P.O.V-Annabelle
I opened my eyes, blinking as the ceiling of the lab came into veiw, sitting up I looked at my surroundings. I was alone but if I listened closely I could hear people moving around upstairs. I slid off the cyber desk, groaning as pain stabbed me in the abdomen, lifting my shirt I looked at my bandaged stomach. I mentally cursed the Fallen to hell. If it had been a wound made from a normal weapon I would have healed right away but it wasn't. I lowered my shirt noticing the IV in my arm, taking it out I walked over to the fridge where I had seen Mr. Davenport take blood bags. Opening it I took one before heading for the elevator, grabbing a straw as I went past Mr.Davenport's desk.
I hope it's clean.
I pressed the button and the doors closed, stabbing the straw into the blood bag I took a sip, moaning as I swollowed. It was Chase's blood. Everyone had a different taste but Chase's as best as I can describe it tastes like caramel or chocolate ice cream on a hot summer day.
The doors dinged and opened, stepping out I looked at what everyone was doing. Adam was lifting Leo up and down, well Leo counted, like a weight. Leah was watching Adam with adoration. The last time she was like that was when she had fallen in love with a guy in 1703. His name was Logan and he had been the Captian of a pirate ship. Tasha was on the phone and from the sound of it, it was her mother. Chase and Bree were playing catch, with a hackie sack. Mr. Davenport had a weird contraption strapped to his head. He said something about Singapore. I walked over to Tasha, leaning against the counter, drinking the blood. She looked at me scrunching up her nose.
"But not today. Why?...Because Donald's not feeling well." She said. Mr. Davenport stopped doing whatever it was he was doing to look at Tasha in confusion.
"Oh! Look I gatta go. He just threw up in my purse. Love you, bye." She said, hanging up her phone.
"We're gonna have to have your mother over eventually." Mr. Davenport says.
"No we don't. Look my mom doesn't just visit. She has inspections. If she spots anything weird, she will use it as an excuse for her to move in." Tasha said right before Bree came super speeding over to catch the hackie sack, that Chase had thrown. She must have heard what they were talking about because she said, "Nothing weird here." Before speeding away.
"Yes nothing at all." I said, flashing my fangs before taking another drink of blood.
Tasha glared at me.
"Honey, when you mother visits, I will shower her with love, I will make her feel welcome, and I will everything humanly possible to..." Mr. Davenport was saying when the door bell cut him off.
"It's my mother." Tasha said.
"Yeah, I'll be in the lab." Mr. Davenport said before bolting out of the kitchen. Vigliacco.
"Quick! Turn invisible!" Tasha shouted, panicking. I did as she asked but Adam, Bree, Chase and Leah looked at her confused.
"Oh, come on! You have every other freaky ability. Just run and hide!" She said.
Everyone ducked behind the kitchen counter, groaning I turned visible and crouched down between Chase and Leah.
"You okay?" Chase mouthed. I nodded, placing the drained blood bag on the floor.
"Let's go." Chase whispered, heading for the hallway.
"Who are they?" A voice called causing us to jump and spin around.
"Who are you?" The others asked well I cursed under my breath in Italian.
"That's the staff! You know, big house." Tasha laughed as we glared at her.
"Staff? Oh, Tasha. Still so lazy." The old woman said rather harshly.
"And you are still so...my mother." Tasha said.
"So what do you do?" Tasha's mother asked Adam. This was not going to end well.
"Well...I collect rocks. I lift heavy things. I chase bugs." He started to say but was quickly interupted by Tasha.
"Adam is our cheif!" Tasha said quickly.
"Oh, right. Normally I wear a puffy hat and yell things in Italian. Bonjour!" Adam said making me glare at him and everyone else laugh nervously.
"Sei un idiota." I muttered. Everyone chuckled nevously.
"What a wonderful sense of humour." Tasha said, glaring at Adam, making the others stop laughing.
"And who is she?" Grandma Dooley asked pointing at Bree.
"Bree is my personal trainer." Tasha said.
"Oh, and what does a personal trainer do?" Grandma Dooley asked.
"It's...personal?" Bree said but it sounded more like a question.
"And Chase...Chase is Leo's nanny. Man-nanny. Manny!" Tasha said. Chase and Leo looked at Tasha shocked.
"Aren't you a little young to be a manny?" Grandma Dooley asked.
"Uh...aren't you a little to young to be a grandma?" Chase countered.
Grandma Dooley looked at him before saying, "Oh, I like him."
She then turned to me. "And you are? Let me guess the maid?"
"Grandma don't be absurd," I let out a sign of releif. "Annabelle is my girlfriend." Leo said, wrapping his arm around my waist. "Leah is the maid."
"Ti ucciderò." I said, glaring at him. As were Leah and Chase.
"What did...?" Grandma Dooley started to say but was interupted by Tasha, "How about a tour?"
***
Bree and I were watching Adam try to cook, he had different ingredients around him on the counter. My phone beeped, indicating that I had a text.
(A/N Italics is Annabelle. Bold is Nick.)
How are you feeling?
Fine, just a bit sore and hungry.
Do they not have any blood. And if not, you could feed from them. They can be your personal blood bags.
Shut the hell up before I G.O leap over there and make you.
"So what is the master cheif preparing any way?" Grandma Dooley asked as I looked up. Seems like she and Tasha came into the kitchen well I was busy with my phone.
Tasha walked over to the kitchen counter, flipping through a cook book before ripping out a page and walking over to Adam.
"He is making spaghetti!" Tasha said, handing him the page, " I love the way you always read the directions exactly as writen." Tasha said.
Bree made her way over to Grandma Dooley just as the door bell rang.
"I wonder who that could be?" Tasha said, making her way to the door.
"Nick? What do you want?" She asked, venomously.
"Always a pleasure, Mrs. Davenport." He smirked coming inside.
"What do you want?" I glared at him.
"You said you were hungry. Let's go grab a bite." He smirked.
"Very well let's go." I said, taking my jacket.
"But I'm making dinner." Adam pouted.
"I'll try some when I get back. Va bene?"
"Bene." Was Adam's replay.
"Don't do anything I wouldn't do!" Leah shouted as I closed the door.
Nick shot into the air before unfolding his wings, unfolding my wings I flew after him. We head to the closes city, landing on top of a building I let my senses flow.
"We could just take someone." Nick said, getting impatient.
"We do this my way. Capire."
"Khorosho."
A shrall scream echoed from a distance, jumping off the roof I headed in that direction. I landed on the roof looking down at the scene before me. A man was pointing a gun at a woman. There was an unconscious man on the ground well a boy kneeling down beside him.
"Give me your money!" The man with the gun growled. I tucked in my wings before jumping from the roof, landing silently behind the thug.
"Please don't hurt us." The woman begged.
"Hand it over!"
I should kill them all. Yeah better then going to jail. I heard his thoughts.
He was about to pull the triger when I grabbed his hand that was holding the gun, knocking it out of his hand. I wrapped my arm around his neck holding his head in place as I sunk my fangs into his neck. Drinking my fill I knocked him unconscious. To the woman it merely looked like I knocked him unconscious, she didn't see me feed from him.
I jumped up, landing beside Nick, smirking at him I set off further into the city, listening for more people that needed help.
***
After a few more stops, saving someone and feeding from the criminals I said goodbye to Nick and headed back to the Davenport's. When I walked through the door I stopped dead in my tracks. What the... I had only been gone for a few hours but in that short time all hell had broken lose. The Exoakeleton was shooting lasers, one of them hit the wall beside my head.
"Merda!" I cursed, diving behind the couch beside Grandma Dooley.
"Leo, what did you do?" I growled, glaring at him but it was kinda hard because he was hiding behind the fake plants, with Chase.
"I didn't do anything! Wait! I have an idea!" He shouted, running out of the room, dodging a laser as he went. Grandma Dooley was talking but I was busy trying to find Leah. I couldn't see her anywhere. Leo came running back in, holding something.
"The Electrofield de-stabilizer! Great idea, Leo." Chase said.
"Thanks." Leo said, about to attack the Exoskeleton but stopped and went over to Chase. Grumbling I grabbed my sword which I had hiden under the couch. Twirling my sword I made my way over to the Exoskeleton.
"Ehi! Stronzo!" I called.
The Exoskeleton turned around, shooting a laser at me, raising my sword I deflected it, rolling out of the way.
"Hey! Exo!" I heard Chase call. The Exoskeleton turned towards him. Chase fliped over the couch making his way to me.
"Time to feel the pain!" Leo shouted running at the Exoskeleton but it turned and knocked the Electrofield de-stabilizer out of his hand, grabbing Leo by his arms, lifting him up.
"Chase did we have a plan B?" Leo yelled looking at Chase.
I spun around the Exoskeleton, swinging my sword, aiming for it's head. Leo screamed as my sword cut through the Exoskeleton's neck, removing his head but it didn't seem to affect it, it just turned, picking me up and throwing me against the wall, crumpling to the ground I looked up as Grandma Dooley kicked the Exoskeleton in the chest, causing it to drop Leo. I blinked, when I opened my eyes Chase had Leo surround in a force feild, holding the Electrofield de-stabilizer. He zapped the Exoskeleton, causing it to fly back. it didn't get back up. Really I removed it's head and it still keep on coming but zap it and it stays down. Clutching my head I stood up groaning.
"Are you alright?" Chase asked.
"Si, just a headache." I said.
I turned to everyone else, Grandma Dooley was glaring at us.
"Um... Rose there is a completely rational explanation for all of this. You...are delusional. Who wants dessert?" Mr. Davenport said. Everyone raised their hands. Tasha glared at her husband before turning to her mother.
"You know what mom? This is our life. Our house may be high-tech and chaotic but it is full of love. And it may not be perfect for you but it is perfect for our family." Tasha said confidently, wrapping her arms around us.
Just then Leah came in, her arms full of shopping bags.
"Hey, what did I miss?" She asked, looking around, the place was a mess.
"A lot." I grinned sheathing my sword.
"What family? Wait a minute, who are these people?" Grandma Dooley asked.
"They are my brother's kids. That I adopted when he died. Fell...in a volcano." Mr. Davenport said, pointing at Adam, Bree and Chase.
"What about them?" She asked pointing at Leah and I.
"Well I'm Adam's girlfriend." Leah said, walking over to Adam and wrapping her arms around his waist.
"And I am her sister. Not Leo's girlfriend." I said, glaring at Leo. He gulped.
Grandma Dooley stared at us for a few seconds before saying. "Well way didn't you just say so. Now it all make sence. You're just a madern family with a bunch of adorable kids." She said, happily. We all sighned in relief. "Who is gonna need their grandma around all the time." She added.
"Cazzo." I mumbled, causing Leah to smack me upside the head.
"Language." She said.
"I can stay in the spare room you got down the hall, come on baby." Grandma Dooley said to Tasha. Tasha mouthed 'help me' before heading after her mother.
***
After we had cleaned up the mess that the exoskeleton had made we decided to order pizza. Well we were waiting we started watching a movie. We were all there except Leo. I had no idea where he was. It had been about 20 minutes and everyone was hungry. They're thoughts were getting annoying.
"Oh, man I'm starving." Grandma Dooley complained. Just then the doorbell rang.
"Ooh, that must be the pizza." Mr. Davenport said.
"I'll get it." Leo called. We all turned to look at Leo, who was in the Exoskeleton. Mr. Davenport and Chase had repaired it well the rest of us had cleaned up the mess that it had made. It had been mostly Chase's doing as I had learned later, causing it to glitch and go after us.
"Leo, what are you doing in that thing?" Tasha asked.
Leo walked over to the door, opening it. The pizza guy looked up at Leo, his mouth hanging open before he dropped the pizza and ran like a bat out of hell. Leo picked up the pizza and made his way over to us.
"Getting free pizza." He answered his mother happily, placing the box on the coffee table. Everyone cheer and dug in but I didn't. I didn't feel like eating human food.
"I am going to go. I have some bussiness that I need to attend to." I said to Chase as I pick up my jacket and my sword which was rolled up in my jacket.
"It was a pleasure meeting you Mrs. Dooley." I said before heading outside.
"Wait!"
I smiled before turning around.
"Yes, Chase."
"I was...um...wondering if....ah."
"Yes, Chase. I would love to go out with you."
"How did you know I was going to ask you out?"
"Telepath, remember."
"Oh, right." He said, blushing. "How's Friday?"
"Perfect."
"Great." He grinned. I couldn't help but smile at him.
"I will see you tomorrow then." I said, kissing his cheek before shooting into the sky.