Shadow Guy

Chapter Fourteen

Well so much for teaching me how to hunt. James and John still haven't come back and to tell you the truth I really want to keep my distance from Shane, but then again I don't. I mean yeah I kissed him but it doesn't mean anything.

I walked back downstairs to see Shane standing screaming at an older man with long white hair and green eyes. Matt was sitting on the sofa all tranquil. I didn't walk in; instead, I stood next to the door hearing their conversation.

"No! You have to do something! It's your job!" Shane screamed back.

"J.T you need to calm yourself,"

"Shut up Matt! Are you hearing what he's saying!?!"

"Look I'm simply telling you that there is no way for her majesty to enter the castle without being fully dead," the other man said.

I went stiff. Dead....me.....entre, WHAT THE f**k!?!

"There has to be another way!" Shane screamed back,

"I wish there was...but.....I'm afraid there is no other, and by her turning the vampires won't be able to detect that she has anything to do with being royal. They can smell her blood!"

Matt was going to speak but then everything went quiet. I turned to walk up the stairs when Shane appeared, he looked pissed and I became even more frightened. He must have seen the fear in my eyes of what I just heard because he let out a sigh and turned back to look into the sitting room.

"Run!" I looked at Shane as he turned to me,

"Wha...." I cut off by Shane being slammed against the opposite wall. I took a step back looking at the man with his fangs out,

"Kill.....princess!" he said letting Shane fall to the floor. Tears started in the corner of my eyes out of fear as I backed up.

"Go!" Matt came from behind him and jumped on his back. I turned and ran up the stairs but someone grabbed my ankle and wrapped their arms around my waist.

"Ah!" I knew it was the older man. He throws me to the top of the stairs and climbed on top of me holding my arms down. "Let me go! Please!" I begged shaking my head. He didn't say anything, his eyes were white with black dots and he neared into my neck.

I could feel the point of his teeth on my skin and I screamed louder. He pushed down and it cut the skin there, but he didn't go far enough before Shane appeared behind him and pulled him off me, throwing him down the stairs.

Shane looked at me for a moment before full rage set in. He was down the stair in seconds. I sat up and placed my hand on the cut on my neck trying to stop the bleeding. I looked down to see Shane punching the daylights out of the older man. Matt was on the ground unconscious surrounded by pieces of wood that broke when he was smashed against the table. I looked back at Shane and stared in horror as he picked up one of the wooden stakes and pressed it into the man's throat. Blood squirted out just missing Shane just by an inch.

But before I could see what happened next Shane was by me picking me up in his arms and running to the bathroom. He sat me on the toilet seat and took out a dark green mixture from one of the cabinets. It had these yellow things bobbing in it.

He kneeled down next to me and opened the mixture; it had no smell but looked gross. Shane dipped two fingers inside it and then rubbed it against the cut on my neck. Jesus, I was lucky he didn't go deeper otherwise......

I trailed off not wanting to think about what could have happened. When I turned to look at him I asked, "Are one of you going to kill me?" he stopped and just stared at me in furry. Then bang! He was gone.

I got up and walked downstairs, Matt was already awake just laying on the couch, resting, I'm guessing healing himself. I walked into the kitchen looking for Shane, I want my answer! He wasn't in there instead the older man was on the floor with his eyes wide open and the stick sticking out his throat.

I walked out the kitchen not turning my back....just in case, he ain't really dead...er. I was going to my room and give up when I heard a noise come from the attic. I really have come to hate that attic. I walked up there to find Shane bleeding from his hands and multiple deep holes in the wall.

"Shane," I whispered taking a step closer to him. He didn't hear me and kept punching the wall, "Shane!" I screamed as he started on a new hole. He still wouldn't stop so I tried getting in the way. I caught his fist and his blood covered my hands.

"Shane! Stop it!" I screamed as he pulled his hands out of mine and walked over to the little window at the end. He placed his arms on either side of the wall and bowed his head low.

"He could have killed you, he almost did! They should have been here!" I was confused at first but then I realized what he was talking about. John and James, they should have been here to prevent that guy from coming anywhere near me, from allowing him to get my blood on the tips of his fangs. I can't say he's wrong cause he isn't. They seem to always leave Shane alone.

I sighed and walked closer to him. I rested my hand on his muscled arm and he turned around to look at me, "One of them is going to fully turn you, I won't lie, it just won't be yet," something in that comforted me.

He sighed and moved away from me. Everything that had happened before just ran out of my mind.

"Your right, you know? They should have been here, but you've got to remember their getting to the bottom of all these attacks,"

He looked back up at me in anger, "No their not! They just wanted to make you believe that! They're trying to kill your sister so you can fulfill your role!" my eye's bulged out my head and I looked at him, now anger clear in my eyes.

"WHAT!?!" his eyes widened as he just realized what he'd told me.

"You need to be able to stay away from this place forever....and your sister would call the police.....people would come looking for you and it would ruin our foundation."

I just looked at Shane before making a run for the door; he grabbed me by the waist pulling me back before I could take two steps. "You can't go." he whispered to me.

"She's my sister! Let me go! What if it was your sister!?! It's the same as killing her if I let this happen!" He loosened his grip and I stopped struggling. s**t! I completely forgot about his sister. He just looked at the floor pained. "Shane...I'm....I'm so sorry, I...." before I could finish I was standing in the attic alone.

I sighed and ran downstairs. I was about to run out the front door when I stopped feeling the cold wind blow against me. Even if I go I won't be able to stop it.....but I can try, it's better to try then to sit back and let it happen.

I ran out and never stopped the whole way. When I arrived at my house I never went inside, I stood looking to see if I could spot them anywhere. Wait what if they were already inside!?! I ran to the door and realized I didn't have the key.

"s**t!" I cursed under my breath and I just closed my eyes placing my hand over the lock. I felt an electric current flowing through me and the door opened. Wow, I never even knew I could do that stuff! I ran inside my heart beating hard against my chest. What if I'm already too late?!

"Peni!" I screamed running to every room. I ran upstairs and kicked her bedroom door open. "Peni!" I looked inside and at first, I didn't see any sight of her.

I was about to turn around when I saw the top of her frizzy brown hair poking out from the other side of the bed, "Peni!" I said in relief hugging her. She was leaning against the bed sitting on the floor. She was drunk beyond belief. And why the hell was she only wearing her pink nightgown? At least twenty bottles lay on the floor around her from the past days I suppose. She could barely open her eyes and I cheeked her neck just to make sure, Thank god! She hasn't been bitten. I knew they were watching me. I put my arms around her and tried to get her up, "Come on Peni! We need to get you out of here now!"

"Yo...you....aren't B....Brie," she muttered. I ignored her, "You....you ca...Can't be.....sh....she left me," I managed to get her to her feet.

I pulled one of her arms around my shoulder and supported her up by wrapping my arm around her waist. She wasn't as heavy as she would be to a human trying to drag out a drunken woman. "Come on," I said opening her bedroom door.

I was out in the hallway when I came to a halt,

"What are you doing Brie?" John said With James standing next to him blocking my way.

"You fuckers! How could you? Were you going to tell me someone else killed her huh? Did you think I would be ok with it?! That if I found out I'd let you!?!

"We have to do this Brie it's the only way you can be the princess without any trouble," James said steadily trying to make me understand, I was really angry now.

"f**k you! If it means killing the last of my family then I'd rather be here with her then be a stupid princess!" I screamed back trying to keep Peni steady.

"I know how this must feel...." I cut James off,

"What? Having people....wait let me change that....having THINGS kill your family and think you'd be ok with it?! Wow, that's amazing! Now get the f**k out of my way," I took a step closer and John spoke up,

"Brie, you will learn that being a vampire or a princess you will suffer lose wither it be someone you love die or them being murdered,"

"Yeah but not if you can stop it!" I spat back, "I never chose this!"

"We know, but we must do, what we must, now please move or we will have to hurt you too, believe me, we do not want to do that," I just looked at him and narrowed my eyes.

"Bring it! You touch my sister and I swear to god I'll kill you so painfully you'd rather suffer the pain from the change a thousand times you cunt!" I don't know how I did it but I saw him speed and I threw my sister to the side bringing my knee up and kicking John where it hurts. He stopped in front of me and fell to the floor.

"Come on then James....touch her! I dare you," I forced out through gritted teeth, he looked at me with sorry eyes. And then he ran to her. Before he could get there I brought my leg up and hit him across the head with my foot. He fell to the floor next to Peni and she gagged on his shoes. I leaned in to grab her but someone pulled me by the waist and I flew into the mirror on the wall and onto the table breaking it.

I lay in the pieces of glass and wood as John approached me, "I didn't want to have to do this, you have to understand, now I'm afraid you will have to witness the death of you're....." he was cut off with a vase smashing on the top of his head.

He fell to the floor and I knew that wouldn't keep him down for long. "Stay away from her!" I looked up at my sister. She seemed more alert but she was still drunk. I got to my feet and she hugged me. "Come on we have to!" I grabbed her hand and ran down the stairs.

Just as we approached the door my sister's hand was yanked from mine. I turned around screaming her name. James had yanked her away and he threw her against the banister knocking her out and letting her fall down the stair and coming to a halt lying on the floor at my feet.

She had blood running down the top of her head and instead of tears I looked up and James pissed as ever. My...my sister...she's...No! "I'm sorry Brie, I had to. You need to...."

"She...." I cut him off but couldn't finish my sentence.

"No, but...she will be," he tried to say that all humanely.

"f**k you James!" I said, but I couldn't run to her. My heart was doing what anyone's heart would be doing if that was their sister on the floor, if they knew they couldn't stop was going to happen. He looked down to the floor and the next thing I knew John and James had one arm in mine and pulled me outside the house.

I guess he changed his mind about watching. I stood there as they walked back to the house. Finally feeling set into my feet and I ran towards them, "Noooo!" tears were streaming down my cheek and I realized they had dragged me out to the other side of the road.

They both stopped and turned to see me running to them but I was stopped as someone landed on their feet in front of me and placing their hand on my stomach indicating for me not to go any further and to stay behind him.

"Let the girl go," he said emotionless. It was then that I realized it was Shane.