Hello, my little dumplings! Sorry this chapter took so long (midterms) but here it is! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: Nope, not me.
As Gregory helped me out of the coffin, I took a step forward and collapsed.
"Ow."
"Alyssa! Are you OK?" Kayla asked worriedly as she helped me up.
"Wait! Who are you people?" I asked.
They exchanged alarmed looks.
"Um…Alyssa…" Tony began nervously.
"Who's Alyssa? Oh, is that me? That's a pretty name."
Tony turned to Kayla.
"This doesn't make sense. A few minutes ago, it seemed like he knew who we are. What's going on?" He whispered.
"I don't know. Amnesia?" Kayla responded.
"Delayed reaction amnesia?" Tony asked.
Kayla shrugged. "Maybe."
She stepped forward so she was standing in front of me.
"Listen, your name is Alyssa Thompson. You are fifteen years old and have two younger siblings. Kayla and Tony Thompson. We are looked for a red stone with these guys," she waved he arm towards the vampire children, "Gregory, Rudolph and Anna Sackville-Bagg. They're all vampires. Do you remember now?" she asked with a note of desperation in her voice.
I looked around at everyone to find them staring back at me with worried expressions on their faces.
Suddenly I burst into laughter.
"Oh, I had you, all of you for a second there." I said through my laughter.
Kayla glared at me.
"You are an awful person. As I was saying before all this, Gregory will help you and-"
"What are you talking about? I don't need any help. I can walk perfectly fine!"
Gregory gave me a disbelieving look while Kayla sighed impatiently.
"Alyssa, don't be stubborn. Now isn't the best time. Besides, you collapsed just two minutes ago trying to walk." Kayla said reasonably.
"But-"
"No buts. Gregory will help you. The rest of us are going back to the house to look for the stone. Agreed?"
"Fine." I said testily, knowing there was no way I could win. I swear, sometimes I think she's the oldest by the way she acts.
"Good." Kayla said grinning. "Lyss, you go with Gregory. He's going to make The Call."
He nodded and held up a silver ring on a chain.
"Yes. And we will need this." He responded.
"Um, you can use my phone if you want…" I said uncertainly.
"That's what I said! But apparently, it's something else." Kayla said.
I gave her a questioning look, and she shrugged. She was as clueless as I was about this.
I turned to Tony and said, "And I'm relying on you to keep them," I nodded my head towards Rudolph and Kayla, ", out of the corners, if you know what I mean." I said giving said people pointed looks.
Rudolph looked confused, but I watched Kayla as my words processed, her face getting redder and redder. I swear, if you took a video of her face, and sped it up a lot, it would look like someone hit her in the face with a balloon filled with red paint.
I turned back to Tony.
"So, you're picking up what I'm putting down?"
He nodded.
"Oh, I'm sponging up what you're spilling out, all right." He responded.
"Good. Well, dearly beloved siblings, I guess I'll see you later."
Kayla was glaring at me. Oh, if looks could kill.
"I hate you." She said matter of factly.
"Love you too, sister dearest!" I said, watching as Rudolph took Kayla's hand and Anna did the same for Tony, and they took off. As their silhouettes grew smaller and smaller in the sky, I turned to Gregory. Our eyes met for a moment and I looked away. Awkward.
After a couple minutes of silence he cleared his throat. I jumped at the sudden sound and looked at him quickly.
"Well…" he let the word hang in the air.
And it hung.
And hung.
Until I broke the silence by whistling the chorus to Pumped up Kicks by Foster the People. Gregory gave me a weird look and I smiled and waved at him.
"Well hiya!" I said cheerfully.
The corners of his mouth turned upward into a faint smile.
"Hello" he held his hand out to me. "Shall we?"
I took his hand and imitated his British accent. "We shall."
A low chuckle escaped his lips as he took off.
"So… what is 'The Call'?" I asked.
"You will see." Gregory answered vaguely.
"Ugh, do you ever answer a question directly?" I asked.
"Maybe."
When I looked over at him, I saw that he was shaking with silent laughter.
"Oh, okay, I see how it is." I said.
"How what is?"
"You'll see." I responded.
"I don't understand." Gregory said with a puzzled expression on his face.
"Doesn't feel so good to be on the other end does it?" I asked, smirking as we landed near a cliff.
"Fair enough."
"So are you go me what 'The Call' is now?" I asked.
"I will. But first, I must tell you something." He responded, suddenly sounding unsure of himself.
"Sure…"
"Alyssa, I-"
"Wait!"
"What?"
"Just kidding, continue?" I said innocently.
He sighed.
"Alyssa, you aren't making this any easier on me."
"Gregory, Gregory, Gregory. I'm never going to make anything easier on you. In fact-"
But I never got to finish that sentence. Why? You may ask. Because he stepped forward, tilted my head up, and kissed me. When we pulled apart, we just looked at each other until Gregory broke the silence.
"Alyssa…"
I threw my arms around him.
"Well, it took you long enough." I murmured into his chest.
He chuckled as he wrapped his arms around me.
"I suppose it did." He said softly.
After a while he sighed and said, "I suppose I'd better make The Call."
Reluctantly we let go of one another and I watched as he took the silver ring from around his neck and swung it above his head. A deep whooshing noise came from what I assume was the ring, and a couple minutes later, bats came flying from all directions, turning into people, excuse me, vampires, as they landed, their red eyes fixed on me.
I suddenly remembered that I was full of blood and pictured a feeding frenzy that I saw once on Animal Planet when sharks tore a wounded sea leopard to pieces, except instead of a sea leopard, it would be me, and instead of sharks it would be vampires. And I wasn't even bleeding.
One word ran through my mind and came out my mouth:
"Crap."
Well! I hope you liked it! Leave a review and tell me what you think! I think the next chapter is going to be in Kayla's POV! I also edited chapter 9! Check it out!
