Companions of the Night
Chapter one:
A/N: Devin is a full vampire. Although, he carries a necklace with a blue stone in it. When he wears it, he can change into a normal human form freely. Without it, he is always in vampire form.
Ariel and Devin slept soundly curled up against each other, despite the racket coming from downstairs. Devin was first to awaken, pulling the tranquilizing dart from his neck. He shifted himself gently away from Ariel, trying to get a better look at her. He walked over to her side of the bed, his bare feet tapping the ground silently as he did so. He looked around dizzily. He gently eased the dart from her neck, and licked the blood off the wound it had left.
He retracted his fangs, and walked towards the stairs. As he reached the landing, something shattered in the other room. He quickly moved into the shadows, watching carefully. Ariel appeared next to him.
"Hola." she mumbled quietly. "Everything okay, or do you want my help?"
"Get away from here." he whispered in her ear.
"Fine, if you're going to be that way…" she said angrily.
"Stop with your attitude." he whispered back calmly. "Get upstairs and hide the kids…"
With that order, Ariel disappeared. She appeared back upstairs, went towards the kids' rooms and locked the doors from the inside and outside. With that only taking a few moments, she reappeared downstairs, a good distance away from Devin and the up-coming fight.
Devin drew his blade, fangs out and walked into the living room silently, with an angry expression on his face. Ariel walked silently in the shadows, until she found a place to watch from. Devin walked up behind the first man, held his blade to the man's throat, covered his mouth, then sliced his neck open. He dropped the dead man onto the floor, with an unexpected thud. He sheathed the glowing purple and black blade.
"Shit! How'd you wake up?" another man said, spinning around. During that instant before the words slipped out, he took in the dead body of one of his partners, Devin, and everything else.
"How do you expect?" he asked quietly. The man stopped searching for the couple's children and stood up.
Devin took out his sword quickly and impaled the male through the stomach. All the men stared for an instant, then ran. Devin pulled out the sword and wiped the blood off.