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You ht have filled it with poison Is it poison, MacPhie?" Ian glared at him "Is it poison?" Jedrek shouted Nadia looped soht His neck sizzled Toni sed hard at the bile rising in her throat Ian glowered at Jedrek "It’s no’ poison Try it and see" Jedrek nodded slowly "You want me to drink it" He strode to Corky and ripped the duct tape off

her ht hurt worse Hold her!" Jedrek ordered, and Yuri held Corky’s head still Corky glued her lips together, but Jedrek pinched her nose till she opened her reenish liquid down her throat

Back in the control room, the door opened slowly and Phineas peered inside "Don’t shoot," he told Howard "Do you have the security office?" Howard asked "Yeah I left Dougal there Zoltan and Jack are doing one final sweep We’re almost ready to

move on Jedrek" "Thank God" Toni motioned to theto Ian?"

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"Yeah" Phineas grimaced "There’s a monitor in the security office that shows us what’s on air More i what they’re doing to Ian And he has a bunch of admirers out there"

"So?" Toni didn’t want to hear about all the Vamp wo up outside," Phineas said "We can see the parking lot on a ry Va that Ian MacPhie etting wild out there," Phineas continued "Those woori went to the wall of shelves and grabbed a camera He turned it on and

looked at the et this to show up there?"

"Here" Stone went to the control panel and flipped some switches A bottoori’s caori asked Stone showed them which switches to use He handed Carlos the earphones and took a small one

for hiori headed out the door "Let’s go, Stone" Phineas and Howard stood guard while Carlos studied the control panel Toni watched the

She couldn’t see him at the moment because the ca to see if Corky was going to die from poison

"How do you feel?" Jedrek asked her "I--I’lared at hiy like I could kick your ass all the way to

China" "Gag her" Jedrek said, and Yuri stuck the tape across Corky’s mouth Jedrek paced across the rooy? That sounds about

right" He lifted the vial to his mouth and drank the entire contents

He sneered in Ian’s face "You realize ill happen, MacPhie? The sun will rise, and you’ll fall into your death-sleep while I remain awake You’ll be the first one I’ll kill" Ian remained silent "Master?" Yuri asked hesitantly "What if he’s taken the drug, too?" Jedrek turned sharply to look at Ian, who simply stared back "It won’t matter We’ll just keep him

tied up He won’t be able to defend himself"

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"Master!" another male voice called, and the ca "Master, the Varitted his teeth "Do I have to tell you what to do? Just kill them" Stanislav paled "They were too fast I--I can’t find any of our men"

"What?" Jedrek shouted "Look!" Toni pointed at the botto lot "They’re ready"

Carlos flipped the switches and spoke into the headphone "You’re on"

Stone’s face filled alated to onelive fro lot of DVN," the newscaster shouted "As

you can see, this is definitely not boring! Over fifty Vaathered here in support of Ian MacPhie, who is being held prisoner inside In fact, ori panned the cary mob They shook their fists and baseball bats in the

air "Set Ian free! Set Ian free!" "I have their ringleader here," Stone continued, and Gregori aimed the ca to say?"

Vanda lifted a fist, holding her whip "You’re going down, Jedrek! Nobody hurts our Ian MacPhie We love Ian!" The crowd took up her shout "We love Ian! We love Ian!"

"Oh please," Toni muttered inside the control room "Look at this" Carlos turned up the volu his hands in the air

"What the hell is going on?" Jedrek glared at theon national television? How did she steal my place?"

"The Vamps must have taken over the control roolower at the Malcontent "They cut me off? This is my show!" He pulled his pistol froun against Ian’s forehead "Put ot it" He put Jedrek back on air Jedrek glanced at the monitor and saw hio take back

the control roo studio Toni gulped and tightened her grip on her dagger "They’re co"

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Carlos juer Howard took up a position by the door with his dagger in hand Phineas raised his sword "I’ll take one The three of you take the other"

The door burst open Stanislav zoomed toward Phineas, and their swords clashed Yuri halted when he spotted Carlos and Toni "Mortals," he sneered He pointed his sword at therowl, Howard leaped on Yuri’s back and plunged a dagger into his side Yuri screamed and threard off his back with so much force that Howard flew across the room and crashed into the wall of shelves Contents from the shelves spilled down on Howard He didn’tbreath as he looked at his bleeding wound "You’ll pay for this" He lifted

his sword and charged Carlos dunked, and Toni leaped to the side She heard Phineas cry out and glanced his way Oh no! Stanislav had ed to stab Phineas in the shoulder

A blur shot past her, and she whirled, lifting her dagger "No!" Carlos shouted Yuri caught her froainst her neck "Drop your

weapon" The sword pinched her skin "Drop it!" She let her dagger tumble to the floor "Stand back!" Yuri shouted With a stricken look, Carlos stepped back The clash of swords echoed in her ears as Phineas