I squinted my eyes as he led the way, I had forgotten how good my eyes were. I followed his voice.

"So yeah, while I was here visiting when I was younger, my grandpa's friend owned this club, so when he found out I mixed, he asked me to play." He explained.

"Ha ha, he didn't even know I was pretty popular until the girls were screaming my name."

We finally made it to the stage, the colors were much more clean here. I was bathed in blue green and red lights. As I was admiring his stage set up I heard him say over the mic.

"Hello Dark Room!" he called and the room was cheering.

"As you know I'm DJ Burn, and if you didn't, go fuck yourself!" he yelled and again the room cheered.

"Now shut up and listen up boys and girls, I got a special treat for you. My old buddy DJ Frost was in town and said he would play here and mix it up, You Punks better be thankful."

I looked at him, "Say what?" he laughed and moved over waiting.

"Ass." I said but as I did I stepped up, it had been awhile but I still remembered... I think, only one way to find out.

I pulled out Eminem along with Freak Nasty. I mixed just lose it and Da Dip. Scratching them while facing backwards, keeping a perfect mix. I let Freak play a bit longer as the crowd began to sing the chorus.

I moved my hand with them. As they sang "you dip, I dip" I crouched low and did a standing back flip and the crowd cheered. Burn decided to join in. I had to admit I missed doing something pointless with someone normal. He tossed a record into the air I grabbed another one spinning it on my finger catching the other on my other hand, I put the new disk down, Linkin park.

"Frost you still got moves?" he called into the mic. "Then break me off some of that and show them how it is."

I looked into the crowd and as thought a sign they opened up the center of the dance floor. I took one step and pushed off the stage doing a forward flip this time. I moved to the center and began to dance, kicking out and sliding slightly until I decided to have some more fun. I fell back throwing my hand out catching myself kicking my legs up, ending in a one armed handstand. I kicked my legs around using the momentum to spin around on my hand and using my other hand i spun a little more, finally moving into what was called the fireworks. I balanced my body on my hands as I spun my legs around moving my hands between my legs as I spun people cheering.I moved into the Six step for a moment before hopping back up to clapping, I made my way to the stage and mixed the music with Burn for a bit longer.

"Hope you all liked it losers! If you loved us, like you should have. Me and Frost will be here for the rest of the week." I glared at him, I had forgotten he did this a lot, saying whatever he wanted.

"We're out! Burn up," he started and I added as I used to "...and stay Frosty." I held up my first two fingers and made the "F" while he made his hand sign the "B". The bouncers led us off the stage to the back room, keeping dozens of girls at bay.

Once inside, he flopped onto the couch letting his head fall back against the back. "Ugh... I forgot how hot and tiring it gets... And we still have three more days."

I interrupted him, "We?" I asked.

He looked at me grinning. "Yeah we, sorry about that man, but I wanted to see you a bit more, its been forever since he mixed together." He laid his head back again and said in a whisper i would have missed if I was still human, "Sway is here too."

"Sway?" I blinked...

"Yeah, we... are kind of dating now." he said clenching a bit waiting for the bomb to drop. I stayed calm. Stephanie, also known as Sway, was once my girlfriend.

"She still doing E?" I asked him, the only reason I stopped liking her, her habit to do drugs.

"Not since she nearly OD'ed, I made her stop, I helped her out with that, you know? A strong support." He was now looking at me from the corner of his eye.

"Well, that's good." I said honestly. I was somewhat happy they were together, he was a good guy...off stage. and Sway... well she was Sway. I heard footsteps heading this way and stopped myself from looking and waited.

"So how did you get her to stop?" I asked listening as the footsteps stopped at the door, I was able to hear the breathing from behind the door, so much for being sneaky.

"A lot of yelling at her, and a lot of threats to the guys dealing. You'd be surprised what a baseball bat and threats to call the cops can do." I laughed, he always did go overboard when he thought he had to protect someone.

"What kind of hero are you?" I asked turning towards the door pretending to grab a drink from the fridge near by.

"The kind that gets things done." he shrugged, as he looked up at me I pressed my fingers to my lips and nodded towards the door. He looked confused for a moment before he guessed what I was talking about.

"So she still wild in bed? Screaming and moaning?" I asked letting my voice carry to the door.

He started to laugh silently before answering, "Yeah but when she is sleeping she calls your name... I'm worried she is only using me as a substitute." he said in a surprisingly convincing worried voice.

"Well its hard to get over me. This one time he went back to her place and she..." A grabbed the handle and pulled it open reviling A beautiful Mexican girl.

"Hey Sway." I said smiling at her red face and shocked look.

She straightened up, her eyes reaching my nose. She was taller then most girls, If she was as girly as most girls there would be no doubt she could have been a model.

She placed her slender arms on her hips looking at me critically. "Please, the only man in my life is him, Rick your not as hott as you think you are." she informed me frowning angrily at me, then smiling she jumped up and hugged me.

"Oh!" she said in surprise feeling my cold temperature, but she still held on to me, so I returned the hug,

When I let her go she ran over to Cole laying on the couch next to him putting her head in his lap. Then she turned to look at me saying "I know everyone calls you DJ Frost, but being that cold? Your taking your name to far." I rolled my eyes.

"Do I need to remind you of why YOUR name is Sway?" I warned with a laugh, diverting her attention.

"So where are you staying?" Cole asked me.

"I am over..." I started and found myself pausing, not wanting to go back there. "I am actually in need of a place, You guys know of a good hotel?"

"Yeah, real cheap." Cole said after looking at Steph, who nodded

"Our place, we rented a double room, and you can steal the other room." Cole wiggled his eyebrows at me.

"Sounds good to me." I answered and waited for Cole to get his pay before he headed out. The hotel was only about three blocks from the club. It was surprisingly elegant for its surroundings. The buildings around it had its paint chipping and faded while the hotel was freshly painted and vibrant.

"Hotel De' Voir?" I asked, A french sounding hotel in Washington?

"Hey don't knock it, Better then a motel six." Sway said as she finished tying her hair into her elegant long black ponytail. When we entered their room we spent another hour talking about how life was going, I let them tell about what was going on in L.A. When they finally decided they wanted to sleep, I climbed on the couch and pretended to sleep until I could hear snoring in their room... an hour later.

I walked around the room looking out the window thinking. My throat was killing me, it was now about three weeks since that night I tried animals blood. I decided to try to get a handle over this gift I had. I took off my watch and placed it next to a small clock from the table. I focused as hard as I could on the watch, ignoring the clock ticking away next to it. Then thinking about how I got my gift to work before, I feigned stress, finding that I was indeed stressed about recent events, I shook my head vigorously attempting to shake those thoughts away.

The area around my watch began to waver, like heat off the road in the distance on a hot day. Keeping focus, I managed to hold on for five minutes before the strain made me feel exhausted, something I had not felt in at least a year. Covering my eyes as I caught my breath, I was breathing normally.

Oh! I am not tired. just mentally, hmmm... Can I get tired at all? I grinned could be useful for my nights... Before I could stop myself, I pictured myself in a bed one arm over the waist of a beautiful tan skinned woman, her long hair draped behind her, her dark brown eyes looking mine. Leah. I stood up and looked at my watch, it was four minutes and thirty seconds behind the other. I considered the possibilities of this as the sun rose.

I looked toward the rustling sound coming from the other room, the next moment I was laying on the couch eyes closed and for all appearances in a deep sleep.

I listened as the door creaked open, "He still out?" Cole asked softly.

"Should we wake him up?" Sway asked.

"Nah, Let the dude sleep, he looks like he is having a bad day."

"Yeah, he kept turning the conversation to us, like he did not want us to ask him anything."

"Yeah, hey you notice? He looks different, I don't know how to say it, but... he looks paler, and the bags under his eyes..."

"Yeah, he looks hotter then before, but different too. His eyes were a light brown, but now they look like black or something, and I know they aren't contacts."

I did not change from my sleeping appearance but in my mind I got worried.

"Well... Lets not ask, he always had his secrets, and he was not the type to just open up and tell everything. If he feels like it he will say something."

"Alright, but I still worry, you know?"

"Yeah, lets just go out for a bit, I will leave a note for him."

I heard the sound of something scratching against paper, and then the soft click of the door closing. I got up and read the note as I looked outside. The shining sun reflected on my skin as I watched them leaving down the street.

I sat down with my back against the wall the light shining down from behind me hitting my feet. I covered my eyes with my hands.

"Where am I suppose to go now..."

Hope you enjoy, I am worried This chapter was not up to snuff, but it set up the next few chapters, Hope to get some feedback. ^^