Mayor Lockwood could feel every inch of his body being fueled by adrenaline. If his mind wasn't swarmed with images of his only son's pleading eyes he may have noticed the intensity of every movement. In minutes he was confronted with the sight of sheriff Forbes unconscious and handcuffed in place. It registered that this night was pure chaos and a complete mistake as he approached her to see if she would wake up. He knew this wasn't the work of a vampire and he needed to know what was going on, or more importantly what he was up against.
As she came to she was in a slight haze and Mr. Lockwood had to repeat himself.
"Who did this?" he said searching her eyes for a sense of understanding.
"Gilbert." She mumbled, remembering the encounter. "Right after you left." She concluded and looked up at the Mayor.
"What's wrong?" she said horribly concerned. Mr. Lockwood realized his face must have given his emotions away. "Vampires took Tyler." He said and watched the shock wash over the sheriff. "Took him? Our children? He's innocent. He doesn't know anything." She rambled.
"Caroline was there and they didn't take her. I sent her home to be safe. They only wanted Tyler. They left as soon as they got him." He assured her.
"Why just Tyler?" she said still very confused.
"They want me to stop the extermination. They know I can." He revealed.
"How can they know about the device?" she asked sitting up.
"I don't think the council is as safe as we'd like to assume." He responded.
"This is bad." The sheriff said to herself as it all sunk in.
"They could have just killed us all before the plan was underway. They had their chance with me, and took my son instead. Which tells me there is something else going on here." He filled her in on his thoughts, now searching for the key to her handcuffs. "Is there an extra?" he asked.
"On my belt. The desk." She replied. The Mayor handed her the belt before saying he had to go and running out the door.
Tyler's fear made it almost impossible for him to gauge how long the drive had been but they were now pulling into a long driveway. He was amazed at the speed of the vampire who pulled him roughly from the vehicle. Before he knew it he was shoved into the house and painfully collided with the ground, his bound hands making it impossible to protect himself.
"Look at what we have here." One of the vampires said as Tyler made pained noises.
"The Mayor's son!" another said excited.
Tyler felt himself being suddenly rolled over onto his back and his eyes flew wide open at a vampire being now inches from his face.
"A Lockwood" he said with a burning fire in his eyes.
He then moved even closer. "Scared?" he said in a much lower tone. It was more than obvious that Tyler was. The vampire leaned back to a sitting position above on the teen and Tyler could then see more vampires with the same sick enjoyment of his predicament. He had no idea that his last name could provoke such hatred.
The vampire on top of him seemed to hit a boiling point and his eyes flashed a dark and menacing hint of transformation before he backhanded Tyler.
It was followed by a more sudden hit to the face and in a second the vampire was up and landed a cruel kick to Tyler's side as well. The gag hushed Tyler's cries of pain, not that any of the vampires would have cared. Another vampire then picked the teen up and threw him into a wall. With stealth speed the same vampire caught Tyler by the neck before he hit the ground. The vampire watched Tyler choking and fighting for air and squeezed his throat tighter before making eye contact with the boy. "I hate Lockwoods." He said before letting go.
It was only seconds before yet another vampire grabbed hold of Tyler's foot and began dragging him into another room. The young Lockwood was seconds from passing out, unable to get enough air through his gag.
The vampire who had dragged him pulled him up and onto a chair. His held Tyler's face as he ripped the duct tape off. He did not let go and watched his hostage's face to determine his condition. "Try not to die before you get out of here kid." The vampire said, letting Tyler know both that he hadn't been taken to be murdered and that not every vampire wished to torture him. The pain of the assault had not yet subsided and a few tears fell from the fading teen's face. The vampire standing over him glanced back towards the others who were now laughing and joking in the other room. He was in blatant disagreement about their treatment of the innocent Lockwood.
Tyler's eyes rolled back and the vampire realized he was far past disoriented and let go of the teen's face as he drifted out of consciousness.