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'Damn it,' I thought, 'I'm too late.'
Then I heard a groan. I looked back down at Cam.
"Cam?" I asked. "Can you hear me?"
"Mnn?" he groaned, opening his eyes. "Yeah, I suppose, but that was the second time I've been attacked. If they don't stop coming, I'm going to make sure they don't." He got up and walked away from me.
"Cam, turn around," I told him; I couldn't tell by his eyes, but something wasn't right about him. "Now smile,"
He did so, revealing two rather pointed teeth.
"Whoa," I said in surprise.
"What?" he asked, turning back to me. "What is it?"
"Dude, do this," I said and I wiped the edges of my top teeth with my tongue.
"I don't know what good." he began and followed my lead, his dark eyes widening in fear. "Oh, geez. Well, yours are vampiric as well."
I bit my lip. Sure enough, he was right.
"So that's how I got here so fast, but I thought I was alive. How is this possible?"
"I'm not sure. Now what?"
Before I could answer, Tori and Shane went through the door.
"Dude, how'd you get here so fast?" Shane asked.
"Not sure, but I think it's because of my vamp powers."
"But, dude, you're alive."
"Yeah, I know, I feel alive, well, more than I did yesterday. Oh, you're gonna love this. Cam."
"Don't say it, Dustin," Cam said warningly.
"But, they need to know."
"I know, but now's not the time. Look."
Tori, Shane and I turned around and saw Blake and Hunter; Hunter was carrying a limp girl covered in bruises and small cuts.
"That son of a b**** tried to kill her again," Hunter said on the verge of raging. "D*** him. D*** him to f****** H***."
"Hunter, language," Blake warned, nodding down to the girl who was just waking up.
"Why do you say that?" she asked softly.
"Sara, we're sorry, we should have never let you go, had we known."
"Don't worry, I'm all right."
"We're going to need bandages and clean water. Cam, could you go get that for me?" Hunter asked, then turned and looked at Cam. "Cam? Are you all right?"
I looked over at him, and he was twitching with angst. "Dude, that's scary. You're twitching like mega bad."
"Yes, Dustin, I know. I'll be right back, Hunter," and he went to the back room.
When he got back, he had a bowl of water, a clean rag, and several bandages.
Hunter took them and thanked him; then turning to Sara, began to wash the cut that was below her bottom lip as Blake cleaned one on her arm then bandaged it. She winced slightly.
"Sorry," he said, loosening it.
"So, how did he find her again?" I asked.
"You know, you could just ask me," she said. Yep, she was almost exactly like Hunter.
"Okay, then," I corrected my self, "how did he find you?"
"Tracking device," she said as she pulled out a small smashed mechanical object.
"Dang," Shane said.
"Yeah," she replied, then turned to Hunter, "I have to go to him."
"NO," Hunter told her. "That would be insane. Didn't you see what he did to us?"
"Yes," she said, "but he could help me."
"In exchange for something," Blake said. "He's only a lying, evil lunatic."
"But."
"No," Blake and Hunter said.
"He's no good; you should know that," Blake added.
"We're not allowing that," Hunter said.
"Oh, great," Sara said. Now, instead of brothers, I have two fathers. Look, I know how to take care of myself. I've been doing it for practically all my life. Since, well, you know. I learned from your mistakes."
"Sara, don't be stupid," Blake said.
"Can't you trust me?"
"Yeah," Hunter said, "It's just."
"Look, I'm going to do it whether you like it or not, so it's pointless to argue."
"And we're saying you're not," Blake said rather harshly.
"Oh, yeah?" she said, "You can't stop me," and she disappeared.
Hunter gave out a small cry of frustration. "I wish our parents had never taught her that!"
"Dude," Blake said, "Settle down."
"C'mon, let's get her before she does anything stupid," and they left.
"Hey, Dustin," Shane said, "remind you of anyone?"
"Um, no, why?"
"No reason," he said.
"Wait a minute," I said, "You're talking about..Hey!!"
"Shane, be nice," Tori said. "Cam, are you going to be okay?"
"Oh, sure he is," I said, "He only."
'Don't say it,' I heard him say in my head.
"Anyway," Shane said, dismissing the Cam thing. "I noticed you lookin' at her."
"Yeah, so?"
"You like her."
"No, well, even if I do, I'll have to get to know her before I can trust her."
"Oh, still stuck on that whole Marah thing?"
"Yeah, I still can't believe I let her play me like that."
"Sara seemed nice enough," Tori said.
"Yeah, sure."
"She seemed a lot like Dustin," Shane said.
"Okay, dude, not cool," I said.
'Damn it,' I thought, 'I'm too late.'
Then I heard a groan. I looked back down at Cam.
"Cam?" I asked. "Can you hear me?"
"Mnn?" he groaned, opening his eyes. "Yeah, I suppose, but that was the second time I've been attacked. If they don't stop coming, I'm going to make sure they don't." He got up and walked away from me.
"Cam, turn around," I told him; I couldn't tell by his eyes, but something wasn't right about him. "Now smile,"
He did so, revealing two rather pointed teeth.
"Whoa," I said in surprise.
"What?" he asked, turning back to me. "What is it?"
"Dude, do this," I said and I wiped the edges of my top teeth with my tongue.
"I don't know what good." he began and followed my lead, his dark eyes widening in fear. "Oh, geez. Well, yours are vampiric as well."
I bit my lip. Sure enough, he was right.
"So that's how I got here so fast, but I thought I was alive. How is this possible?"
"I'm not sure. Now what?"
Before I could answer, Tori and Shane went through the door.
"Dude, how'd you get here so fast?" Shane asked.
"Not sure, but I think it's because of my vamp powers."
"But, dude, you're alive."
"Yeah, I know, I feel alive, well, more than I did yesterday. Oh, you're gonna love this. Cam."
"Don't say it, Dustin," Cam said warningly.
"But, they need to know."
"I know, but now's not the time. Look."
Tori, Shane and I turned around and saw Blake and Hunter; Hunter was carrying a limp girl covered in bruises and small cuts.
"That son of a b**** tried to kill her again," Hunter said on the verge of raging. "D*** him. D*** him to f****** H***."
"Hunter, language," Blake warned, nodding down to the girl who was just waking up.
"Why do you say that?" she asked softly.
"Sara, we're sorry, we should have never let you go, had we known."
"Don't worry, I'm all right."
"We're going to need bandages and clean water. Cam, could you go get that for me?" Hunter asked, then turned and looked at Cam. "Cam? Are you all right?"
I looked over at him, and he was twitching with angst. "Dude, that's scary. You're twitching like mega bad."
"Yes, Dustin, I know. I'll be right back, Hunter," and he went to the back room.
When he got back, he had a bowl of water, a clean rag, and several bandages.
Hunter took them and thanked him; then turning to Sara, began to wash the cut that was below her bottom lip as Blake cleaned one on her arm then bandaged it. She winced slightly.
"Sorry," he said, loosening it.
"So, how did he find her again?" I asked.
"You know, you could just ask me," she said. Yep, she was almost exactly like Hunter.
"Okay, then," I corrected my self, "how did he find you?"
"Tracking device," she said as she pulled out a small smashed mechanical object.
"Dang," Shane said.
"Yeah," she replied, then turned to Hunter, "I have to go to him."
"NO," Hunter told her. "That would be insane. Didn't you see what he did to us?"
"Yes," she said, "but he could help me."
"In exchange for something," Blake said. "He's only a lying, evil lunatic."
"But."
"No," Blake and Hunter said.
"He's no good; you should know that," Blake added.
"We're not allowing that," Hunter said.
"Oh, great," Sara said. Now, instead of brothers, I have two fathers. Look, I know how to take care of myself. I've been doing it for practically all my life. Since, well, you know. I learned from your mistakes."
"Sara, don't be stupid," Blake said.
"Can't you trust me?"
"Yeah," Hunter said, "It's just."
"Look, I'm going to do it whether you like it or not, so it's pointless to argue."
"And we're saying you're not," Blake said rather harshly.
"Oh, yeah?" she said, "You can't stop me," and she disappeared.
Hunter gave out a small cry of frustration. "I wish our parents had never taught her that!"
"Dude," Blake said, "Settle down."
"C'mon, let's get her before she does anything stupid," and they left.
"Hey, Dustin," Shane said, "remind you of anyone?"
"Um, no, why?"
"No reason," he said.
"Wait a minute," I said, "You're talking about..Hey!!"
"Shane, be nice," Tori said. "Cam, are you going to be okay?"
"Oh, sure he is," I said, "He only."
'Don't say it,' I heard him say in my head.
"Anyway," Shane said, dismissing the Cam thing. "I noticed you lookin' at her."
"Yeah, so?"
"You like her."
"No, well, even if I do, I'll have to get to know her before I can trust her."
"Oh, still stuck on that whole Marah thing?"
"Yeah, I still can't believe I let her play me like that."
"Sara seemed nice enough," Tori said.
"Yeah, sure."
"She seemed a lot like Dustin," Shane said.
"Okay, dude, not cool," I said.