The Vampire's Assistant (Larry Stylinson AU) - Book One

Chapter XXIII

WIthout anyone noticing, Archer slips behind them and goes to the east wing of the estate.  He continues to travel checking all of the rooms.

"Your not telling the truth, you wouldn't kill your only chance to save you and your vampires." said Michael. Louis stands up from the ground and speaks, "W-why? What h-have you done with him?" He was having a difficult time speaking with all of his crying. Romulus remains silent and Sinister speaks, "I tortured him everyday, it was all pleasure for me. I would do it all again, if I had the chance. Your slave was weak and he couldn't even put up with the tortures. In his final moment, he was weak and fragile, he called 'Louis' over and over. You never came to save your slave, he died alone and cold." 

Louis was physically hurt by Sinister's words, he couldn't bear to see his Hazza in pain. A silence fell over the room and it didn't help the growing tension. Michael could sense that Sinister wasn't telling the truth. Michael pushed Louis behind him and was about to speak when Athana spoke first, "Sinister, you are mindless vampire. I released Harry from his chains and helped him escape. I am done with your games, Romulus. I will no longer serve you and your endless quest to rule the region. Romulus, you barely have any vampires left and you will never defeat an army of angels. It is impossible." 

Everyone was surprised by Athana's statement, no one expect her to betray Romulus. Romulus wanted to kill her in that moment, but he knew Michael would attack him. He wasn't afraid to battle an angel, but an archangel is a different story. Athana approaches Zayn and draws her weapons. She hands it to him and speaks, "I surrender myself to you and I am willing to pay for the crimes, I have committed." 

Zayn takes her weapon and orders a group of guardsman to take her back to camp outside of the estate. Romulus can't believe that she surrendered herself to the Tomlinson estate. "Athana was a weakling of a vampire. I will still defeat you and your armies. I don't fear anyone and I will kill you Michael." said Romulus. 

Michael starts to laugh and then speaks, "Romulus, you are going to kill an archangel? I have been the leader of the armies of Heaven for thousands of years. I am the patron saint of all warriors, you could barely fight Louis and Zayn. You are going to pay for killing all of those innocent people. I told Louis and Zayn I wouldn't fight, but I will now." 

Romulus was taken aback by Michael's statement. He felt a feeling, he has never felt before. It was fear, he has never felt it. They continued to talk for a time, Michael and Romulus continued to bash each other. Michael was clearly controlling the conversation, they wouldn't attack until Harry was safe.

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Archer continues to search every room for the curly haired boy, he couldn't find him. He could hear voices coming from the throne room, he knew it was the Romulus and Michael. He was starting to lose hope at the end of the hall, but he found a locked room. Next to the door was one of Athana's daggers, he ignored it and tried to open the door. He pushed and pushed against the door and it was nearly impossible to open.

"Harry! Harry! Harry!" screamed Archer. Harry could hear a voice on the other side of the door, he was scared to respond to the voice. He approached the door and spoke, "Hello? Who is it?" He didn't want to take anymore chances, he couldn't handle anymore tortures. Harry was weak and fragile, he would break if tortured again. 

Archer could hear Harry's voice and he knew he found the boy. Now he needed the boy to trust him, he hoped Louis's ideas worked. "It's Archer! Louis sent me to rescue you, please open up." Harry wasn't convince, Archer could try and kill him. "No! I will not go back to being a slave!" yelled Harry.

Archer released a deep sigh and spoke, "Harry, I am not going to hurt you. I am going to slip a picture under the door. I will never hurt you again." He slips the picture under the door and awaits Harry's response. Harry looks down at the picture and picks it up. He stares at the picture for a time, he unlocks the door. He jumps into Archer and embraces him, Archer doesn't hug back right away. After a few moments, he hugs back and allows the boy to cry into his figure.