Thanks to the single person who reviewed my last chapter and also to the people who've reviewed past chapters. Heres chapter 9.
I woke up once again to my alarm going off and slowly climbed out of my freezer for yet another day at school. The day before, Fred admitted to be responsible for killing a man. Once he was in custody of the police he also confessed to finding bags of money and drugs in the trunk of a car that was sold to the dealership. The police tracked down the recent owner of the car and it turns out he's a drug dealer. The bags had contained 5 million dollars worth of drugs and money. At first I thought the case was just too easy, Fred hadn't even tried to defend himself. I confronted him at the police station with this and he said it was because the murder was an accident and he felt like he deserved to go to jail for it. He said he had been drunk when he killed the guy and had woken up the next morning with a killer hang over and covered in blood. Realizing what he had done he didn't go to work and locked himself up in his apartment. I didn't believe him at first, but when I looked him in the eye I knew he was genuine.
The sound of my cell phone interrupted my recollection of the previous day. I pulled it out of my pocket and read the text message that popped up onto the screen from Mick: Meet me at my apartment after school. I think I have another case. I smiled and put my cell phone back.
An hour later I'm walking down the halls of my school, lost in my thoughts. It took me a minute to realize I was being watched. I whirled around and came face to face with...Nick.
"Hey,Kate."Nick said, a smile played across his lips.
"Oh,hey, Nick."I greeted relaxing and began walking again with Nick to our first class.
"Are we still on after school?"he asked.
"Of course."I said with a smile forgetting that I had to meet Mick. He returned the smile as we entered the classroom.
The whole day went by pretty slow,but Nick made it alot better than it usually is with his great sense of humor, his great smile, his great personality, just his great everything. We were walking to our cars after school talking and laughing and suddenly Nick stopped and asked,"Who's that guy by your car?"
I followed his gaze and spotted who he was talking about. A young man with light brown hair and brown eyes wearing an expensive business suit as usual was leaning against my car, his arms crossed watching us and waiting for me.
"Josef."I muttered under my breath.
Nick heard it,"Who?" He asked.
"Nobody, I'll be right back, wait here ok?" I said and walking away, but before I could take another step Nick grabbed my wrist gently pulling me back.
"I should go with you, that guy looks dangerous Kate."he said looking at me with concern in his eyes.
"He won't hurt me Nick I promise."I reassured him,"just wait here."
Without an answer I walked away from him and towards Josef. When I reached him he was grinning with amusement,he probably heard Nick's comment on how he looked dangerous,but I could also see a tiny amount of protectiveness in his eyes, like he thought Nick was threat to me or something. I grinned when I saw this.
"Who's that guy?"Josef asked curiously,"Your boyfriend?"
"He's just a friend, Josef."I replied and then smiled mischeviously and added,"Why? Are you jealous?"
"Maybe." He said and handed me a folded piece of paper,"Time to get serious, I found this in Mick's apartment, him and Beth are both missing, I thought they must've run away together, until I found this note."
I slowly unfolded the paper, a short note was written in elegant handwriting, I read it in shock:
I've got the P.I. and his girlfriend. They're safe...for now
Directions to who knows where were scrawled across the bottom. I was speechless. Who could do this? Who was out to get me? That vampire thats been harrasing me the past few days? No human could have captured Mick and Beth and hold them captive.
I started pacing. A million questions flooded my mind to which I had no answers.
Nick noticed my panic and walked over quickly,Josef tensed up a little I noticed,"Is something wrong?"Nick asked me worridly.
"I'm not going to make it today either, sorry." I said and stopped pacing,"you should go home, I'll see you tomorrow."If I don't get my head cut off trying to save Mick and Beth, I added silently in my mind.
He hesitated, sighed and said,"Alright, tomorrow then." With that he walked away.
"Sorry you had to miss your date."Josef said after Nick was out of ear-shot.
"Not a date, Josef!" I said irritated.
"A little testy aren't you?"He said flashing a smile,"has anyone ever told you you're cute when your angry?"
"Uggh!"I groaned. Josef could be so annoying sometimes! The only reason I'm not cutting his head off right now is because he has a nice personality in him...somewhere. I realized I was staring at him and involuntarily blushed, and began pacing again. He had noticed this too and smirked.
I pushed my thoughts of Josef out of my mind and focused on the real issue. I had to help Mick and Beth. I could be walking right into a trap by following those directions. At that moment I didn't care. But I couldn't go alone.
I sighed and turned to Josef,"Josef, I need your help with this." I said.
"Well of course you do!"He said smugly and I seriously reconsidered chopping off his head.
"Let's go, get in." I said opening the passenger door for him.
"Nope, I'm driving."He said and walked to the other side of the car and opened the driver's door,"Throw me the keys."
I didn't feel like arguing so I threw the keys at his face with inhuman strength. Unfortunately he caught them easily.
The car ride was quiet. Josef tried to start a conversation a few times, but he failed miserabley. I usually didn't mind talking to him, I just wasn't in the mood for his smart remarks today. I sat staring out of the window the whole time. After about and hour and a half of silence we stopped at an abandoned warehouse in the middle of nowhere. We got out of the car and gazed at the rusty metal building for a minute or so.
"I feel like I'm in a movie."Josef said grinning,"I'm sure when we walk inside a voice will say 'I've been expecting you.' out of nowhere and Mick and Beth will be tied to chairs or something."
I rolled my eyes and began walking towards the omnious looking structure. The doors were huge and looked hard to open, for a human atleast. I easily slid open one of the doors and stepped warily inside followed closely by Josef. It was pitch black besides the light that shone through the door. Even with my vampire eye-sight I could barely make out the interior of the warehouse.
"I've been expecting you." A silky voice said from nowhere it seemed. The voice almost sounded familiar...
"Wow, I called that one, didn't I?" Josef whispered beside me.
Suddenly a man, no, a vampire stepped into the light so we could see him clearly. Wait a minute --
Holy crap! My sire?! He's supposed to be dead! I know for sure he's supposed to be dead because I killed him!
I'm satisfied with that chapter, what do you think? please review! PlEaSe :) and thank you!
