"I can't believe Richard's butler wouldn't let us in!" A familiar voice exclaimed. I jumped up from the couch, my eyes wide as I turned to face Ethan and Benny.
"Well, you wouldn't take your shoes off" Ethan replied, his eyes also widening as he paused in the living room doorway.
"You wouldn't either if you had little big toes, it's embarr...Woah" Benny gaped.
"Okay, you guys can't say anything about this! You have no idea how stressed I am right now!" I exclaimed, flopping down onto the floor.
"What's going on?" Benny squeaked.
Ever since Miss Fine's 'chat' about me failing my classes, I'd gone a little psychotic after the car went missing. I'd taken out every book in my locker, shoved them into my backpack, and brought them home with me. Which resulted in every book spread open on the coffee table, floor, and couch. Six empty glasses of soda also on the floor and table. Pencils and pens scattered over the table. My open backpack thrown onto the floor on the other side of the table, and an empty plate with a few crumbs also on the table. Though the crumbs used to be a bacon sandwich. Saying I'd gone crazy would be an understatement; I was fucking insane!.
"Miss Fine told me that I'm failing most of my classes" I pouted, leaning back against the couch.
"So, what's with all the books?" Ethan asked. I sighed.
"I decided to catch up, only problem is I've been concentrating on everything but my classes, so I have no idea what I'm supposed to be doing. I mean, Miss Fine wants me to write an English paper on what I did this summer. I can't write all that down without being chucked into the loony-house!" I exclaimed, jumping to my feet.
"And the cups?" He asked, gesturing to the glasses on the table.
"I'm thirsty, this is dehydrating work. Maya left a few minutes ago, she thinks I have a problem" I whined, running a hand through my hair stressfully.
"Emma?" Benny asked. I looked up at him and Ethan "How long has it been?" I narrowed my eyes in confusion.
"What?"
"How long has it been since your last, drink" He clarified. I nodded in understanding, averting my eyes as I bit my lip in thought.
Luckily for me, I didn't have to answer that question, as the doorbell rang. Saved by the bell was the perfect word for this moment "Oh, that's Richard" Ethan explained, walking towards the door "You got everything you need for the spell?" He asked, glancing back at Benny, who'd settled himself onto the couch.
"Yeah, of course. But how'd you get him to come over?" Benny asked, his eyes narrowed in confusion. My brother shrugged in response, pulling open the front door.
"Hi" He greeted. A guy our age walked in, wearing some kind of posh uniform. And you didn't have to be a genius to guess that he was stuck-up.
"Is this where I'm supposed to be for the charity photo-shoot?" He asked, holding a few croquet mallets.
"Charity photo-shoot?" I asked, shaking my head.
"Yes. They said you needed photos of me donating these mallets to the under-privileged" Richard shrugged, inspecting the house before turning to face my brother "You look poor"
"It's okay, we don't need mallets" Ethan admitted. Benny stood from the couch.
"I'll take them" He declared, taking the mallets from Richard and heading into the dining room.
"I'm sorry, I had to lie to get you over here so that I could tell you, that you're in danger" Ethan sighed. I rolled my eyes.
"Danger? Of what?" Richard asked disbelievingly.
"A revenge-obsessed car"
"I do not have time for the tales of a mal-informed pauper" Richard shrugged, shooting my brother an annoyed look before heading towards the door.
"What? No, you're in danger!" Ethan exclaimed, struggling to prevent Richard from leaving.
"Benny!" I exclaimed, turning to see him playing croquet in the kitchen. He jumped and nodded, grabbing his book as he rushed towards my brother and Richard.
"Okay, we got a 'make it rain' spell, a 'floating spell', 'smell like a frog spell' I don't know why I circled that...Wait! I got it" He finally recited the spell and touched Richard's shoulder, causing the teen to fall unconscious to the floor "It worked. I can't believe it worked!"
"You can celebrate later, help me get him to the couch" Ethan instructed. Benny nodded and took hold of Richard's legs, while Ethan took hold of his arms, both boys carrying Richard over to our couch.
"Our lives are gonna be so much better, now that we can knock-out whoever we want" Benny said excitedly.
"Yeah, and it looks like Richard's psyched to be the first" Ethan remarked, digging through his school backpack.
"So, who is this guy?" I asked curiously, sitting down on the couch at Richard's feet.
"Richard Bruner, Grandson of Manfred Bruner" Benny replied dramatically. Ethan rolled his eyes.
"We figured out that the car is going after members of the Bruner family. First it was Malcolm, then Derek Malvern, next attack victim is Richard here" He explained. I nodded.
"Why the Bruner family?" I asked.
"The vampire possessing the car was fired by a member of the Bruner family after he found out the guy was a vampire. Next thing you know, the vampire steals the car, somehow winds up with a wooden fence-pole through his heart" I grimaced.
"Ouch. Poor vamp" I sighed.
"Yeah, well, he's hurting people, and I'm getting the blame, so he's going down" Ethan shrugged, pulling a vial out of the backpack, followed by a needle and tube.
"Woah, I thought we were gonna save him, not drain him" Benny said nervously.
"We are, we can let him sleep here, but we need his blood. We'll be able to lure the car into a trap and destroy it once an' for all" Ethan explained. Benny nodded in understanding "I'm glad I took that nursing course in summer school" Ethan said, sliding the needle into Malcolm's forearm. Benny's eyes suddenly narrowed in thought and he lifted his jacket sleeve, revealing a small bruise on his forearm.
"I knew someone was stealing my blood. You told me I was imagining it! It's for Sarah isn't it?" Benny asked, staring at my brother with an annoyed expression.
"And Emma" Ethan muttered. Benny turned to me and I shrugged innocently in response.
We both turned back to Ethan, and I noticed Richard's blood was flowing down into the tube. Unfortunately, with my lack-of blood, it set my stomach off, causing it to rumble loudly, earning the attention of the boys. They both whipped their heads in my direction and I sighed, wrapping both arms around my rumbling stomach "How longs it been Emma?" Benny demanded.
"About a week" I admitted, earning a look of disbelief from them both "I'm sorry! I've been so distracted I guess I forgot"
"Emma! You're an azeman, okay? You can't forget, you forget and you lose control, ending with you and Maya being kicked out of Whitechapel!" Benny exclaimed.
"You think I don't know that?!" I exclaimed, jumping to my feet. But with the lack-of blood, and vampire-hormones, I'd somehow managed to speed my way in front of him.
"You need to drink, Emm's" He sighed, his tone a lot calmer than before.
"You don't know how hard it is Benny" I sighed, tilting my head slightly "How hard it is to pull away. I just want to keep drinking until there's nothing left, and I spent two months away to stop it from happening. But it's so hard" I whimpered, shaking my head.
"Hey E?" Benny called, his eyes still locked with mine.
"Yeah?"
"Do you have any blood bags?"
"Yeah. Why?" Ethan asked, both curious and worried.
"Because your little sister is drinking blood, whether she likes it or not" Benny stated, narrowing his eyes at me. I'd seen that look before; It was the look that dared me to argue with him, and it would be an argument I'd probably lose.
"You ready sis?" Ethan asked as we stood on the porch.
"Always" I sighed, rubbing my bare arms.
It was late at night, and my parents were once again, out on one of their date nights, which meant Sarah was baby-sitting. But, with the blood-car still going around, it was our job to try and stop it, with a plan that I hoped would work. Richard was still unconscious, which was good, this way the car wouldn't be chasing him around the streets, and would be easier to control. And it must've been very smart, because it was parked outside our house; It obviously knew that Richard was in the house, and it was waiting to attack.
Ethan walked towards the car and I trailed behind, glancing up at the stars as I passed by. He climbed into the drivers seat and I walked around to the other side of the car, jumping over the door gracefully and landing right in the passenger seat. Ethan started up the car and we drove down the street, getting closer and closer to the corner where Rory would, hopefully, be waiting.
"I hope this works guys" Ethan sighed, turning on his headset.
"Of course it's gonna work, we're wearing super cool headsets. Just make sure you buckle up" Benny told Ethan through the set. With my azeman hearing, it was pretty easy to hear him.
Ethan nodded and moved the car forward, and soon enough we were driving down the road "Hey car, look. Who's that poor, defenceless rich-guy up ahead?" Ethan asked as a dressed-up Rory came into view.
The car growled and Rory glanced back at us, soon speeding up into a run as the car took complete control. Me and Ethan were just sat in the seats, enjoying the ride. We neared the warehouse and Rory ran straight in, so the possessed car obviously followed. As we sped into the building, I felt the tires on the car blow, clearly a sign that our plan had worked, at least I hoped it did.
The car slowed to a stop and Ethan chuckled excitedly, jumping out of the car. I rolled my eyes and stood on the seat, easily jumping down onto the ground, before moving to stand next to Maya.
"Hah! Fooled yah!" Rory exclaimed, pulling the brown wig of his head "It's me, Rory. Not Richard Bruner, Grandson of Manfred Bruner!"
"Let's see how scary this clunker is with four flat tires!" Ethan smiled. Though the smile soon faded as the engine rumbled again, and the tires puffed out, back to normal "Okay that didn't work!"
"It's still after this Bruner blood!" Rory exclaimed, pulling the vial of blood out of his pocket "Erica, you take it!" He tossed the vial to Erica, who instinctively caught the vial.
"Uh-uh, if I can't drink it then I don't want it" She stated, throwing the vial to Benny.
"Oh, c'mon guys! I'm the only one out of us who can't outrun a car" He whined as the car turned to face him "Here you go" He sang, trying to give me the vial.
"Let me take it!" Ethan exclaimed, taking the vial from Benny "I've got an idea, just give me a head-start okay?!" He asked, running further into the warehouse.
The car turned to face the way Ethan had gone, growling as it moved forward. Maya and I jumped in front of the car with Rory, Erica, and Sarah, slamming our hands down on the hood, preventing the car from going after my brother. And to be completely honest, I was pretty impressed by the clunker strength, especially since we were struggling. I mean, one vampire car against five vampires/azemans; It was pretty impressive.
"Guys, let it go! Trust me!" Ethan shouted. None of us moved, continuing to hold the car back.
"Do what he says, that's his 'I've got a plan' voice!" Benny exclaimed.
We all jumped out of the cars way, allowing it to speed towards Ethan. He was currently stood on one of the car lifting ramps, a look of complete confidence on his face. I had no idea what he was up to, but it was making me very nervous. As the car got closer, Ethan jumped off the edge of the ramp, causing the car to try and swerve in the same direction. But unfortunately for the vamp-car, it was already a few feet up the ramp, so when it tried to turn, it somehow managed to flip itself onto it's back. So now there was no way it would be able to move.
"Ethan!" Sarah exclaimed as we ran towards my brother. He grabbed a nearby wooden fence-post, before jumping on top of the tipped-over car.
"End of the road carnivore!" He shouted, attempting to shove the fence-post into it's engines. But with his human-strength, and the car being mostly metal, he seemed to be struggling with the heroic action.
"Here, allow me" Sarah said, jumping up onto the car and taking the fence-post from him "This blood-drive's over!" She exclaimed, using her vampire-strength to shove the fence-post into the car. Smoke rose up from the car and I sighed in relief, knowing that it was definitely over this time.
"Thanks, you didn't have to one-up my victory line though" Ethan shrugged. She chuckled and they both turned to face us "Oh, bottoms-up Rory. You earned it" He said, tossing the blood-vile to Rory.
"Hey! I came all this way, you could at least pay for dinner" Erica whined, reaching for the vial. They managed to start a tug-of-war game with a vial, that both seemed to be losing.
"I got this" Benny announced. He recited the spell from the house, placing a hand on the vampires' shoulders, causing them to both pass out.
"Thank you for that" Maya sighed, crossing her arms.
"Sleep tight fangy-friends" He chuckled. The cheerful look fell from his face, however, when he turned back and stared at the car "Wait. This means we're stuck cleaning things up doesn't it?"
"Yup. Just you, me..." Ethan paused as Benny shouted out the spell, quickly touching himself on the shoulder, and also falling to the floor unconscious "Well, I guess I got us into this mess. So I guess I'll clean it up" Ethan shrugged, looking down at the car underneath his feet.
"Or leave it for them when they wake up" Sarah suggested. He nodded in agreement and she smiled "C'mon, I'll give you a ride home" She said, offering him her hand. Ethan cautiously took it, and before I knew it, they were both gone.
"So, what do you wanna do?" I asked, crossing my arms as I turned to face Maya.
"Well, I'm gonna drink this blood" She announced, taking the vial of blood from Rory's limp hands.
"Sounds like a plan" I chuckled. She smirked and uncorked the vial, tossing her head back as she downed the blood.
"Ooh, that was good" She sighed, licking stray drops away from her lips. Groaning reached my ears and I looked down, realising that the unconscious trio were slowly waking up.
"Oh man, I can't believe he'd leave us here to clean up this mess" Benny whined, realising that Ethan and Sarah had left them on clean-up duty.
"I can't believe you think I'm staying" Erica shrugged, jumping to her feet before speeding away. The boys glanced at each other and shrugged before slowly rising to their feet.
"So, Maya, Emma..." Benny smiled our way and I rolled my eyes "...How about you girls, vamp-out and clean this up?" He asked.
"How about no?" Maya replied, tilting her head. He sighed disappointedly, before turning to Rory, his eyes narrowed in thought.
"Rory?"
"Yeah?" The blonde vampire asked tiredly.
"This is a big clean up job, right?" Benny asked. Rory nodded, staring at the staked car "It requires skill, character. And I may be taking a big risk here but, I'm putting you in charge"
"I won't let you down Benny!" Rory exclaimed, an excited smile on his face. Benny smirked and nodded, making his way towards the warehouse exit.
"You heading home?" I asked, turning to Maya. She shrugged.
"Nah, I'll help him clean up" She replied, gesturing to Rory. I nodded, knowing that they would be doing anything but.
"Of course. I'll see you tomorrow" I waved. She waved back and I turned, crossing my arms as I exited the warehouse.
"So Emma..." I smiled and turned, finding Benny leaning against one of the fences, his arms crossed "...It's late, we're both tired, and you're beautifully-strong. How about you zoom us home?" He asked, moving forward until he stood in front of me.
"You think that charm'll work on me?" I asked, raising my eyebrows.
"Nope. I know it'll work" He smirked, taking my hands into his own.
"Alright" I sighed, biting my lip mischievously. He narrowed his eyes curiously and I smiled "Hold on tight"
Before he could even attempt a reply, I vampire-sped us down the street, laughing as he cried out in surprise.