Hope You guys liked the last chapter. Here's the next one. It's ganna be a long one. We're approaching the end. :)

"Ah-hem," Edgar and I snapped to attention and looked at the doorway. Alan was standing there, leaning against the frame. I was extremely grateful that we were covered by blankets. As awkward as this already was, exposing our full nudity to him would make even more uncomfortable. "You guys are really lucky that Mom and Dad are stoned in their room. Otherwise it could've been them, not me, walking in on...this."

Edgar rolled his eyes. "Do you mind?"

"Yeah, I'll leave. But you two should get dressed. It's noon already. Your family's probably wondering where you are."

"Oh shit!"

Alan had already thought of a danger that Edgar and I had ignored.

"I'll let you two get dressed..." Alan walked out of the room, giving us privacy.

We changed quickly, then sat on the couch. It wouldn't be too hard for the others to figure out what I'd just done. The might very well come after Edgar and Alan for that. I pulled my knees in close to my chest and ran my fingers through my hair in frustration.

Edgar saw my worry and pulled me into a hug.

"It's going to be ok, Mary. I won't let them hurt you."

I pushed him away just enough so that I could look him in the eye. "It's not me I'm worried they'll hurt. It's you and Alan. I can't fight them-I'm not strong enough. And they wouldn't back down until either you're dead, or they are. I...I don't know what to do."

I put my head back on his shoulder and started to cry. I had the horrible feeling deep inside that, by the end of tonight, either the Frogs or my brothers would be dead. Gone forever.

Alan knocked on the door.

"Yeah, we're good. Come on in." Edgar shouted out to him.

He entered and sat down in the chair next to the couch. "So what now? You're family will be awake in about 8 hours. What's your plan?"

I pondered this for a few moments. Then it hit me. "I think I know where to go. Do you guys have a car?"

"Yeah. Do you have a license?" Alan asked, skeptical.

"Nope. How hard can it be?"

A few moments later, we all sat in the Frogs' car.

"Are you sure about this?" Alan asked.

"We'll be fine."

I pulled out of their driveway and onto the road. We road in an uncomfortable silence for about a half hour. No one really wanted to talk about what could happen as soon as the sun went down, but that's all anyone could think about so there was no talking.

Before long, we arrived at the church-(see chapter 2 if you don't remember).

"What the Hell are we doing here?" Edgar asked.

"Hey, watch that mouth. We're at a church. Come on. I've known the Priest here since he was a kid. He'll help us."

We got out of the car and walked inside. John was in his office looking at some papers.

"Why hello, Mary. What brings you here at this time of day?"

"Trouble, unfortunately." I said as I sat down in one of the chairs. Both Frogs choose to remain standing.

John sighed. "Can I assume this is Edgar and Alan then?"

We nodded.

"Pleasure to meet you boys. I'm John. I wish we were meeting under happier circumstances, but it seems these days that Mary only visits when she's in trouble. As old as she is, she still has many characteristics of a teenage girl. So what's the problem?"

I told John what happened-everything. Even my suspensions that it wasn't an accident that Edgar was the one to find me there and that the person who had the hunting equipment never showed. I was almost positive that Max set it up so that I would kill Edgar in my blood lust-killing two birds with one stone.

"Well now..." John said when I was finished. "This is a problem. What do you intend to do now, Mary?"

"I was hoping to leave these two here, where they're safe. I'll go back to the cave and face them."

"What?!" both boys exclaimed.

"We're not going to let you take this on your own, Mary!" Edgar said.

"They'll kill you!" Alan added. "We'll go with you."

"And do what?! If you come, than it'll either be you or them. Don't make me choose between you guys and my brothers. Please."

"They're not really your brothers, Mary!" Edgar said.

"David is. He's the only real family I have left. If any of the others get hurt, they'll kill you guys. If I go alone, maybe they won't kill me. David wouldn't let them...I think. If you guys stay here for as long as the sun is down, you'll be safe. They can't come here." I stood up and hugged them both. "Please, stay here. Stay safe."

They both just stared at me. Stunned. Speechless. Then I hugged John.

"I might not see you again, so I want to thank you. You've been a good friend. Try to keep them here if you can."

He nodded.

I gave one last sorrowful look at the three before leaving. I was scared that I would never see them again, but I would rather that be the case then having them die because of me.

I drove back to the cave. Everyone was asleep. I knew I couldn't stay out here with Laddie and Star. I had to go see the others. I walked down the hall to where the narrow area where you had to crawl was. Eventually I made it to the area where David, Marko, Paul, and Dwayne slept. As soon as I got out of the tunnel, David's eyes opened. He dropped to the floor, followed by Dwayne. Both landed gracefully.

"Where the Hell have you been, Mary?!" David demanded. He sounded genuinely concerned and worried. Dwayne's eyes mirrored David's emotions.

They didn't know.

Without warning, I began to cry. I sank down to my knees and cried. Like a little child. I don't think I'd cried so much in a single day since the night my parents died.

"Mary, what's wrong?" Dwayne asked, as he knelt beside me, putting an arm around me for comfort.

I shook my head. "No." I muttered. "I don't want to talk about it."

David put a hand on my shoulder. "You're exhausted. Sleep in here for now. We'll talk later tonight."

I gave a pathetic nod.

Dwayne kissed my forehead, squeezed my hand, and left to go back to sleep. David went back to sleep as well. I curled up on the ground and, before long, fell asleep.

I could stop here, but I don't really want to. I've got a good idea, and I'm going to roll with it :)

3rd Person POV-back in the church

Edgar and Alan still stood in the office of Father John. Both knew they couldn't stay there.

"So, are you ganna give us a lift out of here or not?" Edgar asked John.

The old priest sighed. "I should have known you were going to ask that. You're Edgar, right?" Edgar nodded. "Tell me, Edgar, do you truly care for Mary." Edgar gave a sharp nod. John sighed again. "Very well then. My niece's granddaughter is getting baptized today in a church in town. They want me to be there. I suppose, if you two were to stow away, there's really nothing I can do about that."

Edgar directed John to the Emerson house. The boys got out once they reached the house and thanked John.

"You boys take care of yourselves," John called after them. "Good luck. You're going to need it."

With that, he pulled away.

Alan knocked on the door. Sam answered and the boys walked in.

"Okay, where's Nosferatu?" Edgar asked

"The Prince of Darkness." Alan added.

"The nightcrawler."

"The bloodsucker."

"El Vampiro."

"Mike!" Sam called.

Michael came down the stairs. He looked pale and sickly. Like every movement was difficult and painful for him.

"Alright, to free you, Mary, and the other two, we only need to kill the head vampire," Edgar told Michael, "No need to cause Mary any more grief than necessary. If we need to kill the others to protect ourselves than so be it. I'd rather Mary be alive, human, and hate me than dead herself. Now, who's the head blood sucker?"

"It's David," Michael said.

"Mary's real brother?"

"Yeah."

"Edgar, you've just got the worst luck," Alan said.

"Did something happen between Edgar and Mary?" Sam whispered to Alan.

"Yeah, if we make it out of this alive, I'll tell you tomorrow."

Edgar shot the two a nasty look.

"You're going to have to kill them all," Michael said. "They won't let you get away with killing David. Or taking Mary, Laddie, and Star. They'll hunt us all down. It's going to be us or them."

"That's the way I figured," Edgar said somberly. "Do you know where their nest is?"

Michael nodded. "I'll take you there."

They all got into the car. Grandpa Emerson was putting up a fence of pointed posts in the yard as they drove by.

"Hey Grandpa! Is it ok if we borrow the car?" Grandpa Emerson never got to answer.

After a short drive, the boys came to a cliff side over looking the ocean. There were unsteady steps down to a hotel that had been destroyed in an earth quake. They all got out of the car and the Frogs checked each other to make sure all of their weapons were in place. Once they were ready, Edgar turned to Michael.

"Just so you know: If you try to stop us, or vamp-out in any way, I'll stake you without thinking twice about it."

"Chill out, Edgar," Sam told him, slightly annoyed.

The Frog brothers and the Emersons descended down into the cave. Sam had to help Michael, who was getting weaker. In the main room, they only found Laddie and Star. Michael took them out to the car one at a time before he collapsed in the car himself. The other three went on to explore the rest of the cave.

"If Mary's not with the other two, where do you think she is?" Sam asked.

"Don't know," Edgar said. "Maybe with the blood suckers. Just hope she's ok. Let's try to get here out of here before we kill David if we can."

Sam and Alan nodded.

The three walked around shinning their flashlights around, looking for Mary and the vampires.

"There's got to be a sleeping chamber around here someplace..." Edgar thought out loud.

Alan paused.

"Hey guys. Feel it? Feel the draft?"

Edgar shined his flashlight to the small opening the boys had failed to spot.

"It's an opening, all right. Let's try it. Somebody give me a boost."

One by one the boys climbed into the tunnel.

"Ugh! What's that smell?!" Sam asked.

"Vampires my friend," Alan told him.

They reached the end of the tunnel, which, thankfully, was near the ground. A few yards away was the sleeping form of Mary. Edgar rushed and knelt by her side. He lifted her into his arms gently.

"Mary. Mary! Wake up!" He whispered to her, trying to wake her gently.

"Mhh. What is it?" she mumbled, obviously still mostly asleep and unaware of who she was talking to.

"Where's David?" He asked.

"Up there." She pointed to the ceiling.

The three boys looked up.

"Jesus Christ!" Alan yelled.

"I thought they'd be in coffins," Sam whispered harshly.

"That's exactly what this place is," Edgar told him. "One great big coffin. Alan, Sam: you guys take care of David. I'm going to try to wake Mary and get her out of here."

The other boys nodded and started to climb up towards where the sleeping vampires were.

"Mary! Come on! Wake up!"

She hardly moved. She was totally exhausted.

As Sam and Alan reached the vampires, they realized they didn't know which one was David. Mary was blond, but so were three of the vampires.

"Which one's David?" Sam quietly shouted to Edgar.

"I don't know. The blond one!"

"They're all blond!" Alan shouted back. "Except Mary's boyfriend!"

"Then get lucky!"

Sam and Alan looked back at the vampires. "Well, buddy," Alan said to the curly haired one. "You're the closest. You're the first to go. For Mary's sake, I hope you're the right one." He staked him right in the heart, causing him to scream and the other vampires, including Mary, to awaken.

"Marko!" She screamed as he exploded.

The platinum blond one screamed at them, "You're all dead meat!"

"Run!" Mary cried as she grabbed Edgar's hand. Sam and Alan had already made it to the entrance of the tunnel. Edgar made Mary go before him. The four frightened teens crawled for their lives. Then platinum blond vampire grabbed Edgar's leg and started to drag him back.

"You're dead Frog boy!"

"Leave him alone David!" Mary shouted and pulled Edgar back, past a small crack where the light poured in. David tried to grab Edgar again, but screamed in agony when the light hit him.

"They won't get away, Mary," David called after them. "We're coming for you-all of you-as soon as the sun goes down. You made your choice, you traitor!"

Mary collapsed as soon as they got out of the tunnel.

"Oh my god!" she cried. "You killed Marko! How could you do that?! Do you know what you did?! Oh my god!"

"That was David, wasn't it. Who was chasing after us." Edgar was cold and reserved as he spoke to Mary. Inside he was frightened-terrified even-but he couldn't let Mary know that. It would just make her more upset.

"Yeah," she said finally as she sniffled. "It was him you were trying to kill, wasn't it. You came here to kill my brother."

"We did it to save you," Edgar reasoned with him. "I was hoping for it to just be him who died tonight. But it looks like it's going to be an all out battle." Mary remained silent. "Come on. Let's go. We've got a lot to do if we're going to stand a chance against them."

Mary nodded. Edgar extended a hand to help her to her feet, but she refused it. Once they reached the car, Mary collapsed in the back with the other vampires and fell back asleep. Edgar sat next to Sam in the front.

"Come on," He told Sam, "Burn rubber." He stomped down hard on the gas pedal.

The car flew backwards toward the cliff. The boys screamed and Sam stomps on the brakes. The tires screeched and the car came to a skidding stop in a cloud of dust-the back end just about hanging off the cliff.

"Burn rubber does not mean warp speed!" Sam yelled at Edgar.

Once they were back at the Emerson house, Michael woke up again, but the other vampires remained asleep. Michael carried Star, Alan carried Laddie, and Edgar carried Mary. They went inside and as they approach the stairs, Nanook comes racing up to them, barking loudly.

"No, Nanook!" Sam told the dog. "Quiet!"

"Your dog knows flesh-eaters when he smells 'em!" Edgar said.

Nanook continued to bark.

"Take him outside, Sam!" Michael said.

Sam grabbed Nanook by the collar and lead him away. The others begin to climb the stairs when Grandpa Emerson suddenly appeared.

"Michael!" He called. Everyone froze in place. "You know the rule about filling the car up with gas when you take it without askin'?"

"No, Grandpa..." Michael said.

"Well, now you know." Grandpa disappeared, leaving the group stunned and confused.

The Frogs and Michael took the vampires up to Michael's room and laid them on the bed. Edgar brushed Mary's cheek as he put her down. Sam soon joined them.

"Well... we blew Plan A," Sam said.

"Time to activate Plan B," Alan told him.

"What's Plan B?"

"We don't have one yet," Edgar told him as he glanced at his watch. "And we only have two and a half hours to come up with one."

"What happens in two and a half hours?"

"The sun goes down and they'll be comin' for us."

Edgar and Alan waited for Sam to talk to his mom in the Video Shop.

"You scared?" Alan asked Edgar.

Edgar didn't say anything.

"It's ok if you are. I know I am. I'd be even more scared if I were you. You're probably their main target. You slept with Mary."

"You staked the curly one. I'd think they'd be coming after you just as much as me."

Alan shrugged as Sam exited the store.

"We're on our own."

"Good," Edgar muttered.

"It's just the way we like it," Alan added.

The three boys took off on their bikes to the nearest church. There was a baptism going on as they filled canteens with holy water.
As they left, Edgar saw John. He smiled at him and gave him two thumbs up. John waved back at him as they left.

Then they returned to the house and got Grandpa out of the house and began to prepare for the encounter. They finished just before the sunset. As it did, Edgar went to find Mary. She was standing in Sam's room, looking at the boarded up window as the last rays of sunlight poured through the cracks and hit her face. She stood there with her arms crossed and her face hard, but her eyes were sad and scared.

"They'll be coming for us now, won't they," She said.

"Yep."

"Are you scared?"

He shrugged.

"When they come, they'll come for blood."

"I know."

Tears began to run down her cheek. Edgar pulled her into a hug and kissed her forehead.

Ok this was a long one. The next chapter shall be the battle between the Lost Boys and the Emerson/Frog Brothers. Hope you enjoyed it.