Hey everybody! What's happening?! I have some time off, and thought I'd write some, and, you get chapter 3! Thank you so much for the awsome reviews I am getting, and most of you are very smart. lol You weren't supposed to know Bert was a vampire! But, all of yall being smart, figured it out, but Mary hasn't, she soon will though, lol, and no, it will not be a Stephanie Meyer, carbon copy, blah blah blah, all that good shtuff, and also, I am trying to fit lyrics into these chapters, so, I felt this one would fit, it's Tourniquet by Evanescence, so enjoy!

DISCLAIMER: (even though I find these things dumb, might as well inform you about what is going down.) I only own Shelby (who is in the story, she's a real character (figurativly and literally) and the story idea, no one else belongs to me, if it did, Mary would've stayed and yeah, you know the rest.


Am I to lost, to be saved

Am I to lost?

My God, my tourniquet
Return to me salvation


"Please Bert, stop!" Mary said as she started to back away from him. He kept coming closer and closer to her, and she finally hit the wall. She felt around, but there was no way to get out, she was trapped, and she was staring death in the face.

Bert, was no longer Bert, but more or less, a demon from somewhere else. His eyes were red, just like the man's that he had been with. He opened his mouth as if he were about to speak, but instead, she saw a pair of fangs, that were sharp, and aimed right for her.

Mary closed her eyes and turned her face away, Bert got so close to her, that she could feel his breath on her cheek. She could feel his hand on her left cheek and knew he was smiling.

"Never thought it would end this way did you Mary?" Bert made a hissing sound with his mouth and Mary felt a sudden pain on her neck.

She screamed and screamed and shot her head up so fast, she collided with Bert, who had been trying to wake her the entire time.

"Ouch! What'd you go and do that for? I ain't done nuffin' wrong!" Bert said as he rubbed his head. Mary smiled secretly, Bert's cockney had popped out again, and it sounded funny.

"I am so sorry Bert!" Mary said as she covered her mouth and smiled.

Bert was still rubbing his head and would glance up every few seconds, for some odd reason Mary did not understand. "Bert?" She said in a sing-song voice. He ran his fingers through his hair and rolled his eyes.

"Note to self, never, ever, try and wake you up, while you are screaming, you'll get injured." He smiled sweetly and sat down at the other end of the table.

Mary pressed her lips together and attempted to look deep into his brown eyes, but, she couldn't get into his head like she usually could.

"Mary, sorry about yesterday, I was, a little, annoyed, is the best word for it." Bert apologized.

"Oh, that's ok, I was just worried a little about you, that's all." She said as she smiled at him and took his hand, it was ice cold.

Bert yanked his hand away and made a fist and put it to his mouth, and pressed his lips together. "Mary, please don't touch me." He said.

Mary was stunned by this, she nodded, and that really tore her heart in two. She cared for Bert so much, but, it seemed, he didn't care for her anymore.

Bert saw the pain in her eyes, and took her hand, with caution. She smiled a small smile as she looked at his hand holding onto hers, his hand was cold, like the grave, and it made her a little uneasy.

"Bert? Please, do not be angry with me, but, are you sick? Your hand is cold, and it reminds me, of, of, d-death." Mary choked out.

He looked down at his hand on her own and smiled to himself, he looked up and his eyes flashed from brown, to a hazel yellow color, then back again, all within a split second. Mary gasped when she saw this, and yanked her hand away quickly. Bert furrowed his eyebrows, as Mary got up slowly and made her way to the wall.

"Mary? What's wrong?" He asked as he got up and began to walk towards her. She held out her hand and touched his chest, to stop him. Mary swalled nervously and shut her eyes, praying, that he would disappear.

"Mary, talk to me." Bert thought, and surprisingly, Mary could talk to him through his thoughts.

"Bert, leave, please, you're scaring me, this is not you, please, just go, and never, ever come back. I saw your eyes, they were not the ones I know, please." Mary begged.

Bert looked down at the floor, and let a tear slide down his cheek and onto the floor. He sobbed silently for a a moment, then turned, and walked out the door, this was just not his day. Mary just watched the door as it closed, wondering if she should chase after him, or let him walk, she decided, let him walk.

Bert got halfway down the street, and then punched a corner of a brick wall, causing a few pieces to come off. His hand didn't even hurt, like a normal person's would. He lept high enough to get onto a rooftop without any assistance from climbing onto anything. He kicked at a part of the roof and sent a small chunk of it flying. He then saw a small metal chimney stack, this would be perfect.

He took a hold of it, and yanked it right out of place, and he threw it across the roof. Bert kept looking for more things to destroy, directing his attention away from the 16 year old girl sitting on one of the satellites. She was sitting cross legged, balancing, in an unusual way, and she had her elbow on the calf of her knee and her chin was resting in the palm of her hand, as she watched him tear the roof apart, bit, by bit, by bit.

"Brother, you're going to have to stop this sooner or later." She said as he slammed his fist onto the roof.

He looked up and saw her, and he gave her an evil glare. She smiled softly, and somewhat floated down to where he was. She touched his shoulder and he held onto her leg, like a small frightened child, and he cried.

She rubbed his back and then got down on both her knees and hugged him, she was like him, ice cold, and pale. Her eyes, were a mix between a green and yellow, a very strange color. She was dressed in black, like Bert, except, she had a black bow in her hair as well, she looked like she was going to a funeral. She was about 5'5, and petite, and spoke with an American accent, she wore glasses, and had red/brown hair, she was not his real brother, in any way, but one.

"Shelby, what am I going to do?" He asked as he looked into her eyes.

"I don't know. They have been talking again, Bert, you put a mark on her, not to long ago, and once she realizes it, she's going to do everything she can to get rid of it, even..." Shelby's voice trailed off as she stared off into something in the sky. Bert turned and looked to, but saw nothing, he looked back at her, then to the sky, then back to her, she had a blank look on her face now. He moved his hand in front of her face, no response. He stared at her, then, BAM! Shelby screamed "BOO!" And Bert fell backwards, landing on his butt.

Shelby started laughing at the sight. He was sitting there, with a pissed off look on his face, and she was not catching his death glares he would throw at her.

"Why? Oh why God, did I ever save you?" Bert asked as he looked up to the sky.

"Because, you li-i-i-ike me, I know you do, or else you wouldn't have left me there, in New York, to die, such a horrid, horrid death." Shelby bowed her head and made a funny face and he just rolled his eyes.

"I am beginning to see why those men were trying to kill you." Bert smiled.

"They nearly succeeded, and would had if you hadn't come along, I am in your debt." She said as she half bowed.

"True, first thing you can do is go and tell Raul, that, Mary, will not be changing into one of us, and never shall she, I care for her to much to go through the pain I went through." He said.

"Well well, one with a conscious, like me, we're a rare group, you and me." Shelby draped her arm over his shoulder and continued "At least we have some, now c'mon, race you to the woods!" Shelby got up and took off so fast, Bert fell over again, but landed on his face, sending his glasses off somewhere.

He gaped around for them, and when he found them, slipped them on, and took off after her, plotting his revenge towards the girl, she cheated!


(A/N: Hey yall, how you like it so far? Told you Shelby was a character. lol. Anyway, if you're wondering what kind of satellite thingy I mean, it is like an antenna but with 4 little things that stick out in a row. These things break easily, but to Shelby, it's just a prop, she actually wasn't sitting sitting on them, but, kind of she was. Ok, enough, let's find out what Mary is doin'!)


Mary was leaning against the wall crying. What had she just done? Her only friend, was now her enemy, why had she done that? Just because of his eyes. Maybe it had been just a flash of light or something, but, how could she explain how he could talk to her through her mind.

She shook it off, and decided, this was not her day. Mary wished she could easily leave this place and never return, that is exactly what she was going to do.

Mary rushed up to her room and began to throw things into her bag, everything she owned, and the umbrella just watched carefully.

Bert had caught up with Shelby, and was ahead of her, but he stopped so fast, that Shelby careened into him, and they both fell over, with a rut following them. When the two finally came to a stop, Bert jumped up and took a hold of Shelby's hand.

"We have to go back, I need to tell Mary something, she's going to leave, and I have to stop her." Bert then ran off, literally dragging Shelby behind him.

"MAN SLOW DOWN! OR YOU'RE GOING TO KILL, wait, that's already happened, YOU'RE GOING TO YANK MY LEGS OFF! AND I NEED THOSE!" Shelby dug her boots into the ground and started to attempt to slide him to a complete stop. She got him to slow down just enough that she could let go and run beside him, which was hard, he was a lot faster then her.

"Shelby! Keep up! We can't let her leave!" Bert shouted, it was hard to hear over how fast they were running.

"What do you think I am doing?! Walking?! You run like a freakin' rabbit on crack!" She said and then Shelby got one of her bright ideas. "If you want to get there so fast, without a hassel, watch this." Shelby lept onto Bert's back, so that she, wouldn't be so slow.

Bert nearly fell over, but straightened up and kept running, she wasn't as heavy as he thought she was, so it really didn't affect his speed.

Mary was just about to walk out the door, when she saw Bert slide, as if in slow motion in front of her, with a girl she'd never seen before at his side.

"Mary, wait, don't leave again." Bert said, in a flash, he was at her side, hanging onto her arm.

"Let go of me, right now Bert, you aren't going to stop me." Mary snapped and she yanked her arm away from him.

"Listen to him Mary, please." Shelby said as she dusted her shoulders off.

"Who are you?" Mary asked as she looked at Bert, and then at Shelby.

"Shelby Renee Hiniger, Bert, saved me a long time ago." She replied.

"Saved you? From what?" She asked.

"Well, it is not for me to tell, he shall tell you, before it's too late, now, I must be off, I am needed, be back soon Bert, and Mary, listen to what he has to say." Shelby then jumped onto the roof, and sped away.

Mary looked at Bert, who was looking at his feet. "What does she mean Bert? How did you save her?" She was now curious.

Bert sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. "Mary, do you believe that, there are humans, as well as, pale ones?" Mary shifted her eyes and nodded, not understanding where this was going. "And I am sure, you have probably seen the book known as Twilight correct?" Mary nodded again, that was a book about a vampire and a teenage girl that had fallen in love. "Well, you are my Bella, and I, am your Edward, Mary, watch this." Bert cracked his knuckles, and then snapped his head to the right, and he began to make a hissing sound with his mouth, just like in Mary's dream.

Mary watched in horror, as Bert's eyes began to go from brown, to that hazel golden color, and fangs, began to appear. Bert snapped his head up, once he was done, and showed her, what he had become.

"Mary, you see, this, is why, I am scared for you to touch me, you, make my heart, that has been dead for over half a century, start beating again. Do you see now why I don't want you to be around me? I could lose my temper, and you would be dead, just like that." Bert snapped his fingers, and let a small glint of sunlight make his fangs sparkle.

"B-Bert, I am not afraid of you, just, s-s-shocked." Mary felt the world spin, and she felt sick, she fainted and Bert caught her, just in the knick of time.

"I really am sorry about this Mary." Was all she heard, before the whole world, went black.


Hmmm cliffhanger, well, you think Bert bit her or be like the hero of the story and not make her have his fate as well? Well, it is a bit longer, then the rest, maybe because I like to talk so much. lol. Well, I tried to come up with some romancy junk, but ya know, mega ultra failure, and what happens in the next chapter, is what I had Gavin act out, he did a good job, you'll have to close your eyes to see this, once you read it, you can see it clearly, I promise. Well, onto eat my mac and cheese and possible go and pick on Ash some more! OH THE JOY OF THANKSGIVING! Byeee

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