"I told you she was bright," Xavier said, looking down at me.
"I never said she wasn't," Richard said.
"You aren't real," I said, fear gripping at my words and making them weak.
"Trust me, we're very real," Xavier said and I looked up at him. As I looked up at him, he flashed me his teeth and I screamed while trying to get out of his arms. Xavier laughed as I tried again to get out of his hold, but only hurt myself.
"Let me go!" I yelled, fear shaking my body. I had enjoyed the thought of him just simply killing me with a gun or knife much more than the thought of him biting me. Now his words made sense to me and then I remembered Princess.
"No. No. No. This isn't happening… no!" I yelled, tears now streaming down my already pale cheeks.
"I think you've frightened her Richard," Xavier joked, looking down at me.
"Just let her go Xavier. I won't let her go anywhere, but you need to let her go before she starts hyperventilating," Richard said and as soon as I was free from Xavier I quickly backed away from him, my body still shaking with fear.
"You aren't real… this isn't happening," I kept repeating, my voice shaky.
"What did you do to her to get her that hurt Xavier?" Richard asked, looking over my cut body.
"It's not my fault she jumped out of a window and a car in motion," Xavier said.
"Did you ever think it might be better if you helped her maybe so that she doesn't die in pain?" Richard asked.
"Stop talking about me like I'm not here!" I yelled and they both turned to stare at me.
"Does you're hand hurt?" Richard asked, turning his attention to me. To answer I nodded my head. Something told me to trust him. Richard stood and slowly made his way over to me, I think so he wouldn't frighten me.
"I jumped out of the car," I mumbled, turning my head towards the part of the broken bridge. Richard laughed softly and turned to Xavier.
"Did you think she wouldn't be that much of a challenge?" he asked and Xavier glared at him.
"Well, it's broken and I can't fix it now, but I will be able to fix it when we get to my sister," Richard said and Xavier's eye darted over to us.
"No!" he yelled and before I knew it, I was falling; not alone though. Richard was holding me in his arms as we fell from the high bridge. I wanted to open my mouth and scream, but the fear of all my insides coming with the scream kept my mouth closed.
"It's going to be alright," Richard whispered into my ear and surprisingly, even though I knew he was a vampire like Xavier, I trusted him and closed my eyes.
"Take a deep breath," he told me and I did just before the impact of the water. Since it was the middle of winter, the water was icy cold and I felt as if I was being stabbed all over. Amazingly though, the only reason I knew we hit the water was because I became soaked. Otherwise, I didn't feel the huge impact that would have killed me. Soon my lungs began to ache for air and I tugged on Richard's arm. When we surfaced, I took a deep breath which was a huge mistake because my whole body jolted with pain and I yelped.
"Don't let go of me," Richard said and I nodded before grabbing onto him. The next thing I knew, the water was rushing past us and the wind was whipping though my long red hair. My body still ached from jumping out of the car and I felt frozen to Richard since my body was drenched with the water.
"Give her back to me Richard!" a voice from behind yelled and I knew it at once as Xavier's.
"Hold on tighter," Richard said and I did. I buried my head into the back of his neck, even though the water was still rushing around me and I couldn't breathe as well.
"Damn you Richard!" Xavier yelled, his voice further back now.
"I already am damned!" Richard joked, a chuckle escaping his perfect lips. Xavier laughed along and it made me feel like I was no longer in danger and that they were just playing a game.
"Aren't we all?" he asked, still laughing.
"Maybe you and I, but she isn't yet and I plan to keep it that way," Richard said and all the laughing stopped. It seemed that after he said that, the game was over and my life was in danger again. Silence consumed the air and it became thick with tension. Within a minute, maybe less, we were on the shore. If any normal person had just swam that far, they would be breathing heavily and doubled over, but Richard wasn't any normal person. He stood perfectly straight and if anything, it seemed he barely breathing.
"Get on my back," Richard said and I did as told. Now, instead of swimming at incredible speeds, Richard was running at incredible speeds and within seconds, my body and hair were dry again. I clung to Richard as he ran and in what seemed like a mere 5 minutes, we were at the edge of the forest that surrounded the south side of Jump City.
"Are you feeling alright?" Richard asked, looking back at me. I nodded weakly, my mind in different places like wondering where Xavier was.
"You can't hide her Richard. I'd be able to smell her from a mile away," Xavier said, his voice surrounding us, but I was unable to see him.
"Don't worry Kory, he won't lay a finger on you," Richard reassured me.
"Who's to say I won't just jump out of nowhere and bite her?" Xavier said and I felt the breeze once again.
"Ric-," was all I managed before I was ripped away from him and flung to the ground. When my back hit the ground, the wind was knocked out of me and I started gasping for air. Xavier's foul laughter filled my ears as air began to return to my lungs and my head leveled out again.
"Leave her alone Xavier!" Richard yelled, his voice sounding distant, but he was really just a few feet away.
"Now why would I do a thing like that?" Xavier asked and suddenly his hands were holding my chin, turning my head towards Richard.
"Isn't she beautiful Richard? Think of how beautiful she could be if she was one of us. We'd have her for an eternity. Now what's not to like about that deal?" Xavier asked and Richard glanced at my pained face before returning his attention to Xavier.
"Let her go," he hissed and Xavier snickered.
"I think he's taken a liking to you Cutie," he said, smirking.
"Why me?" I asked and they both turned to look at me.
"Why did you two choose me? There are a billion girls out there, why pick me to be the lucky girl to be fought over by two blood thirsty vampires?" I asked.
"Do you honestly think I'm coming after you because I'm 'blood thirsty'?" Richard asked.
"Not as much as him," I said, pointing with my good hand to Xavier who was still holding me.
"Well Richard, I'd love to stay here and chat and all, but I was planning on having Kory for dinner. So if you don't mind, we'll be leaving now," Xavier said quickly and then he scoped me up in his arms and jumped towards the trees. Before Xavier's foot could reach the sturdy branch he was jumping for, he was pulled down by Richard and I was thrown to the ground once again. This time, instead of waiting for one of them to come by and take me, a shakily stood up and began to run into the street and away from the two fighting vampires in the forest.
"Help!" I yelled, running along the street. I didn't know where I was, who I could trust, but I did know that there was a hospital about half a mile away… in which direction was the question.
"Help!" I yelled again, but nobody ever showed up. I continued to run down the street and every once in a while, a car would drive by, but none stopped. I started to cry, one: because I was scared and two: because I was frustrated nobody would bother to help me.
"Run Kory!" Richard yelled from far away and I began to run faster. I heard something move from behind me and I turned around in time to see Xavier's figure flash by underneath one of the street laps. I screamed in fear and turned around to run faster, but when I did, all I heard was a horn honking. After that there was a blinding light, I felt a lot of pressure of my chest, and then I blacked out.
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I know this chapter wasn't as long as the first one, but if I keep making really long chapters the story will be over faster and I don't want that. Please review!
Kattie