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" That's it! That's what he looked like!" Jessa said, excitedly. She was sitting on Scud's lap with his arms around her waist. The four of them were crowded around one of the TVs Scud had set up to watch one of the blood banks. The creature looked up at the camera with blood dripping off it's chin and hissed out something in a language Jessa didn't know.
" You sure that's what you saw?" Whistler asked.
" Yes. His chin split open like that and everything. His skin looked like that and he was bald." She said. She leaned forward with a frown. " What did he say?"
" It's an ancient language the vampires use with each other." Blade said.
" What the hell is it, B?" Scud asked. For a month and a half Jessa had hunted with Blade and never saw anything like that before until the week beforehand. Since seeing the creature, she hadn't found another one.
" It looks like a vampire mutant." Whistler commented a second before the lights around the warehouse cut out. Blue flood lights kicked on as an alarm rang out. Scud pushed Jessa off his lap right away as Blade yanked out his sword. Whistler grabbed two guns off the counter while Scud leaned over a keyboard and started typing quickly.
" What's going on?!" Jessa yelled over the alarm.
" We got visitors boys and girls!" Scud called out.
" Human or suck head?" Blade asked.
" Body temp below 98.9, guess suckhead!" Scud said, still typing.
" Something's on the ceiling!" Jessa yelled, pointing to the ceiling.
" Scud, lights!" Blade called, moving away from them. Scud flicked on a switch, flooding the warehouse with UR rays. He grabbed Jessa's hand and started tugging her with him as he ran.
" I can help Blade!" Jessa called.
" No way! Those suck heads aren't like the ones you been dealing with! We are hiding!" Scud yelled back. A second later a vampire dropped down in front of them, holding out a sword. Scud stumbling, causing Jessa to hit him in the back. One hand shot up in front of him while the other went behind him to grabbed Jessa by her leg. " Whoa! Whoa! We aren't going anywhere and we aren't armed!" He said quickly. The vampire motioned for them to step to the side, with his sword. " Okay, okay, we're going." Scud forced Jessa to move with him as he took a few steps to the side.
" Josh, I can kill him." She whispered.
" Babe, look around. There are too many." Scud whispered.
" Josh!" She whispered again.
" No, Jessa!" He snapped without looking away from the vampire.
He never got snappy with her, hardly ever got mad at her, so she was going to listen to him. She sighed and took a hold of the back of his shirt. She let her forehead come to rest against his shoulders. She shook her head then turned it to watch Blade, still letting her head rest against her boyfriend's body. Scud backed up, making her step back until her back hit the work bench behind her.
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" What should we do?" Jessa whispered as she, Whistler, Scud, and Blade stood off together, away from the vampires.
" The old man and I are going to go with them." Blade said.
" Are you serious!" Jessa hissed.
" Scud will suit me up first, with weapons." Blade said.
" I want to go." She said.
" Babe, no. B, tell her she can't go." Because the thought of her meeting the king sent ice through Scud's veins, His mouth went dry while he tried to force himself to swallow. She could not meet the king.
" I need you here." Blade said, staring at her.
" What? No! We are a team!" She protested. Blade's eyebrows rose up to the ceiling, making her frown. " You know we are! You know that's why you have been training me like you have! You want to fight with you! Let me go!"
" I need you here. I need you and Scud to watch the warehouse in case they try and break in." Blade said. Jessa opened her mouth to protest again but shut it quickly. She crossed her arms over her chest and looked away.
" Fine." She snapped quietly. Blade's mouth perked up into a smile before he could stop it.
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" Jessa, you are driving me insane. Calm down." Scud said as he watched his girlfriend pace in front of him.
He was leaning back in a chair so the chair was sitting on two legs, instead of four, with his hands resting on the chair's arms. His sneakers and legs were slowly twitching from one side to the next, turning the chair with the movement. Blade and Whistler had been gone for hours and Jessa hadn't stopped pacing since they left. Scud had done some work, repairing weapons and starting new ones, all while watching her roam around.
" I can't help it. They should be back, right? Don't you think they should be back by now? I mean, it's getting close to dawn." Jessa said while she continued to pace.
" B's fine." His chair smacked down on the floor in a loud bang. He reached out and snatched her as she passed by him again. He grabbed her by her hips and pulled her into him, opening his legs so she could stand between them. " B can handle shit." He said as her hands came to rest against his shoulders. He reached up one hand and took a hold of her neck.
" I know he can but I can't believe we just sent him out there." She said as she let him pull her head down.
" Let me take your mind off shit." He said as he stretched his neck up to kiss her.
" Shhh!" She hissed out, looking to the ceiling. " Did you hear that? I think it's the helicopter." Scud frowned and shook his head.
" Cock blocking assholes." Scud muttered. Jessa quickly covered his mouth with her hand.
" Shut it!" She said. She pulled her head away and slipped out from between his legs. " It is a helicopter! Come on!"
She grabbed his hand and yanked him up. Together they hurried through the warehouse, taking the stairs as quickly as they could. She made him run so he could keep up with her. They ran across the balcony until they hit the window. There, Jessa dropped his hand, threw open the large window and stepped outside at the same time the helicopter that took Blade and Whistler away from them, was starting to land. Scud wrapped his arms around her and pulled her back into his chest. He let his head come to rest against hers.
" Told you he'd be fine, Babe." He said into her ear before he brushed his lips against her neck. Unable to help himself, he sucked in the skin he found there, making her wiggle and shiver.
" Josh, look!"
He groaned, pulling out of her neck and looking to where she was pointing. There was a second helicopter starting to touch down. Again, a flash of fear went through Scud. Reinhardt was sitting closest to the open doorway of the helicopter. He had one arm up and was holding onto the frame. His other hand was pointing towards Scud and Jessa. Scud's squeezed her so hard, it took her breath away.
" Let's go in!" He said quickly.
" Wait, I want to see Blade." Jessa said over the whooping sound of the helicopter's blades.
" I want to go in." Scud said, tugging hard on her waist.
" Josh, wait." She said as her eyes searched for Blade and Whistler.
" Babe, please!" Scud said. Both helicopters gently touched the roof of the warehouse.
" Hang on!" Jessa said.
" Jessa!" Scud yelled, letting her completely go.
She frowned and turned around to face him. He didn't wait for her to say anything else. He grabbed her hand again and turned away. Jessa let him pull her along with him. It was his turn to hurry them along. It was his turn to almost run to get to where he wanted to go. He rushed them through the window, across the balcony and back down the stairs until Jessa finally pulled away from him.
" What is wrong with you?" Jessa demanded. Scud spun around quickly. " Since they showed up, you have been snapping at me and short tempered. You're freaking out. What the hell is going on?"
" What is going on?! Are you serious!" Scud almost yelled. " They are vampires!"
" You think I don't know that!" Jessa yelled back. Scud pointed to the window with one hand and his other one on his hip.
" Don't you get it! Don't you remember what they were like at that underground club! Can't you remember what happen there! Those assholes would tear into you at the blink of the eye and because you spend a few hours a day training with Blade you think you're some bad ass who can handle everything!" He shouted.
" I didn't forget." She said. He grabbed at his tee shirt and yanked it up.
" Do you forget that you feel this mess on my chest every night! That instead of smooth skin against you, it's this scarred up mess! They did this to me!" Scud snapped.
" Okay, calm down." Jessa said, carefully taking a hold his wrists.
" Stop acting like this is nothing! Stop acting like you aren't scared!" Scud yelled, letting her pull his arms and shirt down.
" Look, I am scared, okay? But I can't let that show and neither can you. I don't want them to think they got under my skin. What would you rather have me do, Josh? Cower and hide behind you or stand up for myself and be able to protect myself?" She asked as she stepped into his space.
She pulled his hands towards her as they stared at each other. He grabbed at her hips and squeezed. She could feel him trembling and didn't know if it was from anger, fear, or both. And she didn't understand his reaction. He was used to being around the vampires. He was used to seeing them more than she was. He had been working with Blade for over a year, he shouldn't be this worried. She took a careful hold of his face.
" I want you to stay away from them." Scud said softly. " Don't go off alone with them. Don't talk to them. Don't go near them. You haven't really talked to them so you don't understand but they will say anything to upset you and they will laugh about it." He said, stared hard into her eyes. " Anything, Jess. They will try and turn us against each other." Somewhere above them, people started walking in through the window. "They will try and piss us off. They will lie. Don't believe anything they say, okay? Promise me."
" Okay." Jessa said, nodding. Scud squeezed her again.
" Say it! Say you won't believe anything they tell you! Promise me, please!" He said quickly. Jessa drew in a deep breath.
" I promise, Josh. I won't believe anything they tell me." She said. Scud crushed his mouth to hers, shoving his tongue into her hard. It was intense, emotion filled and hard. His tongue moved around hers in a hurried pace before he pulled it back.
" They are liars, Baby." He whispered against her lips. Her thumbs stroked across his cheeks.
" I believe you." She whispered back.
" I just want you safe. I don't like them here. This is our home. This is where we chill, without worrying about them and here they are." Scud whispered. His tongue shot out and over his bottom lip as he panted with his fear.
" Let's just talk to Blade and see what's going on before we panic, okay?" She whispered.