The Midnight Moon
The Vampire Xamius
Nick was caught off guard, he felt his heart stop. His breathing becomes impossible to remember. It's been years since he's seen a vampire and the fact one stood inches away from him caused him to feel fear like he's never felt. He reached out and grabbed a nearby apple as he used his nails to cut through it
"Who are you?"
Nick managed to say, hoping he wouldn't hear his family upstairs
"I'm the Vampire, Xamius La'Quil"
A hidden smile started from the corner of his mouth as he looked back at his apple. He turned the sink on and washed his hands. He turned the sink off and dried his hands off. He looks around
"Where's your forks?"
Nick points to the second drawer on the left of the sink. Xamius opens the drawer
"Ah, There you are"
He takes a fork out and stabs a slice of the apple and chews on it
"I thought eating food was pointless to Vampires"
Nick brought the point up
"Don't mean we can't enjoy it, yes…It's pointless but I'll admit, food is hard to give up"
He wipes his month of a napkin nearby, Nick saw he left the drawer open, in the drawer were several large knifes
"I wouldn't do that"
Xamius closes the drawer, Nick crosses his arms
"How did you get in my house?"
Xamius snickers at the question
"I give you nightmares and you ask why I'm in your home?, I was hungry, I thought we covered that subject"
He poked another slice and gently chewed it, Nick sees a knife left on the counter not to far from him. He doesn't think about it, risking giving up his plan
"Thanks by the way, never thought I hate to sleep"
Xamius chuckles
"Now you see what I see when I sleep, terrible aren't they…and it was all thanks to your father"
"My father was a bloodsucking bastard who left me and when he tries to turn me against my brother, I killed him. So my father is not apart of my life anymore. He someone who refuse to be apart of my life and for that…he paid the price"
Xamius smiles
"I knew he was dead but not by the hands of you, wow…I'm impressed"
"Don't be…"
Nick says, Xamius looks at his apple, Nick takes a few steps toward the counter
"Why you here?"
Xamius turns the sink on, cleans the fork off and throws in back in the drawer and cleans the plate off and places it back in the cabinet and turns around and crosses his arms
"What was the question again?"
"Why are you here?"
Nick said it again, adding alittle more force
"I'm here to take your life away, you see…Your father imprisoned me for years and years and I'm not a man of forgiveness. I was normal, human once like you're…Your father turns me causing tension between me and the woman I loved. He then falls for the woman I love. He accused me of betrayal against the vampire name and forced me for Eternal Rest. I wake up, Find him dead but I see he has 2 sons, I find David dead and Nicholas, you…alive and you're a writer"
"Read any of my work?"
Nick ends with a sarcastic smile
"Yes, All of them"
Nick's eyes widen
"Really?"
"Honest truth my friend, Vampire have a heightened sense of reading, I read each book your wrote under 5.2 seconds. Your talented yes but…"
"But?"
"You stick to science fiction and your life, roam outside those walls once and awhile"
"Wait…Why am I taking advice from a vampire?"
Nick says, Xamius smiles
"Got caught up in the moment, my apologizes"
"Don't worry about…"
"Nick, Is everyone alright down there?"
Nick's eyes widen, Xamius smiles
"There are people here?"
Nick jumps and grabs the knife and turns back toward Xamius, to him it seemed like slow motion but Xamius just grabs Nick's arm and twists it, He punches him in the face and throws him back. Nick hits the ground hard, Xamius takes the knife and throws it aside, stabbing right through the wall. He grabs Nick by the collar and punches him over and over. Nick's face is covered in cuts and blood. He releases Nick, Nick lies there, beaten. Xamius stands up and walks off
"Sar..ah, James…run"
He mumbled, so weak, his voice was quiet suddenly Sarah screamed, his screamed burnt into your brain. James little footsteps running to see if his mother was okay when he saw Xamius, Nick from the bottom floor could hear this all. Then Sarah was upset and still screaming while Xamius forced her down the stairs. She was holding James in her arms when he pushes her against the wall, She slides down as she sees Nick
"Baby…you need to get out of here"
Nick said, Xamius walks up to him and kicks him in the ribs, he kicks him again
"For being an offspring of a vampire, I thought you at least have some fight in you…but to see your just human, shameful"
He kicks Nick again, Sarah holds James face to her chest while she cries while Nick ignores the pain. He starts at his family while Xamius still kicks him. He reaches out toward them, Xamius sees and smiles
"Oh, I see…how it is…Well, It's only fair"
Xamius looks over at Sarah and walks over to her and grabs her by her hair, pulling her up
"DON'T YOU TOUCH HER, DON'T YOU…DON'T YOU F**KING TOUCH HER!!"
Nick managed to say
"YOUR FATHER TOOK MY LIFE AWAY FROM ME, HE'S NOT HERE SO I'LL TAKE SOMETHING FROM YOU"
His claws quickly come out, Nick tries to get up but he's too weak and beaten, Xamius looks at the boy and smiles
"The question is...What do you desire more? Your heart…or your offspring?"
"Don't…touch"
Nick watched as tears came to his eyes
"Baby…It's okay, listen to me…I love you"
Sarah says, calm and ready. Xamius enjoyed the tension in the air, Xamius grabs James and throws him, James hits the wall and blacks out. Sarah has tears in her eyes; Xamius pulls her head aside and bites her neck
"NO!"
Nick yells, suddenly the doors burst open, running in is Shawn. He pulls out a cross-bow and shots twice. Both arrows hit Xamius in the back, He looks up, mouth covered in blood. He lets out a monstrous yell then runs off toward the backdoor. Blake runs in and aids to Nick, Nick just stares at Sarah
"Nick, Sorry we're late!"
Blake helped Nick up, Nick limped over to Sarah, Sarah was breathing heavy. Shawn looks up at Nick, Shawn has aged. He was full of muscles and a year younger than Nick. Shawn wore a vest spray painted silver. Blake lets go of Nick, Nick takes a seat next to Sarah, His face full of tears and blood
"Baby…Baby, the venom…"
"I feel it…"
She says, quietly and calmly
"How are you not in pain?"
Nick asks, Sarah grabs Nick's hand and Nick holds it
"I don't want you to see me go in pain"
Nick hangs his head and starts to cry, Blake walks over to James and picks him up and carries to Shawn
"Take him to Harry outside"
Nick grabs a knife from Shawn's pocket and cuts his wrist, He looks at his wrist and notices it doesn't heal, Nick starts crying
"Listen Nick…I've always loved you…there's no words to describe…how much I love you"
Nick rests her head on his shoulder and he puts his head on hers
"I love you and there's nothing in this world that would ever change it"
Nick says, She smiles
"I'm getting tired…"
"Rest baby…just rest"
She closes her eyes and Nick continues to cry while she passes away, Shawn stands up and gives him some space