Original Stories Fan Fiction ❯ Hello ❯ Chapter 5 ( Chapter 5 )
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By: EvilAngels 
Miscellaneous: Original Stories Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Fantasy / Romance | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 07.06.2013 | Pages: 2 | Words: 4.9K | Visits: 155 | Status: Work In Progress
Miscellaneous: Original Stories Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Fantasy / Romance | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 07.06.2013 | Pages: 2 | Words: 4.9K | Visits: 155 | Status: Work In Progress
Chapter 5
The walk was long but worth it because Leah’s jaw dropped to the ground at the sight of John’s very big townhouse. It was brick like his neighbors but it was an older brick like it was built during the 1940’s.
“Amazing,” Leah said as the pair entered the building which took her for a roller coaster ride. The inside was just as elegant as the outside though it had a more modern interior she felt like she was about to meet someone from the royal family and not stay the night at her friend’s house. “I keep forgetting who you are related to.” She mentioned as she saw a plaque given to John’s father from the Queen of England.
“Thanks, I think. Leah I have something to tell you. My parents are on vacation in France so it’s just you, me, and my brother.” John said waiting for an explosion but it never came.
“Actually little brother, it will be just you to.” Came another voice from the staircase and the owner was hurrying down them that Leah thought he could trip at any moment but he never did. “I have been called to work so I won’t be home to babysit.”
“Work, it’s the middle of the night.” John said as the man left without giving him a response. “Well that’s my brother Steven.”
“He seems nice,” Leah said sweetly taking in the essence of John’s home. “Do you really think that he has to work this late?”
“No, but it’s easier to say instead of telling everyone in the family about his secret girlfriend.” John said heading toward the stairs leading Leah to the guest room. She didn’t move from the foyer even though he was waiting, he just stood against the railing watching her take in the beautiful paintings that his mother had bought from her trips to Italy, Spain, and France before she got sick. The way Leah looked around reminded him of kids in a candy store but she had sleepiness around her amazement because of the night’s events which replayed in his mind as he watched her. If Karen had not grabbed a hold of Chris when she did he might have done it himself. “I have a question for you.”
“Shoot.” Leah said catching up to him on the stairs.
“Earlier when Karen had Chris pinned against that tree, her hair started to change colors and I was wondering why?” John asked and he felt the surrounding air run slightly cold and it took a few minutes before Leah began to talk to him.
“Karen is half-non-human and half human. When she gets really upset and angry she begins to lose control of her emotions and they manifest by giving her an immense power that she can’t control until she becomes her immortal self which is even more dangerous than her being everyone’s protector.” Leah explained as John led her to her room. “We grew up together so I can kind of keep her under control but its Bryan who can keep her in check more than the rest of us not even her father has that much control.”
John knew that she had finished her story when he put his hand on the door and opened it slowly probably wanting to see her reaction to the beauty of the gothic decoration and renaissance art that hung from the dark walls and made the oak four post canopy bed and eloquent red satin sheets gave them a peacefulness that he always loved to see in her smile. He didn’t even get the door fully open before her phone began to ring and he knew that it was Karen because she’s the only person who would call this late at night.
“Hello Karen.” Leah said lightly getting an idea what this conversation was going to be about, “what can I help you with?”
“I was wondering where you are but judging from you tone; I’m guessing that you’re still with John.” Karen said catching the slight ‘why the hell did you call me’ tone though it didn’t bother her that she interrupted. “I got a call from Scott when he landed; those vampires from the Catskills reached the airport.”
“Does he know how many have taken over?” Leah asked losing her harsh tone and taken a more serious one.
“No, they cut the lights before he could get a full count but he says there are at least ten of them if not more.” Karen stated loudly and Leah could hear the wind in the background meaning that her cousin was in a car, she was unsure who the vehicle belonged and she didn’t really want to know in case her cousin was arrested for speeding or grand auto theft. “Either way, he needs backup and figured you could refine your skills.”
“My skills are as sharp as ever, but I understand your point. I’m at John’s which is about fifteen minutes from Mary’s.” Leah said doing the calculations in her head from point A to point B. “Do you need anything?”
“No managed to find dad’s weapon stash, so were good for stakes and other weapons.” Karen said the wind whooshing past her with incredible force it sounded like a tornado through the phone. “Which house would be John’s?”
“The big one, I guess.” She said unsure of Karen’s question, because John’s home was the biggest that she had ever seen. “Did you miss it?”
“No but there are two amazing houses right next to each other,” she yelled causing her cousin to pull the phone away from her ear.
“She must be talking about Christopher’s house; that’s the one right next to mine. Tell her it’s the first one she comes up to.” John managed to say as his doorbell rang twice. He was surprised that Karen heard his instruction even though he was on the opposite side of the room, nowhere close to the phone’s speaker.
“She has really good hearing.” Leah muttered before heading for the front door to see Karen already in the foyer. “Please tell me that you didn’t pick the lock.”
“Please I gave up lock picking in middle school. One of your boyfriend’s fancy butlers let me in.” Karen said half joking and half amazed with the items in the home.
“And I suppose you gave up theft too.” Leah said watching Karen’s hand move toward a statue and suddenly pull away.
“Some habits are harder to break than others. Either way; let’s go to save my idiot brother.” She said heading back for the door, ignoring the fact that John was standing on the stairway next to the girl. With her hand on the door she turned around and looked at the pair. “If I had a camera I would take a picture, but right now John my lovely cousin and I have to go and save innocent people from vampires.
“How can I help?” He said staring right at Karen who busted into laughter at both the question and the image she had in her mind of this young demon with absolutely no experience killing vampires.
“Karen, he could actually help out.” Leah said taking his hand and leading him down the remaining steps to the door. “If anyone is still alive in the airport he can take them to safety.”
“But that’s more work for us to try and cover a kid who has never been in a situation outside of gym class.” Karen argued though making a valid point, she knew that Leah had pointed out an important fact, no one knew how many there were so it could possibly take her, Leah, and Scott, to fend off the attack and with little if any chance that those who survived would still be around at the end of the battle. “Fine he can come with us, but he gets no weapon and you have to train him.”
“Agreed,” Leah said running out of John’s home and into the car with John behind her and Karen walking slowing behind them both contemplating on the decision that she just made.
The drive was really quick but what surprised her the most was that she didn’t have to steal a car and she managed to avoid all the local cops. “So this is Tom’s car?”
“I know it’s amazing right.” Karen said pulling out the registration of her father’s 1951 red Chevy Convertible. “It needs work, because I had to jump the battery five times before it would start. I also found a 1953 Aston Martin DB-2.” Karen said gleefully amazed that her father kept these wonderful pieces of history locked away in an old beaten down home.
“Does he even know that you’re driving something like this it must be worth a fortune now,” Leah said as Karen parked the car in front of the luggage drop to find the entire airport pitch black.
“Perfect, how much do you want to bet that I’m going to be the only one you ends up hurt at the end of this.” Karen said quietly as the doors slid open allowing them access to a dangerous situation. “Marco.”
“Polo.” The voice of a young boy called back, from the sound of his voice he was about John’s age though the only people he could see were Leah, who was holding his hand, and Karen, who was walking slowly and moving her head side to side trying to find either the enemy or ‘Marco’ he couldn’t really tell considering he was trying to get his bearings in this space and it surprised him that he didn’t fall flat on his face yet.
“Marco.” Karen called again and the same voice replied ‘Polo’ closer than it had been before making John very nervous of whom ‘Polo’ was but it was that stray thought that made him forget where he was until he tripped over something that he thought was luggage until the came on in a blinding light giving he a horrific sight, that would forever haunt him until Leah’s colorful face took the dead woman’s place and brought him back to reality and the danger of that same reality. “Thanks for the light Marco.”
“Not a problem Polo. Just one question though, who is the kid?” The boy said, he was no more than 17 years old and he was wearing tan cargo pants and a loose shirt already sprinkled in blood his hair was blonde compared to Karen’s auburn color you could tell that they weren’t related by blood, it looked like they were trained together at a military camp by the way they positioned themselves in face of an enemy that didn’t face them directly and the way they were speaking.
“He’s Leah’s boyfriend, but he’s only here as a medic.” Karen said softly before getting down to business. “So how many are we up against?”
“I’ve only been able to count about half a dozen, but there could be more.” The boy said still scanning the room trying to decipher between human and non-human. “Hey newbie. You and Leah find survivors and get them out, Leah you know what to look for?”
“I’m not that rusty Scott.” Leah said helping John off the ground and onto his feet no matter how shaky he was. “Come on; try to not the let the dead get to you.”
“How, how are you able to do this.” John questioned as the pair walked away from Karen and her brother.
“When it comes to the dead, the day you don’t care is the day you die. You always care when the innocent are killed but you focus the energy to the enemy of the beings that killed them.” Leah said keeling over another dead body giving them their last rites before closing their eyes. “At least that’s how I handle it.”
“And your cousins,” John asked as they reached another who was unable to survive the surprise attack. “How do they handle all this death?”
“Well when it gets to Karen, she usually runs off and starts a fight with someone that she has a problem with anyway, then when she got all her anger out she disappears for a few days.”
The pair stopped talking after that, considering that John only knew Karen and not her brothers he decided to let the rest of that question sit in the back of his mind for a later time. John watched as Leah continued to walk around all the people who littered the tile floors of the airport. He tried to ignore the faces, he knew that some of them had lived in the city he had seen them on the street and wondered if they had families or people who cared for them and thought of what they might think when they hear that their mother, father, brother, sister was killed in a horrendous massacre and no one was able to stop it. John even began to think who the media might blame this on, a serial killer, a foreign terrorist, they obviously wouldn’t think about the supernatural creatures that inhabit Earth because supernatural creatures are only to be found in fairy tales and nightmares.
Karen and Scott continued to get ready for the fight between them and an unmanageable enemy. “Were you able to count how many we are up against?” She asked looking at her brother as she pulled her hair back into a high pony tail.
“I wasn’t able to get an accurate number but at my best guess, we’re up against a dozen vampires at least.” Scott said handing his sister some weapons that he smuggled into his luggage knowing that they wouldn’t be looked through.
“Well that seems a little unfair don’t you think.” Karen said taking the weapon from her brother and getting into an alerted battle stance that her father taught her as all the lights came back on showing twenty vampires on the opposite side of the lobby. “You want the good news or the bad news.”
“I’m sure I know the good news, what’s the bad news?” Scott said smartly ignoring the fact that his sister used her look that said how many ways she was going to kill you, but heard her giggle. “At least you still have your sense of humor.”
“Smartass, anyway the bad news is that it’s an even fight ten for you ten for me but none for Leah.” Karen said joking around with her cousin though Leah was helping John with the few people who possibly survived. “Not that what you’re doing is a bad thing!”
“Oh, glad my compassion is a lovely joke for you.” Leah called back as she was moving the people who were able to be saved closer to the door so when her cousins had finished their fight. “Looks like they’re about to attack so I suggest you pay attention.”
“Oh, she told you off.” Scott said firing the first shot as one of the vampires lunged forward starting the charge.
“OW! A little heads up would have been nice.” Karen said punching one of the attackers in the face as she kicked a second in the stomach. “So why did Tom call me with the Demon Lord information and not you?”
“We cannot get into this right now.” He said killing one of the vampires as another took its place. “God, think we went a little overboard?”
“Don’t be silly. Besides I’m just getting warmed up,” Karen laughed taking out two more of them before she rushed over to her cousin, “how’s it going over here?”
“Fine, thanks for asking we haven’t been attacked yet but that might change if you don’t help your brother.” Leah said killing one of the innocent people who had been bitten and was starting to turn. “Not to mention that Ann will send you to hell and back if she finds out that you got your brother killed.”
“Oh, you might be right.” Karen sighed as she looked back toward Scott’s location noticing that her little brother was taking o five vampires at once though it seemed that he was doing fine both Karen and Leah knew that he could use a little bit of help. “Damn I better go, think you can handle the rest.”
“Karen, I can handle it just fine, it’s John I’m worried about.” Leah said as she began looking around for him, it took her only seconds to realize that he had disappeared from the group of people that he was trying to help escape. “Where is he?”
“I thought he was with you?” Karen said catching her cousin’s train of thought as to where John had gone.
“He was, at least for a while. I showed him what to look for with the injured and then he said that he could handle it on his own.” Leah said getting more worried as the seconds passed. Fear was eating her alive when she jumped to the worst case scenario and left one of her patients on the floor by taking off in a dead sprint into parts of the lobby that had not yet been cleared by either Karen or Scott.
“Leah! Shit.” Karen cursed chasing after her cousin to make sure that she didn’t get hurt. “Scott, try and fend for your-self, John’s gone MIA.”
“Yeah, I’ll try.” Scott said kicking a stake into the chest of one of the vampires as another jumped onto his back while Karen took off down towards the terminal after Leah, and Scott could tell that she was listening to her emotions. “Good luck!”
Karen was running as fast as she could but Leah was still far ahead, though Karen wasn’t really surprised because she knew that Leah held the only gold medal for long distance running. “Leah freeze, or you’re going to get your-self killed.” Karen shouted trying to get her attention but it didn’t seem to work until Karen decided to be really cold, “You can’t help your boyfriend if you’re dead, stop listening to your emotions and use your head.”
Leah stopped short and turned on her heel to stare down Karen as she caught up. The tears were already in Leah’s eyes and starting to fall once Karen arrived to her position and gave her a hug though Leah fought it, “I know, I had no right to say that but I had to say what I did but you weren’t thinking about the danger.”
“How can I be rational about rescuing someone that I care for Karen?” Leah questioned becoming comforted by her cousin’s embrace which is kind of what she needed so she could calm her emotions and get them to agree with her mind about being careful in an area that had not yet been cleared by Karen or Scott.
The pair just stood in that spot in the middle of the darkened terminal, Leah trying to gather her thoughts as to finding John and Karen staying attentive to their surroundings before they were ambushed by the leader of the clan that they had been fighting and just as Karen became comfortable and confident with the fact that they were alone she felt a sharp pain slash across her back and she fell to the floor, Leah falling with her as the bright florescent lights flipped on and she saw the blood coming from the deep wound. She looked around to see who had dared to hurt one of her family. That was when she heard a laugh from behind her grabbing her cousin’s weapon she turned to find the being responsible.
“That was easier than I was lead to believe.” A man said his voice sounding smooth and harsh all at the same time, “and here I was thinking that there was going to be a fight.”
“Who are you?” Leah said pointing the weapon getting ready to fire before she realized that John was in the path of the attacker’s destruction. “Let him go?”
“Who, your boyfriend, sorry gorgeous I have orders to take you with me. As for him, well he’s dinner.” The vampire laughed not noticing that Karen was still moving and getting up to return the injury by ten.
“You have got a lot of nerve,” Karen said slowly getting up from the floor. “I guess who ever told to kill me didn’t explain that it takes more than a slash to the back to keep me down, and that’s all thanks to my nifty little ability.”
“And ability might that be.” The attacker asked smartly tightening his grip around John’s neck.
“Karen, you’re hurt I can take care of this one.” Leah said trying to get her cousin to take it easy until her injury completely healed which she knew would take at least an hour if not more.
“Nice try Leah, but he already knows your weakness.” Karen said looking over to John. “Don’t get me wrong, you probably could take this dead piece of shit and managed to save John if this was any other day but it’s not and I have a score to settle.”
“She was half right Leah, I do know your weakness but I also know hers as well.” He said throwing John into the pillar next to him and grabbing Leah who instinctively went to check on him. “That was way too easy. You know Karen was right about one thing when you get emotionally involved you lose focus on your real target.”
Karen continued to rise slowly while attempting to figure out the best way to rescue Leah and manage to kill the bastard that was trying to kill her for a reason that she intended to figure out. “Let her go,” she panted though trying not to show her pain as she felt her wound regenerate, but her enemy simply laughed not knowing that Karen strength was returning faster than it should have been, however Leah saw the signs and knew the dangers if Karen continued this course of action. “You know I never knew a leader to be so cheap as to trap their enemy’s weakness. However Leah isn’t my weakness.”
“That is bold talk from someone who has a wound across her back,” He said slightly laughing as Karen turned slowly showing him the mistake that he had made and it caused him to catch the next comment he had in his throat, “how.”
“I told you before I’m very hard to kill with just one blow.” Karen smirked laughing as the fear that had replaced the confidence in his eyes.
In a fit of rage the leader threw Leah into the opposite side of the terminal and charged Karen like a bull charging a matador. Karen dodged the attack easily laughing as he turned and went for a second which Karen dodged again.
“My God, I don’t know what’s worse; the fact that you think charging me will work or that you’re pathetic enough to think of it.” Karen taunted the leader like she was a cat playing with a mouse, though she had a plan and kept him busy from the fact that Leah was slowly making her way to check on John and make sure that the leader hadn’t bitten or killed him.
“How dare you!” He yelled charging Karen again who dodged but this time he managed to scratch her shoulder breaking the skin the stood at a distance after the confrontation, Karen healing her wound and the leader licking the blood off his hands. “Well, well it looks like you can be hurt after all.” He laughed at her because he managed to get her despite all her boasting. “Where did all your confidence go? Now, I was told that the Reid family was something to be feared but if dodging is the best that you have it is no wonder you became hunters.”
It was at this small comment that caught the attention of Leah and she mental cursed the leader for saying something bad about her family and with Karen being a protector of the family she took every insult personally and when Leah looked to see Karen’s reaction she saw that her hair began to change colors and she tightly gripped the arm that she just healed causing it to bleed again. The leader was kind of taken back with Karen’s transformation that had been completed before Leah had a chance to even stand up long enough to stop her. Her hair had turned to silver with auburn highlights her eyes had become a lighter blue and were like cats eye her canines became slightly elongated and she started hissing, causing Leah to become very worried that when she saw Scott come up to the terminal hallway just in time because he was the only other person who could calm Karen down to a point that they could get some information out of the leader.
“Scott, get Karen!” Leah yelled leaning against the pillar trying to assess her injuries considering the amount of force she was thrown into the wall she knew that she had at least broken a rib if not two.
Scott caught on to what had been happening to Karen as soon as Leah called for him thought she couldn’t really scream for Scott, signaling to him that she had been injured as well. At the sight of the battle in front of him Scott sprinted the remaining distance to Leah and make sure that both she and John were not seriously injured before he got into a fight with his sister. “Are you ok?”
“I’m fine for now, and John’s just unconscious thankfully. Karen needs more help than I do right now, so go.” Leah said pushing Scott away from her and towards Karen who was increasing her power little by little with each passing moment.
“Shit.” Scott commented as he ran to try and calm down his sister. “Karen, Karen, look at me.” Scott pleaded with his sister even though he knew that it fell on deaf ears despite his best efforts to talk some sense to her. However it was the leader who held the most fear in his eyes and Leah saw that he had no idea what he had been contracted to do.
“You see now, hurting me or threating her family is not her weakness it’s an emotional trigger like what the smell or taste of blood does to your species.” Leah stated trying to stay awake long enough to get information about who had hired him.
“Maybe, but none of my people have that kind of power.” He said in awe of the young girl that he had been fighting not even 15 minutes ago.
“I suggest that you leave with whatever remaining clansman you have with you.” She said once she saw that Scott had got his sister’s attention, “Despite Scott’s best efforts it won’t take long before she realizes who the true enemy is.”
The Leader headed for the fire escape before Leah called for him again. “Just out of curiosity, who hired you?”
“I only of know him by reputation and rumor, but it is said that he’s the only non-human to infiltrate the Reid home and get out alive.” The leader said softly hoping that Leah didn’t hear a word he said.
“Who,” Leah questioned more demanding than the last time she asked. Though she hoped that the Leader wouldn’t be able to notice her failing state of conscience but it was the one person that she couldn’t see that posed the most threat.
“Do not worry about her. There is nothing more pathetic than a witch who can’t fight back.” A voice came out of the darkness in the terminal corridor, though Leah was curious her vision was too obscured to make a positive identification, though she noticed that The Leader seemed to disappear rather quickly after the man had insulted her and then Leah’s world went black.
The walk was long but worth it because Leah’s jaw dropped to the ground at the sight of John’s very big townhouse. It was brick like his neighbors but it was an older brick like it was built during the 1940’s.
“Amazing,” Leah said as the pair entered the building which took her for a roller coaster ride. The inside was just as elegant as the outside though it had a more modern interior she felt like she was about to meet someone from the royal family and not stay the night at her friend’s house. “I keep forgetting who you are related to.” She mentioned as she saw a plaque given to John’s father from the Queen of England.
“Thanks, I think. Leah I have something to tell you. My parents are on vacation in France so it’s just you, me, and my brother.” John said waiting for an explosion but it never came.
“Actually little brother, it will be just you to.” Came another voice from the staircase and the owner was hurrying down them that Leah thought he could trip at any moment but he never did. “I have been called to work so I won’t be home to babysit.”
“Work, it’s the middle of the night.” John said as the man left without giving him a response. “Well that’s my brother Steven.”
“He seems nice,” Leah said sweetly taking in the essence of John’s home. “Do you really think that he has to work this late?”
“No, but it’s easier to say instead of telling everyone in the family about his secret girlfriend.” John said heading toward the stairs leading Leah to the guest room. She didn’t move from the foyer even though he was waiting, he just stood against the railing watching her take in the beautiful paintings that his mother had bought from her trips to Italy, Spain, and France before she got sick. The way Leah looked around reminded him of kids in a candy store but she had sleepiness around her amazement because of the night’s events which replayed in his mind as he watched her. If Karen had not grabbed a hold of Chris when she did he might have done it himself. “I have a question for you.”
“Shoot.” Leah said catching up to him on the stairs.
“Earlier when Karen had Chris pinned against that tree, her hair started to change colors and I was wondering why?” John asked and he felt the surrounding air run slightly cold and it took a few minutes before Leah began to talk to him.
“Karen is half-non-human and half human. When she gets really upset and angry she begins to lose control of her emotions and they manifest by giving her an immense power that she can’t control until she becomes her immortal self which is even more dangerous than her being everyone’s protector.” Leah explained as John led her to her room. “We grew up together so I can kind of keep her under control but its Bryan who can keep her in check more than the rest of us not even her father has that much control.”
John knew that she had finished her story when he put his hand on the door and opened it slowly probably wanting to see her reaction to the beauty of the gothic decoration and renaissance art that hung from the dark walls and made the oak four post canopy bed and eloquent red satin sheets gave them a peacefulness that he always loved to see in her smile. He didn’t even get the door fully open before her phone began to ring and he knew that it was Karen because she’s the only person who would call this late at night.
“Hello Karen.” Leah said lightly getting an idea what this conversation was going to be about, “what can I help you with?”
“I was wondering where you are but judging from you tone; I’m guessing that you’re still with John.” Karen said catching the slight ‘why the hell did you call me’ tone though it didn’t bother her that she interrupted. “I got a call from Scott when he landed; those vampires from the Catskills reached the airport.”
“Does he know how many have taken over?” Leah asked losing her harsh tone and taken a more serious one.
“No, they cut the lights before he could get a full count but he says there are at least ten of them if not more.” Karen stated loudly and Leah could hear the wind in the background meaning that her cousin was in a car, she was unsure who the vehicle belonged and she didn’t really want to know in case her cousin was arrested for speeding or grand auto theft. “Either way, he needs backup and figured you could refine your skills.”
“My skills are as sharp as ever, but I understand your point. I’m at John’s which is about fifteen minutes from Mary’s.” Leah said doing the calculations in her head from point A to point B. “Do you need anything?”
“No managed to find dad’s weapon stash, so were good for stakes and other weapons.” Karen said the wind whooshing past her with incredible force it sounded like a tornado through the phone. “Which house would be John’s?”
“The big one, I guess.” She said unsure of Karen’s question, because John’s home was the biggest that she had ever seen. “Did you miss it?”
“No but there are two amazing houses right next to each other,” she yelled causing her cousin to pull the phone away from her ear.
“She must be talking about Christopher’s house; that’s the one right next to mine. Tell her it’s the first one she comes up to.” John managed to say as his doorbell rang twice. He was surprised that Karen heard his instruction even though he was on the opposite side of the room, nowhere close to the phone’s speaker.
“She has really good hearing.” Leah muttered before heading for the front door to see Karen already in the foyer. “Please tell me that you didn’t pick the lock.”
“Please I gave up lock picking in middle school. One of your boyfriend’s fancy butlers let me in.” Karen said half joking and half amazed with the items in the home.
“And I suppose you gave up theft too.” Leah said watching Karen’s hand move toward a statue and suddenly pull away.
“Some habits are harder to break than others. Either way; let’s go to save my idiot brother.” She said heading back for the door, ignoring the fact that John was standing on the stairway next to the girl. With her hand on the door she turned around and looked at the pair. “If I had a camera I would take a picture, but right now John my lovely cousin and I have to go and save innocent people from vampires.
“How can I help?” He said staring right at Karen who busted into laughter at both the question and the image she had in her mind of this young demon with absolutely no experience killing vampires.
“Karen, he could actually help out.” Leah said taking his hand and leading him down the remaining steps to the door. “If anyone is still alive in the airport he can take them to safety.”
“But that’s more work for us to try and cover a kid who has never been in a situation outside of gym class.” Karen argued though making a valid point, she knew that Leah had pointed out an important fact, no one knew how many there were so it could possibly take her, Leah, and Scott, to fend off the attack and with little if any chance that those who survived would still be around at the end of the battle. “Fine he can come with us, but he gets no weapon and you have to train him.”
“Agreed,” Leah said running out of John’s home and into the car with John behind her and Karen walking slowing behind them both contemplating on the decision that she just made.
The drive was really quick but what surprised her the most was that she didn’t have to steal a car and she managed to avoid all the local cops. “So this is Tom’s car?”
“I know it’s amazing right.” Karen said pulling out the registration of her father’s 1951 red Chevy Convertible. “It needs work, because I had to jump the battery five times before it would start. I also found a 1953 Aston Martin DB-2.” Karen said gleefully amazed that her father kept these wonderful pieces of history locked away in an old beaten down home.
“Does he even know that you’re driving something like this it must be worth a fortune now,” Leah said as Karen parked the car in front of the luggage drop to find the entire airport pitch black.
“Perfect, how much do you want to bet that I’m going to be the only one you ends up hurt at the end of this.” Karen said quietly as the doors slid open allowing them access to a dangerous situation. “Marco.”
“Polo.” The voice of a young boy called back, from the sound of his voice he was about John’s age though the only people he could see were Leah, who was holding his hand, and Karen, who was walking slowly and moving her head side to side trying to find either the enemy or ‘Marco’ he couldn’t really tell considering he was trying to get his bearings in this space and it surprised him that he didn’t fall flat on his face yet.
“Marco.” Karen called again and the same voice replied ‘Polo’ closer than it had been before making John very nervous of whom ‘Polo’ was but it was that stray thought that made him forget where he was until he tripped over something that he thought was luggage until the came on in a blinding light giving he a horrific sight, that would forever haunt him until Leah’s colorful face took the dead woman’s place and brought him back to reality and the danger of that same reality. “Thanks for the light Marco.”
“Not a problem Polo. Just one question though, who is the kid?” The boy said, he was no more than 17 years old and he was wearing tan cargo pants and a loose shirt already sprinkled in blood his hair was blonde compared to Karen’s auburn color you could tell that they weren’t related by blood, it looked like they were trained together at a military camp by the way they positioned themselves in face of an enemy that didn’t face them directly and the way they were speaking.
“He’s Leah’s boyfriend, but he’s only here as a medic.” Karen said softly before getting down to business. “So how many are we up against?”
“I’ve only been able to count about half a dozen, but there could be more.” The boy said still scanning the room trying to decipher between human and non-human. “Hey newbie. You and Leah find survivors and get them out, Leah you know what to look for?”
“I’m not that rusty Scott.” Leah said helping John off the ground and onto his feet no matter how shaky he was. “Come on; try to not the let the dead get to you.”
“How, how are you able to do this.” John questioned as the pair walked away from Karen and her brother.
“When it comes to the dead, the day you don’t care is the day you die. You always care when the innocent are killed but you focus the energy to the enemy of the beings that killed them.” Leah said keeling over another dead body giving them their last rites before closing their eyes. “At least that’s how I handle it.”
“And your cousins,” John asked as they reached another who was unable to survive the surprise attack. “How do they handle all this death?”
“Well when it gets to Karen, she usually runs off and starts a fight with someone that she has a problem with anyway, then when she got all her anger out she disappears for a few days.”
The pair stopped talking after that, considering that John only knew Karen and not her brothers he decided to let the rest of that question sit in the back of his mind for a later time. John watched as Leah continued to walk around all the people who littered the tile floors of the airport. He tried to ignore the faces, he knew that some of them had lived in the city he had seen them on the street and wondered if they had families or people who cared for them and thought of what they might think when they hear that their mother, father, brother, sister was killed in a horrendous massacre and no one was able to stop it. John even began to think who the media might blame this on, a serial killer, a foreign terrorist, they obviously wouldn’t think about the supernatural creatures that inhabit Earth because supernatural creatures are only to be found in fairy tales and nightmares.
Karen and Scott continued to get ready for the fight between them and an unmanageable enemy. “Were you able to count how many we are up against?” She asked looking at her brother as she pulled her hair back into a high pony tail.
“I wasn’t able to get an accurate number but at my best guess, we’re up against a dozen vampires at least.” Scott said handing his sister some weapons that he smuggled into his luggage knowing that they wouldn’t be looked through.
“Well that seems a little unfair don’t you think.” Karen said taking the weapon from her brother and getting into an alerted battle stance that her father taught her as all the lights came back on showing twenty vampires on the opposite side of the lobby. “You want the good news or the bad news.”
“I’m sure I know the good news, what’s the bad news?” Scott said smartly ignoring the fact that his sister used her look that said how many ways she was going to kill you, but heard her giggle. “At least you still have your sense of humor.”
“Smartass, anyway the bad news is that it’s an even fight ten for you ten for me but none for Leah.” Karen said joking around with her cousin though Leah was helping John with the few people who possibly survived. “Not that what you’re doing is a bad thing!”
“Oh, glad my compassion is a lovely joke for you.” Leah called back as she was moving the people who were able to be saved closer to the door so when her cousins had finished their fight. “Looks like they’re about to attack so I suggest you pay attention.”
“Oh, she told you off.” Scott said firing the first shot as one of the vampires lunged forward starting the charge.
“OW! A little heads up would have been nice.” Karen said punching one of the attackers in the face as she kicked a second in the stomach. “So why did Tom call me with the Demon Lord information and not you?”
“We cannot get into this right now.” He said killing one of the vampires as another took its place. “God, think we went a little overboard?”
“Don’t be silly. Besides I’m just getting warmed up,” Karen laughed taking out two more of them before she rushed over to her cousin, “how’s it going over here?”
“Fine, thanks for asking we haven’t been attacked yet but that might change if you don’t help your brother.” Leah said killing one of the innocent people who had been bitten and was starting to turn. “Not to mention that Ann will send you to hell and back if she finds out that you got your brother killed.”
“Oh, you might be right.” Karen sighed as she looked back toward Scott’s location noticing that her little brother was taking o five vampires at once though it seemed that he was doing fine both Karen and Leah knew that he could use a little bit of help. “Damn I better go, think you can handle the rest.”
“Karen, I can handle it just fine, it’s John I’m worried about.” Leah said as she began looking around for him, it took her only seconds to realize that he had disappeared from the group of people that he was trying to help escape. “Where is he?”
“I thought he was with you?” Karen said catching her cousin’s train of thought as to where John had gone.
“He was, at least for a while. I showed him what to look for with the injured and then he said that he could handle it on his own.” Leah said getting more worried as the seconds passed. Fear was eating her alive when she jumped to the worst case scenario and left one of her patients on the floor by taking off in a dead sprint into parts of the lobby that had not yet been cleared by either Karen or Scott.
“Leah! Shit.” Karen cursed chasing after her cousin to make sure that she didn’t get hurt. “Scott, try and fend for your-self, John’s gone MIA.”
“Yeah, I’ll try.” Scott said kicking a stake into the chest of one of the vampires as another jumped onto his back while Karen took off down towards the terminal after Leah, and Scott could tell that she was listening to her emotions. “Good luck!”
Karen was running as fast as she could but Leah was still far ahead, though Karen wasn’t really surprised because she knew that Leah held the only gold medal for long distance running. “Leah freeze, or you’re going to get your-self killed.” Karen shouted trying to get her attention but it didn’t seem to work until Karen decided to be really cold, “You can’t help your boyfriend if you’re dead, stop listening to your emotions and use your head.”
Leah stopped short and turned on her heel to stare down Karen as she caught up. The tears were already in Leah’s eyes and starting to fall once Karen arrived to her position and gave her a hug though Leah fought it, “I know, I had no right to say that but I had to say what I did but you weren’t thinking about the danger.”
“How can I be rational about rescuing someone that I care for Karen?” Leah questioned becoming comforted by her cousin’s embrace which is kind of what she needed so she could calm her emotions and get them to agree with her mind about being careful in an area that had not yet been cleared by Karen or Scott.
The pair just stood in that spot in the middle of the darkened terminal, Leah trying to gather her thoughts as to finding John and Karen staying attentive to their surroundings before they were ambushed by the leader of the clan that they had been fighting and just as Karen became comfortable and confident with the fact that they were alone she felt a sharp pain slash across her back and she fell to the floor, Leah falling with her as the bright florescent lights flipped on and she saw the blood coming from the deep wound. She looked around to see who had dared to hurt one of her family. That was when she heard a laugh from behind her grabbing her cousin’s weapon she turned to find the being responsible.
“That was easier than I was lead to believe.” A man said his voice sounding smooth and harsh all at the same time, “and here I was thinking that there was going to be a fight.”
“Who are you?” Leah said pointing the weapon getting ready to fire before she realized that John was in the path of the attacker’s destruction. “Let him go?”
“Who, your boyfriend, sorry gorgeous I have orders to take you with me. As for him, well he’s dinner.” The vampire laughed not noticing that Karen was still moving and getting up to return the injury by ten.
“You have got a lot of nerve,” Karen said slowly getting up from the floor. “I guess who ever told to kill me didn’t explain that it takes more than a slash to the back to keep me down, and that’s all thanks to my nifty little ability.”
“And ability might that be.” The attacker asked smartly tightening his grip around John’s neck.
“Karen, you’re hurt I can take care of this one.” Leah said trying to get her cousin to take it easy until her injury completely healed which she knew would take at least an hour if not more.
“Nice try Leah, but he already knows your weakness.” Karen said looking over to John. “Don’t get me wrong, you probably could take this dead piece of shit and managed to save John if this was any other day but it’s not and I have a score to settle.”
“She was half right Leah, I do know your weakness but I also know hers as well.” He said throwing John into the pillar next to him and grabbing Leah who instinctively went to check on him. “That was way too easy. You know Karen was right about one thing when you get emotionally involved you lose focus on your real target.”
Karen continued to rise slowly while attempting to figure out the best way to rescue Leah and manage to kill the bastard that was trying to kill her for a reason that she intended to figure out. “Let her go,” she panted though trying not to show her pain as she felt her wound regenerate, but her enemy simply laughed not knowing that Karen strength was returning faster than it should have been, however Leah saw the signs and knew the dangers if Karen continued this course of action. “You know I never knew a leader to be so cheap as to trap their enemy’s weakness. However Leah isn’t my weakness.”
“That is bold talk from someone who has a wound across her back,” He said slightly laughing as Karen turned slowly showing him the mistake that he had made and it caused him to catch the next comment he had in his throat, “how.”
“I told you before I’m very hard to kill with just one blow.” Karen smirked laughing as the fear that had replaced the confidence in his eyes.
In a fit of rage the leader threw Leah into the opposite side of the terminal and charged Karen like a bull charging a matador. Karen dodged the attack easily laughing as he turned and went for a second which Karen dodged again.
“My God, I don’t know what’s worse; the fact that you think charging me will work or that you’re pathetic enough to think of it.” Karen taunted the leader like she was a cat playing with a mouse, though she had a plan and kept him busy from the fact that Leah was slowly making her way to check on John and make sure that the leader hadn’t bitten or killed him.
“How dare you!” He yelled charging Karen again who dodged but this time he managed to scratch her shoulder breaking the skin the stood at a distance after the confrontation, Karen healing her wound and the leader licking the blood off his hands. “Well, well it looks like you can be hurt after all.” He laughed at her because he managed to get her despite all her boasting. “Where did all your confidence go? Now, I was told that the Reid family was something to be feared but if dodging is the best that you have it is no wonder you became hunters.”
It was at this small comment that caught the attention of Leah and she mental cursed the leader for saying something bad about her family and with Karen being a protector of the family she took every insult personally and when Leah looked to see Karen’s reaction she saw that her hair began to change colors and she tightly gripped the arm that she just healed causing it to bleed again. The leader was kind of taken back with Karen’s transformation that had been completed before Leah had a chance to even stand up long enough to stop her. Her hair had turned to silver with auburn highlights her eyes had become a lighter blue and were like cats eye her canines became slightly elongated and she started hissing, causing Leah to become very worried that when she saw Scott come up to the terminal hallway just in time because he was the only other person who could calm Karen down to a point that they could get some information out of the leader.
“Scott, get Karen!” Leah yelled leaning against the pillar trying to assess her injuries considering the amount of force she was thrown into the wall she knew that she had at least broken a rib if not two.
Scott caught on to what had been happening to Karen as soon as Leah called for him thought she couldn’t really scream for Scott, signaling to him that she had been injured as well. At the sight of the battle in front of him Scott sprinted the remaining distance to Leah and make sure that both she and John were not seriously injured before he got into a fight with his sister. “Are you ok?”
“I’m fine for now, and John’s just unconscious thankfully. Karen needs more help than I do right now, so go.” Leah said pushing Scott away from her and towards Karen who was increasing her power little by little with each passing moment.
“Shit.” Scott commented as he ran to try and calm down his sister. “Karen, Karen, look at me.” Scott pleaded with his sister even though he knew that it fell on deaf ears despite his best efforts to talk some sense to her. However it was the leader who held the most fear in his eyes and Leah saw that he had no idea what he had been contracted to do.
“You see now, hurting me or threating her family is not her weakness it’s an emotional trigger like what the smell or taste of blood does to your species.” Leah stated trying to stay awake long enough to get information about who had hired him.
“Maybe, but none of my people have that kind of power.” He said in awe of the young girl that he had been fighting not even 15 minutes ago.
“I suggest that you leave with whatever remaining clansman you have with you.” She said once she saw that Scott had got his sister’s attention, “Despite Scott’s best efforts it won’t take long before she realizes who the true enemy is.”
The Leader headed for the fire escape before Leah called for him again. “Just out of curiosity, who hired you?”
“I only of know him by reputation and rumor, but it is said that he’s the only non-human to infiltrate the Reid home and get out alive.” The leader said softly hoping that Leah didn’t hear a word he said.
“Who,” Leah questioned more demanding than the last time she asked. Though she hoped that the Leader wouldn’t be able to notice her failing state of conscience but it was the one person that she couldn’t see that posed the most threat.
“Do not worry about her. There is nothing more pathetic than a witch who can’t fight back.” A voice came out of the darkness in the terminal corridor, though Leah was curious her vision was too obscured to make a positive identification, though she noticed that The Leader seemed to disappear rather quickly after the man had insulted her and then Leah’s world went black.