Lost Boys: One of Us
By Sublime Lotus
.Next Night.
The five foot seven female walked along the boardwalk as she blended perfectly to the crowd, lush auburn curls tamed to silken waves as she manoeuvred around and through each passing individual. A smirk accompanied her poised nude lips as the bangles to wrist clashed one another in a melody tune, while the fluttering of her navy cotton polyester dress complimented her stride. Star was feeling the empowerment David had bestowed upon her and the walk from the place to which she ran was long gone. Pulling the mixed colors of her shawl up around herself as to hide the exposed flesh of her shoulders, which would send any man into a stir frenzy of lustrous behavior.
"Star!" A girl shouted from the crowd while waving her arm vigorously to catch the attention.
Immediately it was averted as the location to her travel was found, she was employed at a beautician and spa as a clerk. Knowing the products and having a best friend who ran her own business was the benefit, plus a discount made it better as Star found herself heading in the direction.
"Finally! I've been waiting all night to ask how it went last night, you know...with him." she exciting questioned as her jaded eyes lit up.
"I don't want to talk about it, had a late night and I'm really burned from it." She muttered as she brushed past her friend at the door and made way to the register, opening it up with the key that was stashed beneath the counter, she began the cash count of tonight's till and float.
"Oh well last night ...- and then...-so I said to him... "
As Emily went on about her previous night, Star found herself enthralled in a trans like state to the background of voices and laughter. The steady beating of Emily's heart as she talked on and on, caught within a day dream as the surge of pain irritated the back of her throat to a dryness. Sore pit of her stomach cringed as the pulse seemed to quicken, closing her eyes from the volatile thoughts of the urge to gash open her friends throat and drink the crimson fountain. Star turned away as she fought this urge, crippling the money in the tightened clutch of her fist as Emily watched the actions and stopped her story telling.
"Star?...Star are you ok?" Emily questioned with concern as she careless reached out to her friend who seemed in distress.
Ignoring the question, she could feel herself heat up on the inside as the lava coursed within her veins and increased the pain alone. The sudden atmosphere of her space was invaded when Star exploded by bashing away the caring touch of Emily, the ruckus brought about the snaring cut of a nail tip that was sticking out of the counter corner.
"Fuck! I thought I told John to take care of that and what is your problem Star?" Emily snapped as she grabbed the kleenex next to the register and attended the minor wound, little did she know she had taunted her friend.
"I'm so sorry, I need some air and a night off Em..." She spoke with a shaken voice that was brittle and on the brink of tears as she dropped the bills and change back into the till, grabbing her shawl and bag while using her wavering locks to shield her features.
"What? But Star -" Before Emily could finish, Star was out the front doors as the bell above the door rang out loudly to her exit. Leaving Emily stunned and confused by the event.
Just as the crowd seemed to smooth move around her before, Star was now facing colliding bashes with strangers while retaining her features to the paved road beneath her feet. Using the lengths of her curls and palm of her right hand to shield herself off from those that stared at her, she could feel her own heart quicken and tighten up with the growing thirst. It was becoming too much for her and she needed to know what was happening, why this was happening.
Returning to the scene where it all began, Star managed to calm herself the more she moved away from the crowding bodies of the boardwalk. The beach front was scarce tonight and each step upon the unstable surface had caused her feet to sink in, bringing sand into the crevice between her foot and sandal. Although there was no discomfort, she climbed the stairs to the lot to which the boys sat perched upon there bikes in the exact spot from the night before.
"David!" She yelled out in anguish as she enclosed in on them, the wind capping off from the ocean whipped back her locks as those full lips quivered once in stutter halt to words.
The platinum blonde figured man turned his gaze from the beach front to the left of him as he locked the blue sets onto Star, no smirked portrayal was upon his visage as the other bore such. Dangling from the edge of his mouth was a halfly smoked cigarette as the smooth motion of her right arm came up, pinching between the index and fore finger of his gloved hand was the filter. Removing it from the thin lining of his lip, he used the top of his thumb to flick the menthol cigarette aside before stationing his hands to the bars of his bike. Kicking the stand, he revved the motor and engine to life while his smoldering gaze did not leave Star's.
Without exchange of words or guesses, Star was already lifting the dress to the height of her knees as she lifted her leg over the bike and positioned herself upon the rear seat of David's bike, breaking their gaze. David found himself removing the coat piled over his leather jacket and passing it back to Star, words or glances were not exchange once again. Once Star placed the jacket on, she wrapped her arms to the lean warmth of David's torso, comfort and security was his presence as she rested her chin into the nape area of his neck. Staring ahead boldly as she tightened her hold over David before feeling the touch of rough leather against the top of her right hand, it brought her fire and ice all together throughout her entire system.
"Go" she whispered into the drum of his left ear.
Before she could ready herself further, David sped off the paved spot and onto the beach front as the ocean air chased them along the ride. The sting of cool ocean air numbed the mind and thirst, part taking in such indulgence she closed her eyes to the world and enjoyed the ride.
"What is happening to me David." She whispered above the screeching of the wind as her fingers expanded out and ran their course through the material of his shirt, raking them softly against his form yet retaining their hold.
"Your changing Star" His voice was smooth and laced with serene behind it as he switched gears with the quick kick rise of his boot, the motor revved low as they came to the same mist formation and was surrounded by it in a shroud.
The triumph comes to a halt as they're at the cave entrance and Star opens her hazel eyes, David hops off his bike calmly and turns the ignition before extending the same hand towards Star. No hesitation, she places her delicate palm into the welcoming touch of the monsters leather glove. David's hand would wrap to her slender hand and lead her away toward the entrance, the signs reading 'Condemned' and 'unsafe' as they both descended the narrow path. Moonlight helps guide the steps, while Star is filled with disbelief to the hotel lobby embedded within the rocks. A desk lobby and elevator shaft sat in ruins from an old Victorian hotel that collapsed during a quake, beautiful and elegant yet still standing in the tilted hold of the cave itself.
"...Why did you bring me here."
"This is where I am. Here is where we live. Paul, Dwayne, Marco..."
"Was that your blood I drank."
"No... I can't tell you right now, but Star...you need to trust me."
Star felt compelled to listen to his words, but it was the fact that he offered her the bottle and its contents to her. Knowing very well just what it would do to her, she didn't ask for this. That night she was drawn to David and the gang, instinct to meet him as she was swallowed up by the wildness he portrayed and the irresistable smirk that caught her as he passed by her work place. Over hearing the blonde curly hair one call him by David, she had set out on her own to meet him the night she was initiated.
"Trust you...David you offered me that blood, why?!" Star questioned with frustration as she approached his space and invade him with confrontation.
David scoffed in return as he turned his back to Star and strode in another direction, avoiding any direct questions. Star could do nothing but to follow as she dropped her bag to the carpet beneath her and followed in pursuit, David walked along and removed his coat by tossing it aside upon a sofa that was weathered and torn.
"Answer me David."
Before Star could even catch up, David stopped and pivoted towards her swiftly as his gloved touch found themselves on either side of her face. Cupping her in manner as those molten lips embraced her own and locked into a deep kiss, causing the inside of her front to melt when she found her own hands trailing up his sides. Towering over her petite form, the kiss was long and passionate with paused husks of heavy breaths. David dropped his hands as they moved to undress one another, allowing his touch to at last feel the smooth surface of her satin skin. From the contour of her shoulder blade to the slender shape of her neck, he rested them beneath the edge of her jaw. Breaking the kiss suddenly, he withdrew back to see her reaction and face of expression.
Star glanced dreamily into the eyes of David, big eyes and burned by him as she moved her palms up the brawniness of his chest and slide them nimble digits beneath the heavy layer of his coat. Shoving it upwards and over the broad shoulders, David rolled back his arms in timing as his hands dropped and allowed for the heavy coat to hit the floor with a thud.
"Do you know what your doing..." He questioned.
"Yes."
As Star whispered her response, David found himself enraptured by her and engulfed by Star as he proceeded to kiss her profoundly. Undressing slowly as they moved off the side and towards the creamy transparent drapes, behind this fabric was a bedding and upon it was sheets with the comforter and pillows. Bare for any prying eyes to see, David came to lay Star to the soft surface as his own body crept closer into touching as he became one with her.
FADE OUT.
As night grew old and the morning light was spilling over the horizon, it came with a sudden gust of wind and chanting as whispers filled the lobby. Hollered voices and laughter from the boys return had caused Star to shift within the hook of David's left arm, bringing her angled chin upward to glance at his visage for sign of reaction. Shocking enough, he was already awake and gazing to the slit path where the light slowly grew. That ice blue stare darted quickly to Star when with his free arm did he remove the sheets and comforter from his form, he was retreating.
"What are you doing."
It was dumb of Star to ask, but reality of the situation was she didn't know exactly how the whole system work and David would have to explain a lot tonight. When he moved from the bedding, she sat up fully and held tight to herself the thin fabrication of the beige sheet. Those lushed curls now fizzed out but still fashionable and complimenting, dreary and tired eyed as she watched him slip all his gear back on.
"I'll explain everything tonight."
With that said, he was leaning forth and onto the mattress as his mouth found hers, over taking her like she was his and dominating it with the quick breaking withdrawal. Just as she managed to hold him there, she ran her hand down his bicep and to the length of his arm before lightly gripping his hand.
"Sleep." His tone was strict and commanding as he disappeared around the corner to the lobby, once again a gust kicked up and pigeons fluttered away from the spot to which David retreated.
With this said, Star could feel the over powering effect of sleep. Falling back into the softness of the bed as she glanced to the ceiling and noticed the drapes of curtains, parts of the wallpaper and other trinkets that she could not tell exactly what they were through the transparent drapes. Abiding to David, she fell asleep quickly.
. Third Night.
-After days on end of boozing, drugs, and sex. David and Star find themselves at initation.-
Dusk licked the horizon as the setting sun disappeared behind the placid ocean, swallowed by the water bed as night approached from the east and the vast night sky stretched out with embedding stars.
A muse of laughter carried itself as the revving engines of the bikes conquered as the boys and Star roamed over the deserted beach front, clutching close against him as they basked in one another's presence as they approached the boardwalk.
"Its gonna happen tonight!" Paul roared loudly over the engines
"We're gonna pop this cherry tonight! WHOOO" Marco exclaimed as he leapt the dune of sand and slammed forward upon his bike.
Boys chanting and yelled with thrill and excitement as David rode on smoothly alongside them, smirking to the remarks and cheering on as Star smiled brightly in her own show of merry to the excitement. Unaware as to what they were already plotting, she held on tight as they circled and bashed ignorance to the surfer nazis whom loomed over the beach in front the boardwalk before exiting swiftly. Dwayne dispatched alone and headed off towards the boardwalk, confused by his sudden departure as Star did not question it or the actions any of the boys did.
"I have something special for us tonight" David yelled above the noise.
"What is it?!"
"You'll see when we get there, its going to happen tonight Star! After tonight, we'll be together forever! Never growing old, never dying. All we need to do is this one thing tonight. "
Not responding to his words, Star continued to hold on tightly to the waist of her new found lover as they drove past the boardwalk and headed out to the secluded area of the beach. Paul and Marco braked to halt before hopping from their bikes, laughing at one another as they snickered to what they knew and how clueless Star had looked. Big eyed and innocent, she released her spell over David and stepped from the bike before finding a spot on the beach to sit.
"Star... I just want to say that you are the most...bodacious babe and I'm happy to have you apart of this family." Marco kissed up and left Star with a phase of giggles.
"Star" Paul worded correctly before bowing out and dipping away in pursuit of Marco.
Meanwhile David kept his cool as he remained atop the Triumph, leaning to the bar of his handles as he watched the approaching headlight of Dwayne off in the distance.
"Where did Dwayne go?"
"To get what we need to make our full transition."
As Dwayne pulled in on his bike, Star had noticed the tiny shift that beheld his waist disappear as the young figure of a little boy jumped from the rear of the bike. Dusty blonde and petite, he bore a ragged tee that had the guns and roses logo upon the front.
"David..." Star whispered as she folded her arms into the pit of her stomach.
"The thirst grows harder to control Star, I held on long...and its time I passed initiation." David's voice was low as he stared in the direction of the little boy, unmounting from his bike and striding in slow calculated steps like a predator to its prey.
"David...no.. he's just a child."
"Come Star...together...forever." David hissed behind as he extended a reach touch for Star's company, turning his features to exploit the monster that grew within him with the irresistable smirk.
Moving along with a force of nature, she ran next to the boy and shielded him away from the volatile features of David. Shaken and shocked by him as he changed suddenly, she was beginning to question just what she got herself into.
"No David...I'll do it by not like this, let me pick the initation...let this boy go."
Dwayne stared coldly at David in response to what his actions were to be, waiting for an order from him. David knew the rules and knew exactly what he had to do, therefore he approached the child and bared no threat.
"You have a name."
The child leaned into Star as she watched David cautiously for any reckless actions, even though she wouldn't stand a chance against him. The boy emerged fearlessly from behind Star and brushed aside his hair, exerting his chest outwards as he stepped towards David.
"Laddie."
"Laddie, well Laddie. What do you think of staying up all night."
"David." Star snapped coldly.
"Its fun." Laddie replied like any child agreeing to an older adult.
Reaching into the breast of his pocket, David retrieved a flask that he kept stashed and unscrewed the cap before handing it to the boy with a warming smile.
"Laddie, don't drink that."
"Star...let the kid do what he wants to do." Dwayne interrupted with a vivid stare.
"Come on Laddie, it won't kill you." David taunted.
And before Star could protest, Laddie took the flask and sipped it carefully like a soda pop can fizzing over. The remains of blood seared over the child's lips and down the corners as he coughed in angst, causing Star to fall back into herself as she became lost in presence being to the destruction of David.
"Tomorrow night...we will take this plunge and you will choose the prey, Star. Since I chose tonight."
With this said, Star nodded senseless to David as given it was her order. It was not love that she thought, it was control that she was feeling now with him as those days spent with him had now turned into something less.