So, I'm not dead and I wanted to say sorry for leaving this story unattended so long
I've been sick and college has almost eaten me alive again on the bright side I got my precious laptop back so I'm going to try to update as much as I can now :D
Disclaimer: I own nothing but my own characters
"It's as much fun to scare as to be scared." Vincent price
Artemis's Pov:
'Nothing like a day at the beach to clear my mind and get a little tan going on, now all I want to do is sleep'
"Dear cousins I'll be heading back to our wonderful house to change and have a shower. Don't wait up I'll find you two later at the boardwalk or something. Peace out!"
Not waiting for their response Artemis headed up the creaky wooden stairs to cross the boardwalk to her house, the streets already starting to swarm with people of all kinds
'Bleh and it's only 6 in the fucking afternoon don't you bitches have jobs to go to gooood I swear sometimes I really don't mind having some of these annoying people being eaten by rather hot vampires…less people in lines for the food I say'
her mouth curling in an amused smirk while she rammed rather harshly into some wanna be Barbie doll ignoring her glare and hissy mood as she went.
"Watch where you're going bitch!" her high pitch voice squealed in response Artemis just flipped her off and continued on her merry way.
It almost seemed as though the crowd around her grew to the point of engulfing her completely 'NOOOO! I don't want to die in a mob; I'm going to die cool damn it like in Jaws or Silence of the lambs!' Shoving her way more forcefully though the crowd, she finally made it to the comic shop. Shoving her key into the lock she made her way through the darkened shop feeling for the stairs not knowing that she was approaching them all to fast.
'I feel like I'm in dawn of the dead dun dun duuuun watch out zombies I'm going to sh-' Suddenly she smashed into the stairs her right cheek making impact with the edge of one of the stairs, slicing the delicate skin and colliding with her right shoulder blade "OH FUCK!" Artemis grabbed her now bleeding and throbbing cheek rushing to the bathroom adrenaline pumping through her veins.
Shoving a wash cloth under the hot sink water she tried to clean her cheek as quickly as possible, not wanting to feel the pain that was radiating off of it. After about five minutes Artemis flung the now bloody wash rag to the floor while examine her face in the mirror. "Good news is I won't need stitches, bad news is I look like I was in a fucking fight with chucky."
The slice looked more like a gash now that already had bruising and swelling forming, blood was still trickling down her cheek. Her shoulder looked no better colors of all kind surrounded her collarbone. Sighing at her reflection she tried to ignore the irritated gash plus the bonus of a throbbing shoulder and moved to start the shower.
Grasping the tiled wall in the shower Artemis tried not to let salty tears fall, the gash on her cheek hurt even more and moving her shoulder and collarbone didn't help either 'I've had worse happen to me and here I am crying because hot water is hitting my fucked up face' Unable to take anymore of the pain Artemis quickly turned off the shower sighing in relief as cool air hit her face while she clung to the sink, her knuckles turning a ghostly white.
"Take deep breaths Arty and move on!" Glancing at her face again she noticed it was now a rich plum color, the gash itself was now dark red. Grabbing her foundation she tried to apply it gently around her cheek it made the ugly bruise look almost lighter 'Now I really do look like I could be an extra for a zombie movie or an abused victim lovely!'
Quickly applying her mascara and liquid eyeliner she slipped on an olive green sweater that hung baggy and a pair of black slashed up skinny jeans. Moving down the stairs more slowly now Artemis slipped on her worn black converse and set off on the boardwalk to find her cousins
'They'll probably think I ran into the vampires and got into a fist fight with them' pausing briefly she felt a splitting headache coming on 'Lord have mercy on anyone who pisses me off tonight!'
She briefly heard the sound of motorcycles reviving in the distance but she choose to ignore them 'Probably just some wanna be retards who think their sooo cool pssh I want to ride a motorcycle one day. I'm going to turn green with envy bad Arty'
After looking for Edgar and Alan in what felt like hours she finally spotted them shoving their faces like pigs at a chili dog stand. Scrunching her nose up in disgust she eyed them as she slowly made her way to them 'Really they have to question why their single? Because having chili shit run down your face is so attractive honestly do I need to show them how to eat gross'
"Hello little piggys I see you enjoy eating them wieners!" She stopped to laugh gently even laughing hurt; ignoring it she continued "get it wieners!" Edgar was the first to glance at Artemis ready to give her a smartass remark when he noticed her face.
His mouth hung open in shock letting hotdog fall out onto the wooden table. "Edgar what's wrong with yo-" Alan stopped mid way through his sentence also when he noticed Artemis's face. Edgar raised his hand to touch the gash when Artemis slapped his hand away harshly, snapping out of his shock Alan's mouth snapped into his usual snarl
"Who the hell did that to you Arty? It was those fucking vampires huh?" Artemis truly had to resist rolling her eyes 'Honestly I could say a dog mauled my face and they'd still try to say its fucking vampires. I'd be rich by now since they blame everything on the vampires'
Flinging her arms over her head Artemis was beyond annoyed "For fuck sake! No it wasn't fucking vampires, I just you know was being my normal clumsy self and I run head on quite literally mind you into the stairs at home."
Both the Frog brothers stared at her in disbelief. "You ran into the stairs? Were you even watching were you were going, honestly Arty what are we going to do with you?" Edgar could only rub his temples in frustration, while Artemis shrugged her shoulders her baggy sweater slipping off her injured shoulder.
Alan's eyes nearly bust out in disbelief, pointing an accused finger at her discolored shoulder "REALLY? And where did you get that the fucking stairs?"
"Meh, duhhh where else would I get it? Anyways can we just go do something already I'm growing bored by the second." The Frog brothers shared a look before giving Artemis a hard stare, making her shift uncomfortably 'Have mercy they've gone into parent mode!'
Edgar said to her in a stern voice "IF and I mean IF we go do anything you are to remain in the middle of us so we can watch out for you and no picking fights with the vampires if they're here tonight since you've gone and injured yourself understood Arty?"
'To think these are my little cousins and not some over protective older brothers. They sure could pass off as older brothers' "Fine oh brother dearest I'll obey your rules just this once" Raising her hands in mock defect
"Anyways lets go on the carousel, what's the worse that could happen?"
David's Pov:
David was already growing bored and restless. He and his brothers had already fed and since he couldn't find Artemis he decided on the one thing they seemed to do whenever they were out of ideas
"Boys lets cause some trouble on the carousel how 'bout it?" Instead of waiting for a reply he began to make his way to the carousel, pulling the cigarette out behind his ear to his lips lighting it.
Making their way through the crowd David noticed instantly who was riding a black stallion on the carousel. Her blonde hair was in its usual curls wild and free, both her petite pale hands clutching the horse while the lights bounced off her ringed fingers.
He looked more closely at her face noting that her smooth flesh had been cut; it wasn't a pretty sight on her in the least. A pale purple surround a gash that lay a couple inches below her right eye, the gash itself only stopped bleeding about an hour ago and was swollen. 'Wonder if poor kitten was in a fight hmm?'
His eyes flashed yellow briefly not that anyone around him would notice since lights from all around were creating bright neon colors on everyone. By the time David snapped out of his thoughts he noticed that all his brothers were already on the ride, pushing some innocent kid out of the way David quickly made his way onto the carousel.
Moving quietly he made his way to Artemis and her cousins who were on each side of her horse 'Almost like little bodyguards' David thought slyly. As he was about to call out to Artemis it was too late as Marko ran in front of he, his colorful jacket in full effect.
"Artemis what a surpi- what the hell happened to your face?" David watched as Marko moved closer to her face for a brief second he wanted to punch Marko hard in the face. Shrugging off the thought he moved by Marko's side noticing that up close her face appeared even worse.
"Wow you sure know how to hit on the ladies I'll tell you what Mr. Marko!" Her voice sneered though he couldn't say he didn't find it attractive in some way.
"So what happened dear Artemis? Pick a fight with the wrong crowd?" David purred out to her, in that moment he noticed her face turn from anger to blank. "Ah I see your nose is already healed, shame I wanted to admire my work."
Her hand unexpectedly reached out towards his face, her warm fingertips brushing gently against his newly healed nose to examine it. He was caught off guard 'One minute she's smashing her fist into my face the next she's touching it gently. Women I'll never understand their mood swings, though now that I think about it I wonder what she's thinking.'
David by all means was never this nosy, but something about this human fascinated him. '"It's not fair why does his fucking nose have to be all healed and then I'm left with a sore hand and a painful gash on my face. Pssh I feel like punching him again if I didn't already feel like shit ahh I should probably stop touching his face, he must think I'm a creeper."' He could already feel a smirk curling on his face, her thoughts were just too amusing!
"Going off subject won't help you Artemis, Marko asked you nicely what happened to your lovely face." He felt her hand leave his face half way through his sentence; her face once again had a scowl on it he was beginning to think she hung around her cousin Alan too much who at the moment had a snarl on his face.
"What happened to my face is none of your fucking business got it? Good!" With that her and her cousins hopped off the ride disappearing into the crowd of mortals.
"Yo, David I think we should follow Arty around all night long and see if we can get a rise out of her don't you think?" Paul said as he and Marko jumped off the ride once again shoving each other back and forth as Dwayne watched in a small smirk.
"I agree with you Paul lets go and find her. Let's see who gets to her first." Flashing an animalistic smirk at his brothers, David was gone the next second.
Ta Da another chapter finally done! :D
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