We're baaackkk :D I got the inspiration for this chapter from Still Don't Know My Name by Labrinth. This was the direction I've been wanting to go for a few chapters now..hope you like it xoxo amber

Midnight Indigo

Chapter 9

(James)

Vampires didn't sleep. It was physically impossible..so James lay next to Blythe until he heard the back door open and close. Two sets of shoes were lightly walking to the kitchen.

"Hey, Vampire." Todd said quietly downstairs. "I know you're up. Come down."

James obliged more so out of curiosity. Without waking Blythe he blurred down the stairs again until he was facing the two wolves.

"My sister never properly introduced us." Todd began. "I'm Todd and this is DJ."

"James."

DJ gave a nod from the corner counters.

"Nice to meet you." Todd said shortly, getting the formalities out of the way. "Obviously you want to protect my sister as bad as we do..so we'll let you help."

James almost laughed. As though either one of them had a say.. but he let the pup continue.

"DJ went back to the reservation to talk to the elders..asking about my grandfather." They had his attention now.

"And?"

"The oldest of us had heard a story..a legend.. about..skinwalkers."

Just the word sent a feeling of foreboding through James.

"Legend has it..a very strong Alpha can have this ability to drain a life force and absorb their power their lifeforce. They can turn into the people they kill." DJ explained.

"That's why he killed our grandmother..I'm not sure if she was human or something else..my mom didn't have much time to explain all of it." Todd sighed and looked out of the window..it had started to rain.

"Maybe he wants to take all of our life forces and get stronger..their bites are poison to humans and wolves alike. Not so sure about vampires." DJ glanced at James' shoulder.

"I won't attack you." James smiled. "If that's what your worried about."

"It's not." DJ scowled. "Are you feeding on his sister is what we're really wondering." James looked between them with dark eyes. He supposed being honest was key here.

"Here and there. Never against her will."

DJ scowled again and looked at Todd for his reaction but his face was emotionless.

"There's nothing I can do about that right now. She would just fight us on it..and I can't be fighting with her..not now."

"Someone needs to tell the Cullen's." James said.

"I've already been there." DJ said..obviously still annoyed. "Carlisle got ahold of some of Virginia's friends..they're looking around for her. Apparently she moves around a lot. Guess we can see why now."

James suddenly wondered how Laurent was fairing up north..better than here he was certain.

Sensing their conversation was at a close James opened the fridge and took out a water bottle and an apple. The boys looked at him..confused. Of course, James didn't need either one of these. He couldn't hold back the dark laugh that reminded him of himself..from before all of this.

"For your sister." He explained quickly.

"Do you have feelings for her or is about the blood?" Todd asked. "Please tell me the truth..she's all I really have left."

DJ was trying to seem calm in the corner..James could tell otherwise because of how hard he was gripping the countertop with his fingertips. They were leaving indents in the wood.

"Both." James kept his next answers short and clipped.

"Just one more question. Did you do anything to my sister's boyfriend?" All three of them had now gone from calm to tense. If he said the truth now there would be a fight. James could see it all over DJs face..smell it in the air.

"No."

But a sudden sharp pain stabbed at his chest. He had..he had come into this girls life and flipped it upside down in a matter of days. Killing that boy..threatening to kill her family if she didn't feed him. It's what he did..he was..is..a tracker. It's what he always would be. It's just..he couldn't kill his latest hunt. Didn't want to. Not even a week later he was thrown into their family mess of wolves and skinwalkers and a murderous grandfather. It was complicated..James wanted her blood but he also wanted her. This grandfather of theirs was a threat to taking her away..which meant he was a threat to James.

The boys seemed to take his word for it and they relaxed.

"If that's all." James turned to go.

"You better not hurt her..or force her to do anything she doesn't want to." Todd said so fiercely that his eyes had started to glow. James turned ruby eyes on them both and smiled his wide smile.

"Oh, she wants to."

Less than a second later he was upstairs and placing the items from the fridge onto her bedside table. A sudden strange exhaustion washed over him like a hard wave. He closed his eyes for a moment...

Hot. Fire. Pain. All of these alerts rang in James mind all at once. Something was burning him and it hurt. His eyes flew open to streams of sunlight shining down on Blythe and himself. There was no fire. Blythe was ok. James looked down with every once of speed he possessed. The sunlight..was burning his skin! He gasped in shock and with vampire speed flew to her shadowy dark corner and hit the wall with a loud thud!

He fell asleep..vampires don't sleep and he had never had an issue walking in the sun before..not like this. He turned to look in her mirror as Blythe sat up behind him..confused.

"What's wrong?" She asked but he was too far in his mind. Blythe saw the slight burns on his face and hands and gasped before rushing over to him.

"Something's wrong with me. Back up." James said as gently as he could manage. She obeyed..backing up until she stood in the sun's rays by her bed. They didn't affect her at all. She looked beautiful in the light..it brightened her hair and complexion. He could scent a sweetness coming off of her skin..her fear?

The boys suddenly burst into the room without knocking..eyes half open from sleep and hair messed up.

"We heard a loud noise." DJ said.

James ignored them all and reached a hand out..surely this wasn't really happening. They all watched him put his hand into the rays..puffs of smoke and a sizzling sound followed by another excruciating burst of heat. James hissed and flew back into the corner recreating the noise perfectly.

Something was very wrong.

"Someone get Carlisle." James panted. "Now."

"My bathroom has no windows and my whole room lights up eventually." Blythe sounded as though she were about to cry. Todd and DJ had both shifted to run to the Cullen's and she had managed a brave face until then.

He blurred to her bathroom leaving the door ajar. The burns were healing..slower than he was used to but still faster than any human could. Yet not fast enough.

"What's happening?" Blythe came in and closed the door behind her. The familiar fire in his throat that started when he needed to feed..and it only got worse the closer she was. Her smell was unlike anything else..he found himself turning in her direction to get closer.

"Blythe..get out." His body was forcing him to hunt her..here..now. A panic had risen into his chest. He watched her confused expression in the bathroom mirror. Something suddenly flickered in his eyes..a strange ink dark shadow faded his eyes from ruby to coal in an instant. His upper and lower canines were starting to throb and pulse with their own heartbeat.

His canines suddenly shifted.. became longer than the others and the pain.. he groaned..he was hungry. Starving. Ravenous.

"James?" She said in a small scared voice..watching every second of this.

"Blythe go..please." He pleaded..it was the first time in a very long time that James was terrified. Her blood..was pulsing under her soft skin..beat..rush..beat..rush..

"I'm not leaving you..," Her sentence was cut off by his grunt of agony..his teeth elongated longer and he turned dark eyes on the beautiful girl who smelled of life and vitality...

(Blythe)

"James?" I asked, trembling from head to foot. He was losing control..something was happening to him. I spun to open the door and leave into my room..where he couldn't follow into the sunlight. The door slammed closed and his ice cold body trapped me against the cool wood. He was too strong..he wouldn't..he wouldn't..my mind replayed. He quickly swept my hair off of my neck..and the coolness of his skin caused me to shiver.

"I'm so hungry..it hurts." He panted and then his teeth sank deep into my neck..

(Todd)

Faster! He spoke through their mental connection and within a few more minutes they had burst through the treeline with Carlisle's home in view. They were all already outside..standing in the rare Forks, Washington sunshine..the vampires were glittering..sparkling like a thousand diamonds. They were bright..but James burned..

DJ phased back first and threw on his shorts before jogging over to them. Todd followed quickly.

"What's wrong?" Carlisle asked.

"James." Todd began. "I don't know what..the sunlight burns him now."

Rosalie scowled. "I don't know if you've noticed, Pup, but vampires don't burn." She lifted her glittering bracelet covered wrist as proof.

Todd scowled back at her harder.

"Well this one does."

"That's impossible." She scoffed.

Carlisle suddenly ran down the steps next to the boys.

"He drained a whole donation bag in a few seconds last night." He muttered to himself. Donation bag? Of blood? Vampires were supposed to have blood. What was the big deal?

"Edward..come with me. Everyone else stay here. Boys, lead the way."

(Blythe)

I couldn't stand on my own..James was holding me up so he had full access to my throat. It hurt..it was nothing like the pleasure his freezing lips had brought me before. This was just..pain. He wasn't sipping this time..I heard him take gulp after gulp as though he were dehydrated.

"James..enough..," Two tears slid from my eyes. "Please." My vision was fading..going gray but his fingers grasped my waist tighter. He was..killing me.. and there was nothing I could do about it. His sharp fangs were roughly removed from my flesh suddenly and I winced.

"Shit!" He cursed. "Blythe..I'm so sorry..I..I don't know what's happening.." He swore again and let me slide gently to the bathroom floor. Breathe..stay conscious and then..that's when the real agony started..spreading from my bite to every tip of my fingers and toes. I was screaming..all I knew was pain and screaming.

(DJ)

He was running alongside the doctor, Edward and Todd when suddenly a white hot flare of pain shot through his neck before racing to his limbs. What the fuck? Screaming..someone was screaming..it was Blythe..God she's in so much pain! What was going on?

"What's happening?" Carlisle was asking him through the fire.

DJ suddenly realized he was human again when he gave a yell instead of a bark.

"Blythe! She's in so much pain! Something's wrong!" DJ yelled in a panic.

"How do you know this?" Carlisle asked too calmly for DJs liking. How did he know?

"Because I can feel everything she is!" He yelled..he had to get to her..the wolf burst back out of him and the pain lessened..leaving the other three behind he ran at full speed back to the house..

He smelled the blood before he even reached the property. There was no mistaking that it was Blythe's. That leech hurt her..he looked them in the eye last night and lied! DJ leapt onto their front porch and phased just in time to see his paw turn into a hand and yank the doors open..reducing the locks to splinters of wood. He managed to shove his shorts on and get them buttoned by the time he was at the top of the stairs.

She was screaming..and he was ready for a fight. Bursting into the bathroom he saw her on the floor while the leech held a cloth to her neck..cleaning off the sticky blood on her skin.

"I'm so sorry..," Was all he said.. DJ grabbed for James and made to drag him from the bathroom but the vampire reacted. His eyes going dark once again and he hissed his long bloody fangs at DJ!

"You're no good for her..look at you. I would never hurt her like this." DJ growled and what he said seemed to reach something in the vampire. Todd was suddenly there, pushing DJ out of the way..he let him.

"Blythe!" Carlisle rushed in and placed two fingers on her neck. The fresh bloody bite was dark compared to her pale skin..it was the first thing you noticed. She had quieted down.

"The pain..is fading." She whispered. "I'll be..okay.." She went unconscious.

Todd lunged at James but Edward grabbed Todd by the scruff of his neck and pushed him out next to DJ ,who knew the best thing for Blythe would be to keep him calm.

"Carlisle..he bit her. The venom. She shouldn't be ok until three days from now. She should be changing." Edward looked to his father for confirmation but Carlisle just shook his head.

"Her eyes..are normal. Vitals..weak but there. She's not dying." Carlisle shook his head. "I've never seen anything like this." His honey colored eyes landed on James who still had a smear of her blood on his lips.

(Blythe)

A warm strong hand was grasping mine and I could feel the rough scratchiness of tape on a bandage over my wound. I felt sluggish and slow..trying to clear my scratchy throat and opening my eyes at the same time. DJ was sitting on the edge of my bed..holding my hand, rubbing circles into my palm with this rough thumb. It was dark outside.. the sunlight..James.

He probably felt terrible.. I needed to see him. To tell him it was going to be okay..that we would figure out all of our problems together.

"How are you feeling? We almost lost you." DJs eyes were so bright and piercing..truly a unique color all on their own. Despite it being dark in the room he seemed to have an inner glow to him. It was warm and radiant..

I sat up..transfixed and reached my hand out towards his face. He looked surprised and confused by my gesture.

The next thing I knew I had took a hold of his jaw in my palm and slightly opened his mouth. The bright light was coming from there..I could sense it..

"Blythe, what are you doing?" He managed to say.. that light..I needed it. Now.

I gazed into those piercing blue eyes and said. "Open your mouth."

DJs body went limp. He was looking at me but not really seeing me. He opened his mouth without another word of protest.

I leaned closer to him and slightly opened my mouth too. About six inches from his face I began to feel the pulsing warmth flow down my throat..taking away the uncomfortable scratchy feeling. The light spread through me..giving me strength and I breathed In more of it..

His light was dimming as it flowed into me, down my throat and then..I had enough. I broke eye contact and closed my mouth. My face suddenly burned with embarrassment. What the hell was that?

DJ seemed to awaken then..his eyes were no longer glossy and far away. He stood so fast and put as much space between us as possible!

"What the fuck did you do to me?" He looked horrified. "What did you..take from me?"

"DJ..I..," I didn't know what to say. "I feel better now."

"Well I feel exhausted now! You stole something from me." His eyes flashed angrily and suddenly I got angry. My eyes met his and a sudden rush filled my veins.

"Get out." My voice sounded strange..it was my voice but it was mingled with a deeper and lighter tone all at once. My voice held power. DJs eyes went glossy again..his angry expression clearing to a passive one. He simply walked out without another word.

Carlisle rushed in and closed the door behind him.

"Do you want to tell me what just happened?" He asked kindly after checking my vitals.. so I told him.

"Where's James?" I asked after. "I need to see him! It's dark now! Where has he been all day?" I asked frantically..Todd and DJ wouldn't have made him leave during the day..not in the sun right?

"He's downstairs. He's been hiding out here all day until it got dark." Carlisle said calmly. Surely he wasn't thinking of leaving?

I got up out of bed and realized I was still in my pajamas..I didn't care though. I opened my door and he was already standing there..eyes dark and guilty. He glanced at my bandage and then at Carlisle behind me.

"I'll give you two a moment..but I'll be right outside the door." I couldn't fault him for that.

"Are you alright?" James started softly. Now that I was in front of him..I didn't know what to say..

"You almost drained me." I said.

"Blythe, if you never want to see me again all you have to do is say so." His voice had gone rough and that was the last thing I wanted to do. Especially now.

I wrapped my arms around him in a tight hug and placed my head on his chest. He was starting to feel..warm..which was odd. He was always freezing. The sudden glow that has been under DJs skin was also under James'. I took a deep breath and could sense all of his feelings..anger at himself..worry for me..scared that he couldn't control himself forever. It was like I was breathing in his emotions, taking them into me to fill a dark void in my chest.

His light..my mouth opened about six inches from his..just like I did with DJ and just like DJ had..James went docile. The light flowed from his throat and into mine.. pouring into me like a river of life.

Again, Carlisle was suddenly there and gently separated us. James realized what was happening quickly.

"She's feeding off of us." He said to Carlisle, shocked.

"It would seem that way." Carlisle agreed. "Her blood is changing you..and your venom has changed her."