A/N- So I'm REALLY sorry about the two month wait to get this chapter done. I lost all motivation to write about anything and took a slight hiatus on anything with writing. So I apologize. BUT BUT BUT Hopefully (no promises) the chapters will be making there way back every week.

On the plus side today's my birthday! I turned 16 today and got a new laptop, I was writing on a desktop before, so now I can type anywhere! I thought I'd let Max in on the story action.

But yeah, I'm sorry about the wait.

I love you.

Sorry that was weird, but enjoy!

"We have a slight problem." I said. After explaining everything I started looking at David more than anyone else. I watched as his eyes flickered over to me and then to some random area in the cave and then back to me. He was thinking, it's what he did when he was trying to figure something out. I moved my gaze to Paul's face, his eyebrows were furrowed as if he was thinking of what to do as well. Marco looked shocked, his mouth was slightly agape and he was staring at me. I didn't want to look at Dwayne for once since I had met him, but I did anyway. He was the maddest of them all. Vampires are very protective of their pack mates, but even more so of their mates. It's a bad idea to ever lay a hand on a male vampires mate. This shows how brave Damien is, or stupid. Dwayne moved from his spot beside me and started to leave the cave. I grabbed his wrist before he actually left and tugged him back down towards me. "It's almost daytime, you don't need to leave right now. Please don't." I pleaded to him knowing damn well it would keep him inside. He stopped leaving but instead left towards the deeper area of the cave where we sleep.

"He'll be okay." David stated. "He just needs to cool off." He looked towards the opening of the cave, gauging the sunlight.

"Yeah, he'll be okay, girl." Paul laughed, throwing an arm over my shoulder. "We'll kill this son of a bitch before the week ends." Paul sounded determined but at the same time kept his joking tone. Probably not the best time, but it was nice to hear at the same time.

"As much as I hate to say it," David started, "We'll talk to Max about it tomorrow night. He doesn't work tomorrow. He'll know what to do." David actually sounded sincere. He then nodded towards the sleeping area. "Instead of pissing about it right now, we need to sleep, the suns out and we can do shit." And he's back.

Dwayne was already upside down when we went in and I took my spot next to him, watching his face for a moment. He seemed peaceful, or as peaceful as a vampire could look. I caressed his cheek in my hand, watching his face twitch before shutting my own eyes and falling asleep.

The next nightfall was like most others. Only this time, instead of going to the boardwalk we went to Max's house. David made Paul and Marco take Laddie and Star to the boardwalk though. I was sitting behind Dwayne as he sped past the Santa Carla beach to Max's house. I kept my eyes peeled for anyone following us, but either no one was actually following us, or they hid really well. My paranoia was keeping me on alert anyway.

Max's house was quaint. I almost forgot how much I liked his house from living in the cave all these years. Dwayne helped me off the bike and put a protective arm around my waist as we followed David as he unlocked the front gate. He knocked on the door which sounded Thorns barking at the "mysterious sound" and eventually Max opened the door.

"Ah, you three. To what do I have the honor?" Max asked as he motioned to invite us in, though not exactly necessary. We all settled in the living room, Dwayne and I sitting on a loveseat while David sat on the couch, putting his feet up onto the coffee table in the middle of the room. Max sat in a recliner with his elbows on his knees looking at David. "And please David, take your feet off of the furniture."

David smirked and lit a cigarette, taking a drag and tapping it against an ash tray. "Well you see Max, we seem to have a little problem." He finally answered. "We seem to have a little…cockroach in our midst." Max widened his eyes and leaned back in his chair.

"This must be quite the problem if you're coming to me for help." Max stated. "I do know how you like to handle these matters in your own ways. What exactly happened?" As David explained what I told him yesterday, Max seemed quite interested in what David said. "Have you tried to fight him? Seems you barely know him."

"I know him all too well." I muttered. "He did want to kill me. In fact he wants us all dead" My words were heard by everyone thanks to vampire hearing abilities, but no one said anything. Dwayne only held me closer to him.

"This plan of his, you know nothing about it?" Max asked, looking in my direction for once. I shook my head.

"If I knew I would have told you, Max."

"Very well. I think it would be best if you all went along with his little plan, learn it firsthand. Make it as if Cheyenne never told you anything about Damien and her little…talk yesterday." Max explained.

"You want us to put her, or even ourselves in even more danger!" Dwayne shouted, standing up. Max looked slightly taken aback that one of his "children" spoke back. More so that it was Dwayne and he normally preferred to stay away from conflict. "You want us to go along with his plan, let him possibly kill us all in this process?"

Max shook his head, standing up as well. "That's not what I said. I said go along with it and learn it. Make sure you don't get caught by him, but make sure you also find out what is being planned. And also be sure of it that you don't raise your voice to me again, I'll let it go this time but in the future I won't be as forgiving." Dwayne sat right back down and I took his hand in mine, giving it a squeeze hoping that it would calm him down a little. He was shaking.

"He has a point Max. You're asking for a suicide mission." David interjected. His gazing lingering on our sire.

"Then you can just kill him then." Max replied. "Go ahead, kill him. Or can you not? That is the reason you're here isn't it? You couldn't take him on your own so you want me to help?" Max knew how to get under David's skin. "You wouldn't be here if you didn't want my advice, would you?"

David removed his feet from the table, crushed the rest of his cigarette in the ash tray and stood up calmly. Something David was good at was masking his emotions, but Max knew he pushed his buttons. The blonde walked to the door and almost got hit in the face with it when Marco and Paul came busting in. Dwayne and I stood, heading to the door as well.

"What did we miss?" Marco asked, looking between us and Max.

"Nothing. We were just leaving." David answered and Paul groaned.

"But we just got here!" He complained.