Chapter 7: Sukiyama Roxy Rose

Suki's sapphire eyes opened slowly, and she found herself staring out a window, at green trees. The sun was out and lit up the beautiful blue sky, and a few black birds fluttered passed the window. Slowly, Suki sat up and looked around, noticing a sleeping form on the bed beside her. His body was well built and his white hair lay around his head, making him look halfway decent. Suki stared at Lux for a minute, then looked around the room. Lux stirred beside her, and sat up.

"Ah, your awake. Hungry?" he asked, smirking.

"What did you do to me?" Suki asked, staring at him.

"Don't know what you are talking about, Suki." Lux said, shaking his head and standing.

"Bullshit!" Suki spat, sitting up on her knees, staring at him. "You fed me food, then I felt weird and now I wake up chained to your bed, with you beside me! Don't tell me you did nothing to me!" she growled, tears forming in her eyes.

"I did nothing!" Lux snapped, turning to face her. "If I had, do you think I would have taken the time to dress you back and hide what I've done?! I think not!" he yelled, making Suki flinch.

Suki dropped her head and shivered as tears dropped freely from her eyes. Lux turned and left out the door, leaving Suki to herself, while he fetched food.

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Shi walked through the halls of the lair quickly, Abi right behind her, knowing where to find Kevin. Before they got to where he was at, however, someone ran up from the side, and pounced on Shi, driving her to the ground. When she looked up, she came face to face with Ryan Trenton Ross, the fledgling they had saved almost a year ago, from going crazy on bloodlust.

"Shi! You finally came to visit me!!" he cried, hugging her tight.

"Oh, hello Ryan. Didn't expect to see you here still." Shi said, hugging him back.

Abi stared down at the crimson haired Vamp, laying on top of Shi. Smiling, she knelt down beside him and looked at the two.

"You two would make a cute couple." she teased.

"Eh, Eclipse would kill you if he just heard you say that." Shi said, looking at her.

"And Shania is the only one for me." Ryan said, sitting up and pulling Shi to her feet.

Abi stood beside the two and looked around.

"Where is she anyway?" she asked.

Ryan's crimson eyes looked at her, and smiled.

"She's around here somewhere. Probably still in my room. That's where she was when I just left." he said, looking back down the hallway.

"Ah, ok." Abi muttered, nodding.

"So, still here? Staying or just until you get a place of your own?" Shi asked, looking at Ryan.

"Well, it will probably be a permanent home for Shania and I." he replied, smiling at her.

"Oh really? That's great to hear!" Shi said happily. "How is she faring with the Vampire side of you?" she asked.

"Well…she's not sure what to think yet. But she's getting used to it." Ryan muttered.

"Not sure what to think yet? Hasn't it been almost a year?" Abi asked, raising an eyebrow.

Ryan dropped his head, and sighed sadly.

"Unfortunately, yes." he muttered. "I guess I must really have changed."

"No you haven't. The only thing that has changed, is that you can move faster, heal quicker, and you're much stronger than any human can ever be!" Shi said, looking at him.

"That and the fact that you have to have a little bit of blood from time to time to keep yourself going. But otherwise, you're still you. You can eat normal food, drink normal drinks, and be almost human." Abi added.

"Key word, almost human." Ryan muttered. "That must be what she can pick up on, is that I'm only almost human."

"You will be as much of a human as anyone else is as soon as your second set of fazes come around." Shi said.

"Second set? What happens with them?" Ryan asked, looking up at her.

"You will be able to move around in day light, and you won't need as much blood, but the cravings will be stronger when it comes time to feed." Shi explained.

"And at first, you may need a pair of sunglasses, but other wise, you'll be just like a human with super strength." Abi said, smiling.

"Really?" Ryan asked, looking at both girls.

"Promise." Shi said, smiling.

"Yay! That makes me feel much better." Ryan said, hugging both girls.

Abi and Shi hugged him back, then pulled away as a girl ran up, smiling.

"Ryan! There you are! I've been looking all over for you." she said, stopping beside them. "Who's this?" she asked, looking at Abi.

"Name's Abi. Friend of Shi's. Came to check up on Ryan." Abi said, putting on a fake smile.

Shi smirked, because Shania bought it, and turned to Ryan. Shania's hazel eyes focused on her, and waited silently as Shi spoke.

"We must be heading off anyway. We were looking for Kevin." she said.

"Oh, I can take you two to him. I know where he is." Ryan said, smiling.

"Ryan, no. You need to lay down and rest." Shania said.

"I'm fine, honestly. But they need to be shown to Kevin. I'll be back." Ryan said, looking down at her.

"Ryan, the Doc said you should stay in bed. You shouldn't even be up and around now." Shania said.

"What's wrong, Ryan?" Abi asked, looking at him.

"Nothing. I just got a hold of some bad blood and got food poisoning. I'm fine." Ryan said, looking back at Abi.

"Bad blood?" Shi asked.

"It was not bad blood! He's been having problems since he was bitten!" Shania said.

"Shania, if he doesn't move around, the blood won't move through his body, and he will remain sickly all the time." Shi said.

"No! Doc said he needs to stay in bed!" Shania shouted.

"Hey! There's no need for yelling!" Ryan snapped at her.

"Besides, Shi is right. He needs to move! If he doesn't, his body won't get used to the Vampire blood, and he'll constantly be sick! There's no stopping what he's become, so let it take its course." Abi said.

"Don't tell me what to do!" Shania snapped at her.

Abi stepped forward and Shi jumped between the two, while Ryan grabbed Shania and pushed her back.

"I'll tell you what to do, and there's not shit you can do about it!" Abi growled, pushing against Shi's hold.

"No, Abi, relax. Its ok. We'll go see Kevin and leave." Shi said, looking at Abi.

"Shania, what the fuck is with you?!" Ryan growled.

"I'm only doing what's best for you, from what Doc said!" Shania replied. "And these two seem hell bent on killing you!" she added, glaring at Abi.

"If we were hell bent on killing him, we wouldn't have went to get him from the cavern under ground! If we were hell bent on killing him, we wouldn't be here checking up on him! If we were hell bent on-" Abi started but Shi interrupted.

"Abi! It's ok, we get the point." Shi said.

Ryan glared at Shania, who jumped when she looked up at him.

"What?!" she snapped.

"Go to the room. I will deal with you when I get them to Kevin." he muttered, releasing her arm.

"But Ryan-" Shania started.

"Just GO!" Ryan snapped, pointing down the hall way.

Shania dropped her head and started down the hall way, but shot one last look back at Abi, who growled, and pushed against Shi again.

"Abi, relax. She's leaving." Shi said, looking at her.

Shania jogged down the hall way, and disappeared into hers and Ryan's room, slamming the door shut. Abi relaxed almost instantly, and looked at Shi, who released her and turned to Ryan. Abi raised an eyebrow and cocked her head to the side.

"Still think she's the only one for you?" she asked, crossing her arms.

"Well…" Ryan muttered, and sighed.

"Its ok. Come on, take us to Kevin and get back to her before she thinks you ran off to have a threesome or something with us." Abi said quietly.

Ryan nodded and silently led the way down to where Kevin was staying. Jack was in the room with him, standing in front of the desk, holding papers, while Kevin was searching through some more. Abi and Shi looked around as they walked in, and Ryan headed back to his room. Jack turned to see Shi and Abi smiling at him, and almost dropped the papers in his arms.

"Ladies! What a pleasure!" he said, struggling to hold on to the papers.

Kevin looked up and almost fell over, when he stumbled over a trash can behind his desk.

"Shi! Abi! What brings you here?" he asked, trying to act casual.

"We came looking for information." Shi said, looking at both Vamps.

"Information?" Jack asked, raising an eyebrow.

"On what?" Kevin asked, leaning on the desk.

"Well…as you know, we found two children in the forest. We were hoping like hell that you may know of anyone gone missing." Shi said, stepping forward.

"Well, there's a lot of people gone missing. That's what all these papers are!" Kevin said, looking down.

"All…these are on missing people?!" Abi cried, looking around.

"Most of them. Most of them are from the passed, of Fledglings getting loose, or a crazed Vamp, but there are several up to date missings." Kevin replied, looking up at her.

Shi picked up a flier and looked at it. There was a picture of a woman on it, with white hair two toned black, and sapphire blue eyes. Abi looked at the flier over her shoulder, and read the bottom.

" 'Sukiyama Roxy Rose. Mother of a Kaiden Chase and Jaiden Rose.' Shi! that's their mother!" Abi cried, looking up at Shi.

"You can't be so sure of that." Jack muttered, taking the flier and looking at it.

"And why not?" Abi asked, looking at him.

"There aren't many people that I know of with two children named Kaiden and Jaiden, Jack! This is her! That's their mother." Shi said, looking from Jack to Kevin.

"Give me the flier." Kevin said, holding out his hand.

Jack handed him the flier, and he looked it over, reading quickly. Shi and Abi watched him, then looked at each other, hope in both their eyes.

"Where did she go missing at? Maybe we can pick up a trail." Shi asked, looking back at Kevin.

"It says the last time she was seen, she was heading into the toy store with her children, when her children were abducted. Then, a few days later, Suki herself went missing. Most believed that she had gone out looking for her children, but when she didn't return, her parents started getting worried." Kevin read from the flier, then looked up.

"Her children were abducted….Kevin! Search these papers for her kids, I'm going to go call Madende. I'll see if he can't bring Kaiden over to see if that's his mother." Shi said.

"Got it." Kevin said, and set the flier down, apart from the others.

"What you want me to do?" Abi asked, watching her as she headed out the door.

"Stay here, stay out of trouble, and help them." Shi said, and Abi laughed.

"Me? Stay out of trouble? HA! Never!" Abi called after her, hearing her laugh.

Shi ran down the hall way, and up the stairs to the outside, where she grabbed her phone from her pocket and dialed Madende's number.

"Hello?" he asked, and Shi could hear the smile in his voice.

"Hey, you. Um, we may have something, but I need Kaiden." Shi said, panting and trying to catch her breath.

"Shi? What's going on? Why are you breathing like someone's been chasing you?" Madende asked, becoming worried.

"Because, I just ran through the halls of the lair, so I could call you. I'm fine, honestly, but can you bring Kaiden over?" Shi asked, leaning against a tree.

"Sure. I'll be there in no time. Wait for me by the door, ok?" Madende asked.

"Got it." Shi breathed, closing her phone, and knocking on the door.

The door opened and Shi headed in, and walked to the bottom of the stairs, when her phone went off again. Jumping, she opened it, finding she had a new text message, from Eclipse.

'Wats wrong?' it read, making her smile.

'nuthin, just running a lot.' she replied, closing the phone again.

Sitting on the bottom stair, Shi waited patiently for her brother to arrive, with Kaiden. Then a thought struck her, and she jumped to her feet, and raced back down the hall. Sliding around the door of Kevin's room, she stopped and tried catching her breath again.

"Shi? You ok?" Abi asked, looking up at her worried like.

"Fine…where's that pic of Suki?" Shi panted, leaning against the door frame.

"There. Why?" Kevin asked, handing Shi the picture.

"Because, if at all possible, I'd rather Kaiden not come down here. He's only a little boy, and I don't want him by chance seeing one of the Vamps feeding or something." Shi replied, turning to leave again.

"Oh, ok. Good point." Kevin agreed, nodding.

"Ok, well, I'll be up on the surface. If you need me, call my phone or text me one." Shi said from the door way.

"Got it." Kevin said, looking back down at the papers.

"You want us to let you know when we find these kids?" Jack asked, looking back at Shi.

"Uh, yea. Please." Shi said, nodding.

"Ok." Jack and Abi said, and again, Shi took off running down the hall way.

She reached the door in a short amount of time, and raced up the stairs, flinging it open as Madende was reaching for it, making both of them jump and stumbled back. The guard at the door caught Shi before she fell down the stairs, and Madende stabled himself, with Kaiden hanging on to his shoulders. Panting, Shi nodded and smiled to the guard, and stepped out to her brother.

"Give me heart failure, why dontcha!" Madende cried, sighing.

"I'm sorry." Shi said, smiling. "You didn't exactly do wonders for me, either." she added, still trying to catch her breath.

Madende smirked and looked at the picture in her hands.

"Who is that?" he asked.

"That's what I need Kaiden for." Shi replied.

"Oh…ok." Madende said, nodding.

"Hey, Kaiden. I'm gonna show you a picture, ok?" Shi asked, smiling at the little boy.

"Kay." Kaiden said, smiling back.

"I want you to tell me if you know this person, ok?" Shi asked, stepping closer.

"Ok." Kaiden agreed, nodding.

Shi nodded and held up the paper so that both boys could see it. Kaiden's eyes widened as he looked at the picture, then he looked back at Shi.

"Its my momma." he said softly.

"Ok, so now we know what she looks like, and that'll make it much more easier to find her." Shi said, taking the photo away, and looking around.

"How long will it take you to find her?" Madende asked, looking at his sister.

"I don't know. We have to find out where she was." Shi said, looking back at him.

"I remember a white haired man taking us from momma." Kaiden said, making Shi look back at him.

"A white haired man? Do you remember anything else about him?" she asked.

"His eyes were scary." Kaiden said, shivering.

"Scary how?" Madende asked, looking over his shoulder at Kaiden.

"They were…they were…yellow…" Kaiden said, shivering again.

"White hair and yellow….eyes…" Shi muttered, looking at Madende, eyes wide. "Oh no." she whispered.

"Lux…" he muttered, shaking his head.

"He took us from our momma when we were going into the toy store." Kaiden said, tears forming in his eyes.

"Shh, shh. Don't worry yourself about your momma, ok? We will find her for you." Shi said, gently rubbing the side of his face.

Kaiden nodded and wiped his tears away, before resting his head on Madende's shoulder. Madende smiled and looked back at Shi.

"When are you two going to be headed home?" he asked.

"As soon as we get a lead on Lux." Shi said, shrugging.

Madende nodded and looked around. Blinking away tears from the sun, he looked back at Shi.

"I'm gonna go ahead and take this little shit home. We'll be there, and call if you need anything, ok?" he said.

"I will." Shi said, nodding.

"Kay. Be careful." Madende said, then turned to leave.

Shi watched him head back to the car then headed back inside, again running down the hall way back to Kevin's room. When she reached his room, she walked in, handed him the flier, then sank to the floor, trying to catch her breath. Jack and Abi looked down at her, smirking and started going through pictures again.

"Hand me some papers." Shi said, sitting up.

Abi handed her a stack of papers, which she started going through immediately.

A/n: next chapter!! more on the way! review for me!! LaterZ!!

SHOUT OUT
to Abi of course! 3