Chapter 6

To Do List:

Save Billi

Find out what the hell Brian thinks he's doing

Kill the vamps

Somehow get Scotts life back together

Somehow get MY life back together

Sounds pretty damn hard to me. I thought as me and Scott made our way to where the guy took Billi, which was through some forest. I tapped my pencil against my notebook, which I cradled in my arms to make it easier to write.

"Ok, so let me get this straight; Billi, who's basically your other half and it's physically hurting you to be away from her, has been kidnapped by the guy that wants to kill you or turn you in or whatever and we have to save her. Your brother has gone crazy and has started killing vamps to try to find you or avenge you; at least, that's your suspicion. Kill the vamps. Get not only my life back on track, but also your life too." He summarized. I nodded and kept my eyes ahead. After getting a bite to eat (both some food and blood), I explained everything to Scott. At least, I explained the best I could.

"And, to top it all off, we're going to do all this without being killed." He said. I nodded once again. There were a few moments of silence. He sighed.

"As long as I don't die, I'm fine with all this." He remarked. I smiled.

"Me too." I stated. I heard him chuckle.

"Ok, we're on the same page now." He said. We walked in silence for a few moments.

"Wait one more thing." He said. I looked over at him.

"What?" I asked.

"Do you have any idea where we're going?" He asked. I stopped walking and stared blankly ahead. He stopped besides me and we stood like that for a minute. Finally, I looked down at the ground.

"…No." I muttered.

"That's what I thought." He muttered and patted me reassuringly on the back. "Let's just keep walking for now. I'm sure Billi left us some sort of clue." I nodded and we started walking again. After a few minutes, I heard him mutter something under his breath. I watched him jog ahead of me and pick up an empty bottle, with some specks of whatever was in it left.

"I hate when people just toss their garbage on the ground like that." He said and glanced up at me. "Sorry. I'm kind of a neat freak." I smiled and walked towards where he stood.

"That's ok. I'm kind of a slob." I said. He smiled back at me.

"That's no problem." He replied. I smiled again. Then, I glanced at the bottle. There was something off about it. The drink that was in it smelled…familiar. And sweet. And delicious. Plus, the liquid was a very dark red. Almost like….

"Blood." I finished my thought out loud. Scott looked at the bottle and sniffed it. He nodded, confirming that it was blood.

"Why would a bottle of blood be around here? And empty, no less." He muttered. Maybe… I thought to myself and quickly scanned the area for a place on the ground that didn't look right. Sure enough, I found a small mound, like someone buried something there. I ran to it and quickly dug it up. In it was a small rabbit.

"Scott!" I called and within seconds, he was next to me. He looked at the rabbit, then at me.

"Billi! She buries the animals she kills, just like me! And I know that she can't resist human blood! She must've escaped for a while, but the guy caught her again by bribing her with the human blood!" I excitedly said. I jumped to my feet and pulled him up beside me. I grabbed his hand.

"Come on! We must be going the right way!" I shouted and pulled him after me.

"But, what if we're jumping to conclusions? Shouldn't we think this through?" He asked, clutching onto my hand, trying to keep up.

"There's no time for thinking. Besides, what else could it mean?" I asked him as I ran/fast walked towards where I thought they might be. Before he could reply, we both stopped in our tracks, a smell hitting us both at the same time. More blood? It's human blood. I thought and looked at Scott, who turned his head to look at me. Still holding each other's hand, we half dragged each other and half ran to where the smell was. We burst into an opening in the trees to find another bottle on the ground and a pool of blood next to it. We stopped and stood there for a minute, staring at the blood. Slowly, I walked towards it, dragging Scott with me, neither one of us letting go yet. I clutched onto his hand, afraid of what it meant. Imagines of what might have happened flashing through my mind. I lowered my head and fought the tears that were threatening to spill. He squeezed my hand back.

"Hey. Maybe she just dropped it because…well he might've been carrying her to make sure she didn't escape. Yeah, she probably just dropped it because he was jiggling her too much." He tried to reassure me. I feel to my knees and started sobbing. I heard Scott franticly say something, but I didn't care. I was acting like such a baby, throwing a fit like this. And I knew Billi would agree with me if she saw me. Which made me cry more. Suddenly, I felt someone pick me up, bridal style. I knew it was Scott. He picked me up, sat down and made me sit in his lap, so that he was cradling me. He laid my head onto his shoulder and started rocking back and forth, while stroking my hair.

"It's ok. We'll find her. I promise that I'll help you until this is all over. I'll be there every step of the way." He muttered into my ear.

"Why? I'm sorry. You can go back to your apartment and girlfriend and life. I didn't mean to take you way from it all." I said after I controlled my sobs to hiccups. He smiled at me.

"I forgive you for doing that. Honestly, it was getting boring. This is way better than my old life. And I already told you why. It's because you're just like me. You shouldn't go through this mess alone. And because I just want to be around someone who I can actually talk to and not have to worry about if my ears or tail pop out or if I'm saying too much about what happened." He explained to me. We were silent for a few minutes while I tried to control my hiccups. When they finally stopped, I looked up at him.

"Thank you." I muttered. He chuckled and patted my head. After a few seconds of sitting there, I slowly got up and wiped my face with my shirt. I turned to Scott, who was still sitting on the ground, and offered my hand to him. He smiled and took it. I helped him up and smiled back.

"Let's go find Billi."