"I don't care, Frank! I'm not letting those new ghouls on the Fearleading squad. Especially her." Cleo said as they walk through the school hallway.
"You mean Gory." Rae said making Cleo nod and Frank steps in front of her. "But Bloodgood said we were supposed to do everything we could to make them feel welcome." Frank said.
"I mean we are the welcoming committee." Frank reminds them and Cleo takes Ghulio's drink. "Thanks, Ghulio." Cleo said making him look sad and Rae surprise him by giving him a drink.
He groans giving her a smile making Rae nod.
"No problem, I hope I read that right." Rae said making Clawdius chuckle. "You did, those dead language class is really helping you with communication." Clawdius said.
"I try." Rae said.
"You know the whole school looks up to you, Cleo." Frank said with a small smirk. "I mean, if you were to allow Gory and her ghouls to be on the team they would start to emulate you." He said making Rae smirk seeing where this was going.
"Hmmm! They do look up to me." Cleo said with a smile. "And I am nothing, if not magnanimous." She said.
"Very well, they can be on the team. As long as they realize who's in charge." Cleo said as she walks a little. "Great..." Frank said with a smile only to get cut off by Cleo.
"And! If Rae joins the team." Cleo adds making Rae look at her. "Me? Why?!" Rae asked.
"I heard about how great you are with gymnastics." She said making Rae look at Clawdius who gives her a nervous laugh shrugging.
"I-." Before she could say anything Frank pulls her to the side whispering. "Please join! This will totally make Cleo allow the ghouls to join." He begs making Rae frown.
"Okay, but the moment those vampire girls decide that I'm their next meal I'll burn them!" Rae said making Frank jump at her words. "And that's a promise." Rae said walking away and Clawdius walks by Frank.
"She will, remember what he did to her? But she will be there , don't worry." Clawdius said walking after Rae and Frank sighs slapping his head. "I'm so stupid! I could I forget that." He said talking about Rae being scared and disliked to the vampires.
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"How do I look? Don't you think is too short?" Rae asked as they waited for the vampire ghouls. She stood in front of Clawdius who was getting ready to play with his brother and their friend from a long time.
"You looks great, even hot with that skirt." He said with a smirk touching her waist making Rae blush. "I have to admit that the shoes are amazing." She said as she almost reached Clawdius shoulders.
"Looks like Clawd is calling you." Rae said seeing Clawd waving at his brother along with the guy they know which was Romulus.
"I'll see you later." He said kissing her head and Rae walks to the group since the vampire ghouls have arrived. "All right, cut the chatter. Time to practice." Gory said as she looks down at them stepping up in one the stands.
"Now, line up for drills." She said making Cleo glare at her stepping in one of the steps like Gory. "Hmmm, Gory is it?" She asked the vampire.
"Who got mummified and made you leader?" Cleo asked pointing at her making Rae smile.
"Well, I'm the fear captain for the number one Fearleading team anywhere." Gory said with a smirk. "I'm the fear captain for the number one team everywhere. I'm... I'm the leader." Cleo said.
"Why don't we put it to a vote?" Gory said raising her hand. "All in favor of me?" She asked and her group raised their hands. Gory glares at Draculaura.
"You don't vote for your own kind?" Gory questioned. "Vamp' stabbing traitor." She said and Rae glares at her.
"Last time I check she doesn't need your vote for someone like you." Rae whispers knowing that she could hear her.
"All in favor of me?" Cleo asked and Rae raised her hand along with the others who won the leader team.
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"Right, 10-10, next point wins." Romulus said as he stood in front of Clawdius and Clawd. Clawdius bounce the ball for a moment after it was passed by his brother and scores a point.
"Still got." Clawdius said with a smirk and high fives his brother along with Romulus. "Somebody's been practicing and you haven't lost your touch." Romulus said.
"You both got game." Romulus said and Clawdius frowns when Romulus keeps on looking at Rae and the others. "Is good to see you." Clawdius said wanting him to stop looking at Rae.
"Yeah, it's been too long." Clawd said with a smile. "The lack is strength." Romulus said holding arms with Clawd and does the same with Clawdius.
"The pack is life." Both him and Clawd said as they took a rest on the bleachers.
"Hey, remember those normie kids that lived next door to you. They kept hitting their baseball into your yard." Romulus said making them laugh remembering the memory.
"And we'd chase them, they'd be screaming and running." Clawd said with a laugh holding his stomach. "Oh, man, classic." He said.
"Okay, why do you keep on looking at Rae?" Clawdius asked seeing him look at her again and Romulus. "It's just...I can't believe she's alive." He said making Clawdius look at him in shock.
"What do you mean by that?" He asked and Romulus sighs.
"I was the one who took her out of the broken car after I smelled a lot of blood." He said making Clawdius eyes widen.
_[Flashback]_
Romulus was running through the forest with a laugh as he hunts for his meal time chasing a rabbit only to stop in his tracks when he smelled a lot of blood. He changed direction and heads to where the blood was coming, he stops as he sees the upside down car which was all destroyed.
Suddenly, he stops seeing the person who was driving dead and crying on the back of the car. He could hear the person cry in pain and something that he could hear like the seatbelt being pulled.
He immediately goes to the car making the girl scream even more.
"Hey, hey, hey." He whispers gently. "Everything will be fine, I'm just here to help." He adds seeing the girl tense and she nods slowly.
"I'm just gonna pull the seatbelt off since it's stuck." Romulus said seeing that she was really stuck on the seat. "My mom, is she okay." The girl asked making him stop.
The girl cried as she took his silence as her mother being dead. Romulus didn't know what to say at the moment since he couldn't hear the heartbeat of her mom anymore.
"Shhh, put your hands on the roof." Romulus instructed and the girl does it but he could see that the girl was losing a lot of blood from the head and her legs from broken glass. "One, two, three." He counts as he breaks the seatbelt off of her and the girl groans as he picks her up.
"You okay?" He asked and shakes his head. "Never mind, stupid question." He said making her laugh a little.
He heard sirens coming this direction making him alert.
"You can put me down, I know my people don't like monsters." The girl said but Romulus didn't want to as he was worried that she will die from blood loss. "I... I'll be fine, thank you." She said with a small smile despite from the blood she was losing.
Romulus puts her a little bit far away from the car and her mom. Once she was put down, he runs back into the woods watching the scene in front of him. He saw the ambulance take her away while police stayed to look at the car, he runs away before the police find him.
_[End flashback]_
"I actually thought she didn't make it by the amount of blood she lost. But I can see she was actually okay and doing good." Romulus said with a smile.
"No way!" Clawd said in shock while Clawdius looks shock but said nothing as he looks at Rae remembering that she had a hit and run loosing her mother but couldn't remember how she was out of the car.
Doctors said that it was a small memory loss after losing to much blood from the hit.