I DON'T OWN LOST BOYS OR ANY OF ITS ORIGINAL CHARACTERS, ONLY MY OCS AND THE SITUATIONS I PUT THEM IN. WARNING: There will be cussing, lemons, and violence. (Also, someone said I should put please don't steal. Didn't think I needed to, but ok. Please don't steal my stories.)
So, here we are again. I want this beginning and story to be different and since I haven't seen a start like this I think I'm on the right track. Some characters may seem OOC at some points at different times in the story, but I hope I explain that in the story when the time comes. Some things happen pretty fast at first (like certain relationships or legal stuff), but again I try to explain it. Some people may go back and forth at times, but I'll explain it! You get the idea. Spelling and grammar errors, I recheck constantly, so sorry if some slip by. Some character bashing in the beginning and for a little while, but that doesn't mean it will last the whole story. I don't hate certain characters though it may seem like that at times. Big thank you to everyone who reviewed, followed, and/or favorited. You guys rock! Sooo, I was trying to get certain names right for the story/flashback and I looked them up. However, I'm still not a hundred percent sure about their accuracy. I'm sorry if the information is wrong, I was going for Dwayne's background and what I always believed and imagined for him from the movies and comics and my own imagination. If it is offensive to anyone for whatever reason, I apologize ahead of time, that was in no way intended. Flowerangel502: Thank you so much! MissRuthless: Thank you so much, that is so sweet of you! I saw all your reviews and I loved them. It made me feel all warm and fuzzy, even the one about hitting David with a brick, lol. SabrinaTeenagedB: Thank you, I know right. Princessnerra: Thank you! There is plenty more coming Max's way. Shelby3323: Thank you so much. Also, thank you to everyone I may have missed. It doesn't always show you all to me until later. Enjoy.
Chapter 14: Someone Could Get Hurt.
David and Dwayne couldn't help but smirk softly as Ava all but pushed Max into the hospital before waving enthusiastically as the medical staff rushed him off.
She left Lucy and Mike in the waiting room and went out to the parking lot to a dark secluded corner. "Well" she called out with a small smirk.
The boys jumped down and landed behind her.
"Lovely night Princess" David said and she turned slowly to face them.
"Hmm, I thought it went smashingly" she teased. She saw his eyes flash at her attempt at an accent and her smirk grew. "Well, well, well" she said before Dwayne distracted her.
"Do you know what we could do to you, here all alone, in the dark, at our mercy Dove" his words came out in a deep seductive purr.
Ava bit her lip and looked at him, raising a single brow.
"Enlighten me" she said.
Before they could follow through with that pleasurable command, Ava was hit with a strong pang in her stomach that actually made her gums ache as she all but doubled over.
Her mates were running their hands over her instantly as little calming noises escaped them.
"What's wrong Dove" Dwayne asked her sounding panicked.
"The change, it's affecting her at a quicker pace for some reason" David answered as all she could do was groan in pain.
"What he said" she was able to get out through pants.
"Come on" David said as he helped her stand and began leading her away from the hospital.
"Where are we going?" Ava asked looking between the two boys.
"Getting you something to drink Dove" Dwayne said and her eyes widened.
"But-" Ava said cutting herself off.
"Trust us Princess" David told her as they rounded the building.
Ava felt like she had swallowed a sack of rocks but nodded none the less, letting the boys lead her into the night.
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Eva offered to drop the Frogs back at their home. She even packed tubs of leftovers for them.
"Easy to heat" she told them as she led them to Grandpa's car, much to the old man's chagrin. Grandpa grabbed his dessert and ran to his workshop.
Eva rolled her eyes before waving to Danny and Star. She went up and kissed a full Laddie on the head as Danny read him stories.
The boys piled their bicycles into the car and then got in.
Eva tried not to smirk when she saw Marko and Paul jump in the air and disappear.
'Overprotective much' she thought teasingly, knowing they'd hear.
She could just feel Paul pouting as Marko huffed in her head.
The car ride was silent and awkward for the boys as Eva simply bobbed her head along to a song in her mind.
"So" Alan said after a moment, looking decidedly uncomfortable.
Sam shook his head as he rolled his eyes in disbelief while Edgar probed his brother to continue with a nudge to the ribs.
"Yes" Eva asked, eyes on the road as she dragged the word out.
"You have some interesting friends" he said before both he and Edgar looked at her and leaned in.
It was like they thought she'd suddenly let something slip and they had to be closer to catch it.
"Oh no" she whispered wide eyed.
"What" they asked, leaning further in.
"I forgot to get you guys dinner mints and now it's coming back to bite me in the ass!" she snapped.
The boys flushed and scooted back.
Sam burst into giggles. "Really subtle" he was able to get out between breathes.
"Well, the other head that yells and always tells lies isn't here so you get what you get" Eva told them not really paying attention. She didn't think they'd get the reference since it was from another eighties movie.
"You have another head that lies?" Alan asked before Edgar cut in.
"Oh, Ava? Wait, she lies, what does she lie about" he asked quickly with narrowed eyes as he tried to sneakily pull out his notebook.
"Yeah, or maybe I'm the liar. You'll never know. None shall pass through the door to the Goblin Kingdom" she said in a voice trying to imitate a deep base.
The three males looked lost, though Sam still looked amused.
Just as Alan went to speak again, the car jerked to a stop.
"Here" Eva said in a perky voice.
"Thanks" Alan said as his brother got out and started to unload their bicycles. He shot a look at Alan when he stayed in the car. "You can come in, I mean i-if you want" he stammered out.
Eva smirked before turning to the younger boy. She lightly bit her lip as she narrowed her eyes seductively.
"Why, Mr. Frog are you trying to seduce me?" she asked him in a breathy voice.
Alan looked like he was about to pass out.
At first, she thought he was embarrassed because his face was far redder than she thought anyone's skin could get without the help of the sun.
However, she noticed the look in his eyes as Sam sighed with a "Come on man" disgustedly commented in the background.
Alan's eyes were dazed and unfocused and he must have been picturing something very pleasing to him as an admittedly stupid grin found its way onto his face.
"I think you're a tad too young for me, not to mention I'm spoken for" Eva said, bursting his bubble.
He actually jumped slightly before looking sheepishly at her.
"But you're cute kid" she said turning away as she saw the hopeful look on his face. Eva also saw a heavy scowl on Edgar's face, though the other boy stayed silent. "I'm sure if you just relaxed a little, the girls would flock to you both" she told the two brothers.
Alan blushed at that as Edgar looked a tad surprised at her words.
"Er, thanks" Alan said as he slipped out of the car. "Night, bye Sam" he called.
"Bye" Eva and Sam called before she all but flew the car out of there.
"Ah" Sam yelled grabbing onto his seat. "Are you trying to kill me?" he asked her before settling down.
"I guess that should remind you to always stay buckled huh" she asked, only getting some mumbled grumbles in reply.
"How did you like tonight" Eva asked Sam as they drove back to Grandpa's.
"It was fun" Sam shrugged. "Mom's boyfriend is weird" he told her while looking out the window.
"Yeah, he is" she agreed and saw his shoulders slouch slightly.
It seemed he had been anxious about her reply.
"Besides that crackpot" Eva began getting a snort out of Sam. "What did you think of the others" she couldn't help but ask. "I mean really think of them?" she added.
"I like them" he told her with a smile. "They're cool" he said and she smiled.
"Good, I'm glad you like them. Really, I do" she looked at him briefly. "Your friends are nice" she said and he shot her a look. "I mean it, a little paranoid, but nice" she commented.
"Yeah, I think it's because they listen to that Jackson Stalker" he shrugged.
"Who?" Eva asked confused.
"Oh, he's some supposed vampire hunter on the radio or something. They told me about it when we were on our way to the house" Sam snorted. "I think he's like their hero or something. He's the one who writes the comics" he told her.
"Really" Eva said slowly. "Well, everyone's got to have a hobby" she muttered.
"Yeah, plus with him coming to town soon on his 'annual hunting trip'" he said with air quotes. He yelled and grabbed the door when Eva swerved the car before getting control of it again.
'SHIT' she had heard in her mind from Paul and Marko at the mention of the hunting trip.
"What, er I mean sorry" Eva stammered out. "Sorry, I thought I saw a fox" was her weak excuse.
"Ye-yeah, don't sweat it" Sam swallowed, though he definitely looked paler as he held onto the side of the door.
'I guess the stories of Eva's driving weren't exaggerated' he thought silently praying for the safe return to Grandpa's house.
Never had he been happier to see it looming in the distance.
'What happened' Eva was asking through her mental link. Paul and Marko had spent that whole time cursing and sounded more than a little annoyed.
'That dude is trouble' Paul told her.
'Trouble? Like he's legit?' she asked. 'Then how come so many things in the comics were off' she wondered.
'No, more like he brings too much attention. Sometimes he has gotten way too close to the truth and gotten super lucky. A few times he's hurt people. Some vampires…others not' Marko tried to explain making her gasp.
She wondered how he could be walking around if he just attacked random people. 'He must have a criminal record' she thought.
'If he's coming here and those Frogs even point him in our direction-' Paul left the rest of the sentence hanging.
Eva knew the Lost Boys believed they were capable fighters. Which they were. However, being told that you were technically taken down by a bunch of halflings and three wannabe vampire hunting fourteen-year-olds did tend to humble people, even if just a little.
She got the feeling that this man could bring some serious issues to her family.
'So what do we do' she asked as she parked the car in the garage.
Eva lightly glared when Sam dashed out and all but hugged the side of the building in relief. 'Come on' she distractedly thought.
'We'll wait to talk to the others and David' Marko said decisively. 'He'll know what to do. Hold on, it feels like something happening now' he said.
Eva concentrated and could feel the others. She felt Ava's hunger and her fighting it off.
'Oh no' Eva thought as she walked out to the back of the house.
'Leave the girls' came Marko's voice as Paul suddenly appeared above her to help her up into the dark sky.
"Come on Babe" Paul said quietly. "Let's scram" with that he lifted her and they were gone before Sam even thought about going out to see where his cousin went.
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Ava was sure she was going to die.
'This is it' she thought not for the first time. 'I would say it was a good run, but it was short as fuck and I'm no where near the world domination I had planned' she thought miserably.
Dwyane couldn't help but let a snort slip out. She shot him a venomous glare making him feel the sudden urge to drop to his back and expose his stomach.
David wisely hid any amusement, though he did send his pack brother a knowing superior smirk that ticked off the tan teen before the peroxide blonde readjusted his arm around Ava.
"It's alright Princess, we're almost there, promise" he spoke in calming tones.
Ava let his voice wash over her as once again she picked up that hint of an accent.
Before she could mention it, Dwayne spoke up.
"I'm sorry Dove" he said, looking contrite as he pressed into her other side as they helped her walk.
"It's fi-" she went to say before wheezing as the air was knocked out of her.
As she was once more doubled over in pain, they shared another look over her head before Dwayne nodded and David gently lifted her into his arms.
"Don't worry Dove" Dwayne told her soothingly. "We'll make the pain stop" he promised.
Ava breathed in then out before speaking. What she said shocked them given her current situation.
"Do-do you both have accents?" she asked, sounding both pained and confused.
David froze momentarily as Dwayne simply looked slightly stunned. She did notice that out of the two of them, David, who's face took on a slight grimace, looked the least comfortable with the subject.
"Sorry, just noticed" she told them, weakly wrapping her arms around David's neck.
He shot her a small crooked grin though not all of the discomfort left his eyes.
"We do" Dwayne admitted, eyes darting between both Ava and David. "Mine is from when I was a human" he explained.
Ava picked up what he wasn't saying, that David's was as well.
"Oh" was her reply. She guessed that he was uncomfortable with his human life for some reason, or at least discussing it.
David sighed, most likely hearing the direction her thoughts were taking her.
"You did nothing wrong Ava" he promised her as he heard her feeling bad about pushing for information. "My life before all this just... It was good and bad" he said with a shrug, making her get closer to his face briefly.
She used that to her advantage to kiss his cheek.
His grin returned at that.
"I do want to tell you about it…someday" he told her.
Ava nodded, looking ahead. "Someday" she repeated lowly as she was hit with another cramp.
Dwayne watched his mate and wondered if his time to tell her of his turning was soon approaching.
He wanted to tell her everything about himself. About his family and his people. About his life before all of this.
He was nervous and anxious though.
"I'll still love you" Ava said, snapping him out of his thoughts as his dark onyx eyes connected with her forest green. "Both of you" she told them and Dwayne realized that she had also heard his errant thoughts.
He gave her a soft smile in return.
Soon they reached the back of a seedy looking building in a part of town that not many went to.
"Where are we?" Ava asked them as David helped her to her feet and she once more found two arms around her waist.
"Blood bank" both boys answered and her brows almost touched her hairline at that.
"What, we're pulling a Blade now" she commented unthinkingly.
They looked at her confusedly.
Ava sighed, "Future vampire movie" she waved them off. "He could walk in the sun" she said ignoring their looks of interest.
"So, how do we do this?" she asked. "I thought you gave Laddie bat blood" she mentioned.
"We do" David nodded as he leaned against the wall, pulling her gently against his front. Dwayne leaned his arm on the side.
At first, she thought they were just holding her but then she noticed they were watching the clinic.
"It keeps his hunger under control, since he's so young" David continued and she looked hopeful before noticing Dwayne shaking his head.
"It won't work for you. We can see that now" he explained in his low growl of a quiet voice. "Your body is burning through your human blood too fast for some reason" he said.
"It's what makes the pain…and can make you too dangerous" David continued for the other boy. When she looked at him he simply said, "Feral" and she blanched.
"That would be bad" she whispered. "Ah" she groaned, grabbing her stomach as they grabbed her.
David suddenly looked up to the sky. "The others are coming" he said.
"Wh-what does Star eat?" she couldn't help but ask.
Ava did feel better knowing Eva would be with her soon.
"Bats, thinks we don't notice though" David scoffed in disgust. He shook his head. He had at times given Star bat blood. However, she often snuck more. She had even, at times, made a show of not drinking only to grab the animal later. Her last 'feeding' had been the first time in a while since she had asked kindly, taking what David offered. He too had tried to respond in kind.
As time went on, David began to see Star as more of a friend. Any romantic feelings died off long ago. He did care for her, but not in the way Max had thought.
Thinking of some of Star's attitude, even Dwayne looked a little annoyed. True, he understood her viewpoint, but it was still frustrating.
"I thought you said that makes you more dangerous" she repeated what they just told her.
"It does" they both said, looking at each other before David continued. "But you know Star, she hardly believes half of what I say" David finished. He didn't need to point that at sometimes he gave her good reason to distrust him.
"The girls and I will talk to her" Ava ground out as she was hit with another cramp. It was like they were coming in stronger waves now.
She looked up and realized why.
A line of people had formed.
"Wha-" she went to ask but David already went to answer her.
"It has to be fresh" was the answer.
Ava felt her body waring with her own disgust over that image and the gut wrenching pain that was now spreading through out the rest of her body.
"Do-do we just wait" she asked sounding pitiful even to her own ears.
"Unless you want things to get bloody" David said before actually flinching away from her glare.
"Dove" Dwayne said, wrapping her in his arms. "Here" he told her as he pulled her into his inviting scent and odd body heat. "Let me take your mind off of it" he offered.
"How will you do that?" she asked, sniffling a little. "I don't think we should bang in an alley when I feel like I have an alien about to pop outta me" she told him looking up with big eyes.
He chuckled as David shook his head in amusement.
"I have another idea" Dwyane assured her. "How about I tell you a story" he said.
"A story?" she asked. She wiped her face from either sweat or tears, she didn't know. "Yeah, I'd like that" she nodded almost childlike and he smiled warmly at her.
Ava buried her face in the crook of his neck, breathing him in as David stayed close behind her.
"A very long time ago" he began in a deep timber.
Dwayne's voice lolled over her, causing her eyes to slowly flutter shut on their own accord as his words took shape in her mind.
It was almost like the story he was painting, was happening right behind her eyelids.
A young strong boy, no a man now stood on a hill over looking his tribe. His people. His family.
He was just truly coming into manhood now at the age of seventeen, soon to be eighteen. He'd soon be taking on more responsibilities, as was expected of the Chief's son.
He smiled down, seeing his younger cousins playing and the girl he planned to marry soon.
He could imagine her standing by his side, swollen with his child and smiling happily at him with pride in her eyes.
She was beauty of the very name with raven locks to almost match his own. Light amber eyes the shape of almonds that crinkled becomingly when she laughed. Dark sun kissed skin over a body that matured properly for her age. She had a small knowing little smirk on her plump dusk lips almost always.
"Waya" the deep voice of his father called him.
The teen turned, dark eyes and tanned skin seeming to radiate in the high sky before he smiled gently at his father, an older wiser version of himself.
Tall, muscular with a handsome but older face. Strong, if not a little harsh features that earned him respect of his people and the unknowing hearts of many in his youth and some even know.
Including his loving and kind wife before her passing.
"So, this is where you have been" the older man asked, long hair lightly swaying in the wind as he walked towards his son to stand by his side.
"Hmm" was the boys almost mute reply.
His father's mouth quirked in a smile. It was well known throughout the village that while his son was handsome and strong, he was the most silent of their people.
Instead of usually dancing and joining in the other boys' games as a child he had preferred to spend his time learning and reading. Listening to tales of their world.
That had only grown as he aged.
"Is something on your mind son?" Chief Sequoya asked his only child as he placed a large hand on his shoulder.
"Many things" was the younger man's reply. "Some good, some bad" he told his father.
"You're worried about those soldiers we saw" the chief asked knowingly.
"I do not think most of them will honor their deal…and our people will suffer" Waya admitted looking at the lush green earth.
He loved sitting on this hill, the cold, dark green grass would always calm him. Something about that color filled him with a deep peace.
"I fear the same thing" his father confided after a moment.
Waya looked up towards the sky.
"But do not fear" Sequoya continued. "We are strong and true. The Creator shall favor us in the end" he said with so much certainty that it almost convinced Waya.
Almost.
As his father nodded to him with one last squeeze to his shoulder before walking away, Waya looked back over to the people again.
Back to his cousins. His woman. His friends.
He prayed that he could protected them.
He was wrong.
The foreign soldiers did attack his village. As they held their own, the soldiers had weapons they had yet to procurer.
The foreigners cut down men, women, and children with no regards for the lives they were snuffing out.
Waya, with many other brave warriors, fought back and took down the beasts of men. Their evil corpses littering the Earth, lush green now tainted with the foul stench of death and splashed with copious amounts of red.
Waya ran at another man who was shooting down people with a sadistic light in his eye as he sat, seemingly untouchable atop of his horse. With a mighty shout Waya jumped and tackled the man down, slashing his sharp knife across the man's throat, indivertibly painting himself in the intruder's blood.
As Waya stood and looked up at the all but dead man as the light left his eyes, he felt a stirring in his chest.
He was angry that these men forced him to become a killer. He was enraged that they slaughtered his people.
Then he turned and looked at the fallen woman that was the man's last victim.
It was Waya's woman, Hialeah. Her eyes were closed and lips parted as blood tricked out slightly, though a more obvious stain spread rapidly over her chest at an alarming rate.
Waya let out a pained noise and fell to her side, lifting her in his arms, but it was too late.
She was already gone onto the next great adventure with her ancestors.
With an almighty roar, Waya released her and attached himself to another soldier. Soon he laid many to waste.
However, it did not matter.
He felt a jolt, a pain of fire beyond what he had known before in his back and he was forced onto his knees once more.
He had been shot.
Waya attempted to step back up and heard words from his assailant. Words he didn't understand, but the meaning was clear to him. They were frightened at his will.
More shots rang out until he was deaf to the screams and neighs of the horses and only heard the gun fire ringing out, breaking the air.
Waya laid panting on the grass, knowing it should feel warm yet it was alarmingly cold now.
It was like he was watching everything through muddled eyes, blinking slower and slower before two new strangers walked into his line of sideways sight.
These strangers, though also foreign, he was able to notice as he took longer breathes, were not soldiers.
One was a much older man dressed in many liars of skins he had only seen from a few travelers. Waya couldn't tell his eye color, but something about the smiling man radiated cold…death, even more than what was happening around him.
Which was odd seeming as while they walked, they were unaffected by what they saw. The younger one seemed to look with a masked expression, while the older one smiled.
But stranger yet, no one else seemed to react or even notice their presence.
'Ghosts, demons?' Waya couldn't help but wonder as he felt his own blood now flow freely onto his sides.
The younger man still gave him a feeling of dread, though not as much as the older. The young man had the lightest shade of hair Waya had ever seen. Not white, but almost.
His eyes were a piercing cold blue that reminded him of the river during the winter months.
He also was dressed in traveler clothes, though not as gaudy as the older man's. His were more of earthen colors and seemed to have some wear and tear to them.
If Waya had to guess, in his distracted mind, he's say the older one was some man of standing while the younger was some sort of laborer.
He blinked again and found it even harder to open his eyes this time, but he still persisted.
The rest of his body may have been failing him, but he'd be damned if he'd kept his eyes closed.
With great effort, he opened them and saw the two strangers right in front of them with the younger one, who he now saw was around his age, bent down as he turned Waya slightly with a surprisingly gently touch.
Waya hissed in pain, dark brown and black eyes connecting with silver blue for the briefest of minutes.
Though he doubted they spoke the same language, he saw something in the other's eyes.
A look of apology and sorrow.
The older man soon bent down and spoke clearly, shocking Waya when he spoke in Waya's language.
"I have a way to help you" the man told him, immediately catching the warrior's interest. "A way to save your life and allow you to get…justice for all of your fallen people" he said.
Waya was eager to agree, but stayed his tongue. He was intelligent and knew almost nothing came for free.
The man smirked as if he could read his mind.
"All I ask is, after your task is done, you come to stay with me and my other son" he placed his hand on the blue eyed man's shoulder gaining a displeased look at the action. "As my son, live as one of us, forever" the man proposed.
Waya's breaths at this point were more of short pants and he didn't have much time to think over his options.
Though he didn't think it was that hard of a choice. Death or justice for the ones he loved?
That was the simplest thing he had ever been asked.
Living as someone else's son, that brought a pang to his stuttering heart but he ignored the image of his pained filled father's face and thought of what needed to be done.
'I can't think like a child. I am not a child. I must think of my cousins' he thought of the young boys. 'Of my future-' he stopped almost thinking of his future sons which were now taken from him with Hialeah's death.
'I must think like a leader' he thought. With that in mind he gave a firm nod and grunted, the only sound he could make as of right now that didn't cause the worst pain as he struggled for air.
The older man smiled victoriously as the younger one looked down, hiding his expression briefly before once more his face went blank.
The older man suddenly had a small container covered in treasures and gems that he uncapped and held it up to Waya's mouth.
"You must drink, drink and then you shall drink some more" he said, aiming the last to the other teen who went out of Waya's line of thought. "Then, I shall give you some of my strength along with David's help and you shall strike them down" his words flowed over Waya in an almost distorted way.
More out of instinct than his actual acceptance of the deal, Waya drank once the liquid enter his mouth.
He could barely make out what it was as he fought for consciousness. Though he caught fruit flavors and the unmistakable metallic twang of blood.
Waya found that the more he drank, the more focused his eyes became. The stronger his limbs felt, if only by a little.
Then after a moment, the man pulled it back, despite Waya trying to follow to his amusement. "Here, this will make it go by quicker" he heard before the man's bloody wrist was suddenly in his face.
His mind raged against the idea, yet he found himself latching onto the offered appendage as he gained more control over his hands and was able to grab onto the hand to keep it attached to his mouth.
"Excellent" the older man said sounding anything but human. "Ah, here is young David back with the rest of your meal" he said pulling away yet again, much to Waya's growing annoyance.
He lifted himself up so he was resting more on his hip. He wared with himself over trying to fight the man for more blood or attack the still attacking soldiers.
His thoughts were answered however when the one name David dropped a wounded soldier before him. Waya looked up at them and fell back in shock.
Their faces were no longer the faces of man but of demons. Fangs and eyes of fire.
"Drink, take his life and finish this. Then bring reckoning to them" the older man waved his arm to the shouting men around them.
Waya felt a pain now in his mouth making him realize the pain in his back was now but an ache, though still painful.
The pain in his mouth, which was more like a sting, stopped and his hands flew up to confirm what a part of him already knew.
He was just like the…creatures before him.
David used his elongated thumbnail to cut down the soldier's cheek, making him shout something out.
Waya didn't care what it was, or the pleading and horrified look on the man's face.
The horror that had been inside of him now vanished along with almost everything else as his viewpoint narrowed down to the blood dripping down the man's face.
Like the bullets that would have stolen his life, he shot off and leached himself onto the man's neck as he drained him of his very life force.
Once he was sure there was nothing left, he dropped the now deceased body.
Breathing heavily, but for a whole new reason. Waya, on his knees as he slowly lifted his heads to look up at the two men relished in the new feelings.
He looked at his strong arms. He could see the blood pumping through them and was almost tempted to take a bite of himself, yet resisted.
He felt reborn.
He looked up and slowly stood as he felt a power surge through him that he had never experienced before. It was unlike anything he'd ever felt in his whole life.
Still not saying a word, Waya turned and noticing his eyes now sharper and seeming to pulse with his blood, he ignored how they kept refocusing as they tried to adjust to the dark, and he jumped on the first soldier he saw.
Soon David took up the task as well as the still unnamed man simply watched from the sidelines. An oddly proud and smug expression hidden from all.
In almost no time, all of the intruding soldiers had fallen in the most gruesome way. One had tried to run in hopes of reporting the hellish sights he had seen, but he had been stopped by the man under the trees.
"Very good" the man said with a slow clap, approaching the two blood-soaked boys as Waya looked at what remained of his village.
They looked at him in a mixture of fear and love.
"I am Maximus" he told him. "Son", without another word, Waya was whisked away. The boy, for Waya realized he was just a boy still, never saw his real father again.
And he now had a demon for a father. A demon he made a deal with.
Dwayne finished his tale and pulled back slightly as he felt liquid on his chest as Ava shook.
She was crying as rivers of tears ran down her face, smearing makeup and moving her body with sobs and hiccups.
"I'm-" she fought to speak as both boys tried to sooth her. "I'm so sorry you had to go through that" she told him. "I-" she couldn't continue as she dissolved into more tears.
"The past is the past" Dwayne told her comfortingly.
David rubbed her back.
"But-But to have to live with him" she got out. "And he didn't even let you say goodbye. He-he had to have known!" she suddenly yelled in anger, though it was obviously aimed at their creator as she glared at the end of the dark alley.
"What?" David asked, brows drawn. He and Dwayne looked cautiously at her as she pulled away to pace.
"He had to have known that you were going to get attacked, it seems way too convenient that he just showed up. Even if he didn't he still used it to his advantage to get you to drink. He could have been helping from the very beginning, but no he's so FUCKING SELFISH!" she ended in a shout before punching the brick wall.
Of course, they heard the pops of her knuckles breaking and tearing along with a small part of the wall giving way.
"Shit, that fucking hurt!" she yelled.
"Dove" Dwayne said in a reprimanding but fond tone.
"Princess, Ava, that brick wall never did anything to you" David went to say before he found himself once more on the end of one of her death glares.
He grumbled as Dwayne smirked at him before kissing Ava's already healing hand. The flesh was still torn, but the bone was repositioned.
Painfully.
David shot Dwayne a glare, he refused to admit that it was a pout before looking at Ava and kissing her head, helping to calm her down.
She was still upset and in pain, but she wasn't hitting anything or yelling anymore.
"It's alright, it brought me to you" Dwayne told her.
Ava had to smile at that.
"That's one of the good things that came out of this whole existence" David admitted charmingly and then she couldn't help but beam up at them.
They grinned down at her, feeling like their mission was accomplished.
Neither would admit that they also suspected foul play on Max's behalf when first bringing Dwayne into their group yet had long ago put that out of their minds for sanity reasons.
Just like how they ignored Max's attempts at getting them to call him any form of father. They were really annoyed when he changed and tweaked their names to suit more modern times. To suit his taste as their 'father'.
"I love you both. I just want you to know that" Ava told them. Both felt a jolt in their undead hearts, making her smirk up at them as she tilted her head down slightly with a sparkle in her green eyes.
The moment was ruined was when she whined as she was hit with another stomach cramp. "Ow, ow, ow, damn it" she hissed sadly.
Once more, both males were attached to her sides in hopes of soothing her pain.
"Almost time now" David told her just as they heard the tale-tale sound of Paul, Marko, and Eva flying above them before the trio were suddenly in front of them.
"Hey, are you ok? Why are you crying? Do you need anything?" Eva's questions came out at a fast pace as she all but ran and collided with Ava.
"I'm fine, just hungry" Ava said as she was unable to hide a chuckle at her sister's antics.
"I was so worried for you" Eva let out a whoosh of air as she clung to Ava.
"We're just waiting now" Ava assured her, hiding a grimace from another pain.
"Think we can go now" Paul nodded his head as he noticed most of the buzz had died down. "Should we grab some for Eva and her highness while there" he asked, rolling his eyes at the last name. They all knew how he cared for Star. However, she really did make him think of a sister. That meant feeling the good and bad emotions to situations that normal siblings experienced.
"I doubt she'd want some, never does" Marko snorted.
"Who?" Eva asked looking between her boyfriends.
"Star" Ava answered for them. "Apparently she's been putting herself and others at risk by not drinking the donated stuff" she informed her sister who looked nervous.
"Danny won't be pleased with that" Eva muttered and Ava had to agree.
"We'll grab some for them, it's up to her if she drinks it" was David's neutral reply. He looked at Eva. "I know you don't hurt right now, so you can drink now or wait till you do. That might do more harm than good though" he told her and she nodded.
He was pleased that she wasn't fighting him and began leading the group to the front of the bank. Of course, they made for an opposing crowd as they glided in effortless intimidation.
They soon entered and saw an admittedly very weedy looking man working the front desk. When he looked up to see who entered, his bored expression turned to fear in an instant.
David strutted up to the desk and all but purred like some large jungle cat. "The usual" he demanded, sliding a stained paper bag out of his coat pocket and to the man.
The man licked his thin upper lip and quickly took the bag with a shaky head nod before scuttling away as fast as his gangling body could take him.
"Made a deal with the locals?" Ava half joked.
"I'm a man of many talents" David puffed up his chest, hands palm up. Her amusement grew, especially when Dwayne rolled his eyes behind David's back good-naturedly.
"I've noticed" was her reply.
Before any more could be said the same tiny peached mustached man came back in and shoved an off-white cooler in Eva's hands before Marko got in his face and he jumped back in fright.
With a smirk from all the boys and a less than impressed look from the twins, the group soon exited.
Not even fully out of the building and Ava had the container out of her sister's hand and was once more in the alley.
She had drained two bags before they caught up to her.
"Hmmm" she moaned out as her stomach finally settled.
"This is…yeah" was all Eva found herself able to say.
"I remember that feeling" Paul shook his head symphothetically as he swung an arm around Eva's shoulders.
"It's a rush Doll" was Marko's contribution, his own arm moving to Eva's waist.
"Do you feel better Princess?" David asked as he and Dwayne moved closer to Ava. He placed a hand on her cheek.
"She's a lot cleaner than us" Dwayne commented proudly as he rubbed her back.
"Boys" she said lowly with a chuckle before opening her eyes, which lightened to their usual green and grey.
"Always messy" the twins said together with a snicker and the boys actually looked a tad sheepish.
"Now" Ava said looking far more lively. "Let's go. We still need to get Danny, Star, and Laddie, and talk and sleep. Also" she said sharing a look with Eva whose brows went up. "I think I want us to go to the diner a little tomorrow" she said to the boys surprise.
"Why?" Paul couldn't help but ask. "You don't work".
"It's a surprise" she said before slowly walking. "Come on don't doddle" she told them getting snorts in reply.
"We can fly Chica" Paul said.
"Yeah, why don't you try it" Marko asked and Ava paled.
"Ehhhh" was the reply before David picked her up this time.
"Noooo" she yelled as he whisked her away with the others following close by. "Buuullllshiiittt" was heard by a few people bellow, though for the life of them they couldn't figure out where it came from.
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Max was beyond angry.
He knew he had to control it before he met up with Lucy.
He had been invited by her to go see the twins and that witch perform at their little diner. He had gone in to apologize for his behavior the night before. Lucy seemed wary of him but said that her nieces invited her to watch a performance with the rest of their group and her sons. He was graciously invited.
'Toyed around by two snot nosed humans and a witch' he thought angrily as he walked down the boardwalk.
It made his blood boil.
'They don't know who they're fucking with' he thought. 'Once I have them drink, they'll be under my control' he raged.
He smelled something as he passed by a narrow ally and turned, making sure to turn up one of his vampiric charms. Disillusion.
He wasn't actually invisible, just not noticeable.
Max slid in and saw what he had suspected he would. A young teen couple connected as they sucked on each other's faces and pawed at one another. They were in the middle of procreating.
Giving no thought or care to who they were or what kind of people they were, Max quickly transformed and easily allowed them to see him though he kept up the charm to keep any nosey walker-bys away.
He smelt their fear and let it intoxicate him like a drug, making their imminent death all the better.
The girl screamed as the boy rushed to pull his pants up before trying to stand in front of her.
However, besides briefly taking in the pining of their pupils, Max gave them very little time to react before he was upon them.
It was more of a slaughter than a feeding if he was honest with himself.
The old vampire was getting his frustration and rage out for the slight he felt was done on him. That energy and violence was released on the two innocent available victims.
Once he was done, he pulled away and saw just how messy things had gotten.
"Oh dear" he commented rather dryly. "Now I'll have to change" he huffed as he pulled out a small bottle of lighter fluid and a match from the inner breast pocket of his tweed jacket.
He flew off, ignoring the now scorching bodies as he hastened to change.
Still on a blood high he thought to himself, 'Perhaps I could get the girls alone for a little…talk' he wondered. 'Nothing serious enough to upset the boys' he told himself, unwilling to admit that he was even slightly afraid of his own creations.
'Just a small warning that they have no chance to go against someone of my power and put a little much needed fear in them' he thought.
"Yes" he murmured out loud as he made it home. He walked past the white picked fenced.
In his predicament, he didn't realize that his faithful hellhound Thorn was nowhere to be found.
"Should be easy enough" he said with an arrogant air as he changed. "After all, they're only human".
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The twins and Danny stood on the stage in the diner as they smiled down at their audience. The twins were in tight band tees with their faux leather pants and boots. Their jackets were off at the moment as Danny was for once not in a dress.
She was in some light wash jeans, an off white peasant shirt and brown boots.
All of them had opted for the more natural look of some powder to take off the shine, some blush and mascara with a brush through their brows and sheer gloss. None of them had attempted to tame their curls.
"Hi everyone" Ava said as she waved to the crowd that cheered a hello. "As you know, we are the Bedlam Terrors" she said to more cheers. "Thank you. This is another song that won't be out for a long time, but we're big fans and" she looked at the table that held the boys, Star and Laddie.
A few tables behind them was a table with a less than happy Michael next to Lucy and Max, who looked oddly smug.
Sam was with the Frogs in their shop, they had been in the diner earlier but had to leave after a while.
None of the older group knew that the boys could hear them from the comic shop and even moved closer to get a better look.
"And it's for some friends of ours" she said before having to look away so her emotions didn't get away from her.
She looked back at Danny and Eva.
Eva smiled gently at her as Danny nodded, sending her understanding through her eyes. Ava had her violin with her as Eva took over guitar and Danny on drums. They had recorded some piano music earlier which played over the keyboard.
The music began and the crowd quieted, waiting to hear what they'd play. As was their normal routine now, Ava started.
"If I die young, bury me in satin. Lay me down on a bed of roses. Sink me in the river at dawn. Send me away with the words of a love song."
Eva and Danny came in as backup until it was another girl's turn to switch vocals.
"Uh oh, uh oh.
Lord make me a rainbow. I'll shine down on my mother. She'll know I'm safe with you when she stands under my colors. Oh and life ain't always what you think it ought to be, no. Ain't even grey, but she buries her baby.
The sharp knife of a short life. Well, I've had just enough time".
All three girls sang the chorus. Their voices meshing beautifully in an almost haunting way across everyone.
David was once more masking his emotions, though the other three boys, Ava and even Eva to a lesser extent could feel his emotions.
He was sad, even with a hint of nerves and anger at feeling vulnerable but there was love for Ava and his family, which was the boys and the girls.
Dwayne was sending Ava awed and appreciative looks while holding Laddie close to him.
Paul and Marko were looking at Eva with love and a hint of their own sadness.
Star was looking at them in sheer amazement as Laddie swayed with the music as best as he could in Dwayne's arms. It seemed to touch everyone in the diner.
"If I die young bury me in satin. Lay me down on a bed of roses. Sink me in the river at dawn. Send me away with the words of a love song.
The sharp knife of a short life. Well I've had just enough time."
Then, it was Eva's turn as she took over seamlessly.
"And I'll be wearing white when I come into your kingdom.
I'm as green as the ring on my little cold finger.
I've never known the lovin' of a man, but it sure felt nice when he was holding my hand.
There's a boy here in town says he'll love me forever.
Who would have thought forever could be severed by, the sharp knife of a short life.
Well I've had just enough time!"
She dragged out the note for a little before the others joined in before fading back out besides leaving just Eva again. As she sang the instrumental picked up, including Ava picking up more of the violin.
Now it was Danny's turn to take over singing.
"So put on your best boys and I'll wear my pearls. What I never did is done" the only difference being that unlike Ava and Eva, after she connected her eyes with her significant other she looked at Max.
He still had that superior grin on his face.
She shot him her own brow raise and nosed up look in return, getting the desired annoyed expression for her effort.
"A penny for my thoughts, oh no I'll sale them for a dollar. They're worth so much more after I'm a goner.
And maybe then you'll hear the words I been singin'. Funny when you're dead how people start listenin'".
She let that message hang in the air before they once more sang together.
"If I die young, bury me in satin. Lay me down on a bed of roses. Sink me in the river at dawn. Send me away with the words of a love song".
Ava once more took over as main vocal with Eva and Danny as back up.
"Uh oh" she sang before they echoed her. "Uh oh".
"The ballad of a dove" she sang.
"Uh oh" Eva and Danny sang again.
"Go with peace and love" Ava sung before they all sang the next line.
"Gather up your tears, keep 'em in your pocket" they sang quickly before Ava continued.
"Save 'em for a time when you're really gonna need 'em" the last chorus they finished together.
"Oh, the sharp knife of a short life. Well I've had just enough time.
So put on your best boys, and I'll wear my pearls" they all trailed off.
It was quiet for a good two seconds before rounds of applause filled the room, followed by many people suspiciously wiping their faces.
"Thank you, we're going to take a little break. Enjoy your food" Danny said seeing as her friends seemed a little too choked up at the moment.
Ava looked at her boys as Eva did the same but waved them off for the moment. Ava didn't want to cry in front of them.
It wasn't that she didn't trust them, she trusted them more than anyone in the world with the exception of the two girls next to her and her father. Not to mention Aunt Celia and Grandma Margret. However, Ava had always been weird about crying.
Ava wasn't ready for that.
She definitely didn't want to do that here and now.
Of course, they had already seen her cry. That didn't mean she was ready for a repeat performance.
David, who had the same issues, put a hand on Paul and Dwayne. They were on either side of him to stop them, feeling for the girls. David nodded to Ava to show he understood.
'We'll be here Princess…I love you' he sent to her and she shot him an appreciative look.
'Love you' she got out as she quickly made it out the back door towards the restrooms with Eva and Danny hot on her tail.
Just as the boys settled down, Max walked past them without a care in the world.
David went to stand as they all tensed when Max demanded, "Sit" clearly but low enough that only they would hear. He didn't even look back, so he had no way of knowing that his order didn't take.
Had he, he would not have only been severely distraught and panicked for many reasons, but he also would have changed his course of plan.
Michael watched as Max went out the same door his cousins and Danny went out of as the boys soon followed.
He also went to stand before his mother pulled him down and began talked about something. He didn't know what, he wasn't paying attention.
He was busy pouting over the missed opportunity.
He sighed before looking at the back of Star's head.
'At least there's still that' he thought with a sullen sigh. Though just staring at the back of the girl's head wasn't exactly the most entertaining thing in the world. No matter how desperate someone was.
'Wonder what's happening outside' he thought before Lucy tried to wipe something off his face.
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Ava and Eva heard the mental shout of 'look out' and turned to see Max behind them.
Danny turned as the twins moved. She noticed they kept her between them in a way as they crossed their arms, but didn't speak up about it.
First they noticed a pleased Max behind them. Then saw the boys come out behind Max, but the twins mentally told them to hold off for the moment which had them waiting in the shadows.
"Well, well, well, what have we here" Max drawled out as he looked at the girls as a lord looked at a peasant.
"I could tell you what I see, but I don't think you'd like the answer" Ava quipped back making Eva smirk as Danny chuckled.
"You are a snarky little bitch aren't you" Max sneered at her.
"Right back at you" she chuckled.
"You'd think for someone of your age you'd be a little wittier by now" Eva started. Max scowled at her. "But then again you also followed us for some reason, so what does that say about your intellect?" she asked.
"Not much" Danny put in.
"Ah, the witch speaks" Max spat. "Are you going to throw any more of your parlor tricks at me" he asked mockingly making Danny's brows raise again in amusement as the twins snorted. "What's wrong, too small to do any real damage" he taunted.
Danny glared black death at him as her eyes darkened and the twins both made comments along the lines of "Shouldn't have said that".
He smirked but felt a chill run up his spine.
"You know I can make life very unpleasant for you three children" he went on to tell them. "Especially with you resisting drinking and turning" he told them, making them blink as the twins shared a brief look with Danny.
They purposely didn't look at the boys.
"What, you're not even going to play human anymore" Danny said instead.
"I think we are well past that point, don't you" he scoffed. He strode slightly closer, almost as if he was simply missing a cane to twirl.
"I suppose we are" Eva nodded as they all looked far too amused for his liking.
"Yet you still seem to be way out of the loop Maxy" now it was Eva's turn to mock.
His face slowly morphed into one of great anger.
"You three little bitches try my patience" he told them.
"Funny, I was going to say something similar to you" Ava told him with hands on her hips.
"Max, if you were smart you'd back off now. I don't think the boys would appreciate you being here and threatening us" Danny said while looking at her nails.
"I haven't even begun to threaten you…yet" he scowled. "And don't worry about the boys, they belong to me and will do as I command" he spoke hotly.
"No, they belong to no one" Ava said now looking annoyed. "They aren't slaves and I don't like you talking about them like that" she all but growled.
"My boys-" Max started irritation clear in his voice before Eva cut him off.
"Our boys" she went over him. "Are their own men and they definitely don't need some manipulative, bow tie wearing old creep trying to force them into playing some twisted game of Happy Families like an asshole" she said scathingly with her own sneer that turned into a smirk.
This seemed to set Max off like a bull and a red flag as he suddenly sprang at the blue eyed and two-toned hair youth with a hand raised as if to strike her.
Of course, the boys moved to quickly catch him.
However, before either Max or the boys could do anything, Ava had already caught him.
One hand held his throat tightly as the other squeezed his offending hand hard enough to shock him temporarily immobile.
"Not so fucking helpless now, are we" she said with her usual smirk. However, it was how dark the green of her eyes were, the fact that the gray seemed to resemble steel along with the fire in the hiss of her voice that showed the honest rage that boiled within her.
No matter how human she still looked.
While she still had the upper hand, she pushed him down onto the ground and away from them before going back to the others, never turning her back to Max.
The boys felt slightly shocked over Ava getting one over their maker, though they knew a good amount was because she had surprise in her favor this time.
And her own fresh blood pumping through her veins.
If he tried to attack her again then they would definitely have to step in. Though the boys had no reservations about protecting their mates or Danny.
The twins could literally feel the pride rolling off of their four mates, who were still behind Max. He still hadn't seen them in his shock. Not to mention the a good amount a lust the boys now aimed the twins' way.
They'd focus on that later as their eyes never left Max.
Danny stood between the twins, facing Max full on with her arms on either side of her as she slowly opened her palms.
Ava and Eva slowly turned so they were facing just a little away from Danny, but only an inch if even that. Their faces went back to their usual smirks and one brow raised as if they weren't bothered by anything. Which was partially true as they felt the power rolling off of Danny.
What surprised them, though they hid it, was that they all but felt the power touch something inside of them. Like an itch that started to grow.
They ignored that for now as well.
Danny was smiling pleasantly at Max, still slightly smug and far too knowing.
Slowly he rose as he realized what just happened. He gathered himself up, though he didn't attempt to attack again.
"Wha-" he went to ask before stopping himself.
Suddenly the dark sky lit up with thunder and lightening as clouds rolled in seemingly out of nowhere, making him actually jump in shock.
So, did Paul though he'd never admit that.
Max's eyes widened as he took in the imposing triad the girls formed, either knowingly or unknowingly he wasn't sure.
He could feel the raw power rolling off of them.
Max had just assumed that the unnatural feeling he had gotten from them was from the witch and them being around her for so long, not to mention them being from another world. Now, after being stopped by Ava and seeing the power behind her and Eva's eyes as well as the usual feeling from other vampires that he now recognized rolled off of both twins, he realized that was not so.
'When did they drink' he wondered before trying to feel a connection to them. Yet, there was none. This worried him even more. This either meant that something was blocking him, which could be the witch, or…
'They didn't drink from me' he thought while having to swallow.
Both thoughts scared him immensely.
He was brought out of his musing when a bolt of lightning shot terrifyingly close to him, completely destroying the trashcan it hit. Miraculously, it didn't damage anything else around the area.
'A warning' he thought as his breathing picked up in panic. He looked quickly at Daniela, their expressions and positions hadn't changed at all.
"What are you doing" he asked, having to yell over the winds that now picked up and began whipping their curls around behind them.
Danny's and twins smirks grew in size as she answered him, not hiding her spread palms.
"Parlor tricks".
A/N: What do you guys think? How about that end? How about Dwayne's background and how he told it? I'll check spelling a little later. If I miss too much, I might just go back when the whole story's done and fix it all then as well. Things still seem to always slip by me. I have some plans with some surprise characters in the next chapter. I don't think you were expecting anything from this pretty minor character, but I thought it would be cute as hell. Next chapter has; Marko's back story, some Michael drama, some Star and Danny time, some cute dates, the story goes on, and more! Review, ask, or suggest if you'd like. Until next time, have a great day.