Well, I didn't believe it possible to have nine chapters already up. Please review, readers, or I'll feel neglected: ) – Arietty

Josef was speeding in his car, his mind racing faster than the car. Why had Beth disobeyed him? What if she was the one to go into the building? Josef shuddered. He had to get down to the library, or he'd go insane.

His cell phone rang, and Josef pocked it up urgently. "Beth?" He cried into it, and was corrected by a female voice.

"It's Brenda. Where are you?" Josef sighed, and took a left hand turn.

"I had an emergency, I'm terribly sorry." He faked, trying to get Brenda to hang up. She wasn't falling for it.

"You know, Josef, if you want to keep your job, you should care about your work more!" Brenda barked into the phone, obvious jealousy in her tone. Josef shut the phone, and threw it next to him. He didn't need to be taking crap from Brenda right at the moment.

Josef arrived at the public library, and parked outside the mass of people. He sprinted through the crowd, and headed over to the Buzz Wire truck. The woman, Kathy, was there.

"Excuse me." Josef said, prodding Kathy. She turned, and looked the handsome, sun glassed vampire up and down.

"What's up?" She asked lightly.

"Where's Beth?" Josef asked angrily. The woman seemed taken aback.

"Beth Turner? She's in the building." Kathy explained, and Josef clenched his fist.

"How long has she been in there?" He asked through gritted teeth. The woman checked her watch.

"About twenty minutes." Josef hastened to the entrance of the library. Smoke grew in his eyes, and he smelt a fire. "Beth..." He trailed, and ran into the lobby.

A fire was growing in the library, and Josef cursed himself mentally for leaving Beth alone. His eyes turned to a sudden noise in the shelves. Josef sniffed, and smelt several dead beings, and two live ones. One, a dirty man, and the second, was Beth. Josef let out a sigh of relief and walked towards Beth's scent when a large metal pole was flung at him.

Josef deflected it with his forearm, and looked through the smoke. A mad looking mad was standing there, drenched in dry blood. Josef's nose twitched, and he made his to the man.

"You have to get out of here!" Josef shouted over the fire, grabbing the man's shoulder. The man suddenly punched Josef in the face, and Josef's eyes gleamed in the vampire way. He pushed the guy to the wall and shoved him into a book shelf.

"What the hell?" Josef cried, growling at the man. The man smirked oddly.

"I must kill the Blondie. Must kill the little reporter." Josef stiffened. The man continued. "Going to kill Beth Turner!" Josef let go of the man and placed his hands on either side of the man's head. With a quick twist, the man's neck snapped, and he fell to the ground. Josef followed Beth's scent.

"Beth!" He cried out, shuffling through the books, making his way to upturned book shelves and burning bodies. He desperately kicked bodies out of his way, trying to find his lover.

"Beth, it's me!" Josef tried again, trying to see in the smoke. Though vampires have extraordinary eye sight, fire smoke affected this. Josef coughed, and came to another room, where blood was splattered on the books. A book shelf was leaning on another, and he noticed a foot sticking out between them. He sniffed again, and smelt Beth.

Josef hurried over to the book shelves and grasped the unbalanced one and pulled it away. Beth was stone cold on the ground, and Josef went pale.

"Beth!" Josef said, grabbing her. At once he heard the voices in his head.

YOU PROMISED ME YOU'D PROTECT HER! Came Mick's.

I won't hurt you. Josef heard his own voice.

I love you, Josef. Beth recited in his head, and Josef's stomach dropped. Beth was bleeding near the head, and he couldn't believe it. It was his fault, all his fault. He should've known Beth wouldn't have stayed inside, and that she'd jump at the opportunity of leaving.

I love you, Josef. Beth's voice repeated in Josef's head, and a piece of ceiling fell to the ground behind him.

He hurt Beth.

I love you, Josef.

He had betrayed Mick.

I love you, Josef.

He had hurt...himself.

I love you, Josef.

"I love you, Beth." Josef choked out, feeling the tears sting his eyes. He blinked them away, and scooped Beth up and swung her over his shoulder. He looked up into the sky, and saw an opening in the ceiling. It was nighttime by now, so he wouldn't be seen. Josef used his incredible jumping power to fly through the ceiling and onto the unstable roof. He slid Beth into his arms bridal style, and jumped over the buildings, until he finally got to his own.

Josef opened his front door, and kicked it with his foot. He carried Beth over the threshold, and sat down on the couch, begging her eyes to open. He stood up, and laid her on the couch, her bleeding hand over her head, the other one lingering above the floor. Her golden locks were red with blood, and Josef found himself staring at it.

Josef bent over and pulled back her hair. He then felt his fangs push out, but he ignored this. He bent over and licked her wound clean. He then rushed to the bathroom, and started cleaning the dirt off of her face. His grey shirt was splattered in her blood, and grime. Josef lifted up her purple shirt to inspect wounds on her body, and pressed his lips to her flat tummy.

He felt her squirm underneath him, and he looked up. Beth was groaning, and wincing.

"Beth." Josef said weakly, crawling on his knees to her face. She looked up at him slowly, and he felt tears in his eyes.

"I'm s-s-sorry...Josef." Beth muttered. Josef closed his eyes, and tears slipped out of his eyes, and down his face. Beth brought her hand up to his face, and wiped his tears. Josef opened his eyes, and he whimpered.

"Oh, Beth!" He exclaimed, and put his face in his hands, crying into the couch. Beth stroked his hair, and winced in pain. Josef cried, and the tears were leaking through his finger tips.

"Josef." Beth said, and Josef looked up at her slowly, his eyes red from crying. "I love you, so much." She said, and Josef closed his eyes again, and made those crying sounds you make when you're crying your heart out. Beth looked away from him, and inhaled sharply. Then, she fainted again. Josef looked up in alarm.

"Beth, no, don't leave me! No, no, no!" Josef cried, grabbing her face. He started kissing every inch of her, her forehead, her cheeks, her eyes, her nose, and her lips. Josef lingered before her lips, Beth's eyes closed.

"I will never leave you again." Josef said, and closed the gap between them, and pressed his lips to hers.

NEW YORK

Mick St. John was tired. This stupid waste of a case had brought him nowhere. Apparently, the kid he was trying to find had been in L.A all along. He was ready to crawl into the bathtub of ice cubes when his cell phone rang. Mick groaned, and answered it.

"Hello?" He answered dully, and heard a woman's voice on the other end.

"Hi, Mick? This is Kathy, from Buzz Wire." Mick shot up, instantly awake.

"What's wrong?" He asked, standing up.

"I just thought I ought to let you know that Beth got out." She said, and Mick scrunched his brows in confusion.

"Huh?" He answered, running his fingers through his hair.

"Well, she went in a crime scene earlier today, and she didn't come out right away. A pretty hot guy came twenty minutes after she came in and went in after her, and they haven't been seen since, so I assume they got out before the building collapsed." Mick blinked. Then, he roared. He pressed END on his phone, and called the airport.

"Yeah, this is Mick St. John; I need a ticket to the next flight to L.A." He said into the phone. When he was finished, he checked out of the hotel, and was ready to go home to Beth and that son of a bitch Josef.