Criminal (1D)

Chapter 22

Jenna

I sat with Nora in my room. I had called Liam and he had said that he was on his way and that he had called the other lads to come help Niall through what he called a 'hunger faze.' He'd also said that this had happened before many times and that it wasn't easy to correct but he could do it with the help of the lads and me. Now I just needed to explain to Nora about what she saw.
"He's a vampire?" She questioned me as she took a sip of her green tea. I nodded and she set the mug down on my dresser.
"How could you be with someone so...so.....Monstrous?" She asked.
"He's not a monster. He just has a hard time controlling the urges sometimes. He didn't ask to be a vampire, he was forced." Nora seemed to be processing this. I could practically see the wheels spinning behind her eyes. There was a mocking at the front door and I jumped up, knowing it was the lads before I even saw them. I opened my bedroom door just as my mom was opening the front door. Liam, Louis, Harry, and Zayn standing on the front porch. Liam was holding a black duffle bag.
"Jenna?" My moms eyes found me, along with the lads. Their eyes brightened and they smiled. I smiled and ran down the stairs. I bolted out the door and was immediately grabbed into a big group hug. We all started laughing and when we broke away my mom had her arms crossed as was tapping her foot.
"Uh, mom. This is Liam, Louis, Harry, and Zayn. Their good friends of mine." I pointed to each of them as I said their names and they all waved and said a brief 'hello.'
"I'm going out for a bit....be back by dinner." I said and closed the front door. I turned back to the lads and their faces became serious.
"You need to tell us exactly what happened before he went haywire."

We walked down the alley by Starbucks. Streaks of blood still smeared the ground and walls. I had explained them exactly what happened and they seemed to understand what was going on.
"So do you know how to help him?" I asked Liam.
"Yes." He walked over to the wall and ran his fingers down the dried blood and then sniffed his fingers. His eyes widened and he turned to the lads.
"He's back..." The lads seemed to become frightened ad they all looked around to make sure there was no one there.
"What? Who's back?" I asked. Harry walked up to me.
"Our creator. He's come back to find us." I searched his eyes.
"You mean the person who made you....." It dawned on me and I gasped.
"Why has he come back?" The lads looked down and their eyebrows furrowed.
"Every couple of centuries he comes looking for us. He takes us away and figures out the weakest of us, then he tortures the rest of us until we're just as weak, then he sends us on a ripping spree. And well......Niall's always been the weakest. He gets stronger but every time he almost gets control, our creator sends a dopplëganger to weaken him again so he can easily get at us. He just has a strange weakness to their blood and it sends him off the deep end." Zayn explained.
"But why him? Why not you guys?" I asked.
"Because.....we haven't been falling in love with the same girl for centuries." Louis blurted out. Everyone froze and glared at Louis who clasped his hands over his mouth.
"What?!" I demanded. Liam sighed.
"We can explain everything later, but for now, let's focus on finding Niall before he does."