It really sucks I don't know how to use italics. A lot of words in this chapter were italicized =/ It looks stupid with out them.
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My first reaction was to scream. And I did. Loudly. My next reaction was to run. Which I couldn't do. Instead, I broke away from the figure staggered back a few steps. I couldn't make out the person's face. The frame of the body and hairstyle told me it was a man though.
"Where do you think you're going?" the man asked, brushing brown hair out of his face.
As the lightening flashed, I saw the man glaring at me while baring sharp, white, large, canines. Vampire.
"W-w-what are you d-doing here?" I stuttered, looking around frantically for something, anything, which could be used as a weapon.
"I don't need a reason to do anything," the man growled, approaching me.
In swift movement he had lunged towards me. I screamed in surprise and dove to the side, avoiding him. I landed on my back and rolled over as a foot came crashing down to where my head had just been. I scrambled to my feet and ran for the door, only to be caught by the collar of my shirt and thrown roughly to the side.
"No!" I screamed and staggered on my feet before falling head first into the wall.
"I'm not trying to kill you," the man told me, approaching me. The lightening flashed and I could see a scowl on his face. "It'd be a shame if I couldn't get you to join my clan."
I stared at him in horror. I had just learned about vampires, and already I was being forced to join them? It was... Impossible. And if I didn't join this guy, would I be killed? My eyes darted to the door. How much of a chance would I have if I ran for the door?
The guy smirked as he closed the space between in a blink of the eye. He grabbed my neck and lifted me into the air with my back against the wall. I could feel his nails digging into my tender flesh, breaking the skin. I grasped his arm and tried to pull his hand away from my neck. He ignored my attempts as he caressed my cheek with his other hand.
"You're really pretty, so it'd be extremely wasteful to kill you."
My breath came in little gasps as he quickly made it hard to breathe. In an attempt for freedom I kicked him where the sun didn't shine. He hissed and let go of me instantly and I landed on the ground and didn't waste a second as I bolted for the door. I had almost made it when he appeared before me once more and kicked me in the stomach.
All air left my lungs, and I'm pretty sure I coughed up blood, as I sailed across the room and into the glass window, which shattered, cutting me everywhere, and I felt the rush of cool air against my skin and the cold rain drops land on me. I shut my eyes.
As soon as the motion of being thrown was gone, it was replaced by the feeling of falling. I reached a hand upwards and screamed as I felt myself hurdling rapidly for the ground. Suddenly something hard collided with me in mid-air and I felt arms wrap around me as the motion shifted once more and I felt myself going up.
When I opened my eyes I looked up and saw Ayden, staring at me with a worried expression on his face. He set me down on the ground and I winced.
"Are you okay?" he asked breathlessly, his eyes now focused on the vampire on the other side of the room.
"Better than I'd be if I had hit the ground, that's for sure," I told him, trying to get my hands to stop shaking.
"When I say run... I want you to run, as fast as you can, downstairs and outside. Don't stop for anything," he told me in an undertone.
Before I could reply he was across the room, tackling the other vampire in a football type tackle.
"Run!" he shouted as the other vampire struggled underneath him.
I didn't need to be told twice. I sprinted away from the window towards the door, ignoring the throbbing of my body. I winged open the door and bolted down the hallway, breathing heavily as the dark halls seemed to close on me. I nearly jumped down the stairs, my adrenaline kicking in.
As I passed the living room I heard a shout of pain that sounded very familiar. I froze and backed up a few steps. Ayden had told me not to stop for anything. There was a thud and a muffled groan. I grabbed the door handle and shoved the door to the living room open.
There were four vampires in the room. Damian was on the ground with a vampire with long blonde hair pulled into a ponytail stepping down onto his neck. Another vampire who had messy brown hair had his head and was trying to twist it. The last vampire with messy black hair was standing near the wall, watching it all.
"What are you doing?" I cried shrilly, causing all four vampires to freeze and look at me. The lights came back on, adding to the effect.
The one holding Damian's head looked at me and smirked. I took an involuntary step back. Damian looked at me horrified.
"Maddie..." he croaked sounding terrified. "Run!"
"Get her," the black-haired vampire leaning against the wall ordered.
I hesitated for a second. I couldn't leave Damian here by himself. They would kill them. But if I ran for it, I could go get Ayden for help, or call Callie, or Dustin, or someone! But what if it was too late by the time whoever I managed to get a hold of got here?
Before I could do anything however, I saw a figure lunge at me from the corner of my eye and I dived to the side. Déjà vu much? I thought, landing on my back again.
"Watch out!"
I turned in time to see a T.V hurdling at me. A freaking T.V! I opened my mouth to scream, but before the T.V could hit me, Damian jumped over me, his hair falling down into my face. I saw his expression turn to pain as the T.V hit him.
"Damian, are you okay?" I gasped, as he clenched his jaw.
"I'm fine," he told me, standing up, and knocking the T.V off his back. He turned back to the vampire that had thrown the T.V and hurled it back at him.
I quickly scrambled to my feet. Something grabbed my arm roughly and I cried out in pain as I was tugged backwards, stumbling over my feet, nearly falling over again.
"I'm sorry," Damian murmured, dragging me backwards still.
When had he gotten back on his feet? I glanced around the room to see one of the three vampires lying motionless on the floor. That must have been the one that was stepping on Damian.
Suddenly I was yanked to the side so hard I was pulled off my feet. I felt Damian's grip on me be released and I landed on the ground with a thud. I looked up just in time to see Damian receive a blow to the face by one of the vampires. "Damian!"
I struggled onto my feet again, pushing myself off the ground and onto shaky feet. The vampire that had been leaning against the wall this whole time stared at me with an amused expression.
"Run!" Damian yelled at me, grabbing the brown haired vampire's arm and twisting it back.
I nodded. Now that one of the vampires had been taken care of, Damian would have a better chance while I went for help. As soon as I took a step towards the door, something hit me from the front, forcing me against the wall violently. I shut my eyes from the pain of the impact as I gasped.
Messy dark hair met my gaze when I opened my eyes. The vampire grinned at me. His face was handsome, and a pale color. I stared into his eyes, momentarily getting lost in them. They were gold, a very unusual color, but what was more unusual was the specks of black in them.
"Hello, love," he greeted me, his breath caressing my cheek as he leaned in closer. I caught my breath. "I hope you don't mind if I partake from you."
I turned my head away from the handsome vampire. Bad idea. I felt him chuckle against my neck.
"Can I take that as a yes?"
I gasped as I realized what I had just done. By turning my head from him I had exposed my neck. I went to turn my head back when one of his hands grabbed my face and wrenched it back in the other direction. I could see Damian still fighting with the brunette vampire. Our eyes locked for a second. He froze, and the brown hair vampire sent him flying.
"Damian!" I shouted, trying to push the black-haired vampire away from me. "Let me go!"
"Shh, it'll be okay," he cooed, gathering both my wrists into his free hand and pinning them above my head. I felt a pair of lips on my neck. Even in this circumstance, I still blushed.
"W-what are you doing?" I demanded, struggling to liberate myself from this guy.
The man smirked against me. "This will feel more pleasurable to you if you don't resist it..." I felt the man's fangs graze my neck.
"Wait, stop!" I screamed, struggling harder against him. "Don't!"
The man chuckled, licking my neck now. "It'll be okay, trust me. You will barely even feel it. And we can just give you some drugs so you won't feel the effects of the transformation."
"Please," I begged him in a whisper, letting my arms go limp, giving up my resistance.
"If you insist," the man smirked, taking my words the wrong way on purpose.
I squeezed my eyes shut as I felt his canines graze against my skin. I felt the slight pressure of them as they started to press into my skin. I held my breath and waited.
Bang!
The pressure against my neck suddenly went away, and my arms fell down to my sides as the vampire pinning me fell to the ground at my feet. I stared wide-eyed down at it before looking up and into the eyes of my best friend.
"You okay there, Maddie?" Dustin questioned, a black and silver gun in his left hand.
"Dustin!" I gasped, staring from him to the vampire that lain at my feet.
"Yo," he greeted me with a smile. "Looks like I got here just in time."
There was a loud crash from the other side of the room and Dustin and I turned to look. Damian was dusting off his hands and the last vampire was lying motionless on the ground. Damian turned to us and smirked.
"It's so much easier when you don't have to deal with three enemies at the same time," he told us while walking over. "Are you okay?" He scrutinized my face and placed a hand at my neck.
"I'm okay," I told him, blushing slightly. I tried to push his hand away but it didn't budge.
"Your neck's bleeding."
"Did you let him bite her, you blood sucker?" Dustin hissed, grabbing my head and wrenching to the right so he could see my neck better.
"Um, ow!" I said angrily. "Let go!"
"She didn't get bit!" Damian denied, pulling Dustin's hand away from me. "I think it was just sliced. There are no puncture holes."
I clapped a hand over my neck and scowled at Dustin. "You almost broke my neck!"
"I needed to look at it!" Dustin responded, frowning at me.
"Whatever," I dismissed it with a sigh. Than I gasped. "Ayden!" Was he okay? Was he still fighting that other vampire?
"Ayden what?" Damian demanded, his gaze hardening. "Where is he?"
"He's in your room! A vampire was up there, it attacked me and then Ayden came and he started fighting him!" I explained, mostly for Dustin because Damian obviously knew from reading my mind.
"Stay here," Dustin and Damian commanded, both turning quickly for the door.
"If anything happens, scream," Dustin added before slipping out the door.
I stared at the door for a few seconds before sinking to the ground. Was this how it would be from now on? I never thought that there might actually be problems that came along with being vampires. I held out my arms. They were bloody and scratched up. A few bruises were even starting to form. I groaned and shook my head. How was I going to explain this to Will?
The house was dead silent for the next few minutes. I rested against the wall, eyes open and vigilant. There wasn't any screaming or crashes, so I guessed it was safe to assume that the fighting had ceased.
I heard the door open and quickly stood up, bracing myself for whoever, or whatever, was coming in. Relief rushed through me when I saw it was Damian. He walked into the room, seeming not to notice me. But when he did he stopped and scowled at me.
"Who are you?"
I stared at him in confusion. "Damian? It's me, Maddie. What are you talking about?"
"I am not Damian," Damian said in an irritated tone, glaring at me.
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