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" You're lying." Jessa whispered as she stared at Reinhardt.
" He ain't lying, Sweetheart. The truth in this is too much fun to lie about." Chupa chimed in with a grin. Jessa looked back at Reinhardt as a deep frown set in place.
" You're a liar!" She snapped as she pushed at him with everything in her. Reinhardt stepped back with a grin. " You're a fucking liar! He would never help any of you! Fuck you!" Each word she said grew louder and louder as her anger grew more and more. " He would never be a familiar! Ever!" She reached into her hair and yanked out her ear piece. She flung at Reinhardt, hitting his shoulder with it.
Chupa started to laugh first, then Reinhardt. Jessa pushed from the wall and started walking away but the louder their laugh grew then faster she started to walk, until she was running. Their laughter followed her through the sewer until she reached the ladder. She grabbed the railings and pulled herself up as tears prickled against her eyes.
" No. They are lying." She said to herself with her voice shaking. " He would never...no."
A hot tear rolled down her cheek. Her body started to trembled the higher she climbed. Scud wouldn't do that, not to her and not to Blade. He won't help them after they ripped into his chest and stomach like they had, not after they had tried to kill Jessa. Scud cared about her, she was sure of it, so he would never help what had almost killed her. It was just like Scud said it would be. They were lying to try and come between them. Scud warned her that would happen and she wouldn't let them. She wouldn't let it work.
As she reached the surface and the cool air hit her face, her tears started to pick up. What if it was true? What if he was a familiar and that was why he hadn't wanted her alone with them. He had yelled something into her ear piece before she took it out. His voice had been filled with panic...just like it was every time the Blood Pack came around. What if it wasn't fear for her safety that made him panic but fear of them telling his secret?
Jessa grabbed the top of the manhole and hauled herself out. Her head emerged and the first thing she saw was Scud's van. She yelled out to him, knowing she was crying harder. She needed to see him, needed him to tell her it was all a lie. She yelled again as the back doors to the van flew open. As she came completely out of the sewer, he took off after her, calling for her. Jessa was so upset that she didn't notice what was happening behind her, who was standing guard with guns. No, she didn't see the group of the vampires waiting for Blade and Whistler. All she saw was Scud as they raced towards each other. All she felt was the salty wetness against her cheeks as their bodies slammed into each other and his arms engulfed her body, smashing her against him, his mouth coming into her hair at once.
" It's a lie!" She sobbed out. " Tell me it's a lie! Tell me you wouldn't do that! You're not a familiar!" She grabbed at him, pulling him even closer to her.
" Baby, listen to me." Scud whispered. Jessa shook her head hard.
" It's a lie! Just say it!" But Scud didn't say it. He didn't say anything. Jessa's breath caught as her tears slowed. She pulled away to look at him, a frown playing across her pretty features. " It's a lie." She said, softer that time. Scud's hands tighten on her ribs as he looked from one dark eye to the other.
" It's..." He shook his head slowly. " I...ah..."
" No, Josh, please. This is a lie. You said familiars have a symbol tattoo. Your tattoos aren't symbols. I have seen every inch of your skin, there is nothing, no symbols, anywhere." She said. Scud brought one hand up to point at his bottom lip while his other hand pulled harder at her. " I don't understand." She whispered. His fingers came to his lip. He carefully pulled it down, revealing his familiar mark. " No!" She snapped as she tried to twist away from him.
" Jessa, listen." Scud started quickly, both hands coming to her hips fast.
" To what!" She yelled as her hands grabbed at his shoulders to push him away from her.
" I can explain!" Scud said struggling to keep her against him. They fought, with her yelling for him to let her go and him begging her to stay with him. She hit his shoulders, he gripped her hips. She twisted away, he pulled her back. " Let me explain! Jessa, please!"
" Get away from me!" She yelled, landing a knee straight to his crouch. Scud bent over, letting her go to grab at himself with a groan as pain exploded through his body. She backed away from him even though he tried to reach out with one hand towards her.
" Jessa." He groaned.
" Fuck you!" She yelled. As Jessa turned to move away from him, she ran full fledge into a hard chest. She jumped as two hands came down to grab at her arms. She looked up at Reinhardt's grin. Right away, she started to fight against him. " Let me go!"
" Jessa!" Scud groaned out again, forcing himself to breath through the pain as he stood up. His stomach rolled and the acidy taste of boil hit the back of his throat.
" Shut this bitch up!" Reinhardt snapped as he held Jessa hard.
" Let me go!" She snapped, kicking at his shins.
" Chupa, don't!" Scud yelled before something hard hit the back of Jessa's head. Pain shot through her a second before darkness surrounded her. Her body went limp as her eyes rolled back.
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It was just a dream. That's all. It had to have been a dream. Scud wouldn't have lied to her about something that big. He would never be a familiar. He saw what the vampires did to people, knew what they did to her. Hell, Jessa had seen what they had done to him so yeah, that was a nightmare she had been having. She was going to open her eyes and see Scud sleeping beside her, one arm over her body while the other would be covering his face. His hair would be sticking up everywhere, like it always did when he slept. His lips would be parted and he would be breathing deep. They would be in his room, in their bed, cuddling up.
But something was off. She wasn't warm like she was used to being when she woke in their bed. His scent wasn't surrounding her and there was no comfortable mattress under her. Jessa frowned with her eyes shut. She snuggled into the small warmth over her and knew right away there was no blanket on her. She started to blink her eyes awake and groaned, turning from her side to her back. A cold floor was greeting her instead a bed.
" You wake?" She opened her eyes with a start at the sound Whistler's voice. Why was he in their bedroom? She pushed herself up, knocking a jacket off her body. She frowned as her eyes focused in on Whistler as he crouched down beside her.
" Where are we?" She asked, looking around them at the blank, gray room.
" The vampires fucked us." Whistler said at the same time her eyes landed on the still figure of Blade laying in the corner.
" Blade." She breathed out.
" He's alive." Whistler said, standing up slowly with his knees and back cracking at the moment.
" And Josh?" She asked, looking back at Whistler who frowned. Jessa stood up and handed his jacket back over to him.
" Lead them right to us, fucking little bastard. I told Blade not to trust him." He said.
" You don't think I helped, do you?" She asked in a slight panic. Because now she needed Whistler and Blade more than anything. If they thought she betrayed them, she'd be lost.
" No. Your fear of them was too real." Whistler said.
There was a door at the front of the room and a noise from it made them both look over to it. It sounded like locks being undone. Jessa and Whistler moved to each other at once. She grabbed at his forearms as he took a hold of her elbows. They were weaponless and outnumbered but that didn't mean they wouldn't fight until they were dead. Jessa's hands tighten on Whistler as the door pushed open and Reinhardt walked in with a smile.
" Well hello. Look's who up." He said. Behind him more vampires filed in, all with weapons. Reinhardt had his hands on his hips and looked completely at ease. " You're coming with me, Sweetheart." Whistler squeezed her arms and pulled her closer to him.
" Like hell she is." He snapped. Three vampires came up and pointed guns directly at his chest and head.
" Than we shoot you." Reinhardt said easily.
" Where are you taking me?" Jessa asked.
" To your boyfriend." Reinhardt said, bring a flutter to Jessa's heart.
" Josh? He's alive?" She almost whispered.
" Of course he is." Reinhardt said with a roll of his eyes. Relief pushed through Jessa, making her almost forget that she had been mad at him. She looked back to Whistler who was frowning and staring at Reinhardt.
" I'll be back." She said. Whistler's eyes darted quickly to her face while he shook his head.
" You can't trust these assholes." He snapped. " Look what happen when we did."
" I have to see him. I need some answers. I need to talk to him. See what's going on." Jessa whispered. " Maybe it's not as bad as it looks."
" Let's go. I have shit to do today." Reinhardt said.
Against his better judgment, Whistler let Jessa start to slip from him. His hands and fingers slowing releasing her as she backed away from him. Reinhardt wrapped an hand around her small arm and she was tugged hard out of the room, her eyes never leaving Whistler's face until she was out of the door. The vampires that had come into the room with him, pulled out. One of them shut and relocked the door. Dead settled into Jessa's stomach. What if she never saw Whistler and Blade again? What if Scud was dead and she was being lead to his torn up body? What if they bit her and she turned into a vampire? Jessa's mouth tighten as her eyebrows twitched before coming together. Is she was bit and woke a vampire, she would kill herself. Better to be dead than be one of them.
" Where are you taking me?" She asked.
" To a room. The King is giving you a few minutes with the pet and then he is coming to you with a question." Reinhardt said.
" What question?" Jessa asked as Reinhardt pulled them up to another door.
" And that is the surprise." He said, grabbing at the doorknob. He twisted it, yanked the door open and thrust Jessa inside. She stumbled forward, falling to her hands and knees as the door slammed shut.
" Babe." She looked up to see Scud hurrying over to her. She pushed up to her knees first, then almost jumped up.
" Don't touch me!" She explained backing away with her hands up in defense.
" Jess, come on, you know I wouldn't hurt you." Scud said, not stopping but slowing his steps down.
" You can say what you have to say to me but stay over there." Jessa said.
" Don't be scared of me, Jessa, please." Scud begged quietly.
" I'm not scared of you! I'm fucking pissed!" She yelled as the door to the room hit her back. A look of pain passed over Scud's face as he shook his head.
" I would never hurt you. I was protecting you." He tried to reason while continuing to walk to her.
" By lying to me!" She yelled.
" Baby, please." Scud said quietly, finally reaching her. " You have to understand. I was scared. I wanted to protect you. I made a deal with Damaskinos, the King. You were going to all those clubs and I was scared."
" What did you do?" Jessa asked. One of Scud's hands came up and went into his hair while his other one came to rest against her hip.
" I made sure you were safe. I made sure none of the suck heads would touch you." Scud said softly. His hand raked through his hair before he brought it to her face. He tried to let his knuckles glide across her cheek but she whipped her head away and pushed him by his chest.
" Don't fucking touch me! We are no longer a couple and I'm not a stripper anymore so you lost the right to touch me!" She said.
" You can't break up with me." Scud said, taking a step away from her in shock.
" I can and I did!" Jessa said as she glared at him.
" Jess, just hear me out, okay? Just listen to what I have to say first." He knew he was begging. He could hear the whine in his voice, but he couldn't bring himself to care. He couldn't stand the idea of losing her. Thinking she wouldn't be with him anymore made him sick to his stomach and made his heart hurt.
" There is nothing you have to say that I want to hear anymore. You're a traitor and a fucking liar." Jessa spit out.