Slaughter and Siblings

"Where is he?!" I screamed as I walked from the back cave when the sun finally went down. I could still feel a constant throbbing in my stomach, but I wasn't about to worry about myself.

"Where's who babe?" Paul asked, yawning, following me from the tunnel.

"Laddie! Oh my god! They took him! Why?! Why would they!? Why do they care about him!? My baby is gone! We have to go get him! We have to go now!" I shouted, running out of the cave as quickly as I could before doubling over.

"Oh god. Calm down sweetheart. We'll get him back, but you're not going to be able to save anyone if we don't get you fed first. All of us need to feed." I glared at David from where he kneeled beside me. "Don't argue with me. You would feel it if he were dead, and if he's not dead yet then they won't kill him now, they would have done it already. Dwayne, carry our princess out of here. Marko, get her and yourself some fast food. Let's go boys!" He insisted, taking off into the sky just as I was lifted.

To be honest, I wasn't really paying attention as we flew through the sky, or while I sat with Dwayne, waiting for Marko to come with my food, or while I tore into the human with wild abandon. Part of me was sorry he had to feel my wrath right now, but whatever. I was too focused on getting Laddie back to care about anything else.

"Alright, Max will be here soon, let's get everyone rounded up bays." David smirked as we all slipped into our vampire visage and entered the house. Everyone went through a different way, but I snuck through a bedroom window quietly. It wasn't until I felt something latch onto my leg that I noticed anyone in the room with me.

"Oh Laddie, thank god!" I praised, hugging him to me tightly.

"Mom! They said they were going to kill me! Sam said I was going to be human again, but those comic guys said they were gonna stake me! I was so scared." He was sobbing into my shirt heavily and I growled, knowing those Frogs were going to die tonight.

"Laddie, sweetie. I'm going to put you in here okay. You need to be quiet, you hide here while I go make sure everyone is okay, alright. Everything is going to be just fine." He nodded, as I wiped his tears and pushed him into the walk-in closet, before running down the hall, hearing shouting coming from every direction. I went straight ahead, only to see Paul with the Frogs cornered in the bathroom, and a growling dog behind him. "No! Bad dog!" I scolded, grabbing his collar and dragging him away from my mate, locking him in, what I assumed to be, Michael's closet. "You got them Paul?"

"Yes babe, they're not going anywhere." He said, taking their stakes and tossing them away, before dragging them out, and downstairs. I saw both Marko and Dwayne holding Sam tightly, standing in the living room. Marko left Dwayne with Sam in order to take one of the Frogs from Paul. I saw David fighting Michael and sighed as they were acting like they were trying to prove who was most manly. I grabbed Michael's ankle as he and David were spinning through the air and pulled him down to the ground.

"Hold him, tightly." He rolled his eyes at my having stopped his fun. "If you kept that up you would have flown right into those jackass! Pay attention! I Taught You Better!" I scolded, knowing I could have just lost him. I shoved them into the living room before running upstairs and opening the closet door, picking up my crying childe. I held him to my chest, letting him cry it out as I carried him downstairs.

"Where's daddy?" Laddie whispered, making me smile, knowing just who he was talking about.

"He's downstairs baby. And I'm sure he would love you calling him that okay? He likes being your daddy." He nodded and I kissed his head as I walked back into the living room, seeing the frogs tied up back to back with Michael tied up in the corner and Marko sitting beside Sam with his hand on his shoulder. "There he is baby." I said, setting him down, and watching my son run to Dwayne excitedly, jumping into his arms. "Alright. Are they tied tightly Paul?"

"Of course babe." He smirked and I finally got a look at his face.

"Oh baby!" I ran over to him, taking his face in my hands, looking at the burns. "Jesus Christ! That looks painful."

"It is. They splashed me with holy water from the bathtub." I kissed him quickly, cuddling into his chest at the realization that 2 of my mates were almost lost tonight. "I'm okay babe, totally fine, it'll take more than a little holy water to kill me."

"We should have shoved him in." One of the Frogs hissed to his brother and I snarled.

"What's your name kid?" He only glared at me and I turned to the other one.

"I'm Allen Frog, this is my brother Edgar." He…blushed? Aww…if he hadn't tried to murder my family his crush on me might be sweet. I saw both Paul and Marko growling at him, knowing what he was thinking.

"Well Allen, you and your brother almost killed my mate tonight. So I think it only fitting one of you fix him. Which one do you want rockstar?" He smirked at the nickname before pointing at Edgar.

"Definitely this one." He growled, about to lunge at him when I grabbed his shirt.

"You will wait. He's all yours, but not yet, understand?" He nodded, before I felt hands on my waist and someone nuzzling into my neck. "David."

"Please forgive me for being careless. You taught me better." I nodded, knowing it to be true. I taught him everything I could as soon as he was turned, knowing he was to be our pack leader, and he was careless.

I turned slightly, knowing he needed reassurance right now. I've scolded all of them at one point or another for carelessness, or any other stupidity they have committed…mostly Paul but…David hadn't done anything to warrant my anger since 2 years after I made him, when he nearly set himself on fire from coming back so late. I let him nuzzle into my neck where he began to purr against me. "You know I will always forgive you my love, you just need to pay more attention. I realize you want to hurt Michael but that is no excuse for careless behavior."

I held him to me, kissing his head before the Frogs decided to ruin our moment. "Wait! You taught him better? You mean you're the head?! But…you're a girl!"

"My sire never does anything by the book. He turned me, he saw something in me that he knew would make a great vampire."

"So then you're the head vampire?" Sam questioned, seeming curious…I could work with curious. I walked over, sitting beside him and feeling Laddie crawl onto my lap.

"Technically yes. I sired all of my mates, as well as Laddie, and your brother, but I mostly leave the decision making and controlling the pack to my sire and David, who has proved to be a very successful leader." I said, looking at my mate. I had never told him how proud I am that he led us the way he did, and I'm glad he finally knows. "Although I would like to be able to sire you as well Sam, if you'll let me. It could always be your brother if you want, he'll be fully turned soon whether he likes it or not, or your mother. She's going to be with my sire, maybe her doing it will make you feel better. I would love for you to be part of my pack, but the choice is all yours."

"Why would you give me a choice?" He asked, genuinely confused as to why I was being so nice.

"You don't want to kill us Sam, I see it on your face. You're scared, because we are something you don't understand yet, and because of what those idiots over there told you, and of everything you read in a comic book. But Sam, you have to know, you can't depend on everything you read in a comic book. We can love and care for people Sam. Us hunting people is no different than a lion hunting a gazelle, we don't want to kill you. True, we turned your brother because Max wanted your mother to be more inclined to be with him, but I see something in you Sam, something I think is similar to what Max saw in me. You'll be an amazing vampire once you get over your conscience of hurting people, and I would love to be the one to teach you everything." He looked thoughtful at everything I had said.

"Yeah! Join the Lost Boys little dude!" Paul cheered, high fiving Marko, who grinned at him.

"Did you see the same thing in them?" He asked, looking at my mates.

"No. I knew they would make great vampires the moment I met all of them, but that was because they were my destined mates. David was the leader of a small town gang when I found him, he definitely has a talent for telling everyone what to do. His old gang, it worked because they feared him, but he needed someone to care about him. Our gang works because we all mutually love each other. Dwayne had just gotten kicked out of his house, he needed somewhere to call home, with people who wouldn't leave him. Marko was getting…abused by Surf Nazi's when he came to Santa Carla, he needed the strength this life gave him, and a sense of belonging, and Paul was under the boardwalk getting high every night. He was into some pretty bad stuff. He needed someone to take care of him, help him control his addictions before he hurt himself. Are you seeing a pattern? All my boys needed a family, people to love them, people that wouldn't abandon them. I take family pretty seriously Sam, and I wouldn't offer unless I was sure you were right for us. I heard about your dad leaving, and I know your brother isn't all that great to you, but you'll be safe with us, with brothers who love you, and people who aren't going to leave you, ever."

"If you turned me, I wouldn't have to…you know." He said gesturing to me. "No offence, you're really pretty, but I'm just not into you like that." I chuckled lightly before shaking my head.

"Of course not Sam. I have all my mates, you would be like Laddie, like my son, or little brother. All our little brother." He couldn't hide the smile that seemed to grace his features as he looked at Marko and Paul.

"Them as my brothers…there wouldn't be an uneventful day." He laughed.

"You're not actually considering this…Are you Sam!?" Michael screamed.

"Shut up Michael!" I hissed.

"No! Sam! You can't trust this slut! She's lying! She doesn't care about you! She doesn't care about me either, and I'm her childe!"

"Dwayne! Shut Him Up!" I snarled and Dwayne quickly stood, grabbing Michael's throat, cutting off his screams. "The only reason I don't care what happens to your brother is the night he found out what he was he almost attacked me in his anger. I refuse to hurt any of my children, so I couldn't have done much against him, it was a good thing Marko was there. And while I forgave him, it's not something I will forget. Max wanted him, not me." He nodded in understanding.

"I think…it would be really awesome to have you guys as a family…but I don't want to be 15 forever."

"No worries dude, you'll adopt the Laddie diet." Paul said happily and Sam looked confused.

"Laddie drank the blood by accident, now while we're totally happy with the result, we couldn't let him be 8 forever, so he eats donated blood, until he's old enough to make his first kill." Marko explained as I got up and went to the kitchen. I grabbed a small glass, as well as a knife and cut my wrist, pouring it into the glass before the wound healed. I quickly cleaned off the knife before going back to the living room, seeing all my mates around him, talking, and Laddie leaned against his side on the couch.

"Drink this Sam…Be one of us." I smiled handing it to him.