Vampire's resurrection

Dawn had crept from the earth as the group continued to talk. They reasoned out possible explanations as to Apollo's change and added new ones, it was almost a dispute. Yet what Ryker didn't know was the list of victims that Ema and Apollo had removed from the folder. Apollo had the list in his trouser pocket. He was worried what would happen if either Ryker or Klavier saw some of the names and animals on the list.

"Papa…" A little blonde girl poked her head through Ryker's door. "Nurse said it's time for me to come and see you…" The girl was sleepy and she droned the words.

"Honey, go back to the crèche and get some more sleep." Ryker tried to sound perky.

"But Papa!" The little girl cried. "I want to go back home to bed! Who are these people and the scary animals?"

"That's ok sweetie, these scary animals won't hurt you." Lana rubbed Klavier's chest earning a purr of delight.

"Hi I'm Ema; I'm one of your papa's friends from a long time ago." Ema slid back so she was sat a distance away from Apollo. "This is Apollo, he's my…uh…special friend and something bad happened to him."

"Papa, is that right?" The little girl ran to Ryker's chair and hugged close to her 'father' as he lifted her onto his lap.

"Yes honey."

"I'm Lana, I'm Ema's big sister and this is Klavier." She kept the tiger quiet.

"Um…this is Jessie. She's my five year old adoptive daughter." Apollo and Klavier kept quiet so they didn't scare the girl too much.

"Did a bad thing happen to Lana's cat too?" The little girl asked.

"Yes honey." Ryker hugged the tiny blonde girl closer to him as he reached for the ringing phone.

Apollo and Klavier felt it at the exact same time. The jolt of pain which signalled metamorphosis into their smaller weaker forms again.

"Um, yes give me a second." Ryker handed the phone to Ema looking at the animals with exquisite interest. "Ema it's for you."

"That's amazing; you two are a truly unique case!" Suddenly Ryker's daughter rubbed her eyes in shock. Apollo realised the paper had fallen from his jeans during the transformation and his jacket (which he put back on) had shrunk with him.

"Haha a puppy in a sports jacket!" Klavier laughed until a sudden chill hit him. "Brr, it's cold."

"Papa where did the big scary animals go?"

"They're the big scary animals sweetie." Ryker sat and thought it through carefully. "They were just like me when some bad people did something. Now they change from cute animals to scary animals." Apollo ran to the paper and sat on it in case the doctor or Lana tried to read the paper.

"You'd like directions to the hospital…" Ema said aloud. "Maybe you should ask the doctor about that." She handed the phone back.

"Who is it?"

"Phoenix. He and the girls are in England." Ema replied taking Apollo into her arms and shoving the slip of paper into the tiny pocket in the pup's jacket.

"Get a taxi to the Queens Medical Center." Ryker leant back in his chair. "Tell them I will deal with the fair when you get here."

"Thanks. He's the guy me and Apollo live with and he's looking after Lana's kids." Ema smiled at the professor whose daughter had drifted to sleep. "I'm gonna go and get something to eat, is that ok?" Ryker nodded.

"Wait for us!" Lana grabbed Klavier and chased after Ema and Apollo.

The meal was mediocre – no different than in American hospitals as far as Ema was concerned. Apollo showed Klavier how to eat the food before settling down on Ema's lap to let the food settle.

"Do you think Adam will be able to make a cure for these two?" Lana asked. And all the other victims… Apollo thought to himself.

"I'm not sure; we need to concentrate on why Apollo can change first." Ema finished the last mouthful of her food, finding it tasted funny and that although she felt full she craved more.

"Your friends' taxi's here Ema." The professor came up to the girls in the café. Outside Lana's two daughters were the first to climb out the mini van.

"Mommy!" The girls ran to their mum. "Mommy's rock star!" The girls yelled excitedly taking it in turns to hug Klavier and Lana.

"Ema!" Trucy was next out hugging Ema before running to Apollo. "Polly!" She threw the puppy around hugging him along with Pearl as she climbed out.

"Thanks sir." The taxi driver laughed as the final person – Phoenix climbed out.

The others were inside and quickly acquainted. Ryker introduced himself accordingly and his daughter set out to befriend Lana's children.

"D-Daddy. What about the guys on the plane?" Apollo and Klavier's ears perked up at Trucy's nervousness.

"What guys Mr Wright? If you're hiding something then I'm –" Ema hissed before Phoenix cut in.

"There were some men from Trucy's school on the plane…"

"…The vampires…" Trucy almost cried.

"The…" Lana's face paled. "What if they're back to get us too!"
"Calm down Lana, I'm sure it's nothing…" Phoenix's voice seemed uncaring – a shock to Ema and Apollo.

"Then you might need to get your tiger-cat Klavier and Apollo out!" Ema yelled. "What happens if they get hold of them?"

"Or us?" Lana adds.

"Daddy you should care!" Trucy cried clutching Apollo even closer to her.

"Who are the Vampires?" Ryker watched as Apollo's body went rigid like it had done with the needles the day before.

"They were the people who attacked these two at school…" Ema pointed to Trucy and Pearl. "I went out and took the puppy Apollo out with me, we got a phone call to take Klavier, Lana and ourselves to the school. Apollo was then told to surrender himself or be responsible for the death of every girl in that room."

"You should get out of here then! Fast!" Ryker yelled. "Give me your mobile – I mean cellphone number and run!"

As Ema began to hastily write the number the lights went out.

The phone was still working – that was obvious by the sound on Ryker's desk.

"We need to evacuate the building!" Ryker called in the darkness, unsure if anyone – even his own daughter was there with him.

Ema was the first to get out and ran as fast as she could to the where she thought the elevator was. The others were quickly out too all except for the professor, the professor's daughter, Apollo and Klavier.

They were forbidden to enter until the power was back on. The building's main energy supply was sabotaged – the only bits that weren't were the operating theatres, children's wards and the mental asylum. The phone's and computers ran on a separate energy supply.

"Where's Apollo or Klavier?" Pearl screeched.

"No!" Ema barged past the crowd of police officers blocking the entrance. Lana quickly followed – surprised by her sister's boldness. The room was wrecked.

"The folder's gone!" Lana screamed. "The boys too…"
"Adam!" The professor was unconscious – it didn't take anyone with a medical degree to work that out. "I think he's been knocked out with something heavy!"
"Like his microscope perhaps…" Lana picked the blood stained machine up.

"Nnng… Where's Jessie?" He groaned, eyes still closed. "Someone came in…and hit me. My head kills."

"Stay here Adam. Lana go get help!" Ema couldn't help but fuss.

"Search the hospital everybody!" A nurse taking care of the semi-conscious Ryker called to everyone around her. "We're looking for Dr Ryker's daughter, a brown puppy with a gold bracelet and red jacket and a golden kitten!"

The search retrieved nothing…

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"Take me back to Papa!" Was the first thing Apollo recalled hearing…

Sorry guys. It's kinda short but the next bit has to be in a new chapter. Sorry for the cliff hanger again. EvilWaffles xxx