!! Grammar is most probably not too good, English isn't my first language, but I do my best but... you will see, so this is a warning!!

/the dialog's first part is from the movie/

'communication in their mind' , "talking" , thinking

"Oh, it's delicious."

"Thank you."

"Thorn, stop that! What's the matter, Lucy?"

"It's just old memories coming back."

"No, seriously, why are you so jumpy tonight?"

"Well, it's something Sam said... he came into the store this afternoon. It was just a kid's imagination, I'm sure, but... he seemed so sincere, but... It's insane."

"Tell me. I promise not to laugh. Honest."

"Oh Max. Sam come into the shop and started talking about vampires, and such nonsense. I don't know what got into him; he was always a god boy. Where could he get all these silly ideas? And on the top of that, there is my oldest, Michael; I'm worried about him, since we came to Santa Carla, he changed so much, I don't know what to do with him any more …"

Uneasy feeling sneaked into Max's soul as he listened to Lucy's tail, her voice slowly faded into the background as he turned inward, toward the link he shared with all his childe. He blocked their contact before his outing with Lucy in hope he could spend a calm, undisturbed night with his chosen, but now he started to regret his decision. Who knew how much trouble his boys could get in while he wasn't looking?

As Max opened the closed link, his sense alerted him to the void, where once Marko's place was in his mind. He carefully stretched out with his sense, feeling his other childes. He tried to reach them, but his usually mental call wasn't enough to penetrate their agitated, and anguish filled mind. He narrowed his eyes and concentrated to let go of a small energy with his mental shout in hope that would penetrate their rage clouded minds.

'STOP!' The young vampires recoiled in shock; the red cloud slowly lifted from their mind, leaving its weak confusion and hurt.

'Boys!' his voice washed over their mind.

'Max?!' David's voice sounded uncharacteristically shaky and shocked, not even close to the cocky boy's he raised. Max's frown deepened, he sent soothing energy toward his boys.

'What happened with Marko?' Max demanded. After a few second of silence, Dwayne answered; his call resonated with his sorrow 'He died.'

'The younger boy and his friends killed him and steeled away Laddie and Star.' Paul added.

'She betrayed us.' David growled angrily. Max knew well how hard David take betrayals from the once close to him. David's short human life was full with betrayals; Max did everything in his power to reestablish and win over David's trust, and teach the boy how to trust again. Max sent soothing energy toward David, to try to calm his childe down, before Max turned his attention back toward his boys.

'Boys come home 'he ordered. When he felt his childes did as they were told. He pulled back from his thought to the present, Lucy still complained about how much Michael changed. Her gaze filled with worry for her child, Max was sure he chosen well this time, Lucy would be a good mate and mother for his boys. He smiled and put a calming hand on hers.

"Don't worry Lucy, the boys are just boys." He took her hand in his "Everything will be alright, maybe a drink would help. Bit of wine, perhaps?"

"Oh well, maybe a slip won't hurt." Lucy blushed as she held up her glass; Max smiled and poured her from his special bottle of wine. His eyes glittered with happiness as she gulped down the drink which was laced with his blood.