Chapter Seven: The Reason Why

David's bike drove closer, his gang closely following. Paul, Dwayne, Marko. They were all there, looking like they did the last time she had seen them. She stood up from the bench she was sitting on and went to walk away but the bikes circled her, trapping her where she was.

David smiled an evil smile and spoke.

"Natalie," He said. "How are ya?"

She didn't reply. She stood where she was, glaring at him. If looks could kill, he'd be massacred by now. Well, technically, he was supposed to be dead in the first place. He shouldn't of been there.

"I thought you were dead," She said boldly.

"You thoughtso, babe," Marko winked. He was the one vampire she hated most besides David. He always thought she liked him. Well, too bad for him. She had a Frog now.

"You want to know why we're back?" David said.

"Because we're too badass for Hell!" Paul nudged Dwayne in the ribs and laughed.

"That, and your have to save the Frogs...before we destroy them. We want you, Natalie. But we also want the little toads of yours. You can't protect them forever. We already know where you're staying...we can attack at any moment and slaughter you all. But, I have a little deal for you. If you want to save them, you better listen closely." David flashed another evil grin.

Edgar and Alan met up with Sam on the way to Natalie.

"It's getting dark," Alan noted. "We should hurry back to her."

Edgar rolled his eyes. Natalie was strong, she could take care of any bloodsuckers if she needed to. Alan was just being overprotective of her.

"She'll be fine. She's strong, and she has a stake or two." Edgar told his brother.

"Yeah. She's perfectly fine. What was I thinking?" Alan rambled on about how stupid he was to think she was going to die.

The way he talked, and what he said, made it seem like every second he was away from Natalie was slowly killing him. Edgar wondered if she was feeling the same way about him.

In about ten minutes, they reached Natalie. She was sitting on a bench, just gazing up at the stars. None of the three boys could see her face until she defensively pulled out her stake and turned to look at them.

"Oh," She sighed. "It's you guys."

She slipped the sharpened wood back into her boot for safe keeping and ran up to Alan, giving him a hug. She gripped him tightly, and Edgar saw a tear run down her face. Natalie let go of Alan, wiped the tear away, sniffled, and talked.

"Guys, we have a really big problem." She spoke.

"What is it?" Alan asked her.

"You're probably not going to believe me, but he's back."

Edgar knew exactly who 'he' was before Alan asked the question.

"'He' who?"

"David...and is gang. They just drove by on their motorcycles."

She looked directly at Edgar as she spoke. He knew her secret, so he understood why this was more of a threat to her than any of them.

Alan had a blank, worried stare on his face, while Sam dropped his duffle bag onto the boardwalk in shock.

"I thought your brother killed David?" Edgar said. He was the only one who wasn't in shock and cold actually say something.

"I guess not." Sam muttered.

"But Paul melted, and Dwayne got death by stereo," Edgar continued.

"Well they're back now Edgar. And they told me exactly when they were coming for us."

"Why the hell did they tell you?"

'Vampires are so stupid,' Edgar thought.

"They said, 'So you knew why you needed me.' Apparently I can get rid of them...and they want to kill all three of you."

So many thoughts were running through Alan's head as his brother spoke to his girlfriend. He sorted them out, trying to make them make sense. David was back. His gang was, too. He wanted to kill them all. His girlfriend was the one who had attracted them. Yet, she was the only one who could get rid of them.

"When are they attacking?" Alan finally said. If they had told her, knowing the date would be important to be ready for it.

"David said the night after tomorrow. So, Saturday night."

"We need to be ready for it. We killed them once, so let's kill them again."

The four of them had made it back to the old house within five minutes after the conversation. Not a single person had said anything on the way back, but Edgar had spoken to Nat when they got back.

"So now we know why we needed you, right? To save us."

"Yeah...guess so." She replied to him.

Right now, she was not worried about saving them, but about saving herself. They would be fine...David had promised her that. But at what cost? She couldn't tell anyone, no matter how much she wanted to. She just wanted her life to return to normal, like it was yesterday. Yesterday she had the perfect boyfriend, a perfect life, nothing to worry about. Now with David's return it was as if everyone's life rested on her shoulders and she could only get rid of it by hurting more people than she would have liked. Not that she liked hurting people or anything, it was just there were too many people she was hurting with her decision than she was saving.

It killed her on the inside to wonder about what would happen to everyone after David's attack.

She shook the thought off as she felt more tears coming down her cheeks. She had to stand up and face her fate now. She couldn't change it without killing who she loved, along with his best friend and his brother. She was going to be ready to fight David when he came. She was going to fight until the end, no matter what the end might bring.

Welllllll...I was curious about what people thought of my story, so I posted a poll on my profile about a sequel. Vote to see more!

-Nat-