Sorry for the long as ever wait. Enjoy chapter 6.

Lost Things-Chapter 6

Josh's whole body was shaking when he hung up the phone after talking with Mick. It was frightening to talk with someone you knew wasn't human, was a vampire. The words still sounded strange no matter how Josh said them. Vampires weren't supposed to exist, and to hear the voice of one of the monsters sound so normal was horrifying.

Taking a deep breath Josh glanced at his watch. He needed to get to a store and get something like a stake. Mick had always been nice to him, and even though he was a vampire it was wrong to do this to Mick. Still Beth's life was in Josh's hands, and if he didn't hurt Mick she would die, and Josh would kill a whole army to make sure that didn't happen.

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Mick pulled up to Josh's office building to find Josh waiting patiently outside. Josh slid uncomfortably into the car, and Mick immediately knew something was terribly wrong. Josh's heartbeat was racing out of control and Mick could sense unease with the D.A. "Are you ok?" Mick asked staring at the D.A. with an arched eyebrow.

Josh took a deep breath and turned to look Mick in the eye. He was surprised at how normal a monster could look. "My girlfriend's missing and could die at any moment. Do you really think I'm alright?"

Mick glared at him for a second longer. There was no doubt Josh would be upset about Beth, but that wasn't the reason for his unrest now. Something was wrong with him, something really wrong. "Fine," muttered Mick before driving off.

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Beth awoke to see Coraline glaring at her from across the room. "Can I help you?" said Beth in an annoyed voice.

Coraline continued staring at her with a weird face. Beth sat up uncomfortably watching Coraline's every move. The vampire's chest was moving rapidly up and down, and Beth noticed Coraline's flawless skin was pale and her eyes were filled with lust. Coraline needed more blood, and Beth was too weak to give anymore. "Coraline?"

Still the vampire's gaze did not leave Beth. Then as fast as Coraline could she attacked Beth. Quickly Beth lifted her legs to block Coraline. She used all her strength to keep the crazed Coraline away from her. The vampire fought and fought but she was in too much of a weakened state to get passed Beth."CORALINE!" she screamed in an attempt to snap the vampire out of her hungry frenzy.

Suddenly Coraline froze and Beth saw fear settle into her big brown eyes. She fell to the ground and stared at Beth with a strange look. "I'm sorry Beth, but I just can't control myself much longer," she whispered.

Beth's breathing was out of control, and her whole body was shaking with fear. There wouldn't be much time left before Coraline was forced to feed on her. With the sunlight shining its awful rays through the top of the prison, and with the heat radiating off of the metal walls it wouldn't be much time at all. All Beth could do was hope that Mick was as good a P.I. as she thought he was.

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Mick stared out at the endless abyss of desert. There was no telling where Beth was. There was a strong possibility she wasn't even in California or anywhere near here. The desert was a sea of sand that had her locked inside its strong grasp. He didn't even know if she was dead or not; all he could do was hope. If he got close enough to her perhaps he could grasp her scent, but with all the other scents clouding the air, that was an unlikely possibility.

Mick glanced at Josh who was staring out the window in complete silence. The man hadn't said a word since they'd been on the hunt for Beth or for some clue. Although it really wasn't much a hunt; they'd been on the road for four hours and there wasn't even a human, much less Beth. The sun was now beginning to fall behind the endless mountains in the distance.

Over time Josh seemed to have calmed down a bit, but Mick still couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong.

A small diner came into view and Josh looked up. "Hey can we get something to eat?" He rubbed his stomach. "I'm starving," he asked with a shaky voice.

"Hey are you sure you're ok?" inquired Mick as they continued to approach the diner.

"Yeah I'm fine, well about as fine as I can be." He looked down and scratched the back of his neck nervously. "So what about that food?" Mick noticed him fiddling with something in his pocket. His P.I. senses were losing control. Why he actually went to the diner he would never know.

"Sure," Mick answered a little annoyed.

Mick pulled into the parking lot of the broken down diner. It looked like it was roach heaven, but it had an open sign on it, and Josh was human which meant he needed food. Mick looked out the driver's window at the crappy diner. "Are you sure you want to eat here?"

Suddenly there was a sharp pain in his chest and he felt his whole body go numb. He had been staked. He fell limply back into his seat. "What the?" he managed to gasp.

"I'm sorry Mick, but it's the only way I can save Beth. I have to get some of your blood," explained Josh with a guilty look on his face. He pulled out an empty syringe and pulled up Mick's sleeve, and then he pushed the needle into the underside of Mick's elbow. Blood filled the small syringe quickly.

Josh soon pulled the syringe out and looked at the dark blood as if it were some rare liquid. He covered the needle and put it in a small case that he also held in his pocket. Then Josh got out of the car and opened the back door. Quickly he pulled Mick's limp form into the back seat and took his place in the driver's seat.

"Beth's kidnapper came to me and told me if I got some of your blood and gave it to her Beth would be set free," explained Josh with a weak voice. "It's the only way. I think we both know we're not going to find her like this." Josh took a seat on the driver's side and turned the key. The ignition kicked on. Sighing Josh turned to look at Mick who was lying limp in the backseat. His eyes were wide open staring at the roof of the car. A less informed person would think he was dead. "I can't believe you're actually a vampire," whispered Josh before driving off.

Mick's body was on fire with rage. The second this stake got pulled out he would no doubt rip Josh's head off! His chest was throbbing horribly. When you got staked you couldn't move, but you could feel the nearly unbearable pain from the thick piece of wood sticking out of your heart. He was also worried about what Beth's kidnapper intended to do with his blood. More than likely she wanted to reveal vampires to the world. That was something he wouldn't, couldn't, let happen, but there was nothing he could now except wait, except wait for the hell that would result from whatever Sarah Nelson intended to do with his blood.