Chapter 16: On a Mission

I stood there looking at Langston is complete shock. I couldn't move at all. My Riley was going to kill himself. Over me? But he left, I thought… No, it doesn't matter right now. What's important now is that I go save him. He has to know the truth.

"Let's go." I said. All three of them nodded and went outside. I ran upstairs to collect some things. Zoey came up and helped me pack.

"Wow, I can't believe he thinks you're dead. I really hope you can get to him in time." She said as she handed me my passport. I took it and smiled as I put some stuff in my suitcase.

"I do too. Damn Adonis. I can't believe he would do such a thing." I said.

"I could; he never liked you from the start. I wouldn't put anything past him." She said. I went to the bathroom to collect some toiletries and put them in bag. Zoey and I went downstairs to see Owen blocking the door.

"I think you should stay here." He said. I really didn't have time for this.

"Owen, move. This is really important to me. I have to save him." I said. Owen stood his ground.

"Dude, come on. Riley's his world. Are you really gonna stand in the way of that? If he dies, so does Zane. Is that really what you want?" Zoey asked. Owen contemplated it for a moment. I sighed and pushed him out of my way and unlocked the door.

"You don't get it Owen; he thinks I'm dead because of you and his brother. I can't have him think that. Besides who's to say that he'll even come back with us anyway." I said as I got to Elena's car.

"What about your family?" he asked. I rolled my eyes and got in.

"We'll do just fine Owen." Zoey said as she stood by Wes. I smiled at her. Sometimes she could be a great sister. And this one was one of those times.

"Thanks Zo."

"Zoey, you are not helping. He could get killed." Owen said frantically.

"I'm pretty sure they'll protect him." She said. Owen grunted and came over to the car. He leaned and stopped Langston from starting the car.

"You can't just leave." He said.

"Owen, I'm of legal age." I said.

"And he has me. I'll come up with an excuse." Zoey said. Then it was settled.

"Please Zane. I'm begging here. Don't go. Do this for me. Please." He said. His eye showing sadness. I had to ignore that for now.

"I'm sorry." I said. He bowed his head and backed away from the window.

"Me too." He said as he walked away.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Langston asked.

"It could be very dangerous, considering that you have knowledge of vampires." Blaine said. I thought for a moment. This could very well get me killed. But I have to show Riley that I was alive. I know he must feel guilty and I couldn't live with myself if he died because of me. Who am I kidding? I wouldn't be able to live at all.

"Yeah, let's go." I said. Langston started up the car and drove off. Don't worry Riley. I'm coming.

I sat on the plane in a state of, God knows what. It was a truly scary thing to know that the love of your life was gonna try to kill himself over you. Sure it was sort of romantic. Riley was always such a romantic. I sat there and thought about what he had said about the Guardians.

"I'm talking about suicide."

"Well, it's impossible for our kind to kill ourselves."

"I hate to have to say this but, I actually considered it once."

"I thought that I wasn't gonna be able to save you. So I had to think of a backup plan."

"I, um, I was gonna go to France and try to get the Guardians angry; in hopes of them killing me."

"But there's one we have to follow that's really enforced."

"We can't tell anyone about ourselves or kill where people can see us. Basically like a large crowd of people. If we killed someone in a big crowd or are seen in the sunlight, we would be killed."

The fact that he would even consider this was insane. If he had just come back or never left, we'd be fine. But no he just had to leave. I'm gonna punch him senseless when I see him.

"I know Riley is making a huge mistake. But I feel that seeing you again will stop this foolishness. I can't believe he would be so reckless." Langston said.

"Oh relax, Lang, he was just being a romantic. I think it's beautiful; a little extreme, but still beautiful none the less." Kurt said. Count on a guy like Kurt to be a romantic. This plane ride was gonna take forever.

"Where are we gonna go once we get there?" I asked. I mean, what, we're just gonna get there save Riley and come home? Yeah, I don't think so.

"We're gonna be staying in our place. Blaine and I have an apartment there. So we'll be fine." Kurt said.

"Yep, when doing fashion design, you tend to have places all over the world. Kurt's my little fashionito." Blaine said as he gave Kurt a kiss. They seemed like such a happy couple.

"See anything yet Langston?" I asked. I watched Langston's eyes go hazy again.

"Yeah, he's undecided on what he should do. Hopefully he stays like that by the time we get there." he said. I really hoped he did. I couldn't even stomach him getting killed over me. It just wasn't right. "Relax, Zane. This is actually a lot better than running." But the plane was moving so slow. It's been about five hours since we left.

"I know it seems like it's gonna be a while, but the good news is that we're almost there; just an hour and a half to go." Blaine said. I couldn't contain my nervousness, so I settled for trying to read a book. It didn't go very well. I looked over to see Langston on the phone; obviously talking to Chloe. I didn't want to intrude, but I overheard some things anyway.

"I honestly don't know… It's just like I told Zane, his decisions are undecided… It's like he wants to go through the town killing people, killing one of the Guardians; which totally stupid by the way, showing his super speed to a crowd. Just anything that could get him to expose vampires; which will undoubtedly prompt a reaction from the Guardians." Oh my God, he wouldn't do that. After all he's the one that told me that doing something like that could get him killed. I guess right about now he doesn't care. I have to get to him.

"Absolutely not!" Langston whispered. Oh that's not fair, he's using his fast talking to make sure that I couldn't hear. But I tried anyway. "No, keep A.J. away… What? …Find them. You have to understand that if they are seen or 'heard' by Riley, what's gonna happen then?" He looked over at me.

"I believe that Zane is our best bet. With Riley not being able to read his mind, he'll be able to get close enough and save him. If that's what happens that is… I want you to do something for me. From what I'm seeing, there might not be a good outcome. I just want you to prepare the family for the worst." The worst? No, I won't hear of it. I will save Riley. Or die trying.

"Do you really think I haven't thought of that too?" he chuckled. I could tell it was a bit forced. "We all have… Yes Kurt and Blaine are with us…. Of course they volunteered! I wouldn't let them put themselves in danger… Okay, I swear…. Chloe no, I don't want to be followed. I have enough to deal with as it is, I don't want you getting hurt either… Yeah, I understand. I promise I'll make it back to you… I love too, bye." He said as he hung up.

"If I could cry I would." Kurt said as he feigned sobbing. I couldn't help but giggle.

"I hate lying to her. But it was a necessity. I don't want her getting hurt." He said. Kurt and Blaine nodded their heads.

"Why couldn't they help us?" I asked. I couldn't think of a more rational explanation. I believed that they could help out tremendously. Langston just shook his head.

"I can only think of two reasons. One would be that if we were to try to stop Riley ourselves with A.J. getting to him, we could avoid any drama. Then we could stall him enough to let him know you're alive and well. But considering that he can read minds, it would be next to impossible to get to him. If he knows we're there, he'll just accomplish his task much faster. He'll rip a human apart in broad daylight and the Guardians will bust him for sure." I didn't really like the sound of that. In fact, it just made my heart ache even more than it did before.

"Plus there's the other option too." Blaine said. "If they were to witness Riley's death, they'll fight to the finish. And then it's a possibility that they'll come after all of us."

"If there were even the slightest chance of us winning that fight, it would be entirely different. Sadly we wouldn't win and I won't lose Chloe like that." Langston said. I understood very well. He was trying to protect her.

"I don't understand. Wouldn't he be able to read your mind though? Couldn't he see by that that I was perfectly fine?" I asked. I kept revisiting what he had said that night of my party.

"You are the only one that can kill me." And to know that I was the one he was doing this for killed me a little. Even after all the stuff he said before he left me, I still can't believe he would do this.

"You have to think of it like this, if and it's a very big 'if' he were listening to us, he'd think it was a total lie. You can lie in your mind you know." Kurt said.

"Let's say that you did die, we'd have to be shouting in our heads 'he's still alive' as loud as we could. He knows that." Langston said.

"Look if we could do this without putting you in danger we would. We feel horrible by risking your life like this." Blaine said his golden eyes showed signs off a sad puppy.

"Don't worry about. I'm glad to help. What did you mean about lying to Chloe?"

"Oh, that, well I explained to her that I would do everything I could to escape and return to her." He closed his eyes and sank into the seat. "It's a 100% chance that that's gonna happen though."

"But hopefully it will. With us being there, maybe we could leave unscathed." Kurt said hopeful as we began to descend.

"What makes these Guardians so damn scary?" I asked. I had to know. It seemed like Langston, Kurt, and Blaine was terrified of them.

"Ooh, that would be a very ling story to tell." Blaine said.

"We've got time." I said.

"Okay, since we're all surprised how much you know already, we have to know how much Riley explained to you." Langston said.

"Just that they were this powerful old family. That you shouldn't make the existence of vampires known. That they would kill…you if you did." I said.

"With us being such a talented bunch and living all together under one roof, like Kurt and Blaine's coven in Ohio, it's not right for us to be together in peace. But they do believe that it makes it easier for us to fit in with humans better. As far as I know we're the biggest family, beside Kurt and Blaine's, and the Guardians." Langston said.

"Okay." I said.

"There are three of them that rule over France Marco, Spinner, and Jimmy. Don't ask why Spinner's name is 'Spinner'. He just likes to be called that."

"Yeah, I know about them, I've seen the picture."

"Well there are more of them. It took quite a while to conjure up that family. I would say that they are all about five thousand years old. I'm guessing their age is what allows them to live peacefully or it's their gifts." Great more gifts. Considering that they could kill Riley I'm terrified in finding out what types of gifts they have.

"Seriously? They have to be gifted too? Now I'm really scared." I said.

"Yeah they are scary. They even have a guard." Blaine said.

"A what?"

"A guard; as in meaning that they have plenty more than just their little family. " Blaine said.

"Wow, that's quite a bunch there." I said.

"Of course. Marco likes to have vampires that are gifted. I mean these vampires make us seem like we're an act in a circus. They can be physical or mental gifts." Langston said.

"No one is dumb enough to cause a riot or something. It just isn't like them. Unless they were just created." Kurt said.

"Creepy." I said.

"Sure is, they stay where they are unless they have to pursue something. Like doing an official duty." Blaine says.

"I'm lost."

"Riley didn't mention that?" Langston asked. I shook my head. "He really needs to explain these things. Look they have decided that they are gonna be in charge of making sure no one does anything stupid."

"So there really are rules?" I whispered. They all nodded yes. "Oh god, why didn't somebody say something. If me getting changed was gonna put you all in danger I wouldn't have wanted it so badly."

"Yeah about that. I really wish Riley would get over that." Langston said. He was on my side? Awesome.

"Why?"

"Because, it's stupid. If he reacts this way if he thinks you're dead. Imagine what will happen when you actually do die." Langston replied. I couldn't help but think of that too.

"I tried to tell him that."

"Well you know what; I'm actually considering doing it myself. That way he'll have no say." He said.

"Good. Um, how so the Guardians eat if they can't leave." I asked.

"They throw like tourist attractions that lead the humans to them." Kurt said reading a magazine. "It gives them something to do if they aren't protecting Paris." This information is so intriguing and a little scary. I wonder if being able to say Riley's name with such ease now was because I didn't have to worry about living without him anymore. If I could just see him again, maybe my death would be a happy one.

"Relax; we'll do everything we can. It isn't over 'til it's over." Kurt said.

"We won't have to wait for long." I said.

"Wow, someone's chipper." Langston said with severe sarcasm. I just rolled my eyes as we started to land. "Don't act like that Zane. Or we will put you on another flight back to Toronto."

"What?"

"Don't play dumb. If we aren't able to save my brother, you're going back home. I can't have your death on our hands. It'll hurt too much. So don't give us any trouble."

"Okay, I promise." I said.

"Good. Now I'm gonna see if I can find out what's he's up to." He said as he closed his eyes. I decided that while he was doing that I was gonna talk to Kurt and Blaine.

"So you two, what's your story." I asked.

"Well, it was like love at first sight. I was a school boy in a glee club. And so was he. We were friends at first but fell in love later. It was like a movie romance." Kurt said. I could tell there was more, but I decided to let it slide, for now.

"Awesome. So are you two gifted?" I asked.

"Yes we are. I can produce illusions that seem so real that it'll scare the hell out of someone." Blaine said.

"And I can control the mind of an entire group. Like pretty much everyone on this plane." Kurt said proudly. Oh they could come in handy in the future. If there was one.

"Ugh!" Langston said as his eyes opened.

"What?" we all asked.

"He's trying to decide how to approach the Guardians." He said.

"Wow, he must really be out of it." Kurt said.

"I don't know. Oh wait! They said no! Ha-ha." Langston said as we got off the plane. I couldn't help but squeal at the sound of it. Riley might not die after all. "Well Zane, welcome to Paris."

A/N: Okay so maybe it didn't stray that far from the movie and book. But the next chapter I will. It took a minute to write this one. It was really long so I split it up. Turns out there might be more chapters than I thought. Read and please, please, please, review. Non-members can too, so tell your friends. XOXO ShadowBeauty.