Chapter 13: Only One Way
A few days had passed, and Kale still hadn't woke up. They knew he was alive, because they could hear his heart beat and see him breathing, but it worried them that he wasn't waking back up. Shi decided to call Kevin, and see what he thought was going on, and to have him bring Doc, the Vampire Lair's old Vampire Doctor, with him. He arrived that evening, the old Vamp in tow, and smiled when Shi opened the door.
"Hey! Come on in, both of you." Shi said, holding the door open.
"I remember treating you, as if it were yesterday. You had to have that nice young man hide your face while I stitched you up." Doc said, smiling at Shi and Eclipse.
"Yes, that was an interesting day." Shi said, nodding.
"You had to get stitched up? What happened to you?" Abi asked.
"Poor dear got bit by one of the hunters wolves and left a long gash in her arm!" Doc said, smiling.
"Uh, I didn't get bit. That was my sister, Shadow. I got scratched when the wolf attacked me in the cave." Shi corrected.
"Ah yea. That's right." Doc muttered, then his eyes fell on Adam. "And you were brought to me by Shadow and Madende with an arrow through the chest. Lucky you, it just barely missed your right lung." he said.
"WHAT?!" Abi cried, looking back at Adam.
"Eh heh heh…" Adam said, smiling innocently.
"I treated three of you that night. And your brother stood close by, and didn't go very far. In fact, I remember waking him up and telling him to lay down in the bed, because he was asleep sitting up in the floor." Doc said, looking at Madende.
Madende smiled and nodded, as Doc looked from him, around to the others. He looked at Abi and Jake and raised an eyebrow.
"I don't think my old eyes have seen either of you in the lair." he muttered.
"That's because they haven't been injured." Shi said. "And we met them after we came out of our fazes." she added.
"Oh yes, the fazes where a tough time for Eclipse." Doc said, looking at him. "Poor boy thought you weren't ever gonna wake up, and kept coming to get me to check on you." he said, smiling.
Eclipse blushed lightly when Shi looked at him, slightly shocked and smiled. Doc looked around the room and spotted Jeric, sitting close to Madende and studied him for a minute.
"You, my friend, have odd breathing." he said, and Jeric looked at him.
"How do you know?" he asked.
"I can hear you from here." Doc said. "Just because I'm old, don't mean my ears and eyes don't work." he added, smiling.
Jeric smiled back and sighed. Doc smiled at them all, and started to say more, when Kevin cleared his throat.
"Doc, we can reminisce later, after we check on the demon." he said, smiling.
"Right, sorry Sire." Doc said, bowing lightly. "Where is he?" he asked, looking back at Shi.
"I'll take you to him." she said, heading for the stair case.
Doc and Kevin followed her, and when they were out of site, Abi turned to Adam.
"Why didn't you tell me you were shot with an arrow?!" she cried.
"Because I knew you'd flip like you are right now!" Adam said, somewhat squeaky.
"You still could have told me! I wouldn't have picked on you so bad! Or attacked you so many times! What if I had hurt you?" Abi asked.
"I'm fine! It happened forever ago! Its all healed, no worries." Adam said, smiling.
"Sounds like me." Jeric muttered, smiling.
Abi looked at him, then sighed at sat down next to Adam, who looked at her. She studied him for a minute, then hugged him tight, startling him.
"What's this for?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.
"For the fact that you're still alive and you're my buddy!!" Abi said, smiling.
"Ok." Adam smiled, hugging her back.
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Shi and Madende stood in the door way of Kale's room, while the two Vamp's looked him over. Doc clicked his tongue when he checked Kale's pulse, and Madende raised an eyebrow.
"What is it?" he asked.
"His pulse is odd…its fast one minute, then slows way down, then picks up again. His hearts the same way." Doc replied.
"Guys, I think I know what's wrong with him…" Kevin muttered, noticing a red mark on Kale's shoulder blade.
"Oh? What would that be Sire?" Doc asked, looking at him.
"This mark here. It was made by a dart, and I'll be anything it was from the hunters." Kevin replied, gently laying Kale back down, and looking up.
"What kind of dart could do this to him? The knock out darts would be long out of his system by now, and the power strippers just take your ability to change to your demon form away." Shi said, looking at Kevin.
"No, he didn't get hit with either of those two. I think he got hit with a Demon Killer dart." Kevin muttered, walking around.
"Demon Killer?" Shi and Madende asked, watching him.
"Yes. Its those green ones that you've been hit with, and in your case, Shi, got stabbed with by Lux." Kevin replied, looking back at Kale.
"Then, if it's a Demon Killer, why aren't we dead?" Madende asked, looking from Doc to Kevin.
"Because, the Vamp in you seems to have over powered the effects. But he's just a fire demon. His strength is nothing next to yours." Kevin explained. "And there for, he is able to catch and sicknesses and die easier that you. Not as easy as a human would, but much easier than a Vamp." he added, looking back at Madende.
"So…if he has gotten hit with a Demon Killer, what are his chances of living?" Shi asked quietly.
Kevin sighed and looked down at the floor, putting his hands in his pocket. Doc, Madende, and Shi looked at him, waiting for the worst answer.
"None, I'm afraid." he said quietly.
"What? No chance of living?!" Shi said, tears forming in her eyes.
"There is one, Sire." Doc said, looking back at Kale.
"What is it?" Madende asked, looking back at him.
Shi and Kevin looked back at the old Vamp, and he turned to look at the three.
"One of you three can turn him. The Vampire blood you give him, will over power the poison, and strengthen his body." Doc explained, walking over to them.
"You're a Vamp as well, Doc." Kevin said, somewhat confused.
"I know, but in my old age, the last thing I want to be, is a sire to a young blood, who needs to be worked with and trained not to kill humans. I'm to old for that kind of running." Doc replied.
Kevin smiled and looked back at Kale, then back to Madende and Shi.
"Given that he knows you two more that me, I'd say it would be between the two of you." he said.
"Yea, I figured that." Madende said, nodding.
"Well, talk it over with him, and let me know what he says. If he does decided to be turned, then I will make myself known to him, so that he knows of the Lair and all that reside in it." Kevin said.
"Ok. We'll let you know as soon as we know." Shi said, looking at Kale.
"Great. I guess we better be off. Doc was working on something before we left, though I'm not quite sure what it was." Kevin said, smirking at the old Vamp.
"That's my secret, you will have to find out about it later." Doc said, crossing his arms.
"Ok, ok. Lets go, shall we?" Kevin asked.
"I'll walk you out." Madende said.
"I'll stay up here with him." Shi said.
Madende nodded and lead the two down the stairs, while Shi took a seat on the edge of the bed, beside Kale. Hours passed, after Kevin and Doc left to head back to the Lair, and Shi still hadn't come down from Kale's room. Eclipse paced restlessly by the window, with Madende watching him, and the others trying to zone him out. The kids where sleeping upstairs in Adam's room, and Jake was listening for them.
"Would you sit down already!" Madende said, his patience with Eclipse running very thin.
"I can't." Eclipse replied, not even looking at him, still pacing.
"You can! Now do it! You're driving me crazy!" Madende said, still watching Eclipse.
Eclipse stopped and looked at him, and the look on his face, told Madende he was about to start something. Abi sat forward nervously, as did Adam, who had been laying on the floor. Jeric and Jake looked between the two, waiting for the words to start flying.
"You know what, I'm tired of you snapping my head off for nothing! I'm nervous, so let me pace! Damn!" Eclipse growled.
"Nervous about what? There is nothing to be nervous about!" Madende snapped, sitting up.
Jeric put a hand on his arm to keep him calm, but Eclipse wasn't backing down any.
"Easy for you to say! Your boyfriend is sitting right next to you, while my girlfriend has been in another guys room for hours on end!" he said.
"Are you implying that my sister is cheating on you?!" Madende asked, growling and standing up.
The tone of his voice made Eclipse shiver, but he managed to hide it somehow, and kept his ground. Jeric stood beside Madende, putting his hand on his shoulder, and holding him back some.
"I didn't say that!" Eclipse said.
"Well what the fuck is your problem?!" Madende asked, glaring at Eclipse.
"She's only worried about him! What's wrong with that?" Abi asked, gaining a 'stay out of this' look from Jake.
"There's nothing wrong with it!" Eclipse snapped, looking at her.
"Watch your tone." Jake said calmly, looking up at Eclipse.
"Or what?" Eclipse asked.
"No! Don't you start with him! Your fight is with me, don't go bringing others into it!" Madende snapped, gaining Eclipse's attention.
"You need to get off my back about things!" he growled.
"I'll get off your back when I'm damn well ready to! You need to sit your fucking ass down and stop implying that Shi is doing things with Kale!" Madende said, growling.
"I never said I thought she was!" Eclipse said. "If I had been worried about that, I would have gone to see for myself!" he said.
"Then sit your fucking ass down and shut up! You of all people should know she is not like that in any fucking way!" Jeric said, pushing back on Madende again.
"Don't you start with me!" Eclipse said, looking at him.
"Don't push me to!" Jeric said, glaring back at him.
Eclipse and Jeric glared at each other for a few minutes, while Madende glared at Eclipse alone, before stepping back suddenly and storming out the back door. Jeric following him quickly, as it was dark and the hunters like to hunt at night. Jake glared at Eclipse, who finally took a seat and sighed, not looking at any of the others, and while Abi looked towards the kitchen.
"The little ones are waking." Jake said, looking at her.
"I'll go check on them." Adam said, getting to his feet and darting up the stairs.
Things calmed after a few minutes, no one saying anything to each other, worried about Jeric and Madende. Outside, Jeric caught up to Madende, and grabbed his arm, pulling him to a stop.
"We need to get back in the house. You know the hunters like to hunt at night." he said.
"I'm not going back in there with him!" Madende said, leaning against a tree and trying to calm down.
"I'd rather you go in there then get caught out here." Jeric said, looking at him.
Madende leaned his head back against the tree and closed his eyes. Jeric looked at him, and grabbed his arm, pulling on him.
"Lets go! I don't have a good feeling about being out here!" he said, as Madende suddenly jumped and grabbed his side.
"Shit!" he cried, ripping out the small dart.
Jeric felt a stabbing pain in his shoulder, and everything went black for the both of them. There was no time to fight the effects of the Knockout Dart this time…
A/n: uh oh...hehe things are getting rough as the end is nearing!! hehe so!! review for me!! LaterZ!! SHOUT OUT
who else gets a shout out??
Abi! 3