Chapter 29: Deadly Little Surprises
"What?" K-mart's eyes widened in shock.
"She's your great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great...-"Balo started to say but stopped.
"You get the point." He continued.
"Wait you knew about this?" Kate said glaring at Balo.
"So you lied to her...again." Luke said with a hateful voice.
K-mart shook her head ignoring him.
"No...I-I can't be. When did you find out? Why didn't you tell me?" She stuttered.
Josette took a step away from Selene and walked over to K-mart. K-mart stepped back immediately. Josette looked to the ground.
"I had my suspicions; when I first saw you...you looked so much like my brother. After I discovered your gifts I knew exactly who you were. You see my brother and I were denied our mother's talents. The trait skips every other generation."
"So...so you know who I am? Who my parents are?" K-mart asked still refusing to get closer to Josette.
"No, I'm afraid not." Josette said sadly.
"As much as I would love to watch your family reunion, I am afraid I have one of my own to take care of."Selene stepped forward.
"I won't let you take her." Josette extended her fangs and blocked K-mart.
"I hoped you would say that." Selene said with a wicked smile.
She grabbed a wooden stake from behind her.
Balo quickly tried to stop Selene while Gonzom went to push Josette out of the way; they were too slow.
Selene plunged the stake into Josette's heart getting a loud gasp in response. Everything seemed to happen in slow motion.
"No!" Balo and Gonzom screamed simultaneously.
Josette stumbled backwards; Luke and Kate caught her and slowly set her on the ground.
"What have you done?" K-mart screamed at Selene.
"I'm helping you make a choice." She replied darkly.
Balo sank down to where Josette was lying. He went to pull out the stake but Josette let out a agonizing cry; as he let go his face turned from angry to confused.
"What did you do to the stake? Why isn't she healing?" Balo asked with tears in his eyes.
Selene smiled again.
"I put something extra special on this stake...just for her. Wolf's blood." She said slowly.
Gonzom looked at Balo.
"What does that mean? What did you do?" Kate asked.
Selene stepped closer.
"That means your elder will turn to ash by dawn..." She looked at K-mart. "...unless she gets the cure."
K-mart stood up and walked closer to Selene.
"You want to make a deal." K-mart muttered.
Selene's eyes lit up.
"You really do have a little bit of Josette in you; always wanting to save people. Too bad." She smirked.
"Me for the antidote." K-mart said quickly hoping no one would hear her.
"N-No...Kmart no!" Josette yelled trying to get up but screamed as the stake dug itself deeper into her heart.
"You can't do this K-mart! I won't let you!" Luke said as he grabbed her.
K-mart ripped out of his grip and looked at him.
"If I don't she dies! She's the only family I have left...vampire or not."Her voice softened.
Luke looked back at Josette and then to Balo. He nodded.
Luke let out a long shaky breath as he grabbed K-mart and kissed her hard on the lips.
"I will come for you." He whispered.
K-mart pressed her forehead to his and sighed.
"I'm counting on it." She whispered back.
Selene looked at them.
"Your decision?" She asked.
K-mart took a deep breath.
"I will go with you; only if you save her."
Selene grinned.
"It's a deal."
Before anyone could react Selene threw a small vial of red liquid at Gonzom. As he caught it she grabbed K-mart and disappeared, along with the wolves.
Luke ran his hands through his hair.
"Shit! What the hell have we done!" He yelled.
Gonzom leaned down and scooped Josette into his arms getting a deathly glare from Balo.
"We don't have much time." He said as began to run back to the castle.
"What the bloody 'ell happened out there?" Weasel asked as he ran out to the group.
"Selene took K-mart." Luke said.
"We need to help her quickly!" Gonzom yelled pushing his way past the others.
Weasel followed them into the castle.
Balo pushed everything off of the dining room table and Gonzom gently set Josette on the hard wooden surface. She moaned.
"Hey! Do you know how long-" Weasel began to scold until he saw Josette.
"Oh, no." His eyes began to water.
"We need to get her the antidote now." Balo said urgently.
"I'll get some warm water and blood; by the looks of'er she'll be needin it." Ike ran back into the kitchen.
"Where were you? Did you just leave them there?" Luke yelled at Weasel.
"When we heard the scream we went back to the castle. If there is ever a threat we are to retreat." He answered calmly.
"It's protocol." Balo joined.
"What do we do now?" Kate asked with a worried expression on her face.
"We need to pull it out." Gonzom said as he met Balo's gaze.
Josette's breaths began to get shortened and quicker.
"J-just do it." She said to them.
Balo brushed the loose strands of hair from her head and looked into her eyes.
"One..." He signaled for Gonzom to get ready.
"Two..." Balo locked eyes with Josette.
"Three."
