They're coming.

Chapter 6

Three weeks had gone by since James had moved in with his friends, he had no idea if he should tell them what he was. He knew that it would come out sooner or later but right now he needed space.

James was sitting in the corridor trying to decide what to do when the girl that let him in spoke " hey, Are you alright"

James was so lost in thought that he didn't notice her walking towards him " err yeah...yeah I'm fine". The girl sighed and looked at him like he was 5 years old " look. I know I don't know you but you like you need someone to talk to" James stood, " well... I have a secret and I'm not sure how to tell my friends without them hating me "

"Well I'm sure that your friends will accept it.if they don't then it's their loss" she put her hand on his arm " I'm Layla by the way, do you want to come in for a cup of coffee?"

"I'm James, and yeah I'd love a coffee" she lead him down towards her apartment, when she go to her door she had to barge against it with her shoulder to get it to open " stupid fucking door" she grumbled as she lead the way in.

James was told to make himself comfy as Layla went to make a pot of coffee. Her living room was small, the walls where painted cream and on the wall behind him hung a hideous painting that was obviously designed to give the room some depth. 2 tatty leather sofas dominated the room next to a small flatscreen tv.

Layla came in holding 2 mugs of coffee " their you go theirs more in the kitchen if you want it" James was surprised by her kindness " why are you being so nice to me? We've only just met"

" you look like you need a friend, il do my best to help you, so tell me... What is your secret?"

James was choosing what to say, he decided to go for it " do you believe in... Vampires?" He asked, sure that she would think he was crazy. " err.. Like the sparkly, brooding emo types you see in twilight?" James gave her a look that was supposed to be expressing humour and contempt but he was sure that he looked constipated "haha no, they always get the girl, I don't"

" look I'm sorry but you must be mad" it's the only explanation for what your saying" she said whilst reaching for the phone " il call someone to make it better, the people will help you" she soothed.

James screamed " no il prove it, don't call anyone!" Reluctantly she put the phone down " go on then" she said slowly. " remember, you wanted this" with that he lowered his head, when he looked up, his skin was deathly pale, his eyes where their usual red black and gold and his canines had elongated into sharp fangs. " don't freak out" he warned. Layla was sitting bolt upright with all the colour gone from her face and her mouth making a pretty good O " y-y-your a...v-vampire" she said slowly "how?" James's eyes got teary bringing up the memory of how he was turned " err it's a long story I'd rather not go into it".

Just as she looked like she was coming to terms with the whole vampire thing Caleb walked in "hey Layla I was wondering about ton..." Then he noticed James still in his full vampire form. Caleb ran from the room, undoubtably getting something to kill him with. James changed back " please you have to come with me, they're going to kill me, you need to tell them I wasn't hurting you" with that he grabbed Layla's hand and lead them to Caleb's apartment.

Unsurprisingly it was locked when they got their " please just let me explain" James shouted as he knocked at the door. He heard Caleb's voice speaking through the letterbox " leave Layla alone and we promise to make it quick for you" James knew he thought that James was going to kill Layla " I wasn't going to kill her, can you let me in so I can explain, you can have weapons at the ready just please let me explain"

Caleb thought about this " give us 2 minutes to get ready" he said.

The door slowly creaked open, what he saw made him want to run. All of the friendly faces where gone, replacing them where faces filled with hate. Everyone had a weapon pointed at him: Beth held a high tech looking desert eagle, jo was holding a samurai sword with intricate vine designs running along the flat of the blade, brandi was holding pair vicious looking knives made out of some sort of black metal, Kerry held a military style bow with an arrow topped with what looked like platinum notched and aimed at his chest, joe was standing menacingly with a vicious looking platinum knuckleduster and a wooden steak and Caleb was the most intimidating, he was standing at the front with 2 samurai swords and a knife strapped to each thigh.

" you can come in now, scum, walk slowly" James felt hurt at the way they drew all of the weapons, he would never hurt them. They knew that... Right?.

He was lead into the living room then surrounded, Layla was pulled away from him an the onslaught of questions began.

Who sent you?

Why are you here?

What do you want with us?

Did you think you would kill Layla ?

James was astounded that his friends though so little of him " look guys, I'm not here to kill anyone, I didn't even know that you where hunters. I needed somewhere to stay. I wanted to tell you but when you turned out to be hunters I knew I had to plan how I would tell you otherwise you would all over react... Exactly like this"

Caleb tried to catch him out " ah but I saw you in full vampire about to kill Layla"

Up until this point Layla had stayed quiet. She figured shed stay out of the way of the people with sharp objects. but she knew that she couldn't let James die when he hadn't done anything wrong " err, he was looking for advice, he told me he was a vampire, I didn't believe him so he showed me, then you walked in"

"Oh err, sorry about this" Caleb said, James was expecting the weapons to go but when they stayed he looked questioningly at his friends " theirs still an issue" jo said " I can detect vampires... What does that make you?"

James looked around trying to read the faces of his friends, he knew they'd kill him without a second thought " err guys, I was turned like a week ago, I didn't choose what I fucking wanted to be I was forcefully changed, you can ask my maker but if you haven't noticed.... He's not here, I'm trying to find him. We have a score to settle".

He knew that he'd never be trusted the same again. Then the whispers started, the same as in his hotel room " err guys, can you hear that?" James squeaked. He notice that Caleb had dropped his swords and was pressing his hands over his ears trying to block out the horrible noise. He patted his shoulder " dude you can't get rid of it" he mouthed. Slowly Caleb took his hands away and sighed.

James realised that everyone else was giving them funny looks. They couldn't hear. " come on man we need to find her" Caleb gave him a weird look "what, who?"

" it's a long story, just follow me". He started walking around the rooms looking for the creepy girl instead what he found scrawled on his bedroom wall in blood was a message " come to the necromancers or else .

Everyone stood their shocked at the message " I need to go " James said suddenly "alone "

He began to pack his bags, he had to get out now, he didn't want anyone to get Hurt because of him. Hell he didn't even know where or what the necromancers where but he had to find them. James was surprised when he noticed that everyone else had packed even Layla " look guys..." He started but Caleb cut him off " we all agree that we need to go, they obviously know where we are and I'm guessing that you don't even know what necromancers are?" James just shook his head

"Well I guess its settled then, we're going together"

An

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