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worked our way through the busy throng, our vampire friend following behind. I spotted the girl to our right. She had three more Creach with her. I couldn’t tell if they were vampires or some other kind of monster, but they were definitely in on the chase. I looked to our left and saw at least three others on that side that walked in parallel to us.
The good news was that it didn’t seem like they wanted to start anything in the middle of a bunch of witnesses either. The bad news was that the longer we walked through the station, the more Creach fell into line and joined the growing group trailing us. At the rate we were going, we were going to have to fight dozens of them. I started to wonder whether we had enough muscle to survive the encounter.
9
“ W hat’s the plan ?” Will said under his breath as we headed to the main exit leaving the train station. “We have a whole mob following us.”
“Yeah, I noticed,” I replied. “So much for a warm welcome to Rome.”
Instinctively, we were walking together in a tight group, each of us facing a different direction, ready to fend off an attack if one came while we were still in the crowd.
“They’re holding off, so they’re not stupid,” Daniel said.
“They’re not in a rush because they know we can’t get away,” Eva said. “They’re not hunting. They think they’ve already caught us.”
“Maybe we should just stay in here,” T-Rex said. “If they won’t attack us in front of other people …”
“More would just come,” I said. “No, we have to make a move. The faster the better.”
“Taxis,” Xavier blurted.
“What’s that?” I asked.
“There are bound to be rows of taxis outside the train station. We run out, jump in a taxi and vroom , we leave them behind,” he said.
Eva shook her head. “They’d just follow us.”
“But not all of them. We’d face fewer when we stopped. And we could pick the location for the fight,” I said. “It’s not a bad idea.”
“We couldn’t fit in one cab,” Will said. “So, we’d have to break into two groups.”
“Okay, Eva, me and T-Rex in one. Will, Daniel, Xavier in the other,” I said. “Does everyone know the meeting point? The address that Aquinas gave us?”
Everyone agreed that they did.
“You guys be careful. Move fast and –”
I slid to a stop and everyone followed suit. Standing in front of us, making no attempt to hide the fact she was blocking our path, was the girl vampire I’d seen when we first got off the train. I’d only caught a glimpse of her before, but now I was able to get a better look at her. She had short blonde hair that she wore spiked up. Her eyes were dark with mascara, and her cheeks had a blaze of blush on them that made her look more like a doll than a person. She wore leather pants with metal studs in them and a heavy biker’s jacket that hung open revealing a black shirt and dog tags dangling from her neck. I wondered if she’d been in a punk rock band before being turned into a vampire or if that was just the style in Rome.
“Going somewhere?” the vampire asked.
Eva stepped in front of us. “How dare you block my path?” she said, her voice filled with command.
The other vampire took a step back and looked uncertain. Then she caught herself, gave Eva a slow nod of respect, but squared her shoulders.
“You have ancient blood in you,” she hissed. “But you are a traitor to your kind. You have no command over me.”
I scanned the area around us. The busy crowds continued to flow around us, heads down, lost in their own small worries and thoughts. In the small gaps as these people passed by, I saw that the Creach had formed a circle around us. We were literally surrounded.
“Neither of us wants a fight here in the open,” I said to the punk vampire.
She looked around at the crowd as if finding the comment amusing. “Do you think anyone will notice? It will be over quickly, and we will carry your bodies away.”
“I
The good news was that it didn’t seem like they wanted to start anything in the middle of a bunch of witnesses either. The bad news was that the longer we walked through the station, the more Creach fell into line and joined the growing group trailing us. At the rate we were going, we were going to have to fight dozens of them. I started to wonder whether we had enough muscle to survive the encounter.
9
“ W hat’s the plan ?” Will said under his breath as we headed to the main exit leaving the train station. “We have a whole mob following us.”
“Yeah, I noticed,” I replied. “So much for a warm welcome to Rome.”
Instinctively, we were walking together in a tight group, each of us facing a different direction, ready to fend off an attack if one came while we were still in the crowd.
“They’re holding off, so they’re not stupid,” Daniel said.
“They’re not in a rush because they know we can’t get away,” Eva said. “They’re not hunting. They think they’ve already caught us.”
“Maybe we should just stay in here,” T-Rex said. “If they won’t attack us in front of other people …”
“More would just come,” I said. “No, we have to make a move. The faster the better.”
“Taxis,” Xavier blurted.
“What’s that?” I asked.
“There are bound to be rows of taxis outside the train station. We run out, jump in a taxi and vroom , we leave them behind,” he said.
Eva shook her head. “They’d just follow us.”
“But not all of them. We’d face fewer when we stopped. And we could pick the location for the fight,” I said. “It’s not a bad idea.”
“We couldn’t fit in one cab,” Will said. “So, we’d have to break into two groups.”
“Okay, Eva, me and T-Rex in one. Will, Daniel, Xavier in the other,” I said. “Does everyone know the meeting point? The address that Aquinas gave us?”
Everyone agreed that they did.
“You guys be careful. Move fast and –”
I slid to a stop and everyone followed suit. Standing in front of us, making no attempt to hide the fact she was blocking our path, was the girl vampire I’d seen when we first got off the train. I’d only caught a glimpse of her before, but now I was able to get a better look at her. She had short blonde hair that she wore spiked up. Her eyes were dark with mascara, and her cheeks had a blaze of blush on them that made her look more like a doll than a person. She wore leather pants with metal studs in them and a heavy biker’s jacket that hung open revealing a black shirt and dog tags dangling from her neck. I wondered if she’d been in a punk rock band before being turned into a vampire or if that was just the style in Rome.
“Going somewhere?” the vampire asked.
Eva stepped in front of us. “How dare you block my path?” she said, her voice filled with command.
The other vampire took a step back and looked uncertain. Then she caught herself, gave Eva a slow nod of respect, but squared her shoulders.
“You have ancient blood in you,” she hissed. “But you are a traitor to your kind. You have no command over me.”
I scanned the area around us. The busy crowds continued to flow around us, heads down, lost in their own small worries and thoughts. In the small gaps as these people passed by, I saw that the Creach had formed a circle around us. We were literally surrounded.
“Neither of us wants a fight here in the open,” I said to the punk vampire.
She looked around at the crowd as if finding the comment amusing. “Do you think anyone will notice? It will be over quickly, and we will carry your bodies away.”
“I
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