There was an eerie silence when Tom left, as if the universe had stopped to witness the event; to pay its respects.
'Bye Tom' Alex whispered into the air before rentaghosting away to the car…or where the car had been, she flapped her arms against her jacket in frustration 'Brilliant, just flipping brilliant' She scanned the woods frantically to no avail, the car was long gone
The B&B was the first place that came to mind…no, Hal wanted revenge; if he wanted revenge he would want Larry…the hotel. Oh god, the hotel, that just happened to be full of people. She closed her eyes and imagined the hotel, her ears filled with a soft humming.
'How foolish you all must feel, your lives so inane' Hal took a step forwards, relishing in the heartbeats and fear emitting from the small crowd of people that were now gathering and cowering in the corner of the room.
'Some of you' He pulled up a chair and sat 'will survive; you will be given a gift… a power' one man from the crowd a middle aged man, judging by his attire, a business man began to fidget, his eyes darting around the room; the predator instinct in Hal knew what he was about to do. How foolish.
Shame, he could have used him…the man bolted his instinct of fight or flight taking over he ran, heading towards the exit he didn't get far, Hal was up from the chair in the blink of an eye his hands wrapped around the man's neck he exerted a short sharp amount of pressure, leaving the man to fall to the floor limp and lifeless 'The rest of you' He went on 'Will die…so!' He clapped his hands together enthusiastically 'Who's first?'
The scene that met Alex chilled her to the core.
Larry was dead, his blood was sprayed far up the wall behind him; he was missing teeth and his lower jaw appeared to have been caved in. She knew Hal could be cruel, but this…
She had to fight to remain standing.
'It'll only hurt for a moment' She heard Hal's voice in the room; expect it wasn't Hal's voice. It was cold and empty- her heart sank, she had heard that voice before when he was detoxing, it wasn't her Hal here now.
'Hal, No!' using the powers Annie had taught her shortly before passing over Alex raised her hand and sent a burst of power through the air towards the vampire.
He looked up in time to be flung away from the girl he was about to bite and into the far wall. He appeared to be unconscious 'What are you standing there for? Run you bloody idiots!' of course they couldn't hear her. The ghost raised her hands again, shaking the tables and chairs around the room.
It worked.
With screams and yells the crowd dispersed through the exit door and into the safety of Barry. Alex walked carefully over to Hal, he hadn't drunk from anyone. That was always a good thing right? But that man…he'd still killed.
She didn't look at the man, it was an unjustified killing, he couldn't help it, it was the shock and the anger from Tom…Oh god what was she doing, she didn't know anything about this stuff; it was always Tom who told her what to do…who explained to her how it worked. Now it was just them.
Alex knelt over Hal 'Just you and me now I guess' She had made a promise to Tom and she had every intention of keeping it. She placed a hand gently on the vampires shoulder before closing her eyes and rentaghosting them into the basement of Honolulu heights.
His head pounded, he opened his eyes slowly blinking a few times allowing them to clear.
'Alex, w-what happened?' He asked tension straining his voice, he remembered seeing Toms body…everything after that was a blur- that was a lie, he remembered hearing the acidic poisonous voice of Lord Harry before the world went black.
'You killed Larry' Alex stood up from where she had been sat close to the radiator, Hal tried to move his arms but found they were bound. 'What is this?' He looked down and gestured at the bonds.
'You killed a man!' she shouted.
'You just killed him; like it was nothing, you were going ta do some very bad things Hal' it scared me.
You were indeed Hal…Hally, I like that. Hally. Lord harry licked a tongue potently down Hal's spine, he scrunched his eyes shut. His hands shook against the bonds as he clenched his hands into fists.
Holding back the tide.
'Thomas…he's gone isn't he?' Hal opened his eyes to look at Alex. 'He's really gone' His voice sounded disbelieving, like a child lost. 'Yeah, he is' Alex replied quietly.