Chapter 11
Erin's P.O.V.
One week ago I left the Dracula household. One week ago I left the boy I loved and for one week I've lived on the streets. Running from members of the slayers guild, strangers and criminals but always watching Garside Grange. So far I have been lucky when it came to running from just about everything. I guess my lucks out because this slayer chasing me is gaining. Lactic acid burned my muscles but I willed my legs to go faster. I turned into an ally way hoping to lose him but of course a slayer was too clever for the oldest trick in the book. He turned and grabbed my neck pinning me to the wall.
"Well, well little Erin. Failed again have you?" he mocked in his gravely, deep voice "Tut, tut, tut. What's your excuse then?"
"I don't have one" I answered weakly trying to pry his fingers from my throat.
"What do you mean you don't have one? Are you telling me you just decided not to slay them?"
"No"
"Then why didn't you!?" Anger rising in his voice
"I couldn't" I tried to blink back the tears that had formed but they were coming thick and fast.
"Why couldn't you?"
"B-b-because I fell in love with the chosen one"
"You fell in love with a vampire!" He said lifting me off my feet so I was suspended the only thing stopping me from falling was his hands that were squeezing my neck, closing my windpipe up slowly and painfully. I gasped for air but nothing could get through this man's iron grip.
"You're going to die tonight little missy" he whispered leaning forwards so I could see the evil in his eyes and smell his breath that smelt strongly of alcohol. I scratched his hands but he made no move to loosen his grip on me. My lungs screamed for air that was not provided soon my arms weakened and could only hold on to the slayers wrists. I closed my eyes waiting for the suffering to end. Suddenly a voice came from the end of the ally way.
"Oi! You there what are you doing to that girl!?"
My eyes snapped open just before I hit the ground. I gasped taking in all the air I could and coughed. I stayed on the ground coughing and gasping. There were hurried steps from multiple people and soon I was surrounded by six young men obviously out for night as mates. I felt a warm hand on my shoulder and a kind voice.
"Are you alright?" said the man who shouted at the slayer. I regained normal breathing and started to answer but it came out a hoarse whisper as if I my throat had been dried for days.
"I'm fine" I croaked. My throat felt like sandpaper when I spoke. I lifted my hand to my neck.
"Well you're obviously not. Brian, mate you through to the services yet?"
"Yeah an ambulance and the police should be here in a minute Sean"
"What's your name?" asked one of the men stood behind Sean
"E-Erin"
"Ok Erin everything is going to be fine, my name's Ace this is Bain, Hawke and Hunter" He gestured to the other three boys stood behind Sean and Brian.
"Do you want us to call anyone for you?" Hunter asked
Suddenly I teared up as my mind begged me to ask them to call Vlad. "No" I choked "There's no one here who cares about me anymore not after what's just happened"
Vlad's P.O.V.
"Are you alright?"
"I'm fine"
"Well you're obviously not. Brian, mate you through to the services yet?"
"Yeah an ambulance and the police should be here in a minute Sean"
"What's your name?"
"E-Erin"
"Ok Erin everything is going to be fine, my name's Ace this is Bain, Hawke and Hunter"
"Do you want us to call anyone for you?"
"No. There's no one here who cares about me anymore not after what's just happened"
Erin. I found her but she was hurt really hurt by the sound of it. I rushed to the ally way I was hearing this from.
"Erin?" I said
Erin turned to me and so did six other heads. Six young men were crouched around Erin who was on floor gasping.
"Erin what happened?" I said worried crouching beside a fair man who was obviously the ring leader. Erin just stared at me.
"Vlad?" She whispered hoarsely touching my cheek tears trickling down her face as if she thought she was in a dream. Her face was bruised, bloodied and dirty and bruises in the shape of hands were blooming on her neck. "is it really you?"
"It's really me. Erin I'm so sorry about what I did please…"
"Don't be I'm sorry I should have told you" Erin smiled "I love you"
"I love you too" I replied. Erin closed her eyes. "No, no Erin don't close your eyes. Don't"
"Ace go get the ambulance I can see it's lights" said the ringleader "Quick we could be losing her"
One of the men ran off into the main road and returned later with paramedics. I forced myself to let go of Erin and move away to give the paramedics space to work. They had her in the ambulance in no time and the police were interviewing a few of the guys that had helped Erin but the ringleader was walking up to me.
"Is she something to you then?" He said knowingly
"She's everything to me" I said
"She's beautiful"
"I know" I said sadly looking at her motionless body on a bed being put in an ambulance
"I'm pretty sure she's the one for you mate and I'm also pretty sure she'll pull through as well and I've only known for about half an hour"
"Thank you so much for helping her by the way"
"Not a problem but call me and tell me if she's ok yeah" he said passing me a slip of paper I looked down and on it was written
Sean
078989567678
"I will thanks again Sean"