Vampire Protection Program

Chapter 11: EUPHORIC

DERIC

Deric could hear them in the house, telling her to put the knife down. He could hear her whimper and cry for them to leave her alone. He could hear her telling them that she would kill them if she had to, and Deric was sure, with how scared she was right now, that she would. They weren't helping her understand that she was okay now, that she was safe, just cornering her like she was prey and they were predators.

Deric heard them all move at once and that's when he knew for sure that he needed to get into the room. She was either going to die of her fear or kill one of them and really regret it later.

Deric opened the door just in time to watch Sam, even in her weak and "drugged" state, evade Terry and put the knife through the back of his right shoulder. Deric was amazed she'd done it, but at the same time, not surprised as Sebastian and Andy grabbed her. She screamed and struggled to get away, but she was just too weak.

The very bad thing about her struggling and fighting to get away, was that the Euphoric still in her system would reach her heart too quick and would paralyze her.

He had to make sure that she calmed down.

She managed to finally get out of Sebastian's and Andy's holds, and then she crawled away and grabbed the knife, still in Terry's shoulder, and curled up in the corner across the room. She shook as she cried and he was really worried about her, because he knew, just by how pail she was, that she was close to losing consciousness, and that wasn't really a good thing either. It was better than her being paralyzed, but not by much. Deric knew that he needed to calm her down and calm her down fast.

What didn't help was that she realized that her hand was burning when she touched the silver blade. She cried and shook her head. "N-no." she sobbed. "I'm not one of you... I'm not a monster." She looked up and looked at Deric as he came over and just simply sat cross-legged in front of her. She cowered away and he sighed. He was afraid of him, but she wasn't just afraid of him.

She was scared of her brothers and her friends. The people that would never hurt her at all...

Unless it was a really pissed of Andy.

"P-please don't hurt me." She whimpered.

"I would never hurt you Sam." He said softly.

"B-but you're-"

"Just because I am a vampire, doesn't mean I am a monster." He sighed and looked at her sadly. "The people who hurt you are the monsters."

"I kissed you!" she cried and Andy growled. Her eyes shot to him and she cried. Deric noticed that her hand tightened on the blade and that it was starting to bleed. He needed to find a way to get the knife away from her.

"Hey." He reached up and tried to touch her cheek, but she came at him with the knife. He had anticipated that, and he caught her wrist before the blade touched his face. How she had turned it around so fast, he had no clue, but she had and now he was looking at her fear filled eyes. "Let go of the knife Sam." He murmured. She shook her head and he sighed. "What are you so afraid of Sam?" he touched her cheek softly with his free hand. She tried to pull her hand away and turn away from him.

"You'll kill... me." More tears ran down her cheeks.

"I don't need a knife to kill you if I wanted to." He said with a small smile and she looked at him. She looked into his eyes and shuddered as he searched her eyes for anything that would help settle her down, if only a little bit. "You know that."

"C-can... can I see?" she asked quietly after a moment. He looked at her a few seconds and then let his fangs slide out. She breathed hard and shuddered as she looked at them and then into his eyes. "Your eyes." She breathed and he looked away. She reached up and touched his cheek, though he was sure she was questioning her acctions by the look on her face as he looked back at her. "W-why do they do that?" she asked.