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! Hope you guys had a great Thanksgiving if you celebrate it. Enjoy.
Chapter 19: Steak Tartar.
Ava and Eva were laughing with Daniela as they made their way back home. The three were feeling pretty good.
Eva was in an exceptional mood, something Danny had teased her about until seeing Ava's same glow.
"Am I the only one not hooking up" Danny laughed.
"That's not on us" Eva chuckled.
"Shut up" a smiling Danny pushed her giggling friends. They had finished parking their bikes in the shed and were making their way up to the trailer when they heard screams from the house.
Screams that sounded like a girl…or pubescent boy.
"Sam!" they all shouted as they raced into the house.
"Sam!" Ava yelled again, "Sam where are you!?"
"Ava, help! He's gonna get me" Sam screamed. At his desperate pleas the three rushed up the stairs at impressive speeds and all but demolished his door.
What they saw shouldn't have surprised them, yet they couldn't help but be momentarily stunned.
Michael was attempting not to float out of the window. He was also yelling, understandably scared with his sudden ability in defying gravity.
Sam had walled himself up in a corner and was rapidly jittering into a huge brick that was the landline phone.
Nanook was attempting to jump up and get Michael.
"Shitttt" the three girls breathed before separating to tackle each obstacle.
Ava ran to Nanook and calmed the dog. He was wary of her at first because he could smell something unnatural on her like the boy. Then her natural vibes let him know she wasn't a danger to him or Sam. After that she was able to get him out of the room.
"Don't worry, I promise we have it under control" she assured him. "We may even have a doggo friend for you" she told the giant canine as she led him out of the room.
That seemed to perk him up.
He saw Eva going to Sam and let Ava close the door, leaving him in the hall without much of a hassle.
Eva went over and took the phone from Sam.
Daniela was attempting to jump up and grab Michael. She was having trouble reaching and he was busy keeping himself planted to one spot on the ceiling.
It wasn't easy getting the phone from Sam first seeing as he had a death grip on it, but Eva managed.
"Hello" she spoke into the phone.
"Eva, Ava, it's Aunt Lucy? Which one of you girls is it?" came the pleasant but scared voice on the other end. "What's happening? Is Sam alright? I'll come home" she was rushing out.
"It's Eva. Sam is fine" Eva said covering his mouth and sending him a wide stern look when he tried to protest. It worked doubly effective with her already wide set, big eyes. "And where are you? Are you with Max, the guy who said Sam was a runt, I mean" she pretended to accidentally let that slip.
"Yes, I am-. Wait he said what?!" Lucy gasped.
"It's just something the girls and I heard him say on the boardwalk. I don't think he knew we were there" Eva lied through her teeth.
She felt a little bad deceiving Lucy but knew that in the long run it was best for the older woman. 'Have to get her away from Max' she told herself.
"Why, I never-!" Lucy began but Eva talked over her.
"Ok, Aunt Lucy we'll talk about this later. I'm gonna try to calm everyone down. Love you" she said before hanging up on the woman.
Sam went for the phone again before his attention was diverted to Daniela, Ava and Michael.
"Ava, help" Danny begged.
"Here-shit!" Ava went to lift her arms in an attempt to grab Mike when her body decided it too wanted to test her abilities…at the worst time.
Ava was now floating next to a shocked Michael.
She began flailing her arms as if swimming and almost kicked him in the face before he grabbed her by the waist and shakily pulled her close.
Daniela closed the window.
"You're flying!" Sam screamed.
"She's really just hovering" Eva corrected him.
"How are you not freaking out right now" Sam cried out, voice cracking.
Eva shot him an apologetic look and she too lifted off the ground. She placed the phone on the ceiling fan where it couldn't be retrieved easily.
"Yeah, that was a great way to break it to them" Daniela told her sarcastically.
"Will someone please get us the fuck down!" Ava demanded.
"What she said" Michael hastily added.
"What the hell is going on" Sam demanded, panicking as he looked around the room. He was once more holed up in the corner except this time he was using a pillow as a weapon.
"Seriously" Daniela asked with a raised brow.
"I'll do it" he warned.
"It doesn't even have a zipper or anything, what the hell is it gonna do?" she questioned.
Sam didn't have an answer for that.
"Look, it's not a big deal" Daniela tried to ease Sam as she felt bad for the scared youth.
Eva had gone to help Mike and Ava seeing as she seemed to be the only one who had any control over her movements.
"The twins are half vampires, by choice. Michael wasn't supposed to be, but he doesn't listen well" she ignored Michael's attempt to defend himself. It was weak to begin with seeing as he was still too focused on not falling and hurting himself.
"We just have to kill Max so Mike and Star can be human again" she shrugged nonchalantly. "Relax" she finished.
"Max?!" they shouted.
"Mom's Max" Mike asked.
"Relax" Sam repeated in disbelief.
Ava felt much more like herself once her feet were touching solid ground and nodded.
Michael all but sunk down on Sam's bed. Sam moved away from him a little, seeing the hurt in Michael's eyes when doing so.
"He's still your brother Sam" Eva said as she easily landed, sitting on his desk legs crossed.
"You're all blood sucking vampires! My own flesh and blood" Sam accused with narrowed eyes.
"I'm not" Danny denied though he didn't seem to be paying attention.
"You're out there killing people" his voice raised in volume.
"Calm down" Ava told him as she slouched on the bed. "We haven't killed anyone. And when we do- WHEN WE DO" she yelled when he started to freak out again. "It'll be really, really bad people. There are worse things than vampires in this town" she rolled her eyes.
"What could be worse than a member of the living dead" Sam asked in disbelief.
"Rapists, pedophiles, child killers. There is a group called the Surf NAZIS people" Eva reminded the guys. "No one is good if they have that title" she looked at the other girls. "How do people keep forgetting about them?!" she asked blown away.
"Beats me" Ava shrugged.
"Yeah, I think you're being a little dramatic" Daniela told Sam.
"Dramatic" Mike was the one to answer as he sprung up. As he started to float up a little Ava grabbed his arm, anchoring him making him crash back to the bed.
Even so he continued.
"I just found out that I'm turning into some demonic thing against my will and I'M being dramatic!?" he shouted.
"Well now I think you're being overly dramatic" Ava jumped in, crossing her arms.
"You're being under dramatic!" Sam shot back. Michael nodded quickly, also stubbornly crossing his arms.
"Na-ah" Eva argued.
"Guys" Danny interrupted all of them. "This is getting us nowhere" she said. "Look, guys" she began.
"The girls chose to be vampires. That's their choice" she said. "Michael, the accident" he looked more than put out by the nickname, "And Star will turn human once we take out Max and foil his plan. It's really not a hard concept. Just let us do our thing and you'll be back to normal" she told them.
"Why do you have to take out Max" Michael asked.
"He's the head vampire" Danny said easily.
"What, but he's out with Mom" Sam jumped up. "What are we going to do!?" he shouted.
"We are handling it" Eva told him. "You, are going to speak in an indoor voice and calm the hell down" she told him.
"You can't expect us to let you figure this out on your own" Michael protested.
"Why not" the twins asked.
"Your boyfriends were the ones who did this to me" he accused.
"No, no, no" Ava scolded him. "You were the one who crashed the cave when only Laddie was there, scaring him by the way" she got in his face. "After you let Star run off into the woods and when Laddie said NOT TO drink from the bottle, you did it anyway like an asshole!" Ava yelled.
"Our guys were doing everything they could to keep you away from them, but that wasn't good enough for you was it Michael" Eva jumped in after her sister. "You had to be part of the gang even though everyone made it abundantly clear that you weren't welcomed" she snapped.
"But you-" Michael began but Danny cut him off.
"None of us wanted you there specifically for that reason" she told him. "Then you kept hitting on Star and me. You don't really get on with the guys, you have nothing in common with any of us" she listed.
"Why were you forcing this" she demanded.
He didn't answer, just kept staring at her.
"See, that's creepy" Eva shook her head making Michael blush and look away.
"So, you're going to kill Max" Sam asked for clarification.
The three nodded.
"Then you'll be human again" he asked.
"Michael and Star will" Danny told him. "I'm not a vampire" she restated.
"What about you" he looked at the twins worriedly.
"We didn't drink from the bottle" Ava said. "Don't worry about us Sam" she told him.
"Maybe we should call the Frogs. They'd know-" he was cut off by three loud shouts.
"NO!" Danny, Eva and Ava quickly yelled.
"Why not" he asked confused.
"Can you imagine what shit they'd pull" Eva asked.
"Especially with that Stalker guy now around them" Ava added with a shiver.
Sam bit his lip and Danny went on. "He'd probably try to kill the boys, maybe even the twins" she said making Sam pale. "I doubt he'd care at all about what anyone wanted or cared about" she pointed out.
"If he's stopping killers…" Mike trailed off quietly.
"He's a killer" Ava shot back, standing up. "He's an attention whore and it looks like he uses the whole 'hunting' business to cover up any time he's killed or attacked someone" she said.
"Just 'cause you're salty as fuck doesn't mean we're gonna let you get us and everyone else murdered Mike" Eva told him clenching her jaw.
He looked embarrassed and hurt.
"Maybe you're right about that" Sam said still thinking about his friends. "They are a bit…intense" he tried to think of a nice way of putting it.
"And Stalker is totally bogus" he added.
"Is there nothing I can say to change your minds about being blood suckers" he pleaded to the twins.
"Not in this life time little man" Ava shook her head with a kind, pretty smile.
"It's a whole complicated thing Sam" Eva told him. "We'll explain more when you're older" she promised.
"That's what everyone always tells me" he rolled his eyes.
"Well at least with us you know that we'll keep our word" Danny said and a small smile slipped onto his adorable face.
"How can you be happy with this" Michael asked confused.
"Because it's our choice" Ava said. "You don't have to like it or understand it. But you have no say in it" she told him firmly.
"…Well, at least let me help you with Max" he offered.
"We'll let you know" was all Eva said.
Mike sighed, it was the best he was going to get at the moment.
"So where do we go from here?" Sam asked.
"We try to take down Max while trying not to just kill anyone willy nilly" Ava told him. "And you, you try to keep the Frogs and Stalker off our tails without being too obvious" she said.
"I'll do my best" Sam told her. "I'm not happy that my cousins are going to be coffin hugging vampires, but not much I can do about it" he told them.
"Don't worry, we'll still be family" Danny said and he did feel a little better.
"So, what's first then" Mike asked.
"Hmm" Eva said looking Michael over. "There is something you could do" she told him.
"Me" he asked swallowing.
"Didn't you just say you wanted to help" Ava asked him.
"Of course" he straightened his shoulders though his eyes still flickered with doubt.
"Great" Danny said as she handed him a small black pouch. "Place this in Max's jacket pocket" she instructed.
"Ok…what is it and why me" he had to ask.
"It's gonna curse him and because you're the only one he's not suspicious of" she answered back readily.
"Rad" was his sarcastic reply.
"Curb your enthusiasm" Ava snarked. She looked around the room. "Bring down Max is finally in full swing" she smirked.
Sam looked nervous as hell. Michael put on a brave face while Daniela grinned and Eva's smirk matched her twin's.
The girls heard their mates howl in their minds.
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Stalker prowled up a dark, dirty ally way.
He was looking for any helpful hints that would lead him to those mystery twins' location. He knew eventually he'd run across at least one of them or their little friend and then he could track them back to one of their frequent haunts.
The attractive, primed thirty-year-old passed by party goers and couples fondling each other in the dark.
Nothing so far caught his attention.
He was walking back onto the main street, looking for any flash of those colored blue and red long red curls when loud music reached his ears.
It was captivating. The flow was obviously meant to be a mix between rock and dark soul. It wasn't like music he usually listened to, yet he found himself pulled in.
Stalker found himself outside of what looked to be a diner.
The dark eyed man looked through the window before a smirk stretched his chiseled tanned face. There, right on stage for everyone to see were the very girls he was looking for.
'Young, beautiful' he thought as his eyes raked over the two twins. 'And ripe for the taking' he told himself slipping into the building and sticking to the shadows in the back.
Ava, Eva, and Danny didn't notice any new additions to the crowd. The place always seemed full of life and packed to the max. Though they heard it was a little slower, family oriented in the day time.
Not that they could confirm that anymore.
The whole staff was used to a packed house by now.
People loved the atmosphere, the food, and the music. The girls sang together, giving the other great band a much-needed break.
They began singing, switching main focal every other verse. They let the song flow somehow feeling like it suited them and their situation.
'Mood' the twins had stated before going on. Danny had simply rolled her eyes at that.
"Baby I'm preying on you tonight. Hunt you down eat you alive. Just like animals. Animals. Like animals-mals.
Maybe you think that you can hide. I can smell your scent for miles. Just like animals. Animals Like animals-mals.
Baby I'm!
So, what you trying to do to me? It's like we can't stop, we're enemies. But we get along when I'm inside you, eh.
You're like a drug that's killing me.
I cut you out entirely. But I get so high when I'm inside you. Yeah you can start over you can run free. You can find other fish in the sea. You can pretend it's meant to be, but you can't stay away from me. I can still hear you making that sound. Taking me down rolling on the ground.
You can pretend that it was me, but no, oh!" Ava finished and it was Daniela's turn to take over after they all sang the chorus together.
The crowd was eating it up. More than their food half the time, though the staff didn't complain as they enforced you either had to order food or buy a ticket for the music.
No loitering!
A few people had tried to complain, but eventually caved. The straggles who continued to make a fuss soon had seen the 'managers', as the girls were called, and who their boyfriends were. That quickly made them settle down.
No one wanted on the Lost Boys bad side. If they did, they mysteriously ended up on a missing poster a few days later.
"Baby I'm preying on you tonight. Hunt you down eat you alive. Just like animals. Animals. Like animals.
Maybe you think that you can hide. I can smell your scent for miles. Just like animals. Animals. Like animals-mals.
Baby I'm!
So, if I run it's not enough. You're still in my head forever stuck! So you can do what you wanna do, eh. I love your lies I'll eat 'em up! But don't deny the animal.
That comes alive when I'm inside you" she winked at Star who playfully ducked her head.
"Yeah you can start over you can run free. You can find other fish in the sea. You can pretend it's meant to be, but you can't stay away from me.
I can still hear you making that sound. Taking me down rolling on the ground. You can pretend that it was me, but no, oh!" she smiled at Eva who wiggled her brows.
Ava tried not to snort in amusement at their antics as she continued playing the guitar.
"Baby I'm preying on you tonight. Hunt you down eat you alive. Just like animals. Animals. Like animals-mals.
Maybe you think that you can hide. I can smell your scent for miles. Just like animals. Animals. Like animals-mals.
Baby I'm!
Don't tell no lie, lie lie lie! You can't deny, ny ny ny!
The beast inside, side side side! Yeah, yeah, yeah" she let Ava take over as Danny and Eva did back up.
"No girl don't lie, lie, lie, lie.
No girl don't lie".
Then it was Daniela's turn.
"You can't deny, ny ny ny.
You can't deny.
The beast inside, side, side, side! Yeah, yeah, yeah!" They all began singing together.
"Yo, Whoa, Whoa. Just like animals. Animals. Like animals-mals. Just like animals. Yeah. Animals. Yeah. Like animals-mals. Yeah. Ow!" they howled which many customers echoed.
"Baby I'm preying on you tonight. Hunt you down eat you alive. Just like animals. Animals. Like animals-mals.
Maybe you think that you can hide. I can smell your scent for miles. Just like animals. Animals. Like animals-mals.
Baby I'm!
Don't tell no lie, lie, lie, lie.
You can't deny, ny ny ny.
The beast inside, side, side, side.
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
No girl don't lie, lie, lie, lie. No girl don't lie. You can't deny, ny, ny, ny. You can't deny.
The beast inside, side, side, side. Yeah, yeah, yeah!"
Jackson felt his blood rushing through his body as it hummed in his ears.
Their words seemed to permeate the very air and left it crackling with electricity.
He watched as the one with green eyes smiled to blue eyes before walking off the stage.
Slowly, he followed behind them.
'If their boyfriends really are vampires like those little fucks think, then I can save the girls and get them for myself' he planned. 'And if they're not…shouldn't be too hard to get rid of them all the same' he chuckled darkly.
With a twisted grin and bad intentions, Stalker lived up to his chosen name and watched the girls out of sight.
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David smirked as he led the boys to their sire's business.
Max had 'called' them over. It was more like he screamed in their heads as loudly as he could and demanded they appear to him.
This used to be a form of punishment when they were first turned and his blood was freshly pumping in their veins. It used to be torture and despite their rebellious attitudes and anger towards him, they would try to avoid it.
It was like a loud, demonic scream directly in their brains that melted into a shrill scream.
It did something to their inner demons, something absolutely painful.
However, as the years rolled by, they found they could disobey him more and more. It started with the simplest of things.
They'd pick targets that he didn't choose for them.
They'd choose their own clothes.
They moved to the cave.
They loved terrorizing the locals and going to his work which he hated. They made nuisances of themselves. Building up infamous reputations for each of themselves. They became like a real gang.
Not to mention when they found Star and Laddie.
That and the reasoning behind it had really pissed him off.
The voice had become somewhat dulled…less affective though still greatly unpleasant and commanding when he had wanted it to be.
Though this time… The reason for the smirks of pure smugness on each of the handsome youths' faces was due to just how little of effect his 'torment' had on them.
They were unsure if it was because of their recent decision to break away or from finally meeting their mates. However, when they felt an annoying though mild buzzing in their head that was followed by orders they were shocked to realized that was once the notorious agony he could drill into their psyches.
Paul and Marko had of course celebrated with a joint while rocking out. Dwayne went through some of the books Daniela had brought over to try to figure it out.
David had simply smirked as he could feel Max's emotions much clearer than the others still.
He was enraged over none of them responded. How he couldn't feel their pain or fear.
But more importantly to David, Max was scared though he tried desperately to hide it. He was terrified that he wasn't catching their thoughts.
'That could be good for us' David thought. 'Or bad…scared can mean desperate and dangerous' he knew.
So he sent Star and Laddie to the girls' work as he and the boys decided to go and mess with the video store. It was both for fun, seeing as they hadn't done it in a while and because if they did then they'd be able to keep Max off their trail.
David already knew that the man wasn't pleased with what little progress he was making with Lucy.
Max had threatened to go from Grudella, but she had moved her trailer and thanks to Daniela and her magic while pulling on some of the twins' inner power the head vampire was unable to find the older woman.
Something David was grateful for since the girls needed to go see her. Despite the gang believing that they had changed plenty, the girls weren't willing to risk it and wanted back up plans to avoid any of the boys getting staked along with their other movie deaths.
Once the twins mentioned if the scenarios were switched their boyfriends had shut up and let them go ahead with their planning.
"Look what we have here boys" David said earning snickers.
"A fucking dump, that's what" Paul said as they strutted into past the large neon sign and into the open doors.
"Crap, it's dead in here" Marko scoffed.
"Could be deader" Dwayne smirked, shaking his head cockily when Maria sent him heart eyes from her station at the cash register.
Paul lightly shoved him as he grew amused at the other boy's impression of a peacock.
"What are you doing in here" Max snapped as he walked up to them.
The four turned, rolling their eyes together.
"You told us to come" David said clearly.
Max's face pinched together. He hated that they weren't following his perfectly planned script. He couldn't have them ruining his perfect reputation. It was bad enough with Lucy doubting him as it were.
Max looked around the store but no one was really paying them too much mind.
Besides the usual girls checking out the boys and a few parents looking over, no one cared. Though the store wasn't that busy to begin with.
"Out back" was all he said as he turned to his office and walked with a haughty air.
David blew air from his nose but didn't push it.
They didn't want to aggravate Max too much.
Yet.
With that the boys strode back out while pushing a few movies and snacks down along the way. Once outside they slinked off to the side of the building to a hidden door that lead directly to Max's office.
David lazily knocked once before the door was jerked open.
Max stomped back to his desk and sat with displeasure written all over his face and his hands in a steeple.
The boys followed at a measured, uncaring pace and found seats or stood. They held themselves with great disinterest like usual to keep him unsuspecting.
For a few minutes Max didn't say anything. He just sat watching the boys one by one before his eyes went back to the first in line again. His face was a cold mask though his deep, heavy breathing gave away his inner anger.
David was growing impatient and wanted to snark about the reason they were called there. However, he didn't want to be the first to speak.
Finally, Max spoke.
"Do you know why I called you here" he asked sounding like a principal scolding schoolyard boys.
"You missed our shining personalities" Marko tried.
"Not likely" Max hissed. "I doubt anyone ever does" he told them. "How those mates of yours can stand you, I'll never know" he said with his nose in the air. "Though those girls are issues on their own" he added with a sniff.
The boys bristled at that.
He then gave Dwayne a smarmy expression. "I don't believe they'd be too pleased with how you flaunt yourself in front of my employee either" he told him.
As Dwayne's eyes narrowed Max added, "We wouldn't want a jealous female on our hands, would we" he asked tauntingly.
Before the others could say anything Dwayne's deep but commanding voice cut through the air.
"The twins don't get jealous. They know they have nothing to be jealous about and have plenty of confidence. Both are beautiful, young women and know that they're with the most attractive men in town just as we're with the most gorgeous girls in the world" he said clearly. "If anything, the attention amuses them. It's not my fault that you go for the insecure type of women who don't know how to properly channel their emotions. Says something about you and your taste" he finished.
Max's face was thunderous.
"That is unless you purposely attempt to make your partner doubtful and belittle them for your own ego. In that case is it a wonder you haven't met your mate yet?" Dwayne laid on one final blow.
"I've met my mate" Max shouted.
"Of course" Dwayne told him with obvious dubious belief. Paul snickered with a headshake next to his dark haired friend. Neither were convinced about Max and Lucy and it was plain to see.
"It's so obvious from your actions how could we miss it" Dwayne said with a deadpan expression and sarcasm oozing out of him.
"Ohhhh shit" Paul couldn't help but laugh out.
Dwayne didn't even look up as he held his palm out, which Paul smacked.
David's smirk was back and bigger than ever and Marko's gaze was full of sadistic glee.
"Is this why you called us here" David asked allowing a twinge of his old English accent to color his tone. He knew Max hated it.
The older vampire once claimed it gave David a sophisticated air that he neither deserved nor needed due to his 'uncouth ways'.
"Were you so worried about our relationships that you felt the need to desperately see us? Truly playing up the father role now?" David asked. He raised a blonde brow as his eyes betrayed how little he believed his own words. "How touching" came the quiet mocking quip.
"Ah!" Max screamed, jumping out of the chair as his face changed. He roared at them angrily.
The boys' smiles were wiped off their faces and replaced with frowns and cool masks of indifference. The didn't react beyond that.
This only fueled his anger.
"You filthy, ungrateful brats!" he shouted. He was cut off though by a sudden desperate knocking on his door and he turned, fire gaze flicking to the door. "Huh" he said lightly as his lips formed an oh over his fangs.
The boys couldn't help but liken him to a dopey Scooby Doo villain in the moment as he looked at the door somewhat dumbly.
'A fiendish monster yet he turns into a mindless twit when someone knocks' Marko thought at a loss.
With his vampiric change and the out of place expression resting on his face, Max almost reminded the boys of some weird ape.
'And he thinks I'm an airhead' Paul shook his head.
"Max, are you ok? I heard you scream" came the frantic voice of Maria from the other side.
"Oh, no I'm alright my dear" Max told her with a cheerful chuckle as he played up his good guy image. "Simply watching some of the new releases and had the volume up too loud again" he excused.
"You're sure you're ok" she asked worriedly though not as much as before.
"Yes, perfectly fine" he told her.
"Ok then" she said before seemingly going back to her post.
Max collected himself. He ran a hand through his short brown locks while breathing deeply and letting his eyes flicker close as his face smoothed back out.
Once that was achieved Max turned back to the boys with his back straight and chin up.
His expression was no longer one of anger but he wasn't happy by any means.
Instead he was wearing a blank look that put them on a more serious edge.
"I'm not happy" Max admitted to them in a voice that oozed false disappointment. "I'm not happy and I think you know why" he stated.
None of the four bikers even spared each other passing glances as they shrugged and looked at him with equally unsupportive looks.
"Enlighten us" David told him.
"Lucy" Max began before having to pause. He looked down towards his desk as he walked around the large oak table. His gaze hardened briefly while at the same time his nostrils flared. The man seemed to be choking on his next words.
"Lucy has somehow come of the mind that I was saying cruel things about her sons" he told them.
The boys didn't react beyond some raised brows and a low whistle from Paul.
Max's eyes narrowed and he continued. "She's incorrect of course and refused to tell me where she was getting this information" he went on. "Though I'm sure you can guess where I'm going with this" he told them.
"You think we talked to your little girlfriend and bad mouthed you" Marko snorted in amusement.
"Oh no" Max shook his head with a lighter tone before his face darkened again as he tilted it towards the ground slightly while keeping his eyes steadily on the group, sweeping between each member routinely.
"But those horror twins that you're unfortunately bonded with are another story" he told them.
That got a flicker of annoyance across their faces. It was gone in an instant as they all soon decided that the twins would most likely adore the name, even if the boys didn't like Max talking about them.
Max had caught the brief tension in Dwayne, which was the boy he had been looking at when he had spoken.
Still smarting over Dwayne's previous comment Max pushed further.
He pushed aside his previous hesitance about mates. 'I am the head vampire' he hyped himself, 'No one would dare truly challenge me and my power. It's time to remind them why I'm in this position' he thought.
Max didn't take into account the fact that he had separated himself and childes from other vampires, especially mated couples for centuries.
He had no way of knowing how they'd react.
So, he dug deeper into that nerve.
"I am sorry you have to be bonded to such a brass girl" he told him.
Dwayne sent him a stare that clearly said, 'shut up'.
"No manners or a sense of family" he taunted as his eyes lit up in delight. He was baiting Dwayne. He knew what Dwayne wanted…what he had lost and what he tried to make up for with Laddie.
"Though perhaps that mouth of hers makes up for whatever crude language she decides to spew" he insinuated. "If you ever tire of her-" he went to say before he was promptly, and painfully, cut off.
David had sprung from his seat and had his hand wrapped harshly around Max's throat. His long nails biting into the cold skin of his neck as he lifted him up until his arm was fully extended.
Even then David had begun floating a little in his anger. His vampiric face close, panting breath wafting angerly over Max's face.
"Shut your stupid mouth you cowardly bastard" the blonde teen hissed hatefully.
Max had been in the motion to retch David off of him, enraged and affronted at the behavior before the sheer fury of the other male made itself known.
He then noticed how David was practically radiating with anger.
That surprised Max, truly. David had been the one to voice his distaste over the mating ritual and yet here he was, looking for all the world as if he was about to rip Max's throat out.
'And he could do it' Max's brain told him with dread as the books he had stolen flashed through his mind.
His blue eyes glanced up and he got similar expressions and each other teen's face.
Marko was scowling, two seconds away from running over to do anything David commanded of him.
Dwayne himself had stood and his chiseled chest rose and fell with the restraint from holding back on attacking his sire.
The blood running from his clenched fists onto the carpet proved that.
Paul was sneering at Max with more contempt that the older man had ever seen from the tall youth.
"You should watch what you say" the handsome pretty boy told him with a definite warning. "Especially about a lady" Paul added.
Max's eyes flicked back to David's unforgiving iceberg blue.
"Unhand me at once" he tried to hiss out an order.
David only flexed his grip to show how tightly he could be holding him.
Max narrowed his eyes. "How do you think your precious Ava" he spat the name, "Would feel if she knew everything, hmm" he threatened. He looked at the others. "If they knew what real beasts you all were" he spat.
"They know plenty" Marko told him, head high as his blue eyes flashed orange.
Max swallowed and looked back at David. "How do you think she'd feel knowing you didn't want her?" he snarled.
David felt cold dread settled in his stomach at that thought. He didn't let go of Max however.
'David?' he heard Ava ask in his mind. He didn't respond right away.
"Yes, I doubt she'd be too pleased would she" Max went on.
David pulled him closer as his grip temporarily rendered Max speechless.
"If you go near our mates…I'll make sure you meet a fate worse then death" he told him.
"Threats now David" Max scoffed.
"No threat mate" David said with a small slow head jerk. Max's chin and brow tilted up at David's return of his accent, much heavier now. Especially since it had been so long for him to throw any British slang around once they moved to America. "That's a promise" he finished.
"Enough" Max growled as he used his advanced strength and powers to push David off.
The other vampire did let go, however he didn't go flying back across the room into a painful heap as Max expected.
Instead, David was forced back against his chair. Max's shove had caught his lip, which was split.
David looked him in the eyes as he slowly licked the trail of blood off.
Max felt cold terror settle in him.
David should have been hurt to the point where the boys would need to carry him out and feed him to recuperate. Max had not only used his advanced strength as David's sire to throw him, but he had sent out a mental attack to assure the blonde boy would be hurt as well.
Yet, the results were lacking to say the least.
He looked down at his own hands. Hands that had made and broke nations. Hands that could ruin lives and create new ones…including the boys before him.
'I can't let this happen' he told himself.
"Was that all you needed Max" Marko asked with a sneer.
Max's face slowly transformed back into a glare that hid the apprehension coursing through his body. "This defiance has to stop boys" he told them sternly. "I am your maker. You answer to me. I have powers you have yet to see" he said.
It was a threat they had heard many times over.
Yet…none of them had ever seen this 'mighty and awesome power' that Max had.
'Claims to have' Dwyane thought.
None of them ever actually attempted to push him enough to test it out. The pain in their heads used to be enough to bring them to their knees and keep them in line for a short while.
David's eyes narrowed briefly. 'What power does he really have' he asked himself, still angry over Max mentioning telling Ava about his words when they had first learned about the twins.
Paul and Marko's thoughts echoed their brothers'.
"Do I make myself clear" Max asked David with a sense of superiority.
They were facing each other off making the air thick with tension, testosterone and a definite challenge.
David's face slowly melted into a sinister smirk.
"Crystal" was his response. "Right boys" he asked, arms up slightly.
There were single nods from around the room.
Max's face twitched and his brow drew further in aggravation. True, David was saying the right thing.
Yet, his actions held some hidden meaning. Max was sure of it.
The large older man attempted to delve into their minds but again, nothing. It angered him to no end.
There were so many possibilities for it as well.
It could be their involvement with the witch. Their recent mating could be blocking him, especially since he found out the twins had in fact drank though not from blood that held any of his remaining essence.
It could be that they were becoming too strong…to self-aware and independent.
'Though it never happened with any of the ones before them' Max thought, images of failed attempts flashing through his ancient mind. 'None of them lasted as long as my boys though' he rationalized, 'Or took to the life so well'.
The fact that he had no way of knowing which theory upset him even more. Max wasn't about to ask them either, just in case of the slim chance they didn't know that they were blocking him.
Also, if they were doing it on purpose and didn't mention it then he didn't want them to know it was bothering him.
He didn't want to give them the satisfaction.
"We'll be going now if there's nothing else" David said already heading to the door with the others following behind and sending Max unfriendly smiles.
"They need to feed" Max said just as David opened the door.
The bleached blonde paused and turned. He didn't speak as his blue eyes slowly raked up his makers tall, suited form.
"What do you mean" Paul asked Max.
Max smirked, "Tell me, are the girls in any pain" he asked as hidden pleasure at the thought seeped through his tone.
No one answered.
That was enough for him as his grin grew. "It's as I suspected" he gave a 'regretful' sigh. "Their bodies aren't handling the change as well as someone from our world" he told them. "It's pumping through their own human blood too fast" he said.
At some of their confused looks he chuckled lowly.
"Basically…the vampirism that is now running through them is eating their own blood cells. If they don't eat" he shrugged. "They will die" he told them.
"It hasn't killed Star" Dwayne denied.
"Or Laddie" Marko added.
"They're part of our world" Max reminded.
"You seem to know a lot about this" David said with definite accusation.
Max's smiled never wavered. "When you've been around as long as I have David" he told him. "You come to see many unpleasant things" he said.
"But I thought you said that this was happening because they weren't from our world" Paul pointed out.
"I'm sure it is" Max nodded as he began walking towards the door leading back into his store. "Though there is another potential reason" he told them.
"And what's that" Marko asked him with distrust.
Max turned the knob though he didn't open the door. He looked back at them over his shoulder. "The witch" he told them. "I've seen it happen before around vampires who associated with witches" he told them.
"Danny wouldn't do that" Paul shook his head.
"I'm sure" was all Max said. "But if you want to save your precious mates they either need to feed…which it seems they've been avoiding for some reason" he taunted.
"Or you can, how should I put it" he murmured, "Get rid of the witch" he finished.
"What" David hissed.
"It's up to you" Max said. "Your mates or the witch. Just remember boys" he said as he opened the door. "You're not the heroes of this movie" he taunted while he looked at each of them. "You're the monsters" and with that he walked out.
In his wake he left very upset, very pissed off, and very dangerous young vampires.
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The twins and Daniela had just finished their shift at the diner and were waiting for the boys.
Star and Laddie walked over and stood between Ava and Daniela.
Before they could even make it out of the shop, they were confronted by Sabrina the Teenage Bitch.
"Well, if it's not the twin sluts and their lesbian pet" she cackled with Spike and Angel.
"Well, if it's not whatever the fuck your name was" Eva said as if she couldn't remember the red head.
"You know my name" the red head said sending a look at Ava. "And your sister definitely does" she added cockily.
"Did someone say something" Ava asked looking up from some fries Laddie had.
Sabrina's pretty face twisted in anger, turning red and bringing out her freckles while making her look like a strawberry.
"Where you bitches off to today" Angel asked, looking Star up and down.
"None of your concern, perra ratón loco" Daniela said stepping in front of Star in a clear 'back off move' to Angel.
"We're making it our business" Spike hacked.
"Oh, didn't you learn your lesson last time" Eva asked him.
"Or did you need another demonstration" Ava put in moving Laddie behind her.
"That's not very friendly" Sabrina told them as she put on what was an attempt at an innocent expression. "Especially not for people who were only coming over to try to make amends and invite you to a party" she told them.
The twins and Danny looked at each other in amused disbelief as Star shook her head tiredly.
"That doesn't make any sense" Laddie said smartly.
"What" Sabrina said shooting him an annoyed scathing look.
"He's talking about you showing up and calling us names yet now you're trying to act like we're not supposed to be suspicious of a party invite" Ava pointed out.
"Yeah, real convert of you. Must be top of your classes" Eva told Sabrina with an eye roll.
"We were joking when we walked up, that's how we joke" she tried to play off.
"Your sense of humor blows like you" Daniela told her.
"You just don't get it" she told them with a big sigh.
"You're a dumb bitch" was Laddie's contribution.
"Excuse me!" Sabrina screeched.
She backed up when Thorn started growling, baring his impressive sharp teeth at her. Spike and Angel looked equally nervous.
Ava picked Laddie up, holding him. "That's my little man. We don't take shit from anyone. Especially dumb bitches" she told him with a resolute nod that he copied.
"Look, do you guys want to come to the party or not" Angel asked them.
She was the only one who seemed to be able to act somewhat normal now that they had tried to switch up their tactics.
"Yeah, it's gonna be a real bash" Spike wheezed, looking around for something as he laughed before Angel pushed making him sputter.
"What does that mean" Star asked confused looking between the two.
"Nothing" Angel denied, "Just that it's going to be a real rager" she told them.
"Suspicious fuckers if I ever met some" Eva muttered.
Sabrina was still staring at Ava before a smirk cracked her face. "It'll be a night to remember, promise" she told her.
The intensity and the fact that she didn't blink for a minute creeped Ava out. Which said a lot since she hung out with murderous vampires.
"That ain't natural dawg" she told her with a chill. "Now I get why you're always around here. You're single AF for a fucking reason" she told her.
"What" Sabrina asked, both insulted and kind of confused.
"It doesn't matter" Eva waved them all off. She took a deep breath as Ava cracked her neck. Daniela looked at them with Star who looked at them in understanding.
Ava had to put a worried Laddie down.
They were showing the tell tale signs of trying to suppress their pain again. Pain that Star had experienced, though she had said it wasn't as frequent or like they described.
Sure, she was hungry but they made it seem like something was trying to rip out of them while they began over heating and then their bodies would cool too fast.
It was very concerning.
Star looked worriedly at her friends and went with Daniela to either side of the girls, helping Laddie stand again as the twins tried not to show any sign of weakness in front of the other group.
"We don't want to go around any party or any other bullshit" Daniela finished for Eva.
The twins tried to breath and focus. Usually, they got little warning cramps or dizzy spells.
Not this time.
This time the pain hit them both fast and hard and it took all of their self-control not to scream out while doubling over.
Eva felt like her body was on literal fire, especially her veins while Ava was fighting the urge to shiver, her teeth actually started to chatter.
'Fuck, fuck, fuck a duck' was all Danny could think.
To Sabrina's credit she didn't yell or go off on another crazy bitch fit. Her face did twitch freakishly as her eyes blazed but then she controlled her expression.
"If you change your mind" she ground out. One eye actually twitched a little and the lid sagged.
The four girls wondered if they should be concerned for the red head's health.
Laddie just found it disturbing.
"We'll be having a bond fire on the beach" she finished. She sneered down at Laddie. "Leave the brat behind" she told Ava who obviously took offense as she began to bare her teeth and tried to take a step forward before Daniela grabbed her.
Sabrina and her friends left, snickering like hyenas as if she had said something clever before disappearing out the doors and in the big crowd of people.
"Calm down" Daniela told Ava.
"Fucking bitch" Ava hissed out, shaking as Daniela looked at her worriedly. She felt like she had been standing in a freezer.
"They're getting real damn annoying" Eva agreed and Danny turned, her eyes widening as she saw the sweat pouring down Eva's forehead and neck.
The twins were in ripped Blondie band shirts and black jeans with their boots. They had on normal amounts of makeup and their hair was down. There was no reason for their sudden temperature changes.
'No human reason' she admitted as both of them grabbed for their stomachs with distressed faces.
"Are they feeling it because they're hungry or because they're feeling each other's pain" Star asked.
Daniela looked at her speechless.
She hadn't even thought of that.
"We need to get the others" Star told her. "David will-" before she could finish Laddie cut her off.
"He's already here. There's Dwayne" he said pointing at the doors.
They looked down at the little boy, not sure how he knew that since they didn't see any of the boys out by the windows.
Sure enough though in the next instant the doors to the diner opened and in strutted the Lost Boys.
Not sparing anyone else another glance, they pushed through those that weren't quick enough to move out of their way and made it to their group.
"Danny, you keep Laddie and Star here. We have to take the twins out for food" David said with obvious meaning.
Star covered her mouth but didn't protest as Laddie simply watched the older kids.
"No, wait" Daniela told them shocking them. "I'm not going to just wait here" she told them. "And what about our plans of them staying half until this was all dealt with" she reminded them.
That eased the boys seeing as she wasn't protesting the girls feeding as they thought.
They liked Daniela, thinking of her as a pack sister.
Max's earlier attempts to shake them were still in their minds. None of the boys were dumb and they saw them for what they were. Spending time with the girls had really opened them up to Max's manipulations.
Still, they couldn't shake their unease about it on a whole. Despite what they said they were all still very emotional.
Even if Paul and Marko were the only ones more open about it. Dwayne was calm, though closed off. Marko came off as cruel, if people got past his innocent act while Paul seemed too much of a jokester. David of course seemed like an asshole.
Deep down, they had real emotions though and Max was trying to play on that.
They knew it, but that didn't stop it from messing with them on some level none the less.
"Something's come up that's made a change of plans Danny" Paul told her. "Come with us and we'll explain but we gotta go now dudette" he told her.
"Then let's go" she said turning to Star. "You gonna be ok here?" she asked.
"Yeah" Star assured her, hand on her back. "Everyone's great here. Plus we have Thorn" she gestured to the dog at Laddie's side. "Just be safe" she begged. The staff was really nice to Star and Laddie. They made sure no one messed with them, even on nights when the twins and Daniela ran to pick things up and it was just the two in there.
Star joked that she was spending more time in their work lately then them.
"It's gonna be messy, you sure you wanna come" Marko asked Daniela.
David and Dwyane didn't try to stop her as they moved the twins to the middle of the guys.
The girls didn't react to anything being said. They were staring ahead at nothing while swallowing repeatedly.
Their hands were pulling on their shirts and nails dragged down their throats leaving marks that became darker and darker.
Both were silent as death, mouths parted as their breathing escalated.
The fact that neither spoke up when they were being moved about spoke volumes to the others.
"I'm not abandoning them now. We're sisters" Daniela told him firmly.
Marko looked at her for another minute before nodding.
"Be careful" Star said again, leaning down a little to kiss Daniela. "I'll distract Michael if he comes in" she tried to lighten the mood in her own way.
Danny gave a half-hearted smile.
She knew Star was joking. They had explained what had happened at the house to the others, who were relieved that they at least wouldn't have to worry about Mike and Sam leading the Frogs or Stalker to them.
"Just keep an eye out for Stalker and the Frogs" Dwyane told Star and Laddie. "Don't be seen though" he said seriously in his low, deep voice making them nod.
Laddie was hugging Ava's leg as Dwayne's ran his hand through the boy's hair.
"Sam should be distracting them" Daniela told them.
"And if that doesn't work" David asked her.
"Then we'll have tomorrow's problem" she told him. David puckered his lips but nodded.
"Tomorrow, we have a real problem right here" he gestured to the girls. "Come on, we need to go" he said.
Danny looked at the twins to see what he meant. 'Obviously, they're getting sicker, but-' she was thinking when she noticed it.
They weren't staring at nothing as she thought.
They were looking at some of the customers…hungrily.
Openly, with an expression of a starving animal that grew by the second.
"Let's go" she said and they all moved quickly out the doors with one last look to Star and Laddie who moved back to their booth, shooting looks out the door.
David shot Dwayne a look before lifting the staggering Ava into his arms and carrying the shaking girl. Besides a pained moan, she didn't react. He felt her muscles spasming far too aggressively.
Eva wasn't doing much better as her legs gave out and her eyes rolled up in her head.
Luckily, Paul caught her before she hit the ground and lifted her burning body up and close to his chest. He looked worriedly at Marko.
"She's burning up" he told the curly haired blonde whose face tightened as he fought off showing his emotions so openly.
Marko looked at David quickly. "We need to go, now" he all but barked.
David never broke his stride to the bikes.
"We need to find some meals" Dwayne told them, looking around for possible candidates.
Daniela felt an idea hit her like a ton of bricks. It was a wicked, terrible, idea but one that seemed to be the twins only hope as she watched them both struggle to stay conscious.
"I think I know where to go" she told them making all the boys look at her. "We're going to a bond fire" she told them solemnly.
They got on their bikes and took off, almost hitting people too close.
Daniela was in the lead. She wasn't totally sure where she was going but she figured that she'd just head for the beach and find it from there.
Sure enough, after flying across the sand she finally spotted a light that signaled fire up above down in some dunes and trees.
'Hope that's them' she thought just as the boys' bikes raced past her. They all parked just on the outskirts of the trees and jumped off, landing agile on their feet. Daniela parked and slowly got off.
Ava and Eva were stood up and lightly shaken by Paul and David.
"Look at me" David told Ava. She tried to focus on him through the shivers. "Stay here until we call you, you understand?" he said.
She didn't seem to reply instead falling back on Dwyane who supported her.
"They'll be better once they smell the blood" Marko insisted. "It'll take over" he said and the others had to agree.
They remembered what their first feeding was like. They hoped that the girls' demons took over and gave them the strength they needed for what was about to happen.
Unseen by the loud and rowdy party goers, they helped the girls up to a tree. The blackness of the night hiding them away as only the fire provided any light. The loud music drowned out their conversation to anyone below.
"That's them" Daniela whispered as she looked over and spotted a familiar red head in the group, followed closely by Spike and Angel.
"Wouldn't have mattered if it wasn't" Dwayne told her as he looked at Ava.
Danny looked at him but didn't argue. She knew he was right. They would have taken any partygoers at this point if it meant that the twins would get better.
'Whatever is happening to them' Danny though as she looked at her sick friends. 'I'll take anything to make them better' she thought as she attempted to hold them up. 'I don't know what's happening, but I hope this works' she silently prayed.
"Feeding time" Marko said in an almost light mood. He shared looks with the others who nodded, walking side by side down to the teens below.
Daniela watched as the boys climbed over the dunes and interrupted the party.
The pretty, short girl thought she heard something behind her and turned quickly. It was too dark and she squinted to try to see in the dark.
Not making anything out she was about to go investigate further when a loud voice from below caught her attention.
"What the fuck are you doing here?" a boy demanded.
Daniela snapped her attention back and saw it was the same punk from the other day who was standing with Sabrina.
He was trying to square up to David as someone turned the music down a little.
"Your girlfriend invited us" David told him with a smirk as the shadows from the fire danced over the boys.
Eva groaned, gasping as she squirmed against the tree trunk. Daniela tried to keep her still while listening to what was happening.
"Didn't I tell you they would come if we invited those bitches" Sabrina said happily before looking around. "Wait, where the fuck are they" she demanded.
"The girls?" Paul asked. "Oh, they'll be down shortly" he snickered with the others. "They definitely don't wanna miss this party" he smiled brightly, eyes lighting up.
None of the human's understood the double meaning of his words.
"You Lost Boys sure are stupid" Derrek told them making some of his buddies laugh. "You can't even spot a trap" he mocked them, poking David in the chest.
"Yeah, we're gonna fuck you up once and for all" another called.
"Is that so" Makro asked laughing loudly. It held an edge that Daniela could spot, one that she knew meant bad news for the talking teens.
"Yeah, you're never gonna show your faces around here again assholes" one said actually coming up behind them and attempting to push Dwayne.
After the push, he spun around and grabbed the guy in a choke hold.
As more people ran forward, David held up his hands as if to keep the peace. "You don't really want to fight, do you" he asked. His voice held a heavy dose of sarcastic cheer and serenity as he played his part. "Can't we all just get along" he asked.
"Fuck that! Someone's gonna die tonight" Derrek spat at him.
David's face slowly broke out into a twisted smirk along with the other three boys.
There was a loud snap and one girl screamed. People looked on in shock as they tried to comprehend what just happened.
Dwyane had snapped his captive's neck.
As the boy fell and the watching group were frozen in complete surprise, the Lost Boys' faces morphed into their vampiric sides.
David gave a full fanged grin to Derrek.
"If you insist" he chuckled before springing on the boy.
Soon the air was filled with screams and the scent of blood was so strong that even Daniela could smell it.
It seemed so could the twins.
Two pairs of eyes snapped open and all whimpering noises ceased.
Eva's fevered face and Ava's deathly pale were highlighted by the fire. Danny was disturbed over how their usually lively eyes seemed almost equally grey and sunken with an unhinged factor behind them as they looked at the carnage in front of them.
The vampires below were doing a good job at keeping anyone from getting too far away from them, however two girls had somehow made it to where Danny and the twins were.
Danny had to wonder if that was on purpose or not.
Especially when she saw who it was on closer inspection.
"What the fuck is happening" Sabrina sobbed out as she tried to push Angel out of her way.
"This is all your fucking fault" her friend blamed her.
Before Daniela could say anything to get the two teens' attention, Ava and Eva were up and in front of them.
Danny's brown eyes widened. She had never seen them move so fast.
They were standing tall, which looked odd as they didn't seemed to be bothered by the angle of the sand dune.
"You freaks" Angel screamed.
Both twins turned their heads in the same direction.
"Move, can't you see-" Sabrina went to point. That was a mistake as her arm was cut pretty badly.
Ava snatched the girl's arm hard, her own face turning demonic as she bit into the flesh and began draining her for all she was worth.
Sabrina screamed and tried to slap Ava, yet her other hand was captured and twisted to the point of snapping. In a brutal move that surprised Daniela, Ava spun the girl around and began drinking from her neck.
What made it so vicious was the fact that she hadn't completely removed her fangs from Sabrina's arm and had torn the flesh all the way up, getting blood all over herself seemingly uncaring about the mess.
As Sabrina was literally being torn to shreds, Angel hadn't attempted to help her friend. Instead the tanned, short haired blonde had attempted to make a run for it.
Eva grabbing onto her mohawk and pulling back harshly put an end to that dream.
The overheated beauty bit into Angel's forehead, right above where her brows met and began drinking deeply as she screamed out.
As she collapsed, Eva grabbed her neck to hold her up.
Daniela watched with wide eyes as all of the vampires, all fully fledged now, fed.
It was terrifying yet oddly fascinating to see in person.
When Sabrina and Angel provided the twins with nothing else, they tossed their bodies aside like trash and flew down with wild orange eyes. It wasn't long before they were latched onto new victims.
Daniela found it surreal how much blood was on her friends.
Her two previously vegetarian friends. They were now drenched, at least from the torso up in other people's blood as they were messy, messy eaters.
'Vamps seem to have a thing about reveling in their kills' Danny noted somewhat numbly.
There was another sound from right behind Daniela and she realized it was breathing. Her muscles tensed and she begun to spin around to defend herself.
At the same time someone grabbed her and threw her down the side of the dune.
Daniela let out a burst of raw magic, sending the culprit flying a foot threw the air before they crashed and also rolled down the hill.
"Help!" Danny screamed as now in the dark, she couldn't see who was attacking her.
Hearing the scuffling of feet running back towards her Danny sent out another burst followed by a grunt as it made impact.
She screamed out again, hoping one of her friends would hear her.
Thankfully, she was answered in the form of the tall Paul who flew over looking for her in great distress.
As he was still in the light of the fire, she saw his expression quickly turn to extreme fury.
"You! Get the fuck away from her" he demanded before zooming down and attacking whoever the other person was.
Before he got too close though, some mystery liquid was fired into the air and hit him in the side of the face. It got him right on the cheek and eye. Paul began howling like an injured dog.
"Paul!" Daniela screamed, lifting her hands. A light, one she had never had before erupted from her hand and lit up the scene before her.
There, standing with a cocky grin despite panting from exertion with a flask in his hand was Jackson Stalker.
"Holy water Fucker" he told Paul, getting ready to throw more.
"No" Danny yelled, throwing her hands up as the light moved away from her.
Just then Eva and Marko flew out of the massacre down below and sped towards them. Eva was screaming so loud, anyone could have mistaken her for a banshee.
Her extended nails were out and it was obvious she intended to grab onto Stalker.
David, Dwayne, and Ava soon followed after.
Stalker had already thrown more holy water at Paul, who had tried to move closer in an attempt to kill the hunter.
Paul dodged the water and snarled at him.
Stalker saw he was outnumbered and began backing away to his own bike that was up and waiting for him.
"Stay back or I'll torch you all" he warned them. "Let me leave now and I'll kill you quickly" he said strongly.
The vampires weren't slowing.
"Fuck you asshole" Paul hissed.
"Later pretty boy" Stalker told him going to throw the rest of his holy water right at an obviously hurting Paul's throat.
He then pulled out a gun and aimed it at Marko and Eva, the closest to catching him.
"No!" David shouted out seeing what was about to happen to both Paul and Marko and Eva.
If the water hit Paul, it would eat through his throat. There was a lot they could heal from, but certain things were too severe, even for their kind.
Eva changed her direction to attempt to grab her mate just as the water was about to reach him.
Daniela let out another, stronger burst of magic.
This had an odd effect on the water. It not only sent it back towards Stalker who had reached his bike as they were distracted with getting to Paul, but it seemed to have added some kind of boiling affect to it as he began to scream and tear at where it landed on him.
Marko and the others began to go for Stalker again seeing as he dropped his gun, but David stopped them with a mental command.
'Not yet' he told them.
Though not happy, they obeyed.
Stalker sent them all narrowed looks, especially Daniela as he took off. "I'll remember that witch" he shouted.
Once he was gone, they all checked on Daniela and Paul.
"I just need to feed again. See, it's already healing" he showed Eva. She didn't look too convinced but didn't protest.
"I'm just a little banged up" Danny assured them.
"Why couldn't we just grab him?" Ava asked David.
"He had already hurt Paul" he told her. "Not to mention Danny" he motioned to her bloody leg from the fall. "We don't know what else he had on him. He might be an asshole, but he's one that can hurt us" he reminded them.
"Besides" Dwayne spoke up. "You two just fed" he pointed out.
"Shouldn't that make us stronger?" Eva asked.
"In a way" he nodded. "But your body still has to process the blood. It's finalizing the change as we speak" he explained.
"It doesn't just happen Babe" Paul told her before wincing at the sting in his cheek.
"It's a science thing. Your body has to finish going through all your cells. It'll be done soon. Trust us, you'll feel it" Marko told them.
Danny smiled softly at her friends, even as she still worried over the repercussions of Stalker seeing them and getting away. She understood David's logic though. He was looking out for their safety.
'We'll have to take him out soon though' she thought, not questioning picking her and her friends lives over the other man's.
"Danny's here and she'll help us figure something out" Paul promised, sending a now slightly scarred smile to the girl. She was grateful he had come to help her so quickly.
Danny nodded, seeing the twins turn their heads slightly to make sure she was still there.
They smiled at her before looking down and seeing her cut leg again. It was as if a light switch went off in their minds.
"Oh my God" Eva said as she realized what they had done.
Ava slowly turned and looked over at the top of the flowing fire that burned over what was left of their…meal.
They knew they would have eventually killed people. They were planning it and everything for fucks sake. Talking about taking out all the 'bad guys' in the town. But to talk about it and do was so vastly different.
'We just killed people' they thought together.
"Oh my God" Eva kept repeating, sinking to her knees as she tried to grasp that she had done it. She had actually taken another life. Another human being's life.
Multiple lives in fact.
And she had enjoyed it.
Marko and Paul went to Eva and helped her stand back up. They knew that look in her eyes very well. They knew that feeling deep in their souls.
"Don't cry Princess" Ava heard, David's voice filled with sincerity as he came over. She looked at him, wide blank stare as he wiped her check.
She hadn't even realized she had been crying.
"It's ok Dove" Dwayne told her. "We still love you" he said and all of a sudden she took in a deep breath. She realized she had been holding her breath, feeling like she was suffocating but hearing those words was like coming up for air.
Ava gripped Dwayne and David in a tight hug, almost afraid to let go.
Eva did the same to Marko and Paul who whispered sweetly to her. "We'll always love you Doll" Marko told her.
David kissed the top of Ava's head. "Now you're one of us" he whispered in her ear.
The twins and even Danny could feel the boys joy from that.
The girls just hoped that that didn't stop them from saving anyone when it came down to it. They knew a fight was coming, a big one.
The girls had planned on taking Max on, which was bound to be a messy, hard fight on its own. They had a feeling Max was planning something himself, which is what they wanted to be prepared for.
They had thought that the Frogs were out of the picture. As silly as the boys thought it was, the girls were very worried about the Frogs around their mates because of their possible futures.
Stalker being around just made them more paranoid. They had wanted to avoid him in hopes he'd simply leave.
Now though…it looked like there was going to be a show down between the vampires and hunter, no matter what.
Ava, Eva, and Danny just hoped they came out on top this time.
'Hunter vs. Vampire' the girls shared similar dark thoughts, 'Blood war of the year'.
A/N: What do you guys think? Do you like it? So Laddie's story is going to be in the next chapter. Heads up. The story is coming to a close. Kinda sad. What do you think of Stalker? I know some of you are like 'But he's a phony, why don't they just kill him?' However, he's not really a phony, remember? He just doesn't care who he kills. He's a psycho. He gets real crazy in next chapter. Like you see inside his head and it is a dark place! A dark, fanciful place. OH, the song was Animals by Maroon 5, btw. Next chapter has some fights, more Frogs doing some actual stuff. Then there will be Lucy, some more Max being…Max. And much, much more. Thank you again for everything! Review, ask, or suggest if you'd like. Until next time, have a great day.