"What the fuck was he doing?!" Chloe growled as she cradled Becas head in her lap. She had curled into a tight ball, her eyes clamped shut and she tried not to scream. Though it didn't work, and the pained wails escaped her as they flew down the road toward home.

Stacie was rubbing her hand over Becas back, cringing at the sound of her screams, and the tremors of pain that shot through her through the bond. She knew Chloe was feeling it too, and Aubrey just barely through her. Tears were rolling out of Becas eyes every time she opened them for even a second. Her face pale, her eyes blindingly white. Her lips had begun to turn blue as her body shook and convulsed every few seconds.

"It hurts!" She shrieked and Chloe did her best to comfort her, though she knew there was nothing she could do in that moment. She looked up to the front where Aubrey was driving well over the speed limit.

"Bree,"

"I know, I know, I'm going as fast as I can, try to get her to drink."

Chloe nodded, tears beginning to form in her own eyes, knowing the excruciating pain Beca was experiencing and the sight of her like this, was nearly too much. She bit into her own wrist and gently pressed it against Becas lips.

"Try to drink," she said, her voice uneven as her wrist shook. Stacie watched as the pain seemed to only cripple Beca further, and she screamed again, her lips now coated in blood.

"Come on, Becs, drink," Chloe's frantic voice spoke. Beca could hear her, but it seemed so far away. Her head was filled with the terrifying sound of something that she knew she shouldn't be hearing, and she knew it was the reason for the pain.

"Almost there, hang on Becs," Aubrey said glancing back at her as she practically drifted onto the road leading up the hill to their house. She looked in the rearview mirror every few seconds as she drove, hitting the gas a little harder.

"She won't drink," Chloe cried as she again tried to prompt Beca to bite into her open wrist.

"It might be too late for that," Stacie said as Aubrey hit the button on her visor to open the gate as they approached the house.

Chloe looked at the raven haired vampire in horror. "What do you mean too late? She can't die, this isn't how-"

"No, she won't," Stacie said, "But it might be too late for her to get blood in her system to fight the alcohol. Her veins, they are probably already destroyed,"

Becas hands suddenly shot up to her ears and she covered them as her body went rigid and she screamed in agony. Chloe's eyes closed as she tried to keep calm, and not completely lose it.

The car flew through the gates and Aubrey pulled it to a screeching stop right up to the front door.

"Get her inside, on the table, or bed or whatever, just lay her down flat." Aubrey instructed.

"What are you doing?" Stacie asked as they hurriedly got out of the car, helping Beca out as well.

"We were followed. Get her inside, I will take care of it."

Stacie's eyes widened as Becas legs immediately gave out, and Chloe lifted her into her arms.

"I'm coming with you," Stacie Said and Aubrey shook her head.

"No, Beca needs you both-"

"I've got her, Stacie go with her." Chloe said as she took Beca toward the house. Aubrey shook her head as Stacie jumped into the front seat and Chloe disappeared into the house, the door slamming behind her.

"Who followed us?" She asked as Aubrey reversed quickly and spun the car around. Stacie didn't even flinch at the sudden J-spin of the car as Aubrey shot back out of the gates and closed them.

"Jesse. But he isn't alone."

XXXXXX

Chloe carefully lowered Beca down on the living room floor, grabbing a throw pillow from the sofa and putting it under her head. Becas hand shot out as she pulled her own back and grabbed her wrist tight. "It hurts, please…p-please make it stop…" She gasped. "Please, Chlo, help me," Her face was tear stained, her lips covered in blood, that contrasted against her ghostly white skin.

Chloe grabbed her hand and held it tight, "I'm going to help you," She said through her own tears as Beca again jolted and cried out in pain.

She wrenched her hand free to once again cover her ears. The pain was unbearable, and the sounds that she could hear coming from inside of her made her sick. It was a familiar sound, one she once loved, but now, she would do anything to make it stop. That sound, the sound of a big, dry leaf, lying on the side walk. The crackle and crunch of it under your shoe. She could hear, coming from inside her, and more so, she could feel it, little by little, and she knew what it was, but didn't know why, or how. How her veins seemed to be drying up, and shattering. It felt she was slowly being crushed, bit by bit.

Chloe watched helplessly, not knowing what to do, Beca couldn't take the blood, to replenish her veins, and she was panicking, her mind going in multiple different directions as she watched Beca writhe in pain. Then she stopped. As suddenly as it started, Beca fell limp, a breath leaving her and her eyes drifted closed.

"B-Beca?" Chloe asked, as she took her hand again and scooted up close to her, looking down at her now, relaxed face. Moments ago it had been twisted in pain, and now it was still. "Becs?"

Becas eyes shot open so rapidly, Chloe gasped, before Becas body convulsed once, and she sat up abruptly. Blood trickling from her mouth. She looked at Chloe in terror griping her arm.

"H-help…me," She gasped before falling back onto the floor unmoving.

XXXXXX

"You aren't the only reason Jesse is here. Your invitation, to see Beca. It was more than just a coincidence. It was planned." Aubrey spoke as the descended the hill. Stacie looked at her.

"Our first theory, of him being lead here. It was true. He was brought here, to find her."

Stacie shook her head, in confusion. "How do you know this?"

"My compulsion, it backfired. It's been wearing thin. As if it's slowly seeping away, or being undone. His actions, are not his own. The way he acts, the way he handles Beca." She shook her head. "It all makes sense. We are all skeptical of him, aside from her. We all have bad feelings. And we are right. He proved it tonight."

Stacie was still slightly confused, but she trusted Aubrey's instincts. It was seconds later that she pulled the car off to the side of the dark road and shut the engine off, killing the lights as well.

"What is it?" She asked.

"They are coming up the hill." She said and Stacie looked out the windshield through the darkness. She strained her ears and that's when she picked up the sound of a speeding car coming up the hill toward them.

"It is him." She said looking at Aubrey in worry. "Who is he with, I don't understand."

Aubrey unbuckled her seat belt, and Stacie did the same, waiting for her to tell her what her plan was.

"What do you think they-"

She was cut off, as out of the darkness, with no headlights the car that held Jesse and the being who they didn't know smashed into them, head on at nearly 80 MPH. The car flipped, rolling four times. The sound of crushing metal and sparks across the cement, filled the empty night air. Two bodies were ejected from the car, one on the first roll, the other on the third. Sent tumbling across the road. Stacie slamming into a tree before hitting the ground. Aubrey sent careening down the side of the hill. It was over in moments, the only thing left, was the horn blaring, through the air, and a car, with a smashed front end, and two figures in the front seat. Watching, and waiting.

XXXXXX

In a moment of desperation, Chloe leaned over and sunk her teeth into Becas neck, injecting her with venom. As much as she could, and when she pulled back, all she could see were the wide, bright white eyes locked on her own.

She let out a small gasping sound, as if she couldn't breathe and Chloe tried to quiet her sobs, but couldn't as she leaned down again, and bit into her skin, just below her collar bone, injecting her again. When she pulled back, she was met with blood coming out of both bites. She bite her wrist again, and held it over Becas parted lips, letting it seep into her mouth. It seemed to work, until Beca chocked and it sputtered out.

"Dammit!" She cried. "Aubrey where the fuck are you," She asked no one in particular.

"She got a little… hung up."

Chloe flipped around at the sound of a voice, that wasn't Becas, and definitely wasn't one she wanted to hear.

Standing a few feet from her, was Jesse.

"You are dead," Chloe growled through clenched teeth standing up.

His face was stoic, almost as if he wasn't fully there, or even aware of his surroundings. His eyes moved around slowly, as if taking in the room.

She stepped protectively in front of the fragile body on the floor, keeping her eyes locked on Jesse. He looked dazed and Chloe narrowed her eyes at him.

"Jesse?" She asked, and his eyes lifted to meet hers. He nodded slowly and walked toward her. Her eyes widened slightly and she braced herself. There was nothing her could do that was worse than what she could do.

When he was a few feet from her he stopped. "Don't come near her." Chloe warned. "I mean it, Jesse, I will-"

"You won't do anything. "He said. She stopped, slightly taken aback.

It was then she sensed another presence in the room. She took in a breath and her body tensed, as the overwhelming feeling of dread consumed her.

"Who's there?" she demanded, her voice strong, but held the slightest tremor. All she could think about was the girl on the floor behind her. In crippling pain, and how she needed to help her, but couldn't. Where was Aubrey? Who was in their house? Her thoughts came crashing to halt as a figure stepped out of the darkness and stood just a few feet behind Jesse.

Her eyes met the eyes of a monster she had only seen in her worst nightmares. Eyes that were haunted, enraged, and something else. A smile on the thin, cracked lips, baring a set of teeth that made even the 200 year old Vampire shudder in fear. Her blood ran cold, and her stomach seemed to drop.

"Hello, Chloe."

It was the sound of her name, leaving those lips that had her entire world crashing around her. A voice she had long since forgotten and that's how she liked it.

"It's been a long time, since I've got to admire, my favorite test subject." He walked up to her, and she stood, frozen in her spot. A hand reached out and she felt the cracked finger nails slowly glide across her cheek, along her jaw line and she gulped, her eyes never leaving the ones that bore into hers. She couldn't move, couldn't speak. Completely consumed by a fear she thought she had overcome.

Those eyes would be the last thing she would see, before an excruciated pain rippled through her neck, and her world turned dark.

XXXXXXX

Blinking her eyes open, Beca let out a small whimper of pain and tried to focus her vision. She was staring at the ceiling. It was quiet, the atmosphere was still and her mind was fuzzy. Her neck hurt, and her body felt like it had been crushed multiple times. She tried to sit up, only to fall back with a pained cry, her eyes squeezed shut.

"Shh, Shh, don't sit up," Her eyes shot back open at the sound of a voice. There leaning over her, was Jesse.

"J-Jesse-" She gasped, "Where is Ch-Chloe?"

He didn't answer, just looked down at her, his eyes studying the white orbs that were locked on him.

"Jesse, Please…"

He reached up, stroking some hair from her face. "It's okay." He said softly. "She is gone now, but I can take care of you."

Unable to move, her voice weak, and faltering, all she could manage was a small whimper as she tried to move away from him, but failed.

"Chloe," She tried to call, as tears trickled from her sore, blood shot eyes. "Chloe, please,"

A hand came up slowly and covered her mouth and she closed her eyes, letting the tears take over.

"It's okay Beca, Chloe is gone. I'm here… Chloe is gone."

A/N: Oh. Snap. PLEASE REVIEW SERIOUSLY. PLEASE. REVIEW. It helps SO much.