Torture For My Sins
Chapter 4
"You boys stay out of trouble, I can't come save you tonight." Jeanne said to Francis and the Kirkland siblings.
"Don't worry, we are going to be fine, there's six of us." Francis said. "You don't need to worry, it's not good for you." Francis said, placed a hand on Jeanne's stomach.
"I'm not a delicate flower, but I'll stay still." Jeanne's said.
"We'll be back in an hour at the most." Allister said and Jeanne waved them goodbye. The family set out in search of blood.
"Alone at last." Jeanne's sighed and went to the garden. "I love them but they just suffocate me. I guess they 'ave the right to after last time." She sighed again as she came across the garden. She kneeled down and studied her herbs. "I wonder 'ow the tomato's are doing, I 'ope Toni and Lovi didn't eat them all." Jeanne spoke to herself. "Ow." She whispered and placed a hand on her stomach. "Calm down, you still 'ave three months." She smiled and rubbed her stomach. "I wonder what your going to be, a beautiful girl or a handsome boy." Jeanne smiled, but gave a gasp as she broke into tears. "You are stronger, you will live." She muttered and continued her sobbing. She was so caught up that she didn't notice the caped person behind her until they spoke.
"Why are yw crying Ms.?" Jeanne turned immediately to see the figure a few inches away.
"Who are you?" She asked, standing and backing away.
"So cold. Ai jus' came to see if yw are ok."
"I don't even know you, get out." Jeanne stood, a hand still on her stomach.
"Why? Jeanne are yw alright?" The man asked and took a step forward. In a second a sword was in his face and a glaring French woman was shaking.
"Who the fuck are yw." She panted.
"Jeanne, yw don' look real well." He said and move the sword out of the way.
"My cousin's and 'usband will be 'ome soon, if you don't want to meet them I'd advise you to leave."
"Don' lie Ai jus' saw them leave on a hunt. Ai'll talk with them later."
"G-get o-o." Jeanne didn't finish her words before she fell over. The man gasped and ran to catch here, luckily he did.
"My-my ywr burning up." He said before Jeanne fell unconscious.
When she woke up she was in her bed, wearing one of Francis' shirts, and a wet towel on her forehead. The man was in the kitchen, cooking something.
"H-hey." She called lightly but the man still heard.
"Oh Jeanne, are yw ok?" He said and walked in, wiping his hands. His cape was gone but he was wearing a white mask over his eyes. His cloak laid on the back of the chair next to Jeanne's bed. It was a deep red with golden beads around the hood.
"W-who are yo-you?" She asked and the man frowned. He walked over and took the towel from Jeanne's head and dipped it in ice water. He rung it out and place it back on her forehead.
"Ai guess Ai'm tee different te remember, Ai've become a gentleman. At least Ai think so cousin."
"Wh-What d-did you j-just c-c-call me."
"Cousin, yw never minded before."
"I-is th-this another dream, or am I going crazy."
"What's wrong cousin Jeanne." The man asked as Jeanne sat up.
"Dylan, you can't be 'im, right? Dylan's dead, right?"
"Cousin, Ai'm not dead."
"S-so your really my Dylan, my baby cousin."
"Ie, for proof Ai have a fact. Ai almost drown in the lake beyond the gate because Ai wan'ed te get yw a root and fell into the water. A hand found it's way to Dylan's cheeks and Jeanne smiled the biggest smile she had.
"My Dylan." She sprang up and hugged him. "It is you, where 'ave you been. Everyone was ill after 'earing you died. Allister 'ardly spoke, 'e still doesn't but when 'e does 'e's still that cranky ass."
"Cousin lay back down, et's not gude for yw te move tee much, et will harm the baby." Dylan said and laid Jeanne back down.
"But I 'ave so much to share, I can't stay still."
"Tell mi while yw lay down."
"Where did you go?" Jeanne asked with tears in here eyes.
"Ai travele' with Liz te Wales, don' ger mad at her, Ai make her take mi there."
"Why?"
"Et's mi turn for a question. Where's mi other little cousin?" Dylan smiled wide.
"There was an accident the night you left. The baby bled out into it sack and died." Tears fell down Jeanne's face.
"I'm sorry cousin."
"It's been ten years, ten long years, I'll be fine."
"Ai'll be right back, Ai'm making us soup Ai learned about in Wales."
"Alright, why am I sick anyway, witches don't get sick."
"Ai'm guessing pregnancy fever, et shoul' pass soon." Dylan said as he walked to the kitchen.
"Dylan, I still want you to name my baby."
"Ai'll think of names alrigh'." Dylan smiled and continued stirring his soup. "Ai wan' yw te sleep, Ai'll wake yw when the soups done."
"Don' yw leave again." And with that Jeanne fell asleep from her fever. When she woke up Dylan was beside her with a tray.
"This shoul' be easy on ywr stomach and the baby inside."
"Do you want to feel it." Jeanne said taking Dylan's hand and placing it on her stomach.
"Et's moving." Dylan smiled.
"My baby's growing so fast, Francis' and I can wait to be parents." Jeanne smiled and Dylan took back his hand.
"Ai can' wait te see everyone."
"Allister will be so 'appy, 'e'll smile again."
"They should be 'ome around now." Jeanne said and the door opened.
"Jeanne are you cooking?" Francis asked as he walked in. He froze and glared at Dylan. "Who are you?" He growled as the Kirkland family walked in along with Thomas.
"No Francis, everything's alright. Everyone must smile tonight." Jeanne climbed out from under her covers and hugged Dylan. "A lie was all, 'e's alive, 'e's back."
"Jeanne yer not makin' sense." Allister said and stepped into the doorway of the bedroom. "Who the bloody fuck are ye and why are ye here?" He glared at Dylan.
"So then yw don' remember mi." Dylan frowned.
"Everyone it's my little cousin, 'e's back." Jeanne said.
"Jeanne, what are ye sayin'?" Allister said and the next thing anyone knew Dylan was hugging his big brother.
"Eh." Allister gasped and pushed Dylan back. "Who the hell are ye."
"Allister…none of ye remember mi." Dylan pouted. No one noticed Arthur walk up to Allister till he was there and sniffing Dylan.
"Your alive." He muttered and smiled. "YOU BLOODY IDIOT, IS THAT YOU!" Arthur yelled in excitement.
"Ie, yw remember."
"Of course I do, your older and have a deeper accent, but your still him." Arthur said and hugged Dylan. "I missed you, where were you."
"Arthur, who is this."
"Et's been ten years and ye can't remember ywr little brother, Ai'm hurt." Dylan muttered to Allister and the older man's eyes widened.
"Y-ye, yer D-Dylan." He whispered.
"Ie." Dylan nodded. He brought his hands up and removed his forgotten mask. Allister brought his hands up and held Dylan's cheeks. He studied the younger's eyes, looking for something.
"They didn't scar." Allister smiled.
"Liz treated them for a few months until the scars were gone." Dylan smiled. In a second he flew to the ground with Eily in a hug.
"DYLAN, MY BROTHERS ALIVE! I MISSED YE SO MUCH!" She cried into Dylan's shoulder.
"Ai missed yw tee." Dylan patted her head.
"Yer accents heavy, where have ye been."
"Ai've been in Wales."
"Why?" Arthur asked.
"Ai'll share later, Ai wan' te catch up with everyone." Dylan said and Eily helped him up.
"No hug for eldest brother." Cailean said and held out his arms. Dylan laughed and hugged Cailean. Next to Cailean stood a blue hair boy.
"Thomas, ywr still here." Dylan said bluntly.
"What's that mean, didn't you like me."
"Ai mean as in a good way." Dylan said and hugged Thomas.
"Of course I'd stay here, I'm a Kirkland now." Thomas said and held up his hand, a ring around is third finger. Dylan smiled immediately and hugged Thomas again.
"Guess Ai missed a lot."
"No 'ugs for your eldest cousin." Francis said.
"Nope." Dylan smiled.
"EH!" Francis let out.
"Liz told mi some interestin' stuff about yw cousin, Ai don' feel like touchin' yw in anyway."
"Dylan, you cut off your adorable braid." Jeanne said from the bed.
"Ie, Ai kind of caught some of et on fire."
"How'd ye do tha'?" Allister asked, but Dylan just chuckled.
"Et's not important, what else did Ai miss?" Dylan asked.
"Uh, Thomas became a vampire." Cailean said with a smile. Thomas blushed a bit.
"I-I got really sick, Tuberculosis. There really isn't a cure."
"Ai see, lots die from et in Wales."
"So Dylan, puberty was your friend." Jeanne said with a joking wink. "Your 'andsome, you don't sound like a girl, and I bet something grew."
"Ok cousin, tha's a little personal." Dylan flinched.
"So is Dylan living with us?" Arthur asked.
"'e's too grown for mine." Jeanne said.
"We have a room just for him." Arthur said and clung to his older brother.
"Ai'm fine with anything. Cousin please lay down so yw can rest and ger better."
"Rest?" Francis asked.
"I seemed to contracted a fever, it will pass."
"Not if ywr running around like a chil'." Dylan smiled and helped Jeanne back into bed.
"Dylan, I'll take care of 'er. You should go set up your room." Francis said.
"Actually Ai woul' like tae speak tae my brother alone." Allister said.
"Alright." Dylan nodded.
"Wait Dylan." Jeanne said and grabbed Dylan's arm.
"Uh."
"About that potions-."
"Ai don' wan' et, give et ye someone else."
"Oh."
"Why Dylan?" Cailean asked.
"Ai've though' about et, and Ai talked with Liz-."
"That damned bitch lied, Ai'll kill her." Allister growled.
"Hush." Dylan said. "Ai left with her, Ai asked her to take mi with her. Ai wan'ed these visions te stop and she was willing te help."
"Did anything work?" Jeanne asked.
"Ie, for a little time only, but they came back."
"Talk with me tomorrow." Jeanne said and with a nod, Dylan left.
He followed Allister as the Scot walked out the door. When Dylan shut the door behind him a hand reached back.
"Et's dark ou', take my hand so ye don' get lo-." Allister froze up a bit getting a little "Oh" from Dylan. "Yer not little anymore, Ai shoul'n' treat ye like a chil'." Allister said but Dylan smiled back at him and took Allister's hand.
"Ai like holdin' ywr hand, okay." Dylan smiled at Allister who couldn't help but smile back. They continued walking until they reached the pond and sat against the rock.
"Dylan, we need to talk about that kiss."
"Let's not talk about et." Dylan said and climbed on top of Allister and smirked. The older was caught off guards by this sudden movement. He was taken back when Dylan pulled him into a kiss. Allister didn't hesitate to push Dylan off of him.
"Stop et, this is wha' we need tae talk about. Ai've got someone, a girlfriend Dylan."
"Oh." Dylan let out.
"Her names Florinda Maes, she's a mixed breed, a witch and vampire like Jeanne's chil'. We're close, Ai'm sorry." Allister said, expecting a hurt look. He was shocked when he received a smile.
"Tha's great Allister, Ai'm happy tha' yw found someone."
"Yer not upset?"
"Of course not, ywr happy."
"But ye love me, righ'."
"Et's better te have loved and lost then te have never loved at all." Dylan kept his smile.
"If et makes ye feel better, Ai loved ye like tha' once." Allister smiled back. "Ye'll meet her tomorrow night."
"Really?
"Aye, there's a party tomorrow night."
"Oh really, Ai'll stay with Jeanne."
"But yer ol' enough tae stay."
"Ai'm grateful, but Ai hate parties." Dylan smiled again.
"Oh, Alright. Shoul' we go home?" Allister nudge his thumb towards the castle.
"Ai'll meet yw there, Ai have te grab my cloak and mask from Jeanne's."
"Alright." Allister said and the two separated. Dylan returned to the small cottage to grab his things and check on Jeanne. Once he made sure he was well he left the house and through the cloak on.
"They seem to like you Dylan, sibling to so many vampires." A woman in a cloak similar Dylan's said behind him. She had a Russian type accent.
"Where have yw been hidin' Irina?" Dylan said with a smile on his face, yet he never turned to meet the woman.
"Outside the gate, are you ready to go?" Irina asked and Dylan turned with a smile.
"Ie." Dylan nodded. Irina smiled from where she sat, on top of the gate. She was a Ukrainian woman with short, black hair. She had the biggest breast Dylan had seen on a woman and they mostly hung out of Irina's vulgar clothes. The most she wore was the cloak; her clothes were nothing but short, shorts and a red corset. Around her leg was a holster with a gun, and boots up to her ankles. For most men he was attractive but for Dylan he found her and her personality repulsive.
Behind Irina was two men and a younger girl.
The man of the farthest left was Tomukas, a Lithuanian man. He had blond hair pulled back into a ponytail that rested on his shoulder. He was the brains of the group and didn't seem scary, but he had a nasty bite if you got near him. Dylan didn't mind him if he didn't mess with him.
In the middle was Leisl, a girl that seemed to be the devils spawn. She looked cute and innocent, if you were to tell her that she would separate your head from your body. Leisl was one to favor the blood in her job. She had deep brown, almost red, eyes and a dark brown hair, split into two braids. Dylan felt sorry Adelheid, even though he didn't care what Leisl did, he still feared her bringing guns into their home.
Lastly on the far right in the only gray cloak the company owned, was Baltazar. Baltazar is from Poland and only wore wore gray clothes. He seem to have perfect grammar in his speech and corrected anyone who didn't use a word correctly. Unlike the others of the group, Baltazar didn't have a personality or fashion sense. Dylan found him completely boring and never understood why Tomukas was his friend.
The four people jumped of the wall and Leisl stayed behind to watch the cottage while Dylan, Irina, Tomukas, and Baltazar made there way to the castle. They reached in a few minutes and Irina took the lead. The four of them threw their hoods up and pulled their guns out from their holsters. They carefully snuck into the main room of the mansion, Dylan leaning against the door frame.
"You all know the drill; get in, kill the vamps, and get out."
"And yw'll keep ywr side of the deal?" Dylan said to Irina.
"Yes, the witch survives." Irina rolled her eye and looked around. "Hmph, rich motherfuckers."
"Where are they?" Baltazar asked as he looked around, his gun hidden behind his cloak.
"Cailean and Thomas are in Cai's room, Eily is in her room, Arthur is in his room, and Allister is most likely in his room." Dylan rolled his eyes and Irina shot him a glare.
"Actually, we're in the dining room." Cailean said, appearing from the kitchen. "Dylan who are your friends?" Cailean smiled and Thomas walked into the room.
"They aren't mi friends, they are forced acquaintances." Dylan said. Irina smiled and brought up her gun, followed by the Baltazar and Tomukas.
"WOAH!" Cailean yelled and blocked Thomas.
"I'm Irina, that's Baltazar, that's Tomukas, and these are our guns.
"Cai, what's wrong?" Arthur asked as he and his brother and sister walked into the main room. Eily pushed Arthur behind her once she saw the gun and Allister growled.
"Let's get this over with I'm tired." Baltazar said, fingers on the trigger on his gun.
"Hold on, I think Dylan should do the first kill." Irina said and turned, skipping off to Dylan. She grabbed him and dragged him back to where she stood.
"Dylan." Eily said.
"WHAT THE HELL DYLAN!" Allister yelled earning a smirk from his young brother and a gun pulled from Dylan's cloak.
"WHAT'S GOING ON!?" Arthur yelled, gripping his older sisters sleeve.
"Well this is a gun, and I'm goin' to kill a few monsters."
"Why?" Cailean asked, Thomas behind him.
"If the masks and cloaks didn't tip you off then you're pretty damn stupid. We're vampire hunters, we kill monsters like you." Irina said.
"Dylan."
"YE FUCKIN' TRAITOR!" Allister yelled. "AFTER EVERYTHING MY FAMILY HAS DONE FER YE, YE RAISE A GUN TAE US!"
"What did yw ever do for mi. Yw killed mi parents, then yw took mi in to be raised by a witch. Yw hardly visited, so how are yw mi family."
"Aw, my boys hurt." Irina said and petted Dylan cheek. "Just aim and shoot, it will be over before you know it." Dylan smirk and turned the gun to Irina. "WHAT!" She yelled and the two other hunters held up their guns to Dylan.
"Now when did Ai ever say Ai was killing vampires."
"Oh." Arthur let out.
"So here's how et's going te go, Ai'm going to kill yw three and then kill Leisl."
"Try it, that girl has a sharp shot. That damn witch would be dead in seconds."
"Cousin Jeanne." Arthur mumbled and held onto Eily's arm tightly.
"So am Ai."
"Yes, but Baltazar and Tomukas would kill you instantly." Irina smirked.
"Wan' te test tha' theory?" Dylan smile widened.
"Ha ha, this is why you were my favorite. You're so reckless and twist, I found it adorable."
"Woman like yw Ai hate, the vulgar way yw dress is worse than those of woman sellin' themselves on the streets.
"You hate me, pull the trigger then."
"Irina." Tomukas said.
"He doesn't have the guts to shoot me."
"Actually Ai do, Ai just need yw te take mi home. Goodbye." Dylan pulled the trigger and Irina fell off to the side. Eily protected Arthur from the sight as well as Cailean protected Thomas' view.
Dual just kept smiling and turned. He swiftly shot two shots at the other men, but they shot back. Baltazar's shooting arm got hit by one of Dylan's shots and tried to switch arms. Unfortunately for him Dylan shot him in the chest before he could aim. Dylan chuckled at Baltazar's face when he fell, then a bullet whizzed by Dylan. Tomukas held his gun up with a pissed off look on his face.
What's going on?" Thomas asked when a silence came.
"Shuu." Cailean said, holding the younger closer.
"Bastard." Tomukas muttered.
"Wha' else do yw wan' te say?" Dylan asked.
"We took you in, trained you, led you back home, and all we ask for is the vampire to die, so why didn't you shoot them?"
"Yw all made a mistake, yw threatened my family. Yw think Ai'd let yw kill anyone close te mi, yw're wrong." Dylan said and his gun went off. Tomukas fell gripping his side. He didn't die right then, he started crawling towards Baltazar's body. Dylan knew that they had been friends since they joined the organization, about four years ago, but he didn't know how deep their relationship was.
Dylan waited till Tomukas took hold of Baltazar's pale hand before pulling the trigger. He fell onto the Polish man and puddles of blood stained the marble floor. Dylan ran out of the mansion without a word, Allister running after him.
"DYLAN!" He yelled and grabbed the boys wrist as the exited the home. "WHAT THE HELL WAS THA'!?"
Dylan turned around with his familiar smile. "Tha' was great actin'." Dylan tore his hand away and ran toward Jeanne's cottage. Allister gritted his teeth and ran after him.
"STOP!" Allister kept yelling but Dylan sped up. When Dylan found his way to the cottage he saw Leisl wasn't outside anymore. He bursted through the door and found Jeanne and Francis' room door opened. Dylan swiftly ran in to see Leisl holding a gun to an angry Francis and a scared Jeanne.
"LEISL!" Dylan yelled at the girl and held his gun up. Leisl held another up at Dylan.
"Vhere the fuck is Irina and the boys?"
"Dead, like yw."
"I can pull the trigger faster."
"Wan' try et?"
"DYLAN!" Allister yelled as he ran into the bedroom.
"Well, yw've got no more hands, so give up Leisl."
"NEVER!" The girl yelled and pulled the trigger, the gun pointed at Dylan. Dylan gripped his trigger and shot Leisl in stomach when Leisl's bullet dove into his shoulder. Both of them fell back and gripped their guns handle.
"DYLAN!" Jeanne yelled and tried to sit up but Francis blocked her.
"Dylan." Allister said and kneeled next Dylan.
"Ha ha." Leisl let out a chuckle. "Finally some bloodshed." Leisl slowly got to her feet, while Dylan stayed on the ground. "Let's bring more." She held her guns up and aimed at the two group, ready to fire, when Dylan started chuckling.
"Yw wan' red, make et ywrself." Dylan held the gun up, but a hand pushed the gun down.
"Tha's enough Dylan, Ai'll take care of her." Allister smiled and laid the younger boy down on the floor. "Jeanne, Francis, can ye both leave, Ai don' wan' ye te see this." Francis nodded and picked Jeanne up.
"DON'T MOVE!" Leisl yelled and held the gun up at Francis' head.
"Girly, yer in the wrong house." Allister said, standing up.
"STOP MOVING!"
"Go ye two, Ai'll take care of Dylan and this little brat." Allister said and charged at Leisl. Francis ran from the room as soon as Allister moved. Allister had pushed Leisl on Francis' and Jeanne's bed and grabbed a pillow. He forced it over Leisl's face and held it down. The German girl clawed at any part of Allister she could, but Allister never let go. Dylan remained silent, listening to the blocked screams. Soon Leisl stopped moving and Allister removed the pillow and instantly a gun bashed against his head.
"GET OFF!" Leisl yelled, grabbing Allister around the neck.
"Ye can' hold me." Allister said and pulled his wrist back. "Ye like blood." Allister brought his hand down and severed Leisl's head from her body. "There ye go." Allister smirked and licked the blood off his fingers. "Now ye Dylan." Allister turned and walked over to the younger boy. He kneeled down to see Dylan was asleep, but he lightly tapped his cheek.
"Wake up, ye aren't gettin' out of yer punishment." Allister kept tapping Dylan's cheek but the boy didn't wake up. "Dylan, quit faking it." Allister began shaking the human boy and started to freak out when he didn't get a response. "Dylan." Allister said but never received a response. His instincts forced him to pick Dylan up and ran out of the bedroom with him. He ran from the small home and to the mansion as fast as he could. It wasn't long until he reached the doors and pushed them open. The doors bursting in scared everyone, who were already scared.
"DAMN ET ALLISTER!" Eily yelled.
"JEANNE, HELP HIM!" Allister demanded and ran in front of the witch.
"W-WHAT DO YOU EXPECT ME TO DO!?" Jeanne yelled back Allister.
"AI DON' KNOW, WITCHY STUFF!" Allister stared at his visibly paler brother in his arms. "Please do somethin', we jus' got him back." Allister stared at Jeanne with fear filled eyes.
"Fine, lay 'im somewhere that I can treat 'im." Jeanne said. All of a sudden a bloody hand reached up and laid on Allister's cheek.
Ai'm fine, Ai've…been shot before." Dylan muttered, his eyes slowly closing.
"Rest fer now ye eeejit." Allister removed the bloody hand, leaving a bloody handprint on his cheek, and walked up the stairs.
"Cai…Cai can we go?" Thomas asked, the blood making it hard to control his hunger.
"Oh, of course." Cailean said and led his husband up the stairs.
"Ai'll get the maids te clean this up, have them set the bodies ablaze." Eily said and led Arthur and Francis to the dining room.
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"Dylan…Dylan wake up." Allister said to Dylan, laying in his own bed. He had no shirt on and gauze and bandages wrapped around his chest. "Dylan, there's someone here tae meeh ye." Allister said and Dylan slowly opened his eyes.
"Ie?" Dylan muttered and noticed Allister was in formal clothes. "What time is et?" Dylan asked, placing a hand on his forehead.
"It's ten at night, a day later."
"W-wha'?" Dylan let out and slowly sat up.
"Careful." Allister said, assisting his brother. "Anyway, this is Florinda, Ai told ye abou' her, do ye remember."
"Ie." Dylan looked up and noticed the foreigner.
"Hello, Florinda Maes. I'm from Belgium." She held her hand out and Dylan shook it.
"Dylan." Dylan gave a light smile.
"I heard you got hurt, I wanted to visit but Allister made me wait till after the dance."
"Ie, he is a dick sometimes."
"HEY!" Allister yelled. "Anyway we've got tae talk about wha' happened yesterday."
"Doesn't mean Ai'm going te." Dylan said.
"Why not?"
"Why the hell do Ai have te explain mi self te yw?" Dylan glared at Allister, who was a bit taken back.
"Cause Ai'm yer fuckin' brother."
"Ywr a fuckin' vampire tha' killed mi family and brough' mi here for, god knows wha' reasons."
"Wha' the hell wron' with ye, at first ye were nice bu' then this."
"My PROBLEM is yw vampy, yw screwed mi life up."
"How so." Allister glared at Dylan while Florinda observed.
"How so, HOW SO! FROM DAY ONE YW FUCKED UP MI LIFE! YW MURDERED MI PARENTS, AND BROUGH' MI TE THIS PLACE WHERE AI LIVED WITH A WITCH AND A PERVERTED VAMPIRE! ON TOP OF EVERYTHING-!"
"Dylan, stop lying." Florinda said, taking Dylan's hand. "Your scaring yourself." She said, holding the trembling hand.
"Oh, Dylan." Allister place a hand on Dylan's good shoulder. "Are ye alrigh'?" Allister asked.
"No." Dylan muttered and Allister felt some regret. Suddenly Dylan broke into tears and clung to Allister like a child.
"What's wron' with ye Dylan?" Allister asked and hugged the Welsh boy back.
"Ai've lived in hell for ten years, et won' go away, the terrible memories and the terrible visions."
"Florinda, why not stay the nigh', can ye wai'in my room?" Allister said, staring at Dylan.
"Alright." Florinda nodded and walked out.
"Dylan, whoa' visions have ye had."
"The fire, the shreddin', the blood, et's horrid." Dylan muttered and curled up.
"Ai'll go get the others." Allister said and walked out of the room rather quickly.
"Your shoulders bleeding." Someone said. Dylan looked up to see Liz sitting on the windowsill.
"Yw said they'd stop, they're still here." Dylan said. "Please Elizabeta, please stop them."
"I can't, I'm sorry."
"Ger out then." Dylan said and curled up again. Soon after Allister and his siblings as well as cousin's came back to check on Dylan.
"Dylan?" Eily said and placed her hand on her brother. "Ai smell that yer wounds opened again, let me clean it up and bandage it."
"Ai don' care, leave et." No one saw Eily's eye twitch and she grabbed Dylan by his wrist, pulling them to the boys side. Eily then pulled his legs flat and sat him up.
"Ai said Ai want te clean it so sit up and behave." Dylan glared.
"Ai said no."
"Look at all this blood, these are new sheets."
"Ai don' care."
"Eily, carful." Allister said, walking over to his two siblings. "Dylan, ten years of hell, wha' happened?"
"Ai'm not tellin' yw."
"Tell me then Dylan." Jeanne said, walking up to Dylan.
"Ai'll tell yw cousin, Arthur as well, but the rest need to leave."
"No they don't, just focus on Arthur and I." Jeanne said as she and the younger vampire sat on Dylan's bed.
"The beginnings the best place te start." Dylan began. "Ai had a memory dream, before Ai knew the Kirkland's. In the little the dream held, Ai remembered so much."
"What did you remember?" Arthur asked.
"Ai remembered mi parents, everything they did."
"What did they do?" Jeanne asked.
"Wha' didn' they do, they beat mi, cut mi, tried te drown mi, and attempted to bash mi skull in."
"Tha's sick." Arthur muttered.
"Ai remembered tha' run down hell house and Ai made Liz take me back there. No one had moved in, except the rats and other pest. There was blood still smeared around the place. Ai went around the town and figured out my real name, Dylan Rywn Ellis. Mi family hailed from Wales so Ai forced Liz te go with mi. While our stay Ai studied in magic and education. Et wasn' till five years later that Ai was recruited by the vampire hunters. By then the visions had returned and Liz couldn' do anything more."
"How we're you recruited?" Jeanne asked.
"Ai saved Irina in an ambush, Ai had a gun already and Ai shot. Et wasn' till afterwards tha' Ai had been their's and Scotland yard's unexplained missing list. Irina took mi into her care until yesterday."
"Why'd ye join them." Allister said, stepping forward. Dylan broke from his own trance and stared at his some what angry brother. "Why would ye bring them here, why put yer family in danger."
"Because Irina looked into mi past from the years before, she found out tha' Ai traveled with Jeanne te towns and tha' if Ai didn' bring them here then she'd kill Jeanne."
"Me?" Jeanne said, realizing the amount of danger she had been in the night before.
"Ie, she said tha' yw'd be spared if Ai got them across the gate. Ai only agreed because Ai knew Ai could kill them before they had the chance te kill anyone. They trained mi te kill monsters and Ai did."
"So ye risked our lives tae save just hers." Allister and Dylan glared at each other.
"Wha' did yw expect from mi, Ai can' do much Ai'm a human."
"Ai expected ye tae be responsible. We took care of ye and ye set up this shitty deal."
"YW DON' UNDERSTAND ANYTHING, YW WEREN' WITH MI, AI WAS ALONE AND AI DID WHAT AI SAW FIT!"
"IF YE WERE RAISED RIGHT FROM THE START THEN YE COULD UNDERSTAND WHA' TAE DO IN SUCH A SIMPLE TASK, EEEJIT!"
"THEN WHY THE HELL DIDN' YW RAISE ME?! FROM DAY ONE YW COULD HAVE TAKIN' MI IN AND RAISED MI THE WAY YW WAN'ED! YW TREATED MI AS AN UNWANTED TOY!"
"AI TREATED YE LIKE A BROTHER! YE WERE MY FAMILY!"
"WHA' AM AI NOW THEN!" There was a small silence in the room and an answer was never received. "Yw should have just taken tha' damn deal."
"Ye are the most spoiled, bitchy, problem causing brat Ai have ever met," Allister said, marching over to Dylan. "But Ai'll never regret tha' decision…ye understand." Allister said, laying a hand on Dylan's good shoulder.
"Why mi?" Dylan muttered and threw his head down.
"Because ye were the first child Ai found tha' thought Ai was someone good, a hero."
"Yw kind of are when yw save a child from being murdered."
"Ai guess. Dylan remember tha' no matter wha' ye still are my lovable little brother, even when ye get older." Allister said, gripping Dylan's shoulder and smiling.
"Promise mi something."
"Wha?"
"When Ai die, yw'll take mi blood."
"Wha'." Allister's eyes widened, along with everyone else's.
"Ai am human, mi bodies useless in death, Ai am not takin' no as an answer."
"What if ye are burned to ashes?"
"Then Ai'll at least know tha' et was a set deal."
"Tha' is an out of bounds question."
"Ai said promise me, right now."
"Why me?"
"Because yw brought me into this family and yw'll take mi out."
"And if Ai don't agree?" Allister said but Dylan didn't get to answer before the bedroom door slammed open and a woman ran in. Her blue eyes shined at Dylan and rushed over to him.
"It's true."
"Mrs. Jones." Dylan smiled and the woman lunged at Dylan, grabbing and pulling him into a hug.
"You're alive, thank god."
"Mrs. Jones, et's so nice te see yw again." Dylan smiled and hugged the woman back.
"Don't you ever scare me like that again."
"Arthur." Alfred said, grabbing the older boy by the shoulder.
"Oh Alfred."
"Come with me." Alfred grabbed Arthur by his hand and pulled the Brit out of the room.
"Aw young love." Jeanne smiled as the two left.
"Do you love anyone Dylan?" Mrs Jones asked and everyone's attention moved to Dylan. Allister stared blankly at his brother.
"No, Ai don' love anyone."
"Haven't found anyone yet." Mrs. Jones said, finally releasing Dylan.
"Ai don' look around, Ai don' have time."
"Of course you do, I found my husband, it took 200 years but I'm as young as anyone here."
"Yw stop aging at a certain age, Ai don'. Et's pointless when ywr life is short live."
"Are you sick Dylan?" Mrs. Jones asked, pressing her hand against Dylan's forehead.
"Nope, other than being shot Ai'm fine."
"How are you doing with that?"
"Eh, et's not the first time, Ai'll be fine."
"Poor thing."
"Hey mother, can I stay the night?" Alfred asked from the doorway.
"Of course, pick up Matthew from the Beilschmidt's on your way home tomorrow." Mrs. Jones said and stood up.
"Of course." Alfred said and rushed back down the hall.
"Ai've got tae go back tae Florinda, she's waitin' tae long already." Allister said and walked out.
"He really likes this girl, Ai think he's actually going te marry her." Eily said.
"Eily dear, we must talk about your love life." Mrs. Jones said and stood up. She walked over to Eily and both walked out of the room.
"Ai just haven't met the right man yet, mother and father never had an arranged marriage planned." Was the last Dylan heard from Eily before she left.
"Come on ye two, let Dylan rest." Cailean said to Thomas and Jeanne as Francis began his way to the door.
"I want to talk to Dylan." Both said, shocking each other and their husbands a bit.
"Alright, just come back te our room when yer done Tommy." Cailean said and with a nod from the Brit, both men left. Thomas shut the door and walked over to the bed.
"I'll wrap your wound." Jeanne said and got up to walk to the bathroom.
"Are you really alright?" Thomas asked after Jeanne was in the bathroom.
"Of course." Dylan said and moans and banging came from the room next door. "Allister's pretty loud, can Ai get another room."
"I was awake that night you know, the night you left. You said you were in love with Allister."
"Et was a child's crush, Ai don' love him." Dylan said curling up.
"Then why are you frowning so sadly."
"Because Ai always do."
"How bad does it hurt to have your heart crush Dylan?" Jeanne asked sadly.
"Ai had a childish crush alright, nothin' will happen. Ai'll die before love can ger mi, et's a disease."
"I see, your perfectly hurt." Jeanne looked down and walked over to the bed. Another bang from the wall and Dylan flinched.
"Love isn't a disease, it's Allister." Thomas muttered and gripped the bed sheets. "Can I tell you both something that will stay in this room."
"Ie"
"Sure." They both agreed and Thomas bit his lip.
"A few years ago, before I got sick, everyone was gone except for Allister and me. Some how, he and I were lonely and ended up in bed together. It was wrong but I don't remember much, it was a weak point."
"Ai see." Dylan said.
"I 'ave something to share as well. Four months before Dylan left, Allister stayed back from a hunt to watch Dylan after he caught a cold. I ended up in bed with him after some wine."
"You too?" Thomas said.
"I found out I was pregnant later."
"Cousin." Dylan said. "Is this why yw didn' tell anyone?"
"Oui, I couldn't tell Francis, 'e stopped sleeping around when we married. The baby died that night you left from 'ow much magic I used to 'ide it."
"Yw should tell someone cousin, both of yw."
"I don't think Cailean will like me anymore." Thomas muttered.
"Of course 'e will." Jeanne said with a smile. "'E's always around you, saved you from death just to be with you. Cailean loves you deeply."
"As well as Francis with yw cousin, one unfaithful night has hurt yw both. Tell ywr family."
"Dylan, let it out." Thomas said.
"Oui, you deserve to be help."
"Ai don' love him, both of yw are bein' demanding." Dylan said and then another bang against the wall. Dylan swallowed.
"Come on Dylan." Thomas held his arms out. Another bang and Dylan gritted his teeth. Another came in the silence and Dylan felt tears come to his eyes. He drew his attentions up to the ceiling, trying to force his tears back.
"Dylan, mon chere." Jeanne said and another bang came. A whimper escaped Dylan and then another. With another bang Dylan gave a sigh, a quivering sigh.
"Ai'm stupid thinkin' he woul' wan' a human. Ai coul' die tomorrow, tonight even. Now Ai know why mi brothers made fun of humans, stupid weak and pathetic is all we are." Dylan broke out in tears. "
"Dylan." Jeanne's said and Thomas hugged the younger boy.
"Ai hate mi life, Ai can' wait till mi death day."
"Dylan, no don't say that." Jeanne said.
"Jeanne, yw feel like a mother Ai'd never have, but Ai've let yw down."
"How?" Jeanne asked.
"Ai can' do any magic, only these visions."
"It's alright love, Ai'm not disappointed. Even in death we will still be cousins." Jeanne smiled.
"And a brother to me." Thomas said, rocking back and forth.
"Your controlling your 'unger fairly well Thomas."
"Ai fed off of Cailean and a person he got me."
"See, 'e likes you enough to get your food."
"Really."
"'ey, 'e's asleep." Jeanne said and smiled at Dylan's peaceful face. "I'll change 'is gauze and we can go."
"Alright, you first, I'll stand next to you."
"As will I."
"No, I'll talk to Cai alone." Thomas smiled and laid Dylan down.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, I want to talk with him all on my own." Thomas said and with a nod Jeanne changed Dylan's bandage.
Dylan had woken up soon after he fell asleep because of all the moaning and screaming. This time it wasn't all Allister, the house seemed alive. Dylan seemed to be the only one alone, even Eily had a guest.
"Ugh." Dylan let out and sat up. He was tired and pissed off at the noise. He threw off his blankets and climbed out of bed. Dylan walked to his bathroom and looked at himself in the mirror. His eyes were bloodshot and his face was stained in tears from previous.
He continued to stare until he saw nothing left to study and turned to return to his room. A familiar pain took over him and he fell to the ground with a thump. He saw torches, fire lit, and angry people. The people were marching towards the families mansion. Dylan was off to the side, watching them trying to push the gate open. He looked from the crowd to the mansion. His eyes widened as he spotted himself staring out the window at the fire.
"Wha'." Dylan muttered before he opened his eyes. He was laying in between the bathroom and his bedroom. He was horribly dizzy as he got to his knees and began crawling over to his bed. He used the sheets to pull himself up off the floor. He managed to get up after a minute or so, it was when he was hunched over his bed the bright light. "Oh." He walked to the window and peered out to see fire. "Shit." He muttered and held his head in his hand. He walked out in a bit of a limp as his head pounded from his vision. He was wondering how he was staying conscious as he fell to the ground and began crawling. He reached the door and used the handle to pull himself to his feet. Once he accomplished that, Dylan opened the door and walked out. He collapsing to his knees with a thump, one of the many heard in the house. "How…how do they have the fuckin' energy?" Dylan breathed out and began crawling down the hall.
He came across Allister's door and kicked it loudly five time before moving on. Next was Arthur's room and Dylan's vision began to swim again. "No fuckin' way." Dylan muttered and kicked Arthur's door five times as well. A whimper escaped from the Welsh boy as his head throbbed in pain. Dylan crawled across the hall and heard the doorknobs behind him click. He kicked Eily's door roughly before giving up and crawling away and collapsing.
"Who the fuck is interruptin' us." Allister said, opening his door, a blanket wrapped around his waist.
"For once your right." Arthur said, both he and Alfred stepping out of the room, a blanket share between them.
"Not any of us, we're a little busy." Thomas said with Cailean still kissing his neck.
"Wait, Dylan's doors open." Jeanne said and walked over to the room while she fixed her blouse. "'E's not in here."
"Maybe 'e's taking a walk." Francis said coming up behind Jeanne and wrapped his arms around her waist, laying his hands on her stomach.
"Sounds good tae me." Allister said and turned and grabbed Florinda around the waist, throwing her over his shoulder.
"Cai stop." Thomas said as Cailean pulled the teen back into their room.
"Ai haven' forgiven ye yet." Cailean smile deviously.
"Ugh, one more time alright." Thomas said with a chuckle and went to shut the door when a hand pulled it back open.
"All of you calm your 'orny selves for a minute." Jeanne said and every paused in silence. There was a sound, whimpering from behind the wall. Eily made sure she was wrapped in her blanket before she and Jeanne walked down the hall a bit. When they got there they looked at each other and counted to three before looking around. Immediately both woman ran around the corner and fell to their knees.
"Dylan, mon chere. What's wrong?" Jeanne asked as Eily held on to her crying, shaking, and muttering brother. Dylan was curled up and held his head in pain.
"L-look at the gate…get dressed and leave." Dylan said and Jeanne got up. She walked across the room and peered at the window.
"Shit, EVERYONE GET DRESSED! NOW!" Jeanne yelled and backed away.
"Jeanne what's wrong?" Eily asked.
"A mob, they've climbed over the gate."
"Oh." Eily said and got up. She returned to her room and shooed her guest before getting clothes on.
Allister helped Florinda dress and sent her to Eily's room to escape out the window while the family got dressed and grabbed some belongings. Cailean had helped Thomas dress and sent him to Eily's room. Jeanne was there waiting for Francis as he grabbed the family chest.
"THEY'VE SET THE HOUSE ABLAZE!" Florinda yelled from the window.
"READY!" Allister yelled as Eily and Cailean ran into Eily's room. "Everyone here?" Allister asked and did a head count.
"You forgot Dylan, go get 'im." Jeanne said and Allister ran out of the room. Allister turned the corner and notice Dylan was shaking and crying.
"Dylan, come on. We can' stay."
"Ai-Ai can' m-move." Dylan muttered.
"COME ON YE EEEJIT!" Allister yelled and Dylan got on his hands and knees, collapsing right away. Allister ran over to his brother, trying to grab him, but the fire below shot up. "Shit." Allister muttered and picked up Dylan from in front of him. "Come on eeejit." Allister ran to Eily's room with Dylan in his arms crying. "GO AI'VE GOT HIM!" Allister yelled as he slammed the door shut.
"How bad is it?" Arthur asked.
"Et's climbin' the stairs." Allister said as Florinda jumped out the window. Next was Thomas and then Francis took Jeanne into his arms and jumped. Arthur followed after with Alfred holding his hand as they jumped out the window and over the gate.
"Eily go, take the chest." Cailean said handing over the family chest that Francis had retrieved from the master bedroom to his older twin sister.
"Alright." Eily said, taking the chest and climbing onto the windowsill. She looked back once before leaping out.
"Cai, yer turn." Allister said and with a nod Cailean stepped onto the windowsill. "One…two…thr-ah." Cailean went to leap but a hand pulled him back. He turned to see Dylan holding onto him.
"W-watch et." Dylan muttered and pointed out the window. Cailean looked over in time to see part of the roof fall off where he was leaping from.
"Oh, that was close." Cailean said and peaked out the window. When he saw nothing unstable around him he jump and landed on the wall. "COME ON YE TWO!" He yelled before jumping down to join the rest of his family.
"Ye ready Dylan?" Allister asked and the 23 year old shot up a thumbs up as he cried his eyes out. "Et's alright, don't cry." Allister smile and kissed Dylan's forehead before stepping up the windowsill. He counted to three, tightening his hold on Dylan at every number, before leaping out of the window. He landed on the gate and leaped off, landing by Florinda. "Alright, lets go." Allister said and looked back with a sad expression on his face. Florinda patted his back and they looked forward.
"Time te make a new home." Cailean said and grabbed Thomas' hand.
"Come on Dylan, ye're tae big fer me tae carry." Allister said and put Dylan on his feet. The welsh man was still crying and shaking, images slowing down. However once Allister let go of him, he fell face forward into the grass, still unable to stand correctly.
"Woah." Someone let out as Thomas, Jeanne, Arthur, and Florinda kneeled down.
"Dylan, what's wrong?" Jeanne asked. "You've been crying this whole time."
"M-mi head."
"So ye got a headache, et's because ye kept bitchin' since ye got here."
"Shut up Allister, it's not a normal headache if Dylan is crying." Thomas said.
"Dylan, you told us to look out the window, 'ow'd you know?" Jeanne asked.
"V-vis-."
"A vision, is that why you're 'rad 'urts."
"Ie."
"Alright, lets get you to bed." Jeanne said and went to stand when Dylan grabbed her sleeve. He pulled himself up and hugged her. "Dylan."
"Cousin, yw don' understand. Et hurts so badly. Please do something, magic or kill me, just stop et."
"Cousin, does it really 'urt tha' badly."
"Ie." Dylan said and Jeanne hugged him back.
"My homes nearby, just across the sea, he can rest up there." Florinda said.
"Alright, there will be enough rooms for everyone."
"That won't work, Dylan's in too much pain to be moved far." Eily said, joining the others on the ground.
"There is an inn in the town over, he can rest there before we move him." Arthur said.
"I can carry him." Alfred spoke up.
"Cousin, your 'old, it's too tight." Jeanne said as Dylan gripped her arm. Jeanne studied Dylan's face and discovered what was happening. "Cousin, what do you see?" She asked.
"S-stop et cousin." He muttered and let out a scream of pain.
"Dylan?" Allister said, curiously looking at Dylan.
"E-et h-hu-." Dylan didn't finish before the pain knocked him out.
"Dylan?" Allister said worriedly.
"Don't worry, 'e just passed out." Jeanne smiled.
"Inn it is." Cailean said and picked Thomas up.
"HEY."
"Winters coming." Cailean said and nuzzled into Thomas' neck.
"Yes, also mother, father, and Peter's death day. We should go visit them tomorrow." Eily said.
"Alright, maybe we should tell Dylan the truth."
"He knows." Florinda said.
"How so?" Allister asked.
"He's a smart boy, kind of wish I found him and not you."
"Come on." Eily said and Alfred kneeled down. He picked up Dylan bridle style and from their everyone walked away from the burning mansion.
It had been a week so since the fire and Dylan had finally woke up, they were still in the inn. He was a bit confused at what happened and stared up. Above him was his family and Florinda, they were chatting away and didn't notice Dylan was awake until he tugged on the first fabrics he found with his hands.
"Oh, hey he's awake." Someone said and Dylan looked over to the person the voice belong to. Thomas smiled back at him and people started gathering up close to see Dylan.
"Dylan, mon chere are you alright?" Jeanne asked.
"Ie." Dylan said and sat up. "Ai'm tired."
"Ye've been asleep for a week straight, Ai'd think ye'd be hungry."
"Ai'm just tired, Ai want te sleep again." Dylan muttered, closing his eyes.
"Come on, stay awake." Arthur said and shook his brother. Dylan opened his eyes and with a sigh Dylan sat up.
"Where are we?"
"An inn, we've been here fer a week, waiting fer ye tae wake up. Florinda's goin' let us stay in her house until we find a new one." Allister said, roughing up Dylan's hair.
"Ai'm sorry." Dylan said and looked down.
"Fer what, ye saved us." Allister smiled sat down by the bed and by Florinda.
"Ywr house is gone, if Ai had gotten up earlier yw could have closed the gates off."
"Dylan, you did all you could." Arthur said.
"Dylan, where do ye want te live?" Eily asked and every looked at Dylan.
"Ai don' know, Ai've live in a few places."
"How about Wales, you said you liked it there didn't you?" Arthur said.
"Ai do love Wales, but there was a few problems and et's best te not go back there for a while." Dylan chuckled and scratched the back of his head.
"Then where?" Cailean spoke up.
"Why not Belgium, they have beautiful mansions there."
"It's true." Florinda smiled.
"Oh but then yw wouldn' be able to visit ywr parents."
"That's true."
"Why not rebuild in a different location?" Dylan muttered.
"There is no where te rebuild." Cailean said and looked over to Thomas, a smirk coming to his face. Cailean swiftly grabbed Thomas around the waist and pulled him onto his lap.
"'ey, wake up." Francis said and shook Dylan by his shoulder when Dylan had closed his eyes. "Stay awake."
"Come on." Dylan muttered.
"Don't be lazy, get up, eat, and bath." Allister said grabbed Dylan by his arms, pulling the boy up into a sitting position.
"Dylan, ye don't look so good." Eily said. "Are ye sick?" She asked.
"Huh, oh…no just tired." Dylan said with a small smile.
"Are human's naturally this tired?" Arthur asked.
"No, Ai just didn' get any sleep last week and then the night of the party et was te load te sleep." Dylan said while stretching. The others looked away in one way or another, and Dylan just popped his back and stood up on the bed. "Wha' day is et?"
"Et's Friday." Allister said, everyone still too embarrassed to look at the human standing.
"Lets see." Dylan muttered looking at his shoulder. He brought up his hands and began unwrapping it. "Et's fine." He said and tossed the wraps off somewhere. He glared at his family still looking away. He took a step and almost fell over from the bouncing of the bed. Dylan smiled and began hopping on the bed, which soon turned to jumps. He laughed a bit since this was something he wanted to do since he found out that there was bouncing beds.
The Kirkland's and company stared up at the boy with looks of confusion. Dylan jumped on the bed like it was no big deal, while the others stood up and tried to get him to stop breaking the hotels bed.
"Dylan get down before ye break the bed." Allister said and Dylan laughed.
"MAKE ME!"
"YER ACTING LIKE A CHILD!" Allister yelled.
"JUST BECAUSE AI'M 23 DOESN' MEAN AI HAVE TE ACT LIKE ONE!" Dylan said and laughed again.
"IF YOU ACT LIKE A CHILD DYLAN I'LL SPANK YOU LIKE ONE!" Jeanne yelled with a chuckle.
"HA HA!" Dylan yelled and jumped higher, reaching for the ceiling a few feet away from his hand.
"Allister…can I talk with you in private?" Florinda asked silently.
"Of course." Allister, unlike Florinda, was smiling. The two love birds began walking away, Dylan seemed to be the only one that noticed, in fact it caused him to loose constitution and that made him loose footing. He landed wrong an fell off the bed with a bounce, bring a chair and dresser, he went to catch himself on, with him. There was a loud bang causing Allister and Florinda to spin around quickly. People on the right side of the room ran over to see if the man was alright. Dylan flinched when he fell but just chuckled underneath the dresser.
"Dylan, are you alright?" Jeanne asked as Francis and Allister peeled away the dresser.
"THAT WAS FUN!" Dylan sat up and laughed.
"THAT'S WAS DANGEROUS, YOU COULD 'AVE KILLED YOURSELF DYLAN!" Jeanne yelled, disciplining Dylan.
"But Ai'm not dead." Dylan's smile fell as well as his head.
"You keep this up and it won't be long now." Arthur said and Dylan was silent for a bit. Everyone checks over him to make sure he didn't break anything or if there was any cuts.
"Hey…yw guys." Dylan muttered in a tone that sent warnings to anyone around him.
"Dylan, what's wrong?" Thomas asked, touching Dylan's shoulder.
"Ai…uh Ai, hm…no, it's nothing." Dylan muttered and stood up. "Ai'm going te go play with Florinda now." He smiled and ran passed Allister, grabbing Florinda's hand and running out of the room.
"DYLAN!" Allister yelled and ran over to the door, peeking out but saw no one.
Dylan had dragged Florinda downstairs and behind the stairs, dropping the confused girls hand. "Ai saw yw in a vision, breaking Allister's heart."
"I-I don't have a choice, it's Herman. He found out about the fire and sent me a letter to come home. He said I was in too much danger being with Allister, he told me to come home and I'm not allowed to come back."
"Please don', he really really loves yw."
"I have no choice, Herman's the head if my family and what my brother says goes. I don't want to but I have to."
"Yw make him so happy though, please just don' break up with him. Come live with us, marry mi brother, that way yw won' have te can be my sister and his wife and yw can be a Kirkland." Dylan was trying to hold back his tears as well as Florinda. "Please, stay and keep him happy. Ai want te see that smile everyday Ai have, even if et's not at mi."
"Dylan, too much has happened, you need a new home and it's too much work to find a house and plan a wedding in a day…I'm sorry I can't, I really do love him. It just my brother." And with that Florinda turned and started to walked away.
"NO PLEASE!" He yelled and grabbed Florinda's wrist.
"I'M SORRY, LET GO!" Florinda ripped her wrist away and ran away, around the stairs, and up them. Dylan fell to his knees, not wanting to watch Allister's heart break. He remained there for a bit until he was able to suppress his tears and moved slowly up the stairs. He walked slumped over and dragged his heavy feet up the stairs. When he reached he was immediately thrown against the hotel wall with such force that he would have fallen to the floor if someone wasn't holding him roughly by his arms.
"WHA' THE HELL DID YE SAY TAE HER?!" It was a pissed off Allister, apparently trying to get Dylan to answer him. Dylan gave a sharp gasp when he hit the wall. "WHA' DID YE SAY YE LYIN' LITTLE FUCKER?!"
"ALLISTER STOP!" Florinda yelled running down the hall to them.
"W-what do you mean?" Dylan asked.
"YE LITTLE ASSHOLE!" Allister drew back a fist and connected it to the side of Dylan's face. A sharp yelp left the welsh boy as he fell to the ground. People on their side of the hall were peaking out of their rooms and then ducking back inside their safe rooms. "DO YE LIKE SCREWIN' UP MY LIFE, AFTER AI GAVE YE ONE!" Allister repeatedly kicked Dylan repeatedly as Florinda grabbed Allister arm and pulled him back as Arthur peaked out of his room.
"ALLISTER STOP IT, STOP IT NOW!" She yelled as Arthur ran back inside the room to get his family.
"WHA' THE FUCK DID HE SAY!?" He yelled at Florinda.
"HE SAID NOTHING!" She yelled back, but before Allister could say anything Dylan drove a butter knife, that he had found on the ground, into Allister stomach and ran as fast as he could down the stairs.
"YE LITTLE SHIT!" Allister yelled as his family came out of their room. He removed the knife and ran after Dylan, Florinda in follow.
Dylan made it down the stair and dashed for the front door of the inn when he was pushed down, breaking his nose on the ground. He didn't have a second to notice the pain before he was flipped over and Allister sat on his bruised stomach. A of pain erupted from the man on the bottom as his nose and stomach hurt.
"Ye like it when people get stabbed, fine." Allister said and brought back the knife in a tight grip. Dylan drew up his hands to block himself, Allister just laughed. Luckily, before Allister could do anything he was pulled of of Dylan by Francis and Cailean. Everyone else ran over to the welsh boy laying on the ground. Dylan was in tears and clang to Jeanne in fear. Eily, Arthur, and Thomas were trying to ask Dylan questions while Allister yelled at him. Florinda was in tears looking at Dylan's body.
"I'm so sorry, it's my fault for not being clearer Dylan." Dylan couldn't say anything, he was in shock. Florinda stood up and ran toward Allister, stopping the Scotsman. Cailean and Francis held him back as she yelled at him. "LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID ALLISTER, YOU JUST KICKED THE CRAP OUT OF SOMEONE THAT REALLY LOVED YOU AND HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING! IT WAS HERMAN THAT TOLD ME TO!" Florinda yelled.
"Yer brother?" Allister said, calming down a bit.
"Yes, my brother. Look at what you did to Dylan, look in your right hand at what you were going to do." As soon as she said that Allister pulled his arm away from Cailean and stared at the knife in his hand. After a moment he dropped it to the ground, his stomach turning inside out at the thoughts of what he almost did. "Come look at what you did." Florinda grabbed Allister by the hand and led him over to the scared Welsh boy and sat them both down.
"Dylan, show him." Florinda said and Allister reached a hand up causing Dylan to flench. Even though he was scared Dylan let Allister touch his face and move it to show left cheek and the large bruise. He continued looking starting at Dylan's bloody nose. He moved down to Dylan's arms. They were scratch from when Allister hand flipped him over. He then stared at Dylan's entire bruised abdomen. Allister was unable to look anymore and pulled Dylan into a hug. Dylan flinched and shook in Allister hold. Allister hid his face in Dylan's shoulder and cried into it. Dylan almost felt guilty for making his brother cry after his heart was just broken, so he removed a hand from Jeanne and wrapped it around Allister's waist.
"H-H-How's ywr stomac-ch?" Dylan asked, still spooked.
"How's yer body? Ai just beat the shit out of ye for no reason."
"Ai'm fine just a few cuts and bruises."
"What even happened?" Cailean and Eily asked in sync.
"It was a misunderstand, my brother sent me a letter this morning and he told me to break up with Allister and come home. He found out about the fire and doesn't find your family safe for me. I tried to explain what he and Dylan had said and it made it sound like Dylan told me to stop dating Allister and leave."
"So yer leaving."
"By force, but at least you can love Dylan freely now." Florinda said, placing a hand on Allister's shoulder. "I'm sorry about all of this, I'd stay if I could."
"What did you really say Dylan?" Thomas asked and Allister looked up.
"He begged me not to break up with Allister, he didn't want him to have a broken heart. At least he has you Dylan, such a strong brother to love him." Florinda smiled at Dylan and he broke into tears, pushing Allister away.
"No he doesn'." Dylan said and curled up.
"Uh, what. But you were saying how much you loved him last week." Thomas said.
"Ai love him, but Ai can' be with him."
"Why?" Allister asked, a bit angry at getting rejected a second time. "If et's because yer human and don' think we can live together yer wrong."
"You can be one of us Dylan, live with us and everything. We won't have to say good bye ever." Arthur said.
"No, et's tee late and Ai don' want to be a vampire, living on killing humans."
"Then Ai'll feed ye Dylan…please don' reject me tae."
"Et's tee late anyway, Ai just don' wan' te leave yw alone anymore."
"Dylan, yer rambling." Cailean said. "Give us a good reason why ye two can't be together, we don't care if ye dated."
"Ai can'." Dylan said and spit out more tears. "None of you understand the problem Ai'm in."
"WHA' PROBLEM?! FER WHA' REASON IS THERE TAE MAKE YE SAY NO?!"
"Dylan, what's wrong. You love 'im and this is your chance."
"Ai can'…Ai can'." Dylan's curled up more.
"WHY!?" Allister yelled and there was a small pause.
"Because Ai'm sick, Ai don' have much time left." Dylan said and another pause came. "Ai have a type of blood cancer, the doctor Ai visited gave mi a good six months…tha' was three months ago." Dylan said and curled up.
"Dylan." Allister muttered and wrapped his hand around Dylan's. The Welsh boy looked up and met a smile. "If ye think tha's all the time ye get then let's make the best of et." Allister leaned forward and pulled Dylan into a kiss. Dylan smiled and kissed Allister back, but broke into tears again and had to pull away.
"Ai came back because Ai wan'ed te spend mi last days with all of yw, and hoped Jeanne had a cure."
"I don't, I'm sorry love." Jeanne said.
"Why don't you two just get married right now." Florinda said. "Waste no time."
"How?" Dylan said.
"Allister has a ring from mother, we all had one made at birth." Eily said.
"But Ai don' have one."
"Wrong." Eily said and pulled her necklace from under her shirt. "Ai had one made for ye since mother couldn't." Eily removed her necklace, it had two rings. She took off the thinner one and gave it to Dylan. "If ye want I will marry ye or we can go to a church, trust me its quicker when I do it."
"Alright we'll do et yer way." Allister said and stood up with Dylan.
"It's easy, I just asked if Dylan takes you and you take him to be husbands, that's all." Eily said and Dylan nodded. "Alright then, lets do it here."
"In the inn lobby?" Dylan said.
"Yes."
"Alright."
"Alright then." Eily said and took the rings from Allister and Dylan. "Allister, do ye take Dylan to be your husband, for any reason out there." Eily said.
"Of course." Allister said, squeezing Dylan's hands.
"Dylan do you take this ass of a Scotsman for the same reasons."
"Ie."
"Alright." Eily said and gave them their rings back. Allister smiled and put his on Dylan left hands third finger. Dylan did the same with a little fumbling, Allister only chuckled and kissed Dylan after the Welsh man got the finger on.
"Aw peace." Jeanne said and went to stand up, feeling a heavy kick against her stomach. "Ow, this babies violent." Jeanne said, Thomas helping her up after seeing her in pain. Again another kick.
"Go lay down, it should calm the baby." Thomas said and with a nod from Jeanne Francis picked her up and carried her up the stairs.
"You both go enjoy yourselves." Eily said to Dylan and Allister before following her siblings up the stairs.
"Wha' do ye wan' tae do now." Allister asked, smirking as one of his hands laid on Dylan ass.
"Lets just sit for a bit, Ai feel sick." Dylan said and immediately Allister led Dylan over to the bench by the door. He sat Dylan down and let him lean against himself. Allister wrapped his arm around Dylan's waist.
"Rest, Ai'll take ye upstairs." Allister said and lifted Dylan up bridle style.
"Ai tried…Ai tried te put up with all of et. The nausea, the vomiting, the pain. Ai just had one choice left, tha' was te come back."
"Shuuu. Ye need yer sleep." Allister said and kissed Dylan's forehead. Allister began walking up the stairs when Cailean came down, almost running into the duo. "Woah, slow down."
"We have a little situation upstairs." He said.
"Wha'?" Dylan asked weakly.
"Um, it's early but, um, Jeanne's in labor."
"Wha'? She's three months early." Allister said.
"The baby didn't want to wait."
"Then lets go." Dylan said and climbed out of Allister's arms.
"Alright." Cailean said and led the duo upstairs and to the room that screams were heard from. Outside was Arthur, Alfred, and Florinda, they were waiting patiently.
"Can Ai go in?" Dylan asked Cailean.
"If ye want." Cailean said and Dylan ran to the door. He opened it and walked in, shutting it behind him. He immediately ran over to and grabbed the hand that was gripping the headboard. She looked over at the new person and shot a shirt smile to Dylan.
"This i-i-s worse th-than lah-st time." Jeanne said gripping Francis' and Dylan's hands.
"Hey cousin." Dylan whispered as Thomas and Eily tried to calm the witch.
"What?" Jeanne said, tears running down her face.
"Ywr a powerful witch, nothing's ever been difficult for yw, so don' let child birth be, alright."
"Alri-ght." Jeanne smiled back at Dylan and then turned to Francis.
"Alright, push again." Thomas said and for the next half an hour it was screams and comforting words from Francis and Dylan. Finally a cry came that didn't belong to Jeanne and the two men look down to Thomas and Eily.
"Well?" Francis asked as Thomas cut the umbilical cord with a sterile pair of scissors.
"Girl." Thomas said and Eily washed her off with a wet wash cloth.
"Let me see 'er." Jeanne said and sat up with Dylan's help. Eily wrapped the baby in a small blanket and gave her to Jeanne. "She's adorable."
"Ie."
"Oui."
"So Dylan, what's 'er name?" Jeanne asked rocking the crying baby.
"Well, Ai though a French name would be appropriate so Ai looked at names. Françoise."
"Françoise…I love it." Jeanne said and handed her daughter to Francis.
"Françoise, Françoise Dylan Bonnefoy." Francis said and smiled. "So she'll always know her cousin."
"I'll go get everyone." Eily said and walked towards the door.
"Can Ai hold her?" Dylan asked and with a smile Francis hands his daughter to Dylan. "She's so adorable." Dylan said and rocked her back and forth. Eily walked back into the room and followed was everyone else.
"I want to see my cousin." Arthur said and looked over Dylan's shoulder. "Aw." Arthur said and handed Françoise back to Jeanne.
"Ye did good ye two." Allister said, wrapping his arms around Dylan.
"What's her name." Cailean asked.
"Françoise Dylan Bonnefoy." Jeanne said happily.
"How about we let Jeanne and Françoise sleep." Allister said and picked up Dylan. "Night everyone." Allister said before walking out.
"Aren' yw upset that ywr child died."
"Ai was certainly surprise finding out et was mine."
"Ugh mi stomach just did a flip."
"Will ye be alright?"
"Ie, lets just go to bed." Dylan said before leaning his head against Allister's shoulder and drifting off to sleep.
Irina- 2p Ukraine
Tomukas- 2p Lithuania
Leisl- 2p Liechtenstein
Baltazar- 2p Poland
Françoise- Nyo-France