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CH. 7 What are you doing here?
Tru sat up in bed. She sighed and got up to see if Faith was still asleep on the couch. She was, so she went in her room to call Davis.
When he answered, she told him about the rewind and described the marks on the victims. She got dressed while they were talking.
Faith was awake in the living room. She heard her sister saying something she didn't understand about a rewind, and then describing something that she understood very well.
"Fucking vampires." She muttered under her breath. She heard Tru coming a few minutes later, and decided to pretend to still be asleep.
Tru shook Faiths shoulder. "Faith, wake up."
Faith opened her eyes and looked up at her twin. "What is it?"
"I'm really sorry about this; but I have to go to work."
"That's okay." Faith replied. She was worried about her sister though. She had no idea about vampires. She guessed she'd just have to follow her covertly.
"You want to hang out with Harry?" Asked Tru, "I caould probably catch him before he leaves."
Faith shook her head. "Nah, I think I'll just catch up on some rest, maybe go out and explore a little."
"Okay. I'm gonna head out. I'll see you later." She paused by the door and reached into her pocket. "Here's my extra key." She tossed it to Faith. "Try to stay out of trouble." She teased.
Faith stuck her tongue out and Tru laughed as she went out the door.
Faith decided to hang out at Trus' for a little while. Her sister wouldn't be in any danger until sunset. She'd just go and try to find out what Tru was doing. Hopefully she could do it covertly enough.
She took a shower and grabbed some breakfast before she decided to head out. She walked instead of taking her motorcycle, because Tru would recognise it in an instant. She wanted to protect her sister without the girl finding out anything.
She wondered what Tru had been talking about however, when she had said rewind. Maybe her sister had a secret too?
Tru got to work and began recounting what she remembered about the case to Davis. She told him about the bodies having been exsanguinated and the youngest child dissapearing.
"That's some heavy stuff." Davis said, leaing against his desk. "What do you think, a cult?"
"Maybe. Maybe some crazy people who've seen one too many vampire movies?"
Davis shrugged. "Whatever it is, we need to stop it. You remember the address on this place?"
"Yeah, it's across town. I was thinking we could sit outside and call the cops when these people show up."
"You remember what time this all happened?"
"Yeah, the report said that the nieghbors heard screaming at about eight thirty."
"So we've got some time before we have to get over there."
Tru nodded. "I was just thinking about looking up these kinds of deaths and seeing if there was any pattern involved. I there have been any near this area recently."
Davis nodded and they got to work.
Faith walked into the hospital and down to the morgue. She could hear her sister and Davis talking. She caught the end of their conversation and sighed in relief. Her sister wasn't planning on going in and trying to help these people. She sighed again, in resignation. "No, that's my job."
She went outside and decided to go back to Trus' for awhile. Nothing was happening until later anyway. She'd go back.
Trus' eyes were stinging from being on the computer for so long. She rubbed at them, and began looking again. There were countless accounts of exsanguination type deaths from every state in the US, and beyond. But there was no set pattern for any of it.
Davis was equally frustrated. "Tru, let's just give this up. There's too many."
Tru looked up at the clock and was surprised to see it was a quarter to seven. "Okay, let's go get something to eat, and then check out the place."
Daivs nodded. "Let's go."
Faith watched her sister and Davis get into Trus' Jeep. She'd brought her bike this time, so she could keep up. She'd just have to stay back and hope they didn't notice her.
She followed them to a restaurant and waited out of sight until they came out. She followed the Jeep, trying to stay about a block behind.
Tru was busy driving, or she would have noticed the black motorcycle that made every turn she did. As it were, she was trying to figure out how the family had been exsanguinated so quickly. The police had seen no one except for the victims when they had gone in. The door hadn't been forced, so the family must have known their attackers.
She parked across the street from the building, and telling Davis what she was up to, ran across the street to see what apartment the family lived in.
Faith watched her sister run across the street to the building and look at the directory. Tru then went back to her car and got in. She got off of her motorcycle and went around to the back of the building. Making sure there was no one around, she quickly climbed the fire escapes and got on the roof.
It was by then almost eight O'clock. Tru figured the assailents had to have come around eight or so. She sat nervously with her cell phone in hand, waiting.
Faith crouched low on the roof and made a sweep. She extended her senses around the building and came up empty.
"Good they're not inside yet." She sighed with relief.
About ten minutes later her spine tingled. They were coming. She did another sweep, peering over the edge of the roof and was dismayed when she saw five vampires going in the front door.
"Damn." She couldn't do anything yet. She didn't want Tru to see her. She wondered what the vamps were up to. This wasn't really their style, unless there was something special about someone in the family.
She crouched on the roof, waiting.
Tru had seen the group of people go into the apartment building. She had a feeling that these people were the killers. She dialed the police and anonymously reported a disturbance in the building, hoping they would respond quickly. Then she got out, ignoring Davis' protests and went inside.
Faith heard a crash from a floor or two below her and sprang into action. She swung down on the fire escape and acertained where the shouts and fearful cries were coming from. She found the window and angled her body, swinging down over the fire escape and crashing into the window.
It was mayhem. The vampires had already captured the mother and father and two of them were after the children. Faith shook a stake out of her sleeve and grabbed the nearest one, plunging it into his chest.
"Slayer!" Shouted another, leaping at her. They crashed to the floor together and rolled. The vampire ended up on top of Faith and punched her in the face. She head butted him in retaliation and he rolled over, holding his nose.
"Get the baby!" He shouted to the others. Faith flipped to her feet and staked him. The frightned Howards were screaming about thier children.
Faith ran into the next room and found a young boy and girl hiding under a dining table.
She quickly returned them to thier parents and ran back to find the baby. There were three vampires left, and she found one in the hallway. He didn't see her in time, and she staked him quickly.
'Two to go.' She thought to herself.
She heard the baby crying, and ran to the room it was coming from. The two remaining vampires had the child. The were going out the window with the terrified infant.
"Oh no you don't!" Faith yelled and went after them.
Tru was beating on the apartment door. When she heard yelling and screaming, she just went inside. Four of the Howards were standing together. The children were clinging to thier mother, crying.
"Where's my baby? How did you get into the hallway?" Asked Mrs. Howard. Tru didn't even register the question. She just ran to the back. Finding what was obviously the babys' room, she looked around. There was nothing.
Going back out, she said, "Your baby isn't there. I called the police. Hopefuilly they'll be able to catch them." Tru could hear sirens. 'It's about time.' She thought.
Faith chased the vampires to the roof. Knowing they couldn't escape her, they stopped.
"Put the kid down, and I'll let you go. This time." She was tapping her stake on her hand angrily. She heard the police coming too; but didn't take her eyes from the vampires in front of her.
The two vampires looked at each other and all of a sudden the one with the child threw her up into the air and they both bolted.
Faith barely had time to think. She darted forward and caught the baby before she fell.
The infant screamed and writhed in Faiths grip. She sighed in relief to see that the kid was okay.
Slowly she made her way back down to the apartment, making sure not to jostle the baby too much. She climbed back into the window and went out to the front room.
"Here she is." She said, when she walked in. "She's a little scared; but I don't think she's hurt..." She trailed off when she saw Tru standng there.
Mrs. Howard scurried forward to claim her baby.
"What are you doing here?" The twins said at the same time. Everyone else was staring in between them.
They were interrupted by the police knocking on the door.
Mr. Howard went to answer it, and the twins decided to leave explinations for later.
AN: You'll all have to wait until next chapter to see what happens! I'm so evil!