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HEHEHE! You'll just have to read to know if Morelli'll be a Vamp Verea!

I'm such a tease! Send me a mail as soon as you put your Plum story out, I have a few problems with the Fanfic thing where they tell you when an author updates. I can NEVER figure it out! Stupid PC. Anyway, have fun and read well!

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"No babe. Holy Water."

Whoa…wow…geez…jiminy cricket…Holy Cow…

"So you've been a Vampire Hunter since…ever?" I ask him, stunned.

He grins and pulls me out of the alley.

"I'm sorry about Daniel's." He apologizes sternly.

I shrug. "He deserved that. Hey? By the way, you wouldn't be the one who gave a few broken ribs to Dan and Joe did you?" I ask him suspiciously and his grin only widens.

"Not fair. You get all the fun stuff." I huff, jumping…well more like climbing…into his 4x4.

"May I remind you that I didn't kick him in the stomach." He tells me, smiling.

"No. But that didn't release much of my anger either. I didn't want to bloody up the office." I tell him, also smiling.

He shudders mockingly. "Better not annoy you then."

I grin wolfishly and set the music to Maroon 5.

(A/N: I really LOVE them! Try 'em Verea!)

Beauty queen of only eighteen…

I press my forehead to the window, loosing myself in the swirl of panorama.

I don't mind spending every day…

It's been years since I found the courage to sing in front of anyone…I guess it was because my father yelled each time I did…

Look for the girl with a broken smile…

Humming distractedly, I close my eyes and smile lazily, the sun playing on my face.

Ask her if she wants to stay a while…and she will be loved…

Ranger cuts the engine but waits for the song to end before stepping out.

"Thanks." I whisper and follow him into the office, Lula and Connie's beady eyes darting from Ranger to me.

As soon as Ranger closes Vinnie's door behind him, I am literally assaulted by the two huge women.

"WHAT happened girl? You better not think of hiding anything!"

"How DO you skinny white chicks always enter and leave with the WIZARD is beyond me."

I gulp under the verbal…assaults…that they send me, while pinning me onto the couch.

"We uh…I…you know last night? Steph and I went dancing…and uh…we got a bit drunk, woke up at Rangerman, Ranger and me rode to kick Dan's his ass and came back here. Where's Steph?" I ask, more to get the attention of me than to really know.

Ranger comes out and smirks at me, under the two women.

HELP! I mouth but he only shakes his head and goes out.

"COWARD!" I yell, immediately assaulted once again by Lula and Connie.

A strange, prickly feeling makes its way into my stomach and I feel my eyes widen in horror.

Lula is the first to notice and she immediately heaves Connie off me, letting me take huge amounts of air, searing pain passing through my stomach.

I see their lips moving but I can't hear. Instead, I hear a shrill scream pop my ears.

Without thinking, I hurry out and follow the screams.

I don't know how long I ran or how much but I end up in front of a bettered looking minivan, moans coming from inside.

I burst in and find a vampire guarding a thirteen year old girl, scared half to death.

The vampire attacks me and I silently thank Grandma, vowing to attend church with her if I make it through because this vampire is, 1: Insane, 2: Hungry and 3:Very powerful.

After a few minutes of running around, rolling in disgusting looking things, I grab my knife and slice his arm.

The vampire screams, not a nice thing to hear and flies off, leaving me scratched, bleeding, smelly, tired and in a foul mood.

The moans coming from the van though kick me awake and I stumble there.

The girl recoils as she sees me enter and I can't say I blame her.

I advance to free her from the bonds, tightened to the fridge but she starts screaming.

"SHUT UP! I just saved your life. Let me free you then you can go where the fuck you want!" I shout over her, my anger not fully gone.

She gasps and stops, making me sight in relief.

I cut through the rope and help her stand on her wobbly legs.

"Right. Let's get out of here."

She grips herself to me all he while we walk out of the strange place and by god knows which miracle, I find my way through town, ignoring the people's stares and stumble into my apartment, finding it OK, even a day after a bombing.

"You can stay on the couch while I go shower." I tell the girl gently but she only squeezes me tighter.

I sight for what seems like the thousandth time today and drag her into the bathroom with me.

She reluctantly lets me go and I hop in the shower, letting a whoosh of air as the warm water hits my bare shoulders.

As soon as I step out, feeling MUCH better, the girl jumps in and scrubs herself pink.

"What's your name?" I ask, over the sound of the water, combing my wet hair.

"Maria." She answers, the first words I hear from her since I saved her.

"Nice name." I compliment, pulling my hair into a high ponytail and pulling tight jeans on.

I lend Maria some of my clothes, which she has to roll up a bit, me being taller than her then we adjourn to the kitchen.

"God of Fridge, make my wish come true and give us food." I pray, opening the door and smiling thankfully.

Maria laughs and we sit down, a box of frozen cookies between us and a can of coke each.

"So. Where do you live?" I ask, stuffing my much needed cookie in my mouth.

"Actually, I'm looking for a guy called Carlos Manoso, do you know him?"

She asks hopefully and I only now realize she has a kind of Spanish accent.

"Yeah." I smile at her delighted look.

I take my phone out, dial Batman and hand it to her.

Her eyes widen and she fidgets nervously at the hem of her dress while I hear the dial tone.

She suddenly perks up and I guess Ranger answered so I let myself out and look around, mentally ticking what I must replace and what is reparable amidst the scorched entrance.

Finally, Maria comes out of the kitchen, the phone in her hand and silently metioning for me to take it.

Uh…I put the phone to my ear and wait. No sound except a light breathing.

"Allo?"

"Thanks Babe."

I stand there, startled and literally shocked. Wow. Ranger thanked me.

"I owe my daughter's life to you." He continues, apparently uneasy at my silence.

"Wow." I finally mutter, still in shock.

Maria punches my arm, grinning and I scowl.

"So…oh…" The realization of what he just told me hits me.

"She's your daughter?"

Maria grins and wanders around, visiting.

"Oh god. I better send her back to you then, she'll be freaking me out in no time."

Ranger chuckles and I mentally slap myself.

HARD slap! What the hell did I just say?

I resist the urge to moan.

"There IS a way you could thank me." I try, grinning madly.

"What?" Ranger sounds unsure, almost…scared…hehe.

"I get to hang up on you." And I do, feeling giddy and suicidal.

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There it is! MY NUMBER 9 CHAPTER! What a miracle…Anyway, hope you had fun and plz review!