Esperanza995: Hmmmm….. We are getting somewhere now! Ha-ha sorry about the twelve chapters just for Jesse and Robbin to actually get somewhat along. Aww love is in the air well kind of now that Ren just got kidnapped by possibly vampire hunters! What is going to happen?

Chapter 13

"What," I shouted. "You have got to be kidding me."

"Sadly no," he said simply.

"Well what about Bridget and Blake?"

"Blake got her out just in time. He noticed strange activity going on around the hotel so he hurried up and got Bridget out of there, but they didn't go without a fight," he said speaking softly. "Ren was staked, but it wasn't life threatening. He said they only did enough damage to capture her and slow him down. Blake and Bridget are on their way on their way to meet us at Lake Winnepesaukah."

I shook my head confused, "Why Lake Winnie?"

"It's packed full of people and mostly humans, the very people that they try to protect. So they won't start attacking until we go someplace more private," he replied.

My phone started singing, "So I went back to earth. Tripped and fell in the glorified dirt. Honestly, gravity sees me as a liability."

"Never Shout Never," Jesse asked.

"Yes," I replied and answered my phone.

It was Bridget, of course I already knew. "Oh my god, what does it take for a girl to get sleep around here," she complained.

"I heard you guys were attacked," I told her.

"Yes! We were and what does Blake do? He throws me over his shoulder and takes a run for it. Ow, I swear if cuts and bruises is what I'm getting for sleeping then I will just freaking kill myself that way I can sleep while people try to burn me for all I care."

I sighed, "You don't really mean that."

"No, but still a girl has got to sleep especially if she has been kidnapped," she said. I could tell by her tone she was cutting her eyes at Blake. "This stuff is stressful. Anyway all I'm saying is that I want to know what is going on."

I looked at Jesse, "Should I tell her or do you want to?"

"Tell me!"

He smiled, "Leave it up to Blake."

"Helllooooo," she said. "You know I can hear you. Tell me!"

"I promise I will tell you later. Right now is kind of a bad time," I replied. I heard tires squeal and soon the same red rust bucket from the hill came tearing down the parking lot behind a Dollar Store where Jesse and I were parked. "Oh my god! Jesse go!" He tore down the parking lot nearly tipping my truck.

"What the hell is going on," I heard Bridget say. We tore onto a busy road and tried to dodge cars.

"Jesse," I shrieked terrified. I turned around and found one of the passengers loading a gun with wooden bullets. Was that even going to work? I didn't want to find out. "Jesse they have guns."

"What kind," he asked, but he knew it didn't matter because the first one was fired and grazed his shoulder. The back window came crashing and tiny glass pieces went everywhere. "Son of a bitch."

"Look," I said pointing. The car started to slow down and finally took a turn. "This is bad."

"Why," Jesse asked afraid of my answer.

"Because that road they just took merges in front of us." At that Jesse turned the truck around violently sending cars swerving trying to avoid hitting us.

"Robbin! Robbin," I heard someone screaming from the floor.

I picked up my phone and answered to the frantic screaming. "We're fine. Bridget calm down."

"What is going on," she demanded.

I figured that after this attack I really couldn't blame her for being so mad when we didn't answer her. "We are being attacked by hunters."

"Hunters?"

"Vampire hunters," I said being more specific.

"Have you gone mad," she cried.

"No seriously. Ugh! I hate telling you this, it makes me feel horrible. Just ask Blake he knows more about the whole thing than I do."

"Oh my god you're not kidding," she said realizing the seriousness in my voice. "Okay, but I'm hanging up so you can call 911!"

"That's not going work," I said.

"Call them," she shouted and hung up.

We were down a dirt road now, "Jes where are we going."

"We are going to hide until its safe," he replied looking over his shoulder for our attackers.

"Shouldn't we do that somewhere a little more public? They won't attack humans."

"No we can't. They just attacked us in the middle of a busy street with humans. They are not the normal vampire hunters, they were sent here by someone from the Night World to kill us no matter what," he said losing breath.

The trees started getting taller and wilder. The hills on each side began to go from dirt and grass to being smothered in kudzu. Naked rocks jutted out from where it was blasted during civil war. This looked all too familiar and not in a good way.

"We have to continue on foot to hide," Jesse said. "I know a witch that lives back here in these woods."

"No offense, but isn't that what scary movies teach you to stay away from? Witches in the woods?"

"We don't have time," he continued. He stopped the truck and intertwined his fingers in with mine as we ran. I had a bad feeling about this, but I continued to run. I noticed that the wind started to pick up and it had a chill to it, uninviting and warning. The cold icy wind was biting against our skin as we were running through the gloomy and uninviting forest. His hand was warm against mine.

"Hurry," he said. "You need to run faster."

"I'm running as fast as I can Jesse. Please slow down!"

"We can't!" he snapped back. "We don't have time to slow down!" Jesse began to become aggressive with anxiety and fear. I knew this was a very bad idea, but how? We continued to run and it became tiring. My legs began to slowly burn until it felt like they were being torched.

"Jesse, please!" I pleaded. "I can't do this anymore. My legs are on fire! They hurt so much! Please."

"No we are almost there."

Suddenly something wasn't right my foot jammed into a hard object. I fell forward and the world around me seemed to be getting bigger, enclosing around my body as I hit the soft damp dirt with leaves flying up and down, dancing like fairies soon dying and falling on top of my body that was sprawled out across the moist earth. I had become so tired and unaware of where Jesse was going that I had stumbled and fell over a fallen decaying tree. This was bad, very bad. Jesse kept running and I was here on a bed of dead leaves and I could hear the vampire hunters coming closer and closer with every heartbeat I could hear coming from my chest, trying to break free from the bones and flesh that kept it from escaping. I was hopeless and helpless I didn't know what to do. They would find us soon.

The trees above me where starting to show a sparkle from the previous rain shower when the fresh new radiant sun beams penetrated them. The world became silent now, the golden leaves were beautiful as they lightly held on with their stems and floated down to join me and watch the others as they let go. Was this how I am supposed to die? Am I going to be violently murdered by the vampire hunters while being surrounded by such beauty that nature has offered out here?

"Am I really going to die?" I asked to myself out loud.

"No! I would never let that happen to you!" Jesse said.

"Jesse?" I asked dazed.

A pair of strong hands lifted me from the soft bed of decaying leaves. I felt his warm chest with my face pressed up against it; I could hear no sound of the heart beats, only his rapid breathing as he ran even further.

"Yes?" He replied.

Then it hit me. My dream, he is going to die if I don't stop him, "Jesse you can't leave me you promised remember?"

"Yes I know," he said

He set me down behind a newly fallen tree that was hidden behind brush and leaned in closer to me. He pressed his lips against mine and kissed me. His lips were so soft, just like velvet. My heart raced even faster than ever before. I wrapped my hands and tangled my fingers into his soft jet black hair. I couldn't help, but kiss Jesse even though I knew what was coming next. His kiss was so sweet and delicate. Just by him kissing me it was so overwhelming and the blood in my veins got hotter and hotter till it basically started to boil. He pulled away, leaving me empty.

"Jesse?" I asked

"Be quite, they will hear you. Will you be quite for me, please?" he pleaded.

I shook my head, "No Jesse you can't leave," I begged. "You can't. I know you are going too."

"I'm sorry, but they have gotten way to close to hurting you and I won't let that happen again," he said.

He leaped over the fallen tree; the trunk was as wide as a tire that is only found on a monster truck. I was being pushed off of him; I didn't want to be released from him. He was just so warm and I was just so cold.

"Please," I begged.

He stopped and turned to me. "I'm so sorry, but I'm doing this for you," he said remorsefully.

"Jesse, no forget about it. Just hide here with me."

He didn't bother to acknowledge me; he just looked at me with his mysterious electric blue eyes.

"I'm sorry, but I can't take the risk of them hurting you."

He turned away from me and ran straight for the hunters. I turned over to my side so I could get a better view of what kind of chaotic thing he was trying to pull off and not be sighted by any of the hunters. Jesse was still in view and soon enough three average looking men came into view just like in my dream. All three of the men were wearing oversized shirts, blue jeans, tennis shoes and a sneer that was painted across their faces. They were all about the same height and had a light brown shade of hair. The vampire hunters looked like brothers, or even triplets. These insane look alikes were either very skilled at hunting or they were immortal themselves. They looked big enough to juggle three sumo wrestlers and throw them at you if ever got too close.

"You stupid little vampire, you guys never learn," said the hunter in the middle as he spotted Jesse.

I gasped. No, this can't be happening. I was terrified and angry that I didn't do anything.

"Who sent you and why are you chasing me?" Jesse yelled back.

"We weren't chasing you! We were only trying to kidnap the girl!"

"Why? Why would you terrify a girl by chasing her into the forest? Why didn't you just come after me instead? I know that I am the one you guys want, so why didn't you just come after me?"

"Fine! You want us to come after you? Your wish has been granted, stupid tick!"

I couldn't believe what I was seeing. It was just horrifying! The hunters were actually planning on killing Jesse and he was going to let them. One hunter that was farthest from the other two headed for a large rock that lay quietly on the earth's ground just as I was doing.

"Joe, you wanna do the dirty work or shall I?" He said.

"Naw, Mike you go ahead and bash his head, Jerry and I will clean up! Isn't that right Jer?" Joe said.

"Yeah! Boss will like this, a vampire actually protecting a girl with blood that must torment him not to bite into," Jerry replied happily.

The man named Jerry grabbed Jesse's arms and twisted them as far as they would go before breaking, behind his back. As Joe laughed, I watched the hunter with the rock, Mike stalk forward in front of Jesse and smashed the rock at lightning speed into Jesse's skull, making him lose consciousness. Jesse fell straight towards the ground with blood seeping from his head. His soft black hair was matted with blood. Tears sprang and I knew I was going to cry. Joe picked up Jesse's limp body, slung Jesse over his shoulder and congratulated the others for a job well done.

"Now we just have to find the girl," Joe added.

The hunters began walking away in the opposite direction from where I was hiding. I allowed a whimper to escape. Why didn't I do something? I had the power to change it and I did nothing. A hand crept on my shoulder, I gasped and turned around. It was a small petite girl like me; she had blonde hair pulled back into a messy bun and grey eyes. "Shhhh," she said with a finger to her lips. "I'm Jasmine and I'm a witch." I must have looked horrified to see her because then she said, "Come with me. They won't find you and I will be able to locate Jesse." I nodded and took her hand. We crouched down and crawled making sure we couldn't see the hunters and they couldn't see us. "They can't see us from here," she said. "It's completely invisible to those hunters."

"How," I asked.

"I'm a witch remember?"

"Oh yeah, sorry," I said trying to keep my voice sounding normal. I saw the cute little cabin that Jasmine must live in. The windows were framed with shudders and flowers, the door was painted almost a teal color, and the wood that made the cabin looked rustic. The cabin almost looked eerie in a way with its bleached rustic fashion. The steps creaked as we stepped onto them, Jasmine led me into the small cabin and it was beautiful. With a white framed bed sitting under the huge window and different shades of blues, purples, and grays surrounding the one room cabin it took my breath away. Sheer grey curtains surrounded the window and glittered as the rays of sunlight hit it. Periwinkle sheets and a sapphire blue quilt lay disorderly on the bed. A lilac purple love seat sat across the room on the farthest wall. It was smothered by books and bookcases loomed over it making it seem smaller than it really was. A small round table sat in the middle of the room with stones, notes, and clippings from plants scattered across the table top.

"Where do you pee," I asked.

She smiled, "Out back in the outhouse. Why? Do you need to use the restroom?"

"Oh no, just curious," I replied quickly embarassed. She led me over to one of the chairs that sat at the table. I sat down and couldn't hold back the tears any longer.

I felt her arms go around me as if it would actually make me feel better. "I'm so sorry," she said.

A knock came at the door and she stiffened. "Jazzy! It's me," Blake said.

"Get lost," she snarled.

"Aw come on let me in and by the way it was an accident! You can't still be mad about that." I had no idea what he was talking about, but Jasmine did.

"I am and I will always be mad. Blake you burned my freaking house down!"

I heard a smack and an, "Ow," behind the closed door. "Bridge what that was for?"

"You burned her house down?" At the sound of Bridget's voice I rushed to the door and embraced her.

"Bridget! I've missed you. Oh my god you won't ever believe what happened to Jesse!"

"Jesse," asked Blake questioningly. "What the hell happened to Jesse?"

I continued to sob on Bridget's shoulder as she held me tightly and protectively. "Shut up Blake she is obviously upset and doesn't want to talk about it."

Blake stomped one foot like a kid and Bridget giggled, "You are a bossy soul mate!"

I pushed back to look at Bridget and Blake, "Soul mate?"

"Yeah like kiss, kiss and love, love," Blake said making kissy faces. "You should know. You and Jes are soul mates."

"Soul mates," I asked again.

"Dang Jazzy, I'm kind of surprised that she stayed and didn't go after Jes. Has she communicated with him telepathically yet so we know where to find him," asked Blake.

"What? Telepathically," I asked again.

Blake became wide eyed and said, "Oh. Ha-ha I guess he was getting into your mind without you knowing."

I became furious, "Jes would do no such thing."

"Would he? Try it out," he told me. "Concentrate on him." Blake didn't need to say anything more because he was right. At that moment I knew exactly where Jesse was and felt the agony he was going through. Every word that crossed his mind made its way into my head. Strangely I knew exactly what to do; I imagined images of both of us, together. Everything from the past, present, and future, I sent every image to him and felt his pain lessen.

"I will find you," I thought.

"I am going to kick his ass when I find him," I said pushing past Bridget.

Blake swiftly cut in front of me and pushed me back. "Nope you can't go out there."

"Why not," I said my voice raising. I didn't know whether to feel happy that I knew where Jesse was, sad that he was gone or mad because he didn't tell me about the telepathic stuff that Blake was talking about.

Blake laughed, "Why not? Uh, hello Jesse knows what he's doing and if you go stomping down there then you are going to get yourself killed."

"Get out of my way," I snarled pushing past him. I made it past him only for him to pick me up and set me in front of him again. "Why won't you let me do this? I lost him four frickin years ago and I am not going to lose him again."

"Oh boy," he said as Bridget interrupted.

"Wait! Jesse is the guy who died in the car with you?" We both looked at Bridget and realized we both failed to mention that Jesse was indeed the boy who died on my birthday and that he was with us.

Blake nodded, "Yeah, I guess I forgot to tell you that in the truck."

Bridget swallowed and shook her head looking at me, "I don't know if I should be mad that you guys kept this from me or that Robbin didn't even mention that he was okay, especially since we tell each other everything."

"Bridge," I said. "Come on you know I recently found out and I am going through a hard time."

"Yeah, but it only takes four seconds to tell me," she shot back. "I feel like this whole time you have been avoiding me just to be with Jesse."

"That's not true."

"Oh it is. You want to know what else is true," she continued. "You are keeping things from me! Like your visions!"

My mouth dropped, "How do you know about that?"

"Exactly!"

"Bridge, seriously who told you that?"

"Um well enough chit chat," Blake said cutting into our conversation.

I glared at him, "Let me guess, you did."

"Well Jesse told me, he said to read up on it and I figured that was on The Tell Bridget List as well," he said nervously.

"Okay now I really have to find him that way I can kick his ass," I said walking away.

Blake grabbed my arm and said, "How many times do I have to say this? You can't leave, you will get yourself killed and why is your visions such a big deal anyways?"

I thought about it. I guess it was because I was also keeping some of the visions from them and with everyone knowing I am having visions now they will continue to try and pry into my mind. "I got it okay! No leaving and mind your own business," I shouted. I stomped back into the small cabin and plopped down on the love seat.

Bridget and Blake stayed outside talking while Jasmine walked over to me. "I will help you find him and save him," she said. "Don't worry I will help you tonight."

I trusted her and so I waited till nightfall.

Esperanza995: Okay so obviously you noticed part of the first chapter in here. Did it start to make a whole lot of sense now? Well hopefully it did! Anyways please favorite, follow, and review! I love you guys!