Disclaimer: All Night World concepts and characters belong to the one and only L.J. Smith.
I am just having fun writing a different story, so...don't sue me coz I'm not doing this for money! And anyways I only get money on New Year's Eve once a year...
Hope you enjoy my first fanfic!!! :)
Chapter 1
Dark shadows and gray buildings.
That's what Chris Redfern saw. It was nighttime too. He shrank into the shadows, mounting his senses to discover he was not alone. There were at least 6 or more people around here. He wasn't sure if they were all Night World people or not, but he knew they were after him and exceedingly deadly.
Things had happened too fast and from now on, he'd have to live for the rest of his life, in the human world with vermin. Chris shuddered at the thought.
His mind wandered into thinking about Plyton, the vampire enclave he had lived all his life. A deep pain welled in his chest; he knew he could never go back. Never to return to his gang, where all they did was partying and picking fights with rival gangs.
Just two days ago, there was a huge party and all the teenaged vampires were invited. Chris and his gang had gone, along with Chris's sister Annabel and her friends.
Everything was going extremely well. Chris had a few glasses of blood mixed with alcohol and was high on top of the world. He was chatting with the many girl vampires who always liked following him around, when his eyes focused on something that was very wrong.
Shit. He cursed to himself. He had promised to keep an eye on Annabel since she was only 14, 3 years younger than him. But he had been too caught up with having fun, that he had forgot. The image he saw infuriated him. There was Annabel, looking scared out of her wits on the lap of Kane Roliz, with his arms wrapped tightly around her, trying very hard to kiss her.
Using telepathy he asked furiously,
Annabel! What the hell do you think you're doing?
Chris, help me! He won't let go! Annabel responded sounding hysterical.
Hang on. I'm going over there to teach him a lesson he won't forget.
Chris detangled himself from the girls and strode angrily towards the chair where her sister and that perverted bastard were sitting.
"What the hell do you think you're doing to my sister?" Chris asked clenching his fists.
"Not that it's any of your business Redfern, but me and her are just getting to know each other better" Kane replied giving him a nasty smile.
This really made Chris's blood boil. He fingered his waist where he knew his gun containing the Snakewood bullets was tucked.
"You don't seem to know what I can do to you if you don't let her go right now" Chris said.
Kane stared at him with fathomless eyes and a bitter expression on his face
"Don't you threaten me Redfern. Why should you have all the fun?" he indicated to the girls that Chris was sitting with moments earlier. "I should get some too. We can share her if you want" Kane replied holding Annabel even closer to him.
Chris had hit his breaking point.
He threw a punch at Kane's head.
Kane was not surprised and ducked, but not fast enough.
Chris used that moment to pull Annabel off him.
Get one of the gang to take you home right now and don't think you're ever going to a party again.
Annabel nodded and hurriedly ran out of the living room.
Chris then turned to face Kane, who was blurting out offensive obscenities and rubbing his forehead, which was beginning to bruise.
Grabbing the front of his shirt, he easily lifted Kane off his feet and threw him against the wall. He was one of the strongest vampires on Plyton and didn't tolerate anything. Especially things involving his sister.
"Fuck you Redfern, you're crazy!" Kane said trying hard to get to his feet. Anger evident in his hazel eyes.
The other people in the room all looked expectantly at Chris, willing him to continue his line of violence.
"Crazy, hey? Well how's this for crazy?" Chris laughed, pulling out his gun.
Right then he knew he'd made a mistake.
Panic erupted and girls started screaming and running out of the room, while the others watched nervously to see how this was going to end.
"What are you waiting for?" Kane asked, trying to keep the fear out of his voice, but failing.
"Absolutely nothing" Chris said still holding his gun.
But instead of firing, he simply smashed his gun to the side of Kane's head, knocking him out.
Well I'm glad this is over, Chris thought. But he had relaxed too soon.
He heard Annabel's screams both out loud and telepathically and spun around. The scene he saw through the window outside made him lose control. The guys from Kane's gang had Annabel with her hands twisted behind her back, kicking and squirming, trying to get loose. Chris widened his eyes. One of the guys was holding a gun to her head.
"How do you like it now?" the guy holding the gun asked.
Chris should have kept calm, but he didn't. Nobody messed with his sister.
He didn't even hesitate when he lifted the gun and fired.
His aim didn't miss. The guy holding the gun dropped to the ground motionless.
The reaction was immediate. The guys holding Annabel let go of her and ran, stumbling to get away.
Girls screamed and guys shouted all fighting to get away.
In a few minutes, the house was completely empty, except for Chris, his gang and Annabel who was lying on the grass, where the guys had dropped her unconscious. Somebody had obviously dragged Kane away too, because he was also gone.
Chris swiftly walked to her, lifting her up in his arms.
He let out a deep sigh.
"Chris! Oh what's wrong with you?" a very pretty girl with long sun streaked chestnut hair and pale blue eyes cried. She was a part of Chris's gang and had been his girlfriend for a long time. Tears were streaming freely down her unblemished face and she was looking worriedly at Chris.
"Sam, I...can you take Annabel home?" Chris asked he was so confused now and flecking his gaze towards the rotting corpse of the dead guy made him realize how harshly he had acted.
His gang crowded around him and Samantha went towards him, taking Annabel from his arms.
"What's going to happen now? What are we going to do?" Ashton, another member of the gang asked curiously.
Chris stared at Ashton and his gang. He knew the answer but he wanted to find another way, but it was hopeless, he knew what he must do.
He turned his head downwards, avoiding meeting any of his friend's gazes.
"There's no we anymore. I can't be in the gang. No. Not after what I just did. Kane's gang and the dead guy's family are going to be after me for the rest of my life. I can't endanger my family or any of you by staying here at Plyton. I have to..." Chris broke off, he couldn't, but he must.
"I have to go live with humans" he finished.
A few of his gang gasped.
"You can't!" Sam yelled still holding Annabel in her arms.
"Yeah, damn right! Chris you can't just run away! Don't you care about us?" Izzie asked stubbornly, her brown eyes looking at him expectantly.
"Of course I care! That's why I'm going away. They're going to kill me and if I stay here they'll kill you too!" Chris yelled, furious that his friend didn't understand what he was giving up to protect them.
"Real friends don't leave, and how do you know they want to kill you? Maybe they just want to hurt you bad," a vampire with blonde hair and violet eyes asked. He was Chris's closest friend and could tell that Chris really didn't want to leave.
"Blaine, you know the laws. No killing other vampires or be killed or banished. Even when I go and live with vermin, they still wouldn't think I was punished enough. No, they'd do what my ancestor Hunter would do. They'd hunt me and kill me. So, as you guys didn't do anything to help me and it was my entire fault, they wouldn't hold anything against you. Me leaving and never coming back would guarantee your safety" Chris explained, suddenly very tired.
"But..." Sam persisted, but Blaine interrupted.
"We get it and yeah, we know you're just doing this for us"
The other members of the gang nodded in agreement. Sam stood very still, tears forming in her eyes again, but finally she nodded too.
"It's decided then. I'm leaving tonight. Kane's gang might be coming back any moment now" Chris looked around casting his senses.
Everyone nodded again, with resentment in their faces.
Sam, Izzie and Gemini, the girls of the gang were crying openly now.
Chris hugged each of them, trying to look confident in his decision, but something inside him was breaking. It hit him that he might not see them ever again, but he pushed the thought aside. Think of it later, he thought to himself. It was even harder to say goodbye to the guys, especially Blaine, who had been his friend from when they were 5 years old.
He fought back tears when he turned to Annabel. Oh sis, I did this for you and don't you forget it. He was so protective of her, but now he'd never see her grow up and protect herself against morons like Kane. He nearly laughed at the thought.
Be safe
With that he kissed the top of her tousled dark brown hair, although lighter than his hair.
"Take care of her Sam," he said and with that he run towards the sea.
He reached the beach in record time, considering the fact that he didn't want to leave.
Jumping into one of the many speedboats used to carry vermin across to the island for food, He hot-wired it, something he had lots of experience with, and headed towards his new life... living with vermin.
That was two days ago...
Now Chris was in the streets of Las Vegas, hiding from whoever was coming after him. Although he had not seen any vampires from Plyton, he knew they were tailing him. Waiting until he was alone and when he least expected it.
There were shadows under his brilliantly green eyes, which normally shone like gems. But for the few days since he'd escaped, the light had gone to be replaced with a look of alertness and suspicion.
He could hide in the crowded human's stores in the daytime, pretending to sound interested in sale clerks telling him about the latest fashions and accessories. It bored him to death though.
He hated shopping, but he couldn't afford to be wondering the streets alone, when any of Kane's gang could be lurking around the corner.
At night he went to the many Night World clubs, which he thought disgustedly, also contained humans. The only positive thing about this was that he was able to feed on any girls who were stupid enough to flirt with him. And there were many stupid girls.
But tonight he had been kicked out of the club for having too many girls around him, all staring at him with desire obvious in their eyes.
The owner of the club had gotten angry, because many of the male Night Worlders were leaving, disappointed by the fact that they were not getting feed.
Chris had just shrugged when he was asked to leave. He had feed enough today anyway. Many of the girls attempted to follow him out, but he stopped them with a wave of his hand and saying, "Don't bother following me girls. You're all not my type".
He received a few glares and a few exasperated sighs as he walked out.
Should I go to another club? He asked himself. But a feeling of tiredness overcame him. He stifled a yawn and begun walking towards the part of the city where he had rented a dingy apartment. The owner had been kind enough to let him live in it for a few days.
"Our kind should look out for each other," the owner, a made vampire of about 17 with classic handsome features had said as he handed Chris the keys.
He was grateful, but he wished that the apartment wasn't located in a place that was so isolated from people, even if they were vermin.
Dark shadows and Gray buildings. Yes, that's where he spent the nights.
He walked up the stairs to his apartment building, careful to make as less noise as possible. From now on, he had to be extra careful, always focused on his surroundings. He took the key out of his jeans pocket, walking to door 485 and opening it.
"Hello Chris"
Terror flooded Chris as he recognized who the voice belonged to. How did he get here? Why didn't I sense him through the door? How could I be so stupid? Questions spilled into his head as he tried to stop the shock from showing on his face.
"How...?" Chris stammered, unable to get the other words out.
"No time to chat Chris, now it's time to say goodbye" Kane said with a malicious smile on his face.
Before Chris knew what was happening, he felt someone grab him from behind, twisting his arms so he couldn't defend himself.
He saw Kane take out his gun and say, "You know what Redfern? I think I'm crazier than you" before he felt the bullet shot into his chest and then everything went black.
20 miles away, a girl woke up screaming.
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