Shadow Guy

Chapter Six

The feel of the cold, wet dirt woke me up. I opened my eyes with difficulty; my body went from numb to full-blown pain. I still managed to sit up. I coughed a little as my throat was dry. As I looked around, I realized I was in the same place except for the fact that that it was dark.

I heard a slight movement behind me, and I looked seeing James rocking backward and forwards, his knees up to his chest and his head buried into his lap. "Ja-James? What happened?" I couldn't remember anything, apart from me touching his shoulders that's it.

His eyes! They suddenly popped into mind, he isn't human, wait yes, he is, I've heard of those types of people before. "You'll remember in a minute." He said getting to his feet and walking over to me. He just looked down at me......he looked like he just saw someone die.

"James, what's goi...." I was cut off as a sudden sharp pain came from my stomach. I screamed out falling back down to the floor clutching my stomach. I rolled from side to side still screaming. The pain spread everywhere, it felt as though someone was cutting into you slowly and then pouring salt water onto the wounds.

"AHHHH!" my screams got louder, and I was at the verge of rolling my eyes back in my head with the intense pain I was feeling. I arched my back not being able to do anything. Finally, all my surroundings went black and the events that had happened appeared in front of me as though I was watching it on a TV screen.

When the memory finally came back and so did my vision the pain was more sudden. I opened my eyes and shut them closed tightly as soon as I opened with the pain like someone pushing a needle into my eyeball.

I could only muster screams of pain, but I forced his name from my lips, "James....please!" my hands flew straight down to the grass and I pulled massive amounts out of the ground. "I'm here," I heard him say gathering me in his arms.

I kicked and screamed as I held on to him, scratching him surely, but no matter how hard I pushed my nails into him I never heard a sound come from him. The pain lasted for a few minutes but soon it started to fade and my grip on James' arm loosened.

My screams turned into small whimpers and tears. He bit me! I finally got myself together and looked up into his now blue eyes. My body still ached from the pain, but it wasn't big enough to tie me down.

My face turned into a frown and I pushed him back getting to my feet, "Stay away from me! You bit me! What the hell's wrong with you!?! And what was that all about? What drug or whatever did you do?!" I couldn't help but lash out, "For all I know you'll be telling me you're a vampire, but then again that'll explain you're weird abilities......."

I stopped staring down at the floor. All the things that I managed to collect from him put in place made perfect sense.... that......that he was a vamp.... a..... vampire! my head shot up looking at him, he looked down at the floor as if ashamed.

Wait! No way! That can't be it, I mean those things don't exist...., right? "You're a...a... vamp...." he cut me off by getting to his face and standing in front of me like lightning, his eyes were still blue but full rage.

"Don't....don't say it!" he growled, I pushed him back and lost it at him again,

"Don't give that s**t! I have every right to say it, you're a f*****g vampire.... and..... you bit me!" Oh my god! If that's the case, then all that the pain the eyes.......I'm one.

"You turned me.... didn’t you? Please no!" I couldn't help but fall to my knees and cover my face with my hands as tears ran down my cheeks. I can't be I can't leave Peni alone. I've never wanted to die, not for real!

"I didn't turn you," he whispered but that was enough to make me get away from him. I didn't want too but I had to think things through first. I got to my feet and using my worst acid field voice I spat at him.

"Don't ever come near me again!" I turned to leave but he screamed something back at me.

I ran home and got there around about in ten minutes defiantly not normal for me. "Brie? Oh my god! What happened!?" my sister came rushing over to me and I looked down at my shirt.

The rim of it was covered with drops of blood. My hand flew straight up to my neck covering the bite marks which I assume are there. "I cut myself....by falling,"

“What about your eyes?" she asked coming closer to me.

"Contacts," I said rushing by her and up the stairs.

I closed my door and went straight to the mirror. My eyes were still the black with the red and my skin was paler than normal but after suffering all that pain who can blame me. I looked down at my top and took it off holding the blood drip area to mouth.

I licked the top of it, but it was dry. I was hungry but not the I wanted food type, I wanted something else, something stronger. I dropped the shirt and sat on the edge of my bed. What have I done? I shouldn't have screamed at him and said that stuff.

I had a lot of unanswered questions too that didn't help. First, what's with the whole sky and my eyes being the only ones to change?

Most girls would be scared shitless but.... I’m not, then again, I'm not like other girls. I fell back in my bed and something inside me hurt worse than ever, I wanted him, I wanted his touch. I don't think I could live without it.

I got up and pulled on a long-sleeved top covering me up fully. Even if he told me not to go inside his house, I need to get to him. I ran downstairs but my sister jumped in my way blocking the door, "Where do you think you're going at this time of night?"

I sighed but my eyes went lingering to her neck, her totally exposed neck. All other noise faded, and I could hear her blood pumping around her neck. The rising of it made me lick my lips; I need to get out of here fast!

Without knowing it I shoved her aside and ran out the door. I finally go to his door and knocked only to find no one answering it. I walked around back and climbed through the kitchen window. Everything was dark and I had a feeling telling me not to scream.... so, for the first time, I went with the feeling.

I walked upstairs and investigated his room; well at least it's safe to say they don't sleep in coffins. He wasn't in there and I was about to turn around and leave when I heard a loud bang from the little door, four doors down. Hey, I never noticed that door there before.

I walked toward it and opened it to be faced with a narrow staircase leading up to the attic, I guess. Being the stupid me I walked up to the stairs and when I reached the middle of the attic the door shut closed behind me making me jump and turn around to face it.

The lights went off and suddenly a tall skinny blonde-haired boy with......FANGS! Sticking out his mouth as he stood to block the door, "Well lookie here, we have ourselves a lost little lamb." My head turned to face the muscled tall black-haired man standing on the right. There was another blonde-haired guy standing on my left, but he stayed quiet.

I started to back up as they came closer. I was scared but.... but something inside kept me from my heart beating hard against my chest. I hit the wall and they all came closer flashing their fangs at me. My only instincts told me to scream.

"JAMES!!!!!!!!" the man who blacked my path to the door burst out laughing and the others joined in. There was a deep growl from behind them and they turned to look at him. "Stay. Away. From. Her!" he said with a growl at the end of each word.

They moved aside giving him a view of me. "Oh, come on James we can all share," the black-haired man said stepping closer to him. Within a flash, I heard screams and James was in front of me with the others on the floor looking up at him pissed.

"I said stay away from her!" I sat still on the floor with my knees to my chest and my hands on the floor.

"And why should we James? Huh, give me one good reason why?" they were all on their feet the tall blonde one with his gaze locked on mine.

"Because she's the lost blood vampire princess, and she's already been made into a vampire by me!"