Chapter 8

Haley didn't want to eat when food eventually came to them.

Instead she sat on the left hand corner of her cell.

'I want to go home.' She thought as she sighed. 'Expect I can't remember where home is.' She frowned. 'Why can't remember anything? This is so frustrating. There has to be something that I can remember. All I can remember is the 18th century and that's all. Nothing else. I feel like there's something that I need to remember about right away. Something important.'

The two girls that were beside her looked at each other from their cells.

The one that was furthest away from Haley nodded her head at the other girl.

The girl who was closest to Haley moved over to her and put her hand on Haley's shoulder.

Haley flinched away as she touched her.

"You don't have to worry. I won't hurt you. I'm not one of them." She sighed as she looked down as she whispered. "Not yet anyway if they decide that they want to change me into one of them."

Haley stared at her without saying anything.

She noticed that this was one of the girls that had stood up for her before.

The girl looked up at her with her sad hazel brown eyes.

Haley could see the girl's spirit through her eyes.

It was crushed and Haley pitied her.

'She must have been hurt bad before they brought her to this place. Poor girl. What have they done to her? Is this what they're going to do to me? Break me down.'

She looked over at the other girl and gasped as she turned her neck.

There was a bite mark on the left side of her neck that looked fresh.

"I know that you're scared. You have every reason to be scared being here with those vampires. Trust me I know. But my sister and I have been here for 3 weeks now. So were hardly scared anymore. What's your name?" she asked as Haley turned back to her.

"Haley." She replied. "My name is Haley."

She tried to smile but to Haley it looked like it hurt her face to do so.

Haley didn't blame her.

'Who could ever feel the need to smile in a place like this?' Haley thought.

"My name is Emma and that's my sister Abby."

"Nice to meet you." Haley replied. "Thank you for standing up for me before."

Haley heard Amy scoff from inside from cell

Haley ignored her.

"It was all we could do." Abby said. "All Scars and Amy think about is themselves and teasing other girls. Don't worry about them."

Haley felt Scars and Amy's glare on her but ignored them.

"Emma could you tell me what year I'm in?"

Haley watched Emma's reaction as it turned into shock.

"It's the 21st century 2009. Why didn't you know that?"

Haley's eyes widened. "The 21st century. I don't believe it."

'I missed out 109 years.'

"No reason."

Suddenly someone walked into the room.

Haley knew that he was a vampire from the look at him. He had the same red eyes and paled face as the other vampires that she had seen so far today.

He pressed a button and all the cell doors opened.

"In front of your cells now." He commanded. "And don't try to run away or you'll pay the penalty."

He looked at Scars as he did so and Scars grinned at him in return.

"What's going on?" Haley asked as she stood outside her cell.

"There choosing whether to change us." Emma explained.

"Or drink our blood." Abby added.

Vampires came into the cell room and stood in front of each of the girls.

Haley recognized who was in front of her and frowned. "Tom."

Tom smiled. "Hello Haley."

He brought out a marker and put SPV on her forehead.

He smiled at her one last time before leaving.

Haley turned to Emma.

She had a huge V on her forehead.

"Venom." Emma mouthed and Haley sighed with relief.

Haley turned to look at Abby.

She also had a V on her forehead.

'Good.'

Abby tilted her head in confusion as she saw what was on Haley's head. "What does SPV mean?"

Emma shook her head. "I don't know but I hope it's good."

Haley turned to Scars and Amy.

Scars had a D on her forehead but Amy had a V on her forehead.

Amy went over to hug Scars. "I don't believe it. Oh Scars."

Scars was glaring at Haley when she saw what was on her forehead. "This isn't fair. You should be with us. They only brought you here to drink your blood. Why are you so special enough that they have to change you into one of them?"

One of the vampires that was marking another girl glared at her. "Shut up. You haven't got a right to talk outside your cage."

Scars glared back at him. "No I won't. I can talk however and whenever I want."

Haley gasped as she looked to Scars then to the vampire. 'She's not scared of them. She's standing her ground. She's brave.'

The vampire walked up to her and Scars didn't flinch once when he walked to her side. "You will do as you are told you pesky human. Or else."

Scars smiled up at him. "Or else what? Huh. What will you do to me? You'll make me pay the penalty again. What other horrible thing can you do to this face?" she said as she pointed to her face. She spat at his feet and grinned up at him and Haley could see that the vampire's hand was twitching.

'She better be careful.' Haley thought.

"You filthy, disgusting monster." Scars said. "You kill people without giving it a second thought. Do you even care about whose lives that you're destroying? You can't do anything to me without your master's permission can't you. So you can't hurt me without him telling me so."

He growled. "I can do whatever I want. I don't need Tom to tell me what to do."

"Then prove it." Scars said. "Go right ahead and try to hurt me anyway you want. I want to see you try to hurt me. Go ahead and do it. Take your best shot. I have nothing less to lose now. Go on. Do it. I want to see if you can hurt me." She grinned. "Unless you're too chicken to do it."

"Don't push it Scars." Emma said. "You might regret it."

Scars turned to Emma and frowned. "You stay out of this. I can stand for myself. I don't need anyone's help. I know what I'm doing."

Emma shrugged. "Suit yourself."

Scars turned back to the vampire and smiled at him and said. "Now Amy!"

Amy jumped up onto the vampires back and wrapped her legs around his waist and held onto him tightly.