*Disclaimer - The characters in this story belong to Orson Scott Card who wrote the book "The Lost Boys" and Joel Schumacher who directed "The Lost Boys" Movie. I only own the storyline to The Street Rat and the original characters.*

Chapter four

Maya groaned. Her head was pounding so hard. She slowly opened her eyes to see Kyle, Susan, Matt and the other kids crowding her.

Matt held a hand down and pulled her up. "Are you ok?" He was white as a ghost and was staring at Maya as if she had lost her head.

She frowned. "Yeah. My head is killing me though. Where did ya get that stuff?"

Kyle smirked. "We got it at a cave by the light house. It's the sweetest stuff."

"Look at my new jacket Maya"

Maya turned toward the girl and froze. Tara smirked showing off her leather jacket with tons of different patches on it.

Maya however was not as happy as her. She knew she had seen that jacket somewhere but for the life of her she couldn't remember where.

She slowly took a step back rubbing her head. There was these weird pounding noises. Maya could hear them everywhere but couldn't figure out where they were coming from.

She could feel sweat clinging to her forehead and she was having trouble breathing. She didn't know what was going on but she had to get out of here.

"Gotta get some air. Susan Grab ur stuff. It's time ta go."

Susan grabbed her backpack and followed Maya out the door. She reached up and grabbed the older girl's hand. "Are you sure you're ok Maya?"

Maya forced a smile on her face. "Yeah kid. I'll be fine." Maya pulled Susan through the alley and backroads to the police station. She lowered down and fixed Susan's shirt one more time before hugging her.

"You remember what you're supposed to do kid?"

Susan nodded her head and started walking toward the police station but stopped. She ran back to Maya and hugged her around the waist.

Maya smiled and hugged the younger girl before pushing her toward the police station. "Go kid and remember don't look back."

Susan walked toward the police station and disappeared inside.

One more street kid that will disappear from Santa Carla's boardwalk however two runaways will fill her place.

Maya smiled before turning to walk into the darkness of the alley. She started maneuvering her way to the crowded boardwalk before pain suddenly exploded everywhere on her body.

She fell to her knees and leaned forward on her hands digging her nails into the dirt on the ground. Her head felt like it was exploding and she could swear she heard male voices in the background asking her where she was.

She kept hearing this weird thudding noise that was slowly getting louder. As she shook from the pain she heard the thudding noise again but this time it was right behind her.

"Well well. What have I got here? A little street rat. Aww what's wrong? Not feeling good? Don't worry baby. I'll take real good care of you."

Maya felt the man grab her arm and jerk her up pushing her against the wall. She felt him start moving one of his hands down her side while the other held her against the wall.

No matter how much she pushed he didn't budge.

Maya took a deep breath and gasped. The most wonderful smell in the world appeared and it made her throat burn fierce. The thudding noise was pounding loudly and fast. It was so loud it started hurting Maya's ears.

The man leaned forward kissing Maya on her neck exposing his neck to her. Maya glanced down and saw the vein in the guy's neck throb. She took a big sniff and to her surprise the smell was coming from his neck. It smelled so heavenly and she was so thirsty.

Maya slowly leaned forward and sniffed his neck before, unknowingly, transforming and biting down on his neck.

At first the guy didn't realize what was going on but when he did he panicked. He tried to push the girl off but she had clamped her arms around his body. The more she drank the stronger she became and the weaker he became.

"Please….Stop….I…I'm….begging…you…" The man slumped forward and the girl lowered him down to the ground while still attached to his neck.

Maya slowly backed away from the guy and licked her lips. The thudding noise was gone and so was the pain. She stared down at the guy on the ground. He couldn't be more than 19 years old. Maya felt no pity for him. She was still thirsty.

Whoosh

Maya swirled around and growled at the intruders who appeared before she froze. She knew who they were but she couldn't believe it even if it was here before her eyes.