A few questions were asked though both Solana and Ciara thought it odd that they asked for their name, number, addresses, were they work, and several other personal information things like that. Ciara couldn't help but feel that this was a bad idea but she decided to give them her home number any way. She never picked it up she always used her cell but it also had an answer machine just in case. Solana did the same. Their number was one digit off each other as they lived across the landing from each other. Their apartments like everything about them were mirror image. Neither noticed the other playing with the gold necklace chain around their neck. Solana ran her fingers across her name even as Ciara ran her fingers the opposite way over her own name.
Both answered the questions in a guarded why that sent up a red flag to the main office. It was close to dark so the vampires were awake, and they smiled. These might be the highest levels of psychic abilities but no Carpathian would ever find them. They would be dead before this night was over and if they couldn't kill them they would take them to the mage after all who else would help them get rid of their problem but Xavier.
Ciara leaned over toward Solana "You still owe me a picnic." Solana laughed "Ciara for that we're go tonight and play in the fountain again." Ciara laughed, they hadn't played in the fountain in years. Not since they had gotten their hands cut open by a mean boy. He had grabbed ones left and ones right hand and broke a bottle using the glass to open up their hands. Their first mother who had a drug addiction, had been arrested and that was when they met Paige. Paige had taken them in after that, given up her job, and finally raising them as best she could on her own with such little money.
The twins sat looking at the fountain thinking of the fun they had once had there. Neither really wanted to play in it right now still fearing what may happen. Solana finally couldn't take it no more and bounced to her feet taking Ciara with her "We can't live in fear jumelle (French for twin). We are strong, we are different, and we are us Ciara. He can't hurt us anymore. Besides it was many years ago, we were but a year old." Yet neither twin really moved toward the fountain. Ciara knew deep in her heart the fountain couldn't hurt her. Still she feared, irrational she told herself, it is irrational to fear an object that can't hurt you. In the end it was Ciara who pulled Solana to the fountain. Both girls had long since taken off their green shoes that went with their dresses. It was Ciara who reached for the fountain and stood up on the rim, and it was Ciara who first felt and saw the men standing back in the wood, off the path the joggers took, watching them. Ciara tried to ignoring them, she didn't want to freak out her twin any more then she already was. Solana might have been the strong twin but even she feared what she did not know.
The vampires stood off the path watching the two psychic girls play. Part of battles is knowing when to attack. All of the men here had once been fierce Carpathian warriors and knew when to attack as well as any wild animal. The psychics could smell them coming, the vampires could smell their fear. Still they waited, waited for a sign that the psychics were thinking of another. Finally it came, both stood on top of the fountain lip holding hands thinking of another time. One started to move but they were already there. Two vampires, fairly young in age, each grabbed a girl. An older vampire stepped forward, "I assumed you would be harder to catch. Your psychic abilities are off the charts but neither of you sensed the danger to yourselves." He spit at them showing his disgust. The spittle landed on Solana's dress quickly burning through into her hip. Ciara cried out from the pain. Solana pulled on the arms and Ciara prayed she would stop. The vampire holding Solana must have figured out what was happening because suddenly he put his razor sharp teeth down through the side of her thought making both girls spaz from pain then from blood loss. Neither noticed the two men walking toward them but Ciara learned a whole new reason to fear pain...