David's existence had continued on as usual, with him and his boys roaming the Boardwalk, stalking their prey and making a point of tormenting Greg and his surf Nazis. He was restless however, and had been causing trouble pretty much everywhere he went and had been pushing Max's buttons as much as he could. So much so that Max had now forbidden David and the boys from entering the video store or going anywhere near Maria. David's apathy for both Star and Laddie had steadily been growing too and his patience with her and his tolerance for the boy had worn thin, so thin it was damn near transparent. He had developed a general disinterest with both of them and had begun to allow them to walk the Boardwalk alone so he could go off and do whatever he wanted with his boys, which had made Marko happy, but despite his disinterest, he still had the need to control her and possess her and he still had the fundamental desire to have her turn. She was still a good lure for victims and he enjoyed watching them fall all over her and then have her come to him and leave them disillusioned and semi heart broken. He was still intensely attracted to her and wanted her sexually but every time he was with her, he felt something was missing which annoyed him and left him dissatisfied.

David had told the boys to get ready and Star and Laddie sat quietly on the couches watching them. Their stares were heavy on him and he could feel they wanted to come out with him but he didn't care, he wanted to go out with only his boys tonight.

'Stay here with him.' He told her and she looked at him and still said nothing.

'I'll see you later man.' Dwayne shook Laddie's hair as he walked past him and up the cave entrance while Paul walked over to her and chucked a candy bar at her.

'Cheer up girl.' He said and Star smiled back at him then he followed the rest of the boys out. They headed down to their favourite haunt and parked up their bikes out the front of the Boardwalk. They cruised around the Boardwalk, blending in amongst the people, Paul wanted to watch the exotic belly dancers for a while and then they went and listened to the live band for a bit. The summer crowds were in and the place was buzzing with teens who were on spring break. They left the stage and casually walked around the rides, picking out their victims for the night until David spotted Greg having a romantic ride on the Carousel with Shelley and he half smiled.

'Time to fuck with Greg.' David said, hitting Dwayne's chest with the back of his hand and looking over towards the happy couple. He led the boys over towards the moving Carousel and they stepped on, then slowly he made his way between the horses and chariots until he had reached the two he was targeting. Shelley saw him approaching and she flicked her head around to look at him and David raised a gloved hand tenderly touching her cheek, to the hollering and cat calls of Paul and Dwayne. Marko stood behind her and smiled at both the girl's and Greg's reactions and David's move achieved the desired effect when Greg reached over and shoved David hard in the chest causing a fight to break out. Greg's friends launched forward at Marko and Paul and began pushing and wrestling with them while David kept Greg at arm's length by pushing on his chin when suddenly he had a baton placed on his throat and he was pulled back against a large man who was breaking up the fight.

'I told you to stay off the Boardwalk.' The fat security guard said to David while looking at Dwayne, Paul and Marko. Paul raised his hand to protest but refrained as David was still being accosted by the man. The boys were waiting for David's reaction to make a move but they halted when there was none.

'OK boys, let's go.' David said, pulling the baton off his throat then turning to look at the guard and giving him a filthy look before walking away.

'You too. Off the Boardwalk.' He told Greg and Shelley while the boys slowly walked off the still turning Carousel.

'That fat fuck.' David spat as they walked back to their bikes. 'He's fucking dead tonight.' He was fucked off, this guy had been watching them and threatening them for weeks and despite Max telling David to pull his head in, David had had enough of this shit and was going to take matters into his own hands.

'You should have just torn into Greg right there.' Paul said. 'We could have started a massacre on the Boardwalk. There are definitely a few chicks around tonight I wanna carve up.' Paul spun around watching two girls walk past him. That would be something Paul would be totally into and the thought made David smile.

'You'd fuck or kill anything with a pulse.' Marko said.

'You know it little brother. Especially Maria…' He said laughing, baiting Marko. 'I wouldn't fuck that Shelley dog though, she's nasty. I'll leave her for Don Juan over here,' he said nodding towards Dwayne and Dwayne just looked at him, 'and Dave can take care of Greg.'

'Oh, Greg is going to get his, they all will, but tonight we are going to deal with that fucking guard once and for all. He's been a pain in my ass for too long.' The boys took off to a bar downtown and had some drinks but it did nothing to sedate David's mood. The bar closed and they went back down to main beach and waited for the Boardwalk to close. The moon had been long in the sky and the crowds had dissipated and they bided their time smoking and observing the remaining people lazing around the dying bonfires dotted along the shore line.

'Dave are you sure you wanna do this? Max is pissed with us as it is.' Marko asked watching David inhale his smoke.

'I don't give a shit. That fucker needs to pay, and we're going to collect.' David knew that Marko was right, that Max was pissed at them and killing the head of security wasn't going to help that situation, nor was it going to get any better when he took Greg out but David was beyond caring about what Max expected of him anymore. David flicked his cigarette away as he saw the lock down procedure beginning to take place on the Boardwalk. 'Game time boys.' David said as he morphed into his true self and smiled, shooting way up into the sky and waiting for his brothers to join him. Once they were all air borne, they flew off above the Boardwalk as the lights were being switched off along the stretch of the fair grounds and he began to laugh when he spotted the man who had humiliated him earlier and his boys laughed with him. The man walked out into the parking lot and David sped up and they made their presence known to the asshole and the man looked up at them and began to scream and run when Dwayne swooped down making him screamed again and held his hat as he ran towards his car. Paul swooped down on him and he began frantically trying to open his car door despite that fact it was still locked and then David attacked, grabbing him so hard that the entire door came off with him. He took the man skyward, clutched tight in his grasp, and he tore his throat open as he flew then he dumped him far, far out into the great Pacific Ocean. His retaliation had given him a strong sense of self satisfaction and he now looked forward to teaching Greg and his wanker boys a lesson even more so now he knew the intrinsic value it held. Returning to his bike, it was late but David wasn't ready to retire back to the cave just yet.

'Talk about a stress relief.' David said landing a few feet from his ride. 'Now all I need is a night cap and my night will be perfect. You guys go and eat, I'm going to see who's still available down at Grapes.' He said smiling.

'You dirty dog.' Paul laughed and the boys took off while he headed down to the dodgy little club and, upon arriving, he found it closed but one of the waitresses was still lingering outside alone and he pulled up next to her.

'You all alone?' He asked.

'I'm waiting for my ride.' She told him, adjusting her jacket around her waist.

'How long have you been waiting?' He asked her, staring deep into her light green eyes.

'Um… I, um…' She stumbled on her words under his influence and in his smooth deep tone, he told her to get on his bike. He took her down to Panther Beach and quickly became intimately acquainted with her then once he'd finished with her, he all but drained her and again another body was deposited into the dark ocean.

'Where are you?' Dwayne called to David.

'Just finished with my date. Where are you guys?'

'Parked up near the bush. Meet you on the cliff.' Dwayne told him.

'Be there in ten.' David said, jumping back on his bike and disappearing down the road. He flew up to the cliff top from their parking spot where he found the boys and they made their way into the mouth of the cave but as soon as he entered their home, he could smell blood in the cave.

'What the fuck?' Paul said, also picking up on the scent but David didn't respond, he was already beginning to look around to see if anything was out of place but he found nothing out of the ordinary aside from the smell. Then he noticed his bottle on the table. David charged over to Star's bed to wake her and the boys lingered in the back of the cave while he placed his hand on her shoulder to wake her. She jumped about a foot off the bed with his touch and her reaction surprised him and he watched her carefully trying to ascertain if it had been her.

'Did you touch the bottle?' He asked her and she turned her head over her shoulder and looked at him and, examining her eyes, he instantly knew it hadn't been her, unless there had been someone else there, by process of elimination it had to have been the kid. 'Did you give it to him?' He asked.

'What?' She responded, half asleep.

'The bottle, did you give it him?' He asked her again, demanding an answer.

'No, I didn't.' She said staring at him and he penetrated his gaze into her, deciphering whether she was telling the truth or not and, believing her, he pulled away glancing at the kid.

'Fucking kids.' He said once again frustrated she hadn't killed him yet. He retreated back to his sleeping cave deep in the hotel with his boys for the night.