Author's note: Hello again, here is the next chapter! And just so people know, this is about the… third last chapter of this story. I know, it'll be over soon which is bad because I love writing this, but the ending I'm planning should leave you all satisfied (hopefully). The only thing is, next week I am doing three days' work experience in the library and so that means I'll be in Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday so I don't think I'll get time to update during those days (ironic how I'll be in the library where I go to update yet I will not be able to update!) so we're talking about next Thursday for the ending, but I'll write two chapters as a reward, there might be another epilogue or I might blend it in to the last chapter, not quite sure yet. But I promise I will make the ending as amazing as I possibly can, because you're all worth it : )

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Walking through the boardwalk was a little like my dream the other night, yet this time I knew exactly who I was looking for, it was finding him that was the problem.

I searched for an hour with no luck, I didn't even see Sam, Michael or Edgar anywhere, they must be at the house wondering what the hell is wrong with me. Sooner or later they'd figure it out, they wouldn't even come looking for me, why would they? I'm a monster now, and they're smart enough to know they can't kill Adam. They should just give up, I should just give up.

It would be so easy, just jump off a cliff and drown myself. Just let go- it would all be over and no one would get hurt trying to save me, I would be gone before anyone realised.

It was these thoughts that brought me to the edge of a cliff, a lighthouse glimmering somewhere in the distance, about a half a mile down from where I stood. I looked out onto the vast ocean and decided this was it. I wouldn't let my family get hurt, I wouldn't let Adam win over me, and I wouldn't be a vampire.

One step. It's just one step.

Before I even knew what I was doing my feet made their way off the edge of the cliff, I closed my eyes and waited for the whistle of wind past my ears as I plummeted, the pain of water slamming into my body. But I felt nothing.

When I opened my eyes the water was still about thirty or forty feet below me, the waves crashing into the base of the cliff a few feet behind me. I was floating in mid-air. That is not fair.

I tried everything to lower myself down, stop floating altogether. Nothing.

Finally I gave up and floated to the edge of the cliff and lowered myself down until I collapsed onto the stones that littered the side of the road and cried. I can't even do this.

"Adam's gonna be mad when he hears this, princess." A female voice hissed in my ear and a hand clamped over my mouth and nose. It felt like an eternity that I struggled before darkness came over me and I saw nothing.

Sometime later my eyes opened to a dim light that was still too harsh, my head throbbed slightly at the back. I went to rub it and see if there was a bump, but my hands were tied behind my back. I looked around to see where I was and froze as I recognised the place.

The caves.

"Hello? Hello?" I called and silence was heard for a few seconds until a hoarse voice croaked from the fountain in the middle of the room.

"Do you have to be so loud?" The voice complained and I strained my eyes to see in what I realised was candlelight. Finally the hiss of a match being lit was heard and the figure was illuminated as they picked up a nearby candle and lit it.

She was about my age if not a bit older; she looked like she needed a good fifteen course meal and a week of sleep. Her eyes were sunken into her skull slightly and her face looked aged despite how young she seemed.

"Who are you?" I asked, she licked her cracked lips slightly before answering.

"Kim."

"Are you a vampire?"

"No. As much as the others want me to be, I didn't take too kindly to being taken away from my home and given no choice in my future. So as payback I have refused to fully become one of them, and this is where it's gotten me." She explained, raising her skinny arms slightly and looking down at her body which looked like it was slowly wasting away.

"Why did they do that to you?" I asked and she shrugged.

"Because they felt like it. They thought it would be fun, I guess. I've been like this for months now, just waiting to die. But I can't, I'll just keep withering away until I can't walk or even talk, it could be years or decades before I die." She said pitifully, a tear slipping down her hallow cheek.

"You can't kill yourself?" I asked and winced, if she could have she obviously would have.

"No. I take it the reason they're treating you like this is because you tried?" She asked and I nodded, "They don't take to that kindly." She added, I sort of guessed that.

"Where are they?" I whispered as I glanced around the caves, suddenly faint hoots could be heard from within the caves until a group entered the main room where Kim and I were. The bloodsuckers are back.

"Look who's awake!" One of the girls cackled when she spotted me, I recognised her as the girl who shoved past me at the boardwalk.

"Now, Jade, is that any way to welcome our guest?" Adam chided teasingly and she grinned, it made her look like a freaking shark.

"So, Nikki, I was quite troubled to hear when Jade told me she saw you trying to jump off a cliff." Adam said with a pout, almost like he expected me to feel bad.

"I'm surprised she can see anything because her head is so far up your ass." I said with a sweet smile and Jade growled before taking a step towards me before Adam wrapped an arm around her waist and held her back as he chuckled.

"Told you she was a little fireball, Diego." Adam said and the tall guy with black hair and blue eyes from the boardwalk nodded with a smirk.

"Aren't you gonna introduce me?" The blonde girl from earlier said with a mock-annoyed expression.

"Who could forget? Allison." Adam said and she both turned to me and nodded.

"Guys, this is Nikki Emerson, sister of Michael Emerson." He said and at once their expressions changed to those of malice and anger.

"Your brother killed David." Allison snarled.

"You bet your ass he did." I shot back without thinking, she showed her teeth slightly and I glared back.

"Allison always had a thing for my younger brother. She had always said she would come down and visit him here." Adam said with a shake of his head, Allison's eyes continued to burn holes in my face as Adam sighed.

"It's rather unfortunate that according to those around the boardwalk he was seen with another girl. That one you pal around with." Adam said. Star.

"Where is she?" I asked and he shrugged.

"We should know soon enough. In fact…" He trailed off as the blonde guy who looked like Allison came jogging down into the caves.

"We are good to go." He said and Adam grinned, not moving his eyes from me.

"Excellent. You know what you have to do." He said and everyone left at once, he and Kim were the only ones left when the sounds of the groups excited hoots faded away.

"Where are they going?" I asked, I heard no answer and turned to see Adam gazing around the room with a wistful expression.

"David and I found this place when he first came here." He said, completely ignoring my question, "We found it one night and I swear it was made for him and the others. They loved it; it was their favourite place to hang out. As you can see they made it their own." He said with a proud smile as he opened his arms and gestured to the random furniture around the room.

"How nice." I replied tiredly, the ropes around my wrists were starting to hurt my wrists as I watched him continue to walk around the room.

"The only thing was, David never took my advice that he should fix the ceiling." He said and I looked up to try and see what was wrong with the roof, but the candlelight didn't do much to show me.

"What's wrong with it?" I asked.

"It had too many cracks and gaps for sunlight to come through. An inconvenience if I do say so myself. That's why I made sure the first thing I did when I returned a few days ago was to fix it." He said and grabbed a candle before floating up towards the ceiling. I was able to vaguely make out some kind of fabric covering the top of the caves.

"It's so thick and dark that sunlight can't get through, even if it could have it would never make it through the steel plates we fitted over the ceiling. The place is virtually in darkness all night and all day." He said with a smile as he lowered back down to the ground.

"What good is that to you? You sleep through the day." I said and he chuckled.

"Actually, I have trained myself and my friends to be able to stay up during the day. At first it made you extremely exhausted, but I realised as long as you had a decent amount of blood in your system and trained for long enough, you could stay up during the day. As long as we don't come in contact with sunlight, we're fine."

"Well I'm sure you'll be very happy here." I said sarcastically.

"Oh no. We're not staying. I could never bring myself to let anyone live here when it's rightfully David's home. I can't even live here. That's why I decided to make sure no one can live here after we leave, once we've had our fun." He said, I could practically feel the dread making its way down into my stomach.

"What fun?" I asked, fearing the answer.

"Once I've made your brother choose who will be inside when it blows up." My jaw dropped and a sob threatened to break out, but I clenched my teeth together immediately.

"What are you talking about?" I said, my voice rising in hysteria.

"I'm talking about teaching your brother a lesson. He's going to have to make some very difficult choices tomorrow." He said and before I could ask any more, screaming was heard from where I assumed was the entrance of the cave.

Jade came in dragging Star who was fighting with all she had to break free, but Jade was much stronger, she hauled Star down the slope towards Adam who was laughing.

"Star!" I called fearfully.

"Nikki!" She called when she saw me, I tried breaking the ropes but it was no use, the burning feeling in my wrists increased but there was no give on the ropes.

Adam laughed as he grabbed Star and held her by her hair.

"So here's the girl my brother was so fond of. I can see why, you are very beautiful." He purred in her ear and she began sobbing.

"Let her go you asshole!" I demanded and he smiled at me.

"I plan to. Just as soon as I get her a drink. I'm all one for hospitality." He said and nodded to Jade who went off only to come back with a bottle. It was like a black wine bottle only it had silver and red designs on it. Star screamed again as she caught sight of the bottle and it didn't take me long to work out what was in the bottle.

I watched in horror as Adam seized Star's jaw and forced it open enough for Jade to pour the drink in, red liquid spilled over Star's face and top as she thrashed in an effort to avoid drinking it, but Adam slammed her jaw shut and after a few seconds of sobbing she was forced to swallow the blood, a scream of anguish ripping form her throat as she realised she was now a half-vampire for the second time in her life.

"Feeling refreshed?" Adam chuckled before dragging her over to where I was and securing her to the wall beside me, I realised a huge metal fence thing sat against the wall behind us, it extended for the whole wall and looked like it was secured tightly. There was just enough space behind the fence for the rope to fit through and I watched as Adam tied a complex knot to Star's wrists before he let her slump against the wall as she cried.

He chuckled before taking the bottle off Jade and shaking it, a small sound of liquid being shaken about came from it, so I assumed there was very little left. He shrugged before setting it down on a table that sat a few away amongst a pile of boxes and furniture.

"Why did you do that?" I demanded and gestured to Star who was still crying.

"All part of the fun." Adam answered with a smile, "I won't tell you a lot of what I'm planning for tomorrow. But I will tell you this, Michael will have to choose between you two, one will become a vampire and the other will die. Very dramatic, yes?" He asked and Star and I exchanged a fearful glance.

"You're insane!" Star accused, that was pretty obvious.

"No, I just want to teach you all that revenge is a dish best served cold." He replied simply.

"So he chooses between Star and I, then what?" I demanded.

"Ah, ah. I'm not giving anything else away. You'll just have to wait until the morning."

"The morning?" Star asked, confused at what she had missed.

"Yes, my friends fed earlier tonight so they're all ready to face Nikki's brothers and her beloved boyfriend and his brother tomorrow. We know they'll attack during the day when they think we'll be asleep. Little do they know, we'll be wide awake and waiting." He said, suddenly something clicked.

"If they fed earlier tonight, where are they now?" I asked.

"Just making sure the coast was clear to go and retrieve our other two party guests." He answered.

"Who are they?" I asked and he started walking away, "Adam! Who else is coming?" I shouted.

He turned back with a smile, "Your mother and grandfather have yet to see the caves, I would hate for them to miss the grand tour before we destroy it tomorrow, along with the rest of your family." He said.

"NO!" I cried, this is not happening, this is not happening.

I can't watch everyone I love die; I can't watch my brother choose between the people he loves.

I can't.