The Legend of the Blood Forest

Chapter 8

       N paced back and forth. His thoughts torn between tearing the city apart to find his missing comrades, and staying here to strategize. No matter how hard he tried, his thoughts always turned to violence. Anyone would if their close friends were missing. However, it was never like him to become like that. Even though he was an Elite pureblood Vampire feared by all. N had a soft spot for certain things. His friends being one of them.

As his paced quickened, so did his fury. Finally at the point of breaking, he let out a howl. Slamming his fist into the table. Hearing the cracks from the splitting wood, only made me angrier. Letting out another roar, he fell to his knees. Just as his knees hit the splintered pieces of wood, he looked to the door, to see Kat and Leo.

Her wide eyes explained everything. N had startled her. Something he had never wanted her to witness. Lowering his head, a silence fell between them.

"N?" She said softly.

Remaining silent, he turned his head away from them.

"N." She repeated, "I know you're upset, but breaking a table isn't going to help get them back."

Cautiously she crossed the floor to where he was. Crouching down, she placed a gentle hand on his shoulder. Remaining where he was, he continued to remain silent. Hearing her soft sigh, he heard her call out to Leo. That was the last thing he needed. N knew Leo was feeling the same way. But that was the difference between them. Leo kept things to himself, and N was always acting on his emotions. Both ways were dangerous, but somehow they understood. And often helped each other out.

"Get up." Leo called out. "Nothing is going to be solved if you continue to sit there sulking."

"Leo!" Kat called standing beside N.

"We need to find them." He said sternly, "And him sitting there is not helping. We need to get out there and find them."

"Look I know you're both upset." She said looking between the two, "But there's three of us now, the city's huge. We'd have to split up and cover more ground."

"Unacceptable." Leo said, "You're not wandering around alone."

"I'm a big girl Leo." She said, "I can look after myself."

Leo stood silent with her words lingering in his ears. Yes, she was a grown women. But she wouldn't be strong enough to handle whoever it was that took the others. N looked between the two. Kat had a point, the three of them wouldn't be able to search the entire city in one night, even if they spilt. However, if they stayed in the city, they wouldn't have to travel the woods every night thus reducing their time. Rising with a smile on his face, he turned to them and made his suggestion.

"Stay in the city?" Leo repeated.

"That's a great idea!" Kat replied.

Leo shot her a cold glance, "That's not a good idea. We can't stay there."

"Then what do you purpose we do?" She asked.

His silence answered her question. She knew as well as he did, that that was their best bet to continue searching. Finally agreeing with them, they set off.

The city was quiet, only the hums from the lights filled their ears. Aside from the thumps from the clubs loud bass beats. N stood in the middle of the street, curious as to why no one was around. To his left stood Leo, his stern face told him he was on edge. Looking to his right, Kat stood with a calm expression. They all agreed to meet back at the main street in a few hours. He took a deep breath, before wishing them luck with their search.