Paul's POV
David began to talk about their home. "This was the hottest resort in Santa Carla about eighty-five years ago. Too bad, they built it on the fault. In 1906, when the big one hit San Francisco, the ground opened up and the hotel took a header right into the crack. Now it's ours'." He said. Paul was already making his laps around the fountain lighting up a joint with his lighter. Laddie handed a boom box to Paul as the blonde took a drag off his joint before leaning down to turn on some tunes. As Michael looked around the cave that the guys had brought him too, his blue eyes spotted a form sleeping on a black couch. "Who is that?" he asked David. The platinum blonde looked over to the couch where the sleeping person lay. "That's Paul's younger sister, Alicea. We all call her, Ali." He said. They glanced over at Paul was on the fountain next to them. Lost to the tunes and humming along before stopping when he heard David mention Alicea, Paul cursed around the joint. He had forgotten to check on her as soon as they had arrived.
He passed the joint to David before he strolled over to his sleeping sister, who began to cough as she woke up to fingers gently running through her hair. Smiling at her brother, she wrapped her arms around his waist as he kept running a hand through her long blonde hair. "How are you doing sis?" he asked. Sighing, Ali rested her head on her brother's stomach as she leaned into his standing form. "Tired and cold as always, so who is your friend?" she asked. Glancing over his shoulder, Paul nodded to David who was still beside Michael. "His name is Michael. I think David has a crush." He said softly as he smiled down at his younger sister. Alicea chuckled softly only to begin to cough hard into her right hand. A faint scent of blood filled the cave as blood speckled her hand.
Cursing, Paul quickly helped his sister sit up straighter as her coughing fit slowly began to end. Breathing hard, Alicea looked up into her brother's blue eyes and placed her left hand on his face. "I love you big brother." She said softly. They both knew that she didn't have many years left but she refused to take the blood from the bottle till she was 18 which were three months away. Kissing her forehead, Paul helped his sister lay back down before he covered her back up as she began to drift back to sleep. He would awake her up later when Marko returned with food since he had David order him to fetch some.
Brushing a few stray strands from her face, Paul turned away only to jump a bit as he ran into Dwayne. "Damn it Dwayne make some noise man." He grumbled before he walked away so his brother could spend some time with his sick mate. It was kind of funny that his feisty baby sister was the mate to his tall, brooding, and silent brother. At least he knew that she was safe and happy with Dwayne, now if they could only get the stubborn brat to take the blood and turn early. Because they hated seeing her get sicker and sicker as her lungs began to slowly fail her do to her lung cancer. His thoughts when back to when he was reunited with his sister last October when he found her after being apart for nearly 10 years.
Alicea was only 8 years younger than Paul and had only been barely eight when a 16 year old Paul had run away from home. He had wanted to take his little sister with him but she had told him to leave her behind otherwise he would not get far. Their abusive father would have caught them because she knew that she would make running harder for her brother. Paul had meet and joined his brothers as a vampire two years after running away from home at age 18. The life of a vampire suited him just fine thought sometimes when heavily stoned and loose lipped he would mention his one regret. How he had wished he had taken his baby sister along when he ran away from home. And how she was likely suffering under their abusive father's care because Paul was gone and no longer his punching bag. So when he had come across her scent on the broad walk that October night, he couldn't resist the urge to pull her into his arms and hold her tight. He had gotten punched for it until Alicea recognized him even if he was meant to be older. She had cried herself to sleep in his arms and he had begged his brothers to let her come back with them. Dwayne stating that she was his mate helped Paul's pleas and they returned to the cave with her resting in Paul's arms.
Shaking his head, Paul tried to get the dark thoughts from his head as he began to roll another joint. Marko called out it was feeding time as he strolled into the cave carrying a box of Chinese food. He was going to get food for Alicea only for Dwayne to shake his head at Paul telling him that Ali was out deeply and likely not to wake for food. Even watching David mess with Michael's food using illusions, didn't cheer him up for long as he kept worrying about his sick sister who refused to turn until she was 18. Maybe the fun on the train tracks would cheer him up as David said they were going for a ride.
Several Days later….
Alicea's POV
Loud unknown voices drew her from her restless sleep as she rolled over to see Michael along with three young boys in the cave. Two of the boys spotted Star's sleeping area saying "Vampire, let's stake her." Only for Michael to yell at them to leave her alone as he hurried over to Star to awake her. Star mumbled for Michael to take Laddie first after he said he was here to save her. Alicea knew something was wrong and began to slowly creep out of her bed in the back of the cave near where the lost boys slept. Turning around, she slipped through a curtain into a hidden passage way that lead right to where the guys slept during the day. Entering their sub cave sleeping area, Alicea cursed faintly as he heard the boys coming through the other entrance at ground level. Moving quickly, she hides herself in the shadows as the three boys dropped into the cave, while moving to a higher spot above them to try and awake the lost boys.
Remaining silent, she watched and listened as they talked about staking the head vampire yet they didn't know who it was. A boy with a red bandana decided that they would stake them all starting with Marko who was closest. Fearing for her brother's lover, she jumped at where the boy was perched on an old banister getting ready to stake Marko. A scream left her lips as she felt the stake enter her stomach causing her blood's scent to fill the air awaking the lost boys. Paul shouted in rage as he dropped to catch his falling sister as the three kids flee the cave. The others moved to try and catch the kids only to pull back as sun light forces them back into the darkness. Hurrying back, Dwayne drops down besides Paul who is holding Alicea in his arms. "Come on love you need to drink my blood." He said as he bit his wrist opening it. Alicea chuckled softly before she shook her head at her love. "I am waiting for my 18th birthday." She said softly. She knew that she was likely to die since they were trapped by the sun for a few more hours.
Gazing down at the stake in her stomach, she grasped it and ripped it from her flesh with a loud scream. The guys cursed as they move to cover her wound to try and stop the new bleeding. Dropping her head back, Alicea finally spoke of something she had been hiding from them for months. "Paul do you remember Grandma Rose?" she asked. He nodded because he remembers their mother's mother who died when he was 13. "Why?" he asked as he cradled his sister close. Alicea chuckled before coughing up blood as she pulled on her wound. "Grandma once told me that a gift lay with her bloodline for the females of the family. I should have died years ago on the very night you left when Dad beat me nearly to death. My powers awoke and began to heal my body but at a cost of my life span. My cancer is in fact, my magic devouring my body slowly. Promise me that you will use illusions tonight when you go. Fake your deaths and then leave Santa Carla behind. I don't want you to die just to try and avenge me because sadly even if I had become a vampire I would still die soon after my 18th birthday." She got out only coughing up a large amount of blood. Gazing at Dwayne, she traced his face with her hands before she pulled him down into a kiss.
Breaking the kiss after a bit, she looked deep into Dwayne's dark eyes before speaking. "Promise me that you four will stick together after tonight. I will see you again in this life my love so please wait for me." Alicea leaned her head back against Marko's shoulder since he had moved to sit behind her as she talked. David sat beside her left side carding a hand through her hair since she was pack. A ragged blood filled cough left Alicea's pale lips as she felt her time coming closer to an end. Looking at David, she spoke. "Take care of them David, my brother and my mate will need your help along with Marko to keep them going. Promise me you will find me in the future." Sighing softly only to cry out in pain, Alicea could keep her magic flaring as it moved to bind the four vampires to their promises. Using the last of her strength, Alicea casted a spell of protection on the four as she felt her heart begin to slow down. Her last breath was the word love aimed at the four that had been her life in her last few months.
The Lost Boys' POV
Paul screamed Alicea's name as he held his younger sister's body closer to himself. Dwayne could only stare at his mate's pale face as he tried to come to grips that his love was gone. David cursed the Emerson Boys and their hunter friends for Alicea's death, since in the last few months she had been like a sister to him. Marko moved to hug his lover even as blood tears feel from his eyes over the loss of the girl who had opened her heart to him and had been happy that he loved Paul, her brother. They were devastated over the loss of the girl who had fit in so well with them even if she had been a stubborn brat about turning until after she was 18.
Hours passed until the sun set below the horizon, allowing the boys to leave their sleeping cave for the main part where they carefully laid Alicea's body on her bed. Dwayne had cut off her small braid that she had always worn off the right side of her face so he could have a piece of his mate with him. He used a band to place it among his own dark hair so he feels it brush his face and inhale her scent every time he moved his head. Paul took off her obsidian skull necklace that he had gifted her and placed it around Marko's neck to the surprise of his mate. "Why?" Marko asked. Paul chuckled sadly as he kissed Marko's forehead. "Because I know she would want you to have it since both you to trade it back and forth." He said softly. David grabbed her lighter off her nightstand and slipped it into his pocket. Paul smiled sadly as he caught David doing it because he knew that David and his sister had use to play fight over lighters till David gave that one to her. Dwayne looked at his brothers before looking at Alicea's peaceful face in death. "So how are we going to do this? Her magic bound us to our promises." He said. David sighed darkly before he spoke. "First we bury Alicea deep within the caves so no humans ever find her burial spot. Than we attack the fucken Emerson brothers and their hunter friends only to use illusions, some ash and bit of our blood to fake our deaths. After than we ride the hell out of here and find a new place to live." He growled out.
The other three nodded before they left deeper into the caves with Alicea's body in Dwayne's arms. They all placed a goodbye kiss on her forehead as passed Dwayne. Soon she lay to rest with a crystal cave that she had shared her first kiss with Dwayne on a small date being shown the caves. Gazing back, Dwayne wanted to just stay behind and sit beside her grave but he had a promise to keep. Howling they took off into the air before heading to the Emerson house.
Hours later…..
Paul cursed as he hurried into an old mine shaft with the rest of the guys as they hurried to get out of the sun. They had faked their deaths but only David had gotten really hurt when he let himself get staked on antlers. But one good thing came about was that Max was dead and poor Laddie was free of being a half. They couldn't care less about Michael or Star but Laddie they knew had never willingly left them or wanted to hurt them. He was the only one to know that they were still alive before they had left Santa Carla behind. Riding their bikes, after grabbing a drifter to feed David so his wounds would heal, they set out towards New York since a big city would be easier to hide and feed in. Sighing, Paul chuckled as he looked at his brothers and mate. "We will find her no matter how many years pass." He said. The others agreed as they settled down to sleep in the old rafters of the mine.
30 Years later…..
The Lost Boys had been back in Santa Carla for about two months now living deeper in the cave than before. Every night after awaking the guys would visit Alicea's grave before heading out for the night. They had already changed their styles to fit in with the changing times plus they had taken out the frog brothers years ago by burning the shop down. The Emersons had left town soon after the fight with the guys so they didn't have to worry about them. They were walking along the carousal with David in the lead followed by Dwayne than Paul with Marko last when a familiar scent entered their noses. A familiar voice soon spoke before them as a blonde haired woman stood leaning against a black horse watching them. Paul and Dwayne cried out Alicea before pulling her into their arms. Her once blue eyes were now a pale green and she was two inches taller than before but she was their Ali back in their lives again like she had promised. Funny enough, her father turned out to be Laddie who had raised her on stories of the Lost Boys before her former memories returned when she turned 17. She was glad to be back with her mate and brothers as she was pulled into a deep kiss by Dwayne.
THE END