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Last time..
"Let me go now!"
"Calm down man, we just wanna talk to you!" Lance said.
"I didn't kill her!"
"We know. We just wanna know why you were there!" JC said.
"Let me go and I'll tell you!"
"Only if you promise not to pull a disappearing act on us!" Justin said.
"Alright! Just let me go!"
"Joey, untie him!" JC said.
"I'll do it!" Justin said, as he waved his hand and the ropes disappeared, "I suppose you wanna know how I did that?"
"No, I already know."
"Huh?" they all said.
"Who are you?"
And not the continuation..
"My name is Beryl."
"How did you know?" Justin asked.
"Well, you don't see the Backstreet Boys going around dressed like they're ready to kick some vampire ass!" Beryl said.
"Oh, so you know that too huh?"
"You would have to be living in a hole not to know who you are! That way anyway."
"What about our `other' identities? How did you know about that?" Chris asked.
"Well, let's see.. I've heard of some slayer team that killed some powerful vamp down in Orlando and defeated some vampire god out in Denver. But I didn't find out that it was you guys until Nightcrawler here teleported up to the fire escape."
"So, are you apart of a family?" Lance asked.
"Sort of."
"What do you mean, sort of?" JC asked.
"Well, how about I meet you somewhere more secure tomorrow afternoon, and I'll fill you in? Until then, I have to finish my rounds."
"Ok, so when and where?" JC asked.
"How bout the gazebo behind the carousel in Central Park around one?"
"Cool."
"Until then, watch your backs!"
Before they could say anything else, Beryl jumped up to a fire escape, stood on the handrail, jumped up towards the wall of the parallel building, pushed himself off of the wall and reached the roof of the first building.
"Whoa! I gotta learn how to do that!" JC said.
"So what now? You still wanna go clubbing?" Joey asked.
"Hell yeah! I wanna have SOME fun while we're here!" Chris said.
"So let's go. But first let's change back into our street clothes." Lance said.
"Allow me!" Justin said as the familiar mist changed them back into their original clothes, "I love it when I do that!"
They went to the club down the block from there. Although they were recognized and easily let in, they weren't bothered by, their fans much. They got a table and ordered some drinks.
"Great! Not even here for a whole day and we already run into some trouble!" Joey said sipping his rum and coke.
"I knew we would." JC said.
"Yeah, and weren't you getting tired of not having any action?" Justin asked.
"No! After all that we've been through, and all the stress of touring, this was the last thing that I wanted to happen!"
"Who knows, maybe some good will come out of it!" Lance said.
"Like what?"
"Well look at it this way, if he is part of a family, it's good that we met him!" Chris said.
"And if he's not?"
"Then we're gonna have to kill him!" Chris said laughing.
"That's not funny!"
"Anyway, look, I don't know about you guys, but if this IS the only night we're gonna be having off while we're here, I wanna have some fun!" Justin said.
"He's right. Let's relax and not think about this Barry guy until tomorrow." Lance said.
"Beryl." JC corrected.
"Whatever, let's go have some fun!"
They didn't get back to their hotel until 1am. The next day they were eagerly counting down the time. They left their hotel at 12. They got there on time and thanks to Justin, who found a spell that would help them not to be noticed, they weren't hassled by any fans. It turned one o'clock and they had been waiting for 15 minutes already.
"You think he's gonna show?" Chris asked.
"Yeah, I mean, he was the one who suggested it." Justin said.
"He could've just said it to get out of there." Joey said.
"I said I would be here, and here I am!" Beryl said appearing out of nowhere.
"Where'd you come from?" JC asked.
"That's my little secret."
"Well, now that we're all here, let's get down to business." Lance said.
"So what do you wanna know?"
"Should we really be discussing this out here in the open like this?" Joey asked.
"Don't worry about that. I've taken care of it. No one will be able to see or hear us while we are in this gazebo."
"So, you're a wizard too?" Justin asked.
"You could say that."
"Well are you apart of a family?" JC asked.
"Yes and no."
"Huh?"
"Well, I guess I should explain then shouldn't I?"
"Uh, yeah, that would be nice." Chris said.
"Well my parents, brother, uncle, and best friend made up the team that lived here. That was all unknown to me until not too long ago, for my protection."
"Why?" Joey asked.
"Well, I was born with ESP. I see things in my dreams and I can move things with my mind. This had nothing to do with my family being one of the chosen families. Their team was already completed with the birth of my older brother. The fact that I was born with ESP put me in great danger. So anyway, my father was the leader, my mother was the wizardress, my uncle the swordsman, my brother the shape shifter, and my best friend, like her father before her, the one who teleported and turned invisible.
"So, I'm assuming they were killed and left you with their powers?" JC asked.
"Yup. They were killed the night after I graduated High School 3 months ago."
"By who?" Lance asked.
"A Mystic Knight turned vampire."
"Mystic Knight? Like the one's on TV?"
"Not exactly."
"What then?" Chris asked.
"Are you familiar with King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table?"
"Vaguely." JC said.
"Well, you know of Merlin?"
"Yeah, he's the one who started all this, the chosen ones and stuff." Justin said thinking of Sammy.
"Well, he had an enemy. Another wizard, but he was victim to black magic. So, this evil sorcerer had an apprentice, who was a squire, a knight in training, his name was Samuel. Well, when the vampires first plagued Europe, that squire, by then a full knight, was one of the one's turned. He became a powerful vampire. Merlin and his enemy both feared what might happen if he were to use his powers for evil. So instead of waiting to find out, they bound him and his magic and imprisoned him at the bottom of the lake, where the Lady of the Lake kept him trapped for centuries. In the 16th century, the evil vampire gods found a way to free him. With him free to roam the earth, the evil vampire gods who had freed him thought that the time to conquer the earth was at hand. The peaceful vampire gods, however, feared what would happen if they accomplished that. So, to prevent hell on earth, the peaceful vampire gods stripped him of his powers leaving him a normal vampire."
"So, what's so bad about that?" Chris asked.
"Ok, now's the part where I say, we should get indoors somewhere quick!"
"Why? What's wrong?" JC asked.
"The spell's about to run out, and there are hundreds of teens here today!"
"Let's go back to the hotel." Lance suggested.
"Alright, everybody grab on!" Chris said.
They all did, and he transported them all back to the hotel.
Once there, Beryl continued with his story.
"So, where was I?" Beryl asked.
"The gods stripped him of his power, leaving him a normal vampire." JC said.
"Oh yeah. So, for the past four centuries he's been trying to find a way to get back his power. He's found this spell that can transfer the power of an extremely powerful human to him. So, that is why he's after me. With all of my power, he would be unstoppable. That's why I have to succeed in where all have failed before and put a stop to him once and for all."
"We have to kill him!" JC said.
"We? Who said anything about you?"
"That's why we're here! That's why I've been having those dreams about you!"
"Damn it! I have to control my projections!"
"You also have to learn to admit when you need help!"
"Aight, we wouldn't have met if I didn't need your help. But in order to see where I'm coming from, you must know what happened."
"What do you mean?" Joey asked.
"Gather in a circle, all of you!"
"Why?" Justin asked.
"Just do it, all of your questions will be answered soon enough. Is that door locked?"
"No" Chris said.
Beryl looked at the door and it locked. The guys looked somewhat amazed but were waiting for Beryl to do whatever it is he was going to do.
It was now 5pm. Beryl got in the middle of the circle that the guys made, he closed his eyes and placed his fingertips together. He bowed his head and softly chanted something. All of a sudden, the brightly-lit room started to get darker until it was pitch black. There was a bright flash of light and they were now in what appeared to be a living room. Beryl was recreating the events that led to him being where he was today. ---------------------------------
"I'm home! Sorry I stood out so late!"
They saw Beryl say as he entered the house.
-That is me, 3 months ago on the night of my graduation. I had just come home from a post-graduation party.
"Hello? Oh my god! HELP!!!!"
-As I stood there frozen in the living room frozen in shock at the sight of my family so brutally murdered, I finally saw what was written on the wall in blood.
"You cannot hide! We will find you!"
-It was at that point that fear first filled my body. I knew I had to get out of there. I ran to a friend's house and called the police there. Of course they didn't find any evidence. After they finished at the crime scene, they took the bodies away. I was hysterical crying. There were so many thoughts running through my head all at once that I just wanted to sleep and deal with it the next day. I took some sleeping pills and slept. That is why I couldn't control my projections and that is also when your dreams started JC. It wasn't till after the funeral that my family came to me in my dreams and told me everything. About them, about the vampires, about Lord Samuel, about the families, about you, about Lael, about Sammy, about Xaina, about Xhang Xe, about Clarence, about Markus, but mostly about me. They told me what I was capable of, what I had to do, and what my destiny was. They also told me, which is the only reason I'm letting you help, how powerful you are and how together, we would put an end to all of this evil. When that would happen, they didn't know. But they said that together, we could free the world of them for good. I can't tell you if it is this time or not, because I don't know. All I know is I've been fighting for 3 months now and I am finally close enough to kill Lord Samuel. - -------------------------
Beryl broke the contact between his hands, opened his eyes and brought his head back up. The light now returned to the room and what had seemed like hours was really no time at all.
"D.did we j. just travel back in time?" Justin asked.
"Sort of." Beryl replied.
"What do you mean sort of?"
"It was the past, but I just brought you inside my mind to show you what happened so you would understand."
"Now what?" JC asked, "We still got a few hours to kill till the sun goes down."
"I need to see what you are capable of."
"So, where can we go to show you?" Joey asked.
"Back to my place, where you'll be staying for the rest of the your time here."
"We don't get any say in this?" Chris asked.
"No." Beryl and JC said at the same time.
"Whatever powers that be, will not give you any trouble, I have made sure of that."
"Well the only thing we gotta do is go to the MTV Video Music Awards on Thursday." Lance said.
"Yes, and I will be attending with you in case something goes down."
"So let's get our stuff and get out of here." Justin said.
"Now that we've gotten that taken care of, let's see what you're capable of!" Beryl said after waving his hand transporting himself, them and all of their stuff with him to his building.
"Whoa!" They all said.
"You gotta teach me how to do that!" Justin said.
"I will teach you all a number of things in the course of these next, 5 days is it?"
"Yeah." Lance said.
"Well, now that you're dressed to workout, let's get down to it!"
"No we're..." Joey began to say as he noticed himself as well as the rest of the guys dressed in suitable workout clothes.
"This guy is no joke!" Chris said.
"I know!" Justin said.
"Where are we?" JC asked.
"My building." Beryl said.
"You're building?" Chris asked.
"Yes, I own it. Part of my inheritance. My father and uncle owned this building. They used it to workout and practice. After they died, I sold my parent's house and moved in here."
"Oh."
"So now what?" JC asked.
"We spar. I want to see..." Beryl began to say.
"What we're capable of." Justin said cutting him off.
"Yeah."
"So how we gonna do this?" Joey asked.
"You're all gonna fight me, while I watch."
"Ok, how are you gonna fight us and watch at the same time?" Lance asked.
The boys were all in a line. Beryl walked passed each of them. Each time he passed one of them, a white light flashed.
"Like this." Beryl said after walking passed the last boy.
They all looked at him confused. He jumped up on top of a wooden crate and sat down. He stuck his fist out, opened it palm facing up and raised his hand slowly. As he raised his hand, a light started to appear in front of each of the guys. He brought his hand to a stop, turned it around palm facing down, brought it back into a fist, then quickly opened his hand, causing 5 beams of light to shoot out of his fingers and hit each of the light figures in front of the guys. Once he closed his hand again, the guys all looked at him still confused.
"You ready?" Beryl asked.
"For what?" JC asked.
"Look in front of you!"
They all looked in front of them to find a clone of Beryl standing in front of each of them.
"YO!!" Justin said.
"Now fight!" Beryl yelled causing each of his clones to react.
He had separated his clone's powers to have them fight each guy with the same power. Beryl watched them fight for over an hour. He was impressed at how each guy used his powers, but didn't rely on them too much. Satisfied with what he saw, he opened his hand and twisted it. That caused all of the clones to freeze. The guys not knowing this, each delivered their final blow causing light to come shooting out of the clone's bodies. Lance brought his sword down and cut through the clone's shoulder to his mid-section. JC did a spinning house kick, hitting the clone in the head. Joey spun around, fell to his knees and did a tiger strike towards the clone's abdomen, causing his hand to go through and come out the clone's back. Chris did a back flip in the air, teleported behind the clone and kicked him in the back. Justin did a back flip, stuck both of his hands out causing fire to come out of his left hand, and lightning to come out of his right hand, both hitting the clone.
After the light shot out of the clones, the guys realized the fight was over and Justin said,
"I SO have to learn how to do that!"
TBC..
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