A/N: hey friendos, so so so so sorry ths took so long. for the past month i been busy with life (somebodies elses life i assume since i dont have one
) that i wasn't able to write at all. originally i was gonna post two chapters at the same time but since i wasn't able to work on it i just finished one of them and instead of making u wait i decided to post it. more bad news, this does not answer the cliffhanger of the previous chapter, srry but the next one will so hopefully this holds u over till then.

This was just a little idea that popped into my head and decided to do. didn't take long to do overall but the time i got to work on it was few and far inbetween. special thanx go to a few of my reveiwers whose ideas for this chapter i got from, ull see what i mean when u read them ;) so special thanx to Kpfan72491 and LyshaLuvsSeddie and a cou[ple others. i hope u dont mind if i borrowed from ur fics and i hope u enjoy.

Meanwhile…

The bell sounded out throughout the school signaling the start of school. Freddie closed his locker and picked up his backpack. He started to walk to his classroom when a flash of blonde curls ran up behind him, grabbed his hand and started pulling him away from his class.

"Sam, what are you doing," Freddie protested as he tried to keep up with the blonde girl, "we have to be in class."

"Don't be such a nub," Sam replied, "Nothing will happen if you miss a couple periods."

"But I already missed first period a few times already. I can't keep doing this. You can't keep doing this."

"Fine," Sam said defeated as she stopped running, "but you owe me."

"Good," Freddie replied, "and I'll make it up to you big time later."

"You can start now," Sam said huskily.

"Sam I really need to get to-" but Freddie's words were cut off as a pair of lips crashed into his.

Freddie wanted to protest but instead he suddenly went limp and gave in to strawberry and ham flavored lips that were Sam's. He placed his hands on her hips and she ran her finger through his brown hair. She pushed him up against the locker and gently bit on his bottom lip. He responded by licking her lips before sliding it in between them.

After a few moments they broke apart for air but instead of resting Freddie kissed the edge of her lips and started moving down to her neck, gently kissing her soft skin. Sam grasped his hair and let out a gasp followed by a small moan. Freddie was working his way back up to her lips when she let out a huff of frustration.

"A school official is looking at us," Sam stated releasing Freddie's hair.

Freddie looked up to see someone standing far down the hall from where they were.

"We should really get to class Sam," he said.

"Yeah I know," she said exasperated.

"After school I'll take you to go eat at any restaurant you want."

"Fine but you're paying."

"Like always."

Sam smirked and gave him a quick kiss before adjusting her back pack and walking off to class. Freddie followed suit and walked the opposite direction towards the man that still stood in the halls. As he got closer he saw that he was wearing a black suit. Freddie guessed he worked in the school office.

"Sorry about that," Freddie apologized, "it won't happen again."

The man didn't respond but continued to look at him.

"Please don't write me up," Freddie pleaded as he got closer, "I'm heading straight to class right-"

Freddie froze as he got a good view of the man's face or lack thereof.

Xxx

Freddie winced in pain as he put on his shirt then winced again as he bent down to get his shoes and socks.

"You ok there Freddie," Gibby asked as Freddie slipped on his shoes.

Freddie looked up and wasn't surprised to see that Gibby was still shirtless.

"Yeah I'll be fine," Freddie answered standing up, "I won didn't I."

"Yeah but you took such a beating. How were you able to take that?"

"Well it helps when your friends with Sam Puckett since elementary."

The two boys followed the small crowd of teens and young adults as they walked up the stairs and into the outdoors. Happy to be out of the dingy basement Freddie took a big whiff of the air. He could smell the rain that fell when he first got to the house.

The two boys remained quiet as they walked down the street and towards the bus stop.

"You sure it was ok to fight without the face guard tonight," Gibby asked, "I thought you didn't wanna risk Sam or your mom finding out."

"I don't," Freddie replied, "but I just had to tonight. I just needed that rush and I wouldn't get that with the face mask on. I-I just had to do it Gibby. You should try it Gibby. It's…it's great."

"No thanks. I'm happier when I'm not fighting."

"You did well against Nora that one time."

"Yeah well I was saving you guys that time but I don't think I can ever do this. Meeting up every week and just fighting one another and-"

"Shh Gibby, there's someone at the bus stop. Wait until were alone."

Gibby looked over to the bus stop bench as they approached but couldn't see a single person. They were the only two people in that entire block.

"I don't see anyone," he told Freddie, "where is he?"

"That bald guy in the suit over there," Freddie said pointing at him, "the tall guy that…has…no face."

Xxx

"I WILL NOT BE DEFEATED BY A BUNCH OF TEENAGE BRATS!"

Lewbert tried to lift himself off the floor but his legs gave out and he fell back to the floor. He glared at the three teens that looked on ready to attack again. His wart pulsed on his face, looking as if in danger of exploding at any moment. His horns started to shrink and recede back into his head and his sharp claw like nails were returning to normal.

"DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM," he shrieked as he started crawling backwards.

"Yeah you're the weak and pathetic doorman of Bushwell plaza," Carly stated raising her bow and summoning her holy arrow, ready to fire.

"And you're the owner of the ugliest wart on the ugliest face of either earth or the underworld," Sam added holding up her fist that wore the brass knuckles.

"And you're about to be turned into dust and sent back to the underworld," Freddie concluded holding his sword in front of him ready to charge.

"I AM THE GRAND DEMON LEWBERT," Lewbert roared, "I AM MASTER OF THE CLEAN LOBBY AND YOUR DESTROYER!"

Lewbert flung his arm out as if to throw something and suddenly a blinding flash filled the lobby. The three teens yelled in surprise and shielded their eyes. When they regained sight back they saw that Lewbert has disappeared.

"Dang it, he got away," Sam complained.

"He has to still be in the building," Carly informed her, "Come on, we can't let him get away."

The three started to walk away when Sam yelped in pain and clutched her thigh.

"Sam you ok," Freddie asked concerned.

"Yeah, yeah I'm ok," she assured him, "he got my leg good but I'll be fine."

"Do you think you should sit out the rest of the night," Carly asked.

"No I can still fight," Sam told her as he grabbed Freddie's arm and balanced herself out, "come on, let's go whoop that creep's butt."

She held on to Freddie's arm as the three made their way to the stairs.

"Just be careful Sam," Freddie told her.

"I'll be fine Freddork," Sam told him, "I'm a tough girl."

"I know you are. You're the toughest girl we ever known. I just don't want you to get hurt Sam."

"I'll be fine…but thanks for worrying about me."

A small blush crept up Sam's cheek as she looked away. Behind them Carly couldn't help but smile at her two best friends. She decided that if those two didn't start dating soon then she was going to have to come up with a plan to make them.

The three walked in silence when Freddie suddenly stopped and looked out into the hallway.

"Who's that," he asked the other two, "one of Lewbert's henchmen?"

"Where," Sam asked, "who you talking about?"

"That tall guy right in front of us. The one with no face."

"I don't see anyone," Carly told him, "is he down the hall?"

"No he's like five feet in front of us," Freddie said holding up a hand.

Carly and Sam looked where he gestured but saw no one, human or otherwise.

"You guys don't see him," Freddie asked starting to feel worried.

Both girls' shook their heads. Freddie looked at the tall figure that hasn't moved since he saw him. He was about to call out to it when it slowly raised its arm and held out a gloved hand as give gesturing him to come. Freddie got an uneasy feeling in his gut.

He released Sam's arm and drew his sword ready to attack.

"Freddie what are you doing," Sam asked now feeling worried herself.

"Just stay back," Freddie told her, "something doesn't feel right."

He gripped the handle tighter and did not look away.

"Freddie," Carly said in a concerned voice, "maybe it's just a trick made by Lewbert."

"All the reason to destroy it," Freddie stated.

He suddenly lunged forward causing the girls to yelp in surprise and swung his sword as hard as he can at the figure's arm. But instead of hitting it, his sword seemed to hit an invisible barrier and bounced off knocking Freddie off balanced.

The girls gasped as Freddie fell to the floor and ran up to him back up to his knees. Freddie was about stand and attack again when he felt a sharp pain in his stomach. He dropped his sword and clutched his stomach and tried to hold back the desire to cough.

"Freddie," Sam gasped as he held his arm, "Freddie what's wrong?"

Unable to answer Freddie coughed a few times. He was about to answer when he saw blood on the floor where he coughed.

Xxx

Freddie stepped under the shade in the alley, soaking wet from the rain that continued to fall. He leaned back against the wall and slid down until he was sitting on the cold hard concrete. He looked around the empty alley way while reaching into his pocket. He pulled it out and held up a small glass pipe, a small bag and a lighter.

He looked around the alley one more time then opened the small bag and empty its contents into the burnt and stained glass pipe. He brought the pipes opening to his mouth and was flicking the lighter when a weird feeling passed through him; shivers crawl up his spine.

He looks to his right to see a tall man in a suit standing at the end of the alley. Somehow Freddie can tell that this was not a normal man. He didn't know how but he knew that this figure was calling to him.

He let the pipe and lighter fall from his hand and break on the cement, shattering to pieces. He stood up and out of the shade and into the pouring rain.

He stood there looking at the tall man, almost mesmerized by him. The more he looked at him the more the world seemed to become less important to him. Without thinking he took a step forward then another and started walking over to the man.

Xxx

"You know if you even loved me, you would be here"

"That's not true. Not it's 11:58 and I have surprise that will be there soon"

"Oh yeah, well what is its 11:59 now. No way you can pull a gift out of your butt in less than a minute."

"Sam, just open the damn door"

Sam walked over and opened the door to find an empty hallway. She stepped out into the hallway and looked around.

"And what am I supposed to find?"

"look up"

Sam raised from her phone to see Freddie standing at the end of the hallway but he was not alone. Behind stood a tall man wearing a black suit.

Xxx

He could smell blood.

Freddie ran through the woods as fast as his legs could carry him, even pushing his supernatural limits. He couldn't remember how long he's been running from his pursuer but he knew he was deep in the forest. As he was running though the strong smell hit him and it made his senses run wild.

He stopped and lifted his noses into the air. He sniffed and inhaled the scent of blood. He has been able to hold back his thirst for so long but something about this seemed different to him, it seemed wrong.

When he picked up where it was coming from he ran toward it feeling almost hungry. He could feel his fangs grow in his mouth.

Finally he reached a small clearing where the scent was strongest. He looked around looking for the source but he couldn't find it. He could smell the blood so strongly but couldn't find even a trace of red

He was about to give up when he spotted something from the corner of his eye. Hanging from branches of a nearby tree hung a black bag. As he looked at the tree he noticed several more bags, all hanging by a string from the branches and bark.

As he neared the tree the scent of blood became stronger. He looked at one of the black bags and a sick feeling enter the pit of his stomach. He could from the scent but he didn't want to believe it.

Cautiously he reached over and grabbed the bag. With a strong jerk he ripped it open and immediately jumped back. From the back a pool of crimson spilled out onto the dirt floor. He looked at the blood in disbelief. Cringing at the thought of finding pieces of flesh instead only blood came out.

He looked at it in disbelief and disgust. Suddenly an uneasy feeling went up his spine and he sensed a presence nearby. He turned around and nearby he saw a tall figure dressed in a black suit. He flashed his fangs at him in an attempt to scare him off but the figure didn't flinch but instead just stood there looking at him

Xxx

"Can I use this?" Sam asked Fred, picking up a tennis racket.

"Please," he says.

Sam took it and went to go see Freddie.

"Sam, what are you gonna do with that?" Freddie asks.

Sam puts finger to her lips signaling "shh".

"Sam?"

"wow, that nub won't keep quiet" she thinks "I guess that I'll find another way to keep him quiet…"

Suddenly Sam kissed him. Then with one hand she messed up his hair and with the other messed up his shirt then pulled away from him.

"Say stuff that makes them think I'm hitting you." she muttered while she broke the tennis racket on her knee.

His chocolate eyes looked into hers with happiness and confusion. Sam felt herself blush but waved her hands with impatience.

Freddie started screaming, "SAM NO SAM NOT THERE OWW GOOD GRAVY!"

"Don't say anything," she said menacingly when he stopped.

Instead of responding he looked at something over her shoulder blank look. Sam turned her head to see what he was looking at but saw nothing.

"Hey," she called to him waving her hand in front of his face, "whatcha' looking at?"

"huh oh uh nothing," he said coming out of his trance, "um ready to go back?"

Sam frowned at him for a moment before smiling and punching his arm. She then grabbed him by the arm and started to pull him back towards the tree house.

Freddie glanced back to see the man in the suit still watching them from the side of the house.

Xxx

Being careful not to wake up his daughter that slept on his shoulder Freddie walked into the kitchen and to his fridge. He opened it and pulled out a bottled water. As he drank from it he started walking back to his room. On his way though he noticed the picture on the wall and couldn't help but smile.

It was a picture of him and Sam taken on the day of their wedding. He and Sam had the biggest smiles on their faces and he never thought it could have ever been bigger but that changed seven months later when his daughter Kaylee was born.

He turned his head and kissed the side of Kaylee's head. He was starting to head back to his room when a funny feeling went up his spine. He turned around and looked into the empty, dark living room but couldn't find anything out of place. He started to turn again when a rapid but soft knock suddenly came from his front door.

Freddie looked at his watch to find it was 1:22 am.

"Who would be knocking this early," Freddie wondered to himself.

He walked to the door with Kaylee in arm and looked through the peephole but nobody stood outside. He opened it and was about to look out when a teenage girl with blonde hair and glasses suddenly jumped in front of him.

"FREDDIE," she squealed, "oh thank goodness!"

Freddie quickly and desperately shushed her to keep her from waking Kaylee or Sam.

"Oh sorry," the teen girl quickly apologized.

"c-can I help you," Freddie asked.

"Oh right. I'm Lily," the teen said holding out a hand, "you're guardian angel."

"Uh…do you need me to call the police young lady?"

"No no no, I know it sounds crazy but oh I don't have time for this. Freddie you're in danger."

"I am," Freddie said skeptically, an eyebrow raised.

"Yes you are," Lily said as she pushed him aside and stepped into his house, "you and possibly you're family too."

"My family," Freddie asked instinctively holding Kaylee tighter.

"Maybe but for sure you are. That's why I'm here."

"What are you going to do? Danger from what?"

"Well I came here first to make sure you're ok so…are you ok? Have had any feelings that you're being followed? Have you had trouble sleeping lately?"

"No. Well if I can't sleep it's because of her," Freddie said referring to his daughter.

"Aw," Lily said looking at the little girl on his shoulder, "she as cute as ever."

"Anything else you need because I really need to get to bed."

"Huh, oh yeah. Well I just wanted to make sure you were ok. It looks like he didn't come here yet so I guess I just need to put the barrier up to keep it that way."

"Ok so can you hurry up?"

"Sure. Stand back"

Lily cleared her throat as Freddie took a step back. She then raised her hands in front of her and held it there for a few seconds before suddenly whipping them forward as if throwing something wet off her hands.

"There," she announced, "all done."

Freddie looked at her in disbelief.

"That's it," he asked.

"Yup."

"…Really?"

"Yeah. What? Were you expecting some kind of light show?"

"…maybe."

Lily chuckled and shook her head.

"Well I'll see you later then," she said as she walked to the door and waved goodbye, "take care Freddie."

"Yeah thanks," Freddie said waving back, "you too."

When the front door silently closed Freddie looked at the door for a moment then turned to his still sleeping daughter.

"That was weird."

Xxx

The young boy and girl turned their heads and looked at each other. Both were breathing heavily and their cheeks were now the same shade of deep red.

"Well….l-lean," Sam ordered.

Freddie slowly leaned in as both he and Sam closed their eyes. Suddenly he went in and gave Sam a peck on her lips. Both kids opened their eyes and smiled.

"Wow," Sam said.

"Yeah," Freddie agreed.

Freddie leaned again and gave her lips another peck that lasted slightly longer and causing both of them to giggle happily.

The two were leaning in for a third kiss when something caught Freddie's eye.

"What was that," he said

"What was what," Sam asked.

"By the window, I just saw a shadow."

Sam looked at his window that had a curtain covering it but saw nothing.

"Are you sure," she asked.

"Yeah I'm sure I did."

"Well looks like it's gone now."

"Yeah I guess."

The two sat in silence for what seemed like a few minute, neither knowing what to say. Sam was about to speak up when Freddie suddenly jumped off the bed.

"There it is again," he exclaimed pointing at the window.

Sam looked at the window again to see that there was a shadow on the curtain.

"Do you think someone's on the fire escape," she asked standing next to Freddie.

"Maybe," Freddie answered.

Sam grabbed Freddie by the arm and squeezed it in fear. The two looked at the shadow to afraid to move. Suddenly the shadow moved and a loud thud hit the window followed by an "OW!"

Freddie and Sam looked at each other then back at the window. They were thinking of what to do when a knock came from the window.

Curiously, Freddie walked over to the window and pulled back the curtain to be greeted by a blonde teen in glasses waving at him. he opened the window and stepped back allowing the girl to enter his room.

"Hi there," she said cheerfully.

Both Sam and Freddie looked at her in disbelief before Sam spoke up.

"Who are you," she asked almost rudely

"Oh I'm Lily," the teen replied.

"What are you doing outside my room," Freddie asked.

"Well I'm your guard-" lily started but suddenly stopped and hesitated for a moment, "I was… just passing by. I was on my way to a friend's apartment and I got kind of lost and ended up here."

"Why were you using the fire escape then," Sam asked.

"Because…I was trying to sneak in," Lily said as a question then answer.

"Fair enough."

"Yup. So….how are you guys?"

"We're good," Freddie told her.

"Good," Lily said nodding, "no troubles, no big problems, no…scary tall man stalking you?"

"No," Sam answered and Freddie shook his head.

"Excellent…um I'll just be going now," Lily said with a nervous chuckle, "so um bye guys."

The three waved goodbye as Lily walked over to the window, climbed onto the fire escape and disappeared up the steps.

Sam and Freddie looked at each other then at the same time shrugged their shoulders.

"Um…"Freddie started.

"Wanna kiss again," Sam asked.

"Ok," Freddie replied excitedly.

Xxx

Freddie stepped into the hospital bathroom and went straight to the sink. He opened the faucet and put his hand under pretending to wash his hands. When he was sure the bathroom was empty and nobody else came in, he turned off the faucet and walked over to one of the empty stalls. He went in closing and locking the door behind him and sat on the toilet with his hands on his face.

He let out a long sigh and looked at the floor. While he's been able to keep it together so far, the stress of having his aunt Zamira in the hospital was getting to him and not having Sam with him to comfort him only made it worse.

As he was starting to get lost in his thoughts, he heard the bathroom door open and someone step inside. As he wiped the stray tears from his eyes the newcomer walked over and stood in front of the stall door. Freddie could see his black dress shoes from the bottom.

Suddenly an uneasy feeling settled in his stomach and traveled up his spine. Somehow he knew the man in the other side of the stall door was not a good person. From the slits in the side he could see it was a tall person in a suit.

Freddie held his breath hoping he would just walk away but even after a whole minute, he did not move. Then he saw a hand reach over from above and grabbed the edge of the stall. A bald head was starting to peak over when Freddie decided to take action. He stood up, unlocked the door then threw it opened and charged out intending to knock over the intruder.

Instead he hit what felt like a wall, knocking him back and fall back onto the toilet. He looked at the intruder and was stunned at what he saw or rather what he didn't. A pale head with no face was looking at him.

"Who are-" Freddie started to say but was interrupted by a female voice.

"NO!"

Freddie quickly stood up to try and push his way out again but suddenly his body froze. His limbs were locks at his side and his legs refused to move. He couldn't even get his throat to move to make a sound.

"Get away from him," the female voice cried out.

Flash of light appeared out of nowhere and hit the tall figure in the shoulder but he didn't appear fazed. It looked to the side at the girl then back at Freddie.

Suddenly Freddie felt something large hit him from the side and push him against the stall wall. He managed to look back just in time to see it was the other stall wall when wall he was pressed against gave way and he was pushed till he hit another wall and was pressed against it till it to gave way and collapsed to the floor with a loud crash.

"No stop it," the girl cried.

A bright white flashed filled the bathroom and blinded Freddie for a moment and just as quickly it was gone.

All Freddie could see was the wall of the bathroom that wasn't being obscured by the bathroom stall that laid on him. His whole body felt sore and blood was dripping from his mouth. He could feel his consciousness slipping away.

A pair of feet in light blue flats appeared and walked toward him. The girl knelt down and the worried face of a teen girl he didn't know appeared.

"You're going be ok Freddie," she said almost crying, "just hang on. Help is coming. You're going to be ok."

Somehow the words made Freddie feel a little better but he was still confused as to what just happened. The girl stood up and walked out of view as he heard the bathroom door open and a group of people rushing in.

TBC in the next chapter…

A/N: Hopefully it doesn't take me anopther month to post another chapter. wish me luck friendos. till then please leave a review. thanks.