A Little Less Conversation, A Little More Action, Please!
"It's been a lifetime, a lifetime we waited for.
A simple question, kid, "Are you with me or not at all?"
"Hey…are you doing anything this weekend Rae?"
"Ah! Jeezus, AJ, don't scare me like that!" The five foot three brunette scolded her friend, who only laughed and shrugged.
"It's not my fault you're so easy to scare." She added; a hand reaching up to brush her blonde highlighted red hair out of her hazel eyes.
"No, I'm not…why...wait a minute...you get us another job offer?"
Adeline Jeanette smiled, "Maybe...maybe not. Guess you'll just have to show up to find out."
Amelia rolled her eyes, "Can't you just tell me?"
"Where's the fun in that? You're a demon, you're supposed to like screwing with people, messing with their minds and such. I'm just...well, not to quote Princess Leia, but, I do turn into a walking carpet once every month because I can't control it. Other times, I can, but...then I'm too busy ripping stuff to shreds and howling at the moon to worry about having fun. Know what I mean?"
"Yeah...when Illshya takes over, I'm not me...it's like I'm someone else. Well, technically I am. It's really funny because no-one ever believes me when I talk about it unless they catch me when she's in control."
Both laughed, before Adeline added, "But seriously, what fun would it be if I told you? Part of the fun is waiting...even though waiting for things like Christmas and summer vacation totally sucks most of the time."
"Just tell me already!" Amelia pouted, and AJ simply laughed at her.
*note: Amelia's conversations with Illshya will be in italics*
"Hush, child. You will find out soon enough," scolded a voice from inside Amelia's head.
"I know, my lady, but I really just want to know! We haven't had many jobs lately," Amelia replied.
Seeing as AJ wouldn't tell her a thing, Amelia had no choice but to wait patiently until Saturday night when Adeline texted her an address in Southern coastal California, near the beach, which meant there'd be all the more distractions to tempt the girls. Between the hot boys playing volleyball shirtless on the beach to the bonfires and surfing, how was one supposed to do their job?
"AJ? AJ! Focus! I know we're in California, but that doesn't mean you can just skip off and trying to flirt with the first hot guy you see! We have a job to do!"
"See I'd be saying that, but...5!" She yelled, smiling.
"What's with the random number?"
"That's not a random num- 6!- ber. I'm counting how many hot guys I see before we manage to kill our target. Who is it this time, anyways?"
"I thought you knew. Dangit, AJ, will you focus?" Amelia yelled.
This brought her friend back down to earth, which Amelia was grateful for.
"Well, according to the boss, some vampires have been terrorizing beachgoers, and he wanted us to check it out," Adeline said as she scoured the beach for more hot boys. To her dismay,there weren't any.
"Vampires? On a beach? Unless they're daywalkers, this is going to be so easy...okay, I see what you mean...check out the two by the ice cream cart.."
Adeline turned, just as one of the boys began walking towards her. He had brown hair, and his eyes looked hazel. Wast it her imagination, or did he look like James Maslow? She shook her head, just as the boy walked into her, not noticing she was there.
"Hey...oh, you two are new around here! Since the recent attacks, not many girls come down to this beach anymore...you two surf?"
Adeline giggled, she was right, this boy did have an uncanny resemblance to the singer in one of her favorite bands.
"No, we're here on business." Amelia cut in, not wanting to see Adeline fall for another guy when they'd be leaving the next day.
"What kind of business? You two aren't looking for company, are you? Just so happens my girlfriend's out of town for the weekend, and my friend's single..."
"No thanks, it's not that type of thing." Amelia said curtly, motioning for Adeline to start walking away.
"Are you sure? Because I know," he started looking right at Adeline, "a lycan like you wouldn't lie about her true intentions."
Amelia and AJ's eyes both widened, realizing what he'd said. The boy knew Adeline was a werewolf, but she hadn't said anything. Adeline turned back to the boy, "How do you know?"
"Well, let's see...the reason girls don't come to this beach much? Me...my boys and I tend to make a mess, so we normally wait down by the local bar until closing time, but being able to walk in the sun brings so many other opportunities..." he trailed off, absentmindedly licking his lips.
He leaned in toward Adeline, who instinctively back up, causing him to laugh.
"For a lycan, you don't seem to carry their normal stench. Perhaps you prefer to stay in your human form more so than its alternative?"
Looking to Amelia, sensing the 'keep him talking so I can kill him' message she was trying to send, Adeline nodded.
"So why are you and your friends hanging around here?" Amelia asked, glancing wearily to the ice cream cart, where the boy's friend was still standing.
"We grew tired of hunting in North Western US...think Forks, think Twilight. It's like that. It's not fun going after the girls when all they think is that you're going to be Edward to her Bella. So we moved to change the scene, as well as the prey."
"Cool story, bro, tell it again," Adeline said as Amelia reached into her pocket for her gun.
"I don't think so," said a voice from behind her. Amelia whirled around and was confronted by the boy's friend who had been near the ice cream cart.
Amelia drew her gun and pointed it at the vampire. Next to her, Adeline drew her own weapons.
"Ooh, girls with weapons. Like I'm really scared of a lycan and her mortal friend," mocked the James Maslow look-alike.
Now it was Amelia's turn to laugh.
"A mortal? That's all you think I am? Well, you've got another thing coming," Amelia declared.
With lightning fast speed, she ran behind his friend, pinned him to the ground, and pressed the gun to his back.
"You're fast. Who the hell are you?" asked the vampire as he struggled to get free.
"The name is Illshya, and don't you dare forget it," she replied as she fired her gun into his back. The bullets were a special type, filled with holy water. The vampire immediately disintegrated in front of her.
"Nice...one down," AJ said as she turned around facing the look-a-like, the special pocket knife she always carried ready, "One to go. Goodbye. Nice meeting you, though." she added with a perky grin as she stabbed the small blade into the vampire's chest, near where his heart would be. Well, this blade was special - it had been forged in France, by the lycan elders, desperate to protect their children. A blade this small was compact enough for a child to carry, should she be confronted by a vampire. And being as the knife itself was soaked in holy water during its cooling period, the device was definitely equip to take down vampires should the need ever arise. Beside Adeline, Amelia fired her gun a single time just to thoroughly kill the vampire, and then smiled at AJ as she put it back in its holster.
"Well, that was easy. Just like I thought."