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Chapter Eight

A week had gone by and still Liz was nowhere to be found. The night after she disappeared, Ali found a note addressed to Liz on the front porch. She still held onto it, even though she knew Lizhad beenkidnapped or possibly…

Ali refused to think that, as did Chase and Bri. Carl, however, gave up on her after the third night of her absence. Everyone was in a horrible mood. All three of the Van Helsings were gone.

One night, Ali was walking back from the 'Wolf's den'. She had just talked to Rachel about Liz. Rachel had told her afterLiz left that was the last she heard of her. Another dead end. The cold streets of New York were empty, it being almost midnight.

"Hello Alison." came a familiar voice.

Ali whirled around to see Zach and Mike grinning at her. They both looked the same as they had before but Mike had a long scar on the right side of his face.

"Crap." Ali whispered and began running. The boys followed her and chased her into a dead end.

Ali turned to try and escape but Mike and Zach blocked her only way out.

"Now, let's see how she tastes. You first brother." Zach offered.

"My pleasure." Mike grinned getting less than a foot away from Ali. Suddenly, a dark figure was in front of Ali. The figure kicked Mike in the face and threw him into the wall. Bricks and debris fell everywhere as Zach charged at the dark figure.It dodged Zach and grabbed him by his shirt and flung him into the ground. The two vampires got up and looked at the figure. All they could see were their faming eyes. The two boys scrambled up and ran away in fear.

As sudden as they arrived, the figure vanished.

"Wait!" Ali shouted and looked up to see them jumping from roof top to roof top. Ali climbed up a fire escape and chased after it.

"Wait! Stop!" Ali shouted at them. The figure just kept running away from them. Ali then saw a vague image of them in the moon light. It was girl, no older than Ali. Her hair was dark and only went to her shoulders. She was in all black and had a duster over her nose so Ali couldn't see her face. She also had on a long black coat.

Ali decided to take a short cut. A while later, the figure jumped down into an alley way and looked up to see she had lost the girl. The figure took off their duster and put it in their coat pocket. Ali then crept out of the shadows and whirled the figure around so she could see their face.

"Liz?!?!?!" Ali asked shocked.

"Hello Ali." Liz said looking down.

"Where have you been?" Ali asked.

"Around."

"Dracula is searching for you. Are you insane? Staying away for a week!" Ali ranted.

"I had a good reason." Liz told her and then turned to leave. Ali grabbed her and pulled her back.

"Just where do you think you are going?"

"Away."

"You are coming with me." Ali told her.

"No, I'm not." Liz said yanking her wrist away from Ali.

"Yes you are."

"No. I can't."

"Yes you can! You walk to my house. You open the door and walk inside!" Ali told her.

"I can't Ali!! Don't you think I would if I could?? I can't go back with you!!!" Liz shouted at her and began walking away.

"What happened to you Liz?" Ali asked. Liz stopped, her back still to her. "Why are you acting this way?"

"Life happened Ali. I changed, more than you know." Liz told her flatly.

"Liz, I know you feel upset…"

"I don't feel upset, Ali. I feel angry, and I want to get even."

"This is not you Liz. What happened? You don't even look the same." Ali said. Liz finally turned to her.

"My hair was cut and it turned darker. I can't help that. Even I don't know how that happened. You are right, I'm not the me I used to be. I changed." Liz said and turned away.She began walking away.

Ali stepped in front of her.

"Move Ali."

"I'm not moving till you tell me what happened." Ali said.

"Alright, you asked for it." Liz said and walked over to the wall and leaned on it.

"Last week, when I was coming back from visiting with Rachel, I was attacked by Zack and Mike. They caught me by surprise and almost knocked me out. I can't remember much after that. It was all to fuzzy. The only thing I know is that I escaped, unharmed."

"So they hit you in the head, big deal!" Ali said.

"No Ali, it's worse than that. Mike…he…I…" Liz didn'tget to finish.

"Oh my God. He turned you. You're a vampire!!" Ali said walking backwards.

"NO!!! God, no. I would never let that happen. If it had, I would have killed myself already. Ali, I almost killed him." Liz told her.

"But that's good."

"It is, but I almost killed him, with my bare hands. No weapons, no stakes, no nothing. Just me and my blind rage. Ali, ever since my parents were taken, the wolf is coming out. It didn't much the last time, only at the very end. Now...I'm just afraid of it coming out."

"That's why you've been away so long. You're afraid of hurting someone you care about." Ali said sitting on the ground.

"Yes." Liz said and began to pace. "I hate this, I hate being afraid of myself, of what I might do."

Ali was silent, afraid to say the wrong thing. So she changed the subject.

"Where have you been staying?"

"Cemeteries, old abandoned houses. Just like Lestat."

"You're nicer than Lestat through." Ali said. Liz smiled slightly

"Thanks. Still doesn't make me feel much better." Liz looked up at the sky and turned to Ali. "I have to go." she said putting on her hat. To her surprise, Ali grabbed her shoulder.

"Liz, you are coming back to the house with me. You can control the werewolf. You are a Van Helsing after all." Ali said.

"Ali, I can't…"

"Liz, it's no use arguing. You know I'm to stubborn for my own good." Ali said. Liz sighed and smiled at Ali.

"Good to have you back Vampress." Liz said sounding a little happier.

"We missed you Angel. We can't have Dracula run off with you, now can we?" Ali said as the two began to walk to Ali's.

"Oh, and by the way, this touchy conversation, never happened. It would ruin my reputation." Ali told her.

"What conversation?" Liz asked smirking.

"That's my girl." Ali said.

They returned to the house sometime later. Ali opened the door and walked in.

"Hey guys, look who I found." Ali said. Everyone ran into the entry room. Liz walked through the door smiling. Bri screamed and hugged Liz. Carl's smiled grew from ear to ear. Chase ran forward to Liz as Bri came back from the hug. Chase put his hands on Liz's shoulders and drew her into him. Chase kissed her full on the lips. Carl hid his eyes and the two teen girls whooped and hollered. He pulled away and Liz was blinking with a dazed look on her face.

"Oh, wow." she said smiling.

"Romeo, we are barrowing Juliet for a moment." Bri said guiding her up the steps to her room, Ali following them. When they got in Ali's room, Liz fell back on the bed and smiled.

"Angel, this came for you." Ali said tossing her the letter. Liz ripped it open and read it.

"No way." Liz said shocked.

"What?" Bri asked.

"It's a ransom note." Liz said tossing it on the bed.

"From who?" Bri asked. Liz cocked an eyebrow at her. "Sorry, blond moment." Bri told her.

"What does he want you to do?" Ali asked.

"Meet him tomorrow night at the pier." Liz said.

"You gonna go?" Bri asked.

"Maybe. I'm not sure yet." Liz replied.

"What do you mean your not sure? He has your parents!" Bri said.

"I know. I just need a plan incase something goes wrong and soI can find out where Anna and Van Helsing are." Liz said. After a moment of thought, she sat up and smirked at Ali.

"What?" Ali asked.

"Do the words 'Captain Jack Sparrow' mean anything to you?" Liz told her.

"Alright, here's what we do." Ali said. The girls huddled together and discussed the plan. After they had heard it, Liz smiled evilly at Ali.

"That will do Vampress. That will do."

(A/N: I broke through my writers block!!! Alright, this chapter won't get me killed. I was going to have something bad happen, but I changed my mind. It will happen later, but it won't get me killed. See ya! Thanks and on to the next chapter!)