Part 31
Li frowned as Scarlet drove them out of the high school parking lot. She wasn't going in the direction of her mansion. Li had been dreaming the change since she had been blackmailed into it that morning. If only she hadn't fooled around with Joab. He was different, gorgeous and deliciously weird and hadn't been all that hard to seduce...
Now she was stuck into this illegal chance. She had mentioned it to Adia who was supposed to do something about it. But if they weren't doing the change in Scarlet's mansion...Erica's house, maybe? Ah. Yes, they were pulling to a stop in front of an ordinary house in the ordinary-house area of town instead of the rich section. "Are you sure there's no other way?" Erica asked as Scarlet stopped the car.
Scarlet tapped her fingernails on the steering wheel. "Yes, there is no other way."
Erica nodded. "Fifteen minutes." She got out of the car and went into the house.
"What's going on?" Li asked.
Scarlet's lips curved into a smile. "You didn't think I'd actually trust you not to blab about this, do you?"
Lip opened her mouth indignantly, then shut it. She scowled, deciding Scarlet was probably right. "Where are we going then?"
Scarlet just smiled again. "You'll see."
Li stared at the house out the window. What was going on? Before long Erica came back with a suitcase in her hand, and a backpack in the other. "Joab'll blank Mom later," Erica said softly, there was a hint of sadness in her voice as well.
"Got your passport?" Scarlet asked.
Erica nodded. "You got the tickets?"
"Yep." Scarlet pulled away from the house and drove off.
Li didn't get it. Tickets and passports, what the hell were these idiots *thinking*? It became pretty obvious as they approached a motel just outside the airport.
Scarlet flirted shamelessly with the desk clerk and came back with a room key. "I don't believe this," Li muttered as Scarlet pushed her inside. "You don't think you'll actually get away with this do you?"
Scarlet laughed. "What'd you expect us to say?" she sneered. She looked at Erica. "Are you ready?"
Erica nodded and sat on the bed. "Just about."
Scarlet's burning gaze turned on Li. "Do it."
Li shrugged, shifted, and pounced.
* * *
Tatania paced around Scarlet's deserted dark room, checking her watch, then the digital clock. They should *be* here by now. Bitch vampire, idiot human, and traitor 'shifter. She should have just killed Scarlet the first day she had arrived instead of teaming up with some dumb Daybreakers who probably couldn't handle what she was going to do.
But the trio hadn't shown up yet. What was keeping them? Footsteps outside the door alerted her. Tatania smiled. She was going to have her moment. But it wasn't Scarlet, Erica or Li who opened the door.
The guy was tall and dark skinned with eyes like emeralds with a desperate tint to them. "Scarlet? We need to - " He glared at Tatania. "You're not Scarlet."
Tatania sneered. "You think?" She had seen this boy around, and driving up to the mansion when she'd first got there.
"Where is she?" The guy had grabbed her by the throat and lifted her up. He was walking carefully to the balcony. Tatania tried to kick him, but it had no effect. "Not here!" she choked out. "I've been waiting since your school finished, and she never showed up."
He was about to drop her over the balcony. He studied her for several minutes. ~I don't want to die~ Scarlet thought. She could kill, but not take it herself. Her eyes closed. She wondered if this was how her sister had felt moments before her death.
But he didn't throw her over. He threw her back into the bedroom instead.
"You're Tatania Patterson."
Tatania scrambled to her feet as she guy circled her. She fumbled for her stake. "Gee, I'm famous. Should I be flattered?"
"Not really, us knowing who you are won't do you any good."
Tatania's gaze focused on the vampire. One quick lunge should do it. Catch him off guard. They were never *that* good. "Really? Why's that?"
Distracted by the vampire in front of her, focusing her attention on him alone, she never knew one more was behind her until she realised something was wrong with her neck, and everything went black.
* * *
Li frowned as Scarlet drove them out of the high school parking lot. She wasn't going in the direction of her mansion. Li had been dreaming the change since she had been blackmailed into it that morning. If only she hadn't fooled around with Joab. He was different, gorgeous and deliciously weird and hadn't been all that hard to seduce...
Now she was stuck into this illegal chance. She had mentioned it to Adia who was supposed to do something about it. But if they weren't doing the change in Scarlet's mansion...Erica's house, maybe? Ah. Yes, they were pulling to a stop in front of an ordinary house in the ordinary-house area of town instead of the rich section. "Are you sure there's no other way?" Erica asked as Scarlet stopped the car.
Scarlet tapped her fingernails on the steering wheel. "Yes, there is no other way."
Erica nodded. "Fifteen minutes." She got out of the car and went into the house.
"What's going on?" Li asked.
Scarlet's lips curved into a smile. "You didn't think I'd actually trust you not to blab about this, do you?"
Lip opened her mouth indignantly, then shut it. She scowled, deciding Scarlet was probably right. "Where are we going then?"
Scarlet just smiled again. "You'll see."
Li stared at the house out the window. What was going on? Before long Erica came back with a suitcase in her hand, and a backpack in the other. "Joab'll blank Mom later," Erica said softly, there was a hint of sadness in her voice as well.
"Got your passport?" Scarlet asked.
Erica nodded. "You got the tickets?"
"Yep." Scarlet pulled away from the house and drove off.
Li didn't get it. Tickets and passports, what the hell were these idiots *thinking*? It became pretty obvious as they approached a motel just outside the airport.
Scarlet flirted shamelessly with the desk clerk and came back with a room key. "I don't believe this," Li muttered as Scarlet pushed her inside. "You don't think you'll actually get away with this do you?"
Scarlet laughed. "What'd you expect us to say?" she sneered. She looked at Erica. "Are you ready?"
Erica nodded and sat on the bed. "Just about."
Scarlet's burning gaze turned on Li. "Do it."
Li shrugged, shifted, and pounced.
* * *
Tatania paced around Scarlet's deserted dark room, checking her watch, then the digital clock. They should *be* here by now. Bitch vampire, idiot human, and traitor 'shifter. She should have just killed Scarlet the first day she had arrived instead of teaming up with some dumb Daybreakers who probably couldn't handle what she was going to do.
But the trio hadn't shown up yet. What was keeping them? Footsteps outside the door alerted her. Tatania smiled. She was going to have her moment. But it wasn't Scarlet, Erica or Li who opened the door.
The guy was tall and dark skinned with eyes like emeralds with a desperate tint to them. "Scarlet? We need to - " He glared at Tatania. "You're not Scarlet."
Tatania sneered. "You think?" She had seen this boy around, and driving up to the mansion when she'd first got there.
"Where is she?" The guy had grabbed her by the throat and lifted her up. He was walking carefully to the balcony. Tatania tried to kick him, but it had no effect. "Not here!" she choked out. "I've been waiting since your school finished, and she never showed up."
He was about to drop her over the balcony. He studied her for several minutes. ~I don't want to die~ Scarlet thought. She could kill, but not take it herself. Her eyes closed. She wondered if this was how her sister had felt moments before her death.
But he didn't throw her over. He threw her back into the bedroom instead.
"You're Tatania Patterson."
Tatania scrambled to her feet as she guy circled her. She fumbled for her stake. "Gee, I'm famous. Should I be flattered?"
"Not really, us knowing who you are won't do you any good."
Tatania's gaze focused on the vampire. One quick lunge should do it. Catch him off guard. They were never *that* good. "Really? Why's that?"
Distracted by the vampire in front of her, focusing her attention on him alone, she never knew one more was behind her until she realised something was wrong with her neck, and everything went black.
* * *