Revenge: Sapphire

Prologue

" Mercy! Please, spare us. Spare our family! " I heard my mother plead downstairs, which is useless because as far as I know, these creatures show no mercy to anybody in our town. I began to sob.

" Shhh. Don't cry, little Isabelle. We're gonna be alright. " my sister, Antoinette, assured me. But her words are dripping with doubt.

" I'm scared Antoinette. Those are monsters! They're not gonna let us live, won't they? " I said then sobbed harder. She has no comforting words for me because we both know that it's true.

We were huddled inside a cabinet under the sink of Antoinette's bathroom. Five minutes before the immortals arrive, I had a premonition. My heart began thumping hard and the hairs at the back of my neck stood up.

So, without speaking, I ran upstairs, went inside Antoinette's bathroom, bolted it shut, and curled inside her big bathtub. Everything was quiet, and then...

" Go! Find your sister and hide! Now! " I heard my mother's panicked voice.

" What about you? " my sister asked.

" Just go, Antoinette. GO! " my father roared.

I heard her sprint upstairs towards me. She knocked loudly on the door and I struggled to open it.

" Come on, Isabella. In here! " she said as she ushered me towards the cabinet.

A piercing scream startled me from my thoughts. A scream that could only belong to...

" Mother... " Antoinette echoed my thoughts.

Another agonized scream, deeper this time, makes us cry harder.

" Father... " I sobbed. I wailed loudly, because I can't fight it anymore. Let them find us, I don't care.

And find us they did.

" Hey Nathan. I heard a wail from upstairs. I think there are more of them there. " I heard one of them say to the other. Immediately, I slapped my hand onto my mouth. Looks like I do care.

A long silence followed. And then,

" Yeah. I heard their heartbeats. Two heartbeats. " the other, Nathan I presume, said.

We froze. We can hear their footsteps coolly making their way upstairs towards us. Silent tears began pouring out of my eyes.

" Come out, come out, wherever you are! " an arrogant voice called.

Antoinette signalled for me to. be quiet and reached for a pointed tube.

I jumped up in fright as the bathroom door flew open with a bang.

" Where are you, sweet- blooded creatures? " the same voice called out.

I was getting dizzy, my head throbbing painfully. I touched the part were it hurts most and withdrew it instanly when I felt sliminess. Blood.

Oh no.

The next thing I knew, my sister and I was being pulled from the cabinet by the hair. Ouch.

" Oww! Let go of me, dweebs! " Antoinette demanded from her captor. I was just paralyzed.

" You've got a fighter there Steven. " said my captor, Nathan, chuckling.

" Aww... Let go of you? Now where's the fun in that? Come on. A 7- year- old blonde and 17- year- old brunette needs to have fun- " he pulled Antoinette closer "- while they're still alive... " he finished mysteriously.

Something was bothering me about these two, but I couldn't quite place my finger on it. I looked from Nathan to Steven and then I froze in horror.

They were at least only 2 or 3 years older than me!

I started to squirm from Nathan's grip on me but my cut protested. I screamed in agony as he pulled my locks farther.

" Stop squirming will you? " he demanded angrily, but I did not listen. To my horror, I can feel blood dripping from my wound. He sniffed my hair, and I shuddered.

" Mmm... Your hair. I love its strawberry scent. Mixed with... blood " he whispers in my ear seductively.

Using his other arm to keep me from stuggling, he licked my wound clean of blood. I sobbed.

I felt him pant, harder and harder. He was very aggresive. He tilted my head, and I saw his eyes turn a crimson red. He slowly opened his mouth, revealing his sharp fangs and began lowering them to my neck.

' This is it ' I thought ' I'm gonna die '

I heard a startled and pained yelp. I turned my head and saw that Antoinette has smacked the tube on Steven's forehead.

Antoinette came sprinting towards us, tube in hand. I gasped as Antoinette plunged the sharp end of the tube in Nathan's stomach, causing him to lose his grip on me.

She grabbed my hand and together, we ran for our lives.

" Run Isabella! Run! " she urged me.

We sprinted down the stairs. The hall was like an obstacle course. We jumped over fallen objects and broken glass, and the body of our parents.

The front door was in sight. For the first time that evening, I was filled with hope. We were going to survive.

That hope came crashing down.

A second before we reach the front door, we felt a sharp change in the air. We tried to stop when Nathan and Steven suddenly appeared in front of us. Well, tried.

I crashed on Nathan's hard chest and his hands encircled me.

" Thought escape was easy, didn't you? " he whispered, but the cockiness in his voice is gone. It was pure anger.

But, he did something that left me confused. He took my arm and threw me on the floor. He pounced instead on my sister.

Steven came and locked my arms behind me as I watch helplessly while Nathan sucked my sister's blood. She was screaming all the time as more and more time pass. Then finally, Nathan withdrew his fangs, then produced a gleaming knife from his coat. Before I could protest, he had already plunged it through my sister's heart.

" NOOOOOOOOOOO!!! " I screamed as I flung myself over to her.

I shook her. No luck. She was still staring at me with her beautiful green eyes, empty.

" Antoinette! Antoinette?! ANTOINETTE!!! Please! Don't leave me! No!!! " I said as I sobbed helplessly.

Someone, pulled my hair and I shrieked in protest. I struggled against the grip, adrenaline pumping through my veins. I turned around and I saw it was Nathan. I hissed at him. I mustered all my courage and kicked him in the chest. The force actually made him stumble backwards.

His eyes that was gleaming with laughter earlier was replaced with wrath. He went towards me with inhuman speed and pinned me to the ground. I stuggled but it was useless. He was just too strong.

Without further ado, he plunged his fangs into my neck and I yelped helplessly. I continue screaming because I can't bear the pain. I squirmed to know use. Finally, I began feeling limp. I stopped moving. Just stared at my sister's body, silent tears falling endlessly from my eyes.

I felt his fangs leaving my flesh, and I was able to move again, except for my stomach were he was seating.

He produced his dagger again. He positioned it over my chest were I assume was my heart. But, I looked at his eyes fearlessly. Then, I closed them.

I hear the dagger clatter to the floor. I opened my eyes and they were gone.