10 years ago
Lights flickered on and off much to the annoyance of the man sitting on the worn out couch taking long drags from his cigarette. His feet were resting on the coffee table and he let out a sigh which echoed in the empty apartment. He rubbed his eyes with hand and tried to massage his own neck, attempting to get rid of his aching muscles. After changing the flickering light bulb he sat down and grinned, looking around the apartment before his head turned towards the clicking noise at his door.
"I'm home!"
He smiled at figure he saw walking towards the kitchen with bags of groceries in her arms. She was beautiful. She was pale but her paleness only made her dark red hair brighter and more noticeable, it reminded him of fire. She turned around and smiled at him, "Balthazar, hey. Where's Cas and Gabe?"
"They'll be back with dinner, how was work?" He asked, she jumped on the couch with and playfully snatched the cigarette from his hand, "Boring as ever. My boss's an asshole, I swear everyone in that office is an idiot," She said, rolling her eyes before reaching into the pocket at the back of her jeans, "But for us… that's a good thing."
In her hand was a wad of money which made Balthazar return her Cheshire cat-like grin, "How much you got?"
"200 bucks, you?" she asked before pouting at Balthazar who pulled out a thicker stash than what she had, "400 bucks, you're getting sloppy Annie." Balthazar grinned, ruffling her hair while she playfully punched his arm and pouted- she didn't like it when he called her Annie.
"Holy shit Balthazar, how the fuck did get so much?"
"What can I say? I'm a pro."
The two of them heard the door click and walked in two men, one was shorter than the other. The shorter man had dark brown hair and light skin although the dark hair had made his blue eyes shine even brighter. The other man had light brown hair and plastered on his face was a cheeky smile that travelled to his hazel eyes.
"Hey, food's here." Gabriel, the light brown haired man said before sitting on the hard wooden floor and taking boxes of food out of the bag. He paused and looked at Balthazar, who was playfully rubbing the wad of money in front of Gabriel's face.
"Holy fuck Bal." Gabriel murmured, counting the money in his hands before placing it in a pile on the table.
"I know, I'm a fucking pro."
Castiel let out a chuckle before reaching in the back pocket of his jeans and pulling out a few 50 notes and putting it in the pile in the middle of the table, "I think we should make the rent, Anna, how's that creepy boss of yours?"
"Urgh, don't even remind me. He keeps looking at me."
"I'm sure you like that Annie." Gabriel joked before rubbing his arm where Anna slapped him lightly and stuck her tongue out at them in a childish manner. The four of them burst out laughing before digging into their dinner.
They were all living together in a small apartment, Castiel, Balthazar and Gabriel sharing one large room while Anna had the smaller room. Their apartment was once worn out, dim and sometimes damp from the leaking pipes and walls but for some reason they liked it and so they scraped together the money and brought it. Initially they had no idea why they had brought it, it wasn't suited to live and it looked like the place had been through rough times but the apartment was very much like them. The apartment was unwanted, ruined, cold was ill treated by the past tenant but now, it had new owners who would rebuild it and so they did. Through the year that they lived in the apartment they renovated it, fixed the leaking pipes and the cracked walls, painted over the grey, dullness that was the colour palette of the apartment. They were happy together and even if it meant that they were squished inside the small apartment or yelled at each other over who gets to use the bathroom, they loved it. It brought them closer to each other and some nights they would go up to the roof and sit on the dusty floor, watching the stars, without saying a word they grew closer.
They were a family, they had each other and that was all they ever wanted.
Castiel let out a long yawn, pulling a shirt over his head and slipping into a pair of boxers. He felt refreshed after his shower and it had been a tough week. Each one of them were working hard, Balthazar at his bar tending job, Gabriel was a waiter, Anna at her office job and Castiel worked in the library. They all attempted working overtime to get more pay, they had spent their money on bills and groceries and everything else that they needed, they usually barely had anything left. He opened a can of beer and sat on the worn out couch, feeling the springs pressing into his back but he didn't really care- he was exhausted.
"Hey Cas? Has Anna called you yet?"
He turned around to look at the clock, 11:30pm, it was odd that Anna wasn't home yet. She said she'd be back at 10 but they simply assumed she was caught up in work as she always was. She wouldn't be this late without giving one of them a call. It was a rule. They were family, they looked out for one another.
"No… She hasn't. Bal! Has Anna called you?!" Castiel yelled out at Balthazar who emerged from the kitchen, a cigarette between his lips, "No… why, she isn't here?"
"No she isn't. I'm going to get dressed, we should go look for her." Castiel said, rushing into his room and throwing on his clothes as fast as he could before the three of them rushed out of the door. Castiel was going to her workplace while Balthazar and Gabriel looked nearby.
"Anna!" Castiel yelled, panting hard trying to get more oxygen, he was out of breath from running as fast as he could and the fact that he was worried about Anna wasn't helping- he could feel his hands shake as he slammed his fists on the office door, "Anna! Hello? Is anyone there?!"
"Um, excuse me? The office is closed." A woman said, looking at Castiel with caution and she made sure that there was a distance between them. From her perspective, he looked deranged, his hair was a messy and his skin pale. He was breathing so heavily that he leaned against the door and placed his hand over his chest, trying to calm down his rapid heartbeat. Castiel tried to peer inside the office but the binds were closed and every entrance was locked.
"Anna, she's my sister. Have you seen her? Red hair, tall, pale skin?" he begun to rapidly describe her to the woman paused and smiled, "Ah yes I saw her at work today! Lovely girl might I say? She stayed back to work on some papers she had, such a hardworking girl. I think she said she was leaving at around 9, I'm not too sure…" She said before Castiel took off sprinting out of the building, "Anna!"
"Cas! Did you find her?"
Castiel shook his head as Gabriel and Balthazar ran up to him, trying to catch their breath. The three of them turned pale, they didn't know what to do anymore, they had checked everywhere yet they couldn't find her. Castiel's begun to feel as if he was suffocating, god… he was having a panic attack. His vision begun to darken, his legs felt weak and his breath grew shorter and shorter, "We… We have to find her… police?"
"Cas… Cas look at me," Gabriel said, his arm securely around his bod, propping him up against his own body and forced his face upwards so he could look at his face, "We'll find her okay? You need to calm down."
Castiel nodded, taking deep breaths while slowly leaving the support of Gabriel. The three of them didn't know what to do, they stood still in the dark street unsure what their next move would be but soon decided to go to the police. The three of them started to run but suddenly Castiel paused in front of an alley, his breath hitched, his eyes widen and a sick feeling was forming in his stomach.
"You okay Cas?" Balthazar asked, concern about the other man who had suddenly stopped in front of an alley, they could see his hands trembling and the street lights illuminated the fear in his eyes. The two men ran over to Castiel and paused, Gabriel's legs collapsed and he fell to the ground while Balthazar ran towards the figure that they were looking at.
"Anna!"
In the dark alleyway, Anna's body laid face down. Her red hair sprawled in the mud while her face much paler than it usually was- as if all the blood was drained from her body. The figure standing in front of her growled as it looked up from her body. Balthazar could see it was a man and as he stood up slowly Balthazar felt fear rushed through him- the man in front of him wasn't human.
He was pale, strangely pale, and almost translucent and as the moonlight shone on the man he could see veins decorating his skin. He snarled at Balthazar, showing the animalistic, sharp teeth that emerged from his gums, he grinned at the shaking man in front of him before bringing his hand into view. Normal fingernails turned into sharp claws and as he took a step forward towards Balthazar, Balthazar tried to take a step back but was paralysed with fear. What was this… this thing? It was inhuman, he looked at Anna who weakly moved her lips, her panic filled eyes looking at Balthazar weakly, he finally he realised what she was trying to say.
Run
Before he realised it, in a blink of an eye the man shoved Balthazar against the wall, his arms against Balthazar's throat as the man struggled under his inhuman strength, "I'm very lucky today aren't I? First that pretty little thing and now you… Don't worry… it won't hurt… you and your little friends will be my dinner and I can tell that you will be the most delicious out of all of them…" he whispered to the man that was struggling underneath his grasp, the strange man licked Balthazar's neck slowly and the coldness of the man's tongue sent chills down his spine. He could feel his sharp teeth slowly graze in skin but no matter how hard he hit the man he didn't flinch. The grip on his throat got tighter and Balthazar tried to pry the man's hands away from his neck but it didn't make a difference- his grip was too strong. He could feel his vision darken and his body started to get weaker, he was suffocating.
Suddenly Balthazar dropped to the ground, gasping for much needed air, his hands holding his own neck taking large gasps of air. The man fell to the ground, his hand clutching the knife that was stuck in the side of his neck. He grasp it and pulled it out of his skin and growled at the blue eyed man who was standing above him and suddenly the strange man jumped up and punched Castiel and Gabriel, sending them against the wall with a loud thud.
"You little shit." He grunted, pulling the knife out and cracking his knuckles, "You think that's going to kill me?"
"What the hell are you?" Gabriel wheezed, wincing in pain as he tried to get up.
He smirked and grinned, showing him his jagged teeth, "I'm a vampire you little mundane humans… You know what? I'm going to be merciful. I'll let you live…" He whispered, glancing at Anna and started to walk towards her.
"Don't.. Don't you fucking touch her!" Balthazar yelled but the three men found that they were unable to move, fear had immobilised them.
"Or what? You'll kill me?" The man let out a laugh and lifted Anna by her red hair before putting his hand on her neck and traced her face with his long nails, "What a pity, pretty little thing she is. Well, I'm too full for any more blood. Thanks for the dinner beautiful." He whispered. Anna's feet were lifted from the ground, her arms limp by her sides but they could all see tiny tremors and they could see in her eyes she was terrified, she was flickering between consciousness and unconsciousness. The man made a small movement of his hand they heard a loud crack and her body fell limp in his arms.
He let a smirk at the cries of the three brothers before disappearing, they scrambled and crawled towards her body, hands shaking they pushed her hair out of her face. They could see the veins pushing underneath her pale skin, the expression of fear was still plastered on her face and they could see her tear stained cheeks.
Anna was dead.
Their family was broken.
"I'll fucking kill him… I'll fucking kill him…" Gabriel muttered, clutching on to her cold limp hand as his two brothers stared at Anna. He clenched on to her cold, pale hand and brought it up to his face, "God… Anna…"
"We'll kill him."
Gabriel looked up to see which of his brothers had said that. He could see Balthazar crying hard, gasping for as much as he could while Castiel was silent. His face had an expression that Gabriel had never seen before, his eyes cold and unwavering although tears still fell, his lips pursed into a thin line and his hands clenched in a fist.
"We're a family Gabe, we stick together. We'll find him… and we'll fucking kill him. We'll fucking kill all of them."
A/N: Whew, another chapter! Now you guys know a little about their past, they were normal but Anna died because of a vampire and now they're going to hunt him down! This is when they become hunters after Anna's death. This is the chapter where Cas changes because of Anna's death! What are your opinions about this chapter? I'm on holidays so I have more time to write more chapters, although I'll also be studying so…. Maybe I won't have that much time but at least I have no school! Haha, hope you liked it, leave a review!
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PS: I'm writing another fanfiction (i'm in the writing mood!) it's a Harry Potter fanfiction set in the Marauder era, it's an OC fanfiction so if you guys would like to check it out... that would be awesome. Thank you : )
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