We rode up to our floor in silence, the only sound the shifting of the back packs as we moved them from one shoulder to the next, transferring the weight. The light dinged, and we stepped off. I felt frenzied walking down the hallway to our room, I was extremely nervous. Nervous that the man whose car keys we had taken would wake up and find that his keys were missing, nervous that the desk manager might actually notice all the stuff we had taken form the gift shop and would come after, but, most importantly, I was nervous that the vampaneze would find us. With Mr. Crepsley injured like he was he would be an easy target, I wasn't sure of Gavner's fighting skills, or Evra's, but I doubt the three of us could kill a battalion of vampaneze.

The new vampire blood in my veins was hyping up my nerves. It was making me overly anxious and my blood pump faster, making me a little ADHD. That was not exactly the best thing for my nerves at the moment. Stooping by our door, I slid the card through the slot, and pushed the door open.

I let out a sigh of relief as I stepped into the room. Gavner had gathered everything of ours that was of any value and had it lying on the bed in an open suitcase. Better yet, he was supporting Mr. Crepsley and helping him into his blood stained shirt.

"Here, try this." I tossed him the orange T-shirt, and with some help from Gavner, he slipped it over his head. It was way too big, and hung off his body like drapes. In this case, the overly large size was to his advantage, the less it touched his wounded skin, the less it would irritate his skin. "Put this on too, were leaving soon."

I tossed both him and Gavner the matching orange hoodies, before grabbing my own and slipping it over my head. "M and Evra, erm, got a ride." I explained, pulling the hoodie down and pushing the hood behind my head. I looked back at them, and despite the tense situation, almost started laughing. Mr. Crepsley hair was sticking out of the front of his hoodie; he looked like a red-haired thug; while Gavner had his head stuck in the hole.

I went to help them, and managed to get Gavner into his with no more resistance, and then I turned back to Evra. "Do you need yours?" He shook his head, pulling on his jacket and fake beard.

We were ready to go, so with little more discussion, we zipped the suitcases and headed into the lobby, with me and Gavner supporting Mr. Crepsley between us. We came out of the elevator looking like a walking billboard. We were a walking advertisement for this hotel, with our hoodies, backpacks and T-Shirts. It would have been funny, under any other circumstances.

I wheeled the suitcase out of the elevator and turned to the vampires in our party. "Put your hoods on." I said, and they did. I did the same, pulling the orange material to where it almost completely shielded my face. "Does either of you know how tot drive a car?"

They both looked at me like I had bugs crawling out of my ears, and I realized that that probably hadn't been very intelligent. I was talking about two hundred year old vampires; I doubt they could work modern machinery. I couldn't drive, if anyone saw me they would pull me over, I didn't look anywhere close to legal.

"Darren," Evra spoke up, "I can drive. I have my learner's permit." I was confused, when did that happen.

"How?" I asked him. He looked away sheepishly.

"At the Cirque, I helped Mr. Tall drive the vans when it was time to move. That's how I learned." He explained, I looked at him for one more minute, before reaching into my pocket, and handing him the keys.

"You're driving then." I told him and once again we headed for the door. As we neared the door, both Gavner and Mr. Crepsley looked nervous at willingly walking into sunlight, I realized that I should be worried too. I was a full vampire now, but with all that had happened in the last twenty four hours, it couldn't just stick in my mind like it should.

Evra stepped through the door first, when he opened it this huge blast of icy wind flew right into the building and I shivered despite my three layers and my vampire blood. Evidently it had been snowing while we were inside the hotel; about an inch had fallen and was sticking to everything. The grass was already a brilliant white in the weak morning sun and the road had a layer of slush on the top.

I wasn't really paying attention and Gavner almost ran over me.
I turned around to yell at him when I saw why. In the shadow of a nearby van was a pair of vicious red eyes, and a purple body looking straight at us. Vampaneze! But it was during the day, they shouldn't be out here! Neither should we, so I guess I shouldn't be judgmental.

"Help Larten," Gavner whispered to me, "We're going to run for it." I nodded nervously and grabbed Mr. Crepsley's arm, getting ready to drag him with us.

"NOW!" Gavner yelled, and he took off running for the car. Evra went on front, setting of the alarm so we could find the vehicle. Me and Mr. Crepsley ran after them, my new vampire blood letting me run extremely fast and drag my half-dead mentor with us.

Snarling in the background, the vampaneze ran after us. As soon as he touched the light, he flinched away back into the shadows, and debated whether or not we were worth it. In the end he decided we were, and came after us. Evra was at the car with the suitcase and Gavner loaded. He ran to the other side and got in the driver's side, starting up the engine.

With one last burst of energy, I pulled us the last few feet into the car. "GO!" I yelled at Evra, and he did. He jerked us put backwards, and spun the car, heading straight for the vampaneze.

With a sickening crunch he ran over the purple skinned demon, and we pulled out of the parking lot. Breathing a sigh of relief, I laid back on the back seat of the car. We were safe, for now.