(I just found out Shadow Falls is a band, It sorta caught me off guard but if you were wondering, no…I don't listen to them. The Hospital I named Shadow Falls is just a fictional name I made)
The Midnight Moon
The Vampire Xamius
I was luckily nearby, I caught Shawn's fist that was inches away from Zane's face
"Easy big fella" Shawn looked over at me, I watched as the red become a normal tone
"How is this monster still alive?"
"If I understood the story then I'd easily tell you but it's abit of a blur in my head so…"
Zane smiles, the pain rushing through out his face. Shawn releases him
"One step out of line and I'm ripping your head off" Shawn pointed his finger at Zane, Zane nods
"I see your normal like myself" Zane says, Shawn flips him off
"But your temper is still there, good to know"
"Alright, if you children are done acting up, I think it's time we get down to business. Shawn…" I looked over at Shawn, Shawn looked at me, I think he hated me alittle for bringing Zane along but I would take all the abuse. I needed to stop Xamius for doing this. I needed to stop that bastard for killing my Sarah
"Abby is on her way here, she'll be here in the morning once I buy the tickets but I gonna head to Tucson"
"Tucson, Why?" Shawn asked
"It's possible James is still alive" my tone seemed strong but I shook, James was a big part of my life when I was young, I guess when I thought him of being dead. It left a large hole in my heart that I've been filling up with words, lots of non-sense words but maybe if James was alive then I could have half a decent normal life
"James…James Simms"
"Lionheart, He's real last name is Lionheart, Sounds better than Simms" Zane quickly added
Shawn gave Zane an evil look, Zane put his hands up and leaned against the car
"Anyway, Tucson is about a half a day trip and that's by plane. You sure you wanna do that?"
"Xamius isn't gonna be like any other vampire we've faced before and it's been 5 years, We all lost our buffy touch. So I think it's time he gets us on track but if you guys have a better idea, I'm willing to listen" I lied, anything they said wasn't going to stop me from seeing James
"Well what if James isn't…well alive then what..."
"Then we fight…I mean we still have all of our old stuff…it's only been 5 years…we can't be that rusty"
"Well…Hurry then" Blake added
"Keep my kid safe okay; He's all I truly have"
"Dude, your friends are right there" Zane added, I looked at Zane
"Zane…Shut up"
"I'm just gonna go inside" Zane said, heading toward the door, I quickly grabbed his arm
"Oh no, Your coming with me…I'm gonna need every last scent you remember" Zane sighs and gets in the car, I opened the driver seat and got in
"Stay safe guys, I'll be back…I promise" I started the car and drove off
"WAIT NICK, YOUR CREDIT CARD FOR ABBY'S TICKET!!" Blake yelled, I reached into my wallet and throw one of my many credit cards out the window, in the rear-view mirror I saw Blake gives a thumbs up. My trip to the airport and the trip to Arizona seemed like a breeze. I kept my eyes on Zane the entire time. I didn't fully understand him, He seemed normal but he had the look like he plan on stabbing me with the sharpest item he would come across, during the flight I got a call from Abby confirming she was in Texas with Blake and Shawn. That made me happy, We talk alittle bit when I arrived in Tucson, I had to get a hotel in order to talk to her but we talked and I felt like we gently fixed the chessboard that was our friendship. All the pieces were missing and the board was ripped in half but we tapped it up but some of the pieces are still missing and I could accept that but at least she was talking to me and I made her laugh and I liked that our board was fixed…I just need those pieces
"Okay…" Zane said coming from the bathroom, I put the phone down and looked over at him, He stood, naked. holding the small conditioner and shampoo bottles
"I'm gonna need your help, I do not understand these human scents"
"First off, you're naked…"
"And?" Zane said looking down at his body then back at me, I held my hand in front of me, blocking my sight of his…friends
"Humans are usually more…discreet about their…items"
"Items?" Zane was really confused, I actually considered talking him out of a shower but he smelled terrible. I stood up and walked over to him, walking with him into the now turned on shower
"Step in" He gets in the shower, I grabbed the bottles and closed the curtain, I took a seat on the toilet, I opened the bottle and reached in handed them to him
"Okay, you put the shampoo in your hair first, then…scrub your hair" describing an ordinary routine was hard, I didn't look but I from my peripherals I could see he was washing his hair "Okay…Next"
"Wait" he added in really quick
"Do you sing?" he asked the random question, I looked over confused then quickly looked away
"Why?"
"Back at Shadow Falls, They play music over the speakers and it's really calms me because right now this simple human task is stressful"
"I can try I guess…do the same with the conditioner like what you did with the shampoo"
"Okay, start singing" Zane asked me, I wasn't use to hearing him so stressed, his voice sounded young like his true age
"Wait…How old are you now?, you can't be Seventeen anymore can you?"
"No, I think I'm 22…but it doesn't matter to me" I took a deep breath as I heard the water splashing over and over, I looked at my palms
"My step-father, that bastard use to play this song when he work on his truck…When you asked me if I sung…that song came to me"
"Oh…Well sing it" I made a fist then crossed my arms,
"Alone she sleeps in the shirt of men, with my three wishes clutched in her hands…the first that she be spared of pain, That comes from a dark and laughing rain. When she finds love, may it always stay true, Yes I beg for the second wish I made to….but I wish no more, my life you can take…to have her please just one day wake…to have her please just one day wake...to have her please…just…one…day..waakkee"
The song was soft, a song that didn't need any music to follow it, Just a talented voice which I didn't have. I let a tear escape and run down my face. Zane had the certain open, listening to me. I looked over at him
"That…was something else" Zane committed, I nodded then stood up
"I've seen your penis to many times today, I'm going to go out"
"Wait a second, I'll come with"
"Stay here and don't put those clothes on, their dirty. I'm gonna go buy you some new things, I'll be back soon"
"What am I suppose to do?" Zane asked, I looked over and he had the towel wrapped around his waist. I looked around the apartment. There's cable, watch a movie or adult flick…do whatever you want, it's one of the kicks of being a young adult" I left closing the door behind me. I heard him yell
"What's an adult flick?" I just walked off