Okay, Chapter 7! Yeah! Thank you to all of you how reviewed, I know I can be a bit confusing but that's why I love you. I will also try to update faster but I had some writers block, ugh! Anyway, I'm back so enjoy!
(Frankie's p.o.v)
'Jackson!" I yell and glance around the darkening street. "Jackson where are you?!"
He and Manny had gotten into it earlier and Jackson had stormed out of the house, I pulled my mini jacket a little tighter around my shoulders and glanced around the street. My heart was beating 10 times faster as I glanced around an alley before walking. The human's had just gotten back from a tournament and were partying all over the place. God, I shouldn't even be NEAR this place and here I as screaming my head off for my stupid boyfriend because he and Manny had to have a "My dick's bigger than yours" moment.
"Jackson?!" I yell again and glance around the street, a light was coming around the corner and I hesitantly peeked around the corner. I gasp and turn around quickly as a truck full of students drives by, yelling and cheering as they go. I let out a slow breath and place a hand over my heart, I swear I'll need a replacement after this.
I let out a slow breath and place a hand over my heart, I swear I'll need a replacement after this. Electricity jumps from my fingers to my chest and I close my eyes, I always started sparking when I was nervous. God this is embarrassing, I haven't sparked in years... I'm so going to kill Jackson. I forced my heart to slow down as I glanced around the corner again, I should have been here with Manny or Clawd but I was in such a hurry I ran out without thinking of the consequences. My hands grip my I-coffin and I can only shake my head at the state I'm in. God where were the boys when you need them?! I scream loudly and two hands wrap around my waist and pull me into an alley, I drop my phone, shock the person with electricity and knee my attack in the groin. They let out a painful groan and grab my wrists.
"Frankie stop, it's me!" Clawd's voice echoes through my ears, I gasp and look up and him
"Clawd!" I sigh and clutch onto his jacket "I'm so sorry! I thought you were a human"
I can't help it as guilt floods through my body, there were burn marks on his jacket and it didn't take a genius to realize I had scorched some of his fur when I punched him. Anyone would be pissed of with me, he had come here for my benefit and what do I do? hurt him, god I'm an awful monster... I thought he would be mad, hell he should be pissed off but to my surprise, he silently pulls me to his chest. I let out a low sigh and bury my head in the crook of his neck.
"What the hell were you thinking?!" he growls softly "Running out here of your own. This part of town is swarming with humans, very drunk humans at that!" I bite back the light chuckle at his words, there was this one time that we saw a- Focus Frankie! This is BAD, not funny! I mentally smack myself in the head as I realize he's waiting for a response.
"I know, I'm sorry..." I whisper, it was pathetic but I was at a loss for words right now.
"Frankie it's too dangerous to be out here right now," Clawd says and glances around the corner, I could hear voices approaching.
Clawd slides an arm around my waist protectively and moves me closer into the alley, I shut my eyes and place my head against his letterman jacket.
"Hey, did you guys hear something?" a male voice asks and an angry but silent rumbling vibrates from Clawd's chest.
"What are you talking about?" a second answers
"I thought I heard a scream?" the first one says again
"Well I don't hear anything" a slightly lower third voice replies
"What if it's those fucking monsters again" a female voice asks, fear slightly in her voice
"Oh please, your freaks wouldn't dare come onto our turf" an angry voice answers
"Well what if it is?" a second female voice says, I swear I'm going to punch that bitch in a moment. She was putting our lives in danger just to freak out her friend "You should go check it out Jay" Yep, now I'm going to punch her, I go to move when Clawd's arm tightens slightly around my waist in a silent warning. I was brought back to reality and roll my eyes in annoyance, fine, I'd just punch her later...
"Let's go guys," the first female voice says "It's cold out"
"Oh come on Rachel, stop being such a baby" the first says annoyingly "Haven't you ever wanted to see a monster up close?"
"Um no!" Rachel says in annoyance "Their gross, loud and will most likely try to kill us. That's kind of why they call themselves monsters Trista"
"Well I do" Trista says confidently "Hey Jay..." she says in a slightly more seductive voice "Won't you go look for me?"
I could feel the wall of anger slowly leaving my body, with each step the boy took in our direction gravity fell on my shoulders. The seriousness of the situation weighing down my body like a ton of bricks. If we were caught I don't know how long we would last. Even if we managed to escape they would call their friends, search lights would go up and people would to their cars as the national game of "Kill the monster" Would begin and we would spend the entire night avoiding humans with guns, tasers, knives and god knows what else while also trying to find Jackson and not blow his cover. To make matters worse the humans were partying which meant that "Jackson" is most likely HOLT and has no fucking clue why or how the hell he got into the normies side of town. Let's also throw in the small fact that HOLT couldn't be quiet to save his life...
God help us...
My back was against the wall and I place a comforting hand on Clawd's bicep, Clawd towers over me protectively and I know he's fighting the natural urge to maul this human boy and scream like a little girl and run away. Clawd places his hand over my mouth to silence any possible screams as the rest of humans was slowly inching into theally, I could see the various weapons in their hands. I shut my eyes and prayed to whatever god there was out there
"Please, it could not end like this." I think. My mind races back to that awful night, my screams and pleas of mercy echoing through the air. Their chuckles and sinister smiles and they pin me to the floor, I could hear the ripping of my clothes as the cool nights air crashes against my skin "Please, not again!"
The boys walk a little bit closer but stop as a loud crash echos beside us, I jump and will myself not to scream. As if someone above heard me a metal garbage can rolls into the light, an orange and brown cat hisses loudly before jumping out of it and running away from the boys.
"Seriously dude" one guy chuckles
"It was a fucking cat" Another adds before they laugh and start walking again.
"Oh my god Rachel, you should have seen your face!" Trista's laughing voice echoes as they cross the street.
I let my head fall back in Clawd's chest and he wraps his arms around my waist more as my shaking legs give out. I let out a quiet sob as one thought crosses my mind.
"We're going to die here..."
(Sophia's p.o.v)
I couldn't help but sigh, music was blaring everywhere. Truthfully this was the last place I wanted to be, I had done enough partying back in my childhood to last a lifetime. I never understood the joy in it, even when I was partying it was confusing. Drinking a horrible wine or beer until you can't walk straight, puking over a toilet. Drunkenly grinding on some stranger that you'll only hold you head in shame about the next day and to top it all off you woke up with a reeling headache and hating the world. What was the point to this again?
To make matters worse, being here brought up memories... unwanted memories. But my girls were here so I came as an unofficial and secret bodyguard. My eyes wandered around the room as familiar faces mixed with unfamiliar ones, my teammates grinding with football players and others.
(Flashback)
"Oh come on coach, this is our fifth championship! Can't we have one night to party?" Chrissie whines with a puppy dog pout.
I glanced at the girls, I was still unsure if this was a good idea. It was a party after all and that meant drinking and being out all night, and one glance at my aunt I could tell she was thinking the same thing. For she was the only person I had told the truth to about my life and let's just say there was a lot of shit.
"Girls, you do realize that this is the hometown of an opposing team" she sighs "You can't even image all the red flags popping into my head."
I can't help but groan as of course the girls sigh and roll their eyes, Nat glanced at me briefly but I could tell she was still itching to go
"And to top it off we were invited by a guy that I must admit and excuse my language is "As sketchy as fuck" I add and receive a few glares from my "more friendly" teammates.
"Oh come on, its just one party!" Chrissie sighs and runs a hand through her blonde locks, the locks move but fall back into perfect curls none the less.
I knew my team would hate me but I had a really bad feeling about that place, my aunt glances at me for a moment and I nod my head to the left, she nods and follows me to the front of the bus. I gently grip her forearm, and hid my head in her shoulder and we quietly discuss what to do.
"I really don't like this but all the girls are 18 and stubborn as hell," I say and glance at my team "knowing them we would head home and they'd drive themselves back here to party"
"Can they not see the problem with this?" she asks and I can't help but roll my eyes
"Unfortunately, they live in this blissful world of teen ignorance" I sigh "Like me, until all "that" happened," I say and ignore the light look she has as I brought that up.
"I know were probably over thinking this but at the same time, I feel like I'm not," she says and rubs her arms "Just look at the hate Selina has for you.."
"Well, the town only holds a small group so if anything they'd just beg us to show them moves. It's the guys I don't trust" I say, the venom clearly evident as I think of Marcus.
She clearly doesn't miss this as her eyebrows raise
"What, is the town full of assholes?"
"No it's full of me" I sigh "Or more specifically a male version of that me" I sigh and I see the annoyance in her face.
"Well we shouldn't be that surprised, every small town has one I guess," she sighs and glances back at my team, Chrissy sends me a "Well! What the hell are we doing?" look, I ignore her and turn back to my aunt.
"Well even if we did stay I don't want to be rounding them up after you guys decide to drag your asses to the hotel after 4 am, " she says and rubs the bridge of her nose.
"Well it's not like we have much choice," I say with an eye roll "Unless you want them heading home with random guys"
Leah makes a sick face and pales slightly before were interrupted
"Well?" Nat says
"fine" Leah sighs "I will phone your parents and let them know what's happening" she sighs and rolls her eyes "I will rent us out a hotel from the money we have left over, the hotel will be the one a few blocks from here" the girls nod "I want the buddy system at all times, remember this is still a school thing so your under my supervision. I don't want any of you kidnapped"
"That means no going home with random guys!" I say and earn a few chuckles in response.
"We will stay here for three days, you can do what you want until then" Leah says with an eye roll "I don't care you spend the entire time drinking But you have to be back by 1 pm when we leave and if any of you puke on my bus I'm demoting you to the bottom of the pyramid"
(End of flashback)
When this conversation came up I wanted nothing more than to shut it down, but the girls had a point. Maybe it was just me that had the gut wrenching feeling that something awful was about to happen. I don't know, maybe I'm just being paranoid? I take a small of beer and fight the urge to punch someone as a drunk guy sends me a smirk and a bunch of hip thrusts from across the room.
"This was going to be a long night..."
(Marcus's p.o.v)
I stood outside with a drink in my hand, my arm absent-mindedly draped over some girl in my class. She was a cheerleader of course but not the one I was looking for. She was really here as my back up, my one night stand I could leave broken hearted but pleasantly sore the next morning. I usually didn't need one, one look at a girl had them twisted around my little finger... but Sophia. My precious Sophia wasn't that naive, which only stood to make me want her more. I couldn't help but chuckle as I thought back to this morning.
*Flashback*
The boys were watching some random show before I swiped the remote and switched it to the cheer nationals. The way these girls defied the laws of gravity was truly stunning, yes most people thought it was a sport for snooty, stuck up skinny bitches but I had to admit the effort required for this was truly impressive. Tossing two, sometimes three girls onto a pyramid was fascinating to watch. They won, of course, no team was close to doing half the stunts they had. Though I'm not sure if it was bravery or stupidity that causes them to do this.
We watch it till the end and I let out a small chuckle as I watch Sophia walking to the stage, I don't know if she knew I was watching or not but I think she must have. I hit the pause button after she send the camera a smile, to others it was a nice smile but I could see the "I told you we'd win" smirk hidden behind them. The boys sent me looks as I chuckled but I brush them off as my eyes fall on my luscious brunette, I had played this game for many years and was proud to call myself a skilled hunter. I flipped open my computer and looked up her info, she had a few fan-made pages on things like facebook and other social media but I couldn't find anything that would actually be her. Okay either she has a very private social life or she's never heard of the internet. I try things like Wikipedia and blogs but I get the same result, okay... this was new. There was a lot about her victories and her teams rise to power but very little bit about her personal history. I must have made an odd face because Alex sends me an amused smile
"What? She doesn't have incriminating photos you can use as blackmail?" he chuckles and I smirk as I think back to the many times he's used that to get a... stubborn, girl or two.
"No, that's the point" I sigh and flip the screen around "this girl is known all over the world by everyone you ask but no one seems to know anything about her before she was famous."
I watch his eyes widen a bit as he takes a look at her impressively short history, there were many things about her before the victory.
"It says she grew up in a small town that most people haven't even heard of, she went to the local elementary school from kindergarten to grade 8 and then moved tot he big city with her parents and joined cheerleading with her fellow teammates Christina Yegear and Nathalie Bachman that had previously won the championship from their old captain Natasha Yegaer, Nathalie's older sister." I sigh and lean back against the couch "this girl's a ghost story"
"Which doesn't help because you're totally obsessed with her" he chuckles, I shrug
"What can I say, this girl has beauty and brains," I say with a smile and turn on an action movie and crack my neck
"Well most girls like that are either running from something or are lying about everything," Alex says and leans back in the red love seat
"I don't mind," I say and sip my drink "It's been awhile since I've had a decent challenge"
*End of flashback*
I walked into the house and couldn't help but chuckle, Sophia was standing in the corner of the room. Drink in her hand looking less than pleased as a drunk classmate sent a couple hips thrusts in her direction. I took my hands off my other girl and shoved her towards one of my teammates, she whined a bit about losing me but was purring in his arms after a few seconds. The drunk guy took a couple steps towards her before he caught my glare, he froze in fear and instantly went the other direction and out of the room. I glance around the room and nod my head to the beat, Sophia was glancing at her teammates as they danced with guys. Nathalie raises her hands in the air before motioning a finger in Sophia's direction, who in turn chuckles and shakes her head. I could tell the others were trying to get her to dance but she wasn't having it, seconds after a blonde girl comes to stand beside her, what was her name? Sammy, I think? I couldn't help but chuckle as she takes a step closer to her, leans against Sophia's side and whispers things in her ear. I raise my eyebrow a bit as I watch Sophia's smile slowly widen as the seconds pass, finally she chuckles and rolls her eyes before slapping Sammy's ass and pulling her to the floor.
Sophia pulls her into the middle of the group, their hands raised as if she had claimed some triumphant prize. She pulled Sammy to her body as the music blared loudly, her hands on her hips as they start grinding. I couldn't help but chuckle as all eyes turn to them, no one stops dancing but clearly they were the center of attention. Sammy blushes before Sophia leans down and whispers something in her ear, I'm not sure what she says but soon her blush fades and a confident smile replaced it. Her hands slide up backwards and wrap around Sophia's neck while Sophia's hands wander over her body. Sophia's grin only widened as Nathalie comes up behind her and starts grinding with them, sandwiching Sammy between them. Loud whistles and cheers were heard around the room as they dance, I took a sip of my beer and let out a small chuckle. So my angel plays both sides, huh?
Interesting...
(Leah's p.o.v)
I sat in my hotel room and glanced out the window, I was in the center of the Town and I could hear the partying from here. With a small head shake, I glance back at my computer, it was running scans through the database. Looking for red flags and deleting any personal information people might have leaked out about Sophia. I could only shake my head as it scanned through site after site of information, shutting down sites and blocking pictures. What was the point of hiding if she does nothing but throw herself into the spotlight?
Don't get me wrong, I'm happy she's found something she can be proud about but does that worth putting her life on the line for? The sound of music fills the air and I glance at my phone, "blocked number" flashed at me and I had to fight the urge to roll my eyes before answering.
"Are you secure?" a male voice asks
"One moment," I say before pushing a few buttons before the screen glows green with the picture of a lock on it "Go ahead."
"Hello Clair" a voice chuckles, I couldn't help the small smile that forms on my face
"Hey asshole" I answer before checking the computer "Whats up?"
"Not much" he sighs and I could picture him rubbing his neck like he always does after a long day "Just checking in"
"Long day at work?" I tease lightly
"You have no idea..." he sighs "What the hell is wrong with people nowadays?"
I couldn't help but chuckle and glance out the window.
"Were protecting a girl from a homicidal maniac who wants to use her to commit mass murder and you're asking me what wrong with people?" I say sarcastically and receive a chuckle in reply
"Very true," he says with a sigh "So how is the monster anyway? I heard you guys won nationals. Congrats"
I smirk at his totally not caring tone
"Yeah we did, thanks!" I snap back, he chuckles as we started bricking like kids again. I sigh and take a sip of my water "And she's good. The girls are currently out partying"
"Partying?" he says, the shock clearly evident in his voice "Oh god I think this line is compromised" he chuckles "because there is no way you're my sister"
I flush a bit, really wishing he was here right now so I could punch that smug grin off his face.
"Well it's not like I suggest it, in fact, I was against it from the beginning"
(flashback)
"We did it!" Nat screams before hooking an arm around cassie
"Hell yeah!" she yells back and throws her left hand into the air "Marnel Monsters Forever!"
Sophia chuckled before standing up and glancing around, out of habit all eyes fall on her.
"Hey Monsters!" she yells "We're back to fight with pride!" not a second ticks by before everyone joins in
"SO step aside, yell GO, FIGHT, WIN!" Christina yells
"Hey Hunters, were back to attack!" Nathalie answers seconds after "We'll show no slack!
"M-M-H, Red, white and black!" Sammy replies
"Yell it!" Sophia cheers
"M-H-H!"
I chuckled and cover my ears as the level of loudness skyrockets, the older girls pulled out that cheer. The one you're first taught when you join the group, the only difference was no one was wearing a chicken costume and a baby bonnet. You gotta love initiations...
(end of flashback)
"Yeah, I think my ears are still broken" I groan and stick a finger in my ear, my brother chuckles.
"Well you were the one that agreed to coach them"
I roll my eyes, as much as he pissed me off it was so nice to hear from him. God, I missed my brother... but of course, I couldn't let him know that so I roll my eyes.
"No shit sherlock" I chuckle "So what are we doing after this?"
I could hear the shuffling of papers and the clicking of a light
"Well when you guys get back I have the papers for her safe house," he says "Its a nice one actually, I'm pretty impressed"
I roll my eyes
"Well of course. With all the money her parents have I'd be insulted if it was nothing less than a mansion" I chuckle as I think back to her over eccentric parents.
When I did this I had mixed feelings. Sophia's parents were great people, rich but great. They tried to teach their kids the rights and wrongs of life but I also couldn't ignore the fact that Sophia was only in THIS position because of that. The life of billionaires has its perks but down the line, something has to get repaid. But I can't be too mean, after all... who wants to lose their children because their lives are being threatened.
"well I just wanted to check in on everything," he says and I hear the creaking of his chair as he leans back "I got a bit worried when you said you'd be staying a few extra days. You've always been precise about timing so..." he trails off
"Hey, at least I'm on time for things, most of the time your over an hour late" I snap back "Oh and just so you know I'm flipping you off."
"Yeah, yeah. See you when you get back" he chuckles before hanging up.
I roll my eyes and glance back my computer screen, I'll kick his ass later.
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