Different Worlds Author: Miranda LaCroix First, the legal things. None of the Forever Knight characters are not owned by me, they are owned by Columbia, Tristar (Sony) and I do not intend to use them for any type of commercial purposes (making money in anyway). Characters not from the Forever Knight realm are invented by me,(ie Miranda LaCroix) and may not be used unless I have given you specific permission. Permission to archieve in www.fkfanfic.com To add a note, in my First FK world, Stonetree's precinct is gone, so there's no Stonetree, Reese doesn't exist, so all of Stonetree's and Reese's qualities and faults (eating kleenex, kicking water coolers, etc.) exist inside Captain Amanda Cohen. Schanke, and Vetter are both very much alive. Instead now, Nick is in a trio rather than in partners (and they don't, I repeat: DON'T know about Nick's vampire side.). Vachon and Urs as well as Divia exist. Divia's been toned down (sorry Diviants) and is Miranda's school classmate (After all, you have to learn back about 2000 years of lost learning). Janette is still in Toronto and runs the Raven with LaCroix. LaCroix does his radio show in the back. Screed (for Libby's sake) is alive as well and hunts those little ratsies for his din din every night. (Wot ya lookin' at? Me Ratpackie talkie botherin ya?). Oh yeah, Daniel is alive and well, seems he joined the trio, was brought across making them a foursome. So Daniel's in here!! Okay, I think I've got everyone (hopefully). Finally, now for the story. Comments are always welcome and appreciated!!!!:) Different Worlds It was a dark and lonely night for Miranda as she sat in her bedroom listening to NightCrawler monologues. Lucien was at it again, doing his nightly broadcasts over to the entire world. Embracing their hearts with his words and teaching them lessons. Someone suddenly knocked on the door and Miranda jumped. She walked over to it and opened it. "Good evening Empress." Miranda saw that the maid was afraid. "Good evening Lydia, what is it?" "Well Empress....Empress, I....Empress...." "Lydia, calm down. Won't you come in and sit?" "Thank you." The two women sat opposite each other on two couches."So what is it that you need?" Miranda asked, pouring herself a cup of tea. "Empress, my dad's been through rough times back at New Atlanta, and he's having an operation soon, I was wondering if I could take a short leave for awhile." Miranda stopped and Lydia's face turned white with horror, afraid that she had upset the Empress. She was suprised when Miranda smiled. "Sure Lydia, take a break, you need one after all. You're pretty loyal. And I'm sure I can convince my husband to let you leave for awhile." Lydia stood up, wanting to jump up high up to the 40 foot ceiling. "Thank you Empress, thank you so much!!!" "You're welcome Lidi, have 2 weeks if you want." "Oh thank you!" She kneeled before her. "Lidi, it's fine. Stand up." The young maid stood up. "Now, go get to New Atlanta before the Emperor finds out." "Thank you!" The maid ran to the door and stopped dead when she faced the Emperor. "Good evening Emperor." "Lydia." She slowly walked out. "You let your maid out for vacation?" "She deserved it." "Your heart is weak my dear Miranda." "Perhaps it's cause yours is ice cold." He walked up to her and stood before her. "I don't like that rude comment my dear." Miranda stormed around the room. "Lucien! This is nuts! Every night for the past few days, we've been fighting over idiotic things! I'm getting sick..." "Of being an Empress, ruling at my side? I gave you what you want. I gave you power, control without any vampire bounds. I gave you the choice to live as a human, and still, you treat me, no, you use me as a butler." "Well, then be done with it," she whispered. "Take me out of my misery and kill me!" He looked at her in shock, he had no idea she had such a temper, such a willingness. Grabbing her roughly, he held her with an arm. She nearly fainted as he gently stroked her hair back. Baring his fangs, he bent down roared and bent down... Then a bright light flashed, and everything disappeared.... Miranda rose out of her bed as the sunset, the sky turned light purple and then darkness enveloped the wonderful city of Toronto. She breathed in the fresh air as the night took over the lighted city and stared across the star lit moon glowed sky. The phone behind her rang playing the Mozart melody over again and she turned on the speaker phone. "Hello?" "Hey Miranda, tonight I need a break, so I was wondering if you could go on the night shift." "Sure." "Thanks!" "I'll be right over." Miranda stepped into the coroner's office at about 8pm after her yummy dinner at a nearby Subalds. "Hey Miranda!" "Hi Aunt Nat, any action tonight?" "Not yet kiddo, what are you doing here?" "Amy needed a replacement, so here I am." "Ah, well she was partnered up with me tonight, I wonder why she left." Miranda laughed. "Oh well, I'll get some field experience." Her cell phone rang. "Hello?" "Hey Miranda." "Divi! Hey!" "Hiya, I need help with the section review. What is the Middle Ages again?" "You know Nick." "Duh I know Nick!" "Go ask him, I predict. Ahem, know that he knows something about the M.A." "Fine then, be a totally unnice friend and make me search for him. But he and I aren't in the best of terms." "Ok, what did you do to Daniel?" "I dumped him. He became such an idiot." "Well, Daniel's daddy won't be mad at you, he'll just be angry. Just don't get in trouble with your daddy." "Miran! My daddy is none of your business!" "Your daddy is cute." "Echh, you too? He's mine mine mine mine mine! I brought him across!" Miranda laughed, "Go ask Nick will ya and stop bothering me!" "Now you think I'm a bother? Miran!!" "Ok, remember the Crusades?" "Yup, we studied that yesterday." "That was in the Middle Ages." "Oh! Oh! Later Miran, I just invented my thesis!" "Later Divi!" A bright flash enveloped them all and everything suddenly was gone..... Miranda and Lucien LaCroix sat with each other kissing in the darkness, with only a eerie glow of a few candles. They embraced each other and kissed and hugged. Truly and madly making mortal and immortal love. He laid her across the black cheeks gently stroking her cheek. "Lucien...." She whispered, half awake, please, don't leave me. Please don't leave for Paris...." "Miranda, I must. I must leave, it'll only be for a few days." "But Lucien." "Shh my love. I will return. And we will meet secretly like this again." She kissed him. "Alright my dear Lucien, just remember, I love you." Then a bright flashed enveloped the planet, and everything was gone.... Captain Miranda Harper stood on the bridge of her ship. "Captain, there's a message for you from the General." "Could you get me the pad of that please, Lt. Weiss?" "Yes ma'am. General, I'm transferring you to a remote pad." "Ok, Lietutenant." Lieutenant Emily Weiss walked down the few steps and handed the pad to Miranda. "Captain." "Thank you Lieutenant. Good afternoon Emperor, I hope New Toronto is having very good weather today." "Yes, very good thank you Captain." "What is it you need General from such a lowsome captain like me?" "We're having a dinner party at my palace tonight. And I was wondering if you'll like to come." "Anything you want General. What you want is what you will have." "I trust you will inform your Commander of her invitation." "Commander Cohen will be notified." "Captain! There's an unknown ship coming into the solar system." "Identify it!" "There's no way to identify them. They are of absolutely unknown origin." Cohen came in. "I rushed up after that first alert. What is it?" "Unknow Commander." The communication screen suddenly came on. "Good afternoon Captain Harper." "Do I know you?" "We have travelled from many many lightyears away. Our planet is dying, we have plans to repopulate your Earth. This is your first warning. Evacuate all of your people of your planet." "No, that is a hostile threat. Therefore we can't comply." "Must we take hostile action to convey our reasoning." "You have by your threat." She silently signalled her operations officer to send out an space wide alert. "Captain Harper. You have been warned. If you do not take action. Every life form on Earth will be eliminated by force." "Well, that's a kicka** threat, but I will not comply to such threats. Lieutenant Reese, arm torpedos." The alien spoke in an unknown language. "What is your decision?" "Fire.." "Up shields!" The ship rocked hard to Starboard and Miranda lost her balance. "Multi torpedos now!" "Set up!" "Fire!" Another alien torpedo came at them..... And then, everything was gone......... Miranda closed the story book. "Ok Nicholas, ready for bed now?" "But mommy!" "I read you a few stories already kiddo!" "No you didn't! You read me the beginning of a couple of stories!" "Can't kid you, can I?" "Nope. I'm a kid!" "Ok kiddo, go to bed." "Mommy, can I ask a few questions?" "Ok." She sighed and drank some soda. "First, is Uncle Nick and Aunt Janette coming this weekend?" "Yes dear. How many times have I answered that?" "5, but who's counting.?" Miranda laughed. "Ok, a few more." "You know that Lucien LaCroix guy, that's daddy right?" "Maybe." Miranda smiled. "Now go to bed alright?" "Ok mommy." "Vampire kiss?" He kissed her on the neck. "Good boy, good night!" She pulled the sheets over just below him and walked out of the room, slowly closing the door. "Finally asleep?" "My gosh! You scared me!" "Sorry." "I mixed some Ribena with some blood, he should be alright in the morning." "Good." They walked down the hallway together. "So, miss me while in Paris?" "Of course I did. Not a day passed without me thinking about you." She smiled and walked with him out on to the balcony. "Oh really? No French chicks took your heart?" "Really. Would I lie?" "Ok, ok, I believe you." "And the time approaches...." he whispered. "So soon?" He kissed her gently on the lips as the moon shined brightly in the sky. "It is." "Lucien, I'm afraid." "We'll live together, forever and ever. Along with our son." "Just out of curiousity. When you yell Nicholas, won't the two both run up to you?" "That maybe true. But it can be so easily corrected." He embraced her and kissed her on the lips. His eyes glowed green and he gave out a vampire roar, she breathed a full mortal breath one last time, and he sank his fangs into her neck.......... She slowly died in his arms as he drained every drop of her essence from her, she breathed slower as her heart beat weaker and she was supported by his strong arms, which were growing in strength. "Together......forever......" She whispered as a mortal one last time. The End As you may have all noticed, these are story ideas for upcoming fanfic. I love to expand on these stories! First Story: Ruling Power Second Story: The Joining Third Story: The Darkest Love Fourth Story: (Probable XOVER STV/FK) Love, Hate and War Fifth Story: For The Children To Survive..... All coming to a theatre near you, or the fkfic-l list. Take your pick! The Joining As I said before, all Forever Knight characters owned by Columbia Tristar (Sony) except for Miranda and various new characters. Permission is given for archiving in the fanfic archive. Also, permission is give for the Disciples of Divia to archive this on their website's Divia fic section. This was the Divi, Miran story in my Different Worlds premiere this story will also be available on my FK site. As I said before, all main FK characters exist peacefully together. Divia, Urs, Vachon all together with the regular characters. Stonetree's and Reese's qualities exist inside Amanda Cohen. Cohen's captain (obviously). Nightwatch is broadcasted by LaCroix in the Raven. The Raven is run by both Janette and LaCroix. Ok, finally, to begin. Different Worlds: The First Chapter: The Joining Miranda and Divia rode to school in Divia's limo. "Ok, answer to question 6." "Divi! You gotta learn about the Middle Ages, not mooch answers off me." "Oh Miran, I'll trade for a new lap top!" "No! Drink blood, do something else!" Divia grabbed Miranda's arm and drank from it. "Divi! Let go of me!" She flung Miranda's arm away from her. "Fine! Got the answers!" "Next time, tell me you're gonna drink before you do it." "So sorry Miran, was desperate." "I was sent by your father to help you, not to let you have a meal. I'm gonna tell on you!" "No no no!" She flung a cushion at Miranda. "Um, Miss LaCroix, class starts in 5 mins." "Thank you John." "Well, what are you waiting for?" Miranda asked. "Nothing, just seeing if you would notice." "You wicked bi..." "Shh, time for school!" Divia went out of the limo and ran into the school. Miranda jumped out and ran after her. "Good morning ladies, glad you made it. Just in time." The bell rang. "Good morning Miss Weiss," Divia said sweetly. "And good morning to you too Divia. Today class, we have a special treat, we have been invited to the local police station for a tour of their facilities. I hope you all brought your permission slips." "Oh shoot!" Divia said in a soft whisper. "Why don't you just whammy her Divi?" "Miran! That's cheating. But a good idea." "Or you can ask Nick to fake being your daddy." "And if Daniel's going.....?" "Two classes on the same field trip? I don't think so." "I can't take any chances." "Then whammy her!" "Girls." The teacher said in a stern voice. "Sorry Miss Weiss." Miranda and Divia walked up to the front of the class. Miranda neatly handed her permission form in on the nice little pile. She went back to her seat. Divia place her blank piece of paper down on the pile... "Divia, what is this?" {Heartbeat, heartbeat}"Miss Weiss, don't you see the signature on there?" "The signature.... is on .....there...... Thank you..." {End heartbeat} Divia went back to her seat and winked at Miranda. Miranda smiled and held back her giggle. The two girls walked to the front of the school to get on to the bus. "Well, I see they let dogs come too." "Shut up Daniel!" "What are you going to do Div? Bite me?" "Don't let him get you all mad Divi, just let that loser be." "Oooh, listen to your mortal friend okay Div? It's your father's orders. You're just too chicken you total bi***." "Miran!" "Divi, listen to me. You kill him now, you transfer, your dad leaves, your dad gets angry, I will get angry and he will just escape and be free." Divia turned away from Daniel and stormed on to the bus. "And as for you, thank you for just getting LaCroix's daughter all mad, remember, LaCroix made you!" "So what, I can do what I want with my women." "Oh, so you're gonna be a total annoying brat for the rest of your life? Take it from me bub, she's powerful enough to kill you. Afterall, she's technically your grandmother." "I would kill you where you stand..." "But you can't, so just leave Divi alone, she doesn't like bad boys getting her all mad." Miranda and Divia sat on the bus together. "I hate that idiotic self centered brat!" "Tell your dad, he'll punish him." "Won't he think I'm weak?" "It'll be alright. I'll convince him that you're going through some tough times." "Thanks." "You're welcome. Now about that new laptop....." The two buses arrived at the police station and all the rowdy kids got off the bus. "Hello boys and girls, my name is Schanke, but you can call me Uncle Donny." "Good afternoon Mr. Schanke." "Hey, aren't you Nick's son?" "Hello." "Hey Lewis, check this kid out, it's Nick's kid." Daniel turned to see Miranda and Divia smiling at him and trying to hold back their giggles. "Hello sweetie." The two girls burst out laughing, this was the lowest and worst embarrassment a vampire kid could get. Miranda saw Daniel getting really mad. "Hello Mr. Schanke, my name's Miranda, could you show me the cells please?" "Sure kid, right this way. Right this way all of you!" Divia walked up to Daniel. "She saved your butt, you almost got out of control." "Get lost." "I don't like your attitude Daniel. But since you are my legitimate grandson, I'll let you go just this once. Miran!" Divia ran up to catch up with Miranda. Later that night, at around 8pm... The two girls entered from the back into the Raven. They went into Divia's room to do some homework. "Let's see, a squared plus b squared equals c squared, but how do I find a leg?" "You unbuckle the belt and go down deep into the pants......." "Miranda!" "Oh, you mean that type of leg." "Yes, I do!!!!!!!" Her eyes began to flash. "Divi, calm down!" "Ok." "Divia, I would've expected you to study with Pythagoras." "Well, I didn't. Ok?" "Ok." There was a knock on the door. "Come in." Lucien LaCroix came in. "Evening Divia. How was school?" "Pretty good daddy." "I heard about Daniel." "Oh, it's alright." The two girls starting giggling. "I missed something didn't I?" The two girls even started laughing harder. "Oh....oh.....oh it's alright daddy.....hee hee.....we got it solved." "Miranda, could I speak to you for a moment?" "Sure. No peeking at my notes Divi!" "I won't." Miranda went outside of the room with Lucien LaCroix. "Yes?" "I heard that Daniel and her were apart now." "She dumped him. He was becoming too much of a pain." "Ah, are your plans going through?" "I don't know. I might go back to Vancouver, but then, everything's unknown at this point." "Ok, but think about staying. I'll get you a place to stay and all. I have many contacts and Divia needs you to be there for her." "Oh, I know about that. But Vancouver is so appealing. I probably will stay." "Good." "By the way, I think you'll need to speak to Nicholas about Daniel. He almost got out of control today." "Really." "I had to break that vampire coming out thing with taking Schanke away. But he's pretty much saved." "Good." "Um, I'll go back and study with Divia now, I'll see you later LaCroix." She went back into Divia's room. LaCroix walked out to the bar. "Janette." "Yes LaCroix?" "Do you think it's time to reward her?" "Whatever you wish LaCroix. It's really your decision. She may like it, she may detest it." "Ah, but she deserves it." "Immortality will change Miranda dramatically. It's your decision." "Divi, you know. I might be leaving soon." "Oh, please don't go Miran. I need you here. I need you to help me kick Daniel's butt." Miranda laughed. "But you need to be independent girl, you gotta!" "I know." Disclaimers in Part One The Joining: Part 2 Miranda finished up her study session with Divia at about 11 pm that night. "Divi, I gotta go, I'm so very tired." "Ok, ride the limo home if you want ok?" "Sure, thanks Divi." "You're welcome." Miranda stepped out of Divia's room and sleepily went out the door to the limo. She stepped inside and laid her head back. "Where to?" The voice seemed so familiar, but it wasn't the usual limo driver. Too tired and sleepy, she didn't notice and whispered: "My home." The limo started moving and then, she felt asleep from the greatest exhaustion. Divia went to school the next day without Miranda, she had went to Miranda's apartment, but she hadn't been there all night. The sheets were neat and records didn't show her arriving home, uneasy, Divia went to the school. "Miranda. Where is Miranda? Divia, do you know where she is?" "I'm sorry Ms. Weiss, I really don't know." "Okay." Miranda woke up on a soft bed in a dark room, the lights were off and it was cold. She sensed that she was under ground, there was no light shining through anything, only a few candles flickering. She pulled the soft blanket over her, absolutely afraid. The candles went out. "Who's there?" she asked afraid. Her heart pounded within he chest and she felt so afraid.... "You have done well Miranda, and I think it's time to reward you." "LaCroix, is that you? What are you doing?" "I can't let you leave Toronto, I can't let you leave Divia." A small crack of light let some light through to reveal a pair of really white and sharp fangs. "LaCroix, listen to me. I know you're hungry, I can feel it. And I feel very honoured to be given your gift of immortality. And sure I'd love to be an immortal." "Then face your destiny and accept me. Give me your life." She flipped off the blankets and ran to the door. Two hands grabbed her close to a body and she felt her hair being brushed back. "I don't want immortality yet!" She looked up to two green eyes glowing and she felt mesmerized, under his control, to do anything he wanted. She stared, she couldn't turn away, he gripped her physically and mentally. "Give your life to me, and I will give you one thousand lifetimes in return......" His soft voice made her legs feel rubbery, he had commanded her, and she had to follow. "I give my life to you," she softly whispered, revealing her neck in full. "NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" The door had burst open and Divia stood, with her scythe. "Divia, get out of here." "No, she must not be brought across." "You want to fight for it?" "Go ahead father, make my day." She stood ready with her razor sharp scythe. "And from that day on, the two, Divia and Lucien LaCroix were enemies, they fought for over one person, one unique person who touched both of their lives, and a new battle in the universe was born." "Mommy, do you have a story where the two face off?" "They just did Nicholas." "But... isn't there a terrific story about them fighting?" "Oh yes there is Nicholas, and that story, I may read. If you're a good boy for the next few days." "Ok!" Miranda left the room with the little book. "Reading Nicholas your diary my dear?" "I can't think Lucien. I just can't think." "Perhaps you need to have your first human meal." "No thanks LaCroix, I can survive on cows' blood." She retreated to the master bedroom. End, for this chapter......... I decided to make Darkest Love a XOVER cause I had watched Tomorrow Never Dies while I was writing it. So here it goes. BTW, I wrote this in 30 mins. So if it's really messy, you know why. I just have too many things to do. And when I'm on a roll, I'm on a roll. All Forever Knight characters owned by Columbia Tristar (Sony) except for Miranda and various new characters. Permission is given for archiving in the fanfic archive. The Dod Archive, the GSS archive and whatever other archive. But permission must be obtained before they are allowed to archive, with the exception of the fkfanfic.com archive. James Bond and company (Money Penny, Q, and whoever else) is owned by United Artists and Ian Fleming (maybe) (darn, I want James!). I'm borrowing these characters for this chapter. BTW, I only have watched 2 movies (and the great Simpsons parody) so my knowledge of the operations of the British Secret Service and James Bond and Company aren't all that good. And there's no relation to the GSS in this. (Darn.) Different Worlds: Chapter Two: The Darkest Love Miranda slowly walked into the room with confidence blazing in her eyes. "Good afternoon Miranda." "Hey MP. You sounded urgent, what is it?" "She's in her office." "K, thanks." Miranda stepped into the office. "Good afternoon ma'am, I'm Miranda Harper. I was sent by the Canadian Secret Service." "Welcome to England, Miss Harper." "Thank you." "Let me introduce you to our best agent. Commander James Bond." "Good afternoon Mr. Bond." "Good afternoon Miss Harper." "I honestly didn't think they'd send someone so young." "Well you asked the CSS for the best. And I am the best." "Really? What are your expertise?" "Hacking, guns, acrobatic skill, and lots more. I guarantee you, I'm Canada's best agent." "I see. Your record is impressive." "Thank you." "MP, could you please come in?" "On my way." "Miss Harper, this is Money Penny...." "We've met. We go back a long way." "I see. MP, please brief us." She turned on a console. "This is project luv37. It's Mr. Lucien LaCroix's plans to drill into the sea into the land for natural resources." "But if he drills to deep........." James began. "I'm afraid he'll burst too far and maybe erupt the earth's core. He himself has all his systems on space station New Toronto. So if the world suddenly shakes and rocks. He'll blast off at one of his launching pads around the world and get to safety on his station." MP explained. "That's insanity." Miranda said in shock. "True. And that is his goal. He desperately wants to rule the world." "What shall we do?" Miranda suddenly caught a glitch on the corner of the screen. "MP, don't touch the escape key." "What?" "There's a virus growing within the network." "What shall we do?" "I need a lap top. With lots of memory and the newest Norton Anti virus program. And lots of memory too." "Rich! I need a powerful laptop with the new Norton Anti virus program." "Ok MP!" "Where did you get that data?" "Undercover agent." "My guess is that LaCroix ordered a virus to be put in. Or your undercover agent has betrayed us." "Here you go MP." "Miranda." Miranda opened the laptop and linked up to the net and downloaded a file off a site. She typed ferociously to get the two programs compatible and configured. "Everyone says that Norton and the LaCroix program have incompatibility. But with a few adjustments in the two. Can make them compatible. And a few changes with the codes can make a new type of virus killer." She stopped. "There." "Activate it. What are you waiting for?" "Hope I'm not going to crash your network." She pressed the enter key. The virus suddenly began gathering data, bytes of information off the network and showed a prerecorded text only message: If this is being read, I assume this is the curing method of Miranda Harper. I see you have joined the British secret service Miranda. Which means I hope to see you soon, my dear. Once again. The screen went black and blinked a message in white: The Harper virus is in the final stages, please type the password to begin inoculation. You have 15 seconds Miss Harper. "Computer, run password match." "Running." Letters began to scroll and stop at a specific letter. I l o v e L u c i e n L a Miranda stopped and typed in what she thought at that moment. "Inoculation has begun. Have a nice day Miss Harper." "That was too easy." "He knows you're after him. That was all that was for." "I can't be on this mission if he knows." "On the contrary. I think you are perfect for this, cause you will be able to get to Mr. LaCroix's heart." MP sat back in her chair. And Miranda sat, knowing she was beaten. "Please go on MP." "Mr. LaCroix has 6 media buildings around the world. They are in Vietnam, Seattle, Hamburg, France, and there's one here in England. Presently, Mr. LaCroix is flying back here for the inaugural opening of the one here. I have bought both of you clothing, booked your cars and your hotel room." "You both should go and prepare for tonight, immediately." "Wait MP, did you say room or rooms?" "Sorry Miran, room." She went with James. "It won't be that bad," James told Miranda. "Don't get any ideas James. MP has told me of your womanizing adventures." "Shall we go see Q?" "Q?" "Weapons expert." "Oh man, then Divs is with him too." "Divs?" "The CSS' weapons expert." "Hello 007, and you must be Miranda." "Hi Q. Hey Divs. Actually, I'm 008 in the CSS." "Hey Miran. I heard you had a very very exciting day at the office." "Viral infection from Mr. LaCroix." Q gave the them 2 devices. "Both of you roughly have the same devices. GPS tracking system, fingerprint scanner, 1000 volt shocker. Mini voice activated laptop for 008 and a car control for 007." "Wicked BMWs." "I had to make some modifications with them," Divia admitted. "They were very very unprofessional at first. They have the basic stuff. Rockets, Missiles, unbreakable body, fake gas tank, safe storage compartment. Voice activation, double bass speakers. CD player." "Did you get me the Ghetto Superstar single?" "Yup. Of course. Like duh!" "Thanks!!" That night, the two got their cars valet parked and walked in separately. "Good evening Mr. LaCroix." "Good evening." "Mr. LaCroix. This is you new banker, Mr...." "Bond, James Bond." "Nice to meet you Mr. Bond." He caught of eye of Miranda walking around the room. "If you will excuse me..." He walked up to Miranda from behind and put one arm around her waist. "So, we meet again." "Good evening Lucien. I see you've been very successful." "I have, as you can see. And I've always thought about you." "We've discussed this before Lucien. Our positions prevent us from having an affair." "Ok Miranda. I'll accept it. But will you spend one night with me? Just one?" "Mr. LaCroix, the room's ready." "Please guide Miss Harper to the viewing room." He told his secretary. "Think about it." He said, before he left. She stood in the viewing room as she watched Lucien say his speech. "What did you find out?" James asked in a mic. "Nothing yet." "Ok." "I won't go back to the hotel tonight. Mr. LaCroix has invited me for some champagne." "Be safe." "I will, hopefully. James, there's a lot of big men coming up from behind you. Watch out." "Mr. Bond, you have a phone call. This way." "Be careful." She whispered. The big men lead him into a sound proof room and began beating him up. "Well Mr. Bond, Mr. LaCroix's curious about your business with him." "Perhaps we should ask his back about it." "Let's." Someone grabbed a crow bar. "So, back, what's your business with Mr. LaCroix?" At that moment, James got up and beat the crap out of the two. He immediately went to look for a control panel, although he was bleeding like heck. Everything began to shut down as he flipped off the power switches. Miranda met up with James at the front of the building, in the swarms of people filing out. "Nice work." "Thank you." James loaded up his gun and sat, the door opened and he touched his pistol. "James, what is it." "Miranda. Let me introduce you to...." "Janette!! Oh my gosh! It's really you!" "Hi Miran." "You've got to tell me everything!!" "I'm LaCroix's assistant and am drinking fine red wine." "Totally lucky! Well, I see you two need to talk. 'm going for a fine brisk walk." "Ok." "Sir, the CSS is out." "And Janette?" "She's still with Mr. Bond." "Get the CSS." "Taxi!!!!" "Where to Miss?" "The LaCroix building." A man at the front seat turned around to face her. "Wise choice, Miss Harper." "Dammit." "James, please don't go after him!" "I have to Janette. You know that." "Maybe something will change your mind, James." She kissed him on the lips, and he looked in shock for a moment. And then the two embraced and kissed. "Mr. LaCroix. Miss Harper is here to see you." "Please. Leave us for a few minutes." "Of course sir." She stood before him, strong and straight. Her hands behind her back, and her eyes blindfolded. "Glad you could make it Miranda." "This is ridiculous, LaCroix." He held her by the shoulders from behind, and bared his fangs. "I don't think so." "I think so." He brushed her hair back and bared his fangs. "Well, we will find out, won't we?" He held her tightly and let out a loud roar........ To be continued. Disclaimers in Part one The song Mono: Life In Mono is by: Martin Virgo. Vocalist: Siobhan De MAR=C9 Part (1b/2) "James...."Janette whispered. "Janette....what is it?" "I have to go." "But Janette." "No James." "I can get you out in four hours." "No James. No one can protect me from him...." Miranda's eyes opened to the sun rising. She was in a higher altitude and she felt it. But instinctively, for some reason, she closed the blinds. "Good girl," he whispered. "Lucien. I have to go back. I have to report." "Just stay for a little bit longer?" "Sorry Lucien. I have to go." She got on her coat which was on the sofa. "Miranda......" "Yes?" "Think of me......" "I will. But next time we meet. If I'm playing on the other team, I'm playing on the other team." She left quickly Janette went out and back down to the lobby only to bump into Miranda. "Um, hi Miran." "Hey Janette. You were here all night?" "Yes. How about you? Were you out all night?" "Yes. Um, later." "Bye." "Morning James." "Good morning." "LaCroix." "Shh, Janette. I'm busy." "You put a listening device on her?" "Yes." "Let me listen." Miranda paced around the room. "Ok, what is it?" "What?" "You're pacing." "Am I?" "Spill it." "I need to get off this mission." "The chief will say no." "I say no. I want out, finito." "What did LaCroix do to you last night?" "What the heck?" "What did he do?" "What did you do with Janette last night?" "Ok, then I won't ask." "I want to go back to Toronto and be a normal kid!" "You didn't object to this a few days ago." "I didn't know I was going against LaCroix. I didn't know I would be here. I didn't know I was to be partnered with you." "Good points. Nevertheless, you're in this all the way." "Alright James, I'll be in this all the way. But after, you owe me a new laptop." "Ok." "Do you have any training centers here in England?" "Very obviously. Especially laser tag." "Cool!! Let's go." "Mr. LaCroix. They have left the tag zone and are stepping into Mr. Bond's car." "Nicholas. Is Tracy ready?" "Yes, she is, with Natalie." "Good, initiate the plan." "How about a nice fancy dinner? To celebrate our tie?" "Sure! I can settle for a tie!!" "So, tell me." "Well, I'm a student at Steveston Secondary school, but I live in Toronto when school's out. For training, you know. If I get called away during school, then I am said to be away. My marks freeze their positions till I return or I do online schooling." "Mr. Bond, you have a telephone call." "Hello?" "James, it's Money Penny." "Miss Harper, I have something for you/" He handed her a small envelope. When the waiter was gone, she ripped it up and dumped the contents in a garbage can in the washroom. "Beautiful night tonight, isn't it dear?" "Yes, Miss..." "Vetter. Tracy Vetter." "Nice to meet you in such an unusual place. I'm Miranda Harper." "Excuse me mister, I need to use the phone." "What's your name?" "Natalie Lambert." "Well Miss Lambert, I'll be off in a minute." She injected him with a serum through a needle. "Well Mr. Bond, I believe that your call is over." He slumped to the ground, unconscious. "Um, nice meeting you." Miranda walked out, past the phone but no James. She gave up and walked back to the table. "Miss Harper. A gentlemen is waiting for you in the private dining room." "Where?" "Through that door Miss." She walked in through the door to find Lucien LaCroix waiting for her. "Good evening Lucien." "Miranda, it's a....pleasure to see you." "I suppose you can tell me where mister Bond is." "Unfortunately not, my dear." "Ah, I see. And why may I ask you're in here?" "To dine. With you, of course." "Very flattering. But I must leave for some sleep." She went out of the building to find James' car still parked. "Computer, over ride, Miranda Harper." "Welcome Miss Harper. Mr. Bond has been confirmed away from the vicinity, you may enter." The doors unlocked and she stepped inside. She insert a CD that she had and started to play it. The stranger sang a theme From someone else's dream The leaves began to fall And no one Spoke at all But I can't seem to recall When you came along..... Flashback....... "LaCroix, you have big dreams." "Yes........" "No one can rule the entire world." "I will Miranda. And I want you to rule beside me." She laughed. "I shall be your Empress LaCroix......someday....." A tear left her eye before the light turned green. She drove up into the hills. And then, her cell phone rang. "Hello Miranda." "LaCroix? I'm so sorry......" She felt his arms around her waist. "Shh, it's all right." "I was thinking...." "What about?" "Our relationship..." "I see. Well Miranda, just remember. I'll be with you, forever...." His eyes glowed green, and his fangs were bared. "Lucien......." He bent down, "No...not yet...." She breathed a sigh of relief as he kissed her gently on the neck. "Good morning, 007." "Chief, what is it?" "I'm afraid Miranda's been kidnapped by Mister LaCroix." "Situation?" "We're identifying which people were involved now. Natalie Lambert, former pathologist, specializes in various mixtures. Tracy Vetter, former cop. Specializes in undercover operations. Nicholas Knight, former cop, is LaCroix's right hand. Javier Vachon, LaCroix's left hand." "What happened to her?" "Apparently, after you were drugged, she was reported to have a very short confrontation with LaCroix. She took your car and drove to England's Point." "Car still there?" "No, it's back here getting re-examined." "Computer. Sound records?" "Records all wiped." Divia accidentally pushed the play button on the CD player with her hand. The stranger sang a theme from someone else's dream The leaves began to fall And no one Spoke at all But I can't seem to recall When you came along Divia looked up. "Oh my gosh, Miran. You've done it." Divia burst into the room. "Chief!!!" "What is it Miss Shaw?" "Miranda's giving her coordinates!!" "Huh? Where?" "Do you have her laptop here?" "Yeah, sure." "This was so very cool. A few months ago, she experimented with sub conscious listening. She developed it into a special program." The stranger sang a theme from someone else's dream The leaves began to fall And no one Spoke at all But I can't seem to recall When you came along "So, it's a song. Mono, life in Mono. But there's something else....." "Now, if you tune out the music...." "Computer tracker running using DNA code name, Miranda Harper. Located, coordinates are 30 degrees north and 20 degrees east of current position. Computer tracker running using DNA code name, Miranda Harper. Located......." "Ok, let's go find her......" To be continued.... Sigh, I go off topic from my story title again. So it may have the darkest love in it. All Disclaimers In One. James Bond's cell phone suddenly rang. "Hello?" "This is Lucien LaCroix." "Good evening Mr. LaCroix." "I have someone who wants to talk to you." "James?" "Miranda. Are you alright?" "I'm fine James. So far. Lucien told me to tell you. I'm in a mansion just a little outside of Toronto, in Canada. Owner is Tracy Vetter. You'll be able to find the address of the mansion searching the database. His ransom for me is 2 million dollars...." "I'll be there by tomorrow." "James, tell Divi it's alright. And that the night creatures and the rats are playing." The other side hung up. "There was a message in there, wasn't it?" "No." He slapped her across the face, and she dropped to the ground. "Huh? Divia?" "That's code. Take the last four words and use the first letters of each. T-R-A-P." "I've been in traps before, and I can get out of them." "You're that gone James?" "The best." M added. "Well James. Good luck." "James be careful." "I will be Money Penny." The next day, night time in the city of the Knight Toronto. James Bond entered the property through the front gates and entered the door. "Welcome, Mr. Bond." James looked up to the second of five floors. Miranda stood there with Lucien LaCroix and two men pointing guns at her. "Hello Lucien. Is she alright?" "See for yourself." "I want to hear from her!" "I'm sorta alright James." "Let her leave." "Where's my money?" "Transferred into your account." "JAMES!!!!!!" Miranda screamed. "Shut up!" One of the men yelled punching her in the stomach. In that instant. James Bond had 3 guns pointing at him. "Welcome Mr. Bond." Nicholas greeted coldly. "Please, do enjoy your welcomed, but very short stay." Tracy added. LaCroix flipped the gunman who had punched her off the second floor. "Jenkins. Dispose of that filth." "Yes sir." "Are you alright." "It hurts so much...." "I can make you well again." "Please...make me well." He bared his fangs and bent down. She shoved him away and flipped off the second floor, managing to kick Natalie down. She foot sweeped Tracy and grabbed Nick's gun. She shot Nick down, grabbed on to James' sleeve and ran with him. "What? You killed him!" "Vampires don't die by guns! C'mon!" "VAMPIRES???!!!" "Yes, Vampires. Into the Library room!" "How do you know so much about this mansion?" "Let's just say I was a previous owner." She walked over to the book shelf. "This is no time to be reading!" "Watch!" She reached behind the bookshelf and flipped a switch. One side of the book shelf slid over to reveal a dark stone hallway. "OH my..." "Come on." They ran down the hallways underground. "This use to be a CSS relaxation hideout. We would play hide and seek all over this house and train during the winter months here. I had several things built by suggestions from my older peers." "But didn't you have school?" "Yes. So I came during winter vacation and spent my summers here. I would show you the exquisite natural springs pool. Unfortunately, we have a couple of problems." She grinned. "Of course." Miranda lead him to the end of a deep dark pathway and opened a door. The cool night air rushed in as they went back outside. They were running across the front wet lawn. The moon shone on to each blade of wet grass and them as they ran like field mouse to the front gates. A shot was fired and hit the gates. James turned to see Tracy lowering her gun to refill ammo. "Are you a good climber James?" "Yes. May take me awhile to get through that fence though." "Totally unecessary." Miranda ran right through the hedges. He went there and reached his hand through only to touch the cold metal bars of fence. Miranda popped back through. "Come on! Only here!" She pulled him through to the outside. 2 days later, back in England. "I'm saddened that this mission was very unsuccessful." "On the contrary M. We have gathered new data on LaCroix and his goons. I think this is a pretty good mission, considering what we're up against." "We are sad to see you leave." Miranda sighed. "School calls. And I must return to my studies." "We do hope you come back." "Yes, we shall try this again." She smiled. "Well, good luck in the future." Miranda shook hands with M. "Thanks." She stepped out the office. "Miranda!" "Hey MP! It was so good to see you again. I'll be back." "Good!" James Bond stepped up to the two women talking. "Hi James. See you're doing well. How's the cut?" "Healing. Hopefully, it won't be a scar. I just came to wish you luck." "Why thank you James. It was nice working with you. And I hope to do it again." "Good luck." "Thanks. By the way, I re-made the mansion." Miranda tossed him a set of keys. "It's right here in England. Well, a little out of town. But it's pretty copied. I'll be coming back in the summer." "I hope to see you there then." "You too. Good bye James. Divs! Ready?" "Yup Miran." "So did you tell them?" "Tell them what?" Miranda asked, stepping inside the plane with Divia. "About who is a vampire." "I told them that LaCroix and Nicholas are vampires. I didn't spoil our little secret." Divia gave Miranda a small bottle of red liquid. "Hungry?" "How did you get this through the gate?" "Oh, I said it was for my condition. And then I whammied them." Miranda laughed out loud. "Thanks. I am hungry." "Do they know anymore?" "Nope. No one suspects at all." Miranda sat down in first class with Divia. She looked to her left. "Hi." "Hello." She leaned forward and kissed Lucien LaCroix gently on the lips. "I think we have it covered Lucien. They don't suspect a thing." "Good...." He whispered. Kissing her gently on her lips for the blood left.... "Mommy, can I join the vampire's secret service?" "One day, Nicholas, one day..." Disclaimers: Forever Knight characters are owned respectively by Columbia/Tristar/Sony Star Trek, is owned by Paramount New non-FK characters owned by me, ask permission before using Permission to archive at www.fkfanfic.com website Permission to archive in other archives if you tell me where you archive it. Author's note: I finally decided to make Love, Hate and War stay in the FK realm after I saw that I had made chapter two a XOVER, please, enjoy, nevertheless: Love, Hate and War (01/01) (Taken from the Different Worlds Premiere, edited of course) "Captain, there's a message for you from the General." "Thank you Lieutenant. Good afternoon Emperor, I hope New Toronto is having very good weather today." "Yes, very good thank you Captain." "What is it you need General from such a lowsome captain like me?" "We're having a dinner party at my palace tonight. And I was wondering if you'll like to come." "Anything you want General. What you want is what you will have." "I trust you will inform your Commander of her invitation." "Commander Cohen will be notified." "Captain! There's an unknown ship coming into the solar system." "Identify it!" "There's no way to identify them. They are of absolutely unknown origin." The communication screen suddenly came on. "Good afternoon Captain Harper." "Do I know you?" "We have travelled from many many lightyears away. Our planet is dying, we have plans to repopulate your Earth. This is your first warning. Evacuate all of your people of your planet." "No, that is a hostile threat. Therefore we can't comply." "Captain Harper. You have been warned. If you do not take action. Every life form on Earth will be eliminated by force." "Well, that's a kicka** threat, but I will not comply to such threats. Lieutenant Reese, arm torpedos." The alien spoke in an unknown language. "What is your decision?" "Fire.." "Up shields!" The ship rocked hard to Starboard and Miranda lost her balance. "Multi torpedos now!" "Set up!" "Fire!" Another alien torpedo came at them..... Ops blew up and another lieutenant came to take over. "Captain! Injury has been reported on all decks! Sickbay is getting filled up." "Open up all necessary room, everyone to their stations." "Yes, captain." "System, powering down...." "Dang it!" The 3D room doors opened and Lucien LaCroix stepped in. "Am I...disturbing you?" Miranda smiled and sighed. "Too late. Forget it, my game time was almost over." "We have a cruise trip with the other leaders, remember?" "Dammit, I'm so sorry, I'd better get changed." He grinned. "Ok." She grabbed her program file before she left. "Miranda!" "Hiya Divia! How's France, have they fully sucumbbed to their Empress yet?' Divia laughed. "Yeah, and I think they hate it, but I wield power, so tough luck." The two laughed. "Way cool." "How's ruling Canada?" "Easy, I'm getting the hang of it, like the rain though." "You're lying." "Like, duh!!" They laughed again. "Hiya Schanke!!!" "Divia, Miranda. How are you two?" "Fine thank you. How about you Schanke? I heard you bought the Toronto Souvlaki deli and made it into an entire chain in China." "Yeah, I take brisk walks on the Great Wall now and then." The trio howled in laughter. "BTW, my minister of commerce said that he'll grant you the license to form the TSD in Canada. So send your propositon as soon as you want." "Ok, thanks Miranda." "You're welcome." "Why so friendly Miran?" "I got New Toronto Pizza approved in China," she grinned. Later that night, Miranda foolishly high on Tequila challenged Divia to a mercy fight. "C'mon Miran, you're crazy!" "I'm not!" They engaged in one and Daniel came by to cheer them on. "C'mon Miran!!!" Miranda suddenly tripped Divia and was above her. "Give up Divs?" "Nope, not yet!" Divia tripped her down and threw her overboard. SPLASH!! "Divia! What is going on here?" "Miranda and I were mercy fighting and I accidentally threw her overboard." "Where is she?" "I don't know!" She slowly sank down into the water, something gripping her leg tightly, she slowly lost unconciousness as she slowly went down. "Miranda!!!!!" LaCroix yelled. "Miranda!!!!" She felt herself dragged into a small cave and laid down. She opened her eyes to face a toad like man. "OH my...what happened?" It blipped responses at her and she looked at it curiously. It reached out to touch her hand and she pulled back afraid. It began to sing a soft, calming melody as it slowly touched her cheek. A bright flash enveloped her.... Hey eyes slowly opened as she laid sprawled over a soft bed. "Miranda, Miranda, wake up!" "Lucien??" She saw him in uniform as she slowly got up. "C'mon, get up, we have to get to our posts." "Huh?" "Ok, no games kid, I'm going out, I'm getting my troops to invade France while yours is going to Japan, remember?" "No, I don't remember." He sighed. "This is what Felix is for, dear. C'mon, get up." A few hours later, she was standing in the command room in Canada. "Empress LaCroix, the fleet is on the border of Japan." "Air strike team?" "Approaching, they'll still be another hour." "Damn...ok, start the strike, the Air Strike team will double hit them." Felix ordered. "What?" "Empress, are you not feeling well today?" "Those are innocent lives of civillians!" "We are also at war, or don't you remember at all?" "Felix, if you could please take over, I'm going back to the palace." "Of course, Empress. Henderson, tell them to prep the missiles." She went to the 3D room, but it had turned into a storage room, so she went into the council chamber, no one was in, the place was empty. The head panel blipped and she went over to it. "This is Empress Divia calling out to anyone out there, we are under attack! I repeat! We are under attack!!! Any assistance will be helpful! You will be rewarded!" Miranda turned on the panel. "This is Empress Miranda. What's wrong Divia?" "It's you, you bi**h, you and your husband are destroying my country. Go to hell!!" She shut off the link. "Oh god. What's happening?" That night, Lucien and Miranda walked out in the park. "Another victory for us, my dear, I was able to destroy the Parisian palace today, with Divia in it." She backed away. "You killed Divia?" "It was a sweet victory." He saw her worry. "What's wrong?" "The shameless destruction of many lives, and my best friend." "Your former best friend, remember, we are at war my dear. Destruction is the key to success!" "Just tell me, who attacked her first, you or her?" "With an army, me. Without an army, her." She slapped him across the face. "Lucien, this is very very bad. I've spent the entire day getting help messages from all over the world. Daniel and Schanke are at war for gosh sakes!" "And if they kill each other, we have their land...." he whispered, holding her close. "NO! It's destruction! It's evil and bad and...." He stood his ground. "It's power and life. What's wrong today my dear? You seem different." "Perhaps, today, I have opened my eyes to what is truly happening." The being removed it's hand from the cheek of her face. "What are you trying to tell me??" It could only blip and try to communicate in its own tongue in response. She saw the way out, and bowed her head slightly, in appreciation and swam up from the cave. "Miranda!!!!" She burst out of the surface of the water, breathing hard and Lucien saw her. He swooped down and grabbed her up, he gently put her back down to the floor of the ship. "Are you alright?" "Cold, but pretty much ok." "I'm so sorry Miranda." "It's ok, really, my fault, I was drunk." Lucien hugged her tightly, trying to warm her up. "I'm so sorry." "It's ok Lucien, it's not your fault, or Divia's fault, it was my fault." And she finally stood the message, sense had been knocked into her head, if she had forgiven those around her and accepted herself, her faults, then she knew she could live a happy life. She took out the 3D program she kept, and tossed it out into the ocean. "I will accept what I am, to prevent war...." Sweet, but end, the end, tada!!! Disclaimers: Sony/Tristar/Columbia owns Forever Knight, I'm borrowing characters for some fun. Rating: 14+ (As per se the Canadian rating system.) He resisted from taking his bite. "No!" He cried out. She opened a portal and slipped through. It close before he could jump in. Nicholas watched as Marie-Claire stepped out of the building and saw her run down a alley. He went after her, but saw her walking back slowly, whammied by... LaCroix stood behind her and let Nick do justice. "LaCroix..." He turned to his left and saw a young girl pointing a gun at him. "And who are you?" "Your killer." She shot him and he hunched over, pain clearly showed across his face as he looked back up. He tried to attack her and she tripped him over. "Who are you?" "Miranda!" She looked up to see another Lucien LaCroix standing on top of a building. "Crap!" She ran off. LaCroix looked up to face his double, which flew off a split second later. "What the...?" "Portal, open!" "Access denied, sealed by Emperor Lucien LaCroix." "Damn!" She ran off to get out of range of his device, and smashed into Lucien of the past. He held her tightly. "Who are you?" he demanded, whammying her. "My wife," the other Lucien replied, floating down right in front. "A wife that wants to kill me." "Mere resistance to what I want to give her." Miranda's eyes suddenly opened and she knocked Lucien of the past down and ran past him. "Portal open!" "Accessed denied, sealed by Nicholas de Brabant." "What the..? Nicholas is here? Damn it!!!" She ran into a building and set up a portal code breaker. "Success! Portal, open!" "Destination." "Paris, France, 1228." "Portal prepped, step in Empress LaCroix." She jumped in and she travelled back in time.... Paris, France, 13th Century, Year: 1228, Location: Parisian Catacombs...... "Because he is nothing, he will die Nicholas. And because we're nothing, he will die slowly, Nicholas." "Can't you leave him alone?" "LaCroix, LaCroix look! He does look like your father, doesn't he?" A shiny object flung in the room and knocked the crown off. The Ninja Star dropped clinking, to the ground. Janette looked up towards the door to see a young girl stepping through. "Now, now Janette. That's very mean of you." "Who are you?" she demanded, bearing her fangs. "None of your business." She turned around to run and suddenly stopped. Janette looked in shock towards the doorway. "Janette, what is it?" Nicholas asked. "Oh my....." Miranda backed into the room, Lucien LaCroix, Janette DuCharme and Nicholas Knight doubles walked in. "What are you doing, Miranda?" LaCroix asked. He turned to face his past double. "Oh." "So familiar..." Janette whispered, looking around with Nicholas. "Who are you people?" "Well, we are you, but from many centuries into the future." He turned Miranda to face him. "Now, what are you doing here?" She looked at him in pure terror, and shoved him away. "I don't tell bastards!" "This could be a good lesson for you, my dear....." he softly said hypnotically. "Yes...." He turned her around and held her close. "Watch..." he whispered. "Go ahead Lucien, finish him and show your wife, my wife, the trueness of killing a mortal..." "Divia! Help me!!!!! Take me back!! Divia!!" "You can't scream across time," he laughed. "I don't want to die..." she whispered, sobbing. "Watch," he ordered. LaCroix of the past walked over to the man. "Say that you love me...father.. Say that I'm sorry Oedipus, for bringing you into the world." "Oedipus killed his father by accident!" Nicholas exclaimed. "No one believes that, not anymore." "Wait." Janette of the future looked shocked at her self. "You're right Nick, may be we should go." The immortal beloveds stepped through the portal and vanished. "Just us left..." LaCroix whispered into Miranda's ear. LaCroix reached down and broke the man's neck. Janette backed away, looking shocked, but then looked at the pair from the future. She saw LaCroix slowly draining her of her blood and her struggling fiercely in his arms. She managed to shove him away and dropped to the ground. Grabbing a device out of her pocket, she threw it at LaCroix of the future and he vanished, travelling back to his time. That was the last thing she saw before she fainted. "Why hasn't she come back?" LaCroix demanded. "There's great instability in that time period, it may take a month, a year, or we may never find a way to get her back." "Dammit! I want to find a way back, whatever it takes!" Miranda woke up on soft bed sheets in the Parisian catacombs. "Did you have a good rest?" She screamed and fell off on to the ground. A hand went hard on the edge of the bed as she pulled herself back up. "You startled me! But yeah, I guess." "You're afraid of me." "Yeah, of course I am. I know you, sorta..." "What did my double mean when he said wife?" She blushed lightly. "In my world, you, Janette and nicholas technically rule the world. You're Emperor of the main countries, and Nicholas and Janette are Emperor and Empress of their respective lands." "Which makes you Empress." She shyed away. "Yeah, wife, lover, daughter, slave, protector, protected." The door opened. "LaCroix." "Yes Janette?" "Nicholas and I are going out for some dinner, would you like to join us?" "No thank you. I'm dining with Miranda tonight." "I see, I'll see you later then." Janette went out. "Shall we?" "Ok, if you couldn't get me in the future, you're going to kill me in the past?" He grinned. Janette returned from her feeding with Nicholas and went into Miranda's room. She found Miranda sleeping on LaCroix as he slowly drank her blood. She could hear Miranda softly crying lowly in pain as she slowly died in his arms. He heart beat slower....and slower...... "Emperor, done! We've broken through." "Get me there, now!!" He appeared in the room in the thirteenth century and found himself slowly drinking her blood as she slowly died. "Lucien....let....me...go." LaCroix looked in shock and pulled her away. "What do you think you're doing?" "Feeding on her fresh, youthful blood." "Stop it!" The two men stopped. "You're both acting like childish children! Feeding on the blood of mortals is a most precious thing that both of you know. You might as well both feed on me at the same time!" She sighed, crossed her hands and walked to the other side of the room. "You know my dear, that isn't a bad idea." Miranda stopped pacing. She rushed over to the door and was stopped by LaCroix from the past. She slowly backed away. "Not a bad idea, is it?" Miranda bumped inot LaCroix from the future. He slowly turned her around, hypnotizing her. "No, not a bad idea at all...." He lifted her arm up and began drinking from it, while walking her back to her bed and lying her down. LaCroix of the past went over, tooke her other arm and slowly drank from it. A portal opened and a twin of Miranda stepped through. "No!" "Another one?" "Oh my gosh Lydia!" "Miranda?" LaCroix asked in shock. "Lucien, what are you doing? Wait, two of you?" "But I thought Lydia was you!" "Has your thirst for blood blinded your senses that you believed my sister was me?" "I'm so sorry, Miranda." "Lucien...no." She refused comfort and took out a scanner and scanned Lydia. "So much for leaving some life in her to bring her across." Miranda closed the scanner. "She's dead." Janette came through the door. "What is this? Two LaCroix and two Mirandas?" "How was she able to use the reality portal?" "Well, she's my twin, that's probably the reason!" Miranda got up and opened a portal. She slid Lydia off the bed and through the portal. "Farewell Lydia, good luck." She faced her future husband. "Lucien, you run off to the past to find me and then kill Lydia. I could've been Lydia!! I could be dead! Are those your intentions LaCroix???!!!!" "I don't know...." "Well Lucien, if you don't know. Then I don't want to be with you." He grabbed her close by her right arm. "If you leave now, in the situation of this relationship, I will hunt you down and kill you." She pulled her arm away. "I don't care." She opened a portal. "Last chance, Emperor." "I don't know." "Fine, have it your way. Good bye, Lucien." She fell backwards and he could hear her screaming in pain before she disappeared. "Good bye," LaCroix of the future said before stepping through a portal of his own. He appeared back in the lab. "Where is she?" "Who sir?" "Miranda!" "No one has stepped through since you left." "Sir!" "Yes?" "I believe I know. A minute or two before you arrived, I detected a small anamoly in Reality Transition Space." "And?" "I think she commited suicide and threw herself into a dangerous portal." LaCroix's legs grew weak and he sat down. "Miranda...." Realities have many different shades. What is lost hope for one reality, may be a gained hope for another one. Everything we do affects the determination of the past, present and future, so hope will always survive anything..... End Disclaimers: Forever Knight and its characters is owned by Tristar/Columbia/Sony This story is dedicated to Cousin Mary, of the DPs, who opened my eyes to the maybe relationship between Tracy Vetter and Lucien LaCroix. If I had to classify this as a Cousins story, definitely Light Cousin. But it's also all Cousin (regular LC attitude included). ********** Tracy and LaCroix sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!!!!(03/03) ********** The man was against the tree, blood dripping down his arm as a vampire greedily drank, forcefully, draining every last drop of blood from their neck. He turned, the caddy parked outside, and looked through the window, hearing the voices of his children, who sat in Nick's loft talking about LaCroix's "joke". He looked towards the caddy which had a young girl walking beside it, down the long alley. He cornered her and forced her to the ground, he could hear her frightened heart beating like a jack rabbit, he gently stroked her hair to the side, and brushed the bangs aside, and stared at the familiar face...... 1890 Paris, France.......... Nicholas held the ballerina in his arms, he had killed an innnocent mortal, who he thought was evil. But was in pure love with Nicholas. LaCroix stood at the door way with two of his fellow vampires, watching. "I hate you!!" "Good, hate is a step in the right direction...." The soft cries of a baby girl cried out in a crib. Nicholas stepped over and picked the baby up. "Do you think you could care for a child like her Nicholas?" "I believe that humanity exists within me still...." LaCroix laughed. "Your humanity was lost six centuries ago!!" Nicholas picked up a pin and poked her with it, softly, so that a small drop of blood came out. "What are you doing?" "I am going to find who her parents are...." He tasted the small drop of blood as the baby cried, and memories flooded his mind. New Toronto, Canada, 2010 She emerged out of her mother's tummy, and the doctors quickly rushed around as her eyes slowly opened. "Congratulations, Tracy, it's a girl!!" Tracy Vetter, sweaty all over smiled and laughed in joy. "She's beautiful!!!" she cried out. Lucien LaCroix held her in his arms. "A daughter......" he smiled at the sight of his daughter, as he held her in his arms. "My Lydia!!!" he cried out. "Get the baby prepped!!!!" "Oh darling Lydia, daddy will be back for you!!!" The doctors quickly took Lydia away to clean off the blood and mucus. Towels were flung around as the doctors quickly cleaned the baby off. "I can't believe this!!" One of the attendants exclaimed. "I'm actually delivering a Royal baby!!" "This is Princess Lydia, be careful, don't hurt her, or the Emperor and Empress will have your head!!!!" A few months later..... "Goochie!! Goochie-goo!!" Tracy played with Lydia. Lydia giggled in her mother's arms as she sat in the baby room with Lydia in her arms. "You're the future of this planet, do you know? The first breed of a mix." LaCroix came in. "I see you're up." "The baby was crying Lucien, I had to see if she was ok." "Of course she is." He picked a bottle of warm milk and fed Lydia as he held her in his arms. "My darling Lydia......" "Is that mixed?" "Yes." "Do you think we should feed her blood so soon?" "She must, or she will suffer." "Okay..." Back to 1890, Paris, France. Nicholas popped out of his trance. "OH my...." "What, Nicholas??!!!!!" "This is a cross breed!!" "Of whom?" "You, and a woman named Tracy Vetter!!" "Me??!!! You must be joking!!" Nicholas put the baby back into the crib. "I think you should see for yourself...." Nicholas quickly left with the other two vampires. The body of the ballerina had been removed by the other two. "My daughter??!!!" LaCroix cried out to no one in particular. He picked the baby up, and held her in his arms. It wept softly. He drank a drop of blood and realized that it was indeed his daughter...he carried her out of the building, back to his house. Janette and Nicholas were in the living room when LaCroix came in. "LaCroix!! What did you do to Nick???!!!" she demanded. "You...." she looked at the baby in his arms. "And you took someone's baby too?" "No...I didn't....." "LaCroix, making Nicholas in this mood is one thing, getting a baby is another..." "Janette!!" LaCroix cut her off. "This was an unattended child." "How are we suppose to care for it?" "Her!!!" He corrected. "It's a mix." "Mix? African and European? Chinese and Irish??" "Vampire and Mortal." "Vampire..and Mortal???!!!!" She cried out. "That can't be!!" Janette went up to the child and tasted the drop of blood, which was trying to seal up the wound by drying. The images flooded her mind.... New Toronto, Canada, 2010 A.D. "She's a beautiful child LaCroix, Tracy!!" Janette exclaimed. "The first of a special kind," Tracy noted. Janette held a small toy rattle over Lydia, playing with her. Lydia squealed in glee, as Janette tickled her. "Baby girl, is lucky!! Lydia!! You're so lucky!!! Goochie-goochie goo!!!" She laughed in joy. Nick came over with another rattle. "She's absolutely divine!" Tracy and LaCroix smiled. Lydia looked up again from playing with her puppy dog doll, at the four adults who looked down at her and giggled with glee. The adults laughed in joy. Paris, France, 1890 Janette popped out, before she could finish, the baby cried in LaCroix's arms again. "Do you see?" LaCroix asked. "Oh, I do see...... We should get her a crib and all the essentials before sunrise, to tie her through the day." "Um...Janette." "What?" "Can you do it?" He asked. She sighed. "Ok." She flew out quickly. LaCroix sat down on the couch as he looked at the baby in his arms.... "You, are the soul of essence of me???" he asked. "Ok, whose turn is it to change the baby?" Janette asked. Nick, whose mood had turned better with the baby around smiled. "LaCroix." he grinned. LaCroix dreaded this moment, changing a baby's diaper. He held his breath to escape the bio hazard odors and changed the diaper quickly. "There." "That was fast, and pretty good, LaCroix, you must get it from your future self." A portal opened and Tracy with LaCroix stepped through. "Oh my gosh, Lydia!!!" Tracy quickly picked up her baby. "Thank you," LaCroix thanked. "For taking care of Lydia." "No problem," Nick replied. LaCroix looked at his future self. "How can a vampire, and a mortal have a baby?" "It's a new experiment, where vampire and mortal genes are combined, forcefully, the baby is born in the mother still, but it's a new technique." "I see. And is this baby...?" "A vampire? Yes. She's the first of the cross breeds. She will need to survive on blood, and her growth will stop at twenty-five, where then, she's a full half vampire, and left to live her life forever, in that body." "Interesting......" Nicholas looked upon the baby girl as she giggled in her mother's arms. "We must go, shall we, Lucien?" "Of course Tracy." LaCroix faced the vampire trio. "Thank you, once again." They quickly stepped through the portal. Janette, Nicholas and LaCroix looked at shock. "So it's actually possible....." New Toronto, 2010 A.D. Tracy, LaCroix and Lydia arrived back home and Tracy got the baby dressed. "Open, mix chamber." "Authorization, level one required." "Tracy Vetter LaCroix, open." "Welcome Empress LaCroix, the mix has been made, and it is ready to be fed." "Thank you computer." Tracy gave the bottle to Lydia. Nick rushed into the room. "I wanna hold the baby!!" "Nick, you're not old enough yet, maybe later." "Ok,mommy. But will you give me a bed time story later?" "Of course." He ran back to his room. "Tracy, do you think she'll be ok?" "Well, Lucien, do you think you took care of her appropriately?" "Maybe." Nicholas and Janette came in. "Bernard's been sent to the detention facility in Antarctica for discipline." "Good. How was he able to work the portal anyway?" "Probably taped someone's voice and spliced the film." "Hmm." "At least Lydia's ok, right?" Tracy grinned. "Do you think you took care of her appropriately?" "Where was she?" "Paris, France, 1890." "Oh my gosh....probably pretty poorly." Miranda stopped and put the book down, Lucien LaCroix sat beside her as Janette and Nicholas looked at her in the living room. "Why did you stop my dear?" LaCroix asked, taking a sip of blood. "Oh, just checking to see if you guys were ok, you know, vampires being so......good." "It's ok.." Nick replied. "Yes, cause I know it's a little bit true." LaCroix smiled. Miranda grinned, and could hear Lydia crying in the baby's room again. "Too true. Ok...." Janette picked up the baby and sang a sweet lullaby... You are the child of the land and the sky As a mortal you dance, as a vampire, you fly But you are the first, of a breed, a new kind And you are the first, first of a find. You were tossed back in time so long ago In a place that you never knew, or so. But you were cared by three vampires. Your dad, Nicholas and me.... Your giggle is a ding of the softest bell Your laugh is a ping We can all tell But the songs of your life are different forever You are the princess, you'll live forever... ~~~Fin~~~