David woke up before the others and his heart surged as soon as his eyes opened. His mind was spinning over what she was thinking of him and his world and if he or the boys had scared her. The whole Marko/Tee thing was going to be a difficult one once it came out but first he was going to deal with her father. He would take her back there, find out where he lived and lay eyes on the fucker, then take her back to the Cottage Inn and set her up there. Then he would return to finish him off and she would be his. He was so excited over her being here in his cave, he couldn't sleep. He jumped down and walked out to the main cave to see her walking around looking at all their stuff and he leaned against the wall and watched her. She walked around studying their collection and he loved her intense concentration and genuine interest. For a 16 year old girl, she was more mature than most and, being a man, he thought she was so sexy and couldn't help wondering how experienced she was but there was plenty of time for that, the rest of time in fact. She spun around to pick up her flower and she noticed him.

'Hi.' She smiled at him.

'Hello Star.' He approached her and, restraining his urge to ravish her, he placed a gentle kiss on her sweet mouth. 'Are you OK?'

'Yeah, my ankle is feeling a bit better. Thank you for my flower. It's beautiful.' She said going red and the more he held her gaze, the deeper shade of red she got. He found it endearing and enjoyed the effect he was having on her.

'Only the best for my girl.' It was a statement he firmly believed in. He wanted to give her everything and would do anything for her.

'David, I have to go home.' He saw her face drop at the thought of it and he steeled himself to go there and see the man who hurt her.

'I will take you there to collect your things but you're not going back to stay there. I will not allow you to live with a man who has done that to you.' There was no fucking way she would go back there and stay, but this was his chance to find out where he was and what he looked like.

'I have nowhere to go. I have to go back, I have to go to school.' School? She wasn't going back to school, she wasn't going anywhere without him again.

'Star, forget about school, you can come stay in a motel near here so I can see you.'

'I have no money, I can't.' She began to get upset and he realised he was going to have to take control of this, he hated girls crying. It annoyed him.

'You don't need money. I told you, you are my girl and my boys and I will take care of you.' He took her in his arms.

'You can't… David, you don't even know me.'

'I know all I need to know. It's done Star, all you need to do is get your stuff and I will take care of the rest.' David looked up at the boys coming out of the back and his expression said it all. Paul and Dwayne looked at each other, David never put up with anyone let alone some crying girl. Marko was taken a back, he was not happy about what was happening here. Overnight his leader, his David, had gone from an unemotional hard ass to comforting a crying bitch and going to flower farms and he didn't get it. Who was she and why was she manipulating him? More so, why was David allowing it? Why were any of them putting up with her shit?

'Star and I are going to pick up some of her stuff. We'll meet you down the Boardwalk later.' He shot them all a look, knowing exactly how they were all feeling and mentally told them all to get over it. 'Shall we?' He escorted her out of the cave and they climbed the rocks up to the staircase in silence until they passed the danger signs.

'Are you ever afraid that the rocks will collapse and trap you in there?'

'No.' He didn't feel the need to tell her that he was more dangerous than the rocks would ever be. 'Is your ankle alright for the bushwalk?' He asked but instantly decided that she would wait here and he'd go get his bike. It would be far quicker that way and the sooner he got rid of her father and got back to Santa Carla the better. 'Stay here. I'll go get my bike and come pick you up.' He said and he strode off into the woods and, within minutes, he was on his bike and heading back up towards Hudson's. He told her to get on and she did, wrapping her arms tightly around his waist. The ride up the coast was fast and once they'd hit San Francisco, he asked her where to go and she said Hunter's Point. He knew Hunter's Point and, knowing that that was one of the roughest parts of San Francisco, he didn't even want her going back there for her stuff. She directed him down Revere St and he pulled up outside a small 1930's bungalow that hadn't been maintained. David was pretty sure Paul had scored drugs from somewhere around here before. He felt her hesitation in getting off his bike and she waited for him to dismount.

'Come on. He's not going to hurt you with me here.' He took her hand and they walked up to the front door. She opened the door and David stood outside.

'Come inside.' She told him and he stepped inside.

'Nick? Is that you?' David heard him call out and saw her reaction to his voice. David just wanted to storm in there and rip his lungs out but he stood with her.

'No dad, it's me.'

'Get in here you little bitch! Where the fuck have you been?! Nick tells you to get home, you get home! Where have you…Who the fuck are you?' Seeing David, the man's face dropped. He was a fifty year old with large arms and shoulders and a thick chest. He looked like he was once fit but to David, he was a walking corpse and Star introduced him as her friend and the word annoyed David. Her father gave him a filthy look and David returned it with a stone cold expression.

'Your friend isn't welcome here.' He said to her then he looked at David. 'Get out. I need to talk to my daughter alone.' He felt her hand squeeze his and his anger surged.

'I'm not going anywhere.' He said in his smooth deep voice, his attitude cool. 'She's here to get her things and she's leaving with me.'

'Like hell she is. Get the fuck out of my house.' David was pleased, he'd pushed his buttons. He wanted to bait this fucker until he snapped.

'Go and get what you want.' He told her staring directly at the man.

'Who the fuck do you think you are?' Her father pushed David but he didn't move, he just glared at him, a smirk forming on his lips. 'She's my daughter and she's not going anywhere!'

'Go Star.' David told her. He knew he had the upper hand here and he just wanted Star to get what she wanted and get out so he could do what he really wanted to.

'Don't you fucking dare!' The old man yelled at her. 'And her name isn't Star, she's lying to you already.' The man mocked David.

'She's coming with me. I know what you've done, you piece of shit.' To David's dismay the man smiled at him.

'She loved it.' He pushed. 'She's mine and I can do whatever the fuck I want with her.' It took almost everything David had not to rip the sick fucks head off there and then.

'You will never be alone with her again.' David said in his calm controlled tone, his face changing and the demon within him glinting through the normal façade he wore and the man backed off.

'Well if she's yours now and is leaving with you, then nothing of hers is leaving this house. You wanna babysit her, then you pay for her. She's nothing but a slut anyways. I'm done with her.' David heard Star break and he was ready to do the same. 'You leave this house, you selfish bitch, you leave empty handed. I'll burn it all. All your mother's precious shit gone.' David looked at her and she took off out of the house. David was going to finish him right then but he stopped, he needed to come back and slaughter this one while she wasn't outside. He wanted his boys here to help him really fuck with this guy's head before he died so David left, making him think he'd won and went down to see if Star was OK.

'Fuck him. I will come back with my boys and get your stuff later.' He held her for a moment then slowly walked her back to his bike. He'd take her back to Santa Carla, put her up in a motel and get her sorted before coming back up here and finishing the fucker. She was his now for good and that knowledge had him excited for the first time in years.

He rode down to the Cottage Inn just down from the Boardwalk and parked outside the reception. 'Stay here, I'll get you a room.' He said walking in to speak to the receptionist. 'I need a room for a couple of weeks.' He said, leaning over the counter, penetrating her with his gaze. She was a middle aged lady but his influence worked just as well as if she was young. He often thought it worked better on the older ones. 'You think you can do me a special deal?' David walked around behind the counter and stood close to the woman and placed his hand on her cheek. She went to answer him and she began to stumble on her words.

'I um… I think ahh… We can do… We can um… Here's a key and I will ahh… You can have the room and I will bill you later.' She finally said, confused at her own words and flushed at the man's closeness to her

'Thank you.' He said smiling then he turned and walked out. Leading Star over to the cabin, he opened the door for her and ushered her in. She thanked him and he picked up on her despondence and decided he was going to go pick her up some new clothes and take her out for a meal. She needed to know he'd look after her and that her comfort was important to him.

'Star, you're my girl and I will do anything for my girl.' He would say it a million times until she accepted that she now belonged to him. 'I want you to stay here, have a shower, calm down and relax. I am going to go get you some new clothes and then we will go get you something to eat.'

'Thank you.' She said again, a small smile on her lips.

'Are you going to be alright?' He asked her and she nodded. 'Don't go anywhere and I'll be back in a couple of hours.'

David left and went down to the Boardwalk, he didn't know what to get a girl to wear but he did know what he'd like to see her in so he searched that out. Walking down past the arcade, he became aware of Max leaning against the wall, like he was waiting for him. David approached and Max just watched him until he'd just about passed him then Max spoke.

'Where have you been?' Max asked and David stopped.

'San Francisco.' He said over his shoulder.

'What were you doing up there?'

'Reconnaissance. We're going back there tonight to take care of something.' There was no use in lying or keeping anything from Max.

'Where are the others?'

'They're here.' David answered bluntly. He hated answering to Max.

'But you're here alone? What are you doing David?' Max pressed.

'Looking for something.' David said and Max stared at him briefly. He seemed to accept that and moved on. David was glad, he wasn't ready to broach Max with Star just yet.

'Have you done it?' Max asked, referring to a task Max had given David to do. Max was constantly testing David and the boys and getting them to perform jobs for him.

'Yes.' And with that, Max nodded.

'Good.' He said and walked away. David hated doing Max's bidding but knew it was where he stood in the pecking order, although he now longed for some autonomy away from Max and was starting to make decisions on his own. He was slowly making the boys his and not Max's. David continued up the Boardwalk and came across one of the cheap clothing stores that had popped up. He found a long glittery skirt and a white singlet with buttons down the front, he contemplated getting her a jacket too but he wanted to get back to her before the food outlets closed. He would get her a jacket later, she'd need one riding around with him all the time. He did, however, stop to get her a gift. A token of his affection and a symbol of his connection to her, his ownership of her. He walked past the jewellers and almost instantly he saw the perfect item for her, it was a small white and yellow gold filigree heart which looked vintage and suited both him and her. He took off back to the Inn and, walking straight in the room, he found her sitting on the bed in nothing but a towel and his knees nearly buckled.

'I see you've made yourself comfortable.' He teased her and once again, she blushed. 'I have a skirt and a top for you.' He placed the clothing on the bed beside her.

'Thank you.' She smiled at him and disappeared into the bathroom to get changed. Emerging from the room, she looked stunning. The skirt hung beautifully on her hips and the white top fit like it was made for her. He wanted to go to her and touch her and slowly unbutton that top and to take her. He would, one day… not yet, but soon. He adjusted himself, hoping she hadn't seen his hard on and he told her it was time to go get something to eat and led her outside.

The boys were waiting for them near the entrance and Paul leaned forward and kissed her cheek asking her how her ankle was. Paul's gesture annoyed him, it annoyed him last night and it annoyed him even more now. He didn't want anyone touching his girl, even if it was just one of his boys and he found his possessiveness was at an all-time high. She decided on Mexican food so he took her down towards the water to the only Spanish outlet on the Pier and they sat together and ate. The boys, once again, made her feel welcome and the time spent was easy then David sat back and had a post meal cigarette with Dwayne and watched her drift off into her own thoughts. He wanted to know her thoughts, her inner most feelings he wanted to be privy to and there was only one way for that to happen for him. He wanted to turn her, but not with Max's blood or knowledge, he would do it on his own, with his blood. He wanted to be a part of her and have her be a part of him.

'Do you know what you're doing?' Dwayne asked him, reading his mind, mildly concerned about the implications this would cause with Max. David inhaled his smoke and contemplated Dwayne's question.

'Nope. But I'm doing it anyways.' He said flicking his butt away and walking towards her, pulling her away from the boys.

'Star, I'm going to take you back to the motel and then I have to go and do something with them.'

'You go, I will be fine. I'll walk back to the motel.' The thought of her walking around here on her own had his stomach doing somersaults, like hell would his girl be walking the streets alone.

'You're not walking around here on your own. I will take you back.' He said a little more forceful than he'd intended. He told the boys he'd return, he didn't want them knowing where she was staying either, especially Paul. If David had his way, she'd be living with him now but she wasn't ready yet. She went with him back to his bike and rode with him to the motel.

'I'm going to go down to the Boardwalk tomorrow morning and I'm going to try and find a job so you don't have to keep paying for everything.' She said reaching the door. No way, he almost panicked with the idea of her out during the day without him. 'I can meet you down there tomorrow?'

'No, you don't need a job. I will be here at 8:30pm to pick you up. Don't leave here until I get here.' He told her, making it clear that there was no choice for her but to obey his request. He thought of the necklace he had brought for her and his anxiety subsided. 'I have a gift for you.' He said holding the necklace out to her. After a brief pause, her disturbed look turned to one of quiet excitement and she placed her arms around his neck and kissed him. He then he placed the chain around her neck. 'Don't go anywhere. I will pick you up.' He kissed her smiling face and left.

0o0

'We're going up to San Francisco. I need your help to finish off something up there.' David told the boys when he got back.

'What?' Marko asked him with a concerned interest evident in his voice.

'Come on, you'll see when we get there.' David revved up his bike and took off. Paul jumped on his bike excitedly and roared off after him, he was always ready for a rumble. Marko got on his bike and looked at Dwayne.

'Don't worry about it dude.' Dwayne said before pulling away and Marko followed.

0o0

David led them to Star's father's street and cut his engine just around from the house.

'What are we doing in this shit hole?' Marko asked, still sitting on his bike.

'Time to fuck someone up.' David said with a satisfactory smile on his face. 'This is Star's house.' He got off his bike and began walking up the path.

'What are we doing here?' Paul asked.

'David, you can't just take her family away from her.' Dwayne said and David turned to his brother with a terse look upon his face. He was getting sick of the judgement coming from his boys about Star and it was time they were put in their place.

'Do we have a problem here? Do any of you want to challenge me for my position here?' He looked at them all. 'I will do whatever the fuck I want, and if I want to take out my girlfriend's asshole father, I fucking will.' David's face screwed up as he spoke. 'Get inside. Now!' He demanded. The boys hadn't heard him call anyone his girlfriend and they shut up and followed him. David strode up to the house and ripped the door open, breaking the hinges.

'What the fuck?!' He father screamed and charged out of the living room only to be met with David storming into the same room, making the old man back up. 'What are you doing back?' The old man was confused. 'I kicked the bitch out, she's your problem now.'

'I've come for her stuff.' David said.

'Get the fuck out of here.' The man dismissed him and turned to sit down again.

'Dad, who are these guys?' Nick called out down the hallway, and then he caught sight of David. 'You're the fucker from the concert. What do you want, dick?' With that comment, Paul shot down the hallway, grabbed the boy and slammed him against the wall, holding him there. Star's father then noticed the others in his hallway and his face dropped.

'Let my son go. What do you guys want?' He was getting angry. 'She's not fucking worth it. The only thing that girl is worth is a fuck. You'll see. If I had the chance, I'd do it again.' The man was provoking David but he didn't realise how big of a mistake he was making in doing so. David looked towards his boys and, hearing the man's comment, the boys suddenly clicked as to why David was here and doing this. David turned to face the man and smiled, his canines visible. 'What the fuck are you?' The man asked, confused and thinking David was fucking with him then suddenly the confrontation became all too real for the old man.

'I'm your worst fucking nightmare.' David smiled and he walked towards him.

'No, wait, I won't do anything. You can have her shit, just get out.'

'Oh, it's too late for that asshole.' David said launching forward biting his Adam's apple out of his throat and then he stood back to watch him begin to drown in his own blood. David laughed at his shocked expression and licked the blood from around his mouth. The man spat and spluttered and choked and convulsed for the next few minutes then he finally expired on the floor. Nick was screaming at the sight of his father being attacked and Paul effectively shut him up by joyfully tearing his face off.

Dwayne had gone down to her old room and collected up a bag of her clothing, some jewellery and a few other items he'd found in her room and came out to see the bloody mess in the house. Being in Hunter's Point though, they could get away with leaving the house as it was. The place was full of shit heads who would perform such a violent act. It was a perfect place for them to hunt but David wasn't a fan of San Francisco, the hippy era had really put him off the place and he'd never shown any interest in it since. The night was running long and the boys knew they had to get going to avoid the sun so they left. None of them had eaten properly so they went down to the waterfront and found a group of junkies and attacked, David being particularly brutal and, much to Paul's delight, the men were flying high on heroin. The drug had made the other boys very messy on their ride back down the coast and when they reached the cave the boys stumbled their way down the staircase. Upon entering, Dwayne sat and began drawing some really fucked up shit while Paul was mumbling some incoherent slurred something and Marko had stumbled straight out the back and passed out on one of the old hotel beds. As soon as David knew it was heroin, he'd pulled back, he hated the stuff and had taken it easy when feeding not being keen to get fucked up on it. David wanted to go and see her, he knew it wasn't an option this close to sunrise but it didn't stop his desire to do so. He sat in his chair and began thinking of what Star would need in the cave as he knew he wasn't going to be content without her here for long. It had only been a few hours and he felt like he was going crazy. He would pull out an old bed and place it in the corner with some new bedding. He couldn't wait for the sun to be gone and it hadn't even risen yet, he'd never been so desperate for the next night to arrive.

'You're in love aren't ya?' Paul announced, suddenly becoming lucid before he began singing, making Dwayne laugh. 'I think Chuck E.'s in love, Chuck E's in love…'

'Shut up Paul.' David looked over at Paul, reluctantly smiling.

Dwayne helped Paul up and they all took off back to their sleeping cave for the day.