-Marissa, right?- she heard from behind. -Just the vampire I've been looking for.
Rissa turned around. She saw a man, no, a vampire, who looked her age, maybe a little older. But, again, vampire, so this wasn't 100%. How she knew he was a vamp? He had blood all over his face. And he was holding some unconscious guy who had blood all over his neck. Marissa looked closer. It… it was the same guy she fed on earlier!
-You seem to have, um, dropped this.- the vampire said with disgust in his voice.
-Yeah. Why do you care?
-Oh, Marissa, I forgot you had no idea who I am… let's keep this short. Your father killed me about 150 years ago and I'm… pissed.
-If he killed you, how are you alive?- Rissa asked, knowing the answer, but wanting to show she wasn't scared.
-Long story, he fed on me, then fed me his blood, so I'd heal, but then he fed on me again, but didn't want to feed me his blood again, so he killed me, but his blood from the first time he fed on me was still in my system, so I woke up. That clear things up?
-Pretty much. Though I still don't get what you want from me. Or that guy.- she pointed to the unconscious man in the vampire's arms.
-What I want to do is kill you,- Rissa scoffed. -But it would be too easy to just do it. So I'm gonna give you a chance. This is where this guy comes in. If he is alive in 24 hours, I'll let you live. If not…
-I feel like you're not giving me enough info here, man. If he's not dead yet, I can easily heal him.
-Oh no, he is dead.
-Then how does your stupid game work?
-He will wake up. Though you'll need to know, he is a werewolf.
-Wait, what?
-Yes. A werewolf. His transition, if not complete with doppelgänger blood, will result in death. See you here in 24 hours.- with those words, he dropped the for-now-dead man on the ground.
-Wait!
-Yes?
-And you are?
It was about midnight when Rissa got the dead guy to her place. Until he woke up, she wondered if she should stop calling him "dead guy", since, you know, her life depended on him. Then he did wake up:
-What the heck just happened?!
-Dude, you still say "heck"?! How old are you?!- that wasn't what Rissa was planning to say, but she just had to ask.
-I'm 22!
-Doesn't sound like it…
-Whatever, what time is it? My mom must've been waiting for me for like, an hour!
-Well, too bad, cuz we're gonna go see my mom instead.- he seemed shocked when he heard that:
-Your mom? Why? What do I have to do with this? Wait, did you bite me?- Marissa remembered that when someone turns, all compulsion is forgotten. The same happened to her, at 7, she was compelled to forget the time her aunt Caroline ate someone. She quietly laughed.
-What's so funny?- he asked.
-Nothing, nothing. I'll keep it short. I accidentally turned you into a vampire, but you're already a werewolf, so not to die, you need to drink my mom's blood in the next 23 hours. Clear?
-No, what do you mean I'm a werewolf?!
-Oh, did mommy not tell you?
-Tell me what?- Marissa didn't answer, she just went outside and signalled he follow her. He did. She called a taxi. They got in:
-Where to?
-Mystic Falls. Virginia.