12-Feb-2001
Duo winced as the whip came down once more on his exposed back. So far, the vampires were satisfied with just causing welts. They wanted to hear him scream before the real bloodletting began. It took all his will to keep the wounds from healing. The pain wasn't as bad as could have been, but fear was eating him up. Ashi and Trowa should have found their targets long ago. It wasn't like them to cut off all contact.
A sick feeling started to eat at Duo's gut. Something was wrong. Terribly wrong. Opening his mind, he found Trowa, but not Ashi. Concentrating did not change the strange absence. A sharp pain brought him back and he realized one of the creatures had started raping him.
"Back with us?" The one called Heero growled. "Did you think we would let you hide in your mind? You are ours until we decide to kill you. Nothing is up to you anymore." With that he pushed even further into Duo's body. The apparently slight mortal bit back his own growl. These two did not act as if redemption could be possible. Yet his chosen said it was so.
The lithe man became so caught up in his own worries and concerns, he missed the sudden action of the monsters torturing him. Two pairs of white fangs silently slid over carmine lips. Nodding to each other, the former freedom fighters sank the teeth into their captive's sweet flesh. Heero tore at the beauty's soft neck while Wufei sought to mangle a nipple. Both received a big surprise as what felt like molten lava poured down their throats.
Unable to stop the men in time, Duo knew the trap was sprung.
'Now!" He mentally called to the others. 'Do it now!' Then he broke the chains holding him. Time to grant these two redemption or eternal rest.
On the other side of the castle, Trowa heard the desperate cry of his lover at the same moment as Quatre finally stopped playing with his body and thrust into him, burying his teeth in Trowa's shoulder. However, the blond sensed something wrong with his brethren and tried to pull back before drinking. The taller man couldn't let that happen. Snapping the metal bindings, he wrapped his legs around the vampire's waist, trapping him intimately. One hand gripped silken locks, forcing his face to remain over the wound; the other hand ripped at the shirt covering the monster's own neck.
"Let's see how you like it." Trowa hissed and buried his teeth in pale flesh as his mind rolled over the others with ferocious strength. He forced the slender blond to drink, ignoring the mental shrieks accompanying the act.
The green-eyed male drained as much blood as he could from his victim, forcing Quatre to replace it with the liquid burning him alive. After what felt like forever, the blond passed out. With startling gentleness, Trowa laid the unconscious creature on the bed. If the blond awoke, it would mean the trap had been a success; if he died, at least it would be in his sleep and the rest he so deserved could finally be his.
Mission completed, he reached out his mind to find his lovers, but felt only emptiness where the bond with Ashi should have been. Cold dread gripped his insides. Moving with incredible speed, Trowa ran to find Duo.
For his part, Duo reached out his mind and forced Wufei to sleep and Heero to freeze in place. The Japanese vampire fought against the mental invasion yet could not break it. Cobalt eyes watched in growing fear as he partner slumped to the ground. More and more liquid fire oozed into his open mouth, but he couldn't close it.
"So you want to play rough?" Duo's sultry voice whispered to him. "Very well. Let's see what you have."
With that, Duo grasped one of Heero's wrists and bit down. Using his mind, the smaller man forced the vampire to continue having sex with him while he was drained.
Duo could sense all that happened to the warriors as the corrupted blood filled his mouth. The pair had been partners; the best fighters this area had ever seen. Fast, strong, proud, beautiful. The night the castle was taken, they tried to get everyone out, but faced overwhelming odds. Even when they knew the monsters were herding them, the fighters could do nothing. Ending up in the this torture room, Heero and Wufei saw the Master Vampire waiting for them.
A sigh escaped Duo's lips. Neither had been willing to give up. Both went on guard only to find the Master in their minds, controlling them. All Heero could remember was a form covered with shadows, but Duo knew who it was. The bastard made these glorious warriors chain themselves, enjoy the desecration and torture of their bodies before he turned them. Now the violet-eyed man sought to undo that.
He guided Heero's body so that both men gasped in pleasure. The disgust and self-loathing clouding Heero's soul slowly fell away. When the pair came, the vampire collapsed against Duo, sleeping peacefully for the first time in far too long. Duo just finished lowering the dark haired man to the floor when Trowa burst in.
"I can't find her." He panted. "The bond is gone."
"Not gone," Duo corrected calmly. "Just blocked."
"So he has her?"
"Yes and he will pay for every time he touches her."
Trowa started to leave, but Duo called him back.
"We can't face him just yet."
"But," Trowa turned disbelieving eyes on his lover. "You don't mean to leave her with him! You know what he'll do."
"I know," came the growled reply. "Yet we are not strong enough to face him alone. He thinks he's won. In reality, the fool has left us with the very weapons required to destroy him."
Trowa looked at the sleeping vampires. If they could be turned, made whole again, each would become an powerful ally.
"That's right," Duo nodded. "We will make this castle a place of light again and we will use what these vampires know to find more allies." Seeing the worry in Trowa's eyes, he smiled. "Ashi is stronger than she looks, my love. Last female of our species or not, I would never have bonded with her if Ashi were so weak. She will wait for us. And when the time is right, it will be her hand tearing out the heart of our enemy. I swear it."
Having decided, Duo summoned his true power and sent it out. All over the castle, hundreds of vampires dropped in their places, asleep until their new Master chose otherwise. This trap may have caught them; it may have deprived them of what was rightfully theirs, but it gave them a new weapon. One Duo planned to use.
"Beware, Tusbarov," he hissed, eyes gone completely red. "When next we meet, your life ends."
The End
The End...yes...The End. This is the end of the series known as The Trap. It is followed by a series called The Gathering...which is followed by The Rescue. Oh don't look at me like that! I have completed another series. Besides, how many of you really care about what happens to Ashi? Hmmm?
Hope you enjoyed the tour and I am sorry it was only two fics long. I'll work on it. I have almost done pieces that will make up the next tour, so just chill.
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