Fangs & Fins
Chapter 20: "The Aftermath"
Lily and Ash had just begun to set their vampire trap, how effective it was Lily had no idea.
"Are you sure this will work?" Lily asked Ash.
"Totally, the vampire won't know what's coming."
Ash was certainly cocky sometimes, Lily thought. It certainly annoyed her at the moment. Especially when she was still worried about that scream that she heard.
"Now what do we do?" Lily asked him.
"We wait." Ash replied.
They didn't have to wait for very long to hear some activity coming towards the other end of the island.
"See, what'd I tell you? My plan is flaw less." Ash explained.
"Whatever," Lily mumbled.
They both heard even more noises coming from the opposite of where they were standing.
"Who's there?" Lily said, obviously scared.
When the person appeared, Lily was shocked.
"Lewis, what are you doing here?" She asked.
"Um, well, I figured Rose would be here. I could ask you the same question. Last I left you; you were sleeping on the couch." Lewis said, obviously confused. But at the moment he wasn't concerned about Lily; he was more concerned about Rose.
More people came into the clearing. "Hey Lewis, is she here?" James asked.
"No guys, but let's keep looking. I'm sure we can find her." Lewis told James, Constance and Ben.
"What are they doing here?" Ash asked.
"I could ask you the same question." James replied.
"Ok guys, enough, were here to find Rose." Constance said, trying to disband the fighting.
As if on cue another scream was heard.
"I think I found her." Lily said.
"Get away from me!" The voice screamed.
"It's Rose and she's in trouble." James yelled.
"I'll help her," Ash reached into his pack and pulled out a small hand gun, which Lily assumed, was loaded with wooden bullets.
"No, I will." James said. "I'm not going to let you kill the vamp.." Constance shoved James and pointed to Lewis, who was looking at Ash's gun in disbelief.
"I mean ferocious creature that is attacking Rose," James finished lamely. He took off and Ash followed.
"Lily can I talk to you?" Lewis demanded, grabbing Lily roughly by the arm and dragging her over behind a set of trees and away from Constance and Ben who were looking around awkwardly.
"I thought you were sleeping."
"I was," Lily insisted.
"But you acted like you were, so I'd leave. You know you could have just told me."
"Lewis, you don't understand!" Lily cried.
"Well why not?!" Lewis howled back.
"You know what? I'll tell you! I'll tell you everything! I couldn't tell you that Ash was coming over because he's a vampire hunter."
Lewis raised an eyebrow. "A what?"
"And James? Yeah, he's a vampire."
"Listen," Ash said, trailing after James. "Here is what we'll do: you get Rose out of the way and leave the vampire to Me."
"No. I'm not letting you kill it," James panted. "Were getting Rose out of the way, killing is a last resort."
"I came here to kill it! I can't go back empty handed!" Ash complained.
"Well you're going to have to. Rose!" James ran ahead, he'd spotted Rose, who was being forced against a tree by a vampire.
James rushed forward and stepped in between the vampire and Rose, pushed the vampire away from Rose and closer to Ash, who pointed his gun at the unsuspecting vampire's back and pulled the trigger.
The vampire howled in pain and struck out at the closest target: James.
James delivered a sharp blow to the vampire's abdomen. The vampire nearly collapsed onto the ground as the wound from Ash's gunshot and James' punch began to take their affect. He gathered enough strength to sprint away from the clearing and was gone in seconds.
James lashed out on Ash. "You idiot, I told you not to shoot it!"
"One shot isn't going to kill it," Ash said coolly. "Come on. Let's get Rose out of here."
Rose was bleeding all over, her feet stung from running barefoot and she had various cuts all over her legs and arms. Her dress and coat were ripped to shreds and several twigs were in her hair.
"Rose," James said tenderly, helping her up.
"Go away!" Rose snapped, shoving James away. "Just go away."
James' face was agonized. "Ash," he said softly. "Can you carry her back to Lily and Lewis? They'll take care of her."
Ash nodded and passed James his gun before scooping Rose up and heading towards the direction where they'd left Lily, Lewis, Constance and Ben.
Rose, James said warily, taking Roses hand, "I'm sorry."
"Save your breath." Rose replied. She snuggled up against Ash's jacket.
James sighed, defeated.
"Rose," Lily cried, as soon as she saw Ash carrying Rose. She ran over and hugged Roses head.
"Oh Rose," Constance said sadly, examining Roses injuries.
"We should get her back to the boat." Lewis said.
"Yeah," Ash said, already walking in that direction.
James trailed a little bit behind the group with Ben. The two were quietly arguing, so Lily couldn't pick up the gist of what they were saying.
Ash loaded Rose onto his boat (which was a lot bigger than Lewis') and Constance, Lewis, and Lily followed. Lewis helped get the motor started on his own boat (which Ben and James had volunteered to sail back to shore).
"Can you tell her, to um…call me?" James asked Lewis weakly.
"Yeah, I will." Lewis responded, waving to James and closing the Collins' front door.
Ash came racing back downstairs. "Lily's washing Rose down. She says there is disinfectant stuff in one of the cabinets." Ash opened one of the kitchen cabinets and dug through the contents.
Lewis opened a different cabinet and passed Ash a tub of disinfectant.
"Thanks," Ash raced back up the stairs.
Lewis sighed and rubbed his temples. "God, what an awful night."
Then the phone rang.
"Collins," Lewis answered automatically.
"Um, hi, Lewis?" Constance Wood said.
"Oh. Hi, Constance. "
"Huh?"
"I was wondering if maybe you'd like to get coffee or something." Constance repeated, much slower this time.
Lewis paused for a moment. "You know what, that sounds great, really great."
"Cool! We can um, talk about it at school tomorrow."
"Yeah, we will." Lewis smiled slightly.
"See you tomorrow!" Constance squealed before hanging up the phone.
"I'm going to school, Lily!" Rose proclaimed, shoving her English textbook into her schoolbag.
"Rose, you were nearly killed last night!" Lily threw her hands in the air.
"I have an English exam today that I would really prefer not to miss," Rose added, sitting down next to Lewis and pouring herself a glass of juice.
"Lewis, what do you think?" Lily said, looking at Lewis, her eyes narrowed dangerously.
Lewis shrugged and took a bite of egg. He'd rushed home at an ungodly hour (five am), showered, changed, and grabbed his school stuff before rushing back to the Collins' for breakfast.
"Lily, I feel perfectly fine." Rose persisted. "If I feel weird I'll go home, alright?"
Lily bit her lip. "Fine," She sat down across from Lewis and Rose and helped herself to some eggs.
"So, what did you do last night?" Lily asked Lewis. She'd spent the entire night playing nurse to Rose, while Lewis crashed downstairs on the couch.
"Slept," Lewis said. "And, um, Constance she called, and she um, sort of asked me out for coffee."
Lily absolutely beamed. "Good for you,"
"Yeah," Rose agreed, sipping her juice. "Even if Constance is you know, a vampire."
"I thought she was like, your best friend." Lily said, buttering her toast.
"She's a vampire!" Rose said again, cutting into her eggs violently.
Lewis and Lily exchanged looks.
"Well, it's time for school, isn't it?" Lily said, collecting everyone's plates and dumping them into the sink.
"Yup, school!" Lewis said awkwardly, tugging his jacket on.
Rose turned the dial on her locker and opened the door, only to see two dozen red roses stuffed inside of it.
She looked around warily and yanked her Science book out from behind the roses before slamming the door shut and stomping away, before nearly crashing into Ben.
"Hey," He said sullenly. "I just wanted to say that I'm sorry."
Rose looked at his face. He actually looked like he meant it. "It's um, its okay, I guess."
She went down to met Lily and Lewis for lunch, her Science book tucked away in her bag for her next class.
Lily and Lewis were nowhere to be seen, so she settled down on the grass and answered a text message her father had sent earlier that morning.
While tucking her phone away she noticed James coming up to her.
"Hey."
Hey guys, it's Kelly. So did you love it? Oh, fyi, this is a chapter that both Maddie & I wrote. I wrote the beginning, Maddie the end. Happy New Year!!! :) Goodnight &&&& HAPPY NEWWW YEAR!!! 2010, that's weird..haha double digits. -Kelly
I tried to see if I could see the full moon (& blue moon), cause I usually see it...but sadly I didn't, soo...Anywayyy..
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Here goes, first off thank you SO much to reading this series. It was originally just an idea that popped into my head & that was way back in April of '09. And then I talked to the lovely Maddie, and she offered to participate in this crazy fanfiction and we started planning from April until June, coming up with the beginning & the end. (I think this is the only series where I actually know what happens in the end, and NO i won't spoil it. That's something that Maddie&I only know). I just want to thank all of our readers, thank you for reading & leaving reviews. The more reviews you leave, the quicker we come out with chapters. Remember that! :) Also for people that watch my videos & are subscribed to me..thank you TONS! (I'm sure Maddie would want to say the same thing). I almost have 1,000 (and after being on youtube for 5 years I deserve it).
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