Lost Alone In The Dark ● Calum Hood fanfiction ○

Chapter 24 ● They're all just playing games? ○

"I'm sorry but I can't do that Calum" she tells him. "Why not?!" He replies frustrated as he tugs at the straps that tie him to the chair. "Stop struggling with the straps it's not gonna help you, you're only gonna make yourself weaker" she requests him. Calum pouts before giving in and staying still.

"What game are you playing?" He asks her. "I'm playing a game in which I undo everything that Darren does to you like if he turns you into a vampire I turn you back into a human" she replies. "Why are you playing it?" He questions. "Just for fun" she answers him. "No valid reason" he replies. "Nope, I just don't wanna tell you" she responds making him pout again. "Stop" she tells him. "Stop what?" He asks. "Making that face" she replies. "Why?" He asks. "It's too cute" she replies.

"Are you still with Daph?" Darren asks Calum though his thoughts. "Yeah I'm tied to a chair in her house" he replies to him. "What why?" He questions. "I don't know, she's stealing my blood for something too" he replies to him. "You gotta get away from her" he responds. "I tried but she's too powerful" he responds back.

"Who were you talking to?" She asks Calum. "Why is it your concern?" He asks in reply. "Darren or Cade?" She asks him trying to get a proper answer from him. "I'm not telling you" he replies.

Daphne's phone rings. She picks up. "Hello" she hears Darren's voice greet. "Hello Darren" she greets back. "Where's Calum?" He asks her. "He's still with me" she replies. "Does he want your company?" He asks her. "I don't think so, but I don't care" she replies. "Why are you forcing him to stay with you?" He asks. "We're all just playing games, aren't we?" She replies and asks a question too. "What?" He questions. "You'll figure it out, bye" she replies cutting the call.

"Calum" Cade calls him through his thoughts. "What do you want?" Calum asks him. "Sounds like something Dare told me a few days ago" he replies to Calum. "Shut up!" he responds to him annoyed. "Sorry just stating facts" he responds. "But seriously, what do you want?" He repeats his question. "I just want to say that I'm sorry for all the terrible things I did to you, I wasn't thinking clearly and I thought I could get revenge on Dare by imitating what he was doing to you but trying to be worse, but it didn't work out the way I thought it would, I was hurting you instead of hurting him" he replies. "You're forgiven for now, so long as you don't do anything wrong to me or anyone I care about it's fine I suppose" he responds.

"Who was that?" Daphne asks him. "It's none of your business, he wasn't talking to you, so why should you bother?" he replies to her. She gets a bucket like thing and puts it under his wrists. "What are you doing?" He questions. "Not something I haven't done before" she replies. She scratches his wrists with her clawlike nails. "Ouch!" He screams in pain. His wrists begin to bleed and the blood drips into the bucket which makes her grin evilly.

"Why isn't Calum back yet?" Ashton asks Luke and Michael. "I have no idea" Luke replies. "He probably got drunk and passed out somewhere or something" Michael replies. "I'm gonna call him" Ashton tells them. He clicks Calum's contact on his phone and presses the call button. He hears his phone ring for a while and then it gets turned off. "He's not picking up, I'm gonna call Valley" he says to the both of them. "How did you get Valley's number?" Luke asks. "She gave it to me the last time we saw her. She wanted me to let her know if Calum's safe and all she said" he replies to Luke. "Oh okay" he responds.

Calum hears his phone ring from his pocket but he can't get to it. Daphne then takes it out of his pocket and switches it off. "Why do you need so much of my blood?" He asks her. "Because he's gonna turn you into a vampire until it sticks" she replies to him. "How do you know?" He asks her. "I played this game with him and Valley before and he won, I'm not gonna let him win again" she replies. He gives her a confused look. "I played it undercover with Cade's help but he's not on my team anymore so I play alone now" she replies.

Ashton dials the number Valley had given him. After a few minutes he gets an answer from the other end. "Hi Valley" he greets her. "Hello, who's this?" She greets back and asks who's speaking. "It's Ashton" he replies. "Oh yeah, you're Calum's best friend" she replies. "Speaking of Calum, do you know where he is?" He asks her. "No I don't sorry, but I do know he left the nightclub around half an hour ago with Daphne" she replies. "Who's Daphne?" He questions her. "She's Darren's friend" she answers him. "Do you know how I could contact her?" He asks. "No I don't sorry" she replies. "It's okay" he responds. "I've got to go, hopefully he gets back safe" she responds to him. "Yeah bye" he responds cutting the call.

Someone get me out of this mess please Calum thinks to himself. Why me? Why do I have to be like the prize they're all fighting for in these games he continues thinking to himself. "Can you let me go now?" He asks Daphne. "Not yet" she replies. "Ugh" he mutters under his breath. "You have enough" he adds after a little while. "No I don't have enough to win" she replies. "Please let me go I've had enough of this for today" he responds. "But I haven't" she responds back. "Yeah, cause you're not the one whose blood is being taken from them against their will" he responds back to her.

Why the hell is Daphne spending so much time with Calum? She's definitely got some plan up her sleeve... I need to ruin her plan before she ruins mine. Cade knows exactly what she's capable of and I'm gonna get him to help me figure her out... Darren thinks to himself.

Calum then passes out from the amount of blood that's been removed from his body. This gives Daphne a sign that she should stop.