Hello wonderful readers :-) Here, have chapter 15! Enjoy! :p I'm not exactly sure about this chapter, but I hope it's alright!
Chapter 15
"Cameron… what are you doing here?" Kurt managed after a few beats. Cameron looked down and shuffled his feet.
"You owe me a favor… I'm here to claim that,"
"Within reason," Kurt added softly. Cameron nodded and looked up and the light of the setting sun caught his face for the first time. Kurt drew in a gasp as he took in Cameron's scratched face; he had two long gashes running from his forehead to his chin, and teeth marks that dragged from one side of his neck to the other.
"Wh-what happe-" Kurt began, but suddenly he was jerked backwards and Blaine stood, or rather crouched, in front of him and he let out a low hiss.
"What are you doing here?" Blaine snarled, shifting his weight. Kurt placed a restraining hand on his mate's shoulder, pulling him into a standing position and to his side. Cameron's ever-watching eyes caught Kurt's mate mark, and he shifted his eyes to Blaine's left wrist.
"You turned him? I guess that's not surprising… Congratulations I suppose," Cameron added, on account of the mating. Kurt nodded stiffly, as he stood to the side, drawing Blaine with him, and gestured for Cameron to come in. Kurt closed the door and pointed to the couch in the living room.
"Take a seat," Kurt said. Cameron nodded, and Blaine immediately turned to Kurt, anger glinting in his eyes.
"What is he doing here? And why are you letting him in?" Blaine said in a low tone. Kurt sighed. He reached to stroke Blaine's jawbone softly with his fingertips.
"Easy," Kurt soothed, and Blaine visibly relaxed. "He's here because he needs my-our help," Kurt corrected himself. Blaine bit his lip.
"Why is he asking us for help? Is he really so delusional?" Blaine whispered. Kurt took a deep breath.
"I kind of owe him a favor…" Kurt said. Blaine stiffened again and opened his mouth to protest but Kurt shushed him with a finger to his lips.
"Come, I'll explain later, but it's rude to keep our guest waiting," Kurt said before taking Blaine's hand and leading him into the other room.
Cameron sat uneasily on the couch, taking in his surroundings.
Figures they would be mates… Cameron thought rather bitterly, but then sighed in defeat. There was really no point in even fighting for Kurt anymore. While Cameron would do many things, breaking up mates was not one of them. All he wanted was someone who loved him for who we was, who wouldn't be afraid that Cameron was just going to control them. Sometimes, his gift felt more like a curse. He thought back to Kurt's mate mark with a sigh of envy; he so desperately wanted one… but he feared that he might be one of the few who simply missed their mates. Left alone for eternity. Cameron didn't think he would be able to bear that. The last six or so centuries had been bad enough. He sighed and fiddled with his fingers as the sounds of voices talking in low tones reached his ears. His head perked up; he knew it was rude to eavesdrop, but there was no way he couldn't. He listened to Blaine's slightly angry voice, and Kurt's calming one.
Hm, so he doesn't know that Kurt owes me. Interesting. Cameron was rather unsure how to act at the moment. He wanted to act all confident and relaxed, but he was far from it. He was in trouble with some very pissed off, very powerful vampires, which had led him to ask for help in a place where he was unwanted and knew it. Cameron settled for simply being neutral, hoping his features were schooled as Kurt and Blaine walked in. He took a deep breath, and began to tell his story.
Kurt sat down opposite Cameron, and Blaine joined him. Blaine took Kurt's hand possessively, missing the quiet sigh Cameron made at the action.
"So, what can I do for you?" Kurt began, looking expectantly at the blonde vampire.
"Well, it kind of began just after graduation. I was actually up North a bit when I came across an amulet. I had it checked out, and turns out its pretty powerful for like magic, and it once belonged to this old wizard. I'm not really sure of the whole story, but the main thing is that it's pretty powerful and sought after. I may or may not have gotten a little boastful of it," Blaine scoffed. Cameron shot him a dark look before continuing. "And this crazy ass vampire clan kindly relieved me of it. What I'm asking for is help in getting it back… They had said they were coming South, and they're pretty easy to find I'd suppose…" Cameron finished, and looked up at Kurt pleadingly. Kurt bit his lip, and turned to look at Blaine. I do owe him… but it sounds dangerous…
"I'm not saying no, but I'm not agreeing yet. What do you know about the clan?" Kurt shifted forward, resting his elbows on his knees. Blaine looked over uncertainly.
"They've all got powers. The leader, I guess, is a telekinetic. There's a blonde girl who can like, make copies of herself. Then there's two I don't know, their powers either weren't physical or they just didn't use them…" Cameron paused, then swallowed. "By myself… I was no match for them, but with you Kurt, there's at least a chance." Cameron straightened as he got an idea. He turned to Blaine.
"Have you got any powers?" Cameron asked. Blaine grinned.
"Oh, I've got a little something…" Blaine said cockily as he outstretched his hand. He waited until he was sure Cameron was watching, and then produced a massive, swirling fireball. Kurt rolled his eyes and with a flick of his wrist, turned Blaine's fireball into a mass of steam. Blaine looked over at Kurt with a hurt look, but Kurt just smiled and took Blaine's hand.
"Blaine's a pyro, and in accordance with the whole mating laws, I've become a hydro." Cameron smiled.
"All the better…" his smile faded though, and he looked to Kurt now with a pleading look in his eyes.
"So, will you help me?" Kurt pursed his lips, and looked to Blaine. He met Cameron's gaze again and then nodded.
"Yeah, we'll help you."
The trio stayed up through the night planning, seeing as they didn't really need sleep. As the first rays of sunlight peeked through the huge window, Kurt stood and stretched.
"Should we hunt before we go?" Kurt proposed. The others grunted their agreement, and together they set off towards the forest that was surrounding the cabin. Blaine turned to Kurt as they breached the treeline.
"Can I see you… Can I see you hunt in like a shapeshifted form?" Blaine asked hesitantly. Kurt smiled and gave Blaine a quick kiss on the lips.
"Of course, any requests?" Kurt asked, smiling. Blaine grinned.
"Be a bear… no a wolf… be a cheetah!" Blaine said excitedly. Kurt's smile stretched into a grin.
"I'll be returning to myself though as I feed," Kurt murmured. Blaine nodded and sat back as Kurt's body morphed until there was a cheetah standing in front of Blaine, it's tail swishing impatiently.
"Holy shit, can I… Can I pet you?" Blaine asked, stepping forward dazedly. Kurt bowed his head, and Blaine ran his fingers through the soft hair on the cheetah's head. To both their surprise, Kurt let out an involuntary purr. Blaine laughed and they caught up to Cameron who had been watching their exchange with an unreadable look on his face.
"Ready?" Blaine asked. Cameron nodded, and they lifted their faces, caught the scent of some deer, and set off in pursuit.
Blaine had drained his first deer when he heard Kurt. He spun around in time to catch a cheetah pouncing on a deer as it dug in. Blaine tilted his head and watched as the cheetah suddenly morphed back to Kurt. Blaine walked over and arrived just as Kurt stood, dusting himself off.
"I think I'm alright. Where's Cameron?" Kurt asked easily, walking away from the body of the deer laying on the ground without looking back. Blaine shrugged.
"I think that way," he gestured with a tilt of his head a vague area to his right and towards the cabin. Kurt sighed.
"Come on," Kurt said, tugging Blaine by the arm towards the house. Blaine rolled his eyes but allowed himself to be pulled along.
The faster we start, the sooner we're done and he's gone, Blaine thought.
The three stood outside the house.
"Do we need to get anything?" Blaine asked. Cameron shook his head.
"No. I sort of know their scent… so I say we just head North until I catch their trail. That sound alright?" Cameron asked, turning to the pair. Blaine huffed but Kurt shot him a look that clearly said 'behave' and nodded. Cameron turned to the North and set off at a fast run, Kurt and Blaine following behind.
They had been running for about twenty minutes when Cameron suddenly stopped, only Kurt's vampire reflexes allowing him to stop himself from running into Cameron. Cameron inhaled deeply and he turned to his right, and took off running in that direction. Blaine cast a look at Kurt, who ignored it, and they followed after Cameron yet again.
The next time Cameron stopped, Kurt was prepared and slowed to a stop beside Cameron, Blaine following suit. Cameron pointed to a small shack several hundred feet away.
"So we'll ambush them," Cameron said softly, as he began creeping around the outskirts of the clearing.
"How much further South do you wan-" Rachel Berry suddenly broke off mid-sentence and stiffened. She slowly rose out of her seat at the table and peered out the window.
"We've got company," she said, turning slowly. Finn Hudson's head whipped around to stare at her.
"And? What are you reading?" he asked. Rachel closed her eyes and focused her thoughts on the intruders in her mind's radar.
"I've got a pyro, hydro, shape-shifter, and a mind control… do you think it's the same fool from before?" Rachel asked. Sebastian rose and took his own look out the window.
"I only see three," he murmured. Quinn cocked her head. Suddenly, the small shack erupted with flames as an insane force slammed against the wall.
"Everyone, get out and remain unseen. Quinn," Finn began, but Quinn was already nodded. She closed her eyes and set a mirror image of herself running through the front door as the four slipped out the back.
"Good job, Blaine!" Kurt said with a grin, as Blaine lowered his hands, the shack now ablaze. There was the sound of footsteps and twigs snapping and Blaine crouched again, Kurt and Cameron copying his stance. A blonde girl was running full out towards him. Blaine launched a huge fireball at her, smiling triumphantly when it hit her square in the chest. But then, the girl exploded into thick smoke that quickly drifted upwards. Blaine turned to Cameron dumbfounded.
"That would be the projector. She can make mirror images of herself, remember? Come on, I'd bet that was a diversion." Cameron ran forward with Kurt and Blaine in pursuit towards the cabin.
"Let's split up. Kurt, you go to the left, Blaine to the right, and I'll go straight." Blaine and Cameron went their respective ways, and Kurt veered to the left. He suddenly found himself at a dead end on top of a cliff. Confused, he turned and stiffened when he saw a tall brunette standing thirty feet away from him.
"Ah, hello. Are you here with that Cameron fool?" he said softly, his voice carrying easily to Kurt. Kurt clenched his fists by his sides.
"Yeah, I'll be needing that amulet back then, so kindly hand it over before I do something you'll regret." The boy stepped forward.
"My, my. Where are your manners? I'm Sebastian. Sebastian Smythe. Kindly introduce yourself, hm? So I'll know what to put on your gravestone, of course," he finished with a smirk. Kurt snarled and outstretched his arms, sending a large wave of water rushing at Sebastian. He followed it with several lines of ice shards. Kurt was confused when he saw Sebastian not making any move to dodge the oncoming onslaught, but rather he ran towards it with a grin on his face. Kurt watched as the wave crashed over Sebastian, leaving him safely dry, and the ice shards dropped harmlessly to the grass. Kurt found himself ducking as Sebastian heaved ball after ball of water at him.
"Wh-what?" Kurt spluttered.
"Don't dish out what you can't take," Sebastian hissed. Kurt snarled and moved closer to Sebastian, but still keeping his distance. Then, it clicked in Kurt's brain. Sebastian was a mimicry – a vampire able to recreate and use any ability used on them. Kurt still had his shapeshifting, but he was going to have to be careful. He would have one chance to take Sebastian down before he would be fighting against another shapeshifter. Kurt thought back to the time he lost control in the park with Mercedes and let an evil grin grace his face. This was going to be good, Kurt thought.
Blaine stalked silently through the trees. He heard a rustling behind him, and spun around and found himself face to face with the blonde girl from earlier. With a snarl, he flung a fireball at her, watching as she exploded into smoke. He turned again, only to find another copy. Blaine took a step back as copy after copy of the blonde walked towards him. A shrill voice screeched loudly from somewhere in the trees.
"Where am I, curly? Hm? Which one am I, shorty?" The voice screeched, with haunting laughter accompanying it. Blaine hissed and swept his hands across the whole line of clones, sending a wall of fire at them. As the wall extinguished, all that remained of the clones was thick smoke. Blaine squinted, trying to see through the thick smoke. Suddenly, a figure burst through the smoke, launching itself at Blaine. Blaine fell to the ground with a very real vampire on top of him. Blaine grabbed the wrists that were clawing at his throat and channeled his heat, causing the vampire above him to shriek and scream with pain. Blaine stood as the vampire jumped off of him and stepped back. He saw it was the blonde, and the original one by the way she was surviving the flames. They circled each other slowly, fangs bared and hissing. The blonde stepped forward a fraction of an inch, and Blaine reacted. He flung both his hands outward, sending a massive fireball speeding towards the blonde. It hit her in the chest and knocked her backwards several feet. When she didn't get up, Blaine hesitantly stepped over to her, and saw her blackened, burnt body. Blaine quickly dragged the body into the underbrush of a tree and set onwards.
Cameron took to the trees, leaping agilely from branch to branch, barely making a sound. He stopped when he saw the leader along with the small brunette girl talking up ahead. Cameron stilled his breathing, and listened.
"-you said you read four abilities, Rachel! Where's the other?" The leader hissed.
"I don't know, Finn! I just sense them!" she countered, looking up at the tall man, who shook his head.
"Where is Sebastian and Quinn anyway. They should have disposed of them and been back here already," Finn said. Rachel bit her lip.
"You don't think that ma-" Rachel began, but Finn cut her off.
"There's no way. I purposely picked Sebastian and Quinn to be in the clan because they were strong fighters. There's no way they could have lost," Finn said confidently.
"But a pyro, hydro, mind control and a shapeshifter? You've got to admit that's pretty powerful!"
"Rachel, shut your mouth and wait over there. We've got company," Finn said, before looking directly into the tree where Cameron was listening.
"Fuck," Cameron hissed, as he felt himself being tugged out of the tree by an invisible hand, and deposited roughly onto the ground in front of Finn.
"Look who it is!" Finn said loudly. Cameron hissed, and made to get up, but Finn merely flicked his wrist and Cameron was pinned.
"You really thought you could show your face around here… and get the amulet back? If you did, where is your pyro, hydro and shapeshifter huh?" Finn continued. Cameron snarled, and he was picked up and thrown against a tree. He slumped against the ground, the weight no longer pinning him, but he was unable to get up.
"Right here!" a voice called. Cameron lifted his head weakly, and spied Blaine sprinting towards Finn. Finn tensed, unsure what to expect. He barely dodged the first fireball. Finn snarled as he uprooted a tree from beside him and sent it shooting towards Blaine. Blaine sent back a fireball in return, burning the tree to ashes which fell harmlessly to the ground. Finn let loose a roar as he picked up a huge boulder and sent it flying towards Blaine. He attempted to send a fireball but the boulder was untouched, and Blaine was forced to dive out of the way as the rock smashed against the tree behind him. Blaine suddenly saw a dark blur speed from behind Finn. Blaine's eyes widened as he realized it was Kurt. His loss of focus cost him, and he found himself pinned under a rock. Blaine let out a whimper, and tried to move it, but even with his enhanced strength, he was trapped.
Finn stalked forward confidently.
"So, this is all you've got? A pyro? Tell me, pyro, where are your friends? The shapeshifter and hydro? I'd love to meet them," Finn purred. There was an inhuman screeching sound, and Finn whirled around. His mouth gaped open when he saw Kurt. Although, Finn didn't see Kurt. Rather, he saw a huge, black monster. The thing was well over seven feet tall, and had red slits for eyes. It had gleaming, sharp white teeth, all ending in sharp points. Finn's gaze travelled down its body and took in its claws for hands and feet. Finn let loose a gasp when he saw the blood that already adorned the claws, and then the thing threw something at him. Finn caught it and looked down. With a snarl, he threw the remnants of the tie Sebastian had been wearing to the ground, and sent a tree flying towards Kurt. Kurt simply lifted a hand and knocked it aside.
Finn snarled and levitated Kurt into the air. Higher and higher he rose, until Finn let him go. Kurt fell to the earth, gaining speed as he went.
Unlike before, Kurt still had control. He had played with Finn long enough, and he tucked and rolled as he hit the ground, barely even slowing as the stood and launched himself at Finn. He managed to tackle and pin the large man to the ground. Kurt reached forward and with one of his claws, drew a thick line across Finn's neck, nearly severing it. As he did so, the amulet that had been hanging around his neck fell to the ground. Kurt picked it up and triumphantly turned to the others. He then quickly ran to Blaine and lifted the boulder off him, and then went to check on Cameron. Although he was rather groggy, he was fine. Blaine was looking at him, seemingly in a daze. Kurt shifted back to himself, and Blaine seemed to wake up.
"You... Kurt… wow," Blaine managed.
"Yeah, so are we going home now… I could really use some hot coco…" Kurt murmured. They looked to Cameron who shook his head.
"There's one more," he said softly as he turned and walked to the spot he had seen Rachel go to before the fight happened. Suddenly, an excited blur launched itself at Cameron, but he simply focused, and the blur stopped, and stood obediently. Cameron made the girl walk over to Kurt and Blaine.
"This is Rachel. I found out what her power is – she's a senser. She can sense powers of any vampires within a radius. Isn't that right?" Cameron asked, turning to the girl. He released some of the hold on her, and she seemed to wake up.
"Y-yeah," she stuttered out, looking pleadingly from face to face. "Please, please don't kill me! I'll do anything, just please!" She suddenly said, begging and pleading. Kurt looked to Blaine who gave a tiny nod. Cameron did as well.
"Look, we won't kill you, provided you get out of here and never bother us again. Got it?" Kurt said, snarling the last part. Rachel jerkily nodded her head, and when Cameron released her, she crumpled to the ground. She quickly stood, nodded at each of them again, and then sprinted off. Kurt let loose a sigh.
"Glad that's over. Now, home?" Kurt asked. Blaine and Cameron answered by simply started off for the cabin.
Kurt relaxed as the familiar cabin came into view. Once inside, he collapsed onto the couch dramatically. Cameron and Blaine came inside, and sat down on their own chairs, stretching out.
"Thank-you, honestly. I really appreciate it," Cameron said softly. Kurt smiled.
"We're even now," Kurt stated simply. "So what's next for you?" Kurt asked Cameron.
"I'll probably do a bit more travelling… wandering… maybe keeping my mouth shut," Cameron added. Blaine laughed.
"I guess I'll be heading out then, thanks again you guys," Cameron murmured, as he headed for the door. Blaine and Kurt shared a confused look, as they followed them.
"That's it? You're just leaving?" Kurt asked. Cameron nodded.
"Yeah. I've got people to see and places to go… I'm a busy vampire." Kurt smiled, as Cameron stood on the doorstep. Blaine paused, before turning to Cameron.
"Feel free to… you know… drop by if you're ever nearby," Blaine said slowly, looking up at Cameron. He was silent for a moment, before he grinned and held out a hand. Blaine shook it.
"I'll keep that in mind." Kurt stepped forward and bit his lip, before giving Cameron a brief hug.
"Stay safe," Kurt murmured. Cameron nodded and he turned and walked a few paces before he turned back.
"I've got a mate to find," he said, shooting a wink at Blaine. And with that, he disappeared off into the forest. Kurt sighed, and leaned heavily against Blaine.
"I'm so drained…" Kurt said softly. Blaine turned and wrapped his arms around Kurt and kissing his forehead.
"I can think of a few ways to make you feel better…" he whispered seductively in Kurt's ear. Kurt giggled.
"But don't think you've gotten out of telling me why you owed Cameron in the first place…" Kurt smiled.
"Tomorrow, I promise." Kurt leaned in and gave Blaine a long kiss, letting his tongue slip between Blaine's lips, his fingers curling in the Blaine's hair. Blaine's head fell back, and a groan slipped out.
"Come on," he urged, as he pulled Kurt upstairs and to the bedroom.
So, this is actually the second last chapter. There will be one more, then an Epilogue. I really appreciate all my readers who have been here from start to finish, and to everyone that reviewed... I love you. Seriously. :*
