Brian began running. He had been to late for Roy, but he was not going to let anyone else fall prey to Moira's whims. He lept, soaring over his sister, and landed with such force on stone stage that cracks appeared under his feet.
"Brian!" Moira stood, her mouth a vile smile. "How nice of you to finally join us."
"This..." He started to speak, but Moira raised a hand, closing her eyes and began shaking her head.
"I know, I know. This ends here and all that. I've heard it a thousand times." She opened her eyes,clasping her hands together. "Do you really think you could kill me?"
Before Brian could answer William charged at him, blood drenched dagger raised above his head. He was howling like a wild animal.
With one smooth swipe of his claw Brian sliced William's face to ribbons. The man ran a few more steps, then fell to his knees, his face exploding in an erruption of blood and gore. He fell forward, onto his stomach, and in moments greedy hands from the surrounding pits pulled the lifeless body into the dark depths.
Brian turned. Moira was pissed.
"He held such promise." She crossed her arms over her chest. "So did you. At least your father had hoped so. He gave so much to bring you back, you do know that right? His life, actually." She stepped towards Brian. "How do you repay him? You spit on his name, and everything he worked for. Everything he and I ever wanted."
She swiped at his face, her finger nails scratching against his metal mask, sparks flying as the nails dug in. Before Brian could react Moira swung again, the back of her hand connecting to the side of his head. He fell to the ground.
"You're no match for me." She kicked at him, but Brian quickly rolled away.
***
Julie watched as her brother, her presumed dead, but now very much alive brother, fought Moira, Queen Bitch of the blood addicts.
The battle wasn't going well. Brian could hardly get in a shot. Moira moved so quickly that Brian was always on the defensive.
A glint of redish silver caught Julie's eye. William's dagger lay at the point where the runway met the stage. She ran for it, diving. Hands reached from the surrounding darkness, trying to grab her, to stop her, but she stayed out of their reach.
She grabbed the dagger. This was it. This was her moment to make things right, to end all of this. She had dragged all her friends into this mess, and now Carla and Roy were dead.
She stood, and when Moira had her back to her, she charged.
Moira was to busy with her brother to notice Julie, to notice the sharp blade heading for it's mark between her shoulder blades.
The blade struck, pierced, then slid into place. Julie gave the handle one hard hit with the heel of her hand, just to make sure the blade dug deep into Moira's black heart.
There was silence. Moira turned towards her, eyes wide with shock. Then something Julie had been dreading happened.
Moira began to laugh.
"Nice try little girl." She raised her hand to strike, but never got the chance.
Brian took the opening Julie had given him, and snuck up behind Moira, his metal claw gripped her jaw, and twisted. Moira shrieked.
Brian continued to twist, until Moira's head was facing him. He looked her dead in the eyes.
"Like I said, it ends now." Then with a roar Brian pulled, ripping Moira's head from her shoulders.
Moira's body stood still for a moment. Julie took this as a sign to step back. Silence, during times like these, only ment one thing. Something big was going to happen, and it was going to be messy.
She was right.
A glowing torrent of blood burst from Moira's neck, showering the entire cavern in an illuminating crimson. Julie could hear the shrieks from the pits as they were splashed and sprayed with their leaders life blood.
"We have to get out of here." Brian grabbed Julie's arm, pulling her down the runway. "Now."
Julie didn't fight. She just started moving, taking only a second to make sure that Roxanne and Paul were following her.
As they entered the tunnel at the far end of the runway she heard a loud crack, and looked back just in time to see a large piece of rock fall from the ceiling, and crash into the now exposed crowd that had occupied the surrounding pits.
Soon more pieces fell, crushing more of Moira's devoted followers. The whole room was caving in.
Julie hadn't realized she had stopped until she felt Brian pull on her arm. She pulled her eyes away from the carnaged and vanished into the darkness of the tunnel.
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