Shane's POV Part 6

"What do you mean problem?" I asked. Of course, not even a day can go by in Morganville without problems. "There is...People, coming to town," she said stiffly. "What, you mean normal people?" I said. Normal people in Morganville. She nodded. "So what? We get people that come all the time. How is this any different?" I asked.

Her cold eyes settled on me. "Mr Collins. These people are here for one thing, and one thing only. To expose vampires. There has been someone on the inside working against us," she said. Oh crap. That was the same thing that Kim was trying to achieve.

"What can we do?" I asked, folding my arms. "There has to be something. Have you got any leads at all? Anyone that might want to expose you guys?" She took a deep breath, even though she doesn't exactly need it. "Mr Collins. If we had any leads at all. Would I be sitting here 'chatting' to you?" She said.

"Yeah, I guess. Well what can we do to help?" I said. Her eyes where still on mine. I fidgeted in my chair and cleared my throat. "For now, you can keep this to yourself. I do not want to worry anyone over this," she replied.

Me? Keep something to myself? Oh man. She looked at me critically. "I can trust you, can't I Mr Collins?" She asked. I nodded. "Ofcourse, you can," I said, shrugging. "Now child, you may leave," she said, looking down at the papers on her desk. I didn't exactly get what I wanted did I?

"What about-" She fixed her eyes on mine, I shut up. "Do I have to repeat myself child?" She asked, raising her eyebrows. I put up my hand in surrender. "Another time. Got it," I murmmered and strode out of the room.

When I got home, I sat in the car, mulling things over. Why did she tell me about it?

I didn't get it. I was usually the last to know things like this. I atleast thought she'd tell Claire. But she didn't. Well not that I knew of. Spooky.

I forced myself out of the car, through the picket fence and up to the house. I dug out my keys, and opened the door to find Michael pacing. When I closed the door he ran up to me vamp speed. "You know, dont you?" Michael said. I looked at him, he was tense. "What do I know?" I asked. He glared at me. "Don't shit me man. Amelie told you, right? About vamps getting exposed." I nodded. "Yup. said not to tell anyone. Why so tense man?" He glowered at me. "Why do you think?"

I laughed. "Yeah, I get it 'vampires exposed' stuff like that," I said making my way up the hall. "It's becoming a bigger problem than you think Shane. I've known for a couple of weeks now," He said shaking his head. "It's getting bad."

I could hear how freaked he was by the tone in his voice. He was scared and when Michael's scared, that's bad. Real bad.

"Tell me everything," I said, flopping down on the couch. "The ice queen didn't tell me much." Michael sat on the arm chair and swiped away sweat beading on his fore head. "Well, she told you about people coming didn't she?" He asked. I shrugged. "Yeah, she did. That bad, huh?" I said. Michael nodded and sighed. "There's at least about a thirty reporters and more," He said. Crap.

"What the hell are we gonna do?" I asked. "If the vamps are exposed, that's gonna be bad for us human's as well, isn't it." He nodded and sighed more heavily this time. "Does Claire know?" I didn't know enough. "No, and she's not gonna. Eve isn't either." I thought about. Why tell me?

"There's one thing I don't get," I said, slipping off my jacket. Michael looked up at me. "Why did Amelie choose to tell me?" I said, rubbing my jaw. Michael ran a hand through his hair. "I-I actually don't know. No affence man," He said. I shook my head. "None taken dude," I murmmered.

What the hell are you thinking? "We gotta do something, find out who's working on the inside," I mumbled, thinking things through. Who would want to expose vampires. What's their motive? "Amelie told me not to get involved. And to relay the message to you in particular," He said and snorted. "As if you'd listen to me." I grinned. He knew me too well.

"So what does this mean to the humans? What would happen?" I asked, curious. "Most of the reporters are religious. Will think that the humans are co-operating with 'The Demons' they are said to be bringing along priests to cleanse the soul. I don't get why anyone in this town would want to do this. It could only turn out bad for them too," Michael explained.

"Why would people be listening to this now? After everything that's happened in this town, they decide to come now. I just don't get it," I thought out loud. "There's got to be more to it than just the reporters and priests or else you and Amelie wouldn't be this touchy. You're not telling me the whole story Michael. Now what's going on?"