Chapter Six
I had fallen asleep in Sam's room. I heard a scream that jolted me out of my dreams. I woke up, and screamed the same time Sam did. It was a fucking stuffed owl.
"I wish Grandpa would stop giving me these stupid things." Sam said, putting the owl in his closet. I looked up, and the two of us screamed again when we saw Michael.
"It's okay." Michael said. "I know who I am now."
"Don't kill us, Mike." Sam said. "We're both basically good kids, so just don't kill us. We can help you. Just tell us who the head vampire is. We thought it was Max, but we were wrong. Just work with us, and we can help you. You'll be okay."
"Michael. Michael." We heard. We walked over to the window, and Michael opened it further. We saw a girl on the ground looking up at is.
"It's that girl from the boardwalk. Is she one of them?" Sam asked.
"I have to talk to you. Can I come up?" the girl asked.
"No." Michael said. He looked at us. "You shut the window and lock your door." Michael walked off, just as the wind howled and the girl was in the bedroom.
"She's one of them!" Sam and I yelled. We jumped on his bed, and used the blanket to cover ourselves. "And don't tell us it doesn't make her a bad person, Mike." Sam said.
"You know where David took me tonight, don't you, Star?" Michael asked.
"Who's David?" Sam asked. Michael and the girl, Star, ignored him.
"Yes, and it's my fault." Star said, walking up to him. "If you hadn't met me, if I hadn't liked you... I tried to warn you."
"It was that night in the cave, wasn't it?" Michael asked. "That wasn't wine they gave me to drink. It was blood. That was David's blood."
"You drank someone's blood? Are you crazy?" Sam remarked.
"I'm just like David now, Star." Michael said.
"No, you're not." Star said. "You're like Laddie and me. We're not one of them—"
"Until you make your first kill." Sam said.
"Why didn't you kill me last night?" Michael asked.
"You were supposed to be my first." Star explained. "That's what David wanted. But I couldn't, Michael."
"Why? Because you care so much about me?"
"Yes, I do." Star placed a hand on my older brother's face, her thumb on his bottom lip. Michael yanked it down.
"What are you doing here? What do you want from me?" he demanded.
"I wanted to tell you that it's not too late for you." Star said. "But for me it gets harder and harder to resist. I'm weak."
Michael grabbed her by the shoulder. "Why did you come here tonight, Star?"
"I was hoping you'd help Laddie and me."
Michael chuckled, and turned away, letting Star go. Wind howled, and Star was gone. We all ran to the window.
"Star!" Michael yelled.
"Don't kill anybody until we get back to you!" Sam yelled. He reached for the phone.
"What are you doing?"
"Case and I got connections."
```~~~THE NEXT DAY~~~```
I heard a bicycle bell ring. I looked out, and saw Edgar and Alan coming up the driveway. When they got to the porch, they threw their bikes down, and Sam ran over to the door and opened it.
"Okay. Where's Nosferatu?" Edgar asked.
"Who?" Sam asked.
"The Prince of Darkness."
"The night crawler. The bloodsucker." Alan said.
"El Vampiro." Edgar said.
"Oh, my brother." I said.
"Mike! They're here!" Sam called.
```~~~LATER~~~```
"Get in the car. Get in the car." I said. Everyone got in. Michael got in the driver's seat, and we drove off. We saw Grandpa putting in a fence.
"Hey, Grandpa! Is it okay if we borrow your car?" Sam asked, and, without waiting for an answer, Michael drove off. We drove up to a ledge, and Edgar and Alan were the first ones to jump out of the car.
"Weapons check." Edgar said, and the two brothers checked for all of their weapons. On the ride, I made Michael tell me all of the boys' names and what they looked like. Sam and I helped Mike out of the car.
"I don't want you going down there." He told us.
"We're going." Sam and I said at the same time.
"Look, this isn't a comic book, you two. These guys are brutal killers."
"So are the Frog brothers." Sam said. We looked over at Edgar and Alan.
"Check me." Edgar said. Alan went to check to see if he had everything he needed.
"Who would you rather go down there with you?" Sam questioned. "Them or me and Casey?"
"If something happens down there, I'm not going to have the strength to protect the two of you."
"Well, this time we'll protect you, bud. Even though you're a vampire, you're still our brother."
"Yeah." I said. "Remember what we are?"
"We're the three green apples in a basket full of red ones." The three of us said at the same time. Michael pulled us in for a hug.
"Listen," we heard Edgar say. "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."
"Chill out, Edgar." Sam said.
"Yeah. Come on." Edgar said, and he and Alan headed into a cave. Michael, Sam, and I followed.
"Where did you say you met these guys?" Michael asked.
"Holy shit." Edgar said.
"Vampire hotel." Said Alan. They ran over to a bed, and pulled back the covers.
"Here's one. Come on, let's stake her, man."
"Don't you touch her!" Michael yelled, just as Alan ran up to the bed with a stake. "You stay away from her!"
"Come on. Vampires have such rotten tempers." Edgar said, and he and Alan left the bedside as Michael approached it.
"Star." He said.
"The rest of them have gotta be around here someplace. Let's find them." Edgar said. "There must be something in the corner."
Sam looked at his shoulder and saw something on it. Thinking it was a bug, he literally swiped and smacked it off at the same time.
"Star." Michael said. Star looked at him.
"Look up there, man. You gotta look everywhere." I heard Edgar say.
"I'm taking you out of here."
"No, take Laddie first. Please." Star said.
"I feel a draft. I think there's something up here." Alan said.
"Let's check it out." Edgar said to us. Sam and I ran up there after him.
"Come on." Alan crawled into the hole, Edgar, Sam, and me after him.
"Let's go." Edgar said.
"We'll be right back, Mike!" Sam yelled. "I hope." He added.
"Come on, Sam, Casey, let's go! Move, Alan! Move!" Edgar said. We heard flies buzzing.
"Ah. Ugh. Ugh. Flies." Alan said.
"We're on the right trail." Edgar said. "Flies and the undead go together like..bullets and guns. Come on."
We made our way through, struggling with every little thing. Finally, we were able to stand. And something smelled bad.
"What's that smell?" Sam asked.
"Vampires, my friend. Vampires." Edgar answered. We walked on, coughing as we did. Sam, like an idiot, stayed put. Alan rolled his eyes, walked back, and grabbed my idiot twin by the shirt, pulling him forward. "Come on." Edgar climbed over something, the rest of us following his footsteps.
"It's freezing in here." Sam said. He jumped when Alan and I came down next to him. "It looks like a dead end. Let's head back."
"They must have hidden the coffins around here someplace." Edgar looked around.
"There's nothing here. Let's go, guys."
"Jesus!" Edgar was looking up.
"Aah!" Sam and I screamed. Edgar put his hand over Sam's mouth, and Alan put his hand over mine. It was the whole vampire gang. They were hanging upside down, and sleeping. The Frog brothers removed their hands from our mouths. "I thought they were supposed to be in coffins." Sam said.
"That's what this cave is. It's one giant coffin." Edgar said. He and his brother raced up some steps. I looked at one that had blonde hair, but a black leather jacket.
"So that's Paul," I looked at one that had curly blonde hair and a shirt that looked oddly like Sam's. "That's Marko." I saw one with dark hair. "That's Dwayne." And then I saw platinum blondie. The one that smirked at us on the boardwalk that night that seemed so long ago. "David." Inside, my mouth had a bitter taste. That was the bastard that turned Michael. That was the bastard that I was going to kill.
"Right now, they're at their most vulnerable." Edgar said, as he and Alan now climbed up a ladder.
"Easy pickings." Alan said.
"Remember, you just have to kill the leader." Sam reminded.
"We don't know which one the leader is." Edgar said. "I guess we'll just have to kill them all."
"Let's start with the little one." Alan said. "First come, first staked."
"What was that? A little vampire humor?" Sam asked. "It wasn't funny."
"I call blondie." I said, my eyes narrowing at David's sleeping figure.
"Which blondie?"
"Platinum blondie." I spat. Alan handed Edgar the stake he had taken off of his back.
"Oh, my God." Sam muttered. Edgar held up the stake at Marko. "No! Don't even!" Sam warned.
"Good night, bloodsucker." Edgar said.
"No!"
Edgar stood there, ignoring Sam, and then stabbed Marko with the stake. Marko awoke, his fangs protruding and his eyes golden. He began to roar, his blood getting all over the Frog brothers and us. This caused all of the other vampires to wake up too. All four were now roaring, angry because one of their own was dying. Alan and Edgar jumped down, and Marko fell with them. He landed in Alan's lap, and we pushed him off, his blood all over us.
"You're dead meat!" we heard one yell. It was David.
"Let's get out of here! Let's go!" Alan said. I stayed behind, and picked up a fallen stake. I pointed it towards David, who jumped down.
"Don't even try anything." I said. David laughed at me. I started to shake. I felt a hand on the back of my shirt, and was dragged up the very thing we came over. I heard footsteps, and knew David was after us.
"Are you nuts? If he is the head vampire, you won't be able to kick his ass!" Sam yelled at me. "Go! Get out of here! Run! Go! Fast! Come on!" we were going through a shaking tunnel. We heard a roar, and something grabbed my foot, making me stop. Something grabbed Sam's ankle. We both screamed as we saw David, trying to pull us back in. The Frog brothers grabbed us both.
"Grab them! Get them into the light!" Edgar yelled. "Get him into the sun! Get him into the sunlight!" We were dragged into a little ray of sunlight, and David's hands had a small fire on both of them. Sam and I looked, and screamed. Then, we ran off. I heard David screaming in pain, and then I swore I heard him say "Tonight." And then laugh.