Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 14:23:11 +1300
From: Arthur <artcart65@vodafone.co.nz>
Subject: prince of house vladd 20

			   Prince of House Vladd

				  Part 20

				 By Arthur



Jake remained leaning against the door while still holding the smaller boy
close, he knew that it would not be long now before the furore started
inside. Roland felt safe with the big man and had started to relax until
the first loud noise from behind the door caught his full attention, he
knew what was going to happen to the young teen inside, after all, he had
been through the same thing for weeks now and not only by the guards and
warden but by his fellow inmates as well.

Jakes sharper hearing meant he could hear everything said inside the office
and so remained silent with just a touch of a smile as the voices rose
until the men were growling and yelling at the younger naked boy that stood
in front of them, had they taken more notice of the teen they would have
seen no sign of fear in his eyes but more of an amused detachment as the
threats of physical and sexual acts were discussed loudly as though he was
not even present.

Suddenly one of the larger guards pushed the teen in the back and yelled at
him.

"Get on the floor on your hands and knees boy, you gonna get so much doggy
in you, you'll be dripping it out your hole for a week"

Jake smiled again as he heard the instructions and the sound of belts being
loosened in anticipation of trying out new meat in their sadistic way, he
also heard the creak of the warden's chair as the large fat man made it to
his feet in readiness of fun with the teen.

Jake heard the beginnings of a scuffle as the guards moved in on the boy
and started to push him towards the floor in readiness for the gang rape
that was about to happen, Jake held his breath for a moment as he waited
for his pup to truly react to the guard's advances, Jake also knew that the
pup liked to occasionally take a boy but was always a top, he never
bottomed for anyone and also spent most of his time with the bitches that
came around so he was well aware of what the guards intended.

Another minute of scuffling ensued before the noise level increased and
Jake heard the teens voice for the first time, it sounded slightly amused
and deadly serious, it sounded as though the teen was directing his words
at the Warden.

"Hey fatso, you think you can get that little thing up my hole, come and
try it."

A high pitched voice stammered out in rage at the insult and then the
office became a room of banging and crashing, loud yells and swearing, it
was then that Roland became afraid again, he knew how vicious the guards
could be when disobeyed and grew tense and worried for the young teen, it
was when he heard a deep throated growl like some animal had been released
in the room that he grew really terrified.

Loud screams and gurgles could now be heard clearly through the thick door
as people tried to scramble away from whatever frightening animal had
entered the room, the sound of snapping bones and dying screams of the men
inside were mixed with tearing flesh and snarling growls, Roland had no
idea what was going on but whatever it was, was very clearly from the
depths of a nightmare.

Roland found himself shaking with fear as the screams and curses echoed
through the solid door, only the strong arms of the strange large man,
Jake, kept him from running away in fear and terror, he had never heard
anything like the furore that was coming from the office.

Minutes later there was a soft knock on the door, Jake rose to his feet and
pulled Roland away from the door to let it open outward and reveal the
young teen standing there still in all his naked glory, only this time he
was covered in fresh blood, none of it was his own. Jake did not allow
Roland to look inside the office as the teen walked casually out into the
hallway.

"All done?" asked Jake of the teen.

"Yes Alpha."

"Good Pup, now go find somewhere to get cleaned up and get dressed."

Without a word the teen took his skimpy clothes back from Jakes hand and
walked down the hall looking for somewhere to wash up he found a small
bathroom just down the hall and entered, five minutes later he reappeared
and walked up to Jake and the new boy, Jake nodded in recognition and then
leading Roland by the hand left by the front door, the two guards outside
looked at the trio with strange looks but didn't interfere, if the man and
teen had been allowed to remove the little toy boy of the Warden then it
must be Ok.  Jake lead the two boys to his truck and set them inside, he
noticed that his Pup was eyeing Roland with a little bit more than idle
interest.

"Not now Pup and even then only if he says it's Ok, got it?"

"Yes Alpha."

Jake started the truck and began the return journey to the Princes house,
he felt well satisfied with the mornings work and was happy that his Pup
had followed orders to the letter, the pup would be due for something
special for his performance, Jake reached over and ruffled the pups hair.

"You did real good in there Pup, I'm proud of you."

The flush of colour to the teens face told of his pleasure at being singled
out for praise which was very hard to get from any Alpha Male let alone
Jake, a small rush of blood went to the teens groin and he wished he could
mate the new boy right there and then, he looked like a real little spunky
and would be a great coupling partner, small and slender just like the Pup
loved.

As he drove along, Jake smiled to himself, he could smell the Pup's
testosterone pervading the cab, Roland must have thought something was up
as well as he scrunched closer to Jake for safety or reassurance, the pup
was sending out sexual signals that finally made Jake growl low in his
throat at the pup to bring him back to earth, the teen blushed and settled
back in the seat at the sound of Jakes growl.

A little later and Jake was pulling into the driveway leading to the
Princes house, all the security were on guard and the grounds were under
continuous patrol, each check point waved through the recognisable truck of
Jakes and he drove up to the front door, a small gasp of surprise came from
Roland's lips as he saw the size of the house he was being taken too, with
a tremble in his voice, he asked Jake;

"Where are we, why am I here, am I going to be used like in Juvie, is that
why you took me away?"

The fear of more persecution was evident in his voice as Jake pulled to a
halt.

"No boy, you're safe here, you don't do anything you don't want to in this
house, and you'll be under the protection of a real live prince."

"Why does he want me, I'm a nobody, others only want me for sex and stuff,
is that what he wants?"

"Like I told you boy, you'll be safe here and don't have to do anything you
don't want to. Come on lets go meet the Prince and I think Leon might be
waiting for you as well."

Jake got out of the truck and watched as the two boys did the same, then,
he lead them to the front door just as it opened to reveal Trantor in all
his glory, waiting for them.  "Hi Trantor, got a present for the Prince."

Trantor just nodded and opened the door wider for the trio to enter into
the main hall where Peter and his daytime crew sat waiting.

"Hi Jake, I see you found our boy, I'll just send down for Leon, take
Roland down to the kitchen, Millie's got some food waiting for him, did you
have any trouble?"

"Hi, Peter, no, no trouble, well nothing we couldn't handle that is."

"Ah I see, so the report I just got about a blood bath at the centre was
wrong then?"

"Now young Prince, would I do something like that, I promise on my honour,
I never laid a single finger on any of them." Jake replied with a small
smile.

Peter looked over at Jakes young pup and quickly got the images from the
teens mind, what he saw did not surprise him, nor did the setup Jake and
manufactured for the meeting, also there was the marks of the beatings
young Roland had been subjected too, Peter felt that he had little he could
do about what was now water under the bridge, there was sure to be some
very serious consequences from it but there was nothing they could do about
it now.

"Ok Jake, well better get young Roland to the kitchen, Leon should be here
shortly."

Roland was still stunned as he looked around the large reception hall as
well as all the young guys sitting around, especially the young age of the
Prince, he couldn't have been any older than Roland himself but seemed to
command an authority way beyond his years, what Roland found a little
comfort in was the mix of people in the room especially the young teen
sitting beside the Prince dressed in obvious Native American garb, small
breach clout and soft long moccasins, he was very obviously the Princes
lover, it shone from both their eyes whenever they looked at each other,
from this alone, Roland felt comfortable and at ease but he could still not
wait to see his long lost friend, Leon.

Jake took him to the kitchen and left him with a large woman who was the
cook, she had a friendly face and at the first sight of Roland's condition,
began to fuss about with hot water and bandaids until he was patched up
enough to sit comfortably and eat the meal she had got ready for him,
afterwards he was taken back into the hall and, at the first sight of Leon
standing waiting for him, Roland burst into tears and collapsed into his
friends arms, all the horrors of the last few months crashed in on him in
one horrific blast.

Roland knew he was small and not all that strong but he had always been
able to resist breaking down, even when things got really tough in Juvie
but, now in front of his only friend he couldn't resist any longer, he felt
like a little boy lost in a world of hurt and terror and only the long arms
of Leon wrapped around his shoulders could bring any peace to him, slowly
he began to settle down until Leon lead him to a large chair in front of
the young Prince and sat him down, Leon took the chair next to him.

Peter had not said a word as the new boy had broken down, it was obvious he
had been under a tremendous strain these last months and had left it to
Leon to settle the boy first before he spoke to him. Once Peter saw the
Roland was more relaxed and comfortable, Peter began.

"Welcome to House Vladd, Roland, I'm Peter Vallison and this is my home,
you're safe here and welcome to stay as long as you like, there are few
rules here and you'll be taken care of to the best of our ability. I know
all this must be confusing for you but, we have a good reason for trying to
free you. Your friend Leon told us that you have very special skills, I
don't know if you've been keeping up with the news around the state but we
have a very large problem on our hands and Leon assures us that you are the
only person who can help us with it."

Peter paused to let Roland take in everything he had said, before he
continued.

"I want you to clearly understand, Roland, that you are under no
obligations, what we would like you to do is dangerous and very difficult,
if you feel you're not up to it we will all understand, you will still have
the safety of this house and can still stay as long as you like. Now this
is the hard part, not for us but for you, most of us here are not what we
seem to be, I'm sure you've heard all the stories and read all the book or
comics, but most of us here are not fully human, we all have special
talents and habits that are way beyond what you may think, again I want to
stress this point for you, while you are under the roof of this house you
are fully protected and never have to do anything you don't want to, your
safety is my highest priority, do you understand all this Roland?"

In a daze, Roland tried to nod his head but it was all so confusing, Peter
immediately saw the confusion on the boys face and decided to scan him
lightly while he waited, what he saw nearly made him sick, the images he
picked up were way more than any boy of Roland's age and size should have
been able to live with, from the first night of his sentence he had been
gang raped by other young inmates, he had then been subjected to continual
sexual abuse and beatings by the guards and Warden and often used by the
same men as a sex toy, it sickened Peter to see what the boy had had to
live with over the past months, Peter decided to call a halt to any further
discussion until the boy had had some sleep and rested for a while.

"I can see that all this is confusing you Roland so I'm going to ask Leon
to take you to your room and let you rest, if there's anything more you
want to know then just ask him, he'll tell you the truth and then you can
make your own decision as to what you want to do, whatever that decision is
it will be respected by all of us, Ok?"

Again all Roland could do was nod his head as he looked at the young teen
that everyone said was a Prince, he reached over to Leon and with a look at
his friend and a further nod he rose to get some rest, there was just to
much to find out and he was too tired to try at this moment. Leon rose as
well and took his friends hand to lead him down the passage to one of the
small accommodation rooms off the hall.

Once in the room, Roland collapsed onto the bed while Leon sat in a chair
close by, for the first time in months Roland felt safe even though his
mind was in a turmoil as to why he had been rescued from the horror place,
most of what he had just heard from the young teen Prince was still a
jumble in his head and he was not sure where to start with all the
questions he had in his mind for his friend Leon.

Leon looked over at his long time friend, he hadn't seen him since he was
turned and had no idea how it would affect Roland when he was told who all
these strangers really were, he could see that Roland was nearly wiped out
so stood and with a last pat on the head of his small friend, told him to
get some sleep and they would talk later. Roland, with a small tear in his
eye just nodded and rolled over on the soft bed and was almost instantly
asleep, it would be nearly sixteen hours before he awoke again.

When he opened his eyes, Roland saw Leon still sitting beside his bed,
still groggy with too much sleep he asked Leon what was really going on in
the house and why they needed him.

"I told Prince Vladd about your talents with electronic locks, we have a
very bad situation going on and need you to help us open a very complicated
locking system, without you then we're all in real trouble." stated Leon.

"The...ah...Prince Boy said you were all different to me, what did he
mean?"

Leon looked down at Roland and decided to tell him only part of the truth,
too much and he would scare the teen totally and he did look so small and
young lying on the white sheets, his dark skin shining with a thin film of
perspiration from his midday sleep.

"Most of the people in this house are from a different world, not aliens
but, well different, the same as I am now, that's why I disappeared when I
did, I have to live a different type of life now and had to leave all my
friends behind to protect them, I have a boyfriend now and we live here in
this house and help the Prince."

"But how are you different, I mean you look the same as the last time I saw
you?"

"That's just it; shouldn't I look a little bit older after all this time?"

"Well... I suppose so but we're both still young and don't show it like old
guys do."

"Roland, in ten or twenty years time I'm still going to look the same, I'll
live longer than you and won't age very fast as well, I'm one of the meat
eaters, we live by eating raw meat, both my boyfriend and I are the same,
we have to have fresh raw meat and the blood that goes with it to survive."

Leon sat back and waited for the explosion from his one time friend,
instead a few wet tears were falling down Roland's cheeks as he tried to
take in all that Leon had told him.

"Does that mean that if, after I help you, that I'll never see you again,
Leon, you were the only friend I ever had, if you go I'll be alone again, I
don't want that anymore, I don't want to go back to that place and end up
being beaten and raped all the time."

"If you help us, I promise that you will never have to go back to that
place, if you want me too, I can ask the Prince to help you."

"Is he the same as you, like, does he eat meat all the time and things like
that?"

"No, the Prince is something very special, I don't think it's for me to
tell you but I'm sure, if you ask him he will tell you all about some of
the others that live here, now, do you feel like getting up and coming back
to speak with him?"

Roland looked down the bed at his slim form under the sheet, it was then
that he realised that Leon must have undressed him as he could feel his
nakedness under the thin sheet, at that image of his thin body being bare
he started to rise to the occasion much to his embarrassment as the sheet
rose higher and Leon smiled at him.

"It's Ok Roland, I'll go and tell the Prince that you're awake and want to
speak to him, Ok?"

Roland stammered his agreement as he tried to hide his erection from his
friend, which, considering what they used to do together was a pointless
exercise. Leon left his friend to find the Prince while Roland got out of
the bed and found his prison clothes, once dressed he left the room and
walked down the passage towards where he had been the day before.

As he entered the large hall, Roland saw that there were now many more
people there than before, close to the boy that was the Prince, Roland saw
again the Indian boy sitting close by the Prince, in other chairs there
were a set of twin teens, an Asian boy and a white boy as well as another
black boy, his friend Jake and his young friend sat in other chairs and two
young boys of no more than about eleven or twelve were cleaning parts of
the room.

Roland also saw some older men in uniform, some military and some must have
been security guards, they were all sitting at a huge table eating and
taking little notice of the group around the Prince.

Peter saw Roland enter the hall and waved him over to where he and
Swiftwing sat on a large sofa.

"Come and sit here beside us Roland, did you have a good sleep?"

Roland did as he was told and sat gingerly down on the sofa a little way
from Peter and his partner, he was still feeling nervous about the whole
arrangement until he looked at his saviour, Jake, who smiled at him and
nodded in greeting, Roland relaxed a little and waited for someone to speak
to him.

"Leon tells me you have some questions for me, Roland?"

"Ye...yes... your...uhm...highness."  "I'm not a highness Roland, just call
me Peter, now what do you want to know?"

"I...I...want to know what you all are?"

"Fair enough, are you ready for some horror stories, Roland?"

"I...I don't know what you mean."

"Leon told you about him being changed, right?"

"Yes."  "Well he's not the only one, I won't go into all the long details,
but a lot of what you may have heard, seen or read about people of the
night is real."

"People of the night?"

"Werewolves, Werecats, Avian and vampires, it's all real, that's what we
all are, well most of us, we also have a lot of ordinary humans that like
to work for us, like those security guards and military guys over there,
the Cook, Millie and the Butler Trantor are also humans, your friend Jake
here and his young friend are werewolves, my friends here and I are
Vampires, the twins and Swiftwing and I are a new breed, we can go out in
the day time, my other friends here are still of the older breed." Peter
pointed to Sin Yu, Mbeda and Jason.

Roland sat stunned by the open admission of the young Prince, it was way
too much to take in, all those animals and people of horror stories
couldn't be real, they were just stories and movies, but then his only
friend had disappeared and only now came to him unchanged by time, maybe,
just maybe it was true. The only thing Roland could think to say was.

"Are you all going to drink my blood and kill me, is that why I'm here?" he
said with real fear in his voice.

Carefully and slowly, Peter reached over to the fearful teen and wrapped
and arm around his slim shoulders.

"No Roland, no one here will ever hurt you, you're far to valuable to us to
let anything happen to you, you'll be protected at all times and no one
will ever make you do things you don't want to do ever again, you
understand?"

The warmth of the arm around his shoulders and the sincerity of Peter's
voice convinced Roland he was in no danger and he began to relax a little
as Peter let him go and he rested his back against the sofa.

"What do you need me to do for you...ahm...Peter?"

"I don't know if you've been keeping up with the news Roland, but like all
societies, we have bad elements in ours as well, we've been fighting a war
with some renegades, we've been winning most of the battles but the leader
has managed to escape us, we've now tracked him down but he hidden in an
old rocket silo way over in another state and we can't enter because of the
electronic doors, Leon says you are the best with locks of that type and we
need you to get us in, you'll be in no danger, I'll make sure you're
protected at all times."

Roland thought about the offer for a while and then looked over at Jake and
then at all the others in the room, what did he have to lose, he had
nothing to go back to, no family, no other friends except for Leon, the
only thing he worried about was, what happened to him after he helped them.

"If I get the doors open and you win the battle, what happens to me
afterwards, I've got nowhere to go and no one apart from Leon?"

"You'll be able to do and go anywhere you like, Roland, I have a promise
from the government that all your records will be deleted from their
records, you'll be free to do whatever you want, you have my personal
guarantee on that."

Roland thought about his situation for a few more moments before making up
his mind, there was nothing else for him to do.

"Ok, I'll do it, when do you want me to go?"

"As soon as you're ready, Roland, just tell us what you need."

"I'll need to know what type of door it is and how they get their power
supply, also some electronic tools."

Peter turned to Jake.

"Do you think that friend of yours can get Roland anything he needs?"

"Not a problem, Peter, just make a list and he'll get it for you."

"There's one other thing." Asked Roland with a shake in his voice.

"What's that Roland?" asked Peter.

"Well...uhm...do you think I could see Jake when he's changed into a wolf?"

Peter laughed out aloud as did all the others in the hall.

"Why don't you ask him yourself?"

"I...I..."

In a second there was a deep growl from Jakes chair and, as Roland watched,
Jake turned himself into his wolf form making Roland start back with fear
and surprise as the huge wolf rose far above his small frame, its fangs
dripping saliva and it's ears erect and menacing, immediately Roland sank
as far back into the sofa as he could get, quickly Jake turned back and
grinned at Roland.

"How's that?" asked Jake with another smile.

"It's real, you're all real, Leon do you do that?"

"I can Roland but not like Jake, I'm not a wolf."

"What...what are you then?"

"I'm a werecat, a panther in fact."

"A panther, like a real black lion?"

"That's right, I'll show you sometime if you want?"

"No, no that's Ok, I believe you, you know I trust you Leon, you've never
lied to me or hurt me like others did."

Peter interrupted the friends.

"So, now Roland, what about that list?"

"I'll get right on it if Leon would take me to his computer, I'll need
about an hour if that's Ok?"

"Take all the time you need Roland, Leon and all the others are here to
help in any way you need." Replied peter as the two boys left for Leon's
communications room.

"Ok Jake, what happened at the prison?"

Jake related his run in with the warden and his minions and what they had
been up to, Peter nodded his head and then told Jake.

"Ok, I'll square it with the powers that be, there's probably a hundred
cops there already looking for a culprit."

Jake agreed and then went silent as they waited patiently for Roland's list
to arrive, it took an hour before the boy reappeared with the list in his
small hand, giving it to Jake he sat in a chair to wait for more
instructions from this strange group while he chewed lightly on his bottom
lip.

Jake rose and went to a telephone, once connected he repeated everything on
the list to the person on the other end and then finished with the words.

"And we want it yesterday Rob."

Jake returned to his chair and sat looking at his Pup who was more
interested in Roland than what was going on, the lust in his eyes spoke
volumes to Jake so he gave a soft warning growl to his Pup, the teen
blinked and then blushed as he turned away from the unaware Roland.

Swiftwing whispered into Peters ear, they both looked at Roland and then at
Jake's pup and then smiled a secret smile at each other before Swiftwing
snuggled a little closer to his lover and soul mate.

"Are you hungry Roland?" asked Peter.

Roland blushed and nodded his head in silence.

"Why don't you go through to the kitchen and help yourself, Millie always
has food on the go so any time you feel hungry just go and help yourself,
there's no need to wait for an Ok from anyone in the house, you're our
special guest here and can do what you like."

Again Roland blushed and rose to leave for the kitchen, Jake's Pup made to
move as well but another growl stopped him in his tracks, Peter looked at
the teen and smiled at Jake.

"Someone getting hot and bothered I see Jake?"

"It's his hormones, he can't control them yet, typical Pup, all he wants to
do is hump something and eat."

"Why don't you let him talk to Roland then, maybe they will hit it off."

"Not a chance little Prince, the way that Pup is, he's likely to start
humping the boy before he asks nicely and the boy is to small to handle the
sort of workout this pup would give him."

"What if Roland was agreeable?"

"The answer would still be no, you see Peter, with us wolves, the older
ones can control their wolf, if we're having a go at a bitch or human woman
we can stop ourselves from changing so there's no damage done apart from
her sore pussy, with a Pup, he has no control, once his knot forms inside
the boy he would loose all reason and change into his wolf, the boy would
then be in real danger, not only from being humped for about four hours non
stop and having his small hole filled with the knot but the pup would
probably bight him as well and either kill him or turn him. I don't think
Roland would like that, this pup is just too young and inexperienced to try
it on with a human boy as small as Roland."  "Oh, I see what you mean, so
you guys actually have a knot the same as real wolves and dogs."

"Yep, only it's bigger and lasts longer, if the Pup got at Roland, the poor
boy would be able to park a Mac truck up his hole afterwards, that's if he
was still alive to do it."

"Ok I take your word for it."

Jake smiled at Peter and frowned at his Pup.

"Vinnie."

"Yes Alpha?"

"You've been warned twice now, leave the boy alone, if you make even the
slightest move towards him I'll have you on the table for the pack,
understand me, Pup?"

"Yes Alpha." Vinnie said with real fear in his voice.

"What's with the table Jake?" asked Peter.

"It's for discipline, we have a table bolted to the floor of the basement,
if a wolf plays up then he's chained to the table and the rest of the pack
take turns humping him till he changes his mind, it can take up to three
four days, if he changes to his wolf during it then he gets a beating until
he passes out and changes back to his human form then it starts all over
again, not fun is it Pup?"

"No Alpha."  "You see, Peter, he played up and disobeyed me once when he
first joined us, one day on the table changed his mind, of course they heal
up quickly but the memory stays for life, that right Pup?"

"Yes Alpha."  "So you stay away from little Roland, right?"

"Yes Alpha." Said Vinnie with a gulp of fear.

"Well, I think we'll take a break, Jake, while we wait for Roland's
equipment to turn up, it's going to be busy enough when it gets here."

"Yep to that, Ok Pup, lets go home and get some rest, I'll come out with
the truck when the gear is ready, Peter."

"Ok, thanks Jake, see you then."

Jake, with the teen following closely behind, left the hall and soon Peter
heard his truck leave the front door for the city, taking Swiftwing's hand,
he lead them both to the lift and went up to their own rooms for some R&R
while they waited.

Eight hours later and Peter was awoken from his nap as Caleb entered the
bedroom.

"The equipment has arrived and Roland is going through it with Leon and
Carter, they're setting up some type of laptop for him, he says he'll need
to take it with him, what do you want done now, Peter?"

"Call the airport and arrange for a plane for us all, tell the commander of
the troops that we'll need them all and to get his transport organised,
we'll also need about twenty extras from house Vaga to back us up, we don't
know how many he has down there to guard him but I'm not going to take any
chances."

In three hours it was all arranged and ready to go, Roland had been fitted
with a small size black combat suit as well as a radio mic so he could be
in contact WITH Leon and Carter as well as all the others in the attack
group. Peter had assigned two of the Vaga tigers and two of Jakes wolves to
guarding Roland when in the field, the four bigger teens and men dwarfed
the small frame of Roland, there was no way anyone was getting close to
him.

Once the planes had taken off they were only in the air for fourty minutes
before they were landing on a grass strip only a few miles from Seatons
command bunker, Peter sent out three avian to scout the area while the rest
formed up around Peter, Swiftwing and Roland, just before they left for the
sealed doors, two of the earlier scouts appeared and reported that they had
seen about twenty Vampires enter the facility late last night, since then
no one had emerged from the bunker, there was still about two hours of
daylight left and Peter hoped they would be inside before the sun set and
released all the vampires and Seaton from their day sleep.

Once outside the doors, Peter set the military snipers around the hill side
with their wolf guards, nothing was to escape the bunker, Peter, Swiftwing,
Roland and the others moved towards the doors, Roland stood back and looked
over the setup, moving with a not before seen confidence he approached the
doors and started to run wires from the modified laptop, he then produced a
thin steel rod and began to poke around the panel of the lock, ten minutes
later and the panel fell into his small hands.

Roland inspected the wiring inside the box then slowly began to run his own
wires to different connections, nothing seemed to break the concentration
he had on the small steel box, his hands moved confidently and with five
minutes he had everything connected, next he sat on the ground with his
laptop and began to type in scrolls of numbers, twice he paused as the
computer ran columns of numbers down the screen, periodically, Roland would
add more numbers and watch the results, within fifteen minutes and everyone
heard a very distinctive clang and then a deep humming started and the huge
reinforced steel doors began to slide open, Peter hugged Roland warmly
before giving hand signals for his men to get ready to move.

Peter had one of the wolves pick Roland up and carry him for easier speed
and movement, Roland seemed unconcerned about being carried like a small
doll as the wolf smiled down at him, they moved quickly into the entrance
of the bunker, the first room was mainly storage, Peter sent two cats to
scout it out in case someone was guarding it, it was clear.

At the far end was another steel door, again Roland worked his magic but
this time it was a lot quicker, the door slid open and revealed another
large vault like room, this one had small sections set aside with doors
into each room, quickly Peter's men went from room to room and quickly
dispatched each vampire as they slept, that accounted for close on thirty
vampires, Peter was glad they had got here before sun down.

The next door opened into a control room, this time Peter told the two
tigers and two wolves that were guarding Roland to take him back outside
and keep him safe, he didn't want to lose the boy now they had found their
quarry's control room, Peter knew it was getting close to dark and any
fighting they now had to do was not going to be pretty or forgiving.

Peter still did not know how many were still down here to protect Seaton,
but he was sure there would be more than just those in the other section,
touring the control room and finding nothing, Peter then set his men on
finding where Seaton was hidden, there were three passages that lead away
from the control room, one they had come in on and the other two were at
the back of the room, Peter guessed that the stronger steel door was where
Seaton would be hiding, the other door was also steel but looked lighter
and more easy to get through.

Peter sent the bulk of his men to the lighter door and he himself, along
with Swiftwing, Caleb and Levi went to the heavily fortified door, before
they could find a way to enter, the door began to slide open, the four boys
jumped back and took up a defensive stance, Peter's Katana was quickly in
his hands as Swiftwing filled his with the two Kama, Levi and Caleb stood
back to back, one hand held a tanto the other held automatics filled with
silver bullets, they didn't kill a vampire but did slow him down enough to
be finished off with the Tanto.

The four vampire attacked immediately they saw the four boys, at the same
time screams and shouts erupted from the other passage way as the others
discovered that the inner guard had had time to awaken, the noise was
fearsome as swords clashed and gun crashed in the enclosed spaces.

Swiftwing made short work of his opponent as each time the vampire tried to
cut him in half, he would vaporise into green fog and then reappear behind
the vampire and cut him severely, almost as though playing with him but
Swiftwing was deadly serious, it took only minutes for him to dispatch the
vampire in a double cross handed stroke with both Kama, decapitating the
him like a double edged scissor.

Levi and Caleb used their automatics to force the other two vampires back
against the wall then moved in with practiced precision and also
decapitated them both, Peter had his hands full, the vampire that attacked
him was a lot older and therefore a lot more experienced and capable, their
swords clashed and rang out around the room as the fight went back and
forth, neither one being able to take the advantage until Peter used Sin
Yu's training and took to the walls, it seemed that the other vampire was
at a loss as how to counteract Peters daring move, by the time he had
worked out a strategy it was to late and Peter's Katana was slicing
effortlessly through his bare neck.

Swiftwing was standing next to the doorway, Caleb and Levi were near the
middle of the room not even out of breath, Peter told them to go and help
the others down the passage where the fight was still in full flight by the
sounds and screams coming from there, Peter turned and surveyed the empty
room until a loud scream from Swiftwing made him duck and roll, but not
quite soon enough as he felt the slicing cold steel cut across his shoulder
blades, had Swiftwing not yelled, his head would have now been on the
floor, it seemed Seaton had again used his deviousness and attacked Peter
from behind in an effort to finish him for good.

Peter rolled and turned to face Seaton but as he came to his full height, a
heavy boot caught him in the sternum sending him flying ten feet back
against a console in the middle of the room, his Katana flew off to the
side about fifteen feet away, Peter shook his head as he felt the blood
flow begin to slow as he healed the deep gash from Seaton's sword.

Peter watched as Seaton came towards him slowly, almost as though stalking
him, the smile on the traitor's lips said it all. Against a human with a
sword, Peter would have no trouble but unarmed against Seaton with a sword
was another matter, all the advantage was with Seaton, suddenly another
yell came from behind Seaton, Peter looked over the shoulder of the
approaching vampire, Swiftwing stood alone about ten feet behind Seaton,
his Kama tightly held in each hand.

"What about me, Coward?"

Distracted, Seaton turned to look at Swiftwing, as he came about, Swiftwing
threw one of his Kama, it buried itself deeply into Seatons shoulder,
Seaton took hold and pulled it free then ran at Swiftwing, as his sword
flew down at the smaller Indian boy all it made contact with was a green
mist that soon dissipated and the form of an unhurt Swiftwing took its
place, again Seaton lashed out with his blade and again all it met was thin
green mist.

The distraction had given Peter time to start moving towards his own Katana
but Seaton was now awake to what was going on and turned on Peter and,
using his vampiric speed cut Peter off from his blade.

"Now little Prince, let's see how good you are without a weapon."

As Seaton moved in to slice Peter, Peter again took to the walls but this
time Seaton went with him, he was an old vampire and knew all the tricks,
the blade kept coming closer and closer to Peter as he used everything he
had to stay well out of reach of the killing blade.

Finally, in desperation, Peter decided to try something he had thought
about but never practised, it was a time that he now had nothing but his
life to lose, wedging himself into a corner, he watched as Seaton slowly
closed in on him, the smile of triumph on the old vampires face said it
all, finally he had the little shit cornered, it was now or never, Seaton
lifted his blade slowly, hiss evil grin never leaving Peters face, then he
swung the blade down with all his mighty speed and power, he struck
nothing, the boy was not there, he turned, but he was to late.

Peter had watched the blade start its fast descent towards his neck, at the
last second he pushed off the corner with all his might and speed going
straight up and in a double summersault, flew over the head of Seaton as he
completed his downward stroke, hitting the floor in a perfect roll he came
up with his own Katana in his hands, Seaton had missed him by mere
millimetres.

Peter advanced on the frustrated vampire, he decided to try taunting the
vampire into making a mistake.

"Come on old man, can't get it up for the young guys anymore, huh?"

Seaton looked over at the now armed Prince, while the words from the boy
did not affect him too much the thought of the boy getting the better of
him took over all reason, in a blur he attacked but Peter was well up to
the charge and retaliated with vigour and an expertise that Seaton did not
expect from such a young boy.

The clashing of their blades echoed throughout the room as the two fought
back and forth around the large room, neither being able to get a distinct
advantage over the other, Swiftwing stayed out of it as he knew Peter had
to do this on his own although he would not hesitate to move in if his
lover and soul mate was in danger of loosing his life.

The noise from the other passage had dissipated into small and final one on
one fights as the last of the vampires fought for their lives even though
they now knew it was an impossible dream that they would survive this
night.

At last Peter saw his opening, the rage in Seaton's face had made him
careless and Peter was quick to take advantage, with speed and precision,
Peter dived to the floor and rolled over under Seatons swinging blade, with
a back handed swing, Peter sent his own blade hissing and slicing through
Seatons left calf, severing the leg just below the knee, Seaton toppled
even as his bodies defences began to seal the bloody stump and stop the
bleeding but the damage was done.

Peter rose to his feet in one swift move and sliced downward to take
Seatons forearm and therefore his sword from his body, all Seaton could now
do was lay there and wait for his decapitation, Peter stood over him,
Katana at the ready should the vampire try anything stupid.

"Well you've won, haven't you got the guts to finish it, you little shit."

"Oh, yes, I can finish it but your fate is not going to be that easy,
you've caused a lot of pain and suffering with you arrogance and stupid
plans and that deserves a special end so no others try it." Replied a
steadfast Peter.

The look of wonder and then sudden dawning on Seaton's face told Peter that
the renegade now understood what his fate would be.

"You wouldn't dare, the council would never allow it, it's against all the
rules of the council."

Peter stared down at the vampire that had caused so much trouble, pain and
suffering, both for the folk and for humans, it was at this time that Peter
lost the last of his little boy morals.

"By the powers invested in me as Prince of the House of Vladd I sentence
you to greet the sunlight on the coming morning, the sentence to be
witnessed by all those present here tonight."

Peter's voice was cold and hard, even Seaton, for the first time since he
had been turned in 1655 felt fear and almost a degree of admiration for the
young Vampire Prince, to be sentenced to the sun was such a horrible way to
die for a vampire that it had been banned by the ruling council in all
countries, yet here was a young boy so incensed at Seaton's treachery that
he was prepared to defy the council and watch as Seaton was burnt to death
by the rising sun a most terrible and excruciating way to die.

Slowly Peter realised that the others were returning to the main room, the
battle had been won but there had been losses mainly on Seatons side but
only due to Peter's men being able to get inside before the sun set, they
had a lot to thank Roland for, had they been late then the outcome would
have been very different, as it was Peter's losses were still too many for
his liking.

Levi told Peter of the final tally, they had lost six felines, nine wolves
dead and just about all the others had deep wounds, those that had lost
limbs would take weeks to regenerate the lost parts so would be out of
action for along length of time, both Levi and Caleb had deep wounds in
their chests and arms but the bleeding had stopped and as soon as they fed
they would be back to normal after a good sleep.

It seemed that the only one to avoid any form of injury was Swiftwing, his
ability to use his Shaman gift and turn instantly to mist had saved his
life and limbs while Peter still showed the open wounds he had received
from Seaton although he had stopped bleeding like the others he would need
to feed as soon as they got back to the house.

Peter related to the others what he had decided about Seaton's sentence,
not one of the folk objected or thought it was any less than the traitor
deserved, they all agreed to stay as witnesses, a small store room was
found and tested to make sure there was no way of escape and Seaton was put
inside until it was close to dawn.

Seaton appeared to be half the person he had been before as he realised
that there was no escape and no one coming from the council to save him
from his fate, what he felt was worse was the fact that now the Prince
would be entitled to take all and everything he had built over the last
three and half centuries as damages and the council could only agree, the
victor was entitled to the spoils to offset any expenses he had had, and
Seatons properties were not meagre but covered four continents and millions
of dollars, a very rich Prince was going to very, very rich.

Peter watched as Jake approached him from the passage, the big werewolf had
a large deep wound running from the top of his shoulder all the way down to
his finger tips, Peter almost smiled at the werewolf as he wrapped a piece
of shirt around the wound to hold the edges together. Peter knew that by
morning there would not even be a scar to show for his trouble.

"What happened to you Jake?"

"Fuckin little vamp, I had him by the neck and just as I was about to take
it off his shoulders he pulled this tiny little pocket knife and tried to
take my arm off, nearly let the son of a bitch go."

"So what happened?"

"I changed my mind and decided to take his arms off one at a time first
just to teach the little shit a lesson before he lost his head."

Peter could hardly keep back the smile at the image of Jake getting angry
with a young vampire.

"So all done in there?"

"Yep, they're just cleaning up the last of the bodies, the vamps we'll put
out for the sun, our folk we'll take back with us, we lost some good people
in there but it was all for a good reason this time."

Peter told Jake all that had gone on in the main room and what was going to
be done to Seaton, at this disclosure, Jake lifted an eye brow.

"You're going to go against the council ruling without informing them?"

"Sorry Jake but it's my state, my folk, my war so the way I see it then
it's my decision, it's the only way I know of to get the message across
that this sort of thing can't happen again, if I have to stand before the
council then so be it, but this is my decision and that's the way it's
going to be."

"Fair enough young Prince, you know everyone in the five states will back
you whatever you decide, so what now?"

"We get some rest and wait for dawn, when that's finished with then its
back home and a long rest before I report in."

"Ok, I'll tell every to get some rest then, we've got about six hours to
sunrise."

Everyone found a place to settle down for a few hours, the longer the rest
the better the wounded would be when they left for home, Peter and
Swiftwing fell into each others arms in one of the small rooms off the
second passageway, they were both too tired to think of playing up so just
relaxed back against each other and drifted into a light doze.

Peter woke with Swiftwing's arms still holding him closely, he knew
instinctively that it was close to dawn, it was time to carry out the
sentence on Seaton, Peter woke his lover and they both went through to the
main room where everyone that was able, stood waiting for them to appear,
Seaton was being held by two wolves ready for his final walk.

There was no chatter or sound in the room, everyone knew what was about to
happen, even Seaton was resigned to his fate, there would be no reprieve
for him this time, the party started to move towards the entrance to the
bunker, outside it was still dark but the first faint hint of dawn could
just be seen on the horizon as the exited from the bunker.

Peter pointed towards a clear area just in front of the doors, there Seaton
was pushed to the ground and everyone stepped back a few feet to give the
sun plenty of space to strike the traitor as it rose over the nearby
ridge. Much to Seatons horror the sun seemed to speed up as it began its
climb into the sky.

The first strong rays of sunlight hit Seaton on his lower leg and kept
steadily climbing as he began to scream in pain and terror, his flesh began
to melt and burn as wisps of vapour rose from his tortured flesh. The
screams echoed around the empty hills and valleys as the sun relentlessly
continued to climb upwards and the stench of ancient burning flesh made
most of those present cringe at the thought of what the vampire was going
through.

Finally, as the sunlight passed above his waist, Seaton could stand it no
longer and collapsed forward so he was fully exposed to the death rays of
sunlight, his end was quick as the sun devoured all that was once Seaton,
the traitor to his kind, Peter coughed lightly as he tried to hold back the
horror of what he had had to do, only the soft arms of his soul mate kept
him from trowing up in front of everyone.

With a gentleness that was reserved only for Peter, Swiftwing lead him away
and towards where the planes waited for their return home, all the other
survivors of the battle, both able and wounded, silently followed the
Prince that had proved he had what it took to rule such a violent and
difficult world, all of them present knew without doubt that other more
difficult times could lay ahead for the Prince of House Vladd, either now
or in the distant future, for a lot could happen when you live for
centuries and things never change, they just developed differently.



End.



 Foot Note: As there is now a new story underway, the Prince of House Vladd
is taking a rest, I have not yet decided as to if there will be more to
follow on Peter and his folk, so you will have to bare with me for now and
perhaps follow the new story instead, thank you all for your great
following and the many, many emails of support.



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