Lillabeth jumped again, cape billowing as she landed atop one of the foggy graveyard's stone catacombs.  The hunters continued relentlessly, the vampiress so engaged with countering the spells of the various white-robed priests that it was getting harder and harder to continue dodging the thrown weapons, from torches to daggers to vials of holy water.<br/><br/>She drew her cloak quickly about herself, shadows forming around her, and vanished - only to reappear seconds later within the ranks of her enemies.  Her vicious twin khukri whirled and sliced through her foes in a maelstrom of blood, taking off heads and limbs with ease as the hot red spray covered her - the vicious design of the curved blade only adding to her fierce vampiric strength.  Though she had thinned the mob, she was still outnumbered twenty to one.<br/><br/>Another leap took her blood-covered form to safety behind a large marble monument in the shape of an angel, the surface of the expensive grave quickly dented and chipped by a hail of spellfire that lit up the night in a hellish green glow.<br/><br/>An agile twirl took Lillabeth out from behind the grave long enough to find what she needed.  Focusing on one of the mob's torches, she threw her hands up and it erupted into a fireball, shooting skywards as the group of hunters cried out in alarm at the sudden brightness and heat.  The ancient vampiress leaped atop the angel's head, hands shooting downwards towards the humans as the ball of flame took on the shape of a roaring dragon, spiraling into their ranks.<br/><br/>"I can't let you harm my sisters!" She screamed, the spell drowning the latter half of her cry and the remainder of her foes in flame.  There were screams, vicious crackles, and the horrid stench of burning flesh as the hideous flickering light illuminated Lillabeth in an infernal, dancing light.<br/><br/>Raven, watching from the safety of the catacomb door, saw it happen in slow motion.  A single young man, wreathed in flames, staggered out from the ranks, black eyes set in grim, final determination.  He raised the crossbow at his side.<br/><br/>"Lil-" Its bolt was hewn of two pieces of wood, the second piece of wood set sideways toward the tail end in the shape of a cross.<br/><br/>"-a-" As Raven ran from the catacomb's safety, the ancient vampiress looked away from the carnage and down at her, confusion in her eyes.<br/><br/>"-bet-" Thwack.  Lillabeth staggered once before her blood-covered form dropped off the statue's head, tumbling down to land in a heap.  The burning man finally gave into his wounds and dropped to the ground, death freezing his hideous grin.<br/><br/>"-h!" Raven hurried up to her sister's side, turning her over.<br/><br/>Blood ran from the vampiress's mouth, her pupils dilated in shock as she clutched at the shaft in her chest.  "Raven..." she coughed, more of her crimson lifeblood spilling out onto her chest. "I told you to stay where it's safe..."<br/><br/>"Safety be damned!" Screeched the younger, picking up Lillabeth's limp form.  "We have to get you to the matron!"<br/><br/>There were cries of alarm and shock as Raven ran through the catacombs bearing her sister's bloodied, dying body.  Sharp corners whizzed by, skulls grinning at them from the walls before she reached the Matriarch's chamber.  "Matron! We have to find a new home, Lillabeth is -"<br/><br/>*                                   *                                                  *<br/><br/>Lillabeth raised her bowed head from her hands on one of the park benches, looking towards the group of people gathered.  She sighed and petted the black demon's tail that lay curled in her lap - there was a price to pay for her life that night.  For all their lives.  Damn it, this kind of thing always got her in a melancholy sort of mood.  She hoped one of them would be able to divert her attention.  The blue-haired vampiress slowly rose, intense orange eyes fixing on Valkyna as she raised her black parasol to lean on her shoulder, making her slow and stately way over towards the group.<br/><br/>((Apologies for the 'apocalyptic'-ness!  I never would have used that kind of introduction in the chat though, so I might as well do it in the pseudo-chat.  Character is Lillabeth_WoB))