Grab Her.

Its her we want.

Leave the Boy.

I awoke again in a cold sweat. Lily sound asleep to my right, which means I wasn't screaming this time. The night mares will never end. The reoccurring part of my past that is still my present. Its hard to believe now but my very kidnappers are my family. My friends. My coworkers.

I am a vampire hunter. The bloodsuckers exists and I am one of those poor souls taken to keep them from those poor, naive humans. My birth date is May 11, 1902 and I'm only 16. Only a select few can be entered in to this program and if chosen, will be stuck at the age of choice. Never ending life is not all we have. I can move faster then any vamp out there. We are Jumpers, almost like time travel just with out the time. I can go where I want when I want rather its across the room or to China. I also have a protective shield that I can bend and move as I please. It can protect others as well. But its the one power some struggle the most with.

When I was six years old, me and my older brother were in the market. Some men popped out of no where and grabbed me. But that wasn't the last time I saw my family. When I was 16 I took off from the academy to find my them. Unfortunately, they died. I can remember standing at there at their graves cry, as if it was yesterday. The memory is fading about as fast as my nightmare. That was the year I chose my age.

The sun started to peak through the window, so I got up. I hoped there was not dark circles under my eyes. Kody would notice and ask stupid questions. I'm the leader of a team of three. Lily is my best friend. She one of the goofiest little thing but shes feisty. Her dark blond hair and icy blue eyes would turn a vamp to stone. Her brother Kody is my right hand man and the best, next to me of coarse. Hes all seriousness around everybody but me and Lily. The Terrible Three is what we are called, jokingly. Everyone says if we were every broken apart, the world would fall out of orbit. I grabbed my running shoes and headed out to meet Kody.

"Hey sleep deprived." Giving me a look I'd love to wipe off his face. But instead I just turned and ran. We didn't just run, we jumped. To where ever we felt like and this morning we felt like a nice warm jog along the top, as in the suspension part, of the Golden Gate Bridge. We stoped and the very top.

"Kody, what would you do if I pushed you right now?"

"Gracefully fall, and at the last possible moment jump to my bed and go back to sleep. Then id conclude you are a violent person." Kody grinned at me. I grinned back. He knew I was joking but I did want to know. We sat silently on the edge, dangerously dangling our feet over the edge. "Sky, whats the matter?" He had finally cracked.

"I had that night mare again. Do you thing it maybe trying to tell me something." I said. I knew it was just my hope that maybe I had family left, but that would mean they would have to be vampires. And I think I would rather have them dead.

"Its just because you keep thinking about it. Don't. Think. About. It. It was so long ago."

"I know but you and Lily never knew your family. I can still see their faces, clear as day." Kody left it at that. He knew my feelings and he knew that he could never feel how I feel. Kody is one of those friends everybody needs. They just know, they don't need silly explanations or ask irritating questions. They are there for you. A best friend.

Lily was awake when we made it back to the rooms. We goofed off for awhile. A normal day in till I got called down to the Office. This place sounds to much like a stupid high school. We have classes, we live on campus, we can't leave with out permission and there are to many rules. But rules are made to be broken. The Office can be bad a good. Good as in they are very helpful and truly do care for us because they need us. Bad as in when a mission pops up they pick a team at the level good enough to carry it out properly, aka kill vamps. Usually when I'm called in, they have a mean one. Lovely.

"Ahh Elizabeth-"

"It's Skyler. Don't call me that." I interrupted. A skill I love possessing.

"But it is your name" The Headmaster said.

"Oh I got some names for you." He dismissed my comment.

"I need you and your team to head on over to Barcelona, Spain. There seems to be a Vampire their trying to start a clan. He has gone a bit to far." For some reason Headmaster always made things sound to easy. I don't think he has ever actually been in a fight.

"How many dead?" I asked straight forward. He flinched a little which made me grin.

"Ten. Give or take a few."

"Fun, well toodles." I said in a very obvious smart-ass tone. I booked it out of there. Headmaster Keller irritated me. He was not always Headmaster, he is fairly new. Headmaster James, whom I liked very much, disappeared one day. A mystery still unsolved.

I gathered my team and we headed straight for the weapons dept. With all of our stuff ready to go we jumped out of there. In a blink of an eye I was standing on a unfamiliar street, in front of a rotted church. Never thought vamps could survive in a church. Must be a Spain thing.

"Lets go get 'em" Lily broke the silence with her chime like voice. "I don't need to miss my TV shows." Kody shook her head at her. I rolled my eyes. Sometimes she took missions a bit to lightly.

There was complete silence in the church when we entered but the smell of death was evident. We hunted around quietly for a while finding nothing but blood stains and deathly spiders when a sinister chuckle broke out from behind us. We just happened to be in the middle of the sanctuary, out in the fricking open.

"Well what a surprise. How I love surprises. Hunters, a wonderful snake for my babies" This voice had ice that leaked off the speakers tongue. Suddenly, the room light up bright and blinding. Ten my ass looked more like 20. Keller sent us in to a death trap.

"You guys no the plan." My answer was in slight nods and off we went. Be fore I knew it I had five down, but not with out injuries of my own. Lily was holding her own but when I looked around for Kody his body was being thrown up and it came down with a sickening thud. I felt like puking. He had to be dead or close to it. We all knew what happen to vampire hunters when they die. We are given a second chance, so to speak, we become the very thing we hunt. I threw my shield out with head spinning force. It covered lily and Kody's body. We rushed over to Kody. His face was pal and his body was twisted in ways that it shouldn't be.

The head vamp was at the edge of my shield. "I'll remember you, Darling."

"Good, because the next time I see your your head will be on a stick." I spit the words out like vile. Grabbing Kody and lily's shirts and jumped out of there. We landed in the court yard. From then on it was a miserable blur for me.

Kody wasn't dead but he was injured beyond repair. The rule was when a hunter dies they will not be allowed to return as a vampire, no exceptions. Kody would die and I blamed myself. Lily was in a state that left her locked up for safety. She was shocked to the point of anger and denial that left her crazed. I hoped she would get better in time. I spent my days sitting at Kody's side comforting him to the best of my abilities. When I laided eyes on his broken body I wanted to throw myself off the tallest mountain. It was my fault for both of my friends state. I had let them stay and fight when I knew we were out numbered. We should have bailed.

"I'm so-" I began but was cut off.

"If you say sorry, I swear." Kody's words were weak but the strength of his threat was clear. I didn't finish my sentence, as much as I wanted to. Tears began again in my eyes. Kody lifted his hand to wipe them. I grabbed his hand before he could.

"Please don't. I'm supposed to be comforting you."

"I love you Skyler." his words were the four most unexpected words I have ever heard. "And I don't care how your feel about me. I have loved you since your kicked my ass in training exercises a hundred years ago. You are beautiful and strong. You make this team. I just wish-". He broke off, but I knew what he was going to say. He wished would have told me earlier or that he wasn't on his death bed right now. A little part of me broke apart and I sobbed harder. I loved him too. I said the words aloud as well as in my head. I always have loved Kody, the strength in me just never let me admit it to myself because emotions are a weakness. I curled up next to his side as best I could with out hurting him and slept through the night like that. Without a single nightmare.

The next morning I felt awful. I didn't want to move but I knew it was time for me to go see Lily. It had been a few days and I hoped she had snapped out of it. She sat in the corner of a small windowless room. She looked sick and vulnerable, a look I thought I would never see on her pretty face. She looked up at me when I was close enough. She didn't freak out at me or scream. I sighed in relief and stretched my hand out to her. She accepted it and I helped her to her feet. Lily wrapped her arms around me and we hugged.

"I'm sorry I freaked." She said sadly.

"Don't apologize Lil."

"Is he...Is he" Lily stammered over her words. But I knew the question.

"No, but he wants to see you so lets go." The rest of the morning was a cry fest. We sat in each others company for as long as possible. In till Jack came to interrupt. Jack was a close friend of Kody's but not as close as us. He did brace us with his presence for sympathy either.

"Headmaster has a mission for you, Sky." he said with his head pointing down. Obviously waiting for my anger. Which came.

"WHAT! We are on medical leave."

"No they are on medical leave. You are not. Keller's orders, sorry." he stated. I was slowly starting to not like Jack.

"And why did Head Douche Bag not call me to his office to give me this load of crap." Sarcasm was not the only thing leaking out of my words. Anger exploded from them.

"Skyler you know that answer. He does value his life. Plus this mission is not really at you level. BUT only because you will be alone."

"Who is it."

"Its with the Cullen's."

"But they are a fricking peaceful clan!" Jack was obviously done arguing with me because he shoved the file in o my hand and with one last nod in Kody's direction his pansy ass stormed off. I opened the file and the picture of a vamp boy turned me to ice. Edward Cullen, real name Edward Masen. My brother. My legs found a chair. Edward, he was alive, as a fricking vampire. The file said that he was taking an interest in a human girl named Bella. Spies concluded he had thought of killing her.

"What is it Sky." Lily asked in a low voice.

"Nothing. It is stupid." I shook off my shock as best as I could to continue. "Keller wants me gone for your death. He thinks I'm going to let you change and he's right. But with me gone Lily your will have to save Kody. Just get him out of here but don't get yourself caught."

"You are crazy." Lily stated.

"Yup. Ill be back as fast as I can. I love you both. When your a vampire Kody, come find me. Ill be with the Cullen's." At that moment I took off. I couldn't look at their faces any more. I know they would listen. I ad no choice. If I didn't go on the mission things would get worse for my team. But I know Keller knew Edward was my brother. He better hope he is not here when I return because there will be hell to pay.