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The next day Vendetta got up and went to the bathroom. She took a quick shower then got redressed in her combat clothing. After brushing her hair and teeth and grabbing some of her weapons she went into the kitchen. Dusk was already there sipping flask.
She went to the fridge and grabbed an identical one. Vendetta unscrewed the top and took a long sip of the contents. The slightly dull taste in the blood told her that this was from a few days ago, the oldest blood they had currently. Old blood wasn't as good as fresh but she couldn't let it go to waste. So she drained the last of the blood then grabbed a newer flask and put it in her pocket for later.
Vendetta had a feeling that she would need it to keep herself from killing Ray-Roy when he got too annoying.
They threw the flasks away then left the apartment together.
Ray-Roy woke up the next morning and sat up. He stretched and yawned, a grin forming on his face as relished in the fact that he didn't wake up on that old, smelly couch. His grin widened as he remembered the job and who he was paired up with.
Quickly, he jumped out of the bed and went to take a shower but cursed when he realized that his dad was already in there. Ray-Roy scowled and banged his fist on the door. "HURRY UP I NEED TO SHOWER TOO!"
"HANG ON I'M ALMOST FINISHED!" Sanguine yelled back.
Ray-Roy cursed again and leaned back against the wall to wait. After an hour Sanguine finally came out with a towel wrapped around his waist. His hair was still damp.
"Bout' time you got out!" Ray-Roy exclaimed, shoving past Sanguine into the bathroom. About two minutes later, Sanguine heard Ray-Roy yelp then begin to curse loudly. There was some banging and a few crashes then his son appeared in the kitchen door-way, dripping wet in a towel.
"Hey!" Sanguine exclaimed. "You're gettin' water all over the dang floor! Someone could slip on that!"
Ray-Roy ignored him and continued to glare at him with those black holes. "You used up all the hot water!"
Sanguine shrugged and took a sip of his coffee. "I guess I did."
"How am I supposed to shower?!"
"Take a cold shower. It's the same thing as a warm shower except it ain't."
His son cursed again and went to storm off but slipped in the puddle. Sanguine laughed. Ray-Roy growled and went to stand up but fell back down, making Sanguine laugh harder. Finally he managed to get back to the bathroom and took an agonizingly cold shower.
Once he was dressed in warm clothing, Ray-Roy went into the kitchen. He reached for the coffee maker but his father grabbed his arm and drug him out the door before he could make anything.
"No time! We're late already and I don't want to face an angry Dusk. And if his daughter is anything like him you don't want to face her either."
They finally reached the park that they were meeting the others at for a brief meeting Sanguine had set up that morning and stopped next a bench. Ray-Roy scowled and sat down on the bench, he was hungry and still cold from his shower and his head hurt from where it kept hitting the floor.
The Vampires hadn't arrived yet so they stood around waiting for them. After an hour, two familiar figures walked over.
Ray-Roy looked at Vendetta when they reached them. "Wow, I can't believe you're late."
Vendetta looked at him, "We're not."
He frowned, than he finally pieced it together. "You pulled a prank on me didn't you?!" He rounded on his father who was grinning broadly at him.
"Yep!" Sanguine said cheerfully."
"You used up all the hot water."
"Yes!"
"You purposely drug me out of the house before I could eat."
"Yes!"
"And made me wait out here in the freakin' sun for a meeting that we didn't have to be at for a full hour?!"
"Yep!"
Sanguine's grin widened and Ray-Roy glowered, "You suck."
"Ah come on son, I was just having fun!"
"Ya, fun for you."
"Can we get on with it?" Dusk interrupted.
"Right," Sanguine said. "Sorry."
Ray-Roy gave a quick nod, "So," he said. "What is our next move?"
"Vendetta looked into all of the gems locations," Dusk said. "And she found that the topaz and Aquamarine are located in the same building in a nearby town."
"Oh really," Sanguine too off his sunglasses and cleaned them. "So I guess that means we'll be doin' this one together then goin' our separate ways?"
"Exactly," Dusk said.
"Great!" Ray-Roy perked up, looking at Vendetta who stood silently next to her father like a statue. "What are we goin' to do first?"
"We are going to the museum the gems are held at," Vendetta spoke for the first time. "And look around, scope out the location and check security. Then tonight we'll make our move."
"Sounds like a plan," Ray-Roy grinned at her.
The group turned and moved back to the street. Sanguine happily fell in step with Dusk smiling broadly. "So Dusky," he said.
"Don't call me that."
"Ready for another adventure, for old time's sake?"
"I would rather not."
"That's the spirit!"
Ray-Roy sauntered up to Vendetta smiling. The Vampire was walking beside her father without saying a word.
"Hey their Pretty Lady," he said.
"Don't call me that."
His smile widened, "So how're we gonna get there? Should I get us a cab?"
"No." They reached the street, Sanguine and Dusk stopped to call a cab.
"Then how are we going to get there?"
Vendetta turned and walked across the street to a black motorcycle. It was sleek and black, black like her clothes and hair. It was a Suzuki, leaner and somehow darker than his mother's. Ray-Roy stared for a few seconds then hurried after her.
"This can't be yours!" He said.
"It's mine."
"How can a delicate girl like you have such a big scary bike?"
Vendetta cast a look over her shoulder then turned and grabbed a helmet, putting it on.
Ray-Roy took that as an invitation and jumped into the front seat.
"Man this is an awesome bike!" He gripped the handlebars and leaning back. "Get on, I'll show you how to really drive one of these."
"No. You sit in the back. I'm driving."
"But I'll look stupid sitting behind you!"
"And my reputation is gone if I sit behind you. Now get in the back. Now."
Ray-Roy sighed and slid into the back. Vendetta settled down in the front and started the engine. He grinned, putting his hands on her shoulders. "Don't worry Pretty Girl, you don't need to go fast to impress me. I don't want your pretty face to get destroyed after all."
Sanguine and Dusk stood off to the side, watching their children fight. Sanguine looked at Dusk, trying think about what was going through his mind seeing his daughter with a guy who obviously was popular with the ladies.
"Oh Dusk," Sanguine said, deciding to put him at ease. Dusk looked at him, "Don't worry, Ray-Roy may like the ladies but he ain't gonna hurt your little daughter."
"Oh, it's not her I'm worried about," Dusk responded.
Sanguine's smile dropped just as the motorcycle took off at an insane speed that made his stomach lurch.