A/N: Hey, there everybody! It's me, MBAV fan66! And I'm FINALLY here with the latest chapter of TOOEM! :D
Once again, I have made this chapter much longer than I had anticipated it to be. Thus, causing me to take FOREVER in getting it done. I keep telling myself that I wouldn't do this and yet...*sigh* I keep doing it. :/ Lol! :P
Anyway, this time around Samantha will be the one doing all the explaining, now! :D I thought I'd switch it up a bit, instead of it just being Ross telling the whole thing. So, he got the last chapter, while she gets this one! Now, this chapter will actually explain how it is that Ethan came to be with the Morgans and so forth, and what all happened on that faithful day, as well. So, yeah! You can bet there's going to be some action in this one! Boo-yah! :D
So, let's get this party started!
But first!...A word from our author, as it's now shout out time!:
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TiredOfBeingNice- *tilts head to the side like a lost puppy* Is that a...good thing? I hope it is! :) Lol! ;P Yeah, that's why he hates vampires so much. At least...used to, that is. *giggles* ;P With Samantha's family, I wanted to give them all different kinds of personalities, sort to speak. At least with the twins, I did. And I wanted to give both brothers clashing type personalities, too, since most of the time people always consider twins practically inseparable and always getting along so well with one another, too. So, I went a different route! :) Sometimes growing up in a large family can be very...interesting to say the least. Not that I ever experienced such a thing growing up, as my family was a small one consisting of just 4 family members. Me, my mom, my dad, and my big brother. :P It was like love at first sight when she saved him from becoming vampire chow! *cues sappy love music and slow motion here, during that scene* Lol! Young Samantha was kind of a badass in her younger days, huh? Lol! I guess that's why Ross fell for her. :P Anyways, I'm glad you liked it and here's the next chapter now! Enjoy! :D
MBAVamp2001- Thanks! I'm glad you liked it! :D And that part won't be until the next chapter, I'm afraid. Sorry. Till then, I hope you'll enjoy reading part 2 of The Morgans Side Of The Story! :)
orionastro- Thanks for adding this story to your favorites list and follows list! And thanks for adding me to your favorites list and follows list as an author, too! I really appreciate it! :D
BraveTiger- Lol! Thanks! I'm glad you loved it! :D And me too! I just love it when my favorite character goes darkside on everybody! Sometimes it just makes the character seem all that much more cooler! We'll see just who Ethan chooses when it's all said and done with, at the end. Lol! I agree. It was wrong for the Morgans to take him like that, but maybe this chapter will help explain that reasoning a little bit more better. And thanks for the suggestion, by the way! Lol! Actually, Mr. Amir has a far more dastardly plan in mind in getting Ethan to join him. You'll see, later on in the story! ;)
Guest (Stretch Snodgrass)- Thanks! I'm glad you liked it! :D Yeah, that's a lot to handle. Like I'm sure he could've dealt with them just being his adoptive parents and all, under normal circumstances, but to find out that they also killed your birth mother and then tried to do the same to your birth father, as well?! That's just too much! Lol! Not to mention, that all this time they've already knew about the supernatural being real, too! Imagine just how many headaches, lies, and groundings Ethan could've avoided if only he knew that already?! Lol! :P I guess you'll just have to stick around till the end to find out that one! Eh?! Lol! ;P
ohashiaayami- Lol! I'm glad you loved it so much! :D And thank goodness, indeed. I mean, who would protect the world (at least the Canadian region) from evil creatures of the night?! Am I right?! Lol! :P Like...wow! You totally hit the nail on the head at where I was going with this. Lol! Like that's totally the message I was trying to convey during their explanations! That's basically what this entire chapter is about, really. Why they did what they did to begin with. So, I say! Good job, on seeing the message! Like, it doesn't matter who your real parents are. Instead, all that matters is that they took excellent care of you and loved you very much as if you were their own by blood. Like, sure Ross and Samantha were wrong and all, but they didn't really realize that until after the fact and it was too late to turn back now. They wanted to give this precious human baby boy a chance at a normal and happy life, with love and support. Plus, after seeing how cute of a baby Ethan was, how could they turn down an opportunity to raise such a sweet and adorable little baby like him?! Am I right?! *wink wink* Lol! ;D Yeah! James sure is something, though, right?! Lol! Actually, whether or not Ross and Samantha know about Ethan being a seer will be in the next chapter. ;) Anyways, I hope you also enjoy reading this here chapter, as well! :D
Decipher the Cipher FMSKHU- Nah! Lol! In fact, a few other reviewers are still on his side, as well! Lol! But maybe this chapter might change that for you, though? Lol! ;P
Bennyweirlover17- Thanks! I'm glad you loved it! :D That's why it took me so long writing that chapter because I just wanted to get every little moment in between them. Sadly, though I had to cut it short on some moments though. But oh, well! Lol! :D Anyways, I hope you like this chapter, too! :)
charmedfan120- True. But Amir does have a lot of deep rooted issues, though, that Ethan might not agree with. Ugh! It's so hard in trying to give my input back to a review without giving too much of the story away! Lol! XD I guess for now, all I can really say to that is that you'll just have to wait to find out! Lol! ;D
white collar black wolf- Thanks! I'm glad you liked it! :D Guess you'll just have to stay tuned to find out, then! ;D
Disclaimer: I do not own My Babysitter's A Vampire or any of it's characters. All I own is this story, the plot, and any OCs that may appear or are mentioned in this chapter. Like Christian Amir, Elizabeth Amir, Wendy, Mr. and Mrs. Davidson, and the head of the Hunters Association. To name a few. ;P
Regular-Current/present day (aka, normal point of view when not in flashback mode)
Bold Italics-Samantha/Mrs. Morgan narrating from the present while in flashback mode
Italics-Flashback with no present day narrative (except for mine! Lol! ;P)
Ethan sat there, still trying to process what all he's heard so far about his "parents" past. He had no idea that his uncles and aunt were even involved in the supernatural, as well. Including his grandparents on his mom's side. He wondered if maybe his cousins were also hunters themselves, too? Did his mom's side of the family also know about him, as well? That he wasn't really related to them, but was instead the child of a couple of vampires? If so, then just how many people even knew about his paternity, anyways?!
"At least now I know how they really met." thought Ethan sarcastically to himself, as he sat there crossing his arms while leaning back. He was still a bit miffed about the whole lying thing, but not as much as he was before.
"Ok, so you're telling me that Grandma Milly still had no idea about the supernatural, even after her husband's death and with you mysteriously sneaking off into the night to hunt down vampires?" asked Ethan to Ross, sounding a bit skeptical when he asked.
Ross started to nod in reply to say 'yes' but then stopped midway through, as he looked at the seer with a confused expression. "What a minute? What do you mean by 'still had no idea'?" he then questioned, giving him an oddly.
"Benny's grandma has this book that magically keeps track of the Morgan family tree in it, given to her by Grandpa George before his death, that's been passed down from Morgan to Morgan over the generations as a family heirloom. Apparently, he was a wizard before he decided to give it up for a chance at a normal life, after meeting Grandma Milly. He wanted you and her to be able to live a normal life and to be safe from the dangers that comes with knowing about the supernatrual world. Especially, since you were born without any magic of your own. So, he gave the book to Mrs. Weir for safe keeping in case you were to someday have children of your own born with supernatural powers of their own." explained Ethan.
Ross was amazed by this. He had no idea that his late father was even a wizard and had already knew about the supernatural community even being real! Or that there was a book dating back to who knows when, that contained information about his side of the family, either! Ross wasn't mad or anything at his father for keeping his family's lineage from him and his mother. In fact, he kind a got why he did it to begin with. It was for their own good and safety. Plus, he also understood wanting to get out of the supernatural business for your family's sake, too. It was one of the reasons why he and Samantha never told Jane and Ethan the truth about their past and how they really met because of the supernatural.
Although, Ross then realized that his father's secret was all pointless now, as he still found out about the supernatural, anyway. The same with Ethan and probably Jane, too. He had a hunch that maybe Jane might already know something about the supernatural world a little bit, if her brother already did. Especially, since he's noticed an increase in Jane's savings lately. That and they can always tell the difference when Jane does her chores and when it's Ethan that winds up doing them for her. Which means her blackmailing him must've increased for some strange reason and that reason is probably to cover for him for all the wacky adventures he's been on with his friends.
"I...never knew that." mumbled Ross incredulously. "I'll have to ask Evelyn more about my father, later on." he stated absently, in thought. "But right now, this is more important!" stated Ross determinedly, shaking his head to get back at the matter at hand.
"Great." scoffed Ethan sarcastically. He then uncrossed his arms and looked down sullenly, as he relaxed a little. He knew that this all must've been really hard for them say. Especially, the next part. "So, uh...what happened after that?" he then asked reluctantly, as he waited for them to tell him their side. He wasn't sure if he wanted to know now, but he knew that he had to.
This time it was Samantha's turn to tell the other half of the story, as she started in on what happened between them and the Amirs seventeen years ago.
After that, we kept on hunting and working for the Hunters Association, which rewards their employees for a job well done with money. Being hunters of the supernatural was our job, back then. And we loved every minute of it, too. We even became known as the best pair of hunters in the Association, back then. There was no supernatural creature that we couldn't face together.
Of course, we mostly dealt with vampires more than anything else, though, because of the grudge Ross still held for them from back when one of them had killed his best friend. Back then, he believed that all vampires were evil. So, did I, as I was raised to believe the same thing. We had no idea that there could even be the smallest possibility that maybe there could be good vampires out there somewhere. To us...they were all evil creatures at the core with no regard for human life, whatsoever. So, we had no problem in putting them down for good, without a second thought.
That is...until we met you, sweetie.
About 4 years after moving into their new home together, Ross and Samantha were called into the Hunters Association to meet with the head of the association for a debriefing on a big job that he had for them. They entered his office ready to accept whatever big mission he had for them.
"Good. You're here." greeted the head associate dude of the Hunters Association, pleasantly.
Ross and Samantha both took a seat in from of his desk, as he presented them with a mission file. Both of the Morgans took the file and opened it up to read over it's contents. Inside, was papers with important information listed on them, as well as a few photos of a man with long black hair and woman with dark brown wavy hair.
As they looked over the material, their boss gave them a run down of what all the file was about and why they were summoned here. "The two people you see in those photos are really vampires. Very...IMPORTANT vampires at that." he explained simply, putting emphasis on the word 'important'.
Now, you're probably wondering how it is they were able to take pictures of a couple of vampires and still have them show up on film. Well...you see, back then while me and Ross were on our honeymoon after the wedding, one of the sorcerers that we work with had developed a special type of camera that could take pictures of vampires and have them still show up in them, by using a bit of magic to enchant it with. It was a really clever idea, really. And a very useful one, too!
Anyways, back to the story.
"Important? Important how?" asked Ross curiously.
The head hunter then cleared his throat as he continued. "The male vampire you see there is actually one of the seated members of the Vampire Council. His name is Christian Amir and we believe him to be at least over a 1,000 years old give or take. So, he's extremely powerful and dangerous." he answered easy enough, giving them a bit of a cautious word at the end.
Ross gazed back down at the photo of Christian again. He didn't need someone to tell him how powerful and dangerous this guy might be. He could tell just by looking at him!
"What about the woman, then?" questioned Samantha suddenly, looking up from the file.
"That's his wife, Elizabeth Amir. We're not too clear on how old she is compared to her husband, but you can bet she's probably just as dangerous, too." replied the head hunter.
"Aren't all bloodsuckers?" quiped Ross rhetorically, with an eye roll. Samantha then lightly nudged him in the side for his stupid comment in front of their boss, though their boss didn't seem to mind it too much. It was the truth after all!
"Anyways, I wanted to send in my best two hunters in the Association. I know that you two will get the job done, no matter what. If we can take out two powerful vampires, especially one that's on the Council, then it'd be a big blow to the vampires here in Whitechapel. I'm counting on you two, now." explained the head hunter, as he encouraged them with the task at hand.
Both Morgans nodded confidently at their boss. "Will do, sir! You can bet that me and Ross will get the job done without a hitch!" stated Samantha confidently with a smile.
The head hunter nodded back at them. "Excellent!" he stated happily. "Before you go though," he then began, right as the Morgans were about to leave. "there's something else you should know, first."
Both Morgans then stopped in their movements to turn to face him with curious looks on their faces. "There's a rumor saying that these two particular vampires were able to gather all the ingredients needed for that vampire fertility potion, that allows vampires to have children." informed their boss to them.
Ross and Samantha both gave each other a stunned and incredulous look before looking back at their boss. "Wait a second. We've heard of that particular potion before." stated Samantha incredulously. "But we just thought it was a myth."
Her boss shook head. "Sadly, it's not in this case. As it turns out that it's very much real. It's just that it's so rare and hard to make that most vampires don't even bother with it. So, eventually over the years it became nothing more than a myth to most." he said informatively to the two.
"So, you're saying that the vampires we're about to face have a...child? As in...biologically?" questioned Ross incredulously to their boss, earning a nod from the man. "That's just great!" exclaimed Ross sarcastically, as he threw his hands up out of frustration at the news.
Seeing her husband's reaction at the news, Samantha went over to him. She then took his hand in hers and gave it a small squeeze to comfort him some. She knew that he wasn't afraid or anything. It was just that he didn't really want to have to take out someone that looked like an innocent little kid, is all. Sure that some of the vampires they've face DID look like kids, as that's when their curse began. But he also knew their true age and that they weren't as young as they looked, either. Which made it easier to kill them. But as for having to kill a vampire child that hasn't had a chance to somewhat grow up? That was another story. But still, Ross knew what the kid would eventually grow up to be. A blood thirsty monster out for human blood. And he couldn't let that happen. So, it was best to deal with it now while it was still too young to discover the full extent of it's vampire abilities and becomes a problem later on in the future.
Ross then looked back up at his boss. "Do you have any info on the kid, then?" he asked.
The head hunter shook his head 'no'. "Unfortunately, all we have is that the child is still an infant and is probably no more than just two months old, by now. Other than that...we have nothing on the kid." he informed. "But...the child's mother is not only just a vampire, but is also a seer, too. So, it is possible that the child might someday inherit her gift, as well. But as I'm sure you already know, that won't be until the child reaches puberty. Which I'm hoping will never happen, if all goes well on this hunt." he then added seriously.
Ross sighed, hating what had to be done, but it was necessary for the human races sake. "Don't worry, sir. It will." he said affirmatively, as they left his office.
We knew we had a lot to go over on how to deal with these two, first. So, we decided to head back to the house to go over strategy and what weapons to bring along.
Christian Amir kissed his wife and son goodbye ealier that day, as he left to go to work at the Vampire Council building like usual, while Elizabeth stayed home to take care of baby Ethaniel.
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Around that same time, Ross and Samantha were back at home in their kitchen, as they sat there discussing a plan on how to deal with Christian and Elizabeth Amir, while sipping a cup of hot tea to help them think.
It took us a bit longer than we had thought to formulate a plan on how we should proceed, but eventually we did.
After gearing up and coming up with a plan on how to deal with the two powerful adult vampires, we made our way toward our targets location. Their home.
It took them a good while to come up with one, but once they finally came up with a good plan, they started to prepare by gathering the necessary supplies and weapons that they would need to take on two ancient vampires. Once they were ready they immediately left for their destination at the Amir residence.
The plan was, that we both take on one vampire at a time. We knew by now that the more stronger one out of the two, Christian, wouldn't be there for a few hours due to his role as one of the seated council members. As for exactly how many hours we had until his return? We had no clue, but what we did know was that we needed to move. And move now, if we hoped to make the plan work without a hitch.
Before breaking in, Ross had went to canvass the area to make sure that the coast was clear while Samantha stayed hidden in her spot to keep an eye on the house to make sure that no guests showed up to the Amir residence while Ross was busy scoping out the parameter of the house from the outside.
When he returned, unfortunately, they had to wait as someone else had just entered the house for a visit.
"Dammit!" cursed Ross softly to himself, although his wife heard it, too. "Must be some friend of their's or something?" commented Ross, as he ducked back down behind the bush they were hinding in after taking a peek at the house's front door. "I guess we'll just have to wait until they leave before we can move." he added suggestively to his wife.
"Yeah. Let's just hope that they leave before Christian returns." scoffed Samantha off handly, in a slight sarcastic kind a way.
So, they waited.
About four hours later, the visitor finally left (much to the Morgans relief after waiting for what seemed like forever). That's when they made their move. Thankfully, it had gotten dark out, which would make concealing their presence to uninvolved outsiders, easier.
Once the visitor had left, it was go time as we didn't know how much time we had left before Christian's return. So, it was the perfect opportunity for us to strike. So, we made our move and put part one of our plan into action. Eliminating Elizabeth Amir and her child, first.
Meanwhile, inside the Amir residence, Elizabeth had just finished feeding baby Ethaniel a bottle and was about to put him down for bedtime after her guest had left. She zipped upstair to the nursery using her vampire speed and sat down in a rocking chair. She cradled the infant in her arms as she gently rocked back and forth in the chair, singing a lullaby to him.
With in minutes, Ethaniel was fast asleep. She then got up slowly and walked over towards the crib. She carefully placed the sleeping Ethaniel down gently in it and then proceed to tuck the child in with a baby blanket that was in his crib. Elizabeth stood there smiling as she watched him peacefully napping away in his crib.
Not being able to help herself, Elizabeth then leaned over to place a loving kiss on Ethaniel's head as he slept. "Sweet dreams, my little one. Mommy loves you." she said tenderly to her sleeping son.
She took a moment to watch him sleep, but was then alerted to an odd sound with her vampire ears, that had came from downstairs. To her it almost sounded like someone unlocking the back door and then entering it.
"That's odd? That sounded as if somebody had came in through the back door?" thought Elizabeth out loud to herself, curiously. "It couldn't be Christian, could it? I know that he'll be home soon, but...why would he enter through the back door and not the front?"
Curious, she walked downstairs. Once she reached the bottom of the stairs, she was immediately hit with the sensation that something was seriously off, here. So, she cautiously crept along on high alert. When she took a good long whiff of the air, that's when she smelled it.
"Humans." she uttered softly.
In that moment, her motherly vampire instincts took over. Elizabeth knew that if uninvited humans had broken into her home that, that must mean they're hunters. And if they were hunters then that means they were after her and her family.
She then stopped walking for a second and closed her eyes to focus. Part of being a seer is being able to sense one's presence when in tune with your surroundings by deep concentration and focus. Her senses were telling her that there were two intruders in the house and none outside, close by.
When she opened her eyes again, she smirked. "Come out, humans! I know you're here, somewhere!" she called out demandingly to the intruders, with a wave of confidence in her tone.
The moment she entered the kitchen was when Samantha had made her move by coming at her with a surprise attack with a wooden stake. But unfortunately, Elizabeth sensed it coming and had managed to dodge it in time with her vampire speed. Elizabeth then zoomed up behind her and knocked the stake out of her hand. She then pinned Samantha up against the wall, flashing her fangs and causing her eyes to turn yellow. She hissed at Samantha threatheningly, as she wasn't about to let some human get the best of her.
While Elizabeth was distracted with Samantha, Ross then came up behind her with a crossbrow loaded with a silver tipped arrow, ready to fire at the vampire. The moment he fired it and sent the arrow flying at Elizabeth, Elizabeth quickly dropped Samantha and spun around to catch the arrow with her bare hand just in time before it was able to lodge itself into her. Furious at their little sneak attack, Elizabeth snapped the arrow in half with just one hand by squeezing it with her vamp strength.
"Nice try, but you're gonna have to do better than that to pull a fast one on me. I'm a lot more older and experienced than you think." snarled Elizabeth cockily to him.
That was when me and Ross knew that taking her out wasn't going to be as easy at it seemed. But being the excellent hunters that we were, we were ready for a challenge.
And a challenge she gave, too.
Ross then quickly reloaded his crossbow and fired another arrow at the female vampire, but missed as she was too quick and ready for it. He shot arrow after arrow at her, but each time she kept dodging until he was finally out of arrows. Elizabeth smirked seeing this and sped up to him, yanking the crossbow out of his hands and smashing it to pieces. She grinned at him before tossing him into the dining room area, where he crashed into the table, breaking it and some it's chairs as well.
"It's gonna take a lot more than silly arrows to take me down, hunter." taunted Elizabeth, as she gazed down at a moaning Ross.
"Oh, yeah! Then how about a silver dagger, bitch!" yelled Samantha from behind, as she threw the dagger at Elizabeth. Hearing Samantha's voice, Elizabeth immediately turned to face her, but was met with a dagger in her left shoulder. Elizabeth hissed at the pain that it caused her.
Samantha stood there with a triumphant look on her face as it had hit it's mark. But her small victory was short lived as she watched as Elizabeth yanked the blade out of her shoulder and tossed it aside.
Elizabeth stood there slightly hunched over and panting from the pain she was in, as she stood there covering the wound with her hand to stop the bleeding. Not that it mattered, since vampires can't die from blood loss like humans can. Instead, it only weakens them if they manage to lose enough of it, though. Elizabeth glared up at Samantha slightly with angry yellow eyes for what she did to her, as her hair fell slightly in her face. She snarled menacingly at the female hunter, as she bared her fangs at her.
"You...BITCH!" heaved Elizabeth angrily at her, as she charged after Samantha, ignoring the throbbing pain she felt in her shoulder.
She grabbed Samantha and threw her up against the wall forcibly, causing some of the stuff that hung there to fall. Elizabeth then slowly stalked towards her with a menacing look upon her face.
Samantha got up feeling some pain from hitting the wall so hard, but chose to ignore it for now as she had a more pressing matter to attend to at the moment. As in, an extremely pissed off vampire headed her way that was ready to kill her. Thinking quickly, Samantha grabbed the nearest thing she could and threw it at the vampire, which was a vase with flowers in it. Unfortunately though, the vampire was able to just swat it away with one hand with such ease, causing the vase to break.
Samantha mentally cursed herself for ever thinking that would slow her down. Elizabeth continued coming closer with a look that she was ready to kill.
Samantha then saw a wooden chair nearby and proceeded to grab and break it into pieces. She then grabbed one of the broken pieces and was prepared to use it as a stake. Suddenly, Elizabeth sped up to her. Right when Samantha was about to stab her with it, Elizabeth harshly grabbed her arm and stopped her from completing the action. She squeezed her arm hard enough to cause Samantha to drop the makeshift stake to the ground and to let out a small yelp of pain, as well. Once the piece of wood hit the floor, Elizabeth then quickly moved her hand from around Samantha's arm to her neck.
"Nobody messes with my family and lives, hunter." spat Elizabeth snidely to Samantha, as she held her there.
She would have just choked the life out of her or snapped her neck to kill her, but instead decided that she deserved a tasty snack instead for all of her troubles today that these two hunters have caused her already. After all, all that fighting does tend to work up an appetite. She then flashed her fangs at Samantha and was about ready to bite her.
Right then, I thought I was a goner the moment she flashed her fangs at me. I knew what she was going to do. She was going to drain me of every drop of blood I had in my body.
Thankfully, though Ross had came too in time and had saw what was about to happen to me.
Ross then began to stur after being knocked out by Elizabeth. When he had finally came to his senses, he looked up to see the vampire about ready to sink her fangs into his wife's neck to end her. Ross's eyes went wide with fear and knew he had to do something, fast.
When he went to stand up, he then felt something bulky in one of his pockets on his jacket. He reached around and gave the pocket a quick pad over to feel what it was. When he did, that's when he remembered what it was.
It was a small bottle of holy water that he always liked to take with him on hunts, just in case.
Ross then pulled out the bottle and quickly took the cap off and darted towards where the deadly vampire and his wife was at.
He then doused some of the holy water onto the vampire's hand (careful not to use it all in case he may need it for later) right before she was able to go in for the kill. The water burned Elizabeth's hand, which caused her to let go of Samantha and super speed backwards away from them a little, clunch her hurt hand.
When Elizabeth had quickly recoiled her injured hand from Samantha's neck she let out pain filled hiss out of spite at the burning sensation in her hand that the holy water had caused. While she was doing that, Ross quickly came to Samantha's side to help her up and to check on her.
A few seconds later, Elizabeth glanced upward from her hand to glare hatefully at the Morgans. "How dare you!" she snarled bitterly at them. She then took a couple steps towards them, ready to attack, when she suddenly halted in her movements after picking up on a small tiny noise with ther vampire hearing.
"Ethaniel." she murmured worringly, as the noise she heard was her infant son letting out a small cooing noise. She wasn't sure if all the ruckus had woken him or not, or if he was just cooing in his sleep, probably from a dream. But her motherly instinct told her that she had to go and check on him, regardless, to see if he was ok. Elizabeth then suddenly sped off upstairs to Ethaniel's room to check on him.
Ross and Samantha were stunned and confused by her sudden action, all of a sudden. One minute it looked as if she was about ready to kill them and then the next she just...stops with a somewhat concern expression on her face before taking off upstairs. The pair of Morgans were completely stumped by this, until Ross had figured it out.
"Hey, Sam? Didn't the report mention something about them having a baby, recently?" asked Ross curiously, as he wasn't sure if he was remembering it right.
Samantha's eyes then lit up hearing that. "You're right, honey! It did!" she exclaimed. "That's probably why she ran off! The baby must be upstairs!" she pointed out in realization. That's when they both bolted for the stairs and made their way up them.
We were afraid that she was going to try and take the baby and run. So, we quickly made our way up the stairs after her. Being a vampire, we knew that it'd be easy for her to escape with you from a second story house without much difficulty, with her super speed and being able to fly.
The moment Elizabeth reached the nursery, she went over to the crib where her son laid. She peered over the sides of the crib to see that the baby was still fast asleep. She smiled knowing that he was alright and that he was still sleeping. It looked as if her suspicion was right. He was probably just dreaming, was all. She then reached down to cover him back up with his blanket, as he had slightly kicked it off of him slightly in his sleep.
Not seconds after she had done that, she heard footsteps coming through the door from behind her. She then quickly turned to face the two humans and hissed at them protectively.
"Stay away from my son!" she hissed threateningly, but made sure to keep her voice down enough as not to wake Ethaniel. She then charged at them.
Thinking quickly, Ross shoved Samantha out of the way and then jumped towards the side himself in the opposite direction, causing Elizabeth to miss her targets. The vampire gracefully stopped herself instantly when she missed them and kept herself from running into anything, too. She then whipped her head towards Ross, sneering at him, as she went after him.
Ross saw this and readied himself for the fight with the female vampire. "Samantha! Go and deal with the kid! I'll handle her!" commanded Ross.
Samantha obliged with a nod and went running towards the crib.
Ross then pulled out his last wooden stake. "Come on fanged face! Bring it!" taunted Ross eagerly, as he challenged the vampiress into attacking him only.
Elizabeth rushed after him with a growl. Ross tried to dodge her, but unfortunately she was able to grab hold of his shirt at the last second and flung him across the room into a small bookshelf with baby books on it. The bookshelf of course, had broken upon impact. Sending the few books it held scattering across the floor.
Out of surprise, Ross had manage to accidently drop his wooden stake to the ground somewhere when she had grabbed him and threw him back. "Shit!" he cursed afterwards, when he realized that he had lost his weapon somewhere among the struggle. Elizabeth smiled wickedly, also too realizing his little problem now.
...
Meanwhile (a few minutes prior before Ross's collision with the bookshelf), Samantha peered over into the crib where the baby laid resting. She was ready to do what she needed to do, but the moment she laid eyes on baby Ethaniel, peacefully laying there asleep, she instantly feel for the tiny infant. He looked so adorable and innocent just sleeping there like that. It was hard for her to believe that something so cute and precious could grow up into something so...evil and vile, someday. It pained her to have to do what she was about to do to the poor helpless little thing.
I hated what I was about to do to you, but I had no choice knowing what you would one day grow up to become. A murderous vampire, who doesn't care about humans at all except for food or as pawns to use to suite your own selfish needs.
Samantha then pulled her bottle of holy water out, ready to pour it onto the sleeping and helpless baby, as she slowly uncovered him. She knew the amount she had in the bottle was just enough to kill a baby vampire. Just like with human babies, vampire babies immune system are still busy developing and growing stronger as they grow, too. Which means, a baby vampire's body isn't quite yet strong enough to deal with anything more than a drop of holy water to the skin. So, a small bottle full of the stuff, like this (which was only about 3 or 4 ounces), would be plenty to end the infant's immortal life, for good.
Right when she was about to pour the water onto Ethaniel, though, she was then startled by him crying suddenly at the sound of hearing a loud crashing noise behind her. It caused her to jump a bit and accidently drop the bottle into the crib, thus spilling it's contents all over the crying child.
"Dammit!" she cursed in a whisper, as she bit her lower lip out of frustration. But then she notice something odd about the child that not only baffled her, but also surprised her, too.
The holy water didn't seem to cause any burning or anything to the child! In fact...it was as if he was only just doused with regular water, instead! But Samantha knew that wasn't possible! She knew for a fact that the water she had stored inside that bottle was most definitely holy water! She was completely puzzled by this, until a thought popped into her head.
"He's human." muttered Samantha in shock, as she stared down at the fussy Ethaniel.
I couldn't believe it. A human child born to two vampire parents. I've heard of something like this happening while I was still in the Hunters Academy. Back then we were taught about the vampire fertility potion and it's strange effects. One of the things we've learned, just so happened to be how on really rare occasions the child might be born a human, rather than a bloodsucker. Although, I thought that I'd never actually get the chance to see such a child first hand, before. But there I was...staring down at a tiny you. A vampire child born human.
The moment Elizabeth heard Ethaniel crying, she snapped her head over in Samantha's direction. "My son!" hissed Elizabeth protectively in worry.
She took a couple of steps towards Samantha, ready to kill her for even being so close to her son. Elizabeth knew what Samantha was going to do to him. She was going to kill him for being the offspring of two vampires, before he was able to fully grow into his vampire abilities. And she knew that to the Hunters Association, that it wouldn't matter whether or not if he was really born a human. She knew that they would only just take poor Ethaniel in and do all kinds of experiments and tests on him at such a young age to learn why such a rare thing can happen. Elizabeth refused to let that kind of life happen to her precious baby boy! He deserved the best life possible as any creature does!
"Get. Away. From him!" snarled Elizabeth, as her eyes flashed brightly with her fangs bared threateningly at Samantha.
Samthana didn't know what to do, as she was all out of weapons to use. But behind Elizabeth, she notice Ross finding and then retrieving his lost wooden stake, that he had dropped earlier when the vampire had thrown him into the bookshelf. She saw him getting up quickly and making his way towards the vampire.
Blinded by her rage and fury, Elizabeth took one more step forward (as she slowly crept towards Samantha) before coming to a hault at the sensation of someone tapping her the shoulder. She turned around to come face-to-face with Ross and his wooden stake.
"And that's my wife." retorted Ross snarkily at her, before staking her in the heart.
"AAAAAHHHH!" screamed out Elizabeth in pain, as her body then suddenly combusts into a pile of ashes.
At that moment, Ross was so glad to finally been able to defeat her, but it was short lived, I'm afraid. As our next obstacle to face had just arrived at that very moment.
Ross's small victory was soon cut short, as he heard a male voice coming from the doorway shouting the now deceased female's name. That's when he realized it must've been Christian, the other vampire they had to deal with. Next thing he knew, he was hit with a strong force and thrown across the room by the male vampire, into the wall.
Worried about her husband, Samantha quickly dashed to his side to see if he was alright.
"Oh, my god! Ross!" she exclaimed worriedly to him, as she kneeled down next to him. "Are you ok?!"
"Y-yeah. I'm good, Sam. Maybe a bit beat up here and there, but other than that I'm good." reassured Ross. Samantha let out a small amused chuckle at him with a smile, as she helped him up.
"What about the kid?" asked Ross suddenly.
Samantha's eyes then lit up with realization, as she remembered the crying child still laying in his bed. She then ran back over towards the crib and carefully bundled baby Ethaniel back up in his blanky. She picked him up and swiftly hurried back over to Ross's side.
Ross looked at her like she was crazy. "Samantha! What on earth are you thinking?! You know the mission!" he exclaimed at her incredulously, as she tried to quiet the child down.
"Ross! He wasn't born a vampire, like we thought! He's human!" she replied back in an obvious tone.
"And how do you know this for sure, exactly?" he asked her back curiously.
"I had accidently dropped my bottle of holy water onto him earlier, right when I was about to pour it. But he didn't even burn or blister or even turn into a pile of ashes after the entire contents of it were spilled all over him! It was like...it didn't even phase him or anything!" she explained, still trying to calm the baby down.
Ross wanted to discuss the matter further, but knew that they had very little time before Christian would regain his senses again and came after them. So, he sighed heavily.
"Look! We'll discuss this later, Sam! Alright?! Right now, just take the kid and get out of here! I'll hold him off for now!" argued Ross back to her, seriously.
"What?! Ross...are you sure about this? I don't feel comfortable leaving you behind to take on a probably 2,000 something year old vampire all by yourself!" worried Samantha, as she disagreed with his decision. "This wasn't part of the plan! We agreed to team up together to take them out one-by-one, while they're separated!"
"I know, that Sam! But...you just gotta trust me on this! Ok?!" he said, trying to reassure her (and himself, as well). "I can handle this guy." assured Ross calmly to her, as he placed a hand her shoulder and then kissed her on the top of her head. He smiled at her afterwards, too.
Samantha returned the smile back to him. As if sensing the very warm and touching moment, baby Ethaniel finally stopped crying. Samantha instantly noticed this and smiled down at the tiny infant, lovingly. She found it hard to take her eyes off the bundle of joy, even if he wasn't hers.
Just then Ross's and Samantha's attention were then drawn to the sound of a very angry voice, coming from the other side of the room.
"GET AWAY FROM MY SON, YOU BASTARDS!" yelled out Christian threateningly at them, as he bared his fangs at them with blazing yellow eyes.
The moment Ross saw him zoom over at them, he quickly pulled out the only weapon he had left on him, and took a defensive stand in front of Samantha. He held up the blade, in time to block Christian's attack, with both hands. Ross was thankful that he was able to somewhat hold his own against the raging vampire's strength, but it wasn't easy and he knew that he couldn't keep him at bay for much longer. He knew that even though the dagger was made of silver and the vampire before him was touching it directly, it meant very little to a vampire as old and powerful, as him.
He knew now was her chance to escape with the child, while he had the vampire busy. "GO! NOW!" he shouted at her, as he struggled against Christian's might, valiantly.
Samantha hesitated for a second on leaving him like this, but knew she had to trust him and believe that he would make it out alive to her. Steeling her resolve, Samantha ran for the door, with the baby safely tucked in her arms, and then out it.
"NO! ETHANIEL!" she faintly heard the vampire yell, as she ran down the stairs, making her way towards the back door that they came in at. As she ran, she said a quick mental prayer that her husband would be ok on his own.
I didn't want to leave Ross behind with Christian, but I had no other choice. So, I took you and got out of the house. I ran out towards the car and patiently waited for Ross there, while I held you in my arms. I was of course, worried and all about his safety, but then every time I looked down at you I felt a little bit more at ease. Somehow the sight of you just seemed to restore my faith that he'll be just fine.
Inside, still dealing with Christian, Ross was suddenly kicked in the gut by Christian which caused him to lose his sturdy stance against the vampire and go crashing to the floor. Ross let a few curse words slip from his mouth from what just happened. That and from the slight bit of pain he felt in his arm, that Christian had a death grip on, earlier.
Luckily though, his dagger had landed right next to him when he landed. He knew he would've been royally screwed if he had lost it because it was his last line of defense against the blood thristy vampire.
Something told Ross that he needed to think on his feet quickly, as he had a funny feeling that perhaps Christian would go after Samantha since she had his son. And his hunch appeared to be right on, too. As he notice Christian giving one last snarl at him before turning to leave. Ross's eyes went wide then, knowing that his wife was in grave danger. When he sat up, his half a bottle of holy water had fell out of his pocket then. That's when an idea hit him.
Thinking quickly, the reached out and picked up the little bottle and then his dagger. He popped off the cap and doused the rest of his holy water all over the blade. He knew that the combination of the two might not be enough to kill the vampire, but it will slow him down a bit. Ross then aimed the blade at him with his good hand and then threw it (praying to god that it would hit it's mark, since he wasn't using the hand that he normally uses for throwing purposes).
Thankfully, it was able to hit it's mark with decent accuracy and lodged itself right into Christian's back.
"Yes!" exclaimed Ross in a hushed like tone to himself, happy that he was able to do it, with a tiny single handly victory fist pump, too.
He watched as Christian took a couple of staggering steps before collasping to the floor, unconscious.
"Huh. Guess I was right. It wasn't enough to kill him." said Ross, absentmindedly to himself. He then debated on what to do, now. He was out of weapons now. He suppose he could just take a piece of broken wooden furniture or something and use it as a stake to finish him off with, but...he was afraid of Chirstian maybe then just suddenly springing to life again on him and then finishing him off, instead. He really didn't know how long the vampire would be down for the count for, anyways, from the silver/holy water combo he just dealt him with.
Not wanting to take any chances, Ross then thought about just burning the house down. Not only would it possibly kill Christian, by the time he was able to come too, but it would also destroy any evidence here, as well. So, he went with that.
While I stood outside by the car, I then suddenly notice smoke raising into the sky and a bright glow coming from off in the distance. I got worried then, until I saw Ross come rushing up towards the car. I was so happy to see that he had survived.
Ross quickly came scrambling up to the car, where Samantha patiently waited for him with the baby. He was out of breath from all the running he just did, but was able to still give her a quick peck on the cheek on her worried faced.
"Ross, what happened? Why is the house on fire?" she asked him concernedly.
"No time to explain right now, honey! I'll do that later! Just...get in the car and let's get out of here!" he urged in a hurry, while he was opening the driver side door to get in.
Samantha looked at him strangely for a second, but decided not to argue with the man and instead hurriedly moved around the car to the opposite side and got in on the passenger side. Since they didn't have a car seat, Samantha just sat there holding the baby safely in her arms. Once they were in the car, Ross started it up and then sped off down the road.
I didn't know what to think, so I just sat there silently for awhile until I couldn't take it anymore. I just had to ask him again.
"Alright, Ross! You mind telling me what in the hell was that all about back there?" asked Samantha, more forcibly this time as she glared at him.
Ross quickly glanced over at her, while he drove back to their house. He sighed. "I had to, Sam. Alright? It was the only thing I could think of doing to get rid of the evidence." he answered back.
"By setting the whole house on fire?!" she said rhetorically in a disbelieving like tone. Ross nodded at her. "And..." she paused, as she looked down sadly at the baby in her arms. "the vampire?" she finally asked, in a softer tone.
"Dead." stated Ross bluntly with a serious expression on his face, before it then turned into a more uncertain and hopeful one. "...I hope." he then said after awkwardly pausing for a second or two.
Samantha looked over at him shock. "Ross!" she hissed softly to him, as not to frighten the poor child in her arms. "What do you mean, 'you hope'?" she said demandingly, in a scolding manner.
Ross flinched when he heard his wife's tone of voice. "Well..." he trailed hesitantly, not wanting to tell her because he knew how she would react. "You see...the guy was very tough and put up one hell of a fight, too. After you had left with the baby, he was furious and was about to go after you. I panicked, but then I remembered my left over bottle of holy water. So, I doused the rest of it onto my blade and threw it at him with my other hand, since my usual throwing hand was injured from where he grabbed me at. It landed in his back and then shortly after he went down." explained Ross, as he drove.
"I knew a combination of silver and that small amount of holy water wouldn't kill him, but it did give me some time to think. The only problem was I didn't know for how much longer he would be unconscious for. So, I had to think fast on my feet. So, I thought burning the place down was a good enough idea at the time, as I was sort a worried about you and any other possible vamps unexpectedly showing up while we're still there." he explained some more.
"And you didn't think that just grabbing a piece of broken wood would do the trick in finishing him off?!" exclaimed Samantha incredulously.
"Like I said! I didn't know how long he would be out for!" exclaimed Ross back to her, a bit too loudly. He flinched, hearing how high a tone his voice got because he knew it would upset the baby. Which it did, but thankfully Samantha was able to keep Ethaniel from going into full on crying mode and had kept him calm. "I didn't want go up to him and risk him suddely springing awake on me and taking me out by surprise. So, I figured the fire would not only destroy any evidence of us being there, but also would take care of him for good, as well. You know, 'two birds with one stone,' sort a thing." he explained, trying to defend his actions.
Samantha sighed. "But Ross...what if he survived the fire? Then what?" she asked skeptically.
"Hopefully, he didn't and wasn't able to wake up in time to escape." he said hopefully. "But...if not then...we'll deal with him and make sure that he dies for good, this time." declared Ross uncertain at first, but then grew more confident in his words as he spoke. He didn't want to worry his wife, after all. They had enough of that for one day.
She sighed once again. Then looked down at the smiling baby in her arms. "I hope you're right about this, Ross." she said and then smiled back at the baby.
We eventually made it back to the house. Not before...picking a few baby supplies up at the local 24 hour Walmart here in Whitechapel, first, that is. Anyways, after that we finally made it home. There, we decided to discuss what to do about you, Ethan.
The Morgans sat in their living room. Well...more like Samantha was sitting, while holding baby Ethaniel, whereas Ross was too busy pacing the floor in front of her with a worried expression on his face.
"Sam! What are we going to do with a baby?!" he stated worriedly. "I mean, we can't KEEP him! You know that! Don't you?!"
Samantha sat there on the couch, happily feeding Ethaniel a bottle of formula. "I know that, Ross!" she hissed at Ross, defensively. She shot him a quick glare before looking back down at Ethaniel and watching him suckle on the bottle's nipple. She smiled at him. "But come on, dear. Just look at him. He's so tiny and adorable. How can anybody resist such a charming and cute little chubby face like this? Huh, honey?" praised Samantha fondly, as she stared down at Ethaniel with loving eyes.
I had to admit. I was already smitten with you the moment I saw you there in the crib. Just like when I first met Ross, the same thing had happened with you.
It was love at first sight.
Ross ran his figners through his hair frustratingly, as he let out an exasperated sigh. "But what about our mission, dear?!" he asked frustratingly to her.
She looked up at him with a slightly irritated expression on her face, along with a raised brow. "And what about it?" she challenged.
"We were suppose to of exterminated ALL bloodsuckers who lived there! Remember?!" he countered frustratingly. "Including the kid!"
Samantha just rolled her eyes at him, as she continued to bottle feed Ethaniel in her arms. "Ross, he's not even a vampire! He was born a human! Not a vampire! Remember?!" she argued back in an obvious and mocking like tone.
"Still, though!" exclaimed Ross over dramatically, as she threw his hands up in the air. "Don't you think that the Hunters Association would like to know that?!" he argued, earning a piercing glare from his wife on the couch. Not knowing what else to do, Ross sighed. "Look, dear! I still think it's in our best interest if we just-" he began before being angrily cut off by his wife.
"No!" she swiftly said to him, in a serious and stern tone. "We are NOT just going to hand this precious and innocent little child over to the Association, Ross!" she declared firmly. "There's no telling what they might do to him! For all we know, they'll want to do all kinds of experiments and tests on him just to further study and learn more about why it is that in some rare instances the child is born human rather than being born a vampire when both parents are vampires, themselves!" she stated argumentatively to him. "He's just a baby, Ross! He doesn't deserve a life like that! He deserves a chance to be able to live a normal and carefree human life! Not to be used as some...lab rat! I won't just...standby and let that happen to something so innocent and pure, Ross! He didn't ask to be born to two vampires! So, I won't just hand him over! You hear me?! I won't!" defended Samantha protectively to her husband over what Ethaniel's fate should be.
Once she was done feeding Ethaniel, Samantha then burped him. After burping, the baby was all full of smiles and giggles, which made Samantha smile with delight and love for the tiny baby.
Ross was speechless by how his wife just reacted to what he said earlier, but he understood and knew where she was coming from. He mulled it over for a few minutes in his head, as he watched her interact with the baby. He knew that she was right. Most likely the Association would want to do all types of experiments and tests on him just find out why such an extreme rare occurrence tends to happened to kids born to vampires and how they could probably use this to their advantage, as well. Like maybe finding a way to create some sort of...cure, for vampirism. But a life like that was no life for a child. Especially, for one as young as this one was, who had no say in the matter, whatsoever.
Ross then smiled at the two, as he walked over towards them and then sat down next to Samantha on the couch. His mind was made up on what to do now and he was positive that it was the right choice to make, too.
"You're right, Sam." stated Ross agreeingly in a sincere manner and tone, causing her to look up at him expectingly. "We can't just hand him over to the Association like that. It would be...so irresponsible and wrong of us, if we did. He's just a baby and doesn't deserve a fate like that while growing up, either." he said sincerely in a soft and gentle tone.
Samantha smiled hearing her husband say that. She was glad that he agreed with her on what to do about the baby. But...the question still remained. What SHOULD they do with the baby, now? Maybe perhaps...turn him over to an adoptation agency or something?
When she looked down at the bundle of joy being held her arms, her mind then started to wonder to all the "what if's" if they did go with that option.
I was so worried about what may happen to you if we did just drop you off at some orphanage or something. Like for one, whether or not you'd ever get adopted or wind up spending most of your life there until you turned eighteen? Or for two, if you did get adopted would they be a kind and loving family or just someone who's in it for the money and could care less about the child's well-being?
I wanted you to go to a good and stable home. One where you'd feel loved and welcome at. But I know that, that's not always the case and that there's no guarantee on how things will go. I just didn't...want you to wind up as one of the unlucky ones, is all. I wanted to be guaranteed that...you'd have a chance at good and happy life.
But then...Ross had said something that had put all my fears and doubts at rest.
"That's why...I think we should keep him." said Ross suddenly to her, bringing her out of her own thoughts.
Samantha looked back up at Ross with stunned and disbelieving expression on her face. "Really, Ross?! You mean it?!" she asked hopefully to him, with bright wishful looking eyes.
"Well...yeah! Of course, I do!" he answered back, affirmatively. "He's human right? So, I think he deserves the chance to get to experience what living a regular human life is like, then! And the things the Association would probably put him through, isn't something a regular human being would have to go through." he explained reasonably. "And I'm sure you're like me, right? Thinking about all the 'what if's' if we just turned him over to some adoptation agency, instead?" inquired Ross hintingly.
Samantha nodded at him. "And like you, I don't want to risk him growing up in some sort of...slum of a home, where it only benefits the adoptive parents more than the child themself. Or him even possibly...not finding a home at all!" stressed Ross whole heartedly. "What I'm saying is...he deserves more. A REAL family! One where he will be loved and properly cared for by two loving people who would do anything to keep him safe and protected from all the dangers in the world. Someone like...us!" he explained fondly to her.
"Oh, Ross!" replied Samantha at his heart felt words, as tears brimmed in her eyes. She then leaned over to plant a loving kiss on his lips. "But are you sure about this? You do know that means we'll probably be in trouble with the Hunters Association for this if they ever find out, right?" she then asked skeptically, wanting to be sure that he really was ok with it.
Ross nodded. "Of course, I am! I mean, we already have some of the baby stuff that we need, anyways!" he said assuringly to her. He then looked down at Ethaniel, smiling. "And besides...he is kind a cute, after all." he added fondly, before tickling and speaking to him in a doting baby like voice to make the child laugh and giggle at him. Ross wasn't gonna lie, but...he too had fallen for the child, as well.
Samantha smiled at Ross. She couldn't believe it. They were gonna start a family with this amazing and beautiful little boy, together. Even though it might mean they could get in trouble with the Hunters Association, she didn't care cause right now...this little boy needed her. Both her and Ross, to give him the perfect life that he deserves. And she wouldn't have it any other way, either.
"Welcome to the family, uh..." began Ross fondly to the child before trailing off with a lost expression on his face. "What do we call him, anyway?" he then asked, looking up at his wife quizzically.
"Good question, honey?" she replied in an unsure tone. When she looked down at the baby, for the first time she noticed something stitched into the baby blanket he was wrapped in. She moved the blanket just enough to be able to read what was on it.
On it was the name Ethaniel, along with a date on it that was only a few months ago. "Ethaniel." she read out loud. "That must be his name." stated Samantha to her husband, as she looked up at him.
"Then the date under it must be his birthday." concluded Ross, also noticing the date on the blanket. There was a moment of silence between the two before he decided to break it. "Ethaniel? What kind of name is that?" he then sneered in distate at the name, amusingly. Samantha then lightly elbowed him in the side for his rude comment. "Sorry!" he quickly apologized. "It's just...it's such an old and out of date name, is all. Not many people go around being called Ethaniel, who actually do have the name. At least, not anymore unless you're a senior citizen or a-" he explained.
"Vampire?" finished Samantha amusingly for him, knowing what he was going to say. Ross blushed at her finishing what he was gonna say next. She chuckled at his funny reaction. "But you are right, though. Not very many people do use the full name, anymore." she deduced seriously, while in thought. "Plus...if Amir did manage to survive the fire somehow then...he'll come looking for him to take him back from whoever has him." she reasoned sensibly.
"Either him or some close vampire friend that they knew, would. Probably someone from the Vampire Council, since Amir was one their head members." thought Ross, agreeing with her.
"Then we'll just shorten the name, then!" exclaimed Samantha suddenly with a smile. "To Ethan!"
"Good idea, honey! Plus, Ethan sounds like a waaay more better name than...Ethaniel!" agreed Ross, just as passionately about the idea. "And while we're at it, we might as well changed his last name to Morgan, too! That way he'll be completely untraceable!" added Ross enthusiastically.
"That's a wonderful idea, Ross! Then he'll really be ours!" agreed Samantha happily.
They then both looked down at baby Ethaniel with happy and loving expressions on their faces. "Welcome to the family...Ethan Morgan." said Ross soothingly in a loving tone, as he watched the baby smile up at them before getting tired finally.
After securing a safe place for you to sleep in (which as in our bedroom, safely tucked away in a makeshift bed that we made out of a cardboard box with a pillow stuffed inside for a comfy mattress to lay on), we continued making our plans about our future with you.
Once the baby was put to bed, Ross and Samantha went back downstair to continue their dicussion about what to do, now that they were both parents of a beautiful baby boy.
"Ok." whispered Ross, not wanting to risk waking the baby. "Now, what? I mean, clearly two vampire hunters trying to raise a kid in a safe and secure environment is gonna be a tough thing to pull off, Sam." stressed Ross concernedly.
"Well, uh...I kind of already thought about that. Like, what to do when the day would finally come when we would have children of our own someday." she answered, a bit bashfully like.
"Really? Like what?" asked Ross, curiously.
"Well, I was thinking that maybe...we should...retire." she answered reluctantly, with a bashful look on her face. She wasn't really sure how Ross would take it, if when she told him.
"Retire?!" shouted Ross, only to earn a good shushing from his wife as a reminder that the baby was sleeping upstairs. He flinched a bit out of embarrassment upon realizing his error and quickly corrected himself by lowering his tone. "Retire?! Sam, you can't be serious?!" he reiterated, more quietly this time.
"I am." she said confidently. "Ross, I have been at this a lot more longer than you have. Not to mention, I already know what it's like to have a family that's into the supernatural hunting business. And let me tell you...it's not very much fun, either! Always, worried that someday your loved one won't be coming back and that the next hunt might be their last! I hated it! Not to mention the struggle in trying to balance a normal life plus this one, side by side all the time! It's exhausting! I hated not being able to go out and do normal teenage girl things with my friends back in high school, Ross! I was always afraid of them finding out about it and getting badly hurt by the things we hunt! So, I would distance myself from them most of the time! I hated it, Ross! All I ever wanted growing up was a chance to live a normal life and I had promised myself that one day if I ever had children of my own that I would quit hunting and give my children a normal, supernatural-free life." she explained strongly to him.
"I know it's like my family's legacy and all, to be hunters, but...I don't want my kids to grow up in a life like that. To think that they have to follow in their parents, and their parents before them, footsteps in becoming hunters themselves. I don't want to put them in danger, either, if any of our enemies decided to ever come after us, also. Using them as leverage. That's why...I want to retire, Ross." explained Samantha whole heartedly, as she looked down sullenly. She then looked back up towards the stairs, where baby Ethan slept, and smiled warmly. "For him." she said fondly with a smile.
Ross knew this and understood his wife's reasoning for why she wanted to retire from the hunting business. She wanted a better life for her kids, someday, for when they would have them. And right now, granted maybe a little bit more sooner than planned, they were parents. So, if quiting the business is what his wife wants, then so be it. He'd gladly give it up for her, then. Besides, it's been years already since he lost his best friend, Blake Harrison, at the fangs of a vampire. And now...over that course of time, he was able to grieve and heal over it through hunting down and killing dozens of vampires. Allowing him to finally be able to move on and feel like his deed to avenge his friend's death has been fufilled, at last. Now, it was finally time for him to settle down and start a family with his loving wife and his now newly adopted son.
Ross took Samantha's hand and held it loving as he smiled at her. "Alright, dear. If that's what you want, then that's what we'll do." he said to her sweetly.
Samantha smiled back, happy to hear that he was willing to give up hunting and start a family with her. "Oh, Ross." she said happily, as tears ran from her eyes. Then she lunged forward to embraced him in a big hug. "Thank you!" she thanked gratefully. "You have no idea how much this means to me!" she sobbed happily.
Getting over her tears of joy quickly, Samantha then pulled back, out of the hug. She then flashed Ross a smug looking expression, as she tilted her head slightly upwards with her hand on her chin as if in thought. "Of course, this does mean we'll have to turn the man cave into the baby's room, now..." she said slyly in a thoughtful like manner, before smiling brightly at him. "We can get started on that first thing in the morning, then!" she stated cheerfully to her now flabbergasted husband.
Ross stood there with his mouth gaped open. "What?! B-but...why can't we just turn the guest bedroom into the baby's room?!" stuttered Ross incredulously in shock, as he tried to come up with an alternative solution for baby Ethan's room. That way he could save his man cave.
Samantha looked at him with a serious expression on her face, then. "Ross, if we did that then where will my family sleep if any of them happen to come down for a visit for a few days? Huh?" she stated challenging in an amused tone.
"I don't know! How about in a...motel or something?!" he answered back reasonably in a not-so-convincing way.
"Ross! I will not let my kin stay in some motel when they can obviously just stay here, if need be." she scolded, as she glared at him. "The man cave is going and that's final." she declared firmly, not backing down from the subject.
Ross sighed in defeat, seeing there was obviously no way in convincing her otherwise. So, he gave in unwillingly to her demand. "Yes, dear." he sighed out defeatedly, not wanting to argue with her.
Samantha smiled at him triumphantly. "Good! Then we'll get started in the morning before heading down to the Hunters Association to give our report to them and our resignation." she smiled brightly at him, before heading on upstairs to check on the baby and then prepare for bed herself.
Ross just stood there for a second watching her go up. He then shook his head disappointingly. "The things I do for that woman." he said dejectedly to himself. He then let out a dishearten sigh before trudging up the stairs to their room, himself. Clearly, not too happy about having to give up his man cave, but then he smiled once he reached the top because he remembered it was for something far more important and precious to him than some room filled with guy stuff.
His son.
The next morning, me and Ross set to work on packing up all his man cave stuff and took it down to the basement, to be stored. Afterwards, while Ross stayed home with you, I had went back to Walmart to finish buying more baby supplies for you. Like a crib, changing table, car seat, baby clothes, baby blankets, toys, and etc. Basically, everything you need to take of a care of baby.
Ross very reluctantly packing away the last of his stuff in his no longer man cave and moving it down into the basement under the very watchful eye of Samantha, who was holding baby Ethan. She didn't trust that he would probably try and sneak some of that useless junk back upstairs on her, when she wasn't looking. Truth be told, she found the stuff pointless and dumb, to be honest. But then again, maybe that's just because she was a woman, so all that guy stuff just didn't seem as appealing to her as it did to Ross and his guy friends, whenever they're over.
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Samantha walking through the baby aisle at Wal-mart, as she examined all the baby merchandise and then placed what she wanted into the cart, with a smile.
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Ross sitting in the living room, changing a dirty diaper (too his dismay). After he had finished and disposed of the dirty diaper, he then played with the happy baby Ethan, joyfully.
Once that was all done and then brought inside the house, we had to leave to make our report to the Hunters Association about what all happened that night. At first, we weren't quite sure what to do about you, as we couldn't bring you along with us in the first place, for obvious reasons.
Luckily, my parents still lived just outside of Whitechapel on the farm. So, we took you there. Of course, we had to explain to them about everything that led up to us raising you and our plan to keep it hush-hush. Thankfully, they agreed with us and promised to keep it a secret. They were actually quite happy to be grandparents again and to have a grandchild so close by that they could visit with more often now, since my brothers and sister had moved out of town.
Ross and Samantha in the car with baby Ethan safely secured in his car seat, as they drive to Samantha's parents house, just outside of Whitechapel in the country.
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Them all sitting down as Ross and Samantha tell Mr. and Mrs. Davidson about their latest hunt and Ethan, while enjoying a nice relaxing cup of tea to help ease the tension some.
Afterwards, they nervously asked Mr. and Mrs. Davidson how they felt about their decision to take baby Ethan and to raise them as their own after they found out that he was born a human, and then wanting to retire from being hunters to make sure he has a happy and safe normal life, as well. Of course, Samantha's parents didn't have a problem with their decision. In fact, they thought they did the right thing and were happy to have little baby Ethan join the family, as their new grandson. They graciously accepted babysitting Ethan for awhile, while they went to the Hunters Association to give them their report and resignation.
After securing a babysitter for you, we made our report to the Hunters Association. Making sure to leave out the parts about you being human and us taking you and deciding to raise you as our own. We then told our boss about how we would like to resign from the Hunters Association and retire, so that we may start a family of our own, finally, and how we didn't want our kids growing up around the supernatural and risk them getting involved in it, like we did. We explained to him how we wanted our kids to have a chance at a normal, monster free life.
Ross and Samantha telling the head member of the Hunters Association about their mission last night. With them of course, leaving out the details about how they learned the child was born human and how they decided to adopt him. Other than that, they mentioned everything about how their mission was successful.
Then they went into explaining about how they wanted to resign from the Association and why.
He understood our reasoning and granted us our retirement from the Association. Of course, that meant it would take a couple of days at least before it would become finalized, but we were both alright with that, as we couldn't wait to start our new lives together with you.
The head hunter nodded in acknowledgment at their reasons for wanting to retire and had given him their blessing to do so. He admitted that it would be a shame to lose their best vampire hunting duo around in these parts, but he humbly accepted their decision in wanting to leave.
Of course, like most things in this world, the two Morgans had to fill out some paperwork first to announce their resignations. The head hunter then told them that it would probably take a few days before it was finally finalized, but he would call to let them know when it was.
Ross and Samantha then stood up from the chairs they were sitting in, ready to leave. Ross shook the head hunter's hand as thanks, as they bid each other farewell.
During those two days, me and Ross thought heavily about possibly going somewhere else for a few months to lay low for awhile, in case there were any vampires coming after us seeking revenge for what we did. There was just this...odd feeling that I couldn't shake that told me that maybe somehow Amir had survived the fire. So, as a precaution we packed a few suitcases and bags, and left Whitechapel the moment our retirement from the Hunters Association was finalized. We didn't want to take any chances.
Ross and Samantha in the kitchen, while baby Ethan was up in his room enjoying an afternoon nap. Samantha was busy telling Ross about her fears and how she couldn't shake this feeling that maybe not all is well, like they want to believe. How maybe...someone might come after them, wanting revenge for what they did to one of their head members of the Vampire Council.
Ross tried to put her fears to rest, but saw that it wasn't working. His wife was just too rattled about the situation. Especially, since they didn't know whether or not if Christian Amir really did actually perish in that fire, like they hoped.
Just then the phone rang. Ross quickly rushed over to answer it before it woke Ethan up, upstairs. It was the Hunters Association, calling to inform them that their resignations have been finalized and filed away and that they were now free to live a normal life. Ross thanked the person on the other end and then hung up the phone.
He then faced his worried looking wife with a smile. "Good news, honey! That was the Association! Our resignations have been finalized and filed! We're totally free from vampire hunting and any other supernatural problems, now!" he said beamingly to her, who was also very happy to hear the good news.
After that, they went back with what to do next. In which, Ross had suggested that they should probably pack a few bags and leave town right away for a few months, to lay low. He knew that if someone did come looking for them they would most certainly start here first and then probably search the whole town for them if they couldn't find them here.
Samantha thought it over for a moment and agreed that it was a good idea. She then told him just where they could go in order for them to lay low at, but first she had to call them to make sure it was ok with them first, before arriving. The person she was referring to was her sister, Wendy.
Samathan immediately picked up the phone and started to dial her number.
After a few exchange of words between the two sisters over the phone, Samantha finally hung up the phone and then told Ross to start packing.
My sister was gracious enough to let us lay low at her place with her family up in Toronto for awhile, after we also told her everything about that night, as well. Her husband was a wizard and of course knew about my family being long time hunters. So, he was ok with the idea and agreed to keep our secret, as well, and let us stay there with them and their 3 year old little girl, Emily.
Ross, Samantha, and baby Ethan finally arrived at Wendy's place and are welcomed with open arms. Wendy was so excited to meet her little nephew, as she thought he was just so adorable and cute looking.
After getting all the luggage squared away, the four adults all sat together in the living room as Samantha started to tell her sister and brother-in-law the truth about Ethan and how they wanted to keep it a secret.
Wendy and her husband understood and agreed to keep everything a secret. Including from Ethan himself, as well. At least, until her sister and Ross were ready to tell him themselves, that is. Other than that their lips were sealed. Wendy then went on to say that they were more than welcome to stay as long as they needed to because they were family. And family is always there for one another, no matter what.
It wasn't long after staying with my sister that she had gotten a phone call from one of her hunter friends back in Whitechapel, stating that the Hunter Association had been recently attacked by a rogue vampire. Thankfully, my sister's friend said she was out of town on an assignment when it happened and had only found out about it when she had arrived back in town the next day.
The phone rings and Wendy answers it. A grave expression then befell her face, as she listens intensively to what the other person is saying.
Apparently it wasn't good news, either.
She had told my sister that there were a lot of casualties and that it looked like something right out of a nightmare. When asked what happened, she had told Wendy that it appeared that the vampire who done it was on a vendetta of some sort, as it appeared that he was searching for a bit of information on a certain pair of hunters. When Wendy asked if she knew the names of the hunters the vampire was looking for, she stated that she didn't know. But she did say that the head of the Hunters Association and one of the head members of the Vampire Council sent there as a representative, did have a meeting somewhere on neutral grounds to discuss the nature of the attack.
Somewhere in a remote and neutral location, a man and little girl stood before each other with serious expressions on their faces. Just behind them stood two other burly looking men. One behind the man and the other behind the little girl. They were obviously there as bodyguards, in case something goes awry during the meeting.
"Anastasia." greeted the man calm and casually with an impassive expression on his face.
"Mark." she replied back in the same manner to the guy, who was the head of the Hunters Association.
The air around these two was stale, as it was very clear that neither one of them liked the other or trusted the other that very much, as they stared one another down with disdain. But this meeting had to be done for the sake of both their sides, whether they liked it or not.
"Now that we've gotten the pleasantries out of the way. Let's get down to business." declared Mark boldly with a smirk.
"Yes, let's." agreed Anastasia with a sneer.
The two representatives from both sides then begun their discussion about the attack on the Hunters Association.
Wendy's friend had told her that the two had come to an agreement that the attack was a separate incident done by a vampire who had decided to go rogue on them and disobeyed a direct order from the Vampire Council to not attack the Hunters Association, and that the Council shouldn't be held responsible for his actions, either. The repsentative had told Mark that they would see to it that the vampire behind the attack would be reprimanded and swiftly punished for his crime against disobeying a ruling by the Council. Even if the vampire in question was one of the head members, himself.
Wendy then asked her if she knew the name of the vampire who had attacked the Association, in which she replied back 'yes' to. She told my sister that the vampire's name was Christian Amir. As you can imagine...both me and Ross weren't entirely as shocked by that bit of information once we heard. At least...I wasn't, that is. Something told me that I was right and it looked like I was, too.
A very shocked expression then came over Wendy's face as she gasped, covering her mouth a little with her hand once her friend told her the name. Wendy then grew a bit worried for her sister and her family, as she knew that was the one of the vampires that they were assigned to take out and that he was also baby Ethan's birth father, too.
Wendy told Ross and Samantha everything while still on the phone with her friend. Of course, both Morgans didn't look so surprised as she did when she told them the name of the rogue vampire. In fact, they sort a expected that this might've happened. Well...the part about him being alive still, that is. Not the part about him savagely attacking the Hunters Association.
Anyways, Wendy's friend had said that the reason why Mark decided to accept it and not take any recourse of action against them was because he didn't want to start a war between the two sides. Sure the hunters would still hunt them down and kill them, but that was different. That was all done under the rug of regular society. Hidden from the rest of the world and all the humans who live in it. He knew that if a war had broke out than that would cause mass panic across the world, as that would mean that everything about the supernatural would have to come to light then. A war between vampires and hunters would cause the vampires to turn more innocent people into one of them to use as soldiers and to build in numbers, which would mean more innocent human lives being taken.
The representative from the Council also agreed with this, as she too didn't want a war breaking out between the two sides, as well. In her eyes, I guess, it would mean that the hunters would then have a bigger advantage in numbers themselves if every human in the world was to learn about the existence of vampires, as well as other supernatural creatures. Meaning, more humans lining up to be trained as hunters at a lot more quicker rate than their already was.
Mark and Anastasia coming to an agreement that either side will not go to war over the matter, by shaking hands on it.
A/N: And there it is! Everything that happened before and after baby Ethan's kidnapping! Hopefully, I managed to put everything that I wanted to put, in this chapter. Knowing me, I probably forgot something and won't remember it until it's too late and the chapter has been posted already! Lol! :P But if not then I at least have ALMOST everything, then. Lol!
So, how was it? What do you guys all think, now that you've got the full story on why Ross and Samantha did what they did? Obviously, I still have a few more little details to add that I left out on purpose, but they'll be in the next chapter. That way I'll have something to give it a bit more length to it, when I write it. :D Assuming, it just doesn't wind up naturally becoming a lot more longer than I had expected due to me adding more and more content to it, like I did with this one and the past couple of other ones, too! Ugh! *rolls eyes* Lol! :P And don't worry. This chapter was the last one done in a flashback like sequence. *giggle* ;P
So, until next time, I'll be seeing you all around! Bye! ;D