Finally, after what felt like forever, Riley stated naming people to go out. "Jay, Miranda, and Tomas. You guys go."
I followed a redhead and brunette outside and we ran to the city, my throat once again on fire. From what I observed during the day, Jay was with Raoul and Tomas was with another group led by Kristie, Raoul's enemy. As we ran we were in a line next to each other, none of us daring to have another behind us. As soon as we were in the city we headed for the poor part.
For most of the night hunting was uneventful. We hunted in silence, never bugging each other. But then we came across only one homeless man. I could see in Jay and Tomas' eyes that they both wanted him. I stayed silent and watched to see what would happen. "He's mine." Jay quietly announced.
"No. He's mine." snarled Tomas.
They turned on each other in a flash, snarling and growling like animals. The noise caused the human to high tail it outta there. I did the same before one or both of them could decide I was a threat. The high pitch grinding of a body being pulled apart faded behind me. I decided that I had enough blood for the night so I ran home.
It was still quite empty in the basement so I just went back to my spot by Fred. While I was out I had stole a drawing book and some pencils from a nearby art store. I thought about what I wanted to draw. After a moment my hand took a life of its own and before I had drawn the sound near Seattle. In the corner of my eye I saw Fred admiring my drawing while pretending to read a book.
About a half hour later the last of the group, including Riley, came in. He looked pissed. In his hand was a crumpled up piece of paper. His eyes, which the red made the angry glare much more terrifying, did a quick head count. "Where is Tomas and Miranda?!"
-How does he not see me?- "I'm over here Riley."
I replied quietly, but I knew that between his vampire hearing and the room being deathly quiet he could hear me. Riley nodded and then turned his intense glare to Jay. "And where is Tomas?"
Shrinking back Jay replied, "W-well, uh you see we kinda got into a small argument and well..."
"So you killed him?!"
Jay's silence was answer enough for Riley. He struck his arm out at Jay, grabbed his shoulder, and then flung him across the room. He landed into the wall nearby, creating a huge hole. Our eyes turned back to Riley who was still steaming. "When will you guys learn?! You can't be inconspicuous and you tear at each other like wild animals!" he screamed at everyone while throwing down the paper in his hand. I immediately recognized it as a newspaper clipping. Looking away from the paper, I looked to see Riley trying to calm himself down. After a moment of utter silence he continued. "You need to learn to pick up after yourselves. The humans are all too aware of you guys."
He seemed to be done ranting so after another moment everyone returned to their activities. I once again picked up my book and pencil and worked on a new piece. This time, I drew a pair of red eyes that seemed to be ablaze with fire. An angry fire.