chapters i had planned to upload. So i had to rewrite them.
"the hunters' my mother began " are a very persistent clan of people that have been around just as long as we have. For as long as there have been our kind there have been those that hunt us"
Mother stopped. Her eyes glazed over as she began to remember the past. Father continued on for her.
"A while ago, before there were you three, we had a little run in with the decendants of the original hunters. Ever since they discovered us they have been tracking us down but we always knew when they were coming so we had the time to run.
" Apparently because your mother and i have aged considerably since they last got close enough to us we were unable to determine whether they were coming or not. '
' we should have realised that the kids would have gained the ability' mother spoke up no longer dazed.
The bangs continued a distance above us. Who ever was up there, the hunters, they were in the basement. I only hope they don't find us. As if reading my thoughts Patrick put his arm around me.
"they won't find us Claire." He whispered soothingly in my ear. It helped...a little.
"If they haven't found us for so long why have they suddenly found us now?!" Nate said a little to loud. Father was at his side in a second with his hand over his mouth.
"We don't know" he whispered " but we are not going to ask them are we? These people are vicious killers of our kind. They are human but have the abilities of some one who is not. They have one reason for living and one only. " he had stopped speaking.
We all knew what that reason was.
While we were talking we realised that the thumping at stopped but with our hearing we could hear the faint whispers and shuffles of these people.
"oh no!" i gasped. I had a sudden realisation.
"what is it?!" pat asked rather abruptly. I turned to look him in the eyes. He looked so scared. His face mirrored my fear.
I didn't know how to say it so i just said the first thing that came to my head.
"their in the basement" i whispered urgently.
My family looked at each other confused then back at me ffor an explanation.
"you said they have the same abilities as us right father?" i asked of him. " well yes but what does that have to do with-". I cut him off.
' if i can hear them upstairs wont they be able to hear us down hear?" i asked hoping that i wouldn't not get the answer i feared.
Everyone in the room drew in a sudden un needed breath. They had the same realisation. Just then the banging began again and it intensified. With each bang the echo travelled down the stairs case to where we stand.
I hadn't realised but we had all turned to face the stairs. Slowly we began to take steps back towards the northern wall. With each bang came another step.
Bang! Bang!Bang!
If we had beating hearts i would say each and everyone of us would be having a heart attack right now. We feared that they knew where we were. We feared that they would reach us. We feared they would kill us all. I couldn't lose my family. I couldn't lose pat-
I was cut off mid thought by a sudden and final bang. Dust began to tumble down the stairs. With a hiss we all stepped into defensive stances.
Tap tap tap. Footsteps down the stairs. It took no time at all to see what had made the sounds.
In front of us stood a single person. He spoke words like ice.
"Hello, Vampires"
