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Okay people. I love the confusion going on. It's the effect I wanted.

Troy knew the exact second that the heart stopped somewhere in the chest below him. He could feel the steady pulse against his lips fade and the warm bloods minuet decrease in temperature. As soon as he felt the slight changes he pulled back abruptly. With the back of his hand he tried to clear some of the thick blood from his lips but it only smeared.

The harsh sound of hands clapping together came from the open door. Troy was a bit irritated that he hadn't heard the door click open. He reeled around careful to place himself between his friends and the new person.

"Very good," Troy's heart caught in his throat and Sharpay squealed somewhere behind him.

There he stood.

The monster he had just killed.

Who's blood lingered on his lips.

His eyes darted down to the still dead body then back to the beast at the door. His muscles tensed as he shifted into a slightly defensive position.

Opening his mouth to ask the obvious question the beast cut him off, "Don't be naive. You have seen the facilities we have. Do you really think that we wouldn't have the ability to clone?"

Troy didn't answer nor did he spare a look back to his whimpering friends, well Sharpay, Chad was holding it together pretty well.

"Did you really think you could take me down?" this part came in a feral growl and within seconds Troy's face was pushed back into the ground. This time the weight on top of him was even and heavy, impossible to flip.

"You know what I am capable of."

Troy twisted his arms painfully and looked into the golden eyes of his captor. "You know what I am capable of," he fired back in a low threat.

The beast pulled back releasing Troy and took a safe distance. "Yes I do," he answered in a cultured voice, almost as a teacher. It was a tone he had become use to over the past couple weeks.

"But do they?" he motioned to the two teens huddled together behind Troy. "You know the amazing thing about our blood is that when feed to a human they can relive many of our experiences through short flashes.

"I am sure they would be horrified to see the men you have killed."

"It was to protect them."

"To see how you have so enjoyed my company." Troy's shoulders tensed and the beast walked up and shared a passionate kiss with the teen. Troy could feel Chad's shock through the air.

"Troy?" Sharpay asked meekly.

Troy fell into the pattern of the kiss and lightly kissed back. There was nothing else he could do.

"See? Not so bad anymore. Look at them, your friends." Troy couldn't help the shame that stained his cheeks as he looked to his cowering friends.

"Troy?" Chad asked with a hint of betrayal in his voice. There was no way to explain to his friends the alpha complex that was going on. Troy didn't hold the power in here.

"You know Troy I lied to you about my son and you taking over. Or more the clone did, but I was telling you the truth on the other part." He paused and ran a hand over Troy's scarred torso. "Do you remember killing her?"

"I killed her to protect her."

"No, no. Troy." He savored the name on his lips for a moment. The beasts didn't have names but for whatever reason Troy was permitted to keep his. He hated the monster saying it. Every time it left his lips it was tainted more. It was become something of the curse word. "Yesterday."

Troy pulled back abruptly. "Do you want to tell your friends way dear Gabriella could not make the reunion?"

"Troy?" Sharpay's voice shook.

Troy swallowed and focused on the, now closed, heavy door over the beasts shoulder. "Troy, what's going on? Where's Gabi?" Chad asked meekly.

"Oh lets show him!" the beast exclaimed sounding almost as a small child on Christmas.

Troy didn't have time to react before the beast had tore at his chest with in claws. Troy's blood dripped from his fingers as he advanced towards Chad.

"No!" Troy called out, "I'll tell them. I'll tell them everything."

The beast smirked and turned back to Troy. "Good," he purred deep in his throat. He smeared Troy's cooled blood across Troy's exposed throat. He couldn't repress the shiver as the beast ran his fingers lightly over his warm skin.

The beast leaned close and mumbled against the shell of his ear, "You know out of all the men I have ever taken captive you and this ingrate are the only ones worthy of keep. He," he shrugged towards Chad, "Only as long as you care."

Troy's eyes darkened and he waited for the beast to fully leave the room and the locks to click before he looked to his friends. He tried not to see the tears on there cheeks or the haunted look in their eyes.

"Troy?" It was Chad how prompted him.

Troy turned away and began in an emotionless voice, "I'll give you the short version. They turned me into one of them. How is unimportant, you just need to know that I am now locked into playing their game. I am in a very high position.

"Where I am…rank wise…I can keep you safe." He directed his words towards Chad.

"What about me?" Sharpay asked meekly.

Troy paused but the coldness in his eyes refused to leave. "I don't have any control over what happens…you would be better off dead." Sharpay's dark eyes filled with tears as she looked away. Her makeup dripped down her smooth skin.

Chad gapped at Troy, "Why should I live too? What's the point?!"

Troy looked taken aback. "You…" Troy hesitated and for the first time looked unsure of himself. "You don't want to live?"

"Why would I want to live this nightmare? Troy, what do I have to live for?" Chad had silent tears rolling down his cheeks as he turned away for Troy. "What happened to Gabi?" Chad finally asked in a broken voice.

"I…" Troy closed his eyes and turned his back on them. "She…You see…"

Sharpay looked up and sharply asked, "The whole game is about ultimatums, right? With Taylor or Chad, everything. So what was it this time Troy?"

Troy sighed and kept his arms crossed over his scarred and bleeding chest. "They didn't give me a choice. I just killed her." His voice was empty almost to the point of being cruel.

"Because you loved her?" Chad asked hopefully but he had a feeling there was something darker going on with his best friend.

Troy turned and looked Chad directly in the eyes. "You know why they won't kill you? Because I couldn't live, and wouldn't live with out you. You are the only thing tying me down in reality. I…I lost it Chad.

"They told me you had killed yourself. They even showed me your fucking body! I believed them. How could I not? They brought Gabi in and…I acted like them.

"No, acted is the wrong word. I became one of them. I killed her because she wasn't strong enough to be…deserving of my company." Troy spoke with a deliberate air, picking each word with care.

Chad's jaw dropped. "You what?!"

Sharpay jumped up and rushed to the door. "I've heard enough," she cried as she pounded on the door begging for exit.

Troy was careful not to apologize. He wasn't the least bit sorry, he was one of the strongest, he was aloud to be picky and, while back on Earth Gabi was a rare jewel, here Gabi was a weeping mess that would never breed a beautiful strong beast.

The door clicked open and Troy stood frozen. "Take her," the leader ordered shoving Sharpay away. "I hate you Troy! We had all depended one you to get us out of here. The game maker, remember?"

Troy hissed and spun around. He lashed out catching Sharpay hard across the face. "Bitch…" he hissed in a deadly animalistic voice.

"You going to kill me?" she hissed with defiance.

Troy smirked, amused, "Of course not. You're not weak." Sharpay was pulled out of the room and from view.

"I don't even know you anymore," Chad mumbled.

Troy gave him a sad look. "Did you mean what you said earlier? Do you want to die?"

"Yes," Chad hissed looking away. He had never thought that his life would come to this but here he is now, with nothing to live for and a friend he couldn't even recognize.

"Once I kill you…"

"I know," Chad mumbled looking away. "I don't care. You have changed so much anyways. You have no plan. I am not going to be here waiting. I'm not keeping you grounded. You have already lost it."

Troy's eye's shifted into slits and darkened to almost black. "Some friend," Troy hisses low and dark. He ignored Chad's hot tears as he moved quick and lethally. Within seconds Chad was gasping on the floor gagging on the bubbling blood pouring from a slit throat.

"Taste his," the leader leaned in close. His hot breathe caressing Troy's cheek. Troy groaned slightly at the dark sound of the being next to him. "Your first male kill. You have lived up to all expectation."

Troy leaned down and scooped with a finger the warm blood. He sucked on it for a moment enjoying the flavor. It was beyond anything Troy could have imagined. It was pure ecstasy. He moaned slightly.

The beast grabbed his jaw and pulled him into a dark kiss. The blood on Troy's tongue mixed between the two. The monster pulled at Troy's hair and pushed him hard against the wall.

"I have lived to your standards?" Troy questioned breathlessly.

"Yes," the beast hissed leaning in again.

"Umh…" Troy nodded slightly and allowed a single claw to extend. He quickly ripped across the tender skin of the monsters throat and cutting through his artery. Blood spurt froth hot against Troy's bear chest. His eyes darkened and he smirked.

All beasts were connected and the second that the beast died the others in the hall rushed in. They stood in awe watching their leader gurgle around the blood that spilled from his lips and Troy smear some of it across his face in an attempt to remove it.

Troy simple smiled darkly and dared the others to challenge his actions. The beasts in the room simply fell to their knees acknowledging their new leader.

I know weirdest ending ever…but hey I ended a story. YAY! I wasn't going to finish this that fast but it fit. It's not exactly the way I wanted to end it but I couldn't think of any other way...

I had some extra time today doing nothing on the last day of school…everyone else is totally playing Halo. So…Please let me know what you think of this…if you have any questions please feel free to ask…I have hoped to answer them all in this chapter…but it's hard to know.

Thanx for reading!

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