"Excuse me, sorry. Could you move?" Shauna pushed through the crowd. She looked up at David, his hand halfway to his mouth. "Oh, please don't." David put his hand down and straddled his bike. He paused for a moment, allowing Shauna to get on. He revved the engine and took off, heading for the underground hotel.
"What took you this time?" he shouted over the wind. Shauna tighted her grip around his middle. She hated the motorcycle and the less she rode it, the better.
"I met someone." she shouted back, secretly thinking about the comic book shop and it's staff. David didn't press further.
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As soon as the bike slowed to a stop, Shauna jumped off. She gave the bike a disapproving look and slipped through the broken chain-link fence. David followed, wheeling his bike with him. He stopped at the cave entrance, propped his bike against the wall, and headed inside. Shauna was already there.
"Frog!" she laughed. A good-sized german shepherd trotted out of Star's old room. Everthing that had been Star's was gone. The white netting that had been hung in the door way was gone. To replace it, a black sheet was now shielding the room. The sheet fluttered as Frog brushed past it.
"Good boy!" Shauna said, walking over to the dog. Of course, she had to convince David to let him stay. She finally won him over with the whole 'hound of Hell' thing. In the end, he had agreed.
"Finally." a voice muttered from the shadows. Both Shauna and David looked up. "What took you?" David jerked his head in the direction of Shauna. She replied with a small glare.
"Crowd was huge. And I got pickpocketed." she replied. She though for a moment, then quickly added, "But I got my stuff back." She nodded. "And I'm hungry." she added as an after thought. A short, blonde-haired vampire stepped out of the shadows.
"Marko, food." David comanded. Marko looked at the two and headed out. Shauna rolled her eyes.
"You could be a bit nicer, you know." she muttered. David gave her a sideways look. Shauna ignored him and walked into her room, Frog following her. Star's old room had completely changed. The beds were both pushed up against the walls, one with a black comfortor and the other one with a few sheets arranged messily. The smaller bed was obviously Frog's, having a knotted rope and a chewed up pillow on it. A small duffle bag sat on the edge of Shauna's bed. She walked over and put the bag on the floor. Reaching into her pocket, she pulled out her comic and lighter.
"You know what?" she asked Frog, who had jumped onto his own bed. "I met someone who had the same name as you today. He was kind of hot, too." she added, laughing. Frog barked and wagged his tail. Giving him a goofy grin, she flipped open the comic.
"Shauna!" David yelled. Shauna sighed and pulled back the sheet. "The boys need you." She stood up, grabbed her lighter, and walked out into the old lobby. David raised his eyebrows and nodded in the direction of a door. She opened the door and stepped inside.
"What's wrong?" she asked into the dark room. A single cough was her reply. She whipped out her lighter and lit an oil lamp. Adjusting it to as bright as it would go, she stepped further into the room. "Marko's getting food." The lamp's light traveled over two teenage boys, a raven-haired and a blonde, each lying in a bed. The blonde sat up.
"What's he getting?" he asked. Shauna rolled her eyes.
"I don't know, Paul. Probably a few stoners or something. Besides, you shouldn't sit up so fast."
"Okay, mom."
"Stop calling me that. Stupid ungrateful vampires. Bring them back to from to... un-life... and all they do is make fun of you." she muttered, turning around.
"I can hear you. And leave the door open!" Paul called as Shauna walked out. As soon as she entered the lobby, she smelt the dead. Not the vampire-dead, but like something that was just killed. She aslo smelt chinese.
"Marko's comming." she announced.
"Finally!" She heard Paul from the other room. "Dwane's hungry too!"
David looked up as Marko flew in with a box of chinese food and a body. Marko landed and gave the body to David. Shauna gave it a disgusted look and grabbed her box of food. With one last look at the vampires, she walked into her room.
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How was that? I think it sucked. The story won't focus around Shauna. There will be a few chapters with out her. She isn't the main character. Please review!