Disclaimer: Don't own The Lost Boys. I am writing this for fun.
Sorry it's taken sooooo long to update. I wrote this chapter out about 3 different times now. I wrote it then changed it. Hated the changes rewrote it. Had an idea pop into my head that kept niggling at me like a loose tooth so I had to re re write some of the story to fit in the new idea. UGH! Finally it's done. Enjoy!
Warning: some violence and language. Bold italics=dream
It had been a week since Raven had her encounter with David and the boys, she'd been busy with practicing and fixing her place. It was pretty much because of that she was now flat broke. One morning she decided to hit the pier to see if she could find a job.
Edge ran into her in the hallway on her way out. "Hey Ravy, where you off to ?"
"I'm flat broke. I'm headin' down to the pier to see if I can get something?"
"Hey good luck with that."he said slapping her arm. "Maybe if you can't find one you can come work with me at the tattoo parlor."
"Tattoo parlor? When did you get that job?"
"The day after you signed us up for the battle of the bands."
"Great now I who to go to when I want some more ink." She headed out the door.
Twenty minutes later she had arrived at the pier. She moved out of the way just in time to avoid being ran over by some of the local skateboarding kids. The sun was high as she began her quest. Shop after shop turned up nothing. She tried the pizza joint, clothes shops, the novelty stores that sold cheap chochkies to tourists. All told her no. Next she hit the arcade, movie theater and d.v.d shop. Hell she even tried getting a job as a ride attendant. Nothing.
She let out an audible sigh that blew a loose piece of hair out of her face. By now it was close to four in the afternoon and she had tried all but two places. The diner and the comic book store. She headed past a mob of kids that were mobbing the comic store deciding she would go there later if the diner job didn't pan out.
She opened the door to the diner and stepped in. It was like stepping through a time portal. She felt like she was in Happy Days. There was a counter that stretched from one end of the diner to the other. It was all chrome in the front with a black marble top. The stools that stood in front of it were matching chrome with red cushions. It looked straight out of the 1950's. The booths and tables that lined the opposite wall of the diner were no exception. Chrome and red seats with mica table tops lined the wall of windows. Each table had its own mini jukebox.
Raven stepped up to the waitress behind the counter. The older woman had looked up from her paper she had been reading. She looked Raven up and down appraising her while chewing on her gum. She raised a pad and pen.
"What'll it be sweetie?"
"I was wondering if you had any job openings."
She turned her head to face the window behind her"Hey Sal! Girl out here says she wants a job. We got any openings?"
Out from the kitchen stepped a chubby man in a greasy t-shirt, black slacks and an apron. He looked Raven over for a few minutes. "You ever wait tables before kid?"
"Yes," Raven lied but she really needed this job. "and I'm not a kid. I'm twenty-eight."
Sal let out a laugh. "I like your moxie kid. Be here tomorrow at eight pm."
"That's perfect!" Raven thanked the waitress and Sal before heading home. That night Raven had the strangest dream.
Raven stood atop a cliff overlooking the ocean. It was night. The moon was full and the stars illuminated the sky like thousands of tiny diamonds, below the waves crashed violently against jagged rocks. The wind whipped around her sending a shiver down her spine. She wrapped her arms around herself and she started rubbing her arms when a voice sounded in her head, she could recognize it but it wasn't her own.
Raven. Raaaaven. Come to me. Join us. We're waiting for you. Be one of us.
Raven listened to the soothing and somewhat familiar voice in her head when suddenly a voice came from behind her that made Raven's blood run ice-cold.
"Hello you pathetic tramp."
Raven whipped her head around to come face to face with Damon. He found her. She didn't know how, but he found her. She stood there with a mix of fear and shock on her face. He approached her grabbing her forcefully by her left arm.
"Did you really think you could get away from me?" A smack echoed through the night as he backhanded her across her face. Tears welled in her eyes and her face began to sting. She shook off the initial shock and fear bringing her right hand back as far as she could. With all her power she brought it forward hitting Damon with a right hook. While he was dazed by her action she kicked him in the stomach then kneed him in the family jewels. The voice came into Raven's head again.
Run princess.
Raven stood there staring at Damon. The voice came again, louder and more forceful than before.
I said run damn it!
Raven began to run when she was caught from behind by Damon. HE turned her around and punched her across the face. Raven crumpled to the ground. Damon proceeded to kick and stomp Raven's body. Tired he picked her up and began dragging her limp body toward the edge of the cliff. He forced her to her feet. Once she was standing he whispered into her ear.
"It's about time I finished what I should have done years ago."He took two steps closer to the edge, lifted her body a few inches off the ground and threw her over.
Raven screamed as her body flee through the air toward the jagged rocks below. She closed her eyes, praying to her gods and goddesses for a swift death as she waited for the inevitable impact. That's when she suddenly felt a pair of arms wrap around her. She opened her eyes looking down at the arms around her waist. They were covered in a black jacket. She continued to follow her eyes up the arms to the rest of the body, and there floating in mid-air holding onto her was her savior. David.
Raven sat up in bed drenched in sweat. She didn't know why but one word had managed to come to mind and escape her lips.
"David."
David had been sitting lost I thought in a high-backed chair in the cave he had called home so many years ago. The boys had been in the cave horsing around and being boisterous as always. Suddenly Davids head snapped up. Could it have been that he had heard Raven call to him or was it all in his imagination.
The next night Raven had been hard at work. She was already three hours into her first shift. She was waiting impatiently for Sal the owner / cook to put out her next tables order. She heard the tinkle of the bells on the door. Then the loud noise of a crowd entering echoed through the diner. She paid little attention to them not turning from the little window that looked in on the kitchen. Let Ruby deal with them. She thought to herself. Finally Sal had rung the bell and put her order up in the window. She walked the order over to the waiting customers and came back behind the counter.
"Hey Raven there's a table for you over there." Ruby pointed in the direction of the last table at the back of the diner where the group of loud people had sat.
"Isn't that your section?" Raven questioned.
"Yeah but I don't like the look of them."
Raven began walking to the table. "Sure so send the new girl." She mumbled.
She headed over to the table. Once there she was going to begin her practiced schpeel when some one spoke.
"Holy Crap! Look who it is!" She looked up a little surprised from the sudden outburst. In the booth sat the boys and David. What the hell, screw the formalities. Raven thought looking over the group before her.
"What can I get you guys?"
No one answered right away so David finally spoke up. "Coffee."
"Okay." She spun on her heels, made her way to the counter and a few minutes later returned with four coffees. She didn't even think to ask how they wanted it so she grabbed milk.
She placed the cups in front of each of them. Angel being the ball buster that he was decided to torment Raven.
"Uh, miss . . . you didn't bring any sugar."
"I really think the last thing you and your little buddy over there need is more sugar." She said pointing a finger in Cody's direction.
"Hey I resent that!" Cody said with a mock frown.
"Why? Is it because we're so damn sweet?" Angel continued to goad her.
Raven gave a small laugh"You keep telling yourself that sweetie. Maybe one day it will be true."
"Oh, burn." Joseph said. David gave a wicked smirk.
Angel was about to say something else when he noticed one of Ravens tattoos as she pushed a piece of hair behind her ear.
"Hey nice tat. Where did you. . ." From behind them came a shout interrupting Angel. It was one of the customers at the counter.
"Hold that thought junior. I'll be right back." Raven returned to their table minutes later.
"Your upset." David deadpanned as he looked at her.
"I'm okay. It's just this muscle headed, bleach blond surfer jerk. He's been here over an hour trying to hit on me. I think all the bleach seeped into his head. He won't take the hint I'm not interested. The asshole."
" There's a girl with good taste. You got something against bottle blond looking men." Joseph said his comment aimed more towards David than the surfer dude she was talking about.
As if on cue the man she described came walking up behind her and wrapped his arms around her. David and Joseph gave off a low growl in unison.
"I totally want your number babe. Are you ready to give it to me yet? It would be totally awesome to have it." She removed his arms from her waist then proceeded to hold onto the table in front her with a death grip. Her knuckles were white.
"Totally." She said in a mocking surfer voice.
"Totally." He replied not noticing her obvious use of sarcasm.
"I'm sorry let me try putting this in a way even you'll understand. I'm totally NOT interested." Raven spat angrily. She was growing angrier by the minute.
From the table David heard what sounded like the clinking of glasses hitting together. He looked down and noticed that the salt and pepper shakers on the table began to bounce back and forth. He looked around to the rest of the table. Nothing else was moving a single inch. While David watched this the surfer dude kept harassing Raven. She became angrier her hands gripping the table tighter. David saw the Salt and pepper shakers jump more furiously as if they were about to fly off the table. He reached out a hand and placed it on top of Raven's. It got her attention. Her eyes shot to his hand and she relaxed a bit. David looked over to the shakers and low and behold they stopped moving. David, never taking his hand off Raven's turned to face the surfer dude.
"The Woman's not interested. Take a hike buddy."
"Or what?"
David gave a dark, ominous laugh. "You don't want to test me boy. I eat morons like you for breakfast." He grinned evilly as his eyes quickly flashed to their yellow-red state. Raven didn't seem to notice this, and the boys all laughed as they saw the surfer dude turn tail and run like a little girl.
"Now that the trash is gone. Would you be interested in coming with us to Horror Fest?" David asked.
"What's Horror Fest?"
Cody cut David off at the pass. "Something the mayor decided to throw together to get people excited for Halloween. That and to make money. It's a horror movie marathon over in the local cemetery tomorrow night. Come on you have to go."
Raven shook her head. "Nah, I don't think so."
"Why not?" Joseph asked. She had all but forgot he was there.
"Well one, I barely know you guys. Two, it's in a cemetery. . . at night. Want any other reasons?"
"Come on don't be a chicken!" Cody goaded.
"Yeah, they are gonna play all the good movies." Angel added.
"Like what?"
"Dracula, Friday the 13th, Halloween, Freddy." Angel noticed that she was becoming mildly interested so he continued. "Exorcist, Omen, Interview with the Vampire." Once Angel said that Raven smiled.
"I think we have a winner!" Cody said noticing the smile on her face.
"What do you mean you don't know us? ." David smirked.
"In all the times I've run into you all, not once have I gotten a name from any of you. All I know is he's the quiet one." She pointed at Joseph. "Frick and Frack over here are nothing but trouble. Like annoying little brothers. She pointed between Angel and Cody. "You," She pointed at David. "ogle me way too much."
"I don't ogle you. Anyway the quiet one is Joseph, Frick and Frack as you call them are Cody and Angel. I'm . . ."
"David." Raven said thinking back on her dream.
"How did you . . ."
Raven shrugged. "Lucky guess."
"Great. Now you know our name. What's yours?"
"Raven."
" You can trust us Raven. We don't bite. . . much. Come on princess. It'll be fun." Raven's eyes went wide as saucers.
"What did you just call me?" She asked in a shaky voice.
"Princess. That a problem?"
"No it's just. . . you know what. Forget it it's nothing." David and the others get up to leave.
"Great. Meet us here. We'll pick you up at sunset." he said patting her face with one of his gloved hands like she was a small child.
Once outside. David turned to the boys. "Who's hungry?"
"I'm good."Joseph said.
"Eh, I guess I could do with another meal." Cody said. Just as a pretty little blond thing walked passed him. "Oh my favorite!" he said rubbing his hands together as he took off after the girl.
"Nah, I'm with Joey boy. I'm stuffed." Angel said getting on his bike and revving it up.
"Suit yourselves. I'm in the mood for a bit of sea food." David took off on his bike. He raced along the now almost empty pier, the motor of the bike revving more as he hit the accelerator. He jumped his bike down a set of steps and onto the beach. After about half an hour he found what he was looking for. There on the beach was the loser that had given Raven a hard time at the restaurant.
David cut the engine of the bike and parked it. Before the guy knew what hit him David flew through the air and tackled the man. He slashed the mans throat in one swift clean motion. He drank his fill as the blood spilled down onto the sand. Once he finished, David tore the body to pieces. He then gathered the remains, flew as far out over the ocean as he could and let the pieces fall one by one into the waters below. The last piece he threw in was the mans head that still had a look of terror plastered on it. As David watched it tumble to the water below he said "I told you I eat morons like you for breakfast." He flew back to the shore, retrieved his bike and raced off into the night back to the cave.
The next night Raven was up in her apartment getting ready to go out
"Your actually going with them?"
Morgana asked as she took a look through Raven's closet.
Raven sat at her vanity undoing the two long braided pigtails she had bunned at the top of her head. her Once finished she combed it out a bit letting it fall into waves over her shoulders. "Yeah, they didn't seem that bad. It's only the movies." She began putting on her make up.
Morgana walked over to her handing her a pair of faded blue jeans and a blood-red spaghetti strap shirt and a fish net top . Raven took them and slipped them on. She walked over to the closet and pulled out her black knee-high boots. Sitting on the bed she put them on as Morgana continued their conversation.
"What's going on how are you getting there?"
"Well they told me to meet them at the diner. Since you and the chuckle brothers in the living room are going to eat, I'll walk with you guys there. I leave with David and the boys from there."
"David?" Morgana raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah you remember. What was it you called him? Oh yeah! Tall, Peroxide blonde and handsome." She said as they walked into the living room. Sitting on the couch in front of her television playing Assassins Creed was Edge and Sabin.
"Well how do I look?" Raven said giving a little twirl.
Sabin gave a wolf whistle and Edge nodded. "I agree with Sabin." Edge said.
"Men!" Morgana shook her head. Let's go. I'm getting hungry and we have to chaperone Raven to her rendezvous point." she began heading for the door and the others followed.
They were a few blocks from the diner when they heard the sound of motorcycles coming near.
"So what's with the sudden hot date.?" Sabin asked.
"It's not a hot date. I'm hanging out with all of them."
"Oh, a five way. You kinky bitch!" Sabin said before Raven reached up and smacked him in the head.
"You know, just because your my friend doesn't mean I'm not above kickin' your ass if you keep acting up." As they got to the front of the diner they saw the boys leaning against their bikes. Joseph was talking with Cody, Angel had ear buds in and was jamming to some music. "Hey Rave is here!" Angel shouted.
"Rave?" Sabin whispered. "Guess I got a new nickname." She whispered back.
David leaned against his bike taking a puff from his cigarette. He pushed himself up off the bike and made his way over to her. "You ready to go princess?"
"Yeah. Let's go." He took her hand and guided her toward the bikes. He straddled his and waited for Raven to hop on.
"Well princess." Giving an apprehensive look she climbed on behind him and wrapped her arms around him loosely slipping her hands on the inside of his long black jacket wrapping them around his chest. He started the bike revving the engine a few times. "I'd hold on tighter than that if I were you."
"I'm good."
"Okay it's your funeral." He joked as he hit the gas.
The bike took off like a rocket. Raven clenched her arms around David tighter. Her long waves blew out behind them as she buried her head against his shoulder to protect her somewhat against the wind. It was a good thing he didn't need much oxygen because she would have cut his airs upply off with the vice grip she now had on his chest. David chuckled to himself as he made the bike go even faster.
Soon they had arrived at the cemetery. David lead the group over to a set of tombstones that looked like it was a family plot. It was underneath a spooky looking gnarled old tree. David and the boys sat down. David patted the ground next to him.
You gonna stand all night? This last about eight hours." Raven sat down next to David tucking her knees up under her while leaning back against the large tombstone behind them. David sat besides Raven leaning back against the tombstone with one leg outstretched and the other bent at the knee. The Mayor stood before the large group and went into some boring rhetoric about how glad she was to have this event and so on. When she was done they kicked off the movie marathon with Dracula. They had gotten to the part where Renfield goes to Dracula's castle. Dracula was talking with Renfield.
"I bid you welcome."Dracula goes up the stairs. Renfield starts to follow him. Suddenly, Dracula hears wolves howling. Rave quoted the next line verbatim right along with the good count.
"Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make." David let out a chuckle.
"Hey. Spoiler alert!" Angel shouted.
"Seriously? You mean to tell me you've never seen this? This movie is old as hell." They all laughed at Angel as David slipped his arm around Raven's shoulder.
"No." He replied.
"Fair enough. Spoiler. Dracula is a vampire!"
"Well now she's gone and ruined it for me." He said jokingly.
"Shut up and watch the movie David said extending his bent leg and kicking Angel in the ass before returning it back to where it had been before.
They were well into the fourth movie when David took his arm from around Raven and stood up walking away without a word.
"Spoiler girl. You never answered me last night." Angel said.
"About what?"
"The tat."
"Which one?"
"What do you mean which one?" Cody asked.
"I have four. There's this one she said turning her right wrist over to show them. It was an Egyptian ankh done in a Gothic looking style the middle was colored in blood-red. Then she turned over her left wrist and she had a pentagram inside a sun looking shape surrounded by angel wings.
"That's those. Then I have this one. She said taking off the fish net top. She turned so they could see it better. It was a Raven with a scroll underneath that read Nevermore.
"I also have one you can't see now." She said slipping the fish net top back on. "It's under the boots on the outside of my right calf. It's a sunset on the beach with a palm tree, orchid, and a tiki man with the word Aloha in blue script over the top."
The conversation died down as they went back to watching the movie. Joseph slid up next to Raven and called her name to get her attention. She and the others had turned around. Joseph had pulled Raven close and crashed his lips down on hers. She hauled back and punched him causing his nose to bleed.
"What the hell dude!" Cody said as he jumped in between Joseph and Raven
"What the hell did you do that for?"
You know David's going to kill you.
What he gets everything. I'm tired of it. I want this one.
David in the mean time had come back from someplace with candy and treats in his hands. He felt the tension between everyone.
Cody what the hell's going on. David questioned.
Cody blocked everyone else from his thoughts. Joemade a move on Raven and she cleaned his clock.
David dropped the treats and quicker than a flash he had Joseph pinned up against the tree.
"What the hell did you do? I said she could trust us and you do this?"
She isn't yours. David slammed him against the tree again harder this time.
She isn't yours either. Keep you hand off of her. If you ever touch her like that again it will be the last thing you do.
Sure, you always rule everything. What we do where we go. You're the big bad ass leader. What about us? I'm sick of it!
You ungrateful bastard! I should have left you out in the sun that day. The one that made you left you and I should have too.
Raven started to walk up to the two men when Joseph pushed David. David stumbled backward into Raven knocking her onto the ground. Joseph took off running not looking back at the group. David turned reaching out a hand to Raven. He helped her to her feet. She could see he was still visibly angry. He began walking off and they all followed. Suddenly from up ahead a scream rang out. Everyone went running to see what it was. David turned to the others.
"Wait here." David joined the large crowd around a grave. There on the ground was the crumpled mutilated corpse of a man. David knew no human was capable of doing that kind of damage to a human body, Not in a million years. Not even the sickest human could have done that. That was the work of a vampire. He knew it couldn't have been Joseph. This body had been dead for hours now. Joseph had been with the others and when he left he took off in the other direction.
Cody, Angel stay close to Raven, keep her safe. Get her to the bikes. I'll be there in a minute.
What's going on?
We have company.
The boys herded Raven back toward the bikes like David instructed. There they waited till he finally walked out of the cemetery gates to them.
"Time to go home princess." he hopped on his bike pulling her along with him. She wrapped her hands around his waist as he drove off. She had managed to tell him her address. How he could hear her over the wind whipping by and the roar of the engine she'll never know.
Head back to the cave. I'll meet you there after I make sure she's home safe.
David slowed the bike to a stop in front of Raven's place. She took her hands from around his waist and got off the bike.
"Look, I'm sorry I hit your friend."
"No don't be. He deserved it. He shouldn't have done that."
"Thanks for the ride." She turned to leave when reached out and grabbed her hand. She turned to look at him.
"Listen, promise me something. If anyone ask to come into the house don't let them."
"What?"
He looked at her with those icy blue eyes, his expression was so serious. "I promise." He let go of her arm and watched as she walked into the house. Revving the engine he turned the bike around and drove off into the darkness.
Chapter 3 done. Four is on the way. Put pics of the tattoos up in my profile in case my description is hard to understand.