The Chronicles of Innocence- The One (standard:science fiction, 10963 words)
Author: Bria Halco	Added: Jun 27 2003	Views/Reads: 3409/2225	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
This story may be kinda corny, but I had alot of fun writing it. Don't take it too serious,its all for fun. Summary: A Typical ongoing saga of a team of vampire hunters searching for an end in the blood-sucking species. Look for the second chronicle co

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voice. “What? No! Really, listen. Have you ever heard a story about 
vampires?” he asked as he noticed the scared look on her face turn to 
an angry one. “Is this a joke? Did Chad send you to do this? Well, tell 
him I am not sleeping with him!” she said as she started to turn away. 
Bad approach, he thought to himself as he grabbed her arm. “What the-“  
“You have to listen to me. You are in danger, the Vamp Clan is after 
you!” he said watching her turn really mad. “Leave me alone!“  She said 
as he finally grabbed her and put a cloth soaked in chloroform over her 
face. A few minutes later, she woke up handcuffed to the door handle on 
the inside of his car. She started to cry. “Please don't cry, I just 
need to talk to you, it is very important, and I don't want you to get 
hurt.” He said as she stared forward with tears rolling down her face. 
He felt sorry for her, she had no idea what was going on. “Its okay, 
please say something.” He said reaching to wipe a tear off her face. 
She suddenly jerked away. “What do you want with me? I won't sleep with 
you, you know,” She said, obviously used to saying this. “No, I would 
never suggest that, I just need you to listen to me, and believe what I 
am saying.”  She was scared to death. At first he looked like a normal 
guy, but now he had terrified her. “In California, there is a colony of 
vampires, whose leader goes by the name of Mocdar. They usually prey 
sporadically, groups, sometimes even small communities at one feeding. 
But every so often they choose one victim to take, and they choose it 
very carefully. Sometimes their motives are very hard to figure out. My 
sister went missing almost a year ago, and I believe these bastards 
took her, but I have no idea why. I have been hunting them ever since, 
hoping on their demise, hoping that maybe it will set my sister free, 
if she isn't already dead.” He explained as she noticed him dropping 
his head. “Why have I never heard of people getting killed by vampires 
before?” she asked as she finally looked at him. “They are covered up. 
People, meaning the police department as well as the government, don't 
want widespread panic, so they blame it on murderers and gangs. But 
there was a leak in the ring of secrecy, to my friend Barry, who knew 
that my sister went missing and let me in on it. Barry's father works 
in the CIA and he heard him talking about it on the phone with his 
boss.” He said noticing he wasn't convincing her too well. “They are 
after you, Emily.”  As she looked up, she question him, “How do you 
know this, are you psychic or something? Why would they want me?”   
“These vamps have some sort of connection with the scent of their 
victims, some sort of telegenetic bond that can be tracked with the 
right computer equipment. Barry is a genius with computers, so he 
tracks ‘em, I kill ‘em. We still don't know everything there is to know 
about these guys; we've just only recently discovered them.”  She just 
sat there, going over these crazy thoughts in her head and wondering if 
this creep was going to rape her, or kill her or both. She thought he 
was absolutely out of his mind. “Let me prove it to you. I am gonna 
take you somewhere, please trust me. Here is my cell phone, call one of 
your friends and tell them that you will be back soon, but don't tell 
them anything.” He said as he pulled onto a side road and then onto a 
dirt road that led to some old caves that were among the Krampton 
Mountains. They soon stopped, and were completely surrounded by tall, 
hovering trees and a light fog. Emily was scared more now than ever 
before. She just thought to herself, “this is it, this is where he is 
gonna kill me.”  Tears started rolling down her face as Nick opened her 
door to let her out. “Emily, its okay, I won't let anything happen to 
you.” He said wiping her tears and handing her a huge metal pipe. 
Should she knock him out with it and run? Or was he telling the truth. 
“ You are about to see some pretty freaky shit, so stay close to me and 
don't let go of my hand. When I tell you to swing that pipe, do it and 
don't hesitate.”  Nick was carrying a couple of steel stakes in one 
hand as he took her small hand in the other and let her deeper into the 
mountain. She felt numb, and she had no idea what was going on, or what 
she was about to see. They soon entered a dark cave with an opening 
about the size of a doorway. “I'm scared, I don't want to go, please 
let me go home!” she said breaking into tears. “I won't tell anyone 
that you kidnapped me, just let me go!” she said now pleading with him. 
“Emily, I am not kidnapping you! Please, I will not let you go, you 
have to see this, trust me!”  “I don't even know you!”  She said crying 
even harder. “Please just trust me; I need you to pay attention in 
here. Look at me, I won't let anything happen to you!” he said pulling 
her chin up and giving her a sympathetic look. At that moment she 
started to trust him a little, and she could see the sincerity in his 
dark eyes. The two entered the musky, wet cave. As they did, they heard 
a rustling not far in the distance. Nick squeezed Emily's hand harder 
as she felt her legs go numb with fear. She started to shiver from the 
coldness in the cave and the fact that she still had a uniform on. Nick 
took off his top shirt and put it around her to warm her up. “Okay, get 
ready” he whispered as he took out the heavy flashlight and shone it 
towards a corner of the den. There laid a dead dear, and feeding on it, 
the most gruesome creature she had ever seen. It quickly transformed 
into human form and flashed its vampire teeth as it hissed in reaction 
to the bright light. Emily screamed with fear as she tried to turn and 
run. Nick held tightly onto her hand and pulled her back to his side. 
Just then two other creatures joined him. “Well, if it isn't this 
week's specialty,” one of them said pointing toward Emily, who stood 
there in shock.  “Young boy, are you one of us, or do you just need a 
favor and thought you would bring us a sacrifice?” he asked moving 
closer to them keeping his eye on Emily. “She looks so tasty,” he 
added. She was still crying and stepped back as her heart beat loud 
enough for them all to here.  “No, I am not one of you, I came to kill 
you, and send Mocdar a message.” Nick said as he stabbed him with the 
stake before he finished his sentence. He melted like a piece of ice in 
the desert as the the other two vampires stepped back in fear. Emily 
shrieked in fear, dropping the pipe that Nick gave her and trying to 
pull away from him. “Emily, stop! Stay here or you will die!” Nick 
yelled at her as she reluctantly stopped fighting him.  “You know, boy, 
that just down the cave there are more of us, we outnumber you,” one 
said laughing quietly. “That's why I brought supplies,” He said as he 
took out a lead granade and threw it down the cave as he jerked Emily 
toward the exit. The two vampires started to run that way, but didn't 
make it in time to escape the explosion. It threw Nick and Emily to the 
ground as he tried to cover her as much as possible from the falling 
debris. “Are you okay? Those guys in there were a few of Mocdar's spy 
groups that let him in on the local happenings, but they aren't allowed 
to harm humans unless need be.” he said they both stood up and brushed 
themselves off.  “This can't be happening to me! She said as she 
started to cry again and walk towards the car. “Emily, wait!”  “Take me 
home, now. I have seen enough. I want to go home.” She said 
demandingly. “You can't. They will be here in less than a day; you have 
to stay with me. We have to keep moving until we find out why they are 
after you, and stop them.” He said catching up with her and standing in 
front of her. “This is crazy! I don't want to believe any of it and I 
don't want a part of it. Take me home!” Emily screamed as she looked up 
to Nick. She knew he was telling the truth, but she didn't want to face 
the reality. “I will knock you out again. You have to believe me and 
you have to cooperate. Get in the car.” He demanded as she put her 
hands on her hips. “No. I will walk home, you freak. You can stay out 
here and play with your little freak circus but I am going home, and 
taking a hot bath and-“ Nick had her down in a matter of seconds with 
the help of a little more chloroform. “ I have her, man she's a feisty 
little thing. She still doesn't believe, even after the cave incident. 
EAT, midnight, man. See ya then,” Nick told Barry over his cell. He 
glanced over at her, lying in the front seat passed out. He smiled and 
pulled back onto the interstate. She woke up fighting. “You asshole! 
Take me home now!!” “ We don't have much time. We have to get there, 
and soon.” Nick said sleepy from the late driving. It was almost 
midnight.  “I am not staying in this uniform much longer! I need more 
clothes! And a bath!!” she said now getting mad. “We have to head 
towards Genove, Pennsylvania. I want you to call one of your friends 
and your mom, and let them know that you have to go out of town for a 
while, not to worry, that you will be back soon. I promise you can 
bathe and rest soon, but we must get far enough ahead, and we must go 
now!” he said pulling her to the car. He didn't mind the cheerleading 
uniform, he thought it was cute. “Pennsylvania is across the country! 
It will take forever to get there! And if these vampires or whatever 
they are called are so powerful, why can't they just appear and kill 
whoever?” she said playing 20 questions with him. “They have to have a 
connection with their victims, and the closer they are physically to 
the victims, the stronger the connection gets. I told you, they are not 
like the vampire stories you normally hear about. And Pennsylvania 
holds the only sacred temple left with enough power to protect you and 
kill them. But we have to get you there.”   “Have you not ever been 
there before?”   “Ive never had to take anyone there to save them, we 
just recently got the computer equipment to tell us who the next victim 
would be, so you are my first,” he said with a mischievious half grin. 
“Typical guy,” she said noticing the comment and smile. “Hey, I am a 
good guy, I am saving your ass aren't I?” he said turning onto the 
interstate. “I didn't ask you to do anything with my ass,” she said 
turning to look out the window as he grinned again. He loved that 
aggressive attitude. After driving about 2 ½ hours, they pulled up to a 
nice two story home. “Where are we?” Emily asked sleepily. “This is 
Barry's house. This is where our equipment is.”  “Is he rich or 
something?” she asked admiring the beautiful house. “His father is. 
This was his graduation present after he got his Master's degree in 
Computer Engineering by the time he was only 23. Lucky bastard, he is.” 
He said opening her door for her and leading her inside. There, they 
were greeted by a buoyant black man, around 5'8 with a small muscular 
build. “Hi, I am Barry. Sorry this involves you, but we are doing our 
best to get you out of it. Make yourself at home, are you guys hungry?” 
he asked showing Emily the kitchen and bathroom. As Emily shut the door 
to the bathroom, Barry pulled Nick aside quickly. “Nick, you need to 
see what I just found on the radar. Mocdar's guys are stopping around 
Pancha, Nevada for a feeding, it looks like, so it buys you some time. 
I need to ask Emily some questions soon to try to figure out why they 
are after her. But this scares me, they are travelling light, and very 
slow. Their behavior is uncharacteristic, yet their powers seem to be 
evolving. You two need to stay here tonight, let me research Emily's 
background a little, and then get going by daylight.” He said as Nick 
agreed. Just then Emily returned looking a little relieved. “So when 
can I get more clothes?” she asked. “There is a Wal-mart store about a 
mile from here. Nick, why don't you take her to get what she needs. 
Here, use my credit card, I insist.” He said as he handed it to him and 
pushed them toward the door. “ I will muster up something for you to 
eat by the time you get back.” He said shutting the door behind them. 
“I can pay for my own clothes,” Emily said as they pulled out of 
Barry's driveway. “With what, your looks? You don't have anything with 
you but the clothes that you have on. He doesn't mind, he loves to help 
people.”  “Well, I will pay him back. What do you mean with my looks, 
smart ass?” she said curling her nose up. “You look cute mad,” he said 
smiling and starting to laugh at her. “You know you are beautiful, 
that's all I meant, don't get defensive.” He said seriously. “I'm not 
beautiful, if I were, someone would be with me.” She said sadly. “What 
is that suppose to mean? I saw a lot of guys talking to you at the 
game, you blew them off.”    “When guys ask me out they only want one 
thing. I have never been in a long relationship because I can't find a 
guy who wants more than sex.” She said. “So what does that have to do 
with you being beautiful?” he asked confused. “Because that is what 
they see first, that is what attracts jerks, not nice guys. A nice guy 
would look at the inner me.” She said defensively. “Yes, but attraction 
of the outside has a lot to do with it too. A nice guy can be 
physically attractive to a girl before he gets to know her. You are 
stereotyping all guys, that is not fair.”  He said as she sat quietly.  
“You will find the right person, I am sure of it.” He said comforting 
her as she rolled her eyes. Just then they pulled into a local 
Wal-Mart. “I hope you don't mind clothes that are not name brand,” he 
said looking at her. “Now you are stereotyping me,” she said offended. 
He rolled his eyes and led her inside. It didn't take her long, as she 
hated shopping and they headed home. When they got there, Emily decided 
to take a long bath. This day had almost been unbearable. After dinner, 
Barry and Nick went into the computer room to do research. “We need to 
talk to Emily and find out all about her before we can figure out their 
motivation towards her. But in the meantime, here is the indicator of 
where they are. They are camped out around some desert caves near the 
town of Jacob's Crossing.” As the two studied the maps and analyzed the 
layouts, Emily found her way to them. “So this is your little play 
toys.” She said as she startled them both. “Sorry. Gosh you're both so 
jumpy,” she said standing next to the chair Nick was sitting in. He 
noticed how good she smelt, and as the side of her leg brushed against 
his, he noticed how soft and smooth she was. “Emily we need to kind of 
interview you, so we can attempt to find out why they want you.  So, 
first of all, what is your full name?”    “IsaEmily Lane Calvert”    
“Good, now what is your mother's maiden name and your  paternal 
grandmother's maiden names?”  “ Is this a damn pop quiz or something?” 
she sighed as they waited for her answer. “Jennsen, and Leftwhich.” She 
anwered patiently as she noticed Nick softly watching her. “Now, has 
there ever been a questionable death in your family, or maybe a 
mysterious dissappearance?”  he asked. “None that I can remember.” She 
answered. “Have you ever been in an abusive relationship, or a long 
term intimate relationship?”  he asked not looking up from  the 
computer to notice her glancing toward Nick. “No, I have never been 
intimate with anyone.”   After about an hour of questioning Barry 
suggested they go to bed while he did more research. Nick escorted her 
to a room and camped right outside the door to secure the room. Barry 
stayed up all night to research, and as he was about to give it up, he 
came across a scary fact that for the year that they have been doing 
this, must have gone overlooked. Barry almost fell out of his chair as 
he hurredly went to wake Nick up. “I can't believe this. It is worse 
than we thought.”  Barry said. “Are you sure that she is not lying?” 
Barry asked. “How should I know? How can you tell?”  “ I suppose you 
are right. We have to ask her again,”    “ I will, let me.” Nick said 
as he went into her bedroom. It was almost time for the sun to come up, 
and the small rays of light smoothed across her face. He thought she 
looked so beautiful laying there asleep, but this was strictly 
business, he couldn't fall for her, his life was too messed up to bring 
her into it. “Emily, wake up,” he said softly startling her. “I am 
sorry, you are okay, you are safe,” he said comforting her. “ I need 
you to be honest with me, okay?” Nick asked as he watched Emily try to 
get awake. “I haven't lied to you yet,” she said sleepily. “Are you a 
virgin?” he asked seeing her grow angry. “What do you mean?”  “Please 
answer me, its important” he said as she settled down a bit. “Yes, I 
am, so what?” she said beginning to get defensive again. Nick let out a 
huge sigh and put his head into his hands. “Nick, what is wrong?” she 
asked. “ Barry found something out about why the vamps want you. Each 
year, Mocdar and his clan perform a ritual, to boost their powers and 
cleanse their veins. They choose an innocent virgin, one that is pure 
with little or no sexual experience whatsoever, and they sacrifice her 
by drinking the blood from her naval.” He said noticing another one of 
her cynical facial expressions. “So, I guess this means that I have to 
sleep with you, huh? This is getting ridiculous. Take me home now or I 
will call the cops and tell them about the little game you are playing 
with me,” she was obviously very annoyed and he was growing frustrated 
with her attitude. “You are being a bitch. I am trying to save you and 
you are acting like a child. Do you want to die? I didn't say you had 
to sleep with me or anyone else, I was just telling you the information 
that we found out. This is why they are after you, so if you want to 
give up, go ahead, and then these vampires will keep killing other 
innocent people.” He was very annoyed.  This made her cry. “So, either 
way I lose,” she said. “I am gonna do my best not to let any of it 
happen.” He said. “Who the hell am I suppose to sleep with? And do you 
know about all of the diseases going around? And what about the 
emotional attachment you get when you are so intimate with someone?” 
She said sobbing.  “You don't have to, you know, it just serves as a 
safety net.” he said calming down a bit as it seemed like she was 
starting to believe him. “Just forget it all, take me to Mocdar, use me 
as bait and let him get it over with so you can get on with your life.” 
She said putting her head down. “Hell no! I said I was gonna keep you 
safe, and I will!”  “Why? Its not me that you care about, so use me to 
kill him. Why do you care what happens to me? You hardly know me. Nick, 
I am not your sister and I can't do anything to bring her back, just be 
in the way while you try. Why not just let me go?”  This made Nick 
upset and she knew it. He loved his sister dearly and knowing about the 
virgin sacrifices made him even more upset, but thinking it could 
happen to someone else he was starting to get feelings for made him 
down right mad. “Go ahead, just give up then. Don't even think of what 
it would do to anyone else,” he said as he stormed out the door. He 
bumped into Barry in the hallway, “Man, what's wrong? Where is Emily?” 
he asked calming him down. “She doesn't even want to help herself, we 
have to get to Pennsylvania fast,” He said as he walked past to get 
things gathered. Emily still sat on the bed dazed. She didn't know what 
to do. She was being punished for being a virgin, how lame was that? 
Why was Nick acting so upset, he didn't know her enough to care if she 
lived or died. “Emily, get your things together, we have to go now!” 
Nick said sternly. They said a quick thank you and goodbye to Barry and 
headed out. Nick sat there quietly until Emily broke the silence. “Why 
are you mad at me?”  She asked innocently. “I have worked my ass off to 
find you, to keep you safe, to help you and then you want to say that 
you are giving up? That I shouldn't care what happens to you when I 
would actually die for you?”  he yelled out. This surprised her beyond 
words. “You would die for me?” she softly asked. “From the moment I saw 
you Emily, I would have died for you. You are different from everyone 
else.” He said looking strait ahead. “So it is back to that attraction 
thing again, I knew it,” she said sighing. “What the hell do you take 
me for, Emily? When I first saw you I didn't imagine myself in your 
pants so mark that from your mind now.”  “Please don't yell, I am 
sorry. So if you care for me so much, why didn't you say that you would 
sleep with me to save me?” she asked not believing she actually just 
said that. “I can't take rejection too well.”  “How do you know that I 
would have rejected you?” she asked. “You are above me.”   “How can you 
say that? You are judging me, when my life is at stake and don't offer 
to help because you think we are in different social classes?”  She 
said angrily. “I am not judging you!! I am sorry I just couldn't come 
out and say, I will sleep with you!” he said angrily back. “So how did 
you expect me to?”  she asked as he rolled his eyes. “I don't know, I 
am sorry. But we have got to get you to a safe place.”  He could feel 
his face burning with embarrassment.  “I said I will help you in any 
way I could.” He said cooling down a little. There was an awkward 
silence for a while until they reached a gas station. “Do you want 
anything?” he asked as he got out to pump the gas. “No, thanks.” She 
said nervously. She felt so uneasy around him now.  As mean as she 
acted towards him, she definitely had a crush on him, but was so 
defensive when it came to guys. Sex was unimportant to her, she wanted 
to wait on someone who genuinely cared for her and she wanted it to be 
special. Being in the situation that she was now, she may have to 
settle for a meal at McDonalds and a dusty hotel room.  Meanwhile in 
the store, Nick grabbed a couple of candy bars and cokes. He was 
nervous also. He wasn't a virgin, but still he was no skirt chaser. He 
truly liked her and honestly would die for her. He put his things on 
the counter as the cashier stared out at his car and said, “You are one 
lucky son of a bitch. I would nail her in an instant- NICE!” he said as 
Nick reached up and grabbed his shirt, “Watch your mouth dickhead!” he 
said as he threw the money on the counter and headed for the car. 
“Here, I got you a soda and a candy bar.”  He said handing her the 
snacks. “Thank you. What was the problem in there?”  “Dumbass made a 
comment, I took care of him,”  “Well, ok.” She said as she shrugged it 
off figuring it was a guy thing. They shared a glance and headed back 
on the road. “So, do you have a girlfriend?” Emily asked trying to make 
conversation. “Not anymore. Until about a month ago I had been dating 
this girl for almost a year and she dumped me because she said she just 
wanted to be free to party.  She couldn't handle my moonlighting job, 
so she bailed. “Sorry. You just gotta meet the right girl.” She smiled 
and laid her head back and watched the scenery of a desert go by. About 
2 hours later, Nick's cell phone started ringing. “Hello?”  “Nick, just 
checking in. Mocdar's troups will probably start moving again tonight, 
but you are a good ways away from them, so you are safe if you drive 
during the daytime. Get some rest, buddy,” Barry said as they hung up. 
“That was Barry checking on us. Since it is almost sundown, we should 
stop to rest. I know that you are tired.” He said as she agreed. They 
pulled into a less than decent motel and checked in. They each wondered 
to themselves what would happen between them tonight, which made each 
of them edgy. “Well, the room is not too bad. Are you hungry? I saw a 
waffle house next door if you want to get something to eat. I don't 
think I've seen you eat anything besides the candy bar, you must be 
starved,” he rambled nervously. “Yeah, I am starving.”    The two 
walked next door anxious to eat. Nick opened the door for Emily, 
guiding her by the small of her back. This gave her chills, and she 
hoped he hadn't noticed. Usually guys grabbed her butt, not her back. 
She liked the change. “What will you two love birds have?” the sweet 
waiter said winking at Nick as the two smiled at each other. “I want 
the super breakfast platter with an orange juice to drink,” Emily said 
as Nick was surprised at her order, yet really turned on by her 
appetite. “I will have the same,” He said smiling at Emily. “So you 
don't diet?”  he asked smiling. “Hell no. I work my ass off in practice 
and at the gym so I don't have to diet.”  He loved this about her, and 
started to feel a little more comfortable. She was still very nervous. 
She didn't know what she was supposed to do. She couldn't take the 
tension anymore. “Listen, Nick, about this whole losing virginity deal, 
I am scared to death. I am nervous, and by far mostly because I have no 
idea what to do. I mean, I have had the sex talk and have seen it on TV 
and at parties, but-“  “Emily, don't worry so much about it. I told you 
I would do everything in my power to keep you from even having to get 
close to Mocdar. It is just a suggestion to keep you from being lost 
forever, if it bothers you so much, don't worry about it, remember, its 
just kind of a safety net.” He said touching her hand.  “But I do think 
it is a good idea, just in case something goes wrong, I wouldn't want 
to lose you forever,” he said sweetly. “This is just awkward for me,” 
she said looking down at the table. “I understand, but if you do decide 
you want dorky me to help you in that department, I would.” He said 
nervously smiling. “You are not dorky, Nick, I think you are cute,”  
She said smiling. “Like teddy bear cute or like a manly cute?” he said 
inquiring back. She just smiled as their food arrived.  They ate almost 
without breathing in between bites. Their room was decorated in a deep 
red color with an ugly comforter on the bed. “Hey, we get HBO on the 
TV, Things are lookin' up!” Nick said sitting back on the bed. “I am 
gonna take a bath, ok?” Emily said as she searched through her bag for 
underwear and pajamas. “Ok. I am just gonna sit here and watch my 
favorite show,” he said smiling. “And what is that?” Emily asked. “Sex 
and the City- Samantha is my favorite,” he said as she blurted out 
laughing and went to the bathroom. The longer he sat there, the more 
nervous he became. After about thirty minutes, Emily came out of the 
bathroom looking absolutely beautiful. Her hair was down and damp from 
washing it, she smelt wonderful, and she wore pajamas that showed her 
figure well. He caught himself staring and quickly turned back to the 
TV. “Its all yours,” she said motioning for the bathroom. He told her 
thanks and headed to take a quick shower. He didn't feel comfortable 
with her in the room by herself, and after 5 minutes he was through. He 
came out of the bathroom to find her on her stomach on the bed watching 
the Disney channel. She noticed how good his hair looked wet, and loved 
the smell of his soap. “What on Earth are you watching, girl?” he 
joked. “Hey, I like the movies that come on here. They are so cute!” 
she said getting up and punching him in the arm. She noted his strong 
biceps as he acted like it really hurt him. He didn't have a shirt on, 
and she was immediately aware of how sexy his upper body looked. She 
was getting really nervous now. Was she supposed to initiate it? She 
just couldn't bring herself to do it. They sat beside each other 
watching the television. “What the hell is that?” Nick said as it 
startled Emily. “What? What is wrong?” she asked looking around the 
room. “That thing on your toe?”  He said as she gave him a look of 
angriness. “It's a toe ring, what is wrong with you?” she said pushing 
his arm. “I didn't know you could wear jewelry on your feet. I suppose 
you have your naval pierced too?” he asked as she leaned back to show 
him that indeed she did. “I like it, I think it is cute,” she said 
defending herself. “You don't like them?”  “They just look painful,” he 
said. “But do you think they look good?”   “I think they are sexy as 
hell, but they still look painful” he said not looking at her because 
he was embarrassed with his comment. She smiled as she twirled the bead 
that was on the naval ring. “It didn't hurt.” She said looking at him 
again. She wanted him to kiss her, but was still nervous about what may 
happen after that. Just then his phone rang. It was Barry again letting 
them know that the vamp gang was on the go again, but still moving 
slow. He said the townspeople had been complaining on the news of their 
cattle being killed and such. “Thanks, man.”  “Has Emily insured her 
safety yet?” Barry asked. “No, working on it, though,” he said wanting 
to ask Barry for advice. Barry was quite the lady's man, and knew just 
what to say. They hung up as he noticed it was almost ten o'clock. “I 
need to call the desk clerk to bring some more pillows and blankets so 
I can sleep on the floor,” he said hoping this would initiate 
something. “No, you don't have to sleep in the floor, I trust you. 
Besides, it's dirty and uncomfortable.” Emily said also trying to 
initiate something. “Are you sure? I don't mind,” he said glad that she 
insisted. He got into bed as she did and they both lay there 
uncomfortably. After about 5 minutes, Emily said, “I can't sleep,”  “Me 
either. Do you wanna go for a walk or something?” Nick asked as he 
rolled over toward her. They both lay on their sides looking at each 
other. “No, not really. I have a headache, do you have any aspirin?” 
she asked rubbing the temple of her head. “Nope, but I do know a 
special technique to make it quit hurting, do you want me to try it?” 
he asked. She agreed as he sat up and put a pillow in his lap. “Lay 
down here.” He said as she put her head in his lap. He noticed that her 
hair was soft and her skin was smooth and silky. He placed one hand 
under her to massage the sides where the carotids and jugulars ran 
along side her neck. He then massaged her temples as she closed her 
eyes and said, “Will you marry me?” Smiling he said, “But we have never 
even been on a date before, you are jumping ahead there aren't you?” he 
said seeing a smile go across her face. “Well, what do you call tonight 
at the Waffle House, huh?” she asked playfully. “I would take you 
somewhere much nicer than that on our first date, and I usually hope 
for a goodnight kiss at the end of the date, so you see, it wasn't a 
date.” He said lightly thumping her ear. She smiled as he continued to 
massage her head. "It feels so much better, thank you so much!" she 
said sitting up and stretching. "My pleasure. Are you sleepy yet?" he 
asked hoping that she would say no. “A little. You?" she asked flopping 
back down on her pillow. "Not really."  "You know, you haven't told me 
hardly anything about yourself, Nick. I don't even know your last 
name." Emily asked. "Nick Benson. I was born in Gainesville, Florida, I 
am 22 years old, and I go to Smithville College. I don't know what I 
want to do, maybe architecture, I dunno. Blah, blah, blah, I am boring, 
tell me about you." he said smiling and eager to know more. "That's not 
boring, I am boring. You already know that I go to the University of 
Kingston. I am a sophomore majoring in Physical Therapy. My mom is a 
loan officer and my dad owns a realty company. Boring, you see." She 
said. "So you should be the one giving me a massage, Dr." he teased. 
Just then they heard a knocking at the door, then one outside the 
window. "Be still! Stay here!" he ordered her as she sat looking 
frightened. Nick slowly opened the door and reached for his gun.  
Nothing. He turned back and went to the window. Nothing. "I don't know 
what the hell that was, but keep your eyes open." he said checking the 
locks on the doors and windows. He checked out the bathrooms and under 
the bed. "I'm scared, Nick. I don't think I can do this. I can't face a 
vampire." Emily said shaking. "It will be okay; hopefully you won't 
have to face them." He said sitting on the bed with her and hugging 
her. She held on to him tightly and buried her face into his chest. He 
knew this was the time to make his move, for some reason it felt right. 
Maybe it would make her feel more secure, although he kept in his mind 
that this must be a business affair only, though his feelings for her 
exceeded this. He slowly lifted her chin until she was looking into his 
face. Thier eyes met and they stared at each other for what seemed like 
forever. Slowly, they both leaned in until thier lips met. Nick took 
his time as he kissed her soft lips. He loved the way she tasted, and 
she loved the way the stubble on his top lip felt tickling hers. He 
caressed her shoulders as they sat there just kissing. Each of them 
could feel the other's heart racing as Nick pulled Emily closer to him. 
A piece of paper wouldn't fit between the two. The kiss was the longest 
one each of them had ever had, and when they pulled away, each wanted 
to do it again. Before Nick started to kiss her again, she looked up at 
him and asked, "Will you save me, Nick?" He then leaned down to kiss 
her again, as he laid her back on the bed. By this time, niether of 
them was nervous, they just wanted desperately to be with the other. As 
Nick was about to undress Emily, his cell phone rang. "Damn it!" he 
said as he gave her an apologetic look and answered the phone angrily. 
"Hello?" he said. "Nick, you have got to get out now.For some reason, 
Mocdar must have been farther along than I thought he was, he is only 
about fifty miles away. Get the hell out, and call me when you are 
safe." he said hanging up the phone. "Shit!! Come on, we have to go, 
now!!"  Nick said not even explaining what was going on as he threw 
thier clothes into their bags. "Nick! What's wrong?" Emily asked as he 
threw her over his shoulder and headed for the car. "Are you gonna tell 
me what's wrong now?" Emily asked as Nick caught his breath and sped 
out onto the road. "Mocdar is too close. They tricked us, they are only 
fifty miles behind us." he said looking worried. He then looked over 
and noticed that Emily had tears rolling down her face. "I will keep 
you safe, I promise." he said reaching to hold her hand.They drove all 
night until they reached a small town to stop. "They can't travel 
during the day, so we can rest now." Nick said driving up to a nice 
hotel. The two went in to get a room. "Here you go sir, room 445, floor 
5 to the left." the clerk said sleepily. Nick led Emily to the elevator 
to go to their room. There, Nick called Barry, and Barry informed them 
that they were at safe distance. Nick took his shirt and shoes off and 
fell on the bed, he was exhausted. Emily slipped into her pajamas and 
lay down next to him. He rolled onto his side next to her, as they 
didn't say a word as their lips met again. They were suddenly 
interrupted by a loud thundering and rain hitting the windows of the 
hotel violently as they noticed that the electricity had gone out. 
"Probably a storm coming.We had better find some candles or flashlights 
just in case." Nick said getting up off the bed angry that they were 
interrupted once again. As he searched for the items they needed, one 
of their windows busted out. Emily let out a scream as Nick hurredly 
ran towards her. "What happened?"  He asked her putting his arms around 
her. "I don't know, it just busted. I don't think anything hit it, but 
I am not sure." she said calming down a little. "Stay here, I will take 
a look." he said grabbing the lamp from the sidetable for a make 
weapon. He approached the window as he heard odd voices coming from 
outside. "You can't save her, she's mine. Save yourself while you can, 
fool." he heard the voice say. "Hello? Who are you? Show yourself!" he 
said as he could feel Emily brush up against his back. "Emily, I said 
stay on the bed!" he said not meaning to yell. "I'm sorry! I was 
scared!" she said surprised at him for yelling. "I'm sorry, Emily, I 
don't know what is going on here. I thought I heard someone. We had 
better hit the road, get your stuff together." he said kissing her 
cheek in apology. They loaded the car as Nick carefully watched over 
his shoulder. He was worried, something just didn't feel right. " I 
tried calling Barry, but it gave me a busy signal so his phone must be 
out. We just need to drive as hard and as fast as possible." Nick said 
as they pulled out onto the road. “ Are you okay?"  he asked her 
reaching for her hand. "I'm fine, but I can't help feeling like 
something is trying to keep us from being together." she said with a 
worried tone. " I think you're right. Just keep your eyes open."  The 
two drove all night, both as wide-eyed as possible. " You know, we're 
beginning to become night owls, did you notice?" Emily said with a 
smile. Nick smiled back as Emily noticed how tired he was. "Why don't 
you let me drive a while and you take a nap, you look really tired." 
she said trying to persuade him. "I can't, it's still an hour or two 
before sun up and I don't want to take any chances." he said not 
budging from his decision. "You will be right here, I promise it will 
be okay." she said pouting at him. "Now, how can I resist that lip?" he 
asked pulling the car over. Emily felt a little better as she drove 
down the highway.  She felt like she was actually helping, being able 
to drive a little and get her mind off of things. Nick was fast asleep 
as the night crept on. But Nick was having a horrible nightmare. In his 
dream, he saw Emily in a long, flowing white dress walking away from 
him and toward a firery lake. He tried calling out, but she didn't 
listen. Then her white dress was splattered with blood and her screams 
rumbled the earth under his feet. “Emily!!” he screamed out from his 
deep sleep. “What!! Nick!! What's wrong?” Emily said swerving the car 
almost out of control. Nick looked around as if he was confused as to 
where he was at. “Nick? Are you okay?” she asked bringing the car to a 
stop. “Yeah, just a bad dream.” He said rubbing his eyes. “Well I hope 
it wasn't that bad since you were screaming my name,” she asked 
worriedly. “Oh, sorry, you weren't in the dream, I don't know why I 
would have said your name,” he lied. “Oh. Its almost sunup, did you 
want to stop somewhere?”    “Yeah, I need to try and call Barry again. 
You need to rest.” He said noticing her tired eyes. They exited to a 
small town in Kentucky called Pecins. “Damn it Barry, answer the 
phone!” Nick yelled at the small electronic device as if it were its 
own fault. “Shit!” he said as Emily came up beside him. “Is everything 
okay?” she asked looking confused. “I can't find Barry. That worries 
me. Did you get a room?” he asked her. “Yeah. It's over here.” She said 
pulling him towards the third hotel that they had to stay in. “This is 
becoming quite a ritual, running at night, staying in a room in the 
day,” she said with a little giggle. “Yeah, I know what you mean.” He 
said back as they again became cozy on the bed. This time they did not 
even attempt anything, just went to sleep. Nick started dreaming again. 
He saw Emily in her white dress again, blood stains and now she was 
calling for him. But he couldn't reach her. Then a dark shadow waved 
its arm around her, shaking her to the ground. “No! Emily!” he screamed 
aloud. “Nick! Wake up!” Emily said shaking him awake. “Nick, what are 
you dreaming about? Are you okay?” she said as he remembered where he 
was again. “That is the second time you have screamed out my name, what 
is going on?” she asked worriedly. “Just a dream, doesn't mean 
anything.” He said running his fingers through his short hair. “A dream 
can mean everything, Nick. What did you see?” she asked him again. “I 
saw you with blood all over you, something took you, I couldn't save 
you.” He said growing saddened. “What if that means I won't be able to 
save you, what if I fail?” he asked growing very upset. “You will, 
Nick, I wouldn't trust you so much if I didn't think that you would 
keep your promise,” she said touching his face. She leaned over and 
kissed him slowly, as she took his shirt off. He followed as he laid 
her down on the bed. Gently and sweetly, he became her safety net. As 
night fell, the two laid sleeping quietly and comfortably. But Nick's 
nightmares had soon returned. This time he saw Barry being taken away 
by the same shadows that took Emily. Then he saw that Emily was lying 
on a huge ruby rock, blood-splattered dress and all. He saw her crying 
and reaching for him, but he couldn't move. Instead of yelling out, he 
awoke by sitting strait up in the bed. This didn't wake Emily, and he 
noticed how beautiful she was, laying there showing bare skin so 
sweetly. He had completely fallen in love with her, which was forbidden 
to happen. It was only suppose to be a business deal, but it had become 
much more. When this was all over, he would have to leave her, and it 
would be painful and difficult, but it was for the best. But he was now 
worried about Barry. He couldn't get in touch with him, and now the 
dream- what should he do? Without waking Emily, he called Barry's dad 
to ask if he had talked to him recently. “No, son, I haven't talked 
with him in a couple of days. Is everything okay?” he asked in his 
stern voice. “Sir, would you mind paying him a visit and telling him 
that I need him to call me, its business,” he asked trying not to leak 
about the vamps. “Are you sure everything is okay, son?” he asked 
again. “Just visit him, please, soon, and give him my message, Thank 
you.” Nick hung up the phone and went to sit on the edge of the bed. 
Emily was gone. “Shit! Emily! Emily!” he freaked out. “Nick! Help!” he 
heard a faint voice calling from the window. The window was open, he 
noticed, and as he approached it, he noticed Emily hanging from it- 
with a long white dress on. “Am I dreaming again?” he thought to 
himself very confused. He thumped himself and pinched himself, but this 
was real. He leaned over the window sill to try to grab her hand as 
something pushed him out. He managed to grab a ledge, but it knocked 
Emily off. Luckily she grabbed the belt on his pants on the way down. 
He didn't even remember putting his pants on, this was getting weird. 
“Emily! Hold on!” he said trying to figure out how they would get out 
of this mess. Then just as his grip was losing, Barry appeared above 
him, reaching out his hand. “Grab on, man,” he said pulling them both 
up into the room. “What the hell happened, and what the hell are you 
doing here, and thank God that you were here,” Nick said blurting out 
words as if it were the last time that he would speak. “Nick, we have 
to talk.” Barry said sitting on the bed. Emily just sat speechless on 
the bed as Barry's story started to unravel. “My dad didn't leak 
anything to me; I just used it as an excuse. Mocdar's group tried to 
initiate me after they bit me by accident. They had messed up a 
telegenetic reading and came after me instead of the right victim. But 
when they saw that I wouldn't become a part of their mischievous and 
gruesome ways, they tried to kill me, but instead, your sister saved me 
by turning me back and giving herself to them. We were in love, Nick.  
I tried to stop her, but her force was too strong. We had been secretly 
seeing each other for the longest, and she had been hanging around one 
of Mocdar's lady vamps without knowing that she was a vamp.” Barry said 
as Nick's face grew red with anger. “Nick, please, I couldn't tell you, 
I needed you. I can't be completely cured until Mocdar is dead, and you 
have the tools to do this.”   “You used me! You took my sister!”  Nick 
said starting towards Barry as Emily tried to stop him. “Nick, settle 
down, he's your friend!” she said noticing he wasn't even paying 
attention to her. “Nick, listen, I didn't take your sister, she did it 
herself, I told you I tried to stop her! But she isn't all evil, Nick. 
Have you been having dreams?”  “This snapped Nick out of his trance 
almost instantly. “Yes, why?”  “She is trying to warn you, she still 
loves you Nick, she is the only reason the two of you are not dead yet. 
She has been bargaining with Mocdar, trying to stall him. But it is 
almost time, you have to get going. Nick, I am not worried about being 
completely healed anymore, I am worried of your safety and of Emily's 
safety. Now leave, don't look back, and clear your mind. Alicia will 
help you all she can.”  Barry said as he went out of the door. Nick 
just sat on the bed speechless. “Get your things; I am gonna go kill 
this bastard.” He said coldly as they prepared to leave. Nick's 
attitude had changed completely since he learned of the betrayal that 
Barry had lain upon him. He had not said a word to Emily in almost two 
hours. “Will you please say something to me, Nick?' She finally asked 
after getting the courage up to talk to him. “Not now, Emily.” Is all 
he said to her. She let her head drop as a tear rolled down her face. 
She felt like she had lost him. His cold stare ahead sent chills down 
her bones and felt like ice. They had just had the most wonderful night 
together, and all he could say was, “Not now, Emily.”  “Nick, its 
obvious you are not in this to save me anymore, so just let me out of 
the car, and go and do your business,” she said still not budging his 
stare. “I need you for bait, sit still.”  He said so coldly. She 
couldn't believe what she was hearing, and this made her stomach burn 
as she started to quietly cry. How could he change so quickly? She had 
just given herself to him, and he turned his shoulder. He was a typical 
guy, he had gotten what he wanted, and now he was done. She knew how 
upset he was about his sister, but this gave him no right to treat her 
like a lure. As he drove down the road, all he could see was red. He 
was beyond mad at Barry, and he couldn't believe what was happening. He 
was so lost in his thoughts; all he could think about was killing this 
sorry asshole. He lost his memory in a lot of areas, but he did 
remember feeling good and warm not long before his back-stabbing friend 
arrived. He felt like he knew this girl next to him, but he knew that 
she was bait, and she needed to keep her mouth shut. Instead of driving 
towards safety, he was driving right into Mocdar's territory. “Nick, 
why are you driving this way, we need to get to Pennsylvania! Nick are 
you listening to me?” she said still crying. “Let go of me and shut up 
before I kill you myself!” he blurted out at her pushing her away. She 
was beyond amazement of what she was hearing. When he pulled up to a 
stop sign, just before the highway, she jumped out of the car and 
started to run. “Hey, you little bitch, come back here!” he yelled 
turning the car around. She just ran as hard as she could, crying as 
hard as she could back to hide somewhere, maybe back to find where the 
real Nick was, she needed him right now.  Instead of running to the 
real Nick, she ran right into the arms of the enemy- Mocdar. He was 
nothing like she imagined him to be, really nice looking and courteous. 
“My dear, IsaEmily, you have come to me. You are quite one to chase, my 
love. Shall we go to get started? I know that you are not completely 
pure anymore, but you're pure enough to cleanse my veins. We also need 
someone with your beauty on our team, what do you say?' he asked taking 
her hand and kissing it gently. “Yes, master.” She said in a trance as 
they walked off with him. Nick drove to a dirty motel where he thought 
would be a good place to meet with Mocdar. His bait had gotten away, so 
he would have to think of another way to lure Mocdar to him. As theses 
thoughts ran through his head, he drifted into a deep sleep. He 
immediately began dreaming. He saw his sister, his sweet little sister 
wearing a white dress, holding hands with the girl who he had been 
holding as bait. They both had blood on their dresses, and were both 
calling his name. Then the scene changed over to a hotel room, where he 
saw himself in the bed with Emily. He watched himself kiss her and hold 
her as if they were in love. Then he heard his sister's voice: Nick, 
you have to snap out of it, Emily's in danger, she needs you! Go save 
her! He quickly awoke and sat up in bed. “What have I done?” he said 
running out of the room and speeding back towards town. “Are you 
comfortable, my dear IsaEmily?” Mocdar said to her as she lay back on a 
soft, ruby fleece bed. “Yes, master. I am yours.” She said caressing 
her long flowing dress of white. Mocdar kissed her forehead and ran his 
fingers along her lips. He moved slowly down her body cutting her dress 
and exposing her stomach. He twirled her naval ring smiling at her 
gently as she saw his teeth come into sight. “This will sting a 
little,” he said as he slowly moved toward her naval. She clinched her 
fists and prepared for the worst. He slowly sank his teeth into her 
stomach as she let out a cry. Blood trickled down her side as Nick 
rushed in. “No!!!” he yelled as Mocdar looked up with a smile upon his 
face as blood oozed down his chin. “She's mine now, fool. Just like 
your sister is mine,” he hissed still with a satisfied look on his 
face. Emily slowly lost consciousness as she heard Nick scream her 
name. Nick and Mocdar fought hard against each other. “You failed her, 
as you failed your sibling,” Mocdar kept saying as Nick took his swings 
at him. Mocdar finally pinned Nick down to the floor. “Do you want to 
become part of my clan, young man?” he asked him squeezing his neck 
with both hands. Just then, Nick's sister appeared, interrupting 
Mocdar. “What are you doing here? This is my business!” Mocdar yelled 
at her. “I am sorry, Master, but I wanted a piece of the action, 
forgive me.” She said as this pleased him. “Come here, my dear, taste 
your kin's blood,” he said motioning her over. As Mocdar turned back to 
Nick, his sister drove a lead steak through Mocdar's heart, knocking 
herself over as well as him. “Alicia!” Nick yelled as he went to her. 
“Save Emily, Nick. I tried to make up for what I did by killing Mocdar, 
but since I belonged to him, it will take me too. I love you, Nick.” 
She said as she slowly dissolved into thin air. Nick began to cry as he 
felt a hand on his shoulder. It was Barry. “Nick, I'm sorry.” He said 
as he hugged his long time friend.  “I have failed my sister and 
Emily,” he said crying to Barry. “You can still save Emily, Nick. You 
just have to mix your blood with hers.” He said handing him a pocket 
knife. Nick looked up at him and took the knife.  He walked over to 
where Emily was lying. His temporary amnesia was gone, and he had 
remembered everything that went on between him and Emily before, and 
how he treated her when he was in his daze. “Barry, I will still have 
to leave her for her to be safe always, even if Mocdar is dead now, his 
clan will find a way to bring him back.” Nick said still staring down 
at Emily laying there lifeless. “I know, but knowing that she is safe 
will be worth it.”  Barry said putting his hand on Nick's shoulder once 
again. Nick took the pocket knife and cut his hand. He placed it on the 
bite marks on Emily's stomach as their blood united. Emily started to 
cough as she regained consciousness. “Emily?” Nick said touching her 
face as she recognized who he was. She smiled as he held her. She did 
not remember how he had treated her, and he was thankful for that. She 
leaned up to try and kiss him, and as much as he wanted to meet her, he 
knew that it was wrong. She gave him a confused look as he looked away. 
Emily had to try to forget about Nick. She grabbed her books to head to 
her first class of the day. “IsaEmily! How was your trip?”  She heard 
Jillian yell. “It was good, sorry I left in such a hurry.”   “No 
problem, we understood when you said your aunt was ill and needed you. 
Will you be at practice today?”  “Yeah, of course,” Emily replied with 
a fake grin.  She couldn't quit thinking about Nick, and how he left 
her the way that he did.  Barry had tried to explain to her why he had 
to leave her, but she didn't want to believe it. She missed him. Emily 
transferred schools shortly, and tried her best to forget about Nick. 
She was angry that he would leave her. She knew it was his job, but he 
had taken something from her; her heart. 


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