hybrid on the run #wattys2018

Chapter 9. Pack your bags

Back in Cheyenne's POV

I get a call from my mom. I slide over and answer the call.
"Come home. Now. Both of you."
She sounds mad. We had better head out. We walk up to the main house. Mom looks livid. "Look, Cheyenne, I know your secret. You're not human."
Oh my gosh! How did she find out!!?
"How did you find out?!!!?"
"So you admit to it! How could you live under my roof and not tell me?!? You're a freaking bloodsucker!! I can't let that anywhere near my family! What if you attacked someone?! No. I'm not having it!"
"What are you saying?!? I can't help what I am! If I had stayed human, I would have died! I had no control over what was happening! You never knew this, but I should have been dead about 13 years ago. I was not supposed to ever see sunlight! You would have lost your first child at birth if I wasn't what I am now!" "Well I would have preferred to have lost her then than to loose her now, because now I actually know her! And what I'm saying, is for you to pack your bags and get out!"
As she says this, she's crying. Colby is ticked now.
"Come on, now. Don't be like that. She is still your daughter."
"Not anymore."
We get a bag together. I pack some comfortable clothes from my place for us, water bottles for him, blood bags for me, some ropes for later, some food for him, some extra money, lighters, and matches.
"Now where are we gonna go?" Colby ask.
"I don't know, babe. I don't know. Come on. Let's get going."
"Hey what about that Kate girl?"
I think about that. How else would mom know about this?
"What was my exact words before we left?"
He thought about it.
"I'm pretty sure that your exact words were, You will never say anything to anyone about this."
She never left the tree house. Wait...
"Wasn't she texting before we left?"
"Yea I think she was."
Realization crossed his face.
"Let's go."
Colby jumps on my back and we speed off to the family treehouse. We jump through the window. I look at her and say
"Give me your phone."
Being my slave, she has no choice, weather she wishes to resist or not. She hands over her phone.
"Tell me your password."
"0034"
I type it in and go to her messages. There it is. "She snitched."
I'm absolutely livid!!! Her heartbeat skyrockets. She knows just how much trouble she's in. With this kind of anger and hatred, on top of needing energy for the long journey ahead, she's as good as dead, and she knew she would be before she even did it. I don't say anything. I take out a rope and walk over to her. She backs all the way up to the wall.
"Say nothing." I command. Her mouth instantly shuts.
"Come forward." I again command.
She walks to the middle of the room. I tie her arms to her sides.
"Don't even try to run away."
My stomach is growling! She heard it because she looks up at me, scared out of her mind. My eyes changed about 10 minutes ago.
"Hey babe, could you please go unlock the door for our travel guest?"
"Of course."
I shove her in front of me as we go to leave. I command her to walk faster and she does.
"I was going to be kind, but now I know that I can't show even the slightest amount of kindness to frightened people."
My fangs are still extended as we walk.
"Stop, turn around, and face me."
They both turn around.
"Not you baby. I meant her."
I turn back to her as I continue
"look me in the eyes when I'm talking to you!" She looks up into my eyes. I place my thoughts in her head.
I don't want to run away. I want to travel with them and see the world, and if giving a little blood is what it takes than so be it. And I much rather like having my blood sucked. That is what scared me into snitching, was the fear of falling in love with the sensation. Well too late now. I'm traveling with them. Now if only I could convince them to let me go.... I pull out of her head and say
"you may now speak."
"Would you please let me go. I want to travel with you!"
I think the hypnotism worked.
"Alright fine whatever, but no funny business." I quickly untie her and we are on our way. We walk about 5 miles before night fall. There are some woods near by so we find some sticks and make a fire by the road. I fall asleep on Colby's chest. Kate falls asleep about 3 feet from us. When we wake up, we're ready to get going again. We still have a good ways to go before we reach town.
"Any one hungry?"
I ask. They both say "yea" at the same time. I give them both a cereal bar before we pack up camp. We are about to leave when Colby comes up and asks me
"Now are you hungry?"
Really I am pretty much starving, but I don't want to say anything.
"No, I'm good." I answer.
Kate and Colby both look at me like Honey, we both know you're lying so don't even try. They're on to me. Time to play dumb.
"What?"
I look at them all innocent. Neither of their expressions change. Colby says
"Uh huh. Then why are you so weak?"
"I don't know."
My stomach growls in protest, totally selling me out.
"Stop lying."
"Fine. I didn't want to sound like a whinny little girl."
"Babe, you never have to worry about that."
He comes forward and kisses my forehead. I smile back.
"Alright fine. But we are not stopping just so you can feed me. With things like this, we can't afford to be caught, so we must keep moving. We don't want the cops on our trail."
Kate looks at me and asks
"Why not?"
"Because they will either in prison us or take us back, and if we go back, we get staked. I don't know about you, but I don't consider a hunk of wood through my chest very flattering."
She shuts up after that. I knew she would. Colby leads me out to the woods and tries to relax his muscles because we did after all sleep on the hard ground with no sleeping bags. I don't know why I can't stay fed. It's like a drug. The more I have of it, the more my body craves. I'm gonna end up getting out of line one of these days. Maybe I should go back to animal blood for a while just to even it all out. My eyes change color and my fangs extend. I go in slowly, but can't resist speeding up. I didn't realize just how hungry I was. My temperature is rising again, and the hunger is getting stronger rather than weaker. I think to Colby I can't do this! I'm going to hurt you! The hunger is getting stronger, not weaker!
He thinks back at me No it's not. You just don't know how hungry you are until you taste the blood. That's why I'm always insisting on feeding you, because you don't realize that you need it, then you don't feed yourself. The reason you feel that it's getting stronger is because you starve yourself when I don't insist on feeding you. It doesn't help that you don't ever take enough either. I don't like seeing you do that to yourself. He does have a point. I always leave more than most vampires. Wow, I never looked at it that way before. If I don't feed myself properly, I could hurt him. I'm sorry. I just worry about you.
He thinks back: it's alright. Just remember what I said. Up to this point I have been trying to go slow and being successful. He thinks speed up. It will help you. I pick up the pace a good bit. He seems to enjoy himself, so I try to relax. It's much more enjoyable for both of us when we are relaxed. When I know I've taken more than most would and his heartbeat is getting faint, I let go, feeling much better than before. I feel bad about it though. He senses it and says
"stop blaming yourself. I can't live without you anymore. We've grown too close. I can't see you hurt when I know I can help you."
"I understand that, but I can't stand hurting you, and knowing that I'm the reason that you are this weak."
Kate finally speaks.
"look I'm not dealing with an upset immortal couple the whole time, so from now on, I'll feed you. That way neither of you is weak.
She turns to Colby and says
"since I for some reason can't feel when she is hungry or weak, you will have to tell me. Deal?"
"Deal. Now let's get moving."
We only get about 4 miles before they need lunch. I give them each a granola bar and Kate looks at me like what?
"Hey genius, we have a limited supply of human food. Can you please keep in mind that there are two of you eating. Y'all have to eat sparingly. "
She sighs and says
"Alright, then I'll stop complaining."
Finally. They don't ask for food again until we stop to make camp, 15 miles later. This time Kate asks me if I'm hungry. I look at Colby for an answer and he nods his head "yes". I nod my head and she comes over. I've been waiting to sink my fangs in this chick since I found out that she snitched. I bite hard. I'm actually enjoying myself. Her, not so much. I don't know why, but I don't feel guilty about drinking from her. I let go and we are both gasping for air. I give her a chips ahoy cookie that I got from the house before we left, and a water bottle. She thanks me and walks a good distance before she lays down, still rubbing her neck. It must've hurt. I look at Colby with a small grin on my face.
"You know that you're the one who got me hooked, right?"
He says
"yea I kinda figured that out already."
While smiling back at me. I kiss him gently on the lips and we lay down together. I fall asleep with my head on his chest. I guess this is our new life.