Author's note: Hello again! Sorry for the wait on this chapter, I started back at school on Monday and it's been crazy, I've taken ages to get this written but hopefully it was worth the wait. Also, I kind of have been toying with the notion of doing a third instalment of my People Are Strange, Vampires Are Stranger story, this one would be about Jay and the guys in New York, because we all know they wouldn't stay out of trouble for long ;). So if anyone wants to let me know through PM or a review about what they think of that, feel free! Anyway thank you to all the amazing people who reviewed the last chapter, I'm currently at 31 reviews and you do not know how happy that makes me! Your thanks are listed below, also a thank you to anyone who has favourite or followed the story, it means a lot! So here is the next chapter, please review!
Lostgirl4eva: I'm glad you liked it, this chapter has some more cuteness that I hope you like J yes Edgar and Nikki forever, I completely agree! :D
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The next morning I came downstairs early and made a cup of coffee before sitting at the table and trying not to focus on the fact this could potentially be one of the worst days of my life. The Frog Brothers would be here in a few hours and we had no idea what we were going to do, we were a bunch of kids and they were a group of terrifying vampires. A while later Sam came downstairs looking like he was about to run a marathon, the guy couldn't stand still on the spot.
"Nervous?" I asked.
"A little. Do I look okay?" He asked and gestured to his outfit. I rolled my eyes and went to put my coffee mug in the sink.
"I don't know, how does one dress when killing vampires?" I asked sarcastically and he seemed to consider it for a second before a knock on the door had him running out of the kitchen. I followed him out and in came Edgar and Alan when he opened the door, all kitted-out in full vampire-hunter gear.
"Okay. Where's Nosferatu?" Edgar asked right away and I raised my eyebrows, what the hell did these guys smoke before they came here?
"Who?" Sam asked before I could.
"The Prince of Darkness." Edgar said.
"The night crawler, the bloodsucker." Alan explained.
"El vampire." Edgar added.
"Mike, they're here!" Sam called and Mike came downstairs a few minutes later looking like he could use another two days of sleep. The Frogs glared at him and I elbowed Edgar in the ribs, he stopped glaring but squared his shoulders slightly.
"So what are we gonna do?" I asked to break the awkward silence, Michael looked away from the Frogs and over to me, pointing a finger.
"You" he said in a stern tone, "are going to stay right here." He said and I crossed my arms.
"I beg your pardon?"
"Nikki, I'm serious, you're not going anywhere near these guys. We'll handle it fine, you just stay here." He said, Sam nodded and I shot him a glare.
"Listen Mike, I appreciate the brotherly concern. But if you think that I'm gonna sit around and do nothing while you guys all go risk your lives, you are horribly mistaken. I don't care if I have to scream and yell or kick the crap out of all you guys until you agree, I'm coming with and that's final." I said and Michael's jaw tightened for a second but he smiled slightly.
"You are so damn stubborn, you know that?" he asked and I grinned.
"Yeah, I get it from my brothers." I said and he nodded.
"Alright I hate to interrupt this beautiful family moment, but we gotta get this show on the road." Alan said.
"Right. So what do we need to do?" I asked.
"We have to go find where the vampires sleep and kill the head vampire. Do you know which one it is?" Edgar asked Michael who shrugged.
"No idea. I think your best bet is David, but any of them could be the head vampire and they just hide it well." He said.
"Then we kill them all. Can you take us to them?" Alan asked, Michael nodded.
"Great. But how are we all gonna get there?" Sam asked, a thought struck me and I walked into Grandpa's creepy room and searched around for a few minutes until I found the keys to his car. I walked back out and tossed them to Mike.
"Anyone up for a drive?" I asked.
Soon we all piled into the car, I was stuck between Edgar and Alan as we drove out from the house, straight past Grandpa who was fixing the fence. We drove way out from town to what looked like steps down to a fenced off area at the bottom of one of the cliffs. I got out of the car and jogged around to help Sam get Michael out of the car, he was getting increasingly weaker in the sunlight.
"I don't want you guys going down there." He said in a serious tone.
"Well I'm going." Sam insisted.
"Me too, no way am I leaving you, Mike." I said.
"Look, this isn't a comic book, guys. These guys are brutal killers."
"So are the Frog Brothers!" Sam defended and we all turned to see Alan checking over Edgar's weapons. Brutal killers or not, they would try their best.
"Look, who would you rather have go down there with you? Them or us?" Sam asked.
"If something happens down there, I won't have the strength to protect you guys." Michael said.
"Well this time we'll protect you. Even though you're a vampire, you're still our brother." Sam said and Michael pulled us both in for a hug.
"Listen, just so you know: if you try to stop us, or vamp-out in any way, then I'll stake you without even thinking twice about it." Edgar warned, I laughed slightly at his dead-serious face.
"Chill out Edgar." Sam said lightly and Edgar nodded before he and Alan headed down to the caves.
"Where did you say you met these guys?" Michael asked as we helped him up the steps.
"Comic book store, go figure." Sam said and I laughed.
"They're not that bad once you get to know them." I added and Michael and Sam looked at me like I was crazy. I shrugged and did my best to hide my blush.
"What? They're not!" I insisted as we headed down the treacherous path to the caves and then down into the main room of what looked like a huge hotel.
"Here's one. Come one, let's stake her!" We heard right before we made it down and Michael practically feel into the room.
"Don't you touch her! You stay away from her!" He ordered furiously and Edgar and Alan ran away from the four-poster bed with Edgar muttering something about rotten tempers. I helped Mike over to the bed where Star lay and watched him shake her awake, she looked at him tiredly.
"I'm taking you out of here." He said and she shook her head.
"No take Laddie first, please." She begged, sounding exhausted before going back to sleep almost instantly. I looked over to see a small on on a smaller bed beside her. Michael looked between the two before I walked around to Laddie's bed.
"You take Star, I'll take Laddie." I said as Edgar, Alan and Sam headed deeper into the caves. He nodded and struggled to pick her up but eventually made his way up after throwing a coat over her. I grabbed one that looked around Laddie's size and threw it over his before picking him up. He wasn't actually heavy at all and I made my way up after Michael.
We dropped both of them into the car and Michael collapsed in the back seat.
"Mike?" I asked and tried to shake him awake, but he was out for the count. I waited a few minutes, bouncing on my heels as I waited for Edgar, Sam and Alan to come up. I wanted them to come up and say they killed them, but at the same time I hoped they didn't find them. I didn't want them getting hurt. After about five minutes I couldn't take it anymore and made my way back down to the caves.
I had only just got down into the main room when I heard shouting and running coming from where the guys had went down. I just got up to where they had disappeared before Sam almost knocked me over.
"Shit! Come on, Nikki!" he said and grabbed my hand to drag me after him.
"Are Edgar and Alan alright?" I asked just as the two of them came into view.
"We're right behind you, keep moving!" Edgar ordered. I noticed he and the two others were covered in slime, Sam's hand was slick and I decided I best not even ask right now. We ran back up the steps and down to the car.
"Mike?" Sam asked as he approached the car, he had been calling for Michael the whole way up but Michael was out cold.
"He's exhausted. Can you drive?" I asked Sam and he nodded. I climbed into the back between all the vampires and turned to see Edgar and Alan stumbling down the steps.
"We blew it, man! We list it!" Alan exclaimed.
"Shut up!" Edgar ordered.
"We unravelled in the face of the enemy!" Alan continued.
"It's not our fault, they pulled a mind-scramble on us. They opened their eyes and talked!" Edgar shouted.
"I'll drive." Sam said.
"We don't ride with vampires." Alan said as they reached the car and I threw my arms up.
"Fine, stay here." Sam said and shut his door. The Frogs exchanged a glance.
"We do now." Edgar said and they made their way quickly to the passenger side and got into the car.
"Burn rubber!" Edgar ordered and suddenly we were going backwards, I screamed as we neared the edge of the cliff, we're dead!
We stopped inches short of a long fall and Edgar managed to sum up my reaction in one word.
"Christ!"
"Burn rubber does not mean warp speed!" Sam said before putting the car into gear and driving home.
"So what happened? Why are you guys covered in slime?" I asked.
"We managed to kill one bloodsucker but the rest woke up. That's his blood." Edgar said and I eyed my hand that Sam had grabbed in disgust.
"So what about the rest?" I asked.
"They'll be wanting revenge." Alan said simply and I threw my arm over my eyes and slumped back onto Michael's chest. This is just brilliant.
Our warm welcome home party consisted of Nanook who stood at the bottom of the stairs barking at us.
"Cool it Nanook!" Sam ordered but he continued to bark.
"Your dog knows a flesh-eater when he smells one." Edgar said.
"Take him outside Sam." Michael ordered and SAM GRABBED Nanook while the rest of us headed upstairs before a voice had us all stopping in our tracks.
"Michael!" Grandpa called as he reached the bottom of the stairs and we all froze. We are so dead.
"You know the rule about filling up the car with gas when you take it without asking?" Grandpa asked slowly.
"No Grandpa." Michael answered carefully.
"Well, now you do." Grandpa replied simply and then walked off; I stared at him in disbelief before continuing after Michael up the stairs.
"He seems… Nice." Edgar said carefully and I chuckled.
"Yeah normally it's a pain in the ass, but when you're trying to smuggle vampires into your home without getting caught, it's pretty useful." I said as we entered Michael's room and Laddie and Star were sat on the bed and Michael slumped against the wall beside them.
"We definitely blew Plan A." Sam said as he joined us, way to state the obvious.
"Time to activate Plan B." Alan said.
"Ok, what's plan B?" Sam asked.
"We don't have one yet. We only have two and a half hours to come up with one." Edgar said.
"Why, what's in two and a half hours?" Sam asked.
"The sun'll go down. They'll be looking for us." Edgar said, I do believe we are up Shit Creek without a paddle now.
"So what do we do?" I asked as we descended the stairs.
"We gotta tell Mom." Sam said and I rolled my eyes.
"She won't believe us." I said.
"Well she'll have to! We need someone who can help us, maybe she can tell someone and they'll believe her." He said.
"Sounds like an option." Edgar said and I sighed.
"Fine. We'll all head down to the boardwalk." I said and started for the door.
"We can't take Grandpa's car again, he'll flip. And we only have three bikes." Sam said and I ran back up to Michael's room and grabbed the keys to his bike. When Sam saw what I had in my hand on the way back down he stepped in front of the door and held his arms out.
"You are not taking that bike out." He said and I shoved him aside.
"Mike taught me how to ride it and all a few months back. I'm not staying here so it's either this or you pull me long behind you on a skateboard." I said and walked out the door and headed for the garage. Boy I hope I can remember how to drive this thing.
We arrived at the boardwalk a short while later and I had managed to survive the trip down. We pulled up at the comic book store where Edgar and Alan were going to tell their folks they were staying at ours for a few hours tonight.
"You coming down to talk to Mom?" Sam asked as the Frogs headed back out to the front of the store. I was about to reply when Edgar tapped my shoulder.
"I need to talk to you." He said and I raised my eyebrows before turning to Sam.
"You head on up and talk to her, I'll be up in five minutes." I said and he looked back and forth between Edgar and I before taking off on his bike, Alan following after.
"So what is it?" I asked Edgar when we were alone. He lifted a set of keys and took my hand before pressing the keys into it.
"What are these for?" I asked as I looked between him and the keys.
"You're staying at the comic book store. My parent said if we're not back by closing time you can go back to the house with them and wait for us. When this is all over I'll come get you. No arguments." He said and went to walk off when I caught his arm and pulled him back.
"Jeez, not you too! What is it with guys and not thinking I can take care of myself?!" I demanded.
"This isn't about that! This is some dangerous shit, Nikki, someone could get seriously hurt. And I don't want that to be you, so just stay here." He said and I shook my head.
"I'm not leaving you and Alan and I'm sure as hell not leaving my brothers! Please, Edgar, don't make me stay here." I begged.
"You'll be safe here. We don't need you at the house; you'll just get in the way. So do us all a favour and just-"I had had enough of his bullshit and it sure as hell wasn't going to work, so I did the first thing that came to my mind to shut him up. I stood on my tiptoes and put my hand around the back of his neck and pulled him down slightly to press my lips to his, effectively cutting him off mid-sentence. If I' honest, this wasn't the first time I've kissed a guy, but it was the first time I finally understood some of the cheesy Hollywood clichés they tell you about kissing. My stomach felt like it had butterflies hammering against all sides. When his shock initially faded and his arms went around my waist and he kissed me back, I had to admit it was pretty freaking awesome. I didn't even care that there were people walking by occasionally and that they might stare, after the day we've had, this kiss is the least we deserve.
I pulled away after a few seconds and my face flooded with heat as he stared at me in disbelief.
"Sorry. But you really need to stop talking shit." I said and grabbed his hand, putting the keys back in it and holding for a second while I looked him in the eyes. "I'm gonna be there whether you like it or not. Everything will be fine and we'll kill these assholes. Then maybe we can go on a date like two normal American teens and not have to worry about vampires for quite some time." I said and he clenched his jaw slightly before a small smile crept onto his face.
"Fine." He replied.
"Good." I said and pecked him on the cheek before grabbing Michael's bike by the handlebars and wheeling it quickly up the boardwalk, I didn't trust myself not to hit someone given that I had felt a little lightheaded since the kiss.
"Come on!" I called to Edgar who seemed frozen on the spot before he grabbed his bike and followed me up.
"What took you so long?" Sam asked when we finally arrived up at the video store.
"Nothing. What did Mom say?" I asked, quickly changing the subject.
"She didn't believe me. We're on our own." He said.
"Just the way we like it." Edgar said as he passed me on his bike. I hopped on and followed them as they headed into town, the daylight slipping away with each passing second. Never have I dreaded nightfall so much in my life.