If you want blood, you've got it

Blood on the streets,

Blood on the rocks

Every last drop.

If You Want Blood, AC/DC

There Will Be Blood

As he walked towards Mini, whose hand was exposed to bring out the tasty scent of fresh blood, the others backed away more and Liv stayed still by the kitchen cabinet. Mini breathed in and out slowly before he was within touching distance of her. She raised her hand and threateningly held it close to his face. He seemed to remember what had happened before as he abruptly turned and looked at Liv.

Mini took a sharp intake of breath when she saw that Liv was still clutching the cloth covered in Mini's blood that had now wiped on to Liv's skin. There were a few shouts of terror from Liv as Dylan got ever so slightly closer to her.

"Liv!" Mini shouted, when Dylan lunged at Liv and tackled her to the ground.

She ran towards him angrily and tried to hold onto him so he couldn't suck on her blood any longer. However he knew she was approaching and with a lazy flick of his hand he managed to send her flying into the cabinet opposite. He hit her in her stomach so he managed to avoid touching her skin. She lay against the cabinet quietly with the air knocked out of her. She turned to see what was happening now and could see Rich and Alo both trying to get him off her, but even they couldn't match the strength of this vampire. She could see Liv's twitching hand escaping underneath the weight of Dylan and without really thinking she held out her own hand and held tightly onto Liv's hand. She hoped Liv would turn into stone quickly, but in fact nothing happened… Nothing at all.

Grace blocked the way of Mini's vision and motioned for her to stand up.

"Come on, Mini!" She said in an urgent tone. Mini fumbled into a standing position and reluctantly let go of Liv's hand. She walked quickly after Grace, turning back over her shoulder to see him still biting into her neck.

Grace held the door open to the cupboard under the stairs and shut it after Mini squeezed herself in. Rich and Alo were sitting on the far side and Grace was next to Mini. Everyone seemed to squeeze closer together when Mini got inside, so that they didn't risk touching her. With a roll of her eyes, Mini locked the door to keep Bob Dylan from getting inside.

"So are we just going to stay here while Liv gets killed out there?... Or worse turned into the V-word." Mini said grouchily, looking at the worried faces that sat around her and she instantly felt bad for being so snappy because they were just as worried as her.

"What? A virgin?" Alo said, obviously trying to keep the mood light. Mini glared at him.

"You know what -" Mini started in an aggressive tone, before Grace interrupted.

"Mini, I will heal her as soon as we go back out… We need a plan." Grace said, her brain obviously whirring with ideas.

"Why didn't you say anything about him being… that?" Rich asked, while peeling off some of the falling plaster from the wall.

"Why don't you just read my mind and find out?" Mini asked testingly, which earned her a degrading look from Rich. "Gracie, can you fix this?"

Mini pointed at her still bleeding hand. She wondered for a moment if she could possibly turn into a vampire from getting bitten, but she had watched enough vampire movies and tv shows to know that wasn't how it worked. She would've had to bite him back.

Grace nodded and was about to touch the wound before Alo threw his hand in the way.

"NO!" He shouted, while Mini and Grace gave him puzzled looks. Grace still moved her hand closer to Mini before Rich grabbed onto Grace's arm and pulled her away.

"He's right." He said simply, nodding for acknowledgement in Alo's direction. "She'll turn you to stone if you try to heal her… Who'll turn you back then?"

Grace and Rich stared at each other for a moment, but Grace eventually broke eye contact and nodded to show she understood. Mini didn't say anything, but showed she understood as well by dropping her hand again.

There was a loud shout from the living room that sounded just like Liv, so everyone was brought quickly back to the matter at hand

"What's the plan then?" Mini asked in a rushed voice.

"I need to fix Liv and you need to turn him back to stone for the time being." Grace said.

"But I tried that before and it didn't work. He hit me off before I could get to him." Mini said with a defeated sigh. She didn't mention the part about her touching Liv and nothing happening, because it would just lead to more questions and they didn't have time for questions.

"Aha, I think I might be able to help with that!" Alo said with no attempt to hide his excitement.

"How?" Mini asked with her eyebrows raised. Alo cleared his throat before proudly continuing on about how he could help her.

"You hold on to the sleeve of my shirt and ZOOM!" Grace and Rich nodded their heads in unison at the idea.

"You and Mini go out first then, Alo. I'll go out afterwards -" Grace began before Rich interrupted in a rather annoyed tone.

"Hold on a fucking minute! What am I doing while all this is going on?" Grace chewed on her bottom lip, as if she had an idea what he should be doing but didn't want to tell him.

"Grace?" He asked, probing her to tell him what it was. She shook her head, which forced Rich to tune into what she was thinking.

'Bait.'

"I'll do it." He said compliantly, looking ready to leave.

"I can't ask you to do that…" Grace said in a near whisper.

"For those of us who don't know what Grace's thinking, what the fuck is happening?" Alo asked, while Mini awkwardly twisted her mouth to show she didn't have a clue what was happening either.

"Rich is going to tempt the… vampire away from Liv, so I can get to her quicker. And I can leave before you two go then." Grace said slowly and when she glanced at Rich after she finished, she gave him a small smile. She was still slightly annoyed about the argument they had earlier, but she wasn't one to hold grudges especially when more important things were happening right now.

They whispered the plan once so they were all on the same page. Rich was going to go out first with a small cut on his finger, which would hopefully lure Dylan away from Liv. Then Grace would be able to sneak out and quickly get to Liv. Alo and Mini would leave the room straight after Grace had left and turn Dylan back into stone.

"Ready then?" Rich asked, glancing from Grace to Mini to Alo. Grace gave a little nod, Mini took a deep breath and Alo didn't look fazed at all.

"Let's kill this fuckin' vampire then!" Alo called with a hand raised in the air for someone to give him a high-five, but nobody did so he put it down again.

"Shhh… We're not killing him, Alo." Grace whispered with a slightly worried expression on her face.

"So I'll just go now then." Rich said, climbing over Grace's legs to get to the tiny door.

"Good luck – Oh, you need to cut your -" Grace exclaimed, but a loud bang on the door made her freeze.

"I don't think he'll need to." Mini said quietly as there was now a scratching sound on the door. "He can still smell my blood."

Rich breathed heavily and went to open the door. Grace was about to stop him, but realized they still had to follow the plan. Mini pushed Rich out when he took long to leave and slammed the door behind him. She ran a hand through her hair while receiving a questioning look from Grace.

"What? He was just dawdling!" She said, heaving a sigh as she shuffled into a crouching position by the door. "Let's go then, ginger."

"Yes, Ma'am!" Alo said, giving a goofy salute in her direction.

"I'm supposed to go first…" Grace objected.
"If you go out there you're going to get bitten too, because he's right out there! It'll all go balls-up." Mini said, while Alo snorted at the last comment. Grace reluctantly shrugged, she hated it when Mini spoke to her like that but there wasn't anything she could really do about it.

Mini and Alo left quickly and Grace sat by herself for a second. She rather enjoyed the closed off feeling of the cupboard and she felt a bit like Harry Potter, but the shouts from outside brought her back to reality and she knew she had to go and do her job.

She snuck out of the cupboard and saw Rich lying on the floor clutching onto his throat, while Alo stood over him trying to see if he was okay. Mini looked successful this time around in turning Dylan back into stone. Grace left the action and headed straight to the kitchen area where she saw Liv lying on the floor, making no movements.

"Liv?" She asked in a slightly panicked voice, as she knelt down beside her.

Liv was still clearly breathing, which made Grace relax a little. She searched for a bite wound on Liv's neck but couldn't find one. There was nothing there for Grace to heal…

A/N: Okay the ending for this chapter wasn't very good, but let's just ignore that! Haha. So let me know what you thought about this chapter, because I really love your reviews!

Oh and there were plenty of hints here about what Liv's power will be so you probably all know what it is already. :P

Thanks,

TheCheeryCherry