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Extreme Thirst

Chapter Nine


"I know there is nothing that I can say to make you feel better because, I know what it feels like to lose everything, but we will conquer this together. I'll remain by your side for life and we'll survive somehow. It's possible. I made it this far by myself and now I have Jerry, Milton, Eddie, and most importantly, I have you, Kim." Jack said, kindly. He held her hands against his heart.

With tears in her eyes, Kim replied, "Thank you. You give me strengh." She gave Jack's hand a little squeeze and then she said, "My throat hurts. It's burning deep inside."

"You need blood." Jack answered. He lightly pushed some of her blonde hair out of the front of her eye and kissed her forehead, "Let's go hunting." Kim stood up while holding his warm hand.

"I...I don't know if I can make myself drink blood. It doesn't sound appetizing." She frowned, nervously, "What am I going to do?" Jack walked extremely close up to her and gazed into her mesmerizing, brown eyes. His fangs were showing again, but this time, his fangs were sexy to her; not scary no more.

"Try not to think about it. Once you smell the blood, you're body will crave it and cause you to kill." He whispered, tilting his head to the side and lightly letting his soft lips kiss her neck. She smiled at the sensation of his fangs gliding over her flesh.

"Okay." Kim replied, barely audible. At the same time, they leaned thier foreheads together.

"Can I come inside yet?!" Jerry yelled from outside the front door.

"Oooow, I'm going to rip his throat open." Kim growled, extending her claws, viciously.

"Don't hurt him too bad." Jack chuckled.

Kim practically flew into the main room and flung the door back just in time to see a scared-to-death Jerry staring at her. He was surprised to see her up and healthy, despite believing that she would survive in the first place. And Kim didn't look happy at all. She was heaving with madness.

"You're a vampire too?" Jerry frowned, "Now I can't get to taste your O negative blood."

She was trying not to hurt him because she was afraid of killing him, but Kim's rage multiplied by ten thousand percent at the comment he had made. She instantly jumped in front of him and swiped her claws across his throat, cutting him open. Jerry fell backwards on the dirt screaming high-pitched. He had a high-pitched voice sometimes, but only when he was in shock.

"Why won't he bleed?!" Kim growled, taking another swipe at his aching throat. Jack jumped behind her and pulled her off of Jerry.

"Vampires don't have blood." Jack said, "He's already in a lot of pain now. You've punished him enough."

"Then how in the heck do you have body heat, Jack?!" Kim shouted, struggling in his grip, "And why are you still stronger than me?!"

"My whole life as a vampire has been cold until I met you." He replied. Kim stopped fighting him and her heart melted.

"That's the sweetest thing I've ever heard." Kim smiled.

Jack released Kim and she turned around and gave him a loving kiss on the lips. Meanwhile, Jerry was still on the ground crying in agony.

"Now I feel bad for him." Kim sighed, heavily, "How do you make that skin healing venom work?"

"It takes months to master it." Jack replied, "Hey, are one of you two going to help him?"

"Gross. I'm not putting my lips on another guy's neck." Eddie gagged. And Milton didn't say anything, but you could definitely see the disgust on his face.

"What if it were you hurting and the only one to save you would be a guy?" Jack asked. He kneeled beside Jerry and placed his mouth on his throat. He was healing his skin wound. Jerry sat up breathing heavy after Jack unlatched his fangs from him.

"Man, thank you!" Jerry cried, wrapping his shaky arms around Jack's neck, "I've never been in so much pain before!"

"You're alright now." Jack answered, gently.

"Some friends you are!" Kim raised her voice, "I'd help him if I could!" She was so angry at Eddie for his insensitive comment that she pounced on him and ripped his throat open. Eddie started screaming in pain, holding to his neck. Tears were pouring out of his eyes.

"Are you going to help him, Milton? Or am I going to have to hurt you too?" Kim snarled.

"No! No! Please don't hurt me!" Milton panicked, "I'm sorry that I tried to drink you dry! I regret it so much, Kim!" He was practically on his hands and knees begging her to spare him. Kim loved striking fear in Milton and the others. It was sweet revenge for her. She wanted to make them pay for scaring her and nearly killing her, but she had finally calmed down after seeing him so terrified. She didn't want to be a monster.

"Okay, but only because you look so pitiful." Kim replied.

"Please! Someone help me!" Eddie sobbed, squirming around in the dirt. Milton placed his fangs on Eddie's throat.

"What's wrong with me?! Milton asked, frantically, "I can't seem to activate the venom."

"You have to remain calm in order to do it right." Jack replied, walking over to Milton's side.

"I...I can't seem to do that. My nerves are all in a frazzle." Milton stuttered, staring down at his shaky, bony hands. Jack bent down and released the venom through his fangs into Eddie's cut and it healed within seconds. Eddie finally felt the gut-wrenching pain disappear.

"Thanks!" Eddie exhaled, deeply, "Oh my gosh! That was horrible."

"No problem." Jack answered, standing up and helping Eddie up.

"Guys, I need blood like now!" Kim yelled, "It's starting to really, REALLY hurt!"

"Okay. Stay here." Jack said. He ran so fast that it looked like he had vanished into thin air.

"Wait! Don't leave us alone with her." Jerry screamed, frantically.

"What's the matter, Jer?" Kim smirked, crossing her arms over her chest and circling him slowly, "You don't think that I'd hurt you again?" He jumped behind Milton, staring at Kim in terror. Milton's legs started wobbling and Eddie was so scared that he was frozen by the pine tree.

Kim casually walked closer to them, waving her claws around.

"We shouldn't have attacked you." Jerry pouted, pitifully, "We're really sorry, Kim. We didn't want to harm you. Really!"

"Zip it, Martinez." Kim snarled, "What's done is done. I'm a vampire forever now."

"Do you hate us now?" Milton asked. He sounded so sad :(

"No." Kim replied, taking a deep breath, "I'm sorry that I've been really mean to you guys. You're still my friends."


"I don't know how you're going to cope with this, being your first time, but I left the girl behind the tree over there." Jack said, softly.

Kim's breathing stopped suddenly when she heard him say girl. There was lots of girls at camp Stonybrook. Girls that she had rode the bus with from school. Girls that didn't deserve to die. Girls that were going to be reported missing and placed all over the news. She felt like she was suffocating. Then Mika and Julie crossed her mind.

"Please tell me you didn't kill my best friend?!" Kim cried.

"I don't know... She was a brunette." Jack hesitated, feeling remorseful.

"Mika is a brunette!" Kim sunk to the dirt on her hands and knees, "I can't do this."

"I'm very sorry if I killed this Mika girl, but you need to drink some blood before you die." Jack replied, placing his hand on Kim's shoulder.

"I don't care if I die." Kim said, emotionlessly. Her tears had stopped and she didn't want to live no more.

"Please don't do this." Jerry begged, "Kim, we love you. Don't let this random girl die for nothing."

"It's too late. The poor thing has already died for nothing." Kim replied, quietly. Her eyes looked blank as she stared into space.

Jack, Jerry, Milton, and Eddie all became motionless and very quiet. They had never once felt sorry for their victims before. To them, killing innocent lives was for survival and that is true, but it's also horrible. Their craving for fresh blood had overcome their senses, turning them inhumane. They couldn't understand how Kim still possessed her sympathy. Out of all of them, she should have been the most brutal since she had just transformed into a vampire today. Now they were slowly gaining back their emotions after witnessing Kim's compassion.

"Kim, we didn't choose to be like this." Jerry said, swallowing back tears, "But I don't see no way out of it."

"Well, there is one way." Milton added, hanging his head over in shame, "We just die."

"Are you guys crazy?!" Eddie asked, dramatically, "I enjoy living and I'm not going to stop drinking blood! For a vampire, death is slow and painful!"

"We could try animal blood." Kim suggested.

"That stuff tastes bitter." Eddie complained. He twisted his face into a disgusted expression. None of the vampires ate animal blood; they absolutely couldn't stand the taste. It made them want to puke, but it would have been a better alternative. Humans weren't meant to be discarded so easily. Human life is a precious gift.

Jack placed his arm around Kim's shoulders, "How do you handle being thirsty so well?" Jack asked.

"It's...killing me." Kim looked up at him with watery, pain-filled eyes.

"Please go quench your thirst." Milton pleaded, "I don't like seeing you suffer."

"But...What if that girl is...Mika?" Kim replied. The teardrops streamed down her cheeks.

"You never know until you go look." Jerry said, cautiously not to upset Kim. He stepped a few inches back from her and positioned himself next to Milton.

"Okay." Kim responded, her voice cracking under the pressure. She was dreading the fact she had to do this, but she had to know if this girl was Mika and her thirst was literally killing her...


To be continued...


AN: What do you guys think? Is that girl behind the tree Mika, or just some random girl?!

I'm sorry for the cliffhanger! I had to change the chapter so that it wouldn't be the end of the story. I'm thinking of new ideas and writing them down later today and I will have chapter ten posted either tomorrow or the next day after tomorrow. Thanks for the love & support!

-Emily Jane :)