throat out and feast on your blood!"

His eyes began to change into lifeless orbs. Amelia quickly pushed into his head forcing him to calm down. At the same time, Andrew stepped between Catherine and the man.

"Sir, please back away from my daughter unless you want the police called."

When the man didn't move, Catherine used her compulsion.

"Sir, I am not who you think I am. Apologize and leave."

The man blinked twice before doing as he was told.

"I apologize. I thought that you were someone else."

The man turned away red-faced that he had caused a scene. The manager of the restaurant made his way to them and apologized for the inconvenience. They assured him that all was well and that they enjoyed their meal and they would return. As a further show of goodwill, he took Catherine's meal off the bill.

The incident was further proof that they needed to get out of the areas as soon as possible. When they were out of the restaurant, Amelia gave Scott a warning about controlling himself in public.

"If you had changed, you would have endangered all of us."

"I know and I'm sorry." Scott said softly.

Once back at Mark's office, it took three hours to complete all of the necessary paperwork. After the last document was signed, they said their goodbyes to Mark and Denise and headed over to Biomedtronic to see Gloria and Susan.

Gloria greeted them when they arrived.

"Susan is in a meeting and will be another forty-five minutes. So what's new?" she asked.

"What are you doing this evening?" Andrew asked after a few minutes.

"Nothing really." Gloria replied, "A good book and a hot bath were all that I had planned. Why?"

"Do you think that I could convince you and Susan to take a ride with me? I'll even throw in dinner." Andrew said.

"You sure know how to tempt a woman." Gloria said batting her eyes. "Dinner with two handsome men? Who could turn down an offer like that?"

"Good." Andrew replied, "It will also be our goodbye dinner."

"What?" Gloria asked shocked. "Why is it a goodbye dinner? And you can't leave until I've taught you what you need to know to survive."

"I know." Andrew replied. "And I wish that we could stay for those lessons but we have to leave."

For the second time that day, he told Gloria about the visit from the police and then about the man at the restaurant.

"Where are you going?' she asked.

"We'll go see Charles first, after that? I don't know yet" Andrew replied.

"Why don't you talk to Susan about it?" Gloria suggested. "She might have some ideas."

"So I take it that you'll be joining us for dinner?" Andrew asked.

"I can't answer for Susan but I'm going." she replied.

While they waited for Susan's meeting to be over, Andrew called and made the dinner reservations including Susan in case she decided to go with them.

About an hour later, a very angry vampire emerged from Susan's office.

"This isn't over!" he shouted. "I'll take this to Charles!"

Immediately, Andrew and Scott stood in front of their mates but ready to defend Susan if need be. The vampire noticed and laughed.

"Look at the parvulus ready to come to your rescue! How pathetic!"

Susan glared at the vampire.

"Fredrick, take note that it is their mates that they are protecting and not me. I've had more than enough of your shit today and my decision stands. If you want to go to Charles, be my guest but I'll tell him the same thing that I just told you. This is my business and no one tells me how to run it. Now please remove yourself from my property before I call security and have you removed."

Fredrick took a step toward Susan and both Andrew and Scott took a step forward. He looked at them and laughed as he taunted them.

"Oh look at the mice that roared! Really Susan, is this the best you can do?"

"You were asked to leave." Andrew said taking another step forward. "Please do so now."

"This is too precious." Fredrick said to Susan and ignoring Andrew. "You must tell me who sired this parvulus."

Amelia stood and moved to Andrew's side.

"Sir, you've been asked to leave and I suggest that you do so. No one wants any trouble." she said the warning obvious.

Susan had finally had enough.

"Ms. Vega please call security and have Mr. Marquise removed from my property."

Fredrick took yet another step toward Susan, stopped, grabbed his head and dropped to his knees. Catherine's soft voice filled his head.

"You were asked to leave do it now or it will only get more painful."

Fredrick's eyes widened when he saw Catherine's glowing eyes. He couldn't believe that a parvulus could hurt him. It was impossible and he wanted her for his.

"Of course my dear." He said in a silky voice. "I'm sorry that I upset you. Let me apologize over dinner."

He didn't care that she was mated and he didn't consider her mate a threat. If her mate attacked and he killed him, she would be a free female again.

Scott's eyes darkened until they were black orbs as his temper flared.

"My mate will not be having dinner with you tonight or any other night and if you speak to her again you will die."

Before anyone could respond, Susan's security burst into the room and formed a line between Fredrick and everyone else. Four very large vampires grabbed Fredrick while Catherine wrapped her arms around Scott to keep him from going after Fredrick.

Amelia looked at Fredrick and issued a warning.

"You'd better get the idea of coming after my number one out of your head or it will be the last thought that you have."

"What was he planning?" Susan asked.

"He was thinking about kidnapping Catherine and using her for his own benefit." Amelia replied. "Like we would let that happen." she added.

Susan turned to her head of security.

"Andrea, drain and then dispose of him."

"Yes ma'am!" Andrea replied.

"Wait!" Fredrick shouted. "You can't do this top me! This is neutral ground!"

"That's why he's taking you to the processing plant." Susan said with a chuckle.

They watched as security dragged Fredrick out of the building and stuffed him into a van.

"Thank you for coming to my rescue and for not ruining my new reception area." Susan said.

"You're welcome." Andrew replied. "How about coming to dinner with us? We have some things to discuss with you plus we have an order to pick up." he added.

Susan motioned for them to follow her back to her office. Once they were all inside, she closed the door.

"I was surprised to see the plasma order." she said as she sat down.

"I'm afraid that we have to leave." Andrew said. "There were two incidents today both within hours of each other. First, the police show up at our house and then a man at a restaurant recognized Catherine. It's only a matter of time before a person or a group of people spots her again and then we'll really be in trouble. Everyone is looking for her especially since her parents are offering a large reward."

"I understand but what are your plans?" Susan asked.

"We'll go see Charles first and then maybe head west." Andrew replied.

"I know that Charles wants to offer you some work," Susan said. "But even if you decline I'm sure that he'll help you settle down somewhere. I'm going to miss all of you."

While Andrew settled accounts with Susan, Scott loaded the Hummer with their purchases from Susan. Afterwards, they all piled into the Hummer and went to dinner. An effort was made to keep the conversation friendly and light. After dinner, Andrew told Susan and Gloria that he needed to go to the house before taking them back to the office.

He pulled into the driveway, parked and then handed each of them an envelope that contained the keys and the title to the cars that they had decided to give them. Gloria reacted like a kid who had just gotten her first car after graduation while Susan was much more reserved but no less grateful.

Gloria hugged and kissed each of them twice while Susan gave them a light hug and kiss on the cheek. After Susan and Gloria were gone, the four of them took one last look at the house and the surrounding area before getting into the Hummer. They headed toward Philly and a new life unsure of where their travels would eventually lead them.



Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 04



Here is the next chapter of Amelia and Andrew I hope you enjoy it. I would like to thank Kalamazoo707 for all her hard work editing this chapter. 

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*

Andrew decided to take the ninety five through the new tunnel. He would get off at Pulaski Highway and then take that into Philadelphia. It was a longer route but he was in no hurry. It would take about three to four hours before they reached their destination making their arrival time between midnight and one am.

Meatloaf's 'bat out of hell' played in the CD player, and everyone was singing although a bit off key. No one seemed to mind, they were just having a good time. When the song was over, Andrew made a suggestion.

"Let's find a motel when we get into Delaware."

Everyone agreed and then continued to sing with the music. When 'Objects in the Rear View Window' came on.

"if they had to keep listening to such ancient music. Can we stop for a Slurpee?" Catherine teasingly asked.

Andrew pulled into the first seven-eleven he saw, and they all went in. Amelia loaded up on snacks saying that no matter how much you ate, you still had to have snacks for a trip.

Andrew found a nice roadside motel just outside of Wilmington. He rented two rooms and asked the clerk for a nine am wake up call. After checking in, they each went to their respective rooms. Andrew and Amelia went to bed, and fell asleep in each others arms.

*****

Scott was trying to make love to Catherine, but she was just too tired.

"You shouldn't be this tired." Scott said concerned, "let me go get Andrew and Amelia."

"I'm fine." Catherine said. "It's been a stressful day, and there've been a lot of changes for me in a short period of time. And after last night, I think that I have the right to be tired. You wore me out."

Scott looked at her. He knew that something was wrong. Her color was off and she looked exhausted. He didn't care if she objected or not, he was going to get Andrew and Amelia. Catherine could feel the fear coming from Scott and knew that the fear wasn't for him, but for her.

As he dressed, Catherine argued with him.

"You're being foolish." She said. "I'll kick your ass if you go and wake them up."

"Then you can kick my ass." He replied as he continued to get dressed. "I'm going to get Amelia and if you don't like it, tough shit."

Scott left the room before she could say anything. Catherine knew that was worried, but so was she. She couldn't come up with a logical reason for why she was so tired. She thought that maybe it was because of her powers, but she hadn't been using them all that much or had she? The next thought was that something had gone wrong with the change. She lay in bed and tried to keep her imagination at bay.

Scott went to Andrew and Amelia's room and knocked on the door.

"Scott?" What's wrong? Andrew asked when he opened the door to the room.

"I think that there's something wrong with Catherine." Scott nervously replied. She's exhausted and her color is all wrong."

Andrew could smell Scott's fear, and knew that it was for Catherine.

"Go back and sit with her." Andrew said. "We'll be over in a minute.

Amelia was already getting dressed even before the door closed. Andrew quickly dressed and they rushed over to Scott and Catherine's room. They were shocked at Catherine's appearance.

"Did you drink from her again?" Andrew asked.

"No, I swear." Scott replied shaking his head.

Andrew went out to the hummer, and took four bags of blood from the fridge. He put them in a bag and hurried back to Catherine and Scott's room. When he returned, he sent Scott to his room to get his cell phone.

"I need to call Susan." Andrew said. "Maybe she can shed some light on what's happening."

Andrew took a unit of blood out of the bag and handed the bag to Amelia. He began feeding Catherine the blood, but it wasn't until the third unit that she began to look and feel better.

"Why do I need so much blood?" she asked.

"I don't know." Amelia replied." We're going to call Susan and see if she can help us."

Andrew dialed Susan's number speaking as soon as he heard her pick up.

"Susan, we have a problem with Catherine."

"Andrew?" Susan asked. "Sorry, you woke me up. What's the problem with Catherine?"

He could hear Gloria in the background asking what the problem was, and waited until he had Susan's full attention. He described what Catherine looked like and her symptoms.

"Yesterday she woke up pale and tired." He said. "We weren't too concerned because she and Scott shared blood. We thought that they had gotten overzealous so we gave her some blood and warned them to be more careful. Tonight she looked really bad, and it took three units of just to get her color back."

"Where are you?" Susan asked.

"We're at a motel by Wilmington." Andrew replied wishing that he had kept driving to Philly. "We weren't in any hurry so we decided to stop, and get a fresh start in the morning. We planned to arrive early so that we could find a decent place to stay before we called Charles."

"Alright," Susan said with a sigh. "Don't drive like a maniac to get here. If I'm right, Catherine will be fine. Just give her a large cup filled with blood to sip on while you travel. If Charles isn't there, see Emma. She is Charles' business manager, and her mate is his personal assistant.

"What do you think is wrong with her?" Andrew asked worriedly.

"Nothing is wrong with her." Susan replied. "Just get her to the club. Someone will be there to check her out and help her. I don't want to say anything more until I'm sure. Gloria and I will be there by the end of the week."

"Alright, we'll see you then." Andrew replied. He felt a little better but was still concerned.

"Scott, go to the hummer and grab one of the large cups and wash it out. After that, help Catherine get dressed and pack up your things. We'll be back after we pack up our things."

Andrew went back to their room, packed up their few belongings, packed the hummer and checked them out of the hotel. He settled the bill explaining that they had gotten an emergency call and that they had to get on the road.

Twenty minutes later, they were on their way to Philly. The drive took almost three hours because of construction that had closed all but one lane on the ninety-five.

The club looked as if it was closed when they drove up. They were about to leave when Catherine saw a sign instructing anyone having business with the club after hours to go to the rear door. Andrew quickly parked the hummer and reached under the seat for the Glock.

"Baby leave it." Amelia said. "We aren't here for trouble."

"Old habits die hard." Andrew replied with a smile as he got out of the hummer.

Andrew helped Amelia out of the hummer while Scott helped Catherine who for the moment seemed to be in perfect health. They walked to the back of the building, and were surprised to find a parking lot full of vehicles. There casually dressed vampires standing by the back door that smiled at and then greeted them. Andrew could tell that they were all packing and judging by their appearance was a professional security team. The smallest of them stood six feet three inches tall and was built like a middle linebacker.

"Where is your car?" he asked.

"It's parked out in the front." Andrew replied. "We're here to see Mr. Black, is he here?"

I'm sorry." The vampire replied, "But he's gone for the evening. Is there something that I can help you with? I am Mitchel Orion, Mr. Black's head of security."

"I'm Andrew Barnes." Andrew said extending his hand. "Is Emma here?"

He noticed that at the mention of Emma's name, the vampires began to fan out and took defensive postures.

"What is your business with Ms. Black?" Mitchel asked.

"We aren't here to cause trouble." Andrew replied keeping his tone neutral. "Susan Dorchester sent us and told us to ask for Emma if Mr. Black wasn't here."

After the briefest of seconds, everyone began to relax.

"Ah... Officer Martin." Mitchel said with a smile. "Ms. Dorchester told me that you were coming. I apologize for what just happened; we didn't know who you were. If you'll give the keys of your vehicle to Kirk, he'll move it to the back of the building. In the meantime, we can get Ms. Catherine taken care of."

Andrew handed the keys of the hummer to Kirk, and followed Mitchel and the others into the club. They were led up a set of rear stairs to a private office. Mitchel knocked on the door, and waited for a response.

"Enter." A feminine voice said.

Mitchel opened the door, and showed them in.

"Catherine." Emma said, "Please sit. If mother is correct, you'll need to save your strength. Mitchel, could you please get Agatha? I think she's in one of the private rooms."

Scott helped Catherine to one of the couches as Mitchel left the office to find Agatha.

"Can I get any of you anything while we wait for Agatha?" Emma asked.

They all declined. They were too worried about Catherine. Emma watched as Scott hovered over Catherine. She could see that he was worried and could imagine his reaction once he knew the truth.

"Why don't you and Amelia go have a drink?" she said to Andrew. "Agatha needs to examine Catherine, and I don't think that she will be comfortable with you here. Scott can stay as long as he behaves himself and lets Agatha do her job."

"Who is Agatha?" Amelia asked.

"Agatha is a vigoratus, a medium uxor specifically." Emma replied.

Amelia's eyes widened in shock as her high school Latin came back to her.

"Why in the hell would she need a midwife?"

"There's only one reason why a woman would need a midwife." Emma replied chuckling.

The meaning of Amelia's question hit the rest of them like a ton of bricks. Scott's eyes widened. His lips twitched, and then broke into a big smile as he let out a loud whoop.

"Ho... I mean we just mated. There was no one else before him." Catherine sputtered in disbelief.

"Congratulations!" Andrew exclaimed clapping Scott on the back.

"It's different for vampires." Emma explained to Catherine. "When one of us becomes pregnant, we know it almost immediately. The gestation period is considerably shorter than that of a human. A human pregnancy lasts approximately two-hundred and eighty days whereas ours last about one -hundred and forty days.

During your pregnancy you will need six to eight units of blood per day, and once the baby is born, he or she will require blood as well as mother's milk. The best way is to breast feed the baby so that he gets both milk and blood at the same time. That means that your blood intake will be high for the first two years of the child's life.

Catherine paled as the implications of the pregnancy hit her.

"How long before the baby comes? What are we going to do? I don't know anything about babies! I'm only eighteen! I can't have a child yet!"

"I don't think we have a choice." Scott said laughing. "We'll figure it out together." He added.

"You'll have plenty of help." Emma assured her, "but the first order of business is to confirm that you are in fact, pregnant. After that you can begin to make plans as to where you will live. I understand that both the Baltimore and the Jackson, Mississippi areas are out, but there are plenty of other areas to choose from."

"We won't abandon you." Amelia assured Catherine, "You and Scott are family and you're my number one." She turned to Andrew and beamed. "We're going to be grandparents!"

"I know." Andrew replied smiling. "We're going to need a place to stay while we get them settled, are there any nice hotels around here?"

"There are several." Emma replied. "We also have some rooms here that are available for rent. They're up on the third floor."

"That would be great." Andrew replied. "I gather that this place never really closes?"

"No, it doesn't. They serve excellent food here, and you can buy special diet items. Would you like a couple of rooms?" Emma asked.

"You make it difficult to say anything but yes." Andrew replied. "Yes, we'll take a couple of rooms."

"Fine, but I hope that you aren't going to cause any trouble in my club." Emma said the warning in her voice clear.

"I promise that we won't cause any trouble." Andrew said holding his hands up in surrender.

Andrew could see that Emma was a force to be reckoned with. Under that soft demeanor was a core of iron. He had no doubt that she would enforce the peace in any way that she deemed necessary, including taking someone apart.

There was a single tap on the door before a large Native American male walked in without waiting for the invitation to enter. He spoke before he realized that there were other people in the office.

"Sweetheart, I was wondering if we were staying here or going home tonight."

When he realized that Emma had company, he apologized.

"I'm sorry; I didn't realize that you had visitors."

"It's alright." Emma replied with a smile. "They're friends of mother's. The ones that father invited to visit."

"Oh yes, the parvulus." The big man said, "But I thought that they weren't coming until tomorrow night."

"That was the plan, but they thought that something was wrong with Catherine and called mother. She told them to come tonight."

"Is everything alright with her?" He asked.

"She's fine." Emma replied. "She's pregnant and wasn't taking enough blood. "

Emma turned to address the group.

"This is my mate Neil Redcloud. Neil, this is Andrew and his mate Amelia. The young lady on the couch is Catherine and the nervous looking young man is her mate Scott."

Pleasantries were exchanged but Neil was still concerned.

"How much blood has she had today?" he asked.

"She's fine." Emma replied, "And we'll be staying here tonight."

There was another tap on the door and a woman walked in.

"Agatha! It's about time you got your ass up here." Emma said when the woman walked in. "Is your age catching up with you?"

An extended middle finger was the only reply Agatha gave. Andrew and Amelia excused themselves, and headed toward the bar for a drink. Emma and Neil followed them to give Agatha the privacy she needed to perform her examination.

Agatha started out by smiling at Catherine in an attempt to put her at ease. Next, she asked what seemed to be a strange question.

"Did you get any funny feelings in your vaginal area or in your lower abdominal area after making love?"

Catherine looked at her and nodded her head yes.

"Did you exchange blood while you were making love?" Agatha asked.

Catherine's face turned a bright red, but Scott was the one who answered.

"She mentioned that she had a weird feeling when we exchanged blood. How can you be so sure that she's pregnant? I mean this just happened last night."

Agatha did a quick but thorough examination. Unlike human doctors, the only thing that she needed to tell if the girl was pregnant was her nose. She could smell the subtle odors of the hormones that a woman gave of when she was pregnant.

"Most vampires can tell you the moment they conceive." Agatha explained. "I'm sure that you've been told the gestation period for vampires is approximately half that of humans. In one hundred and thirty nine days, you will be parents.

Catherine, you will need to drink at least six units of blood in addition to what you usually drink. In the old days, pregnancy was a very dangerous time for us. The female needed increased amount blood which invariable drew attention to the area without her having her abilities to protect herself it's much easier now that we have blood banks. I thought for sure that we were going to lose Susan, and we might have if not for Charles but that is their story to tell. The biggest indicator that you are going into labor is that the day or two before, your blood intake will dramatically increase. 

If you are staying in the area, and would like to use me as a doctor, I would like to see you in my office on Monday. If you are leaving the area or don't want to use me, I would suggest that you find a doctor soon. Chances are that sometime in the next two or three weeks your powers will stop working. They won't return until after the birth of the baby. Here's my card. Call me tomorrow if you want to set up an appointment. I want to get back to that delicious man I was with before Mitchel told me you were here."

"How are we going to do this" Catherine asked Scott when they were alone.

"The same way every other parent on the planet does it...one day at a time." Scott said. "I'm sure that we'll make mistakes, but we'll learn and we'll be good parents. I like Agatha, how do you feel about her taking care of you and the baby?"

"I like her too." Catherine replied.

They held each other as they began to plan their future and began the dreaded task of picking a name for the baby. Catherine soon gave in to exhaustion and fell asleep with her head resting on Scott's shoulder.

*******

Andrew and Amelia went to the bar area. After finding a table, Andrew went to the bar and ordered drinks. He returned to the table with a beer for himself and a glass of wine for Amelia. For several minutes they listened to the music; neither of them speaking.

Finally, Amelia spoke.

"Andrew, what are we going to do?"

"We're going to follow our plan." He replied. "If Scott and Catherine want to settle down here, we'll help them and then go about making a life for ourselves. The thing is I don't know what I want to do. The only thing that I ever wanted to be was a cop. I don't know if I can go back to that; but I'd like to try. What about you? Have you thought about what you would like to do?"

"I wanted to be a psychologist and was in the process of deciding what kind when a recruiter from the bureau showed up and gave a talk. I was fascinated. I ended up signing up and ended up working with VICAP. My first assignment was helping to provide background info on the Seaside Strangler case. I like everyone else worked on the aftermath of nine-eleven.

I was assigned to the team that profiled several suspected terrorist. I also headed up the team that helped to prevent the attack on Pearl Harbor that was scheduled for December 7, 2006. That never made the news because we took the terrorist out before they reached the U.S. I had just returned to VICAP when I pulled your case and I'm glad that I did."

Andrew was surprised, proud and amazed at Amelia's accomplishments. 

"What was it like to work those kinds of cases?" he asked.

Amelia closed her eyes to think about her answer.

"I was under a lot of pressure especially with the nine-eleven case." She replied. "Don't get me wrong, it felt good that our profile helped in breaking the network that enabled those bastards to attack us. There's still a lot of information that hasn't been released to the public and may never be. But the pressure was horrendous."

"What degrees do you have?" Andrew asked.

"I have a doctorate in psychology and a JD degree." Amelia replied. "When I was I college, I had no life; I think I had a total of three dates. I went into the academy right after graduation. I was happy and my parents were so proud. My dad carried a picture of my graduation from the academy in his wallet and was even buried with it."

Amelia stopped talking and looked away. Tears stung her eyes as she thought about her father. She still missed him. She regretted that she hadn't spent more time with him, but she had been busy building a career and thought that she had more time.

Andrew wrapped his arms around her ad gave her time to work through her grief.

Amelia returned the hug and asked Andrew about himself.

"There isn't much to tell." He replied shrugging his shoulders. "As you know, I was married and I have a kid. She remarried and lives on the west coast with my son. I was on the force for seventeen years with three of those years being on patrol. I did two years with vice and twelve with homicide. I actually started with cold cases; I was actually good at it.




Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 04



I was in the group of officers that went to New York City after nine-eleven and spent two months at ground zero. Three years ago I was sent to Quantico for three weeks of training on how to properly use a criminal investigative analysis tool. By the way, I like the simpler term profile.

Diamond was my fourth task force that I was a part of and the second that I led. The first one was the Victor Robles case. He raped sixteen women and murdered seven of them. The youngest victim was seventeen, the oldest fifty-three. All of them were brunettes under five-five and overweight. It took six weeks and a lucky break to catch him.

He was in the process of raping another woman when her boyfriend stopped by for a surprise visit. Robles jumped off the balcony when the boyfriend chased him and in the process; twisted his knee. That was the first time that I worked Lisa. Anyway, we contacted all of the emergency rooms and clinics and asked them to report if any males in his age bracket came in with a knee injury.

Three hours after the alert went out we got a call from Harbor Hospital. They had a man who said that he had accidentally fallen from his balcony. We busted him and he's sitting on death row. It's too bad that she's gone. She was a good cop and a good friend. Enough about the past." Andrew said. "What would you like to do in the future?"

"Go to Egypt and see the sphinx and pyramids up close." Amelia replied without hesitation.

"I would like to go to Europe." Andrew replied. "And I've always wanted to go on one of those photo safaris in Africa."

"Excuse me." A vampire from the next table said. "I couldn't help but overhear your conversation. How nice it is to be in love and to make plans for the future. If you don't mind a little advice from an old vampire, stay out of the Middle East until you are a little older. The head enforcer there is a real bitch and would insist that you are there to cause trouble. She would make your life a living hell. She's been the lead enforcer of that area for close to.... Umm let me think... Charles gave it up in twelve-fifty so that's... umm. What year is this anyway?" he asked.

"Twenty-twelve." Andrew replied trying to contain his chuckle.

"So that makes it seven hundred and fifty years." The vampire mused. "Please excuse my manners, I am Amsu."

"I'm Andrew and the lovely woman with me is my mate Amelia." Andrew said offering his hand.

"I am pleased to meet you." Amsu said as he rose from his seat and kissed Amelia's hand. "Young man, you are very lucky to have such a rare flower as your mate."

Amsu studied them for a moment. It was obvious to Andrew that he recognized them.

"You are the two new vampires that Charles has been anxious for me to meet." He said. "You are the ones that were created by Diamond. You managed to kill a rabid ancient vampire while you were still human. I am honored to meet you."

Emma approached Andrew and Amelia's table. As soon as Amsu saw her he stood, picked her up and hugged her.

"Emma! It's so good to see you!" He said excitedly.

"Amsu! When did you get here?" Emma asked as she returned the hug.

"I've been here for about an hour." He replied. "I haven't seen your father yet. I last spoke to him on Tuesday when he told me about the whole Diamond fiasco and Andrew and Amelia. I'm still a bit upset that he didn't tell me how pretty Amelia was. He knew that I was heading this way; we have some details to discuss about Diamond's assets. Plus I think that he wanted he wanted me here when Vladimir calls."

"Have you met Andrew and Amelia yet?" she asked.

"I just had the pleasure." Amsu replied. "They were talking about going to Egypt to do some sightseeing. We were just starting a good conversation when you came in. Where is that scalp happy husband of yours?" Amsu asked teasing her.

"He never took any scalps." Emma replied chuckling, "wrong tribe."

"I know." Amsu replied." I just love getting you riled up."

"Are you going to need a room?" Emma asked.

"If you have one available. If not; then I'll take your father's room."

"I have a room available." Emma replied as she rolled her eyes. She turned to Amelia and Andrew. "Your room is ready. Agatha is finished with Catherine. Her confirmed due date is September."

"Amelia, isn't Catherine your number one?" Amsu asked confused.

"Yes she is and she's pregnant." Amelia replied her voice filled with excitement.

Amsu shook his head in disbelief.

"You young kids move way to fast." He said. "Emma, how long have your parents been doing the same dance? Everyone knows that they're mates; but those two are still courting each other."

Emma chuckled as she replied. "They say that they are going to mate on January first, twenty-thirteen. They also said that they would stay in bed all day December twenty-first just in case."

Amsu roared with laughter.

"Oh come on!" he said. "They're staying in bed all day just to fuck. It has nothing to do with the end of the world."

"Thanks for an image that I definitely didn't want in my mind." Emma said cringing. "Come on Amsu no kid wants to imagine their parents fucking like that." She added.

"Then I'll switch to a subject that you're more comfortable with." Amsu replied. "When are you and the scalp hunter going to have kids?"

"Subtlety isn't one of your gifts." Emma replied laughing. "Let me guess, you want to spoil the child like you tried to spoil me." Emma's eyes lit up with laughter as she looked at Andrew and Amelia. "Poor Catherine! You two are going to spoil that child rotten and god help her if it's a boy."

"I can understand that Amsu feels a link to you because he sired your father; but why would he be concerned about my number one's child?" Amelia asked.

"Diamond was sired by Amsu about three hundred years after he sired father." Emma replied.

Amelia's eyes widened as Andrew stepped between her and the rest of the group.

"I am not looking for retribution." Amsu said when Andrew moved. "If anything, I'm thankful that you put her out of her misery. She lost her humanity and became a cruel and vicious predator murdering without remorse. Her only joy in life was to cause others the pain that she was feeling.

Please don't misunderstand my next question, but how did you defeat her? She was one of our best ubertas venators. She had centuries of training and practice of hunting rogue vampires. She should have been able to use compulsion on both of you and feed from you at will, so how did you do it?"

"Let Amelia go see Catherine and I'll be more than happy to tell you everything that I remember." Andrew replied.

After sending Amelia off with a quick kiss, Andrew began his story.

"I was a Baltimore City detective and was handed this case..."

Two hours later, the story was finished. He admitted that given the fact that he and Amelia were human; he couldn't fathom how they even stood a chance against Diamond.

Amsu closed his eyes in silent prayer for his second oldest parvulus. He had spent over two-hundred centuries teaching her how to master her abilities and training her to hunt rogues. Not that he would ever admit it, but in many ways; he was more proud of her than Charles.

Diamond had been a street urchin who had tried to steal his purse when he was in Rome. He almost turned her over to his guard, but something about her eyes captivated him; and he turned her. Theirs was never a romantic relationship as he considered her a daughter. He would carry the regret of preventing her from going rogue for the rest of his days. His hope was that he would be able to find some measure of peace on the other side.

Amsu pulled himself together before he spoke.

"She wanted to toy with you." He said sadly. "She didn't consider you a worthy opponent and she paid for her conceit with her life. I hope that she is at peace and you my young friend use her story as a lesson."

"What's your story?" Andrew asked.

"As I said, I first saw Didiana or Diamond as you call her in Rome. I grabbed her hand as she tried to steal my purse." Amsu said. His voice was almost hypnotic as he spoke. "I was about to call the guards when I saw her eyes. Even though they held fear, there was a strength and fire about them. I compelled her to follow me and turned her that night. Over the next two centuries, I made sure that she received the finest education available and that she knew how to defend herself with a blade and her hands. To everyone who knew us, she was my daughter; there was never a romantic relationship between us.

When she wasn't on a hunt, she would spend time with me and we would travel the world seeing the sights. Eventually she found someone that she wanted as a mate, but he was human. He refused to change until after he completed his service to his country. You see, he was in the Marines. He lost his life in Vietnam in nineteen-seventy-two.

After that Diamond withdrew. For almost twenty years after his death, she went on mission after mission hunting for rogues. My biggest regret is that I didn't intervene sooner than I did. I thought that it was her way of working through the pain and coming to terms with her loss. At the turn of the century I received word that she had stopped taking missions and that she had fallen off the radar. I had friends looking for her, but I would only get reports of occasional sightings until a year ago. She was seen in former eastern bloc countries openly killing and leaving a trail of bodies behind her.

I asked the ubertas venators to find her ad bring her to me so that I could save her; but she disappeared again. She reappeared in Canada, was there for a few weeks and then moved on to America. By this time, her behavior was much worse. She was openly taunting the human law enforcement.

You have no idea of what it took to keep the human law enforcement community from finding out that she wasn't just some local psychopath. I still held hope that we would find her and bring her back. That hope was dashed two weeks before she arrived in Baltimore. A group of ubertas venators caught up with her and gave her my message. In response, she killed all but one of them. She only left him alive so that he could deliver a message.

Amsu stopped for a moment and then continued.

"She told him to tell me and everyone else that she would kill anyone who tried to bring her in. That was when I knew that we had lost her soul and that she had to be put down. You know the rest of the story. Diamond was like a daughter to me so you will have to have to forgive me if I choose to remember her as the good person I loved and not the monster she became."

"I'm sorry." Andrew said quietly. "But we had no choice. She killed two cops and left behind forensic mysteries that aren't going to go away. For one, the coroner still has Diamond's corpse. Second, the anticoagulant was identified as a highly concentrated form of saliva found in vampire bats."

Amsu grimaced.

"I wasn't aware that the humans found out about the venom. That is of great concern to me. Diamond's corpse should be of little value to them as it will decay quickly."

"I hope so." Andrew replied. "But if I know Doc Lassider, he would have wasted no time in performing the autopsy. Not only that, the FBI would have the files because a federal officer died during the case."

Amsu blew out a frustrated breath.

"This is most distressing." Amsu said. "If he managed to autopsy her before she decayed he would confirm that she wasn't human. I assume that they would have preserved tissue and fluid samples?"

Andrew nodded.

"If he sent copies to the FBI they could run tests not normally run and they have tests not available to regular law enforcement. If they find out that her DNA isn't human; they won't stop until they figure out what it is.

Amsu swallowed hard. "This is not good." He said. "Charles will need to look into this immediately. How long does it take to take to get the results back from DNA testing?" 

"That depends on the test." Andrew replied. "It also depends on which lab he used and how backed up they are. If he wanted a rush, and he more than likely did because this was a high priority case; it would be two weeks to a month before the results were back. He probably used the FBI lab which means that the feds will have the results first."

Amsu pulled out his cell phone and began speaking as soon as the person on the other end picked up.

"Charles? Amsu here... we may have a problem with the Diamond situation... yes... the humans analyzed the saliva and may have gotten a viable tissue sample from Diamond."

There was a moment of silence as he listened to Charles' response.

"You were aware and someone is already handling it? I apologize; I should have known that you had the situation under control... I was just talking to Andrew. Yes they're here...that was the plan but they thought Catherine was ill...No she just has the one --hundred and forty day flu...Yes she is pregnant... she didn't know that she wasn't taking in enough blood... Charles slow down. Agatha has already seen her and Emma is making sure that she is being taking care of... yes, hold on; I'll ask him."

Amsu covered the mouthpiece of the phone and spoke to Andrew.

"Charles would like to know if you and your mate will be available around ten this morning."

Andrew looked at his watch. It was just after six am.

"Amelia." He called telepathically, "Charles would like to meet with us at ten this morning. Is that okay?"

"That's fine." Amelia replied. "I'm going to the room to take a shower. Try not to be too much longer. You need to clean up and we need to get some breakfast."

Amsu could see that Andrew was communicating with someone telepathically. Sure that it was Amelia, he waited.

"Ten is fine." Andrew said. "I'm going to go to the room, get cleaned up and take Amelia out for breakfast. We'll see you at the meeting and it was a pleasure meeting you."

Andrew held out his hand to Amsu.

"The pleasure is al mine." Amsu said shaking Andrew's hand. "I look forward to getting to know the two of you better."

Amsu turned his attention back to the phone.

"Charles... yes ten is fine... I'll let Emma know... I'll see you at ten. 

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Andrew found Emma behind the bar taking stock. She stopped long enough to tell him how to get to his room and hand him the electronic key needed to access the elevator. Out of habit, she informed him that the key would be deactivated once they were gone. She bid him a good night commenting that if she didn't get a few hours rest; she would be a total bitch.

Andrew thanked her and went to the room. It was a large room that had a furnished sitting area with a large flat screen TV. There was also a small kitchen area complete with a fridge that was stocked with blood. There were two doors that led off the main door. To the left was a small furnished office and to the right, was the bedroom. The bedroom was large enough that it had a king sized bed and two armoires plus a walk in closet. Their luggage was lying on the bed along with a note.

Dear Sir,

This is to inform you that all of your firearms have been placed in our vault for safekeeping. We hope that you understand that we do not allow firearms in the club or in the guest rooms.

If you have any additional items that you would like to place in the vault, please call security. If there are any questions regarding out policies, please contact management. To do this; please use the house phone and ask for the office.

Also take note of the second page. It will inform you of the wide variety of services that we offer our guest. We hope that you enjoy your stay and thank you for choosing us.

The management.

P.s: We took the liberty of plugging the refrigerator in your vehicle into a power source in order to preserve the battery.

Andrew read the note and then began to unpack while Amelia finished her shower. Once she was finished, Andrew grabbed a quick shower. They quickly dressed and went to breakfast.

After ordering coffee, eggs and bacon with orange juice for Amelia and tomato juice for him, Andrew told Amelia about his talk with Amsu and what he learned about Diamond. After they ate, they still had an hour before the meeting. They decided to take a walk around the neighborhood to kill some time.

As they were leaving, they ran into Amsu who was on his way to breakfast.

"Good morning!" he greeted with a smile. "Have you had breakfast yet?"

"Good morning." Amelia replied. "We've just finished. We were just going for a walk before the meeting."

"Then don't let me delay you." Amsu said as he shook Andrew's hand. "I shall see you at the meeting." 

Andrew led Amelia out into the morning light. It was a bright, but slightly chilly early spring morning. The city was just beginning to come to life. They joined hands and began to walk up Water Street with no real destination in mind.

Neither of them spoke as they slowly walked enjoying the quiet companionship of their early morning walk.

"We're being followed." Amelia said telepathically after a few minutes into their walk. "I can feel them but I don't know where they are yet."

"Are you sure that there's more than one?" Andrew asked.

"I just started feeling them and yes there's more than one; but I don't know how many."

Andrew couldn't feel them but trusted Amelia's instincts.

"Can you tell if they are Vampire?" He asked,

Amelia closed her eyes for a moment trying to focus on their followers. After a moment, she had a clear picture of their pursuers and their intentions.

"There are four maybe five of them. They are waiting by the alley for us. They plan to rob us and are armed with knives. The leader has a katana."

Andrew readied himself as he telepathically spoke to Amelia.

"I want you to get behind me just as we reach them and watch our backs. I'm willing to bet that they have someone shadowing us. I'll try to keep them on me while you get control of the guy with the sword. If you can; have him attack the others."

"I'll do my best." Amelia replied.

Just as they reached the Alley, five vampires appeared before them. The vampire in the middle had a katana and two others had wicked looking daggers. Two other vampires blocked the way to the street. One had a butcher knife and the other had a kukri.

"My my, what do we have here?" The vampire holding the katana said. "A pair of parvulus out for a romantic walk. How nice. I hope that you have your wallet with you. You have to pay for the privilege to walk our streets. If no wallet, maybe your sire is willing to cover for you."

"I have no money." Andrew replied. "And our sire is dead. Unless you want to join her, I would suggest you leave."

"Well then," The leader sneered. "I guess we'll just have to take it out of her ass rig..."

Before the leader could finish his statement, Andrew had his head in his hands. Before the others saw him move, he threw the leaders head at the vampire to the left of him. Andrew grabbed the one to his right by the throat and threw him to the ground. The vampire to the left of Andrew had recovered and stabbed Andrew in the side of his neck. The blade went in about an inch but managed to nick the jugular vein.

Andrew felt the sharp pain and then the felt the hot blood as it pulsed from the wound. He looked at the vampire that stabbed him with glowing eyes. Seconds later, the vampire burst into flame. He screamed in pain as the flames quickly engulfed him. The vampire fell to his knees, screamed one last time and was claimed by the flames. The Vampire that Andrew still had a hold of began to beg for his life.

Amelia was surprised by Andrew's sudden attack. She quickly forced her mind into the minds of the two vampires that were blocking their way to the street and took control of their minds. She sensed another vampire coming up from behind them and ordered the two that she had control of to subdue him. She had just turned to face the new threat when she felt Andrew's pain. She turned in time to see the vampire that had stabbed Andrew burst into flames. She heard the last vampire that Andrew had engaged pleading for Andrew not to kill him.




Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 04



"Andrew love, he's giving up."

The vampire that the others were holding indicated that he was going to surrender. It was then that Amelia realized that he had a broken jaw. She has one of the vampires that were under her control take care of Andrew's prisoner. The blood had stopped flowing from Andrew's neck but he was weak from the loss of blood.

Amelia had just taken out her cellphone to call for help when four dark paneled vans pulled up. Emma and her mate Neal got out of one and Amsu followed by a vampire who stood six feet, seven inches tall with long black hair and gray eyes got out of a second one. It was clear that he was of Middle Eastern descent. Amelia had to admit that he made a very pretty package.

"Susan did say that you two attract trouble." He said with an amused smile.

"How did you know we were in trouble?" Amelia asked.

"How else?" Emma replied. "Catherine told us. She knew that you were going to be attacked, but she was unfamiliar with the city. We misunderstood her description and thought that you had gone the other direction on Water Street.

The vampires that came with Emma quickly disposed of the smoldering corpse and cleaned up the scene. Two vampires helped Andrew to a van, checked him over, and handed him a bottle of blood.

The vampire that arrived with Amsu approached Amelia.

"Ms. Hensley, I am Charles Black. Could you please tell me what happened here?"

Even though it was worded as a request, Amelia knew that it was anything but. Getting into her facing the review board mode, she stood straight and began her report.

"First, please call me Amelia. Andrew and I decided to go for a walk after breakfast..."

Charles was surprised by the clear and detailed report that Amelia gave, but was confused about how the vampire had been set ablaze.

"Please do not take this wrong, but are you sure that it was Andrew and not you that set the vampire on fire?"

"I'm positive." Amelia replied. "I felt him do it. I really can't explain it except to say that I felt the power as it welled up in his mind. I also heard him say the words burn in hell. The next thing I know, the vampire is on fire. I've never seen Andrew project like that and I'm not sure of how long it will take us to master this."

"Please call me Charles." He said. "I'm hoping that we will be able to develop a friendship such as the one that you have with Susan. Are you saying that the two of you have been helping each other learn control of your powers? That is remarkable normal vampires who have no sire have to learn how to control their abilities on their own."

"Andrew and I have been working on developing our powers together." Amelia explained. "I haven't been as much help to him as he's been to me, but he anchors me and keeps me focused. When the need arises, he lends me his strength. I know that this is going to sound strange, but just his being there helps me."

"I understand." Charles replied. "But you will both need to be very careful with this ability. Pyrokinesis is one of our least understood abilities. I would also suggest that you limit the number of people that you tell about this. It seems that you have some form of sixth sense that is nowhere as developed as Catherine's, but it's there."

"Is there some place where we could go where Andrew can safely learn to control his gift?" Amelia asked.

"If you're asking if there is a school or a training facility, the answer is no. You must understand that until recently, vampires had a house to which they were loyal to. The enemies of the house became your enemies; it was the same with alliances. For the most part, it is still that way in Europe and in Mexico except Mexico they are called cartels but this isn't the place to discuss such things."

After she and Charles were finished talking, Amelia went to check on Andrew. He was still weak from the blood loss and from using the Pyrokinesis. He was still trying to figure out how he had done it and if he could do it again. 

Amelia wrapped her arms around him and hugged him. Andrew knew that she thought that she had lost him and could feel her anger boiling under the calm façade that she as showing. He wasn't looking forward to having that anger turned loose on him.

Once she saw that Andrew was all right, Amelia took his face in her hands.

"You ass! What in the fuck was that? I thought we had a plan and you let him goad you into attacking him! If you had stuck to the plan, I would have had him and the two flanking him under my control. You wouldn't have been hurt and we may not have had to kill any of them."

"I know." Andrew said sheepishly, "But when he threatened you, I attacked."

Amelia's eyes narrowed as she spoke in a deceptively calm voice. "Andrew Martin, if you ever pull a hair brained stunt like that again; I'll kick your ass. You tell me a plan and then with no fucking warning you change it and almost got yourself killed. Then, you try to justify it by saying that your mate was threatened. You asshole! You could have gotten us both killed! What would have happened if I did what you originally planned and grabbed the guy with the sword to help us? I would have been wasting energy taking control of a dead vampire. We would have been outnumbered and in trouble because of your caveman tactics. You know as well as I do that he used his words t throw you off and it worked"

Andrew let out a harsh breath. 

"I did the same thing that you did twice and I never berated you for it! In fact, neither of those vampires was going to attack me. They flirted with me and you lashed out. It is well within my rights to protect my mate from those who threaten her."

Amelia's eyes began to glow. The vampires who were caring for Andrew began to back away.

"How dare you throw that up in my face!" She said angrily. "I don't know why I attacked Catherine, but that other bitch was trying to steal you from me and you looked at her!"

"The only reason that I was looking at her was because she was invading my personal space." Andrew replied his voice just as angry as Amelia's did. "I was going to tell her that I wasn't interested when you went all psycho on her ass and almost got yourself killed! I will reiterate what I said earlier; I have the right to protect my mate."

"You may have the right to defend me," Amelia said, "But you don't have the right to get yourself killed while doing it. If you had just stuck to the original plan, not only would you have defended me; you wouldn't have gotten stabbed."

At this point, Charles intervened.

"Perhaps this is best discussed in private after you've both had a chance to cool off."

They looked at each other and nodded in agreement. They rode back in the same van as Charles and Amsu. The only conversation that took place was when Charles formally introduced himself to Andrew.

Andrew felt badly about the way he had jumped Amelia and had to admit that she was right; he should have stuck to the pan.

"Amelia, I'm sorry. You were right; I should have stuck to the plan. I never should have brought up the past. Forgive me." He said telepathically.

Amelia snuggled closer not caring that he was covered in blood.

"I'm sorry too. I was so scared that I had lost you when you were stabbed. According to Charles, we have a lot of work ahead of us. He also said that Pyrokinesis is one of their least understood gifts. He told me that we should be careful about who we reveal our powers to."

Once they arrived back at the club, the vans that they were riding in pulled into a building next to the club. After they unloaded Emma lead, Andrew and Amelia to a rear set of stairs that took them to the third floor.

"Get cleaned up and join us in the office where we met last night." Emma said.

"Give us fifteen minutes." Andrew replied. "Thank you for your help this morning."

Emma shook her head.

"I'll never doubt mother again. I'm just glad that you're alright."

They took a quick shower and got ready for the meeting.

"How are you going to learn to control this ability?" Amelia asked.

"I'm not sure." Andrew replied. "I guess we'll have to find an area where there is nothing to burn. I'll just keep practicing until I have it under control. I'm not sure that I like using that power, it drained me; I feel worn out."

Amelia nodded as she finished getting dressed. She chose a summer dress with floral print on it and a pair of flat shoes.

"It'll get better once you have it under control." She said. "I was worn out when I first started using my abilities. Now I can use it several times and I don't get near as drained as I used to."

Andrew buttoned his shirt and slipped on his loafers.

"But if I make a mistake, I could burn a whole neighborhood down." He replied.

"I'm sure that you'll get it under control." Amelia said hugging him. "We'll just have to be careful until you do."

She stepped back while Andrew grabbed his wallet and room key. They held hands as they walked to their meeting with Charles.

When they got to the office, Charles was not there.

"Please have a seat." Emma said. "Father had to take a conference call. He shouldn't be too long."

As they were taking their seats, Andrew saw a newspaper and asked if he could borrow it. After getting permission, he read the headlines:

"Three men decapitated in downtown nightclub"

"Amelia." Andrew said telepathically, "You may want to read this with me."

"Three men were beheaded at the Club Nuveen last night. However, there were security cameras on scene a source close to the investigation said there is no clear images of the suspect. No one from inside of the club could recall anything about the suspect. However, a man who was the club reported seeing a Hispanic male running from the club. He was described between twenty and twenty -five with shoulder length black or grey hair his height was reported somewhere between five foot-eight to five foot --ten .weight was said to be between one- hundred and thirty to one- hundred and forty pounds. He was wearing a light grey business suit with a light pink shirt. If anyone can offer any information as to the identity of this unknown person please contact your local police department"

The victims are Carlos Martinez, Juan, and Raul Hierra. All three me are reported to have ties to the Martinez drug cartel. Carlos Martinez was the grandson of Santiago Martinez, the reputed head of the cartel. The Hierra brothers both have long police records and Raul was wanted for questioning in connection with a triple homicide in Pensacola, Florida..."

The story continued with giving more background information.

"The attacker sounds like a vampire." Andrew said quietly. "I wonder what in the hell is going on?"

"I agree." Amelia said. "Do you think that the cartel is being run by vampires?"

Amelia went to mind speak

"If they are, does that mean that Charles Black is nothing more than a two-bit drug king pin?"

Andrew grimaced at the thought.

"I guess we can ask him about it." Andrew said before switching to telepathy. "I sure as hell hope not, but we need to be prepared. Do you know where Scott and Catherine are?"

Amelia closed her eyes for a moment and smiled.

"They're at the mall looking at baby things. They're safe for the moment. How do you want to play this?"

"Loosely." Andrew replied. "If things go wrong in there I'll try to keep Charles occupied long enough for you to either take control of or wipe Amsu out. If you can't do anything with him, then we'll switch targets. The problem is I don't know how long I'll be able to stand against them; I'm still weak from the fight this morning."

Emma watched them and could tell that they had gone on alert although she didn't know why. She saw that they were having a private conversation and that something in the paper made them nervous. She entertained the idea of reading their thoughts, but if she were caught; they would never trust her again.

"Is everything alright?" She asked. "You seem tense; did you see something in the paper?"

Andrew was in the process of deciding if Emma was a threat when Amelia spoke to him telepathically.

"She is genuinely worried about us. She is wondering what it is that has us concerned."

Andrew gave Amelia a nod and spoke to Emma.

"We were just reading about the murders at Club Nuveen. We were wondering if vampires were involved."

Emma gave them a confused look as she got a copy of the paper and read the story. As they watched, her demeanor changed.

"Son of a bitch! I'm not going to let them get away with this! Philly is neutral territory and Rodrigues knows this. Now the emergency conference call makes sense. Damn it! I should be in on it."

"Would you mind explaining what's going on?" Andrew asked.

"Fuck it!" Emma swore. "I'll bring you up to speed and if father doesn't like it; tough fucking shit. There's some of this that you may be aware of, but I'll go through it anyway just in case you aren't up to date. Right now, there are six cartels running drugs through North America. Normally we wouldn't care, but the lead enforcer for Mexico has decided to supplement his income with drug money. He's already taken over the Rios cartel and was either destroying or taking over the other cartels. The problem is that he's turning humans to act as guards and enforcers for his drug empire.

The Martinez cartel is run by a vampire who has been running it since the twenties. Outside of his immediate family and a few of his guards, it was always a human operation. That is until Rodrigues set his sights on him. Santiago sent his grandson Carlos to see father about intervening to stop Rodrigues from using his position of enforcer to cover up his illegal activities. According to what I've been told, in the last month he's turned twenty of his men into vampires. I need a big favor from you. Name your price, but I want the assassin alive and able to answer questions."

"We'll need access to our weapons and the crime scene." Andrew said. "Any information on the suspect pool would also be helpful."

"I can have your truck out back in ten minutes with your weapons inside. There will also be a disc with all of the pertinent information. Hand me your cell phone and I'll program my number in for you. Also need to know what you are going to charge me so that I can have it ready." Emma said.

"We'll take a good steak dinner plus any expenses we incur." Andrew said. "We'll be sure to save the receipts."

"Are you sure?" Emma asked shocked. "Isn't there anything else that you want?"

"Yes." Andrew said after thinking for a minute. "A copy of the crime scene reports from last night and you have to explain to your father why we aren't here."

Emma gave him a mocking smile as she handed the cell phone back to him.

"Now you're asking for something hard. Neil's number is in there as well as mine. Keep me posted."

Amelia and Andrew went to their room to change into more appropriate attire. They packed a change of clothes just in case they needed them. As they got ready to go, Andrew wondered what else other than Amelia's powers could be used to restrain a vampire.

As they were heading out, Andrew saw Mitchel and stopped to talk to him.

"What can be used to restrain a vampire?" he asked.

Mitchel handed him a pair of handcuffs.

"These are made from a special metal that inhibits a vampire's abilities and takes away their strength." He said.

"Can I buy a couple of sets?" Andrew asked as he handled the cuffs.

"Why do you need them?" Mitchel asked.

"We're thinking about doing some bounty hunting and may need a couple of sets." Andrew replied.

"I'll talk to Ms. Black about it." Mitchel replied. "If she approves it I can sell you four sets. Let me give her a call now."

Andrew nodded and loaded the duffel bag in the back of the truck. He pulled out the Glock and handed it to Amelia along with an extra clip. He placed the three-eighty under the driver's seat while Amelia placed the Glock under the passenger seat and the extra clip in the glove box.

A few minutes later, Mitchel came out and handed Andrew four sets of the restraints.

"Ms. Black charged them to your account." He said.

Andrew put the cuffs in the duffel bag,programmed the GPS system, and headed toward the crime scene. Amelia booted up the laptop, inserted the disc that Emma had given them and started going through the files.

She stopped to look at the information on Carlos. It was more or less, what she expected to find. He was the suspect in over a dozen murders and the witnesses either forgot or disappeared. Amelia also noted that Carlos had been born vampire and that his father had been killed when Rios firebombed one of their warehouses. His mother, in her grief had gone over the edge and had to be put down. The report also mentioned that his two guards were humans that had been turned twenty years before. Amelia relayed the information to Andrew as she read it.

As she read the files, she made notes on the victims. The next file she opened was on Rodrigues. He had become lead enforcer for Mexico in nineteen-ten. He had run it without incident until the nineteen seventies when he got greedy and took over a little known cartel.

Initially it was weed and meth, but then he expanded adding crack, weapons, and women to his available merchandise. The latest report was that he was trying to take over the Mexican drug trade. It would get interesting if the rumors that he turned a Mexican Army General were true.

Andrew pulled up in front of the club but it was a beehive of activity. He drove to a side street and found a parking spot. He and Amelia became invisible and went into the club. They could see the forensics team still collecting evidence from the crime. 

"I could use a distraction." He said telepathically.

Amelia smiled and went to the kitchen. A few moments later, Andrew heard her scream and then the sound of a door slamming. The four technicians and the officer who was acting as guard charged into the kitchen leaving the evidence that they collected unattended.

Andrew quickly gathered the evidence and the camera that was being used to take pictures of the crime scene. He went through the evidence and saw that outside of the blood spatters and the two ornate knives; most of it was useless. He was sure that the knives belonged to the victims.

When he picked up the knives, he saw the assassin. He was a six-foot Hispanic male with shoulder length brown hair and a vicious looking scar on his neck. It looked as if someone had tried to slit his throat. He had also used a wakizashi and not a katana as a weapon. 

Still holding the knife, Andrew watched as the assassin killed one of the victims. One of the victims however had wounded the assassin before dying. That meant that the assassin had to feed and wouldn't have time to dispose of the body.

Amelia alerted him that the crew was returning. He grabbed as much of the evidence as he could and headed for the hummer. As he left, he told Amelia to meet him there. He heard the technicians cursing because they realized that the majority of their evidence was missing. He could see that their clothes were a mess and that they were bruised.

"What did you do to them?" He asked telepathically.

"I poured cooking oil on the floor and dumped the pots and pans on them." Amelia replied with a chuckle. "I figured when they heard me scream they would come rushing in. The oil did the rest. Honestly, it was like watching the Keystone Cops."

Andrew put the evidence in the rear of the truck and got in. Amelia joined him a minute later still chuckling. He handed her the SD card from the camera so that she could load the pictures onto the laptop. He heard the beep from his cellphone indicating that he had messages. When he looked, he saw that there were two from Emma.




Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 05



This is the corrected version of chapter 5, I appologize for all the problems with the first posting of this chapter.

I would like to thank willieone for all of her help with this chapter. 

I am still having an issue with the formating when i try to do the htlm encoding so i can italize the mental conversations so i have left it off until I can figure it out.

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Andrew heard Amelia telepathically say that she was sorry and Good-bye. He burst through the front doors of the hotel ripping them off the frame as he rushed into the hall where Amelia was. When he saw the gun to the back of her head, everything seemed to go into slow motion. Andrew used his telekinesis to push the gun away from his mate just as he heard the weapon discharge. He watched in horror as he saw Amelia drop to the floor. 

When the smell of Amelia's blood hit him, he saw red and gave himself over to his primal side. Andrew performed a flying tackle driving them both through the door of Antonio's room. The two of them crashed into the far wall as Andrew jammed claw like fingernails in to Antonio's lower back wrapped his fingers around the base of his spine snapping it off and ripped it out of his body and threw it to the floor. Antonio let lose an inhuman howl of pain. Antonio's lower half of his body was crippled and even with a vampires regenerative abilities he knew it was most likely permanent. Andrew flipped him over and unleashed blow after blow in to his face and chest each blow smashed something else. Antonio was no longer moving.

Amelia was sure she was going to die permanently this time. Here only regret is what it would do to Andrew she prayed that he would find some way to overcome her death. She heard the soft cough of the silenced gun as it discharged and wondered if she would still be able to go to heaven. She felt a burning sensation as the bullet passed through the side of her neck and the world went fuzzy as she felt her legs give out. After a few moments, the world started to refocus and she realized the wound to the side of her neck was serious but far from fatal. 

It took her a few minutes for her to heal enough for her to regain her senses. She opened her eyes, looked around, and saw Andrew was in the process of beating Antonio to death. As her eyes focused more, she could see blood splattered from floor to ceiling and. Amelia knew that the humans were watching and only hoped that Charles' people would get here soon .She quickly pushed into Andrew mind. "Love we need him alive, please stop." She pleaded through their bond.

Andrew didn't even so much as acknowledge her all she could sense through their bond was all consuming rage that blinded him to everything but he need to kill. She began to worry when she could find no part of the man she knew through their bond. She rose to her feet but was unsteady as waves of Dizziness and nausea over took her. She closed her eyes until they passed then slowly approached Andrew calling to him through their bond. Amelia could sense the terrified humans and knew they didn't have long until the police showed up. Just as she got close enough to touch him, he quickly rose and spun on her. He had a wild look in his eyes and for a fleeting moment, Amelia thought he might attack her but he just stood there looking at her as if he was trying to recall who she was

"Love I need you," Amelia whispered, as she pulled Andrew into a fierce hug.

Amelia declaration had the desired effect it started his logical mind working again. He quickly wrapped his arms around her and let her scent wash over him. Slowly the closeness to his mate and her sending images of the two of them together was allowing him to reign in his feral side "My god, I thought I lost you forever. I have never felt so empty in my life." Andrew quietly confessed as tears started to flow down the side of his face.

Amelia said nothing just held on to him for dear life allowing him to regain control of himself. She would deal with the humans when it became necessary. At this moment, her only concern was for her mate and his state of mind. She could feel he was still on the razor edge of sanity and it wouldn't take much for his feral side to reassert itself and if that happened she was, afraid she would lose him forever.

Charles had been on the phone with Andrew. He had just confirmed that their target was there and gave him the room number when he heard Andrew say he has her at gunpoint and then the phone fell. He and the strike team were within ten minutes of the hotel. He and his strike team flooded into the hotel and seized control they cordoned off the area and would control the scene. He had left a couple of his people to deal with the human authorities and press. He wondered how much damage control he would have to do an experienced vampire who had a mate threatened was bad enough but parvulus could go on a rampage and kill everyone in the hotel.

When he finally entered the hallway, where Amelia and Andrew were, to say he was shock would have been an understatement. He saw a large pool of blood that had Amelia's scent staining the carpet. He looked down the hallway and saw Amelia with her arms wrapped around Andrew his eyes were still black and lifeless. Charles had the rest of his people hold back and he cautiously approached the two of them. As he got a view into the room it looked like just about every surface had blood splattered on it. He stopped before getting too close to Amelia and Andrew; he didn't want to cause Andrew to attack him. He could see what was left of Antonio he had no distinguishing facial features and the only sign that he was still alive was the soft gurgling sound he mad as he tried to breathe.

"Perhaps you should take Andrew into one of the other rooms here so he can finish calming down. Then get cleaned up and I will bring you some blood to aid with your healing," Charles suggested. He was trying to see just how bad Antonio was hurt when he noticed a four inch piece of his spine lying on the floor. He was shocked to see the amount of devastation Andrew had done to Antonio.

Amelia nodded and started to lead Andrew from the room. Charles made sure that everyone gave them a wide berth so as not to inflame and already volatile Andrew. As soon as the two of them were in the room Charles placed two of his people on the door with order to keep the two of them in there until he said it was all right to let them out. He wasn't worried about Amelia but knew if he tried to separate them right now Andrew would lose himself.

He had one of his men run out and get overalls for them and a couple of bottles of blood. He had Susan start package blood in soda style bottles one it made it easier to transport and secondly since the bottles were opaque it made it harder to see what was inside. Franklin gave Charles the items, he had requested. "Charles the human authorities have been dealt with. The guest and staff have had the memories altered. What do you want us to do with their hummer? It is on the lot with keys in the ignition," Franklin reported. Then as an afterthought he added," Antonio is alive but just barely. He will most likely be a paraplegic. Andrew smashed his skull and crushed part of his brain. According to Heidi it will be a few days until we can tell the extent of the brain damage, however she feels it will be extensive."

"I love Hummers, but it is a lousy choice for undercover work because everyone notices them. Have Louise take it to Sanguinem and park it in the underground garage. Ask Heidi to keep me posted on Antonio's condition. I'm hoping to be able to use him as a witness against Rodrigues." Charles instructed he then headed to the room that Amelia was using. He softly knocked on the door and waited.

Andrew held on to Amelia who was still shaking and not believing she was alive. When he heard, the pistol shot and saw her fall he was sure she was gone. Andrew decided he didn't want to live anymore and just gave himself over to the feral beast that now lives within him. From that moment, until he heard Amelia's plea he had no recollection of what he had done. Even now, he couldn't suppress his feral side and was not even sure if he should.

Amelia was weakened by her blood lose, but right now her only concern was Andrew .His eyes had still not changed back and he was acting like a caged tiger. He had refused to let her go, the only time he had spoken was when they were in the hall when he first found out she was still alive. He tensed and locked his eyes on the door when someone had knocked on it. Amelia could sense it was Charles on the other side of the door. "Love I am going to answer the door it is just Charles," Amelia said telepathically.

"The door is open," She called out after Andrew refused to let her go.

Charles slowly opened the door and stepped in. "I have some blood for you. How is he doing?" Charles said.

"I have never seen him like this. He refuses to let me go and his eyes have not changed back. Charles what is a matter with him? And more importantly how do I help him?" Amelia nervously pleaded.

The whole time they spoke Andrew's eyes followed Charles' every movement like a snake watching a mongoose. He was ready to strike at the slightest provocation. Charles knowing the danger of the state that he was in kept his movements slow and deliberate." By stop worrying and doing what you are doing. It will take some time for him to rein in his feral side. Just stay at his side and keep reassuring him you are alright." Charles responded reassuringly.

He laid the items down on the table and exited the room. He reminded the two men he had guarding the door no one in or out without his permission. He exited the hotel for some privacy as he dialed the familiar number on his cell. After the second ring, he heard Susan's voice greet him. "Hi, we may have a problem." He said.

Charles had already called apprising her of the situation caused by Stephan. The fucking idiot had to use her place to smuggle and store illegal drugs and human slaves. No one really care about the drug smuggling except that it could garner the attention of the human authorities and they could inadvertently cause them to find out the true purpose of Biomedtronic. However, trafficking in human slaves was a different animal. It would cause the human's to investigate on a national and possible international level. That kind of attention was something every vampire feared. Susan knew she was going to have a lot to answer for and the other enforcers would demand her record be opened up to their investigation. She would need to prove she had no part in the smuggling of the humans. This fiasco was going to cost her dearly and she just hoped that when it was finished she would be allowed to deal with Stephan in her own way.

The other nightmare was the assassination of the three vampires in the human nightclub the assassination itself was of little concern outside of the victims being under Charles personal protection. It was common knowledge that you dealt with those kinds of affairs outside the prying eyes of the human authorities and you never walk into a club full of humans and decapitate three other vampires. Thankfully, Amelia and Andrew had retrieved the evidence before the humans could process it and that it did not really concern her yet.

"What happened now?" Susan asked her voice a mixture of concern and frustration.

Charles brought Susan up to date. He expressed his concern that Andrew's eyes had not reverted to normal. Charles did add that he was encouraged that Andrew hadn't attacked him when he gave Amelia blood. Charles informed her that he had the two of them isolated in a room. The door is guarded by his security men." As much as I hate to say this, I may have to put him down for everyone's safety," Charles said solemnly.

"I hope it doesn't come to that, you will lose them both and possible make an enemy of Catherine. I will be there in about forty-five minutes please don't make any decision until I get there." Susan replied.

*********

Amelia drank a bottle of blood while she wondered how to settle Andrew down. She was glad to feel her strength return and the Queasiness in her stomach settled. She led Andrew to the bathroom for a long shower .She stripped the clothes off both of them She washed the blood off him then herself. She made him stay under the stream while she slowly massaged his shoulders. Slowly his eyes started to revert to their normal color.

"Are you OK?" Andrew asked his tone full of concern.

"I am OK, but love I was ..." Amelia replied.

"I know, you were set up," Andrew interrupted

"He knew I use to be a FBI agent and that we were here for him; not just that I was but WE. I had my mind shielded." Amelia stated her voice full of concern.

Andrew hugged Amelia and kissed her forehead." Do you still have your weapon?" Andrew asked not releasing the embrace.

"No I left it in the duffel bag in the hall. Why?" Amelia replied.

Andrew released the embrace then handed her a set of the overalls. The two of them dressed quickly Andrew once again cleaning their shoes up. "This is getting to be a habit." He quipped.

Once he was finished and the two of them were dressed, he retrieved the three-eighty from the counter where Amelia had laid it and handed it her. She quickly checked to make sure the gun was loaded and safe, more out of habit then need. She then placed the weapon in her pocket.

Andrew handed Amelia the other bottle of blood and insisted that she drink it all. "Love we need to get to that business center and see if we can find out who tipped Antonio off. I hate to think this but it can only be Charles or one of his people, no one else knew who we were here."

Amelia hoped that Andrew was wrong and that it was someone else. She followed Andrew to the door hoping to get their answers. Andrew opened the door to leave. He was stopped by two large vampires blocking their way. "I am sorry, but I am ordered to detain you until Mr. Black releases you. I will summon him, please wait inside," The Larger vampire stated in a firm but calm voice.

Andrew didn't argue because he knew it was pointless. He stepped back into the room and closed the door. He quickly surveyed the room. "We need to get out of here. That window looks like our best option," He mentally said

"Damn I really thought we could trust Black. What are we going to do now? And how do we help Catherine and Scott?" Amelia replied with telepathy.

"I not sure yet, I think they are safe for the moment. Let's get out of here then we can decide." Andrew suggested mentally. He then opened the window and the two of them turned invisible as they slipped out into the night.

Andrew started to go to where he had parked the H-3 but saw it was gone. Andrew quickly picked Amelia up and speed away from the hotel at his top speed. He headed towards the heart of town. Once he was sure that they were a reasonable distance away, he placed Amelia back on her feet. They wondered around until they found a Target and used the ATM machine. The two of them were thankful that they still had Andrew's wallet and access to cash. The downside was it would be a relative easy task to trace them if they kept using the card.

" Love while I get us some fresh clothes and a new cell phone you call Catherine. Warn her to get away and make sure they have their cells so we can contact them to arrange to meet up." Andrew said telepathically.

Andrew quickly picked out clothes for the two of them he included a medium size purse so Amelia could conceal the gun and a new burn phone. This time he even got them each a new pair of Reebok's. He grabbed some snack food and drinks then paid for their purchases with his card wanting to save their precious cash. As he was exited, he saw that Amelia was still on the phone so he went out and found a place to change while he waited for her.

*********

Charles received word that Andrew was trying to leave their room From Hank and went to meet with them straight away." Hank, did Andrew give you any trouble about not letting him leave?" Charles inquired trying to gauge Andrew's mental state.

"He clearly wasn't happy but didn't say a word just went back in the room and closed the door," Hank replied earnestly.

"How was his state of mind? Did he seem feral in any way? Were his eyes normal?" Charles asked.

"He seemed normal to me. He didn't get combative or aggressive. I would have to say that he was most definitely in control of his primal side since he didn't attack. You know how the beast hates to be caged. His eyes were normal with no signs of any wildness," Hank responded honestly.

Charles let out a small sigh of relief as he knocked on the door and paused for a few minutes to wait for an answer. When no answer came, he opened the door. "Andrew! Amelia! It is me Charles," He called out. He sensed there was no one in the room and quickly opened the door the rest of the way and saw the window opened with the screen removed." Damn it! They have left," Charles exclaimed in surprise.

The two security men rushed into the room in disbelief." I am sorry Mr. Black. I didn't sense he was going to attempt to escape." Hank responded.

Charles sighed shaking his head." I should have expected this. Hank, start a search I want them located. Do not make contact with them; just watch them discreetly. As soon as they are located I want to be notified," Charles said bemused.

Susan and Gloria walked into the room just as Charles finished speaking." Is there a problem, lover?" Susan inquired as she raised her eyebrow.

"Amelia and Andrew left without saying goodbye," Charles responded shaking his head while pointing at the window.

Susan looked at Gloria and motioned with her eyes. Gloria nodded and left the room to go find the two of them. Susan knew that if anyone could find them it would be Gloria, one of her many talents was tracking people. "Charles! Why the fuck were they being held as prisoners?" Susan demanded a stern look on her face had most of the others in the room looking to leave.

Charles blew out a frustrated breath the last thing he needed now; was Susan upset with him. "Clear the room." Charles announced in a loud voice.

He watched to make sure everyone heeded his command. He took Susan in his arms." Amor, The only reason I had them detained was for everyone's safety. Andrew had given himself over to his primal side. He was having trouble reining it back in. I placed the two of them in this room to allow Amelia time to help Andrew without outside influences hampering her. I had to place security on them, for we both know what could of happened if he lost control. I guess I should have explained the security to Amelia but she was already stressed enough and I did not want to add to it." Charles explained hoping it would satisfy Susan.

"OK I can understand that and I am sure so will Amelia and Andrew once we explain it. What I can't understand is why they ran before giving you a chance to explain." Susan replied with a much softer demeanor.

"Most likely because they know they were set-up or at least suspect it strongly. The two of them probably are not sure whom to trust right now." Charles quietly whispered.

"Why do you think that? Who would dare try to betray you like that?" Susan asked shocked, barely able to maintain her composure.

Charles handed Susan a couple dozen sheets of printer paper. The papers contained complete dossier on Amelia and Andrew. The files not only contained pictures of the both of them but also their work histories and location all know living family members. The lasts sheet was orders for him to kill them both and a note about a ticket to Denver for him at the airport.

Susan didn't need to read the dossier; she had prepared it for Charles when he decided that they might be a useful addition to the organization. The family information was compiled in case they went rogue. Rogue vampires always seemed to seek out living family members and it never ends well for the living family members. Normally this information is held by the sire or coven leader however since the two of them had neither, Charles decided since he was going to help them, he would hold onto the information.




Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 05



Susan thought over who would possibly have access to this information and the list was disturbing to say the least. Charles, Gloria, Emma, Neil, Andrea, and possibly Mitchel besides herself, the list was all family or people she considered as close as family. The very thought that one of these people had betrayed Charles and her was sickening and it tore at her heart.

While she was lost in her thoughts, her cell phone rang, forcing back to the here and now. "Hello, what did you find?" Susan asked expectantly.

"They went out the window and headed towards downtown. Andrew is carrying Amelia." Gloria responded.

"How do you know he is carrying her? And where the hell are you?" Susan inquired.

"I tracked them to a muddy field about a mile from the hotel. There was only one set of footprints and by the length of the stride he was moving," Gloria replied.

"Are you going to keep tracking them or are you coming back?" Susan asked.

"Unless you order me not to I'm finding them. When I do what do you want me to do?" Gloria inquired.

"When you find them make contact and ask them to call me and be extra careful. I will join you as soon as I can slip out of here," Susan commanded.

"Susan what the hell is going on, Are you safe?" Gloria demanded. Worry crept into her voice.

Susan saw Charles talking to Mitch as the two of them headed towards her." OK Gloria, keep me up to date on your location and status. When you locate them, contact me immediately," Susan said changing the subject.

Susan quickly hung up her phone and shielded her mind against intrusion. She tried to give off a nonchalant air about her as she headed towards Charles. She stopped a step or so behind Charles while he finished talking with Mitch.

Charles knew the minute that Susan had shielded her mind. He wondered what had her so worried even though he gave no visible sign anything was wrong. When he was done with Mitch he immediately, lead Susan to a secluded spot. "What has you on such high alert?" Charles inquired.

"What makes you think I am on high alert, Charles?" Susan responded keeping her expression and tone carefully neutral.

"How about knowing you for nearly twenty centuries?" Charles countered, his body language clearly saying, "I'm not impressed."

"What did you think that I would do once you showed me those papers? Most of them were from the dossier that I sent to you by carrier. Between both of our organizations, I can only come up with a total of ten people that had access to them, two of which are standing right here. My god Charles one of the main suspects is our own daughter!" Susan responded. Her eyes showed just how much the obvious betrayal had hurt her. Susan quickly buried her feelings and resumed her calm facade.

"I know love that is why I want you personally to take charge of who betrayed us. You have my full authority to do what you must to find out and bring guilty person or persons to me. Then we will judge them together," Charles decreed then pulled Susan into a hug and kissed her on the top of her head as he whispered, "I love you."

Susan relaxed into Charles embrace and allowed the tension to be drawn from her body. She wrapped her arms around Charles' neck and pulled him into passionate kiss." God, how I have missed you," Susan softly whispered.

Susan then broke the embrace replacing her mask of indifference. "What about Andrew and Amelia?" She asked.

"I can't think of a better person to find them then Gloria can you? " Charles replied.

"No, I can't. What do you want to do once we find them?" Susan asked.

"I would like to arrange a place I can talk to them. I am even willing to let them to name the place, as long as it is within reason." Charles answered honestly.

Susan pulled her cell out and started to dial Emma's number." I'm going to explain everything to Catherine. I hope that she will be willing to help us when they call her," Susan said.

Charles acknowledged her with a wave he was already on his cell answering a call he had ignored three times while talking with Susan. Susan told Catherine everything and explained the reason why they had to isolate the two of them. Susan promised her that all she wanted was a chance to explain everything. Catherine said she would ask them to call her if she heard from them but she stated clearly, that she wouldn't betray them. 

**********

Amelia headed to the two pay phones at the front of the store. One of the phones was occupied and the other was out of order. She waited while the man finished, thank fully he keep it short. Amelia dialed Catherine's cell number and while it rang, she discretely kept looking around for threats. She was counting on the fact that they wouldn't try anything in a crowded store.

As soon as she heard the call connect, and before Catherine could speak." Please just listen. Andrew and I were set-up and I was almost killed. We were betrayed by Charles or someone in his organization. Is anyone associated with Charles in the room with you? Is Scott with you?"

"Umm yes and yes," Catherine responded quietly as she casually went to a more private spot to talk.

"Can the two of you slip away? If you can, procure transportation and leave. Make sure you have your cell phones with you and we will contact you." Amelia said.

"Amelia I am where I can talk now. There is no way for us to leave undetected but we aren't prisoners here we can come and go as we please. I have the keys to the Hummer. Where are you?" Catherine asked.

"Listen to me I want you and Scott to take the Hummer and go. Get somewhere safe and stay out of sight. Do not tell anyone where you are going. Once it is safe to do so, we will contact you." Amelia pleaded.

"Amelia, we are as safe as we can be. I talked to Susan and they're aware that you were set-up. Susan asked that you contact Gloria and no one else. Charles was not behind this and he wants a chance to explain everything to you. Please trust me and call Gloria before you do anything else," Catherine begged.

"I will talk to Andrew about it and we will call you in a day or two. We will be fine; you just make sure you take care of yourself and that baby," Amelia responded. She got the feeling someone was watching her. She turned around slowly and saw Gloria Standing there staring at her. She continued quietly, "I have to go and I hope you were right about Gloria. She is standing here looking at me. I will talk to you later. I hope."

"Hun, Gloria is standing out front of the store looking at me." Amelia sent mentally.

"I know I am working my way behind her as we speak. Please tell me you have that gun handy," Andrew responded the same way.

"I do and I am coming out. Are you in position?" Amelia telepathically said. She started walking slowly towards the door.

"Yup, I hope I don't ruin my new clothes," Andrew responded as before.

Amelia came out of the store and stopped about ten feet from Gloria. Gloria cautiously closed the distance all the while she kept glancing to where Andrew was trying to determine if he was going to attack. She could see that Andrew was relaxed but Amelia was nervous and tensed but surprisingly neither of them showed any fear. "All I want to do is talk to you and Andrew. Can the three of us go somewhere more private so we can talk," Gloria asked cautiously.

Andrew stepped back into the shadows became visible. He could tell by the way that Gloria kept looking at him that she knew he was there. He stepped beside Amelia and handed her the bag. "Let her get changed, then we will talk," Andrew responded.

The three of them walked around a corner of the building. Amelia turned invisible and quickly changed her clothes. Amelia returned to being visible and the three of them stood there a moment sizing each other up. Andrew and Amelia were trying to decide if they could trust Gloria. "There is a small cafe down the street where we can get a coffee and we can talk. Would the two of you do me a favor and allow me to call Susan. She is worried about the two of you and I want to let her know you are OK," Gloria requested

Amelia visibly relaxed she could sense no deceit from Gloria and the only other vampire she sensed was her mate. Andrew on the other hand was still on alert. Even though he could sense no other vampires besides the three of them he still wasn't convinced, that this wasn't a trap. "Andrew darling I was hoping that you would trust me," Gloria said, a little hurt.

"I do trust you, if I didn't I would have attacked you on sight. I am worried that Black may have had you followed. I am sure you are as expendable as we obviously are," Andrew dispassionately said, as he looked Gloria directly in the eyes.

"Andrew what happened? I know that the two of you were attacked but there is something else going on. Susan wanted me to contact her, without Charles knowing. She is never gone behind his back before. Please, I am asking you as a friend tell me what happened." Gloria beseeched.

Andrew did not say anything at first; he just started leading them away from the area. He finally found a secluded spot and stopped; he quickly looked around to make sure no one was around. He started describing the events of the day in detail. He explained that Emma had asked them to investigate the assassinations at a human club. He explained about Stephen's illegal activities and his involvement with Antonio. He also told her that Antonio had recognized Amelia and knew that she was a former FBI agent and that they were there for him. 

He explained that the only people knew that they were there for Antonio was Blacks' own inner circle. Finally, he explained that Charles had locked them in a room and placed guard and the door. He also had moved their vehicle effectively trapping them there. "If he wasn't going to eliminate us, why would he lock us in that room and take away transportation?" Andrew demanded.

Gloria could not believe what she was hearing; one of Charles' closest associates had betrayed him. From what Andrew said, the most likely suspect was Emma his own daughter. She now understood why Susan was being so cautious. Gloria was now worried for Susan she could be in danger. "Andrew, will you please trust Susan enough to allow me to call her. She needs to know what is going on and I will get her to come alone," Gloria requested.

"I want some were more public than a small cafe," he responded after considering for a few minutes. He quickly surveyed his surroundings, showing McDonald's across from the mall. He then continued, "I hope you like McDonald's sweet tea. Call Susan and have her meet you here and please don't mention us. It isn't, I don't trust Susan; I'm just afraid someone might listen in and follow her," Andrew said.

Gloria didn't like lying to Susan but she knew that she would understand this instance. Gloria was one the few vampires that could lie to her sire. The fact that Gloria could tell a lie to anyone, and it not be detected was a blessing in her work. That ability coupled with her being able to track anyone or anything was the reason that Susan had never needed the services of the Ubertas Venator.

Gloria dialed Susan's number and waited for the call to connect. "Hello..." Gloria said.

"Did you find them? I heard you caught up with them at Target," Susan interrupted. 

"No I lost them; as soon as they saw me Andrew grabbed Amelia and bolted. Damn he is fast! I manage to track them as far as Mac Dade mall then I lost their scent. Would you mind picking me up at the McDonald's across the street? And about how long will it take?" Gloria lied.

"How did you manage to lose their scent? If you are giving up, I can be there in about 20 minutes." Susan responded; her suspicions colored her voice.

"I am sorry, Susan. I think they must have hopped a bus since I lost their trail by a bus stop," Gloria stated. She quickly disconnected the call after that. The three of them walked over to McDonald's ordered sweet teas while they waited for Susan. Gloria had suggested that they sit near the exit in case something went wrong. Gloria volunteered to delay any pursuit to give Amelia and Andrew a chance to get away.

"Gloria, we wouldn't abandon you. If it became necessary we would all fight together and if anyone was going to stay behind it would be me," Andrew stated firmly. 

"Andrew I appreciate that, but I would never abandon either of you," Gloria replied. She carefully considered how to broach the next subject. After a few minutes of considering she continued, "I do not believe that Charles is the one who betrayed you two. I understand that he put guards on your door and I know you don't want to hear this, but if I were in his shoes, I would've done the same. Andrew from what I was told you had gone completely over to your feral side and we're having trouble regaining control. The reason he had placed the guards on the door was because in that state you were a danger to everyone around you except Amelia. Frankly, I'm surprised that you did not attack Charles and his men one sight," Gloria explained sincerely. She then took a sip of her iced tea before continuing, "By Charles isolating you the way that he did it gave you a chance to calm down and regain control of yourself. I am not sure why he had the Hummer moved without your permission. If it was me and he didn't have a good reason for it, I would ask Susan to kick his ass for me."

The three of them chuckled at Gloria's comment. The talk then turned to trying to figure out who had betrayed them. The list of suspects was short and it concerned Gloria greatly, specifically the main suspect Emma.

*******

Susan was confused as she hung up the phone from Gloria. It was so very much unlike Gloria to give up so easily, normally Susan would have to drag her in from a chase. "Charles, if you do not need me and Greagor pick up Gloria. I have a couple errands to run. I will meet recalled later," Susan said as she got a quick hug and kiss from Charles.

"Would you like me to ride with you?" Charles asked.

"I would love for you to join me but my car has two seats," Susan responded.

"I thought you brought your Prius?" Charles asked confused.

"No love, I brought my Z --4," Susan replied with a chuckle.

Charles followed Susan out to the car. He whistled as he admired it. "Sweet ride, when did you get it?" Charles inquired gleefully.

Susan knew how to get his hackles up. She decided it would be fun to tease him. "Umm, a few days ago, it was a gift from a friend," Susan responded nonchalantly.

"What friend?" Charles demanded. His words were icy cold as his eyes started to darkened.

"Well to be honest four friends Amelia, Catherine, Scott, and Andrew. They gave me the car as a thank you gift for all of the help I gave them. You should see the Viper that they gave Gloria." Susan teased while laughing.

Charles calm down and his eyes returned to normal. He smiled ruefully as he opened the car door for Susan. "You did that just to get me to react. Please be careful, and I love you. O' by the way, are you coming back to the club tonight?" Charles asked.

"Yes, I'm looking forward to spending time with you. Let me take care of these errands then I will be all yours for the rest of the evening," Susan replied.

"I am looking forward to this evening," Charles said lustfully. He smiled as he leaned into the car for a quick kiss before continuing, "I am heading back to the club, but I am leaving Hank and Belinda here in Andrew's room just in case they come back. I will also have them monitor the situation with the humans."

Charles closed the door and stepped back. Susan took off knowing something was not right about Gloria's call. It concerned her greatly and she was going to find out what the fuck was going on.

*************

Somewhere across town a cell phone rang and a second ring, it was answered. "We have found them, they are with Gloria. What do you want me to do?" the mysterious voice said.

"Kill the female it will cause the male to go berserk, then he will have to be put down. Try not to touch Gloria, I do not wish Susan upset," a cold hard voice replied.

"Understood, I shall call you once I am finished," the mysterious voice responded.

The man with a mysterious voice was parked in the lot across the street from McDonalds. He had the perfect snipers roost set up in the back of his van. In the rear door, he had a disguise panel that he could slide open and take the shot without having to open the doors. He figured he was about 400 meters away, he knew it would take just over a second for a bullet to strike its target. He looked through the scope and he saw Gloria setting with her back to him. This meant he had to shoot over her shoulder to hit his target, not an ideal shot but he had made it many times before.

He loaded the 800 grain exploding head round in to his specially converted to sharp's .50 -140 caliber rifle. He adjusted the windage and elevation settings and his four-powered Leopold scope. He patiently waited until Gloria moved slightly to her right clearing his shot. Just after he squeezed the trigger, Gloria moved right into the path of the bullet.

The window exploded into a million shards and Gloria's body lurched from the impact of the bullet. Blood came pouring out of her wound .She also had blood coming from her nose and mouth. She had a large entrance wound just to the right of her left shoulder blade. Andrew immediately knocked Amelia to the floor as the store exploded into pandemonium, people running and screaming. Andrew carefully slid Gloria off the table and got her on to the floor. She was still alive but gravely wounded. Andrew grabbed Amelia purse and handed it to her. "Amelia give me the gun and call Susan now," Andrew demanded sharply.

Amelia handed Andrew the .380. She then found Gloria's phone and called Susan. "Susan it is Amelia. Gloria has been shot and she is hurt bad. We need help!" Amelia said as she assessed her wounds. She was pale but the blood loss had slowed down. She estimated by the amount of blood lying around she had lost over half of her volume. She kept pressure applied to the wound as she looked around the store noting that it was almost completely empty. Then she could here sirens and knew the police would be there any moment.

Susan was in shock she could not believe that Gloria was hurt. "Where the fuck are you?" she asked harshly.

"We're at the McDonalds across from the mall, waiting on you," Amelia replied.

"I will be there within 5 minutes," Susan said.

"Susan wait, we don't know where the shooter is and the police will be here any minute. Just tell me how to help Gloria, please," Amelia responded. She glanced down to check the condition of Gloria she may have died. She frantically continued, "Hold on a second, I need to check on Gloria."

Gloria was still alive just barely. Her skin had almost no color at all and her body was ice cold. She quickly got back to the phone. "What do we do about the human police?" Amelia desperately pleaded.

*****

Andrew turned invisible and cautiously peeked out the window just in time to see Ford cargo van racing out of the lot of the mall. He slowly scanned the area seeing no threats "how is Gloria doing? And do you sense any other vampires around?" Andrew asked telepathically.

"Gloria is hurt bad, I do not think she will last much longer. I do not sense any other vampires out there. Not that this means much, but I do not sense any threats either; however I didn't sense any before the shot was fired," Amelia responded mentally.

Andrew moved back to where Gloria was while Amelia was on the phone. He knew they had to get moving soon or they would have to explain things to the local police that didn't want to explain. He thought back to all those old vampire novels he read while on stakeouts. He was not sure this would work but he knew Gloria had to have some blood and she needed now. He used his fingernail to slice into his wrist and stuck it into Gloria's mouth letting his blood run down her throat. Gloria's eyes popped open and immediately turned black as her fangs extended. She viciously bit into Andrew's wrist and greedily gulped down his blood.




Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 05



Amelia saw Andrew feeding Gloria his blood and her feral side came rushing forward." What do you think you are doing?" She hissed at him.

Andrew quickly wrapped his free arm around Amelia and pulled her to him. "I am trying to save our friends life, my love," Andrew said soothingly.

Amelia started to struggle against him. She wanted to kill the woman she now saw a competition. "Love you are the only woman I want." Andrew said in a soft voice as he started to kiss her. He deepened the kiss then continued, "I could not just watch our friend die. Would you have wanted me to?"

Amelia laid her head on his shoulder and soaked up his warmth. The feeling of closeness with her mate helped to calm her, quickly. Amelia kissed Andrew one last time before releasing him. Andrew chuckled and pointed at the phone lying on the floor.

Andrew was beginning to feel the effects of the blood lose." Gloria, you need to stop now!" Andrew commanded a bit harsher then he intended.

Gloria released the bite and looked up at Andrew in disbelief no vampire would do what he had just done. She was surprised that Amelia had not killed her for feeding from him. She had never heard of a vampire allowing another vampire feed from them. The only exception was if the vampire was directly related to them, such as mate or child. She tried to figure out why they had allowed her to feed from him, but Gloria's mind was too clouded to think straight because she was in a world of pain and the room was spinning. She could smell her blood on the floor and wondered what in the hell had happened. She closed her eyes to try to steady herself and quickly was unconscious again.

*************

Susan thought about Amelia's question, she knew what the proper answer was but dreaded saying it. She swallowed back her tears I was just about to answer when she heard Amelia growl and the phone hit the floor. She repeatedly called for Amelia received no answer. She tried to imagine what was going on and hope that the human authorities had not arrived yet.

She had stopped her car at a mile before to McDonalds and she was waiting for Amelia and tells her what was going on. Susan's frustration grew and she said the hell with it. She put the car in gear and was just about ready to pull off when Amelia came back to the phone. Susan knew she had to say what to do before she changed her mind. 

"Amelia listens to me. You have to finish Gloria off and get the hell out of there. She cannot be taken alive," Susan explained with tears rolling down her cheeks.

"That won't be necessary Andrew feed Gloria some of his blood. It should be enough to stabilize her so we can move her. I will call you back in a few minutes once we find somewhere safe," Amelia said then ended the call.

Andrew scooped up Gloria in his arms and both Amelia and he turned invisible. They went out through the broken window just as the police arrived. Andrew headed the three of them away from the mall looking for a secluded spot. They found a hiding spot behind a Wal-Mart's about quarter of a mile from the McDonalds. Amelia grabbed one of the pallets laying there and a piece of clean car board for Gloria to lie on. Amelia examined Gloria and noted even though her wounds had sealed she still was very pale and weak. She knew that if a fight came Gloria would not be able to help them. "Andrew, I'm going to feed Gloria so my blood will help her regain her strength. Please do not get riled up like I did," Amelia stated with a little humor in her voice.

"Just don't let her take too much. I'm feeling a little weak from blood loss myself," Andrew responded chuckling.

"No worries love, I will only give her a little," Amelia replied. She then took her finger and sliced her wrist like Andrew did. As soon as she stuck her wrist in Gloria's mouth, Gloria's eyes popped open but maintained their normal color. She began to drink the blood and when the wound to Amelia's wrist closed, Gloria extended her fangs, gently bit down and drank more. After a couple minutes, Gloria released her bite and retracted her fangs.

"Why did you two do that?" Gloria asked.

"What would you had us do stand there and watch you die?" Amelia retorted confused by her question

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Gloria laughed harshly. "Please do not think that I am not grateful. I have never heard of a vampire allowing another vampire to feed from them who wasn't their mate or child, no matter what the circumstances were. I do not know how I will be able to thank you for what you have done for me. Could you please tell me what happened?" Gloria responded.

"You were shot by someone. I am pretty sure, either Andrew or myself was the target. I called Susan so she is aware of what has happened. I told her we would call her back once we were safe but I have not done it yet. I am still trying to decide if we can trust her especially after what she said to do with you," Amelia reported.

"Let me guess; she told you to finish me off? Amelia I know you don't want to hear this but she was right. If I had been discovered, I would have been turned into a guinea pig or worse. I know that Susan wouldn't have made that decision easily." Gloria explained.

"Well we took the decision out of her hands and yours. You are our friend and we don't abandon our friends," Amelia stated firmly. 

Gloria closed her eyes and let Amelia's blood finish healing her. She was still in awe that they had saved her by feeding her their blood. Andrew blood had saved her life and started the healing process. Amelia's blood would finish healing her and allow some of her strength to return. After about 15 minutes, Gloria felt a lot better she was still a bit sore and felt weak least now she could stand. "Can I call Susan now?" Gloria asked.

"You may want to change into these overalls first. I know they're not the height of fashion but they're a lot better than walking around in bloody clothes. Then call Susan but we're going to have to move very soon. The cops are searching the area and are starting to get close. Any suggestions to where we can meet?" Andrew said.

Amelia helped Gloria to her feet. She turned invisible and changed quickly. "There is a small bar that serves a mean burger a couple miles from here. How about if we have her meet us there?" Gloria asked. 

"That sounds like a good idea, I'm getting hungry anyway," Amelia said.

The Gloria and Andrew nodded in agreement with her. "OK, I will call Susan and make the arrangements," Gloria stated.

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Susan was about to confirm what Amelia said, when Amelia hung up on her. Susan quickly called Charles. "Hello baby, what's up?" Charles said cheerfully.

"Charles, Amelia just called me someone just shot Gloria," Susan replied sorrowfully.

"Is she alright? Andrew and Amelia are they okay? Wait; was this the McDonald's across from the mall?" Charles asked his voice full of concern.

"Amelia and Andrew were untouched, they are pissed but fine. Gloria was hit badly; I had to tell them that they should finish her," Amelia responded hoarsely her eyes flooded with tears.

"My god did they do it?" Charles asked not really wanting to hear the answer. If they had then it would destroy Susan's soul. If they didn't then Gloria could become a major threat to the vampire's way of life. He unconsciously held his breath waiting for the answer.

"No, they did not have to. Andrew feed her some of his blood," Amelia answered after recomposing herself.

"He...he did what? Amelia allowed this?" Charles shakily asked, not being able to hide his shock in his face or voice.

"Charles, I do not know why Amelia did not attack her and to be honest do not care. I am just glad that they saved her. The rest of the ramification they will have to work out between them," Susan replied.

"You are right babe, I just cannot figure out what possessed Andrew to do that doesn't he know the ramification and how did Amelia keep her feral side in check to allow Gloria to feed from Andrew. By all rights she should have attacked the instant, she saw Gloria start to drink. They are most remarkable individuals and I look forward to getting to know them better. I am coming to join you in one of the Escalades your car will be too small to carry everyone. Also I am having a few of my response teams in the area to act as back- up," Charles said.

"Once they make contact with me, I will call you and let you know what the plan is," Amelia responded before hanging up. She looked at her watch and started to get concerned she had expected to hear from them long before this. She was just about to try them on Gloria's number when the phone rang. Once she saw it was Gloria's phone she quickly answered it." Amelia thank god, I was getting concerned. Is everything all right?" Susan asked in a rush.

"I thought you would be happy to talk to me, but if you don't want to speak to me that's OK. I will get you Amelia," Gloria teased while giggling.

Susan could hardly speak she was so choked up. She was laughing and crying at the same time." I thought I lost you. How are you up and about so quickly, there is no way you should have recovered this fast unless you drained Andrew dry... I am sorry for rambling. By god, it is good to hear your voice. How are you? How are Amelia and Andrew?" Susan rambled excitedly.

"Susan calm down before you burst something. I am up because both Amelia and Andrew feed me blood. Can you believe what they did for me? The two of them are fine and want to talk to you. What do you think about meeting at that little bar over off Maryland Avenue? Unless you can think of someplace better," Gloria replied.

"Is it alright if we invite Charles? What do you think about that diner on Kedron Avenue right off of Mac Dade Boulevard?" Susan suggested.

"I forgot about that place and I will ask them about Charles give me a sec," Gloria replied. She then took the phone from her ear and asked," What about Charles? Also do you mind if we change where we go there is a Fifties themed diner right up the street?"

Andrew looked at Amelia and shrugged." Up to you love," Andrew said.

"The diner sounds great and Charles is invited but please only him," Amelia responded.

Andrew looked at the way the three of them were dressed all of them had blood on them. Gloria also had blood all over her skin." Gloria what size clothes do you wear?" Andrew asked.

Gloria told Andrew her sizes. He then handed Amelia the gun. "I will be right back," Andrew said.

Gloria went back to her call." Charles is welcome to but only him at the diner you suggested. Please make sure he has a few bottles of blood." Gloria stated.

Andrew returned about fifteen minutes later with a bag for Gloria it contained a nice pair of gray slacks, a white blouse and a pair of low heel shoes. He also had purchased a bottle of water less soap and couple washcloths. Andrew handed Amelia a bag that contained a nice navy blue skirt and a navy blue blouse. He had already changed into a pair of tan khakis and black pull over shirt. "Gloria I suggest you let Amelia try to get some of that blood off of your back." Andrew suggested.

"I was hoping you were going to be the one washing me up. O' well looks like us, girls will have to have all of the fun," Gloria chided with a wink of her eye.

Andrew turned his back to allow Gloria some privacy. Amelia quickly cleaned as much blood off Gloria's back as she possible could. Then the two ladies changed, quickly into their new clothes. The three of them headed towards the place they were supposed to meet Susan making sure that they stayed invisible. They tried to stay out of open areas where a sniper could get a clear shot at them being invisible was no guarantee. They all knew a vampire with the right powers could see them. Andrew stopped them he wanted to watch the area for a few minutes. He couldn't place his finger on it but something felt wrong. "Let's just watch from here for a few minutes. I have a bad feeling," Andrew said.

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The sniper had seen Gloria move just after he squeezed the trigger. He watched as his round slammed into her back. He quickly chambered the next round and waited a few seconds he was hoping that one of the parvulus would pop their head up. After a few minutes, he realized that either they weren't going to pop their heads up or they had managed to slip out of another door and maybe even working their way to him now. He had heard what Andrew had done to Antonio. He jumped into the driver's seat, took off flying across the lot. He quickly fled heading away from the scene. He pressed the speed dial on his phone and waited for it to connect he heard." Report!"

He swallowed hard knowing that his news was not going to go over well. "Sir, Unfortunately Gloria was hit, I'm unsure if it was fatal. The parvulus still live. I had to leave the area before the human authorities responded," the man nervously reported.

"Let me get this straight not only did you fail to eliminate your target but you hit the person whom I distinctly told you to avoid hitting. I would suggest that you never allow us to cross paths again, do you understand me?" The voice warned his anger was palpable.

The assassin knew he was now a target the boss would put a large contract out on him to make an example of him. Weighing his options he wonder what he should do make a run for it that would buy him at best a couple decades; most likely only a few weeks. If he surrendered to Black, most likely black would torture him and then kill him slowly and painfully. Then a plan hit him he would send the information about the trader anonymously to black it should tie up the boss long enough for him to get away and who knows if Black is as powerful as it is said he is maybe he will eliminate the boss. 

The assassin arrived at the hotel he was staying stepped from the van before the valet could assist him from the van he made the mistake of assuming the guy was just some working class vampire and ignored him. He had failed to notice the thin knife he had in his hand. He heard the valet call him and as he turned he never saw or felt the blade as it sliced through his neck. The slice was not meant to kill but to incapacitate him. He looked at the man who was about to end his long life and watched with detached interest as the man cut his head off. The valet then calmly got into his van and drove away.

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As soon as Susan finished the call with Gloria, she hung up and immediately dialed Charles number. "Love, Amelia, and Andrew want to meet with us, but only the two of us. The meeting is set for about an hour at that fifties themed diner on Kedron Avenue. DO you happen to have blood with you?" Amelia Said.

"Yes love, I have ten units in the Truck with me. If you think, we need more I can arrange for one of the other units in the area to drop off more. Do you want to meet up and go together? If everything goes well we can have one of them drive the Escalade back to your car and drop us off," Charles suggested.

"You just want to get behind the wheel of my new car," Susan countered with a chuckle.

"Damn you caught me. What do you say?" Charles asked as he was laughing.

"Who do you have with you?" Susan inquired.

"Neil is with me, why?" Charles replied.

"I will meet you at that old gas station by Maple Avenue. He can drive my car back to the club. Then after we're done with this you can drive me to your house tonight," Susan suggested.

"I love your way of thinking. We will meet you there in about fifteen minutes." Charles said with a smile.

Charles hung up the phone. "Neil, don't tell anyone about our meeting with Amelia and Andrew. I do mean anyone not even Emma. Do I make myself clear," Charles ordered.

Neil was surprised at first, then when he realized what Charles was implying he became upset. "Surely you don't think that Emma would betray you?" Neil retorted anger evident in his voice.

"I Trust my daughter, but we do have a leak and right now the only people that know we're meeting with those two is Gloria and the three of us. I want to keep it that way! The fewer the people that know it the less likely it will be that someone will betray us," Charles replied harshly.

"OK Charles I should not have lost my temper and I do understand. What you have to understand is that I do not make it a habit of hiding things from my wife. You know that she will question me if I return without you," Neil said.

Charles thought about when Neil was saying have realized he was right. He also knew given Emma's talents Neil would never be able to lie to her, even if he was willing to. "Take the car to my house and wait there for me. I will call Emma and cover for you," Charles replied softening his tone.

Charles called Emma. "Baby girl, you can relax Gloria is fine. We are going to meet up with her and find out what the hell happened," Charles said.

"What about Amelia and Andrew?" Emma worriedly asked.

"We're not sure dear. As soon as Gloria was stable they left her hidden and called your mother. We are both racing to get to her now, but Susan has talked to her, besides being pissed and weakened from blood loss, she is fine. Once we get to her and make sure she's all right, we will call you. It shouldn't be more than a couple of hours," Charles replied in a reassuring tone.

"There you're covered," Charles said after he hung up the phone.

The two of them pulled onto the lot of the gas station and saw that Susan was waiting for them. She quickly got out of the car and walked to Neil. She handed him the keys. "Take it easy with my baby, please," Susan requested.

"I will take good care of her," Neil promised then gave her a quick kiss on the cheek.

Once Susan was in the truck with Charles, he headed towards the diner. "What you think about trying to switch the meeting to Patricia's bar and grill. I know Patty will let us use the back room where we can talk in private." Charles suggested.

Susan smiled she liked Patricia and knew she was one hell of a cook. The place was nice and since it catered to vampires, it was the perfect place to talk. It even had special menu items for vampires. 

"Sounds like a great idea, if Amelia and Andrew are willing to go. The first thing is that we have to get blood into all three of them."

Susan and Charles arrived at the diner a few minutes later he figured they were about 10 minutes early. Even though the diner was not busy, they park in the back corner of the lot. Charles' eyes glowed for a moment. "We are being watched and I can sense the vampire," Charles said.

"Could it be Andrew and Amelia watching us?" Susan asked, forcing herself not to react.

Charles closed his eyes for a few moments, concentrating on the area. He could sense Gloria, Amelia, and Andrew were watching them. The one that his senses had alerted him to had a more malicious feel about them. Charles concentrated on the one that had alerted him. He could sense the vampire was somewhere on the lot across the street from them. "No love, the one that alerted me is somewhere on the lot across the street." Charles replied while still trying to zero in on the vampire.

While Susan called Gloria's cell, Charles called Neil. "Neil did you tell anyone about the meeting with Amelia and Andrew?" Charles asked.

"No, Charles I swear I did not call anyone. Why what is the matter?" Neil replied suddenly concerned.

"It seems we were followed here. Do not worry we will handle it," Charles said.

"Charles, what do you want me to do?" Neil asked.

Charles thought about it for a few moments, trying to decide the best course of action. "I want you to take Susan's car to the club. Then I want you to join Emma, Catherine, and Scott in the emergency shelter. I will contact Mitchel and have him move the rest down to the shelter. Be careful that there could directly to the shelter. Do not talk to anyone and call me once you are in locked down." Charles ordered his voice brokered no arguments.




Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 06



I am sorry about the delay in posting this chapter the holiday season turned out to be more time consumming then expectant. 

I would like to thank Phil R. and willieone for all of there help with editing and proof reading the story. With out their help the story would be no where as near polished. I would also like to thank everyone who takes a moment to read my story. Please vote and comment so I know how I am doing.

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"Who did you two, say it was?" Charles asked shakily hoping he had somehow misheard them. 

 "You heard what we said and I know it is a shock to you," Susan softly responded as she took Charles' hands in hers.

 "I am going to rip his fucking head off," Andrew angrily exclaimed as his eyes turned to black orbs. 

 "Andrew we must be very careful here. I can't believe he would betray me. He had never shown any interest in power. Amelia, are you sure you didn't somehow make a mistake or somehow altered the memory to make it sound like his voice?" Charles quietly said.

 "I would never bare false witness against someone," Amelia retorted sternly.

 "That isn't what I meant. I have no doubt that you honestly believe that you are being as honest as you can. What I am asking is by you trying so hard to identify the person who voice you heard in his memory did you accidentally misidentify it, and then accidentally alter the memory in your mind to match his voice?"  Charles explained. 

 Amelia pondered what Charles was asking and considered his wisdom carefully before speaking. She didn't understand how she knew the answer to his inquiry but she did. "I do not think I could do it even if I tried. But even if I could why did Susan come up with the same name?" Amelia responded.

Charles listened to not only what she said but how she sad what she said looking for any signs of deception. "Just for argument sake, let's say in your mind you thought it was Amsu then wouldn't your mind alter the memory so that the voice Susan heard was who you wanted it to be. I mean on a subconscious level, where you are not aware of it?" Charles inquired.

 "No, I don't think I could alter the memory. The memory I shared with Susan is a direct copy of what I saw in his mind like a picture or a recording of it and I don't have the ability to alter it as far as I know. Can I swear to this beyond all doubt? No, but I can beyond a reasonable doubt. The only reason I say it that way is I don't know how I know what I know," Amelia replied. She went quiet for a minute as if considering what Charles wisdom then continued," If I was going to pick someone ; Why would I pick Amsu? There are far better suspects like Emma or Neil."

"Amelia please don't think that I doubt your integrity, but I have to make sure of my facts before I proceed. If we make one misstep, it could result in a civil war that could very well destroy everything we have worked for as a species. For the record, I do believe that the information you are giving me is truthful and accurate. I hope you understand I am just trying to gauge the extent of your powers," Charles explained earnestly.

"I wish I knew the extent of my abilities but I have no idea, and as I have said before, I can't explain how I know what I know about my powers; I just know. So how do we proceed from here?" Amelia responded conceding that Charles had a right to be concerned about the validity of her information.

 Everyone was staring at Charles waiting to hear the answer to that very question. Charles was not sure how to proceed, there was no way the other enforcers would take a parvulus word over Amsu. Charles knew he had to prove that Amsu's plans were a threat to the vampires as a species to get the other enforcers to act and even then, he would be hard pressed with the amount of support Amsu has among the older vampires and other species.

 Susan knew what Charles was thinking and understood that no matter what they said none of other enforcer would believe Amelia since she was a parvulus. She cleared her throat to get Charles attention. "I have a suggestion; let me try to break through Uwais' mental barriers. That way I can validate what Amelia said is accurate." Susan suggested.

Charles nodded his agreement. Susan tried to penetrate but his mental shield held and the harder she pushed the stronger the shield became. Finally, she realized he was not going to give and stopped trying. She looked at Charles and shook her head. Susan wondered how Amelia managed to get a past his mental barrier. "How did you get past his mental shield so quickly without damaging his mind?" Susan asked.

"I made him think that I was weaker than I am and when he eased off I took control of his mind and ordered him to lower his mental barriers and then it was easy for me to access his mind. He did try to fight but it was far easier for me to fend his attempts to regain control off then to constantly fight for each individual memory." Amelia replied.

Susan redoubled her efforts but it seemed that Uwais only got stronger the more she tried to force her way through. She couldn't believe that Amelia had walked through Uwais defenses with relative ease when she had not been able to even make a small dent in his defenses." Damn it! I wasn't able to break through his mental shield. Sorry Charles," Susan said frustration evident in her voice.

 "I will start the attempt and try to take control of him as I did before and force him to lower his defenses. While you try the direct route to his mind one of us should be able to pierce his mental barrier," Amelia suggested.

Susan nodded her approval. Amelia walked over and looked Uwais in the eyes and began to push into his mind he tried to fight her but she easily pushed in and seizes control of his mind. Uwais eyes went wide then he got a blank look in his eyes and stared straight ahead as Amelia ordered him to lower all of his mental barriers and allow Susan to probe his mind. 

Susan had little trouble confirming that Amelia was correct. She even saw a few of the vampires who he worked with and knew that Amsu employed them. Susan pulled out his mind and the two of them walked out of the room that served as his cell.

"She is correct I not only recognized his voice but I saw Layla giving him instructions on this mission. He was to follow them and watch for a chance to not only destroy Amelia and Andrew but you also Charles." Susan sadly said.

Charles was visible shaken. If Layla was giving orders, it left no doubt. There was no way for Amelia to have implanted that memory into the assassin since she didn't even know Layla. The room now vibrated with his power; it was an order of magnitude above even Susan's. The air literally crackled and it felt like a lighting storm was about to appear within the room as arcs of energy danced around Charles. Both Amelia and Andrew could feel every hair on their bodies stand up. 

 Susan laid a soft hand on Charles' shoulder and just let her calming presence wash over him. After a few minutes, his breathing evened out as the storm in his eyes calmed. Finally, the electrical storm that was bouncing around the room calmed as well. 

"This fight is between Amsu and myself. I would appreciate any support that you can give me. I don't want you all directly involved. It is too dangerous." Charles ordered in a tone that let it be known he would broker no argument.

"He tried to kill my mate and injured my friend. When I get my hands on him, I am going to rip his beating heart from his chest and ram it down his throat. I don't care who I have to go through to get it done." Andrew angrily retorted.

 Andrew's control shattered and his powers came rushing forward like a freight train. His eyes turned to pure black orbs showing no life in them at all. Everything not nailed down or secured in the room began to float in the air and the temperature began to rise. Within a minute, it was almost ninety-five degrees in the room and climbing rapidly. Andrew pictured Uwais in his mind and his anger turned on him. Uwais felt incredible amount of pressure on the sides of his head. He let out a scream as blood began to pour from his nose and ears. The blood then started to run out of his mouth as his eye bulged from his head. He tried to scream in pain but could not get it out as his mouth was filled with blood. He felt his body getting hotter; from uncomfortable to burning hot. The last thing Uwais saw before his head popped like a balloon was flames erupting from his midsection.

Most of the brains and blood that exploded from his head when it popped caught fire and burned up before it could even reach the walls or the floor. The fire was so hot that it completely consumed the rest of the body. The only remains were a small pile of ashes and a few smears of blood from when his head popped. What was most miraculous to all of those that observed the event was that the sprinkler system never activated.

 The temperature was steadily rising in the room it was now over one hundred and thirty degrees. Andrew stood their unaware of anything or anyone around him. He was lost in a war between his two halves and the feral side was winning for the moment, partially because the human half-wanted revenge as much as the baser half did.

Charles couldn't believe the amount of power that Andrew had shown; he was much too young to be able to wield the kind of power. He was concerned that Andrew could lose control of his powers or worse yet he could potentially challenge him and in a few decades be able to usurp him. He was originally worried about Amelia and her powers but now he realized that Andrew was a much larger of a threat and he would have to watch him very carefully.

 Amelia wrapped her arms around Andrew's waist and looked into his eyes as she pushed into his mind and tried to calm him. She could sense he was almost to the same state he was in earlier and she worried this time he may not be able to come back.

" Love, you need to lower the temperature in the room. It is getting way too hot in here and we are roasting." Amelia whispered.

 She was right; the temperature in the room was pushing one hundred and fifty degrees now. She grabbed the sides of his face and started sharing memories of them being together. Slowly she managed to break through his feral state and bring him back to a more centered state of mind. Everything gently settled back down to the ground, Andrew's eyes went back to his normal color of hazel, and the temperature in the room slowly began to drop back to normal. Andrew looked into Amelia's eyes and smiled slightly just before he collapsed. Amelia scooped his limp form up in her arms and gentle laid him down on the couch. Gloria quickly retrieved a wet cloth for Amelia to lie across the top of his forehead. 

 Susan felt Andrew's powers explode forth and watched in amazement as everything in the room not nailed down began to float into the air. She could feel the temperature rapidly rise. She heard Uwais scream she then watched as the blood began pouring from his nose and ears. Susan watched in both fascination and horror as the top of Uwais' head exploded just before he was consumed by flames. She had never seen anything like that in her long life and it called to her baser side; the raw power Andrew had just shown was like an aphrodisiac. The sudden arousal surprised Susan; it had been centuries since a parvulus had caused such a reaction in her. Susan realized that she would have to be careful around Andrew so she didn't upset his mate, whom she dearly liked. She realized why she felt such a kinship with Andrew and Amelia as they reminded her of Lenard and Gabriel. Susan fought with her sadness as she thought about the two of them. 

 Lenard had been with Charles off and on for over eight hundred years. Once Lenard had met Gabriel, the four of them had traveled the world and seen the sights. They had decided to spend the turning of the new century in Spain. Gabriel had only been mated with Lenard for little over five years but everyone could tell those two had that magical union and their two souls had become one. All it took was a glance to see how deeply they loved each other. When the bell tolled signaling that seventeen hundred had arrived, the streets erupted in a party and during the wild, dancing Gabriel had been separated from the three of them. Archibald, who had claimed Gabriel was his mate, was embarrassed when Gabriel mated with Lenard and took the opportunity to take his revenge and murdered Gabriel. He claimed that Lenard had stolen her from him. Lenard knew the second she died and started attacking everyone in sight while screaming for Gabriel. Charles had no choice but to put his friend down. The four of them had been so close they decided to form their own coven and it had scarred the two of them so deeply that they had never formed another coven with anyone. 

 It had only taken six hours for Susan to track Archibald down. Susan had taken great pleasure in beating and torturing him for hours causing as much pain as she possibly could. By the time Archibald was turned over to Charles, Susan had broken nearly every bone in his body.

Charles had taken great pleasure in announcing Archibald's fate. He personally removed Archibald's fangs and buried him alive in a steel coffin. Charles knew it would take months for him to starve and before he did, he would go mad. It may well be the cruelest punishment that could be inflicted on a vampire. It had been the first, and only, time Charles had ordered that punishment. 

 Susan pulled herself back to the present and wiped the tears from her eyes. She looked around the room and was surprised that everything was set back in place with no apparent damage to it. She watched as Amelia took care of Andrew unconscious form worrying over him. Susan looked at Charles and he smiled at her shaking his head. She could see the concern he was hiding behind his smile. 

 She knew that Andrew could become a threat but she doubted that he ever would she knew that by nature he is a protector hence his choice to be a cop. He was a natural leader but he wasn't a politician and she doubted that he ever would be. Amelia was the politically minded one of the two but she had no desire to be a leader. She would do it when her job called for it, but she was happiest when someone else was in charge and she could do her job. Susan was sure the two of them would be an asset to Charles and given the chance, they would most likely become close friends. Susan decided that she would do everything with in her power to help the two of them except to attack Charles, and she hoped that Charles wouldn't jump the gun and order them destroyed. If he did, Susan decided she would, for the first time in their long relationship, refuse to carry out his order. She would never forgive him if he did it, but she couldn't attack him. 

 Charles could see that Susan was worrying over if he would order Andrew death because of his potential threat, and he knew that it was the prudent thing to do, but he would wait for the time being. Unbeknownst to him Amelia had picked up on his line of thought and was watching him while preparing to defend herself and, more importantly, her mate. She slammed her mind closed preventing anyone from gaining access and closing all bonds but Andrew's with her. Gloria immediately went on alert once she sensed what Amelia had done, wondering what had set her off. 

 Across town, Catherine felt Amelia slam close her link to her and immediately panicked. She thought that something had happened to Amelia. She begged to be taken to her sire but Emma explained that she had no idea where they were and that if they called her it may endanger their lives. Scott finally demanded that they contact them somehow; he was worried that the stress would hurt Catherine or the baby. Emma promised to try to get in touch with her parents and see if she could get some information. 

Andrew slowly came back to consciousness. He couldn't recall what had happened and he had a pounding headache. When he looked into Amelia's eyes, he gave her a weak smile. He felt as if he had just ran a marathon while having the flu.

 "This should fix you right up." Gloria said as she handed him a bottle of blood. She sat a second bottle of blood on the table in front of Andrew encase he needed it.

 "Andrew you need to regain your strength as quickly as possible. Charles thinks you may be a threat to him and is trying to decide if he should attack you. Please don't react to this we need to bide our time until we can even the odds love. Block your mind off to everyone but me," Amelia telepathically said.

Andrew sat there for a few moments trying to recall what had happened then he quickly drained the bottle of blood and closed off his mind to everyone but Amelia. As soon as he finished the bottle, his headache subsided and the memories of what he had done came flooding back in. Andrew looked over to the cell where Uwais had been housed and realized what he had done. He couldn't help but smile in satisfaction. "Why the hell does he think that?" Andrew asked mentally.

"He saw how strong you already are and he thinks in the very near future you could usurp him and take over his precious empire," Amelia responded through their mental link.

"Is he fucking nuts?! I do not want his fucking empire; I would kill someone. What an egotistical bastard." Andrew responded the same way.

Amelia started to chuckle then quickly covered it up with a cough. Damn it Andrew be careful, I don't want to tip him off. "Amelia admonished him through their link.



Andrew chuckled softly as he pulled Amelia into a hug. All of a sudden, his senses sharpened dramatically. He could sense everything around him, not only in the room but also outside of the building. It was a surreal experience when someone walked past the front of the building and Andrew could tell that it was a vampire. His sense of smell also dramatically increased. Before, he could smell blood flowing beneath a person skin if he was close to them but now he could smell Susan and Charles' blood from across the room and tell the difference between them. He also smelled the remnants of the coffee they had earlier and even the cleaning products that had been used in here. Andrew was a bit overwhelmed and staggered for a second. 

He closed his eyes to bring the overwhelming sensations under control. He slowly managed to tune his senses down a bit. He was still hyper-sensitive to everything but at least now, it was at a level where he could function. He sensed Charles start to move and spun around on him suddenly. Andrew was clearly startled and took a defensive posture

Charles was about to get up to go get more coffee, unaware of Andrew's heightened senses, when Andrew spun on him. He knew that the two of them were on alert but decided that it was just from the events from this morning. He would have never believed that Amelia had not only been able to read his thoughts but also Susan's thoughts. Charles was surprised by Andrew's sudden movement. 

" I sensed him starting to move. I felt his muscles tense and it surprised me. How did I do that?" Andrew asked clearly confused.

"I would say that you have tapped into more of your abilities Andrew and if what I suspect is true, it will be very hard for someone to sneak up on you. What else do you sense?" Susan calmly explained with a smile.

Andrew opened up his senses to see what all he could pick up. "I can sense everyone and everything around the building and I can tell if they are human, vampire or something else. It is almost like radar but I am not sure how far I can sense."

"May I ask why you and Amelia are blocking yourselves off?" Susan inquired.

Andrew considered lying but decided it was far better to confront Charles here and now. This way, they have somewhat of a chance to defend themselves. He locked eyes with Charles and prepared himself to attack if necessary." To protect ourselves; it would seem someone in this room thinks I may be a threat." Andrew responded in a measured tone.




Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 06



Andrew was coiled tightly and was ready to strike at the slightest provocation, not that you could tell from appearance. He was watching Charles waiting to see what his reaction was. If Charles tried to attack, he would do whatever he had to do to protect Amelia.

"Why would you think that?" Susan asked.

" I do not think it. Amelia knows it, she warned me that Charles considers me a possible threat. What I would like to know is what is he going to do about it? Secondly, why does he think I am threat? I am not going to be going around looking over my shoulder." Andrew replied in the same easygoing demeanor as before.

 What Charles found most disconcerting was Andrew's easy stance he looked as if he was discussing the weather he showed no apprehension or fear. Charles could not believe that a parvulus could have such control over his emotions. He could feel the apprehension and even a bit of fear off everyone else but him, as if he had the ability to turn off every emotion. Amelia quickly rose and moved beside Andrew; her body language showed her tensed and ready to strike. 

Charles felt Susan take a quick reading on him and he knew that not only did she know what he was thinking, but also that she wouldn't help him this time. He was now reconsidering his original assessment of the two of them. The two of them were proving that they very well could become a major threat to him in the near future. He was beginning to think that it might be in his best interest to strike now. He knew that Susan would set this fight out, but for the first time he was unsure if Gloria would get involved or not. If she did and he had to destroy her, it would hurt Susan deeply.

 Charles knew if he struck now he would have to do some fast-talking to prevent Catherine from seeking revenge. Of course, eliminating her would be the easiest of all. Just has he had that thought Amelia scowled at him. Charles now realized she was still able to read his mind even though he was blocking her. The only person who had ever been able to read him like that was Diamond. He tried to reinforce his mental barrier as he muttered, "Fuck!"

 Gloria was torn she knew that if a fight broke out that Susan would side with Charles and attack Andrew and Amelia. Gloria had no desire to attack anyone in this room. She looked at Susan, her eyes pleading. Susan shook her head telling her not to get involved. Susan then looked at Charles, so he could see the displeasure in her eyes.

"Why are you doing this now Charles?" Susan demanded. 

 "I was just doing a threat assessment. I didn't think anyone would be probing my mind and to be honest I am not happy that she did it or even that she has the ability to do it. I have to protect the species." Charles lied hoping it would defuse the situation.

  Amelia was incensed that he had the balls to try to lie. She mustered as much venom as she could as she accused, "Your only concern was your empire, and that in a few decades Andrew could be strong enough to take it from you. Well asshole I will tell you this; neither of us want anything from you, and if you try to go after Catherine I will do everything in my powers to kill you. You leave her, Scott, and their baby alone. You have a problem with the two of us, then lets settle it here and now."

  Susan went wide in shock as she looked at Amelia in disbelief. She had never seen anyone but her stand up to Charles like Amelia had just done. Susan was concerned that Charles would take offense or worse yet make him believe that they were truly a threat to him and strike. Susan subtly positioned herself to be able to intercede between the two of them.

 The surprise in Charles' face was evident; no one had had the balls to stand up to him in this way in centuries, not even Susan. Not only was Amelia standing up to him but she was actually calling him out. The both of them were ready to face him. Knowing they didn't stand a chance in hell of winning was extremely impressive. What astonished him the most was how protective they were of each other, they were both ready to throw their lives away to give the other a chance to survive. He found himself growing in respect for the two of them by the minute 

 "Please forgive me. She is right I was trying to decide if the two of you were a threat. You two are impressive and could be a very real threat in the future. Usually I would have watched the two of you but with everything going on right now I am hyper-vigilant and very much on edge. I will give both of you my word of honor that at this moment I have no intention of striking against either one of you, and I hope that the two of you will forgive me for making you believe that I was intending to.

 Susan has repeatedly told me that the two of you would be a good addition to our organization, and she doesn't feel that you two would ever be a threat to what we have built. I normally take her word, it is just with being betrayed as I was and not knowing the two of you, I was overly concerned. I ask that you understand my motives. I have to always be on guard against people who would try to conduct a coup against me and I guess this time I let the circumstances of the past few days' events cloud my better judgment. Amelia please believe me that while I may think about doing such things, I have never destroyed someone without just cause and in an instance like this before I would act against the two of you I would have discussed it with not only Susan but Emma. I give you my word I have no intentions of acting against any of you." Charles explained earnestly with a hint of regret in his voice.

 Susan placed herself between Amelia, Andrew and Charles to try to defuse the tension before it spiraled out of control. "Why don't we all..."Susan started to say when her cell phone interrupted her.

"Hello Emma what is a matter? ... No, it was just a misunderstanding; tell Catherine that Amelia will call her in a couple minutes. Also, remind her worrying isn't good for the baby... Yes dear, we are all fine. Is everything OK there? ... No, I do not want him anywhere near you. I want you to get everyone to move now. Let me talk to Mitchel... Mitchel this is Susan I want you to take everyone including your mate and leave now. Make sure everyone is armed, and use the emergency exit. I want you on the road within fifteen minutes... You know which members we picked and under no circumstance is Amsu allowed in with Emma... once you are in route call me... thank you and please be careful." Susan said in a concerned voice.

 Susan hung up the phone and saw five very concerned faces staring at her. All of the troubles between them were placed on the back burner. "What is the matter?" Charles asked.

 "Emma said that Amsu has been demanding to see her, and that if he wasn't allowed to see her soon it would be dire consequences. Damn it Charles that bastard is threatening our family." Susan replied her eyes filling with rage. 

Charles wrapped his arms around Susan, "Love, calm yourself down and we will get her here were she is safe. Then we will deal with Amsu and he shall pay dearly." Charles whispered while comforting Susan.

 "Love I know we need to settle things with Charles, but please lets bide our time. Catherine and Scott are in trouble and we can't protect them on our own," Amelia pleaded using their link.

"I will let it go for now so we can all work together and protector our families. I warn you, no matter the outcome, if I even suspect for a second that he will try anything I will strike without hesitation or warning," Andrew replied mentally with a sigh.

 "Thank you my love, I just hope Susan is right about Charles being a man of his word. However, if things do go bad what do we do about Susan and Gloria? Susan is sure to defend Charles. I am pretty sure Gloria will not idle set by and allow Susan to be destroyed so we will also have those two to contend with." Amelia warned using telepathy.

"Let's just worry about protecting our family and pray that everything here was just a big misunderstanding escalated by frayed nerves and not knowing each other well enough. We will just be vigilant and watch each others' backs." Andrew replied the same way, as he said while motioning towards the cell," I guess if Catherine, Emma and the others are coming here I better clean up my mess."

The tension in the room lowered immensely and Gloria breathed a sigh of relief. "I will go get some cleaning supplies and help you," She offered cheerfully. 

Charles headed to the armory and started to pull out a side arm for each one of them. He reached up and grabbed two gold plated .454 Casull Taurus revolvers and the six speed loaders beside them. He then retrieved three .50 Action Express Desert Eagles and half of dozen magazines for them. He knew that all of the weapons here were supposed to be loaded with Teflon coated rounds, so called cop-killers because their bullet resistant vest could not stop these rounds. He laid the pistols carefully on the table before him. He made sure that all of the guns were properly cleaned and loaded then placed them in shoulder holsters.

  Andrew made quick work of cleaning up what was left of Uwais. He then went to see if he could help Charles while keeping an eye on him. He couldn't fully trust him yet and didn't want to give him a chance to ambush Amelia or himself. Charles was just finishing when Andrew joined him. Andrew was impressed with the collection of firearms stored in this room; everything from modern semi- and fully automatics to Antique match locks. He took a quick look around and he seen a Schofield Cavalry revolver. "You have quite the collection here." Andrew said.

  "Most of the older ones Susan, Gloria, or myself carried at one time. That Remington over there was one of the gun that Gloria used to avenge her parents ." Charles explained with a smile. He indicated an old Remington Navy .36 caliber cap and ball pistol. Andrew looked around the room while Charles continued, "This collection is nothing compared to what I have at my home. Once we get out of this mess, I would love for you and Amelia to come over and see it"

 Andrew was a still wary of him but thought it better to try to keep thing friendly for the time being. He figured Charles and he would settle things one way or the other once everyone was safe. He said, "I look forward to seeing that collection." 

"Andrew, I know we got off to a bad start here but I really would like the chance to get to know you and your lovely mate. I was concerned for my organization and yes, you and she could be a real threat in the future to it. I am willing to gamble that Susan is correct and that you will be an asset to it. What I am asking is for a chance for us to become friends. What do you say?' Charles asked while offering his hand.

Andrew quickly assessed what Charles had said, looking for any deceit and not finding any. He accepted the offered hand letting go the remaining tension. "I would like to be able to call you friend." Andrew replied.

Charles handed Andrew one of the Desert Eagles." It is loaded with teflon coated rounds so be mindful of what is behind your target." Charles warned.

 While the others saw to their various tasks, Susan and Amelia started preparing rooms for the others that were coming. They had just finished the second room when Susan's cell rang. "Hello," Susan said into the phone.

"Mother, Amsu was waiting for us in the garage and won't let us leave; he said we will die if we try to go. Mother, it almost sounded as if he was threatening us. What do you want us to do?" Emma asked her concern evident in her voice. While they were talking, Susan could hear Amsu arguing with Mitchel.

"Let me talk to Amsu," Susan ordered.

"Susan, I sense that Emma is in grave danger." Amsu said without any greetings after he was handed the phone.

"Amsu, we were trying to move the children and their friends to a safe location when you interfered. Please let us get this done, then we will contact you in arrange a time and place to meet to discuss how best to alleviate the threat." Susan calmly stated biting back her anger.

"I am telling you if they try to leave here they will die. If you are insistent on this foolish move then I insist that you allow me to accompany them." Amsu demanded angrily.



"No, you are not going with them. I will just put a larger escort around them. This is none of your concern Amsu, now remove yourself from the secured area and we will contact you once they are safe." Susan ordered her anger starting to leach into her tone.

 "It is my concern; Emma is my grandchild. Please let me speak with Charles." Amsu retorted.

  "Hold on a minute I will get him." Susan replied coldly.

  Susan muted the phone and went to get Charles." You better talk to this asshole Charles or I am going after him and consequences be dammed." Susan angrily demanded.

 "Talk to whom? My love," Charles asked clearly confused.

  "Amsu. He has just threatened our daughter. I will kill that fucker and anything that gets in my way." Susan threatened. Charles could sense the anger rolling off her in waves. He knew that if her control slipped she could very well destroy a large portion of the city.

  "Love, calm down" Charles said. "Don't you remember what happened in 1871 when you went after Carl Misère? I don't think that the humans will blame Mrs. O'Leary's cow this time."

 Charles took the phone and started to talk to Amsu. He was concerned that Susan would threaten Amsu and it would get out of hand. He knew under normal circumstances Susan would be able to maintain a level head but with Emma being threatened, she would very quickly loose her perspective and could very well make the situation much worse.

 "You started the great Chicago fire?" Andrew asked his surprise evident.

"Yes." Susan replied flatly, as she walked over to the bar. She poured herself a glass of whiskey and drank it straight down. Andrew noted that her eyes were in beginning stages of change.

"Susan, we will do whatever we have to do to protect our family. I am including Emma and Neil in that statement. Amsu will pay, and it will cost him dearly; once we have our love ones safe." Andrew promised.

 "Thank you, I cannot tell you how much that means to me." Susan replied as she gave Andrew a friendly hug.

 "You and Gloria have been there for Amelia and me from the beginning and there is no way we would abandon you when you need us even if Catherine wasn't involved." Andrew said. 

                *************

"Amsu, what are you doing?' Charles demanded without the normal preliminary small talk.

"I am trying to protect my Granddaughter. If you take her from here she will die. Call it a premonition." Amsu said inject the correct amount of concern in his voice.

 Charles realized that Amsu was indeed threatening Emma. He fought to maintain control of his baser self. After a brief struggle, he came up with a way to buy them some time and maybe throw Amsu off-kilter enough to give them a chance to rescue Emma and the others. "Perhaps it would be best if they stayed there. Let me talk to Mitchel then I will call you back. I need a favor from you." Charles responded, carefully keeping his anger in check. He waited until Amsu handed the phone to Mitchel then said, "I want all of you in the secure family room. Stay there and await further orders from me. Have Vernon's team put the club on lockdown." 

"Consider it done. Any other orders?" Mitchel asked.

 "Just be ready at a moment's notice and tell Amsu, I will call him back in about ten minutes," Charles replied. He then disconnected the call.

"Gloria call Andrea and tell him to get his team to BWI, then call Keith and tell him I want the jet at North Philly within three hours; I don't care how he gets it done. Also, tell him that Andrea will be joining him. Once he lands tell him to prepare the plane for a trip to Cancun.  Susan call Ulysses tell him to prep my jet and prepare flight planes for both LAX and Miami International. Amelia would you please go back over everything you picked up from Uwais' mind and try to find out what Amsu's goals are. I will explain my plans as soon as I get done talking to Amsu." Charles quickly said.

Charles dialed Amsu's cell and waited for him to answer. "Old man do you still have a good relationship with Sophie?" Charles asked.

"In what way do you mean?" Amsu asked curious where Charles was going with this.

"If you ask her for information, would she try to get it for you?" Charles inquired.

 "I believe so, but even if she wouldn't or couldn't I have many other resources. What do you need my son?" Amsu responded.

 "I need all the information you can get me on a man named Uwais." Charles requested.

"W...Who is that? What does he have to do with threat to Emma?" Amsu asked, his trepidation showing.

"I am hoping you can find out more information on him. He is an assassin that was following Susan and me. Andrew managed to capture him alive and we are questioning him as we speak, but it will take time he is highly trained to resist interrogation. I am hoping that you can find out who he is working for." Charles stated with a smile. He realized he had hit a nerve with Amsu.

"I will do what I can but why don't you let me have a crack at him. I should be able to get through his mental defenses with ease." Amsu offered.

"For now I like to keep our location a secret. I am sure they have a spy in my organization and do not want to take a chance on you being followed here. Amelia was the one who got his name and assignment from him already. Try to find out what you can and I will call you back in a couple hours and if we haven't made any progress with him then we will make arraignments to meet up and give you a crack at him." Charles suggested.

As they spoke, Charles wondered why Amsu was trying to take his territory. If he had wanted a territory, all he had to do was ask for one. Charles knew for a fact that Amsu could have had the Middle East including his beloved Egypt. He was beginning to wonder if Diamond's death had pushed her creator over the edge. He wondered why Amsu was going after him and his family, after all he had always thought of Amsu as a father figure and his betrayal hit Charles hard. He knew he would have to face him soon, but he would bide his time only striking when Amsu was at his weakest; in that moment the greatest chance of success presented itself

 "OK my son, who knows maybe I will find out something form my contacts and we won't need to waste the time breaking through his mental defenses." Amsu replied carefully controlling the inflections of his voice.

While Charles was dealing with Amsu, Susan finished the task that Charles had assigned her. Susan then went to help Amelia with her task hoping that between the two of them they could get some clue as to Amsu plans. She was hoping that since she knew the members of Amsu's personal staff she would be able to help Amelia come up with something. 

Once Charles was finished, he called everyone together so that the five of them could try to come up with a safe way to get their love ones out of danger. After discussing the problem for almost an hour, they came up with a working plan. Gloria would take the armored van and go meet their families. She would take them to Philadelphia International Airport to meet Charles' jet and have it take them all to Scotland. Gloria had a piece of property there that until today no one but her knew about. The property had a large country estate located on it and was being cared for by an older couple that happened to be vampires.

Charles would call Amsu and ask him to meet them at a piece of property they had about an hour from Philly. He would claim that were unable to pierce Uwais' mental shield and they wanted him to try.




Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 06



Amelia and Andrew would head to North Philly Airport, meet with Andrea and his team and then once they were sure that Gloria had gotten Emma, Catherine and the rest out of town they would head towards the farm. If everything went perfect, they would be able to either capture or kill Amsu and end this mess before it got to out of hand.

 Charles called Amsu's cell. "Hey old man, any luck?" Charles asked.

 "Who you calling old man? I am sorry my son but either he is a relative nobody or you have the wrong name for him." Amsu retorted. 

"Then as much as I hate to ask this, I am going to need you to get a bit more involved." Charles said.

"What do you need my son?" Amsu inquired.

"I am going to need you to help break through Uwais' mental shield. Both Susan and Amelia have failed to penetrate his defenses." Charles replied.

"I will be glad to assist you in any way I can. Where are we going to do this?" Amsu stated.

"I want to get him out of the city. I am thinking that farm Susan and I own about an hour north of here." Charles suggested.

"That sounds good. Do you want me to bring Emma and the rest with me?" Amsu asked.

"No, I agree with your earlier statement they are a lot safer there. I hate to admit this but I have a leak in my organization so I want this quiet so please don't tell anyone where you are going." Charles explained.

"I will get Layla to drive me if that is OK. I won't tell her our destination until we are on the road just to be extra sure of security," Amsu said.

"Thank you Amsu, I can't tell you how much I appreciate your support," Charles replied adding as much sincerity as he could.

"Anything for you, my son. When are you going to leave to head there?" Amsu inquired.

"We will be leaving within the hour and we will be taking a longer route to make sure we aren't followed. I would say it will be about three hours until we get there." Charles stated.

'OK, I will have Layla here within twenty minutes and head their directly to get things set-up" Amsu said.

"Great; with the addition of her we should have enough security in case things go sideways. Thanks old man, I owe you one." Charles said before disconnecting the call.

Charles waited about thirty minutes then called Mitch. "Has Amsu left yet?" Charles asked and waited for him to confirm that Amsu had left before continuing, "Use the emergency tunnel that connects to the old sewage pipes. Gloria will meet you on the lot by alternate exit delta. Let me talk to Emma."

Mitch acknowledged Charles orders and asked him to hold while he got Emma. "Daddy, what is going on?" Emma asked clearly confused and concerned.

"Too much to go over on the phone; I need you to trust me and do exactly what Mitchel and the guards tell you to do. I will explain everything once we are together. I have a task for you. Go to the computer, bring up the security directives and type in "execute code 505", then press enter. It will prompt you to enter your personal pass word." Charles explained 

"OK dad, I will do as you ask but I expect a full explanation when I see you." Emma responded. She had a sick feeling in her stomach. She then handed the phone back to Mitchel. While they were talking Emma went to the computer terminal and accessed the file that her father had asked her to use and typed in the execute order. 

Charles finished with his call to Mitchel. Gloria was the first one to leave in a large van. Susan and Amelia had helped her stock the van with extra units of blood and snacks. Mainly for Catherine since she was pregnant. Gloria was to circle around for a bit and make sure she wasn't followed. 

 Amelia and Andrew were the next to leave; they also were in a large van. Their van was loaded with extra weapons for Andrea and his team. They would head directly to the airport and pick-up Andrea's team and then head to meet up with Charles to handle Amsu.

Charles and Susan would leave last and take the long way around to the farm. Charles tentatively planned to meet Andrew at a little farm store about fifteen miles from the farm. He had gave Andrew a burn phone encase they needed to make any changes. 

                        ********

Emma was surprised and saddened when she saw. 45 seconds to core destruction. DO you wish to continue? Y/N. Emma pressed the "y" key then hesitated. She knew that it would be a long time until she would return to Philly, the city that she had called home for the last eighty years. She closed her eyes in an attempt to hold back the tears as she pushed the enter button. 

Neil quietly walked up behind her and wrapped his strong arms around her. He could sense her distress even without their bond. "Ohtsévátanó (love) we will come back when this is over," Neil softly promised.

 "Néméhotâtse éhame (I love you husband). Hohátséné' ónéé'tov tséhnéehóveto (My happiness is being with you)," Emma responded as she turned to face her mate.

 "Néméhotâtse nâhtse'eme (I love you my wife)." Neil whispered as he kissed Emma lovingly.

 Mitchel finished getting Charles instructions then hung up and he called in the additional guards that were needed. He then opened up the escape route and gathered the rest of the people for the move into the tunnel. He quietly walked over to Emma and Neil. ," I hate to break up this sweet moment but it is time to move." 

Mitch then handed Emma and Neil each a holstered pistol. Emma had seen that Scott and Catherine were already in the passageway with Linda, Burt and several others all of which were among her parent's most trusted people. Burt took the lead followed closely by Kathleen both of them were carrying an M-60 loaded with incendiary. Then it was Stan and Carper both carrying AK-47's, then it was the family group every one of them armed with side arms with exception of Scott and Neil who had a Remington 12 gauge loaded with 00 buckshot.

Then behind the family group were Dawn and Sarah both carrying AK-47's and Sarah with an Army issue M24 sniper rifle on her back. Lastly was Mitch carrying an M-60 loaded with incendiary rounds. None of them had a light, but thankfully they could see just find without them and no one made a sound. Mitch knew it would take them about forty minutes to get to the meeting point. As they were walking, he couldn't help but wonder why they were running from Amsu; he had always been a trusted member of Charles inner circle. After walking for what felt like forever in the wonderful olfactory sensation of the city sewerage system they arrived at the meeting point. Burt handed His M-60 to Stan and started to climb the ladder to the exit and fresh air.  

"No! It is a trap, run!" Catherine screamed, her eyes glowing 

No one questioned her they all turned to run when the manhole cover was opened and a square package with two small cylinders was dropped down the hole and they heard Amsu say, " Sorry Emma." 

                             **********

Gloria was setting in the parking lot where she was to meet Emma and the group about quarter of a mile away from where they would be coming out of the sewer system. She was to take them directly to the airport so the whole group was to be flown out of harm's way to a piece of property that Gloria had bought almost  sixty years ago in Scotland. She felt a spike of gut wrenching terror through her bond from Susan and from Amelia. Then she felt the ground shake and the sound of a muffled explosion.

Amelia felt the spike of fear from Catherine and knew she expected to die. She then felt the link between them shut down. "No!" She screamed as tears started to roll down her cheeks.

Andrew sensed her distress and knew that she was expecting Catherine to die. He could feel the dread and fear rolling off his mate and could hear her whimpering in pain. Seeing that they were trapped in traffic, he turned on to the first side street and parked the van. He pulled Amelia out of the truck with him as he let go of his human side and allowed his feral side to come forward. He grabbed Amelia in his arms and sped off towards the meeting point as fast as he could. He turned invisible after the first few steps to avoid drawing unwanted attention to himself.

 Both Susan and Charles felt the spike of fear and sorrow from their daughter. Charles fought against his feral self to keep control. He quickly made a U-turn and raced towards the area that they were supposed to meet Gloria. 

 Susan also felt the spike of fear and then she felt her own fear. For the first time in centuries, she felt fear from Charles. He had always been able to keep his fear in check no matter what was happening. She knew in her heart they would be too late and tears started streaming down her face.

 Both Susan and Charles felt Emma block off their link and it only deepened the pain they felt. Charles was barely holding on to his human side when his cell rang. "Black here," He said gruffly into the phone without looking to see who had called him.

"Hello son. I warned you that Emma would die if you tried to move them and now it has happened. Emma had to pay a terrible price for your incompetence." Amsu stated in a cold hard voice.

"Why? Why would you go after my daughter? If you wanted a territory, you could have had your choice. Any enforcer would of gladly gave you his territory and taken over another." Charles angrily stated as his feral side started to rush forward.

 Susan watched as Charles battled with his feral side and she knew he had to keep  his head clear if they were going to have a chance to avenge their daughter. Susan laid her hand on Charles shoulder and willed herself to remain calm in hopes it would help Charles to center himself. Charles glanced at Susan and gave her a sad smile letting her know he was back in control and grateful for her being there to help him.

"Charles my poor naïve boy, I don't want your territory. I want our race to go back to the strong race we once were. You and the other enforcers have let our race degrade to the point that humans, a race that is little more than bovines, managed to destroy my daughter. They turned her into a monster, and then killed her. Then, what do you do to avenge her? You assist those very same humans even going so far as to accept them into your inner circle," Amsu ranted his voice full of hatred.

"How the fuck does you killing my daughter help to further your cause? If you have a problem then you face me and not kill my child!" Charles demand now furious.

Amsu's maniacal laugh sent a chill down Charles back. "Charles my son you have become so weak that you were too afraid to even claim your mate, but now you are going to help me whether you like it or not. I have now made it to where you will have to be strong again if you want to avenge your daughter. And by coming after me you will help..." Amsu responded coldly.

"What do you mean I am going to help? I would never help you now. But you did get one thing right; I will kill you very slowly," Charles said interrupting Amsu.

 "I know you will come after me, and no little territorial line is going to stop you. So you will be starting wars with everyone and you know as well as I do the council will never sanction my termination so you will have to act without their sanction which will start a war that will purge all of the weaker vampires," Amsu explained as if he was talking to child. 

 Charles knew for sure his sire had crossed over and was insane and dangerous. He also knew that he was correct about the council not sanctioning his termination, but he was wrong about it starting a war. He knew is there was going to be any justice for his family they would have to do it themselves and it would have to be done very carefully or Amsu would get his war.

"Know this, since you are too much of a coward to face me. I am coming for you old man enjoy what little time you have left," Charles quietly said mourning the loss if the man he had considered his father for over two Millennium.

"I will give you a starting point, head south young man. Do not worry; you and Susan will join your daughter soon," Amsu responded in a bone chilling cold voice 

                       ********

Catherine watched in slow motion as the device fell through the manhole and then exploded she knew in an instant the flames would engulf her and she regretted that her baby would never get the chance to live. She watched in horror as the flames from the bomb engulfed Burt and Kathleen. She could not peel her eyes away as she watched the two of them slowly vaporize in slow motion. She wondered why they all did not run since the flames were moving so slowly. She felt Scott push her and Linda behind him in a futile attempt to shield them. The flames slowly reached out and touched Stan and then Carper engulfing them. They barely had chance to start to scream when they were gone. 

Catherine looked at her mate for one last time as the flames came towards them sure, that it would be the last time she would see him in this world. She watched as the flames seemed to hit an invisible wall that was right behind Scott and instead of engulfing them the force of the explosion and the flames were directed up toward the roof of the sewer they were in. the force of the explosion caused a cave in on the other side of the wall. Scott turned towards Catherine, the corner of his lips lifted to a small smile then his eyes rolled into the back of his head and he collapsed into her arms.

 Emma heard Amsu's voice apologizing as she watched the bomb he dropped fall carelessly through the opening. She watched in slow motion as it detonated spewing forth the flames of her destruction. She quickly closed of her link to her parents to spare them feeling her death and quickly turned wrapping her arms around her mate she wanted to feel his strong arms one last time. She felt his arms wrap around her and she closed her eyes and awaited her destruction. Minutes seemed as hours as she stood there. Finally, she was sure she should have already been dead and wonder why she wasn't. She carefully opened her eyes and surveyed the scene. She saw Scott collapsing into Catherine's arms in slow motion, and as soon as he touched her arms time seemed to speed up back to normal. She looked at Neil his eyes were open wide in shock he whisper, "He stopped the explosion."

 Emma looked around to make sure that the others weren't injured; she saw Linda laying on the ground; her leg was bent at an odd angle. Emma rushed to Linda's side and immediately saw it was broken. "I tripped when he shoved me behind him. Damned clumsy of me huh?" Linda stated her voice hoarse with pain.

Mitch handed his M-60 to Dawn and quickly went to Linda's side. He was livid that Amsu had tried to kill his mate when he was supposed to be their ally. He quickly took hold of his mates hand to lend her some support while Emma straightened out her leg.

"Dear, you know that neither Charles nor Susan will let this slight go. His day of reckoning will come soon and he will pay a hefty price," Linda softly stated.

Emma looked over at Catherine and saw that Scott was still unconscious. Both Neil and Sarah were helping her with him. Dawn who now had Mitch's M-60 was standing watch over them all. "Why did Amsu try to kill us? I thought he was our ally." Sarah asked. 

 "I do not know but when I get my hands on him I am going to strip his skin off of his bones an inch at a time." Mitch replied still trying to recompose himself. 

Emma went searching for something they could use to stabilize Linda's leg it did not seem to be a bad break but it did need to be stabilized for it to heal properly. She spotted what was left of the shotgun Scott had been carrying and quickly unloaded it and broke the rest of the stock off it. Mitch handed her his suit jacket and she quickly rendered it in to strips. She grabbed the other shotgun, removed the shells, and broke the stock off. 

Mitch held his mate while Emma worked quickly to realign the bones of' Linda's leg, then she used the shotguns to make a splint. Linda groaned in pain but kept from screaming out just in case Amsu or his friends were still around  

Scott started to regain consciousness he was weak and claimed he had a massive headache but was otherwise uninjured. Neil was certain that a good feeding would cure what ailed him. When they tried to question him about how he did what he had done, Scott seemed to have no idea how he had done it but he said he was very glad he had. 

                      *****

Amelia and Andrew arrived near the last place that Amelia had sensed Catherine. They saw the smoke pouring out of the manhole cover. Andrew could sense that Amsu and another vampire were just at the edge of his perception to the north he could also sense Gloria to the south east of them; but what confused him was he sensed vampires about thirty feet and underground he could sense that they were alive he sensed eight of them.

" Try to sense Catherine love," Andrew telepathically suggested.

Amelia in all of the turmoil failed to realize that Catherine was still alive or she would have felt her death. "I can't sense her but I know she is alive." Amelia responded the same way. Amelia tried to mentally contact Catherine while Andrew used the phone to call Susan.

 "Susan it is Andrew ... Amelia said that Catherine is alive. Do you know about the others...? You can tell she is alive, thank the maker.... We are at the manhole where they were supposed to come out of. Call Gloria and ask her to meet us here... I sensed him on the edge of my perception when we arrived moving out of the area. ... I am not sure how I knew it was him; I just did... OK I will see you two in few minutes. .. Gloria is pulling up now ... you just talked to Emma ... The passage is blocked. The next entrance is a mile up the road we will head there. Amsu just left the area he was heading north. If you and Charles are going to try to intercept him be careful please." Andrew said finishing the call.

Andrew and Amelia got into the van that Gloria was driving and told her where to go. While she was heading to the manhole, Amelia pulled all of the blood that was in the van. When Andrew saw what she was doing he asked." Why are you packing blood? We need to move quickly before the humans investigate?" 

 "Linda has a broken leg and Scott needs to feed as soon as we can get blood to him. He was the one the stopped the explosion. Catherine said that they lost four of their protection team." Amelia explained.



"When I get my hands on that cock-sucker he is going to wish he was never born," Andrew swore as he started to lose control. The temperature in the van started to rise rapidly.

"Enough already it is way too hot for all of this heat. Get a grip already." Amelia shouted while shaking him by the shoulders.



Gloria wondered why there was no response from the human authorities yet. She looked around getting an uneasy feeling because of the lack of response.  "Andrew something isn't right. Where are the human authorities? I expected to be hearing sirens and see some form of response, if nothing else from their fire department," Gloria Stated concerned.

Andrew Looked around and realized she was right. The streets should have been filled with emergency service personnel. Andrew could not sense any other vampires in the area except for the group that was under ground and themselves. He wondered how long before they did finally come to investigate the large hole in the center of the street.

  "Amelia try to get a message to Catherine and see if they can start heading this way. I am not sure how long we will have until the human authorities come and investigate the hole in the center of the street but I cannot imagine it will be much longer," Andrew requested.

Andrew looked around he tried to stretch his senses out further but he either didn't know how to or he was already at his maximum range. He thought for a moment and then said, "Gloria I think it would be better if you wait here. If the human response shows up call us then we will arrange for a meeting spot outside of their perimeter. Please be extra careful, I do not want to lose any more friends today."




Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 07



Author's note:

This chapter is self-edited so please excuse any typos or grammatical errors. I have tried to eliminate them but they may have slipped through. The next chapter is about two-thirds the way done and as long as real life doesn't interfere to much it should be ready to post in a couple weeks. I hope you enjoy this chapter and please take a moment to vote and comment. 

Thank you,

donalde

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Following the game of Monopoly, each of the couples headed to bed leaving Gloria alone with her thoughts. A feeling of melancholy over took her as she poured herself another glass of wine started to wonder if she would ever be able to truly happy again. Since she had to put Lenard down, she has kept her heart tightly locked up. She knew they weren't mates but she loved him as much. The day that she had to kill him was the day she lost her heart and most of her soul. She quietly cried wishing she could move on.

"You can live again and even find love if you chose to." Amelia softly said startling Gloria. 

"What do you mean? I was just thinking about my assignment" Gloria replied defensively as she wiped the tears from her face.

"Gloria even without my powers I can tell it is a lot more than that. Would you like to talk about him?" Amelia offered.

"I have no idea what you are talking about," Gloria quickly responded defensively.

"Gloria I saw what happened in your mind and you have never gotten over what happened between you and Lenard. Please let me help you, I hate to see you suffering like this." Amelia beseeched. 

Gloria's shoulders slumped and she looked at the floor as her tars started flow uninhibited. "He was a grandfather to me he taught me how to live and love life. How did I repay him? I killed him." Gloria said her voice broke and she cried harder. 

Amelia held her friend and waited for her to be ready to continue with her story. She knew words would do little; what Gloria needed right now was her ears. After a while, Gloria recomposed herself and started again. "I was just sixteen when my parents were killed for helping with the Underground Railroad. My father's farm was close to the Ohio border so we would hide the escaped slaves until it was safe to send them to their freedom. Unfortunately, Colonel Robert Samuels caught a group of slaves and tortured them until they gave my family up. Samuels was hell bent on ending the Underground Railroad, He and his men raided the farm and killed my parents. But first, they abused my mother; they all took turns violating her then the dear colonel shot her in the stomach and left her laying there to die. They chained and collared me and dragged me to Virginia it was almost eighty miles. I was abused while being used as camp entertainment. I really didn't care how longed I lived as long as I lived long enough to kill each and every one of them." Gloria paused and took a sip of her wine. 

After a couple moments, she continued, "After we crossed into Virginia the Colonel pronounced me guilty of aiding and abetting escaped slaves and I was to be hung at first light. That night most of the camp was in town celebrating when Susan showed up. My god she took out the four men that were guarding me so fast. I watched her as she drained the last of them and thought I was next but was too weak to resist. I hadn't had more than a couple of mouthfuls of water since I was captured. She carried me away from there and nursed me back to health after assuring me that I was safe. It took me two months to regain my strength. Susan had practically begged me to let the past go and keep a low profile but I was determined on getting my revenge. 

I caught up to the first one from my list about three weeks later just west of Lynchburg. I gave him and three others to Susan. I took pleasure from watching the fear in their eyes as she was about to feed from them. The last one I feed to her was a young lad he was just sixteen when turned him over to Susan about a week before I was turned but I am getting ahead of myself here.

I had been tracking Samuels and caught him in a brothel in Shreveport. He was setting at a table with this fat whore on his lap when I walked in. He saw me and laughed as he went for his pistol. I can still see it; I pulled my Remington and fired once the bullet struck him in the left eye. I saw the look of shock in his remaining eye as he slowly raised his hand to his eye then slumped back into the chair. That is when all hell broke out the three men he had been with started shooting at me I managed to dive for cover but not before I was hit twice, the first one was just a graze," Gloria said her voice low but steady. She paused for a moment as she relived the memory, "The second one was in my right side as I was diving for cover I fired and hit the one who had grazed me I hit him in the stomach and I remember he begged for his mother. I found out later he was just fifteen. A moment later, I killed the second one of them in the exchange of fire. 

Now it was I and the man that killed my father left in the fight. I rotated the cylinder around to where two empty chamber. I squeezed the trigger and of course, when nothing fired he thought I was out of ammo and stood. I fired again and this time he laughed at me. I fired for real this time and struck him in the chest the only problem was my gun was now empty. I watched as he raised his pistol and fired I remember feeling the round hit me in the right side of my chest it felt as if I was kicked by a mule the funny thing was I felt no pain . I watched as he cocked his pistol a second time and took aim. Just as he was ready to fire, his eyes glazed over and his expression went blank, he stood there frozen just for a second then fell to the ground. Everything went black after that my next memory is a hazy one of Susan giving me the choice of living or dying." Gloria pauses to refill her wine. She silently offers Amelia a glass, which she accepted.

"Love I may be a while Gloria really needs someone to talk to." Amelia telepathically said while waiting for Gloria to finish pouring their wine.

"Ok baby, I will be waiting for you when you are done." Andrew replied through their link sending her a mental kiss also.

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Charles and Susan retired to their bedroom the day's events had taken a toll on them. Charles was lying there with his arm across his eyes and Susan spooned up against his side with her head on his chest. Susan had thought he had fallen asleep. When he quietly said, "Susan I know we agreed to mate on the first of January but I do not want to wait. Can we please mate tonight?" 

"Charles my love I will mate with you whenever you want but what brought this on?" Susan asked slightly amused. She loved Charles since the first time she laid eyes on him but he was the one who always wanted to wait.

"A lot of things, first and foremost I love you more than I can express in words. The events of the day had some to do with it. I finally realized just how much of an ass I have been when I saw what Amelia and Andrew have together, watching them made me jealous. I realized just how much I want to have what the two of them have only I want it with you," Charles honestly explained. 

Susan gave Charles a searing kiss and then nibbled her way across his chin slowly. When she got to his ear, she started sucking on his ear lobe. Her hands slid down his body to his rapidly hardening member. She wrapped her hand around his cock and slowly began to pump it up and down while she gently massaged his balls with her other hand. "Does this feel good baby?" She seductively asked.

Susan then dropped her fangs and started nibbling down his chest. She got to his nipples and sucked on the left one until it was hard then she took the nipple in her teeth and tugged on it sharply causing Charles to exhale rapidly as a shiver ran through his body. She repeated the process on the right nipple this time she nip his nipple with her fang. She continued down across his abdomen until she got to his belly button where she swirled her tongue around it slowly before continuing. Susan kissed her way across his pelvic bone then paused to look at his cock. She started to lick the head of it like an ice cream cone pausing every so often to blow across it causing Charles to shiver. 

Charles was being drive nuts with desire and needed to get her to stop soon even though he wanted her to continue. Susan easily swallowed all of Charles and let her throat muscles massage the length of Charles' cock trying to milk his essence from him she could feel him getting close and felt Charles trying to pull her off him. Finally, she relented and let Charles pull her off his cock. He quickly laid her on her back and quickly repositioned himself at the entrance to her drenched pussy. He started to slide in slowly when Susan wrapped her legs around his backside and pulled him in in one quick motion. The pace the two of them set was bruising and they both were racing to their completion. Tries as he might Charles couldn't hold out and exploded inside her while biting down on her shoulder. The taste of Susan's blood was sweeter than the sweetest wine he had ever tasted. Susan felt Charles' bite and that shoved her over the edge. She started to scream her orgasm as she bit into Charles' shoulder. She quickly drank from Charles relishing each gulp of his blood as if it was ambrosia.

The two of them had the most intense orgasm of their long lives. They both were amazed as they felt their link snap into place. Hearing how amazing it was nothing like experiencing it firsthand. Susan grabbed a bottle of blood from the refrigerator beside the bed and poured each of them a goblet of blood. They toasted each other and quickly drank their goblets of blood followed by three more each. Susan pulled Charles into another searing kiss that he broke too soon, for Susan drawing a slight moan of frustration. "Before we got started again I just want to apologize to you for forcing you to wait all of these years. I love you my mate." Charles whispered to her.

Susan answer was another searing kiss that left no doubt in his mind he was forgiven and she was ready for the next round of lovemaking. Charles smiled as she began stroking his member back to life.

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Gloria handed Amelia her drink then continued," After Susan turned me, she kept me close to her for the first few months insisting that I needed to learn how to control my hunger and learn the rules of my new life. As soon as I could, I resumed my hunt despite all of Susan's warnings. I quickly found my next victim In Richmond who I took great pleasure in slitting his throat. Over the next two and half years, I crisscrossed the south managing to track down another two from my list both of which I drained. Two weeks after the war ended, I was in Atlanta looking for Martin Samuels the colonels oldest son he had been wounded and was back home when I found his father. I had truly become a monster without remorse. I found his homestead he was with his wife, who was pregnant, and I made him watch as I drained her. He begged for their lives especially the child's but I didn't care I wanted him to suffer" Gloria was in tears as she recalled the look on the poor girls face who only wrong was falling in love with the wrong man. She drained her glass of wine and had a faraway look in her eyes. 

"How could I do that? I not only killed the woman but an unborn child and all I felt was satisfaction. I stayed with Martin for three days tormenting him while his dead wife lay on the floor in front of him. He begged me to kill him but I had no mercy, I repeatedly taunted him telling him this was just revenge and he had it coming after he violated my mother and murdering my parents. I left him alive tied up besides his wife's body so he could stare at his wife's dead face. I found out later he had managed to get free and hung himself. " Gloria paused a few minutes to recompose herself; "After I finished with Martin, I was a monster I only lived to avenge my parents. I did unspeakable things to get information on my next quarry. I thought nothing of using the families of people who I thought might have information I wanted. I once murdered a blacksmith's family while I made him watch. The man's only crime was he had hid his uncle from me for a week."

"I had been wondering around for weeks, when I had heard that one of the men I had been searching for had been hanging in a bar in Charleston. I was there in the process of questioning the barkeep when Lenard first saw me. He told me he could feel the emptiness in my soul and it was unbearable to him. He grabbed me and dragged me the bar after using his powers to erase the bar keeps memories of what had happened. He took me to his room and begged me to listen to him. He told me that I would be hunted as a rogue if I didn't stop my murdering spree. He warned me that Charles had ordered Susan to reign me in or put me down. Martin Samuels had left a note where he had admitted what his father, he and the rest of the unit had done to my mother and me. He said that I was the one who had murdered his wife. He had written that I had returned from the dead to avenge myself. He had written that I had drunk all of his wife's blood. He made me see that my actions were endangering everyone especially Susan, as me creator she could be held liable for my actions. " 

"Lenard convinced me to talk to Susan and he went with me. Susan was less than thrilled with me at that point. She stated that she was considering just putting me down and warned me this was my last chance. I know he spent a long time talking to Susan to convince her to allow me to go to Sans Francisco with him. Susan had warned me that Lenard had taken responsibility for me and if I screwed up this time both Lenard and I would suffer the consequences." 

"Two weeks later, we boarded a train and started our adventure. It took us months to make the trip by train and by stagecoach. Lenard was the most wonderful loving tolerant man I have ever known. He taught me that life was worth living. He had replaced the darkness in my soul. He not only showed me how to forgive those who had wronged me but more importantly how to forgive myself. He made sure I was educated and how to defend myself. Lenard was the one who helped me to hone my abilities. I was so fortunate that Susan was so understanding. "

"Lenard has kept in touch with Susan unbeknownst to me. He had been giving her updates on my progress. Lenard had been the one who had encouraged me to reach out to Susan who was now in Chicago. The two of us quickly renewed our friendship and became almost like sisters. Susan offered me a chance to become her personal assistant. Even in those days, Susan had her hands in many businesses including starting with providing blood to vampires. She opened her first blood bank and disguised it has a bordello. She had a special preferred area that was for vampires she would take some of her whores, take a bottle of blood from them, and sell it to her clients. The woman would have her memories altered that she had spent the evening with one of Susan's special clients and they were paid two to three times what they would make in a normal evening."

"I was happy for the first time since the night my parents were murdered. I loved life and enjoyed living it to the fullest. I took a sabbatical for five years so that Lenard and I could travel throughout the world. He would tell me about the history of each location. The things we experienced the first time we saw the world's fair or gone on a safari. Even once we got back, we were constantly going to places and doing things, I remember in nineteen- seventeen, I saw my first airplane. I know now days airplanes are common but in nineteen-seventeen, they were a novelty. I spent five dollars to take a ride in one it was the most thrilling ride of my life. Did I ever mention that I am a licensed pilot?" Gloria seemed to light up as she recalled her time with Lenard.

"No, you never did. I would love to take a ride with you one day." Amelia replied with a smile, "What kind of planes can you fly?"

"Ones with wings," Gloria replied with a chuckle. Amelia laughed as Gloria continued," I have my ATP certifications. Charles has a charter service he owns and makes sure I get enough hours to keep my licenses and I am rated to fly anything up to a Boeing Seven Sixty-Seven. Lenard was the one who convinced me to learn to fly in the twenties. When I hesitated, he goaded me into it by saying he figured it was too much for a girl like me. He used to tell me to try everything at least once. He went out, bought me a world war one surplus Jenny, he also hired David Leas; he had been a pilot in the war, to teach me how to fly. We had moved back to east coast by the time I had finished my flying lessons. I was working as a problem solver for Susan and occasionally Charles. When I wasn't on a job, I was with Lenard." 

"The beginning of the thirties was a bit of blur. I remember spending a lot of time at Coney Island and going to the theatre. Of course, the late thirties were filled with talk of the war in Europe. Once the United States entered, the war I was busy; a group of vampire from the old country decided the world would be better off with Hitler in charge. Charles had tasked Susan with locating, monitoring and preventing them from undermining the United States war effort. The vampires were using their powers of persuasion to help Germany either by finding out classified information like the date and the real locations we were going to land on D-Day. We managed to intercept the female vampire that had gotten it."

"Charles decided to openly, well at least as openly as we could; help the Allies so we also went hunting human spy networks we would either destroy them or feed them false information. We especially focused on finding the people who were watching for convoy movements along our coast. Charles personally prevented an assassination attempt against Roosevelt." Gloria paused to take a sip of her wine.

"After the war, we settled back into our quiet existence Susan started setting up her blood banks usually disguising them as some kind of drug or medical research company. By nineteen fifty-four she had at least one in every major city in the United States and plus over fifty location spread out through Europe. Then in Fifty --seven Lenard said, he had to go home for a while and that he had to go alone. He explained that he be gone for a few years and would contact me when he could. During the time he was gone I got a letter here and there. I knew something had changed he seemed cold and distracted in his letters and the last phone call I received from him I hardly recognized the man I knew.

After Lenard left, I started hunting rogues for Charles. I quickly found out that I had a talent for it. In October of Sixty-one, we started receiving reports of a rogue vampire in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Charles asked me to look in to it. By the time, I had gotten to New Orleans he had moved on so I started to track him. Twenty-three days later, I caught up to him in Charleston. He was in a bar two blocks from where the two of us had meant nearly a century beforehand. When I arrived, he was raping and drinking from this petite brunet. Everyone else was already dead he had frenzied in the bar. He ripped the throats out of the others in the bar."

"I was surprised when I saw it was Lenard but it was like he was expecting me. He stopped with the girl and quickly dressed. He turned to me then smiled and closed his eyes. I was in a fog as I swung the sword and removed his head. My god, even after all of this time I still see it every time I close my eyes. The blade arcing through the air then I felt the slight jolt as the blade contacts his neck; the sound it made was sickening. I watched as the blade cleanly passes through the rest of his neck. Then time seems to pause for just a second as I watch the light of life fades from the man that had taught me how to live and love again. I watched the body fall to the ground and as it did, I felt my heart die with him. I vowed to myself that I would never let anyone close enough to hurt me like that again." Gloria stopped unable to continue. She broke down and cried for her loss, not only Lenard but also her parents.




Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 07



Amelia wrapped her arms around Gloria and held her as she cried her pain out. "Gloria, the man you knew as Lenard died and what you put down was just an empty shell. It may have looked like him and maybe somewhere deep inside was a shadow of the man he was but it was not him. I would like you to think about this; even the shadow of him didn't like what he had become. You said he smiled. Why do you think he did that?" Amelia gently asked.

Gloria looked into Amelia soft brown eyes, looking for the same contempt she felt for herself. She was surprised when al she seen was compassion. "I...I not sure," Gloria shakily replied.

"I think he was glad that you were going to end his pain. I also think he was glad it was you and not someone else. This way he died with someone who loved him by his side. That shadow of him knew he had to die and was glad that you were willing to release him and give him the peace he so desired somehow comforted him. I know it sounds crazy but think about it you knew him better than everyone else, do you think he would have wanted to live like that?" Amelia explained as she cradled Gloria in her arm trying to comfort her.

For the longest time all that could be heard was the soft sobbing from Gloria. "Do you really think that he understood why I had to do it?" Gloria softly asked sounding more like the nineteen year old girl then the hundred and fifty year old vampire.

"Yes I do honestly believe that he not only understood, but was relieved that his suffering was over." Amelia assured her. Amelia hugged her friend as she asked, "Do you think the Lenard would want you to suffer? My guess is he would have wanted you to live and enjoy life to find love, most of all to find happiness."

"I am not even sure if I know how, even if I wanted to," Gloria quietly admitted.

"I think you want to be happy but you are feeling guilty. Let go of the guilt and live life to its fullest. I will help you as will Andrew, we will be here for you always," Amelia promised.

Gloria smiled and nodded slightly. "I already owe you and Andrew so much. The two of you saved my life and then invited me into your family. How can I ever repay you all?" Gloria asked solemnly 

"Gloria you are family if it wasn't for you and Susan, Andrew and I would have been dead. You could never owe us anything." Amelia said hugging her friend.

"She is right Gloria, you are family, if you need anything just ask and if it is within our powers we will do it." Andrew said as he entered the room. He walked over to Amelia and wrapped his arms around the two of them. After a moment, he released the two of them and gave Amelia a quick kiss. 

"I am curious what happened to the girl that Lenard bit?" Amelia asked.

"I helped her through the change and she is a professor of law at Harvard and a close friend. She use to work with Mark but wanted to take a break from the hassle of dealing with clients," Gloria explained. 

"Let me ask you what would have normally happened to her?" Amelia asked already knowing the answer.

"She would have been prevented from being turned because without a mentor she would be a danger." Gloria responded automatically.

"So without you she would have been dead?" Amelia proposed.

Gloria started to answer then stopped she had never thought of it that way. Had she really saved Rose's life? She thought for a moment then a large smile spread across her face. "You been analyzing me, haven't you?" Gloria asked bemused.

"No, not really I was just trying to help you," Amelia explained.

After realizing, it was just after nine in the morning the three friends started making a large family breakfast for everyone. The three friends continued to talk. Gloria for her part felt a lot better than she had in years. Just her finally telling someone what had happened somehow made the load easier to bear. Unbeknownst to her at the time it was her first night of healing.

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After the game had finished Catherine and Scott had retired to their room. Scott quickly helped Catherine to strip then lead her to the shower and washed her from head to toe while checking every inch of her body. He concerned not only for his mate but also for their unborn child even though both Susan and Gloria had said that Catherine and the child were fine and there had been no ill effects from the day's events. Scott wasn't happy about being excluded from the hunt for Amsu.

Catherine laid her head on Scott's chest quietly reflecting on the day's events. She could feel the anger building up in her mate and knew he would insist on being involved in the hunt for Amsu and in many ways agreed with him. While she didn't relish direct confrontation with Amsu, she wanted to help to bring him down. "Love we will talk with Andrew and Amelia in the morning. I want to help also," Catherine said telepathically.

"Do you think they will listen to us?" Scott asked the same way.

Catherine gave Scott a tender kiss." We will make them listen, my love," Catherine softly promised. 

Catherine laid her head back onto Scott's chest and went to sleep. Scott laid there watching Catherine as she sleep until he drifted off to sleep. The two of them we woke up a little after ten to the smell of coffee and food.

*****

Emma and Neil took the dishes in to the kitchen area and quickly loaded them into the dishwasher before heading to their room. Neil quickly stripped Emma and started to suck on Emma's nipples causing her to moan. He slowly ran his hand down her taunt stomach heading to her nether region. He slowly worked his finger into her pussy. Emma's hips began working in time with Neil's fingers. When Neil started to rub her clit with his thumb, it pushed Emma over the edge. 

Neil kept alternating sucking on one nipple then the other while working a second then third finger into her. He used his fingers to massage her spot sending her into her second orgasm for tonight. "Please take me," Emma begged.

Neil smiled as he positioned himself at the opening of her vagina and slowly feed himself in. He set a slow sensual pace taking full strokes each time. Emma used her fangs to nip at Neil's nipples she never broke the skin but bit hard enough so he could feel it. Neil was the first one to go over the edge firing ropes of red hot cum into her sodden pussy. Emma screamed through her orgasm.

Neil rolled the two of them on to their sides. The two of them in each other's arm while basking in the afterglow of their lovemaking. They fell asleep and slept like that not waking until little before ten am. The two of them quickly showered then headed out to find the food they smelled cooking.

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Susan and Charles finished their last round of lovemaking at a little after four and fell asleep in each other's arms. Something woke Susan out of sleep around seven. She laid there watching Charles sleep as she thought about the first time she saw him. It was twenty --six AD. she was the house slave of Pius Cassius Olcinius he was a Tribuni of the Praetorian Guard when she first saw Charles who went by Maahas in those days a wealthy Egyptian spice trader. She was assigned to serve him and her master refreshments. Charles visited her that night a fact she did not find out until much later as he had erased her memory of the visit. Three days later, he had purchased her. On the return trip to his home, he turned her and gave her, her freedom. Since that time, the two of them have been friends and lovers. Most of the time they were together or within a few days travel of one and another at most. Susan had been in love with Charles since the first time she had seen him and the highlight of her life up to last night was when she found out she was pregnant with Emma. According to everyone, it was just short of a miracle that she conceived without being mated. According to Agatha, it was only the second time she had delivered a baby to an unmated vampire and she had been delivering babies since seventy-three BC. 

Charles was awake but laying there with his eyes closed well aware that Susan was watching him as he sleep. He could feel the sense of foreboding that she felt. "What is a matter love? What has you worried?" Charles asked.

"I'm not sure I just feel that our end is near and I don't want to lose what we have especially now," Susan replied softly with a deep sense of sadness in her voice.

"Love if it is fated to happen there is nothing that we can do about it. Let enjoy the time we have left. Anyhow, you know that those premonitions rarely come true and if it does, I for one will still consider myself the luckiest man to ever have lived for having you at my side for all of those years," Charles stated then kissed her softly trying to convey all of his feelings through that one kiss. Susan gladly accepted the comfort that Charles was giving but she couldn't shake the feeling that they wouldn't survive this time. Charles stomach rumbled as the two of them smelled the food being prepared. 

"I guess we better get up and feed you before you starve to death." Susan teased.

"Hey I burned a lot of energy last night. You were insatiable," Charles complained teasingly.

"Well mister it is your fault for making me wait so long and last night was just a very small down payment on what you owe me." Susan retorted while laughing. 

Susan and Charles quickly showered and then dressed to go join the rest for breakfast. As soon as Susan walked into the room, Gloria ran over to congratulate her. She pulled Susan into a tight hug." About time, you two, I am so happy for you." Gloria practically yelled from excitement. 

Emma was next to charge her parents she was so happy that tears were streaking down her face. She quickly wrapped her mother, father and Gloria up in a hug. "I am so glad you two finally stopped fooling around and made it official. Congratulations and I love you both" Emma said.

Everyone else crowded around Susan and Charles to congratulate them and the breakfast quickly turned into a celebration. They opened a couple bottles of Perrier-Jouet to toast the couple. Linda volunteered to make a celebratory dinner with the help of Mitch whom she claimed was a world-class cook. After breakfast, everyone went into the sitting room to relax and to plan how they were going to deal with Amsu. "Amelia what kind of information would you need to make a profile of Amsu?" Charles asked.

"I could use whatever you have on him. I am not sure if his long life will make it easier or harder to profile him. Later on, I would like to interview you, Susan, Emma and anyone else who was close to Amsu." Amelia replied. 

"After we finish our coffee I will let you read over the information in the data base I keep on vampires. I have a good biography of him and most of his associates well at least the ones I know of and as much information as I have on them. I will also give you all of the information I have on the other enforcers and their top people. "Charles paused to take a drink of his coffee then continued," Susan will provide you with a list of places where can either purchase or acquire blood. She will also provide you with a list of safe houses and contacts in case you get into trouble or need a place to lay low for a few days. I will also need to know what other types of assets you will need at your disposal." 

"From the sounds of it you have everything we need already in place. The only other things; we may need is tactical support and possible some help with intelligence." Andrew replied.

"It goes without saying we will be supporting you with as much intelligence as we can both Susan and I have large networks. There is one down side I have to insist that the hummer gets left behind." Charles stated.

"Where are the two of you thinking about starting your hunt?" Susan asked.

"We aren't sure yet I would like to get an idea of the man we are hunting then may be head to Nevada and try to pick up his trail. If you or Charles have any suggestions we are all ears." Amelia replied while starting to prioritize what they needed to do over the next few days.

"I will try to use my contacts and find out where he is but I would suggest trying to weaken his organization by eliminating his key people. You two have to understand you are not going there to arrest them you will have to destroy them there is no other way. "Charles stated in a serious tone. He paused to let it sink in before he continued, "If you can't do this; please tell me now so we can get someone else. If you fail to kill them, they will turn on you and kill you. Use them to get the information you need then dispose of them. Once you start, trust no one," 

Andrew paused to consider Charles warning, he hadn't thought of this as an assassination mission but now it made sense to him. He knew that Charles was right and if they did not kill the vampires they were going to hunt, they would quickly be betrayed and destroyed. Andrew knew he had no problem with this but he wasn't sure if his mate would agree. He locked eyes with Amelia silent asking her what she wanted to do and was pleasantly surprised when she nodded.

"Charles we understand and will be careful. We will have no problem doing what must be done to protect our family." Andrew stated firmly.

"I would like to offer Amelia and you the chance to form a coven with Susan and me, like you have with Gloria. I would also like to extend the offer to the rest of you here." Charles offered.

Everyone accepted and each took their turn joining the coven and allowing the link to form that would bind them all together throughout eternity. Susan took time to explain all of the benefits and even the few pit falls to forming an alliance through this way to those who had never had been a part of one before. The newly formed family set around enjoying a glass of wine with the exception of Catherine she had a goblet of blood since she was with child. Scott decided this was the time to broach the subject of them leaving.

Scott stood up and started." Charles I know that you said that we are going to be going to some place for our safety but if it is all the same to you. Catherine and me would rather stay here and take our chances with you all." Scott said trying to remain respectful for the moment.

"I agree daddy I do not want to go hid I want to fight. Neil and I can take care of ourselves. Can you really say that anywhere you send us will be any safer then here with you and mother? Moreover, you are sending away a large portion of the people you know you can trust. Therefore, I am staying and you can forget about trying to pull rank on me. Emma sternly insisted.

"Neil would you please..." Charles started to argue.

"Sorry Charles not this time I happen to agree with her," Neil stated firmly cutting Charles off.

Charles looked to Susan for support but quickly realized that by the way she was smiling at him she would be no help. He slowly glanced around the room until he came to Andrew." What do you think?" Charles asked hoping to find support.

Andrew didn't answer right away he just slowly glanced around the room pausing at each person for a moment. He then locked eyes with his mate and smiled he knew her feelings on the subject, "Charles part of me does agree with you. However, when I ask myself this question I keep coming up with the same answer. Would they be safer if we sent them away? And my answer is no most likely not." Andrew replied in a calm even voice.

"How can you say that? We all know that he has spies in Susan and my organization. If doesn't already know they're alive he soon will be then he will make another attempt and this time he will make it such a way it doesn't fail." Charles angrily disputed.

"Charles I do agree that he most likely already knows that they survived his attempt on their lives. Let me ask you, do you think you can keep them hidden from him if he wants to find them? Would you not agree that you are better prepared here to stop an attempt on their lives here?" Andrew asked.

"Charles, he is right it would be easier for us to guard our family here," Susan said agreeing with Andrew.

Charles threw his hands up in exasperation, "I hope the hell you two are right." Charles begrudgingly conceded. 

The remainder of the morning was taken up with planning and preparation. The one thing that Emma, Catherine and the others insisted on was that Amsu attempt on their lives wouldn't make them go into hiding. They would accept increased security but they were going to get back to as close as a normal life as they could. Emma insisted on reopening Sanguinem. When Charles objected Emma reminded him that he gave her the club to run as her own and if he wouldn't let her reopen that one she would resign and open one of her own.

Once things finally settled down and all of the planning was finished. Charles gave Amelia and Andrew access to the files on Amsu and his associates to begin reviewing. Amelia used an old colleague's credentials to contact the Denver airport and was surprised to find out that the plane was still there. She also managed to find out that Amsu had purchased two tickets to LAX. She also managed to confirm that both Layla and he had boarded the plane. The flight left Denver at ten AM Mountain time this morning and about a two and half hour flight. 

"We have a lead. Amsu just landed at LAX. He has Layla with him," Amelia happily announced.

"Why did he take a commercial flight is he has his own plane?" Andrew asked

"I am not sure; he may be trying to throw us off his trail. Hoping we will waste our time searching for him in the Denver but why L.A.?" Amelia wondered aloud 

While Amelia was working on trying to profile Amsu, Andrew was trying to map out his entire network. When he heard Amelia announce that Amsu was on a commercial flight to LAX he had questioned why he had not used his own plane the Gulfstream had more than enough range. He was wondering the same thing that Amelia was why LA? "I'm not sure, but I think we should get to Los Angeles before we lose him," Andrew suggested.

"I am sorry but the two of you are not ready to go on the hunt yet. Layla by all accounts is an extremely powerful telepath. Amelia you may be able to defend yourself but Andrew you would be vulnerable," Charles stated from the door.

"Charles this may be our best chance to end this and if we lose him it may be a long time before we can pick up his trail," Andrew debated. 

"If you and Amelia go out there before you are ready we could lose you both and I do not want that," Charles responded.

Andrew agreed even though he was sure it was a mistake; over the next couple of days Amelia and Andrew worked long and hard to try to get an idea of what his next move would be. Amelia Profile was starting to take shape and it had given her some, what she hoped would be valuable insights into Amsu motives. She also had managed to flag him so if he decided to take another commercial flight she would know.

On Monday, much to both Amelia and Andrew's delight Denise and Mark arrived. Mark quickly set to his task of getting all diamond assets transferred to Amelia and Andrew. He also set them up with several sets of identities so they could switch as needed. Mark informed them that he would need about two to three weeks to get everything transferred over. He had also agreed to take a position on Charles staff.

Charles started Andrew and Amelia's training and they quickly found out he was a relentless taskmaster pushing them as much as seventy to eighty hours between rest periods. Not only had they learned to control their powers and shield their minds against intrusion but he also taught them how to wield a sword properly. He explained that a sword or an ax was much more dangerous to a vampire then a gun. Andrew took to the sword as if it was a part of him. Amelia quickly learned to use her mental abilities to make up for her lack of prowess with a sword. 




Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 07



Susan helped Amelia and Andrew with developing their mental skills and on controlling their primal side. Susan quickly realized that Amelia still had a lot of trouble controlling her jealousy and knew that this could be used against her. She started placing Andrew in circumstances where he closely interacted with women and made Amelia watch while Gloria, Catherine and herself restrained Amelia. Slowly Amelia learned to control her jealousy, which also helped her to control her baser self. 

Scott, Neil and Mitch were converting the family room into a proper command center. They set an area to sort and catalog any intelligence they received on Amsu or his cohorts. Mark was trying to map out all of Amsu considerable assets. The longer he worked on it them more impressed he became with his accountant skills at hiding and protecting his clients resources. Mark had managed to piece enough together in order to show he was definitely receiving a large amount of money from Rodrigues and the Rios Cartel.

It had taken almost two months for Amelia and Andrew to learn enough to survive in their new world. The two for them had learned to control not only their powers but also more importantly their baser selves It quickly became apparent just how interdepended they were on each other. The two of them seemed to be able to strengthen one and another to the point that their individual weaknesses disappeared. Both Charles and Susan knew this was both a great asset but it could become a major liability. Both Charles and Susan knew that most likely, the surviving partner would die instantly and if by some off chance they didn't, he or she would definitely become a rogue.

During the time of Amelia and Andrew's training, Emma had reopened the club and it was busier than ever. She had hired Catherine to act as her personal assistant and to help her by managing the office for her. The two of them were quickly becoming like sisters. When Scott couldn't take her to her doctor visits, Emma would then they would go out to lunch and shopping. Emma was also helping Catherine with lose of her abilities.

Susan offered Scott a job as the managing Philadelphia's branch of Biomedtronic. Scott seemed to take on his role like a fish to water the employees liked and respected him, as did the customers. He was willing to take a cut in his percentages for larger customers which invariable lead to him getting larger orders this made Susan extremely happy. He had also managed to hire a couple of human chemist that had developed a new preservative for blood and blood products while it would be years for the FDA to approve it the preservative was perfect for the true customers of the business. BRP-60 extended the shelf life of the blood products by three fold and it allowed blood to be stored at room temperature. The only down side was slight after taste to the blood treated with the chemical.

Amelia and Andrew were finally ready to start their hunt for Amsu. The only trouble was it seemed after he landed at LAX a fact, confirmed by security cameras. He was seen getting into a taxicab and neither he nor the cab has been seen since. The owner of the cab had reported it stolen. He had parked it in front of his home after his shift the night before and it was gone when he went to leave for work the next day. Charles and Susan had used every contact they had to see if any of the other enforcers had had him assassinated. Every one of them had denied any knowledge of his disappearance. 

After some, searching Charles had managed to track down why Amsu was in LA he was supposed to meet with Joseph Kingston he was the owner of a financial investment firm. It specialized in helping vampire to diversify their money and keep it hidden from the humans a task that was becoming increasingly more difficult with the advent of modern financial regulations especially in the United States. He claimed that Amsu had contacted about taking over managing his portfolio. He stated that Amsu had claimed he was having some legal issues and needed new blood to manage his assets. They were supposed to meet the night after he had arrived but Amsu never showed up.

Charles asked Mark and Andrew to look at the financial records of Layla and Amsu other top lieutenants. After an extensive search, they could find no movement of any capital out of any of Layla accounts. She was still receiving her salary and dividends form her investments. The only money that was being used was items that she had set up on automatic payments. It was as if she had dropped off the face of the earth. The rest of his top people all seem to be going on with business as usual but they are all in the Middle East and Northern Africa as far as they could tell.

The one major thing noted during Marks and Andrew's investigation was that Amsu was no longer receiving payments from the Rios Cartel. The payments to him were about one hundred and twenty-four million Pesos a month that were deposited into four vampire ran internet banks. The question is why the payments were suddenly stopped. Charles was sure that his creator was alive and as everyone knew, he would most definitely know if he wasn't.

Monday of the third week into their search for Amsu, Catherine had doctors and Scott had a meeting with a vampire that was also a scientist. He claimed he had a formula for a synthetic blood product that was almost perfected but he needed more capital to finish his research. Scott had requested that Susan and a couple of her top scientist be present at this meeting. Susan of course quickly agreed seeing the income potential as almost unlimited. Emma was happily going to go with Catherine .When Amelia heard she asked if Gloria and her could tag along then they all could go to lunch and then out shopping. Linda saw the other ladies getting ready to leave and excitedly asked if she could tag along. Mitch and Dawn went along to act as security. Andrew had insisted that Amelia carry her Glock. They went to the mid wife Agatha who reported that all was going perfect. They then headed down town to the shopping area. They all had a pleasant lunch then started their shopping there was a large crowd gathered around one of the entrances of the mall and a bunch of press there. They all decided it would be best to avoid the area and started to head back to where they were parked. They had just taken a step when they heard a young man shout, "Vampires!" 

The man quickly withdrew a gun and started firing the first round struck Catherine in her right breast the second round grazed the side of her face. Amelia quickly knocked Catherine to the ground while she withdrew her weapon. She fired twice striking the man in the chest he shuddered with the impact of the bullets but didn't go down. Amelia was just about to change her aim to his head when a round from his weapon struck her in the right wrist causing her to drop her weapon. She was then hit in the shoulder.

Gloria heard the gunfire erupt and immediately tackled and bodily covered Emma. She watched the exchange of gunfire and saw Amelia lose her weapon when she was struck in the arm and Gloria wanted to retrieve the weapon but was afraid to expose Emma to the gunfire so she stayed put. 

Dawn quickly moved Linda behind her and withdrew her weapon but unfortunately had no clear line of fire. She started to move to her right to clear her returning fire unfortunately all hell had broken lose when the gunfire had started and everyone was scrambling for cover. Mitch who had been at the back of the group had decided to race ahead to get the van opened for the ladies and as a result was out of position when the gun fire had erupted. He raced back just in time to see Amelia get wounded and quickly tackled the person who was firing at his charges. Just as he hit the guy, he heard the man shout, "Go back to hell!" 

The man pulled a wire that was attached to two metal canisters strapped to his chest and instantly exploded into flames. Even before Mitch had a chance to scream, he was gone. Linda let lose a blood-curdling scream and her eyes went to black orbs as her body went rigid. She stopped moving and she had gone to join her mate.

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Scott was in a meeting with Susan and the new scientist when he felt the pain and anger from his mate just before he felt Mitch and Linda die. He looked over to Susan and saw that she had felt them die also. Scott and Susan quickly excused themselves from the meeting and he called Catherine while Susan tried Emma.

Charles was talking with Andrew, Neil and Mark when Andrews eyes went black for a moment then he quickly grabbed his cell and dialed Amelia's number he knew that something had happened and much to his dismay Mitch and Linda were no longer with them. Neil had felt the loss also and his mates distress and tried to call her. Charles was just getting ready to dial his cell when it rang.

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Dawn heard Linda's scream and quickly turned but it was already too late she was gone and her body was already mummifying. She didn't survive the loss of her mate, which in a way Dawn was glad, it would have been a real disaster to have to deal with a rogue vampire while being filmed. It was already bad enough that they had been seen by so many witnesses and with all of the pandemonium, there was no way to contain it. She wondered how much the camera's had caught. She knew that they had been invisible to the cameras but the results of their actions weren't and neither was Linda's body. Dawn quickly gathered the others and started to herd them towards the van. She picked up Catherine, who was having a bit of trouble moving from her injuries, and carried her to the van. Thankfully none of the wounds were life threatening. Gloria went to retrieve Linda's body. "Leave it! We have to get out of here now." Dawn ordered.

Gloria grimaced but held her tongue and quickly followed the others. The Human authorities were quickly responding to the scene and they only had minutes to get away. They all got into the van and everyone cell phone started ringing. 

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Charles answered the phone and heard." Hello son I trust you are in good health. By the way have you seen the news, If not you should turn on channel six." Then the phone went dead.

Charles was shocked when he turned the television on.



Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 08



Here is chapter 8 for your enjoyment. I ask for your forgiveness for any small grammar or spelling errors it is mostly self- edited. I would like to thank my Beta reader Willieone for all of her help and advice. I hope you enjoy this chapter and ask that you take a moment to vote and let me know what you think about this chapter .

thank you,

donalde 

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Charles was shocked as he watched the replay of the gun battle between Amelia and the unknown gunman. He heard the person yell vampires and open fire then a fraction of a second later there was two muzzle flashes coming from an invisible weapon. Charles watched as the man shuddered from the impact of the rounds and then saw him returning fire. He watched as a Glock became visible as it hit the ground. The man was tackled by an invisible force and he screamed go to hell and then he set off the firebomb he had strapped to his chest that caused Mitch's flaming body to become visible. There was a scream a moment later and Linda's rapidly mummifying corpses appeared on the ground. The last image that Charles managed to see was the van the woman had used leaving the parking lot. While Charles was watching, the news reports Andrew and Neil managed to get in touch with their respective mates. Andrew was upset that both Amelia and Catherine were wounded but was glad to hear that their wounds were relatively minor. Amelia had reassured him that she was ok and they were heading back to Agatha's just make sure the baby was ok.

Charles received calls from the other enforcers wanting to know who was behind exposing them to the media like this. They wanted to know how he had allowed it to happen and what he was going to do to prevent any further damage. Half of the enforcer were threatening to have Charles replaced if he didn't get this situation rectified and soon. Only a few of the other enforcer would give him a chance to explain what had happened and only three of them believed that Amsu was behind it. Vladimir Demidov was the only one to offer his full support and if necessary, he would give Charles and his family a safe haven. He also pledged any assistance that Charles needed.

Susan talked to Emma and was relieved to hear that she was uninjured. She was not happy that Amelia and Catherine were wounded but was relieved that their wounds weren't life threatening and did agree that it was a good idea to have Catherine checked out by Agatha just to be sure the baby was uninjured. She told Emma that she was going to have Andrea, Greg, Samantha, and Sarah join them to act as additional security. She also stated that they weren't allowed to leave secure areas with less than a full security detail and they are to have a detailed itinerary logged before they leave. Emma knew full well it would be useless to argue with her mother and did agree that it was a good idea for the time being.

Scott started to go feral when Catherine told him she had been wounded it was only her reassurance that both her and the baby were fine that allowed him to stay in control of his baser side. He wanted to go meet Catherine at Agatha's but Catherine and Amelia both promised to call him if anything was wrong and to stop by Biomedtronic so he could see her once they were done at the doctors, so finally he agreed to finish his meeting. Scott and Susan returned to the meeting and by the time that Catherine had arrive they had worked out a deal with the scientist his formula while not suitable for use yet was years ahead of the current research. His research also had produced several promising treatments for blood disorders. The deal was contingent on Susan's own scientist being able to reproduce the results that he claimed to have achieved. 

Agatha quickly examined Catherine as soon as she arrived. She was pleased to reassure her that the baby was doing well. She said it was no need to remove the bullets from her chest they wouldn't cause Catherine any trouble. Agatha did remove the bullet from Amelia's wrist in order to allow her wrist heal properly with full range of motion and to prevent her from having discomfort. Once they were back on the road each of the mated woman called their other half to let them know what Agatha had said. Gloria called Susan then Charles.

Andrew calmed after finding Amelia was not injured seriously and started to wonder how Amsu had known where to find the woman. He used the computer to start making a list of suspects once he was done he started to try to narrow it down. He knew he could cross off Neil and Scott off his list no vampire would risk their mate. He also crossed off Charles and Susan off the list if for no other reason he knew they would not risk Emma. Amelia, Gloria and Catherine he trusted and eliminated them from the list. That left eleven people that had known that Emma and Catherine were going to the doctors and then to the mall. 

It was no secret that Catherine and Emma would visit the mall after going to Catherine's appointment. Normally Dawn was their only security. Andrew was pondering a couple of things that didn't add up at first, first how Amsu found out that Emma and not Scott was taking Catherine to the doctors. Then assuming this was a planned operation how did Amsu arrange for the press to be there. How did he do it Scott had only realized a couple days ago that he had scheduled the meeting on the same day as Catherine's appointment. 

He started his investigation by trying to identify the person who had attacked his family if he could find then may be it would give him a clue to the traitor's identification. He used the news stations web site to try to get clear picture of the person. Andrew started by going through Charles' database that contained not only all of Charles and Susan's people but also all of the major players in the vampire world and their known associates. Andrew also ran a check through local and federal agencies. Emma and Gloria both were sure that the kid was not a vampire but he most certainly wasn't human. That meant he was a lycan.

While that search for the attacker's identity was going on, Andrew pulled up the files on his list of suspects and started going through them. He was about half way through the second file when he felt Amelia enter the room he looked up with a smile seeing her standing there. He quickly rose and went over and cocooned her in his arms. The two of them stood there comforting each other not saying a word for several minutes. The two of them then shared a tender kiss before they separated.

"I will be back in a little bit I want to get a quick shower. Then I can help you with your search," Amelia said as she started to head to the bedroom they shared.

Andrew knew that Amelia had picked-up on his line of thinking from their bond and was thankful for it. He went back to the files he had been reading when Amelia came in. About twenty minutes later Amelia returned and quietly set down in the chair across from Andrew and started reading the next file. The two of them were soon lost in their work and the only communication was through their mental link.

Neil had been running interference for Charles since the attack had occurred. He was trying to reassure the local vampire population that they were already investigating the incident and trying to determine if it was an isolated event or some unknown group that somehow learned of the existence of vampires. When Emma walked into the office, Neil was in the middle of arguing with Erik Ferranti. "Erik I don't give a dam how much money you have Charles is not available." Neil explained through clenched teeth. He had been telling this fool the same thing for the last twenty minutes. He thought because he was one of Charles main suppliers.

"I do not think you understand my good man I have to talk to him directly I know he would want to update me directly and not have one of his underlings do it." Erik said emphasizing each word.

"Erik I am not only Charles personal assistant but his son so I am more than able to assist you." Neil stated firmly.

"I know who you are but you are not Charles so I demand that you put me through to him immediately. I have to know if it still safe for me to be your distributor after all I have many people who depend on me. " Erik ordered angrily.

"Who are you to demand a dam thing you are just some self-important asshole that thinks he is more important than he is. Now I would suggest that if you want any assistance today you tell me what your problem is so I can resolve it for you." Neil replied in a heated tone.

"You don't have the authority to handle it, now put me through to Charles and I may not mention how rude you have been to me." Erik smugly demanded.

Emma hearing the conversation and watched as Neil struggled for control. She watched as his eyes started to darken signaling that he was nearing the end of his tolerance. "Love, just tell him we are terminating his contract and if he has a problem let me have him," Emma mentally said with an evil grin on her face. 

"Erik, I'm sorry to inform you that we no longer require your services please send us an itemized invoice for the work you have done for us since the last billing cycle and I will see it promptly settled." Neil replied in a cold hard voice. He knew that Charles had given Erik the contract so the he could save his business.

"Neil, do you think that Charles will allow you to cancel the contract? You really must be delusional." Erik challenged in a snug tone.

"Erik it is done and nothing you can say will change the fact that we are going to use a new supplier for Sanguinem. Good day sir." Neil ended the call with more than a bit of satisfaction. Erik was a pain in the ass on his best day and his self-important holier than thou attitude had always grated Neil's nerves. Neil looked at his mate and gave her a small smile. "Thank you my love. He was demanding things he had no right to demand and insisted that he was too important to deal with me a mere underling. I didn't want you to have to get involved but I was never given authority to terminate a contract," Neil mentally explained.

Emma moved to her mate and wrapped her arms around his neck pulling him down for a kiss. Just as their lips meant the phone rang. Neil groaned when he saw Erik's number appear on the caller id. He was just about to answer it when Emma grabbed the phone. "He is busy Erik now fuck off." Emma growled into the phone.

"Emma please I need a moment of your time your mate is got this crazy notion that he can cancel the contract I have with your father," Erik nervously pleaded.

"That is because he can. If he said it is cancelled then the contract is cancelled. He has full authority to make decisions for the family businesses. Now is there anything else I can help you with Erik?" Emma sternly corrected Erik's earlier assessment. 

"Emma please be reasonable it would be a major detriment to your father's business if you cancel the contract," Erik argued.

"You should feel lucky I am being reasonable because if I wasn't you would be looking for a new head for the way you spoke to my mate. If I were you, I would hang up now and start looking for a new area to operate in. Do I make myself clear?" Emma quietly warned. Neil knew that when she spoke in this quiet soft tone it didn't bold well for the person she was speaking to. He wondered if Erik was smart enough to realize he just went too far.

"Emma I hope that you and your father can live with your decision. Tell your father I will have my legal department contact you all to work out the compensation I am due for you all reneging on the contract. I fully intend on making you honor this contract. This is not over Emma!" Erik angrily warned.

"Why Erik are you threatening me?" Emma asked in a sickie sweet voice.

"No; I am just warning you that there are consequences for your actions." Erik chastised Emma as if she was a child.

"Erik you seem to forget whom you are talking to. You will vacate my father's territories by sundown or you will not live to see tomorrow if I have to kill you myself. Am I in any way unclear?" Emma ordered not trying to hide her anger.

"Emma please don't do this my whole life is here. I have a business and my mate and her family are here." Erik pleaded realizing too late that he went too far. He knew if Emma forced him to relocate, his mate wouldn't be happy and worse yet her father would want his head. Thankfully, his father couldn't take it without endangering Misha. Erik while he knew she was his mate had never really been bothered by the fact he was mated he took other woman into his bed and not just to feed. He knew if she were destroyed today, he wouldn't care one way or the other. Misha on the other hand wouldn't survive the loss of her mate and he had used it as a weapon against his in-laws more than once. 

"The only reason I am allowing you to live long enough to leave is because of the great respect I have for your mate and her family normally I would have just had your head delivered to me. So I would advise you take advantage of my charitable mood and get the fuck out of town," Emma warned.

"Love you cannot kill him it would destroy Misha then we would lose a very old ally. You know Anatoly would start a war against us if we caused his daughter to die or go rogue by killing this piece of refuge." Neil mentally reminded her.

"Emma it would destroy Misha to have to be separated from her family," Erik pleaded a twinge of fear was leaching into his voice. He was getting worried he knew his father would most likely cut him off and because of his mismanagement of the business he was broke. Misha did have a trust fund that paid her twenty thousand dollars a month and a sizable stock portfolio that was managed by her father. Erik knew that her monthly Stipend would never be able to support them. 

"Neil you know how I feel about Misha but I am tired of this cocksucker using his being mated to her to get his way. I may not kill him but I will lock him in a room somewhere and only feed him enough blood to keep him alive." Emma replied to Neil using her mind while she coldly said," Erik you should of thought about that before you threatened my family. I would suggest you get a packing you have less than four hours to be out of here."

"Emma please don't hurt Misha this way; it will kill her if she has to leave Philly and her family," Erik pleaded.

"Good-bye Erik," Emma said before hanging up and cutting off any more of his whining. Emma then turned her attention to Neil," You are allowed to make any business decisions for the family never let pieces of shit like that tell you differently."

The two of them hugged as the phone started to ring again this time it was Nathan Rydal from the bank. He helped vampires to hide their holding within the banking system and was one of the few vampires that could call Charles directly. "What is up Nate?" Neil answered the phone knowing this wasn't a social call.

"I am just touching base with you to see if you need me to do anything. Should I be worried for my family?" Nathan asked.

"As far as we can tell it was an isolated incident. I believe for the time being Charles will be carrying on with business as usual. If anything changes I will call you." Neil replied in a reassuring voice.

"I saw that Linda died so I am assuming it was Mitch that was the victim of the bomb. Was anyone else hurt seriously?" Nathan inquires his voice full of concern.

"Two others were hurt but their injuries were minor and have already healed. You are correct that Mitch was killed and Linda died from the shock of losing her mate." Neil responded sadly.

"Neil, I Am so sorry to hear about Mitch, Please convey my condolences to your father for me," Nathan sadly said. 

Neil promised he would and the two of them talked for a few minutes more before hanging up. Neil phone rang again as soon as he hung up this time it was the leader of one of the small covens; he glanced over and saw Emma was on another line. By the time, he had finished the call Emma was on her third call. The calls were along the same line. How much had the humans found out and how did they find it out? It was going to be a long day. 

Andrew and Amelia had taken their time going over the suspect pool out of the eleven that Andrew had identified. They could find no proof that Agatha was involved not mention even if she had leaked the appointment time to Amsu she had no way of knowing about the mall trip. Amelia removed her form the potential suspect list. He also had looked at Andrea and two other people from Susan's security team who had known about the day's itinerary. Andrew was confident that they weren't the source of the leak. 

Amelia started pulling the call logs for each of their suspect cell phones and tracking each number. Two of them had made a number of calls to phone numbers from the Middle East. Andrew realized that it was thin but it was something the two of them felt needed to be checked. He was unsure just how they should proceed since one of their suspects was Emma's office manager and the other was Mitch's second in command. He asked mark to discretely pull both of their financial records and look for anything suspicious. Amelia was looking into their personal and business e-mail accounts. She planned to ask Charles about getting access to both of their houses but knew she had to tread carefully so as not to alert them they were under suspicion. They had both considered using Amelia's mental abilities to probe their minds but decided it was best to hold off on that until they had more evidence.

Andrew looked at the clock on the computer, realized they had been going at it for over sixty hours, and knew that they should take a break get cleaned up, eat something and get a few hours' sleep then start back on it with fresh eyes. Amelia quickly agreed. Vampires could go long hours between rest periods with no physical effects but their mental facilities would start to dim and they knew they needed to be sharp or they could miss an important piece of information. The two of them headed into the kitchen to find some food and more importantly blood, it had been days since they drank any and they were both getting extremely hungry now that they had taken a break. 

When Amelia and Andrew entered the kitchen Susan took one look at them and frowned, "The two of you should know better. Why in the hell would you go so long without blood? Are you trying to go feral?" Susan admonished sternly.

"I will admit we are hungry but we are nowhere near starving. We just got busy and forgot to feed no big deal," Andrew replied shrugging his shoulders. 

"Andrew both you and Amelia lips are thinned and pale that is a sure sign that you are not just hungry but starving when was the last time you took blood?" Susan asked her tone showed her displeasure.

"Umm! About four or five days ago but I have been eating food," Andrew replied defensively.

"Andrew you have to drink blood every two to three days and eat least twice a day by the way candy bars and chips don't count." Susan admonished sternly.

"Ok, we will start eating and taking blood regularly." Andrew promised.

Amelia handed Andrew a glass of blood and an egg sandwich. Just as the two of them started eating, Charles came walking into the kitchen. "We have an ID on the shooter/bomber, his name was Alex Maslin. He was a young werewolf whose parents were killed by vampire three years ago. According to the leader of the local were community he tried unsuccessfully to get other Weres to rise up against vampires. After numerous attempts he just disappeared until today." Charles interrupted before Susan could continue. He then handed a file containing the pertinent information on their suspect. 

"Do you think Amsu was involved with his attack?" Amelia asked after she started to read over the file. She handed it over to Andrew. He quickly read the file one thing that stood out was the fact that Maslin lacked the ability to build a device like the one that was used. He also noted that there was no indication that he had the sophistication to plan such an attack. Andrew knew there was a backer who had planned and most likely financed the operation. 




Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 08



"No I believe he was involved how else Maslin would have gotten the information he needed to plan the attack. From what Sam had told me he was just a poor hurting confused kid who let his anger over ride his common sense. Sam has offered to help us in the investigation. He owns a large computer security company. Cindy his wife has also offered her services she is supposed to be one of the top computer security specialists in the country. She has helped the Feds with a couple of cases from what I understand," Charles explained.

"So Sam is the local Alpha?" Andrew asked.

"Andrew you really have to let that story book stuff go. Weres do not live in compounds or caves the live in houses and apartments. They do not have alpha's or such as leaders. Sam is the leader of local community because he was asked to be, mainly because his business has led to him having good contacts with humans and in a small part because of my friendship with him. He acts as a liaison between his people and us. He has been a good friend of mine for the last fifty years," Charles retorted shaking his head amused.

"Amelia, would you please try to find who Maslin associated with? I don't think he had the ability to plan and carryout an operation such as this alone. Charles or Susan do either of you have any contacts in the press I was wondering why they were at the mall." Andrew asked as he was trying to make sure he didn't forget anything.

"I have a friend he is an assignment editor for channel twenty-nine. I will give him a call and let you know what I can find out," Charles offered.

Amelia used the identity that Charles had given to her to log into the federal database looking to see what they had on the bombing and found that the information had been moved to a restricted database that Amelia couldn't find any files; it was as if the feds never investigated the incident. She had seen agents from both the FBI and the ATF there so she knew there had to be records. She tried to use every back door she knew of to find the information with no luck. Amelia picked up the phone and dialed a now familiar number.

What the fuck is going on here?" Amelia muttered as she waited for the phone to be answered

"What is a matter hun?" Andrew asked taking note of the apprehension in Amelia's voice.

"I can't seem to find any records of a federal investigation into the attack. I know I saw a half of dozen FBI and ATF agents there but there is no record of the event even happening according to the federal Government." Amelia mentally told Andrew while she quickly said, "Charles, we may have a problem here. I can't find any records on the attack in the FBI or DOJ databases."

"I will be right there, "Charles quickly responded before disconnecting the call.

Less than five minutes later Charles entered the room Flanked by Sam and Cindy. After Amelia gave them, a brief accounting of her activities Cindy quickly started using her aces to search the federal database trying to locate what information they had. Charles started making phone calls to his various contacts to try to figure out what was going. After several hours of work they had managed to find out that someone had managed to make all of the information on the attack go away including the dozens of videos that had been posted on social sites. Whoever was behind the removal of the information was very meticulous as Amelia and the other could tell they hadn't missed a thing. Charles started calling his contacts in the federal government trying to ascertain where the information had gone. While Charles was working his contacts, Sam called an associate in the local Prosecutor's office. David Argils was an assistant DA. "Hey Sam what is up?" David cheerfully greeted his old friend recognizing the number from the caller ID.

"How's it hanging fleabag? I need a favor if you can do it." Sam replied.

"First of all I don't have fleas and what can I do for you? You know if I can help I will," David replied laughing.

"The bombing at the mall what can you tell me about the investigation. The victims were Charles' head of security and his wife." Sam asked. 

"I have no idea what you are talking about. I have to go, but how about the two of us having a couple of drinks tonight at Sanguinem." David responded sounding cheerful but Sam could hear the underlying tension in his voice.

"Is eight good for you and why don't you bring Helen I know Cindy would love to see her." Sam suggested.

"I sure will it will be nice to get together." David said before ending the call. 

Sam was concerned with David's reaction it was out of character for him to want to meet at Charles nightclub especially on a work night. Therefore, whatever was happening had David worried. Sam figured he would find out what David knew tonight. "Charles what are the chances of getting a VIP room at Sanguinem tonight? David asked.

"Very good in fact if you want you can use mine." Charles offered.

"Thank you. I think it may be a good idea if you, Andrew and Amelia were close-by he may want you to hear what he has to say," Sam suggested.

"We will be there. I would also like to bring Susan my mate with me," Charles replied. 

"Congratulation about time you mated. I am looking forward to finally meeting her," Sam said offering his hand.

After Charles was done talking with Sam, Amelia asked if she and Andrew could talk to him in private for a few moments about a sensitive matter. Unsure what was going on Charles suggested they meet in Susan's private office because he knew that not only was it sound proof even from the most sensitive ears it was also constantly swept for bugs. Amelia and Andrew followed Charles down to the office and waited until he indicated it was all right for them to start the conversation.

"Charles we have checked through all of the people that had knowledge of Catherine's and Emma's plans the day of the attack and have eliminated all but two suspects. We would like your permission to start an active investigation into them and to search their residents without them being aware of the searches," Andrew explained.

"Andrew, you and Amelia have been asked to find out where Amsu is and to dismantle his organization by any means necessary. You have my full confidence. May I ask who you suspect?" Charles replied a bit apprehensively.

"Kirk Morrow who was Mitch's assistant he was having serious money trouble until recently he managed to pay it off and deposited seventy- five grand into an off shore account. I cannot find a source for the money. The other is Christina Morehouse, Emma's office manager and in my mind, the more likely suspect. She has been receiving a monthly payment of twenty grand for the last two years from a shell company that Mark has determined is a subsidiary of a holding company owned by Layla. We did check her stock portfolio and couldn't find any records of buying stock in the company. I know it is possible it is just a coincidence but I have never been a strong believer in coincidences." Andrew replied making sure not to leave out anything that was important. He was so glad that he didn't have to go by human laws anymore it made thing a lot easier and quicker.

"Kirk got the money from me. He sold me a couple hundred acres of land he owned in Australia. I was trying to keep the sale off the radar so to speak so I could build a hideaway there. As far as his money trouble he invested too much into the housing bubble and lost his ass." Charles explained.

"OK, then I suppose we can remove him from the suspect list for now. I am still going to ask him about the calls he made to Egypt over the last few months if you have no objections." Andrew replied.

"That is fine but I suspect it is just that he is talking to his sister Kerrie." Charles stated with a shrug. 

"Thank you. You just saved us a lot of time. What about Ms. Morehouse can you offer any insights into her?" Andrew asked glad that they could eliminate one of their suspects.

"I don't know her all that well. Amelia could just probe her thoughts and see if she can determine if they are the guilty party." Charles suggested off handedly.

"I can do that but I didn't want to do anything like that until I talked to you about it. Even if I try to do it subversively, there is a real chance that I would be caught. I am not sure how she would take it but I imagine she would be less than happy about it." Amelia responded.

"We had discussed the possibility of doing it but decided to wait until after we talked to you. The last thing we would want to do is cause dissention among your employees especially right now." Andrew explained finishing the explanation that Amelia had started.

Charles shook his head and chuckled. He had never heard of or seen two more in tuned mates in all his time it was as if they had a direct link to each other's thoughts. He had watched them work and was surprised that they always seemed to know exactly what the other was thinking even when it was obvious that neither one of them was mentally talking to each other. Charles wasn't sure if he was jealous or thankful he didn't share that deep of a connection with Susan. 

"I would suggest you talk to Emma and if she can't offer you explanation; then either probe her mind or do a normal interrogation on her. I will support whatever you decide as will Susan." Charles promised.

Amelia and Andrew found Emma in the office she was sharing with her parents. Andrew knocked on the door announcing Amelia and his arrival. Emma looked up from her computer and smiled. "Hey guys how is the investigation going?" Emma cheerfully asked.

"Not too bad, that is why we are here. We could use your help." Andrew answered as he kissed her on the cheek

"What can I do for you this fine day?" Emma teased as she hugged Amelia.

"What can you tell us about your office manager Christina Morehouse? We spotted a couple of flags when we were running a back ground check on her." Amelia explained as she took a seat.

"She is very good at her job and is well respected by the people under her. She is very task oriented and dependable. Why were you running a back ground check on her what kind of flags did she trip?" Emma inquired suddenly very interested.

"We compiled a list of all the people who had known that you would be the one who was accompanying Catherine to her last doctor's appointment. Once we got the list together, we started trying to narrow down our list of potential suspects. We went through phone records and found out that only two of the people on the list mad regular calls to the Middle East; one was Kirk Morrow who was calling Cairo..." Amelia explained.

"Kirk is calling Kerri she is working for the Museum of Egypt Antiquities. She is an assistant curator." Emma explained interrupting Amelia.

"Your dad had explained that and the other concerns we had about Kirk. We are hoping you can do the same For Ms. Morehouse." Amelia continued.

"I can try but like I said I don't know her that well," Emma replied.

"Do you know of any reason why she would be receiving a monthly payment of twenty grand from one of Layla's holding companies?" Andrew asked.

"That is a good question one I would love to have the answer to." Emma responded in an even tightly controlled tone.

"Emma since she is your employee how would you rather we handle this? We can either take a look at her residence without her knowledge, have Amelia attempt read her mind subversively or we can confront her with what we know and see if she can provide reasonable explanations why she is receiving the money." Amelia asked as she handed Emma the file with the information they had gathered on Ms. Morehouse.

"I would prefer you to interrogate her directly and if she doesn't cooperate fully then get your answers by any means necessary." Emma answered firmly after reading the file over. Then as an afterthought Emma added," You know she was one of the few people who had access to yours and Andrew's file."

Andrew's eyes darkened briefly. "Most interesting fact, I shall add that fact to our list of items we need to clear up with her," Andrew darkly stated. 

"Andrew we need proof of her betrayal. You must maintain control so we can find just how deep the rot goes." Amelia beseeched.

"No worried love, I am not losing control. I was just imagining what I would like to do to her if she did betray us," Andrew responded with a laugh.

The friends talked for a while planning on how they wanted to proceed. They decided to approach her just before she was supposed to leave for the evening and take her in to custody. Emma had arranged for a couple men from security to watch her discretely. Security also would be the ones to apprehend her and bring her to interrogation. 

Christina Morehouse day was just about over it had been a trying day and to top it off she has had this foreboding feeling all day she almost didn't return form lunch but she knew if she did take off for no apparent reason she would be questioned. Since the latest attack, everyone in the office had been walking on eggshells not wanting to draw attention to themselves. There had been a rumor going around that someone on the inside had been helping Amsu and with the increased security, it was making it harder for her. She knew her time here was coming to an end and decided she wouldn't be returning after today. She looked up and saw it was time to go for the day she quickly shut off her computer and graved her bag to leave when Kirk Morrow and Dawn Avilla approached her. "I need you to come with us." Kirk ordered in a quiet tone. 

Christina swallowed involuntarily and her shoulder slumped. "Kirk I really need to go I have a date tonight." Christina pleaded as she turned to walk away.

Dawn stepped in front of her and grabbed her by the arm. "It wasn't a request Christina. Either you can walk with us or I will handcuff you and drag you from here by your hair. Your choice," Dawn demanded in a low tone.

Christina's lowered her head in defeat knowing she was caught her only hope that her death would be quick and merciful. She saw that they were drawing a crowd and tried to think how to use it to her advantage. "Why are you doing this to me? I already told them I wouldn't reveal any of their secrets once I leave what more does she want?" Christina begged with tears in her eyes.

Five of the other office worker stepped forward and stood blocking Kirk and Dawn's way. "Why are you treating her like this?" One of the larger males angrily asked.

Amelia and Andrew stepped out of Emma's office to see what the commotion was about and as soon as Christina saw them she immediately Screamed," My god they are going to turn me over to her to wipe my mind like she did to Gregori Demidov."

The group of employees was getting antsy and started to crowd around to see what was going to happen to their friend. As far as they knew, she had been a good employee and was always friendly and helpful to all of them. There was more and more murmuring about how unfair it was to try to stop her from getting a better job. The mood was turning uglier by the second. A large vampire named Arnold Hatfield stepped forward from the rest of the group and approached Kirk and Dawn. "Why are you harassing Ms. Morehouse all she wants to do is improve her situation? I always thought Ms. Black was a fair woman." Arnold asked as he took a defensive stance.

Kirk knew Arnold was a Cossack who was turned in the middle of the fourteenth century. Unlike most of his kind Arnold served in every major war from the time, he was turned until Nam. After Nam, he decided to give war a break and study business management then accounting. Even though he was now a desk jockey as he called it, he was still a formable foe. Kirk knew he would have to tread carefully so as not to inflame the big man in front of him. "Arnold, you know dam well Ms. Black is more than fair. The Barnes are running security checks on everyone associated with the Black's companies and there are a couple of issues they need to discuss with her," Kirk explained patiently. 

"What is she accused of?" Arnold asked suspiciously. 

"I can't answer that Arnold but knowing Christina it is just a misunderstanding." Kirk stated hoping to defuse the situation.

Emma came out of her office and handed Amelia a piece of printer paper then approached the crowd of people who gathered watching the events. "I would think that I had earned more faith from you all than this. The Barnes are running back ground and security checks on everyone associated with my father including Neil and myself. Now as far as Christina I would like to know when she was going to tell me she leaving since I have never received word of her resignation. It makes me wonder what she is so afraid of." Emma announced. She then paused as she slowly looked around the room making eye contact with every one before settling her gaze on Christina. Everyone was watched as Christina bowed her head as Emma continued, "Well Christina would you like to explain why you are acting in this manner?"

Christina just started to walk towards the conference room where she assumed the interview was going to take place. She was well aware that everyone's eyes were on her. As she walked she wondered how she would be executed, she had heard from the rumor mill that the last time someone had betrayed Charles, Susan had him encased in concrete then dropped into the Pacific. She walked into the room and Kirk told her to take a seat that Andrew would be with her in a couple minutes. 

While Emma was addressing her employees, Amelia read the paper that Emma had handed her and wasn't overly surprised when she saw that the fax machine at Christina's desk had called the Holiday Express by the airport ten minutes before she was shot by Antonio Munoz. Andrew's eyes darkened with anger as he read over Amelia's shoulder he slowly imagined Christina begging for mercy as he striped layer after layer of her skin. Amelia lightly rapped him across the back of the head to get him to focus on the real problem. They needed to find out how much information she had passed along to and if anyone else was involved.

Andrew put his game face on and walked into the conference room. He took a seat across form Christina and slowly placed a file in front of him on the table. He set there staring at her for what seemed like forever to her without saying a word to her. "As you have been informed my mate and I have been running background and security checks on everyone who is associated with Mr. Black or his family and we have a couple of issues we need to have clarified." Andrew said in a neutral tone.

"I will be glad to help set your mind at ease Mr. Barnes. Please feel free to ask me anything," Christina nervously offered.

Andrew looked at his watch and frowned. "I was going to play games with you but I just don't have the time today. Here is my first question what did you fax to Holiday Inn Express on the date that is indicated on the paper here?" Andrew asked as he handed her the paper.

Christina paled even more as she looked at the date and time. How did they find out she wondered? "I...I am sorry but I do recall that was a long time ago." Christina nervously responded.

"Christina, if that is true why are you suddenly afraid," Andrew asked as he sniffed the air. He smiled evilly as he continued in a hypnotic voice, "More like petrified, it smells so delicious." 

Christina tried to shrink farther into the chair. She was almost paralyzed with fear and she thought that Andrew was losing control. Andrew allowed his baser half come forward and started to transfer. His eyes went to black lifeless orbs as his facial skin start to get a grey hue as it drew up and his lips thinned out making his fangs seem even larger than they were. "My baser half wants out and I am having trouble controlling him he wants revenge for the damage you caused to his mate. Now tell me the truth or I will let him have at you," Andrew said in a strained tone as he did he mentally said, "Amelia I am in full control so please do not worry or let anyone else come in here yet" 




Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 08



Kirk started for the door to get into the room with Andrew and Christina when Amelia grabbed his arm and requested," Kirk please wait Andrew is in full control he is just trying to force her to confess." 

Andrew flew across the table, grabbed Christina by the neck and slammed her into the wall his eyes were now lifeless orbs. His nails were imbedded into her neck and he applied enough pressure to make her very uncomfortable but not enough to do any real damage. "Tell me now or I will rip you apart a piece at a time." He threatened.

"I am sorry I didn't know he was going to try to kill her. Please forgive me all Amsu told me was to forward the file on Amanda and you so that Antonio Munoz could avoid you two." Christina pleaded.

Andrew knew she wasn't totally honest but he had what he needed for now. He let her fall to the floor where she curled up in a ball and hugged herself. "I will finish interrogating you after I am done with my appointment. I would suggest that you decide to cooperate fully with me if you don't it will get very painful very quickly." Andrew threatened in a cold tone.

Andrew then picked her up from the floor and shoved her towards the door. A moment later kirk walked in and grabbed her by the back of her neck. "What do you want me to do with her?" He asked.

"Please put her in a cell and chain her to the wall I want two guards on her at all times. She is to have no visitors," Andrew requested firmly. 

Kirk glanced at Emma and saw her nod. He then lead Christina to a holding cell and chained her up as ordered. Meanwhile Andrew and Amelia quickly went and got dressed to go to Sanguinem and meet with Sam's friend. They arrived at the club around Seven forty-five and were shown right to the VIP room. Charles, Susan, Sam and Cindy were waiting for them. The two of them greeted the others warmly. "Sorry, we were running close but we had to conduct an interview with Ms. Morehouse," Amelia said casually.

"Was Christina able to satisfy your concerns?" Susan asked out of curiosity. She was sure whatever they thought they had found was either a mistake or a misunderstanding, she had known Christina for almost seventy years and had never had cause to doubt her.

"She is as guilty as all hell. She was the one who passed on our files to Munoz." Andrew responded with a snarl. 

Susan was surprised but hid it well she managed to keep her expression neutral. The only sign that Charles was affected by Andrew proclamation was a slight darkening of his eyes. "How do you know she was the one who sent the information to him?" Charles asked his voice tightly controlled.

"The fax came from her desk and Andrew scared her into admitting her involvement. She claimed that she didn't know he was going to kill us. Once we are done here we will finish interrogating her and see how much damage she has done," Amelia replied with a bit of anger in her voice.

About that, time Helen and David was lead into the room and introductions were made. Cindy Susan and Helen moved off to get to know each other since David didn't want Helen involved in this conversation. He hoped her lack of knowledge would help to keep her safe.

"Sam I am sorry I had to cut you off so abruptly but if anyone overheard your question it could have been dangerous for all of us. Someone in the federal government wants to keep a tight lid on this. All of the evidence including the bodies has been seized and everyone with any knowledge was given the national security speech along with given a comprehensive list of friends and family as an implied threat if we talked," David explained.

"David are you and Helen safe?" Sam asked concerned for his friend.

"I'm not sure I am doing everything I can to protect Helen. I think I am already on their radar because I questioned the legality of what they were doing and it was quickly explained that national security trumped my legality arguments and if I persisted I would be taken into custody and held for security of the United States." David nervously answered.

There was a knock on the door and Paul Ryrie entered. He bowed slightly and waited until Charles acknowledged him. "What do you need Paul?" Charles asked.

"I apologize for disturbing you sir but there is something that you need to be aware of, Mr. Black," Paul whispered to Charles leaning in close.

"You can speak freely Paul." Charles said.

"Sir we have humans that have just entered the club they look like feds and are asking for the owner. What do you want me to do?" Paul asked.

"Have security stand-by. I will meet them in the conference room in a couple minutes." Charles ordered. He then addressed the others in the room, "Susan please see to our guest while Amelia, Andrew and I take care of the feds. Amelia I may have need your abilities with these gentlemen."

"Love I need you to convince David and Helen to allow us to send them to a place of safety so we can protect them. It is our fault that he is in danger," Charles telepathically said as he was addressing the others.

"I will do my best love. Should I alert Emma and have her get everyone else ready to leave?" Susan responded with her mind.

"I do not think it is necessary yet but have Paul get one of the vans ready to go encase we need to make a quick exit," Charles requested finishing the telepathic communication.

"Andrew are you and Amelia armed?" Charles asked.

"No we didn't think we would need to be. I hope that wasn't a mistake," Andrew replied calmly.

"No, if you were armed I was going to ask that you give your weapons to one of the security personnel," Charles replied quietly.

"We rarely carry anymore between Amelia's and my ability guns are almost useless." Andrew replied confidently.

"While that is most likely true just remember that becoming overly depended on your abilities can get you in trouble. Remember what happened when Amelia tried to erase Catherine's mind. I guess what I am trying to say is to keep your options open and don't get so set in the way you do things that it bites you in the ass," Charles advised seriously. He chuckled as he continued, "Besides my mate would be highly pissed at me if I let something happened to you all." 

The three friends entered the office and Charles took a seat at the head of the table. Amelia was seated to his left and Andrew was to his right. The two feds walked into the office and stood at the other end of the table. "I am special agent Mathews and this is Agent Thomas of the FBI," Said Agent Mathews smugly. 

"I am Charles Black the owner of this club and these are two of my associates Amelia and Andrew Barnes. They are members of my staff and Ms. Barnes will be acting as my legal counsel. Now how may I assist you gentleman?" Charles replied coldly not in the least intimidated by the two feds in front of him.

Amelia upon seeing Agent Thomas stiffened slightly but enough that both Andrew and Charles immediately noticed. "He knows me from when I was in the agency he was a junior agent assigned to the team that stopped the attack on Pearl." Amelia mental said to Andrew.

Andrew forced himself not to react to what Amelia had just told him. They watched as Agent Thomas stared at Amelia for a few seconds more then slowly moved his hand towards his weapon. "You are Special Agent Amelia Hensley but you are supposed to be dead." Agent Thomas nervously announced. His eyes filled with terror as he started to draw his weapon.

Agent Mathews immediately went for his weapon he had worked with Jerry Thomas to know he was a good agent with a level head and if he said he knew this woman and she was supposed to be dead. He was going to take them all into custody until this mess could be hashed out.

Amelia immediately locked eyes with the two agents and took control of them. "You will stay your weapons and not move until I tell you to." Amelia ordered.

Both of the agents stopped going for their weapons and stood perfectly still awaiting further orders. Everyone could see and smell the fear emanating from the two of them. The four security men that were outside of the door came rushing into the room. Charles raised his hand indicating for them to stop.

"You will answer my questions honestly and will not hold anything back do you understand?" Amelia demanded.

"Yes mam." Agent Mathews replied immediately.

"I understand." Agent Thomas replied after a brief pause during which Amelia gave him a slight push with her abilities.

"Why are you here?" Amelia started the interrogation. The agents answered each of questions quickly and honestly. After thirty minutes of her interrogating them, she had managed to find out all that, they had known and that they were going to take Sam, David, Cindy and Helen into custody and deliver them to the Langley. She also found out that all of the information and evidence that was collected from the bombing was turned over to them. Amelia had made them both give her their username and password for the FBI and DOJ computer systems. Amelia then used her compulsion to have them keep her abreast of any information they find out relative to the case. She order them to remember that they searched the club from top to bottom and didn't find their suspects here and that owner and staff of the club were cooperative. Amelia made sure that they understood her instructions then turn them over to Charles so he could get them the hell out of the club.

"Thank you for your cooperation, Mr. Black," Agent Mathews said offering his hand.

"Glad we could assist you Agent Mathews. If I can be of any future assistance please feel free to call me." Charles shook the offered hand then handed him his card. He continued, "My personal cell number is on the back."

He then shook Agent Thomas's hand as he escorted the two of them out the door. Andrew and Amelia were standing in shadows in case something went wrong. Once the two agents left, Charles called the other enforcers to inform them about federal investigation. He had requested Amelia and Andrew to help Susan get Sam, David, and their wives to safety. They were going to Gloria's land in Scotland. The land was secluded and was outside of the United States Jurisdiction.

Andrew and Amelia returned to finish their interrogation of Christina. She wanted to make a deal she would cooperate fully if they would guarantee that she wouldn't be encased in concrete. Andrew wasn't inclined to give into her request but Amelia pointed out during their mental debate that it would far easier to retrieve the information they wanted with her cooperation. Emma and Susan both agreed with Amelia and since they had, no intention of encasing her anyhow quickly agreed. 

Christina provided them with a complete list of everything she had passed onto Amsu .She had also given them all of her drop points and list of her contacts. She told them that Erik Ferranti was her intermediary. She claimed to have evidence that Erik was the one who found and recruited Alex Maslin. Amsu had convinced him that Charles had ordered his parents deaths. Christina had arranged for the press to be there. She had even hedged her bets by tell Catherine about the big sale at the baby store in the mall. Erik procured the bomb that Alex had used at the mall to kill Kirk and Linda. The original plan was to kill Emma hoping to expose vampires to humans. Amsu was sure if the humans found out about vampires they would restart the witch-hunts of old forcing vampires to have to defend themselves.

When asked why she would help with such a horrendous plan she casually said it was the millions she was promised. She had thought that she was too smart to be caught. Even when someone would notice her sending information to Amsu, she was just sending a report to Amsu for Charles, Emma or Neil and no one would question it. She didn't know where Amsu was or what he was planning to do. Christina asked what would happen to her and Andrew gladly informed her that she would have to face Charles and he most likely order her put to death. Andrew stated that he would like to be able to select her punishment because he would just lock her in a room and throw away the key. That is when Christina realized she had not escaped a slow painful death just changed the circumstances and she finally showed some remorse not for her actions but for her fate. Amelia did read her mind and made sure to scan all of her memories so she could be sure that Christina hadn't lied to them. Once they were done with their interrogation Emma ordered that Christina be placed in a secured cell, she was to be stripped naked and chained so that she couldn't hurt herself or escape. Lastly, there was to be a minimum of four guards on her at all times. 

Amelia Called Charles and had him and Susan come join them for a full briefing on they had found out. Once the two of them had arrived, Andrew and she gave them a full report. Both Charles and Susan were beyond pissed once they found out who the target of the attack was both of them wanted to tear her to piece right then but Andrew suggested they wait until they had talked to the other enforcers. He rightly pointed out that they may want the option of talking to Christina themselves. Charles and Susan both reluctantly agreed to wait. 

Charles went to deal with the other enforcers while Susan talked with Andrew and Amelia about how best to deal with Erik Ferranti. No one cares about Erik but Misha and her parents were old friends and allies. Misha unlike Erik would most likely go rogue if Erik were killed. Amelia suggested that perhaps they should talk to Misha family and try to come up with an agreement on how best protect Misha from Erik's guilt and punishment. 

"The question is does anyone know where Erik relocated to?" Emma asked.

"They are in a hotel in Wilmington. Anatoly had asked your father if he would request you to reconsider allowing Erik to stay in the area for Misha sake. Your father agreed to talk to you but wanted to give you a couple days to cool off." Susan explained. After seeing Emma's face she added, "I was there and your father firmly stated that it was totally up to you and the only reason he would even ask was because of the respect he held for Anatoly and Faina."

Emma relaxed after she had gotten over the initial shock of her father overriding her without talking to her she did admit to herself that she would of did the same thing. "Amelia and Andrew do you think you two could go fetch Erik and drag his ass back to me. Please invite Misha here as my guest." Emma asked sweetly.

"Be our pleasure." The two of them said in unison. Susan handed them a slip of paper with the address and room number of the motel where the two of them were staying. They headed to where the Hummer was parked since they hadn't had a chance to go buy a new vehicle yet. When they got to the garage, Thomas was there waiting for them. He handed Andrew a couple sets of restraints and a gun for each of them.

Andrew programed the address into the GPS unit and the two of them headed towards their destination. The trip took them just over two hours. The hotel was extravagant to say the least Andrew was sure that Erik would insist on the presidential suite. "Andrew, how are we going to work this?" Amelia asked.

"I can think of a couple ways first we go in and you use your wonderful abilities to convince the man behind the desk that we are feds and we are looking for Erik in connection with a case," Andrew replied.

"While I like that way it isn't very discrete and may cause Charles and Susan's friends some embarrassment." Amelia said interrupting Andrew.

"True, then I guess you will have to use your abilities to convince the man behind the desk to give you there room number. Then we will give him the option of surrendering and walking out with his dignity intact or being handcuffed and marched through the hotel in front of everyone." Andrew finished his reply.

Amelia and Andrew walked to the front desk and Amelia quickly seized control of the woman behind the desk. Within a couple of minutes, Andrew and Amelia had the information they needed and a key to Erik's room. They took the elevator to the suite. Both Andrew and Amelia carefully shielded themselves so that Erik wouldn't pick up that they were vampires. Once they got to Erik and Misha's suite. They knocked and waited for someone to answer the door. Erik opened the door complaining that it had taken to long for room service he had ordered. He got the surprise of his life when Andrew rushed him and had him pinned on the floor. Misha seeing her mate was in trouble; quickly attempted to attack Andrew but was intercepted by Amelia. Amelia gently restrained Misha as she explained they were sent by Susan Dorchester to take Erik into custody.

Andrew handcuffed Erik and set him on the floor. He then went and closed the door to the suite while Amelia calmed Misha down. Erik struggled against the restraints to no avail while demanding to know the meaning of this. He promised Andrew that he would have his head if he didn't release him. Misha begged to know what was going on she was more than a little concerned that Susan had ordered Erik to be taken into custody. "Would you please tell me what is going on?" Misha pleaded as tears started running down the sides of her face.

"Your mate plotted with others to assassinate Emma Black and to expose vampires to humans. He was one of the people behind the attack at the mall." Amelia gently explained as she held Misha's hand. 

"How could you?" Misha demanded angrily. She stared at Erik who had a smug look on his face.

"If I did do this there is nothing they can do to me because of you and your family. Don't worry we will come out of this just fine," Erik replied with a large grin on his face.

"Erik do you really think just because you are mated to me will protect you this time. Did you try to kill Emma?" Misha asked in horror.

"They can't prove anything, there is no evidence," Erik stated avoiding her question.

Misha just bowed her head and cried. She knew her mate was a bastard and only loved money but she never thought he would destroy her in this way. This could destroy her family; Charles was well within his rights to order not only Erik and her to be put to death but also her parents. "What will Charles do to us?" Misha whispered the question softly in between sobs.

"We are to take him into custody and return him to Philly for questioning. We were requested to ask you to join us please as Emma guest." Andrew responded honestly.

"What is Charles planning to do with my parents?" Misha queried nervously.

"The last we heard he was going to talk to them and let them know what was going on and make sure that the three of you were kept safe." Andrew answered her question trying to reassure her.

Misha relaxed after hearing Andrew's answers. She could sense no deception in his voice and somehow seeing how concern he was for her comfort reassured her. She studied the two of them there was something familiar about Andrew even though she had never meant him. Misha was sure that they were young but she could sense their strength. She was trying to figure out how she knew Andrew. Amelia noticed that Misha had more than a passing interest in her mate but determined it was not romantically motivated so she would tolerate it.

Andrew called Emma and let her know they had Erik in custody and were going to be returning with him shortly. He had just hung up the phone when there was a knock at the door. They all sensed the visitor was a vampire. Erik looked relieved and Amelia sensed he was about to yell out for help so she quickly took control of Erik's mind ordering him to remain quiet. "Who is it?" Misha asked when Andrew prompted her.

Amelia quickly read Erik's mind and found out that the vampire at the door was an assassin sent here to kill Misha and help Erik to escape. Erik had made killing her part of the deal when he agreed to help Amsu. "Andrew he is here to kill Misha." Amelia quickly warned Andrew through their bound.




Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 09



Here is the next chapter and again it is self-edited. I am sorry for any mistakes and I hope that you can still enjoy the story as is. I do try to find as many of the mistakes as I can but please understand I am an amateur writer and do not have the benefit of a professional editorial staff. 

I would like to thank willieone for all of her help as a proof/beta reader I cannot express my gratitude adequately.

Please enjoy and vote/comment. Lastly before some of you ask I am working on the next chapter. 

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"I would like for Gloria and myself to investigate the crime scene while Amelia interviews the investigator who was subdued by the perpetrators of the attack." Andrew replied keeping his tone business like.

"Richard Fenton the investigator is waiting for you in the van I thought it may help speed up the process. I have six teams out searching for your son and Tony. If I can be of any assistance please call me, my personal cell number is on the back of the card." Walter Astin explained as he handed Andrew his card. 

"Thank you Mr. Astin. I will keep you up to date on our progress," Andrew replied taking the card and then offering his hand.

"Please call me Walter. I have made arraignments for rooms for you, your mate, and Ms. Vegas. If there is nothing else I can assist you with then I will leave you in the capable hands of Ms. Hobes." Walter said while shaking Andrew's hand. He then shook Amelia's hand and gave Gloria a friendly hug before leaving them with Marsha Hobes.

Marsha Lead the group to the van that held Richard Fenton when Andrew first saw him he was surprised he wasn't what Andrew was expecting. Richard Fenton was just over five feet tall with a slight build. Andrew doubted the he weighed one hundred pounds wet. Andrew noted that Richard reacted with humor as he watched Andrew assess him. Amelia had a similar reaction but was a bit better at hiding her surprise. 

"The reaction that the two of you are having is exactly why I am normally excel at my job. Ms. Barnes I understand that you have the ability to read memories." Richard said humor coloring his voice.

"I am sorry about our reaction, you weren't what we were expecting and yes I do have the ability to read memories," Amelia replied confirming what he had heard.

"Not to worry like I said I use my height or lack thereof to my advantage. No one seems to take note of me normally. The reason I had asked about your abilities is that I believe that the person who incapacitated me ordered me not to remember what I saw that night." Richard explained. He was hoping that the rumors he had heard about her abilities were true he was not happy that someone had managed to get the drop on him and then fuck with his head. 

"If you wish I can try to search your memories and find out if they did anything to you," Amelia offered.

"Please, I want to remember. Just tell me what I need to do." Richard beseeched.

"Just relax and please lower you mental shield," Amelia instructed. She gave Richard a few moments to relax himself then locked her eyes with his and gently started to probe his memories. She scanned his memories looking for the ones from when he was incapacitated. After she found them, she could tell that someone had placed some form of a mental block so she decided to help him to overcome the block so he could recall the memories. She guided Richard around the mental block and allowed Richard to access the memories. After Amelia had guided him around the block, she mentally stepped back allowing him to take the lead. She would keep him on the task of bringing those memories forward and would watch them with him. She watched as he now recalled the events of the night in vivid detail. Richard had been keeping an eye on Charles people to one see if they were just watching a vampires human family like Charles claimed and secondly in case they ran into any trouble so he could summon assistance if they ran into trouble. Walter felt it prudent to take these steps the last thing he needed was for a bunch of Charles' people to be killed after he had granted them safe passage.

The night had been long and boring and Richard was glad when Harry showed up an hour early to replace him. The two of them were talking when Richard felt the presence of another vampire but seeing that Harry hadn't reacted to her Richard thought it was just Ilesha Harry's mate. Richard knew that Harry would occasionally bring her along on long boring stakeouts. He didn't realize it wasn't her until he felt the prick of the needle piercing his skin then a slight burning sensation of the unknown drug they had given him. He knew that the scent was vaguely familiar but the drug took effect before he could identify whom she was. Even though he still couldn't identify it, he would recognize the scent if he ever smelled it again. Amelia made sure that Richard could access those memories and quickly removed herself from his mind. Amelia would be able to identify the female that had injected Richard by scent now. Marsha watched as Amelia probed Richard's mind she was surprised how much control Amelia seemed to have of her ability. The last time Walter had Keisha probe on of his investigator's mind it was to say very painful for him but Richard was totally relaxed and showed no signs of discomfort. 

Amelia informed everyone what she had seen in Richards mind so the appropriate calls could be made in order to try to capture Harry so they could interrogate him. After she was done she set there for a few minutes with her eyes closed trying to regain her energy. Using this power still was a bit of a drain on her. This time was not as bad as the other times because Richard hadn't fought her. She could sense his apprehension when she first tried to enter so she waited until he was comfortable and relaxed before she entered his mind.

Richard was relaxing with his head against the headrest of the seat as he tried to identify the scent he now remembers, thanks to Amelia. He knew he had smelled it before but couldn't recall to whom the scent belonged. He knew he had meant the woman in question before, but couldn't for the life of him recall her so he figured it had to be in the distant past after all he had meant a lot of people since he was turned over eight hundred years ago. As he sat there, he wondered if Amelia could maybe help him to recall who this woman was. Noting that they were almost to their destination he decided he would ask her later on. "Ms. Barnes I cannot thank you enough for your help," Richard said as he bowed slightly.

"My pleasure I wish I could have identified that woman's scent. I know I have smelled it before." Amelia responded.

The van pulled up in front of Toni's and Shannon's home. Marsha led the others into the house and then stood out of the way to allow Andrew and Amelia to conduct their investigation. Gloria stood beside Marsha carefully watching Andrew for any signs he was losing control. Andrew and Amelia slowly circled the living room where the attack had taken place, looking for anything that the others may have missed. They couldn't find anything that the other team that went through her house had missed. Amelia was focused on trying to see what was going through the minds of the vampires who had done this horrendous act the trouble was they had left few clues that could help her. She noted for the apparent violence of the attack the room was remarkably undisturbed no overturned furniture or broken nick-knacks. There was very little blood only a couple small stains by where the body had laid. She went into the file and noticed from the autopsy report that Shannon hos no defensive wounds even though from the repost she had endured an extensive ante-mortem beating. The report had listed several broken ribs and her torso had extensive bruising. 

Andrew wanted to see if his psychometry would work so he moved to where someone had outlined where the body had laid and placed his hand on the carpet. Immediately he had an image of Shannon frightened out her mind laying there while Toni in full vampiric mode violently raping her. Andrew watched in horror as the man he had trusted the safety of his ex-wife and child taking pleasure in hurting her he could see other vampires standing around the room but couldn't get a clear image of them. The image faded and then was replaced by the next image of Tony latched on to the side of Shannon's neck while two other vampires that Andrew didn't know were latched on to her wrist. Tears started to run down the sides of Andrew's face as he watched the woman that was the mother of his child die. He vowed that he would track each and every one of them down and feast on their blood.

Andrew knew that there were at least four other vampires in the room but they appeared a vague outlines one of which was directing things from a chair over by the fireplace. He quickly realized that Tony was a feral vampire, which meant that he had to be found and put down quickly. He slowly rose and stood there for a couple minutes fighting to regain the total control he needed, to be able to find his son. He felt Amelia's arms wrap around him form the back and felt as she laid her head in between his shoulders. "Love we will find him and we will also take care of those who a responsible for this," Amelia softly promised. 

"It was Tony love he has been turned and he is feral. He was the one that raped and murdered Shannon," Andrew stated his voice choked with emotion. He was in such shock that he didn't even think that Amelia had already known because of their bond. 

Both Marsha and Gloria were surprised by Andrew announcement that the husband had been the one who raped and killed her. Marsha reached for her cellphone and quickly dialed Walter's number if Andrew was correct and Toni had been turn into a feral vampire then Walter had to be informed immediately. While she waited for an answer, she wondered who was behind this attack and if it had anything to do with the attack on those vampires in Philadelphia. She had seen the reports on the cable news channel right after it had happened. She had heard a rumor that Amsu was behind it but once all of the publicity had died down the rumor mill quickly dried up. She was surprise when Elaine answered the cell. "Elaine is Walter available?" Marsha hurriedly asked.

"He is right here but his hands are occupied so I answered the phone. What 's up?" Elaine replied humor coloring her voice.

"Are you free to talk? The information is sensitive." Marsha inquires wanting to make sure that they were in an area where the conversation couldn't be over heard.

"I am in my office. Now what is going on," Walter demanded his displeasure evident in his tone. His hands had indeed been filled with his mate's luscious ass as she set on the edge of his desk while he was feasting on her. As he waited for Marsha to explain what she wanted he started to slide his rock hard member into Elaine's white-hot sheath. Even after being mated for over a century he still wanted her as much if not more than the night he saw her standing on the balcony of the Marquise hotel in May of Eighteen ninety six. 

"Sorry but it seems we have a bigger issue than we first thought. The human male has been turned and is apparently feral," Marsha quickly explained. As she waited for a response, she heard a string of curses that would have made a sailor blush then the phone went quiet for a moment.

"How do you know he has been turned and he is feral?" Walter asked needing to know how she came by this information. He grimaced as he slid out of his mate; unfortunately, this needed his undivided attention. Elaine gave him a sympathetic smile letting him know she understood. 

"Andrew seems to have psychometry and claims he saw the attack when placed his hands on the carpet where the body was found," Marsha replied.

"Object read? Interesting. I will contact the search parties and make sure that they have this information then I will call the Ubertas Venator and get them mobilized. The last thing we need is a feral parvulus rampaging through the streets. Has anyone contacted Charles yet?" Walter asked as he was going over a mental checklist of what needed to be done. He would alert the local vampire establishments and hangouts. He was just about to call the head of the local Ubertas Venator when his phone rang.

"Hello Charles you called faster than I expected." Walter said with a touch of humor.

"Hello Walter. I know but I didn't want you to waste your time calling the Ubertas Venator. Gloria will hunt Tony down and I want to try to take him alive..." Charles started to explain.

"Why in the hell would you attempt that? You know that once a vampire has crossed over he cannot be brought back. He is just a dangerous rabid animal that needs to be put down," Walter Argued.

"I am not saying we won't put him down. I am hoping that Amelia may be able to pull some information from him that will lead us to the child." Charles finished explaining.

"I will agree as long as it doesn't endanger anyone and I also want to be kept in the loop and I mean I want updates as soon as you get them," Walter stated firmly.

"I agree to all of your terms. As far as the rogue vampire goes, I wouldn't expect you to endanger anyone life on a chance that we may get some information." Charles agreed thankful that Walter was being so reasonable.

Charles shared all of the information on the recent events starting with Amsu attempt on his daughter's life. He didn't include any assumptions as to let Walter draw his own conclusions in hopes of a fresh prospective from a neutral third party. After he had shared all of the pertinent information, Walter agreed that all of the recent attacks seemed related and promised to keep Charles updated on any new developments on his end. By the end of the call, the two of them had agreed to a tentative alliance.

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Andrew moved to the chair, placed his hand on it, and saw the blurred image of a vampire he could sense he was old and seemed almost frail until he felt how powerful the vampire's mind was. Andrew felt a sense of dread coming from this vampire and as he watched him, direct the events of that evening, Andrew felt the oppressive air in the room that emanated from this vampire. He looked to the left of this vampire and saw Amsu standing there with a large smile on his face he heard him bragging about how this would hasten the war that was needed to bring the vampire race back to its former place of glory. Andrew refocused on the other vampire whomever he was he was malevolent. Andrew tried to make out any details he could about this new vampire but he couldn't make out any fine details; it was as if he was looking at an out of focus picture when he looked at the mysterious vampire even though the rest of the images were sharp and clear. 

Andrew could sense that the mysterious vampire was almost bored; he seemed to be disinterested in the events unfolding before him even though he was the puppet master. Andrew could sense the vampire's only interest was the reward that he was promised. He suddenly had a flash of insight as to what the reward was and the bile started to rise from his stomach as his primal side came exploding forward.

Amelia was standing next to Andrew wondering what he was seeing in his images. She could feel his disgust and anger at the images he saw but she could tell he was in full control of himself. She sensed he was trying to probe deeper into what he was seeing when all of the sudden she felt his primal side come rushing forward. His eyes darkened and he almost immediately transformed into his baser self. She quickly wrapped her arms around him and tried to push into his mind sending calming images to him however this time she was meeting a wall of resistance. The good thing was that she still had enough sway of him for the moment to keep him rooted where he was even though she could sense he wanted to run or possible outrun something. His thoughts were all over the place and for the first time since his change, she could sense gut wrenching fear from him. 

Marsha was briefing Gloria on her conversation she had just had with Walter when they both felt Andrew baser side explode forward. Gloria grabbed Marsha and moved her outside of the house. "Amelia is going to need to get his undivided attention in order to try to talk him down." Gloria explained as she wondered what set Andrew off he had been showing excellent control even with the added stress of the murder of his ex-wife and the kidnapping of his son. She could only assume that he had seen something in his visions that had caused his loss of control and she prayed that it was not the death of his son.

Andrew struggled to maintain control as he felt Amelia's arms wrap around him. He could feel her attempt at calming him but even with her support he was losing control he desperately wanted to get his hands on the vampire he saw setting there Andrew wasn't sure how he knew his intentions but he did the bastard was going to take his son and make him his. He could see the perverted ideas he had in store for his son and he wouldn't allow it. The only thing that kept him from completely crossing over was that somewhere in the back of his mind he knew he had to remain calm in order to be able to track his son. That thought added to the combination of Amelia scent and the constant wave of her calming reassurance that they would find his son before it was too late gave Andrew the strength to bring his baser side back under control for now. As he calmed he picked upon final image it was the front of the hotel he staying at when this attack had happened. 

While Amelia was holding on to her mate trying to calm him she started to pick up some very disturbing images from Andrew's mind at first she thought he was seeing what had happened to his child but after a few minutes she realized this was what one of the vampires was planning to do to his son. She knew she had to keep control of herself in spite of these sickening images or Andrew would lose what little control he had at the moment. 

Andrew took about fifteen minutes to finally recompose himself afterward he explain what he had saw in his visions to the rest of the group. Gloria called Charles while Marsha contacted Walter and the both of them relayed the information to their respective leaders. Walter promised to contact all of the local vampire establishments and coven leaders to alert them to be on the lookout for the vampire that Andrew had described. Charles started calling the other enforcer hoping to get a lead on the identification of the new vampire. 

After Andrew finished telling the others what he had learned he started to wonder how he had done never before had he been able to pick up intentions and thoughts it was always like watching a movie he could only hear what was being said. He realized whomever this new vampire was he was trying to bait him into a confrontation. Andrew relished the idea of getting his hands on this bastard. He would take great pleasure in ripping him into small pieces as he feasted on his blood. 

As Andrew moved around the room he suddenly got this over whelming feeling of anger and something else he couldn't quite identify he hadn't realized he had placed his hand on the door back of sofa. Andrew could only pick up a partial image of what was going on and it didn't make a lot of sense. He could hear Amsu angrily stating he was betrayed by someone and that he would find a replacement. He heard Amsu promise that the replacement would be there by the end of the week then he turned to someone else and ordered that he find the bitch that had betrayed him and bring her head to him or it would be the person who he was speaking to head. 

Andrew shared the images he had garnered with Amelia and his suspicions that the unknown vampire was trying to bait him into a confrontation. Amelia wasn't sure that it would be a good idea for just the two of them to confront him on their own. She could sense that he was old almost as old as Amsu and the two of them had yet to master their abilities. Andrew had trouble with controlling his pyro abilities. He could use them at will but the results varied; sometimes they would do exactly what he wanted and other times the fire would quickly get out of hand. The last time they had worked on his control he was just supposed to light a candle with them he would up igniting every burnable object in a spectacular fashion. Hell he even managed to cause the fire resistant wallboard to spontaneously combust. Thankfully, the fire suppression system kicked in and doused the flames before there was too much damage after that fiasco Charles thought it would be pertinent to forgo farther training until they could find a safer location. He had advised Andrew to use that ability only in extreme emergencies. 




Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 09



Gloria thought it would be best if they all went back to the hotel and freshened up before planning their next move. On the way back to the hotel Amelia quickly sketched the image of the hotel she had seen in Andrew's mind hoping that she could get it close enough. One of her favorite ways to cope with the stress of the job when she was alive was to sketch and paint landscapes. Once she was finished, she showed the sketch to Andrew who suggested a couple changes. After she finished them Amelia, showed Gloria and Marsha the sketch and Marsha recognized the image as the front of the Hotel Del Grande.

Marsha contacted Walter she knew that he was friends with the manager and head concierge at the hotel and could most likely find out who they were dealing with and if he was still there without alerting the mysterious vampire if he was still there. Gloria told the driver to head towards Del Grande hoping they could capture the mysterious vampire. The driver told her they about ninety minutes away. 

Little over an hour later Marsha received a call from Walter telling her that the vampire travels under the alias Carlos Arturo it was believed that his real name is Taharqa he was turned in eight-ninety BC. He is wanted in Europe by lead enforcer and three possibly four different covens. He seems to have a thing for young males especially those under the protection of powerful vampires. His last known location was in Crete where he kidnapped the youngest son of the leader of largest coven in Chania. Nikos remains were found in Paris two weeks later. He was just eighteen years old. Rumors say that Taharqa has the ability to control people like puppets even vampires that had gone feral. Taharqa is known to have several large estates that he will flee to when things get too hot since he is under the protection of Rodrigues and the members of the Rios Cartel. He also told her that it was believed that he was holed up in his suite, and that he had three visitors one of them matched the description of Amsu. 

They had been decided after much debate that Andrew and Amelia would make contact with the manager while Gloria and Marsha would watch the main entrance while Richard would watch the entrance to the parking garage. Once Andrew and Amelia were done with the manager Gloria and Marsha would join them on the floor to act as back up incase Amelia and Andrew had trouble-subduing Taharqa. The reason that the two of them were chosen to make entry was because of their ability to mask that they were vampires from other vampires. 

Frank Arondale the hotel manager meant Andrew and Amelia in the lobby telling them that Mr. Arturo was in the penthouse suite and as far as he knew, he was alone in the room right now. The manager handed them the passkey and pleaded with them to try to be subtle as possible. The last thing that He needed was for the two of them to cause a major incident in his hotel. 

Andrew and Amelia took the elevator up to the penthouse level. The two of them carefully shielded themselves against detection wanting surprise on their side. Once they arrived on the floor, they went to the entrance of the penthouse trying to make sure he was alone. As soon as Amelia got close to the door, she was able to sense overwhelming fear coming from what she was sure was a young human and by the scent, it was a male. 

Immediately Andrew had an image of Jake being at the mercy of that vampire he had seen in his visions. Before Amelia could stop him, his feral side came forward and he burst through the door causing it to shatter into a million pieces. He quickly zeroed in on his target the vampire was in the process of raping the young male as he drained him of blood. Andrew hit the older vampire before he could even react driving him from the lad and into the wall as he ripped into his left side. The older vampire hadn't sensed Andrew's approach so he was caught off guard and put on the defensive.

He tried to take control of Andrew's but found it shielded he could also feel that someone else was trying to take control of his mind and he noted that Amelia was gaining the upper hand in the battle. Normally he would be able to shield his mind against her attacks but Andrew's physical attacks were taking too much of his focus and energy. Amelia's constant mental attacks were preventing him from taking control of Andrew's mind. He had already sensed that he wouldn't be able to take control of Amelia's mind without his full concentration he realized that she was just too powerful even though she was so young. Taharqa had already received several painful and deep wounds thankfully none of them were life threating he had managed to block all of the attacks that could of lead to fatal wounds. He now realized he had become over dependent on his mental abilities. It had been centuries since he had to participate in a physical altercation. 

Taharqa was starting to lose his temper it seemed that he couldn't even get a decent hit in on Andrew. He couldn't believe how fast Andrew it was almost as if he was reading his mind the way he was anticipating his moves. Andrew struck again; this time he used his lengthen fingernails to rip deeply into Taharqa chest muscle. Taharqa howled in pain as he launched another flurry of blows directed at Andrew with the same result as most of his other attacks just about every one of his blows missed and the few that hit him were ineffectual at best.

Taharqa decided to change tactics if he couldn't best Andrew by a straight forward attack maybe he could use his mate against him all he had to do was get his hands on her and place her between him and Andrew then he could use her to control him. He waited until after Andrew next attack then he feigned like he was going to charge Andrew and quickly reversed direction towards Amelia. Amelia saw him coming towards her and waited until he was just about to her. She all of a sudden dropped below his grasps and as he passed over her, she stood up using her shoulder to redirect his momentum. Taharqa crashed through the ceiling tile and crashing painfully into the bottom of the concrete floor above him. His head was spinning as he fell to the floor like a sack of potatoes. As Taharqa rose, Andrew tackled him driving his nails into the left side of Taharqa chest piecing his lung. 

Taharqa manage to rake his nails down the side of Andrew's face. He quickly started to slash Andrew's stomach but Andrew used his speed to move out of his range before he could damage him too badly. The two vampires circled each other trying to find an opening. Andrew feigned to the left to draw Taharqa attack and once he took the bait Andrew quickly moved to the right and drove his fingernails into Taharqa back severing the spinal cord just below the shoulders causing him to lose control of his legs. The sudden intense pain caused Taharqa to lower his mental shield and gave Amelia her chance to take control of Taharqa's mind forcing him to surrender.

Andrew quickly went to check on the boy and saw that he had already bled out. Upon looking at his identification it turned out, he was twenty-three years old and just looked young for his age. Andrew covered the man up knowing that he was in the process of being turned now. Marsha and a very pissed off Gloria came bursting through the doorway. "That was goddam foolish thing to do he could of killed you both," Gloria reprimanded angrily. 

"We don't need a second mother hen I thought that was Susan's job," Andrew responded with a chuckle. He didn't see what all of the fuss was about they had handled Taharqa without too much trouble.

"Andrew one of these days the two of you are going to get yourselves in over your head you need to slow down and wait for back up. Susan and Charles will kill me if I let anything happen to the two of you." Gloria argued.

I wasn't about to stand around and wait for the two of you when that could have been Jake in there with him. The only reason he gave me any trouble was that we wanted him alive if I could have killed him he would have never even had a chance to defend himself," Andrew angrily retorted.

" I would suggest we decide what to do about the young man that is on the bed he is in the process of being turned and will need a mentor once he wakes up." Amelia said trying to defuse the argument before it went on to much farther.

"It would be simpler to prevent him from turning," Marsha said drawing a long bladed knife.

Andrew stepped between her and the unconscious's Young man. His stance showed that if Marsha wanted to get to the young man she would have to go through him. Amelia quietly stepped to Andrew's side showing her support of Andrew. "There is no way we will allow you to kill him," Andrew stated in a commanding tone.

Marsha sheathed her blade then slowly raised her hands in capitulation." Ok I will make arraignments to have him looked after." Marsha quickly said. 

Marsha quickly dialed Walter's number and while she waited for him to answer she surveyed the damage to the room it wasn't as bad as she thought it would have been a few broken chairs two holes in the wall and one in the ceiling. "Walter we need a team here we have captured Taharqa but he had started the process to turn a young man and Andrew is insistent that we provide for him." Marsha quickly explained. She listened to Walter's reply before continuing, "Yes there is some minor damage to the room but Amelia and Andrew did manage to capture him alive."

While Marsha was working out the details with Walter Andrew had Amelia give him a set of the handcuffs that were designed to be used on vampires and cuffed Taharqa he then blindfolded and gagged him to prevent him from using his powers. Amelia started searching the room looking for anything that may give them a clue as to where they had taken Andrew's son. Amelia found a bunch of papers written in a language she didn't know it sort of looked like ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics but she wasn't sure. She found Taharqa's laptop but the computer was password protected and she would time to probe Taharqa's mind in order to get the password if she could even get a pass his defenses again. Amelia knew it was Andrew's attack had caused him to lower his mental defenses and she was sure it wouldn't be as easy a second time to slip into his mind. 

Twenty minutes later Walter's security team arrived and took custody of Taharqa. They had guaranteed that Andrew and Amelia would be able to interrogate him once they had him in a secured location. Just as they were about to lead him form the room when all hell broke loose 

"Look out," Amelia screamed as she tackled Andrew whom was directly behind Taharqa. The window exploded then Taharqa head vaporized leaving behind a fine spray of blood mixed with brain matter all over the wall that had been in front of him. Everyone dove for cover and those that were armed pulled their weapons. 

Andrew quickly checked Amelia and found her unharmed. He then crawled over to the window and peeked out looking trying to figure out where the shot had come from. He spotted two likely locations; one was a parking garage but quickly discounted it because of the angle it would have been an extremely hard shot to make. The other was a roof of building over three hundred meters away. 

Amelia had got an image of the sniper taking the shot only a brief couple of seconds before the window had exploded. She quickly realized that Andrew was in the line of fire and all of her thoughts were on saving him. Amelia was never able to reliable control this ability. She never knew how much of a warning it would give her if it gave her any at all.

The security team quickly packed up everything and with the help of Andrew, Amelia and Gloria managed to get everything into vans including the bodies before the police had arrived. Unfortunately there was no way they could clean up the crime scene which left the human authorities with a mystery to solve it was obvious that someone had been murdered in the room but the body had disappeared. The head of security had summoned the police after he found the room covered in blood. He had been called by the people staying in the adjacent room and called the front desk complaining about a possible fight in the room next to hers. She claimed hearing an argument and then to sound of glass breaking. He stated that it had taken him no more than five minutes to get to the room and upon finding, the condition it was in he did a cursory check to see if anyone needed assistance then secured the room until the police arrived. 

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Andrew and Amelia went to investigate the top of the building to see if his hunch was right about where the sniper had been located. He was going to go alone but Amelia wouldn't hear of it but he had managed to convince Gloria the fewer the better. Much to his displeasure the shooter had been professional enough to police up their brass in fact the only visible sign of him being there was two marks from the bipod of the rifle. Andrew placed his hand on the spot that the shooter had laid and he saw a vague image of the woman lying under a dark colored cover. He watched the woman take the shot but unfortunately, he never saw her face. He saw that she was about five foot six and was well proportioned with light brown hair. He was sure from her tan complexion she either spent a lot of time in the sun or used tanning facilities regularly. Andrew was just about to remove his hand when one final flash of insight hit him he also was her target. Andrew stood and offered his hand to Amelia. The two of them casually walked towards the door making sure to stay invisible. As they reached the door, four officers exited on to the roof with their weapons at the ready. They were almost positive that the shooter was long gone but better safe than sorry. Amelia and Andrew quickly went through the door before it closed after the last officer cleared the way. The two of them quickly exited the building and headed towards the car where Gloria awaited them. Andrew knew it would be hours before the police would finish clearing the scene and he felt bad he couldn't tell them they were wasting their time. Once they were in the car and on their way Andrew relayed what he had found out leaving out the part about him being a target.

"Andrew what are you holding back and don't you dare lie to me! I can sense that you are hiding something from me," Amelia demanded.

"Hun it is nothing important..." He started to try to lie.

"Don't you fucking hun me when you are lying. Now tell me what the fuck you are hiding or I will probe your mind and find out myself! Last fucking chance," Amelia Angrily threatened.

"Amelia it is just that I was also her target we both know that Amsu wants us dead. So nothing like I said nothing important. Don't you ever threaten to probe my mind again," Andrew retorted his anger starting to show.

"Andrew that is not nothing, that bitch had you in her sights and if it wasn't for Amelia's abilities you could have died." Gloria softly chastised.

"Andrew you ever try to lie to me again and I will kick your ass. I am your mate and if anything happened to you it would destroy me.' Amelia softly whispered. The hurt and anger that he had caused her was clearly visible.

"I am sorry love. You are right I should have never tried to hide that from you by lying. I promise I will never lie to you again." Andrew softly promised as he drew her into a tight hug.

The rest of the ride to the hotel was quiet. Walter had reserved them the penthouse at his hotel. The room had already been converted into a command center of a sort. He had two computers in the room with all of the information they had already. There were two phones their one with a direct line to Charles and the other with a direct line to him. There were a couple of pegboards; one had a map with all of Amsu known properties marked on it. Every one of the properties had around the clock surveillance. The other board had the location of two possible rogue vampire attacks. The first one was less than a mile from Shannon's home it had happened about eighteen hours ago. The second one was in the skid row part of town and had happened less than three hours ago. 

"Gloria how should we go about trying to track Tony?" Andrew asked. He knew that Gloria had more experience in tracking rogue/feral vampires and her experience would prove invaluable to them now. He knew that if it wasn't already too late to save his son it soon would be. 

"Andrew, I would suggest we try to confirm that the last attack was done by a rogue vampire and if it was, we start there as long as the hunting is good I don't imagine he will move on too quickly. I suspect they forced him to go feral by not feeding him so he is little more than a predatory animal and the only reason he showed any restraint at the house was because he was being controlled by Taharqa." Gloria explained.

"Is there any chance of bringing him back?" Amelia asked.

Gloria and Marsha both shook their heads. "Unfortunately once he went feral there is little we can do except put him out of his misery. Charles is hoping that we can capture him alive and use Amelia's abilities to get a lead on Jake," Gloria sadly replied. 

Andrew had everyone gather around the map somehow he had been selected to be the leader. He stared at the map of the city for a few minutes. He brought forth his baser side to help him to understand how his quarry would think. He quickly realized that Tony would seek out an area that would provide him shelter close to easily accessible prey and gave him a good vantage point with several avenues of escape. That is what he would do if it were him. He looked over the map and quickly realized that the area of the last attack was not an idea area and he was sure that if Tony had carried out the attack he quickly moved on. He started to question Marsha about different areas of the city so he could try to narrow their search to two or three areas. 

Amelia picked up on his line of thinking from their bound and started using the internet to get a look at the areas. After about two hours, they finally had three areas that were very promising and out of the three, the dock area was the most promising it had several abandoned buildings and a large homeless population in the area. 

Gloria, Marsha, Amelia, and Andrew were just about to head out to begin their search when Marsha's cellphone rang seeing it was Walter's office number she quickly answered it. 

"Marsha we just received a report of a possible rogue vampire attack in Tijuana. We may have gotten lucky a young vampire that witnessed the attack and from her description, it sounds like it may be Tony. Walter is trying to secure permission for you all to investigate the incident," Elaine quickly explained.

"What does Walter want us to do?" Marsha asked. She knew if they entered Mexico without permission, it could start a war. 

"He said for you all to head that way but call before you cross the border both him and Charles are working on securing permission for you to enter. I am sending the information to your email now. Please share it with the others." Elaine said before hanging up.

"Lester get on the eight o' five heading south." Marsha said as she hung up the phone. After she made sure that Lester did as she requested she continued with her explanation, " There was a rogue attack in the Tijuana and the description form a young vampire that witnessed the attack it sounds like the rogue was Tony." 

"Do we have permission to enter from Rodrigues?" Gloria asked.

"Walter and Charles are working on obtaining permission as we speak. I am to call them before we cross the border." Marsha explained. Marsha phone chimed letting her know she had an email. "This is most interesting," She exclaimed almost under her breath. Marsha looked up to see everyone staring at her.




Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 09



"The victim of the attack last night was Lucia Martinez." Marsha quickly explained to answer their questioning looks. She then forwarded the email to the others so they could read all of the information.

After reading, the information Amelia used on of her pilfered FBI credentials to log into the DOJ database and see what she could find out about Lucia Martinez. It turned out she was well known to the DEA. Ms. Martinez was in charge of all of the cartel's businesses in Tijuana. The file had stated that she was believed to have carried out over twenty murders personally and ordered at least sixty more. 

The file that Walter had sent them showed she was human but was known to have a vampire as body guard it wasn't sure if she was aware of his true nature or not. She also had three other guards that accompanied her everywhere which begged to ask what happened to the bodyguards. The file on the bodyguard that was a vampire showed he was an experienced and should have been more than a match for a single rogue parvulus.

About ten minutes before they arrived at the border Walter called Marsha and gave them the bad news, Rodrigues wouldn't grant permission for them to enter his territory. He claimed he would be glad to share any information that he attained about Jake. Marsha told the driver to turn around and head back to the hotel.

"You can let us out here." Andrew said catching Marsha and Gloria by surprise.

"What do you mean let you out here?" Marsha asked with a sinking feeling this was going to turn ugly. 

"No, he said us my dear do you think we are going to lose our best chance of finding Andrew's son because of politics?" Amelia retorted harshly.

"Amelia, Andrew; what are you going to do?" Gloria asked hoping to find a way to reason with them.

"What do you think we are going to do? We are going to go find Tony and find out where Jake is and no one or nothing is going to stop us," Andrew replied his eyes starting to darken.

"Andrew while I sympathize with you if you cross the border you could very well start a war. That I cannot allow you to do, it is too dangerous for us all." Marsha said firmly. 

"How are you planning on stopping us?" Amelia asked her eyes locked with Marsha's eyes. Amelia quickly and forcefully pushed into Marsha mind taking control. She ordered, "Tell the driver to pull over and let us out."

Marsha immediately complied but the driver refused to pull over. He kept driving and started to call Walter when Amelia took control of his mind and ordered him to pull over which he immediately did. 

"What the hell do you two think you are doing?" Gloria demanded.

"What we have to do Gloria please don't make us fight you also," Andrew replied hoping not to have to fight her. He would do it and try not to hurt her but he had to get to Jake. 

"Andrew trust Charles and Susan. They will find a way for you to save him without causing a war." Gloria pleaded.

"I am sorry but I can't wait for political bullshit. If Jake hasn't been turned or killed he soon will be. Tell Charles we are sorry but we have to do this." Andrew explained.

Gloria lowered her head she knew that the only way she would stop them was to incapacitate or kill them and she couldn't fight them "Please be careful. I will do what I can to help you but most likely it will be just the two of you from here on out. As soon as you can get to an ATM and draw out as much cash as you can. Here are a few numbers and addresses of places where you can obtain blood from while you are south of the border." Gloria said hoping they would be ok. She wondered how bad the fall out would be and momentarily thought about trying to stop them but she just couldn't bring herself to do it.

Both Andrew and Amelia gave her a quick hug and thanked her for all of her help. They promised to keep in touch with her and update her as often as possible. Amelia then ordered Marsha and the driver to sleep for thirty minutes and to forget that Gloria had helped them. Gloria waited until the two of them had about a ten minutes head start then called Charles. Once he answered, she quickly gave him a run down on what had happened. She finished her explanation with, "I am sorry but I couldn't stop them." 

"They are away, good; please tell me they didn't hurt Walter's people?" Charles asked as if he was expecting them to do this very thing.

"They are both unharmed sleeping for the moment. Charles you are talking as if you wanted them to do this." Gloria asked suspiciously.

"Of course I knew they would do something like this I even warned Walter to expect it and we both agreed it would be best to let them do it. This way there can be no war and Andrew will still be able to do what is needed. I have already alerted our people in Mexico to keep an eye on them and assist if necessary but do not interfere." Charles finished his explanation with a small chuckle.

"Charles they think they're on their own and will take steps to make sure they can't be found." Gloria replied

" Good I am expecting them to do as much however I am sure that they will at least keep one of the cell phones and will check phone messages if they won't answer them if for no other reason than Catherine is due very soon. I will contact them soon and let them know that we are still supporting them," Charles said.

The first thing Amelia and Andrew did after they left the van was to find an ATM machine and get as much cash as they could. Next, they went and brought vehicle. They settled on an older GMC Jimmy it looked a little worn but it ran great. The owner of the lot was surprised when the two of them said they would pay cash for it.

The two of them were surprised that Charles, Susan or Walter had not tried to call them. They had already agreed to talk to Charles or Susan because they were valued friends. They both hoped that their friendship wouldn't end because of this but if that were the price, they would have to pay it. As they headed towards the border, the two of them knew that they were on their own for here on out.



Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 10



A/N: here is the next chapter of Amelia and Andrew I hope you all enjoy it. I apologize for any mistakes rather they are spelling or grammatical. I do try to eliminate as many as I can but it isn't easy to self-edit. 

This will be my last post for the year so I would like to wish you and yours a very merry Christmas, a happy Hanukkah or at the least, a happy holidays if you prefer. Lastly, I hope that you have a prosperous New Year.

Please enjoy the story and if you have a moment vote and leave me a comment. OK enough me rambling on (lol) here is the story 

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Andrew and Amelia had little trouble getting through customs. They had claimed that they were going site seeing for a few days and thanks to a little push from Amelia the guard wouldn't recall even meeting them. Andrew pulled into the first gas station they came to. While he was filling the truck up Amelia went into the small store and got them a map and a newspaper. The murder of Lucia Martinez was still in the headlines as was two other attacks. Amelia wondered if Charles knew of these other attacks yet. She also grabbed a couple bottles of water and a large bag of chips. She then paid for her stuff and headed back across the lot. She knew that she was being watched and casually glanced around to see if she could spot from where when Andrew voice came into her mind, "Yes love we are being followed. It's the two vampires in that dark blue Fusion about forty meters to your right. They have been with us since we left the border."

"Do you think they work for Rodrigues or are they police?" Amelia asked mentally 

"That is a good question. I am planning on leading them to a secluded area and finding out; are you game?" Andrew replied the same way.

Amelia smiled and gave him a subtle nod as she got into the Jimmy. Andrew quickly joined her and the two of them headed towards the area where Lucia Martinez was murdered. Andrew was hoping that he could get some kind of a lead to where Tony was by using his ability to read objects. He knew that would have to lose their tail before he could make the attempt. Andrew started to meander around the streets as if he was not sure where he was going in an attempt to find a location to confront their pursuers. Andrew noticed an alleyway that didn't have anybody in it when an idea hit him and he decided to go with it. Andrew quickly turned into it he accelerated to get ahead of the car that was following him and at the end of the alley hung a quick right. He heard the wheels squeal as the truck protested the change in direction. Andrew quickly accelerated using every bit of horsepower the eight cylinders could produce as he weaved through the traffic at the next corner he made a left turn cutting across three lanes of traffic the ass end of the truck violently fishtailed  as Andrew fought for control. Once the truck had settled down and quickly accelerated trying to put as much distance between them and their tail. Andrew made a few two more quick turns; after he checked and saw that he had indeed lost the tail he resumed a more sedate driving style. 

"Would you please warn me the next time you are going to pull a stunt like that? I thought we were going to question them." Amelia ground out as she pointed to the wet spot spreading across the front of her shirt.

"Sorry it was a split second decision. After thinking about it I decided it might be better to lose them instead of confronting them." Andrew replied as he shrugged his shoulders and laughed while he watched her wipe the excess water off of her shirt. He could clearly see her braless breast through the wet material. "I don't think I will warn you however, I like the results." Andrew teased as he pointed to her easily seen breast.



Amelia just rolled her eyes at him but couldn't help but chuckle. She carefully shielded her mind so he wouldn't pick up on what she was about to do. She turned herself invisible to everyone but Andrew and quickly removed her shirt. "I guess I will have to let this dry before I put it back on." She purred seductively as she started massaging her breast while pinching her nipples. 

Andrew had turned his attention back to the road because traffic had picked up a little bit and glanced over to see what she was talking about. He was so surprised to see Amelia teasing her glorious breast that he almost rear-ended another car when traffic stopped short. Amelia couldn't help but Chuckle at his reaction then she slowly unbuttoned and lowered her jeans giving him an eyeful of her charms. She sensually rubbed her hand over her own mounds as she did she dipped her finger into her hot pussy then slowly brought her finger to her mouth and started to swirl her tongue around it licking her nectar off of it. She finished the licking of her finger by sticking the finger in her mouth and sucking off any remaining juices. She repeated the process several each time she gave a loud slow moan. 

"Andrew darling can you think of something else I could use my hot mouth and tongue on." Amelia softly teased.

Andrew almost blew his load while just watching her and now her teasing him directly was almost more than he could stand. He quickly closed his eyes for a moment to get himself back under control. As he opened his eyes, he felt Amelia unzipped his pants and pulled his rock hard cock out. Before he could stop her, not that he was going to, she had taken his full length into her mouth and was massaging him with her throat muscles. She would intermittently raise her head until only the tip of his dick was in her mouth then she would swirl her tongue around the head of his cock before going back down until her nose was buried into his pubic hair. She took great pleasure in torturing him in this manner for a while. She then started to bob her head up and down while varying her suction and speed. She had one hand playing with her clit and used her other hand to start massaging  his balls. Andrew tried to hold out against the sensations and the vision of her not only sucking his cock but also playing with herself proved too much and he roared as his balls tightened and he fired rope after rope of hot cum down his mate's throat, which Amelia greedily swallowed. She kept going until his cock softened. She then put his soft well-used member away and smiled at him. "I figured you needed that so you could relax a little." Amelia softly said with a smile. She quickly redressed after cleaning herself up.

Andrew came back to his senses and wondered how he managed to drive without wrecking. He quickly looked around to get his bearing and realized that he had passed his destination several miles back. He shook his head amused at his mates antics but she was right he felt a lot calmer now. "Thank you, you were right I do feel a lot better." He said with a smile. He wrapped his arm around her and gave her a quick kiss, "I will repay you one hundred fold when we get to the hotel." Andrew promised with a wicked smile.

"Hun we are going to need to hit a store you do realize the only clothes we have are on our backs and we have none of our toiletries." Amelia reminded him.

"Not to mention we are going to need blood the day after tomorrow the latest." Andrew added as he made a U- turn and headed back towards their original destination.

While Andrew was driving, she quickly called the first number on the list Gloria had given her and was surprised to find out this place wasn't one of Susan's subsidiaries. The vampire that had answered the call wanted to know if they wanted a live donor or bagged blood. He stated that he would deliver the product anywhere within Mexico within eight hours the price was forty-five thousand Pecos or thirty-five hundred American dollars for bagged blood guarantied fresh from live donors. If they wanted a live donor, it would be three point two million Pecos or a quarter of a million dollars American that included disposal of the body once they were done. Amelia told him she would call back once they had gotten a hotel room. 

They were a couple of blocks from where Lucia Martinez had been murdered when Andrew sensed the vampires that had been tailing them. He pulled over far enough back so that the other vampires wouldn't sense them. Amelia glanced over at Andrew curious why he had pulled over all suddenly. "Our friends from earlier are down the street. I want to watch them for a while and if they leave we will follow them." Andrew explained.

"Ok that makes sense but what if they are waiting for us?" Amelia asked as she shielded herself so the other vampires couldn't detect her. Both Andrew and she were surprised when Gloria mentioned that they had the ability to hide the fact that are vampires from other of their species. Normally a vampire can detect another of its kind just from being in the same area as another vampire. Gloria had discovered this about them when they had captured Uwais.

Amelia and Andrew set there for several hours watching the vampires in the other vehicle and realized that the other vampires intended to stay until they spotted the two of them. Both Andrew and Amelia suggested at the same time that it was time to approach the other vampires to find out whom they were working for, and what were their intentions were. After a small laugh, they both talked over several plans before deciding that Amelia would approach the car driving the truck, which she would use to block the driver's side doors. She would then try to take control of the driver while Andrew would shield himself from detection, approach the passenger side, and subdue the other vampire. They would attempt to take both of them alive so they could have a pleasant little chat with them. 

Andrew stepped out of the vehicle and turned invisible to everyone except Amelia. He also made sure that they wouldn't be able to sense him and cautiously moved towards the car. Once he got in position, he mentally told Amelia he was ready. She drove the truck down the street slowly as if looking for an address not wanting to alert the vampires in the Fusion as she pulled alongside she quickly turned the wheel of the truck and used the front bumper to block the driver doors effectively trapping the driver in the car. Amelia quickly exited the Jimmy and moved to where she could see the drivers eyes and after a brief mental struggle; she easily took control of his mind and ordered him not to move.

The other vampire seeing his partner in trouble quickly exited the fusion and was immediately grabbed by the throat and slammed against the side of the car as Andrew came visible. Moving at inhuman speed he quickly disarmed the vampire and placed the vampires own gun under his chin. "Give me one good reason why I Shouldn't kill you right now?" Andrew demanded as he pressed the barrel a little harder into the vampires throat.

Armin eyes went wide in shock when he felt himself being snatched by the throat and slammed against the car he had just exited. He couldn't figure out how he had missed the parvulus. He hadn't sensed another vampire around him. "Andrew, we work for Charles Black and have a message for you." The vampire quickly replied after getting over his initial shock. 

Andrew glanced over at Amelia and she nodded slightly indicating that the vampire was telling the truth she had managed to confirm the information from Edward the vampire she had under her control. Andrew lowered the gun from under Armin's chin much to Armin's relief. "Dam Charles said you two were some of the best he had seen but I thought he was exaggerating. I am Armin Santiago at your service. Edward Gerardo the vampire that is under your lovely mates control is my partner.  

Charles asked us to make contact with you. Here is a list of safe houses where you can go if you get into trouble they will provide you with shelter and aid. We also have a cooler with a few days' supply of blood and twenty units of plasma. I also have a laptop and a secure cell phone  for you. The phone is programed with numbers of contacts that may be able to help you. Eddy has a letter from Charles that will explain everything but we really need to go someplace more private to discuss these matters." Armin explained in a low tone.

Amelia backed the truck away from the door of the Fusion and parked it. She looked to make sure she hadn't caused any damage to the car which had not she then released Edward from her control after she told him to remain where he was and not to move until she said to. After hearing Armin explanation  she asked, "Edward may I have the letter for Andrew and I?"

Edward slowly reached into his jacket pocket and handed the envelope containing the papers that Charles had faxed to them to give to Amelia or Andrew. Amelia quickly read the letter from Charles. "Love The letter is form Charles and he asked us to trust him. They are here to assist us. "Amelia said using telepathy. 

Andrew released Armin and handed him back his weapon. "Sorry about the mistake but we can't be too careful. I hope you understand."

"No harm done I would have done the same thing if I were in your shoes. Will you please follow me to a place where we can talk?" Armin asked as he holstered his gun.

"We will follow you or we can meet you if you think it would be better." Andrew offered in response.

 Armin gave Andrew the address of the warehouse they were going to incase the two vehicles got separated. Andrew had no trouble following the other car and within twenty minutes, they had arrived at their destination. Both Andrew and Amelia were impressed with the operation here inside of the warehouse were four large tractor and trailers  and about a half of dozen tables covered in maps each of the trailers was loaded with sophisticated  equipment to monitor all forms of communication. They also had racks of television screens each one tuned to a different local channel located somewhere in Mexico or Central America. As Amelia scanned the information on some of the small monitors, she quickly realized that if the US government ever got a hold of the information here they would be able to wipe out the drug trade in a few days.  

Armin gave them a quick tour of the operation explaining it was one of four, which Charles had scattered around Mexico. He brought them up to date on the current situation between Charles and Rodrigues. He warned them that once Rodrigues found out that the two of them were in his territory he would have them hunted down as rogues. He then offered to drive them back to the place where the other two of Martinez's people had been killed. Armin and Edward both warned them to stay away from the area that Lucia Martinez had been killed.

Armin took Amelia and Andrew to the locations that the other murders unfortunately the area had had too many others for Andrew psychometry to work. After they visited both of the locations, Armin took them to a nice little diner for an early breakfast. He gave them information on the local culture and going one. He also more importantly suggested areas they should try to avoid. Armin also told them that he would monitor the local police bands and let the two of them know if there was any suspicious murder that way hopefully the two of them could get to the scene while it was still fresh. After they had returned to the warehouse, Edward showed them an area where they could rest for a few hours.

While Armin and Edward tended to Andrew and Amelia, a group of vampires was reading their Jimmy they added a large cooler with twenty units of blood that could be plugged into a cigarette lighter. They also added additional power outlets and a power converter that way they could use the truck to charge the laptop or their cell phone. The inverter that was installed actually had enough power to run a small appliance. They also installed a navigation system and went over the truck to make sure it was mechanically sound. They added a couple suitcases of clothes in Amelia and Andrew sizes. Hidden in the bottom of each suitcase were a Glock twenty-one with a couple clips and a Kukri.

Armin woke Amelia and Andrew at a little after ten Am and said that they had a phone call from Charles. The two of them quickly rose from the cots they were sleeping on and as they followed Armin to where the phone was a young vampire named Leticia handed them each a cup of very strong coffee. It turned out that Leticia was Edwards mate and as they found out few hours later one hell of a cook. Armin led them to one of the trailers and handed Andrew the phone.

"Good morning Charles," Andrew said as he waited to hear the lecture he was expecting. 

"Good morning Andrew I hope you and Amelia had a good rest," Charles replied. After Andrew confirmed they had; he continued, "Andrew I hope that you understand I cannot help you openly without starting a war. Please be on your guard at all times and don't trust anyone except for Armin, Edward and Edwards mate Leticia. In the computer, that they have for you is everything that both Walter's and my organizations know about Rodrigues and his organization. Before you leave the warehouse Armin will make sure, you have a list of safe houses for you to go to if necessary. Gloria will continue with the investigation in California. Andrew if Rodrigues captures you he won't hesitate to kill both you and Amelia so please be extra careful. Susan will make my life a living hell if anything happens to either of you."

The two of them talked for a bit more before hanging up .Charles said to tell Amelia that Catherine was doing good and he would contact them as soon she had the baby. Just before he hung up, he told Andrew to have Edward give you a satellite phone there are a lot of areas where a regular phone won't get reception. Charles had Edward give him a beeper and made sure he got the number. He stated half-jokingly that they would work in areas that even a sat-phone won't.

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Gloria and Richard were asked to locate Harry he hadn't been seen since the night that Shannon had been murdered. Walter had tried to reach him by phone but his cell had to be turned off since it went straight to voicemail. Richard was driving the two of them to Harry's home; it seemed to most logical place to start their search for him. The house was located in an upper middle class suburban area just outside of the city. It was a four-bedroom rancher with the proverbial white picket fence around it. They both noticed that Harry's fifty-eight T-Bird was in the driveway. The two of them knocked on the door a few times with no answer then Gloria looked around to make sure that no one was watching the two of them then she quickly picked the lock on the front door. Cautiously she opened the door and stepped in going to the right while Richard went to the left. Gloria found the reason why no one had heard from Harry and his mate they were both on the bed while their heads were on their respective nightstands. Richard quickly called Walter had had a cleanup team dispatched. While they waited for the team, the two of them started to go through the house looking for clues as to who had done this.

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Amelia and Andrew left the warehouse and headed towards Martinez's territory hoping to pick up Tony's trail. They found a small hotel near the center of their area and checked in, they knew they were taking a chance attracting attention of the local cartel but decided the risk was worth it. Andrew was taking a shower while Amelia was going over what information they had on the suspected rogue attacks and she was beginning to suspect that they weren't as random as they seemed to be. It looked as if someone was using rogues to cover up planned attacks that were designed to weaken the Martinez cartel and it had been going on for almost a year. If Amelia was correct, no fewer than eight key members had been eliminated by being attacked by rogue vampires in the last four months. The deaths were covered up allegedly to hide the existence of vampires. 




Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 10



Amelia broadened the search to the Perez cartel it was the first cartel that the Rios cartel had taken over after Rodrigues had assumed control. The results from the local news reports were enlightening; Several of Perez's top lieutenants were killed under mysterious circumstances, four of them the original cause of death was unexplained exsanguination. According to the one article, Carlos Perez's body had been almost completely drained of blood and the medical examiner stated that there were no injuries serious enough to have caused such a massive loss of blood. 

She continued to the article on the next victim Anglia Santiago had been drained of blood while in police custody. She had been one of Carlos Perez's mistresses and witnessed his death. She had given a wild story about a man who had bite Carlos on the neck and drank his blood. She claimed she hide and watched the events unfold. Whoever had killed had managed to do it while she was locked in a cell. In order to get to the cell you had to use a designated elevator that required a key then go through locked door with a guard seated right in front of it. There were also eight other officers in the building. The person who perpetrated this crime managed to get past all of this without being seen by any of the six different cameras and not one of the officers in the building seeing them. 

Amelia looked up from the computer and saw Andrew was seated on the edge of the bed waiting for her. She had been sharing everything she had learned through their link without even realizing it.  The small smile he had on his face all of sudden changed to a scowl while his eyes started to darken and he turned towards the door. Amelia quickly brought forth her baser self as she now sensed what had set Andrew off. The two of them could sense another vampire and they both knew that the other vampire was much older than two of them were. Amelia quickly reached into the suitcase beside her and tossed Andrew the kukri that was in it afterwards she grabbed the Glock and chambered the first round. 

"Love get in the bathroom that way you will have a clear line of fire at the door and window while still having some cover." Andrew telepathically said as he moved to the side of the door.

Amelia quickly moved to where Andrew had asked her to, she then turned invisible to everyone but Andrew and shielded her presence in order to give her a better chance. She noted that Andrew had also shielded his presence.  Next came the hard part waiting to see what the other vampire was going to do. After a few minutes, much to their surprise came; a knock at the door and an announcement that the other vampire just wanted to talk. "Please stay as you are while I answer the door. If this is an ambush you can cover me without exposing yourself." Andrew pleaded using telepathy.

Although Amelia was clearly not happy, she agreed to Andrew's plan. Andrew reigned in his baser side while he slide the Kukri in between his belt and Pants making sure it was where he quickly could retrieve it. He could sense the vampire at the door and three more down the end of the hall. He mentally prepared himself incase this was an ambush and opened the door trying to appear as calm as possible. Once he had the door open he saw an older Hispanic man that stood almost six- feet tall and weighed about hundred and seventy pounds. Even though he looked about sixty Andrew knew that he was much older. Andrew stepped back and invited him into the room. 

"Thank you for receiving me. I was told that your mate was here but I guess my information was wrong. I am Santiago Martinez." The vampire said as way of introduction.

 "Greetings Mr. Martinez, I am Andrew Barnes and that is my lovely mate Amelia." Andrew replied, as Amelia turned visible after reigning in her baser side. 

Even though Amelia had surprised him, Santiago Martinez hide it well. His face only showed his shock for the briefest of a moment before he regained control and offered a slight Smile. "Ms. Hensley reports on how lovely you are were greatly lacking." Martinez said as he took her offered hand and kissed it. 

Amelia smiled at the charming older vampire and while she sensed apprehension, she didn't sense any hostility. She could understand his concern when he found out he had two new vampires in his territory with all of the attacks against his people. "Please have a seat." Amelia offered with a cautious smile. 

He took the offered seat and Study his two hosts. He sensed that while they were both wary of him they held no real hostility towards him or his family if anything he sensed a bit of amusement from Amelia. He knew the two of them were somehow associated with Charles Black and last he had heard they were under Black's personal protection. That is why He had decided to meet with the two of them personally. "I apologize for the intrusion but I am curious as to why two of Black's people are here in my territory and what your intentions are?" Santiago asked deciding to lay his cards on the table.

"We are here looking for a link that could lead me to the location of my human son. I assume you have heard about the attack in California," Andrew replied deciding it would be better to tell him the truth. He held back the part that the link was a rogue vampire that may be attacking his family. 

"Then you aren't tracking the rogue vampire that was turned when your wife was murdered?" Santiago asked already knowing the answer. He was impressed how both of them had managed to hid their surprise Amelia had only showed the slightest of reaction to his statement and Andrew had shown none. 

"We are seeking the rogue we are hoping to capture him to try to garner the location of my mate's son before we destroy him." Amelia responded she saw no sense in trying to cover it up now that it was evident he knew more than he should of.

"Then it would seem that it would be in my best interest to allow the two of you go about your business. I have one final question is Rodrigues behind these attacks on my family?" Santiago inquired his eyes darkening. 

 Andrew hesitated for a moment deciding how much to share with Santiago. He glanced at Amelia for a moment, she gave the slightest of nod knowing what he was planning on saying, and agreeing it was best to be honest. 



"We suspect that he is somehow controlling the rogues but have no real proof at this point. I promise you if we find out he is carrying out these attacks I will make sure you receive the proof we gather and will also do my best to convince Charles to act accordingly." Andrew promised. He thought to himself how funny this situation was a year ago he and Amelia would have been trying to arrest this very man and no he promising to aid him.

"Thank you, I appreciate the offer. One final warning for you Rodrigues knows you are in the area if he finds you he will either kill you outright or you wish he had if he does capture you." Santiago said.

 Neither Amelia nor Andrew fully trusted Santiago. They both knew the only reason he was tolerating their presence in his territory was he was hoping they would take care of the rogue problem for him and his kindly grandfather persona was just a ruse to try to fish for information. The two of them discussed the offer Andrew had made to share information and decided to honor it as long as it didn't compromise any of Charles or Susan's interest. 

The next week was quiet no mysterious attacks had happened on either side of the border adding to the credence that these weren't true rogue attacks. The two of them had talked to Charles twice keeping him informed of what they had managed to find out. The three of them had set up a schedule where Andrew or Amelia would make contact with Charles. They decided to vary the days and times and they decided that if Charles needed to contact them he would send them an e-mail with a contact time unless it was important then he would page them.

Amelia had called Catherine on Friday and talked to her for over an hour. Catherine had assured her that she was doing great, as was the baby and promised her that Scott would page them as soon as she went into labor. Amelia had been feeling a little down about not being with her and talking to Catherine had helped her.

 A week after Amelia had talked to Catherine, Amelia and Andrew decided to go to a small café for dinner. They had just ordered when Andrew received a page informing them that Catherine water had broken and she was in labor. After the two of them finished their meal, Amelia called to check on how Catherine was doing. She talked to Susan who reassured her that everything was going excellent and she promised to text Amelia with all of the details.  Several hours later, they received a text that read.

 Brittney Lynn Hawkins was born at one-sixteen AM, She weighed seven pounds eleven and one –half ounces and was seventeen inches long. Mom and daughter are doing well, dad on other hand not doing so well. I will email you a picture soon, Susan.

Amelia and Andrew anxiously waited for the picture and as soon as they saw the picture, they fell instantly in love with her. She was fully awake when the picture was taken shaken her little fist at the world. Amelia was surprised to find out that Brittney had a full head of brown hair and piercing blue eyes. Andrew quickly made her picture the background picture on their laptop. 

The next evening they caught a break. Gloria had as a normal part of her investigation had flagged Tony's bank and credit cards so they would get an alert if they were used. The card had been used in a nightclub called El Pozo Del Diablo (The Devil's Pit) to make a large purchase. The nightclub was located in the business district of Tijuana. She immediately sent the information to Amelia and Andrew.

 Amelia was beginning to think that either Tony had been caught and killed or had moved on and she was explaining to Andrew why she thought that they should start looking towards Mexico city since that was where Rodrigues was based. If he were working with Amsu then it would be the next logical place to look for Jake. Andrew did agree with Amelia but wanted to give it a few more days before they moved. Amelia was just about to point out that that the longer they stayed here the more likely that Jake would be turned or killed when the pager went off.

The location that Gloria had given them was about twenty minutes away. The club was an old textile plant that had closed in the late sixties. Carlos Guerrero purchased the building and converted it to a large nightclub that catered to vampires.  The two of them arrived within ten minutes taking the first available parking place. Amelia had just stepped out of the truck when a little girl walked up to her. "Are you Senorita Barnes?" The child asked nervously.

"Yes I am." Amelia responded cautiously. She was suspicious and quickly went on alert. Andrew heard the girl and quickly went on alert pushing his senses out. He couldn't detect any threat to them so he but stayed alert to allow Amelia to deal with the child.

"I was told to give you this message when you arrived." The little girl said handing Amelia an envelope.

"Thank you sweetie." Amelia said while handing her a twenty-dollar bill. Amelia had scanned her mind and found out she was just what she appeared to be a child that had been giving a few pesos to give her the message. 

When the young girl saw s twenty American Dollars she almost fainted. "Muchas gracias, vaya con dios." The young girl called out excitedly as she ran down the street towards home.

Amelia quickly opened the envelope and read the message.

Amelia and Andrew,

                I am the one who used Tony's credit card because I need to meet with you. I give you my word of honor and swear to all I hold holly that this is no trap. Please hear what I have to say it may mean the survival of every one of us. Please go to the door and tell the bouncer you are meeting with Layla. Please hurry we are all in danger Amsu and Rodrigues Know you are here in Tijuana and are looking for you. I will even help you to find your son if I can.



Amelia read the letter twice both times mentally relaying the contents to Andrew. The two of them were in shock  and unsure what to do. Andrew grabbed his phone and dialed Charles number. As soon as Charles answered, he relayed the contents of the letter then he asked, "Is Layla trust worthy?"

"Under normal circumstances I would say that you could trust her.  However, I would caution you to be extraordinary careful when dealing with anyone related to Amsu. If you decide to meet with her don't let your guard down even if she is being honest Amsu won't take her defection lightly." Charles replied his voice thick with concern.

They decided that Andrew would be invisible this time and Amelia would approach her if everything was copasetic he would come visible and get the three of them to a safe location. If it turned out to be a trap, Andrew would then cause a diversion so that the two of them would be able to escape. Amelia approached the bouncer who was manning the front door of the club and told him she was with Layla's party. The vampire looked her over for a moment then opened the door allowing her to enter telling her that the room was on the second floor to the left. Amelia paused in front of the bouncer smiled and gave him her thanks allowing Andrew to slip through the door. Amelia led the two of them up the stairs and down the short hall to the door. Andrew reached out with his senses to see if he could sense in the room. He sensed only one vampire that seemed to be pacing.

Amelia quickly entered the private room followed closely by Andrew. Amelia cautiously looked around the room making sure there was no one else there other than Layla, Andrew, and herself. "Ok Layla you asked for this meeting; now what is on your mind?" Amelia demanded in a cold voice. 

"Amelia I am not your enemy. I need yours and Andrew's help to prevent this war that Amsu wants he will kill us all." Layla pleaded earnestly. She sensed when Amelia started to probe her and she allowed it not offering any resistance. Layla had heard that Amelia had the ability to read other people's minds and knew this was her best chance to secure their assistance.

Amelia was aware that Layla was able to tell that she was reading her thoughts and was surprised when Layla hadn't resisted her probing her mind. Amelia quickly realized that Layla was telling the truth about her intentions and quickly withdrew from her mind satisfied that she was no threat. "Andrew she is on our side. She is telling the truth about her willingness to help us." Amelia mentally said. 

"Amelia is Andrew going to join us we don't have much time," Layla asked impatiently.

"Andrew is already here," Andrew replied appearing behind her. Layla who was startled had to quickly, stifle her scream. 

"I promise to tell you everything but we need to get out of here before Martinez finds out I am meeting with you or he will kill us all." Layla quickly explained.

"Martinez knows we are here and had granted us safe passage so you are safe." Amelia replied not concerned.

"Martinez is in bed with Amsu and Rodrigues. The so-called murders of his family were all executed with his knowledge and blessings. Even the one that happened in Philadelphia according to Santiago, Carlos and his two guards were getting troublesome and needed to be disposed of," Layla quickly explained. 

"Are you telling us that he had his own grandson killed?" Amelia asked in shock.

"Yes. Can we please get out of here?" Layla pleaded.



Andrew sensed six vampires standing outside of the door. He was almost positive that one of them was Santiago Martinez. He didn't think they knew he was in the room because he was still shieling his presence. "Love, Martinez and five other vampires are outside of the door. I don't think they know that I am here he may suspect. I want you to try to find out his intentions and if necessary, I will capture him and use him to bargain our way out of here. If that fails I want you to get Layla clear and I will delay them long enough for you to get to the truck." Andrew said mentally.

"Hell no we will leave together. We stand together always remember." Amelia argued back telepathically. 

"I have no intentions of getting myself killed but we need Layla alive now more than ever. She is the key to us stopping this war that Amsu wants before it ever starts." Andrew calmly replied the same way. 

Amelia relayed the plan to Layla just to make sure that the vampires outside of the room didn't pick up on Andrew voice. She had Layla turn invisible. There was a sharp wrap at the door. "Amelia, I know you are in there with Layla. All I want is her then you can leave as can Andrew," Martinez ordered through the door.

"Mr. Martinez, Layla is under my protection. She is willing to help us not only retrieve Andrew's son but also to stop the attacks on your family," Amelia replied. 

"Amelia, she can't be trusted let me have her and I promise you that I will get the location of your mates child. Is Andrew there let me talk to him?" Martinez replied in a solemn tone.

"I have promised her my protection I can't give her to you. Andrew isn't with me." Amelia lied smoothly.

"Amelia either you turn her over to me or I will take her by force. Please don't make me do that you could be killed." Martinez pleaded acting as if he was concerned for her safety.

"Mr. Martinez, are you threating me? I was trying to reason with you but since you have reverted to threats I will just give you a warning if anyone of your people tries to enter this room I will kill them." Amelia angrily threatened as she called forth her baser side.

"Amelia either surrender her or I will just toss a Molotov cocktail in there and burn you out." Martinez threatened. 

Andrew had let his baser side come forth and upon hearing Martinez's threat, he just exploded. He rushed the door taking it off of the hinges and sent it flying into  Martinez and the man that stood on each side of him knocking all three of them off of their feet. The man to the right of Martinez had the unfortunate luck of being struck by a large piece of the doorjamb; an eighteen-inch piece of it was now imbedded into side of his chest. He quickly turned to the vampire to his left and ripped his head off of his shoulders before any of them had a chance to react. Amelia quickly seized control of the vampire to Andrew's right and had him attack the other vampire standing beside him. 

As the vampire, that Andrew had decapitated fell to the ground Andrew turned and charged Martinez. He knew the key to winning this battled was to get control of their leader and use him to shield Amelia, Layla and himself. Andrew managed to get to Martinez before he could get back on his feet and he quickly attacked him trying to subdue Martinez. Martinez was nowhere as fast as Andrew was but he had years of experience fighting other vampires that were faster them him. Andrew launched a serious of rapid blows hoping to daze Martinez long enough for him to get control of him but Martinez managed to block or dodge all but one of them and the that he had landed was not as effective as he had hoped. Martinez countered with a knee to Andrew's groin but he managed to turn with the blow and his thigh absorbed the blow. The fight between the two of them was turning into who could a slugfest that Andrew knew he didn't have the time for. "Amelia can you please take control of this cocksucker's mind before his reinforcements get here." Andrew requested through their bond.



Layla was at first caught off guard by Andrew sudden and violent attack. She hadn't even seen him move until the door exploded off of the hinges. She had never seen a vampire move as fast as Andrew did and was in awe of his strength but she quickly recovered. Martinez was right her abilities weren't offensive in nature but that didn't mean she was useless in a fight. Amsu had made sure she was well trained with and without weapons. She held black belts in several forms of Martial arts including Wing Chu, Aikido, Kyudo, and her favorite Yijin Jing. She quickly attacked the other vampire that was on the left hand side. She had the vampire's head in her hands after a couple minutes. The poor lad was too young and inexperienced to be much of a threat.




Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 10



Amelia was still trying to get into position where she could see Martinez's eyes while Andrew was fighting with him the other vampire that Andrew had knocked to the ground was now under Amelia's control he was helping the first vampire that Amelia had taken control of. 

Martinez was impressed that Andrew was doing so well but he was also boring of the fight. It had been entertaining but now he wanted it over. He delivered a hard kick to Andrew's stomach followed by a quick uppercut to his jaw. Martinez then used his talon like finger nails to rip open Andrew's chest. Martinez was about to punch into the opened chest and remove Andrew's heart when out of desperation Andrew used his telekinesis to slam him into the ceiling and then let him drop to the ground. Martinez hadn't known that Andrew had telekinetic abilities and now he was paying the price for that lack of information he had tried to use his mind control abilities on him but his mind was shielded unbeknownst to him by Amelia. Every time she felt Martinez push into Andrew mind to take control, she would reinforce Andrew's mental defenses. 

Andrew used his telekinesis to slam Martinez head first into the wall, stunning him and giving Amelia the chance she needed to take control of Martinez's mind and after a brief but hard fought mental struggled, she had managed to gain control of him and ordered him to surrender. Andrew was grateful he needed some time to heal and regain his strength. 

Amelia ordered Martinez to order his men to stand down. After he had done that she ordered one of the other two men she had control of to get there vehicle and move up by the rear entrance.  Just as they were getting ready to move about a dozen of Martinez men came pouring through the door all of them heavily armed much to Andrew and Amelia's relief only three of them were vampires. Amelia made Martinez order them to stand down but the three vampires knowing that Martinez was under Amelia's control was reluctant to comply with his orders. The largest of the vampires stepped forward blocking the hall. "You will release Mr. Martinez and turn the woman over to us or you will die." He ordered.

Andrew quickly placed himself between the large vampire and his mate. Effectively he blocked the vampire's path to Amelia and the others. "Move out our way this instant," Andrew ordered.

The large vampire withdrew his O'Tanto, "Parvulus I would suggest that you not tempt fate if I am forced to attack your mate will suffer the consequences. I will admit it will be fun making her pay." The large vampire threatened with a snide look on his face.

Andrew's eyes darkened as his baser side took control. "Do you want to see consequences cocksucker?" Andrew asked in a deadly ice laced voice that was just above a whisper.

Andrew's eyes darkened even more and the vampire in front of him began to scream in agony. The blade of the sword he had been brandishing turned to molten steel and ran down his hand.  All watched in horror as smoke started to pour out of the large vampire's mouth and nose just before his body erupted in flames. The two other vampires who had been standing with him turned to run but before they could make a single step, the two of them disappeared in a maelstrom of flames and smoke. Layla eyes opened wide in shock as she watched the events unfold not sure what to do. She had heard rumors that Andrew had killed some street thug by using pyrokinesis but didn't believe he possessed such powers at such a young age.

The humans that had been with the vampires just dropped their weapons and ran as fast as they could. They had seen a lot of weird shit since they had started working for Martinez Cartel but this was too much. Just as the nine of them reached the bottom of the stairs, the sprinkler system went off followed closely by the screaming of the fire alarm causing a general panic in the club with everyone racing for the exits. People were being trampled in the mad rush. 

Amelia was concerned that Andrew was losing himself once more to his baser side but was surprised when as soon as the threat had been neutralized his baser side had retreated and Andrew seemed to return to normal. She kept a close eye on her mate as he lead down the steps and through the crowd towards the rear exit. They had placed Layla between the two of them and had Martinez and his goon flanking her to act as a shield. Just as they reached the rear exit Andrew sensed Amsu. "Dammit! Amsu is heading towards us." Andrew was not sure how he knew the vampires heading towards him without seeing them but he knew he was right. Andrew opened the door after everyone else was starting to get into their truck .Andrew wanted to delay Amsu. He could sense that the club was empty of almost everyone but those that were with Amsu so he felt it was safe to take a risk. He formed an image of the floor of the building being a large campfire when all of suddenly the floor in front of him erupted into flames and rapidly spread as if the entire floor had been doused in gas. He watched as Amsu and his men raced for the door. Andrew heard the death screams of several vampires as he turned and quickly got into the truck with the rest Amelia ordered the driver to head towards the northwestern end of town. 

Once the vehicle was under way Amelia decided to attempt to scan Martinez's mind hoping he knew where Jake was and if Layla was telling the truth. She found out that he was in bed with Amsu. In fact, Martinez had planned the murder of Andre's ex-wife. Amsu was going to use the murder to prove that Charles had become a weak and ineffectual leader after all he couldn't even protect a human woman. She saw that Amsu had made a three-way alliance between Martinez, Rodrigues and himself. After the war, he promised that Rodrigues would be head enforcer for all of the America's and Martinez would get Europe including the former USSR. Amsu original plan included Charles but after diamond had been killed, he blamed him for not helping him to save her. The last item she pulled from Martinez's mind was the location of Jake he was being held at one of Martinez's villas in Mexico City. Amelia quickly relayed what she had pried out of Martinez's mind to Andrew and Layla. 

"How long would it take us to fly to there?" Andrew asked. 

"Too long Amsu would already have him moved. He has three other villas he can move him to in that city and twenty more within an hour's drive," Layla replied. She paused for a few minutes trying to decide how much she should divulged to them. She cautiously studied Andrew's face she was sure he was the one who was in charge. "Andrew two things you need to know first of all he can track me since he is my sire. Secondly, he has turned your son more to the point he had me turn Jake. I am sorry but it was either I turned him or Amsu was going to kill him." Layla continued hoping that Andrew wouldn't kill her.

Andrew stomped on the brake pedal so hard that he actually bent it his eyes darkened and his fangs came out. "You did what?" He asked his voice cold as the grave.

"Andrew if I didn't he would be dead. Amsu was going to rip out his throat and I convinced him that it would be more advantageous to turn him. I'm so sorry but I didn't know what else to do and I could let that precious child die. I even managed to convince Amsu that he would be a good addition to his organization once he got a little more experience," Layla explained quickly wondering if she would live another five minutes.

"Love she is telling the truth she was trying to protect Jake. I managed to read that much from her when she was telling you what happened. She is extremely protective of him. I even read that she was able to keep him from seeing his mother murdered," Amelia quickly told him through their bond.

Andrew took a couple quick deep breathes to calm himself down once he was back in control of himself he started to drive again. "Layla thank you for what you have done for Jake. Correct me if I am wrong but because you are his sire you can track him," He asked praying he was right.

"I can track him unless he is shielding himself. I am hoping that Amsu won't be able to override my compulsion. I ordered him to never shield himself from me but we are too far away for me to get more than a general direction once we get closer I should be able to find him quickly," Layla quickly explained. 

Everyone but Martinez went silent trying gathering their thoughts. He had started to complain about the treatment that he was receiving until Amelia ordered him to shut the hell up. "What are we going to do with him?" Layla asked then after a seconded added, "If we take him with us he will betray us every chance he gets." 

"I guess we will have to get him to Charles and let him deal with him," Andrew suggested not sure what else they could do with him. Andrew noticed has he made the suggestion that Martinez's relaxed and he actually got a small smile on his face. "Do you think that Charles is going to spare you? He will most likely encase you in concrete for betraying him," Andrew angrily warned.

"You are a fool whelp do you honestly believe that he will take your word over mine I have been an ally of his for centuries. Even if he did, I don't think he is going to risk his position for a couple parvulus do you. I will make a deal with you let me go and give me this cunt and I won't only let you two to live but I'll arrange to have your son returned," Martinez snidely offered with a large smirk on his face.

Andrew was just about to give him his retort when the phone rang. "Charles, good timing I was just going to call you," Andrew said into the phone.

"Andrew what the fuck is going on? What the hell have you two done and what were you thinking? I have reports claiming that you set a nightclub full of people on fire and you did it front of almost hundred witnesses. Lastly, did you kidnap or kill Martinez? " Charles angrily demanded.

"First of all we did what we had to do to survive. Yes, I did set a nightclub on fire but the only people in there were Amsu and his men. Martinez is out guest for the moment however, it may interest you to know that he is in bed with Amsu he has been playing you for a long time. Any other questions?" Andrew replied flippantly.

Layla couldn't believe that Andrew had spoken to Charles that way. Even when she enjoyed Amsu protect she would of never dreamed of provoking a lead enforcer in such manner, it was suicide. As she listened to Andrew talk to Charles, she began to wonder if she had a mistake getting involved. She was taking a big gamble going against her sire. She knew that if Amsu captured her she would die a very bad death.

"Andrew you have to understand there is no way I can protect you. You have kidnapped the head of the second largest coven in Central America who has connection you could hardly fathom that is the only reason Rodrigues hasn't killed him. You have to release him and get to my territory." Charles argued hoping to make Andrew see just how stupid this move was.

"Charles he is supporting Amsu against you. He has made a deal to be the head enforcer of all of Europe including the Former USSR and Rodrigues gets all of the Americas. On top of everything else it was Martinez that had my ex-wife killed," Andrew screamed the last part into the phone his control starting to slip. He took a couple deep breathes to calm himself then continued in a more sedate but no less intense tone, " He has to die and if I have my it will be a slow painful death."

"Andrew you can't kill him it would be signing yours and Amelia's death warrant. There would be no way I could protect you. I have to insist you release him immediately and return to Philadelphia. Please don't disobey me. If you have proof of your allegations then I will have him brought up on charges in the proper manner." Charles said in a tone that was more like an order then a request.

"Charles we are not your underlings we are your friends and that is the only reason I have shared the fucking information I have. Amelia read his mind and he was responsible for what happened to my human family including Jake being turned they wanted to draw me and Amelia out and now they have succeeded and they are going to reap the wrath of what they have sown." Andrew replied with finality to his voice.

"Andrew what the hell do you mean that Jake has been turned no vampire would turn a child. How Do you know he was turned and how did you find out? Lastly who was supposed to have done it?" Charles asked clearly shocked that a vampire would even consider turning a child. A turned child would never age or physically mature. That would mean the child that was turned would look and have the physical maturity of the age they turned and many times their mental development would be forever trapped at the age they were turned.

"Charles, Amsu forced Layla to turn him or he was going to kill him. She did it to protect him and while I am not happy that she did it, I will forever be grateful she did what she had to, to protect him. Before you ask yes, I do believe her," Andrew replied calming slightly. "Now are you going to hold this cowardly cocksucker or do I just kill him now? We're going to get Jake. And if anyone gets in my way may God have mercy on them because I won't. Layla had promised to help us retrieve him then we will work out what is best for him." 

"Charles please believe we are doing what we have to and we will understand if you can't help us. Please do me one favor and protect Catherine, Brittney and Scott if something goes wrong," Amelia pleaded.

"Amelia that goes without saying. I will do my best to protect you two also please reconsider what you're about to do. I will work through other channels to get Andrew's son back. Please just get across the border and I will get you all to a safe house until we can get you back here. Bring Martinez with you form what you have told me we should have no trouble having him receive a proper punishment," Charles requested.

"Charles if it was Emma would you, could you leave?" Andrew asked.

"Alright Andrew I see your point. Then you have to dispose of Martinez and do it quickly before he can use telepathy to contact his people and lead them to you." Charles suggested not believing he was going to get involved with them. He knew it could be a disastrous mistake especially if they failed. He just prayed that they were right about Martinez and they could provide irrefutable proof.

"Charles I have him under control for now." Amelia said.

"Amelia, you all have to get rid of him and quickly he is too old for you to maintain control of indefinitely. To be honest I am not sure how you even managed to get him to begin with." Charles pressed hoping that they take his advice.

"Charles they got him by working as a team against him it was quite impressive. They must be a major asset no wonder you are willing to go to such extreme lengths to help them." Layla spoke for the first time. She was fishing hoping his comment would provide her with some kind of idea just how far Charles was willing to go to help them.

"Layla they are impressive and you are right I value their skills greatly but as Andrew stated earlier we are friends and I value that even more than their skills. Does that satisfy your curiosity?" Charles replied letting her know he knew what she was doing.

"It does Charles but I have to disagree with you about Martinez it would be better if we could put him on ice somewhere just encase we need a bargaining chip, dear brother," Layla replied. The last part was a playful snipe at him she knew he hated when she called him that. 

"The problem with stashing him someplace is finding a location that would be able to hold him where he wouldn't be found. If you have a suggestion of one, I am all ears. I would hate to think he is able to communicate your plans to one of his people. If he is able to relay your plans to the other then your slim chance of success will be gone and you all will be walking into a trap," Charles quickly argued.

Layla turned towards Martinez and punched into his chest. She then reached in and ripped out his heart. She held up his still beat heart making sure that Martinez saw as she crushed it while she proclaimed, "That is for your part in making me hurt that precious child. Amsu you are next."

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Martinez was setting their listening to the conversation they were having about him. He was relaying what he was hearing to the group of men that were following them at a safe distance. He was just about to protest while he mentally ordered his men to rescue him. He looked into Layla's hate filled eyes for a brief couple moments before he felt a sudden burst of pain in his chest and his eyes went out of focus. The pain subsided and his focus returned just in time for him to see his still beating heart being crushed. The last thing he heard was Layla's proclamation before oblivion took him.

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Amelia and Andrew were listening to see if Layla knew of a place to put Martinez when much to their shock Layla punched into Martinez's chest then ripped out his heart and held in front of Martinez's eyes as she crushed it. Her actions caused the whole inside of the vehicle to get coated in blood. Amelia watched in horror as Martinez's corpse rapidly mummified. It was almost comical that the vampire was driving as if nothing had happened. 

"Why the hell did you do that?" Amelia demanded her tone conveyed the shock she felt.

"What happened?" Charles asked through the cell phone that Andrew still held. He was shortly forgotten. As Andrew stared at the now lifeless body its blood pouring from the large hole in the chest.

"Layla just ripped Martinez's heart out of his chest and got blood all over the inside of the Jimmy." Amelia replied still in shock.

Andrew sensed the other vehicle closing in on them he knew they were Martinez's men and they wouldn't be pleased that their boss was dead. He waited until the car was right behind them and Andrew opened his door and shoved Martinez's body out hoping that the car would stop to take care of their boss. "Step on it," He ordered the driver who ignored the order until Amelia repeated it Andrew was pleased when the car that was pursuing them stopped to take care of the body. 

Amelia had the driver make a few quick turns once she was sure they had lost their tail. She then ordered him to head southeasterly out of town. She had him stay off of the major highways and stuck to the surface streets. While Amelia was handling the driver, Andrew went back to Charles. 

"So, what are you all going to do now? Rodrigues will have bounties out on you and Amelia within the hour, which means the Ubertas Venator will be hunting you and most likely he will offer a large enough bounty to get Vlad and his crew involved. Andrew you have to get back to my territory or I won't be able to help you at all. Please my friend I don't want to lose you and Amelia," Charles pleaded. 

"Charles I still need to rescue my son and try to provide for some kind of life for him. What would you have me do?" Andrew replied as he tried to work out the best way to rescue his son and not get all of them killed.

"Andrew you have to understand this he is no longer your son he is a vampire. Chances are that if he aint already rogue he will be shortly the mind of a human adolescent isn't prepared for the life of a vampire. Think about the trouble you and Amelia had once you realized what you had become; now imagine going through it as a teenager. I know Layla was doing what she thought was best but it would have been better if she had let him die." Charles explained hoping he would be able to reach him.

"Charles he is my son and I refuse to give up on him. We will contact you once we are done."  Andrew replied.




Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 11



Hello all I am back Sorry for the long time between posting but it has been a rough year personally and my desire to write was at an all time low.

This chapter is self- edited I hope I found all of my mistakes but I am sure i missed a few please forgive them. 

I hope you enjoy the chapter and please let me know how I did by voting and by making constructive comments.

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Gloria walked towards the residence flanked by Layla and Fredrick all three of them on alert, unsure of what they will find. Gloria could understand Andrew's inpatients but was still perturb by his lack of faith in their friendship. She had managed to arrive earlier then she had anticipated and called Pepe to find out if he knew where they had decided to stay. He hadn't, however once he informed her that Fredrick was chauffeuring them she knew exactly where he would choose to stay. The two of them had had a fling some years back it had only lasted a few months but it was a wild few months. 

Once Gloria had arrived, she was pleasantly surprised to learn that Fredrick had found his mate in Layla. Gloria had meant Layla a few times through the years and had always liked her even if she didn't fully trust her. She first considered allowing Fredrick and Layla to stay at the bed and breakfast but the two of them wouldn't hear of it; arguing that it was very likely that the Barnes had gotten in over the heads and that she would need all the help she could have. At first, Gloria was a bit skeptical but after Layla announce that she could no longer sense Jake and that he was dead Gloria knew that things were going to be very bad and they all would be extremely lucky if Andrew hadn't crossed over.

Layla wanted to avenge her fallen parvulus by hunting Amsu down and making him suffer however, she knew she would be committing suicide if she tried to hunt him alone. Layla knew that Amsu had become vile soulless creature but to harm a child without cause was a new low for him. 

As she tried to fathom what Amsu had hoped to gain by killing Jake. She couldn't believe that Amsu actually thought he could get his foolish war by causing Andrew and by extension Amelia to go rogue. She was sure that Charles was too smart to go to war over a couple of Parvulus no matter how fond he was of them. 

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Andrew, Amelia and Paola stepped out on the porch after coming visible. As Andrew stood beside his mate, his posture was tense while his eyes slowly scanned the area looking for any possible threats. Paola hid behind Amelia as soon as she saw the three new vampires' faces. She was afraid they would end her no matter what Amelia had promised.

Gloria slowly ran her eyes across the group noting that Andrew's eyes had failed to change back before stopping on Paola. Gloria could tell that she wasn't even month old and was scared out of her mind. Gloria took a deep breath trying to relax herself. "Andrew, are you alright?" Her voice was full of concern. No sooner than the words left her mouth, she realized her poorly chosen words and cringed.

"I am nowhere near alright!" Andrew retorted harshly. He took a deep breath trying to reign in his erratic emotions before continuing, "That bastard killed my son, he killed my ex-wife, he tried to have my mate killed, and you ask me if I am alright?"

Amelia quickly wrapped her arms around Andrew and tried to push into his mind to calm him but was having very limited success. Her concern for her mate was evident on her face she had no idea how to help her mate; he seemed to be sinking deeper and deeper into the darkness. She knew if she didn't' turn him back she would lose him forever. Amelia's eyes pleaded with Gloria to help her.

"Andrew, I am so sorry that this happened and I swear that we will avenge them. But please Andrew let go of the hate it will destroy you like it almost did me and I care for you and your mate too much to see that happen." Gloria softly said as she slowly approached once she got close enough she wrapped her arms around both Andrew and Amelia. "We will get through this together. Andrew please let go of the hate it will only destroy you and those that love you." Gloria pleaded in a whisper. 

Andrew stiffened when Gloria first hug him but quickly relaxed as she spoke to him. He knew she would understand his burning need for revenge. As he listened to her words, he thought back to the story she had told them about her early life. He quickly realized that if he weren't careful he would go down the same path she did. His baser side was confused by the strong emotions coming from his other half and that gave Andrew the opportunity to wrench control back. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes soaking up the strong feelings of love and the support that the two women were offering. "Thank you," he said softly his voice tight with emotion. 

Amelia breathed a sigh of relief when she looked and she saw that Andrew's eyes had gone back to their normal hazel color. She hugged Gloria and whispered her thanks before she turned her attention to Paola who was trying to make herself as inconspicuous as possible. "You have nothing to fear from these people they're our friends." Amelia softly explained to her. 

"I apologize for interfering, but the Federales are going to be here soon and we need to remove the bodies of any vampires and be gone before they arrive." Fredrick cautioned as he closed his cell phone.

Fredrick and Layla loaded up Tony's corpse while Andrew carefully placed the blanket containing Jake's head in a box and placed it in the back of the truck next to Tony's corpse. Then everyone loaded themselves into Fredrick's SUV and he headed south-west out of the city. As Fredrick hastily drove out of the city, Gloria dialed Charles number to update him.

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Charles had received a call from Gloria informing him and Susan that Andrew and Amelia had taken matters into their own hands and decided to raid Martinez's compound on their own. Charles Immediately called the airport and had his pilot ready the seven-sixty-seven and have flight plan to Mexico City approved for them to leave within the hour.

Twenty-eight minutes later, they were in the air racing towards Mexico with twenty of his top security people. Charles and Susan were in the air heading for Mexico City. Charles knew that all hope for a peaceful solution was ruined and that Amsu would have his war. His objective now was to minimize the war and keep causalities down on both sides. Catherine and Scott had wanted to come but Susan had refused to allow them because of Brittney Lynn.

Charles left Emma and Neil in charge of things in Philadelphia. He was worried that Amsu may attempt to strike at Catherine or Brittney in order to draw both Amelia and Andrew out. He couldn't help but wonder why Amsu was so fixated on the two of them he knew that He wanted revenge for Diamond however this was unlike Amsu, normally he would have had them killed outright and not play these games. The Amsu he knew would never; no matter what expose the vampire nation to the humans, they were far too dangerous. While he was setting there trying to make sense out of Amsu actions they had received a call from Layla letting them know that Amsu had killed Jake. He felt sorry for Andrew's loss but in his heart, he knew it was for the best, after all he had never seen a case where a human child had successfully made the transition. A human child was not emotionally or mentally ready for the requirements of being a vampire. Charles knew that eventually Jake would have had to be put down for the safety of everyone. 

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As they were leaving, Layla suddenly remembered just how young the Barnes were and asked cautiously, "Andrew are you sure that you drained all of the humans dry?"

"I drained them completely and there is no chance of them returning from the dead," Andrew replied in a tight voice. His eyes however glowed showing that his baser side had gleamed immense satisfaction from draining the humans dry. The problem with his eyes it also showed that his baser side was still very close to the surface and was ready to retake control of Andrew. 

"Andrew I am sorry but I had to ask before we got too far away. You are new to this and your emotions are clouding your senses," Layla offered sincerely.

"I understand," Andrew responded managing to give her a small sad smile. His baser side retreat slightly. 

Gloria hung up from talking with Charles. "Charles and Susan are going to meet us in Cancun. They suggested that we stop at Susan's facility in Oaxaca. Andrew they will also take care of the remains of tony and Jake," Gloria explained and braced herself for his response.

"I could care less what happens to Tony's body but I want to have a proper funeral for my son," Andrew angrily demanded his eyes starting to darken.

"Andrew, I understand but we can't get caught with a severed head in the car. I promise you they will treat both of the remains with the upmost care and respect and once we get back to Philadelphia I will help you to plan a remembrance for both Jake and Shannon" Gloria tried to reason with Andrew. She understood how he felt and could remember what it was like for her when she was dragged away from her farm before she could bury her parents, in fact it still bothered her to this day. She managed to come to grips with and even forgive herself for her other acts but that one action was still an open wound on her soul. 

"Are you sure they will treat him properly?" Andrew replied in an unsteady voice as tears formed around his eye. As much as he hated to have to admit that Gloria was right, he knew that she was. The only way he could attempt to get vengeance for his son was to allow the people at Susan's facility to handle Jakes remains: he couldn't say even to himself dispose of his remains. He swore to himself that he would see Amsu and the others hand for killing his son. 

As they road Andrew had his eyes closed praying he that this was some kind of terrible dream he had barely made peace with the fact that he would outlive his child by realizing that his son would have a long and full life. Now because Amsu and this other vampire he no longer had that comfort and he wanted them to suffer. His baser side was whispering promise of blood and pain for those who had hurt him if he would just let him out and Andrew was leaning towards letting the monster have his way. He was just about to give into the pain when a tiny whisper in his mind asked him, " do you want your child's legacy to be the cause of a war were millions will die needlessly or do you want your child's death to be the catalyst for change? You can help to stop this madness before Amsu goes any further."

Andrew couldn't believe what he was hearing he thought for a moment, that he had lost it totally. Then he recognized the voice it was his grandfather. "I don't know how to stop this even if I wanted to," He responded to his grandfather.

"Andrew you have wanted to be a cop since you were old enough to say the word so be what you were meant to be a cop. Find the cocksucker that did the actual killing and make him tell you who to after next. In addition, you have a couple advantages you have never had before first the bastard doesn't get Miranda Rights or a lawyer and second that rather attractive young lady beside you. Now stop moping around and go get the bastard," the voice demanded.

Andrew said a small prayer of thanks for his grandfather's gentle persuasive ways even though he knew his grandfather had been dead for over ten years he knew his grandfather had come to help him at least in spirit. Now that the voice of his other half had been silenced, he started to think on how to proceed. He knew he had to build a case against Amsu and Rodrigues so that they could live in peace. If he failed to make a case against them, he and the rest would be hunted for all of eternity.

Several hours later, they stopped at a small gas station and while Fredrick was fueling the SUV, the rest of them went into the store next to the station to buy snacks and drinks. While they were checking out Andrew noticed the headlines of the morning newspaper and quickly added it to their purchase. It read, "The bodies of the Martinez drug cartel found drained of blood." The paper then went on to describe that the bodies of several high ranking members of the Martinez cartel had been found earlier this morning all of the bodies had been drained of blood by some unknown means. The Article also reported that Santiago Martinez mutilated body was found in the house. The paper had stated that the police and Federales are investigating the attack as a territory dispute.

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Early the next day, the SUV containing the five friends and Amelia's young guest Paola, pulled up in front of Susan's facility. The outside looked like an old adobe house like hundreds of others in Mexico but the inside looked like a modern medical office building. Gloria explained that as far as the locals knew the building bought blood for research purposes paying between fifty and two hundred peso per pint of blood the rarer the type the more money they got. Even though blood was blood as far as for nutrition many vampires claimed that, the rarer blood types tasted better so they were willing to pay extra for it. Paola didn't realize how hungry she was until the smell of the blood hit her she had not feed for the last three days and she was starving. Without her realizing, her eyes had changed and her baser side was now taking control.

Amelia who was closest to Paola sensed the change and quickly took control of her mind to force her to maintain control of herself. Amelia quickly realized that the poor girl had even less of an idea of what being a vampire then she had had and she knew if it hadn't been for Andrew, she wouldn't have survived her first night. As Amelia scanned her mind, she saw glimpses of an older vampire that had been controlling her; she could sense that the vampire was powerful. Whoever this man was he was the one who had been controlling things and he had left right before Andrew and her had arrived at the house, which made Amelia wonder how he knew the two of them were coming. The vampire looked and sounded as if he was from the Mediterranean area. After careful deliberation, she decided to keep this knowledge to herself for the time being.

Andrew could sense that Amelia had seen something in Paola's mind and now was keeping it from him. He had attempted to peak at what Amelia had saw but he shield was too strong for him to breach. "Amelia what did you see?" Andrew asked anger and hurt laced his voice.

Before she could respond, a young vampire walked into the office area and called out, "I am looking for Detective Andrew Martin please." 

Andrew didn't respond at first surprised to hear his old job title. The young vampire repeated his name, "I am Andrew, who are you and what do you want?" Andrew responded his gaze freezing the young vampire in place.

"I am Felipe, Mr. Martin," Felipe replied nervously. He swallowed involuntarily as he attempted to calm himself every instinct he had was screaming for him to run and get as far away from this place as he could. He nervously glanced over his shoulder towards the exit and noticed that a rather attractive blonde vampire had blocked his exit. He slowly looked towards the only other exit, which was the window to find it was also block by an equally attractive Middle Eastern vampire. He could sense that she was the oldest vampire in the room. He knew he was trapped and he cursed himself for being swayed by the large amount of money they had promised to pay him. Twenty-thousand Pecos just to deliver a box but his greed had made him reckless. He swallowed once more then held out the box he was carrying offering to Andrew. "I was told to deliver this to you," He continued weakly.

As soon as Andrew accepted the box Felipe, quickly turn and started to walk towards the exit hoping that the blonde headed woman would allow him to pass. He had gotten a few steps when he heard an inhuman roar behind him and he turn just in time to be lifted by his throat and carried to the wall. Felipe closed his eyes and quickly prayed to survive this day with his head in tact just as he was painfully driven into the wall.

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Andrew quickly examined the box it was an aluminum box with a thick rubber seal around the edge of the top. He cautiously released the two catches and cracked the box open when the scent of blood overwhelmed him not just any blood but Jake's blood. His baser instantly took over and launched towards Felipe grabbing him by the neck crushing his airway while driving him into the wall. Andrew heard the satisfying crunch of bones breaking. "Who sent you?" Andrew demanded.

Filipe tried to answer but his throat was too badly damaged. He struggled to get Andrew to loosen his painful grip to no avail. He found himself being repeatedly slammed into the wall and each time he heard and felt more bones being shattered. The pain was becoming overbearing and he looked around the room praying to find someone to help him. He locked eyes with black female whom seemed to be Andrew's mate and pleaded for her to help him with his eyes.

Amelia was the pain and anguish in Felipe's eyes she notice him trying to use his eyes plead to her for help. She laid her hand on Andrew's arm and pushed into his mind trying to calm him while she softly pleaded, "Andrew, My love he won't be able to answer you if you kill him. Please put him down and let him recover so he can answer your questions "

Andrew ignored her at first but after she repeated herself, a few times, as she started to massage his shoulders he slowly started to calm down, which allowed him to regain control. Once he was calm, enough he released the young vampire and stepped back, into Amelia's waiting arms. Andrew glared at Felipe as he fought to maintain control of himself. 

Felipe was on his knees while trying to focus his energy on healing himself fast before Andrew lost control again he feel Andrew's eyes drilling holes in the top of his head and for the first time since he was a child he was afraid. He looked into Andrew's black soulless eyes and saw his own death. After what seemed like a couple of lifetimes, Felipe throat healed enough to allow speech. "I was promised twenty thousand Pecos to deliver the box to you. I had no idea what was inside it was just a job. I meant you no harm please senor let my go," Felipe pleaded his voice raspy from the damage that was still healing.

"Who gave you the box?" Andrew commanded.

"I don't know his name. He was almost as tall as you, had a tan complexion with black hair and he spoke with an Italian accent. I was to meet him at El Resto Del Vaqueroin four hours to collect the rest of my money." Felipe explained hoping he would live to collect the rest of his money.

"That is a bar on the west side of the city," Fredrick said before Andrew could ask.

Andrew listened to the young vampire and couldn't detect any lies. He glanced at Amelia who subtly nodded. Andrew pointed to a chair and asked, "How would you like to make five thousand American and four units of blood?"

"That depends sir on what you want me to do. I don't do murder for hire." Felipe replied shocked. A moment ago, he was sure he was going to lose his head and now he is being offered a job by the man that he thought was going to kill him. 

"No, I don't want you to kill anyone. All I want you to do is go to your meeting and point the vampire that was going to hire you out to me. I will take care of the rest. Lastly, I will also make sure the he pays you what he owes you as an additional incentive," Andrew explained.

"He will kill me if I set him up," Felipe Nervously replied.




Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 11



"He will never get the chance to. Amelia and I will be standing right beside you. Amel..." Andrew started to explain his plan when he was cut off.

"He will sense the two of you and we will all die," Felipe quickly interrupted.

"He won't be able to sense us . Amelia and I will keep you safe you have my word on that," Andrew pledged.

Felipe believed that Andrew was telling the truth, as he believed it and he felt bad for him after hearing that his child was murdered, but he just didn't believe that the two of them were strong enough to do what he claimed they could. The vampire that had contacted him to deliver the package was old he was older then everyone in the room with the possible exception of the Middle Eastern woman and she didn't seem to have the power that the vampire had had. 

Andrew could see that Felipe was scared and was unable to make up his mind. "Felipe you are free to decline the offer but please think about it before you do. While he is deciding why don't the rest of us see what is in the package," Andrew suggested.

Felipe watched as the rest of them moved to the package and he saw that he had a clear path to the exit. He also noted that no one was paying any attention to him so he took the better part of valor and left as quickly as he could. The money that he was promised with what he had saved was enough to give his family and himself a fresh start in America.

Andrew opened the package and found a large envelope inside. He was just about to open it when Felipe made his break for the door. Gloria turn to stop him but Amelia gently laid her hand on her arm and shook her head. 

"Let him go," She quietly said with a sigh.

"We already know when and where he is meeting his contact," Andrew stated with a chilling smile. Andrew turned back towards the box, once he opened the box; he found several photographs of his son, a disc and a note. Andrew looked over the photos with tears running down his face. Even in the photos, he could see that Jakes primal side had taken control His features were drawn and his eyes were black. Jakes face and shirt were covered in blood he looked like some kind of rabid animal Once Andrew got a hold of himself he opened the letter and read it.

 Dear Mr. Martin,

I first must offer my condolence for your child. It was unfortunate that he had gotten caught up in these events and alternately had to be put down. I have enclosed a picture of him for you. The disc show why he had to be put down. 

I have managed to convince my associate that the death of your human wife and child has balanced the scales and as such, I am given you one chance to leave with your lives. If you and your mate leave Mexico and disassociate yourselves form Charles Black and his minions then you have my word of honor we will never bother you, your mate. We will also remove the bounty that was issued on the two of you. This offer is also extended to your mate's first and her mate and child. 

The disc that was left with Jake is for Charles Black I would greatly appreciate if you would make sure he receives it no matter what you decided. If you have already tried to play it and saw the message then I am sorry for repeating myself. If not the disc is encrypted so that only Charles will be able to start it.

Sincerely,

ZA  

Andrew handed the letter to Gloria since Amelia had already read it over his shoulder. Andrew placed the CD from the box into the player on the laptop when Paola started to panic as part of her memories started to return. "Please do not watch that sir. It will do you no good," She begged as tears poured form her eyes. 

Amelia wrapped her arms around Paola in an attempt to calm the frightened young lady. "It will be OK dear .Andrew won't hurt you." Amelia softly said while she started to rock the young vampire.

"You don't understand I know what is on the disc," Paola mournfully cried. She then whispered where only Amelia could hear, "It includes the boy's death."

Amelia hadn't been blocking Andrew and he heard what Paola had said through Amelia and his bond. He had suspected that the disc may contain Jake's death but he had to watch it nonetheless, he had to see if he could see the man that had murdered his son. Andrew came over and kneeled down beside Amelia and Paola. "Where you there when they made the video?" Andrew gently asked.

"I was forced to film it. I tried to resist doing it but he was too strong for me he made the other vampire do it, the one that was left in the house. He enjoyed watching the poor man beg him not to make him do it. The cruel bastard laughed as he forced him to behead the child. Paola replied in a shaky voice. Her eyes were hooded as she recalled the memory. She suddenly grabbed a wastebasket as everything she had ingested came back up. After several minutes, she finally emptied her stomach. Once she was finished, Fredrick handed her a bottle of water so she could rinse her mouth out.

"Who was too strong?" Amelia asked as she rubbed young girls back trying to calm her.

"He was... I cannot remember it hurts too much," Paola replied her voice strained from the pain in her head. 

"Relax; stop trying to force the memory." Andrew gently but firmly demanded.

"I can help you to remember without causing you pain you just have to relax and trust me. I promise we won't let anyone hurt you," Amelia swore.

"What do I have to do?" Paola asked. She knew that there was something important she needed to tell them but it she couldn't remember what it was she could recall the older Middle Eastern man perfectly his name was Amsu. He had left a couple days before Amelia had showed up. She now remembers filming the horrible murder of the boy but everything else was just out of her reach. She could tell her memories were there but she couldn't get to them. 

Amelia had Paola take a seat to help her to relax. She took the young vampires hands in her won and locked eyes with her. Amelia gently started to probe her mind until she ran up against Paola's mental shield. "Relax and lower your shield. I promise I won't hurt you." Amelia softly promised.

"I don't know how to lower my shield," Paola responded her voice thick with despair.

"Close your eyes look into your own mind and find the area that is responsible for protecting your mind from others. You will know it once you find it most people see it as a wall or some other form of a barrier," Layla explained.

Paola was quiet for several minutes as she looked for the area that Layla had described. "I have found it looks like a vault door. What do I do next?" She asked.

"Simple open the vault door and invite Amelia in?" Layla softly replied.

Amelia patiently waited while Paola lowered her defense never pressuring her. After Amelia managed to gain entry, she began to go through her memories until she ran into a block. Amelia easily probed the block but found it stronger than the one that Richard had had. She carefully led Paola around the block then allowed her to take the lead. Paola memories flooded back to her now and she quickly came to the realization that her memories had been false. Now that she knew the truth, Paola started to share her real memories with Amelia. She knew that ZRA was actually Ziaran Alessio and he was sadistic bastard who took great pleasure in torturing Tony and Paola. Ziaran was the one who ordered Tony not to kill Paola because he had wanted her. He had repeatedly raped and sodomized her over the first two weeks of life as a vampire. He had also limited her feedings so that she would remain weak and complaint. Her saving grace had been when Amsu had shown up with Jake. Amsu had forced Ziaran to feed her and allow her to regain her strength before he was allowed to start raping her again.

Amsu hadn't wanted to leave Jake in the care of Ziaran and only did so after Ziaran had sworn the he would protect Jake and allow no harm to come to him. Contrary to the memories that Ziaran had planted Jake wasn't rogue quite the opposite he was adjusting well to being a vampire and was looking forward to seeing his father now that he knew he was alive. Jake had overheard a conversation between Amsu and Layla about Amelia and Andrew. Layla was trying to convince Amsu that Amelia and Andrew would be assets to their cause and that Jake would assure their loyalty however, Amsu wanted Jake as a replacement for Diamond.

Ziaran saw Jake as an impediment, so he used Tony to kill Jake. Amelia watched Paola's memories of the killing and it was nether quick or merciful. Jake had suffered several hours of torture at Ziaran's hands before he had Tony remove Jake's head by twisting it off. 

Amelia was so shocked by she had saw she hadn't realized that she had been sharing everything she learned with Andrew who was standing there still with tears flowed freely down his face and Anger burning deeply in his eyes. When she finally realized what she had done she quickly looked into Andrew's eyes fearing that he was losing control but found not an out of control vampire but a very pissed off dad that would have his vengeance and it would be a very slow and painful death for Ziaran. Amelia quickly calmed when she saw that Andrew was very much in control even with what he had seen she just hoped that Andrew would stay in control. 

Amelia relayed what she had seen to everyone else while Andrew took a few minutes to recompose himself. Even he was surprised how calm and control he was in light of what he had witnessed. Once he had fully recomposed himself, he began to plan their next move. His knew his revenge would have to wait as much as it pained Andrew knew that he had to capture Ziaran alive and in shape to talk however as his baser side reminded him repeatedly that left a lot open the he could do. The thought of removing Ziaran's arm, legs, and especially his fangs; which never grew back once removed; delighted Andrew. He wondered if Charles would allow him to bury him up alive.

"Gloria could you please contact Charles and ask him for all of the information he has on Ziaran Alessio. Please tell him to hurry we have to leave here in less than an hour. Layla and Fredrick could you please figure out some place that Paola will be safe while we collect Mr. Alessio." Andrew requested.

Gloria quickly called Susan's number. "Susan we need all the information you have about a vampire named Ziaran Alessio." Gloria said as soon as Susan answered the phone without any of their usual banter.

"Why would you want to know about him? He had been dead for over sixty years," Susan responded with certainty even if she was clearly confused by the question

"Susan he was the one who had Andrew's son murdered. He is working for Amsu," Gloria replied as her own confusion set in. How could Susan be so wrong?

"Gloria that is impossible Charles witnessed his death. Ziaran was torturing and killing young humans in the Boston area and attracting way to much attention to us. You were on holiday so Charles personally hunted him down with Neal and Vlad. Ziaran had led them on a merry chase until they trapped him in a small cabin on the outskirts of Ottawa. They attempted to get him to surrender but after he wounded Neal they used plan "B" and set the back of the cabin on fire hoping to force him it didn't work and they found his charred remains after the fire burned out," Susan explained.

"Susan Amelia saw him in Paola's memories, the young vampire she rescued from Rodrigues's safe house..." Gloria started to argue.

"Ask them to describe the vampire" Susan demanded cutting Gloria off.

When Gloria asked Amelia for a description of the vampire, she had seen in Paola's mind Amelia held her hand out for the phone. "Hi Susan; He is about six two, one hundred-ninety pounds with shoulder length black hair. His skin was olive color and he had well defined but not over muscular body almost like a swimmer. The one thing that stood out in her memory was a ring it had a stranger stone or crystal that was dark red and it almost seemed to glow. He was constantly either tapping it as if he was bored," Amelia paused in her description trying to recall if there was anything else, she could think of. 

"Amelia can you describe the stone any better or perhaps ask, umm, Paola if she knew what the stone looked like, not the color, but the shape," Susan asked clearly surprised but the mention of the ring.

Amelia closed her eyes and concentrated on the ring for a moment, "It was shaped like a skull with fangs." Amelia answered. She could clearly see it in her mind. She went through Paola's Memories and could see the Ziaran greatly valued the ring one time Paola had accidently touched it while he was raping her. He immediately stopped and over the next few hours, he took great pleasure in breaking every bone in her hand several times, as he yelled at her for soiling his ring by touching it with her filthy hand. She was unworthy to look at the ring.

"That is him. He is a very powerful psychic with no conscience. He enjoys torturing and using inventive ways to murder people. He was turned by Vhald's youngest sister when she thought he was her mate. He took the ring from her after he tortured and slowly tore her apart. Amelia please wait for Charles and me before you all go after him," Susan explained her concern evident.

"Susan I am not sure what Andrew has planned but we have Gloria, Layla, and Fredrick to help us. Once Andrew lays out the plan I will call you back," Amelia finished and handed the phone back to Gloria. Susan and Gloria talked for a few more moments before hanging up.

Andrew waited until he had everyone's attention, "The only way I can see us having a chance for long term survival is to bring irrefutable proof to Charles to present to the other enforcers of Amsu's plans and our best option for this is to capture as many of his cohorts alive as possible," Andrew started to explain.

As Andrew was explaining his plan when the cell phone that Amelia had been using rang, "Hello," she answered wearily.

"Amelia let me talk to Andrew it is important," The unknown female caller demanded, her Middle Eastern accent evident.

"Who is this?" Amelia quickly countered.

"A friend, now if you all don't want to die in the next twenty minutes put him on," The mysterious caller retorted harshly.

Andrew took the phone from Amelia he had heard the conversation clearly. "Who are you and what do you want?" Andrew sharply demanded.

"I am your guardian angel, my dear and I am just warning you that you have about two dozen heavily armed mercenaries heading for your location and I seriously doubt they have your best interest in their hearts. I would suggest you get out of sight since they have the exits covered," She stated then paused for a moment. Andrew was just about to ask why he should trust her when she continued, "There is a panic room behind the supply closet to your left get everyone in there, and I will cover you. I promise that after I take care of these people I will explain everything," The mysterious caller hung up the phone right after she finished not giving Andrew a chance to question her.



Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 12 Pt. 01



Andrew listened to the unknown caller trying to gauge if she was being honest and though he couldn't detect any deceit, he was wary. "How do I know if you are telling the truth?" Andrew asked harshly.

"Believe me or not it makes little difference. Therefore, you decide either let me do the job I was asked to or get in my way and I will stay a spectator, Your Choice!" The mysterious caller retorted.

"I believe her," Amelia said telepathically.

"Alright we will go into the safe room," Andrew agreed reluctantly.

Once the manger heard Andrew agree, he told his other employees to head into the room. "Elena, I want you to lead everyone through the escape tunnel. I will bring up the rear." Augustine quietly ordered. He then announced to everyone, "Follow Elena she will lead you through the tunnel to safety."

"What about you?" Gloria asked. She liked Augustine; they had become good friends over the years.

"I will be right behind you I just want to secure the sensitive data before I leave. I will join you in a couple minutes," Augustine promised.

Gloria reluctantly entered the safe room and no sooner then she cleared the doorway then the door slammed closed behind her and the time lock snapped into place. Gloria cursed knowing it would be twelve hours before the door could be opened. Elena moved the shelf and started the procedure that would open the door to the escape tunnel. The procedure would take her about twenty minutes to complete if there wasn't anyone in the tunnel; if there was someone in the tunnel then they were effectively trapped because the exit door wouldn't unlock without the proper code which none of them possessed.

True to the mysterious caller's word, twenty heavily armed, rough, looking vampires entered the waiting area. The leader who was just over six feet tall and looked as if he just stepped off the front of Solider of Fortune magazine stepped slightly in front of the others. "We are here to bring in the fugitive vampires. Either produce them or we will tear this place apart and find them." He demanded in a menacing tone.

"Sir, I would request that you lower your voice this is a place of business. Now how may I help you?" Augustine spoke in a very businesslike tone without a hint of fear.

"I am here to affect the capture of the renegade vampires that are with Andrew Martin and Amelia Hensley. You will turn them over or we will remove you from our way and then tear the premises apart till we find them." The leader threatened as he places his hand on the butt of his holstered pistol.

'We both know that is an empty threat. All of the enforcers have signed an agreement that Susan's businesses are neutral grounds and if you cause any trouble in here all of you would be hunted and put down before you could collect your reward," Augustine replied in a calm but assertive manner.

The leader calmly removed his pistol form its holster and pointed it at the' Augustine's head, "Andrew if you do not show yours..." He started to say when the top of his skull disintegrated into a spray of blood and brains. The leader's body fell to the ground like a sack of potatoes. For a couple of a heart beat everything was quiet except for the sound of falling glass then everyone of the mercenaries moved at once trying to take what little cover there was before silence reigned again. After a few minutes, the phone rang. Augustine still in shock answered it after the second ring out of habit. He listened for to the person on the other end of the phone then put the call on speaker. 

"Ladies and Gentlemen I thought you would like to know who is going to kill you. My name is Dafne but you may know me better by my pseudo name Le' Mirage I believe it was your former Employer whom gave me that handle. Hello Rafael," Dafne said with a chuckle. 

"Dafne why are you involving yourself in this mess they are only a couple out of control parvulus?" Rafael asked nervously.

"Rafael my sweet I am going to miss our talks but I will indulge you one last time. Up to an hour ago, I would have said because you were taking my prey but I received a call from two old friends both of them asking me to protect these people one of them happens to be the first of one of the ladies you have trapped in there and the other caller was her mate. Both of them offering me outrageous amounts of money to protect them, not that their money is any good with me, but I had to ask Susan why she was so hell bent on protecting them. After she explained, I have decided it is a worthy cause and signed on to assist them." Dafne explained.

"Fuck," Rafael stated without realizing he said it aloud.

"Yes you are my dear. Oh by the way the three snipers that you had on over watch are taking a very long nap," Dafne said nonchalantly.

"Dafne, My dear can we please come to some kind of understanding? I don't want to die or watch my team die," Rafael requested. 

He knew that if couldn't convince her to make a deal or they would all have a very bad day. He cautiously glanced at his surroundings trying to figure out her location when a red dot appeared in his right eye for a scant moment. Rafael quickly dove back into cover cursing himself for making such a rookie mistake.

"Looking for me my dear," Dafne taunted with a hardy laugh. Then her voice the turned cold as she continued, "I will indulge your curiosity. Did you see that tall building about eight hundred meters out .You know the one that you set your sniper on well I am sitting next to his cold corpse. O' that was his laser sight, not mine I detest those things." 

There was total silence for a few minutes a couple of the mercenaries thought that she had hung up the phone. When one of the mercenaries asked using hand signal, "Want me to go out the back and try to slip around behind her?"

"Good plan," Dafne said with humor tinging her voice, "All you have to do is make it to the door. Are you ready to try?"

"How the hell did she know," The mercenary said before he realized he said it aloud.

"You can either run for it or die where you sit Vinnie. You have five seconds to start your run," Dafne warned.

"Please..." Vinnie said before she interrupted 

'One thousand one," Dafne started.

Vinnie stay in cover! She hasn't got a shot," Rafael ordered sharply.

"One thousand two." 

"One thousand three."

The man took off as she said four and just as he reached the rear door, he heard One thousand five then heard the glass shatter. He then felt a sharp pain in his chest. The last thing he saw was bloodstain spread across the front of his shirt as the darkness of oblivion took him

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Rafael tried to stop Vinnie from running, he knew exactly what Dafne was doing. She was scaring him into breaking cover. He knew she didn't have a shot on Vinnie so she fucked with him until he broke cover and gave her the shot. "Why are you being a bitch? You could have proven your point without killing Vinnie," Rafael asked angrily. 

"Two reasons on I wanted to make my point, as you call it, crystal clear. Secondly I hated the bastard since he killed Winthrop," Dafne replied showing no emotion.

While Rafael was listening to her answer, he looked around wondering how she saw Vinnie's hand signals. He knew there was no way she should have been able to see them from her perch. He slowly scanned the room when he saw the camera above the counter and made it inoperable with couple of rounds from his Sig. "Without breaking cover take out those fucking cameras," He ordered sharply. He thought about taking out the lights but decided it would be a wasted effort.

"Are you happy now that you think that I am blind to what is going on in there?" Dafne asked sounding almost bored.

Rafael was trying to figure a way out of this situation he knew that Dafne wouldn't let one of them live it would be a mistake on her part if she did and that was something Dafne didn't do often; make mistakes. He was the manager hiding behind the counter trying to make himself as small of a targeted as possible. He pointed Sig at the man, "come here," He ordered.

Augustine hesitated not wanting to move until a round from Rafael's Sig slammed into the counter less than an inch form his head. Rafael placed Augustine so that his body acted as a shield against Dafne; making it next to impossible for her to get a clear line of fire on him. He started to dial Rodrigues number even though he dreaded making it. Rafael knew it would most likely cost them most if not all of the reward but he saw no other way of walking away from here alive.

"Rafael who would you be calling I hope that you aren't thinking of calling Rodrigues because if you did I would be forced to take more drastic action we both may regret," Dafne said. 

"Like what Dafne? We both know you aren't going to let us leave here and forget about the whole thing," Rafael replied. 

"What makes you think that?" Dafne asked her tone sounded almost bored.

Before Rafael could reply his call was answered, "Who is this?" 

"My name is Rafael Antonius, Mr. Rodrigues; my team and I have the parvulus ..." Rodrigues heard Rafael starting to explain when the phone made a loud screeching sound just before it went dead 

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Daphne maneuvered to where she could get a clear shot on Rafael. The wall that was now between her and him was of little consequence the rifle she used could pierce a half inch of plate steel and still have enough power to knock a man off his feet. She used her thermal scope and aimed for the hand that was by his head. Daphne checked the camera feed one last time to make sure no one had moved and she took a slow deep breath calming herself and slowing her heart. Once she was sure she was in her zone, she gently squeezed the trigger making sure she was between her own heartbeats so as not to affect the trajectory of the round.

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The round left the barrel of the rifle at one thousand meters a second and easily cut its way through the wall speeding towards it intended target. Less than a heartbeat later, the round passed through the phone Rafael was talking on and plowed it way through the upper part of his right cheek exiting through his lower jaw of his left side and finally coming to stop in his left shoulder after shattering his collarbone. Rafael let out a gabbled scream of pain before collapsing. The only sound that was heard for several seconds after that was Rafael's labored raspy breathing inter mixed with him choking on his own blood.

"How did that call work out for you Rafael?" Dafne asked with a chuckle. Then her voice turned icy as she continued, "The next one of you that even thinks of making a call will die. He was my one warning."

"Dafne, its C.P. I am going to go check on Raf, please hold your fire," Cherie said in her calm but sultry manner before she rose and slowly walked towards her fallen comrade. Cherry checked over Rafael's wounds while they were grievous they weren't life threatening she knew that he needed blood to assist in the healing process. Cherry was raised in a small Celtic village where she like her mother before her was the village healer. 

Cherie looked around trying to see where the manager of the facility had gotten to. She had lost track of him in the confusion after Rafael had been shot, no one had expected Dafne to be able to target them through a wall. She saw Augustine lying on his stomach about a meter from her and kicked him in the foot just hard enough to get his attention.

"I need a couple units of blood please," Cherie, pleaded.

Augustine looked at her as if she was crazy there was no way he was going to move. He never thought he would be in this situation where he was being threatened after all no one in their right mind would go against one of Susan's facilities it was pure suicide. He had never been an overly brave man he preferred to avoid conflict not that he was a coward but this was beyond anything he had ever experienced. The only reason he had confronted the mercenaries in the first place was that he naively thought that they would leave as soon as he reminded them who owned the business. Augustine was about to tell the woman no, but the look on her face made him want to help her. He nodded then quickly then glanced out the window hoping that he wouldn't be shot. He slowly rose and walked towards the cooler where the blood was stored.

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After convincing the Employees from the Exchange to stay hidden near the exit of the escape tunnel Andrew, Amelia and the rest slowly made their way back to the building. They stopped just outside of the area where the other vampires could sense them. "Gloria and Fredrick wait here while Layla and Amelia try to work their way to the rear of the building. I am going to try to work my way around front and find my guardian angel once I do, I will call you each group, and we can have a conference call on how we want to rescue Augustine," Andrew ordered. 

Andrew then turned to fulfill his part of the plan when Gloria grabbed his arm stopping him, "Andrew I think we should call Charles he had to be the one to enlist your guardian angel. Think about it who else would have known we were there and have the resources to acquire someone like her on such short notice?" Gloria quickly suggested.

Andrew paused for a moment then sighed, he should have thought of that himself, but the anger he was trying to hold at bay was clouding his judgment. He realized he had to keep his mind clear of the anger that was threatening to engulf him or he would make a mistake that would cost him one or more of the most important people in his life. Andrew took a deep breath and slowly released it attempting to center himself "You are correct; I should have thought of that myself, Sorry" Andrew quickly apologized. 

"Andrew, you have nothing to apologize for. You are holding up much better than any of us had expected you to. You know we are all in this together and however this turns out I'm so glad I am with you and Amelia," Gloria exclaimed full of emotion before giving Andrew a sisterly kiss on the cheek.

While Gloria was helping Andrew to calm down Layla took out her phone and dialed the familiar number. She waited for the person on the other end of the line to answer, "Hello big brother I need to know if you sent someone to help us and if you did how can we contact her." Layla knew that her calling Charles big brother irritated him but she never could resist even though she knew it was a bit childish of her. 

"Yes Layla, we did send someone to help you but why do you need to contact her?" Charles inquired before answering her question. He learned to ignore her calling him big brother long ago in fact now he sort of looked forward to her little tease not that he ever admit it to her. 

"Augustine refused to go into the tunnel with us and is now trapped in the exchange with the mercenaries. We want to coordinate with your people to rescue him and then try to catch up with Ziaran." Layla answered hoping he believed her. She knew that Charles and her relationship was stressed at best. She had always been fond of Charles but Amsu had warned her about trusting Charles claiming that he would only use her to farther his own goals and quickly discard her once her purpose had been served. Though she no longer believed Amsu, she still was wary.

"Layla it is Daphne helping you. Her number is 011-972-4-555-5612. Don't worry about Ziaran, Susan and I will take care of him. Please let Andrew know and once you settle thing their please call me so we can arrange to meet to plan out the next stage of the operation."

"OK, Charles hopefully we will be calling you soon," Layla said before ending the call. She then handed Andrew her phone and repeated the number Charles had given her.

Andrew dialed the number while trying to decide what he was going to say, After the fourth ring he heard a rather annoyed sounding feminine voice, "Who the hell is this and how did you get my number?"

"I thought that a guardian angel always knew when her charge was contacting her," Andrew quipped.

"I am glad you managed to extract yourself from there. Now what may I do for you?" Daphne responded sounding amused.

"First of all thank you for all of your help, you saved our asses. Next how can we help to rescue Augustine?" Andrew inquired.

Dafne considered telling them that she would handle the extraction and for them to get as far from here as they possible could however after her discussion with Susan earlier she knew they would just attempt a rescue without her and most likely getting Augustine and a couple of them killed in the process. "I was considering offering them a chance to leave and hope that they would take it. I am almost sure that Rafael will call Rodrigues however we should be long gone before he is well enough to make that call." Dafne explained.

"Sounds like a plan, What do you want us to do?" Andrew asked.

"Hopefully nothing, I have a feeling once they know that you all have managed to escape they will be willing to leave without a fight," Dafne responded. Then paused as she worked out the final details of her plan, "Andrew do you think you all can safely make your way to the building I am on?"

"I could if you could tell me which building you are on," Andrew replied with a chuckle.

"I am across the street and to the left of the front door of Susan's place. There is a back door." Dafne responded in a much friendlier tone.

Andrew led the rest of them back the way they had came until he was a few blocks away he then made a wide circle towards the building that Dafne had indicated that she was on as they approached the rear of the building Andrew saw several large vampires about to enter the building and quickly moved to intercept them. As soon as he came into range of them being able to sense him two in the rear turned towards them and Smiled, "It looks like we hit pay-dirt boys." 

The other three vampires turned and smiled as they fanned out to face Andrew. Amelia and Gloria quickly moved to Andrew's right side while Layla moved to his left. Fredrick stepped from behind Layla to move to her side when the lead vampire recognized him and his smile quickly dropped form his face and a look of concern that bordered on fear over took his expression.

"Fredrick what the fuck are you doing here with them?" the lead vampire bellowed out. His voice was full of false bravado that the rest of his features lacked. 

"I am here to protect my mate and her associates," Fredrick stated nonchalantly.

"Then you and your mate are free to go all we need are the two parvulus and the one called Layla. So you and your mate are free to go," The lead vampire offered.

"My mate is Layla," Fredrick replied his eyes narrowing in anger.

"In that case we will let her go and bother you no more but the parvulus stay." the man offered.

Fredrick paused as he considered his response making Andrew wonder if he was going to accept his offer.



Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 12 Pt. 02



Here is the second part of the chapter. Again it isn't edited so please excuse any mistakes . I am undecided if i will make the next part of the story chapter 12 part 3 or chapter 13 will decide that once i finish it. Please enjoy.

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Meanwhile across town Ziaran walked into the El Resto Del Vaqueroin a few minutes before he was supposed to meet the young vampire that he had hired to deliver the box to Andrew although he had no intention of paying him he couldn't allow Felipe to live and since Andrew had failed to kill him he would have to do it himself. He had just started to head for a both in back corner when he heard, "Hello Ziaran, long time no see."

Ziaran cringed as he recognized the voice he slowly turned towards it and his worse fears was standing less than six feet from him. He swallowed hard and quickly turned and froze as he heard, in a menacing heavily Russian accented voice, "Going somewhere?" 

Ziaran color drained from his face and his eyes went wide in shock the one vampire he feared the most even more then Charles was standing in front of him. He cursed himself for not paying more attention to his surroundings it was a mistake that only a parvulus would make and now it will cost him his life and he knew it wouldn't be a pleasant death. He glanced around to confirm what he had already known there would be no escape for him he noticed by each exit including the windows there we several of Vlad's men and he imagined that Charles had his men stationed around the outside of the building as an added layer of security.

Ziaran remembered Vlad's Sister Alina and how innocent she was which was surprising considering what she turned out to be. He hadn't known that she was a vampire and thought she would be a good time. Since it was apparent that she was rich he thought he ride the gravy train taking whatever he could get and then once he tired of her he would dispose of her in a fun way like he had all of the others. He smiled to himself has he thought of the night she had announced to him the she was vampire and he was her mate. At first he thought she was playing so kind of game but was quickly convinced when she bit him and started to drink his blood. After he changed it took him a few years to realize just how weak and dependent she was. It felt as if she was a millstone tied around his neck one which he relished removing after all he had it all now money, strength and best of all immortality. He loved the look on her face when he started tearing her apart piece by piece. He recalled Alina's final words, "Ziaran, you can't be doing this to me. I am your mate." Even now it was funny to him just how stupid Alina was.

A quick rap to the back of his head brought him back to the present. He turned and faced the man that would ultimately relieve him of his life and smiled. "Hello Brother long time no see," Ziaran cheerfully taunted . He knew his mental powers were of no use to him the three vampires that surrounded him were far to strong for his powers to work.

"I am no brother of yours." Vlad harshly retorted with a snarl as he shoved Ziaran forward towards Charles. Vlad couldn't believe it when Charles had called him and informed him that this bastard was still alive. At first he truly believed that it was some kind of trick to get his aid but once Charles had said that it was just a courtesy call because they had once been allies he knew that Charles wasn't trying to deceive him. What surprised Vlad even more was when Charles had offered to allow him to be in on the capture and he would allow him to hold and ultimately deal with Ziaran however he saw fit as long as he kept him alive and in good enough shape to testify against Amsu and Rodrigues.

He knew that Charles knew it was rightfully his place to decide Ziaran's fate but after the earlier altercation between the two of them, he was almost sure Charles would deny him that honor and would of dealt with Ziaran himself. He knew he now owed Charles a debt one the Charles would never collect on and claim that he didn't owe. Vlad was looking forward to getting Ziaran back to his home where he could start to repay him for all of the pain he had caused his family.

Charles and Susan took a seat in the both next to where they were standing and waited for Vlad and their guest to have a seat across from them. Charles watched as Vlad roughly shoved Ziaran into the both and took the seat next to him blocking his escape route. They all set there a few minutes that seamed like hours staring Ziaran who defiantly stared back at them the smug smile never leaving his face. 

"Hello Charles, I hear congratulation are in order. Please allow me to buy a bottle of bubbly so we can properly toast your mating," Ziaran expounded like the three of them were old friends and they were here to celebrate.

"I am afraid that the company has soured my stomach and I will have to decline having a drink with the likes of you," Susan sourly riposted. She was beginning to wonder just how deranged Ziaran was. He had to know he wasn't going to enjoy what was left of his pitiful life.

"Ziaran, I will give you one chance to die easier all you have to do is tell me who in my organization is helping Amsu and Rodrigues," Charles offered. He was hoping that Ziaran wouldn't realize that his promise was empty. Charles had no doubt that Vlad would make him suffer long and hard for his crimes before he finally disposed of him.

Ziaran looked as if he was going to accept Charles deal and had even started to speak when his expression hardened, "Charles you must think me a fool that deal gives me nothing. Give me your word of honor that you will kill me quick without torture then I will not only tell you who the traders are but will also give you the location of a file with enough proof to not only condemn Amsu but also all of his cohorts. Do we have a deal?" Ziaran asked.

Charles set there considering his options on one hand that file if it existed would be all of the ammunition he need to go before the council to justify his actions and also save Andrew and Amelia but that would mean he would have to break his word to Vlad. He glanced at Vlad who was staring at him his expression unreadable but he remained strangely quiet. 

Charles decided he had to do what was best for all and just prayed that he was making the right decision. "Here is my final offer Ziaran. You will give me the file and any other information you have. You will also forfeit all of your assets they will go to your surviving victim. I won't have you killed slowly like I planned but will allow you a trial. That neither Vlad nor I will be the judge but I will be the one who selects the judge. you will be held by an someone of Susan choosing until you are tried but for this you will have to agree to testify against your former compatriots before the enforcer's council. If we have a deal I want a blood pact now," Charles demanded his expression was cold and the power that he had allowed to come forth had everyone on edge . Charles cut his left hand and held it out waiting to see if Ziaran would accept if not then it fall to him and Vlad to try to break Ziaran and get the information form him.

A blood pact was an ancient right in which two vampires would make a deal guaranteeing it with their own blood and failure to follow the deal to the letter would result in the death of the offending vampire. The death was said to very painful and slow it would take weeks to months to give them the chance to make good on the deal during that time the vampire wouldn't be able to feed and would slowly start to decay as if they were a corpse. The pact was rarely used and the last recorded time it had been used was in the late seventeenth century. Kristin McClain was the leader of a large coven in Southern England and had made a pact with another coven's leader not to attack them which he did almost a century later destroying the coven but invoking the curse of the blood pact. He had been so thorough that not member of the clan had survived that he could attempt to reestablish the deal with so he spent the last painful months of his life trying to find a way to break the curse. 

"Charles you can't do this," Susan exclaimed in shock.

Ziaran quickly ripped his left hand open and grasped Charles' lest hand sealing the deal. "I agree to all of your terms as stated," Ziaran happily stated as he felt the slight burn of the pact taking place.

"We had a deal Black," Vlad angrily protested as he stood to leave the anger in his eyes burning deeply.

"I am truly sorry Vlad but I had to do what is best for all. I promise I will make this up to you," Charles promised.

Vlad snorted and turned to leave he had thought that Charles was an honest man but he was proven wrong. Worse of all he had forgiven Charles for his earlier call and thought they would become friends as they were before and now Charles had done the injustice to him. He was beyond incensed and would have his revenge if it took a millennium.

Susan locked eyes with Charles for a moment before rising. "Charles not only have you betrayed Vlad but also Andrew and our child have you forgotten what he did to Neil. I am leaving don't try to follow me," Susan said angrily as she stormed out of the door following Vlad.

Charles sighed he hated disappointing her but he had little choice when the welfare of his people was at stake. "Your information better be good as you claimed or I promise you that I will make you wish you died from the blood curse," Charles threatened.

"It is better than good in fact let's go to my suite and I will give all of the information required to fulfill my end of the deal," Ziaran suggested. He started to rise and noticed that six of Charles's men had appeared around him.

"They are here to protect you, I wouldn't want anything to happen to you at least until we are done, "Charles said. He then gestured for Ziaran to follow his men 

Charles quickly lead everyone to the van he had had his men bring to the front of the club. The security men kept Ziaran moving and had him in the van quickly not giving anyone a clear target. Charles was glad that he had Kirk with him, ever since Mitch had died Kirk had stepped up and taken over Mitch's duties while maintaining his own since Charles hadn't had time to find a replacement for Kirk's old job. 

Kirk had already been told he was the next head of security for Charles and his family. Andrew and Amelia were now head of security for Charles' businesses and also tended to handle personnel issues like the one with Christina Morehouse. He was glad that the two of them had taken those responsibilities off of him it made his life easier.

Charles paused suddenly and got a far away look in his eyes before he stepped into the vehicle with a sigh. "What's a Charles mate abandon you?" Ziaran asked with a sneer.

"No she is just upset with me because I had to break my word to Vlad. She just let me know she was going back to our hotel and we would discuss my action later," Charles said not really answering Ziaran. 

"I wish I could say that I was sorry to cause you so much trouble but we both know that was a lie," Ziaran replied in a smug tone he seemed to relish in Charles discomfort.

"Just remember my old friend I never promised that I wouldn't kick the shit out of you ,so if I were you I shut the fuck up," Charles threatened his eyes darkening.

"Charles we wouldn't want to kill me and invoke the curse least not till you got your precious information," Ziaran quickly reminded Charles.

Ziaran remained quiet for the rest of the ride a small fact that Charles was thankful for he had to decide how best to proceed from here. He knew that his relationship with Vlad would be strained for the time being but it was a necessary evil and he would make it up to him. He was worried about his other friends mostly Andrew right now he was sure that Andrew had to nearing his breaking point and if he did reach it then the distasteful job would once again fall to him. His stomach soured as he thought of Lenard whom had been his closest confidant; the two of them were closer then most brothers and he had to put him down. Charles wasn't sure he could kill another close friend and remain sane. He stilled missed Lenard and guessed he always would. 

He knew that the events of Lenard's death had played a part in his decision to delay mating with Susan and most likely would of prevented him form not doing so if hadn't been for Andrew and Amelia. He because whom he is had placed his family and closest friends in more danger then ever before and he prayed that he was making all the right moves to keep everyone safe but he wasn't sure that their was even a right move.

Charles was so lost in his thoughts he failed to realize that they had arrived at Ziaran's hotel until he heard Kirk ask him how he wanted to handle things here. Charles forced all of the other issues to the back of his mind and thought for a moment before answering. 

"Kirk have Andrea take his team up and secure Ziaran's room, Lisa's team will set up a perimeter around the vehicles then you,me and Lenard will escort Ziaran to his room once everything is secure . Lastly have the vehicles manned just in case we have a make a quick exit," Charles order knowing most likely Kirk had already had the arraignments in place.

A couple of minutes later kirk announced that everything was ready. Charles took the lead with Ziaran close on his heels Kirk and Lenard were about a half of step behind Ziaran. Kirk was slightly to his left and Lenard to the right. The way the three of them had him covered with the additional guards creating a corridor it made it highly unlikely that an assassin would be able to get a clear shot at Ziaran.

"I feel like the president having all of you so willing to eat a bullet for me," Ziaran cheerfully taunted.

If Ziaran was going to make any other remarks he quickly changed his mind after Kirk gave him a sharp punch in his kidneys. Ziaran turned to protest but one look at Kirk he decided that it would be better to keep him mouth shut. The four of them quickly got to Ziaran's room and were greeted by two of Andrea's people standing on the door . Charles nodded to Mike and Peg as he went through the door he knew that they were both good at their job and were part of Susan's personal protection team when she traveled abroad. 

Andrea greeted Charles as he entered the room, "Charles the room is secure. I stationed Trevor on the balcony. Les and Jorge are watching the elevators and stairs. We are on open mikes on channel six," Andrea said.

Charles quickly nodded his approval before turning to Ziaran, "Well where is the data?" Charles demanded.

Ziaran walked over to the bed and lifted the mattress in the center was a large manila envelope with two disc and a flash drive inside of it. "Charles you have to insert the flash drive then the disc. Once the flash drive decodes the disc it will prompt you for a password Alina61223," Ziaran instructed . He knew that Charles would recognize the date it was the date he had turned.

"Kirk get someone to bring us a laptop quickly," Charles' ordered. Normally he would of used please and thank you but Ziaran was really getting under his skin; just his presence was enough to push Charles to the point that he wished he hadn't made the deal with him but he had so he knew he had to tolerate it him for a bit longer. With in ten minutes Charles was reviewing the file that Ziaran had turned over to him and he quickly scanned the list of contacts and agents Amsu had working for him not only with in Charles and other enforcer's organizations but also with in the human community.

Charles suddenly stopped at one of the names as he reread it twice he felt ill when he read it. Amanda Rose Green had been hired to be Emma's Nanny when she was child and had became a close friend of the family she now acted as Charles head of household. He quickly called Emma and gave her the names of the people that were listed on this file and told her to take them all into custody. Emma had a hard time believing that Amanda had betrayed them and said she would interrogate her personally.

Ziaran reflected, while he waited while Charles was on the phone, he knew that most likely he would be executed but he was sure he would be granted a quick merciful death compared to what Vlad or Charles would have done to him. He held on to a small bit of hope that he may get prison instead even though in his heart he knew it was foolish but either way he had manged to escape endless hours of very painful torture and for that he was happy. Ziaran waited until Charles was done with his call to his daughter then handed him two more flash drives, "Here are all of my financial records as per our deal."

Charles had his people go over the room with a fine tooth comb making sure that Ziaran had indeed turned over everything. He had his men pack up all of Ziaran's belongings to take with them all told it had taken them almost two hours to go through everything. Charles then lead the group out through a side entrance of the hotel. 

Ziaran quickly realized as they approached the Vehicles that it wasn't Charles people that were standing by them but Vlad's and began to worry. He watched in horror as Susan stepped out of the lead Escalade with a smile. "Charles, what is going on? Remember the pact," Ziaran nervously stated.

"I am following the pact. I said that Susan would select the person who was to act as your jailer and that neither Vlad or myself would judge you. I never said that Susan wouldn't select Vlad to act as your jailer. Don't worry my old friend he knows he can't kill you and you have to be able to testify in front of the council of enforcers," Charles replied with a hard cold smile.

"This is not fair you promised that I wouldn't be tortured and wouldn't be turned over to Vlad. I trusted you,you bastard," Ziaran ranted maniacally.

Charles let him rant for a few minutes then calmly explained with a smug smile gracing his lips, "First of all I never promised that you wouldn't be tortured. If you recall I said Susan would chose your jailer, I never even hinted that it won't be Vlad in fact I strongly suggested to her that she select him. I cannot think of a better jailer to give you everything you deserve. Lastly I have already decided who will set in judgment of you. Would you care to guess who and I will help you along it won't be Vlad or Myself as I stated for the pact."

"Let me guess your mate," Ziaran replied his voice barely above a whisper. He knew the rest of his days would not be pleasant and wished he had listened to what Charles had said a little closer but once Charles had said he would be held by someone of his mates choosing he was hooked and now it was going to cost him everything.

"Nope, I decided to allow Andrew will judge you. I can't think of a better person to sit in judgment of you. How about you Vlad?" Charles asked with a smug look gracing his face.

Vlad stood almost to still for a few moments before a smile started to spread across his face. "Charles I couldn't agree with you more. I do have a question, will I be allowed to give my recommendations for his punishment to Andrew and may I witness the the carrying out of his sentence?" Vlad asked. He was now glad that Charles had stopped him from going after Andrew. Vlad could smell the fear rolling off of Ziaran and knew if he did nothing else but remind him everyday that the father of the young vampire that he had killed was going to set in judgment of him.

Charles had already explained everything that was going on and even though Vlad was still upset with Andrew over the sucker punch, he decided that he would let it go. One day he would return the favor but it would end there he even begrudgingly had to admit to himself he was impressed that Andrew had managed to land the punch. Vlad had to wonder to himself if was that he was getting slower or Andrew was just that fast. Vlad laughed inwardly at the thought that he would have to test Andrew once this was over to see if he could land a similar punch again.




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"Vlad you know full well I always allow any victims or their relatives to give their input on how they would like to see the perpetrator punished," Charles replied wondering what Vlad was up to. Vlad had witnessed many trials that Charles had hell he was even a witness in a few of them and had seen first hand that the last thing that Charles does before he retires to consider the sentence was allow and one who was a victim or a relative of the victim to testify has to how they would like to see the offender punished.

Charles gave Vlad a sideways glance before realized what he was doing. Charles had to quickly suppress a smile and couldn't help but think, well played my friend. Vlad was already torturing Ziaran everyone here knew that he was a coward and preyed on those that were weaker than him to prove to himself that he was a man. Charles knew that Vlad would take great pleasure in torturing Ziaran by all means he could and Charles almost wished he had the time to watch Vlad at work.

"Vlad I have already sent work to Emma and she will personally meet you at the airport and escort you and your people to my secure facility. Unfortunately I can only house about a dozen of your people in the under ground part since we are still using part of it for our headquarters but I am sure the rest of your people will be comfortable in the above ground areas. Susan ordered. Then softened her tone before continuing, "Anna will be waiting for you at the facility. She said she to tell you she missed her big brother and was looking forward to seeing him again. I told her you were bringing her a special present."

"Thank you Susan. I have to admit it will be good to see her," Vlad said with a small smile.

"You may be cursing me after you get the bill for the card you gave her," Susan teased. She then continued after she noted Vlad's confusion, "She has been going out shopping with Emma and Misha. 

Vlad grimaced then he got a large smile as he teased, "That is fine I will just add it to my bill I give to you since it is your daughter's fault."

"That's fine I know how to write disallowed," Susan responded without missing a beat. Her amusement was evident.



Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 13



I hope you enjoy this Chapter I know it is unedited so please forgive me for any mistakes. This should be the next to last chapter which I am working on but I cannot give you a time frame.

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"Well as generous as your offer is I must decline," Fredrick replied as he moved slightly in front of Layla.

"Fredrick please reconsider we don't want to upset your father," The leader pleaded.

"I have a counter offer for you Santos. Leave now and take your men with you and I won't mention this to my father. If you refuse then after we kill you I will call my father and tell him how your coven attacked me and my mate. Are you ready to involve the rest of your coven in this you what happened to the last coven that crossed my father. What is your decision?" Fredrick demanded in a cold hard tone. As he spoke he let his baser side come forward.

"Do you realize how much money those two are worth? I tell you what we'll split it with you; all you have to do is walk away. Come on what do you say?" Santos practically begged. He knew that the three of them would have trouble with the blonde they could sense she was an older then the four of them and from her posture it was clear that she wasn't going anywhere.

"Santos do you know who that blonde you are drooling over is? Let me help she is Gloria Vegas number one to Susan Dorchester err now Black as in Charles Black's mate," Fredrick quickly explained.

Santos eyes widened in shock and he visually palled. "Y...You are lying. Why would someone such as her be helping the likes of them," Santos stammered trying to put as much bravado as he could muster.

"For two reason first and most important they are my friends and secondly I owe them my life," Gloria declared as she brought her baser side forward.

"You should have left while you had the chance," Fredrick sadly stated as he started to move towards them

Santos knew unless he came up with a way to prevent it quickly he and his cohorts would be dead. He quickly glanced across the five vampires that now faced them and knew what they had to do. "Get Layla," He mentally screamed the others. Since they were his creations he could mentally speak to them.

Amelia quickly read what Santos was planning and relayed it to Andrew and before any of the others could react to Santos' order, Andrew launched his attack and before Santos knew what was happening Andrew had cleanly removed his head. The two vampires to his left started to charge Layla as they were instructed to, one of them made the mistake of locking eyes with Amelia who promptly took control of him. The other one ran straight into Fredrick who grabbed him by the throat and held him. Fredrick hadn't wanted to kill any of them he would if he had to but he preferred not to kill unless there was no other choice. As he held the young vampire he was less than a year old he wondered why Andrew had attacked all of a sudden.

The final vampire who had Santos' first couldn't believe how quickly his creator had lost his head that quickly and raised his hands in surrender praying that they would be merciful and grant him a quick painless death. Gloria restrained him until they decided what to do with him.

"Andrew why did you suddenly attack them?" Layla asked.

"Amelia read his plan he had ordered the others to get a hold of you and use you as a bargaining chip. Now what are we going to do with them?" Andrew responded.

"Just what the fuck were you all trying to do Miguel?" Fredrick asked.

"We heard that those two were on the roof and we trying to capture them for the reward," Miguel answered quickly pointing at Andrew and Amelia.

"Who told you this?" Fredrick continued his interrogation.

"Javier, one of Mr. Rodrigues' men called. He said that they had some of his men pinned down around here and if we could found the location all we had to do was report it to him and he would pay us handsomely. We heard the gun fire and followed it to here. Santos thought we get the whole reward if we just capture you all ourselves," Miguel replied nervously. 

"Did Santos call Javier back and tell them where the shooting was coming from?" Andrew butted in.

"Yes he did about ten minutes ago," the young vampire replied nervously.

Andrew, really didn't want to have to kill the three of them but he knew if they just let them go one or more of them would track their movements and report it to this Javier then they would be in trouble. There was no way the five of them would survive the kind of forces that Rodrigues could and would bring down on them. He glanced at Amelia hoping she would have a suggestion besides wiping their minds.

She smiled, "I know how to handle this." Amelia locked eyes with each one of them taking control of their minds and instructed them to go home and avoid Javier or anyone else associated with Rodrigues. Once they were there, they would sleep for the next two days and when they woke up they would forget all about meeting any of them. She told them if asked to say as far they knew that Santos left town on business and wouldn't be returning anytime soon. She had them repeat their instruction back to her before releasing them.

While Amelia was taking care of the other vampires Andrew called Dafne. She answered on the second ring, "Where are you? What is taking so long?" She asked before Andrew could say anything.

"We got held up there were four young vampires trying to get up on the roof to capture us. One of Rodrigues' men told them it was us on the roof and they were going to try to collect the bounty for themselves. The real bad news is they called Javier before we got here," Andrew quickly explained

"Dammit, OK change of plan I will meet you down there in five minutes. I am going to try to get them to release Augustine then I will be down meanwhile get us transportation," Dafne quickly ordered. She knew that time was now quickly running out and that if they didn't leave in the next ten to fifteen minutes they most likely wouldn't ever leave at least not alive.

Andrew relayed what Dafne had said to the rest of the group. "We will take care of getting us some wheels. Meanwhile you three try to help speed up your guardian angel. If anything happens just ring my cell," Fredrick said as he and Layla took off to get them a vehicle.

Gloria walked over to the door and in less than thirty seconds had managed to pick the lock. Andrew and Amelia quickly followed her through the door making sure to lock it behind them. They knew that the door being locked wouldn't prevent vampires from gaining entrance but it would hopefully provide them a little more time to prepare for an attack all three of them were now hurrying up the stairs as quickly as possible.

Dafne knew that their time was limited if she failed to convince them to leave she would have to call Susan and have to have her rescue Augustine. She hated to have to do it but it was far more important to get the parvulus out of here.

"CP you still there love?" Dafne asked after taking a moment to center herself.

"I am still here, what can I do for you?" Cherry responded.

"I am going to make you a once in a lifetime offer with a thirty second expiration timer. All of you drop your packs, weapons and cell phones and leave now I will allow you to live but if any of you break the deal I will kill each and every one of you. If you agree send Augustine out if not make your peace."

Cherry quickly looked at the others and every one of them were nodding their acceptance while pleading for her to take the deal with their eyes. "We accept the deal but can I please have a couple minutes to feed Raf this blood," Cherry requested.

"You may but first release Augustine and tell him to leave the area. If any of you are try to follow him or stop him I will be watching.

"Dafne this Augustine, I am staying just have them leave I will be safe," Augustine firmly stated.

"Hard headed stupid son-of- bitch. OK Fine just stand by the window to the left where I can see you until they leave," Dafne grumbled before she ordered, "OK, the rest of you drop your packs and weapons, turn out all of your pockets. Lift your pant legs and bottom of your shirts so I can see if you are hiding anything."

"Miss, May I keep my wallet it only has pictures of my family in it," one of the younger ones asked.

"You may just hold it in your hands and that goes for the rest of you take your wallets and if you have any money you can take it also. Raf I am sure Susan will be billing you for the blood and all of the damages to her building I would suggest you pay the bill and not make me come collect it from you," Dafne harshly stated. She watched as Cherry disarmed Rafael showing her that he was indeed disarmed she held up his wallet and money then stuck them in his shirt pocket.

"Dafne I know you said to hold that shit in our hands but he is going to have to be carried out," Cherry said.

"No problem get one of the others to help you carry him out of there. They can place their wallets in there shirt pocket also. Now get moving before I change my mind," Dafne ordered.

The mercenaries didn't need to be told a second time they quickly exited the building and loaded up in their four Expeditions and took off as if the devil himself was chasing them. Dafne watched them until they got a few miles away then breathed a sigh of relief until she sensed someone moving up behind her. She quickly spun and covered the door that led to the roof. She tensed as the door opened slightly

"Dafne! It's Andrew, please hold your fire," Andrew announced loudly.

"OK, come on out," Dafne said keeping her rifle ready just encase. Once she saw it was Andrew, Amelia and to her surprise Gloria she lowered the rifle, "what the hell I thought I told you to arrange for transportation for us and wait for me in the alley."

"Fredrick and Layla are handling the transportation issues, so we came up to see if we can be have help," Andrew explained keeping his tone calm.

"Very well please let Augustine know you are safe and convince that idiot to close up the store for today Rodrigues isn't going to be happy you all got away and may decide to take out on him," Dafne quickly explained

Gloria quickly grabbed the cell that was still on speaker and switched it to normal. "Augustine, it is Gloria we are all safe I want you to get the hell out of there now...I don't care and neither will Susan... Meet your employees by where the tunnel exit is and all of you get out of town for a few days I will call Susan and have her handle the facility... go to the safe house near Morelia Susan will contact you there." Gloria ordered then softened her voice, "Augustine please be careful, I don't want to lose any more friends."

Gloria quickly disconnected the call, she would contact Susan once they were on the road she followed the rest of them down the eight flights of stairs. All of them were almost running down the stairs racing to make a clean getaway. However as they exited the building they saw three black Escalades setting there and everyone froze as they looked at the nine very large, heavily armed vampires standing their waiting on them. Not a one of them had sensed them. Andrew and Dafne who were in the lead immediate let their baser side come forward.

"Dafne, Andrew, Charles sent us. We are to escort you to meet him. We must hurry Rodrigues' men are about ten minutes out." The one who was the leader quickly explained as he handed a letter to Andrew.

"They work for Charles," Gloria quickly informed the others after she saw who they were.

Andrew was just about to attack when he heard Gloria's announcement. He quickly reigned in his baser side it was then then he noticed Layla and Fredrick standing beside two of the men and not under any duress.

"I am sorry to rush you but we must make haste," The leader quickly urged everyone. All six of them were quickly ushered into the middle Expedition along with the leader and what Andrew assumed was the second in command buy the way he acted.

"I must apologize for my manners I am William Lentz but please call me bill and this is my eldest son Eli," Bill introduced himself after they were one their way.

"Where are we meeting Charles?" Amelia asked she was still little wary of them. She could sense that Andrew was also but with him unless you could read his mind you never know it.

"We are meeting him near Oaxaca. Not to worry you all are in good hands," Bill said with a reassuring smile.

Amelia took a quick peek at his mind and found his mind closed off to her. She mentally said to Andrew, "Love, I cannot pierce his mental shield." as she replied aloud with a painted smile, "Thank you for the lift,"

Amelia quickly peak into Eli's mind and found that they were indeed working for Charles and had been assigned to protect them until they could meet up with Charles and Susan. She quickly relayed her finding to Andrew allowing both of them to finally relax.

"About how long will it take us?" Andrew asked suddenly feeling a little worn no that the adrenaline was leaving his system. .

"About five hours. Andrew are you feeling OK?" Gloria asked. She noticed how peaked Andrew looked. She wondered when he had last fed but recalled he had drank some blood while they were at Susan's facility.

"I'm fine just feeling a little fatigued. I everything is finally catching up to me," Andrew replied. He knew he was not feeling right but he figured it was just a combination of him running at full steam for the last few weeks and the additional stress of him fighting with his baser side for control after what happened to Jake.

Amelia snuggled up beside her mate she was also concerned about how Andrew looked and was praying he was right. She had taken a quick peak into his mind to make sure that he really as calm as he seemed and for now he was on an even keel more at peace with himself then he had been since Jake was taken. She could still sense his anger and sorrow but he was a lot calmer then she had expected him to be.

Amelia heard Andrew breathing soften as he drifted off to sleep and it lured her into a restful sleep. Gloria looked over at her two friends was glad to see that they had finally drifted off to sleep. She suddenly remembered she needed to call Susan to update her and also let her know that she had sent Augustine and the other employees to the safe house near Morelia. Susan was just updating her on the capture of Ziaran when Amelia and Andrew suddenly bolted up almost standing up in the truck. Gloria saw that Amelia's eyes were glowing.

"Tell Susan that Charles and her need to get the fuck out of there now. They are about to be attacked and if they stay they will die," Amelia frantically warned.

"She is right I saw it also," Andrew quickly added his voice to hers

Gloria didn't need to repeat Amelia's words to Susan she heard them and was quickly relaying them to Charles when his cell started to ring. She heard Emma say, "Dad you and mom need to leave where ever you are now Catherine is frantic saying if you don't leave right now you're going to die. Please listen to her."

"Don't worry sweetie we're leaving immediately. I'll call you back as soon as we are airborne," Charles reassured Emma.

"Gloria tell Amelia we are leaving. I will call you once we're airborne to arrange a new meet point," Susan quickly said.

"Bridgette tell Swede I want to be airborne ASAP," Charles ordered.

Everyone boarded as the crew quickly went through their preflight checks and started the engines at the same time knowing this was far from the proper procedures but knowing that their lives depended on them getting done as quickly as possible. In less than fifteen minutes the plane was taxing down the runway gaining speed to leap into the air. He had purchased the farm and made the hidden runway over years ago. When he first made the runway it was only capable of handling a small commuter plane he had lengthen it to be able to handle the largest airliners made today. He had a large hanger disguised as a barn to hide the planes which is equipped with all of the tools and equipment needed to properly service and maintain the aircraft. The runway had been camouflaged to look as if it was part or wheat field.

Charles watched as vehicles speed down his long driveway loaded with men and he sighed knowing that his and Susan retreat was now gone. The two of them would secret away here to renew their spirits and get away from everyone. He always loved their time here it had strengthened their bond even though they weren't mated. He had went to great lengths to make sure that only a few knew the location of this hideaway and now it was ruined. Perhaps the most troubling part was that if Amsu had managed to locate this place meant that one of his most trusted friends had betrayed him and that along with the betrayal of the man he had come to think of as his father made Charles feel old and worn out.

Susan sensing the change in Charles mood walked over to him and plopped down in his lap laying her head against his chest. Instinctively Charles wrapped his arm around her soaking in the warmth and comfort she was providing. "We will get through this and be stronger for it. Our new family will help to make that happen," Susan softly whispered.

"Charles where are we heading to now?" Swede asked over the intercom.

"Head to TLJ." Charles responded after a couple moments.

"Charles I'm not sure that is a good idea we really need to get back to friendlier ground. I understand you want to help Andrew and Amelia but we can't afford to lose you. Not to mention since they are mobile and traveling with Bill's group they shouldn't have any trouble meeting us at the California border," Kirk argued.

Charles went to object but Kirk cut him off, Charles it will be safer for them also I know how important they're to you and Susan but we aren't exactly in an inconspicuous vehicle here and with limited options were we can land it all Amsu has to do is check to see which airport we are heading to it will have to be one of the larger ones unless you have another piece of property down here I know nothing about," Kirk finished his argument.

Charles sighed deeply his shoulders slumped slightly, "I guess you are right. Susan please call Bill on the secure SAT. Phone," Charles conceded unwillingly.

Susan dialed the number but Charles quickly refocused himself and asked for the phone he knew it was his responsibility to tell them they had to try to make it on their own. "Bill it is Charles. Please put me on speaker," Charles said once the phone was answered.

Bill quickly did as requested he had a sinking feeling about this call. "OK, boss the phone is on speaker."

"Everyone I hate to have to inform you that you all are going to have to try to get back to California on your own. I will try to help you as much as possible but the general concern here is if try to land the jet anywhere in Mexico Rodrigues and Amsu will be able to get people in place to intercept us long before we land," Charles sadly stated his voice filled with regret.

"Charles we understand and know if there were any way possible for you pick us up you do it but I have to agree with the others it would be too dangerous. We will see you and Susan soon," Amelia replied before anyone else could but the others quickly added their voices to her.

"Andrew just to let you know the man who had Jake killed is now in our custody. I can promise you he is as uncomfortable as he possible can be made Vlad is seeing to that personally. I have decided that once he is done testifying to other enforcers you will set in judgment of him. You will have final say in what is to happen to him but I will ask one favor please at least consider Vlad's recommendation he and his family has suffered a lot because of Ziaran," Charles said.




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"Thank you Charles and I will be glad for any suggestions Vlad or anyone else has," Andrew replied. They talked for a few more minutes before they ended the call agreeing that they would contact Charles once they were across the border.

Charles hung up the phone with a heavy heart he wanted to go pick them up but had reluctantly agreed all he would accomplish was getting all of them captured or killed. He silent stared out the window wondering if would ever see his friends again. 

"OK, how do we go from here?" Andrew asked looking at Bill.

Bill punched up a map of the US/Mexican border and began to study it. He was looking for an area where they could cross with relative ease. The trouble was it would be a breeze for them to get through customs once they made it to the border however since Rodrigues controlled a large portion of the police and military he could easily use them to make sure they would never make it to the border.

Fredrick was looking at the same map that Bill was and came to the same conclusion that bill did. He set their trying to come up with a plan that would greatly increase their chances of survival. Fredrick had one advantage over bill his father's organization was spread throughout Mexico and the northern part of South America.

"Bill I have an idea. Head for the Universidad Mesoamericana Del Centro in Puebla. I know of a place near there that we can get a little rest, food, blood and most important of all a different set of wheels," Fredrick suggested.

Bill looked at the others in the car and they all nodded seeming to agree with Fredrick. He then considered the alternatives and saw few he knew by now Rodrigues would have all of the crossing covered. He called the other two vehicles and told them to follow him. As they were driving all attention was turned to Fredrick.

"My plan is that we let the rest of your men take the three Expeditions and head towards Brownsville Texas as long as we aren't with them they should be able to get through any road blocks and if they are questioned by one of Rodrigues' men they can say that they are heading home. I do believe that Amelia would be able to implant a couple of memories that will keep them safe. She should be able to place a temporary block in their mind that will clear once they see Charles or Susan.

Either way we mustn't let them know where we are going for everyone safety. We won't be heading north but south. I will contact my father and have him spread the word that we are heading towards Cancun basically let Rodrigues believe we are going after him. We however will be heading towards Guatemala La Aurora International Airport. I choose this course for two reasons one it will be out of Rodrigues' territory and secondly I have a friend here that can get us all of the paper work we need to get to California." Fredrick explained.

"OK let's say I agree to this plan in principle but I have a couple of questions. First of all, why not take my men with us? Secondly, how long do you think it will take us to get there and acquire the paperwork we need to get back to the states and can you really trust this person of yours not to turn us in for the reward?" Bill asked. He really didn't care for making his men act as a decoy they were friends and sons or daughters of friends. Lastly he was unsure of the young man that was standing before him he could see that the others trusted him but he knew of his father. He knew that Peppy was generally known to be a man of his word however Bill knew that Peppy in addition to his legal businesses ran a large criminal organization that was known to break not only human laws but also vampire ones including human trafficking. Fredrick was supposed to be being groomed to replace his father and as such he handle all of his father's organizations problems. If rumors are to be believed with remarkable efficiency.

"I do not think my mother's oldest brother would betray me and my parents do you?" Fredrick snapped back.

Bill quickly raised his hands in surrender gesture, "I meant no disrespect I am only trying to keep you all and especially my son safe."

"I apologize, I shouldn't have snapped at you like that," Fredrick said with regret.

"Bill perhaps it would be better if you and your son went with your men we will be fine," Gloria suggested.

"Gloria, you of all people know I can't and won't do that Charles order me to keep you all safe and I refuse to disobey him no matter what the cost," Bill replied hesitantly.

"Bill, Gloria is correct it would better for all of us if we split up. We all appreciate all of the help you and your men have been. As far as Charles I will make sure he knows it was our decision," Andrew stated hoping to end the debate.

"Andrew it isn't going to happen. My orders are to keep you safe and I intend to follow those orders no matter how I have to do it. I intend to follow my orders with or without your cooperation," Bill ordered sternly.

"Bill, I would suggest you change your tone. You aren't in charge of us. I should also warn you that Neither Amelia nor Andrew take threats well," Gloria warned.

"I am sorry I didn't intend that to sound like a threat. I was just trying to make you all understand that the game has changed dramatically and I'm very uncomfortable using my people as decoys it is a sure way to get them tortured and killed if Rodrigues' men capture them even if Amelia is capable of doing what you say. You have to understand they are like family to me," Bill apologies.

"Bill, I understand but if we have three Expeditions traveling in a convoy we will draw attention we need to split up. This will give your men their best chance to survive," Amelia suggested.

Bill turned slightly in his seat so he could face Amelia as he spoke to her. As he looked past her to the road behind them he seemed to zone out for a moment his eyes fixed on something behind them. "Shit!" he cursed quietly, so quietly that if everyone would have been human they would of never heard it. He then pointed as he announced, "It may be too late."



Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 01



Once she was out of sight, Andrew went to the doors of the blood bank, yanked the door open and walked in with Amelia on his heels. He grabbed one of the coolers used to transport the blood and began to fill it. His intention was to take twenty units, which he thought would be enough for a day or so.

As soon as Amelia walked in, the alluring scent of the blood hit her like a ton of bricks and she couldn't resist the pull. Her eyes turned red and her mouth watered as she grabbed two units of the delicious smelling liquid and ripped them open with her teeth. The blood poured into her mouth and all over her even as she grabbed two more units repeating the process of ripping them open and letting it run into her open mouth not caring that her clothes were becoming soaked with it. She was trying to drown herself in what she thought of as ambrosia that she couldn't get enough of, wanting more.

Andrew stopped loading the cooler and looked at her, "What in the fuck are you doing?" he whispered.

Amelia, who now had two units of blood in each hand, was lost in her lust. She opened her eyes, looked at Andrew and began ripping off her clothes even as she began to advance on him. She was not going to be denied. Andrew watched her advance shocked by the unadulterated lust in her eyes, surprised when she ripped his clothes off and tackled him to the cold floor. He tried to hold her off but because he hadn't fed, he was no match for her strength and speed. Amelia grabbed Andrew's turgid cock, slammed herself down on it, and began to bounce up and down on it.

She grabbed another bag, ripped it open and forced it to Andrew's mouth. As soon as the first drop touched his tongue, Andrew was lost in the in the new sensation of pleasure and lust. He grabbed two bags, ripped them open and poured them down his throat eagerly swallowing the cold, thick liquid. His admonishments that they had to remain invisible and silent were forgotten as he ripped open yet another bag of blood and drained it dry while Amelia continued riding him.

Finally, Andrew took control and rolled so that Amelia was beneath him. His cock made long, hard strokes in and out of Amelia's pussy making her beg him to go faster and harder requests with which he complied. Amelia in her lust grabbed two units of "AB" negative blood and squeezed them until they burst spraying blood all over the room.

As the two of them fucked each other senseless, they continued to gorge themselves on blood. Andrew tore open a unit of blood, dumped it all over Amelia's chest, and then began to lick it off paying particular attention to her firm, pert breasts. His ministrations to her breasts and the pounding in and out of her pussy soon had Amelia racing toward the mother of climaxes and when it hit, she came screaming Andrew's name. A moment later, Andrew grunted his explosive release into her.

Sated sexually and full they stood up and looked around the room taking note of the damage they had caused in their lust. The ceiling, walls and floor were covered with blood as were they. Andrew looked around for their clothes only to find that they were little more than blood soaked rags.

Amelia sensed the woman still in the bathroom and asked, "What are we going to do about the woman in the bathroom?"

Without missing a beat, Andrew replied, "Dessert?"

Amelia sighed, "Andrew my love, while I now understand and accept that we must feed from humans I would prefer not to have too do it from innocents. She'll probably lose her job over this and she has two kids."

Andrew nodded in agreement, he really didn't want to make the woman's children orphans and he knew how he could save her job.

"Trust me." he told Amelia, "she won't lose her job."

He walked over to a wall, dipped his finger in some blood and wrote, "The blood of the innocent shall feed the dark lord of all eternity"

He then compelled the woman to come out of the bathroom, "what's your name hun?" he asked.

"Yvonne." the woman cautiously replied, "Are you going to kill me?"

Andrew gave the woman a gentle reassuring smile, "No my dear, we have no intentions of killing you." 

He looked into her eyes and forced himself into her mind.

"You will remember that three large men forced their way into the room, one of them grabbed you and the next thing you remember is waking up covered in blood."

Before the woman could say anything, Andrew delivered a lightening fast right cross and knocked the woman out cold. He hated the fact that he hit her but it was important that her story was believable. He moved the unconscious woman to the wall where he wrote the message in blood and propped her against the wall. He grabbed a couple of units of blood, ripped them open and drenched her with it.

Amelia and Andrew then left the room taking off their shoes as they left so that they wouldn't leave bloody footprints to give them away. Andrew glanced outside and noticed that the sun was already beginning to rise; their little tryst had taken more time than he had planned and they now needed to find a place to hide for the day.

Andrew led them to a decontamination room that had been installed after nine-eleven. They quickly showered and scrounged around until they found some scrubs to wear before they found a supply closet to spend the day in until evening. Now that she had fed, Amelia was having no problems reaching out with her mind and dissuading people from investigating why the showers were wet.

They took turns keeping watch but thankfully, no one came to the closet that day. Andrew did a quick calculation of how much blood they had and figured that if they didn't waste it they had enough for two to three days. As soon as the sunset, the two of them left the closet invisible to everyone and headed out. On the way out Andrew snagged a newspaper and read the headlines.

"Two bodies disappear from the hospital morgue"

He folded the paper under his arm figuring that he could read it later when they arrived at his house. To his dismay, he saw a car parked in the driveway and his son sitting on the porch with Tony. He could tell even from where he stood that his son was crying and that Tony was doing his level best to comfort him.

Andrew stood frozen in place as he watched Shannon come out of the house, wrap her arms around Jake and talk to him. He could see the tears as they stained her pretty freckled face and wished that he could do something to take away their pain but he knew that they needed to grieve in peace.

"Goodbye my love," he said silently, "I hope that you find the happiness that you never had with me. Son, please be strong and grow up to be a better man than I was. Watch over and love your mother. Tony, do me a favor and take good care of them for me, love them and give them both what I never could."

Andrew turned to leave when Amelia wrapped her arms around him hugging him tight, "They'll be fine and you're right, we can never see our families again."

Andrew nodded and the two of them headed back toward the inner city as they tried to decide what they should do next aside from the fact that they needed clothing. They found a quick mart, which reminded Andrew that they needed ice for the blood. The problem was that he couldn't go in unless he was invisible; he was too well known here.

"I'm dying for a cup of coffee." he said to Amelia, "and we need ice for the blood so you're going to have to be the one to do it."

"Not a problem." Amelia replied with a smile as she walked into the store. 

Andrew became invisible and followed her in watching as she prepared two cups of coffee hers with eight sugars and a quarter of a cup of creamer and Andrew's black. She stopped in the candy aisle and grabbed a payday for herself and a snicker bar for Andrew and as an afterthought a bag of beef jerky. The last item was a bag of ice that she found her way to the register.

While she was paying for their purchases, Andrew decided to have a little fun. He stood behind her, slipped his hands between her legs and began to rub her center without warning her making her jump. Without thinking, she turned, looked behind her and glared at him before turning back around to see the man behind the counter looking at her as if she was crazy. She gave the man a sweet smile and shrugged as she counted her change and picked up the bag containing their purchases. As soon as she was out of sight she turned toward Andrew, gave him her sternest stare before speaking to him.

"If you ever do that to me again you'll be singing soprano for a month."

Andrew chuckled and then replied, "I'm sorry love but it was funny watching you squirm and admit it, it was as erotic as all hell having me feel you up while the clerk was watching."

Amelia laughed but issued a warning, "Just remember that the next time you go invisible." she said, "I'll be giving you the hand job from hell."

"I have no problem with that." Andrew said smiling wickedly, "as long as you don't mind me throwing you over the counter and fucking the shit out of you while they watch."

Amelia's eyes widened in shock and then she shuddered in anticipation, "You wouldn't dare!"

Andrew fought to keep a straight face, "Wouldn't I?" he asked.

Unable to keep a straight face, Andrew started laughing with Amelia joining in. Andrew packed the cooler with ice and counted the bags they had as he placed them in the cooler, they had eight bags and they couldn't afford to waste any if it. 

They found a secluded spot where they could sit and talk. Neither of them could remember the last time that they had such good coffee and the candy bars were just heavenly.

"Is it me or does this stuff really taste better?" Amelia asked.

Andrew smiled as he relished the taste of the candy bar, "I have to admit that this is the best candy bar that I've ever had." Andrew replied but then changed the subject. "We have to make some fast decisions about our immediate future."

Amelia sighed, "We have to get out of this area." she said, "You're too well known around here and if we go to the DC or northern Virginia area we'll have the same issue with me."

"So what are you thinking?" Andrew asked.

"How about the Midwest or maybe the southwest?" she asked. "As far as money goes, we have somewhere around six thousand cash on us and I'm sure that we'll get more as we need it. Food wise, we'll have to make withdrawals from the blood bank and feed off scum when we can't. Agreed?"

"Agreed." Andrew said hugging her close, "One more thing though, no more talk about wanting to die. We either live or die together."

Amelia smiled and hugged Andrew back, "Agreed, forever, we stay together forever."

********

Andrew and Amelia walked toward the closest "Wally World" to go shopping. They bought clothes, pay as you go cell phones that they decided to activate one at a time, personal care items such as soap, toothpaste and toothbrushes and for Amelia Tampons since she had no idea of whether she would need them or not.

They also bought a laptop, coffee, sugar, creamer and snacks as well as a set of luggage, which included a makeup bag for Amelia. The last thing they grabbed was a couple of reusable credit cards. Andrew smiled at the as he asked her to put five hundred on each card and activated one of the phones while he waited.

In their zeal, neither of them thought about how they were going to get their purchases to wherever they were going. Andrew used the newly activated phone and called for a cab. While they waited, they packed their purchases into the new luggage leaving out clothes that they would change into when they found a secluded spot. By the time the cab arrived, they were comfortably dressed in tee shirts and Jeans.

Once the cab arrived, Andrew gave the driver an address that was located in the Lansdowne area. Amelia gave Andrew a confused look when the cab finally stopped in front of a large gated home. Andrew paid the driver and retrieved their luggage while Amelia erased the cab driver's memory of ever seeing them.

As soon as the cab was gone, they became invisible and Andrew began to explain who lived in the house.

"This place belongs to John Vincent, he happens to be the local drug supplier for over half of the gangs in Baltimore City and the surrounding counties."

"Nice." Amelia commented dryly.

"He is also responsible for at least six murders one of who was one of my confidential informants. He was a good guy but just trapped in the whole drug thing and was looking for a way out. The deal was that if he helped me then I would get him into a rehab program. Somehow, Vincent found out and my informant was murdered. What galls me is that I was never able to get anything to stick on the cocksucker when I was alive. How would you feel about inviting him to dine with us tonight?" Andrew asked.

"He sounds like such a charming gentleman that I have to say yes." Amelia replied smiling, "Does anyone else live with him?"

"His kid brother." Andrew replied, "but watch him, that bastard is nuts. We had him on rape and murder charges a couple of years back but then the witnesses disappeared."

The two of them crept up to the porch and tried to enter but were blocked. It was then that Andrew realized what it was and groaned, "We have to be invited in."

"No problem." Amelia replied as she became visible, "Stay as you are." she said as she pulled the tee shirt up so that her stomach showed as an afterthought, she slipped off her bra and handed it to Andrew. She tied a knot so that it stayed up and then unbuttoned the button at the top of her jeans before sliding the zipper a quarter of the way down to show just a hint of her panties.

"Ready?" she whispered as she knocked on the door.

A few minutes passed before someone came to the door.

"Hi!" Amelia said cheerfully, "My car seems to have broken down and I seem to have misplaced my cell phone, can I use your phone?"

Paul Vincent couldn't believe what he was seeing as he looked Amelia up and down. She was gorgeous and although he knew that John would go ballistic, he invited her in. He had already decided that he wanted her. He smiled at her, stepped back and invited her in.

Amelia stepped in, locked eyes with Paul and spoke, "Invite Andrew in too."

Right in cue, Andrew became visible and moved to Amelia's side.

"Welcome Andrew, please come in." Paul said politely.

Amelia's gaze went up the stairs, there was a woman here and she was frightened.

"Who's upstairs?" she asked, "Answer me." she added compelling Paul to tell her the truth,

"Just some bitch we gave a ride to and now she's going to pay for it."

Even before Paul could finish his statement, Andrew was flying up the stairs. He zeroed in on his target and burst through the door taking it off its hinges. He yanked John from off a girl who looked like she couldn't be more than fifteen or sixteen years old and pinned him against the wall.

Andrew didn't realize that when John looked at him that he wasn't seeing a human but the vampire part of him. His faced looked like that of a corpse, it was dried and drawn back, and his eyes were black and lifeless resembling the eyes of a shark. His fangs were visible against his thin, drawn back lips giving him an even more hideous appearance. The nails of his fingers had grown into long claws which were now poised at John's throat but hadn't punctured the skin. The woman on the bed looked at the horror that was Andrew, screamed and then fainted.

"Hello John," Andrew said with a cruel smile, "remember me?"

John studied Andrew's face for a long moment before recognition dawned. "Y...you're d..d...dead! I.... I saw it in...t...the p....papers!"

Andrew dropped the man to the floor and watched him cower. "That's what the papers say." Andrew agreed, "but here's my question, what were you doing to that poor girl?"

"She's just some street trash that I was going to party with tonight." John replied defensively. "You got a warrant Officer Martin?"

Andrew laughed before responding, "Warrant? I don't need one. I'm dead remember?" He looked back at the girl on the bed and then back at John, "she doesn't look like street trash to me, she looks like someone's little girl." by then Amelia had come up to the room and had taken in the scene.

"Please excuse my manners." Andrew said as he covered the naked girl with a blanket and then untied her, "This is my significant other Amelia, Amelia this is John Vincent." Amelia didn't reply but gave John a cold glare.

"Get some clothes on." Andrew said to John, "and we'll discuss why we're here, by the way, where'd you get the girl?"

"I picked the bitch up on Yale Avenue; she looked lonely so I decided to keep her company." John replied as she slipped into a pair of sweats and edged over to his dresser under the guise of getting a shirt. He reached into the drawer and was going to reach for the Glock 17 that he kept there when he heard a sweet voice coming from behind him.

"I really don't think that you want to reach for that gun as it would do nothing but upset my lover and believe me when I say you don't want to do that."

As Amelia spoke, her fangs dropped her voice remained sweet but her demeanor had become threatening. John moved his hand away from the gun, turned to look at her and realized that he was more afraid of her than he was of Andrew.

She turned to the doorway where Paul stood watching what was happening in the room. Amelia pointed to a spot on the floor and spoke to him.

"Paul come in here and kneel on that spot and don't move."

Paul walked to the designated spot, knelt down as he stared straight ahead and waited for the next command while John remained where he was.

"You really don't think that I didn't know about the gun did you?" Andrew asked Amelia good-naturedly.

Amelia looked at the still unconscious girl and compelled her to remain asleep before answering, "No love. I was actually worried that he would piss you off before we got the chance to invite him to dinner."

"Now Amelia, what would make you think that I would ever consider denying you a rare treat such as him?" Andrew replied teasing her.

John didn't know what they were talking about but he didn't like it. He was wishing that he had taken his chances with the gun. He looked over at Amelia, plastered a smile on his face and said, "I would love to join such a lovely lady for dinner, are we going out or eating in?"

Amelia smiled seductively, "I do believe that we'll be enjoying a quiet evening in." she said to Andrew, "won't we?"

"Yes," Andrew confirmed, "Once we see to the young lady and take out the trash... John, where are her clothes?"

John then knew that he wasn't going to make it through the night. He also knew that there was nothing that he could do to stop whatever it was that was going to happen and hoped that it wouldn't be too painful. He knew from reading the papers about the string of murders that these two cops had been working on when they died. His contact at central kept him up to date as well. He had started romancing Denise so that he could pump her for information. She had been the one who had given him the information on the witnesses in the rape/murder case that Paul had gotten off on a couple of years ago.

He had last seen her the nigh before and after fucking her she told him all about how Andrew and the FBI bitch had died and now here they were in his fucking bedroom. He ignored answering Andrew's question already knowing that Andrew would be pissed when he found out what he had done. The girl's clothes, now shreds were in the trashcan by the bed. After he tied her to the bed, he cut her clothes off one piece at a time just so he could terrorize her even more than she already was. He also knew that the girl wasn't street trash but he wasn't about to tell Andrew that not that it would have made any difference.




Amelia & Andrew: The Diamond Legacy Ch. 01



"John, her clothes, where are they?" Andrew asked again.

"In the trash, I cut them up." John replied.

Amelia pointed at the spot next to Paul, locked eyes with John and commanded him to kneel next to him.

"Don't move unless I tell you to." she added.

John tried to resist but found himself walking to the spot next to Paul and kneeling down beside him.

Satisfied, Amelia turned to Andrew. "Sweetheart I'm hungry, how do you want to do this? One each or do we share one and save the other for tomorrow?"

Andrew gave it some thought. "One each would be great but I have some questions for Johnny boy such as the location of their safe including the combination, their bank and offshore account numbers and things like that."

"You heard him, talk." Amelia commanded.

Amelia stayed with the men and the sleeping girl while Andrew went to confirm the information. He found the safe easily and found fifty-thousand in cash, all of John's financial information including passwords and account numbers, a folder that listed all of his contacts and several CD's.

Andrew returned to the bedroom carrying all of the items from the safe and the cooler. He took two units of blood from the cooler and handed one to Amelia. In seconds, it was gone and she found herself feeling incredibly horny.

She looked at Andrew and walked toward him, "we have to settle things fast or they're going to get a show they won't soon forget."

Andrew saw the unbridled lust in her eyes and felt the blood rushing to his groin. "Amelia," he pleaded, "don't look at me like that or I won't be able to resist you."

Amelia gave him a seductive smile, licked her lips and began pulling her tee shirt up stopping to massage her breasts and tweaking her nipples to hard points. "We could let her sleep and have Mike and Ike wait here while we have a little fun." she said.

Andrew smiled and pulled her into him, "Or we could take care of business first and have fun all day long, imagine what we could do with ice cream and whipped cream."

Amelia swirled her tongue around his ear while massaging his rapidly stiffening member, "Are you sure that you can wait?"

Andrew groaned as he struggled not to take her right there. His concern was that if they started they would go into a frenzy like they did at the blood bank and that they would accidentally hurt the girl on the bed. The brothers he could have cared less about but he knew that Amelia wouldn't want the girl hurt.

"We need to take care of the girl first." he said "and we'll have more fun alone. Let's take care of business and I promise that you'll have the best day of your afterlife."

Amelia stroked Andrew with a firmer grip and rubbed a bare breast against him as she nibbled the side of his neck. Andrew closed his eyes as he fought for some semblance of control, "Love, if we lose control like we did last night we could hurt the girl. We need to care for her and then we can have John for dinner."

Amelia took a deep breath, then another and then a third one before she regained control over her lust. As much as she needed and wanted Andrew, she knew that he was right. "Alright, you win but you damned well better make it up to me."

Andrew reached out, tweaked the nipple of the exposed breast, and began to massage it slowly. "I want you more than I want or need air." he whispered, "but let's get the girl home, deal with those two and we'll spend the rest of the day in bed." He pulled her into a searing kiss and then released her.

Amelia straightened up her clothes while Andrew walked over to the brothers who had as instructed remained rooted to their spots on the floor. "Sweetheart, would you tell Mike and Ike to follow me? I want to get them out of here so that we can wake sleeping beauty over there." 

"Alright you two stand up and follow Andrew." Amelia said, "And do whatever he says."

The two men stood and followed Andrew out of the room and down to the basement. "Nice." Andrew commented as he took in the large basement. The front of it was a combination game room/ multimedia area but it was the area in the back that he wanted. 

In the back of the basement, he found a utility room that had an exposed pipe that ran along the ceiling. He made them raise their arms above their heads. The pipe was high enough that John and Paul had to stand on their tiptoes so that Andrew could tie them to the pipe. 

Taking some old rags that he found on the floor, Andrew gagged both men as he issued a warning.

"If you behave yourselves I might come back and release you tonight, if not, I might not come back for a day or two so do yourselves a favor and don't make a sound."

*******

Amelia had retrieved their luggage and pulled out one of the summer dresses that she had just bought. Her Jeans and tee shirts would be too big for the girl but the dress while big would work. She went to the bed, sat down and gently released the sleep compulsion.

"Wake up, it's alright now."

The girl opened her eyes, looked around at the unfamiliar surroundings and seeing Amelia scooted back on the bed. Panicked, she curled into a tight little ball and began to beg as tears streamed down her face."

"Please don't hurt me! I don't want to die!"

Amelia tried to assure the very frightened young woman.

"We're not going to hurt you, I promise. The men that took you will never bother you again, Andrew and I have seen to that. What's your name?"

"Catherine Phillips." she replied, "who are you and what are you going to do to me?"

"First of all." Amelia replied, "You're going to put some clothes on and then you and I are going to have a serious talk about how to keep yourself safe. How old are you?" Amelia asked.

"Eighteen last week." Catherine replied as she slipped on the dress that Amelia handed to her.

"And just what is an eighteen year old girl doing walking the streets alone at night?" Amelia asked. "Did you not want to see your nineteenth birthday? The men that kidnapped you were going to rape you, pump you full of drugs and turn you loose. You would have ended up fucking anyone one just to get the money for your next fix! Is that what you want?"

Amelia knew that she was scaring the girl but that was her intent.

Catherine began to shake as tears ran down her face, "I was just walking home from a school dance! I never thought that I would be dragged into a car!" she sobbed. "He cut off my clothes and told me what he was going to do to me and I couldn't get away! He was ready to start when that.... Whatever that was crashed through the door and pulled him off me... oh god! You are going to kill me aren't you?"

Amelia hugged the sobbing girl, "no dear, we aren't going to kill you." she said as she rocked the girl until she calmed down. "Just promise me that you won't go anywhere alone especially after dark unless it's with a group."

Catherine nodded her head as she promised. "I'll make sure that I'm with someone.... My parents! They have to be worried! They're going to kill me once they find out I'm okay."

Amelia smiled as she remembered what happened the one time she came home late, she was grounded for a month and had her mother had given her one hell of a lecture. 

"Don't worry." she assured the girl, "I'll help you square things with your parents."

********

Andrew who had been waiting outside of the room for the girl to calm knocked on the wall, "is it safe to come in?"

Amelia noticed that Catherine had tensed at the sound of Andrew's voice. "That's Andrew, he won't hurt you."

After a brief hesitation, Catherine gave Andrew permission to come in. She braced herself to face the monster that she had seen earlier and was shocked to see a man who looked as if he could have been a model in one of her playgirl magazines. She took in his six feet inch height, tanned skin and was captivated by the way his muscles rippled when he moved. She could feel the moistness gather between her legs and wished that she had on a pair of panties to absorb the rapidly pooling liquid between her legs.

She looked at Andrew with lust-filled eyes as her imagination began to run wild with all that she would like to do to and with him. 

Amelia noticed the reaction and fought not to yank Catherine's lust filled eyes from her head. Instead, she locked eyes with Catherine and spoke.

"You will forget about me and Andrew. You will only recall that you were kidnapped and almost raped by two men but you didn't see their faces. You will remember that a nice couple who scared your attackers off and helped you get home rescued you. The dress you are wearing was given to you by the woman of the couple who saved you, if asked; they didn't give you their names. The last thing is this; you will stop looking at my man with those lust filled eyes of yours. Do you understand?"

Catherine looked at Amelia and replied, "Do you really think that I could forget what my savior looked like? He's gorgeous! And do you seriously think that I could forget the face of the man that tried to rape me? What in the hell are you trying to pull?"

Amelia looked at Andrew in shock. Andrew looked into Catherine's eyes and tried to compel her as well, "You will do as she said, do you understand?"

Catherine looked at him and giggled, "What are you trying to do?"

Andrew and Amelia looked at each other and wondered what they should do. Amelia turned to Catherine and compelled her back to sleep.

"What are we going to do?" Amelia asked when Catherine was asleep. "She seems to be resistant to some of our compulsions."

Andrew was silent for several minutes, "As I see it, we have two choices; we either kill her or take her with us.... Really? We have only one choice."

He gave Catherine a sad look as he approached her. With tears in his eyes...

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Author's note: I was teasing a few of my friends who follow my stories all of whom had been very vocal in requesting that I do a sequel to "the Diamond Murders". I made them believe that I was going to end the story with this question, "what would you do in their place?"

Now to allay your fears, I am working on the second chapter as we speak but I really do wonder how you would handle the situation that Amelia and Andrew find themselves in. Finally, to those friends of mine, I hope that I didn't upset you too much with my little April fool's joke.

All kidding aside, (mainly my little joke) I would like to thank the three of you for your unwavering support and for the immense amount of help and suggestions that you make regarding my stories. So YR, FT and J, this little offering is dedicated to you.