Jen saw Kohl wonder off to his favorite part of his garden in the back of his home. He only ever went there when he needed to clear his head and think. But the way he sat there, looking more solemn than normal worried her. "Honey, can you come here?" Jen called to Peter, she pointed through the window to Kohl, "I'm worried about him. He seems more sad than usual." "Well we're going to go to war with a massive army of werewolves. Can you blame him?" "No, it's not that. He didn't act like before we went and saw that grand master wizard, Borislav. Ever since then, unless we're all in the midst of something, he seems off. He sleeps more than usual too. He really is acting like he is depressed, clinically depressed. I don't know why or how to help him." "It's the girl he is dreaming about, Camilla." Elizabeth chimmed in from a big black recliner not too far from Jen and Peter. No one had even seen or heard her come downstairs, Jen thought her and Peter alone so when Elizabeth sp
Everyone had made it to the base Gerald had set up for them. But they could see the United States military moving in. They had their army and their air force, which the air force base in eastern Washington had been quickly over run and destroyed by the lycans. It happened before the military even knew they were there, or even existed for that matter. No matter how this all turns out the history of the world will forever be viewed differently. Give it a decade, maybe two and Hollywood will make some ridiculous version of the real events taking place right now. They were great at ruining things, not that they'd ever admit that. "You all have your cures?" Kohl asked, "because after Elizabeth talks to whoever is commanding the military right now, we're heading in. So prepare yourself however you need too. It won't take long." Elizabeth walked right up to the first line of soldiers waiting for their orders to attack, they began shooting at her. Of course it did nothing to her, w
Flanking the lycans from west was Kohl. In the dense woods for whatever reason the lycans had small groups spread out throughout them. The bigger, stronger and faster lycans were farther north. It made no sense in a war for the lycans to be spread out like that, but then again the species wasn't know for their intelligence. It made wiping out large numbers much easier, he wasn't expecting to have to release so many changed lycans. And a lot of children. He even ran into humans, particularly women, that had been caged. Not a single person in the cages looked healthy anymore. All of them were too thin, covered in dirt and some even looked sickly. Seeing the children made him more angry than anything. As planned he directed them down the hill toward the witches that would protect them. As they pushed through the forest toward the main area he could hear Elizabeth and the slaughter of lycans. They never stood a chance against her. As him and his team got closer they finally
Everyone just sat there, unsure of what to do. Nora was a mess, it had been a week since they had all destroyed Kingston, and Luka was silent. Her silence was honestly terrifying. Silence sometimes is the loudest noise. Everyone that had survived wanted to come with them to the door to purgatory. Kohl figured it was because it was such an interesting situation. Thousands of years was the last time the door had been opened and the stories of what may lie behind it could pique anyone's interest, including one of the oldest beings on this planet. Elizabeth. Kohl was feeling impatient, he wanted so badly to get to Camilla, to save her. But it seemed as if everyone needed a break, he was trying to be too impatient. Something that Elizabeth noticed. "Alright everyone. It's been a week now, it's time to get there and meet up with Borislav, the Grand Wizard. We don't have forever to do this, we must do it now while Luka is silent. She is most definetly planning something...nefarious
They had finally reached the base of the mountain where the vehicles could no longer go. It was a long ride and for about a hour and a half of it was driving over rocks and large bumps or falling into holes. It made Nora and Amelia nauseated. "Okay, we make camp here for the night." Borislav instructed once everyone had gotten out. "Gabriel please find wood and rocks so I can make a campfire. It is cold and gets much colder during the night." Gabriel did as asked without a single quip, Peter and Kohl were both surprised by that, Elizabeth however was not surprised. He was anxious just like everyone else was, and if he was like the other vampires at all he was torn between going into purgatory and possibly never coming out or not going into it and watching the world be destroyed. For Peter, Jen, Kohl, and Elizabeth not going in wasn't even a fleeting thought. They knew it needed to be done, and done it would be, no matter what was laying before them. The fire pit was made
Elizabeth went hunting for a human or two somewhere. She was many miles from the camp when she came upon a small village, like four houses. She snatched up a young man and brought him to the camp. The vampires fed on him as much as possible without killing him, so Elizabeth delivered him back to his home and grabbed one other human. Afterwards they were all satisfied. Borislav cooked human food for everyone else and while it cooked and they ate they packed up everything to make it easier to carry it all. "Eat fast," Kohl ordered impatiently. As long as everything worked out they should be getting to the door of purgatory that day. His impatience was added to by the fact he didn't have any dreams of Camilla that night so he wasn't sure if she was okay after she disappeared because something was after her. With a wave of Borislav's hand over the fire it was out, not even an ember sat underneath the wood. "Let's go." He said and they began up the trail. "Once we arrive we wi
The door to purgatory was barely seen. Unless you were specifically looking for it, you'd probably miss it. Everyone had some form of reaction to seeing it, most people got a sickening feeling in the pits of their stomachs. Borislav was overwhelmed with guilt, that night flashing through his brain. He could the echoes of Camilla's screaming for her mother as she was thrown in there, the way they met thier eyes and he stared into them as the door shut. Borislav and Kohl had the most visible and intense reactions to seeing that door. "Set up camp now." Kohl ordered his eyes never wavering from the door, everyone's eyes were still glued to the door. They actually found it. There is was, the door to hell, physically in front of them. Suddenly the rumors, the stories, the myths and legends behind purgatory and this door were all real. All the creatures that may be hiding behind the door were more real than they had ever been, they'd only be more real, if they were in fact real.
BOOK 2: FACE YOUR MAKER Everyone, that being Kohl, Borislav, Jen, Peter, Nora, Elizabeth and Gabriel, entered the threshold to purgatory. It was pure darkness, even Borislav's torch wasn't able to light it much. They all just stood there unsure of where to go, it was hard when you couldn't see. In a place like this no one knows what could be lurking, or what traps may be scattered about. "Where do we go from here Kohl?" Jen asked squeezing Peter's hand tightly. "I don't know. I guess we just need to walk. I'll take the torch and go first, everyone go in one straight line and hold on to each other. Whatever you do, do not let go." Kohl instructed reaching out toward the torch, Borislav handed it to him then allowed Nora to grip onto Kohl's belt tightly, Jen held onto her than Peter, then Elizabeth and Gabriel and lastly was Borislav. To avoid losing anyone Kohl moved slowly forward holding the torch as far as he could to see, checking a few steps ahead to make sure he didn't s