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"Did you see how he's flying?! He'll fall and hurt himself! We need to go after him!"

"Calm down, Josh" Pete said, still holding Dallon "You're not making anything better"

"What if he falls somewhere and somebody finds him?!" Josh proceeded anyways "Andy, go after him"

"Hey" Andy stood straight and narrowed his eyes at the redhead "I'm not a dog"

"Neither of us is fast enough" Pete said, starting to push Dallon up and comfort him so that he stops crying.

"Andy is" Josh pushed Andy who gasped and turned around, heading toward the school.

"You know it doesn't work like that" Pete said, shaking his head at Josh. Josh started to curse and Pete turned to Dallon "C'mon now, Dal. He'll be okay, you know he will"

"But Josh is right!" Dallon protested, wiping his tears off and pointing at the sky "He's weak! He's hurt! He'll fall and d-die"

"He won't" Pete assured "Brendon is smart and careful a-"

"Are you sure about that?!" Dallon cut him off "He's not smart enough to tell us he's sick! I'm telling you - skin and bone! If he knew how to take care of himself, if he were smart, he'd tell us he needs help!"

Those words somehow calmed Josh down "No, Dallon. Brendon would never tell us. Because he cares about us more than himself. When people are hurt, they want to keep their pain for themselves"

"But that makes no sense!" Dallon pulled his hair, exhaling and shaking his head at the sky "We'd help him, h-"

"He knows that, Dal" Josh gave a weak smile "But he just can't tell us"

"Well, we know who's been reading too much emo fanfiction" Pete rose his eyebrows and pointed his thumb at Josh, faking coughing.

Josh smacked him on the back of his head and both started to laugh.

"Hello?!" Dallon made an offended grimace "Our fren could be dying as we stand and you two are laughing?!"

Josh was going to say something, but both him and Pete realized Dallon looked up behind their shoulders. Both boys turned around to see Andy who was holding Tyler's red gas mask in his left hand and pushing Tyler in front of himself a little bit too roughly; Tyler was stumbling as he 'walked'.  Soon after, Patrick, Joe and Andy came out of the school behind them. Patrick way yelling, anger and confusion mixed in his voice "Hey! Hey!"

"Here's somebody fast enough to catch your boyfren" Andy spat, pushing Tyler firmly one last time and Tyler fell to the ground.

"Don't push him, you jerk" Josh said, going to help Tyler up. Tyler whispered a small 'thank you'.

"He's not my boyfren" Dallon crossed his arms on his chest and frowned, looking down at the ground.

"What the hell is going on in here?" Patrick asked when he reached the guys, frowning angrily at Andy.

Pete hurried over to Patrick, hugging him and kissing his cheek a few times "Calm down, Patty. Everything's okay, we'll explain everything"

Andy lazily told the whole story of everything that happened and Patrick calmed down.

Tyler's brows furrowed "What do you want me to do?"

"You're a vampire" Dallon shrugged "That means you're fast, unlike any of us. You could catch him before something bad happens"

Everybody looked between Tyler and Dallon, waiting for Tyler's response.

"Please" Dallon added.

Tyler gulped, nodding eventually. Many relieved sighs were heard and Dallon jumped to hug Tyler and squeal out 'thank you's.

"Dal" Tyler whispered while Dallon was still hugging him "You're a slight bit too obvious"

Dallon blinked "Oh" before backing away and patting Tyler's shoulder with a smile.

Tyler nodded to everybody, taking off his white costume and revealing black skinny jeans and a darkgrey tank top.

"Wow, aren't you hot under all that?" Pete rose an eyebrow.

"That could have two meanings, Peter" Andy said, holding two fingers up and smirking.

Everybody rolled their eyes at Andy while Tyler was blushing.

"Wait a second, Brendon Urie is a demon?!"

Everybody's eyes popped at the sound of Joe's voice. They totally forgot about the fact Joe and Andy followed their frontman while he was following Andy and Tyler.

"What the hell, Patrick?" Joe cringed at Patrick "I somehow took in your boyfren and our bassist being vampires, but seriously, what the hell?"

"I-" Patrick went to say something, but Josh saved him by cutting him off.

"Look, we don't have time for explaining" Josh said "Brendon might be dying somewhere, we need to act fast. Now shut up or your blood will be Tyler's dinner"

Joe and Andy both took a step back with their mouths firmly shut. Pete and Tyler laughed quietly. Patrick shot a threatening glare at Josh, protective of his frens.

"Go on" Josh placed a hand on Tyler's shoulder and whispered "You can do it, I believe in ya"

Tyler smiled "Thank you"

"If he's hurt when you find him, take him to Patrick's house" Josh instructed "We'll be there"

Tyler nodded one last time, before running off in the direction Dallon pointed at. He ran between houses and trees, actually kind of thirsty, but pushing his minor thirst aside.

He tried smelling the air a little, happy to find Brendon's scent in the air. It was higher, in the air. But he could feel it.