Clockwork

Ch.2 "Spotted"

   The street is bustling with people, so i squeeze by them and work my way towards the crossway. I step off onto the road and get halfway across when the light turns green. A car rushes right at me, but for some reason i can't move. I feel somthing grab ahold of my wrist and pull me all the way back to the sidewalk, pulling me backward so hard i knock whoever it is onto the ground below me. The man pushes me off gently and helps me to my feet. "Pay attention next time, the lights change pretty quickly." he chuckles. I look up at him as i stand, his hair a shiny gold in the lights of the passing headlights. "Thanks.." i say, coldly. Not like i wouldnt have survived that, but it'd be hard to cover up and id probably be scolded. He smiles and i turn to walk away. "Hey i never caught your name...i at least want to know who i just saved from those cars!" he yells, grabbing me before i can leave. "Cro.....so who are you?" i ask, turning on my heels. "I'm Will, nice to meet you." he says then ducks into the crowd. My eyes widen, and i try to find him among the crowded sidewalk. 'So....if thats him...why does he have to die?' i ask myself. Confusion clouds my mind and i push my way back through the crazy crowd. The crowd clears and i sigh in dissapointment, i had lost him.

   I plop down onto a nearby bench and watch the crowd worriedly, im distracted until a man with dark black hair and red highlights stops infront of me. "Why hello there pretty lady. Would you happen to know the way to the nearest 7/11?" he asks, his voice like a cool summer breeze. 'Wait....what?' i think as i stand up and nod. A small smile curves his lips upward. "Would you mind showing me the way?" he asks, this time his voice seems off but before i can really think it through im walking ahead of him, not really sure where im going. The man chuckles and grabs my hand, letting me lead him. My feet act on their own accord, making me swerve into an alleyway that seriously is to dark for my liking. I walk farther into the alleyway though, unable to will myself to leave. "Good, i was worried a beautiful young girl like you wouldnt let yourself fall to me so easily. I dont like my food fighting back, well sometimes." he says before pressing me to the wall. His mouth goes straight for my throat breaking the spell he had me under, sadly though he's got me right where he wants me after i am only human and can't really fight back against somthing as powerful as him. "If you really want my blood then you'll have to kill me first, Vampire." I say calmly, my hand twidiling with my pocket watch. His head snaps back up before he even got to draw his fangs accross my skin. "Victor won't be pleased if he finds out whos resonsible for bleeding me dry.....so i suggest you make it seem like i was already dead." I say smiling at his now shocked expression. Victor was the current leader of the vampires, i had met him several times and was shocked he didnt mention i was off limits to his clan after he had always been pretty close to my parents and during meetings would keep any of the newbies from his division from touching me. His eyes narrow and he pulls away, drawing a gun from his pocket but keeping me where i was with his free hand. "I don't know how you know that, but i dont feel like risking it. Afterall your blood smells so...inticing." he murrmurs in his silky voice before pressing the gun to the front of my chest over my heart. I dont even flinch, not daring to let him know that his silly gun wont work even if it did peirce my heart. The gun goes off and i fall back against the wall, letting myself slump to the ground. Blood seeped through my shirt and pain shoots through my small frame. The man just smiles and bends over slightly pulling me to my feet. My eyes open again and i smile through clenched teeth, gaining a shocked expression from the beautiful vampire. He utters somthing that i can barely catch before theres another gunshot, this time its being fired at him. The man drops me on the ground, in my own pool of blood, and runs the opposite direction. Just in case this new intruder had seen him shoot me i close my eyes, hoping they hadnt seen my reaction after the silly gun shot. "Cowardly vampire..." a slightly familiar voice calls nearby before i feel a hand grab my still bleeding chest. I fight against slapping who ever this is after the unwanted presence of their hand uncomfortably placed a little to close to my breast. Whoever it is picks me up and starts to walk off before they stop. "Great...again i was to late to stop those monsters....Wait..is this- Cro? Man i save one person and then lose them....man im stupid!!" he yells and i realize who this is. It was Will holding me, carrying me somewhere after scaring off that idiotic vampire i will surely hunt down later. "I'm so going to tell vi-" I start to say then realize that was a mistake when my back hits the ground and i feel a gun being pressed to my head. My eyes snap open and i look up at Will and his simple pistol. "There's no way you could survive that shot, and its clear by those wounds he didnt miss. So what are you?!" he demands. I sigh and look at him, 'great i blew my cover.....' i think before looking back up at him. "Human, I'm just a little....special...." i reply, knowing he wont fall for it easily. He cocks the gun and his eyes narrow. "Yeah right, from the fact your not going into a frenzy over the blood you couldnt be another one of those blood suckers....so maybe your a witch, or maybe your just really controlled." He says, implying i tell him the truth. "I'm not some monster!! I'M A FREAKING HUMAN, OK!!" i yell while i stand up, ignoring the light headed feeling eating at my conciousness. He raises the gun but lets it go off above my head, aimlessly hitting a plank of wood and burrowing itself there. My hands shake and i feel my legs give out beneath me only to caught by the same man i was supposed to dispose of. Great, now i owe him twice for saving my 'life' after i cant tell him that i cant die, yet.