Author's Note: I'm sorry this has taken so long. My muse kind of dissapeared for a while, but I've been slowly but surely working on this and my other fic as well. Thank you to everyone who's been reading and leaving comments, I appreciate it very much!

JaliceJelsa4eva & Flowerchild23 – I know Marko and David have been assholes so far, but this chapter will help make sense a little … at least for David. I'm still writing it while I type this response so I don't know if it will help the case for Marko. We'll wait and see! xoxo

Disclaimer: I own nothing related to The Lost Boys, only my OCs belong to me.

Warning: This story contains violence, gore, sexual actions (both consensual and non-consensual), alcohol, and drug use. Please read at your own discretion. If you're under eighteen or are offended by any of these actions you should probably find another story. If you're up for reading it then I hope you enjoy!

The sun had been down for three hours and Brylee was still asleep on the bed that Dwayne and Paul had moved into the back cove. David had argued that she didn't need the bed, she could sleep on the floor. She would wake up at sunset and be completely fine, is what he said. Marko agreed with David, and no one knew why. The other two went against what David wanted at that point and brought the bed back there anyways. Death sleep called them, but after David's punishment of the baby vampire, they all thought it best if they took shifts to make sure Brylee was alright. She was supposed to have healed by the end of the day, everything was supposed to be fine. It wasn't. On the last shift just before the four boys woke up, Selene inspected the burns on Brylee's back and arms to see how well they had healed – they hadn't. They were just as bad as when she first got them. Her body was still burning with fever and there was no sign of her waking.

"Something is really wrong with her." Selene said when she heard the door open. "Her burns aren't healed, she's still burning up. It's like she never went through the change at all."

"That's impossible, babe. The sun hurt her, that usually only happens to vampires. She is one of us. Marko saw her feed." Dwayne said sitting on the bed by Selene's side. He stroked her hair when she leaned against his chest. "It's gonna be alright."

"I hope so."

"So, how's our sleeping beauty doing?" Marko grinned walking in the door. "You passed out pretty hard -" he stopped when he realized she was still out.

"Nothing's changed." Selene said," even her burns are still fresh."

"How…?"

"No idea. Why don't you ask David? I'm sure he has all the answers." She glared.

"Sunlight wouldn't have done this! David didn't do shit, girl. You need to chill the fuck out. Paul has a joint out there, you might wanna get some and relax." Marko glared back.

"We should get Max." Dwayne said, ignoring their pointless bickering.

"We're not getting Max. She'll be fine." David said from behind Marko. "She'll wake up when she needs to feed."

"If she doesn't?"

"She will."

Days passed and there was no change at all. The burns had healed a little bit, but she hadn't moved a muscle and her body was still hot to the touch. They had been leaving bodies in the room for her in case she woke up hungry after sunrise. Every sunset she would be checked on and the bodies wouldn't be touched. After the fifth day, everyone was starting to panic. They had to vote on whether or not to get Max, since he may know what was happening to her. David was still adamant she would wake on her own.

"It's been five days, David! She need help." Selene looked at the sleeping body.

"This is getting' pretty fucked up man." Paul agreed.

"Fine. Why don't we let Marko decide?" David sneered.

"He'll agree with whatever you say. He has this entire time. That's what got her into this mess." Selene argued.

"Dwayne, please sh-" David began.

"She's right." Dwayne shrugged, "Everything you wanted Marko to do, he did. And now Brylee is just like Ella."

David's eyes glowed bright amber at the mention of the name. That was a part of his past that he had rather no one knew about. Dwayne was there, that's the only reason he knew. He had blocked the memories so deep within his mind that the other boys couldn't even scratch the surface of them. He had put up a mental blockade to keep Ella his own secret.

"Wait, what?" Marko said walking forward. "Just like who?"

"It's nothing." David glared at Dwayne.

"It's not nothing, David. This is important! She's important!" Marko argued.

"Oh yes, so important. That's why you treated her like a prisoner." David snapped.

"I was only doing what you said I should! I don't know how this whole mate thing works for vampires!"

"Whoa, whoa, back up a couple'a steps. I'm lost. Why the hell would you take dating advice from David?" Paul looked insulted.

"That's what you're lost on?" Marko rolled his eyes.

"Well yeah. I mean Dwayne's the one with a steady girl and I get more ass than –" Paul stepped when she saw David glare at him.

"Who the fuck is Ella?" Selene shouted above the others.

"Ella was David's first love. As a vampire anyways." A voice came from the mouth of the cave.

"Whatdaya want Max?" David said without looking at him.

"I felt one of my children in a lot of pain. Has been for days. I had hoped you all would have been able to handle it. Apparently not."

David kept his glowing eyes focused on the wall, trying not to lose his temper with the head vampire. He didn't need this now. After being reminded of Ella the last thing he wanted was this guy coming around his home and his family taking charge.

"She's in the cove." Selene said and motioned Max to follow her. The two disappeared down the pathway.

"David, explanation. Now." Marko glared.

"I don't take orders from you, from any of you."

"It's time to tell them the truth. It might help us her Brylee and right now that's what we need to do. We can't worry about your ego right now." Dwayne said.

"We're you're brothers, man." Paul put a hand on his shoulder.

"Please David."

"Ella was my ..." David shook his head, "A decade or two after Dwayne joined, we found a runaway from Iowa somewhere in Wyoming. She was just gonna be a kill, but there was somethin' about her, something that made her different. To this day I have no idea why I was pulled to her the way I was. We – I turned her and and then fell into some weird sleep. One morning we woke up to her screaming after she threw herself into the sun."

"Did you treat her the way Marko treated Bry? I mean, it's kinda fucked up, man." Paul asked.

"Ella wanted to be one of us. She wanted to be with David more than I've ever seen a human want to be with a vampire."

"I tried to be good to her, as good as a vampire could be, and she threw back in my face." He growled.

"It wasn't because you wanted me to hurt her …" Marko looked on in shock.

"No, it was to protect you. If she was scared of you as a human there was less chance she'd hurt you as a vampire. "

"Dave…dude. I'm sorry man." Paul put his arm around his brother.

"It's been a long time, I'm over it. And never call me Dave again."

Dwayne shook his head and walked to where Selene and Max were. Marko was right behind him while Paul stayed in the mouth with David trying to make him laugh, which actually annoyed David but he knew Paul was trying to be helpful.

"Is that why he put her in the light?" Marko asked.

"Probably. If she felt the pain it would 'cause she'd stay away from it. Don't know if it did much good though."

"She was going to end it because of the way I treated her." He shook his head.

"She was human. You pushed her limits too hard, it happens. She wasn't planning on doing it. She told Selene it was a thought if she couldn't handle life as a vampire. She knew she'd be different when she turned so she didn't keep a plan."

"How do you know all this about her?"

"Her and Selene are close. With that closeness came some connection to me and we built a bit of a trust between us. She didn't think she could talk to anyone else so we tried to be there for her."

"I fucked up." Marko tossed his gloves into the sleeping area before they made it to the back.

"Well, it's a good thing I got here when I did." They heard Max say.

"What's wrong with her?" Selene asked.

"Who was with her when she turned?"

"I was." Marko walked into the room.

"How long between when she drank our blood to when she fed?" Max asked.

"I dunno, maybe an hour or a little less."

Max stood up looking very angry. He looked at the comatose girl then at the other three vampires with him.

"I really thought you'd all know better." He muttered to himself.

"What's wrong?" Selene asked again, getting annoyed of asking the same question.

"Yeah doc, what's wrong with the baby?" David asked.

"David, how could you let this happen again?! This pack is your responsibility, not your experiment! You know there has to be time as a half… how could you do this!" He shouted.

"I didn't do shit. I wasn't even there."

"But you told Marko it was okay to let her turn that soon."

"I didn't say anything."

Max put his hand over his face and turned his back to the boys. He was getting more frustrated by the second. He knew David had something to do with Brylee's condition, there was no way he didn't know that vampire blood needed time to gestate within a person to fully turn them. Fully turning in a short period of time was detrimental to the body and the mind.

"This is why Ella died! Why are you doing it again?!" Max shouted in David's face.

"What?" David quirked a brow. He was honestly confused.

"The vampire blood didn't have enough time in her system. It couldn't turn her because her human system is trying to fight the vampire blood like a disease!"

Every vampire in the room turned and looked at one another in confusion while taking quick glances to the unconscious girl on the bed. None of them had ever heard about anything like this. They were all under the impression that the change was almost instantaneous. They had all taken time as a half vampire on their own accord, but they had never thought about why they did it.

Marko was the first one to move from the group and he sat down on the bed beside Brylee. He touched her face and could feel life still in her. She was breathing, even though it was labored and choppy. But she looked so peaceful even though she was in so much pain. He felt guilty for doing this to her. She'd be fine if he just left her alone like she wanted in the first place. Then again if he didn't have some feeling towards her she'd have been a meal a long time ago. He knew all eyes were on him at that moment, he could feel them.

"What do we do, Max?" He asked with a tone of defeat. He hated asking him for help, but he didn't want to lose her after coming this far.

"It's dangerous and there is no guarantee it will work."

"Just help the girl, alright." David said.

Max nodded and motioned for Marko to pick her up and follow him into the main part of the cave. The others were not far behind, wanting to help in any way they could.

David felt the sting of guilt coursing through him. He didn't know what would happen if they sped up the change. He didn't know any of the things that happened would have long lasting effects on Brylee. If he did then he wouldn't have done them at all. She was Marko's girl. He didn't want him feeling like he had when Ella burned up. Apparently that was his fault too. If Brylee didn't make it there would be two vampires on his conscious that he aided in the destruction of and there was no way he was going to let that happen.

The group traveled into the deeper parts of the cave where parts of the old hotel were still somewhat intact. Max knew there had to be at least one tub or shower that would still work as he needed it to.

"What's the plan, man?" Paul asked.

"We need to drain her blood. All of it."

"That would kill her!" Selene panicked.

"We're going to give her vampire blood just before that happens. She can't have any of what is in her body because it's contaminated by the human antibodies. Without them the vampire blood will give her life."

"Uhhh…" Paul looked at Dwayne for some type of translation.

"We're gettin' rid of the sick blood and giving her fresh blood." Dwayne shook his head and tried not to grin at his brother.

"We can do that." Paul smiled putting a hand on Marko's shoulder, "She's gonna be fine and we're all gonna be one big family."

"A blood-sucking Brady Bunch." David smirked.

"Yeah man, they'll be six of us and everything."

Marko was glad for the support from his family, but he was too worried to interact with any of the conversation. He kept his vision focused on Brylee, watching, waiting for her to move in his arms. Then everything would be fine.

They made it to a room with a semi-functioning bathtub. Marko placed her in and looked at Max for further direction. This was going to be hard, it was probably going to be painful, but it would fix Brylee and make her better.

"Slit her wrists. Don't drink it. It will put any of you in the same state as her." Max handed Marko a knife while he got the water to run at a decent enough speed to fill the tub halfway. Once the water hit the blood it would drain faster. He noticed Marko's hesitance, and knew there was no time for it. "Make your choice now, Marko. Do you want to keep her or let her die permanently?"