Changed

Chapter 18

Confronted

~Korra's POV~

Asami told me that TyLee got another message. Mai's holding onto her phone and she TyLee doesn't know we've gotten another. If the person knows that Mai has the phone then they must be here at the dance. I looked around incase anyone was doing something strange or looking creepy. I don't exactly know what to look for in a stalker who's tormenting you with threatening texts but regardless I was doing the best I could to look our for my friend.

Mako asked me what was wrong. I filled him in on the latest text message. Our groups/couples of two were taking turns watching out for TyLee by staying nearby her and Haru. Even if that didn't give them much privacy to enjoy their date we still figured it was safer for her to be around as many people as possible.

Sure there were tons of kids here at the dance but it never hurts to be safe. Things happen even in big crowds. Actually I've heard big crowds are the most dangerous when someone is trying to harm another without being noticed. More people around means more people paying attention to other things and not noticing someone in danger. It's also dark in the gym so we can't see well, which is also a disadvantage for us.

I wondered how we were getting by so smoothly without the any of the guys knowing just how big a threat this text tormenter could be. For all we knew, it could be a vampire playing around with her, or taking orders from Ozai or someone. I guess the guys just understood that keeping a girl who was being threatened safe was the best thing to do. I was glad we all had understanding dates who didn't ask too many questions.

Mako lead me out onto the dance floor and we danced to a more upbeat song until the tempo slowed down to another slow song. I put my arms around his neck and he wrapped his around my waist. I couldn't help but worry about Asami's dilemma as well. Ozai asked her to kill a newbie vampire who's responsible for a lot of killings before the dance ended. We hadn't figured out what to do about that yet. I hope that nothing happens if she doesn't do what Ozai asked of her, and if something does that we are able to stop it.

"You seem deep in thought, Korra. What's on your mind?" Mako asked me. I opened my mouth to tell him but then remembered he didn't know about vampires. I couldn't tell him.

"I'm worried about TyLee. She was pretty scared earlier." I said. It wasn't a lie, even though it wasn't what I was thinking about when he asked.

"She looks okay now." He said looking over to where her and Haru were dancing. He was right, but I knew TyLee better than that. She wasn't completely at ease, she was just being strong and not letting her fear show. Asami told me she felt her fear earlier, and that new text message that she didn't know about was something new to worry about.

"The text message though. He/she pretty much told us they're here. They still plan to do something to her."

"As long as we and your friends' and the rest of us guys have a watch on her, I'm sure this person won't act on their words." I hoped he was right.

~TyLee's POV~

So far, whoever was texting me earlier hasn't come for me like they said they would. I'm keeping my hopes for if I'm not alone, which my friends and date aren't going to let me be, that he or she won't try anything. I felt myself letting the fear in again and I blocked it out by looking at Haru. He looked really cute tonight in his tux. He smiled at me and I grinned back.

One of my favorite slower songs came on and I pulled him onto the dance floor to slow dance. He came willingly and put his hands on my shoulder and waist, as I put mine on his shoulders. I really liked dancing with Haru, he was a great dancer. He pulled a few fancy moves as we danced, such as dipping me backwards and looking me in the eyes and twirling me as we danced to the faster songs.

"You are an amazing dancer Haru, I definately have the best dance partner here."

"I have a beautiful girl to dance with, I have to be a good dancer for her." He said sweetly.

I giggled and rested my head on his shoulder. I was really happy with him, he made me feel good. His sweet comments to me made me feel better too, and I could mostly forget I had a creepy person wanting to harm me tonight.

When the song ended, I needed to use the girl's room so I had to embarrassingly tell him since I can't go anywhere alone tonight. Haru was a gentleman about it and took my hand and walked me to the restrooms in the hall outside the gym. He told me he would wait right outside the door for me. When I was done I washed my hands and fixed my hair a little and left the bathroom to meet him again.

As we were walking back to the gym, I heard someone call my name behind us. I looked over my shoulder to see a guy I hadn't seen before. He had short shaggy brown hair and dark eyes. I wondered why I hadn't seen this guy before and how he knew my name. It hit me then, he was probably the person sending me the text messages!

"We need to run. I think it's the person." I whispered to Haru.

He nodded and we started to run back to the gym. Halfway down the hall the guy somehow appeared in front of us and we stumbled to a stop, shocked. I backed up trembling.

"W-what do you want? Who are you?" I stuttered. Haru stepped in front of me. I had to admire his bravery. The guy who somehow had appeared in front of us in the blink of an eye didn't say anything for a few moments. He ran a hand through his hair and laughed. I backed up more.

"Name's Jet. It was easier than I thought it would be to get you alone." He said. His voice was dark and amused. I didn't answer. He obviously didn't count Haru being here as a problem.

"What do you want with TyLee?" Haru said.

"It appears one of her friends has failed to meet me. I have orders to take her out of the picture." It sounded like taking me out of the picture meant he was going to kill me. Haru must have thought the same thing because he turned to me and told me to run.

"She's not going anywhere." Jet said as he started to walk our direction. Jet's eyes turned red and the veins around them bulged out. A vampire. I thought and told Haru to run, but he didn't despite he'd seen the guy's eyes as well.

"Run TyLee!" He said again as he ran towards Jet.

"NO!" I yelled. Jet raised one hand and hit him in the chest right before Haru reached him, sending him flying back towards me. He hit the ground with a thud and his head hit the floor really hard. I ran to Haru even though the smart thing to do would have been to run away. I wasn't going to leave him. I looked up and saw Jet above me. I had to do something, I needed help, I needed Asami.

I screamed. I screamed as loud as I could hoping she or somebody would hear me over the music in the gym.

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