Shadows in the Dark: Rise of Three

Chapter XI

I walk back to my room at 5 am. I open the door and plop down on my bed without changing. I fall asleep once my head hits the pillow.

I wake up feeling refreshed. I get out of bed and change into Nightwalker gear. I put my hair into a ponytail and head down to the kitchen.

I enter the kitchen and I see Reese digging around in the fridge. I stand in the doorway staring at him and watching him for a few more minutes.

"You're still here?" I ask.

"Yes. I don't know where those vampires are and I don't really care anymore." He turns away from the and looks at me with a murderous look. I take a step back and he steps toward me. "I have a new job. Turns out I was misinformed last time. Turns out I'm looking for half vampires. I was given a picture of one of them. Where are your marks Veronica?"

"My sleeves are covering them." Jennifer kitchen now.

"Are you sure about that?" He shows me a picture of me with my friends last summer. I don't have tattoos.

"I didn't know about myself then. I just found out recently."

"Really? Interesting." He is standing in front of me right after he said 'interesting'. He rips off my sleeve to expose my tattoo-less arm. "I think you're lying."

He pulls a knife out of his pocket and cuts a huge gash down my arm. I scream in pain. I can feel the blood draining from my body along with the sting of the knife cutting my skin. He brings the knife to my throat and turns me around. The blood is running down my arm. I feel something digging into my cut and I scream harder.

I look down at my arm and part of the blade of the knife is sticking out of my arm. I look away and Zach and Jake are standing in the doorway. Jennifer following closely behind. Jake looks at me in shock and horror. I think I can see a bit of anger in his look too.

"Let her go." Zach shouts at Reese.

"Why should I? She's just getting in the way."

"In the way of what?" Jennifer asks.

"My master's plans. I was told to distract her. That didn't work, so I was told to kill her."

I start to feel lightheaded and weak from the amount of blood running down my arm. I try to focus on Jake's side, but it's hard to not think about the blood running down my arm. I close my eyes and take a ragged breath. I focus on Jake. Focus on how much I wish he was holding me.

I start to feel the tugging feeling and I focus harder. I enter the red vortex, I'm there longer than I should. When I get out I'm falling down next to Jake. He catches me before I hit the ground. He holds me tight not wanting to let me go.

He turns me around so I can see what happens next. Jennifer is in front of Reese in a blur. He stabs her with the knife and she doesn't even flinch. She takes her sword and swings it around, and cut of Reese's head and stabs him in the stomach. He disintegrates into ash, and Jennifer pulls the knife out of her stomach.

"Take her to the infirmary now!" She tells Jake. "I'll be fine. I can heal fast, Veronica lost too much blood. She can't focus enough to heal herself. I'm surprised she could even teleport."

"Me too." Adds Zach.

Jake bends over and puts one arm under my legs and the other under my neck. He scoops me up and carries me toward the infirmary. Isabelle is sorting things around when Jake carries me in. He puts me down on one of the beds and Isabelle brings over some bandages.

"She's really pale. She needs blood." Says Isabelle. She sounds like she's at the other end of a tunnel.

"And me that tiny knife on the table." Says Jake, also sounding like he's at the other end of a long tunnel.