Abecedarian Ache
A Lost Boys Fan Fiction
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Michael stood breathing hard. David struggled against the antlers sticking out of his chest. The right one had punctured his heart but he was still fighting for life with his last breath. David could feel his blood and power drain away while Michael's red eyes burned as he watched the vampire gang leader breathe his last breath. Michael's senses were on fire. With out a doubt David was dead but nothing had changed. Star burst down the stairs towards the open doors and almost slipped on blood as she stopped in front of David's corpse. Michael grabbed her and pulled her body to shield him from his brother and the Frog brothers as they followed Star down the stairs. All three boys were all smiles and congratulating each other on David's death but Sam turned to look at Star and move towards his brother.
"Get away. Sam," Michael snarled.
"Michael, what's wrong?" Sam asked.
"I said, get away!" Michael shouted.
"What's the big deal?" Edgar asked. "You destroyed the head vampire. It's all over."
"its not over," Michael growled. "Nothing's changed."
Star looked at the boys. "He's right. I don't feel any different."
Edgar looked at his brother who nodded. "Then there's still one more."
The sound of a car parking and a car door slamming alerted the boys to the arrival of uninvited guests. Sam and Michael both recognized those worried footsteps.
"I'll handle Mom," Sam said as the Frog brother followed him to deal with the humans. "Come, on. Go."
"Don't let her see the bodies," Edgar said.
The storm that was Sam's mother poured through the door as the boys all began talking at once. Michael could hear his mother's voice carry above everyone else's.
"What happened to your face? I don't want to hear another word from you until I talk to Michael."
Meanwhile, Max walked over to David's corpse, ignoring both Star and Michael as he turned David's face to check that he was truly dead before turning back to Lucy, Sam and the Frog brothers.
"I'm sorry Lucy," Max said looking around at the destruction. "David and my boys misbehaved." Max removed his glasses. "I told you, boys need a mother."
Lucy looked confused. "Max, what are you talking about?"
"I knew it!" Sam shouted. "You're the head vampire!"
"Sam don't start this again," Lucy said giving Sam a look that used to wilt him from such nonsense.
Star choose to step into the room. "you're the secret that David was protecting."
Max gave a small smile and nodded.
Lucy narrowed her eyes. "Who's this?"
"But you past the test," Alan said.
Max looked at them like a chiding father. "Don't ever invite a vampire into your house, you silly boy. It renders you powerless."
Lucy's eyes went wide as Max seemed to be confirming what Sam was saying.
"Did you know that?" Sam asked Edgar.
Michael stood in the shadows. He did not want his mother to see him as a monster, but the knowledge that he had invited Max and thus invited all this danger into his family's life weighted on him. Even standing there, he could hear his families rapid heart beats and smell the adrenaline from their fear. It made him so, hungry. He could almost taste the blood in the air.
"Of course," Edgar said not taking his eyes off Max with the stake at the ready. "Everyone knows that."
"Has everyone gone crazy?" Lucy asked. "What's the matter with all of you?"
Max looked longingly at Lucy. "it was you I was after all along, Lucy."
"What?" Lucy said, instinctively now putting herself between the boys.
"I knew… that if I could get Sam and Michael into the family, there was no way you could say no." Max said.
"Where's Michael?" Lucy asked, her heart truly racing as she took a step back with the boys pushing them to a retreat but still facing Max.
"It was going to be so perfect, Lucy," Max said wistfully. "Just one big happy family. Your boys," Max took at Sam then back at David's corpse. "And my boys."
"Great, the Blood Sucking Brady Bunch," Edgar snarled as Lucy continued to press them backwards.
Then Max turned, and Lucy jumped at the sight of his face, red eyes, and fangs.
"But I still want you, Lucy." Max smiled. "I haven't changed my mind about that."
Michael turned and pushed past Star.
"I didn't invite you this time, Max!" Michael snarled.
"Michael!" He mother yelled and it was all Michael could do not to look at her face. Instead he channeled all his rage at Max and charged.
Max made short work of Michael tossing him to hard into the rafters that he knocked the young vamp out cold.
In that time, Sam had managed to wiggle in front of his mother. Star took up a broom handle with the end broken off and charged at Max, who again tossed her aside, knocking down both of the Frog brothers.
"Don't you touch my mother!" Sam yelled and bolted towards Max with a stake.
"No!" Lucy yelled out, but it was too late. Max had Sam in a choke hold. Everyone knew he could break the boys neck with only a twist.
"Don't fight, Lucy," Max said holding out his hand. "It is so much better if you don't fight."
"Mom don't!" Sam yelled as he watched his mother reach out and take Max's hand. "Don't do it. Mom!. Mom, don't do it!"
Max leaned over to bite Lucy on the neck. Suddenly the sound of Sam's grandfather's horn on the old truck echoed in the front yard as the old man backed the truck into the living room. Michael awoken by the sound leapt to his feet as the fence poles that were in the back of the truck went flying out of the truck and into the house. With all his strength Michael flew down and snatched up Max making sure the master vampire was thrust into the path of the large stake. Max flew back into the fire place which unleashed a firestorm of power.
Michael felt the hunger drain from him as it was replaced by a new sensed of strength as he fell to the floor. Everyone ducked down except for the Frog brothers who looked up to cheer in the aftermath of the master's death. Soon only ash and dust remained.
"Is everyone ok?" Michael asked.
Star was crying repeating, "its over." Again and again. Laddie ran down the stairs and into Star's arms.
"Star! We're all better!"
"Laddie," Star said embracing the child.
Lucy hugged her boys as everyone checked for injuries. Some home they were all ok. Dirty, sore, but alive. Michael looked around. David's body was slowly turning to ash as well. He allowed his family to hug him, but things still felt strange, different. He didn't feel like a half vampire any more but something was off.
His grandfather made his way into the kitchen and took out a Dr. Pepper from the fridge. Lucy watched her father, who didn't say a thing but had a weird look on his face.
"Dad? Dad, are you all right?" Lucy asked.
Michael and Sam had followed their family into the kitchen while the Frog brothers plotted their bill for helping defeat the vampires.
Michael who had Sam on his back let his brother slide off and stand next to his mom.
"The one thing about living in Santa Carla, that I never could stomach," Grandpa said taking a drink. "Was all the damn vampires."
Sam, Michael and Lucy stared at him. But it was Lucy who spoke first.
"You knew about this!"
Grandpa huffed. "I'm not blind. But I never thought you'd invite one over for dinner."
"Dad!" Lucy shouted.
"Wait you knew?" Sam said getting angry. "You knew about them and did nothing?"
"It wasn't my business beside I didn't know about you kids getting involved."
Sam was now truly angry, and he lash out kicking the wall. But nothing in the house was truly stable after the attack. The beam suddenly gave way. It was all Michael could do to move Sam and his mother out of the way, but their grandfather was not so lucky. The glass from the window shot past as the wall gave out cutting the old man on the arm and throwing him towards Michael.
The scent of blood filled the air, and the unease that Michael felt was echoed by dread as a new sense of power and need filled him. He dropped next to the old man cradling him against his chest.
"Michael! What are you doing?" Sam yelled. But he was greeted by Michael's red eyes.
"Michael!" Lucy shouted.
"No!" his grandfather whispered as Michael trembled his head moving slowly closer to the blood. It was it the need was a hundred times stronger than when David had taken Michael to see the blood bath around the bond fire when it was revealed that he was a vampire.
"I can't stop," Michael whispered.
"Its ok," his grandfather said and lifted his arm up to Michael's face.
"Dad no!" Lucy shouted.
"Michael you can't!" Sam echoed as Edgar and Alan finally ran into the room.
But it was too late. Michael's lips touched the wound as his fangs dung into his grandfather's arm and the blood poured into him.
"Get him!" Edgar yelled.
"No!" Lucy said and blocked the way. "You could hurt them both!"
"He's killing your dad!" Alan shouted.
Something in Michael seemed to wake up and he pulled back. The old man was still breathing despite the blood loss. Michael was on his feet so fast that everyone drew back. Seeing the fear on the faces of his family and the Frog brothers ready to strike. Michael paused debating letting them kill him. But the tears in his mother's face as she looked at his blood-stained face and red eyes was too much.
"I'm sorry," Michael whispered and fled into the night before anyone could move.
"Michael!" his mother yelled but it was too late. Instead she ran to her father's side. "He's still breathing. Call 911!" She pointed at Alan. Lucy worked hard to stop the bleeding using her skirt which she tore the bottom hem off and made a tourniquet. Star and Laddie pressed into the room. Edgar was on his feet.
"Get back!" Edgar had the stake ready to kill them.
"Wait!" Star shouted. "We're human!"
"Prove it," Edgar snarled.
Star looked around and picked up a piece of broken glass and drew it across her hand. "See, I'm not healing. We are free."
Now it was Sam's turn to turn on Edgar. "What happened? Why is my brother still a vampire?"
"I don't know…" Edgar said, and Sam didn't wait but grabbed his friend and thrust him into the wall.
"What do you mean you don't know! You're the expert! You're supposed to know!" Sam said as hot angry tears snuck out down the side of his face.
"He must have killed someone and fed," Edgar said.
"No, he didn't. you know he didn't." Sam said.
Alan came back into the room. "Ambulance is on the way." He said then saw Sam and Edgar squared off. "What's going on?"
"Why is my brother still a vampire?" Sam asked turning on Alan now.
"I think he is something else," Alan said.
"What?" Edgar said as Sam let go and looked at Alan. Everyone was staring.
"I think he is the new master," Alan said. "Think about it. He killed David, that was his first kill. Then he killed Max. With vampires, how you become a master vampire, is that you kill the last master and take is power. Michael did that."
Edgar was thinking. "But it shouldn't have done that to half vampires, he should be human, according to the lore."
"Well, then the lore is wrong," Alan said.
"Where does that leave Michael?" Lucy asked.
Everyone exchanged looks, but Edgar said what they were thinking.
"He's a monster. He will kill. It is only a matter of time."
"But he didn't," Lucy said and they looked at her. "My dad is still alive. He stopped despite being what he is. He left him alive and he didn't attack any of us. Maybe there is-"
"No," Edgar said. "If he really is a master vampire, it is only a matter of time before he kills someone or worse makes more vampires."
Sam turned on his friend. "You don't know that! Michael is a good person! He saved us."
"it doesn't change what he is," Alan said. "We have to hunt him down."
"No, we don't." Sam said. "I am going to take of my family. You need to leave."
"Fine." Edgar said. "We'll send you our bill."
"Get out," Sam growled.
Alan and Edgar exchanged a look and headed out into the night. Their bikes were still in the back and they heard the sounds of sirens as they left the family to deal with the after math. They had plans to make and a friend to hunt down.