𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐒𝐢𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧- 𝐊𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐬 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧 [𝐓𝐎]

Chapter 14

Mikael and Klaus both open the front doors to the church and slowly walk inside, taking note of their surroundings as they walk down the aisle.

"Well? What are you waiting for, you crone?" 

Mikael and Klaus continue to look around, and Mikael tightly grips the knife that Davina enchanted with Dahlia's weaknesses. Suddenly, Klaus and Mikael hear Dahlia's voice calling out to them as she appears at the sacristy.

"Now that you've arrived... not a thing!" says Dalia confidently

She sees Mikael gripping his blade and curiously tilts her head slightly to the side before she holds up both of her hands to summon dozens of humans whom she has magically coerced into invading the church.

"Let us begin," Dahlia says with a wicked smile

Mikael and Klaus look around at the large crowd of people surrounding them, and Mikael chuckles as he looks over at his stepson.

"We are well-met. So be it. Are you ready?" Mikael asks Klaus

"I was born ready," Klaus smirks and answers

Klaus and Mikael suddenly vamp out and begin to lunge for Dahlia's minions. As they fight, Mikael and Klaus are able to snap the necks of many of them and toss others across the room. They seem to have the upper hand at first, but after a moment Dahlia raises her hands and thrusts them toward the crowd, which not only allows her to use her magic through them but gives them the ability to use the magic effectively.

After Klaus and Mikael take out several humans, one of the women raises her hand into a fist and gives Klaus a mystical migraine. Shortly afterward, another magically enhanced human does the same to Mikael, temporarily incapacitating them both. Once the spell is released, Klaus and Mikael pant for breath on their knees, and Dahlia smiles patronizingly.

"Ah, I should have warned you! My acolytes are rather formidable," states Dahlia 

Klaus and Mikael grunt in pain as they force themselves up on their feet to face her.

"I gifted them with a fraction of my own power..." Dahlia starts to speak

The minion who gave Klaus the mystic migraine thrusts her hand forward again and telekinetically throws Mikael across the room, where he lands on top of a pew and breaks it into pieces. Klaus glares at Dahlia angrily.

"To help level the playing field." Dahlia continues, "I heard you found the blood siphoner-"

Klaus furiously lunges for Dahlia at Akane's mention, but the female minion telekinetically throws Klaus so high that he smashes through the railing of the balcony before falling forward and landing in the aisle below.

"She won't last long in front of me" states Dahlia smug look on her face.

Mikael, who is still lying awkwardly on the remnants of the smashed pew, has lost his knife, which is lying several feet away on the floor. He and Klaus, who landed several feet away, pull themselves up on their hands and knees and nod at each other encouragingly before they get to their feet and get back into the fight. They start snapping more necks of Dahlia's minions and feed on several more to give them additional strength, and despite Dahlia's magical enhancements, the two men eventually gain the upper hand again. As they fight violently against the humans, Mikael and Klaus growl loudly as a sort of war cry.

All of the remaining Dahlia's minions freeze in the middle of the fight, clutching their hearts a moment later all of them lay dead with their hearts ripped out of their bodies.