The Blood Experiment

Meanwhile

Lamia's POV

Derek, the guy who had once been one of my best friends, the guy who had been doomed to walk the Earth with the same curse that hooked itself on to me. I had found him unconscious and now sat against the wall of a cave somewhere in the mountains waiting for him to wake up. Which only took an hour, give or take. I smirked slightly, "morning sunshine"

He rubbed his head, "Jess?"

I sighed, "Don't call me that or I'll throw you off the cliff"

Now he sat up with a smirk, "I see you made it out but, you haven't changed a bit."

I rolled my eyes, "so, you mind telling me why I found you unconscious?"

"Uh… I fell asleep?" He was so bad at lying; he wasn't even looking at me, did he actually think it would convince me? I glared at him. He sighed, "I don't… I just remember walking around then a sharp pain… and darkness."

My turn to sigh, "Guess I'm just glad I found you… How's your head?

"Throbbing"

"Well, at least you know blood is running through it" I joked earning a grin.

"Yeah, yeah, so… How'd you find me?" His face went serious.

"I was just walking around saw you laying there, carried you to this cave. That's it"

"Oh yea, just walking around huh? I doubt that." He paused a moment then gazed at me, "wait, I heard that you were with some cat-girl?"

I shrugged, it had been a month since I left Ashley with Fang and Max's flock, and I had been trying to not think about it. "Not anymore" I answered in a bored tone and turned my gaze toward the rocky wall.

"Oh…well, you got me right?" he grinned and winked at me.

I rolled my eyes, "yea…at least…"

He chuckled lightly, "you look like you could use some sleep…why don't you rest?"

"I'm not tired," my eyes fixed on him, "and I'm not hungry either so don't even"

Derek shook his head slowly, his silver hair shaking out of place, "you should learn to take care of your-self better… This could've been easier…"

Confusion took over my mind, "what could've been-" and then it hit me, he is on The School's side.

He grinned and tackled me to the ground. I struggled against him with no prevail; I felt the prick in my neck and froze staring at him with wide eyes, "I'm sorry Jessica but, The School is doing a recall."

Hours Later

I groaned awaking up; I started to turn over and slammed my head on metal bars, "shhhhhhhhhhhhhhiiiii-" I bit my tongue at the end and laid there cradling my head in my hands.

"Lamia?!" It was Ashley, which definitely shocked me.

I rubbed the side of my head, "Hey Ash." Oh yea, I was trying to play it off like I didn't just knock out half my intelligences.

"Lamia I can't believe it's you! Are you ok?" that worry, oh how I missed it.

"Y-ya I'm good, still have the good half of my memory" I started laughing.

"Lamia, did that bump change your personality?"

I grew silent, "no!" I grimaced and realized something. "Where is Fang?"

"I think he is still knocked out, I can't really see through the bars." She paused, "how did they get you?"

I mutter a couple curses under my breath, "I don't wanna talk about it, how did they get you guys?"

"They snuck up on our camp."

I shrugged, "oh well I guess…things happen, we'll get out eventually…" My mind flickered back to Derek, "The School is doing a recall…" I whispered to myself remembering his words. What had he meant by that?

"Recall? What are you talking about Lamia?" Ashley had heard me and now I looked out over to her cage.

I shook my head and returned my gaze to the ground of my cage, "nothing…"

We both went silent and then a groan was heard, I recognized it and leaned back, pressing my back against the back of my cage. "Fang is that you?" Ashley called into the darkness of the room.

Another groan followed by a "Yeah, where is Max and the others?"

"I don't-"

"They aren't in this room, they're in the one a crossed the hall" I cut Ashley off and closed my eyes trying to figure out what Derek had been talking about. They're couldn't possibly be more of our kind out there, no, not more vampire. Could there?

"Lamia?" Fang broke my thoughts into fragments and I looked up to see his cage was level to my own. "How did…? When did they get you?"

I thought a moment, "couple hours ago…"

"Ok…how?" I grimaced still not wanting to talk about it.

"How do we get out of here?" I really owe Ashley for this.

Fang's gaze turned the cage next his, "first we have to break the locks…"

I let out a sigh; I was tired of everything in my life. "What's wrong Lamia?" Ashley's voice pushed into my self-pity.

"Nothing, let's just get out of here…"

"You've been saying nothing an awful lot in the past 10 minutes…what happened?" I glared through the bars of the cage toward were I saw Ashley between the steel rods of her own cell. "You don't scare me Lamia, tell us what happened"

I grimaced; I was so stupid I shouldn't have taken his story as to why he had been "sleeping" in the middle of nowhere. "Lamia?" I didn't look up at hearing Fang's voice.

Angry rose in me, anger at Derek, at the school, at my parents, my life but, mostly I was angry at myself. I slammed my fist against the lock on my cage. The pain rippled through my arm, the shattered metal cut my hand and now warm crimson liquid slid slowly down my hand. Needles stung at my skin as my body tried to gain back feeling in my hand. I kicked open my cage and jumped out. Cradling my right hand against my stomach, I released the locks on Ashley's and Fang's cages. "Let's just get the others and leave…"

They both stared at me and nodded slowly. Ashley hopped from her cage and walked to the door opening it silently and peering out. "Are you alright?" Fang asked getting out of his prison cell.

I turned my head the look at him and shrugged, "Could be worse, c'mon"

I followed behind Ashley to the door a crossed the hall; Fang stayed at the other door as look out and I stayed at the door I had just entered. Ashley went through the room and unlocked the locks on the cages of the flock members. "Ashley? Ashley you're alright"

I looked back and saw Ashley hugging Iggy. "We don't have time for this right now" I mumbled turning away, knowing both teens had heard me.

Iggy walked up to me as Ashley released the other locks, "Are you back as in back, or back as in 'I'm staying because you need me but I'll leave later."

I shrugged, "you'll know when I do"

He shook his head lightly and the rest of the flock rush out of their cages, not bothering to question me. We ran for the emergency exit not caring if the alarm went off. I cradled my still bleeding-numb hand against my body. Fang shoved his shoulder against the door and pushed it open. Like I assumed the fire alarm went off, the sprinklers forced water out of the old faucets. "Damn…" I gritted my teeth already seeing the Erasers coming. "Go!" I shouted pushing them all out but, Ashley wouldn't go willingly.

"We're not leaving you!" she yelled struggling against my strength that matched her own.

I saw the moon and stars glittering behind her and for a split second I was like the other vampires…able to grow wings and fly. My hand sparked new pain and I looked down seeing the deep cuts pulling together ever so slightly. I looked back at the Erasers that were coming then at Ashley, "please…Let me do one thing right…I'll get out, I'll return to you guys if you go, I don't want you hurt Ashley…"

She stared at me startled, "alright" she whispered, "I'll see you when you return…" She stopped struggling and ran off quickly toward the other as I pulled the door shut and was slammed against it. Pain shot though my body and centered round my head. Something warm dripped down my forehead. My hair faded to silver and the blood stained my vision causing everything to turn red. Something stabbed my neck and the red turned black.