*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.*

*Thank you to Danatimmons73, LostBoyfan8797, and TheLLAmaAndI for ideas for the amazing ideas. Your comments really helped my writer's block.*

Chapter 27

Maya and Laddie laughed as they observed the fashion victims of the boardwalk. Some of the humans tried way too hard to get noticed.

"well well what do we have here?" a voice said behind the two

Maya and Laddie jerked around to see four men behind them.

They were dressed in a pair of blue jean shorts with the phrase "We own the beach" on the front.

The Leader smirked as he moved closer with his friends standing behind him. His Neon pink hair shined brightly in the night. He wore a purple shirt with a pair of shorts.

The one in the middle appeared to be of Asian descent however his hair was bleached into a neon green Mohawk. He wore a bright green shirt.

The guy on the left was a black boy with his hair in dreadlocks. He smirked and winked at Maya with a huge grin on his face. He wore a bright red shirt.

On the other side stood a white boy with sand blond hair. He stared at Laddie so hard you think his brain would explode with the concentration. He wore a bright blue shirt.

The leader slowly stepped forward and ran his finger down Maya's arm.

"Seems we have a couple of street rats boys?" the man said.

He leaned down closer to Maya's face. "Maybe if you ask real nice I'll let you go after you give me a kiss on the lips beautiful."

Maya leaned away from the boy. "I'd rather kiss a toad. It's a whole lot prettier than you."

Laddie slapped his hand over his mouth as he snickered.

The man snarled. He jerked forward and grabbed Maya's face in his hand. "You better be careful princess. I'm the new leader of the Surf Nazis and I won't stand for some little brat talking to me that way."

"ohhh I'm so scared I'm shaking in my boots." Maya exclaimed rolling her eyes. "Apparently you don't know who I am. I'm a lost girl and this is lost boys turf so drop dead."

Maya jerked her foot back and sent it straight into his private place.

The man jerked back with a choked cry as his two friends eyes widened.

Maya jumped off the table and grabbed Laddie's hand. The two took off running as the man pointed at them and chocked out for his followers to get them.

The three goons took off after the two lost boys members.

Maya shook her head. This was just the stuff David warned about. He was going to be so angry with her.

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Sam walked around looking for Maya but he still could not finder her or Laddie. It was like they had disappeared.

Sam climbed onto a table and turned around trying to find them.

Sam hopped down and started walking toward the Ferris wheel.

"SAM!"

Sam glanced around him.

Suddenly a small body slammed into his back.

Sam jerked around to see Laddie behind him. He glanced over the boy's shoulder to look for Maya but didn't see her.

Sam lowered his eyes to Laddie. "Where's Maya, Laddie?"

Tears ran down the boy's face. "They took her Sam. She told me to hide and not come out until the coast was clear. I followed them after they took her."

Sam tensed. "Where did they go?"

Laddie frowned and whipped his eyes. "The old burned down tire factory. Sam is Maya gonna die?"

Sam snarled at that. "No she's not going to die. Listen go to the bikes and stay there. Wait for me or one of the boys. I'm going after her."

Laddie nodded his head. He turned and disappeared into the crowd.

Sam watched him disappear before turning and taking off to the factory. He couldn't lose Maya. Not this time.

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David and the others smirked as they watched Max punished Michael and Star for their betrayal.

Max was almost a century old but he still came up with clever punishments when he felt inclined to do so.

Max dried his hands on the towel before turning toward the two half vampires.

"I am very disappointed in you two. You have caused a lot of trouble for your brothers and I."

Max walked behind the chair where the two were still tied down. Both shook with hunger and fear as their eyes lingered on the cups of blood in front of them. It was bad enough that David and the others took their clothes and left them in their underwear and, in Star's case, her bra.

Now Max was forcing them to drink small sips of blood but not allowing David to force them to do the first kill.

The burning in their throats was 10x worse than when they had left Santa Carla.

Max walked around them studying the two half vampires.

He stopped and gripped his hand behind his back. "I think its best I keep you two with me for a while. You have a lot to learn and, until I can trust you, you will lose every freedom."

Max lowered himself to look into Michael's eyes. "When I bought this house I had special rooms created so I could punish David and the others if they disobeyed me. Corporal punishment works wonders on rambunctious children."

Max turned toward Star as she started to cry.

Max reached out and ran a hand across her face wiping the tears away. "Don't be afraid. The punishments will not hurt you too bad. By the time I'm done you will understand why I have rules in place for you and what will happen if you disobey again."

Max rose and looked at David. "Rooms one for star and four for Michael will work."

David nodded his head before glancing at Paul and Marko.

The two stepped forward and picked up a chair from behind. Dwayne walked over to the fireplace and pushed the leaver hidden inside the fireplace.

The fireplace opened to a set of stairs that led down into the darkness. Both young man disappeared into the dark.

Dwayne and David frowned as they listened to Marko comforting Star. The girl didn't deserve it but they all remember their first time being punished by their leader. It would be one experience that the two half vampires would never forget.

David opened his mouth to make a comment when a hot fire like feeling burst in his chest.

David gasped and dropped to his knees. Dwayne wrapped his arm around his friend watching with wide eyes.

Max also dropped by David. "What's wrong? Are you hurt?"

David shook his head. HE pulled up his shirt and glanced at his chest but there was nothing there to show a wound that could cause such pain.

David closed his eyes for a second before jerking them open.

"Maya" David said.

Dwayne, Paul, and Marko snarled. Maya was in trouble.

David glanced at Max asking permission to leave.

Max nodded his head. "David be careful. You don't know what you're up against and I don't want any of you hurt son."

David nodded his head before turning to exit the house. The other lost boys followed him out.

If someone had hurt her they would be dead before the first lights of day.