Charlie Swan: Vampire Hunter

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                                                                             Carlisle 

I see Charlie go down out of the corner of my eye. A small boy had slipped through our net and had hidden himself in the woods. He crept out behind Charlie, punched him and then latched onto his neck. I break away from my family's line, racing towards them. My vision goes red, I can't lose him too. Not after I lost her. The vampire looks up and grins, Charlie's blood dripping down his face.
"Coming to save your pet?" He said, roughly dropping Charlie aside to face me.
I growled deep in my throat and advanced. He wasn't much of a fighter, I'd seen him sneak up on Charlie. Had it been a fair fight I'm sure Charlie wouldn't have had any issues, but the coward came from behind and surprised him.
The fight was over quickly. I tore the brute to pieces then ran back to Charlie to see how badly hurt he was. He'd taken a nasty blow to his face, it looked like his nose was broken, and there was a bruise blossoming across his abdomen. I was most worried about the bite on his neck. If any saliva had gotten in there he'd be undead when he woke. When- if- that is something he chose, I wanted it to be his choice, not some dick bloodsucker who snuck up on him. He was still out and I wanted to fix that particular problem before he woke. I put my lips over the wounds and started sucking his blood. My family surrounded me, shouting and pulling at me. I knew that I had to stop soon otherwise I wouldn't be able to stop, even if I hadn't gotten all the poison out of his system. I felt his neck tense and then jerk away.
"The hell are you doing?"
I rocked back on my heels, my wiping my mouth. I could feel the eyes of my family on me, apprehensive and confused.
Chaise glared at me. "I asked you what the HELL you're doing? I have plenty of blood, I don't need you to help me get rid of any!"
I shook my head. "I am aware of your acceptable blood levels. I was making sure you didn't turn into a vampire yourself, or worse die. The bastard who knocked you out bit you."I felt my family shift and murmur behind me. "I was... removing the affected blood so you would have the choice to be human and not one of us."
"Oh." He seems to be at a loss for words and he looks up at me. I move back from him, wanting space between us and confident that he's not about to vamp out any time soon. "Well then, thank you I guess."
I incline my head as I stand and offer him a hand. "Lets get you home. We need to celebrate your first successful mele with vampires."