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Chapter Six: When Playing with Fire

I sighed as I dropped my bag onto the floor and flung myself onto the bed. After I had told the library staff about the girl in the Video Room - I had said that 'I heard a noise coming from inside the Video Room and went to investigate. I then saw the unconscious girl on the floor and came down for help.' - they had - the librarians - rushed upstairs and called the ambulance. Since there had been no marks on the girl - the fang marks were gone - and because when the girl was brought back to the conscious world, she said that she couldn't remember anything and that she felt very dizzy, the E.M.T blamed malnutrition. The girl

admitted that she was on some 'wonder diet' - as put by the source she found out about it by -, which worked out perfectly.

I couldn't figure out what to do about Set. I mean, he's a vampire and could do some serious harm to my family - but if he did, he would be a dead vampire soon enough. Wait - or was he already dead? As in the undead - I was going to have to figure that out. I almost picked up the phone and called Father Dom, but decided against it - I didn't want anyone overhearing my conversation with Father Dom. I know that I've had some pretty weird conversations with Father Dom when my family was in the house, unsuspecting of what we were really talking about, but not only would my family send me to Bellevue if they heard me talking about Set being a vampire to Father Dom - but also I didn't know the full extent to Set's vampiric powers - come on: I've seen some of the movies; read Dracula (ninth grade literary class). Vampires almost always have inhuman powers: super-hearing; incredible speed (which Set had already proved correct); shape-shifting -, he might be able to hear me, and Father Dom, from wherever he's reclining in the house - I didn't want him hearing me talk to Father Dom. I mean, what if he found out that I can see ghosts? What if he found out that Father Dom was -

Wait. Why was Set here - I mean, I've already stated my thoughts about his and Sleepy's "friendship" -? Did it have anything to do with me being a mediator? Oh god, it made perfect sense: the whole killing off mediators thing - was it the vampires doing it? Shit, how many vampires were there? I was seriously considering biking down to Father Dom's - at that moment I didn't really care what the sisters would think of it - and telling him what I had learned, when the phone hang.

"Suze," called Andy from downstairs, "it's for you." I frowned wondering who would be phoning at nine o'clock on a Friday night for me. I mean, both Cee Cee and Adam had gone off to different parts of North America - I say North America, because although Adam had gone to his grandparents in Virginia, Cee Cee had gone down to Calgary to visit her cousins and grandparents - for the holidays and I couldn't think of anyone else noteworthy who would be calling me - Kelly Prescott hardly fell onto the list of people I consider noteworthy.

"Hello?" I said into the phone.

"Hi, Suze," said a male voice I did not recognize.

"Who is this?" I asked, suddenly a bit cautious. I mean, I have a right: not only have I found out that my life may be in danger from some "mediator-killer", but also - in the same day, I might mention - I found out that the people who are killing off mediators may most likely be vampires.

"Paul - Paul Slater. I presume you remember me," he said in a voice that was quite the opposite of what someone who was involved in the conspiracy to exorcise my boyfriend and then tried to trap me in the same spiritplane where my boyfriend reclined. No, of course I didn't remember him - it's not like he was conspiring with anyone who tried to do me bodily harm. No, they had: threatened me, threw me off a roof and tried to do me bodily harm - what a jerk.

"I guess you've already met Set," said Paul, just as I was about to hang up on him.

"What about him?" I asked wondering how much Paul knew about Set Fluttaz.

"He's dangerous and he has nothing against you getting hurt. But I know exactly what Set wants and I will tell you if you agree to what I want," said Paul. Before I could ask what it was he wanted he said, "Another chance."

I stared at the phone in utter disbelief - I had a pretty good guess about what Paul was talking about and I did not like it. I wondered what Jesse would do if he found out that Paul had been hitting on me. I finally said, "Paul, I would rather go out with a psychotic-axe-murderer than with you," I said when I could finally get my voice back.

"When playing with fire, you're going to get burned," I heard Paul say just as I was hanging up the phone - this time, though, I didn't stop.

Note: The reason I had Paul like that towards Suze is because I believe he likes her. I mean, why else would he want to send Jesse to the shadowland-place? Because Jesse was unnecessary competition - that's why. Oh, and chapter seven will be up soon. Please review.