I turned around and saw no other than the four boys I've been blocking connection to all this time. I mentally sighed in relief as my eyes locked with Dwayne's. His eyes held a mix of relief and slight danger in them. He wanted a fight and that was probably what he was going to get,

"So these are the guys you wanted to lure in? I can understand why." Arlette asked with slight lust in her voice as she seemed to mentally undress the boys. I sent a quick glare at her when I saw her look a little too long at Dwayne.

Damien never answered her, but turned to the boys that stood in the doorway. "Ah gentlemen, to what do we owe the honor? I see that you do not seem pleased with the fact she is still alive? Damien questioned with a slight amused tone lingering in his words

"Just give us Cheyenne." David got straight to the point. He didn't look at all worried about what might happen, but then again he never shows signs of weakness.

"I'm afraid it won't be that easy. You see, I need one more person with you all, but he doesn't seem to have shown up. Where is good old Max?" Damien asked, the grin still in place on his face. Was Max supposed to show up? I didn't think THAT was part of the plan. Only to kill the boys and leave Max all alone?

"Why do you want him so bad? Got a man crush or something?" Paul asked with a slight joking grin. He and Marco were the only ones who cracked a grin at that his comment. Everyone else stood still and all staring at Damien and David.

"You see, I want him to feel as I do. Alone. Do you know why I am alone?" Damien replied. He didn't want for anyone to say anything "Max had killed my mate, Jane, a long time ago. One of his old changes were ordered to kill her. As I am sure you all are aware that you cannot go against your sire's orders. No one but one who has lost one knows the feeling of losing your mate. The killing of a mate makes their partners heart is ripped out of their chest. Once a vampire becomes aware of what happens they gain a great vengeful desire to kill the one who has wronged you.

"I had thought time and time again to find him and just kill him right then and there. I soon realized that killing him would be too easy. His pain would be over much quicker if I were to kill him. He would never truly understand my pain. No amount of torture could make him understand what he did to me. and Jane. The emotional pain is always there. The physical pain soon retires, but the emotional stays with you as long as you live. Mates are supposed to protect each other no matter what. I didn't protect her. I couldn't protect her. He just came out of nowhere and attacked her.

""He never gave me a reason for the killing of my beloved, he just laughed it off and left like it was some big joke to him.

"You all led me right to him, you know. I wasn't aware that he lived in Santa Carla until you all let me trail around with you all. To think you believed my story about being an idiotic vampire. You two ever helped out with this plan, you helped more than you know. Knowing you two are mates is like killing two birds with one stone. Not only will killing Cheyenne destroy Max as she is the only girl that he has turned himself. It will also destroy "Silent but Deadly" over there." Damien nodded to Dwayne who is looks could kill, Damien would be in the pits of Hell." Finally someone would understand my pain and I would be the one laughing."

The room was eerie as no one spoke a single word. The only sound was the faint flickering of the candles which to me sounded almost deafening.

"We didn't tell Max to kill Jane." Dwayne finally spoke up. "You can't blame us for something we did not do." Always a voice of reason he is.

Damien gave a deep laugh, "Oh believe me, I do not blame you. You all were just bystanders. But in almost every movie about revenge, there is always death." And in an instant I was pushed back into the room with Damien. I let out a scream when I realized that all hell was about to break loose.

Yells were sounded as fighting began in the living room. Damien moved towards me slowly, a sick grin on his face. I kept backing up until I hit a wall.

'This is stupid! I should be fighting him, not wanting to cower like a small child! Get it together Cheyenne! Do it for Dwayne or ever Laddie! Fight for any of the boys! What good of a vampire are you if you're scared?" I mentally fought with myself. I didn't want to be the damsel in distress, I needed to do something myself.

I kept back up until I hit the dressed and moved my hands behind me. I felt around for something to at least try to wind the man in front of me with. My hands brushed over a vase that held dead flowers and grabbed it. A loud crash and yell sounded from outside and I took the distraction of that to smash it against Damien. Sure it wouldn't hurt him, but at least he seemed a little shocked I tried to do anything at all.

I ran to the door as fast as I could and opened it to see the mayhem that was currently happening. Paul and Marco were double teaming against Jack. He seemed to be struggling against the two boys. Amanda was fighting David which for some reason I preferred. Sure this was a life or death situation, but she seemed like a hands on individual. Dwayne was against Arlette. She was quick but Dwayne was smart, he seemed to be gauging her moves and when she would attack. It was strange to see Dwayne fight since most of the time at the boardwalk he would try to stay out of the fights. They always seemed to be the ones that David would cause with some girl's boyfriend.

I had to figure out what to do about Damien who was trying to make his way behind me. The closest thing to me were the candles with holders make from what looked like silver. That was it! Silver was one known way to kill a vampire. Well actually it slowed the healing process, but fire was a killer. The only problem with killing a vampire to fire is that fire doesn't slow the healing process. So sliver and fire would make a nice combination in this situation.

A scream ripped through the rather loud atmosphere. The sound coming from David as he ripped the head off of Amanda. He didn't even looked any different from the situation. He just threw her head down and started to help Dwayne. His vampire eyes seemed to become redder as time passed.

I had no time to think about what anyone else was doing at that current moment.

'Guys, on my count, grab a candle holder and stab them.' I heard them start to question. 'Actions now, questions later.'

'One.'

I looked to my left and then to the right, gauging the amount of candles that were in the room. There were more than enough to do great damage.

'Two.'

I grabbed one of the candle holders, making sure to blow the flames out first. The silver make me move slower. Then again, looking around everyone was slightly slower than usual. Fucking silver. I turned around to become face to face with Damien. His grin turned almost even more twisted than before and his eyes almost made me weak.

'Three!'

I didn't waste any time to make sure anyone else followed direction before impaling the holder into the stomach of Damien. I heard various yells so I only assumed they did as told.

'Leave!' I mentally yelled at the boys. I watched as Damien was almost glued to the ground he stood on. I dashed out, but after everyone made it up, Dwayne stopped at the bottom.

"Go!" I yelled at him, making it to the door. Jack, Arlette and Damien all stood in their spots. If they weren't trying to yell they would almost have seemed like statues. I kicked one of the holders down, watching as the flames grew and grew as they made contact with furniture. Whimpers came from the three as the flames crept near them. Dwayne grabbed my arm and pulled me up the stairs.

The boys were quiet as we all made it to the top of the stairs.

"Some plan you had there." David stated, looking like a proud father. I didn't say anything. I couldn't find the words to say anything. "Although I don't enjoy the fact you kept us out of your thoughts. Who knows what could have happened to you. You could have fucking died for all we knew! Hell you almost did." He motioned towards my arms that now had scars from the welts before moving out of the way so he could fly.

"Davy's happy you're back." Paul told me before following in suit of David as well as Marco.

A hand grabbed my own and I felt myself pulled into the chest of Dwayne. If I was a human I would have cried forever. The most I could do was dry sob, and that's never pretty. The man took my face into his hands and locked eyes with me. Our lips soon connected and moved in sync. Passion was at an all-time high and it was strange, I had kept him out of my head for so long and yet he still loved me. I parted us and looked down.

"I'm sorry." I muttered. "I left you out of everything. I could have probably avoided this entire thing if I had told you from the beginning. I just couldn't let him take Laddie away. Who knows what he could have done to hi-" The rest of mumbled as my face back against his chest and it vibrated with the sounds of him chuckling.

"You kept him safe. You were like a mother with her child, doing anything to protect them. Just next time don't leave the boys and I hanging. We're a family and we need to protect each other." He said before he grabbed my hand again and started flying, bringing me with him.

The fly back to the cave was in silence, it was a comfortable one though. Dwayne may not talk as much, but just his company was comforting and this was our relationship.

After landing back on the ground of Hudson's Bluff, I could hear Paul and Marco telling Laddie about the "epic fight" that just took place. I could hear the little boy's heartbeat going fast with excitement. I grinned and grabbed Dwayne's arm, running full force down the stairs, hearing Dwayne mumble an amused "be careful."

Once down the stairs I was met by a small force. Laddie was grabbing onto my legs for dear life. I smiled and keeled down to his height.

"Long time no see, huh?" I asked him. He smiled a great big smile and wrapped his arms around my neck. I picked him and met Dwayne on one of the couches, setting Laddie between us and watched our surroundings. Paul was jamming to some song oh his "rock box". Marco was petting some bird that seemed to enjoy his company. David sat in the midst of it all, smoking a cigarette and seeming to relax.

Laddie sat, telling me about how he was while I was away, and even asking Dwayne about some things to prove his point. Paul apparently told him to hold down the fort with Star and be "man of the cave". Something that I would have yelled at Paul for just because it wasn't safe for them to be alone. God knows how many other vampires Damien could have had. But for the moment it was nice to hear the stupid antics of the boys.

'I love you.' I thought to Dwayne, while watching as Laddie very animatedly talked with his hands.

This is my family.

A/N: This the last chapter of this story.I was originally going to make this one into two chapters, but I wanted to finish it in one.

I really hoped you enjoyed this story and all the reviews mean a lot to me. As well as the follows and favorites. This story took 6 months to finish with 18 chapters. That makes this the first story I've ever completed and the longest story I've ever written. I honestly never planned to finish this story but with the all of the people who read it and liked it, I had to write more. Plus the fact I really wanted to write this.

There WILL be a sequel which starts with the actual movie, so that should be popping up somewhere down the line. Maybe around next week? Plus I need to work on 'Till the Death of Me' which I have been lacking the desire to write solely on the fact I don't know what I want to do with it. Whoops.

Also, if anyone would like to help me with the title of the sequel that would be much appreciated. I'm terrible at coming up with titles and I would really need help. You would be credited for the title of course. I just might need help with that.

But anyway, I do hope you enjoyed reading this and I am getting kind of emotional with the close of this story. I'm going to miss it but all things come to an end.

Thank you so much for reading and I will see you in the sequel!