Worthless (Darkmore series, 1)

Letter - Leo

"NO!" I scream at the top of my lungs, the chains feel hot, and the room looks brighter. Everyone's eyes are on me, and my chains are broken, I don't notice. My body feels numb, I can't hear anything, I can't feel anything, I don't notice myself moving until I'm walking towards the man with the ax. 

Alex's head is on the ground, blood splattering from her body. I shake, and notice my fists are clenched. A black mist like fog  surrounds me, the lighting in the room flickering as it runs through my body, black sparks escaping my fingers. He brings his ax down on me, and I grab his arm before he makes it far. 

"You're not human," He smirks. "You're something completely different." He screams when I squeeze his arm, a loud cry escaping him. His arm twists in my hand, and he falls to the ground crying  in pain. Two men have guns pointed at me, firing like there's nothing to it. I run at them, the bullets turning into ash as they hit my skin, it hurts. It hurts a lot. But I don't care. I hurt inside to much for me to care what happens to me physically. 

I grip one of them by their neck, squeezing it as I lift their feet off the ground. A loud cry comes from him, "See you in hell," He whispers as the life drains from his body. The room feels off, strange. Different air is being breathed. Something black escapes their lips, and it's like the mist around my body. It comes from the nose, eyes, mouth, and ears. But as soon as you see it, it disappears, colliding with the mist around me.

I handle the other man the same way, and the same darkness comes out of his body. He falls to the ground, paler then a vampire. The bloody chains where Alex was chained up taps my foot, and I can't stand the sight of it. I look away.

I get everyone out, squeezing their chains and it breaking, crashing to the ground with a ringing sound that burns my ears. I get Makayla last, she wraps her arms around me crying into my neck. "Alex," She cries. 

"I know," The dark feeling that once ran through me is gone, and I feel almost normal. I don't know what the hell I did, but I wish I did it a lot sooner.

"Can we go home now, Leo?" Makayla pulls away, I tuck her hair behind her ear, and I nod. It's the only place we can go. Safer then anywhere else I know. The only thing I've got to lose is Makayla, and I refuse to lose her. 

"Yeah," I stand up, carrying Makayla on my back, her head leaning on my shoulder. I look back, for whatever reason, just to see Alex again. Her eyes are closed, and she stopped bleeding. "I'll miss you," I mouth, as if she can hear me. Maybe she can. I wouldn't know, but I hope she does. 

***

Makayla wanted to write letters to mom and dad and Georgey and Alex. I didn't think it was a bad idea at the time, but when you actually get to the pen and paper, it's hard. You want to say so many things, but nothing seems to come out except tears. 

I let my head fall on the table. Makayla has tears running down her eyes, but doesn't make a sound, she's writing to mom. But she's smiling, meaning she's writing something good, a nice memory. But there isn't many bad memories with our parents. I suck it up and hold the pen in my hand. Getting ready to write to my dad.

Hey, dad. You're a vampire, and you don't remember your daughter and I, Makayla. I'm not angry at you at all, I'm mad at myself every day. If I wasn't so damn pushy, maybe we wouldn't be in the situation we're in. Alex is gone, weird, right? She was a witch. A strong, powerful, beautiful witch. I'm sorry I wasn't a better son, I know I should've respected you more. I'm so sorry. I wish I was a better kid to you. But I still love you, even if you hate me with a fiery passion.

I'll miss the old you, knowing I won't get my dad back. Maybe there's a cure for vampire bites. I doubt it, I mean, I'm sure no vampires would be here right now if there was one, right? Makayla misses you, too. We all do.