We ran with out a second thought and we jumped at the standing figure, knocking it to the ground with a noise sounding like marble smashing into marble. The figure came into clearer view as we pinned it to the ground. It was Emily, eyes blood red and a thick red substance dripping out of her mouth.
I shuttered at what she had done, and then making it worse she let out a deep growl and thrashed at me punching me square in the jaw, sending my flying into the alley wall. Tony looked up, his eyes filled with concern but I recovered and took Emily's left arm in my right and her left ankle in my left and pinned her to the ground much harder and tighter than the first time. My hands were suddenly replaced with flames and Emily began to growl more but weaken. I tried to put the full force of my power on her so it would stop her but I just couldn't force myself to be that mad. After keeping a steady fire for five minutes it slowly began to die, and Emily began to regain power.
"Nik, call the others we need to get her out of here before she gets loose-" Tony thought to me was cut off and we were both thrown into the alley wall behind him. Emily got up and attacked the other human. This time I couldn't get up so easily. I slowly stood up and then fell back down again.
"CALL THE OTHER NOW!" Tony yelled mentally. He had gotten up and pinned Emily's hands behind her back. I pulled out the cell phone Melissa had given us earlier and hit the second speed dial.
"We found her and we need help! She is too strong and I don't think we can take her much longer!" I yelled into the phone then snapped it shut not waiting for a reply. I slowly stood up again and four figures appeared out of nowhere. Craig and Daemon went and helped Tony restrain Emily. The three of them held her up against the wall and then there was a pop and she vanished and they all fell forward at the wall.
"What happened? Where the hell did she go?" They all thought. Then there was a pop from behind them and Emily began to run at the man lying on the ground. She crouched down and jumped but in mid air something remarkable happened. She froze in mid air. I looked around and saw Layla holding her hand out fingers up. Once she realized what she was doing she lowered her hand so that the back of her hand was facing up words and Emily was lowered to her feet with a look of fury on her face. Everyone else was shocked. Layla just stood in front of her, arm outstretched and Emily did nothing at all. Melissa and I walked over to the humans lying on the ground. It was bloody. Melissa leaned down and examined the bodies. Just as she was about to check the pulse of the man he started to whimper. I looked at Layla wide eyes and she looked at me the same.
"He's in so much pain Tia you have to save him." I whispered to her then went back to holding my breath. She nodded sadly then pulled her long straight black hair into a pony tail with her hand and then leaned down to the mans neck. She whispered a few inaudible words to the man then bit him in the neck. It was painful to watch knowing the pain he was going through. Strangely the man didn't yell, he just moaned every once in a while.
"We need to go back to the car and then we can think about what to do." Melissa said. We agreed and Layla and I picked up the 'dying' body. We ran back to the car so fast no human eye could have seen it. When we got to the car we placed the body in the trunk, only because there was no room anywhere else. Layla and I decided to take out the center seats so we could talk properly. The SUV looked more like a limousine than an SUV when we were done. Craig, Daemon, Tony and Emily got into the car. Emily sat in the back next to Craig. Craig was holding Emily's hand lovingly and was whispering kind words to her quietly. Daemon and Tony sat next to us on the floor. Tony pulled me into his lap, placed his arms around my waist and his chin on my shoulder.
"Are you okay? You took a nasty blow." He asked, concerned as he felt my head with his hands. I winced because he hit a tender spot, but luckily he didn't notice.
"I'm fine Tony I don't think vampires can get bruises, at least not on the outside. You ok?" I asked,
"Just a little shaken up, but nothing broken." He stated.
"Likewise." I said.
"So what is the damage?" Daemon asked me.
"There is a woman dead in the back and it's bloody in the alley but nothing a couple of cans of coke can't fix." I said.
"Coke?" Everyone said.
"Coke can wash away blood and can't be traced. We need to pour it on the walls there will be no evidence." I told them.
"And the body?" Layla asked.
"I think it would be nice if it showed up for its own funeral." I said. In a few weeks we were going to report it found then have it buried before the police could find out who brought it in.
"Coke? I never would have thought of that in a million years." Melissa said.
"I guess all those classes paid off aye Nik." Tony grinned. I matched his grin but didn't feel as equally happy. It had donned on me that I was missing school right now, and that my career was ruined because I was pronounced dead. I decided to not think about that now because we had more… pressing matters.
"What classes?" Melissa asked.
"This is not the time. Later." I told her then turned to Layla.
"You know without you and your new power we couldn't have saved that mans life." I smiled at her. "Good job Lai, you really pulled though for Emily, and for us all" I told her proudly. She smiled, proud of herself too.
"Melissa how do you explain Emily disappearing, then reappearing like that? Was it your power or something else?" I asked her.
"I think she can teleport from place to place but we will have to ask her when she is in a better state." She told me. I looked at Emily. She was frozen, but not by Layla. I felt sorry for her but was absolutely furious with her. I was going to have a long talk with her when she got out of her shocked state.
"Everyone, this is going to sound like horrible news to you, but we have to go hunting again. If it wasn't necessary I wouldn't tell you to but it is." Melissa said. I groaned loudly with the others. "I am going to go take care of the blood stains, I will be back shortly, in the meantime please put the seats back." She said and then left.
"Were going shopping soon." Layla said and looked down at her outfit and scowling. I smiled at how even at a time like that Layla could think about something so off topic it was funny. We got up and placed the seats back in the car. Emily, Craig, and Daemon moved to the center seats while Tony and I sat in the backseat with the man who was transforming. Layla went into the passenger's seat and started tapping on the armrest impatiently. After a few minutes of the mans faint moans and Craig's faint whispers to Emily, Melissa got into the drivers seat silently drove home.