Chapter 3: Investigating

Juliet and her parents ran through the forest as fast as they could. Though Juliet was scared, she couldn't stop thinking about Alex. She had faith she'd get through it and get back to her lover. She wouldn't tell her parents though, because they wouldn't believe that should be her main focus now.

After ten minutes of running they trio stopped to think and hopefully figure a way out of this.

Alucard looked behind them then back at his family. "I think we should keep going this way." He pointed to the way they were going.

"Dad we don't even know where we are." Juliet said. "And what if the sun comes up? What are we supposed to do then?"

Cindy looked up. "It looks like the moon is just rising. We may have twelve hours maybe less I can't be sure you know."

Alucard puffed his chest out. "I should go back there and show them my wrath!"

Juliet rolled her eyes. "Daddy we don't have time for you're wrath. We need to get away! I need to get to Alex! They're wizards! I'm sure they can help!"

"Juliet, that could put them in danger." Cindy said.

Juliet frowned. She knew her mom was right. "I don't know where else to go…They obviously found us where we were."

"Well it's not much fun if your prey dies before you can get to them. I figure they have some places to hide from the sun around here." Alucard said.

"Let's go find one." Juliet said. "We can think from there.

Justin watched Alex and Mason eat and talk at a table in the Waverly Sub Station. He could tell by the way she looked at the couple that Alex loved Mason, even if she wouldn't admit it. But he also knew that his sister missed Juliet. He honestly didn't believe she left on her own. He had done some nosing around and found out that sometimes vampires are used in sacrifices by witches or taken to be hunted by vampire hunters. He decided to go to the witches first.

The young monster hunter walked over to the couple and knelt down.

Alex looked at him. "Um you're interrupting our private conversation."

Justin rolled his eyes. "Look I'm going to do some research. If mom and dad ask tell them I went to the library to study."

Alex raised an eyebrow at him. "You want me to lie to mom and dad?" She knew it must've been important and something was wrong. "Justin what happened?"

He shook his head. "Nothing. I'll tell you another time." He flashed out before she could ask anything else.

"Dammit. Something's wrong Mason." She looked at him.

Mason scratched his head. "I don't get it. Why do you think something's wrong?"

Alex sighed. "Justin. He never wants me to lie to mom and dad. I don't know what happened."

Mason held her hand. "Don't worry. I'm sure everything will be alright."

Alex frowned. She knew it wouldn't be alright.

Justin had flashed himself to a witches convention. Not a fake one where fans dress up as witches, a real one. With real witches. There were a ton of girls there, and even a few guys. Some didn't look human but most of them were human enough. He walked up to the nearest girl.

"Excuse me, could you help me with something?" he asked.

The redhead turned to look at him. "Sure. Do you need directions or some ingredients? Do you need a spell? Oh! I have this really good spell book that-"

"Um no. I'm sorry but I'm not looking for anything like that. I'm looking for this girl. See…she's my sister's girlfriend and she's a vampire. I think she and her family were taken by some witches to be used in a sacrifice. Do you know of anyone that might have her?"

The redhead smiled. "Ah. Looking for her love. I remember my love. She got killed by a stray bullet aimed at my best friend. Oh I'm sorry I'm not helping. I can't say I've heard of anything like that. None of the witches here are talking about that. I'd do a quick mind check of the room for you, but I get a little addicted to my magic."

Justin frowned. "I'm sorry about your girlfriend. My sister's saying she thinks that Juliet will come back, but I know her and I know when she's lying. I have a strong feeling that she was kidnapped."

"Don't you mean vampire napped? Oh sorry not helping." The redhead frowned at her poor joke. "I suppose I could risk the addiction if it's that important."

"No no! I don't want you to risk anything like that." Justin shook his head quickly. He pulled a picture out of his pocket and handed it to the woman. "This is a picture of my sister and Juliet. Juliet is the brown haired one."

"Hm. They look like some people my friends described a few months ago. They came up here to get some mummy eyes."

"Wait. You know them? They broke my arm," he gestured to his arm, which was healing, but still in a sling. "And stabbed my sister."

The girl almost dropped the picture. "Oh god. I'm so so sorry about that. We really needed the eyes. See there was a demon attacking us and the only way we could kill him was to put the eyes in a sword and stab him. Faith and Ash could've killed you, but they wouldn't and obviously didn't. Our lives are very demon centric. We only kill demons, never innocent people. They only wounded you so you wouldn't get hurt worse or killed."

Justin frowned. "Did they have to break my arm?"The redhead bit into her lip. "Ash can get a little…overzealous. I'm sorry. Here." She put her hand on his arm and mumbled.

Justin felt his bones shift back into place. He pulled the sling off and moved his arm. "You didn't have to do that."

She smiled. "I know, but it's the least I can do. Look I'll tell you what. I have a friend who can see visions. Give me your address and let me borrow this picture. I'll see if she can get a vision off of it. If not we'll try something else. I'll bring it back to you."

Justin nodded. "That'll work. Just, don't get injured because of this.""Don't worry. It'll be fine."