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[Sorry Readers, I made some adjustments to Chapter 5. Hope you like it! :3]

Chapter 5

Raven's Point of View

I staggered back, lost my footing and would've fallen if strong arms wouldn't have caught me. I looked up to see Trevor's worried face as he helped me up and put me behind him as a shield. I was too baffled and afraid to wonder why he was protecting me.

"Who are you? And what are you doing here?" Trevor yelled at the stranger. But the silhouette only chuckled and began to circle us.

"Bravery from one such as yourself is surprising. Fake bravery, that is. I can hear your heart beating rabidly, like a rabbit meeting it's end. The more you breathe the more blood pumps throughout your body, and the more I can smell you."

My body went rigid. Smell? Oh, no... He's a vampire... The thought swept through me with new found fear.

My hands were on Trevors back and I could feel a slight tremor ripple through his body; he was afraid... But didn't falter.

The stranger bellowed with laughter and with a snarl lashed out. "Now you are mine!" Trevor was hit with the full force of the vampire's strength and knocked down. With a choking gasp he tried to breathe. The vampire stood up and tsked, "And here I thought you'd be more fun." I ran to Trevor and reached down to him.

"Nu-uh." The vampire said and somehow flitted beside me, grabbing me by my shirt and hoisting me up. With a gasp and scream I kicked and clawed whatever I could reach. I heard and Oooph! and fell to the ground. "Raven!" Trevor grabbed my hand and with what little strength he had left he put into the effort of dragging me to safety. As we ran all we heard were the echoing laughter of the vampire in the darkness.

"The only reason you live is because I let you... Just remember that fact every second you breathe..." His echoes coursed through the cemetery and into my mind. I knew it was in Trevor's mind too.

The trees swayed in the wind, their giant trunks groaning with the effort to not run away as Trevor and I were doing now. We zig-zagged through tombstones and monuments, dodging low hanging branches and trying not to trip over the roots growing above the ground. There was rustling in the bushes and trees everywhere. By the sound of it we were surrounded. My fear rose up to choke me and breathing became harder and harder to do. But we didn't stop. I clutched Trevor's hand harder and he squeezed mine in return.

With our minds set on our daring escape, I no longer thought of him as my enemy. Right now... we needed each other, whether we liked it or not.

We reached the gate and found it open. I ran in one direction and Trevor ran in the other, then doubled back to grab my arm, "This way!" I was too scared to throw a fit. I followed and we ended up on the side of the cemetery where his car was parked away from view. His doors unlocked in record time and we didn't even stop to put our seat belts on. Trevor started the car and drove off, breaking every speed limit known to man and didn't stop until the early morning rays peaked over the horizon.

Trevor's Point of View

Raven fell back and I caught her in time. I thought that he had hurt her but her expression showed no pain, so I redirected my attention to this nutcase in front of us. He definitely was not Alexander and no one I can recognize. So he's not from here.

"Who are you? And what are you doing here?" I yelled. But all he said was some stuff about heartbeats and blood... What the hell? Did he say that he can smell me? For some reason what he said scared me. It was completely bogus and impossible and crazy! But the way he's looking at Raven... Like he wants to eat her.

The stranger let out a howl of laughter and then lunged at me. He was so fast, too fast to be real. And then his body came in contact with mine and I felt like I was being hit with the punching bag in the gym. It caught me off gaurd; I was hit with the full force of his attack and he knocked me down to the ground. The air was pushed out of me and I saw sparks that exploded from my eyes to the back of my head. This splitting headache cut through my skull and I felt nauseous. I coughed and wheezed and tried to scramble to get back up. But the more I moved the worse the pain, headache felt and the harder it was to breathe.

Everything was going in slow motion now, my vision was doubled and blurred. I heard a sound, faint and close by. It was Raven whimpering as she reached down by my side. There was a slight pause then a scream. I whipped my head around. Raven...! With a jolt I looked up to see the stranger pick her up off the ground and he was... Smiling?! Adrenaline and the overwhelming urge to protect her erupted within me. With more strength than I have ever had in my life I tackled him.

"Raven!" I yelled and grabbed her arm. We half stumbled and half ran to what I hoped was the entrance.

His laughter echoed in the cemetery. Then his words... The words I wished she couldn't hear.

I squeezed her hand tighter as rustling could be heard everywhere. Alarm rose within me and I was put into overdrive. Just get her to safety! Was all I could think.

We ran past through the open gate. Open? No time to worry about that! We reached my car and without stopping I drove us as far away from this place as we could get, not daring to stop until my car ran out of gas.