~defy~

Come out of things unsaid

Shoot an apple off my head

And a trouble that can't be named

A tiger's waiting to be tamed singing

The radio played softly in the background as Marla kicked her feet onto the dashboard as the man driving the car pulled them into their usual parking spot. Looking over the book in her hands she looked out of the windshield and down on the glowing city that was Santa Carla. As the car was turned off she went on about ignoring Rod as she continued to read over the comic book that he had bought for her earlier that night. It was something stupid; about creatures that went after victims who wandered too far away from civilization. She began to giggle as he began to mouth at her neck, pushing him away with a snort.

"Get off me Rod, let me finish this part." His hands then began to run over her; across her chest and down her legs, reaching for the zip of her shorts. When his lips finally met the top of her breast she sighed and tossed the book into the floor. She unfastened the seatbelt and leaned into his touches as she rose to her knees. Throwing a leg across his to straddle him, Marla pecked his lips before ripping open his vest and pulling his pants down his calves. With a little maneuvering her shorts were tossed in her seat and she ground down against him.

As the windows fogged up around them, the last bit of their attention span was relinquished and Marla found herself in a state of near bliss. Just as things were about to go her way for once, there was a loud bang of something slamming into the trunk of the car. The tires crunched against the gravel as it skid forward a bit and a fearful feeling gripped her racing heart; all thoughts of pleasure forgotten. "What the hell was that?" Rod muttered as he pulled his pants back up over his hips and wiped the steam off his window. He jerked back away from it with a shout as a morphed face of sharp angles stared in at him, "Holy shit!"

Marla let out a scream as the car lurched forward again, as if something was shoving it. As she glanced out the front she realized where they were being pushed and she quickly scrambled over the seat and into the back. Her hands fumbled to reach the car seat strapped in with the seatbelt just was the car groaned once more as the front end began to dip down over the edge of the cliff. "Rod! Help me!" She shouted as tears pooled in her eyes, being unable to get the straps undone. The man simply gave his own shout of fear before diving out of the drivers side door and onto the solid ground.

There was a sound worse than nails on a chalk board and Marla covered her ears as she cringed. When she felt a sudden breeze, she looked around herself to find that the entire roof of the car had been ripped away. "Marla!" The man shouted before a darkened figure landed on the ground in front of him, causing him to stumble back before turning and hightailing it down the path they had come. At the sight of the man leaving her, Marla felt sadness and anger grip her heart as she finally just pulled the bundle out of the car seat.

With a small jump she stepped on to the ground beside the car just before with a last shove, it tipped over the edge and fell out of sight. She watched as it tumbled and hit the cliff over and over until it finally hit the hill side, erupting into flames. Tears fell down her cheeks as she held the bundle close to her chest and ran. As fast as she could she fled down the path, unsure of how far ahead of her Rod had been. It was only when a figure dropped in front of her that she stopped. The figure appeared to be a man, but in the darkness she couldn't see his face. She began to back away as the man growled at her.

Once more she chose a random direction and took off, through the brush and trees. The forest around her began to thicken but she could hear laughs and shouts begin to follow her. Her legs burned as she came to a short stop, heaving in deep gulps of air for her aching lungs. All of the shouting behind her suddenly stopped and she closed her eyes for a moment as absolute terror began to wash over her. Shaking almost violently she looked around in the dark before leaning down quickly and shoving the bundle in her arms gently under a low bush. After making sure it would be safe, she took off into another direction.

As the red of her hair disappeared into the night, the figure stepped out of the shadows and into the moon light. For a moment he stood there, heightened ears hearing the crunch of twigs beneath her feet for almost a hundred yards before shrill screams of pain echoed back to him. He smirked at the sounds, knowing that the boys had taken care of her. Rod, so she had called the man, had been bold enough to try to steal the bottle of blood from their cave in order to change himself and his company into immortals.

The man had succeeded, but one of his boys had found them before they could actually drink from it. Shaking his head David sighed as he walked over to take the bottle out of under the bush, wondering just why the woman had gone such lengths to keep it. As he reached beneath the limbs, his fingers connected with something soft and in confusion he pulled the bundle out. A sharp cry startled him back as two brown eyes stared up at him; a baby. There was a long moment of him just staring down at the child in near horror. She had been trying to protect her child.

Footsteps came up behind him as Marko stepped up beside him, "Did you find the wine David?" When his brother didn't respond, Marko followed his gaze down onto the baby. His eyes widened before he leaned down and took it into his arms with a grim look. "Oh my god, what have we done?" David did nothing to answer him but wave him away causing Marko to narrow his eyes and fly off taking the babe with him. Knowing that he was finally alone and that nothing would hear him David let out a roar that would scare even the toughest of men as he swung his fist at a tree so hard that it tipped over like a domino.

When the dust settled around him, he gave a sigh before flashing his eyes and shifting. The ground vanished from beneath him and air whipped past him. Lights from the city became brighter as he flew closer, finally coming to land on the end of the pier out of eye sight. He walked into the crowds, keeping his eyes alert. Looking around him until he found what he was looking for. Then out of the crowd broke a girl with long wavy hair and a bright smile on her lips. Her dark eyes shown in the lights and she twirled around with her friends at the music playing from each booth.

Stepping in and out of the sea of people he followed her through the night until she bid farewell from her friends and began to walk alone towards the outskirts of town. Keeping to the shadows he waited until they were alone before stepping out and pushing her against a wall. She made to scream before his hand covered her mouth and he smirked down on her. "You'll have to do." Then they were in the air and her scream echoed into the night for no one to hear. Within minutes he landed within the cave to find Marko jostling the bundle of blankets as cries shrilled through the stale air.

Walking forward he took the baby before trailing back and all but shoving it into the frightened girls arms. "Laddie." He said flatly, while turning to the boys, "She's to take care of the child. Get her anything she needs for it." Dwayne was the only one to nod in acknowledgement before David disappeared into the system of caves leaving her with the crying babe. Truly, what had they done?

~defy~

Sam gripped the edge of his cushion harshly as the vision finally abated and he was left in the center of the cave with every gaze on him. Sweat broke out across his forehead as the memories of what he had seen flashed in his head and he leaned back onto the pillows breathing in as much air as he could. Soon enough the light headed feeling dissipated as Michael had made his way over and held him still. "Sammie, are you alright? What was that?" Ignoring his brother Sam just looked across the room to where David sat as if he were on a throne.

It had been an accident that Marla had died the way she did. All of it had been a misunderstanding. The memory of the man bashing Michael over the head came and Sam frowned; Rod. "Is that what had happened David? It was an accident?" Either the man was refusing to answer or he didn't know how to answer but none the less, Sam understood. Nothing about what happened was worth worrying about really. Then again, the group sitting around in front of him was in no way human and they were killers none the less.

With a sigh Sam waved his brother off, promising that he was fine and that he would explain everything later. The music from the radio still bounced off of the walls, echoing down into the surrounded caverns and to be honest it was putting him on edge. Paul nudged Marko out of the corner of his eye and Sam finally stood from his spot with a nod to David. Michael watched in confusion as the smaller seemed to have a complete turn around on his treatment of the man.

"I think it is time for us to go home. Could someone lead us back to the boardwalk? If we're allowed to leave." Without a word, Dwayne stood from his place and motioned for the two boys to follow as Marko stood from his place on the couch. Just before they followed the men, Sam turned to David with a look of graditude, "Thank you for helping us."

David nodded solemnly at the words and Sam turned away. They were lead through a tunnel and into another open cave nearly twice as big as the previous. In the center of the room was a broken water fountain with broken furniture and debris everywhere. Sam just glanced around quickly before he was being led up a set of splintered stairs out and into the chill of night.

He could hear the crashing of waves somewhere below them as reached the top of the staircase. Dwayne led them to where their bikes were parked. He revved the engine of his bike to life as Marko did the same with his own. Michael was encouraged to get onto the back of Marko's bike and without being prompted Sam got on Dwayne's. Then the air was rushing passed them as the trees seemed to blur together. The roaring of engines drifted back to him from the forest and he smiled into the leather of the mans jacket.

Then they were out of the trees and sand was flung up from the ground as they raced across the beach towards the pier. At the stairs leading up to the shops, the bikes were pulled to a stop and Michael was the first one off. Though he was still unsure as to what he needed to do in concern of the group of men, Sam tightened his grip around Dwayne's middle before getting off of the back himself. He followed Michael onto the deck and glanced back for only a moment to give Dwayne a small half smile as he waved. The man simply gave a short nod of acceptance before turning the bike and racing off back the way they had come with Marko close behind.

"Are you going to explain to me exactly what happened tonight?" Sam turned to Michael with a blank look before sighing and moving to lead them to where they had left his brothers bike. Without complaint the older followed and soon enough they were riding up the hill to their home. Unknowing of the time they quietly snuck inside. Before Michael could ask anymore questions Sam rushed into his bedroom and shut the door behind him gently. He walked to the window and looked out into the night, watching as the lights decorating the town began to flicker off one by one. Suddenly the magic of the pier wasn't so enrapturing anymore.

Confusion never stops

Closing walls and ticking clocks

Gonna come back and take you home

I could not stop that you now know singing

~defy~