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"You did what you had to do," Shane said, trying to comfort me.
"I didn't need o do that though," I said as tears were starting to form in my eyes.
"Hey, man, you okay?"
"Yeah, let me take him outside," and I grabbed up the body and started to haul it out.
"Oh my God, what did you do?" Tori asked as she stopped in the doorway and saw the body in my hand and looked at Cam, who still had a little blood on his shirt.
"I killed the guy," I said slightly raising the body and my voice. "He tried to feed off Cam, and I killed him."
Tori, and now Blake and Hunter, were looking scared at me.
"Well, if you'll excuse me," I said, "I'll take him out. Never mind." I thought of outside, and I was there.
"I'm sorry, I just didn't want you to hurt my friend," I said to no one in particular.
"Don't worry about it," a voice said in my head, "What's done is done. Just forgive and forget."
The voice faded away before I had a chance to turn around, so I went back inside and into a corner.
Shane said something, but I didn't hear it.
"Something's up," I heard Shane say, "He would have responded to that."
I heard them come closer, and I felt a hand trying to pull me around. I turned and hissed at them.
They looked at me oddly and the guys left, but Tori stayed.
"Hey, are you all right?" she asked.
I didn't answer, but I think she knew what my problem was.
"They're looking for a cure."
I laughed scornfully. "The only cure is to stick a stake in me so I don't cause any more problems."
"We won't kill our friend," she said. "But Cam thinks that there's a non-leathal solution."
"And what's that?" I asked, "Letting me run loose? Tori, I have to kill to survive."
"I know, but there's this drought you could take to."
"Oh," I said, "Um, okay, I'm willing to try it."
"Good," she said.
"Yeah, now we all we got to do is wake Cam up."
"No need," Cam said groggily.
"He hurt you?" I asked.
"Not much. The last thing I remember was him biting my neck. Then I blacked out. The bite kind of stung. Was that with you?"
"Uh, yeah, but I fought," I said rubbing my neck where the scars were.
He seemed to show no emotion on his face. "Hmm."
"You said something about there being a antidote?"
"Yeah, follow me," he said as he went over to his computer. "The components will be hard to get, but I think we can do it."
"Yeah, I'll go get the things, what do you need?"
"We're going to need some of that volcanic spring water, ginseng, south-Pacific sea weed, and a bit of your blood."
"Well, that part's easy enough," I said, thrusting my wrist out, but Cam pushed it away.
"Your human blood, not the blood you have now."
"Oh, well, that's gonna' be a pretty hard to find."
"Tell me about it," he said dryly. "Hmm, then again, hold on." He thought for a moment. "I think I still have those vials from last year's epidemic." And he went into the back rooms.
He was in there for a while, until he reemerged carrying a rack of five test tubes, three filled with a crimson liquid, the other two empty.
"Okay, Shane, Tori, I'm going to need another blood sample from both of you. Shane, you first.
He took a syringe, he called it, out and attached a needle. Shane pulled up his sleeve and Cam cleaned a spot on the inside of his elbow and stuck the needle in. Shane cringed and Cam pulled out on the handle, drawing the dark scarlet liquid that dwelt within.
I watched anxiously as Cam squirted the blood into an empty vial. Then, he did the same to Tori.
"Okay, thanks, I'm going to compare blood types to find Dustin's. In the mean time, don't get into trouble," he said, the last part directed to me.
"Hey."
Shane interrupted, "Don't argue."
"But."
"C'mon, Tori and I'll go back to your house with you."
"Okay, but I just want you to know, I'm not an express train or anything."
"Yeah, we know," Tori said laughing and shaking her head. "Let's go."
"But I'm not tired," I said, "Sun's set. I'm gonna go to the track or something. Guys want to come?"
"Uh, yeah, sure," Shane said.
"Okay then, see ya' there," and I was gone.
"I didn't need o do that though," I said as tears were starting to form in my eyes.
"Hey, man, you okay?"
"Yeah, let me take him outside," and I grabbed up the body and started to haul it out.
"Oh my God, what did you do?" Tori asked as she stopped in the doorway and saw the body in my hand and looked at Cam, who still had a little blood on his shirt.
"I killed the guy," I said slightly raising the body and my voice. "He tried to feed off Cam, and I killed him."
Tori, and now Blake and Hunter, were looking scared at me.
"Well, if you'll excuse me," I said, "I'll take him out. Never mind." I thought of outside, and I was there.
"I'm sorry, I just didn't want you to hurt my friend," I said to no one in particular.
"Don't worry about it," a voice said in my head, "What's done is done. Just forgive and forget."
The voice faded away before I had a chance to turn around, so I went back inside and into a corner.
Shane said something, but I didn't hear it.
"Something's up," I heard Shane say, "He would have responded to that."
I heard them come closer, and I felt a hand trying to pull me around. I turned and hissed at them.
They looked at me oddly and the guys left, but Tori stayed.
"Hey, are you all right?" she asked.
I didn't answer, but I think she knew what my problem was.
"They're looking for a cure."
I laughed scornfully. "The only cure is to stick a stake in me so I don't cause any more problems."
"We won't kill our friend," she said. "But Cam thinks that there's a non-leathal solution."
"And what's that?" I asked, "Letting me run loose? Tori, I have to kill to survive."
"I know, but there's this drought you could take to."
"Oh," I said, "Um, okay, I'm willing to try it."
"Good," she said.
"Yeah, now we all we got to do is wake Cam up."
"No need," Cam said groggily.
"He hurt you?" I asked.
"Not much. The last thing I remember was him biting my neck. Then I blacked out. The bite kind of stung. Was that with you?"
"Uh, yeah, but I fought," I said rubbing my neck where the scars were.
He seemed to show no emotion on his face. "Hmm."
"You said something about there being a antidote?"
"Yeah, follow me," he said as he went over to his computer. "The components will be hard to get, but I think we can do it."
"Yeah, I'll go get the things, what do you need?"
"We're going to need some of that volcanic spring water, ginseng, south-Pacific sea weed, and a bit of your blood."
"Well, that part's easy enough," I said, thrusting my wrist out, but Cam pushed it away.
"Your human blood, not the blood you have now."
"Oh, well, that's gonna' be a pretty hard to find."
"Tell me about it," he said dryly. "Hmm, then again, hold on." He thought for a moment. "I think I still have those vials from last year's epidemic." And he went into the back rooms.
He was in there for a while, until he reemerged carrying a rack of five test tubes, three filled with a crimson liquid, the other two empty.
"Okay, Shane, Tori, I'm going to need another blood sample from both of you. Shane, you first.
He took a syringe, he called it, out and attached a needle. Shane pulled up his sleeve and Cam cleaned a spot on the inside of his elbow and stuck the needle in. Shane cringed and Cam pulled out on the handle, drawing the dark scarlet liquid that dwelt within.
I watched anxiously as Cam squirted the blood into an empty vial. Then, he did the same to Tori.
"Okay, thanks, I'm going to compare blood types to find Dustin's. In the mean time, don't get into trouble," he said, the last part directed to me.
"Hey."
Shane interrupted, "Don't argue."
"But."
"C'mon, Tori and I'll go back to your house with you."
"Okay, but I just want you to know, I'm not an express train or anything."
"Yeah, we know," Tori said laughing and shaking her head. "Let's go."
"But I'm not tired," I said, "Sun's set. I'm gonna go to the track or something. Guys want to come?"
"Uh, yeah, sure," Shane said.
"Okay then, see ya' there," and I was gone.