Nicky walked down the hall with Rory, holding her books against her chest, and Rory's arm around her shoulders. Ever since the council attacked, Rory hasn't wanted to leave her side in fear that they might attack her and she wouldn't be able to defend herself. Fighting vampires was tricky. That afternoon he would help her train to fight them off, should one ever show up in a class or something when he wasn't around. But for now they stopped at his locker because he had something he wanted to show her. "I think you're really going to like this!" He says and gets that adorable excited grin on his face, making her laugh. He opened up his locker, looked around to make sure no one was looking. "Okay look inside, what do you think?" He asks and Nicky turns and her eyes go wide and he jaw drops when she sees two baby alligators in his locker. "Aren't they the best!"
"Rory where the hell did you get these?!" She whisper shouts at him, freaked out that her vampire boyfriend had two baby alligators in his locker. She also never thought she'd have to think that sentence.
"Back when my family was in Florida for summer vacation." He says and gently pets one. "This one is Thor and I haven't come up with a name for the other one yet because I'm going to let you name it." He says and Nicky smiles. "I was going to raise them myself but then I met you and you told me how much you like animals and I thought it would be fun to take care of them together." He says and Nicky couldn't help but smile at this idiot's innocence. She knew this was an awful idea but she loved the thought behind it. "Me and my girlfriend, raising two iguanas together."
"Rory those aren't iguanas. They're alligators!" Nicky whisper shouts and Rory's eyes go wide.
"Alligators!" He repeats in the same tone as his girlfriend. She nods. "Are you sure?" He asks sheepishly. Nicky looks into his locker and picks one up. "Yeah this thing is definitely an alligator." She says and points near it's mouth. "See how big the mouth is, iguanas don't have mouths that big." She explains and giggles slightly as the little reptile fidgets in her hands and nuzzles it's head up against her chest, tangling itself in her blonde curls came down below her shoulder. Rory smiled.
"Aw he likes you!" He exclaims and tickles it's tummy a bit with his finger. "Do you love your mommy?" He asks it in a cooing voice, making Nicky giggle. "I know I sure do." He says and Nicky blushes.
"Rory..." She whines, feeling flustered from his affectionate words. Suddenly they heard an announcement over the PA system.
"Attention students: In 7 minutes we will be conducting a random locker search, during which time all students should be in their classrooms and not allowed to leave. So please report to your classrooms at once." The message ended and Nicky and Rory looked at each other, wide eyed.
"You have to get them out of here!" You tell him and thrust the baby alligator back into his hands, while he grabs the other one and hides them in his jacket.
"Will I have time?" He asks.
"If you use your vampire speed then yes." Nicky explains and Rory's eyes light up.
"I almost forgot about that!" He exclaims. "You're brilliant." He says and presses her up against the locker and gives her a breathless kiss. Nicky placed her hands on his chest in attempt to press him back, but then got distracted by how his muscles felt underneath it. The thought of how muscular he might be sent a jolt of arousal through her and she moaned into Rory's unrelenting kiss but then Benny came running by and broke them apart.
"Making out in school! Score bro!" Benny says and Rory releases his girlfriend and turns to high five Benny with a satisfactory smirk on his face before turning back to her as Benny ran off and attempted to capture her lips again but she pushed her hands against his chest to get him off of her.
"You have something important to do remember!" She exclaims and Rory looks back down at the reptiles in his jacket and nods.
"Right! Get to class! I'll see you at Benny's house after school! And we'll finish what we started later too..." He says and pecks her lips once more before winking at her and speeding off. Nicky grabbed her books and ran off in the other direction.
That afternoon Rory walked Nicky over to Benny's Grandma's house after school. His arm was around Nicky and he was looking around for any signs of vampires that might try to hurt her. Nicky looked up at her boyfriend worriedly. "Rory just relax, please." She urges and gives him a pleading look. He looks down at her and sighs.
"I can't relax." He explains and holds her closer to him. "Any second those vampires could come out at you and attack and I'm not sure if I'd be strong enough to fight them off."
"You did pretty well at protecting me the first time." She reminds him and he shrugs and smiles a bit. "That was nothing. The sun mostly helped with that and not all the vampires were attacking at once but, me against an army. It's not going to be enough..." He says. "At least if I can see it coming, I can run or fly you out of here before they all show up." So that's why he was being so attentive to his surroundings.
"Why do they want me again?" Nicky asks. Still somewhat confused as to what's going on. Rory had given her an explanation through text but it would be better comprehended if he explained to her in person.
"Basically you either are or at the very least have the blood of a Goddess. The Goddesses were an ancient immortal race like vampires but they didn't prey on humans, or any animals really. I guess they were just sort of minding their own business until the vampires discovered them and turns out their blood tastes insanely good. Because of that they became irresistible to vampires and they hunted them to extinction." Rory explains.
"I thought if a vampire bit you you get turned into one?" Nicky asks.
"Not always, and definitely not when it comes to Goddesses. Our venom is toxic to them and their bodies can't handle the transformation. So they just die." Rory explains. "When it comes to humans, sometimes if you bite someone you can suck out the venom so they don't change. Or you could just kill them by drinking them dry..." He explains and then notices Nicky look uneasy so he pulls her closer to him. "You okay?" He asks.
"How are you able to resist me? I mean you said that they could smell me from miles away and it's irresistible and gets them into hunting mode and...You spend so much time around me, how are you able to control yourself?" She asks.
"Well for starters I found that I don't get affected as much if I'm not hungry. As long as I'm not hungry around you your scent doesn't take over me. And I know that most likely you'll die if I bite you and I care about you way too much to do that." He squeezes her hand gently. "I swear I'll never bite you Nicky. I wouldn't give you up no matter how amazing your blood might taste." He says and Nicky smiles at him and then pulls him in for a kiss. Rory expected her to pull away after but then was surprised when she deepened the kiss instead and tugged on his hair slightly. Rory smirked against her lips and spun her around and rested her up against a tree, to make things easier. His tongue slipped past her lips and both of them let out a small moan. She curiously placed her hands up against his chest, wanting to feel the muscle underneath and the vampire let out a pleased groan and Nicky gasped as she felt Rory's hands start to roam as well, mapping out her figure and caressing her sides. He pressed her more into the tree and she felt something hard poking her thigh. Before she could think more about what it was she heard a voice.
"Ew gross!" Erica exclaims and Nicky and Rory turn to see her staring at the two of you with a disgusted look on her face. Rory immediately turned and got in front of Nicky, his fangs bared as he hissed at her in warning. Erica hissed back mockingly. "Relax. That little show you guys put on made me lose my appetite." She says and rolls her eyes.
"What do you want Erica?" Rory asks in a stern tone.
"Why so harsh?" She asks. "I thought we were friends."
"I was never your friend. I was just your errand boy. The only time you ever gave me any attention is when you wanted something from me." Rory says.
"Fair enough. But I at least thought we were on the same page when it came to hunting." She says and takes a step forward. Rory hisses at her in warning not to get closer.
"Nicky's the one exception." Rory tells her.
"I see. Very well. But be warned little girl, you can't hide behind your boyfriend forever." She warns Nicky and then speeds off. Rory turns back to her and holds her close.
"Don't listen to her. I'll do everything I can to make sure nothing ever hurts you." He vows and kisses the top of her head gently. "No one hurts my princess and gets away with it." He adds softly and strokes her curly blonde hair a bit and Nicky holds him closer, some light tears falling from her face. He suddenly scooped her up bridal style.
"What are you doing?" She asks.
"I'd better fly you over to Benny's. If Erica was here, more vampires might be around." He says and Nicky hangs on tightly as they suddenly ascend into the air.
Benny's Grandma made Nicky some tea and gave it to her before sitting on a love seat opposite from where Nicky sat on the couch with Rory. "Thank you Ms. Weir." She says politely.
"You're welcome dear." She says kindly and looks between her and Rory. "I never thought the small blonde one would be the first to get a girlfriend." She says and Rory smirks and Nicky laughs a bit. "But I guess this really shows that anything is truly possible."
"Yeah I guess so..." Rory says with a fake smile and Nicky pecks his cheek to make him feel better. Benny and Ethan came in, along with Sarah.
"Alright so let's find out what our resident Goddess can do." Benny says Nicky rolls her eyes. Everyone takes a seat. "Where's the other girl?" Grandma Weir asks. "Erica was her name right?"
"She's with the Council." Sarah explains. "She's one of the vampires after Nicky." Grandma Weir nods.
"I see." She says and sighs. "Well let me explain to you more about the Goddesses." She says and places a book on the table and opens it up.
"Damn those girls are hot." Benny says and looks at the drawings of the Goddesses. Each one was a beautiful girl with what looked like white angel wings, and wore what looked like a Greek dress.
"And powerful." His Grandmother says. "They had the ability to heal. They could heal any injury and cure anything." She says and Sarah's eyes widened and she seemed intrigued. "Except the vampire curse." She says and Sarah looks down again and releases her grip on the arm rests. "They also couldn't bring the dead back to life. Aside from healing they had many powerful spells that could repel dark magic, and break dark curses." She explains. "And that's as much as we know. Since they went extinct so many years ago, the only records of them we have are what other people have written about them in the past." She explains as she places a small cup with dirt in it on the table.
"What's in there?" Benny asks.
"A seed that I have injected a disease into to keep it from growing." She explains. "If Nicky is a Goddess, then she will be able to heal the seed and it will grow." Nicky took the plant in her hands and concentrated. After about 10 minutes of trying she gave up.
"I don't think it's working." She says and places the cup back on the table.
"I don't think so either." Grandma Weir says. "It should have grown within five minutes if it worked. The Goddesses healing abilities would heal things near instantaneously." Nicky looked disappointed.
"Hey don't be upset." Rory says and takes her hands. "You just need to work at it a bit more that's all." He says and gives her hands a gentle squeeze.
"Thanks Rory." She says and snuggles into his arms.
"So does Nicky only have the blood of a Goddess and not the powers?" Ethan asks.
"It would appear so." Grandma Weir says. "It's possible someone from the Goddess race survived and Nicky is their descendant."
"Well Goddess or not the Council is after her so what do we do?" Ethan asks.
"Keep her away from vampires as much as possible." Grandma Weir says and looks over at Rory and Sarah who had concerned looks on their faces. "Save for her best friend and boyfriend." She says with a smile and the three of them let out a sigh of relief.
"Wait so if she's irresistible to vampires, how come Sarah and Rory can control themselves around her?" Benny asks.
"Because they're kind vampires. They don't want to bite her. And it seems that they both care about her, so I'm assuming they've found ways of controlling their cravings and eating before they see her so they don't get as affected by her scent." Grandma Weir says and the two vampires nod.
"That reminds me, I should probably go hunting." Rory says and stands up, still holding Nicky's hand. "I'm starting to get a bit hungry." He says.
"You're going all alone?" You ask him and look concerned. "What if the council tries to hurt you or-"
"I'll be fine. It's not me they're after..." Rory says.
"But what if they try to hurt you because you're protecting me?" She asks worriedly and Rory leans down and gives her a reassuring hug.
"I'll be fine I promise. I'll be back soon babe." He says and pecks her lips before speeding off out the door. Everyone looked at Sarah.
"I'm good. I ate before coming here." She says. "Now let's start training you to fight vampires." Sarah says.
Nicky was surprisingly good at fighting vampires. Since she had watched Star Wars with Rory she got really excited about the UV lightsaber. Although there were a few mishaps with it at first and she accidentally burned Sarah, after about an hour she got the hang of it. And she could stab with a stake pretty hard as well. Upstairs Benny and his Grandma were working on a perfume that could mask her scent. Sarah nearly choked when she came upstairs.
"Ew what is that it's putrid!" She exclaims.
"It's garlic." Benny explains. "We're making Nicky a vampire repellent."
"You guys are doing what?!" Rory asks from the open window and Benny nearly drops the vial.
"Rory! Stop doing that! You nearly made me drop this!" He says.
"Sorry. Can you let me in?" He asks.
"Yeah Rory come in." Benny says and sets the vial into a holder as Rory climbs in through the window.
"Did my spice angel miss me?" He asks and wraps his arms around Nicky and picks her up so she's slightly above him.
"So much..." She says and he lowers her back down to kiss her sweetly. He held her lips in his and kissed her deeply. Suddenly he broke away and hissed in pain as Benny squirted him with holy water with a spray bottle.
"What was that for?!" He asks angrily. "You could've killed me!"
"It was just a spritz it wouldn't have killed you. All it would do is sting a bit." Benny says.
"And burn!" Rory says and looks at the burn mark on his arm. "Why did you do that?"
"I don't want you two making out in my room while I'm working." Benny says simply. Rory sniffs the air and covers his nose.
"Oh God something smells awful!" He says and backs away from the table.
"Benny's making a vampire repellent for Nicky." Sarah explains.
"But then Rory and Sarah won't be able to come near me..." Nicky says sadly. "I thought you were just making something to cover up my scent, not repel vampires."
"Yeah are you guys plotting to keep Nicky away from me again?" Rory asks, his anger mounting at the thought of his friends betraying him.
"Well we're working on a scent cover too." Benny says. "But since most vampires know what you look like, a scent cover won't help you out if they see you so we figured it might be best to have a repellent on hand just in case."
"That makes sense." Nicky says and looks over at her boyfriend who was staring Benny down. "Right Rory?" She coaxes him.
"Yeah. Right." He says.
"Now I'm about to add some more garlic so you guys might want to leave." Benny says.
"Yeah I should be getting home." Nicky says.
"I'll walk you home." Rory says and takes her hand
"I'm going to go hunting and catch up with you guys soon." Sarah says and leaves.
Nicky and Rory were walking down the street and Rory was trying to talk about some fun things to get her mind off of her fear of a vampire attacking her. She knew it was more likely to happen at night, which is why Rory was walking her home. "So vampires get hurt by Holy water, garlic, light and stakes? And you can't go into someone's house unless you're invited?" She asks.
"Yep." Rory says. "So I know you'll be safe at home. Just be careful when you're ordering pizza or someone tries to sell you something at the door. "They might not be who they say they are..." Nicky nods.
"Oh yeah! That reminds me! I felt this really hard thing poking my thigh when we were making out on our way to Benny's house. Was that some weird vampire thing?" She asks and Rory blushes.
"Well...vampires get them but so do humans..." Rory explains.
"What are you-" Nicky's eyes widen as she realizes what it was. "Oh..." She blushes. Suddenly they heard a trash can get knocked over near them and Nicky screamed and jumped into Rory's arms. They both looked and saw a cat walk out and then run away. They both let out a sigh of relief.
"Made you look." A voice whispered in Nicky's ear and she screamed and heard a hiss of pain as Rory punched the vampire in the face and he stumbled backwards. Nicky clung to Rory for dear life and he scooped her up and prepared to run.
"I've got to get you out of here before more show up." He says and picks her up and rushes down the street. Two more vampires show up however and hiss at them. Rory turns around and there are more.
"Rory..." Nicky says and grips him tighter, terrified.
"Don't be scared." Rory tries to reassure her. "I won't let them get you princess I promise." He says and his mind starts racing with possibilities. Then his eyes turned gold. "I won't lose you again." He says and gets a determined look on his face.
"Don't make promises you can't keep." A vampire hisses and Rory sets you down and rushes at the vampires. Nicky watches as he fights them off. Some came at her but she pulled out the spray bottle of Holy water and they all cringed in pain as she sprayed it in their faces. But one came at her anyway and she screamed and Rory took him down and the two hissed at each other and became a frenzied tangle of fists and fangs. She couldn't tell who was winning. She took quickly took out two stakes from her boots as two vampires rushed her and she stabbed them both through the heart and they vanished. Rory used his fangs to slash across the vampire's face and he hissed in pain, covering his face.
"Tell Anastasia to back off!" He yells at them. "If you guys keep hunting my Nicky I'll kill every one of you!" He threatens and the injured vampires all slowly stand up.
"You win this round." The one Rory had been fighting said and they all ran away. Nicky's hands were shaking as she dropped the stakes and Rory embraced her tightly.
"Are you okay?" He asks and she breathes heavily and buries her face in his shoulder.
"I think so." She says and Rory caresses her cheeks, cleaning up the tears.
"Are you sure?" He asks and she nods and looks him over. He had scratches and there was blood dripping from his fangs, making Nicky look away. Rory realized why and wiped it off with his arm.
"I'm fine thanks to you." Nicky says and hugs him again and Rory holds her tight and breathes in her scent. Yes she smelled delicious but he didn't feel like eating her. He was more comforted by her scent right now than made hungry by it.
"Nicky?" Rory asks and she pulls back to look at him. "I'm not sure if it's too early to say this, but I think-no I know I love you." He says and she smiles at him more brightly than she ever has before.
"I love you too." She tells him and Rory's smile grew twice as big and he held onto her tightly as he embraced her in a hug. They both stayed there for what felt like forever until they pulled away from each other.
"Now let's get you home princess!" Rory declares and picks you up and the two of you fly off into th night.
