Garan left Crystal's side and got up in Nolan's face. "Why did you make me into this creature and leave me knowing nothing! Did you even care about all the pain and suffering I've been through? Do you know what a lonely existence I've had?"
Nolan smiled coyly. "You had to learn your own mistakes my childe. Not all beings take the Dark Gift as well as we. Some go absolutely mad, some become silent and withdrawn when they were outgoing, happy mortals. Paul was not meant to be one of us. Such irony it is that I sired the one who in turn sired one of my enemies. I should have stayed with you my beautiful one, but my situation did not allow me to. There is nothing that can be said about what I've done to you, but such is the way of fate."
Crystal stepped in front of Garan. "Stop it." she snapped. "There is nothing either of you can do to change what has happened, and you're together now right? Please, just stop arguing." Garan just looked down at the ground with a doleful expression on his face, like a little child that was reprimanded. At that moment, Danielle came ambling up to them looking a bit disheveled. "Danielle! What happened?" Marc cried as he ran up to her. "I'm fine, just had a run-in with Paulie boy." she replied. "Thank god Crystal is alright."
Nolan turned to Danielle and gave her a serious look. "Paul didn't follow you back here did he?" he asked. "I'm not sur..." she began to say before she cut her words off to see what everyone was looking at behind her.
Danielle whipped around to meet Paul face to face. His grey eyes were gleaming fiercely as he stared at her. He threw her sword down to the ground. It made a loud clanging against the cement in the silence. Paul sneered. "I believe you forgot something." he hissed in Danielle's face as he grabbed her by the throat and lifted her up. She struggled to pull his hands from her neck to no avail.
"Let her go!" Marc commanded.
Paul laughed, "Any of you approach me and she is dead!" Danielle managed to choke out Marc's name. Marc gave a sideways glance over to Nolan, who shook his head no. Paul, let her go. You are greatly outnumbered here. Nolan told him. Paul glanced around warily at Garan, Crystal and Nolan on his right, and Marc and Gerard to his left. "I'm not afraid of any of you." he scoffed. "Especially not my little brother." Garan clenched his fists upon hearing this. "Don't make us kill you Baldric." he snarled. Paul started laughing even harder. "You wanna try me!" Garan yelled. Paul looked at him and threw Danielle right into Marc, knocking him to the ground. Danielle lay on top of him, unmoving. "Go for it, little brother." he taunted. Garan lunged at him with pure hatred emanating from his very being. "I'll kill you myself!" Paul dodged him and jumped onto the roof of Gerard's Mustang. "Aww, too slow." he mocked.
Meanwhile, Alex was on his way to the mall at top speed. I have a bad feeling about this. he thought to himself. "What is Paul thinking, going up against six vampires by himself?" he said aloud with a sigh.
Paul pulled a dagger-like knife from an internal pocket in his black trench. He ran up to Garan with unnatural speed and plunged the knife deep into his left thigh. "No!" Crystal cried as Garan fell backwards, howling in pain, clutching his knee to his chest. She immediately ran to his side and gently pulled the knife out of his leg, which had already begun to heal. Garan stood up and held her close. Paul laughed again. "You are such a baby Garan, always have been." He reached under his trenchcoat to unsheath his sword, and pointed it at Garan. "Now I will put you out of your misery!"
Nolan stepped forward. "Paul, stop right there. You kill him, and we will kill you." Gerard stepped up as well. Danielle lifted her head, still a bit shaky, while Marc helped her to her feet. They all stopped and stared past Garan and Crystal. "Wha..?" Garan said as he turned around to see Megan and Rob strolling toward them, arm in arm, with Wendell trailing behind them. All were wearing dark sunglasses; Rob was wearing his black trenchcoat and blue jeans with black sneakers. Megan wore black bondage pants with black Skechers and her tight white baby doll t-shirt that said 'I love tattooed dumb guys'. Wendell was wearing black UFO pants with an anime character t-shirt. "What are you guys doing? Get out of here now!" Crystal yelled to them. They just grinned and slowly removed their sunglasses.
"Holy shit!" Garan cried, horrified by what he saw.
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