hi guys, so this is the first installment of Life or Death a Morganville Follow on from Last breath...Enjoy

Claire:

I opened my eyes just as the sun rose to another day in Morganville. I could hear voices downstairs and I rolled over to find Shane still lying next to me. Any other day he would have gone straight downstairs but on this particular occasion he just lay there, smiling at me.

"morning beautiful" he said in an unusually chirpy voice "did you know that you look seriously cute when you sleep?" he seemed really happy this morning. The smile on his face literally stretched most of the way across his face, but somehow his remarkably perfect cheekbones prevented it reaching his ears.

"I had no idea…you usually go straight downstairs what's the matter?" I managed to put on my best confused face but it didn't last because I ended up laughing at Shane's reaction to it.

"Well, normally you are curled up facing away from me, but this morning you were cuddled up to me with your head on my chest" I couldn't stop the smile from showing I was so happy "you seemed genuinely happy so I didn't move…plus it was really quite comfortable"

All of a sudden the blasted door flew open and Myrnin and Oliver stood in its place.

Shane:

Claire seemed so happy until the ass hats opened the door. However, they really didn't seem to be in any mood to be argued with. Captain Crackers, who was stood in a shirt from what looked like the early 1900's and a pair of swimming trunks, looked very tired and subdued. On the other hand, Oliver looked sad but still rather enraged about what magnus had done to Amelie.

"good morning boys how can we help?" i decided that was the best way to begin.

"Amelie may not have much longer to live as the draug is taking over and as far as we can tell there is no foreseeable cure" Myrnin answered flatly "i was thinking...well we were really that you might want to pay her a goodbye visit. You know before she gets too bad to be visited." a single tear slid down his cheek, eventually followed by another.

I was quite unsure of what to say because Amelie had said and done many things but i never expected dying to be on the agenda. I could see that Claire wasn't taking this very well so i hugged her and kissed her forehead in a reassuring kind of way. I knew this was going to be hard but how hard i had no idea until now.

"i think that would be very inappropriate considering she isn't leaving us" i knew that if i thought long enough i would find a cure. As soon as i had finished my first sentence i felt the need to carry on. "although maybe a visit would strengthen her for a while longer. Have you ever tried the cure for Bishops disease? isn't that meant to purify vampire blood?" all three of them looked amazed by what i had just said, as if they wished that they had thought it up themselves. The room suddenly warmed up as if it had gone from sadness to hope.

"i hadn't actually thought of that good thinking Shame, i just hope there is some left" at this point i felt like yelling 'it's Shane!' but i got distracted by Oliver because he looked insanely curious. He was probably wondering how i had come to think of a cure. Claire looked instantly hopeful and Dr Mckrackers was now deep in thought. so deep it seemed that nothing was going to stir him until he came to his conclusion.

"Myrnin...what are you thinking? If it was a way to save Amelie it had better work because she has been through quite enough pain already" Oliver seemed very concerned now and looked like he would do anything to keep her safe and happy. Maybe he really did love her. Wow i have never known Oliver to to love or even care about anyone other than himself.

"well there is really only one way to find out. we have to test the hypothesis...bet you never expected such words out of me" by now even Michael and Eve who had just come upstairs and stood in the doorway looked stunned by my apparent knowledge.

"Wow Shane your smarter than you let us believe" Michael said slowly as if he was still processing the idea of me being smart.

So there is my first chapter i hope you enjoyed it. I will upload some more soon.