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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! So, this chapter and really the last few ones have taken so long to put up for a few reasons. Work for starters. And mainly because my mind was trying to fight what the twins wanted to do and what the movie did. I just now told myself to screw the actual time line and things flowed. Ugh. Also, I wanted to put the proper emotions and everything into Marko's story and figure out the right plan for what they want to do. Just, a lot of things but here it is finally. Thank you guys and I'm glad you're still enjoying it even though it takes forever. Lastly, thank you to: Lexxxloubell, princessnerra, skylord danyelle, JaliceJelsa4eva, SabrinaTeenagedB, hottieanimegurl, shelby3323, MissRuthless, flowerangel502, missedwarddawn, Wizards N Dragons Realm, Screaming Kittycat, jgood27, Sarahburch. I really appreciate your reviews. Anyway, enjoy.
Chapter 16: Proficient in the Art of Ass Kicking.
Eva had run out of the cave and bought Marko a full set of new brushes while Ava gave Thorn a dressing down for destroying his things in the first place.
She didn't think she got through to the hell hound.
Especially since he was just rolling around with Laddie.
Marko shot Ava a pout and she threw her hands up. "I said I was sorry already, geez. That look may work on my sister, but aim it somewhere else buddy" she told him.
Soon enough laughter was bubbling out of the cherub boy and Ava was muttering mutiny.
'Hey, guys' Eva's voice came over Ava's and the boys' mind.
Ava winced lightly. "As if we weren't already too close" she muttered. "People called us connected before, but this is ridiculous" she said as David kissed her forehead.
He pulled her onto his lap in the wheelchair.
"You'll get used to it Princess" he assured it.
'What's up Doll' Marko mentally asked Eva.
'I've got a tag along and I can't seem to shake him. What do I do?' she asked, letting them see what she was talking about.
As Eva was riding on her bike, she looked back to see Michael following her on his own. Keeping up at a reasonable pace, even when he freaked out when she got too close to the edge of the cliff at times.
Everyone looked at David, not sure how to proceed.
"What do you think Princess" David asked. He tried to mask his voice in its usual arrogant tones, but she felt the concern for what she wanted.
Ava parted her mouth but didn't know what to say. Finally, she shrugged with a sigh.
"It's up to you" she told him. "Just, nothing too crazy, yeah" she offered.
David smiled, kissing her cheek. 'Bring him here Eva, invite him in for food' David said and Eva agreed without a fight.
"Marko" David called, looking at the boy in question. "Go get food" he told him.
"A please wouldn't kill you" Ava grinned lightly.
"Thank you" Marko said dramatically with a playful eyeroll. "What are we eating" he asked.
David and Ava looked at each other and both answered, "Chinese".
Marko was gone in the wind.
Dwayne came up behind Ava and placed his hands on her shoulders as she leaned back into him.
"Are you sure about this Ava" Danny asked from her comfortable position, jacket and shoes already tossed off.
"Yeah, hopefully it will get him to back off" Ava told her. "What more can we do?" she asked. "I just thought we had avoided this all together" she commented.
"It makes you wonder what else has been, uh delayed" Danny said in lack of better word. "We've changed so much" she said. "We still plan to change so much" she went on playing with Star's hair, "Yet it seems like some things just happen no matter what".
"Not if I can help it" Ava said with determination, her hands flexing on David's chest as her head turned slightly from its position on Dwayne's stomach.
Everyone understood what she meant.
"Well let's get some tunes in here" Paul said trying to lighten the mood. It was appreciated by everyone.
Dwayne pulled Ava up and the two started swaying, laughing whenever she would almost trip. Eventually, he simply lifted and spun them around making her squeal before laughing.
Danny smiled, continuing to mess with Star's hair as Star made more earrings.
Laddie continued to play with Thorn while Paul danced on the broken fountain. David watched with a pleased grin from his comfortable wheelchair as he shrugged off his big coat like everyone else.
That was before Dwayne put Ava down and she dizzily grabbed David's hand and pulled him up, making him dance with them as well.
As everyone continued to have a good time, Eva's voice broke the happy surface from above.
"Hey" she said earning cheers. "Brought company" she added. That got less cheers. She easily jumped down, meeting Paul in a deep kiss making her giggle against his lips.
Michael's head popped out and he looked at everyone.
He seemed surprised that Eva was already on the ground floor. It unnerved him a little when everyone looked up at him, including the dog.
"Uh, hey" he said nervously. He stood there, up on the ledge looking down as he ran a hand through his curls.
"Hey Michael, what brings you around here?" Ava asked, leaning against a completely bare-chested Dwayne.
"You guys" was his honest reply. He looked at David, "I wanted to know what was in that wine" he told him.
"Which wine" David asked far too innocently. He pecked Ava's lips before moving to light a cigarette and crashed back into his wheelchair, one leg up on the handles uncaringly.
"They didn't tell you-" Michael cut himself off as his eyes flew to Ava and Eva who were blank faced.
"I-I drank some of your wine" he admitted. He thought he had already told them that. 'Then we went to the tracks. Or was that a dream' he thought, still confused about that whole frightening experience.
"That…was a mistake" David's voice slithered through the hall. "Come down here Michael" he all but ordered.
Michael only hesitated for a moment before he began his descent.
Eva went up to Paul, twirling gracefully on the fountain edge to the softer volume of the music. He pulled her back into his chest as they started to sway gently.
She kept Michael in her peripheral vision though.
The same went for Ava, who went with Dwayne to the closest couch near David, which he had moved nearer, and they snuggled up at the arm. Her legs were folded and placed over Dwayne's lap with his arms around her waist and shoulder.
One of her hands dangled off the side, lightly holding one of David's.
Star and Daniela had stayed in their previous position, though Daniela had twitched her fingers making the curtains fall closed.
They were sheer, so they could still see out of them. It just gave them more of a sense of privacy against Michael.
She also knew Star wasn't thrilled with the boys' games. Even if she knew it was most likely for the best.
Star simply turned in her lap, face almost buried in her stomach as she continued with her crafts and Daniela started working on the other half of her hair, prompt up on the large fluffy pillows.
Laddie snuggled in closer to Thorn who gave off short growls at Michael before Ava hushed him.
Michael finally got down and looked around for a place to sit.
"Grab a cushion Michael" Ava told him with a small smile. She felt bad, getting the sense that Michael just wanted somewhere to belong.
Here he was in a new town, parents freshly divorced and he was taken from his friends and everything he was comfortable with.
'But being here gets them killed' came Eva's voice in her head. 'How do we be good cousins and good girlfriends at the same time' she asked her sister.
'Nice and good are two different things' Ava thought back to her. 'Things are so complicated and it's annoying' she pouted, trying to keep her face impassive.
Michael nodded and sat slowly on the couch.
"So, what are you guys up to?" he asked trying to ease up.
"Same old same old" David said earning some chortles. "Night out, terrorize the locals, come home and spoil the Princess" he remarked, gesturing to a pouting Ava.
"You?" he asked almost civilly.
The girls looked back and forth, interested in this weird male stand off as both Michael and David seemed to be puffing their chests out slightly.
'They're like birds' Eva thought making Paul choke on whatever he was inhaling as he tried to laugh and breath in at the same time.
David simply rolled his eyes, not too fond of the comparison.
"Just trying to get a feel for the city. I mean, there's something about it that just seems…different" Michael told him.
'In this episode of when boys become men' Ava was saying in everyone's, who could hear, heads with a phony Aussie accent. 'We see how one of the smaller males try to challenge the alpha for his position. This is a sure fire way of getting buggered' she said and now there were more snickers.
Dwayne was laughing silently against her, shaking her with how his chest moved from the muffled noise.
Even David cracked a smile at that.
"You could say that" David said out loud and none of them knew if he was answering Michael or Ava.
Daniela sort of wondered what they were all snickering about, but figured she'd get the story later.
Star didn't want to know, not even a little. She may have been a half, but her unacceptance of what she was had all but closed the link between her and the others, even now when they were on slightly better terms.
Laddie just laughed whenever anyone else did because he was a child and that was his thing.
Everyone sat in silence for a while, more or less looking at a very uncomfortable Michael.
A few times Eva and Ava almost broke it but then they remembered that it was better for Michael to not want to hang out with the boys.
He wouldn't respond well to the whole vampire thing, he had proven that.
In fact, they wondered why he was here and acting so relatively calm when he had just accused the boys of turning him into a vampire.
Once they found a way to turn him human again, then they could hang out with him. Maybe not with the boys. They'd have to see how all the personalities meshed without the whole 'turning into a vampire because -le gasp- Max is after your mom, what a twist-' in the mix.
Once that major obstacle was out of the way, then they could see if Michael still wanted to hang with them and if the boys were down. Not to mention Star and Daniela.
Eva and Ava would give him a shot, but they still had to make sure their boyfriends didn't die first because of Max and his nonsensical plan. At any point.
That was definitely at the top of their list.
The only one not being quiet was Paul. He had turned up the music and all but crashed into the spot next to Michael.
He smiled widely, offering him a hit.
"I don't smoke" Michael told him lowly.
"Come on man. Don't be square" Paul teased him. "What's it gonna hurt?" he asked.
He turned to see if the others were still watching him. However, it was like suddenly everyone was looking conspicuously somewhere else.
With a shrug, Michael grinned and took the offered joint. With Paul's insistence, he took some deep hits.
After the initial coughing, he felt it wasn't so bad. Michael thought he could even feel the joint start to affect him already. He felt a little like air, light headed in a sense, not relaxed but almost like he wasn't real.
Michael couldn't explain it, but for some reason he wasn't worried about it. After all, he had heard stories about drugs. He was sure this was supposed to happen, this quickly too.
He was going to pass it back, but Paul had him keep going.
With one last inhale, he was able to give it back to Paul, who winked at him before going back over to Eva.
Finally, the prolonged silence was broken by an over the top cheerful Marko. "Chow time" he announced, emerging from the shadows behind David.
Really that's where the 'kitchen' was, but Michael didn't need to know that.
"So" Michael began as everyone was spooned some food. He would have been a little surprised that Marko could carry the abundance of food he had brought; however, when the boy took his jacket off he could tell he obviously worked out.
"You really live here" he asked remembering a previous conversation.
"Have for a while" David nodded.
"The cops don't give you problems or anything?" Michael asked with some disbelief.
"You planning on ratting on us Michael?" Dwayne asked from his spot with Ava. His arm bent at the elbow as his hand gently ran through Ava's curls.
The other easily caught the cartoon of food Marko tossed to him. Almost too easily as he never took his eyes off Michael.
"Of course not" Michael said, shaking his head. "But all the warning signs" he trailed off.
"It's been abandoned for a long time" David told him. "Rarely anyone comes here and if they do…they find us" he finished.
Michael nodded slowly.
"Rice?" David offered Michael who shook his head with a tight grin.
"Come on, you don't like rice? How can a million Chinese people be wrong" David prompted.
Everyone watched back and forth, eating their own food.
Dwayne and Ava were eating noodles. Marko was munching on orange chicken by Eva and Paul's left side, along with Laddie.
Star and Danny were sharing some fried rice and egg rolls. They threw one to Thorn who was still watching Michael, making him shift away from the big dog.
Eva was sitting between Paul's lap by the fountain and would eat the broccoli out of his broccoli and beef carton.
Ava popped open a Pepsi and Michael jumped, making the boys snicker while the twins sent him calming smiles.
Michael took the offered carton and slowly took a moderately big bite, looking around at everyone again. He noticed neither of the twins or Danny were drinking or smoking like the guys. Star wasn't either, though she did have an unopened beer bottle by her.
Also, Eva had Paul put his smoke out once Laddie came to sit by them to eat.
"How are those maggots Michael" David asked conversationally after Michael's third bite.
Michael's gaze snapped back to the peroxide blonde.
"What?" he asked swallowing.
"Maggots" David leaned forward, smirking as the cave's lighting made strange shadows over his face. "You're eating maggots".
Some of the other guys chuckled while the twins and Laddie just watched.
Danny pulled Star further up the bed, distracting her with too low whispers.
Michael chuckled but looked down unable to help himself. He yelped when he saw in place of the carton full of white rice, wiggling, disgusting maggots.
He threw the carton away from his and began gagging.
"Hey, relax man. It was a joke" Paul told him soothingly with an easy going smile.
Michael looked up at him, breathing heavily from hacking before looking back down. "A joke-? Did you see…" he trailed off as he noticed there were in fact no maggots.
It really was just rice.
"No hard feelings, huh" David chuckled and Michael looked at him in frightened amazement before his expression smoothed some. He blinked as if trying to get sleep from his eyes.
"Yeah, no hard feelings" Michael repeated, wondering just what he had smoked.
"Dwayne, give Michael some noodles" David ordered.
Dwayne held out the noodle box to Michael who looked in before grimacing. "They're worms" he told them, swallowing thickly.
"What?" David asked with a disbelieving chuckle as Dwayne looked into the box with a confused look.
Ava almost snorted, 'Smartass' she thought at him.
"In the box, it's worms" Michael tried to explain.
"Worms" David shook his head as he turned to watch as Dwayne chuckled, going to feed Ava a fork fool of the wiggling nightcrawlers.
"No, Ava don't-" Michael went to protest as he surged forward slightly in his seat before she happily chewed down on what she saw as thankfully regular noodles.
"It's only noodles Michael" David taunted as Dwayne forked up another mouthful, this time of normal looking food for the confused looking Michael to see.
He all but collapsed back onto the couch, face still like a lost child.
Not that anyone could really blame him.
"So, Michael" Ava started. "What's Sam been up to" she asked.
Michael looked a bit put off by the subject but shrugged and started talking none the less. "He's hanging out with those Frog brothers" he told them. "I think they're meeting some vampire hunter" he explained, watching David's reaction closely.
David simply blinked slowly.
"A vampire hunter?" David asked.
"Yeah, crazy…right" Michael asked.
'He's real subtle, ain't he' Marko thought, tossing his trash in the fire.
"You've got to be if you're going to run around and call yourself that" Paul laughed from his spot.
"So, you guys don't believe in vampires" Michael asked earning more laughter.
"I think werewolves are cooler" Ava told him seriously, earning a pinch from Dwayne on the rear that Michael couldn't see.
"I'm more of a witch type of girl" Daniela said, speaking up for the first time that night as she kissed a sleepy Star's head and gently moved out from under her to walk around the bed frame.
"Really, that's cool I guess. All that new age stuff?" Michael asked Daniela, turning at his waist to look at her.
"Yeah, something like that" she told him sharing a secretive smile with the others.
"I'm worried about Sam and his friends" Eva suddenly sighed, shaking her head.
"Wait, why?" Michael asked looking at her with drawn brows.
"Well, you know how Sam's looking for friends. And the Frogs seem so impressionable" she started to explain. "I read that comic he brought home. It basically says it's ok to stab anyone if you even think they're different than you" she said and Michael looked taken about.
"Think of the trouble they could get into if they listen to someone who believed that. I mean this vampire hunter wrote that comic, right?" Ava asked.
"Not to mention the people they could hurt" Danny added.
"I never even thought of that" Michael admitted, now looking worried.
"Well, we can talk to him about it later. It might help if you were there with us though" Eva said. "You know, make him see it's serious" she insisted.
"It seems like this whole town is vampire crazy" Ava sighed and Michael tensed, thinking she was going to rat out what he accused the boys of.
"Why do you say that Dove" Dwayne asked.
"I see those comics everywhere, it's ridiculous. I mean, there is literally a gang in town that calls themselves Surf Nazis and no one thinks they contribute to the murder capital of America?" she asked.
"There's a gang called that here" Michael asked.
"Yeah" Danny snorted. "Real pieces of work too. Yet, you don't see the Frogs trying to stake them" she joked.
"Maybe it's the surf in their name" Eva supplied with a grin. "The Frogs think you can't be a tan vampire remember? What kind of respectable vampire gets some sun" she chuckled.
"I thought you guys were into the whole supernatural thing" Michael asked the twins and Danny.
"We are" Ava answered for them. "We believe in a lot of things, worship Goddess Hecate and everything. But we can tell the difference between reality and fantasy Michael" she told him with a playful eyeroll.
"Oh, right, yeah" he said with a small chuckle.
Everyone settled back down.
"You thirsty?" David asked Michael after a while.
Michael tensed, remembering the wine.
"Beer?" Marko offered innocently.
'I swear if that turns into another yellow liquid…' Eva trailed off threateningly. Paul choked on his own beer. Half in shock, half in laughter.
Laddie tried to help by patting his back as Thorn yelped when he was sprayed by the buds.
Everyone else laughed and Ava tried to calm Thorn. A shaken hellhound was an exposed hellhound. They didn't need Michael seeing however Thorn really looked.
"Thanks" Michael said taking the beer can and opening it. He took a small drink and smiled around.
"So, have you made any friends yet" Ava asked sounding a little like a mom or aunt.
"Um, well…" Michael didn't know how to answer that.
The first day there he had talked to some teens on the beach, but after that his whole attention had been on his cousins' friends.
'We're not really friends though, are we' he wondered awkwardly and with a small amount of hope that he would in fact be considered part of the gang.
"No?" he finished waiting to see if anyone was going to correct him.
No one did.
Michael took an awkward sip of his drink.
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Sam couldn't believe his eyes.
This Jackson Stalker was a total joke, but his new friends were all but head over heels for the guy.
He looked like something out of his comics, and not in a good way.
'It's like this guy jumped into the twins' closet, blindfolded' he thought. 'At least the twins make it work' the fashion forward teen appreciated his cousins' sense of style. 'This guy on the other hand…' Sam mentally tsked.
Stalker had a torn black top with no sleeves that exposed his stomach and one pierced nipple. His nose and eyebrow were pierced as well. His dark black hair was short and spiked like little black needles.
He had on tight, very tight leather pants with steal toed boots and a silver jacket that seemed to shimmer when he moved.
It looked futuristic and out there.
Not to mention his 'hunter' belt that had stakes, and a whole bunch of other things he claimed helped him with supernatural beings.
He was tan, with far too much lip palm on. 'Not to mention all that eye liner' Sam thought.
Really, Sam thought all those things could be forgivable, especially since the guy wasn't bad looking. With a strong jaw with a cleft in it, five o' clock shadow and hazel slanted eyes with heavy, but seemingly plucked brows.
Despite how hard he tried to look grunge it was obvious he took great care in his appearance.
Pouty lips, long lashes and even manicured and painted black nails. He was tall and strong looking, though relatively slim.
'His teeth hurt my eyes' Sam thought as the man smiled again. And he was a man. He looked almost thirty, at least to the young Sam.
It was his personality that really put the blonde off. He seemed so full of himself and cheesy. Like a talk show host almost. 'How are they eating this shit up' Sam wondered, arms crossed and annoyance written clearly across his face.
"So, how long can you stay in town" Edgar asked trying to puff his chest out. His eager expression was plain to see, which Sam thought was almost freaky on the usually stoic youth.
"It depends what I find" Jackson told them with a slight chuckle, arms loosely crossed as he leaned casually against the counter with one foot perched back to keep him balanced.
"Yeah, of course" Edgar said as he and Alan laughed a little too much.
"Totally" Alan agreed. "I'm sure you'll find plenty here" Alan told him. "We've had our suspicious about a few of the locals" he said while trying to run to get his notebooks. He almost tripped over Edgar who had rushed to do the same.
"We've collected a lot of data" Edgar informed an obviously amused Jackson who watched them with a smarmy smirk.
"So" Sam asked, "You've killed real vampires" his tone was notable disbelieving.
Jackson smiled that same blinding grin.
"I sure have" he told him in a cocky tone, voice deeper than theirs but not as deep as Michael's. "I've got to keep the world save. It's the American way" he said and Sam tried no to roll his eyes as the Frogs mouthed the words.
"Right" Sam nodded, "But the thing is I heard my cousins talking and they said you accidentally stabbed a few people. Human people" he asked with a look that showed how unimpressed he was.
Jackson laughed though it had a nervous twinge to it. "Your cousins are fans" he asked instead of answering.
"No" Sam said quickly.
As Jackson went to speak, Alan and Edgar all but jumped in front of him with armfuls of notebooks.
"Are all of these suspected vampires?" he asked the boys, looking a little stunned.
They nodded so fast they looked like blurs.
"Well, I would love to read these but it would take a very long-" he tried to say but Alan cut him off happily.
"I just made coffee" he told him.
Edgar was looking at him with large brown moon eyes as his brother ran to get him a cup. Sam was smirking, looking for the world like this was his new favorite comic.
With a sigh followed but a thick swallow Jackson slipped on a smile, though somehow it seemed dimmer.
"Who am I to deny my fans and junior hunters?" he asked. From the awed look on the two Frogs' faces as Edgar ran to lock the store door, he had a sinking feeling it was going to be a long, long night.
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Ava and Eva had a brilliant plan.
At least they thought it was brilliant. Their boyfriends weren't so pleased, but they had ways of bringing them around.
It soothed the guilt they felt over all but alienating Michael since he had arrived.
They had quickly sent out the message to the boys, who looked put out by it as the twins sent Daniela looks so she'd get the message as well.
The boys weren't mad at the twins, they just weren't happy with the idea. Instead of scaring Michael, the girls thought it would be best to…bore him away.
Why would he want to come around if it was just boring and obviously awkward when he was around?
'I hate that he'll think we're lame' Paul thought.
'But you don't even like him' Eva thought back at him.
'Yeah, I know' Paul whined. 'But I don't want to seem lame' he thought back making her fight a chuckle.
'He won't' Ava assured her friend. 'He'll just think that we don't want to party while he's here. Like he's bumming the party' she told him.
'Promise' Paul asked, shooting her puppy dog eyes.
'Totally' she told him.
'She's right man' Marko said as he moved over to his paints. 'Now if you don't mind' he told them as he started to work on a canvas.
'Are you sure we can't scare him' it was now David's turn to pout.
Dwayne wasn't much better though he was trying to be more dignified about it. Much to David's irritation.
Luckily, the blonde's face was the same cold, smug mask it usually seemed.
'No, that will just push him into wanting to 'save us' later on' Eva explained. 'He already thinks you turned us, if you continue trying to mess with him it will just cement the idea in his mind. This way, we can blame what he's seen on the alcohol and drugs and now that he's stopped we can act so average that he'll be bored out of his skull' she told them.
'We've never been good at average' Dwayne told her.
'Well, try' Ava probed. 'Eva and I will creep him out' she told them.
'I thought you said we aren't going to mess with him', David and Paul asked, sending each other looks from across the room.
Michael continued to sip his beer in the silence as Daniela helped Laddie onto the bed next to Star, Thorn jumping onto the end.
Dwayne just listened to the girls' idea as Marko rolled his eyes at his pack brothers, pigeon landing on his shoulder as he continued to paint.
'You can't' both twins stressed. 'We can, and we won't be using vampire tactics. We have our own brand of weird' the twins smirked. Michael caught it, swallowing loudly as he shifted in his seat.
"So, Mikey" the twins said together. The boys began relaxing into their more 'normal', mundane activities that they would enjoy after a hunt or night out.
As Marko continued painting, Paul went and picked up his guitar that was in the farthest corner of the cave and started tuning it, trying to get the right cords.
Dwayne picked up an old, nameless book and began reading as David walked over to Paul and began looking for the drumsticks that he always seemed to misplace.
He usually read or played the drums, if he wasn't staring off into space thinking.
Sometimes he would tell Laddie stories, though not as much as Dwayne and Paul. Marko colored with Laddie usually.
However, the little vampire was busy making beaded works with Star as Danny moved over to the couch Ava was on, Eva following.
Dwyane gave a silent huff about having to move but gave Ava one last squeeze and took his book to the worn-out arm chair by the lit trash can and makeshift bookcases.
The twins continued, snapping Michael's attention back onto them. "Have you ever thought about the craziest ways to die?" they asked him, heads tilting simultaneously as Danny bit back a cackle.
"Uh" Michael said, blowing out some air. "I try not to think about death" he told them.
"Why not?" Ava asked, blinking confused.
"It's my thirteenth birthday all over again" Michael muttered, not as quiet as he hoped. "Because it's death?" he told them finishing in a question.
"It's just another extension of life" Eva shrugged. "When you think about it" she went on, "We are all born to die. Right now we're rotting from the inside out, have been since our conceptions" she shrugged.
Daniela nodded, holding her soda up in the air. "As we ripe and ripe, we rot and rot" she quoted.
"Do you guys think about death a lot" he asked in a sarcastic tone, taking another larger drink.
"Constantly" the three said seriously and he choked a bit.
"What?" he asked, looking at them semi-horrified.
"You could be burned alive" Eva told him.
"Or I had a nightmare about live autopsies once" Danny said casually.
"I mean, you could be eaten alive, by anything really. Even a duck or something if it was desperate enough" Ava went on with a hand wave of her hand and wide eyes.
Everyone but Eva and Daniela looked at her. Even Paul and David stopped messing around to stare at her.
"Well they could" she defended. "Just saying" Ava muttered as some of the group shook their heads in amazement and went back to their previous activities.
"Ok" Michael sighed, "Can we change the subject please?" he asked.
"I guess" Ava told him, moving her mouth in an exaggerated thinking manner. "Though that's usually our go to ice breaker" she admitted.
"You must be great at parties" Michael quipped.
"I think so" Eva smiled.
"We really kill" Danny told him straight faced.
Marko booed from the corner before she threw an egg roll at him.
"What do you like talking about" Eva asked Michael diplomatically as they passed him another beer.
"Normal stuff I guess" he told them uncaringly before looking at them. His eyes widened as their eyes narrowed and each had a single brow raised. "I didn't mean that you guys weren't normal" he began stumbling over his words as he tried to backpaddle.
"No that's fine" Ava drawled. "It's just funny how you said normal, but last time we talked you said you thought you were a vam-" she was cut off quickly by a panicked Michael who yelled over her, jumping up and spilling his beer on the floor before he picked the can up hurriedly.
"Nothing, nothing" he told her.
"You thought you were nothing?" Daniela asked with confused. "Have you been feeling down since the big move?" she questioned.
"Eh, no" Michael told her, blushing.
"Then why did you think you were nothing" Daniela asked him tilting her head in apparent confusion.
"That's because he's lying" Ava said bluntly.
"It's ok Michael" Eva assured him. "They won't think you're crazy, they'd probably just laugh at you for a while" was her attempt at making him feel better.
"Geez, thanks" Michael asked. "I'd rather just talk about death again" he told them sarcastically but the three girls beamed at him, perking up.
"Really" Ava asked, "Because I just bought this book, the Victorian book of the Dead, and it talked about a girl who accidentally swallowed some kind of water lizards and instead of dying they grew inside of her, killing her. No one found out until her autopsy" she told them.
"Sick" Eva giggled, her face looked far too interested for Michael's liking.
"She probably had really bad intestinal issues before too" Daniela shook her head. "Like bloody stool and-" Michael cut her off very loudly, hands going to his ears as he looked even more horrified than before.
They were impressed by the green tint he now had.
"That's enough of that" he shouted.
"It's just poop Michael, I mean really" Eva rolled her eyes. "Please be mature about it" she told him.
Ava giggled, hand going to her mouth. "Ha, poop" she tittered. Paul joined her until David kicked him off of his stool without even looking up from what he was playing.
Michael stood, but swayed slightly on his feet. It seemed the drugs and alcohol were affecting him a little more than he expected.
"Hey" he randomly asked, looking at Star making Danny tense though she somehow managed to restrict it to her jaw muscles.
The twins tried not to tease their friend over her slight possessiveness of her girlfriend. Especially since they didn't have room to talk.
The fact that she had been all but smoking out the camper kitchen with potion attempts to make said girl human again and also be able to read their minds for the past few days, so far with very little success kept their teasing to a minimum.
He looked back at the three on the couch. Michael seemed to stare at each of their faces for an uncomfortable amount of time and they couldn't figure out why.
Though Danny wondered if he was simply trying to focus on them properly as he was still slightly swaying.
'Is the beer that strong?' she asked looking at the cheep looking cans. 'Or was it whatever he smoked' she wondered.
"Do you guys know how to do this" he asked, pointing at his face and making a circle.
"Create a face, depends with what material. Latex sure, flesh…what kind?" Ava asked sounding very suspicious at the end.
"No" Eva said pushing her twin in a tone that said it should have been obvious. "He wants a makeover!" she squealed.
"I hope it's not one of those dumb trick questions where we were supposed to circle our faces" Danny said, shaking her head while she looked at Michael with a scrunched expression.
"No" Michael whined, "I mean like piercings. I was thinking of getting my ear pierced" he blew a raspberry. "But I forgot" he told them smiling as he sat by Ava.
The fact that he had to all but sit on Eva to do so and was almost pushing her between the cushions to the void known as the underneath was totally lost on the teen boy.
"Oh sweet Gods" Eva called out as Danny jumped up to help her, sending Ava flying onto her side in the spot where Daniela had just vacated.
Once fished out, Eva gasped for air. "I saw my life flash before my eyes" she told them. "I gotta tell you we don't do nearly enough cardo" she added.
"So can you do it" Michael asked Ava still blocking out the chaos he had just caused.
"No time like the present to learn" she said with a dangerous glint in her eyes as she grabbed one of Star's long needles from the table, not caring if it was clean and wielded it like Psycho.
"Calm down, I'm fine" Eva rushed to still her twin's actions.
The blue eyed bombshell looked up to see both her mates looked ready to attack her cousin as well and decided that a change of discussion was much needed.
"We don't know how to do that Michael, all of ours are professionally done" she confessed. "Do you like Max?" she asked.
"He's weird, but I guess he's alright" Michael said suddenly looking sullen. "Better for Mom than Dad" he told them lowly, more to himself.
"Well, we think maybe Aunt Lucy would be better on her own for a while" Ava said, calming herself.
Michael looked at her, eyes darting around her face with a sad but guarded expression. Like he was trying to be tough. Not necessarily mean or badass, just indifferent to what was being said. Though it was obvious he wasn't.
"You think so" he asked, looking at his lap after a moment.
"I'm not a relationship expert, by a longshot" Daniela spoke up. "But I think if I was in her shoes and hurt like she was I'd need time to myself. Figure myself out, work on what was best for me. Even if it was to date around. Have bad days, or spa days" she told him. "Just selfish days" she explained.
They were talking in lower tones. They knew the boys could still hear, but it was to give Michael a sense of privacy.
"It seems like she didn't want to be alone at all" Ava said. "If it's not one kind of relationship, it's another. Husband, sons, father, now boyfriend. There's no Lucy time" she crossed her legs, bringing them up and picking at the laces.
"Did you…did you talk to her about this?" Michael asked sounding more hopeful as he looked up through his curls, baby blues peeking through the dark locks at each of them.
"We tried" Eva admitted, "But she didn't seem that interested". Michael quickly looked back down, his mouth tightening and brows drawing closer together.
"I think" Ava stated even quieter, seeing him dart his eyes to her to show she did in fact have his attention. "It would mean a lot more coming from you" she offered.
"I doubt that" Michael countered. "I can't-. We don't talk like that anyway" he confessed in a near whisper.
"Well" Ava cleared her throat. "I know if it was my mom and I was worried about her I wouldn't let anything stop me, not even myself" she told him.
Michael's head snapped to the side in a short move and he and Ava's eyes locked.
There seemed to be a moment of understanding passing between the two as Eva looked at Daniela who bit the inside of her lip partly in curiosity and partly in worry.
The stares from around the room were palpable, even though when they looked, no one seemed to be actually looking at them.
"I think I gotta go" Michael said suddenly with conviction, standing before almost falling.
"Yes, you do" Ava agreed. "But I think I should drop you off, and no buts" she cut off Michael when he went to protest, for once resisting the urge to giggle at the word.
At least until she got outside the cave.
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Eva was watching Marko paint.
It was a beautiful, though chaotic scene which she supposed summoned up the man himself.
It seemed to have started out as some sort of beautiful greenery before he quickly began dictating a scene of fallen bodies, some seemingly shot and bled out while other were blown to pieces.
And the blood…
So much blood!
Eva was surprised that he didn't run out of red paint as his vigorous brush strokes almost made her think he was possessed.
He had once more taken his jacket off and his hair was tied back in a hazardous bun.
Cheshire blue eyes fixated on what he was doing with his mouth slightly parted. At one point his top lip pulled back exposing his teeth and he actually flashed to his vampiric form.
Dwayne had gone to a different section of the inner septum. He had taken a sleepy Laddie with him on the boy's insistence. She wasn't sure what he was doing, but she assumed he had another room somewhere.
David soon left as well, though he turned down a different corner. He rolled his eyes when a bouncing Thorn followed behind him, despite his attempts to shoo him away.
Star had dragged Daniela off to show her something a long time ago.
Now it was just Paul, who was softly playing on an acoustic guitar, Eva the observer and Marko.
"This is how it was, you know" Marko suddenly spoke breaking the tranquil atmosphere making Eva jump in her seat as she snapped her gaze from his work up to his face.
He wasn't looking at her. Instead he was still entirely focused on what he was doing. Almost too focused like he was trying to use it to distract himself from looking at her.
Or maybe he was lost in some far away memory.
She couldn't be sure.
His face was so stone like she could have sworn it was carved from the coldest marble in the moment.
So unlike the usually cheerful and energetic boy she was used to.
Instead, she saw the face of a haunted man.
Paul stopped strumming but didn't move from his position and didn't look over at them.
"How what was?" Eva asked Marko softly.
Marko took a deep breath through his nose before answering. "War" he told her, voice deeper than before.
"War?" she repeated pulling her legs closer to her chest as she hugged herself.
"It was 1916" he began, slowing his hand movements as he just stared at the almost finished work.
His face took on a sardonic grin, twisting into a frown in the corners before he could stop it.
"My folks were so proud" he told her in a tone that bordered on scornful. "Just turned 18 and they sent me away like a lamb to the slaughter" he spat before a twisted smirk slowly stretched his face.
"Though, I suppose Pa was glad to be rid of me. Never thought I was right in the head. Too many fights with the neighbor kids. Too many rumors" he shrugged.
There was a pause in his story and Eva felt it was safe to ask what was on her mind.
"What kind of rumors?" she asked him. She made sure to keep her voice void of judgement. Eva always knew from the movie, from what she knew of the comics and just word of mouth that Marko was especially vicious when it came to his victims.
She knew that from what she had seen from his killing sprees she had witnessed for herself.
'But…' Eva couldn't help but wonder. 'How long has that been going on?'
"Quite a while" Marko answered her unasked question. She almost winced though it wasn't asked with fear or menace.
"I learned at an early age that I had a knack for pain" he went on. "Causing pain that is" he told her. "Anyone who upset me. Anyone who pissed me off" he spoke as his words became harsher.
He spun, arms bent as his hands were held palm up in a showy manner. He was smiling but the look in his eye was anything but pleasant.
"It's a talent that I always have possessed" he told her, head tilted down as his eyes seemed to glow.
"So, when you became a soldier…?" she trailed off, hands turning white from gripping her legs so tightly.
"Let's just say the nickname of Doughboy wasn't exactly a match to what I was capable of doing. What I did do" he told her, walking slowly in front of her and around the painting that her gaze went back to.
"Though…neither was Angel Face" Marko told her and she looked confused. "My own personal nickname" he clarified.
"I can see that" Eva couldn't help but give a small smile though it vanished just as quick. "So how did they find you? Max and the boys?" she asked.
"I was on the field. My whole platoon was going down" he told her. "At least I think they were" he squinted, looking up at the ceiling where some moonlight peaked in. "After a while certain things get fuzzy" he acknowledged.
"I just remember I was on my own, couldn't find anybody I knew and the blood. I was drenched in blood. Some of it mine…not all of it" he said.
He looked back at her.
"I was running around, like a damn chicken with its fucking head cut off" he spat. "I couldn't hear because of the ringing and I couldn't see because of all of the damn smoke". He ran a hand through his curly bangs making them stick up at ends.
"That's when I saw them" he told her seriously, voice shaking slightly. "They just walked out of the smoke, not dressed for battle and grinning like devils" he looked at Eva with an expression that hedge on crazy.
"I thought they were angels of death, coming for me" he said. She was surprised to hear a different afflation to his voice she had never noticed before.
It held a scared child like tone almost with just a hint, the barest hint of somewhere that had to have had a twang.
She didn't dare ask him at the moment.
Marko swallowed as his eyes slowly traveled to the floor.
"In a way, I was right" he breathed somberly.
Marko slowly moved, almost like a cat as he crouched and crawled up to the enraptured Eva. He made it to her knees, hands slithering up to rest over hers as he looked deep into her eyes.
"I was frozen on the spot" he whispered. "Max walked up and told me he had a way out for me. That they'd been watching me" he said. "If I wanted out of the war and a chance to live, I'd go with them" he said.
"And you did" she asked and he nodded slowly.
"On our way here…we made a stop to my hometown and I thanked my parents for all they'd done for me" Marko told her, lowering his face forward again as his eyes stayed focused on her face.
His nails began to dig into her skin, but she didn't shake him off.
"I thanked the whole damn town that never loved me" he got out through clenched teeth.
Eva's lips parted just barely as her eyes held a sad, empathetic light to them.
Marko couldn't handle it and quickly threw himself from her before standing and turning away.
Eva unfolded herself and stood slowly as to not startle the tense boy in front of her. With agile, nimble steps she closed the distance and gently let her hands touch his shoulders as her chest touched his back.
Now it was Marko's turn to jump.
Eva smiled softly at that as her nails lightly dragged from his arms to his scantly covered chest until she could hold him.
And hold him she did, squeezing tight and placing her head on his shoulder with her lips to the apex of where his neck and jaw met.
"I love you" she told him gently and she felt him sag briefly before spinning in her arms and taking her upper arms in his hands roughly.
For a split second, they just stared at each other.
Two brilliant blues looking deep into one another souls.
Then, Marko pulled Eva to him, one hand at the back of her neck tangled in all of her hair as the other grasped her back as they shared a deep, long, smoldering kiss.
After three intense minutes they finally pulled back for air.
"I don't think I've ever held my breath that long" Eva said in an admittedly girlish tone as she tried to gasp in more air.
Marko couldn't help but laugh as he brought her in for a tight hug.
"Don't worry Babe" Paul said, finally speaking up from his corner as they turned their heads to look at him, cheek to cheek.
He wore a cocky, teasingly grin though his absolute happiness shined through his eyes.
"We're great for breathing exercises" he joked with a wink making her chuckle against the still laughing Makro.
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Ava arrived back in the cave a little later, delicately asking her sister if it was ok to come in.
After getting the affirmative she strolled in and jumped down. "Honey, I'm home" she called out easily while looking around.
David walked into the main hall with the rest of the brigade following besides Laddie.
Ava looked at Dwayne, "He's asleep" he told her with a fond look and she nodded.
"Good, he shouldn't hear this anyway" she told them.
"What is it exactly he shouldn't hear Princess?" David asked striking a match against his teeth and lightening a cigarette.
The girls were being very secretive about their thoughts on the manner.
Danny sighed and readjusted her now sloppy bun. "Here's the thing" she explained. "I'm still a bit of a novice at this witch stuff still" she confessed. "Most the time when I make things happen, it's emotion based. Gods, I wish Aunt Celia was here" she sighed.
"That would be a party" Ava laughed as her and Eva high fived.
"Anyway" Daniela rolled her eyes amused. "I've been trying to get better. Though Grudella has been helpful, she doesn't want to really be around the boys much" she said.
This earned smug looks from the boys as the girls rolled their eyes or scoffed.
"I was hoping to make something that would turn halfling vampires human again" Danny said looking at the shocked Star.
Star swallowed and smiled gently at the other girl.
"However, besides waste a few good pans" Eva cut in.
"May they rest in peace" Ava added.
"She hasn't been successful so we thought of a better plan that would help us kill two birds one stone as the unfortunate metaphor goes" she told them.
"And that plan would be what Doll?" Paul asked her amused at the back and forth.
"We kill Max" the twins and Danny said together, dead serious.
All the boys' eyes widened as they seemed to stop all animation. Even the allusion of breathing escaped them as their faces grew grave in either nervousness, seriousness, caution or a mixture of the three.
"We know you aren't close to him" Ava went on. "We can feel it. And he's getting dangerous. He doesn't like us" she told them.
"We can feel that too" Eva told them in all seriousness.
"If he keeps going the way he does, he won't just get you killed but possibly all of us and hurt who knows on the way" Daniela added.
"We don't think he can be reasoned with. Look at his actions and reactions so far" the twins spoke, looking at each other then back at the boys and Star, who was still trying to wrap her mind around the new information.
"He's dangerous to all of us" Daniela said, face raising slightly at her stern tone.
"Max is selfish, a collector and he only considers you…us, playthings" Ava told them.
"Now he's on the verge of having the idea of a family, if it's even the first time he's attempted this" Eva said with a pinched face as they saw the boys exchange looks. "That answers that" she sighed. "Who knows what he would do if he succeeded and we know what he'd do if he failed" she told them.
"His only interest is himself. Look at what happened after he found David's body. He wasn't even upset, he basically tutted and moved along" Ava said getting angry. She looked David in the eye.
"You cried when Marko was killed. Max didn't care about any of your deaths" she told him with a lowered voice.
"We think if we're really going to survive this and live past the end of the movie, he has to go" Daniela shook her head. "Who knows what crazy idea he'd get in his head next, siblings for Laddie?" she asked looking at an upset Dwayne.
They stopped and waited for the boys to digest that and respond in their own time.
No one said anything for a long moment.
David stood and went over to a bunch of posters they had. He tore one off and punched the wall. No one really reacted beyond looking away.
Ava wanted to go over to him but she felt that it was best to let him work it out. She didn't think he'd appreciate any coddling at the moment, even if that's not what she meant by it.
Marko was staring off at the floor, seemingly at nothing.
Dwayne looked lost in thought. From the expression on his face, whatever he was thinking wasn't the best ideas running through his head. He ran vampiric pale, though still naturally darker hand through his luscious dark locks. He was still on the couch trying to work out his own thoughts.
Paul crossed one leg over the other and then put his elbows on them. He then steepled his fingers and placed them on his mouth as he looked off into nothing, troubled.
Ava wondered what they were all thinking about as their thoughts were moving a mile a minute.
Though she and Eva were sure about one thing.
None of the boys were upset over the loss of Max. There was no love lost there.
Dwayne's reasoning became clear soon enough as a name echoed through his and the others' heads.
Besides Daniela and Star who sat in silence. Daniela looked mildly annoyed over being left out of the form of communication with crossed arms and her bottom lip sticking out.
Star looked fine with it, simply watching everything with a cautious air. Which made sense since she was the one to cut the link herself.
'Laddie' came from Dwayne loud and clear.
Ava couldn't help herself as she got up and stood in front of him, taking his face in her hands as she made him look at her.
"Just because he won't be a vampire anymore doesn't mean he won't want to be around you" she assured him. "I've heard him in his sleep Dwayne. He thinks of you like a father" she told him. "Nothing is going to change that" she told him.
"But" Dwayne told her in his quiet voice as his eyes fluttered to hold in the tears that misted his dark eyes. "If he's human, he won't be protected" Dwayne feared.
"Yes, he will" Ava told him, bending down to peck his lips sweetly. She pulled back and said, "He'll still have all of us to watch over him. Nothing is going to change except his appetite" she swore. "He'll still be your little boy".
Dwayne wrapped his arms around her thighs as his head rested on her stomach, holding her close to him.
Eva was looking at Marko and Paul, trying to figure out what was wrong but not wanting to pry.
The two boys looked at each other before quickly looking away, breathing out and making discomforted faces.
"It's just" Paul was the first to crack as he scooted further on the edge of the couch cushion and rubbed his hands nervously on his knees, moving both feet flat on the floor. "I don't like Max, couldn't care less about him actually" he tried to explain before looking at Eva with his clear blue eyes.
"But he made it so I could get revenge for Debbie" he said as his lip trembled, eyes looking up at the mention of her name.
"I think you would have done that anyway, he just gave you an easier way while getting something for himself" Eva told him, taking his fidgeting hands in her smooth ones. "And it wasn't revenge" she said and he looked at her. "It was justice, there is a difference".
Paul gave a watery smile and held her hand tighter.
She turned slightly to look at Marko.
"Isn't it obvious" he said, sniffling and crossing his arms though his eyes were blank before he looked away. "He made me into what I was always supposed to be…a demon" he told her quietly.
"Ok" she told him with an incredulous look. "You are definitely no angel, that's true and you do have a bit of sadistic side, and that's fine, really" she shrugged. That honestly didn't bother as much as it could. Eva ignored possible masochistic tendencies she may harbor. That was a conversation for another day. "However, you're not a demon…technically" she shook her head.
Marko tried not to smile at that as he looked down, biting his thumb nail.
"I mean, need I remind you again" she stressed, "There is literally a gang that chose a name with Nazi in it…enough said" she sighed.
He couldn't help but chuckle at that.
"And I prefer both of you just the way you are, thank you very much" she said, looking down then up from her lashes coyly.
Marko kissed the side of her head in appreciation.
Ava ran her hands through Dwayne's hair one more time before gently patting his shoulders. He pulled back and she sent a loving look before gesturing her head towards David. Now she looked anxious. Not an expression he enjoyed on her.
Ava just didn't want David to think she was doing anything to purposely upset him. She loved him, but it was obvious he was upset about something she wasn't privy to yet.
Dwayne breathed in deeply and nodded, though sent her a look clearly stating to be careful.
Ava smiled as she touched his chin with her thumb and pointer finger.
With that, Ava walked over to David. Footsteps much heavier than her sister's so he had to have heard her coming. That became apparent when he stopped his destruction of the corner he had claimed and tensed with his back to her.
"Are you going to turn around and talk to me?" she asked him quietly.
He didn't say anything though she could hear him panting heavily.
"Fine, then allow me" she told him trying to keep her tone light.
She began moving around him and the wreckage when he caught her forearm and held her fast.
"Don't" he told her dangerously.
Ava looked at his profile.
He was transformed. Chest heaving from his release of anger.
He wouldn't look at her but instead look down at the shredded wallpaper. His expression wasn't angry though.
It was one of pain.
"Oh David" Ava whispered.
She reached out as if to stroke his now angular cheek but he quickly grabbed her hand. He snapped his fired gaze to her soothing green in warning.
Not to be deterred, she pressed on and instead of pushing her hand away he was simply holding onto her as she stroked the pads of her fingers down his sharp cheek.
"What's wrong my Love" she asked him softly.
"Max" David choked out. "The things he's done. The things I've done because of him. Because of what he allowed me to do" he told her with obvious shame burning in his eyes.
Though, Ava wasn't sure if it was shame over the acts, lack of guilt for some of them and pleasure he took, or both.
"What he's taken from me" he told her with a ragged breath.
"What did he take" she asked him.
"My humanity" he told her. "My life" he spat bitterly.
A single tear fell down his cheek before her thumb caught it.
"Oh David" Ava repeated. "Don't you see what you've made though" she asked him sadly.
When no answer was forthcoming, she continued. "A family" she told him, plowing through any denials he may have spouted. "Max may have picked you all, but it was you who united everyone. All of you grew close and became a real family. He didn't do that. He's not capable of that, but you are" she told him.
"Without him we wouldn't have found you" David told her in a nearly silent voice.
"That's not true" Ava shook her head as a slow grin spread over her face. "I've watched plenty of your other movies" she teased.
David couldn't help but let out a whoosh of air. His face smoothed as the tension was broken a little.
"Come here Princess" David said pulling her into his cold, strong arms.
He held her tight, slightly turning them to look at the rest of their crew. "So, we kill Max?" he asked as he was once more grateful for his own separation of mental link with his creator.
Danny nodded, "Then you would take over as Head Vampire" she told him.
"Well" David said, unable to hold back that usual smug smirk. "That does have a nice ring to it, doesn't it" he asked.
The boys and twins cheered and hollered their agreements. Even Star was grinning.
Danny returned David's look with a sassy one of her own as she lifted her drink to toast his direction, "Long live the King".
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Daniela was walking the boardwalk with two very happy Bedlam twins.
In each of the blue and red haired girls' arms was a plush toy bat. Their boyfriends had conquered the evil carnival game and won them their prizes.
"We can't wait for a stake through the heart from Grandpa" Eva was saying.
They were still discussing Max.
Everyone had decided he had to go. It was the how that they were having problems with.
Star and Laddie were resting at the cave as the boys were out hunting. The girls had just gotten off of work, visited shortly by the bikers to offer them their gifts before promises of meeting up later.
"True, but I don't think we're strong enough yet for a head on attack" Danny put in.
"At least not without a good strategy" Ava added before looking in front of her and groaning. "Oh great, it's the three stooges" she muttered.
Danny and Eva looked to see what she was talking about. Danny had to crane her neck to see around all of the people.
It was that psycho Sabrina with her friends Spike and Angel.
"And they've brought company" Eva told them as they took in the obvious gang that was with the three.
All who were headed in the girls' direction.
"Why do I get the feeling they aren't coming over to make peace?" Eva asked.
"How many times are you going to make me admit to your astute intellect on the obvious" Daniela asked as she tried to hide her worry.
"Well we could try to avoid them which they would definitely see and be called cowards" Ava told the others. "Or we could stay and mouth off and be called idiots" she finished.
"What do we usually do" Eva asked, hands going to her pockets as she squeezed the bat against her elbow.
"Option two" Daniela helpfully supplied.
"I guess we have our answer then" Ava said with tired acceptance as the three stood to their full height, heads held high.
"Well, look what we have here" Sabrina said as she walked closer, tossing her long red locks over her shoulder and showing off her sparkling knee length dress with some white gogo boots.
Spike wheeze laughed, his chained leather jacket over a weird button up dark purple silk like top. He had on a dog collar and torn dress pants and taped up shoes.
Angel was in a long orange dress, that did not go well with her complexion as the matching makeup proved and she kept stepping on the already muddy bottom with her military boots.
She had on long dangling earrings, or earring seeing as she was only wearing one and they weren't sure if that was on purpose or not.
"Do you see what I see" Angel's baby voice squeaked out in what was supposed to be a threatening tone.
The girls however couldn't control themselves. They just had too much to work with in front of them.
"The Rejects Disco?" Ava asked far too seriously.
"What the morning after prom looks like?" Eva offered up.
"When mannequins at the Goodwill come to life?" Danny put in.
"Oh, we just made a little story" Ava turned to Eva and Danny excitedly. "The mannequins came to life, went to Prom and the theme was a rejected disco!" she clapped.
"Cute!" Eva told her nodding.
"When do you guys get the movie rights?" Danny asked the very angry trio. The snickering motor gang behind them offered up no support.
"We see a couple of soon to be dead bitches" Sabrina spat enraged. "Ain't that right boys" she asked the guys behind her.
They chuckled and some even pounded their fists together in very stereotypical bad guy fashion.
"You shouldn't talk about yourself that way" Danny said in false innocence. "Why, in this town you could still have a few more good weeks in you before you kick the can" she told them.
"She was talking about you, dumbass" Angel hissed out as she cracked her knuckles.
"Then she should really learn how to properly use an identifier in her sentences" Ava told them primly before smiling widely. "It's only proper grammar after all" she added.
"You don't want to be shown for the ignoramus you really are, do you" Eva chuckled before making an oh with her mouth. "Oh, too late" she retracted.
"Listen you little punks-" a tall, buff dude with nasty scar and buzz cut moved from behind the group and pushed his way to in front of Sabrina.
"Yeah, you get them Derrek" Spike wheezed as Sabrina sent both boys annoyed looks.
"Brother?" Ava asked amused, leaning to the side so she could see Sabrina.
"I'm her man, baby" the guy said sarcastically. "She can't get enough of this" he grabbed his crotch.
"Haha" Ava began laughing, holding her bat to her stomach. "That's great" she gasped out.
"What's so funny slut" he asked the laughing teen.
Eva, who was smiling, looked at Sabrina. The redhead looked like a child told they weren't getting the Happy Meal toy they wanted.
"So, were you 'not getting enough' when you were hitting on my sister? Or was that just a fluke?" she asked amusedly.
Danny began chuckling as well as she watched Derrek's face start to take on color as he spun to look at Sabrina.
"You've been carpet munching" he asked angrily.
The twins and Daniela began laughing harder.
"She wishes" Daniela got out. Derrek looked over at her. "She wanted in but was told the carpet store was closed" she said, snorting as Ava pushed her shoulder, laughing so hard her cheeks turned a bright red.
"Exclusive clientele only" Eva giggled.
"So, Derrek" Ava asked as she took in desperate breathes. "What crew you with" she questioned him.
Derrek shot her a slimy smile as he wiped his mouth with his dirty looking hand.
"Surf Nazi's baby, first in command" he told her as some of the others nodded while looking tough.
"Yeah, 'cause Jack and Jill were killed" Sabrina rolled her eyes.
"Oh my Gods, were those their real names" Eva asked hopefully as her mind flashed to the teens that the boys had ripped the top of the car off of before killing.
"You don't know if they're dead man" some boy in the back pointed out but Sabrina scoffed at him, top lip raised at the corner in apparent disgust.
"So what" Danny asked, "You thought you'd use your friends in a gang to take us out?" she shook her head at Sabrina with a scoff. "Just because Ava wasn't into you, talk about desperate" she added.
"Well" Sabrina said as her face twitched. "I know the boys are always down to take on some Lost Boys scum" she told them as she gained a smirk, eyes flashing.
Derrek frowned as his brown eyes narrowed. "You property of the Lost Boys" he demanded, not seeing how Ava seemed to cringe at another improper sentence.
"There's no copyright infringement here" Eva denied with her own secretive smirk.
"We are dating them however" Ava said, hugging her bat happily.
"And how" Daniela teased her friends, voice going up cutely at end, as she wiggled her brows.
"Cute" Angel said seeing the gift in Ava's arm. "Mind if I make some adjustments" she asked with a menacing grin as she tried to swipe the toy from the tall girl.
However, Ava caught her arm in time as any trace of a smile was wiped from her red lips. Pale face reflected in the moonlight with her green eyes holding an eerie vibe.
"Actually" Ava said aiming her face just an inch lower. "I do" she said in her smoky voice.
With that, she gave Angel a little twist and pushed her away from her.
"I wouldn't try that again" Eva told Angel honestly, brow raised and frown tugging on her lips.
Danny crossed her arms as her own brows came together when she narrowed her eyes that seemed to hold a fire behind them.
Spike laughed loudly…and coughed just as loud. So loud a few people looked over to see if he was having some sort of an attack. It was really graving on Eva's nerves and from the disgruntled looks on some of the others faces, she'd guess she wasn't the only one.
"Get her" Sabrina pushed Angel who had been nursing her wrist. "Earn me that teddy" she sneered.
As Angel went to grab at Ava's face with her unbruised hand, Ava jerked her torso to the side. She then used the hand that was holding the bat to push the arm up and over. After that, she backhanded Angel upwards sending the other girl crashing back into a startled Sabrina who shrieked as they fell on the pier.
"Actually" Ava said, breathing out as she adjusted her top. "It's a Desmodus Rotundus" she corrected.
When she got looks from the other group she rolled her eyes as Danny murmured, "Nerrrd".
"A cute, common vampire bat" Ava clarified.
Spike looked like he was going to take a step forward before Eva stopped him. She passed Danny her plushy with a, "Hold my bat".
"I got you baby" Danny responded.
Eva took on an exaggerated karate move, which was meant to make her opponents think they had the upper hand. Usually, they'd get cocky and make mistakes from the beginning and she would have an easier time fighting them.
She made a come here motion with her hand. "Oh, bring it on Spikey boy" she mocked.
Spike put his fists but after seeing what her sister did, he wasn't looking very confident.
"Don't be a pussy man" Derrek said, not paying attention to Sabrina and Angel as they had yet to properly get themselves back up.
"Yeah, it's real manly to attack teenage girls" came Daniela's voice, heavily riddled with sarcasm that seemed to hit extra hard somehow due to her accent.
The gang glared at her and Spike went to take a swing at Eva.
However, he went too wide.
Eva wondered how many times that actually worked for him. 'Or if he's ever been in a fight before. Do that too many times and you get broken ribs' she told herself at the same time as she countered his attack.
She ducked under his swing and then bounced back with a powerful kick to the sternum.
He went flying back completely off of his feet. The people behind him jumped away in shock and fear and let him crash and roll against the ground with a pain-filled moan.
Eva took her toy back happily.
Daniela looked between Sabrina and Derrek and cracked her dainty fingers with a sigh as she smiled. "I guess that leaves you two for me" she told them easily.
The height difference was not lost on anyone.
"Who do you think we learned if from" the twins asked with matching cheeky expressions.
Sabrina shot them glares as the rest of the ganged looked at them warily. Even Derrek.
"So, what's it gonna be?" Danny asked as she moved into a fighting pose.
"We'll leave" Derrek told her with narrowed eyes. "For now" he left with a little threat, turning to walk off.
Sabrina stomped her foot, pushing Angel out of her way who bumped into Spike making him cough and wince.
"This is not over" she hissed at them.
The girls rolled their eyes and watched as the gang rolled off. Sabrina was trying to say something to Derrek, making angry hand motions but he seemed to be ignoring her for the most part.
"Well done ladies" they heard an unctuous voice from behind them.
They turned to see a man dressed like he was ready for a rave. He was just watching them. They'd had never seen him before, in either film nor since they had arrived in town.
"Do we know you?" Eva asked as one of her hands went to her hip.
"Not yet" he winked with a toothy smile. "I'm only the man who happened to drive that hoard of delinquents away and saved you" he told them as he leaned against the wall in an overly cocky manner. "One of my many skill sets" he bragged, winking at Ava.
He was standing in the shadows, almost like he was posed for dramatic effect as the shadows played over him. He was trying to look like he could both blend into the night yet catch the moon light somehow.
"Funny" Ava deadpanned, sucking air around her canine tooth loudly. "I didn't know watching a group of young girls get ganged up on by a bunch of people while doing and saying nothing then taking all the credit was a talent" she said bitingly completely making his smile drop as his face actually seemed to lose some of its coloring.
"If it was then most of these useless fucks would have metals" she carelessly gestured to some of the people who had stopped to watch their earlier confrontation and had yet to move on.
At her addressing them they scattered like rats.
"Well, I was in in the shadows see" the man began before Daniela cut him off.
"Instead of asking you what or why, I'm gonna just guess you're gonna feed us a load of crap" she said as one hand went to her head. She could feel a migraine starting.
"Can you just cut to the chase and tell us who you are and beat it? We're not really in a nice sociable mood" Eva added with a sardonic attempt of a grin.
"Of course" he said standing up straight and slightly swiping the end of one side of his coat which gave them a flash of his utility belt. A flash that seemed pretty purposeful.
"Though, I'm sure you've heard of me" he chuckled. The girls couldn't help but liken him to a newscaster or something similar because of the sound.
It didn't match the look he was going for.
"And please, only a few pictures. I'll allow it this time because you're such gorgeous women" he added with another wink.
"What's your fucking name dude" Ava demanded bluntly. It was so abrupt that he started just a little.
"Ladies, you have the honor of meeting the ultimate American. The brave supernatural hunter, Jackson Stalker" he held his hands up in a welcoming manner.
All three girls' eyes widen in panic and they were sure their hearts had stopped. They paled and they looked ready to bolt.
"Fuck" Ava and Eva said, sounding anything but happy as their displeasure began to show on their faces.
It was obvious even to Jackson that this was not a positive reaction. "Not what I was expecting" he murmured, looking at Ava again, clearing his throat.
'Make a fan of her yet' he thought roguishly.
The twins felt a bit frozen, bearing Paul and Marko's warnings in mind. It seemed their brains couldn't get their mouths working for a moment.
Luckily, Daniela had them covered.
"Mierda" she said simply, turning to look at her friends worriedly.
A/N: So, what do you guys think? Next chapter has; more Stalker, some hunting with the boys, maybe a lemon with Eva, finally, (?) (Hmm?), and possibly, though depends how it flows, David's backstory. And much, much more! Also, I know there was some ooc in this one with Marko and really all of them, but it felt right, so who knows, maybe that could possibly be true on some level? We can't be monsters all the time, right? Wow, this chapter man. Drained me on so many levels. What will David's and even Laddie's bring? Again, I'll either fix spelling errors later, or when the whole story is done. Ask, suggest, and review if you'd like. Until next time, have a great day.