Underworld Page #3

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He'd been tracking the lycans

for days.

He drove them off and saved me.

- Who?

- Viktor.

The oldest and strongest of us.

That night,

he made me a vampire.

He gave me the strength

to avenge my family.

Since then,

i've never looked back.

I saw your pictures.

Who is the woman? Your wife?

It may be wise to keep a closer eye

on our cousins.

I'll have raze see to it immediately.

I'm afraid that i'm going to have

to place my faith in you, my friend.

Time is running short.

I tried to swerve,

but he hit us anyway.

He sent us right into

the oncoming lane.

When i came to...

...i realized that part of the engine

was in the front seat.

And she was pinned there,

...in this horrible position.

I think she was in shock

because she just...

...kept asking me over

and over again if i was all right.

She was more worried about me.

You know, if i knew then what

i know now, i could have saved her.

There's no doubt in my mind

about that.

But instead she died right there...

...about two minutes before

the ambulance arrived.

After that, i didn't see any reason

to stick around.

I spent a summer here with my

grandfather when i was a kid so...

after i got my degree, i just...

i took off.

I came over here to move on,

to forget.

It seemed like a good idea

at the time.

And have you?

Moved on?

Have you?

I need you to keep what i'm about to

tell you under the strictest confidence.

It can wait.

Who started the war?

They did.

Or at least that's what

we've been led to believe.

Digging into the past is forbidden.

I should be heading back.

What about me?

Viktor will know what to do.

I'll come back.

- I won't stay alone.

- You will if you want to live.

I want to go with you.

What are you doing?

When the full moon

rises tomorrow...

...you will change, you will kill,

and you will feed.

It's unavoidable.

I can't leave you free

to roam around. I'm sorry.

A single round won't kill you, but

silver prevents transformation.

At least for a few hours.

If i don't return in time,

do yourself a favor.

Use it.

Yeah?

My lord. She's here.

How could you do this to me?

Embarrass me like this?

The entire coven knows

that i had plans for us.

- There is no us!

- You'll go before viktor...

...and tell him exactly what i tell you to!

From here on out, you'll do as i say.

Is that in any way unclear?

Come closer, my child.

Outside.

Come on, move it.

I've been lost without you, my lord.

Constantly hounded by kraven

and his never-ending infatuation.

It is the oldest story in the book.

He desires the one thing

he cannot have.

Now, tell me...

...why have you come to believe

that lucian still lives?

- Yeah.

- I've given you all the proof you need.

Incoherent thoughts and images,

nothing more.

Which is precisely why the awakening

is performed by an elder.

You do not possess

the necessary skills.

But i did see lucian. I shot him.

You must believe me.

The chain has never been broken.

Not once.

Not in 14 centuries.

Not since we elders first began

to leapfrog through time.

One awake, two asleep.

That's the way of it.

It is marcus' turn to reign,

not mine.

- There's been a complication.

- But i had no choice.

The coven is in danger,

and michael is the key...

yes.

The lycan.

Please.

Give me the chance

to get proof you require.

Fine.

I will leave it to kraven

to collect the proof...

...if there is any.

How could you trust him over me?

Because he is not the one who

has been tainted by an animal.

I love you...

...like a daughter,

but you leave me with no choice.

These rules are in place

for a good reason...

...and they are the only reason

we have survived this long.

You will not be shown

an ounce of leniency.

When amelia arrives, the council

will convene and decide your fate.

You have broken the chain

and the covenant!

You must be judged!

You should've listened to me

and stayed out of this.

Now you'll be lucky if i can convince

the council to spare your life.

Tell me.

Did you have the nerve to cut the skin

from his arm, or did lucian do it?

Mark my words.

Soon, you'll be

seeing things my way.

No one opens this door.

Understood?

I can't afford to have my future queen

run off with that lycan again.

Sh*t.

Change of plans. Amelia will be

picked up by soren and his team.

- That's our job.

- Not anymore.

- Why are you helping me?

- I'm not. I'm helping me.

- What's going on?

- The perimeter sensor's been tripped.

We're locking down the mansion.

It's selene. She's escaped,

to go to him, to michael.

I want that lycan's head on a plate.

We need to go.

Get down!

Go. Go.

- Jump.

- Are you f***ing kidding me?

- Any luck?

- False alarm.

The dogs would've been all over it

if anything had gotten near that fence.

- Amelia should have arrived by now.

- Yes.

Look, i want you to slip off the property

and find out what's keeping her.

You've got it.

Maybe we should pull over

and dose him.

F*** him. He'll be all right.

We're almost there.

Oh, sh*t. He's not gonna make it.

Pull over. Pull over!

Get the kit.

Stick him. Stick him.

My lord.

Viktor wants to speak with you.

My lord.

I sent for selene...

...not you.

She's defied your orders...

...and fled the mansion, my lord.

Your incompetence

is becoming most taxing.

It's not my fault.

She's become obsessed...

...thinks that i'm at the core

of some ridiculous conspiracy.

And here's my proof.

Now, i want you to tell them

exactly what you told me.

All right, all right.

We've been searching for someone

with a special trait.

A direct descendant

of alexander corvinus...

...hungarian, a warlord...

...who came to power in the early

seasons of the fifth century.

Just in time to watch a plague

ravage his village.

He alone survived.

Somehow, his body

was able to change the disease...

...mold it to his benefit.

He became the first true immortal.

And years later,

he fathered at least two children...

...who inherited this same trait.

The sons of the corvinus clan.

One bitten by bat, one by wolf...

...one to walk the lonely road

of mortality as a human.

- It's a ridiculous legend. Nothing!

- That may be...

...but our species

do have a common ancestor.

A mutation of the original virus...

...is directly linked to his bloodline.

There is a descendant

of corvinus lying there...

...not three feet from you.

Yes.

But he's already a vampire.

We needed a pure source...

...untainted. An exact duplicate

of the original virus...

...which we learned...

...was hidden away in the genetic

code of his human descendants...

...and passed along

in its latent form...

...down through the ages...

...all the way to michael corvin.

For years, we tried to combine

their bloodlines.

And for years we failed.

It was useless.

Even at the cellular level, our species

seemed destined to destroy each other.

That is, until we found michael.

The corvinus strain allows

for a perfect union.

A triple-celled platelet...

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