I DO NOT OWN MOST OF THE CHARACTERS!
Chapter 1
Melissa leaned against the wall of the gas station. The dark moon would set in about fifteen minutes. She expected Jessica and Jonathan back before then. She had tasted a mindcaster in the area. But then it had just disappeared.
That was her job. Along with Jessica and Jonathan- Jessica in the secret hour. Ever since Samhain, that was the only time of the day they could see her.
Melissa tasted them now. They were "flying" back, now that the secret hour was almost over. But then something strange happened: Their tastes disappeared. "What the hell," Melissa muttered. She had a really bad feeling. Something was wrong. She ran.
The dark moon had almost completely set by the time she found them. Melissa felt her legs collapse beneath her. Jessica and Jonathan were both sprawled on the ground. They looked surprisingly like stiffs. That could only mean one thing for a midnighter.
"How..." Melissa croaked, fighting back tears. There was nothing else in the area. She knew. But people didn't just drop dead!
"NO!" She screamed, falling into the dirt, pounding it. "NO! NO! NO!"
"Yes."
Melissa whirled around. A dark figure with a black hood pulled over his head stood there, staring at her. Melissa had never felt more fear or hatred. She couldn't get anything from this guy's mind. "Who- who are you?" She stammered. "Why did you do this?"
The figure leaned closer to her and put a gloved hand on her cheek. Melissa felt a chill run down her spine.
"I'm here for you. For your death in particular," the figure said.
"My-" Melissa took off. The cloaked figure tackled her to the ground and turned her over on her back. Melissa felt a sharp pain in her chest. It was unbearable!
"Thank you," the figure said. Then he vanished. It was as if he had never been there.
Melissa forced up all her energy to look at her chest. All she could see was the handle of the knife the dark figure had used to stab her.
"Rex..." Melissa cried. Then she felt no more.