Chapter 2

I walked down the second flight of stairs. It was very easy to get lost in this house, even after a few years. It had four levels, not including the creepy basement and crawl spaces. So many damn rooms, half of them looking the same.

As I made it to the middle of the hall of the first floor I felt someone following me. /Jay?/ I called but received nothing. The feeling stopped so I kept walking. I need not turn around my instincts tell me what is going to happen. The following started again. I stepped aside and saw Jason crashed down where I was. Carol tackled me down to the carpet. He sat on me in triumph.

"Ha! I got her this time." Carol smiled.

"Your point Care bear?" Jason said and picked me up and was not apparently letting me down.

"That I got her." Carol said looking at Jason like he was dumb.

"Yeah, sure you did." He shook his head before putting me on his shoulders like fur. Carol stared at him.

I was really too shocked for once to respond.

"You didn't sit on her. You have to claim her or else it doesn't count." Jason said, shifting me a bit.

I felt like a bloody rag doll. "Excuse me, I'd like down now!"

"Sorry Kal. We are kidnapping you." Carol said, skipping in front of me so she was bouncing sideways to me.

I stared at her bouncing, then Jason moved me again making me feel nauseous.

"No you are not!" I said and wiggled a bit, this was a very hard place to get off of.

"Well we kind of have to." Jason said, his voice really loud in my right ear. "You see, Carol started a rousing game of Hide'n go Seek. You were not playing, and Scott is it. So we have to hide you from him, since you are not playing." Jason explained.

"Oh okay." I said, thinking about literally killing Carol for her childish thoughts. I mean, last time she convinced them to play Red Rover in the dinning room, I mean like Hello?... Oh she probably has the power of suggestion like I do. Never mind this makes sense. But that doesn't explain Jason liking to do stupid things, Scott following, while the rest watch. Maybe they are children at heart?

Jackie ran past us.

"I dibs third floor library!" she called behind herself at us.

"We better hurry Jaybird!" Carol said, and ran up the stairs which I just walked down before I got caught.

"She can get so annoying." he muttered to himself.

"So you don't like her do you?" I asked him, my hair swinging in my eyes.

"She's just like you, just more girly." he explained.

"That can't be true! And that did not answer my question." I said, now trying to catch my breath as his shoulder dug unto my ribs. Practically hanging upside down and talking puts pressure on your lungs.

"In the long run yes. When you are not a slayer bitch, you are fun, like Caroline. She just wears dresses, and make up and laughs way more than you." Jason rambled, shifting me again. "She is just way too childish for me to like, and she looks like a sixteen year old."

"But she's seventy four years old and counting." I said. "She's just too old for you Jay my boy."

"Meh." He said, now shifting me this time so his shoulder dug into my gut.

In the end we were all running away from Scott who had caught Garren and Drusilla first. They were locked up in one of the closets in the lounge. One hour passed by before I on purposely got myself caught because Pierre was, so only Jason and Jackie were left running around.

I was giggling in the dark closet with Dru, Carol, Garren, and Pierre. We were playing something along truth or dare. And so far, the only dare that was able to take place was Carol making Pierre and Garren to reenact the Romeo and Juliet balcony scene.

Jason was thrown into the closet with us. He straightened himself out and looked at us.

"Hey!" we all said.

"What are you people doing?" he asked.

"Truth or dare." I said.

Pierre turned to him, "Truth or dare?"

He blinked. "Dare."

Pierre sighed. "Uh... I dare you to drink the expired milk in the fridge."

"Ew." I had to say.

"I was meaning to chuck that." Garren said.

"Isn't expired milk sour cream?" Carol asked.

"That's expired cream." I laughed, making a SAD joke.

"Oh so it will taste different?" Carol asked.

"Yeah like a dead cow." Garren said.

"I like cows." Carol said. "Their blood is sugared, but stale." she smiled. Pierre looked away.

"Fine." Jason sighed. "Okay Truth or Dare?" he turned to me.

"Dare." I said.

"Steal Scott's underwear and wear them over your clothes." he said.

"Fine." I said. I turned to Carol. "Truth or dare." I stared at her hoping she would pick truth.

"Truth." she said.

"Is the reason why you don't have morphing powers as Dru and Jack, because you have suggestive powers like me?" I asked, it was a question that bothered me since she started the children games.

"Yes." she growled. "Truth or Dare, Kali."

"No tag backs!" Dru said.

"Rule change." Carol stared at me, now that everyone knew... though they weren't complaining.

I looked around, "Truth."

"Do you get vampiric cravings?" she asked, and Jason watched me.

"Yes, hence why I like my stake almost rare." I said, like it was obvious. I turned to Garren. "Truth or dare?"

He looked like he was thinking, "Truth."

"Did you have any crushes or fantasies on female vamps?" I smiled evilly. "And if so elaborate on names and descriptions."

He put his head down and sighed. "Yes. This one punk vampire with pink streaks, she was pretty and she didn't bite me like the rest of them. I didn't get her name because Scott dusted her."

"Aw!" Carol and Dru hugged Garren.

"That is so sad!" Dru said, rubbing his back.

I tried not to puke in my mouth. We all heard a scream, and Scott came and opened the door with Jack on his shoulder. Her red curly hair covering her face.

"You all lose!" Scott laughed.

"What time is it?" Carol asked.

"Almost seven." Jason said looking at his watch. "You said the game has to end at Seven. Scott wins."

"Shoot." Carol crossed her arms. "Okay go do your dares."

I ran up the stairs and sneaked into Scott's room and found a pair of blue boxers with hearts on them. I slid into them and ran out. Jason was holding onto his stomach.

"How bad was it?" I laughed at him.

"There were chunks!" Jason said, and tried to stand up but was still bent.

"I'll hurt Pierre for you if you get poisoned." I said.

Jason looked at me, "How come you didn't wear his Scooby-doo ones?"

I looked down at the boxers and shrugged.


It was Dru and Garren's night to patrol so I got to sleep. I was still bruised in a few places, so all Pierre and I did was talk wedding talk until we both fell asleep.

I heard a door open and close, I ignored it thinking it was Scott getting water or Pierre going to the bathroom.

"Kali..." someone called my name.

I opened my eyes and there the sharp end of a blade pointed at my nose. I looked around. Pierre was fully awake with a blade across his throat and Brian was wielding it.

"How did you get in here?!" I whispered, I was scared. I mean... Angelica was invited into my folks home so many times, and then she had the gall to kill them. The only reason I could think of on why Jason was allowed in my apartment was because he was not a full demon.

"A nice blond let me in." he chuckled darkly.

Carol! I swore. The girls don't know anything about the Dandies!

"Isn't that sweet of her." I said, trying to ignore Pierre's huge eyes as he tried to calm down.

"Yeah." he smiled showing his fangs. "I mean it will be her fault, that you and your boy are going to die."

I looked at the blade as it was pressed into Pierre's skin. Okay this is not going to be that easy. I can't per-say call Jason to my rescue, because I can only talk to Garren who is not here, and the blade is not up to my neck so Jason can't tell I'm in trouble. Stupid triangle of crazy vampiric rules.

"Why not just me?" I asked. "I mean he is innocent."

"He is a hunter." Brian said. "He is no more innocent than I."

I looked at the blade. I grabbed it and flipped it away from Pierre's neck. Cutting my hand deeply. Pierre got up quickly and took a sword from under our bed. I took my blade from my drawer. We jumped up and advance the stupid vampire. We both lunged and he poofed away.

I screamed. Then I ran out into the hall to find Carol. Pierre ran out with me. I stormed into her room and grabbed her neck and pushed her into the wall.

"I'm going to kill you now." I said. Pierre put a hand on my shoulder.

"Why?" she squeaked.

"Number one house rule?" I growled, pressing harder on her neck.

"Don't let people in we don't know." she said weakly.

"Kali, she doesn't know about the Dandies." he said, pulling on me gently.

I let her drop and I turned on my finance.

"He can come back any time he wants now!" I growled. "She has to be punished!"

He sighed. "Carol, you are stuck doing all of our chores for two weeks starting now." he said and took me out by the elbow. "Everything will be okay, Kal." he said.


I sat on my own in the kitchen, Pierre want back to bed. I growled, we are in so much shit, or should I say I'm in so much shit. I tapped the table top quickly thinking of a plan. The only plan I could think of is to run away... but come back of course... if I make it. Brian seems resourceful and I guess smart, but I mean he still a skinny little vampire, who only has fifteen years under his belt... Wow I guess that is long for a newbie vamp in this time and age.

I got up and found a piece of paper. I wrote my note down and quickly went into the weapon-room and took what I needed and put on my stake belt.

I left.