Three's a crowd.

"What the fuck is going on?"

Hope POV

Lizzie had woken up for a split couple of seconds and then had went straight back to sleep. The doctor had came in to check up on her. She had said that Lizzie had improved and her vitals were looking promising. If they kept going that way Lizzie could then fully wake up. I was still waiting by her bedside and had told Josie of the progress in our latest phone call. She had said that they were making their way home and should be there in about a day.

There was a knock at the door which I recognised as the one that anyone was supposed to knock so we knew they were friends. After the incident in which I spoke to someone that looked exactly like Penelope we all had to be careful. 

I went and opened the door and it was Penelope who had a big book in her hands. Jade followed in after her and gave me a small smile which I returned.

"Hey Hope. So I have been to the library and my own personal collection to see if I could find anything on this so called 'Shapeshifter'. I came across some very interesting things but this one is the most accurate. It is an account of a man living in Spain in the 16th century. He speaks about a demon that could change their appearance at will. He called it the Cambiaformas which is a Shapeshifter or imitar which roughly translate to mimic because of the mimicking of people's voices that this demon could do. It was said that this Shapeshifter would kill it's victims by luring them into a false sense of security by posing as one of their loved one's."

I couldn't believe what I was hearing.

"So you are saying that this Shapeshifter could change into anyone else at will. Anyone?"

"Yeah pretty much. All this person had to do was see them and if they were powerful enough could change their features. It was said that this went on for ages. It says here that it got to the point that everyone in the village was at each other's throats because no could be trusted. It is said that they could even get access to this person's memories if they killed them and took their soul. This is some creepy stuff."

"Shit. This is crazy. Lizzie said the word when she woke up. There is no other reason that she must have saw who attacked her and was able to get it through to us. That means anyone of us could be this person. They could have been in the same room as us and we wouldn't have known it."

I looked at Jade who was looking very nervous.

"How do we know it's not her? Right now."

Penelope waved her hand.

"Hope. I have been with her all day. Another things they can't do is have the true personalities of the person they are. They can only try and mimic them and even that might not be correct. There is no way anyone else that I know that could pull off the kind of nervous wreck that Jade is. No offence Jade."

Jade just nodded.

"What about abilities? If Jade is a vampire, could they take them?"

Penelope looked at the book again.

"If I am reading this right. Other than the abilities that they already had it would be near impossible for them to do it. Jade can you get your teeth out or something?"

Jade looked at me with red glowing eyes.

I nodded.

"Good. We are going to have to come up with something better than a secret knock. Come along Jade. We are going to try and get my device working correctly. It may come in use. We will update you Hope as soon as we are done."

"Great. Penelope. Jade. See you guys later."

They both left and I locked the door behind them and was left alone with Lizzie again.