Chapter six:

It's dark out and the air is chilly enough that if you are not prepared for it can give you chills.

Near slows to a walk and looks behind himself but sees no one. He sighs in relief then turns away only to head off on his way after adjusting his bag. He hopes he can make it far enough away in time. "I need to hunt." He mummers to himself.

Mello turns to Matt. "Gather your stuff. We're leaving." He heads to his own room with that.

"Yes sir." Matt says then heads to his own room knowing better than to argue.

Once they have their bags packed they leave as well.

Out into the chilly air of the night.

Mello's face shows enough determination that he will not let anything get in his way.

"Where do you think we should go first?" Matt asks.

"We need to find Near right away. Before he makes it too far." Mello responds.

"Um…... Shouldn't we find a place to stay first?" Matt asks.

Mello glares at Matt. "If we waste any time then Near could get away never to be seen again." He growls. "We are finding him now!"

"Yes sir." Matt salutes Mello for a few seconds then lowers his hand. "Where do you think we go first?"

"Some place that will have good animal hunting. Maybe an abandoned building." Mello tells him as he looks around himself.

"I think I know a place." Matt says.

Mello perks up turning to his friend. "Where?"

"Follow me." Matt takes the lead jogging with Mello following after him.

Neither of them notice the figure in the shadows watching them and the figure smirks with a quiet short breathy evil laugh.

Matt rounds a corner and stops.

Mello stops beside him and looks up at the building.

It definitely is abandoned.

Mello's best guess was that this place was once some kind of hotel.

"I've heard stories about this place being infested with rats." Matt tells Mello.

Mello nods. "A good place to start." He leads the way inside through a broken part of the wall.

Matt follows and the two begin looking around.

"Look for dead rats or any sign of movement that looks like him." Mello instructs Matt who nods.

The two continue to walk and look around in the building.

A figure sneaks up behind them as it follows the two through the building.

Until Matt falls a step behind Mello….

The figure moves in grabbing Matt with one hand over Matt's mouth and the other around his body to keep him from struggling too much. The figure hits Matt on the head enough to make him become knocked out leaving a few drops of blood on the floor.

"There seems to be no sign of Near this way." Mello says. "Any ideas where he might be Matt?" He stops when he realizes he can't hear Matt. "Matt?" He turns and his eyes widen as he sees a grinning figure behind him holding a pipe over the figures head.

The figure swiftly slams the metal pipe onto Mello's head knocking him out.

"If he won't do it on his own we will make sure he does it." The brunette male says to the other.

"We will need to find the perfect human and make sure he can smell the blood enough that will get him to take human blood. We will not be losing our son." The other male says in agreement. The raven haired male turns to a bat waiting on a bird perch for when a pet bird is out of it's cage. "Go! Find him and your partner! Make sure you know where he is! In two days come back to us and give the location."

The bat spreads it's wings taking off to go do as ordered as it flies out the window.

"We cannot mess up with this."

"…. I know…"

…..

Near is looking around for some animals to feed on as he walks along through an alley way. He looks around himself only to exit out of the alley not having any luck then stops as he comes across the smell of a vampire he doesn't recognize.

As soon as he smells the scent he gets a bad feeling so he follows the scent trail.

"What is these two other smells?" He whispers to himself as he can smell two more scents but the vampire's smell is stronger than the other two's so he can't identify it. He follows it to an abandoned building only to freeze as he realizes what the scents are. "Oh no!" He races into the building follow the scents hoping that he isn't too late. He stops as he comes to a spot only to stare in horror.

Laying there on the ground is Mello and Matt's bags, a metal pipe and a few drops of blood.

Near hurriedly grabs the bags and follows the scent trail back out as he moves quickly due to his hunger starting to get to him especially since there was a few drops of human blood on the floor.

There is some squeaks and he looks up.

There is two bats flying a little above him though they are also a little in front of him in the air.

"I'm glad to see you two." Near says. "Come down here for a moment."

The two bats come over.

Near hands them the two bags so one bat is carrying one each. "Take these to the safe house then tell my parents that I need help. Tell them two humans that came looking for me have been kidnapped at this location. GO!"

The two bats fly off slower than before but managing.

Near heads on his way following the scent trail as he uses his speed to try to get there faster. He finds himself by the edge of town at a large building that looks well kept as it almost looks like some kind of school like house. He looks at it as he slows to a stop. "Here huh?" He closes his eyes then opens them in determination. "No matter. I can do this. It's my fault to begin with." He begins moving towards the building.

…..

Matt groans as he begins to awaken. He opens his eyes to halfway. "Ow my head." He whines only to blink as he notices that he isn't someplace he recognizes. He looks around only to that he is in a dimly lit large open area in a building almost a school gym but it isn't a school gym. "What? What's going on?" He tugs on his bonds that hold him to a chair however he isn't going to get out of them since they are wrapped around his torso as well as his hands being tied to the back of the chair so he stops. He turns only to notice Mello who is also tied to a chair in front of him but there is a gap between them as if to make sure they can't reach each other. "Mels!"

Mello groans as he too begins to awaken. He opens his eyes blinking them partly open almost as if he is sleepy.

"Mello! Are you ok?!" Matt calls to his friend.

Mello raises his head looking to Matt with half open eyes.

Matt looks relieved to see this.

Mello blinks open his eyes more as he more awake now. He looks around himself. "Where are we?"

"I don't know." Matt answers.

Mello turns to the bonds holding him and he struggles trying to get free.

"It won't work." Matt tells the other. "We are stuck."

Mello stops and glares at the rope. He looks up to look around to try to figure out what is going on. "I saw a figure of someone before he knocked me out with a metal pipe."

"Who do you think it was?" Matt whimpers in fear.

"It isn't Near that much is for sure." Mello says as he looks back to the binds.

"Good to see you both are awake." A voice almost seems to echo around the two.