It has been several hours since she talked to Sambuca. Bastard! She threw back another shot of tequila. Keeping secrets from me. Fuck him. She was already drunk. There was a guy that had been buying her drinks all night. She wanted to forget about Gemma, Sambuca and all the other crazy stuff in her life. She threw back two more shots. She stared at the guy that was providing her with liquid refreshments. He had dark hair, brown eyes and a unique tan line on his fourth finger on his left hand. Another married prick. At least Calvin didn't try to hide it.

"Well, Brad," she slurred. "I know what you are thinking."

"My name is Brian," the man corrected.

"Like I give a shit," she explained. "I don't care about your wife, kids or anything about your fucking life. I only care about one thing," she said as she poked her finger in his chest. "Can you make my raspberry swirl?"

A big grin came to his face. "I can provide that service to you." He laid down some money to settle the tab. "My car is the black Mercedes."

"Trust me," she said as she put on her black leather jacket. "I don't give a shit."

He grabbed her hand and she yanked it away.

"Let me get my bag," she said.

The man chuckled. "Most women carry a purse, but you carry a fucking duffle bag."

She stared at him. Her lips curled and her eyebrows lowered. "I'm not like most women."

He grabbed her hand again and the two walked out of the bar. Once in the parking lot, Brain's grip on her hand tightened as he pulled her to his car.

"Are we getting a room?" Ciara asked. "Or are you going to be a cheap bastard and bang me in your car."

He punched her across the face. In her slight drunken state, the hit got her off guard and fell stomach first on the hood. He stood behind her.

"I like it hard and rough, bitch," he said as her undid his belt and zipper. He had hand on the back of her neck and the other trying to get her tight leather pants off. He was a big guy. He had the height, five inches, and about a good hundred pounds on her. But Ciara wasn't ready to become a statistic on a local news report. She wasn't going to freeze and she wasn't going to flee, so she had only one option. The man thought the punch was enough to put her in shock, but he was wrong. Now, he was going to see how wrong he was.

Brian didn't hold Ciara's arms behind her back, and that was all the leverage she needed. She elbowed him in the stomach, as his body lowered. She bashed his nose with the back of her head. She got her footing back and kneed him in the crouch. Then she repeating smashed her knee into his nose and face. He fell onto the hard pavement, but she wasn't done. She repeating kicked and stomped on him over and over until his body was no longer responding. His chest was still moving, but his breathing was labor.

"You said you like it hard and rough." She kicked him one more time in the stomach. "Was that rough enough?" She picked up her duffle bag and walked over to her bike. She straddled the bike, turned the key and revved up the engine. She looked back at the prick. "Asshole!" She rode off.

Her ride through the city was short lived as she was hit by a blunt force. Her flew off her bike and rolled into the street. Her leather pants and jacket protected her from being severely scratched up the pavement. She held up her arms to protect her head. Another skill that Sambuca taught her. She looked up and saw a blonde wearing a black leather pants and jacket and a red corset.

"Madison." Ciara looked for the duffle bag.

"Bingo." Madison waved her hand and Ciara's duffle bag flew across the street. "No cheating," She teased. She slowly walked towards the slayer. Her heels clicked on the street with each step. "I was looking for your teacher." Her eyebrows raised up. "Sambuca." She licked her lips and his name came out of her mouth.

"You can't kill Sambuca," Ciara as she got up on her feet.

"Ha! I wasn't planning to kill him," Madison said. She giggled as her eyes narrowed. "He is half vampire. I bet he has a big dick."

Ciara rolled her eyes. "If he fucks you," she warned. "I will kill you both."

"Jealous," Madison said with a slight smirk. "I guess I have to remove you from the picture."

"It's not going to be that easy."

"Please, I kicked your ass the first time we met. I threw you off a building the last time. Your boyfriend is not here to save you. Why will this time be different?"

Ciara reached in her jacket pocket and pulled out her fingerless gloves with the silver knuckles and put them on. She also had a knife in her thigh hostler. "Because, I will not stop until your head is mounted on my wall." Her hands tightened into fists. "Let's dance."

The two titans rushed each other and clashed in the middle of the street. Madison threw several blows, but all missed. Ciara countered with a gut punch and right cross. Ciara continued the bombardment. Repeated blows to the face, several kicks to the ribs. A knee to the gut. Madison fell on all fours, but Ciara wasn't letting up.

"This is for Gemma, you bitch!" A loud thud was heard as Ciara foot connected with Madison's face. The vampire rolled on her back and Ciara straddled her continued to lay judgment. "This is for your mother!" Another punched. "My mother!" Another punch and another. The blood started to fly from Madison's nose and mouth. "Or any other poor saps you came across since your Embrace."

"Fuck you!" Madison yelled back.

Ciara grabbed Madison's jacket collar and delivered hard head butt. Ciara heard Madison's nose cracked. Then she punched Madison in the face again and again.

"I want you to look at me and remember," Ciara screamed. "I'm the person that killed you."

"Fuck you!" Madison mustered enough strength to push Ciara off. She got to her feet, but she was wobbling from the beating.

"I see you aren't going to lay down and take it like a slut." Ciara noticed how Madison kept losing balance, but Madison had some fight left.

Madison ran up and threw a punch that Ciara easily blocked. Ciara countered with a kick to the side of Madison's head. As Madison staggered, Ciara took a fist full on blonde hair and dragged Madison to side of the building and slammed her against the wall.

Ciara punched and punched as Madison tried to counter. But it was too late, Madison was beaten. Ciara took out the knife and stabbed Madison and the stomach several times. Metal tearing through flesh and blood spilling and landing on the pavement.

"Anger is a gift," Ciara yelled as her knife entered the vampire's body over and over. Her ears were deaf to the hollers of Madison.

Tears of blood ran down Madison's cheeks. Her body was slowing falling to the ground, but Ciara prompted Madison back up slamming the vampire's back up against the wall. Madison cried and begged for her life.

"I don't want to her you cry," Ciara said as she pulled the knife out. "I want to hear you scream!" She rammed the knife into Madison's heart.

The loud sound of terror came out of Madison's mouth as the knife pierced her heart and pinned her to the wall. Piercing of her heart, didn't kill the beast, but it immobilized it. Madison grabbed the hilt of the knife pulled. Veins protruded from her neck and forehead as she struggled with all of her strength to pull out the knife, but the knife didn't move, it didn't even budged. It was useless. She was helpless.

Ciara rested both of her hands on Madison's cheeks. She stared at the bloody mess that was Madison's face. "Now, you are really going to experience pain." She smashed her thumbs into Madison's eye sockets. A deafening scream could be heard as Ciara felt the warm blood pouring onto her fingers. A cryptic smile rose to Ciara's face as she told pleasure on hurting Madison. She released her hands from the demon and walked across the street to get her sword from the duffle bag. Madison heard every defiance step that Ciara made. She opened her eyes and saw her own personal angel of death approaching. She closed her eyes as she knew what was coming next.

"Look at me!" Ciara ordered. "Embrace death as you embrace this life."

Madison's eyes opened. "I'll see you in Hell!" The phrase spat out of her.

"When you do?" Ciara replied. "I'll kill you again." She raised her katana and took careful aim. She swung her sword, but before it could strike its target, a strong surge of electricity struck her body and sent her flying across the alley. Before she could get oriented, a foot kick her hard in the stomach. She looked up and saw a pretty redhead smiling.

"Hi," Chloe said. "It's my turn." She kicked Ciara again in the stomach. She grabbed the collar of the slayer's leather jacket and lifted Ciara to her feet. "Unlike Madison," she warned. "I know how to fight." She delivered a head butt and kneed Ciara in the gut and tossed slayer up against the wall. Kendra shocked Ciara with another bolt.

Ciara's body was drained, but she still tried to fight. Chloe granted that wish. She ran up to Ciara and threw several punches and kicks. Ciara was able to block some of them, but in her weaken state, she was no match. Ciara admired Chloe's speed, accuracy and strength. Her punches and kicks were performed with the skills of a trained fighter. After several powerful blows, Ciara fell to her knees and then fell on all fours. Blood dripped from her mouth and nose. She tried to work up enough strength to continue the fight.

"I wish you were at full strength," Chloe smiled, "because I want a real fight." She landed one last blow to Ciara. The slayer fought to keep her eyes open, but it was a losing battle as she slipped into unconsciousness. Kendra and Chloe stood over the body.

"The Mistress will be please," Kendra said to Chloe. They heard Madison screaming to be release.

"Get this fucking knife out of my chest!" Madison still tried to pull the knife out. Chloe ran over to Madison and ripped out the knife. "Fuuuuuck! She screamed. "I'm going to kill that fucking bitch!" Chloe held Madison against the wall as Kendra approached the two.

"The Mistress has plans for her," Kendra explained. "She needs her alive."

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The cuffs loosely clung to her wrists as she hanged with her arms over her head. Chains were rusted, but they were still strong enough to hold her. Her eyes were still closed. It had been two days since she was up. There was lit torch on the wall couple yards away. It failed to provide relief from the darkest that engulfed the room. The cold stale air filled her lungs as the stink of defeat hovered over her like a dark unforgiven storm. When she awoke, she saw the pretty green eyes and a fair face lightly covered with freckles.

"You're pretty," Chloe said with a child-like innocence. Her hand gently ran through Ciara's raven hair.

"You're Chloe?" Ciara statement came off more like a question.

"Yeah." Chloe placed a bottle of up to Ciara's dried lips. "Drink!" She ordered "It has been a while." She tilted the bottle as the water sloppy dripped down the warm throat of prisoner.

Ciara caught her breath. "Thank you."

"It's the least I could do," Chloe answered. She placed the bottle down of the floor. She firmly grabbed Ciara's chin and leaned in gently kissed the lips of the slayer.

Ciara's eyes closed as she briefly enjoyed the moment. Then she shook her head and snapped back to reality. "What was that for?" She questioned as her eyes widened.

Chloe smiled. "Thanking you for kicking Madison's ass." She leaned in and whispered. "She can be a real bitch." The two shared a short, but sweet giggle.

"You got some skills," Ciara added. "The Mistress trained you well."

A big toothy grin appeared on Chloe. "Master Lee trained me," she explained. "Not the Mistress. I've been taking lessons since I was five years old. My parents thought it will improve my self-esteem."

"Then you killed them," Ciara reminded.

Chloe looked down. "That was unfortunate." Her eyes glanced up and her hand quickly grabbed Ciara's throat. Her piercing green eyes only saw death as she stared at Ciara. "Never mention them again."

Ciara struggled to get the words out as Chloe's grip tightened. "Did I hit a nerve? Keep picking at it. It will never heal."

Chloe's grip tightened ever more. "You know what else never heal, a severed head."

"Point taken."

Chloe released her grip. "But we aren't going to kill you. The Mistress has other plans for you."

"Like what?"

A door opened as dark hair vampire entered the room. "The Mistress will explain it to you."

"Kendra?" Again Ciara's statement came off as a question.

"You are a smart girl," Kendra answered, "and a feisty one too. You did a number on Madison. It took a full day for her to heal from the beat down you delivered."

"I don't do anything half-ass," Ciara commented.

"I know," Kendra said. "You use your whole ass."

A blonde streak burst into the room. "You fucking bitch. She walked up the Ciara and grabbed the slayer's throat. "I'm going to fucking kill you," she said as she slammed Ciara's back against the wall.

"Why don't you take off these cuffs and try?" Ciara teased. "Or are you afraid of a victim that fights back?"

Madison delivered a punch to Ciara's stomach. Ciara's body tumbled over but was held upright by the chains.

"Oh Mistress," Ciara commented with the sarcastic and sensual tone. "Please, give me another."

"You stupid bitch." Before Madison could hit Ciara with another punch. Chloe wrapped her arms around Madison.

"That's enough," Chloe said as she pulled Madison away from the prisoner. "Let the Mistress deal with her."

"Fine," Madison said. Chloe released the hold. Madison walked back over to Ciara. "After the Mistress is done with you, I'm going to rip off your head."

"Promises, promises," Ciara joked back. "Where is the Mistress?"

A tall silhouette of a female figure appeared in the doorway. Due to the poor lighting in the room, Ciara couldn't make out any features.

Madison smiled and looked at the figure and then back at Ciara. "If you speak of the devil, she shall appear."

The tall figure walked slowly into the room, but her face still in the shadows. Then, she spoke. "Please allow me to introduce myself."