Disclaimer: The Night World is the property of L.J. Smith as are any of the
characters you recognise like Thierry, Hannah, Lupe etc.
Spoilers: All of the Night World books and my story Bound by Flame.
Author's notes: Thank you so much to Mandy and redaura for reviewing the first part, I'm glad you guys liked it and yes Diablo is a jerk and is unfortunately determined to stay that way despite endless pleading and bribery on my part.
I also want to thank everyone who reviewed the last part of Bound by Flame and who I didn't get to thank at the time so to Carrie, werepanther, Carina, Jackie W, Queen Kat, Minty_Fresh, Night Angel, Cary Hazel and Orange, thanks guys.
Part 2.
"So what do you guys think?" Diablo asked the others as they sat around a table at lunchtime.
"Seems like an easy mark," Charlotte replied, "No Daybreak protection, all her friends are human, she doesn't seem to be expecting anything. Like I said an easy mark."
"Exactly," Diablo said, "she's an easy mark, simple even so why did they send us? Any vampire on the street could do it so why send a Dark Ninja team and why have us enrol in the school when we could have this over in a day? There's something we don't know about, something they haven't told us and I want to know what the hell it is before we do anything."
"Agreed," Cassian said, "there's something about this one that doesn't feel quite right."
"Jesus," Charlotte muttered, "I feel like I'm talking to a couple of old crones; this doesn't feel right, this gives me a bad feeling, if you start talking spell ingredients I'm out of here."
Cassian grinned, "I know but intuition isn't just a witch thing. It's something you gain with age and experience."
"I'm the same age as you guys," Charlotte snapped.
"Yes but we've been vampires longer. Look it's not even intuition, even you can tell this is suspicious; it's too easy," Diablo told her. "Why would a mark like this warrant sending out 3 of us, there's something we don't know. Maybe we're being paranoid, maybe it's nothing but I'd rather be paranoid and take a few more days to do the job that be over eager and not see those days."
Charlotte glanced at Cassian, "You told me a lot about him but you never said he was a philosopher."
"That's not philosophy," Diablo said, "That's common sense and a desire to stay alive."
Aniela sat beside Wenona at their usual table.
"Is it just me?" she asked, "Or is their something weird about those new kids?"
"How so?" Wenona asked her.
"I don't know; there's just something not right about them. Maybe it's just me, maybe it's nothing; they're just unusual."
"You don't even know them," Wenona said softly unwilling to admit that she too had felt a wrongness about them, but then Aniela could just be picking up on the fact they were vampires. Humans could do that sometimes; pick up on the differentness of Night Worlders.
"You're right of course," Aniela said, "I shouldn't judge them on appearances alone but it's hard not to when they're all you've got to go on."
"Hey," a warm, bright voice broke in from behind them, "how're my two best girls?"
Wenona smiled at the short, cute guy who stood behind them and who would be very mad if he knew she thought of him as cute seeing as he was trying to cultivate a hard image for himself. Aniela rolled her eyes at him and grinned.
"I know what gives us that distinction," she said, "We're the only girls who talk to you."
"That's not true," Alex replied with a lopsided smile, "my mom talks to me and my little sister."
"I stand corrected," Aniela said returning the smile.
He ran a hand through his dark red hair as he sat down in front of the girls and cast a glance in the direction of the new kids.
"So," he asked, "what do we think of the new kids?"
"Funny you should ask that, we were just talking about them," Aniela told him.
"Really girly talk or conspiracy theories?" he asked.
"Conspiracy theories," Aniela replied.
"Oh," he said then lowering the pitch of his voice to a deep bass, "we are now entering the twilight zone. So what have we come up with so far?"
"That they're strange," Wenona told him.
"Wow, they're strange. What great imaginations you have," Alex said his voice laden with sarcasm.
"Well what do you think?" Aniela asked.
"Personally I think they're body snatching aliens from the planet Zarlak."
"Really cause I thought they might be from Mars," Aniela replied.
"You can't do that Aniela," Alex said with mock horror, "you can't just make up planets like that. Mars, where'd did you come up with a name like that?"
"You know that would be funny if I wasn't half afraid that you're serious," Aniela retorted.
Wenona grinned, "You guys never stop do you?"
"Never, I run on Energiser batteries, I just go on and on and on," Alex replied, "How about you Aniela? What's your fuel of preference?"
"Sugar," Aniela responded, "it's the all natural energy provider."
"Speaking of energy providers," Wenona said, "Are we still on for this evening? You were going to help me with Organic chemistry so I can know my octane from my methane."
"Sure, we're meeting outside at 4 right?" Aniela replied.
"Uh-huh, I have Mr. Martin last so I might be a bit late."
"That's okay," Aniela told her with a grin.
As the girls finished making their plans Alex left out a loud sniffle.
"What's wrong with you?" Aniela demanded.
"You're making plans without me," he kidded with a large pout.
"Well you can come if you want and study chemistry with us."
"Hell no," he exclaimed, "I didn't take that class for a reason and I'm not about to subject myself to that kind of cerebral torture without need."
"You see," Aniela said," We were only thinking of your well being."
"Yeah," Wenona agreed, "we don't want you stressing that poor, small brain of yours."
"I wish you wouldn't insult my brain like that," Alex told her, "he's very sensitive."
"I think that's what I said," Wenona said with a wide smile.
"Man," Alex groaned, "with friends like these."
The bell rang before either girl had time to think of a retort.
"And on that note I bid you both adieu," Alex said with his trademark lopsided smile. "I'll see you in English."
"See ya," Aniela replied.
"We'll save you a seat," Wenona told him.
"Thanks, preferably one with a view but failing that one I can sleep in undetected would be nice."
"We'll do our best," Wenona laughed.
"Well I'm off to see if it really is possible to blow up the science lab in Physics, here's hoping."
"Try not to blow yourself up with it," Aniela called, "see you in English."
"Guess we'd better go too," Wenona suggested.
"I guess, you know we never did work out what the deal with those new kids was, well unless they really are body snatching aliens from the planet Zarlak."
"It could be," Wenona replied with a slow smile, "anything's possible."
Aniela grinned at her, "Except Alex actually managing to blow up the science lab."
"Except that of course," Wenona agreed.
Spoilers: All of the Night World books and my story Bound by Flame.
Author's notes: Thank you so much to Mandy and redaura for reviewing the first part, I'm glad you guys liked it and yes Diablo is a jerk and is unfortunately determined to stay that way despite endless pleading and bribery on my part.
I also want to thank everyone who reviewed the last part of Bound by Flame and who I didn't get to thank at the time so to Carrie, werepanther, Carina, Jackie W, Queen Kat, Minty_Fresh, Night Angel, Cary Hazel and Orange, thanks guys.
Part 2.
"So what do you guys think?" Diablo asked the others as they sat around a table at lunchtime.
"Seems like an easy mark," Charlotte replied, "No Daybreak protection, all her friends are human, she doesn't seem to be expecting anything. Like I said an easy mark."
"Exactly," Diablo said, "she's an easy mark, simple even so why did they send us? Any vampire on the street could do it so why send a Dark Ninja team and why have us enrol in the school when we could have this over in a day? There's something we don't know about, something they haven't told us and I want to know what the hell it is before we do anything."
"Agreed," Cassian said, "there's something about this one that doesn't feel quite right."
"Jesus," Charlotte muttered, "I feel like I'm talking to a couple of old crones; this doesn't feel right, this gives me a bad feeling, if you start talking spell ingredients I'm out of here."
Cassian grinned, "I know but intuition isn't just a witch thing. It's something you gain with age and experience."
"I'm the same age as you guys," Charlotte snapped.
"Yes but we've been vampires longer. Look it's not even intuition, even you can tell this is suspicious; it's too easy," Diablo told her. "Why would a mark like this warrant sending out 3 of us, there's something we don't know. Maybe we're being paranoid, maybe it's nothing but I'd rather be paranoid and take a few more days to do the job that be over eager and not see those days."
Charlotte glanced at Cassian, "You told me a lot about him but you never said he was a philosopher."
"That's not philosophy," Diablo said, "That's common sense and a desire to stay alive."
Aniela sat beside Wenona at their usual table.
"Is it just me?" she asked, "Or is their something weird about those new kids?"
"How so?" Wenona asked her.
"I don't know; there's just something not right about them. Maybe it's just me, maybe it's nothing; they're just unusual."
"You don't even know them," Wenona said softly unwilling to admit that she too had felt a wrongness about them, but then Aniela could just be picking up on the fact they were vampires. Humans could do that sometimes; pick up on the differentness of Night Worlders.
"You're right of course," Aniela said, "I shouldn't judge them on appearances alone but it's hard not to when they're all you've got to go on."
"Hey," a warm, bright voice broke in from behind them, "how're my two best girls?"
Wenona smiled at the short, cute guy who stood behind them and who would be very mad if he knew she thought of him as cute seeing as he was trying to cultivate a hard image for himself. Aniela rolled her eyes at him and grinned.
"I know what gives us that distinction," she said, "We're the only girls who talk to you."
"That's not true," Alex replied with a lopsided smile, "my mom talks to me and my little sister."
"I stand corrected," Aniela said returning the smile.
He ran a hand through his dark red hair as he sat down in front of the girls and cast a glance in the direction of the new kids.
"So," he asked, "what do we think of the new kids?"
"Funny you should ask that, we were just talking about them," Aniela told him.
"Really girly talk or conspiracy theories?" he asked.
"Conspiracy theories," Aniela replied.
"Oh," he said then lowering the pitch of his voice to a deep bass, "we are now entering the twilight zone. So what have we come up with so far?"
"That they're strange," Wenona told him.
"Wow, they're strange. What great imaginations you have," Alex said his voice laden with sarcasm.
"Well what do you think?" Aniela asked.
"Personally I think they're body snatching aliens from the planet Zarlak."
"Really cause I thought they might be from Mars," Aniela replied.
"You can't do that Aniela," Alex said with mock horror, "you can't just make up planets like that. Mars, where'd did you come up with a name like that?"
"You know that would be funny if I wasn't half afraid that you're serious," Aniela retorted.
Wenona grinned, "You guys never stop do you?"
"Never, I run on Energiser batteries, I just go on and on and on," Alex replied, "How about you Aniela? What's your fuel of preference?"
"Sugar," Aniela responded, "it's the all natural energy provider."
"Speaking of energy providers," Wenona said, "Are we still on for this evening? You were going to help me with Organic chemistry so I can know my octane from my methane."
"Sure, we're meeting outside at 4 right?" Aniela replied.
"Uh-huh, I have Mr. Martin last so I might be a bit late."
"That's okay," Aniela told her with a grin.
As the girls finished making their plans Alex left out a loud sniffle.
"What's wrong with you?" Aniela demanded.
"You're making plans without me," he kidded with a large pout.
"Well you can come if you want and study chemistry with us."
"Hell no," he exclaimed, "I didn't take that class for a reason and I'm not about to subject myself to that kind of cerebral torture without need."
"You see," Aniela said," We were only thinking of your well being."
"Yeah," Wenona agreed, "we don't want you stressing that poor, small brain of yours."
"I wish you wouldn't insult my brain like that," Alex told her, "he's very sensitive."
"I think that's what I said," Wenona said with a wide smile.
"Man," Alex groaned, "with friends like these."
The bell rang before either girl had time to think of a retort.
"And on that note I bid you both adieu," Alex said with his trademark lopsided smile. "I'll see you in English."
"See ya," Aniela replied.
"We'll save you a seat," Wenona told him.
"Thanks, preferably one with a view but failing that one I can sleep in undetected would be nice."
"We'll do our best," Wenona laughed.
"Well I'm off to see if it really is possible to blow up the science lab in Physics, here's hoping."
"Try not to blow yourself up with it," Aniela called, "see you in English."
"Guess we'd better go too," Wenona suggested.
"I guess, you know we never did work out what the deal with those new kids was, well unless they really are body snatching aliens from the planet Zarlak."
"It could be," Wenona replied with a slow smile, "anything's possible."
Aniela grinned at her, "Except Alex actually managing to blow up the science lab."
"Except that of course," Wenona agreed.