Chapter 17: Apprehension

Lincoln continues to stare at the ceiling thinking about the incident lying on his bed in his orange pajamas. He knows now that Lucy, Haiku, and Clyde know about his vampire behaviors and characteristics, but he felt like he's dragging them to a dark place where they don't belong. His hunger can change him from a sweet eleven year old boy to a monster from hell. Dawn is close by with the sun slowly rising up to the sky.

"Now come on, you don't have to feel bad," spoke his other self, who is sitting on the floor with red eyes and a shadowy appearance. "Having two people to feed you their blood should be a well rewarding time. Plus they are females, so it's must easier to get them to-"

"No, I can't do that. Not to them," said Lincoln before placing the pillow he way lying on to his face. "I feel like them giving me blood will not work for me in the long run. What if I lose control?"

"That's just nonsense you are spitting out of your mouth young boy. You must understand that where we both stand there's no other options. You need human blood to live and breathe. Animal blood can help you, but it won't hold down the hunger longer than a human's blood."

Lincoln was surprised to hear this new information. He could have drink animal blood than to have Lucy and Haiku raise their own lives just to stop him from losing control. With his vampire abilities and hunger, he can never be the man with the plan if he continues to think irrationally. He removes the pillow out of his face and stares at the window to see the sun out. He held his hands in front of his face to block the sun ray from blinding his eyes.

"I don't know what's going to happen next, but all I know is that I need to keep myself from attacking more people," announced Lincoln. "And I don't want you to get in my head."

"It's not my fault that I must fulfill the duty of a vampire," said the other self before he disappears.

Lincoln looks at the other side of the room to see Lily sleeping in her crib. He got off his bed and approaches the baby sister and pats her head.

"It's a good thing you're here Lily. I need someone to make me smile," Lincoln mentions as he smile down upon her.

Before he can exit the room quietly, he hears Lily waking up. He walks back to the baby crib to see his baby sister open her blue eyes and reach for him.

"Oh, you want me to care you. Okay then," he says as he grab hold of Lily and rub his noses with hers. Lily giggles and she wiggles her arms in excitement. "Now I'm going to throw you up in the air."

When he throe her up, it wasn't high as the baby sister barely went one feet up before being catch by her brother. Lincoln smiles once more as Lily continues to enjoy having fun with him.

"Now let's go higher!" said Lincoln as he throws her baby sister up with too much power.

Lincoln gasp as lily was going to high and was about to crash to the ceiling. In an instinct, Lincoln leaps to the ceiling and catch her. Lincoln lean his body on the ceiling while holding Lily.

"I'm sorry Lily! I didn't mean to-"

Lincoln was cut off when Lily laughs and claps her hands. Lincoln sighs in relief and hopes off the ceiling and landed on the floor on his feet.

When he came back to school, everyone was giving more of their worries and concerns due to the misfortune things that have happened to him. First he gets kidnap by an elder man who secretly turns him to a vampire, and now his little sister tried to kill him from her experiment on his vampire abilities. This might bring him a bad day, but everyone he came across has not disrespect him in anyway or form. In fact, it was nice to have some attention and some people other than his family and friends to care for him.

As of now, he was taking notes for Spanish until the bell rang. Everyone celebrate quietly as they begin to put their school items away in their backpacks and begin to run out of the class. Lincoln was one of the last student to exit the class as he was about to walk out the door when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He looks behind to see his Spanish teacher Ms. DiMartino.

"Lincoln, I know you have gone through some setbacks, but if you need anything from me or the other teachers, we will help you."

"Thanks Ms. DiMartino," said Lincoln as he happily walk out of the class and exit the school.

Outside he spots Clyde and Haiku wave at him. He waves back approaching them.

"I heard what they did, are you feeling any different," said Clyde.

"I feel better now, but I think it was a bit too far for my taste."

"I think it's an honor to feed an actual vampire," said Haiku before bowing down to Lincoln. "I thank you Lincoln Loud."

"I-It's nothing Haiku," Lincoln blurted out before he quickly turn around and wraps his arms around Lucy. "Tried to spooky me Lucy?"

"Dang it, I remember your vampire abilities allows you to sense dark presences," said Lucy disappointingly.

"So, what else do I need to make sure I don't lose control?" Lincoln asked in concern for his and others well-being.

"Well, I started reading the book last night, but I will continue reading it today when I get home," answered Clyde.

Before they could continue, Lincoln look at the street to see Vanzilla approaching.

"Sorry guys, our family is here," Lincoln said as he grab hold of Lucy hands and take her to Vanzilla.

"Bye guys," shouted Clyde as he and Haiku wave at them their goodbyes.

Lincoln and Lucy entered the van as they see Lori in the driver's seat, Leni in the passenger's seat, and Luna, Luan, and Lynn in the middle seat. They went to the back seat and sat down and put their seat beats on.

"Hey guys, we just going to get Lana and Lola from elementary schools and then we can go home" declared Lori as she drove Vanzilla away from Lincoln and Lucy's school.

Meanwhile, in a dark location there was Lisa with only a mattress on the floor and a book in her hands. She is sitting down on a dirty green rug floor and can see the wall paper torn and dirty as well. She begins to write on the opened book with a dark ink pen.

Day 2,

I have managed to find shelter from an abandon apartment seems to be in ruins and no one has reclaimed or repossessed it. I know I need to get out when they decide to destroy, but in the meantime this is what I got. I know the news has put me front and center or attention from my escape. Why they must portray me as the monster when it's my dear brother who is the true monster.

My duty as a scientist is to make discoveries and this is a big discovery. If monsters are real, then maybe I can get some of the monsters traits and abilities to build a new evolution of humans. Yes, humans can with stands strong forces, harsh weathers, and deadly diseases. Yes, I can save mankind! I can save humanity!

But... in order to do so, I must sacrifice some humans. I have already killed a guard that trapped me in my cell and I have killed a homeless woman who looks like she must be dying both on the outside and on the inside. Two humans have been sacrifice to help humanity live another day. Now I must lay low and locate my brother to not only neutralize him, but to see how he as a different creature can help me save humanity and make them stronger to live forever on earth and develop the Earth in a new way man has never seen or dreamed of.