Here it is guys, the long awaited FIRST CHAPTER OF VENGANCE.

Oh and if you didn't know, go back to Lucky Number 13 and read it because this is a sequal to that story.

OH yeah, and thanks for the reviews on my first one-shot 'Why Me?' lol I had fun writing it.

ENJOY GUYS!


"Stop."

"Why?"

"Because I said so."

"And I should listen to this reasoning because?"

"Because if you don't, I will cut your body to pieces and place your head on a silver platter,"

"Jeeze Max so violent."

"Damn right,"

Gazzy was really nervous. Tonight there was going to be a bar-b-q at the Walkers place and it just so happens that he invited this girl that he's been crushing on. I think her name was Cindy or something like that. We were supposed to be heading over there to pick her up in about 10 minutes.

"Gazzy what do you have to worry about?" I asked him.

"I have tons to worry about! My sisters will never leave her alone and Iggy and Fang will never leave me alone!" he cried banging his head on the passenger window.

I sighed and made a left turn.

"Look, if it helps, I'll be your body guard tonight," I said.

Gazzy looked up at me and quirked his lips up to one side. "You'd do that?" he asked.

"Sure, why not." I said.

"Cool! Thanks Max!" he said beaming.

I rolled my eyes and pulled into the parking lot.

"Go get Mei and then we'll head over to Cindy's place," I said.

"Alright," he said getting out of the car.

I watched as he jogged into the collage doors and caught the elevator at the last second. I wonder what Cindy's like. I hope Gazzy can at least make good decisions on this kind of thing.

"Hey." Mei called sliding into front seat.

The back door opened and Gazzy slid in.

"Hey, how was class?" I asked putting the car in reverse.

"Good, although one of the kids managed to catch their lab table on fire…when we weren't even supposed to be doing labs today," she said rolling her eyes.

Gazzy chuckled and reached in the front to turn the station.

"What do you expect? You're teaching a class full of pyros." He said.

Mei rolled her eyes and tugged off her white lab coat (Oh hello irony, nice to see you again.) and tossed it into her duffel at her feet.

We fell into comfortable silence and soon we pulled up to Cindy's house. I pulled into the driveway and looked back at Gazzy.

"Do you need me to hold your hand while we go get her?" I smirked.

Mei giggled and Gazzy just scowled as he stormed out of the car. I laughed when he slammed the door and jogged over the porch.

"He's grown," Mei observed.

"Uh huh," I said smiling.

Gazzy knocked on the front door and waited patiently. From here, I could see the way his hands twitched slightly but he just slammed them into his sides. I chuckled and shook my head.

Then all of a sudden, the door was ripped open and out came a big, scary, looking dude. Gazzy's eyes widened and he took a step backwards. The man glared down at Gazzy and Gazzy gulped.

I rolled down my window so I could listen better.

"May I help you?" the man said in a tight voice.

"Man up Gazzy," I whispered.

"Uhm, yeah." Gazzy said squaring his shoulders.

There we go.

"Does Cindy Heart live here?" he asked.

Mei snorted loudly and I whirled on her with a raised eyebrow. She just kept on laughing silently. I rolled my eyes and looked back at Gazzy.

"Yeah she does. Who's looking?" the man asked.

"I invited her to a family bar-b-q and she said she'd come," Gazzy said a little defeated.

The man snarled and I unbuckled my seat belt, stepping out of the car.

"Who the hell are you?" The man snarled.

I noticed a girl standing behind him, looking a bit ticked off and yet fearful at the same time. She was actually really pretty. She had long raven hair that ended at her waist, and she had cute green eyes that remind you of summer days.

She must've been Cindy judging from the small wave Gazzy sent her. She smiled slightly but didn't come out from behind her father.

"Listen here," I growled threateningly. "My…nephew," I gestured at Gazzy. "Kindly invited your daughter to a bar-b-q. Key word: KINDLY. So I suggest you return the favor" I said.

The man glowered at me and I happily returned the gesture. Gazzy knowing that I could get violent, tugged on my jacket sleeve and shook his head.

I sighed and put my hands on my hips.

"You coming or not?" I asked.

"Go get your coat," he grumbled to Cindy.

The girl Cindy smiled gently at Gazzy before slipping inside. Her father took one last glance at me and slammed the door in Gazzy's face.

"Ass," I muttered under my breath.

"Thanks Max," Gazzy said.

"No problem. Gazzy, guys like that are all bark and no bite." I said.

Cindy came back out and Gazzy led her to the back seat, (Get yo minds out of the gutter) and they both buckled in. I took one last look at Cindy's house before climbing into the driver's seat.

"Hi, I'm Ms. Mei," Mei said smiling at Cindy.

Cindy smiled and shook Mei's outstretched hand.

"I'm Max. No Ms. It makes me feel old," I said pulling out of the drive way.

"You are old," Gazzy grumble.

"I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear that," I sang.

"I gotta hand it to ya, I'm impressed you stood up to my dad like that," Cindy said smiling.

"Yeah well no offense but your dads a douche,"

Cindy giggled and from the rear view mirror, I could see Gazzy inch closer to her. I laughed and turned to Mei.

"Gāisǐ de nánhái dédàole yóuxì!" I laughed. Damn, our boys got game!

Mei laughed and sat back in her seatbelt. The next thing surprised us. Gazzy coughed loudly and said the following sentence in a perfect accent.

"Xièxiè āyí zuìdà" Thank you, Ms. Max.

Gazzy snickered at our open mouths and Mei turned around to face Gazzy.

"Jìrán nǐ shì shénme shíhou kāishǐ jiǎng zhōngguó rén ma?" Since when did you start speaking Chinese?

Gazzy motioned to a blushing Cindy.

"Xīn dí jiào wǒ. Tā de māmā shì quán zhōngguó rén." Cindy taught me. Her mom is Chinese.

I stopped the car and whirled on the two. I coughed uncomfortably and looked down at him.

"So…all those times I was teasing you in Chinese….you understood me?" I asked.

Gazzy snickered and nodded his head. Cindy giggled and busied herself by fixing her flower headband.

"Yes. And by the way, Wǒ de ěr duǒ bù dà yú dà xiàng." My ears are not bigger than an elephants.

Mei and I laughed and turned around in our seats. I stepped on the gas pedal and made my way to the Walkers house.

"Shénme shì nǐ de mǔqīn cóng cūn xīn dí?" What village is your mother from Cindy?

"Māmā shì zài jiālìfúníyǎ zhōu tíchū de, dàn tā de bà ba jiào tā de yǔyán hé xísú." Mama was raised in California, but her papa taught her the language and customs.

"That's nice," I said.

"Yeah, but I've always wanted to go visit China," she sighed.

Mei looked out the window, and I focused hard on the road. We were both praying that Cindy didn't ask us what village we were from, and thankfully she kept quiet once she saw our uncomfortable state.

Hmm…I like her.


When we pulled up into the Walkers, the men were already in the backyard grilling. I sighed and unbuckled my seatbelt and the others followed suit. I stuck in front of Gazzy and Cindy keeping an eye out for Iggy. I knew he was never going to leave the two alone and it was up to me as his body guard to keep Iggy away from them at all costs.

Mei walked in first, strutting in like she owned the place and went quickly to the kitchen where Ella, Nudge, Marian and Anne were marinating the meat. When they caught sight of us, they all smiled and waved, and walked over to be introduced.

I looked at Gazzy, waiting for him to start. Cindy looked slightly shy but when Gazzy wrapped his arm around her shoulder, she seemed to forget all about her unease. The others noticed this as well and couldn't keep the smile off of their faces.

"Guys, this is Cindy. Cindy this is my mom, Anne, and my two sisters Ella and Nudge," he said pointing at each of them. "Oh and that's Angel over there," he said pointing at the little girl watching T.V

"Hello, nice to meet all of you," Cindy said.

The back sliding door slammed open and in came the devil himself with a wide grin.

"GAZZY!" Iggy shouted running over.

"Max," Gazzy hissed.

"I'm on it," I whispered back.

Iggy reached out to hug Cindy, but I stuck my foot out and he tripped forwards, doing a face plant in the middle of the living room. Ella rushed forward with a concerned expression while Mei and Nudge struggled to hold their laughter down. Anne rolled her eyes at her son and returned to the kitchen to cook some rice.

Gazzy quickly maneuvered Cindy to the back, and I followed closely behind. Gazzy slid the back door open and walked to the backyard where Jeffrey and Fang sat, posted at the grill. Jeffrey looked up at Cindy and smiled wickedly. I glared at him but he didn't notice.

Fang smiled at me only and stepped away from his father to embrace me in a tight hug. I giggled and turned around in his arms so that I could watch Gazzy. Fang wrapped his arms around my stomach and leaned his chin down on my shoulder. I smiled and pushed back lightly into Fang's familiar body.

"Who's the girl?" Fang asked.

"That's Cindy, Gazzy's date," I whispered.

"Aww-"

"Don't start. I'm his body guard tonight and if anyone thinks about humiliating him than they've got another thing coming," I said playfully.

"You make it sound like it's a bad thing to get punished by you," he said evilly.

I elbowed his guts and he stumbled backwards. Jeffrey was in the middle of an interrogation, and by Gazzy's irritated look and Cindy's uncomfortable one, he was asking personal questions.

I rolled my eyes and walked forwards.

"Don't mind Jeffrey, he's like the drunk uncle who doesn't know when to stop talking," I said looking at him pointedly.

He got the hint fairly quickly and back pedaled to the grill with Fang. Iggy showed up at the screen door and barreled it open.

"GAZZY!" he shouted again.

Gazzy and I shared a look.

"This is gonna be a long night," I growled rolling up my sleeves.


The entire night, I spent minute after minute hunting Iggy down. He just wouldn't quit it! By my fourth round, Fang caught me by my elbow and squeezed me to his chest.

I smiled and leaned my head against him and he placed his chin on the top of my head.

"I haven't had the chance to talk to you all night," he said.

"That's because I've been busy," I said scanning the yard for Iggy.

"Just leave Iggy. I don't think he can do that much damage," Fang whispered in my ear.

"This is Iggy we're talking about. The one who dared sneak a stink bomb into Mei's car. The kids got guts," I said.

Fang chuckled against my skin and despite myself, I felt myself shivering. I felt Fang smirk against my neck as he planted my skin with soft kisses. From the corner of my eye, I saw Gazzy and Cindy laughing happily, but then Iggy was starting to walk over.

Snarling, I broke away from Fang and sprinted over to Iggy and pushed him into the pool. He let out a cry of surprise when he flew backwards, and Gazzy shot me a thankful look before bursting out in laughter. Cindy joined suit and when Iggy pulled himself out; he glared at me and went crying to Ella.

Ella just rolled her eyes and patted his head as he clung to her. I looked back at Fang to see him rolling his eyes and walking over to the table where all the food is. I joined him and sat on his lap while he ate his hot dogs. I bit into my hamburger and smiled, it was really good.

"Desert everyone!" Anne called carrying out a large box.

Iggy sprinted over to his mother and bounced up and down happily like a dog begging for bacon strips. I rolled my eyes at his immaturity, but when I saw the cake, I raced over and pushed him out of the way so I could be first.

What?

You would push him to if you realized what king of cake it was!

It was triple layer chocolate with cookies and cream ice cream in-between each layer!

"I can't believe you ditched my lap for a piece of cake," Fang said incredulously as I sat next to him.

"Get used to it babe," I said taking a bite "Believe it or not there are some things better than sitting on your lap," I said.

"Like what?" he smirked arrogantly.

"Breathing, living, not dying," I said counting off my fingers.

He just smirked and drew me closer, blowing onto my neck. I laughed and pushed him away gently, and faced back to my plate.

All of a sudden, a hysteric Cindy burst out from the house and sprinted over to me, with tears in her eyes. I stood up and met her half way. I clutched her shoulders and told her to take deep breaths. The others crowded around her, looking to see what was wrong.

"Wǒ bù míngbái" I said. I don't understand.

"Qǐng dài wǒ huí jiā. Wǒ bà ba dǎ lái diànhuà, tā shuō tā xūyào wǒ yǒu! Tā cónglái bu yāoqiú wǒ hé tā jìng shì kūle! Zhè shì hěn yánzhòng, qǐng dài wǒ huí jiā!" Please take me home. My dad called and he said he needed me there! He never needs me and he was actually crying! this is really serious, please take me home!

Mei shoved her way forward and laid a hand down on Cindy's small shoulder.

"Bùyào dānxīn, wǒmen huì bāngzhù nín jǐnkuài huí jiā. Ránhòu, yěxǔ nǐ kěyǐ jiěshì de ne?" Don't worry, we'll get you home as soon as possible. Then maybe you can explain on the way?

She nodded and let Mei lead her to the front door. The others all whirled on me.

"What's wrong with her?" Iggy asked.

"She's needed at home for a family emergency," I sighed reaching for my keys.

"Oh poor dear. Make sure she gets home safe alright Max?" Anne said.

"Yeah sure, see you guys later." I said kissing Fang's cheek.

"Bye," they all called.

"I'm coming," Gazzy said.

"Whatever" I grumbled.

I climbed into the driver's seat and my eyes flickered to the back seat to see Gazzy pull Cindy close to him. Mei kept looking back, deciding when was the right time to start her interrogation. I sighed and pulled out of the drive way, and drove towards her house.


Alright I am really exited for this book to take off because I have TONS of ideas planned out for it.

I also have a new story I'm working on called 'Once Upon A Nigtmare', and another one called 'Happyness Comes With A Price," but more info on that later.

So for now, please R&R and tell me what you think!

-CRITISISM HIGHLY APPRECIATED.

P.S. people there is a difference between FLAMES and CRITISISM. I want CRISISM, but hell if you wanna throw flames, whatever.

THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT ON MY LAST STORY :D

-Shift