Don't Feel Like Dancing

"That's me?" Gennyfer was looking at her reflection with surprise when Raphael entered her room. Lily was smirking at her from behind. Gennyfer noticed the expression on the other girl's face and stuck her tongue out at her.

"You look nice." Raphael said. Gennyfer spun around quickly, causing the back of her army jacket to fly up and hit the frame of the mirror leaning against the wall. The mirror started to tip, but lily caught it before it could hit the floor.

"Thank you." Gennyfer squeaked. "How long have you been standing there?"

"Not long." Raphael admitted. He wondered what had happened to make her worried about what he might have seen or heard. While he was thinking, Lily was appraising him from top to bottom. She sighed.

"I guess we couldn't hope that you would get dressed up?" Raphael looked down at his black jeans and blue shirt.

"There's nothing wrong with this." Lily sighed again.

"There's just no, anything. It's boring. Plain. Normal. You found nice things for Gennyfer to wear; you couldn't have taken ten minutes to pick something out for yourself?" Only Lily would berate her superior for not picking up new clothes for himself. Raphael decided to try to smooth things over before she decided to try to force him into an outfit with lots of colour and sparkles.

"I don't think it really matters. No-one is going to be looking at me next to either of you." That was especially true for Lily, who was wearing her usual 'clubbing' outfit, a silver skirt and neon tank top combo with ridiculously high heels. Gennyfer's bright red dress and inch high heels looked positively subdued next to Lily.

Lily rolled her eyes. "Whatever you say sir. Let's go."

Their group of twelve made it into Pandemonium without any trouble. Zeke and a few others immediately headed for the bar, after promising Raphael that they wouldn't get drunk enough to turn into piles of dust. Everyone else headed for the dance floor, which was pretty much the rest of the club, and soon vanished among the throng of dancers. Raphael and Gennyfer somehow ended up standing awkwardly in the same corner. "How are you feeling?" he asked. Gennyfer shrugged.

"Jittery." she replied quietly. "I want to jump the nearest person and drain them dry. I know I shouldn't, but that's all I can think about." That was understandable. Raphael offered Gennyfer his hand.

"Would you like to dance?" Gennyfer took his hand with a smile and then drew close enough that he could see the flecks of amber in her brown eyes.

"Can I tell you a secret?" She leaned closer and whispered in his ear, "I'm a terrible dancer." Raphael chuckled. He wouldn't even call what was going on around them 'dancing'. Gennyfer punched him lightly in the shoulder, a punch that would send a mundie reeling.

"How about a drink then?" he asked after he had stopped laughing. "Non-alcoholic, of course."

"Sure." As they made their way towards the bar, she asked, "What about the blood of innocents, will that still be included?" She sounded serious. When Raphael went to look at her disapprovingly, he was surprised to see her eyes glinting with laughter. He did his best to conceal his own smile.

"I don't believe they stock that here."

Gennyfer pretended to pout. "Pity."

Raphael ordered two club sodas & lime, something that Gennyfer would actually be able to keep down. He put it on the clan's tab, and Gennyfer raised an eyebrow. "Should I worry about how you guys make money, or do you just go around brainwashing people?" Raphael took a sip of his drink.

"Some of us have regular jobs." he admitted. "And there's always some spots open for us at Taki's when money's tight. We've been around for a long time though, so everyone usually has some savings." Gennyfer nodded in understanding. Raphael waited until she had a mouthful of soda to add, "But brainwashing is a lot easier."

Gennyfer swallowed sharply, and then she began to giggle. "Oh God." she choked out. "You're awful."

"You just said 'God'." Raphael said with surprise. She hadn't had any luck with saying capital 'G' God earlier that night. Her eyes widened as she realized that she had said the word without her mouth starting to bleed. She was about to say something when a nearby shout interrupted her.

"Gen!" She turned, and Raphael was sure that she would have paled if she was able to. In about a second she was overwhelmed in a hug from a dark-skinned boy with dreadlocks and tinted glasses. "Thank God you're alright!"

"Get off me Amos." Gennyfer snapped. The werewolf stepped back.

"I'm sorry. I just…I can explain."

"Don't bother." Gennyfer tried to push past him, but Amos was joined by two more werewolves who blocked her way. The blond werewolf girl bared her teeth and Gennyfer hissed in response. Raphael sensed his clan members gathering behind them. He quickly signaled for them not to get involved just yet.

"Vampires." the other male werewolf grumbled distastefully. Amos blinked in surprise.

"Vamp... Gen, what are you doing with them?" Gennyfer looked at him with ice in her gaze.

"I was dead, Amos. You killed me. What do you think I'm doing with vampires?" Amos made a choking sound.

"I…I didn't mean… It was my first full moon. I didn't think that …" He didn't think that he wouldn't have control. He didn't, and he attacked his girlfriend. Raphael would have almost felt sorry for him, if he hadn't killed someone through his own idiocy.

"That's the trouble with you dogs." Zeke snapped. "You don't think." There was the sound of someone hitting Zeke over the head, but the damage was already done. Raphael felt like, what was it called, face-palming?

The two werewolves on either side of Amos growled. "You!" Claws burst forth from the male's fingertips. Raphael attempted to mediate the situation.

"Let's all calm down. We don't want—" He was cut off when the male jabbed his claws into Raphael's gut. Lily shouted and one of the other vampires picked up a bar-stool and hurled it at the male werewolf's head.

Raphael fell to the ground just as the entire club metaphorically went to hell in a hand-basket.


A/N: I'm going to admit now that I am loosing enthusiasm for this story. I'm thinking another two or three chapters before I call it quits. It depends on how much I want to tell you. Anyway, hope you enjoyed this chapter.

-Cynder2013