I'm sorry for my last story's ending. But just read this is you'd please. I promise to cheer you up. ^.^"
A week had blown by, and the groups of friends had been depressed ever since.
At scare school, Casper didn't feel much like talking. He'd seen Thatch's condition before Jenette patched up his lifeless body, and he couldn't forget the pained expression on the vampires face. Mantha, Ra and Lexi tried to comfort him, but it was as though the ghost just didn't want to listen. He'd merely mutter some incoherent response before floating in the opposite direction of his friends.
Richard was no better, as it seemed like he was constantly depressed. He even stopped talking entirely. But he was more understandable, since he'd known Thatch since he was a kid. Jimmy and Zeke were the ones who tried to console him, but nothing seemed to get through to him. Richard had been staying with Jimmy since his father died, as he really had no where else to go. And at night, when they were supposed to be sleeping, Jimmy swore he could hear the gentle sniffles from the other boy. Jimmy wanted so badly to reach out to him, but there was only so much he could do. Zeke came by sometimes at night to comfort Richard, and once in a while during the day in a human disguise (which was actually very good), and just let the human cry.
Thatch's gang were really having a hard time operating without him, and often found themselves simply talking about ideas rather than actually doing them. And further more, they, as well as Mantha and Ra, often found themselves regretting the way they had treated the vampire when he was alive. If they had only known the truth... they still didn't know how Septimus had enabled them to see Thatch and Richard's memories, but they didn't really care. All they knew was that Thatch never had any say in the way he acted.
Amber, Lexi, Dusk, and even Jake sometimes found themselves missing the little vampire. Even though they hadn't known him nearly as long as everyone else, they DID know enough about him to know he actually had a big heart. That he had a hard time in this world. They just wished they had reached out better. Tried to befriend him better...
Finally there was Fatch. The prince had failed to kill Septimus, and was crushed when he learned of Thatch's death. He kept blaming himself. In all truthfulness, there was nothing he could've done. But he couldn't help but feel as though this was his fault. If only he had tried to get him help sooner... if only he could've found a way to skip over the memories and stopped the demon from shoving garlic down Thatch's throat. He just couldn't help the way he was thinking. Thatch had felt like the little brother he never had... and he couldn't bear the thought of having him dead.
Eyes twitched slightly, feeling a bright light surrounding them. Their body felt heavy, and it ached horrible. Forcing their eyes to open, they were very confused as to where they were. They could see a woman's silhouette in front of them, but all they would make out from reality was the strange sound that was heard when they breathed.
Casper, Mantha, Ra, Lexi, Richard, Zeke and Fatch were all on a walk now, none of them entirely sure of where they were going. All they knew was that they needed to get away from the school, and that Richard needed some fresh air. Said human was walking closely to Zeke, as he didn't know the others very well yet.
The sun was starting to hang low in the sky, signaling they probably shouldn't stay out for too long.
Turning to Zeke, Mantha found herself thoroughly impressed with his human disguise. Instead of a red shirt, it was now blue with a silver dot on the chest, and black stripes. His gloves and boots didn't change, but he did appear to have five fingers now. His hair was now black and messy, and his eyes were a normal green. That machine on his back now appeared to be a black backpack. His antennae were no where to be seen either. How had he managed to disguise himself so well? He looked in no way human this morning, and now she couldn't even tell he WASN'T human.
" ... Excuse me, Zeke was it? "
Mantha stuttered, quickly gaining the aliens attention.
" How did you disguise yourself so well? "
Zeke smiled slightly, actually a bit flattered that Mantha seemed fascinated with his technology.
" To put it as simply as I can, that machine on my back, the L.S.S? It's generating a human-like image onto my alien one. Basically, it's a hologram. "
" Oh. "
Mantha said simply.
" It's really good. "
Zeke blushed a bright pink thanks to the hologram, folding his hands behind his back. He didn't get praised for his technology much...
" Thank you... "
From the corner of her eye, Mantha could see a soft smile cross Richard's lips, as it seemed to make him happy having Zeke talk about his alien technology. Maybe anything inhuman fascinated him...? Either way, seeing him smile for the first time in a week was quite refreshing to see.
Suddenly Casper and Ra stopped walking, everyone else soon stopping afterwards. Mantha looked ahead, wondering as to why they'd stopped. Her question was shortly answered when she found Jack in front of them, breathing heavily. His skin was also burning, as it appeared he'd forgotten to bring an umbrella or a coat.
Lexi immediately ran over to her fathers side, quickly shielding him with her umbrella. Jack smiled at her, clearly grateful, however he couldn't quite speak his thanks yet. Luckily he caught his breath shortly after he'd arrived, and he looked at everyone with a very peculiar look in his eyes. As if he couldn't understand how something had happened.
" Everyone! "
He wheezed, trying to keep a grip.
" It's indescribable! Can't explain! Just follow me! "
As Jack was a teacher and could easily give them detention, the students followed him wordlessly, Zeke and Richard merely following because they were curious.
" Why are we at the hospital Jack? "
Casper asked sadly. The group had run into the hospital, and a few of them couldn't be more horrified by it. No one wanted to be here with Thatch's body possibly still around.
Jack merely shrugged the ghost off, walking towards the desk and talking tithe doctor Jenette. The purple haired girl looked absolutely frazzled as she spoke to the demon, and the only sentence they managed to hear was the sentence where Jenette apologized for summoning him so abruptly. Nobody knew what was going on, but they assumed Jack only knew because the woman summoned him. The two adults motioned for the children to follow, which they did reluctantly.
Much to their horror, they found they were heading towards the young vampires room. They wanted to stop, but again, they had little choice. Once they entered, however, NO body could believe what they saw.
There, sitting up on the cot, was Thatch himself.
The little vampire seemed a bit disoriented, maybe even a bit nauseas, but other than that he seemed fine. His legs were both in medical boots, but again, fine otherwise. Alive.
Richard and Casper had to try their best not to tackle him into a hug, in case he was in any pain, and merely approached him slowly. The human had tears in his eyes as he sat near the vampire, slowly getting his attention.
" Thatch... "
Richard muttered, Thatch placing a shaky hand on his shoulder in response. He seemed happy, and yet terrified at the same time.
" Hey Richard... "
The human smiled widely, soon hugging his friend. The others merely smiled as the two embraced.
" How was this possible, Jenette? "
Jack asked softly so the children wouldn't hear. The doctor shrugged, crossing her arms.
" It shouldn't be. I don't know how it happened. "
" Well, we need to know. This sorta thing doesn't happen without a reason behind it. "
The demon shifted his weight, trying to figure this out. Who could've been kind enough to bring this child back? Who could've possibly had enough power? Who could've possible had a strong enough motive? ' Wait. ' Jack thought, beginning to connect the dots. 'Power, kindness, a possible motive... ' That could only be one person when he thought about it. He turned to Jenette, his crimson demon eyes lowering into a serious glare.
" ... Where's Merek? "
A fun fact about me, if I like a character as much as I like Thatch, I can't leave them dead. Believe me, I tried. X3
Also, since I'm here, I'd just like to give a shout out to a guest reviewer by the name of "insertnamehere". Dude, please don't do that. I can't blame you for being mad, really. But it came off a little... harsh. Can you, maybe, not leave reviews like that?
Anyways, goodnight.