I'm so so sorry for not posting in a long time. I can't believe that it's been that long since I posted.
Hopefully this long chapter will make up for that :).
Disclaimer: I don't own the Lost Boys, just my OC.
The Next Night.
Jenna was still fast asleep in the room she woke up in a few days ago. The bruises on her skin were slowly disappearing. The only bruises that you can see were around her right eye, lips and torso. Her torso got the most damage and every so often you can see Jenna grimace in pain. She tries to hide it, but the boys can see it especially Marko. He hated to see her like that, as do the rest of the boys, but Marko felt it more. For some reason he felt a connection to her and he didn't want to let her go. He's been meaning to talk to David about it for he never felt this way about anyone and he wanted to know why he felt the way he did.
Marko and Paul were at the doorway to Jenna's room both trying to come up with a plan on how to wake her up. They wanted to be gentle, they didn't want to hurt her, but so far they've come up empty.
"Hey how about we tickle her gently awake?" Paul asked smacking Marko's shoulder.
"That could work or we can use a feather and tickle her nose," Marko said. Paul thought it over.
"Yeah that sounds much better man. I'll go fund us some feathers," Paul said running off.
Marko rubbed his hands together, ready to wake Jenna up. A minute later, Paul came running back with two feathers in his hands.
"Did you get those from my pigeons?" Marko asked taking a feather. Paul stopped in his tracks.
"Yeah I did. Where else was I suppose to get feathers," Paul said turning back to Marko.
"Fine. Better not have hurt them," Marko said following Paul's lead. Paul laughed quietly.
"Wouldn't dream of that bro," Paul said pushing Marko. They both chuckled, but grew quiet once they reached Jenna's bed.
"Ready?" Paul whispered. Marko nodded. Paul began to slowly drag the feather down Jenna's cheek as Marko ran his down her nose. Jenna tried to get away from the feathers in her sleep, but Marko and Paul wasn't going to let her. One more flick from Marko's feather caused Jenna to sneeze awake. Paul and Marko laughed at her as she gave them the death glare after her sneeze attack.
"Why couldn't you guys just wake me up like a normal person," she said grabbing the covers and snuggling further into the bed.
"Hey, we did not just spend precious minutes on trying to get you up just for you to fall asleep again. Nope not gonna happen," Paul said. He jumped lightly onto Jenna's bed and began to shake her gently.
"Ouch!" Jenna said clutching her stomach. Marko and Paul became alarmed.
"Shit! I'm sorry Jenna. I was trying to be careful," Paul said.
"Jenna are you okay?" Marko asked turning Jenna's face towards him. Suddenly Jenna began to laugh at them, shock and confusion came across the boys faces.
"Payback's a bitch," she said sticking her tongue out at them. Both the boys sighed in relief that she was okay, but grew flustered at what she did.
"That wasn't very nice babe," Paul said climbing off the bed.
"Oh and tickling someone till they sneeze awake is," she said sitting up. Marko sighed.
"No it's not, but promise you won't do that again," Marko said.
"Fine, I promise as long as you guys don't wake me up like that again," she said getting out of bed. Marko nodded that he promises that he won't.
"Good, now leave I have to change," she said shooing them towards the door.
"Can I watch?" Paul asked with a mischief smile slowly appearing on his face. Marko growled as Jenna threw a pillow at Paul.
"No you can't. Now get out before I throw something heavier at you," she said, hands on her hips.
"Alright, chill out babe. I was only joking," Paul said putting up his hands in surrender.
"Uh huh, I'm sure you were," she said. Paul winked at her before walking out the door. Marko shook his head and followed behind him. Jenna then began to try and find something to wear. She found several pieces of clothing, but was unsure of what to wear or what would look good. She doesn't have any fashion sense, which is why she's always second guessing herself.
Maybe I can ask Star to help me choose. It will give me an excuse to speak to her alone and ask her what she meant the other night, Jenna thought and headed out towards the hang out area to find Star.
"Hey Star, can you come and help me? I'm having difficulty trying to figure out what to wear," she asked Star once she saw her.
"Yeah, you know what I actually have something that you could wear. I'll meet you at your room," Star said dashing off to the back. Jenna headed back the way she came and a few minutes later Star appeared and came in with a black mid-length skirt and a white long sleeved shirt.
"I think these would look great on you," Star said handing Jenna the material. She had to agree with Star. It would look nice on her and it matched her converse shoes which was a plus to Jenna.
"Thanks. This is really nice of you," Jenna said.
"I never worn it, it's been sitting on my dresser for a long time. You're actually doing me a favor," Star said. Jenna smiled.
"Well I'm glad I could help," she said and went behind her big mirror to change.
"Star, can I ask you a question?" Jenna asked.
"Of course," Star said.
"The other night, you said something about if they give me a bejeweled bottle with red liquid inside don't drink it. What did you mean by that? Why would it be bad if I drank from the bottle?" Jenna asked. Star didn't answer. Jenna grew curious as to why Star didn't answer. After she finished changing, she came out from behind the mirror and glanced at Star. She saw Star's uneasiness.
"Star?" she asked. Star continued to glance uneasy towards Jenna and began to shift her weight from foot to foot.
"Star? What is it?" Jenna tried again. Star took a deep breath in and answered Jenna's question.
"I said that because if you drink from it you will become like them," she said.
"And that's a bad thing?" Jenna asked. Star looked at her, shock written across her face.
"Yes it is. You'll become a monster just like them," Star said.
"They're not monsters. They do what they need to do to survive. Just like anyone would. Yes it may be bad to kill humans, but they need to do so in order to live," Jenna said putting on her shoes as Star came up close to her.
"You agree with what those monsters do? How! They kill people, Jenna, for their own personal gain. It's sick and disgusting and wrong. They do not deserve to live," Star said. Jenna stared at Star for moment. She couldn't believe how much Star hated the boys. Jenna stood up and held Star's gaze.
"Star, I have seen monsters. I've seen what they can do and let me tell you those boys back there are certainly not one of them," Jenna said. She then went around Star to head back out.
"How can you say that?" Star asked with venom in her voice. Jenna turned back towards Star and thought back to the people who kidnapped her as child and what they did to her.
"If you had known the people I grew up with you would have said the exact same thing," she said. She walked out leaving Star behind.
As Jenna was walking out back to the others, she kept trying to understand why Star could hate the boys so much. It didn't make sense to her. Yes, they may be vampires that feed on human blood, but they do it to live. If they don't they'll die. Maybe they made her drink from the bottle and she found out what she'll become and didn't want to be like them. Jenna shook her head away from those thoughts and went to stand by Marko who was messing with one of his pigeons. She came up to him, smiled and petted the bird that was resting on his hand.
"You still upset with me?" he asked. She thought for a moment thinking about what she should say to him.
"Not at the moment, but you better make it up to me. That was a rude way to wake someone up," she said glaring at him. Marko merely chuckled and pecked a kiss on her nose.
"Hey," she said backing away from Marko and rubbed her nose.
"I'm still mad at you," she said.
"You said you weren't," he said.
"Well, I lied," she said and headed to the couch. Marko laughed at her reaction as she was glaring at him from where she sat. Dwayne came by and sat down beside her. She looked over at him and smiled, which he returned.
"I overheard your conversation with Star," he said. She looked at him confused.
"How? We weren't near anyone that could have heard us," she said. Dwayne grinned at her and then pointed to his ears.
"We vampires have excellent hearing. We can things from miles away," he said. Jenna's month fell open and a groan escaped her lips.
"That's not fair. How is anyone suppose to have a private conversation then," she said leaning her head back against the couch. If she had known that they could hear her, she wouldn't have asked Star anything until they were farther away from the boys. Dwayne laughed at her remark.
"Are you mad?" she asked looking over at Dwayne. He glanced at her and smiled softly.
"No. Of course not. You said nice things about us and defended us. There's nothing for any of us to be upset about," he said.
"What about Star? You upset with her? I mean after all she didn't say very nice things about any of you," she said. Even though Star may have said those harmful things about the boys and even though Jenna doesn't like her the moment; she still didn't want anything bad to happen to Star.
Dwayne sighed before answering.
"We're use to the way she things about us. She's hated us ever since she found out," he said leaning back against the couch.
"Oh okay then, but I'm not really understanding why she hates you all so much," she said.
"She drank from the bottle and didn't realize that it David's blood was inside. If you drink from the bottle you'll become half vampire and in order to become a full fledged vampire you would have to drink human blood. Star is half vampire. She hasn't made her first kill yet and we don't think she ever will," Dwayne said, "She's been kind of a bitch ever since finding out. It's getting tiring." A small laugh escaped Jenna's lips.
"Did y'all give her the bottle to drink and didn't tell her what she was getting into?" she asked. She was fearfully of his answer because if that were true then Star has every reason to hate them.
"No," he said, "we didn't make her drink it. She came here in the daytime and found the bottle and drank. She hates us now because of what she is even though it's her fault that she's half vampire." Jenna shook her head. Now that she knows what happened, Star has no reason to hate the boys. She, of course, did this to herself.
"I'm glad y'all didn't make her drink the blood and I am sorry that you are now stuck with her," she said leaning her head against Dwayne's shoulder. He let out a big breath.
"Yeah me too," he said. They both laughed at his response.
"Jenna!" Laddie said running towards her. He went to jump on top of her when Dwayne caught him midair.
"Whoa there little buddy. Jenna's still hurt. You can't jump on her," he said and placed Laddie gently on Jenna's lap.
"Okay," Laddie said with a frown on his face.
"Hey, it's okay," she said turning Laddie's face towards her.
"But you're still hurting," he said pointing at her eye.
"I'll be better before you know it," she said. Laddie looked at her and mimicked her smile. Jenna and Laddie talked quietly when David came into the room.
"Alright let's go," he said and walked towards the exit. Jenna quickly looked up.
"To get my stuff, right?" she asked placing Laddie on the ground. David slowly turned towards her and gave a small smile.
"Of course," he said and turned back around. Jenna gave a small shout and and jumped at his statement, but then quickly regretted ti and clutched her stomach.
"Ow," she said quietly. Dwayne placed a hand on her back asking if she was okay, when Marko suddenly appearing by her side.
"Note to self; do not jump while in pain," she said letting out a small breath. The boys were waiting for her answer; she looked up at them and smiled.
"Yes I'm fine. Stop worrying," she said reassuring the boys. Marko shook his head as Dwayne placed a brotherly kiss on Jenna's head and walked Laddie out.
"I'll stop worrying about you when you're better," Marko said kissing Jenna's forehead. She smiled at him and walked off to follow the others with Marko's hand in hers.
"Why don't you ride with me babe," Paul said appearing out of nowhere and placing his arm around her waist. Marko gave Paul the death glare hoping that Paul would get the hint and remove his arm from Jenna. Paul just smiled at him.
"What if I want to ride with Marko," she said leaning towards Marko.
"Aw come on babe, you always ride with him. Ride with me for a change," he said pulling off the puppy dog look. Jenna sighed and gave in.
"Fine, but I'll be riding back with Marko," she said. She saw the way he was looking at Paul. He wasn't too happy with her riding with someone else, so to cheer him up a bit she gave him a kiss on the cheek. He smiled at her.
"Yes!" Paul said pumping his fists into the air. Jenna threw her head back and laughed.
After Paul helped her on the bike, she regretted wearing a skirt to difficult to mange, they headed off to the boardwalk to drop off Star and Laddie. After saying goodbye, they headed off towards her place and before she knew it they arrived.
"I don't think I'll ever get over the feel of riding a motorcycle," she said getting off the bike, but being careful in doing so. The boys laughed and headed towards her door, when Jenna suddenly stopped in her tracks. Her front door was open.
"You didn't leave it open, did you?" Marko asked coming up beside her.
"No I didn't," she said. The next thing she did was most likely the dumbest thing in the world, she ran right into her apartment.
Her place was completely trashed. Her belongings were everywhere. Her books were torn apart, the couch was shredded, pots and pans thrown across the kitchen, and her entertainment system was smashed into little bits and pieces. Tears were forming around her eyes. They found me. I can't believe they found me, she thought. She slowly began to walk through the rubbish when Marko began to call out to her.
"Jenna, you have to invite us in," he said. She slowly looked towards them.
"You can come in," she said quietly. As soon as those words flew out of her mouth, the boys were looking around the place checking to make certain that no one was here. Marko immediately went to Jenna and cupped her face between his hands.
"Hey, it's going to be alright," he told her. She shook her head, tears silently falling down her face.
"No, it's not Marko. They found me," she said. He engulfed her into his embrace. He repeatedly said that everything is going to be okay as he rubbed his hand up and down her back. She spent a few moments with Marko, before she got a hold of herself and pulled away from him.
"Sorry I didn't mean for you to see me like that," she said wiping away the tears from her face. Marko was about to say something when Paul interrupted him.
"The coast is clear babe, no one is here but us," Paul said. "Are you okay?" he asked. She nodded.
"Yeah I'm fine," she said. "My mother's necklace," she whispered suddenly and dashed off towards her bedroom. Her was trashed as well. She started to toss things everywhere trying to locate her mother's jewelry box. Jenna would die if they had taken that away from her. It was the only thing she had left of her parents and she couldn't bear to lose it.
"Angel, what does the necklace look like?" Marko asked her. It took her a moment to realize that he spoke to her.
"Oh, it's in a wooden box with a painting of the ocean on top of it," she said continuing her search. Marko began to help her.
"A police officer found it in the burn down house. He thought I should have it. I've kept it hidden from them ever since I got it. I can't bear to lose it, Marko. It's the only thing I have left of my parents," she said quietly while throwing things everywhere.
"Don't worry we'll find it," he said. He grabbed a hold of her shoulders to make sure that she heard him. She took a deep breath in and out and nodded. The search continued on with Paul joining in.
"Found it," Paul said from underneath a pile of wood that used to be her dresser.
"Oh Thank God," she said heading towards Paul and hugged him.
"Thank you," she said.
"No problem," he said. Marko came up to them. Jenna took a deep breath in and opened the box hoping beyond hope that the necklace laid inside. Thankfully when she finally opened it, her mother's necklace was there. She let out a shout of relief and gently took the necklace out. The necklace was of the sun with a blue jewel in the middle and a silver moon hanging off at the end of one of the sunlight's rays.
"It's beautiful," Marko said standing close to her. She smiled up at him and agreed. Dwayne and David then entered the room.
"Hey babe, there's something that's been bothering me," Paul said.
"What's bothering you?" she asked as she gently placed the necklace around her neck, with Marko assisting her.
"Well it's just that when you said that a man burned your parents to death and then kidnapped you," he paused, Jenna nodded at him to continue.
"Well," he began scratching the back of his neck, "Why did he kill your parents and then kidnapped you?" he asked.
"I'm not really sure. I never found an answer for that, mostly I was too afraid to ask or to find an answer," she said.
"Did you try and find out by other means?" David asked.
"Yes I did, but nothing came up," she said.
"We found this while searching your home," David said handing Jenna an envelope.
She looked at it and then looked back at him before taking the envelope from his hands. It had her name written on it. She took a big breath in before opening it to see what was inside. A picture of Charlie came out. He was tied to a chair with today's paper on his chest. On the back of the picture it read: We have your beloved friend Charlie. If you want him back alive you'll do the smart thing and give us the key. We will be expecting you on Friday at the entrance of the boardwalk with the key. You fail to do so we will still giver you your friend back, but in pieces. It's best to do what we ask.
Jenna began to shake. Marko grabbed a hold of her, for she was about to fall to the ground. She couldn't believe this, not only did they find her, but they have the one person that she cares for the most They have Charlie.