18. What's the matter?
Sarah took a deep breath and breathed out. "You're right, Catherine, as usual! I'm sorry, Alicia, that I reacted like that. I'm really worried about Michelle." "Never mind, Sarah. I know!" Alicia replied with a sad, nearly desperately, face.
And Sarah could swear that she saw suppressed tears in Alicia's eyes. But she wasn't surprised, because she almost felt the same. And Michelle wasn't even her sister. But her best friend. She realized that in this moment. And the vampires knew that before and took this chance. They knew how to hurt her most. And this made her furious.
So the friends set off to the cemetery. They stopped in front of the mausoleum of the family Hatred. "A quite right name for such beasts..." Hannah said condescending. "It was just a thought." she apologized shrugging as Catherine, Alicia and Sarah looked at her confused. They held their breath and entered the mausoleum.
Determined, Sarah walked up to the grave of Henry. With only one movement she lifted the slab of the grave and swallowed. There was really a hole in the ground. She nodded to her friends, climbed inside the grave and jumped into hole. Her friends followed her example. When they all stood below the hole they walked along the only way.
"My Master, they arrived!" one of the vampires, which stood at the entrance of the cave, said. "Sarah, watch out!" Michelle yelled fearful. "Be quiet!" a vampire hissed at her, gave her a slap in the face and covered her mouth.
"What do you think how long the way will still take?" Hannah asked whispering just in this moment when Michelle screamed. "I..." Sarah, who walked at first, began. But suddenly she grew silent and stopped abrupt, so that Catherine, who walked directly behind her, had to take care not to run into Sarah.
They stood now right in the entrance of the cave. They all stared scared at the majority vampires. "Welcome, Slayer!" the head of the vampires greeted Sarah and nodded to them. Sarah winced and stared at him shortly. Then her speech came back again. She answered, "Well, you already know me? Why is it that nobody has introduced you to me? I think that's a little bit strange and impolite, don't you think so, too?" With every single word her self-confidence, that got lost at the sight of the many vampires, came back again.
"Oh, yes of course, how impolite of me! Well, I am Krakatau, the head of these vampires! Or let's say in another way, these vampires are my devoted servants and I am their Master!" "Ok. There we've introduced ourselves and know each other now we could go on! Well, I've heard you have someone, who belongs to me?" "Um, has this gotten around so fast like this?" Krakatau scoffed. Sarah didn't listen to it but just watched the head of the vampires awaited. "Well?" "You're pretty cheeky and impatient for a Slayer. Well, what should you expect even of a fifteen-year-old kid! Anyway, you're the youngest Slayer I've met. And believe me, I've seen many Slayers come and go." Sarah pressed the hands against her hips and meant angry, "I'm no kid any more!" "All right. Well, you guess that I have something of yours? What would you say if that's right?" Krakatau snapped his fingers.
The vampires, who have gathered around them, made a passage. A vampire, who pulled Michelle with him, stepped through it. Michelle had tried to free herself at the arrival of her friends. But she couldn't flee yet. Another vampire followed both, always ready to hold Michelle tight, if she would try to escape.
When Sarah and the other girls saw Michelle, they held their breath for a moment and watched her sympathetic. They noticed nearly relieved that she wasn't bitten yet.
"Michelle..." Sarah and Alicia whispered at the same time and could hardly resist the urge to run to Michelle. "Yes, the sweet little angel..." Krakatau meant scoffing. "She would make an excellent vampire, wouldn't she? What do you think?" And he laughed malicious.