A. N: Finally, the next chapter. This should clear some things up with the pictures from Ch. 5. Enjoy!
CHAPTER 11: Studying
Marco's POV
Now that all this jazz with the Andalite had been sorted out, I decided to just go home, escape from psycho-dog, and watch some TV. I still don't know how that Andalite plans to survive but he wouldn't accept our help and told us to go. Jake was going to call a meeting over the weekend to discuss with us and the Cullens how we were going to infiltrate the Yeerk pool. They obviously can't get through the Gleet BioFilters because they're not human or Yeerk. They're must be another way in.
Anyway, I got to the front door and looked through the window. Dad and Nora were gone. Good. I opened the door and, of coarse, that stupid poodle instantly mauled me. He was barking so loud that I could have sworn I heard a vase break. I yelled, "Bad dog!" and he sat in his corner. I swear I am going to use my gorilla morph on that stupid mutt some day.
I finally got to my room but there was something tacked to my door. Just what I needed, more of those disturbing pictures. I had almost completely forgotten about them.
Evil Incarnate
A large vampire in a black cloak stood, his mouth stained with blood. In his hand was a blood-soaked knife. There were symbols on the knife but I could not see them very well. His eyes glowed a deep crimson.
I took the picture and opened my door. To my surprise, there was a circle of candles in the center and inside the circle were the pictures, all neat and piled up into stacks. I tried to turn on the light but the power was out. I noticed that my CD player was on. A song I didn't recognize was playing:
On the ground I lay,
Motionless in pain
I can see my life
Flashing before my eyes
Did I fall asleep?
Is this all a dream?
Wake me up,
I'm living a nightmare!
I will not die,
I'll wait here for you,
In my time of dying
On this bed I lay,
Losing everything,
My life is passing me by…
Was it all too much?
Or just not enough?
Wake me up,
I'm living a nightmare!
Very ominous. Seems like there's a message in it that I can't quite grasp. When I tuned off my CD player, I noticed something stuck under it. It was a list of vampire attacks from a year ago. They were all from different cities, seemingly unrelated to each other. Strangely though, the names of states were not listed.
Vampire Attacks of 2008
Centralia
Rio Grande
Ashland
Yakama
Albany
Kansas City
Again, I felt as if there were a message I that I was not quite getting. I decided to study the pictures to see what whoever is doing this is trying to tell me.
Let's see, what can I find here? Torture, pain, death. Torture, pain, death. Ohh, suffering, now they're mixing it up a little. I saw the two from my locker. I realized something: If I had never found these in the first place, I would not been late to class, and would have never known about the Sharing meeting. We would never have saved those innocent hosts.
I continued to look through the pictures until I something caught my eye:
Blood and Honey
This one was two pictures paper clipped together. The first one, I realized with a shock, was of the Cullens, ravenous and bloodthirsty with a pile of bodies behind them. The next one was the same thing, except with a calming forest background and peaceful looks on their faces. I'm assuming it was meaning their change from regular vampires to "vegetarians". It was somehow more unsettling than the others.
Suddenly, I heard a knock on the door. I looked at my watch. It was 11 o'clock P.M. Who would be knocking at this time of night? Where were Dad and Nora? I got to my feet and walked to the door. I looked through the peephole to see Edward standing there. I opened the door and decided to let him in.
Before I could even ask why he was here, he said, "I need to know more about those pictures,"
"Well, so do I," I said back, "but you don't see happening. Who knows, maybe you'll figure something out."
"Just take me to them," he growled. What was he worried about? He seemed overly anxious to see them. I took him to my room and right when he walked in, the candles went out. It seemed like some kind of bad omen or something. Edward seemed to take no notice and started shuffling through the pictures.
"Okay," I started, "now that we're all nice and cozy, mind telling me what is going on?"
"Quiet. Let me find what I'm looking for and then I'll tell you."
I let him look until he found something. It looked like a map of the forest leading to La Push. It was spattered with blood and there was a circle in the center. Next to the circle, it said, "Resting Place". What does that mean? I wondered.
"Now," I started again, "what is going on?"
"I saw this map in your mind when we first met," he explained, "and it hit something in my mind. I don't know what it was but I knew I had to talk to you. I thought that it may have something to do with the pictures and I was right."
I was confused. I didn't remember any map. Edward must have been mistaken. Then I got another feeling. It felt like I had seen the map before. The Resting Place rang a bell but I couldn't place it. Maybe Edward was on to something.
You're just being stupid. I thought to myself even though I knew Edward could hear me, It's all in your head. You're tired and it's late.
"You must be mistaken," I said at last, "I've never seen this before in my life."
"Are you sure?" Edward asked, "You may have seen it in a dream."
"I'm pretty sure I've never seen this before, Edward. You should take it back to your family. Maybe they know more."
"Later," he said, "right now, we're leaving."
A. N: Okay, if you look closely at the list of attacks, some of your questions should be answered. Also, the first person to name the song and band of the song in the beginning gets a plushie of the werewolf of their choice. Leave your guesses in your reviews.