The Emerson house hold wakes up to screaming, Michael jumps out of bed instantly recognizing screams. Octavia. The oldest Emerson didn't know that his daughter was going to be home, it was common for her to stay the night some place else so it shocks him when he hears, her scream again. Opening the door, he ran down the hallway, " Mikey" Sam comes out of his room, stake in hand. Michael grabs the new doorknob and twists it, rushing into the room, Sam right behind him. They were relieved to see only Octavia in the room, but what worried both of the brothers was Octavia thrashing around in her bed, Michaels the first to move, he runs over getting onto the bed grabbing his daughters arm, " Octavia" he said, she fights against Michael, pushing and hitting him, " No let me go" she yells, Michael looks down to see her eyes closed and tears coming from them. Octavia screams again, before hitting Michael in the face, " Sam" he yells, Sam snaps out of his panicked thoughts and makes his way over to his brother and niece, he grabs Octavias legs almost getting kicked in the face, " Let me go" she yells, a loud sob coming from her. Michael wraps his arms around her pulling his daughter into his chest, " Octavia you're safe" he said, he hugs his daughter tighter as he looks at Sam, " O, you're okay" Sam said, but it seemed like nothing they said would work or wake her up. Both Emerson brothers look at each other, " Make it stop" she screams, Michael winces when Octavia nails scratch down his arm, leaving red angry marks "Octavia" Sam yells, the young girl slowly starts to calm down. The brothers share a look, the last time Octavia had a nightmare this bad was years ago when she was little, they asked her about it but she would never tell them anything. A whimper comes from Octavia causing the brothers to look down at her, she was still asleep, usually she would of woken up but not this time. Maybe it's for the best, Michael slowly lays his daughter back onto the bed, before getting up and pulling the blanket over her. Sam was waiting by the door, watching the exchange, Michael made his way over and Sam stepped back allowing him to shut the door. Running his hand through his hair Michael turns to face his brother, " At least it wasn't vampires" Sam said, Michael shot him a look before rubbing his face, " Go back to bed Sam" he said before making his way towards his own room, Sam lets out a sigh before turning around heading back to his room. All he was trying to do was lighten the mood but clearly it hadn't worked, but a small part of him was serious. At least it wasn't vampires.
I woke up to light knocking on my door, " O"hearing my uncles voice, I turn around facing the door. The nightmare from last night still fresh, swallowing hard I push the blanket off me and stand up, " One second" I walk towards my dresser and pull out a pair of pajama pants, and tossing them on before pulling my hair into a bun as I walk towards the door, slowly I grab the handle and open it. My uncle stands there a plate of food in his hand, " Made you breakfast" he said, I look down at the plate, and shake my head not feeling hungry " You can have it, or dad. I'm not really hungry" Sam's face falls causing me to look down at the ground, I bite the inside of my cheek sighing, " Okay" Sam said, looking up at him I give a small smile before taking a step back and shutting the door. Making my way back over to my bed I lay down, Having trouble holding my eyes open I let them close, hugging the blanket closer to me and snuggle further down into my pillows before allowing sleep to take me under.
Sam was reluctant to leave his niece at home by herself after her episode early this morning but when Tyler called him asking for help down at the comic shop, he couldn't exactly say no. So here he is, walking down the familiar boardwalk, with familiar smells and sounds all around him. When he gets to the comic shop, he walkeralks in spotting Ian sitting on the counter reading a comic, " Hey little man, where's your brother?" he asks, eyes scanning the room not seeing the familiar brown haired boy, " In the office" he said, Sam nods his head and ruffles the boys hair, earning a glare, causing him to chuckle as he walks around the counter, and down the hall towards the office door that was cracked open. Walking in he comes to a stop eyeing Tyler's face, " Holy shit kid, who did this?"he walks over grabbing his face examining it, Tyler hissed in pain and pushes Sam's arm away causing him to let go of his jaw, "This asshole Cain, Andrew loaned out some money and it belonged to him. No one can find him, and when I told Cain to get lost, that it wasn't my business, this happened" he said, Sam rubs his face as he stands up, when Edger told Sam his half sister had twin boys, he knew one of them was going to be trouble, he just didn't know which one. As the boys got older, Andrew became the trouble maker, not a care in the world, or a care for anything really, "Luckily Octavia's weird friends stopped him, put up a really good fight too" Tyler said snapping Sam out of his thought, he looked down at the boy confusion all over his face. Octavia had only mentioned a group of girls, "A group of girls saved your ass?" Sam asks, he couldn't keep the smirk off his face, but he did keep in his chuckle. It was Tyler's turn to look confused and that made Sam tilt his head, "Group of girls?. I've never seen Octavia around any girls, she mainly hangs out with these guys, she was with them last night when Cain showed up the first time. Oh, what were their names. Mike and Paul?" Tyler asks mumbling to himself, he shakes his head, Sam tenses up, " No that doesn't seem right, Marko and Paul?" He asks, Sam froze as his eyes widen down at Tyler, please don't be that, please don't be that. Tyler nods his head looking back up at Sam, "Yeah, it was Marko and Paul. If it wasn't for them Cain probably would of done a lot worse" he said, Sam felt like he was going to be sick. Leaning against the desk he covers his face with his hands letting out a sigh of disappointment. Octavia had lied to him, and Michael. Sam could usually detect a lie but she had lied and he hadn't caught it, " You good?" Tyler asks, Sam removes his hands looking at him, " Yeah, I got to go. Make sure you clean your face good and ice it" he said, he didn't wait for Tyler to say anything, he just walks out of the room and out of the comic shop.
Letting out a groan as I sit up, and look towards the window only to see something hit it. Rolling my eyes I stand and walk over to it, looking towards the ground I see Marko. Unlocking the window I push it open and take a step back. The wind picks up causing my hair to fly around, once the wind stops I move my hair coming face to face with the youngest vampire " What are you doing here?" I ask, Marko smirks at me as he walks past me and lays down on my bed, " Came to see you, I looked for you at the boardwalk" he said, I look at the clock on my bedside table to see it was eleven fifteen, " Sorry, I'm just really tired, had a nightmare last night" I said, Marko gives me a worried look before standing up, he grabs my wrist pulling me into him, " You want to talk about it?" He asks, I shake my head, giving him a small smile while standing on my tip toes and kiss his cheek, I pull back and turn around, "Let me get dressed and" I heard the front door slam closed, " Octavia" Sam yells, he sounds pissed. Turning around I look at Marko with worry, " Get out of here" I whisper, Marko smirks before giving me a kiss. When there's a loud knock on my door he pulls away and jumps out my bedroom window. Shaking my head I make my way towards the door, "Octavia open this damn door" Sam said, I raise an eyebrow wondering why he was so angry. Opening the door, there stands an angry and disappointed looking Sam, " Hey un-" "You have some explaining to do" he said, I raise an eyebrow looking at him confused, I open my mouth to ask him what the hell he was talking about, "Paul and Marko" he snaps, my mouth falls shut and my heart falls into my stomach. Oh no
