Cody's POV

I hovered just above Sean, trying to see through the night. The blast had knocked out power in this part of the school, and generator powered lights only lit up the library's remains. That left a whole lot of darkness for someone to hide in. I was really looking forward to giving this bomber some laser eye surgery.

"You sure Tyson sensed something? I see a whole lot of black, and not a sign of any movement," Sean muttered, walking around the edge of the wreckage.

"I'm pretty sure he did. Come on, let's search the trees, unless you're scared of a little pussy cat," I taunted.

"Now why would I be scared of you," Sean chuckled, already making his way towards the trees.

"Oh you did not just go there," I exclaimed, flying in after him.

"The only place I'm gonna go is to bed after this is over," he said back. I sighed, letting my glowing eyes show the way.

I was about to reply, but a scream rang out, and being the heroes we are, we quickly made our way to the source. When we got there, I almost vomited while Sean simply froze, a stunned look on his face.

We watched as Laura, her face showing the pain she was going through, had something biting at her neck, drinking the blood. We'd seen Snow and Winter, heck even Miranda, drink blood from people, but it was never as...gruesome as this. When the vampire was finished, it simply dropped Laura and turned to face us.

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the Gale look-a-like standing before us, her eyes as black as coal while her skin was as pale as a sheet. She grinned evilly at us, showing her bloodied fangs while her eyes radiated what felt like insanity and evil.

"Well, the joker and the fool. We're going to have so much fun," she giggled evilly, slowly walking towards us. I backed away while Sean stood his ground, ready to attack.

"I'll bet you caused the library to collapse. Why?" he growled, already in a fighting stance.

"Because I do love to make a big impression. I must admit, you are smarter than I thought. Now, let's play," she responded, her face in a massive Joker grin as she lunged forward, surprising him with her speed. When Sean tried to attack, she moved behind him, preparing to bite him, but I fired my eye lasers at her, knocking her back.

This didn't stop her. She launched a burst of black wind that knocked me back long enough for her to bite Sean as he turned silver, paralysing him and knocking him out.

"Now for you Cody," she giggled, jumping into the trees and lashing out. I dodged and rolled in midair, firing at her before she vanished back into the trees. All I hit were branches, until she tried to claw at me, leaping out of the trees.

"Bite this!" I yelled, firing burning yellow beams right at her, hitting her in the chest and knocking her to the ground. Normally it would take a while to get up from that, but she was quickly on her feet and looking really mad.

"Time to swat the fly," she growled, grabbing Laura's limp body and throwing her at me. I was too shocked by what was happening to move, so ended up getting knocked to the ground, my head hitting the path. Before I blacked out, I saw the imposter sniff the air and disappear into the trees.

? POV

I needed a good workout. Gotta say, I thought Sean would last longer. Oh well, those losers didn't stand a chance! I mean, look at me! I'm a vampire, I have four of my elemental abilities awakened and I just love playing people like violins and cutting their strings. Sometimes I even scare myself.

That aside, I stayed close to those three, hiding in the trees, knowing that Stephen and Maria would be coming this way. Given that few people know what really wrecked the library, terrorist attack protocols are in place, meaning no-one is to be outside on their own. I'd been lucky to find Laura before she knew about them.

I didn't have to wait long. The first thing Stephen did was run to Laura, checking she was still alive. Aw, so sweet. Bleh, while he goes check on his girlfriend, I'll get one of my most favourite elemental powers. I swooped down, clamping a hand over Maria's mouth and biting her neck without making a sound.

With her blood running through me, I dropped her, only to be met by a powerful sonic blast. As I recovered from ringing ears, I looked to see Stephen glaring at me, a green energy flail in each hand.

"What are you? And why did you do this?" he seethed, his knuckles white as he held those emerald flails.

"I'm Gale's better, and as to why I'm doing this? It's just too much fun for me to stop. Besides, your friends taste so delicious, so warm, so shocking yet so fearful and free-flowing..." I taunted, giggling with glee as I dodged a flail as it slammed down at me.

"I'll make sure I bury you!" Stephen yelled, swinging his flails and firing sonic blasts at me at the same time. This was going to be one tricky fight, seeing if I stayed on the ground too long, he'd no doubt stay true to his word.

I leapt into the trees, still giggling, as his anger grew, his attacks being fuelled more by anger, than anything else. This made it easy to sneak into the trees and get behind him.

"Don't get mad, get even," he mumbled as I moved closer behind him, only to be met with a chunk of earth rising up and knocking me back. "And never underestimate your opponent," he added, pointing that phrase at me.

"Smart. Definitely as smart as you are powerful. Another piece of wisdom, always have a surprise up your sleeve," I giggled, one of my arms alight with black fire and electricity, the other with black tinted air and shadow tendrils snaking around it. Taking advantage of his shock, I unleashed it all at him, disintegrating the wall of earth he erected to protect himself.

"Oh, let's not forget one last thing," I laughed, unleashing Maria's signature Siren Scream at him, the blast knocking him out. Letting loose an evil laugh, I moved in to enjoy my feast.

Tyson's POV

It had been two hours since we got to the infirmary, meaning two hours of looking through the messed up memories of Ashley's head for something useful. She's been in a half conscious state, constantly muttering the word "storm" over and over, like it means something.

"Anything?" Shannon asked, looking at all three of us individually, taking our expressions as our answer. "I'll be back in the morning," she muttered, both she and Miranda taking their leave.

"Maybe we should be getting some sleep," Kyle mumbled. Rachel seemed a little reluctant to do so.

"In a minute, I wanna try something," I muttered, my hands glowing a pale blue as I brought them closer to her temples. Before I could touch them, her whole body seemed to catch fire, not burning anything, yet I could feel the heat coming from them. I looked back to see Kyle had done the same to Jack, electricity crackling across his body. Rachel seemed hesitant on doing the same thing to Gale, but maybe she didn't have to.

As the flames died down, I saw fiery red symbols etch themselves all over Ashley's body, then fade away again. As soon as they faded, Ashley shot straight up, her eyes alight with crimson flames.