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Chapter Nine: Revenge
The Next Day
Edgar and Sam were awake and sitting on the couch, watching TV. Alan was snoring loudly on the floor, completely oblivious to the noise of the television.
"Holy shit! It's four o'clock! How the hell do you sleep all day like that? Especially when you're not a vampire?" Edgar said, looking at his watch.
"He couldn't sleep all night. I don't really think it's the best idea to wake him up-" Sam stopped talking. Edgar had already gotten off the couch and was walking over to his brother.
"Alan! Hey Alan! Wake up! You're wasting daylight!" He yelled.
"Go away." Alan groaned as he returned to snoring.
Edgar grabbed a pillow off the couch and hit his brother with it.
Alan was completely annoyed now. All he wanted to do was sleep, get away from the harsh reality. But thanks to his brother he could do anything but that.
"Damn it Edgar! Can you leave me alone for five seconds?" Alan yelled.
"Not until you wake up. I'm starting to think you're one of them, too." Edgar replied.
Alan's mouth turned into a snarl. The comment only brought back memories that he really didn't want to remember. They were so recent it stung.
Edgar seemed to understand a little better now. "Ok, maybe I shouldn't have said that. But, Alan, you need to get up. You're all depressed and that's seriously not normal for you."
"You try being what I've been through in one night and see how you take it."
Edgar sighed in defeat and went back over to the couch. His brother had a point there. If Edgar felt as bad as he did now, he couldn't imagine how much the one who loved her was feeling. Edgar loved her too, but it was no where near as strong as Alan did. He wished that he could tell him what really happened and end his pain, but he made a promise. He couldn't say anything to anybody. No matter how bad he wanted to tell his brother, a Frog always kept their word and he wasn't about to disprove that.
Alan tried to fall back asleep but he was too awake now. He couldn't fall back asleep. He began thinking about what he could do to get David back. The thought had been floating in and out of his mind all night long; it was one of the reasons why he couldn't sleep at all.
It was daylight, he could go out and stake him of he wanted to. But Edgar wouldn't let him go alone, that as a guarantee. He might have been the older brother, but Edgar was the over protective one. But he didn't care at this point rather Edgar came or not, he was going to kill David today.
Alan got up off the floor and walked up the staircase. Every step he took hurt him worse than the one before; the blood stains from the other night were still in the wood, just another reminder of last night's events. He put on his army gear and dog tags, completely ready for a battle.
As he walked back downstairs, he counted his weapons and placed them in his pockets. He attached a water gun onto his belt and continued towards the door. Grabbing Natalie's stake she always carried with her, he swung open the door.
Sam and Edgar both turned around at the sound of the door.
"Alan?" Edgar asked.
"What?" Alan replied, not turning around to look at him.
"Where are you going?"
"Hudson's Bluff."
"Wait, we're coming with you."
Edgar hopped over the back of the couch to grab some of his weapons. Sam went to get his bow.
I knew it, Alan thought.
"No you're not," He said.
"The hell I'm not. We're the Frog Brothers, it wouldn't be a fight unless I was there with you."
"If you hadn't staked her I wouldn't have to go in the first place."
"Yeah you would. We'd have to kill David to save her anyway."
"It's different. This is what I have to do. You killed her so why would you want to avenge her death?"
"Because we're brothers."
"Not anymore." Alan answered. He had never felt so angry at his brother before. They always got along. But now he had something to do and he couldn't finish it with his little brother following him around.
He shut the door behind him and started off towards the Bluff.
Alan walked towards the entrance to David's cave. The sun shone brightly outside so he was safe as long as he stayed where he was. David had to die. He had to die now.
The second he stepped into the darkness, every memory he had shared with Natalie flooded his mind.
The day they met.
the night she had helped them escape the comic store.
The night they fell asleep next to each other on the floor.
The day they kissed.
That final night they spent together.
The final night he saw her face.
The final moment he walked up those stairs.
The last look he took before he reached the top.
Her scream that pierced the air.
Her blood that stained the staircase.
Her ribs cracking as she was dragged away from his grip.
The feeling that he should have stayed down there with her.
His brother's painful words, "Get Alan out of here. She'll be awake soon."
His brother's nod that ended it all.
David was going to pay.
He walked further into the dark, finally stepping into the main cave that was lit with sunlight. He walked towards the black tunnel that led into David's sunless cave.
"Here goes nothing," He said, heading towards the room.
He made it through, turning on his flashlight as he entered the cave. He shone it towards the ceiling. It hit nothing. David wasn't there. Where the hell was he?
"Hello Froggy." A deep voice sounded from behind him.
He spun around, his flashlight landing right on the face of David. His yellow eyes glared into his, sending a shiver down his back. Fangs hung from his gums in an evil grin. David hissed and Alan backed away.
He pulled out a stake, ready to kill. It was time for the final battle. It would all end here, only one could survive.
David flew upwards as Alan swung the stake. He flew down, grabbing the boy by his shoulders and flying back up. He had the Frog in his grip, this would be an easy kill. But what fun was being a vampire if you couldn't play with your food?
He let go, sending Alan down to the ground. He landed on his back, sending pain everywhere. He knew noting was broken though because he didn't her a crack. He was definitely was going to be sore tomorrow if he survived this.
The vampire's feet landed in front of him, sending dust in the air. He stared up into the insane yellow eyes glaring down at him and was unable to move as he was once again grabbed by his shoulders and shoved against a wall. David's hands gripped his neck, chocking him. He strained to breathe.
Alan managed to grab a stake. He went to plunge it into the vampire's chest but was interrupted by the most comforting thing he had ever heard in his life.
"Alan?" Natalie asked.
David's head spun around, glaring at the girl.
Alan's eyes grew wide. She was alive? She was alive!
"Nata-" He choked.
David strangled him harder.
"Shut up!" He hissed.
Alan clawed at the vampire's hands, trying to get them away from his neck so he could get at least enough oxygen to say goodbye.
"Let him go, David! We have a deal!" She yelled, flitting up to the blonde vampire.
David eased his grip and set Alan on the ground again.
Alan gasped for air.
"He came here, I should be able to kill him." David argued.
"You can't touch them! I told you that on the boardwalk!" She screamed at him.
David growled but stopped talking.
"Alan, you have to leave. You weren't supposed to come here. Where is Edgar? And Sam?" Natalie asked him.
"I'm not sure. They said they were coming but I-" Alan stopped. He remembered the anger he felt towards his brother now. He had told him they were no longer brothers.
"You what?"
"I told him we weren't brothers."
"You what!" She screeched in a high vampire voice. "Why the hell would you-"
David laughed darkly. "It's all working. Thanks to you. It's not his fault he said that. It's yours."
"What?" Natalie and Alan asked at the same time.
Up to this point, nobody had noticed Edgar and Sam sneak in. They were hiding in the shadows near the exit in case they had to leave quickly.
"Natalie, this is all because of you. You separated the Frog Brothers. They are no more. I can kill them now. You too."
"What the hell are you talking about?" Natalie asked David.
"You said, 'Don't touch the Frog Brothers as long as I'm still alive.' Well, they're not brothers anymore. And you're not alive." David chuckled.
Everyone in the room was shocked. It seemed like David knew this was going to happen all along.
"You knew this was going to happen didn't you?" Natalie asked.
"I did. How do you think I returned from the dead? The same person did it all. An old friend of mine. A witch. She brought the gang and I back and told me what was going to happen. She said I needed to destroy the Frog Brothers in order to stay alive...and that's exactly what I plan to do."
"It's four against one, you can't win." Edgar said, stepping out from the shadows. Sam followed, bow aimed.
"But I do have control over one of you. It's three against two. Three humans against two vampires. We are twenty times stronger than you."
"'We'? What do you mean 'we'? There's only you, David. I have no clue what that little mind of yours is thinking, but it better not be 'Natalie's going to listen to me.'" Natalie retorted.
"It is actually. Natalie, listen to your master. Come over here and help me slaughter them. Have your first kill." David commanded.
Natalie obeyed. She walked closer to David and stood next to him. Alan's heart seemed to disappear. Was he going to have to kill her?
"Show the Toad who you really love." David chuckled evilly again, enjoying his little game.
"Oh, I will." Natalie growled. She leaned in, kissing David. Their lips were locked for thirty seconds until something in Alan snapped.
"You bastard!" He shouted, charging towards the vampire and tackling him over. Natalie, still under David's trance, went in to rip Alan off of her leader.
But Edgar and Sam thought fast and alike. They both ran towards her, grabbing both of her arms and pulling her backwards.
Alan quickly gripped the stake he held in his hand. He had pushed David onto one of Edgar's garlic-holy water mixtures, rendering him weaker than usual. Alan kept David pinned to the ground. As Alan went to shove the stake through his heart, David used the last of his strength to grab his trigger finger and bend it at an awkward angle, not breaking it but twisting a few muscles.
Pain and fury filled Alan in that instant. He shoved the stake down, directly into David's heart. The head vampire screeched and exploded into ash. Alan had gotten off of him before this, so he wasn't exploded in the mix.
"Alan! You did it!" Natalie said happily, running to Alan.
She hugged him tightly, promising herself that she would never leave him again. She pulled back, staring into his hazel eyes.
"I love you," She whispered.
"I love you, too." Alan answered.
The two locked lips and kissed.
Edgar cleared his throat, signaling them to stop before he threw up.
The two turned back to Edgar.
"We should probably get going...like, back to the house. Or have Ms. Emerson look at your finger." Edgar stated.
Alan and Natalie smiled at each other and followed Sam and Edgar out of the cave.
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