Chapter 5
"You're a what!"
"Shh!" Gabriel clamped a hand over Michael's mouth. His grip was suprisingly strong and however much Michael squirmed, he couldn't get out of the steely hold.
Gabriel had told Michael all that he had been worried about. Michael's world seemed to be plummeting into the darkness of confusion. It didn't make any sense…how could David be back and, more worryingly, be ever stronger?
Michael swore at himself. 'Get a grip!' He thought through what had been said. David was back. David was recruiting more vampires to help him resurrect the lost boys. Gabriel was one of those recruits. Gabriel was a vampire from England. A different type of vampire than what David was.
"I'll let you go if you promise not to attract any attention. Promise?" Michael nodded and Gabriel let go. Michael breathed in deeply and turned to face Gabriel.
"Where is he?" Michael tried to keep his voice even and commanding, but somehow it still sounded shaky.
Gabriel smiled sweetly. "I can't tell you that."
"Why?"
"Treason." Gabriel said simply, "it would be an act of treason, which could lead to me being destroyed."
Michael sighed and shook the exhaustion from his eyes. "Then why did you tell me about him being alive, isn't that treason?"
Gabriel shook his head. "No, he told me to tell you."
Michael shook his head again; "This makes no sense."
Gabriel nodded, his mouth a straight dark line etched on his pale face. "It makes no sense to me either. I've told you everything I know. I don't know how David is going to resurrect his lost clan or what it has to do with mine." Gabriel bit his thumbnail, thinking hard.
Michael rubbed his eyes wearily, trying to soothe the ache. "I can't think right now. I need sleep." He looked at Gabriel sleepily.
Gabriel nodded, understanding the turmoil erupting in Michael's head.
With silent goodbyes, Michael turned and headed for his grandpa's house, a million different thoughts rushing through his head, each one more terrifying than the last…