Chapter 12

"It shall be midnight soon."

Kireina stared at her partner. His eyes glowed with excitement and malice. She knew he had been waiting for this moment ever since she had gone to warn Kai and Rei of their intentions. Frowning at him she glanced at the door that blocked his only path to the two children. "Kurai, don't kill them unless Kai and Rei do show. If they don't then we shall keep the two children and when they're older we'll turn them."

Kurai glared at her. "Why should we do that? We should just kill them. It will destroy Rei and Kai. After that they'll beg for death. They don't even realize how deep their connection between those two children is."

The female vampire scoffed at what her partner said. "That is to be expected. They never did care much for being vampires. They barely know the basics. All they are aware of is that there are many different types of our kind and that we despise werewolves. Besides that little amount of information they know nothing. But they will soon find out more then they would like to know. As for why we should change the two children if our fledglings don't show up, the answer is simple. If Kai and Rei will beg for death after seeing their precious humans dead think how they will feel after finding out their humans are now vampires."

Kurai smirked as Kireina's plan began to make sense to him. "If our fledglings don't like being vampire's themselves it will be devastating to see the only people they care about turned into what they hate."

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"It will be midnight in five minutes," Rei stated looking at a watch he had found lying around Max's room.

"Knowing how Kireina works she'll probably let your sire start torturing them at midnight," Kai replied. His whole body was stiff and alert. He was ready to start running the moment he caught the scent of either Tyson's or Max's blood.

Rei was in the same position. They weren't going to let Tyson or Max suffer longer than they had to. "I'm guessing Kireina is very timely."

"Only when she isn't obsessing over her looks," Kai answered. Only a few more minutes now. If only he knew where Tyson was being held then he wouldn't have to wait for Tyson to be tortured in order to find the boy.

"You do realize Max and Tyson could be being held in separate places?"

Kai nodded his head. "That's why I'll go when I smell Tyson's blood, and you'll leave when you smell Max's blood. If after fifteen minutes you don't smell Max's blood follow Tyson's blood scent, and vice versa for me. Understood?"

"Well aren't you just the little general," Rei teased half-heartedly.

"Shut up Kon!"

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There was a loud screech as light poured into the dark room. Squinting their eyes Tyson and Max looked at where the source of light was coming from. Standing in the doorway that the two boys hadn't noticed was there was a man dressed in black clothing with the most wicked grin on his face. His fangs were poking out between his lips as he tried to hold back his laughter. Immediately Max recognized the man and scooted back in fear.

Feeling his friend move away from him Tyson looked at Max in confusion. Why was he afraid? The man didn't have a weapon or anything like that. He couldn't hurt them. Sure he was a little scary looking, but so was Kai. "Maxie, is this the guy who scared you?"

The blonde had the deer caught in the headlights look on his face. Slowly, almost forced, Max nodded his head. His body was shaking. Now that he was alone with the man with no one but Tyson everything seemed even more frightening, if that was even possible. Please save me! Someone help! Max cried out mentally, but the words never made it to his lips.

"Nice to see you still remember me Maxie," The name came out mockingly. Already Kurai could taste the blonde boy's fear and it was like a sweet drug for him. What made it all the better was that blonde's fear was affecting the other boy. The bluenette was radiating with fear, but it was a small amount. He'd have to fix that.

Approaching Tyson Kurai smiled sweetly to the child, or at least he tried to, it came out looking twisted. "Hello human child."

"I'm not a child!" Tyson shouted. "I'm ten years old!"

The vampire chuckled at Tyson's spunk. "My aren't you the feisty one." Leaning in close so that there was only an inch separating his face from Tyson's he breathed out, "You'll be the first."

Before Tyson could register what Kurai had said to him something hit him in the face. Placing his hand on the sore spot he glared at the vampire. "You slapped me!"

"I'll do more than that." Kurai formed his hand into a fist and aimed for Tyson's face, but this time he hit the wrong target.

Max jumped in front of Tyson and took the hit. The impact knocked the air out of Max's lungs and he fell to the ground, taking Tyson down with him.

"Max!" Tyson cried out. The blonde lay lifelessly on top of him. Tyson's heartbeat became faster and the world seemed to tilt out of his vision. All he could do was hug his friend closer to himself.

Kurai scowled at the show of friendship. No one got in his way, and if any dared then they suffered the consequences. Growling he ripped Max out of Tyson's arms. The bluenette cried out in horror and tried to grab his friend away from Kurai, but the vampire shoved Tyson to the ground with a kick. "Interfere and your turn will be twice as painful!"

Tyson could only clutch his side and try to will the pain away. Kai had always told him that a vampire's strength was great than a human's and now he believed it. His sides were searing with pain and Kurai hadn't even tried to kick him that hard.

Kurai sneered as he watched Max slowly stir from his daze. His punch must have had a little more force than he intended it to have if already the boy's mind was fading in and out. Deciding to have more fun with his new toy, Kurai switched his hold on the blonde so now he was holding Max by his blonde hair.

A groan of pain was uttered by Max and Kurai took this as a sign for him to continue. Mercilessly he swung the boy by his hair and into a wall. He could here Tyson screaming in the background to stop, but no sound other than a hoarse moan was heard from the blonde. Scowling he did it again and again until he heard the blonde scream out in anguish, and that wonderful cracking sound of bones breaking. Carelessly he tossed Max to the ground.

Max fell to the ground with a thud. If he had the strength he would have screamed. The corners of his vision were turning black, and the cries and pleads from Tyson were becoming softer. He would have fallen unconscious by now if it weren't for the pain. It was almost ironic, he knew he had heard somewhere that if a person feels enough pain they will go unconscious, yet here he was still awake.

Something warm and soft trailed down his lip. Instinctively Max stuck his tongue out to lick it away, but was shocked when the sweet salty coppery taste of blood filled his senses.

"Doesn't it taste good?" Kurai asked from somewhere above him. "The taste of blood filled with fear. It's truly the most wonderful taste in the world. Sadly though, I haven't yet drawn enough blood from the two of you. Kai and Rei won't be able to find you until you've bleed at least a quarter of your blood. Maybe if they were hundred feet away instead of miles then they would be able to find you through that little bit of blood."

Max felt something cold touch his neck, and again Tyson cried out. He heard something coming towards him, and then the sound of some type of collision, and finally a thud. Max winced as his mind pieced together what could possibly be responsible for those sounds. Tyson must have tried to save him.

Tyson glared up at Kurai, who now held a knife in his hand. How the man had gotten the knife the bluenette had yet to find out. All he knew was that he had to save Max. Tyson tried to stand up but his legs gave out underneath him. His newest punch from Kurai had made contact with his lower abdomen, and now his whole body felt as if it were made of jell-o. Biting his lip he tried to stand up again but this time Kurai pinned him down.

The vampire straddled the boy's waist. He held Tyson's wrist down so the boy wouldn't be able to escape. Scowling at the bluenette Kurai hissed out venomously, "If you truly wish for me to torture you, you should have just said something." With that said he let go of Tyson's wrist and picked up the knife he had been holding seconds before. He raised it over Tyson's neck and moved to slice the skin there but stopped.

Kurai cackled. His whole body shook with joy, and Tyson felt what little courage he had ebb away from him. Kurai's steel colored eyes looked upon him with hunger. "No, I won't use a knife to make you bleed. It's time you learn where you stand when it comes to vampires."

Without warning Kurai leaned down and with his fangs pierced Tyson's neck. Tyson gasped out in both shock and pain. This was nothing like he expected. He'd always thought he could handle being bitten, but this was horrible. As the life giving liquid left him his body became unbearably hot. Flames licked at his face, arms, legs, everywhere! All the bruises he now carried became achingly hollow. His breath was coming out in rapid huffs and seared his throat.

Just when Tyson though he was going to pass out Kurai pulled away with a smug look on his face. "Always remember a vampire only sees a human as prey. They are our food. Kai was probably only using you for some free blood."

Tyson shook his head, not wanting to believe Kurai, but he couldn't fight the sinking feeling in his chest as the vampire uttered those words.