The Lost Girl
Five years after the end of The Tribe, Nicole reconnects with an old friend from high school. What will Crisslyn think of the new Nicole and her new friends?
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The sun was long gone when Nicole stepped out of the mine shaft that led to the nest where she had just been sleeping curled up with Shane. The last rays of light still danced on the edge of the water but with no direct sunlight shinning down on her she knew it was safe. Her twilight ritual of wandering the beach just after sunset was something Kyle and Jon liked to laugh at her about but one look from Shane always silenced them. She hated not being able to walk on the beach while the warmth of the sun kissed her pale skin, but it was a worthwhile sacrifice for immortality. And her walks gave her time to think and sometimes cry without the guys around to see. Only Shane knew this.
It had been five years, but looking at Nicole's face you wouldn't think more than three days had passed since she had become a vampire. Her only real regret was not the loss of the sun, but the loss of her brother, Chris.
Edgar Frog had hoped that Chris would betray Shane but Edgar had not counted on the fact that Chris held Nicole's happiness above everything else. Chris knew the only way Nicole would be happy was with Shane. And Shane would do anything for Nicole. Chris had willingly become a vampire when he killed a girl on the beach the same night Nicole had killed Evan. Nicole didn't think she could do it but as Shane had said, it got easier after her first. Humans killed to survive, so did vampires. Was there a difference? Nicole didn't think so.
The memory of watching her brother die still haunted her but she knew felt a little better when she remembered how good Edgar Frog had tasted. Chris, Jon, Kyle, and Erik had just returned to the nest after feeding on the girls at the beach when it all started. Chris had just told Nicole that he too was hesitant about killing at first. That had made Nicole feel better about herself.
Suddenly Shane grabbed Nicole and shouted at everyone to get down. When Nicole looked up she saw a silver stake burst through Erik's chest. Her head swayed a little and she could make out the figure of Edgar Frog holding some sort of crossbow. Edgar was desperately trying to reload the bow when Chris and Jon grabbed him and flung him to the ground. There was a struggle and the next thing Nicole knew, Jon was screaming and Chris was lying on the floor motionless. Jon had been stabbed in the gut with a small wooden stake. The stake that was shoved into Chris went right through his heart. Kyle had run after Edgar but Shane went to Chris' side. That was all Nicole could remember about that night.
It had taken months for Nicole to leave the nest. She only had to feed every few nights but Shane had to bring her food to her. She felt completely void of emotion until one night Jon brought her home a present wrapped in a duffle bag. It was the beaten and half-dead body of Edgar Frog. Nicole had taken her time with him.
After that Nicole seemed to snap out of her reverie and begin her new life (or death if you want to call it that) with renewed ferocity. She no longer felt alone. Jon and Kyle (even though they could be complete jerk offs sometimes) were actually very protective of her. Though Jon was more subtle about it, she still caught him doing nice things for her occasionally. Nicole had taken well to the role as Kyle's big sister. She was nurturing to him which was something his real family had never done for him. Nicole seemed to be the only one able to tame Kyle. When they went to the beach house to party Kyle barely let Nicole out of his sight unless Shane was close by, and he usually was.
The four of them were pretty carefree these days. With Edgar Frog gone and Allen Frog only one town over it seemed the threat to vampires all over the coast had gone down considerably. Thinking about this made Nicole smile. She had never felt so safe before. Although she wished almost daily (or nightly… vampires…) for another girl to join the tribe, she had yet to find another girl she would be able to put up with for eternity.
Nicole looked away from the ocean as she pulled herself back to the present just in time to see something that peaked her interest. There was a rundown beach shack about twenty minutes away from the mine where the nest was hidden. It sat on tall stilts that held part of the shack right over the water. A long set of stairs led up to a wrap-around screened porch. Nicole had once gone up those stairs and found that the door was unlocked. She let herself in and found the shack was just one big room that had a small kitchenette, a living area that turned into a bedroom, and a very small bathroom. In all the years Nicole had been in Luna Bay she had never seen any movement in or around the shack, but tonight there was a light streaming from one of the windows.
Excited at the prospect of new neighbors (and feeling a little thirsty) Nicole jogged the rest of the way to the shack and up the stairs. Just as she was about to knock on the door it opened and Nicole's closed fist collided with something soft.