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Coming back into his apartment, he saw Beth sitting alone on the couch. "Hey, Beth. Where's Renée?" he questioned.

Beth answered, "She went to change. We're gonna go leave for the gym for a few hours." She saw his concerned look. "Don't worry. I made sure that the security system is on and working."

Mick's ears perked up as he heard the faintest noise of the window opening. Barging into the bathroom, there was a slight breeze coming in through the open window. Looking, there was a paper clip clamped onto the security system, preventing it from setting it off. Exchanging looks, Mick stuck his head out the window and took a deep breath, trying to catch her scent, but couldn't. "We'll split up. We can cover more ground that way. Renée couldn't have gotten that far."

Walking down the streets, Beth questioned, " Have you see a girl, about 16. About 5'6''? With long brown hair? Green eyes?"

Everyone shook their head, until one person said that she went towards a popular club down the street. Running down the streets, Mick began, "Beth…"

"Mick. She just…" Beth replied.

"No. It's not your fault. She just didn't like the way I was protecting her." Mick informed.

The sun was beginning to set already and they began to walk through the back alleys of the city, hoping that they would be able to find her in the shadows.

Walking out of the night club wearing a dark red halter top, high heeled black leather and a pair of hip hugger jeans, Renée laughed as she walked away from a couple of teenagers her age. Strutting through a back alley, she stopped as she heard a slight noise. Suddenly, someone, a man, grabbed her from behind and was attempting to stake her. Elbowing him in the stomach, her green eyes turned bright blue and she extended her fangs. He threw a punch at her that she dodged and launched a roundhouse kick at him. Hitting him in the head, he fell back and the stake dropped out of his hands. Quickly, she grabbed it and tried to stab him with it until he clamped onto her wrist with a strong grip. Throwing her hand away, the stake flew out of her hand and clattered a few feet away. Breaking her wrist out of his grip, she threw two punches to his head, causing bruises to appear. Hitting his nose with her fist, a stream of blood began to pour from it and he tossed her away before grasping the stake. Holding a tight grasp on it, he wrestled her down and she desperately began to dodge the stake. Managing to get her foot underneath him, she kicked him in the chest, causing him to fly off him. Forcing the stake out of her attacker's hand, she stabbed it into his chest. Wiping a cut on her cheek, she took off, only to face another attacker. He grabbed her around the neck and held another stake at her chest. Gathering all of her strength, Renée flipped him over her shoulder. Punching him in the head a few times, she screamed as he flipped her over onto her back. Fear filled her ice blue eyes as the stake was held inches from her. Another vampire, a teenager like her, had appeared and held her wrists down while another one held her legs down, unable for her to move or protect herself. "Tell us where it is." The man with the stake demanded as he slowly began to press it into her skin, causing her to scream.

"I'm not telling!" she screamed as the stake was thrust into her fully, causing her to be paralyzed.

Grabbing her and throwing her over his shoulder like she was a rag doll, he told her, "If you don't want to talk to us, you can talk to someone else, who isn't as friendly as us. And has plenty of painful toys."

"Aww, Dad. Why can't I have any fun with her?" the teenager whined as he pulled the stake out of the other vampire.

"You know the rules." The man scolded.

Suddenly, the teenage boy fell to the ground as a stake hit his chest, causing him to fall to the ground. Mick leapt down and he beat the other vampire down, stabbing him with the stake again. Dropping Renée onto the ground, causing her to stare at the fight, the man took out a knife. Grabbing the other vampire, Mick tossed him effortlessly into the garbage while Beth snuck out of the shadows, stabbing the vampire as well with a stake. The only vampire left kneeled beside Renée and held the knife next to her throat, gently touching it, causing a small drop of red blood to creep down her skin. "Come a step closer, and she'll get it." He threatened. "I'll slice it right off."

Thinking fast, Mick suggested, "She's not useful to you dead though. She has nothing to do with it."

Smirking, the opposing vampire commented, "Oh, she's useful, even if she is dead. Like it was before. When I killed her mother. She knows something."

Before he knew it, Beth quickly snuck behind him and pulled the stake out of Renée, causing her to get up and kick him down. Taking the stake, she stabbed him in the chest with the stake and took the knife. "This is for my mom." She cried before slicing his head off, blood splattering everywhere, coating her face with it.

"Beth. Get her out of here. I'll call the Cleaner." Mick instructed.

Helping Renée up, Beth soothed, "It's okay. I'll get you out of here."

Escorting her out of the alley, Mick watched as Renée and Beth walked away, Renée shaking with a pale face. Picking up his cell, seconds later, the Cleaner and her crew appeared. "Just defending another vampire. Have to go check on her." Mick informed before following Beth and Renée.

Coming into the apartment, Mick saw Beth wiping away the blood, while also patting a damp cloth on Renée's face, the young vampire still shaking as bad as before. "What is it?" Mick interrogated. "Why are the Van Horns after you and your family? I can help. I need to know what happened though."

She looked up in fear. Renée agreed, "Okay. I'll tell you everything."

Oh, the secret's about to be revealed! (add dramatic music)

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