Part 12
Gabriel was unhappy. Since Kait's death, Nyx had pretty much been all over him. He had two hours before she came to him about his decision. To join her, or die. He didn't know what to do. Part of him felt like giving up and dying. Kaitlyn was gone. If he allowed Nyx to kill him, then he could be with her forever.
But there was still something of a mystery surrounding Kait's death. It had been officially noted as "suicide." Kaitlyn's roommate had found Kait in her room, lying on her bed with her throat slit, her drawings spread out around her.
The whole group were convinced it was more than that. Kaitlyn would never kill herself. Never. No matter how bad things got, she would never take that way out.
Unsure what to do, he found himself knocking on Lewis's door. He needed to talk to someone about this. He still hated Rob's guts, there was no way he was talking to him. Anna had shut herself away from everyone, and wouldn't talk to anyone. Lewis was at least sensible and knew basically what was going on.
Lewis was a little surprised to see him. "What's up?" he asked, gesturing for Gabriel to come in.
Gabriel came inside, but stood leaning against the door. "If a girl offered to make you immortal, what would you do?"
Lewis seemed even more surprised. "Well, I guess it would depend on the girl. If she was really special and I liked her a lot, I guess I'd use that to base the decision on. Why?"
"Well, I...met a girl about a month go..."
"The black haired girl with the red eyes in Kait's picture? She's offered you immortality? Is she a vampire like that guy Anna was dating?"
Lewis was a lot more perceptive than he appeared to be. Gabriel found he was surprised. "Yeah. She wants me to be a vampire and join her. I have two hours to decide to join her or die."
"She sounds charming. What are you gonna tell her?"
"I don't know. Part of me is ready to die now," he admitted simply.
"What would Kaitlyn want you to do?" Lewis said carefully.
Gabriel sighed. "I guess she'd want me to move on and live happily." He sounded a little disgusted. "But that doesn't really appeal to me right now."
"So it's either be a vampire or die."
"What would you chose?"
"I don't know."
Gabriel sighed. "You're not being very helpful here. Well, have a nice life, I think I'm going to choose to die."
And then he left to find Nyx to sign his death warrant for him.
* * *
Part 13
When Kaitlyn opened the door to Gabriel's room there was another girl on Gabriel's bed. She was sitting there, long legs stretched out, posing seductively. Gabriel was standing by the bathroom door, as if he were trying to find a way to tell her something she wouldn't want to know.
The other girl on the bed looked at Kaitlyn in surprise. "You're dead," she said.
"Who the hell are you?" Kaitlyn demanded. Her gaze turned to Gabriel as she closed the door and stood there looking from one to the other.
He just stared at her, as if he'd seen a ghost. Well, she was a little more than that.
"Kaitlyn? You're dead," was all he could say.
"Undead actually," Kait said. She smiled at him, showing her new shiny white fangs. "I'm going to make you undead too, and then we'll be together forever."
At that the girl on the bed jumped to her feet, her movements predatory and graceful. Another vampire. "No you're not, I got there first, he's mine."
"Like hell!" Kaitlyn snapped. "I've known him for the past three years."
"And I've been fucking him for the past three weeks. So what? I said I was going to make him immortal first and I'm going to." The other girl had moved closer to Gabriel, her hands around his neck.
Kaitlyn stared at him. "What is she talking about?"
"Keeping secrets Gabriel?" the dark girl said.
They both looked at him. He looked uneasily from one to the other. Then he turned back to Kaitlyn. "You didn't seem the slightest bit interested in me, so I decided to have fun," he said finally.
"This isn't fun!" Kaitlyn snorted.
The other girl smiled. "Yes it is."
Kaitlyn looked hurt. "I am interested. I've always been interested. I was frightened by the drawings, because I didn't understand them, but I do now. They told me I was going to become a vampire, and I have. They also were warning me about *her.*" She threw a glare at the other girl. "I should have known."
The other girl was looking annoyed that Gabriel was trying to get closer to Kaitlyn. He seemed to have forgotten the other girl was there. She pulled him back, and he managed to yank free. He started to go to Kait, when the other girl grabbed him and pulled him back.
"You can't just abandon me!" she snapped. Her face had changed too now, revealing the inhuman monster she was underneath. "She's just as much of a monster as I am."
Gabriel glanced over at Kaitlyn again. Kaitlyn just shrugged. She wasn't going to deny it. She was looking forward to life as a vampire, she had to admit.
Kaitlyn smiled a little. "I guess there's only one way to settle this." She looked at Gabriel. She picked up the desk chair and broke off one of the wooden legs, one end sharp and splintered. She hoped that wood really did kill vampires. She handed him the makeshift stake. "Choose. Pick one of us, and kill the one you don't want."
* * *
Gabriel turned between Kaitlyn and Nyx, both were glaring, looking ready to tear each other's eyes out. There was no way he could kill either one of them, and no way he could choose between them. If he chose Kaitlyn over Nyx, Nyx would kill them both before anyone could do anything about it.
Oh shit, I'm in trouble now, he thought, finally deciding there was only one thing he could do. He called out to the mind web. ~Um, guys? Help! Now!~
* * *
Part 14
Nyx didn't wait for Gabriel to make his decision. She shoved him aside and lunged for Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn didn't back away from the attack, but threw herself at Nyx, grabbing hold of long hair and yanking back hard, Nyx shrieked in fury, and lashed out with her long nails, raking them across Kaitlyn's face. Kaitlyn yelled in pain and smashed a surprisingly hard fist into Nyx's face, shattering her perfect nose. Nyx kicked out with her heels, catching Kaitlyn between the legs, sending her staggering back, giving Nyx the upper hand. Nyx fell forward onto of Kaitlyn, grabbing Kait's hair, pulling her head back, ready to snap her neck, when someone yanked her back, and something sharp pierced her heart. Wood. She swivelled around, finding herself looking to eyes of blazing gold.
And then she saw nothing, and would never see anything again.
* * *
Kaitlyn blinked and saw Rob, Anna and Lewis, looking very surprised to see her. She pulled herself to her feet, and moved over to Gabriel, also staggering up.
"Are you okay?" she said softly. Her teeth had retracted, her face was back to normal.
"I don't know yet," Gabriel said with a weak smile. He looked rather shocked, which wasn't surprising.
Kait looked up at her friends. They looked back.
"Uh, Kait, you..." Lewis started, then stopped.
Kaitlyn smiled a little. "A vampire?" she ventured. She looked over at Anna. "It was that asshole of a boyfriend of yours, Sebastian. He saw the pictures and decided to make them come true."
"Jerk," Rob muttered. Then he looked at Kait. "You're...going to be okay as a vampire?"
Kait shrugged. "I guess I have no choice. I'll have to deal."
They followed her back to her room, where most of her belongings still were. No one had come and packed them up yet. Rowan was in the room, very surprised to see Kaitlyn alive.
"You're..."
"I know, dead," Kaitlyn finished. "It's kind of a long story."
"You had a problem with a vampire?" Rowan guessed.
"You know about vampires?" Rob asked.
Rowan smiled a little. "I am one. But I'm a nice vampire."
Kaitlyn explained what had happened to her, and Rowan told the real details of the Night World, and something called Circle Daybreak, an organisation for all the species, and those who wanted to help everyone get along. It sounded like a good idea, and Kaitlyn decided that it would be just the place for her. Rowan had called some friends, and made arrangements for them to come and meet Kait and her friends.
When they were alone, Kaitlyn said to Gabriel, "I can still bring you over if you like."
Gabriel thought for a minute, then shook his head. "I never really wanted Nyx to change me," he admitted. "The idea was enticing to begin with, then, after you died, it sort of lost its appeal completely. I was just going to let her kill me. But now...if you don't mind, I'd rather just stay human."
Kaitlyn smiled and held him close for a while.
* * *
Epilogue
Kaitlyn's things had been packed, and she was ready to go to meet the members of Circle Daybreak, she had said goodbye to her friends, and they were welcome to come and visit her anytime they liked. Rowan had told them they were all welcome there, but Kait had decided she wanted to go alone first and settle down before they came to visit her.
"There's one last drawing," Anna said. "The one of you killing Sebastian. What happened to that?"
Kaitlyn paused. "Will you guys excuse me for a second? There's something else I have to do.
* * *
Kaitlyn moved quickly through the halls. She had discovered the vampire telepathy thing. Rowan had told her some things about what vampires could and couldn't do, and she was learning fast. She had called to him, whining that Gabriel didn't want her and she needed someone to take care of her.
Sebastian, being the idiot he was, had readily agreed to meet her. She had told him she wanted to leave town, and he was to wait for her by the beach, and they would go away and explore the world together.
And the fool had believed her. When she arrived at the beach, there he was, with his car, all ready and waiting.
She smiled at him, the steak she had made concealed behind her back. He noticed she was hiding something instantly.
"What have you got there?" he said, eying her curiously.
Kaitlyn smiled teasingly. "You want to know? You sure?"
"What a tease you are." He grinned that idiotic, annoying grin. "Yes, I want to know., I'm sure."
Kaitlyn shrugged. "All right. You asked for it."
And with that. She drove the steak into the jerk's heart and watched him turn into leathery old bones before her eyes.
* * *
She made her way back to where the others were waiting for her.
"Where'd you go?" Lewis asked.
Kaitlyn smiled. "I just had to make sure that last drawing became reality because my drawings always, always come true."
The End.
Gabriel was unhappy. Since Kait's death, Nyx had pretty much been all over him. He had two hours before she came to him about his decision. To join her, or die. He didn't know what to do. Part of him felt like giving up and dying. Kaitlyn was gone. If he allowed Nyx to kill him, then he could be with her forever.
But there was still something of a mystery surrounding Kait's death. It had been officially noted as "suicide." Kaitlyn's roommate had found Kait in her room, lying on her bed with her throat slit, her drawings spread out around her.
The whole group were convinced it was more than that. Kaitlyn would never kill herself. Never. No matter how bad things got, she would never take that way out.
Unsure what to do, he found himself knocking on Lewis's door. He needed to talk to someone about this. He still hated Rob's guts, there was no way he was talking to him. Anna had shut herself away from everyone, and wouldn't talk to anyone. Lewis was at least sensible and knew basically what was going on.
Lewis was a little surprised to see him. "What's up?" he asked, gesturing for Gabriel to come in.
Gabriel came inside, but stood leaning against the door. "If a girl offered to make you immortal, what would you do?"
Lewis seemed even more surprised. "Well, I guess it would depend on the girl. If she was really special and I liked her a lot, I guess I'd use that to base the decision on. Why?"
"Well, I...met a girl about a month go..."
"The black haired girl with the red eyes in Kait's picture? She's offered you immortality? Is she a vampire like that guy Anna was dating?"
Lewis was a lot more perceptive than he appeared to be. Gabriel found he was surprised. "Yeah. She wants me to be a vampire and join her. I have two hours to decide to join her or die."
"She sounds charming. What are you gonna tell her?"
"I don't know. Part of me is ready to die now," he admitted simply.
"What would Kaitlyn want you to do?" Lewis said carefully.
Gabriel sighed. "I guess she'd want me to move on and live happily." He sounded a little disgusted. "But that doesn't really appeal to me right now."
"So it's either be a vampire or die."
"What would you chose?"
"I don't know."
Gabriel sighed. "You're not being very helpful here. Well, have a nice life, I think I'm going to choose to die."
And then he left to find Nyx to sign his death warrant for him.
* * *
Part 13
When Kaitlyn opened the door to Gabriel's room there was another girl on Gabriel's bed. She was sitting there, long legs stretched out, posing seductively. Gabriel was standing by the bathroom door, as if he were trying to find a way to tell her something she wouldn't want to know.
The other girl on the bed looked at Kaitlyn in surprise. "You're dead," she said.
"Who the hell are you?" Kaitlyn demanded. Her gaze turned to Gabriel as she closed the door and stood there looking from one to the other.
He just stared at her, as if he'd seen a ghost. Well, she was a little more than that.
"Kaitlyn? You're dead," was all he could say.
"Undead actually," Kait said. She smiled at him, showing her new shiny white fangs. "I'm going to make you undead too, and then we'll be together forever."
At that the girl on the bed jumped to her feet, her movements predatory and graceful. Another vampire. "No you're not, I got there first, he's mine."
"Like hell!" Kaitlyn snapped. "I've known him for the past three years."
"And I've been fucking him for the past three weeks. So what? I said I was going to make him immortal first and I'm going to." The other girl had moved closer to Gabriel, her hands around his neck.
Kaitlyn stared at him. "What is she talking about?"
"Keeping secrets Gabriel?" the dark girl said.
They both looked at him. He looked uneasily from one to the other. Then he turned back to Kaitlyn. "You didn't seem the slightest bit interested in me, so I decided to have fun," he said finally.
"This isn't fun!" Kaitlyn snorted.
The other girl smiled. "Yes it is."
Kaitlyn looked hurt. "I am interested. I've always been interested. I was frightened by the drawings, because I didn't understand them, but I do now. They told me I was going to become a vampire, and I have. They also were warning me about *her.*" She threw a glare at the other girl. "I should have known."
The other girl was looking annoyed that Gabriel was trying to get closer to Kaitlyn. He seemed to have forgotten the other girl was there. She pulled him back, and he managed to yank free. He started to go to Kait, when the other girl grabbed him and pulled him back.
"You can't just abandon me!" she snapped. Her face had changed too now, revealing the inhuman monster she was underneath. "She's just as much of a monster as I am."
Gabriel glanced over at Kaitlyn again. Kaitlyn just shrugged. She wasn't going to deny it. She was looking forward to life as a vampire, she had to admit.
Kaitlyn smiled a little. "I guess there's only one way to settle this." She looked at Gabriel. She picked up the desk chair and broke off one of the wooden legs, one end sharp and splintered. She hoped that wood really did kill vampires. She handed him the makeshift stake. "Choose. Pick one of us, and kill the one you don't want."
* * *
Gabriel turned between Kaitlyn and Nyx, both were glaring, looking ready to tear each other's eyes out. There was no way he could kill either one of them, and no way he could choose between them. If he chose Kaitlyn over Nyx, Nyx would kill them both before anyone could do anything about it.
Oh shit, I'm in trouble now, he thought, finally deciding there was only one thing he could do. He called out to the mind web. ~Um, guys? Help! Now!~
* * *
Part 14
Nyx didn't wait for Gabriel to make his decision. She shoved him aside and lunged for Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn didn't back away from the attack, but threw herself at Nyx, grabbing hold of long hair and yanking back hard, Nyx shrieked in fury, and lashed out with her long nails, raking them across Kaitlyn's face. Kaitlyn yelled in pain and smashed a surprisingly hard fist into Nyx's face, shattering her perfect nose. Nyx kicked out with her heels, catching Kaitlyn between the legs, sending her staggering back, giving Nyx the upper hand. Nyx fell forward onto of Kaitlyn, grabbing Kait's hair, pulling her head back, ready to snap her neck, when someone yanked her back, and something sharp pierced her heart. Wood. She swivelled around, finding herself looking to eyes of blazing gold.
And then she saw nothing, and would never see anything again.
* * *
Kaitlyn blinked and saw Rob, Anna and Lewis, looking very surprised to see her. She pulled herself to her feet, and moved over to Gabriel, also staggering up.
"Are you okay?" she said softly. Her teeth had retracted, her face was back to normal.
"I don't know yet," Gabriel said with a weak smile. He looked rather shocked, which wasn't surprising.
Kait looked up at her friends. They looked back.
"Uh, Kait, you..." Lewis started, then stopped.
Kaitlyn smiled a little. "A vampire?" she ventured. She looked over at Anna. "It was that asshole of a boyfriend of yours, Sebastian. He saw the pictures and decided to make them come true."
"Jerk," Rob muttered. Then he looked at Kait. "You're...going to be okay as a vampire?"
Kait shrugged. "I guess I have no choice. I'll have to deal."
They followed her back to her room, where most of her belongings still were. No one had come and packed them up yet. Rowan was in the room, very surprised to see Kaitlyn alive.
"You're..."
"I know, dead," Kaitlyn finished. "It's kind of a long story."
"You had a problem with a vampire?" Rowan guessed.
"You know about vampires?" Rob asked.
Rowan smiled a little. "I am one. But I'm a nice vampire."
Kaitlyn explained what had happened to her, and Rowan told the real details of the Night World, and something called Circle Daybreak, an organisation for all the species, and those who wanted to help everyone get along. It sounded like a good idea, and Kaitlyn decided that it would be just the place for her. Rowan had called some friends, and made arrangements for them to come and meet Kait and her friends.
When they were alone, Kaitlyn said to Gabriel, "I can still bring you over if you like."
Gabriel thought for a minute, then shook his head. "I never really wanted Nyx to change me," he admitted. "The idea was enticing to begin with, then, after you died, it sort of lost its appeal completely. I was just going to let her kill me. But now...if you don't mind, I'd rather just stay human."
Kaitlyn smiled and held him close for a while.
* * *
Epilogue
Kaitlyn's things had been packed, and she was ready to go to meet the members of Circle Daybreak, she had said goodbye to her friends, and they were welcome to come and visit her anytime they liked. Rowan had told them they were all welcome there, but Kait had decided she wanted to go alone first and settle down before they came to visit her.
"There's one last drawing," Anna said. "The one of you killing Sebastian. What happened to that?"
Kaitlyn paused. "Will you guys excuse me for a second? There's something else I have to do.
* * *
Kaitlyn moved quickly through the halls. She had discovered the vampire telepathy thing. Rowan had told her some things about what vampires could and couldn't do, and she was learning fast. She had called to him, whining that Gabriel didn't want her and she needed someone to take care of her.
Sebastian, being the idiot he was, had readily agreed to meet her. She had told him she wanted to leave town, and he was to wait for her by the beach, and they would go away and explore the world together.
And the fool had believed her. When she arrived at the beach, there he was, with his car, all ready and waiting.
She smiled at him, the steak she had made concealed behind her back. He noticed she was hiding something instantly.
"What have you got there?" he said, eying her curiously.
Kaitlyn smiled teasingly. "You want to know? You sure?"
"What a tease you are." He grinned that idiotic, annoying grin. "Yes, I want to know., I'm sure."
Kaitlyn shrugged. "All right. You asked for it."
And with that. She drove the steak into the jerk's heart and watched him turn into leathery old bones before her eyes.
* * *
She made her way back to where the others were waiting for her.
"Where'd you go?" Lewis asked.
Kaitlyn smiled. "I just had to make sure that last drawing became reality because my drawings always, always come true."
The End.