Great, now I was all on my own, and I knew that Sam was gone again. Just what I needed. IT was hard enough trying to stay away from Vlad, but I bet it would be harder to find him! Maybe he would come and find me again, and try to keep me with her again? Or maybe he was going to play games with me, and make me find him. There was no telling what was going on in his head, or what he was planning to do next, but I knew it wasn't going to be as easy as it was last time. Vlad made a mistake once, and for some reason, I think he meant to make that mistake, because he was following us, which means he was probably thinking that I was going to get us out of there. I know he wouldn't allow it to be that easy for us to escape. I think his real mistake, was when he let me be with Sam, so then, he was trying to find the perfect time to snatch her, and tease me with her. He realized his mistake, so he was just going to let us go. One thing is for sure, he isn't the stupidest person in the world.

I didn't know where to begin to look for her, because since he lived everywhere, they could be anywhere by now. Sam could be half way across the U.S for all I knew. I didn't have any idea on how I would find them, but I needed to find out. Maybe Vlad was going to come back and get me, but not let me get near Sam this time. He really wanted to train me for some reason, but didn't he realize if I got strong enough, I would try to kill him? I would betray him, he couldn't trust me! I would turn on him, there was no possible way he was ever going to just keep us, and travel with us, and not have to worry about me trying to kill him, because I would if I had the chance. I would kill him when there was any opportunity.

I realized I was making tight fists with my hands, and I calmed down, and tried to think. I knew for sure I didn't have to worry about Sam's life, because I was sure Vlad would never kill her. He needed her to get me to listen to him. If he killed her, then I would return home, miserable, but he still would not get his way. That was his plan, he wanted me to do what he wanted, but when I was in the same room as Sam, I was seeing her all the time, and he couldn't really use her against me as good.

I was walking outside, looking at the trees, and listening to the leaves rustle in the wind. The sun was starting to set, and when the trees blew, it set off a shadow. I walked by a meadow and the flowers were lightly blowing in the breeze, and the sun casting on them made them look pretty. Sam would have liked to see this. I wished she was here with me now. I turned to face away from the flowers, because all they did was reminded me of Sam, and I needed to think more about where she was, then to think about her. I didn't know where to look, because it wasn't as though Vlad was right behind me, or he had his house right here, I had no idea where he was, or what he was wanting. All I know, is that he was planning something, and for all I know, he could be picking me up within the next day or so.

Once the sun was totally gone, and it was only the moon hanging up in the sky, I decided I should take a break. Walking wasn't doing me any good, because I wasn't running from someone anymore, I wanted him to catch me now, I wanted to know where he was now. Instead of hoping he was hundreds of miles away, everything was turned around, and now I wished he was standing right here by me, so that I could try and get Sam back, I didn't care what he wanted to do, I just wanted to be with Sam. I wanted to know she was safe, and that sometime, hopefully, everything would be okay.

I sat down on the grass, beside a big tree, and I leaned up against the tree. I tried to stop thinking about it for a while, so that I could just relax, but it bugged me that Sam was with that creep right now and there was really nothing I could do. The only thing I could do, was sit here, and wait for something else to happen.

The wind had finally stopped, and it was still beautiful out. I was now sitting near a stream, and the water sparkled under the moonlight. I stood up, and walked over to the stream, and looked at myself in the reflection. I looked straight into my eyes, and tried to figure out why Sam liked my eyes so much. Then, I remembered the fake Sam. Her eyes were so plain, as though there was nothing to them. In a way, it was scary. When I saw her eyes, I thought there was something wrong, but I didn't say anything. Sam's has feeling, a spirit. So did mine, but they didn't. They had blank eyes. Sure, they could still give expressions, but the eyes didn't follow with the look on their faces, the eyes were blank, nothing to them. Not a single spark to them. That is how I knew which were real, and which were fake. Even with my parents, if I had paid attention to their eyes, I would have noticed the difference to, but I never paid attention. Sam's I did though, I remembered the night we were looking at each other in the eyes, we had something to them, and the other things, didn't. Maybe, if I could find one of these people, or ghosts, I could figure out where Sam was. Maybe that is what Vlad wanted, maybe he was making a game out of it.

He was figuring on letting me find him. He was trying to make me look for clues, to see how smart I really was. I didn't know what he was getting out of it, but he was also being smart, in a way, but also, I knew I would find him if I tried hard enough, and didn't let myself off track.

I walked back over to the tree, and fell asleep laying on the ground. I woke up right when the sun was rising, to someone trying to get my attention. I saw hooves, and furry legs, and then looked up, to see a girl on a horse.

"Hey, are you okay?" She asked me, and put her hand out to help me up.

"Uh, yeah, I am fine."

"What are ya sleeping out here for?"

"Oh, I just got tired, and I had no place to stay."

"It seems that way, your clothes are filthy. What's going on?"

"Oh, nothing. I just… have no place to stay."

"They why are you sleeping on private property?" She asked me, and pointed a finger at a PRIVATE PROPERTY sign.

"Oh, I am so sorry. It was dark when I came over here, and I didn't realize the signs."

"It isn't any problem, you want to come to my house? My mom is making breakfast, and I am sure she wouldn't mind you being over."

"Uh, sure."

I stood up, and then she helped me onto her horse. She had long brown hair, and that was really all I knew about her, since I was only seeing the back of her head, and I wasn't paying attention to what she looked like earlier.

"What is your name?" She asked me, after he were coming up over a hill, and a house was revealed.

"Danny, yours?"

"My name is May. I still would like to know all of your story," she insisted.

"It is really nothing. I am just looking for my friend right now."

"What happened?"

"She was kidnapped."

"Really…" she said in a slow voice, no questioning, but as though saying it. She turned around, and looked at me.

The same look in her eyes, the blankness, as though there was nothing there.

"Sasha, right?" I asked.

"Yep. How did you know?"

"Because, I can just tell."

She made the horse head for the house again, and we stopped there, and we got off the horse.

"You know Danny, I have no mom. All there is is Vlad. I have always kind of liked you, you are a nice person. But still, I have to do what my master tells me."

"Where is Sam?" I asked her, totally ignoring what she was saying.

"Sam is inside, but I am letting you know right now, just because you enter, doesn't mean you are going to see her right away."

"I knew it," I said quietly. Sasha obviously wasn't paying attention to what I had said, because she just led me towards the house, and ignored what I had said. We entered the door, and then I saw Vlad right away.

"Where is Sam" I asked him as soon as he saw me.

"Oh, your girlfriend? Don't worry about her, you will see her every night. She is locked up right now, but with a full days work, she is your reward. I will lock you up in there with her, until it is time for you to get up again to train."

"You do realize…"

"That if you were to be on my side, you would be willing to attack me? Yes, I know that, and that is why you are not staying with me. I am keeping your girlfriend here, so if you don't obey me, I will kill her. I am being a lot smarter this time Daniel, and I plan to not mess up again."

"So, who will I be working with?"

"Sasha, she is your new friend. She will be with you, and you two can do all my work for me, or at least all the dirty work," he laughed.

"I have to stay with her? But why?"

"Because, if you choose to harm her, it will not do anything to me, I still have a ton of people just like her around, I could care less if you killed her."

"I want to see Sam."

"Not until tonight Daniel, I told you training during the day, and you get to see her at night, even though I am sure you won't be seeing her much, since most likely, after a hard days work, you will be sleeping. I am sure that after tonight though, you will be really sore, which is why you will have a break tomorrow, in which you are lucky because you will see her all day. The only reason why I am letting you do this, is because tomorrow is Saturday, and I give you the day off on Saturday, just because I am so nice."

"When will I start training?"

"Right now, follow me," he said, leading me into the basement.

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