Paul's Angel Re-Write Chapter 8

Paul's P.O.V

I carried a shivering Angie through the cave entrance, anger coursing through my veins. Marko narrowed his eyes as we walked closer,

"Now I doubt Paul is good enough in bed to leave a girl shaking; so what happened?"

I glared at him then looked back down at Angie,

"Baby, why don't you take Laddie into the other room so I can talk to the guys."

She nodded, hopping out of my arms leading the boy away. The guys stared me down, waiting anxiously for an explanation.

"Angie almost attacked her mom, she only stopped herself because of Max."

Dwayne furrowed his brows, "Why would it matter if Lucy was killed?"

"They're super close since she's the only other girl in the family. Her mom blew her off to stay with Max. That's why she attacked."

"Blew her off?" Marko questioned with a frown.

"She wanted to talk about staying with us. Apparently, they tell each other everything but work was too important to Lucy today," I replied, turning to David; who'd been strangely quiet this whole time.

"What are we going to do David!? Don't you see how much she's hurting! Her brothers are assholes who don't care about her anymore and her mom is pushing her away. Don't you understand how terrible she feels!" I roared

"We all understand Paul. We all went through the same shit. That's why you need to be there for her. We're her family now, who cares if they suck. Michael isn't going to join us; we all know that. And with her little brother hanging with the wannabe 'vampire hunters' you know he doesn't give a shit about Angie, anymore. The only person left is her mom and the only hope for that is Max straightening her out. Until then we are the only ones she has, so stop yelling at us and focus your pissy energy on her dumb ass brothers!" David ended with a shout.

I took a step back, letting what David said sink in. Glancing at the other two who nodded in agreement, I took a deep breath,

"Yeah okay, you're right... What are we going to do about Mike and Star though?"

David glowered at the mention of his failed conquest,

"We need to get rid of them. It won't be hard for Michael, he's weak from not eating we can just rip him apart."

"Same with Star, we can just run her through with a stake," Marko spouted out with a sick grin.

"Yeah, something like that," David replied, blood lust clear in his voice.

Dwayne spoke up, all eyes shifting to him,

"We can figure out all the bloody details tomorrow night, for now, Paul you need to check on your girl who's still probably freaking out."

The room was silent but the agreement was clear between the four of us. I followed Angie's path, hoping to console her before tomorrow night's massacre.

Sam's P.O.V

I cautiously followed the Frog brothers down the rickety steps to the cave. The afternoon sun glared down on us, and even though I was sweating like a pig, I knew that giant ball of fire in the sky was going to be our advantage over these monsters. We made our way into their base, my nose immediately assaulted.

"Oh jeez, what's that smell? It's like something died in here."

Edgar and Alan stared blankly at me,

"Obviously dude, they're vampires. They're undead." Alan responded

I nodded in embarrassment. As we walked further into the cave, I looked back to see Michael carrying a small boy towards the entrance. 'Now he just has to get Star and Angie and everything will be okay.' Swiveling back around, I followed my new friends into a pocket of the cavern.

"The smells really strong, they must be in here somewhere," Edgar whispered.

We shone our flashlights around the room, till the beams landed on five figures hanging upside down like bats.

Angie!

"I thought they'd be in coffins..." I said with a gulp

"That's what this entire place is, one giant coffin. Let's stake 'em before they wake up." Edgar replied

"Not the girl, she's my sister! We have to save her."

"She's a bloodsucker Sam, we have to," Alan said, sympathy laced in his voice. If it were Edgar up there, he wouldn't want to kill him either.

A tear slipped down my face, "Can I have a minute to say goodbye then?"

Angie's P.O.V

I shook my head, trying to ignore the voices in the room. Before I could tune them completely out, I heard something odd.

"Not the girl, she's my sister! We have to save her."

"She's a bloodsucker Sam, we have to."

That wasn't the guys... that's my baby brother.

"Can I have a minute to say goodbye then?"

"There's no time, we've already been here too long, we have to do this now!"

"Edgar, give him a minute."

I listened to the other boy grumble as the two of them left the room.

"Angie, I'm so sorry. Michael should've protected you from these assholes. I'm sorry but we can still save him," Sam said shuffling forward.

Opening my eyes, I saw tears streaming down his face. I quickly jumped down, putting my hand over his mouth before he could scream. He stared back at me in horrified shock.

"It's okay Sammy, I'm not gonna hurt you I swear. You need to know that everything is going to be fine. I really like being with these guys and I found one that I love with all of my heart. Now I'll take my hand off your mouth if... you swear you won't scream," I whispered.

He nodded shakily.

"Oh Sammy," I started, removing my hand but before I could get any further, I felt an intense pain in my stomach. I stared down in shock, seeing a stake sticking into my stomach. Letting out a scream, I watched as my baby brother was thrown against the far wall. Paul raced towards me, the Frog brothers running in at the sound of my screech in pain. Hurridly they snatched Sam up from the floor and booked it out of the room.

"Dwayne, Marko go after them!" David yelled, coming closer to us.

"Paul, I hate to complain but this hurts like a bitch," I whimpered

"I know baby, it's okay... it's going to be okay," he whispered, "David what do we do?!" Paul yelled with fear in his voice, pulling me tightly to him.

Before David could respond we heard screams and Michael's shouting.

"Pull out the stake. Let her drink some of your blood, that'll start the healing process. I've need see what happened," David said running out of the room.

"This is gonna hurt," Paul warned, yanking the stake out of my stomach. I let out a cry of pain as he bit into his wrist, "Drink," he commanded softly.

"I don't want to hurt you though," I replied, cringing.

He barked out a laugh, "I think you should worry more about yourself right now. Drink."

I shakily latched my mouth onto his arm, squeezing my eyes shut as his blood poured down my throat. I held back a moan, feeling the pain slip away. Unclenching my jaw and backing away, Paul let out a groan of relief.

The guys walked back into the cave, dragging an injured boy in with them.

Alan.

"What happened?"

"Well we got this little asshole, but the other one and your brothers got away. They took Laddie and Star." Dwayne replied.

"They are not my brothers any more, not after they tried to kill me. You guys are my only family now and that includes Laddie. We have to get him back!" I said with a growl.

Marko stared at me with a malicious smirk, "Figured you'd want stake this kid, just a little something for your troubles."

"As much as Angie should kill this wannabe superhero, she needs to rest," David butted in, "But you could choose how he goes."

Alan looked fearfully at me, "Please, have mercy."

"You brainwashed my 11-year-old brother into thinking I was a monster, which led him to stab me! So why should I show you mercy?"

"Please," he whispered, tears streaming down his face.

"Boys, he's terrified of vampires...maybe you should show him why we're so feared," I offered with a wicked grin.

"Good choice, Ang," Dwayne replied stalking over to him.

I closed my eyes as I listened to the guys gruesomely rip the boy apart. When the screams finally stopped, I took a peek to see everyone surrounding me.

"How you doing Angie?" Marko asked

"Well considering I was stabbed, I've been better," I joked, "But really I'll be okay, should just rest for a little bit."

"We're gonna have to wait till tonight to attack, so you'll have plenty of time to recover. Paul, take her out of here. She'll be able to fight tomorrow."

Paul stiffened at David's words but ultimately complied. Picking me up, he took us to the lobby. Sitting down, me on his lap, we sat in silence. Looking up at him, I kissed his cheek.

"Thank you for saving me."

"I don't know what I would've done if you had died," he replied with a quiver in his voice.

I gulped, the thickness in my throat made it hard to speak, "You're never gonna have to find that out. I promise."

"I love you, Angie."

A wide smile broke onto my face as I held his gaze, "I love you too."

When night had come upon us, the boys and I got ready for war. My body felt completely healed but my heart wasn't. I hated the fact we had to kill people I loved but my family had betrayed me, this is the fate they carved out for themselves. I glanced over at Paul and grabbed his hand; he gave me a brief smile before returning to the scowl he had been sporting.

David whistled, turning all attention towards him,

"Let's do this," he commanded with a smirk.

The boys whooped and I smiled at their enthusiasm but then remembered what we were about to do. Now I don't really care about my 'brothers' but I didn't want my mom to get hurt. Even after our fight I still love her with all of my heart, and I'd hate to lose that too. Walking outside, I stopped everyone before we flew off.

"Hey, I know we can't really control it but can we just try to keep my mom safe."

David looked towards me, "Of course."

"Oh also! Nanook, Sam's dog. He never did anything wrong ya know," I added.

They all chuckled but ultimately agreed. Once that was all settled, we glanced around at each other before taking to the sky.

As we neared the house, I saw Michael and Edgar pulling Sam inside, leaving Nanook chained to the fence. We spread out Paul, Marko, and I crashed through the upstairs windows; David and Dwayne doing the same downstairs. I quickly made my way to my old bedroom where I heard Star and Sam yelling. Laddie was backed up into a corner, with Star standing in front of him so he couldn't escape. I snarled at her; Star's eyes widened in fear. Paul and Marko ran in, having taken care of Edgar in the bathroom. Paul's eyes darkened at the sight of Sam before I knew it, he was ripping out Sam's throat. He fell to the ground, choking on his own blood.

"That's what you get for staking my mate," Paul roared. I turned back to Star and Laddie when I heard her scream. She tried to grab Laddie and run but Marko got there first. He closed his claws around her neck while I pulled Laddie away from her.

"Stay put, we're going to get you out of here soon."

He nodded shakily. I crouched down next to Sam's dying body,

"You know, I tried to tell you everything was going to be fine but you just didn't trust your big sister."

Placing my hand on his shoulder and his new wound, I pushed my hand into his throat. Grabbing onto his spinal cord, I yanked until his head was disconnected from his body. Dropping it to the ground, I licked the dripping blood from my fingers.

"Damn."

Paul and Marko groaned. With a cocked brow, Paul turned to Marko thumping him on the back of the head.

"Dude. Don't."

Marko chuckled, "Sorry, but c' mon man, you gotta admit..." he trailed off motioning towards me.

I giggled briefly forgetting about the situation we were in until I heard my mother's scream echoing through the house. We hurried downstairs, seeing blood splattered on the walls and Micahel dangling from some of grandpa's antlers. Lucy stared in shock at the corpse of her eldest son, Max holding onto her shoulders from behind.

"Mom!"

"Angie...what happened? Where's Sam? What did you do?!"

Max directed her attention to him, "Lucy I'm so sorry you had to find out this way. I wanted our families to be together. It was going to be perfect, especially with Angie and Paul being mates."

Lucy shook his grip on her shoulders off, slowly backing away from all of us,

"What are you talking about?"

"Mom."

Her head snapped towards me,

"We had to do this, Sam stabbed me, they were going to kill us."

"No," she whispered

"Lucy, our kids and I are vampires. You will be too, then we can all be together forever."

Mom gasped in fear, darting towards the backdoor but before she could make it, a loud screeching filled the air. The wall exploded into a million pieces as a familiar car plowed into the house, blaring its horn.

Grandpa.

Lucy froze like a deer in the headlights, literally. Her body was sent flying towards Michaels, the same fate falling upon her.

"Mom!" I screamed racing to her. "I'm so sorry mommy."

Her eyes were filled with hatred, "Get away from me you monster!"

I stumbled back in shock, the one person who was supposed to love me no matter what... just called me a monster. Paul pulled me away, while Max stalked over to her a blank look covering his face,

"This is unfortunate Lucy, you've disappointed me and your last living child."

With that, he pulled her off the antlers, dropping her to the floor to let her bleed out.

"Marko take care of the old man," Max commanded, walking my way, "Angie darling, I'm so sorry but you can stay with the boys now."

"Paul take me home now, please."

He stared down at me sympathy in his eyes, "Of course love."

I turned to David, "We couldn't save my mom but please make sure the dog is fine."

He nodded a silent promise.

"Alright, let's go, Paul."

I felt numb as we flew to the cave. Everything about my past life is gone now. The completed hatred and loathing in my mother's eyes cut me to the core. She was supposed to side with us but instead, she dubbed me a monster. I've never felt like a monster but is that what I am?

"Angie, stop." Paul's voice rang through my mind.

"But..."

"No! No buts, you aren't a monster, we are not monsters. This is something people usually take time to think about, your mother just never got the opportunity to. Plus, you don't tend to find out by seeing your kid hanging dead in the rafters. If she had time, I have no doubt she would join us. But don't take her words seriously. You are an actual angel which means you could never be a monster."

A tear fell down my face, he was right but I knew this pain wouldn't fade fast.

"You know who is a monster though? Dwayne, have you seen that mug!?"

A laugh escaped my lips, even in the worst times, he could make me laugh.

"That's mean," I replied, smirking as we landed.

He engulfed me in a hug, "What you think he's attractive or something?"

"Maybe..." I said with a wink, walking down the steps into the cave.

"Wait...What?!" He shouted following after me.

I stopped in the middle of the lobby, "Where did the boy go?"

Paul stopped behind me, pulling my body tightly to him, "The guys tossed him, you don't have to worry about the mess."

"Thank you."

"So, you really think Dwayne's hot?"

Before I could answer, the rest of the guys entered the cave, Laddie being carried in by the aforementioned man.

"I think you're pretty hot too, Angie," Dwayne said smirking.

"Angie!" Laddie yelled, wiggling in his grasp.

"Hey buddy, how're you doin'?" I asked

"I'm tired, Star stole me from you guys."

"Well, she won't ever try that again. I promise kiddo," I replied, taking him from Dwayne. "I'm gonna put him to bed, thank you, Dwayne." With a grin Laddie and I headed out of the lobby. "Love you, Paul," I shouted behind me.

"Ha! Suck it, Dwayne, she may think your good looking but she loves me!"

As I tucked Laddie in, he looked up at me, "When am I gonna be like you guys?"

"When you're a bit older hun."

"Seven is old!"

"How about we make a deal. When you're tall enough to get on every ride at the amusement park by yourself, you can be like us?"

He stared up at me, weighing his options before grasping my hand, "Deal."

With a giggle, I gave his hand a firm shake, "Deal."

There we go, that's the last chapter of Paul's Angel. There will be an epilogue to tie up a couple of loose ends. So if you have something you might want to see in the epilogue go ahead and leave a comment. And thank you guys so much for reading this story!