Screw it, you guys have waited long enough, here's another chapter. ahaha Comments please : )
Warning: some language
Chapter 48
"Tony's near," Anna looked above.
"Where?" Aunt Dottie worriedly looked around.
"There!" She pointed.
"In the sky!" Someone in the crowd shouted.
Sure enough, Tony and Rudolph were flying through the air.
"Take cover!" Tony yelled happily.
The look on my aunt and uncle's face was priceless.
"Oh my God!" They breathlessly said in unison.
Harsh hissing broke out in the gathering vampires. Tony and Rudolph came to the ground and both walked to Frederick.
"I think you've been looking for this." Tony grinned as he took the amulet from his pocket and handed to him.
"Oh it's the amulet!" People started bursting out. "They have it! They found the amulet!"
"The stone!" Frederick took it and fit it into the circular part of his necklace. "Thank you my friend."
Once again, it was nice to hear Frederick so appreciative.
"Tony!" My aunt outstretched her arms for a humble hug.
"Mom, Dad!"
"The stone of Attamon is ours!" Frederick shouted.
All of the by standing vampires raised their hands and fists in victory. Gregory held me closer and kissed me on the cheek in joy. Frederick held up the amulet directly to the moon as the comet inched closer. The golden piece separated and the crimson stone rotated around the necklace part. He spoke out some kind of foreign spell that I couldn't understand.
"Go with your aunt and uncle," Gregory unwrapped his arms around me.
"But, why?"
"Just please do it."
I gave him a peck on the lips and walked through the crowd to meet Aunt Dottie, Uncle Bob, and Tony standing in the background. I didn't want to get in the way of whatever was going to happen next. Then suddenly, a bright orange, laser-like beam shot out from the top of the moon. The sky surrounding it turned red, faded to a pink, and then purple. It was the most beautiful thing I've ever witnessed. The wind picked up its pace, soaring through the trees, making them sway. Aunt Dottie and Uncle Bob held hands on both mine and Tony's shoulders as we watched the amazing, once in a lifetime event.
Soon our surroundings became dark and the laser disappeared. What's happening? A large piece of mass emerged from the bottom of the cliff and blackened the sky. It was too big for me to figure out what it was.
"Hey, that's my blimp," Uncle Bob agitatedly voiced.
The whispers of the group became louder as the blimp elevated, revealing Rookery clinging to a string with the famous light up cross in his other hand. Once he was close enough, he kicked the stone right out of Frederick's hand and dropped to the ground to continue his job at torturing more innocent vampires. He held out his hand and caught the amulet in mid air.
"No," I gasped and ran through the people being effected from the light.
"And you will go straight to hell!" Rookery gleamed as he pointed the cross at them.
"Mom! Dad!" Tony cried out.
"Alright that's it!" Uncle Bob yelled, following me.
He grabbed Rookery's arm and wailed a fist at his face, almost breaking his hand. Rookery turned from the blow and faced me. I wasn't sure what I was doing, but I had to think of something to get the amulet back. I reached for his arm and tried shaking it out of his hand.
"You're going to have to do better than that to get this from me. I've waited too long!" Rookery coughed himself into a laughing frenzy.
Then, for the second time, I fit my teeth over part of his dirty hand and clamped down. He shouted in agony as he let go of the stone.
"You bitch!" He rasped.
I repositioned my footing and pushed him over the edge. I went to back up, but he grabbed my shirt and pulled me over with him.
"I'm not going without a fight," he sneered.
All I could do was let out a hair raising scream as I kicked him off of me. I closed my eyes and prayed that the impact of my body and rushing water would be quick and painless. I hated to experience free falling over a hundred feet in the air. I knew I was going to die, and it took forever to do so. Then, a pair of arms wrapped around me.
"Open your eyes," a tranquil voice spoke out.
I opened them and I was hovering inches above overlapping water. Maybe this was my lucky day and it wasn't my time to end my life. I looked over my shoulder and found Gregory's smiling face.
"I will never let you fall," He sang.
I turned farther to kiss him. Seriously, if it was possible, I wanted to marry this kid right then and there. He was perfect in so many ways. We flew back up to the cliff and I didn't want to let go once we hit the ground.
"Brittany!" Aunt Dottie yelped as tears rolled down her face.
"Go to them," Gregory whispered in my ear.
I followed his direction and met my family in our original spot.
"Holy shit, oh," she bombarded me with a huge grasp of a hug.
"I thought you were gone!" Uncle Bob joined. "How did he just do that?"
Our attention shifted when Frederick yelled to the comet. "The ceremony!"
"Tony, you know what we want. Wish it!" Rudolph cried. "You have to wish it, now!"
Everyone gazed up at the stars. Tony was standing in the middle of the crowd with the amulet in his hand. He looked at it, closed his eyes, and raised it in the air. The ray of light suddenly struck back into the stone. He shook as he held it, but nothing seemed to be happening until a cloud of smog rolled past the whole family. This was it! My boyfriend would finally become human and we'd be able to start a normal relationship together starting tonight. I watched the process carefully as the scarlet smoke engulfed Frederick, next Freda, then another member of the family. Then something happened that I wasn't expecting. They vanished into thin air. More of the family went up in smoke and was evanescent. Once I realized they weren't coming back, I ran to Gregory.
"Wha-what's hap-happening?" A tear rolled down my face.
I saw a pool of fog form at his feet.
"Brittany, I'm so sorry."
"You knew this was going to happen?" I was struck with rage.
"I couldn't tell you." He took my hand.
The smoke crawled up his body.
"But, but Gregory, you said you wouldn't leave me again," I sobbed uncontrollably.
"I know I did." He touched my cheek.
"This isn't going to last long right? This, this is just over night?" I questioned, severely confused.
He was completely covered in it now.
"I don't know. Brittany, I will never forget you. I love you," he said as he disappeared in the red cloud.
"Gregory? Gregory! You can't leave me," I huffed.
I reached out and grasped what was left of the smoke. Before I knew what hit me, the burst of light sucked up into the comet and also vanished. The sky returned to normal and the entire immortal family was gone.
"NO!" I screamed out, my knees hitting the grass. "Come back! No!"
I started to hyperventilate. I couldn't slow my breathing and I was choking on my own spit. I felt like throwing up. My emotions were clashing together like fire and ice. I was so angry that Gregory kept letting me believe this lie he had in place, and I was also sickly upset that he was gone.
"I didn't even kiss you goodbye," I whispered under my choppy breaths.
