Written by **EYRAM**
Serena made her way towards the figure rather slowly, and it moved at just the same pace she did, not a trace of difference, it was all, creepy, ignoring her she made her way towards the castle, that was showered in the night lights, not a single candle, it was beautiful,
this time regardless of how hard she searched there was no one, the halls were empty, and seemed all the same, eventually she realized she was getting lost and went back the same way she came in, but after retracing her steps she found herself in a whole other wing from the castle, she was lost and had not an inkling to a way out.
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In the Vampire settlement, Jack was already upon the Glutton castle which was by no means the largest, in fact it was small as compared to other castles, but what it had others did not was a sturdier, more elegant structure, it was certainly the best castle, choosing quality over quantity.
As soon as Jack revealed his face, he was let in with respect a stark contrast to what happened to Seraphina the other time, in the greed castle, Jack settled, in the throne room, while waiting for Gus since he was not around, Seraphina fearfully keeping close to him.
Soon the Vampire Great Lord, who ruled the Gluttony family, The first one in fact, arrived, but he was with the second other Great Lord, The Vampire King, from the wrath Family, this was a stark contrast to anything the duo expected and had prepared for.
Seraphina knew things were getting pretty bad, if the Vampire king found a Dhampir, her, in Gus's castle it would be triple trouble, for her, her dad, and Gus himself.
They had not another choice but to quietly evacuate the building not leaving any trace in their wake but maybe hiding in plain sight would have been a better choice, how quietly they tried to leave drew suspicion to their direction and the Vampire king spotted them, and demanded they removed their cloaks.
At that moment, Seraphina got the sweatiest she ever had been, but luckily, one of them held it together Jack quickly removed his Cloak and the king asked
"Jack, why are you moving away from me, and who is this little thing you're with, she literally has nothing like volume"
"That should not be your concern, Craig" tangible tension in the atmosphere but her dad had to just go the atmosphere "Or are you jealous since you ain't laid one in years'"
"Jack, I do not have time for your playful banter"
"Neither do I have time for your nonessential existence; I usually engage in meaningful things" If anyone else spoke to the king this way, blood would be spilt, but her dad, was also a great lord, and a Vampire of that rank, meant a lot to them especially in this time that the keepers of light were garnering strength.
"Jack, if you do not die in the war, I shall personally kill you myself"
"And since I also do not give a hoot about that war, I could kill you here and now, the only person who can kill me in this settlement never will, and you, if we work together you'll die before you can blink" He confidently left keeping his arm over Seraphina's shoulder, and after they went through a great hurdle a simple mistake, got them caught, the cloak turning to he sight, bringing out a portion of her blonde locks.
"Jack, why is she blonde, her body type fits the description her the Dhampirs, and her skin looks way too rosy for your typical Vampire, could it be, you actually took one to warm your bed, it seems you miss Elaine" He was teasing them, but that meant he was not sure,
"Is it not normal for Vampires to use spray tan and hair dyes to look similar to humans, for spying purposes, believe what you want to make up for your incompetency as a King, as a ruler, and the weakest Great Lord of all time" at that moment if looks could kill, the daggers the king stared into him would have killed him ten times over.
Jack took a good look back at him and casually went the other way, it was only at that moment that a weight lifted off her shoulders, and just then she felt lightheaded, and odd on her stomach, then saw a sword, blood, the first thing that came to mind was her baby, but then she lost consciousness, Jack's eyes turned icier than ever, the ambient temperature reduced by several degrees.
Shadows surrounded him and he looked scorned, sweaty the Vampire king was shocked at his reaction, he expected anger, but jack looked scorned.
"Jack, please, I…I" before he could say anything Jack completed the entire process and a shadowy black flame, was in his arms, and he directed it all at the king, with not a shimmer of hesitation, the King wailed, screeched so loudly, and complained, but then solidified shadow shackles bound his arms, his feet and practically left him immobile.
Ignoring the loud sounds jack looked at his unconscious doctor, and picked her up, then ran at top speed to the best hospital in all of the Vampire settlement, there he demanded immediate attention to his daughter.
Seraphina lay on the bed, after several procedures were carried out it was realized that they could do little to save her, she was in a bridge between life and death, and around the same time, the Vampire radar was picking up a large troop coming in their direction, countless incomplete Dhampirs, led by Elaine, who held a great sword in hand, donned platinum armor and looked like a goddess of war.
Soon, many injured soldiers were rushed to the hospital the battle was already in full swing, making the doctors spread thin and in the end Seraphina, was almost left unattended to, all this seemed, horrible. Jack just took her, to Gus and told him to give her some strength despite knowing how dire the situation was and the consequences of that action, seeing what happened to Anne after she lost that power, and as for the Dhampirs who thought this was the best time to strike, he was going to give them a piece of his mind.
As soon as he descended on the battlefield he was seen as a grim reaper, casting shadows in his wake that silenced all Dhampirs who blocked his path, but soon he was face to face with Elaine, tangible tension in the atmosphere, it all seemed, unreal, brough back memories of hate and regret. Jack said to her
"You know, we do not have to do this, why do you not go and live your life but instead, come here under this guise to seek revenge"
"Coming from you, now you think you can give me life advice on peace promotion"
"This war won't erase everything that happened, for you, everything I'm sorry for, it'll just create more death and destruction"
"But Jack, we both know if Vampires are annihilated today costing the lives of my entire army, in the long run more lives, the vampires continue to claim for their blood thirsty habits would be saved"
"You do not understand the gravity, the weight of your methods"
"Well, did you care when I was a weak little girl, you could do anything to, treat me like a little play thing, I want you to know the unhappy vengeful me, was created by you" then she swung her great sword, and ignoring all form of distance he was staked, then blood from his skin hardened, making the sword do nothing but slightly graze his skin.
"Well, you are not the only one who has waited in anticipation of this moment" All the blood on the battlefield, went towards Jack and Jack continued "With every Vampire you kill, and every Dhampir the Vampires kill, or even make bleed they shall do nothing but add to my power" loud bass drums beating over everything causing shockwaves.
Where his eyes used to be were nothing but blue-black shadows, and with that he executed his secret move combining the shadow with the blood, then making a floor out of the substance and several sharp shards.
Elaine did not remain idle, sending her sword at him, that just turned into an after image and hit him, despite the distance, but now, that he could manipulate the shadowy environment all that was useless and Jack said
"You are a Vampire hunter, But I, I'm a Vampire punisher, I'm also a killing machine designed against Vampires, and now I'm going to show you why my name goes in infamy as the worst Vampire of all time"
And at that moment Elaine felt only and nothing but fear from him, fear nothing like she felt those sleepless nights, it was like something primal, something beyond her control, what she could control, manipulate, and nothing entered her mind, but retreat, retreat to a place so far and never come back again, but she also felt she had worked to hard to give it all up, undecided she remained, at such a crucial moment, and that might be what ends her life.