"So these are the two bloodsuckers?"
I cringed as I was scrutinized by Sam's 'backup' as he called it. They were the Frog Brothers, Edgar and Alan, Michael and I sat next to each other on his bed, my knees curled up to my chest to try and cope with the stomach pains I was getting from not feeding. "I find that term rather offensive considering we haven't even fed off of anyone yet." I mumbled into my knees. Alan curled his upper lip at me, a slight growl escaping his lips. "Doesn't make you any less of a monster than the ones who turned you." He stated coldly, his voice like gravel as he pointed a wooden stake at me.
Sam took the stake from Alan, "dude, that's my sister." He scoffed, as if to ask him between the lines 'what the hell do you think you're doing? He threw down the stake, sighing. "Ok, so we know that David was the one who turned Michael." Edgar started, pointing to my brother and his finger was soon pointed at me. "But the question is who turned you?" He finished, and I gulped as all eyes were on me.
"Look," I stood up, getting wary glances as both the Frog Brothers jumped into a ready position; and I raised my hands up to show that I wasn't trying to hurt anyone. "We don't need to know who turned who, we need to know who the head vampire is." I pointed out, not making eye contact with my brothers. Edgar narrowed his eyes, but then widened them as realization hit him, "you're protecting one of them." He said quietly, and Alan shook his head, "we should just stake her right now-!" He started, grabbing a stake and leaping at me. Both Sam and Michael moved to create a wall between me and him, a small yelp of fear leaving my lips and I staggered back.
"The next time you try to hurt her, either of you," Michael growled, "you're gonna find yourselves the ones that turn me full blooded." He stated, and the Frog Brothers snarled at him. "The next time you try to stop us," Edgar stated, "you're gonna find yourself on the end of the stake." Sam pushed the two unlike parties apart, Michael coming to stand by me while Sam stood in the middle. "We just need to formulate a goddamn plan here not gripe over stuff that shouldn't even exist!" He yelled.
Sam looked to our older brother, "Michael, do you remember how to get to the lair?" He asked, and the latter nodded. "Good. We take Grandpa's car, we go to the lair, we get Star and Laddie, and we get the hell out." He stated and when I heard Laddie's name, my blood ran cold. I hadn't seen Laddie since the night he drained me. I still couldn't get over how cruel I was to him, how cruel I was to Dwayne. If we got caught, he'd probably pin my head on a spear."It's daytime - they're at their most vulnerable! I say we stake them-" Alan interjected.
"Rescue first, stake later. Lets go, we don't have a lot of time." Michael said, grabbing my wrist and leading me out of the bedroom first, the three vampire-hunting Stooges following in suit behind us. Michael grabbed Grandpa's keys from the ring next to the garage door, all of us piling in before we sped off. I was in the back with Alan and Sam, while Edgar rode in front for 'patrol' reasons. Honestly I think he just wanted shotgun.
Immediately when the sun hit me, I realized just how tired I was. The beading light hiting me in the face, making my skin feel like a crumpled up piece of paper that you rolled back out to try to take out the creases. I blocked the sun with my arm, deciding that wearing a canary colored long sleeve v-neck top with black jeans wasn't the best suit for riding in a convertable vehicle. I had almost gone to sleep from pure exhaustion, but the car had finally stopped next to the edge of a cliff.
When everything came into focus and I peered into the bright light, I hopped out of the car on wobbly legs. Dirt covered my already scuffed-to-hell converse, and Michael took my upper arm to push me back into the car. "Hell no, you're not going in there!" He shook his head, and I sighed, "Michael, I'm not letting you go in there without a look out. If you didn't want me to go in, you shuoldn't have brought me. If we go down, we go down together." I told him thoroughly, pulling my arm from his grip and heading down, following my younger brother and his companions.
It was dark and damp, but I still could see where I was going without tripping with my heightened sight. I rubbed my clothed arms, a chill sweeping in as I caught wind of Dwayne's scent, the scent so familiar yet so foreign that it made me dizzy. I suppressed a yelp of surprise when a fire erupted to my left, seeing the Frog Brothers, Sam, and Michael lighting up the garbage cans that were littered around the room.
"Remember the plan, rescue first, stake later." Michael told us, and I followed slowly behind him, as to not make much noise, to where Star was sleeping on one bed - however when I looked to my right, I saw another bed that was unoccupied. "Mike-" a hand was clamped over my mouth and I was dragged back before my brother could hear me into a dark crevace somewhere in the cavern. "Don't scream!" A voice warned quietly, and I felt shivers run down my spine as I realized who it was.
All my fear from the night I was turned was brought back, as I was turned around and I peered through the dark to see Laddie looking up at me regretfully. "Before you yell and tell me you never want to see me again, I want you to know how sorry I am for what I did to you..." His voice was full of sadness, and he reached out to touch my stomach, where the shell had been buried. When he saw I flinched, however didn't move away, his small child fingers brushed against the area over my shirt. "If it could have been anyone else, you would still be human." He promised, and I sighed, opening my mouth to say something when Michael began to call out my name. "All the others think you're still a halfling. We need to get you out of here." I told him, grabbing his hand and pulling him along with me. Laddie shook his head, "Sophie, I can't - you know I can't!" He nearly exclaimed, and I leaned down to his level. "I have a plan, just go with it. I won't let you get hurt." I swore, and he was wary as he debated over it for a few moments before he finally caved and nodded.
I pulled him over to where the second bed was, noticing Star and Michael were both gone. I pulled the thick comforters off of both beds, holding them up to the fire to see that almost no light shone through. "I'm gonna put these over you and carry you out, ok?" I told him, and he nodded, allowing me to drape both of the thick, heavy blankets over him. I picked him up, heaving his heavy covered body into my arms and racing out of there as fast as I could.
It was a hard process, but eventually I managed to get up the stairs with a still living Laddie. I put him in the back seat where Star and Michael were passed out, and I placed Laddie in the front seat so I could shift them around. I left Michael sitting on the car floor, pushing Star up from where she was slouched to the far left of the back seat. I moved Laddie to the back seat, "it's hot under here!" He groaned, and I was about to reply when all of a sudden I heard Sam and the Frog Brothers scream about starting the car.
"Don't worry, Laddie, we're gonna get you somewhere safe. I promise."

A/N: Sorry, no Dwayne in this chapter. But next chapter fo-sho! AND OMG YOU GUYS THE STORY IS ALMOST OVER! 2-3 more chapters! I'M SO HAPPY AND PROUD OF YOU GUYS FOR STICKING WITH ME EVEN THOUGH I HAVEN'T BEEN ON AS MUCH IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE REASON WHY YOU CAN PM ME AND I CAN SHARE IT WITH YOU I LOVE YOU GUYS OK BUH-BYE!