Tomorrow was the deadline. We're outnumbered, out of time, and the fate of the vampires rest in our hands.

Benny, Rory, Erica, Sarah, and I went to visit my parents and Jane one last time. It was going to be the last time I could ever tell them good-bye or that I loved them.

I was at the Whitechapel high school. There were having a blood drive. It just reminded me of that time we were attacked by those vampire nurses.

All of the blood packets were in the truck. I was hiding in the back of the driver's seat.

The driver is close. The door open, he got in, and slammed the door shut.

Before he could start the car, I came up behind him and wrapped my arm around his neck. His hands react quickly for a human. He started choking.

"It's okay," I whispered. "Nothing's gonna happen to you. I just need to borrow some blood."

I performed that Vulcan Death-Grip on the man. At that moment when I believed did it incorrectly, the driver was knocked out and was now unconscious.

"I'm sorry, man," I said.

I only got half an hour or forty-five minutes to get some blood for our guests. I jumped off of the truck and headed to the back. Luckily, it was after school, so nobody was around.

Bags and bags of human blood were all over the place. The scent never got to me. I opened the big zip-up bag I brought along and began to put some bags of blood in there. I counted all of the bags and got the right amount for each of our guests.

After I got down, I walked to towards the front of the school building. A sight suddenly caught my attention.

The bullet tin board had a paper with the picture of a girl on it. The girl looked awfully familiar. It read:

MISSING

Jade Vanderbelt

Age: 16

Has light brown hair

Blue eyes

Freckles

Stands at 5'6"

Weighs 120 lbs

Suddenly, a vision appeared in my head.

It was that girl, Jade. She was huddled up in the corner of her room listening to music. I could see in her open door the shadows of her parents screaming and arguing with each other. She was sitting there crying while it happened. Poor girl.

Then, I saw her getting onto a bus. She must've been running away from home.

After that, I saw Jesse biting that girl. She screamed and cried her head off as the vampire venom spread through her body. Then, she was reborn as a vampire.

"Jesse," she asked. "Why do we need to destroy this Ethan guy?"

"He tried to destroy me," he lied. "This girl, Sarah, who I dated…I accidentally bit her. I didn't mean to. It was an accident. They've been trying to kill me ever since."

"You tried to save her?"

"I tried, but I failed." He started kissing her on her neck.

"Was she…like your lover?"

"No, sweetheart. No other woman out there is as great as you. There's no one else. There's only you." Then, Jesse yanked Jade towards his chest and forcefully kisses her.

I could tell he was lying to her. The way he looked at her. The tone of his voice as he talked to her, and the way he kissed her. That poor girl had been hypnotized by Jesse with love.

By the time I got back home, it was close to dawn.

We gave each of our guests one pint of blood. Some of them swallowed it already, but the others were saving theirs for tomorrow.

Everybody gathered outside. They were surrounding a campfire. Each of them told stories about their fascinating, historical past times.

Jia Li told them the story about how the Great Wall of China was built. Harry told the story about working with Al Capone and succesfully escaping Alcatraz. Roland told us the stories of when he was in the Civil War and the American Revolution.

During their campfire stories, Benny, Sarah, Erica, Rory, and I sat in the living room.

"What's gonna happen tomorrow?" asked Erica. "Can Grandma get anything?"

"Erica," sighed Benny, "Grandma doesn't know everything. If a decision is made, then we'll know."

"Will this be our last night as a family?" asked Sarah. "I don't have a family anymore. You guys are all I have left."

"Love, family isn't just the people you're biological related to," I said. "Your family is the people you love. The people who you would risk everything to protect."

"I consider you guys my family," said Erica.

"Erica, I don't believe anyone who thinks you're the stereotype blonde," I said. "You're beautiful, strong, and invincible. You're not a Barbie doll or an airhead. You are a vampire."

She smiled. I looked at Rory. "Rory, back then, Benny and I ignored you a lot because we thought you were just annoying, dumb, and just…well Rory. But over the years, we realized that you're the coolest guy ever. You're still a nerd, but you're King of the Nerds."

"Superior," he howled.

"Benny, you're my best friend in the whole world. Mostly, a brother to me. Powerful, awesome, loud, and magical. Don't let anybody stop you from being you."

Then, I glanced at Sarah. "Sarah, you're always the most beautiful vampire in the world to me. No words can describe the feelings I have for you. They're more than romance. More than love."

"Ethan, I love you more than anything," she said. "At first, I thought you couldn't do it. I thought biting you was a mistake. The moment your eyes opened and I saw them as gold, I realized that…it's like everything about immortality was meant for you. I've had a bad habit of underestimating you. Everything we faced, everything we've been through, every obstacle we faced has come to this. You're everything worth fighting for."

"Am I?"

"You always are."

"Guys, I'm gonna miss y'all so much," said Rory. "I can never exist if you guys don't exist either."

"We fight for each other," said Benny.

"We die for each other," murmured Sarah.

All of us got into a group hug. Erica was starting to cry, while Sarah tried to fight back her tears.

"We're a team," I said. "We're a family. No one, not even Jesse, can break us apart."

As the hours finally passed, morning was here. Sarah and I dressed in our clothes. I had on my grey v-neck shirt, dark blue jeans, combat boots, and black leather jacket. Sarah had on jeans, a black shirt, a green jacket, and long, black, leather boots.

We met up with everybody outside. Each of them were given a magic dagger by Grandma. She kissed us all goodbye.

They were fixing to come. We all waited patiently in the middle of the woods.

"Is telling you how I truly feel right now a bad time?" Christopher asked Yvette.

"It is," she answered, "but at least you finally told me that you loved me." Both of them held onto each other's hand.

"You're my life, you know that?" Rory asked Erica.

"More than life," said Erica. "You're everything to me." They held onto each other's hands as well.

"It all comes down to this," murmured Benny. "The last adventure of our lives."

Their footsteps sounded like clashes of thunder to my ears. I hear them snarling, hissing, and growling.

Sarah looked at me. She said, "I love you."

I looked back at her and said, "I'll never stop." My final words to my Sarah.

I couldn't live without her. Jesse can hurt me all he wants, but I won't let him take her away from me. I'm gonna fight for the people I love until my heart beats again.

Suddenly, the silence in the woods grew even more quiet.

Jesse and his army appeared. Most of them were either teenagers or young adults. All of them had been fooled by Jesse's lies.

On his left was Jade. I couldn't believe Jesse tricked into thinking he was in love with her.

On his right was Nate, Chris and Steven's younger brother. I could tell it was him. He looked an awfully lot like them. He stood at five foot eight and had dark brown, shaggy hair that had a bit of curl to them. Nate had big eyes like Steven and was lanky with a long face like Chris.

Young Nate stared nervously at his brothers. They stared back nervously too. I could see that he never wanted to hurt them.

Then, I glared at Jesse. The devil-like grin on his face just made me want to kill him already, but we waited.

Jesse said, "Miss me?"

I clenched my teeth so tightly that I think they were about to break. May the gates of hell open for all the vampires that will be passing through.

"Let's finish what we started," I replied.

We charged towards each other. The battle has begun.