Stalked By The Game

Chapter 4 - Mick McConnell

::GUY::

I waited for the impact. I had seen her draw the object, a wooden stake of all things out from underneath her coat and aim it at me. There was only one thing I knew - the bitch must be crazy! She was a complete psycho.

I waited for the flashes of pain, but they never came. Her iron tight grip on me had suddenly disappeared as quick as it had appeared. I heard sounds, like a cat fight. Turning around, I found her wrestling on the floor with another boy. He was much stronger than her and as I watched, he swatted away the stake as if was nothing. She found back, but wasn't getting very far. He had the upper hand. Both of them seemed to have forgotten for a second that I was there.

'What a shame, Aril honey. You picked the wrong boy,' he told her, grinning down at her horrified face. 'You'd think that after chasing me for so long, you would at least know what I looked like. Then again, that changes as often as the city does I suppose.' He looked thoughtful. He was playing with her, enjoying his moment of power. 'All that effort for nothing, what a shame. Though today is you're lucky day. Guess who I am?'

Who? I wondered. Who the hell was he? I could remember seeing him in the hallway at school a couple of times but that was about it. Didn't know his name. Didn't know where he came from. He was just there one day I think.

'I know who you are,' she spat at him. There was a fierceness in her voice that I kind of admired. Maybe she wasn't just a nice piece of tail after all. There was something more to that dangerous vibe that she'd given out. 'You shouldn't even exist. You're nothing.'

'I beg to differ,' he mocked. 'Does this feel like nothing?'

He seemed overwhelmed with glee as he flicked back her long hair. Roughly, he pulled her neck, exposing the bare flesh there. With an animal like snarl, he sank his teeth into her. I drew back in horror, wanting to escape. Shit - he wasn't human!

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::MICK::

I waited until she stopped stuggling before I withdrew my fangs. Her blood was hot, sweet. Just like I knew it would be the first time I saw her. You get a feeling for how someone's blood will taste by the way they are. The way their personal power rolls off them in waves. I drank my fill, making sure I didn't kill her but enough so that she wasn't going any where. Chances where she'd die before anyone found her. Feeling content, I sighed, letting her body drop back to the floor. Seated on her legs, I glanced up at Guy.

'You would really think that such a so called experienced hunter would be more careful, wouldn't you?' I asked him.

I didn't expect an answer. From the look on his face, I was lucky he hadn't pissed himself yet. That would just be embarrassing. He'd taste better filled with fear, true but I wasn't that desperate for a feed that I wanted to deal with the rest of it. For a second, I just looked at him. His eyes were on her body, afraid to look away from it and at me. I stood up in one quick motion, almost too quick for the human boy to see.

'I'm so sorry, mate,' I told him and part of me honestly was for once in my life. Wasn't his fault she'd dragged him into this. 'Guess you know my dirty little secret now so unfortunatly, you have to die. You can blame her for that if it makes it easier to swallow.'

I took a step towards him and he fell to the floor. He backed away but what a moron. Instead of heading towards the door, he moved towards the staircase. I walked towards him slowly, as if I was stalking my prey. Well, I was, wasn't I?

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::ARI::

I lay there, my mind not really working, just a hazy fog. I could hear voices and then I heard screams. For a second, I couldn't remember what had happened. The boy. I'd brought the boy here but I'd been wrong. He wasn't McConnell. Benny, that little shit had lied to me. The description he gave me was this kid. The blonde haired, blue eyed boy. He'd even pointed him out to me just a few days earlier.

I'd been played. Damn it, my father would be so embarrassed to know I'd let one of them trick me. I felt ashamed and for a second, I wanted to just stay where I was and die. But I couldn't. If I did that, he'd just continue on his merry way, killing god knows how many more people. There was nothing I could do at the moment though. I kept my eyes shut and stayed as still as possible. I wanted him to think that I was pretty much dead. I kind of felt like it but I was thanking my lucky stars that I had such a strong will to fight.

The screams died down and I knew the boy was dead. I heard his body thump to the floor. Footsteps sounded across the wood and I held my breath. I felt my body being rolled over but I didn't move. My head banged back against the foor again but I didn't dare make a sound. For a second, I felt his hand against my cheek. Uugghh. I felt dirty that he'd touched me in such a way. It was too intimate. I never let anyone touch me that way unless I asked them to.

'Too bad it ended this way,' he told me. 'Was kind of fun while it lasted. Such a waste, pretty girl like you.'

I wished the bastard would just leave. My body was beginning to ache and I knew he'd taken enough blood to do some serious damage. Then I wouldn't have to worry about pretending to be dead, I really would be. After what seemed like forever, the house went quiet around me and I dared to take a peek. I was alone. Out of the corner of one eye, I could see the body of the boy. He was definetly dead.

I was starting to feel light headed and if I didn't move quickly, I wouldn't be getting up at all. Carefully, I reached down towards my jeans pocket, praying that during the struggle my phone had managed to survive intact. My lucky day. It was okay and I managed to punch in the emergency number that I knew would bring me help. The phone made a sound as the message went though, just long enough to let the person on the other end know I was in trouble.

Just in time too. As the phone went quiet again, I felt the wave of darkness roll over me and against all my power, I was dragged down into it, swallowed whole.