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"It's ok, we're not here to hurt you." Xaina said as she put her hands out in a non- aggressive gesture.
"What the fuck do you call what you just did to me?" JC said with anger, still not putting his guard down.
"We were testing you." The young girl said as she took a step forward.
Out of reaction Justin's fingers began to glow with lightning.
"Don't worry Laddy, she won't hurt ya." The Irishman said as he pulled out Lance's sword, "Like I said, you're going to need it."
He handed Lance the sword butt first. Lance took a hold of it and said,
"Can I have the case for it too?"
The Irishman smiled and took out the holster. He handed it to Lance and he then slipped the sword into it. By now Justin had put his hand down and there was no more energy generating out of it.
"It's time JC." Xaina said.
"For what?" he said lowering his guard.
"She is here to help you Josh." Erudissa said.
"How do I know I can trust her? Especially after the shit they just pulled?"
"Like my daughter said, that was just a test." Xaina said.
"Some test!" Joey said.
"We needed to see just how powerful you all are." The tall man said.
"You mean how powerful they are." Chris said, "I don't have powers."
"Just open your eyes Chris." The book said.
"I've been trying! I just don't know what I have to do!"
"Neither did we!" Justin said.
"Yeah, it just came to us." Joey said.
"Look, don't worry, it'll come to you." Lance said.
"Yeah, easy for you to say, you have yours, and you weren't the one who had the knife sticking out of you!"
"That is why you haven't gotten them yet. You keep thinking you're gonna die!"
"But you saw the picture."
"But you can change that!" JC said.
"What do you mean?"
"That picture was put there in order to help you." The spirit said.
"How?"
"You still do not totally believe in all of this."
"I'm not sure if I wanna believe based on what I saw!"
"That's the thing. As long as you have doubts about this, you won't receive your powers and that is what will happen." JC said.
"He is correct." Erudissa said.
"Now, though you are all powerful, there is still much to learn. I take it that you have come in contact with our enemies?" Xaina said.
"Oh yeah!" Justin said.
"So then you know that they are powerful."
"Yeah, that too!" JC said.
"It is not going to be easy, but with work, you will be able to pull it off. You have proven to be stronger than even my team. That shows that you learn quickly and have good instincts."
"If we were so good then how come we didn't beat you?" Lance asked.
"Because Laddy, we found your weaknesses." The Irishman said.
"He is right, although you were putting up quite a fight, your weaknesses began to show after awhile. With our help, that will not happen. We've had enough action for one day, so, I suggest we go get something to eat and then head home. You are all to meet us back here tomorrow at 7am."
"Why so early?" Justin asked.
"Because, there is a lot of work to be done and we work while they are supposed to be sleeping."
"Who, the vampires?" Joey asked.
"Yes. Now let's get some food."
"No arguments there!" Chris said.
They all went out to a pizza shop. It was getting close to dark so when they got there they ordered a few pies to go. After getting their food, Xaina turned to them and said,
"Now, listen to me and don't disobey my orders. Go home and stay there do not go out! Take these pizza's and go now."
"But why?" JC asked.
"Just do it!"
"Fine! Alright guys, you heard the lady, let's go."
The five guys piled into Lance's 4runner and drove back to Justin's house. The ride was pretty silent. They were all thinking about their encounter and were amazed at what they were capable of doing, all except Chris that is. Chris was thinking about what JC, Erudissa, and Xaina had said. They were right, he didn't truly believe in all of this, but after today, he couldn't help but accept it. He was still feeling left out though because he was the only one without powers. They arrived back at Justin's house and they all snapped out of their thoughts and went inside.
"Put the pizza's in the microwave, I'm going to take a quick shower." Justin said as they walked in and he headed up the stairs.
"Yeah, me too." JC said also heading up the stairs.
"I'm going to change." Lance said heading right behind JC.
"Well, that leaves only us two." Joey said.
"Yup, I guess." Chris replied.
They went into the kitchen, did as Justin asked, and sat at the kitchen table.
"What a day huh?" Joey asked.
"Hell yeah." Chris said.
"I've went from being a nobody, to being a singer in a superstar pop group, to being a shape-shifter." Joey said laughing.
"What are you going to do about Maggie?"
"Well, do as the book said, keep an eye on her."
"This shit is scary!"
"Hell yeah! Just as long as we stick together, everything will be fine."
"Yeah, you're right."
Up in JC's room.
"Care to join me?" JC asked as he stripped out of his clothing.
"I'd love to, but, not only would the guys get suspicious, but we would never leave the room." Lance said as he looked through JC's closet for something to wear.
"Fine, and did I say you could wear any of my stuff?"
"No, but do I care?"
"Shut up!"
"Make me!"
"That can be arranged!"
"Bring it on!"
JC walked over to Lance slowly. Once in front of him, he grabbed him by the back of the head and pulled him in to a passionate kiss. They stood there like that for 5 min, JC in his underwear and Lance in just a pair of pants. They were interrupted by, Justin coming in the room.
"Come on guys! You know we're all hungry, and we wanna eat food! But we can't do that until you get down there. So you go take a shower, you get dressed and get your asses downstairs!" Justin said forcefully.
"Sir, yes, sir!" Lance said as he saluted.
"Whatever!" JC said walking into the bathroom in his boxers.
Lance finished getting dressed and went downstairs with Justin. They walked in the kitchen and saw Joey.
"Where's Chris?" Justin asked.
"He's right there." Joey said pointing behind him.
"Where?" Lance asked.
"Right th..." he said turning around, not seeing Chris.
"Chris!?" Justin called.
"What?" they heard Chris answer.
"Where are you?" Lance shouted.
"I'm right here, you don't have to yell!"
"I don't see you!"
"Guess who opened their eyyyes, guess who opened their eyyyes!" he said singing.
"Oh shit!" Joey said as Chris appeared out of nowhere.
"Yup, and that's not all!"
"What do you mean?" Justin said looking up to see Chris gone.
"Where'd he go?" Lance asked.
"Right here!" Chris said standing right behind him.
"Ah!" they all shouted startled.
"H.how'd you do that?" Joey asked.
"I can blend into my surroundings and appear invisible, and I can teleport!"
"Cool!" Justin said.
"Wait, the demonstration is not over!" He said grabbing Justin's hand, "Watch! Now you see us, now you don't"
They both turned invisible and the guys stood there in amazement.
"Dude! You made Justin invisible!" Lance said.
"Yeah, but watch what happens when he let's go of my hand." He said as he let go of Justin's hand.
"You can see him now." Joey said.
"Yup, as long as you hold on to me or something that I'm holding onto, you will remain invisible, but the moment you let go, you are visible again."
"Does the same thing work with the teleporting?" Lance asked.
"Yup! Watch, come here!" he said grabbing Lance.
They disappeared and reappeared behind the rest of the guys.
"Whoa! That was a cool ride!" Lance said.
"Cool huh?" Chris asked.
"Hell yeah!" Justin said.
JC came into the kitchen to see all of the guys sitting at the table.
"Bout time!" Joey said.
"Yeah man, we're hungry!" Justin said.
"JOSH, JOSH!!" Chris said excitedly.
"What??" he asked.
"I got my powers!"
"For real?"
"Yeah! Look!"
Chris demonstrated his powers and JC was impressed. Once done with the demonstration, JC sat down with the rest of the guys and they all pigged out on pizza.
"This shit is good!" Justin said with a mouth full.
"Yup!" Chris agreed also with a mouth full of food.
"So, what do you guys wanna do?" Joey asked.
"Well, what can we do?" Lance asked.
"Well, we can't go out, so we can chill here and order a movie, we can play something, what else?" JC suggested.
"We could practice." Lance said.
"Hell no!" they all said.
"Damn! Just a suggestion, you guys are really dedicated!"
"We're off, the last thing we wanna do is work." Chris said.
"Yeah, but we do have to work on `other' things." JC said.
"Yeah, that's what we should do, work on our powers and stuff." Justin said.
"Sounds good to me!" Joey said.
"So, it's settled, let's go out in the backyard." Lance said.
"Bring the radio!" Joey said.
They all got up and headed for the backyard. Justin grabbed the radio on his way out, put it on the table and turned it on. They stretched a little before they started to work out. Once done with that, Justin opened the book and looked through it. He came across a spell that said, "Mirror spell". Curious about what it did, he said it out loud.
"Land is hard and water is wet, step through the looking glass and make everything reflect."
There was a bright flash of light and when it cleared, there was an exact copy of each of the guys standing directly opposite of them standing in the same position.
"Justin, what did you do?" said the four original N SYNCer's as well as their doppelgangers.
"I don't know!" said Justin as well as his clone, "Hey! Stop that!"
The mirror images looked exactly like their counterparts. The only difference was that the reflections were a little darker than their original selves.
"Hey, what did I do?" Justin asked the book.
"You have created clones of yourselves, but do not worry, it shall only last for about 5 minutes. I suggest you use this time to test yourselves." She said.
"How?" Justin #2 asked.
She rose out of the book and guided the 2 Justins towards the other guys and their reflections. They were all lined up, the original guys in one line and the reflections in another line directly in front of them.
"In order to test yourselves, you must fight yourselves." She said.
"Ok, I guess, let's do this." JC said.
"Now, you must remember, they are only reflections of yourselves and are not the real you. Begin fighting...now!"
Each member fought their respected other. It was a tough fight, even if they weren't the real them, they thought the same way. Each hit that was thrown was blocked by the other. The fights went on for what seemed like forever. After about five minutes, the clones started to get weaker. The original guys were now winning. JC did a fly kick and hit his reflection in the head. Justin flipped his reflection onto the floor. Joey punched his reflection in the stomach. Chris teleported behind his reflection and punched him dead in the spine. Lance did a roundhouse and tripped his reflection, and all at the same time the reflections all shattered like glass and when it hit the floor it turned into smoke.
"Whoa!" JC said as he landed back on his feet.
"Yeah!" Lance said.
"Good workout huh?" Justin said.
"Yeah, we should do that again when we want to get away from mobs of fans!" Chris said.
They all laughed and went over to the table.
"What was that spell called?" Joey asked.
"The mirror spell." Erudissa said.
"I take it that's why they shattered like that then." Justin said.
"Yes, just like glass."
"Now what?" JC asked.
"I dunno, wanna check out our powers some more?" Justin said.
"Yeah, but no more spells Just!" Lance said.
"But what's the fun in that?"
"Just ask what they are before you do them." JC said.
"Hey, I know what spell you can do, if there is one." Joey said.
"What?" Justin asked.
"Well, considering we did let them in, and now we're a little vulnerable, see if there's a spell that will undo the invitation."
"Good idea!"
"Ask the book." Chris said.
"Yes, there is such a spell, but you will need some things before you can perform it." She said.
"Whoa! How'd she know we were gonna ask?"
"Duh! She can hear us talking, dumb ass!" Justin said.
"Oh yeah! And don't call me a dumb ass!"
"Dumb ass!"
Chris turned invisible, teleported behind Justin (without him knowing) and smacked him upside the head.
"Ahh, you little bitch! Where the fuck are you?" Justin yelled rubbing his head.
"You can't get me!" Chris said.
"OH yeah?!? What was that spell?" he said think what the spell was that Xaina's daughter had used on them, "Oh yeah, show me thy enemies.. but wait, he's not my enemy. Ah! I'll try this! Show me my friend, and so for bend his light."
The familiar green mist started to appear again, it circulated around the area and then cleared.
"Hey, it didn't work! What happened?"
"That spell cannot counter with his powers." Erudissa said.
"You mean no spell can screw with our powers?" Chris said as only his head appeared.
"Oh shit!" Joey said.
"Damn it Chris, would reappear already!" Lance said.
"But I'm having fun!" he said as he reappeared.
"There are spells that can disable your powers momentarily, but not permanently." She said.
"For how long?" JC asked.
"The longest interval can be from anywhere from 2 hrs. to 24."
"Damn! A whole day?" Joey said.
"Yes."
"Hey Chris, come here!" Justin said.
"Hell no!" Chris said backing up from Justin, his body already starting to disappear.
"I'm not gonna do anything!"
"You promise?"
"I swear!"
"Ok!"
He teleported, appeared behind Justin and tapped him on the shoulder.
"Ah! WOULD YOU STOP DOING THAT!!"
"I'm having too much fun with this!"
"Come here!" Justin said pulling his head towards him.
He whispered something in his ear and then Chris disappeared again.
"Where the hell is he now?" JC asked as he got up and walked away from the table looking for Chris.
"Now!" Justin said.
All of sudden, JC was pushed hard by the invisible Chris. Again like back at the club, JC did a flip in the air. This time however, Justin got up and waved his hands at him while he was in the air. Just as he had hoped, JC froze while in the air.
"OH SHIT!" the rest of the guys said.
"Cool, ain't it?" Justin said walking towards JC.
"How long does it last? Lance asked.
"For about 5 minutes or whenever I unfreeze him, whichever comes first."
"Unfreeze him." Joey said.
"Ok."
He waved his hands at JC again and he landed on his feet like nothing had happened.
"How'd you guys get here?" JC asked as he landed.
"Watch!" Justin said, "Chris, do a back flip!"
"Ok, Joey, spot me!" he said.
"Ok." Said Joey.
Joey put his hands together and placed them in front of him. Chris put his foot in Joey's hand and did a back flip. While in the air, Justin froze him.
"OH SHIT!" JC said.
"Cool, huh?"
"Hell yeah! How long does it last?"
"Five minutes or whenever I unfreeze him, whichever comes first."
"Cool!"
"I know! Hey, I'm pretty tired, let's go inside!" Justin said as he ran to the table, grabbed the book and then ran inside laughing.
The rest of them laughed along with him, knowing what he was doing. They all ran inside after him before the spell wore off. Once they were all inside, Justin locked the sliding door and closed the shades. They all went into the living still laughing. When they got in there, Chris was sitting on the couch and said,
"You think you're funny don't you?"
"OH shit!" They all said.
They all laughed and sat down. Justin and Joey sat on the couch next to Chris, and JC and Lance sat on the floor.
"Let's order a movie!" Joey said.
"Ok, what's on Pay-per-view?" Justin said grabbing the TV guide.
"What's on?"
"I know!"
"What?" JC asked.
"Watch, you'll see! It's starting now, I'm not gonna tall you!"
"Come on!" Lance said.
"Nope!"
Justin put on the TV turned it to the channel and ordered the movie through the remote. As soon as the opening credits said, "Wesley Snipes" JC automatically knew what it was.
"BLADE!" he said laughing.
They all laughed with him and Chris said,
"Good one!"
"I thought you might like it." Justin said.
"Excuse me gentlemen?" The sprit said.
"What?!?" JC asked with fear.
A slight chuckle came from the book.
"Would you mind if I watched this with you?"
All the guys looked at each other.
"You can come out of the book?" Lance asked as he picked it up from where Justin laid it down.
"Yes, but not for a long time, only three hours every three days." Justin said.
"Uh, yeah, come on, you don't need to worry, anytime you wanna come out you can."
Lance and JC chuckled a little when they heard Justin say that. Then he got Justin busting up. Chris and Joey were kind of in the dark about this one. They all stopped laughing and then the book said.
"Lance, would you mind putting me down?"
"Oh sorry, I forgot." Lance said as he laid the book down on the floor.
The book opened and there was a bright flash then a woman standing there, naked. All five of the guys quickly turned around to not be rude and stare. The spirit gave them a weird look and then looked down at her body.
"OH MY GOODNESS! I didn't know that would happen." She said scared as she covered up her body.
"I will go get you some of my moms cloths." Justin said as he got up and ran upstairs.
The other guys still were looking away with their eyes. Every once in a while she would see them take a quick peek, but then divert their eyes back to where they were. Justin came falling down the stairs as ran down them. He looked up and saw the naked woman standing there. He tossed her a white slip on dress, then closed his eyes. She lightly smiled, as she actually was able to see Justin for the first time, with her normal eyes. He was handsome and it was cute the way he turned away from her.
"Ok guys you can all look now." She said as she ran over and jumped on JC's lap.
JC let out an "oof" when she landed on him.
"So that's what you really look like." Chris said with a smile.
"Yes. Oh and you guys don't have to keep saying my name you can just call me Sammy. That is what all my friends used to call me way back when I was mortal."
"Sammy?" Joey said with a slight laugh.
"Yes Sammy, and I might add its better than the 'Phat-one.'"
All the guys laughed at the comment.
Justin couldn't help but notice "Sammy". She appeared like nothing she had looked like in the book. She had long Brown hair and deep brown eyes, and a bright smile hidden by full lips. Needless to say she was hot! She hopped off JC's lap, ran and sat down next to Justin.
"So what's this.....what's it called.....Pay per-view movie about?"
"Vampires." Lance said with a smile.
"Oh good, something I know a lot about."
They sat and watched the movie, the lights were out and it was only 7 o'clock. The light from the TV lit up the living room. Justin and Sammy leaned up against the coffee table while JC, Lance and Joey sat on the couch and Chris sat in a chair. Justin could notice that when someone would say something about Vampires, Sammy would roll her eyes, or huff. Then it got to the part where the girl found the cure for being a vampire and then, all hell broke loose. Sammy just started busting up laughing and fell onto Justin as she tried to catch her breath.
"What's so funny?" JC said with a smile
"A cu....cure.....for be....being a Vampire." She started busting up more.
All the guys smiled except for Joey. It was becoming painfully clear to him that there was no hope for him and Maggie, he would either have to leave and never see her again......or kill her. The thought of that just sent chills down his spine. It was odd that he had fallen for her so quick, it had only been about a week, and when he first met her it was puppy love but now it was slowly growing stronger.
"There's no way, NO WAY that something like this could ever happen! No half-human, half-Vampire and no big corporation full of Vampires. It's all bullshit." Sammy said still laughing.
"Then how does it all work?" Chris asked.
"They're nomads, moving from place to place. The little group you guys got are one of the few that has taken up a permanent stay."
"How many groups are out there?" Justin asked as he look's back at the TV.
"Oh hundreds, most of them stay in hiding though. That's why not all of the families are fighting."
"Hundreds!?" Joey said snapping out of his trance.
"Yeah, oh don't worry about them, they won't come to you looking for a fight, and they very seldom feed, they leave us be and we leave them be. It's the ones that kill every night that we need to get rid of."
"So how many of them are like that?" Lance asked as he pulled out his sword and polished it.
"Only about ten." Sammy said when a knock came on the door.
"Well that's my cue, I'm out of here guys, see you in three days." She said as she jumped back in the book.
"I like her." JC said as he walked for the door.
Then something caught his attention. He could her some voices outside. Three distant voices from outside the door.
"Chris, go make sure all the windows are shut, do it fast and silent. Justin, hide the book. Lance hide the sword, and Joey we need your acting skills, put on a sick face."
JC turned and started to walk for the door when he heard a high pitch. He turned around and saw Joey walk though the door with a pale face.
"How's this?" Joey asked with a smile.
"Not bad, now just get them away from the house."
Joey turned on the porch light as he opened the door. He saw Maggie, Alex and Yolanda standing there.
"Hey guys what's up?" He said groggily, while blocking the doorway with his body so they couldn't walk in.
"Are you ok?" Maggie asked as she put her hand up to Joey's head.
He quickly pulled away and said,
"We're all sick with something."
"Dude you don't look so good." Alex pointed out.
"Thanks...I think. So what's up tonight?"
"We were just dropping by to see if you guys wanted to do something tonight." Yolanda said as she peered behind Joey.
JC quietly waited up against the wall out of site of the three Vampires.
"Oh no, we're all sick," Joey said as he felt something touch his back, "Except for Chris, he is trying to take care of us."
"Well I can help, I can fix you some chicken soup or something." Maggie said with her sweet smile.
It took all of Joey's courage to tell her.
"No, I don't want you to get sick too."
"I won't get sick trust me." Yolanda said as she lightly pushed Joey out of the way.
JC jumped at the site of Yolanda entering the house then Alex. Maggie mouthed "sorry" to Joey as she walked in behind them.
"Why is it so dark in here?" Yolanda said as she walked over to the light switch.
"NO! Don't turn on the lights." Justin said as he clutched his head.
"Why?" Yolonda said as she turned around startled.
"The light hurts our eyes." JC said shutting the door squinting.
The light from the porch and the TV lit up a good part of the kitchen enough for all of them to see.
"Where's Lance?" Maggie questioned as she looked around.
"I think he is in the other room sleeping." JC said.
"Was sleeping." Lance said as he walked in quietly.
JC gave Lance an angry stare as Lance sat down and put his head on the table.
"Where's Chris, I need to tell him I'm sorry for scaring him yesterday." Alex said expecting Chris to come from the other end of the house.
"I'm right here." Chris said as he opened the door.
All at once the guys covered they're eyes as the light really filled the room.
"Sorry guys but how else to you expect me to get in? Oh sorry guys, no offense but you're going to have to leave. I have to take care of four sick guys, I don't want to have to worry about you too."
"We won't get sick." Alex said as he smiled at Chris.
"Yeah that's what these dip shits said. Now out. You can come back and play tomorrow." Chris said playfully.
"Aaw, but Mr. Kirkpatrick." Yolanda said in a little girl voice.
"Young lady don't make me call your mother. Now out." He said as he playfully pointed a finger at her, "They should be better by tomorrow, So we will meet you somewhere. Say.....6ish?"
"Ok, oh hey man, I'm sorry for scaring you." Alex said.
"I'm going to scare you if you don't get out." Chris said with a smile to Alex.
"So I take it you except my apology?"
"Out!" Chris said. All three of the Vampires laughed as they walked out the door.
Alex stuck his head back in quickly and said,
"You know your kinda cute when your angry?" then quickly ran to their car.
It sped off and they waited about ten minutes before turning on the lights.
"I think that was a little scary." Justin said as he sat down next to Lance.
Then a loud knock came on the door.
"Oh shit.....Um everyone act like you're sick, and cover your eyes." Chris said quietly.
All the guys did what he said and he opened the door and looked at the small figure standing there.
"Maggie wha........." Was all Chris could mutter out before being pushed back.
Maggie came into the room with her Vampire face on. Every one of the guys jumped up as she slammed the door.
"How FUCKING long have you known." She said as her face searched the room.
All of them sat silently in a mix of emotions.
"HOW LONG!" She yelled picking something up and throwing it at Lance out of anger.
JC quickly stuck his hand out and caught it. She stared at him then back at Lance.
"Well isn't that cute, the little fags watch out for each other." JC dropped the small statue that Maggie had thrown.
"You little bitch." JC said in a low and clam tone.
This caught the attention from everyone in the room, especially Chris and Joey.
"Maggie, just calm down." Joey said as, he took a step toward her.
"Stay the fuck away from me Joey, I'll kill you!"
"No you won't if you wanted us dead we would be dead."
"I'm warning you!"
Joey took each step closer with care. Maggie backed up to the wall her face now starting to change back to normal. Joey grabbed her by the arm and looked her in the eyes.
"I'm so sorry." He said as he almost started to cry.
Then her head moved to one side and she fell into Joey's arms. Chris became visible as he dropped Justin's bat on the ground. Justin walked over to her and then looked back into the living room. He held out his hand and the book came flying out from under the chair and into his hand.
"JC go get me a needle." Justin said as JC walked over to a small drawer that had all the medical stuff in it.
Lynn always kept a needle in there because of all the splinters Johnathen would get. He walked back over to Justin and handed him the needle. Justin took it and grabbed Maggie's finger and poked it. A small drop of blood came out and Justin swiped it up with his finger. Then he walked over to the door and said.
"From the inner-light of the Vampires heart, protect us back to the start, keep them at bay from the nights hideaway." Then he put the blood on the door in the sign of a cross and the house glowed in a light red color.
"Well that's that. Come on let's get her up to the guestroom. Joey and Chris you guys sleep in my room again with me tonight, just to be safe." Justin said.
JC walked over and picked Maggie up without any strain. He carried her up to the guestroom and laid her on the bed.
"Justin go get me some extra blankets. Lance, use her cell phone and call Alex, tell him that Joey and her are kinda busy, and she should be back by tomorrow."
"He's not going to like it." Lance said as he grabbed her cell phone.
"Too bad." Joey said, as he sat next to the bed and rubbed Maggie's face gently.
Justin came into the room with the blankets and said,
"Ok where do you want them?"
"Put them on the windows."
"Why?"
"I don't want to fry her in the morning."
"Oh yeah." Justin said as he walked over and put the blankets up.
Lance was flipping though the memory-dial on the cell phone till he came up to Alex's name. He pressed send and the phone began to ring.
"Hello?" A mans voice asked.
"Alex?" Lance said confused.
This mans voice was higher then Alex's.
"No this is Lael, Alex forgot his cell phone. Who's this?"
"Oh this is Lance. Can you just tell Alex that Maggie and Joey are kinda......Um....Busy at the moment, and that she should be back home later."
"Yeah no problem. So I take it you guys aren't coming tonight?" Lael said some what disappointed.
"No, not tonight, we're all sick except for Chris he is trying to take care of us, but I think he is getting ready to kill us."
"Oh that's not good. Well I was hoping to.. see you tonight, I haven't got to see you in a while."
"Yeah I know, it's been a hectic couple of days, and it's going to be bad tomorrow too but we will be down there about 6."
"Ok then I will see you then?"
"Yeah."
"Alright bye."
"Bye."
Back at the Light.
Lael's smile slowly faded as he pulled the phone away from his ear.
"So?" Brady said impatiently.
"We wait." Lael said as he sat back in his chair.
Brady smacked his hand down on the arm of the chair. He was becoming aggravated. It was bad enough that Lael wanted Lance, but it was also bad that he had to pretend that he wanted JC. Why Lael wanted Lance was unknown to him, all he knew is that if he didn't like it...He would be killed. Lael and him where friends, and he didn't try to anger him in the least. If he did, it would cause a fight and even though they were about the same age, and strength Lael was far more powerful, that's why he was the leader. And the reason Lael was so powerful was because his sire was an old Vampire wizard, ranging back to nearly 1000 years before he was even born. Lael was almost 700 years old, and was turned at the age of 24. Brady on the other hand was 650 years old, and was turned when he was only 16.
"Don't worry my friend. You will be able to kill JC soon." Lael said as he smiled at Brady.
"With everyday we wait, they get closer to understanding. I don't even think JC will talk to me after what happened in the dinner."
"He will, you are too....charming for him to resist you. It is only a matter of time. And believe me, I want him dead too. He is the only one that can destroy any chance we have with Lance."
"Why do we want Lance anyway?"
"Aside from him being handsome?" Lael said with a smile
"Yes."
"There is a power that runs though him. Much like.....the power that Yolanda holds, only different. If I can get him, we could change the world, we could rule the world."
"You do know Xaina and her followers will do everything in their power to stop us. Even if it means revealing us and them to the world."
"I know, that's why we must get rid of Xaina. She is the only family leader that can notify them."
"Lael?"
"What?"
"Is it possible for a normal human to inflict damage on us?"
"Yes."
"Oh, I've never had that happen to me. Of course none of my victims have ever had the time to fight back."
Lael laughed, as did Brady. They thought of humans as jokes, after all they were their food, and sometimes, a little more. Much like what happened with Maggie. Brady had sired Alex, strictly by mistake. Brady was 250 years old at the time, and was walking down the streets of Paris. It was a cool summer's night, and he had been drinking (blood and alcohol), while he staggered down the street, a man walking with his sister bumped into him. He apologized, but Brady being drunk at the time, lost his temper and bit him. The man's sister ran up to him and started to hit him on his back. He simply threw the man to the floor, then grabbed her, and bit her. Because he was drunk, he just left them there without killing them totally. Later, when they were completely turned, they went looking for Brady and he in turn brought them to Lael.
"Brady.......Brady?"
Brady snapped out of his trance.
"Yeah?"
Lael looked at him with a confused and worried look.
"Are you ok?"
"Yeah just thinking about what happened to Alex, and Maggie. They were so young, they could have been so much more happier then they are now."
"Don't feel bad, you were drunk. You weren't thinking straight. Besides, I had had my eye on Alex for a while back then and intended on turning him. Even though Maggie was an accident, it still turned out for the best. They turned out to be two of our most loyal followers."
"I know it's just the way they came in. They didn't have the choice that we had."
"Don't worry about it, it was 400 years ago, and the way he acts, he loves it, as for Maggie, I can sometimes see it in her eyes, she just chooses to stay with us because of her brother. "
Brady smiled and got up and left the room back to the dance floor.
Back at Justin's house.
"Are you coming flirt?" Chris asked, as he was about to leave the guestroom.
"No I'm going to stay here with her."
"Ok, just be careful."
"You know me."
"Like I said, be careful." Chris said with a smile as he entered the dark hallway.
He slowly walked down the hall to Justin's room when he thought how fun it would be to scare the fuck out of Lance and JC. He slowly walked up to the door to JC's room and turned invisible, and then teleported inside. He lightly looked around the dimly lit room. The light was coming from the bathroom and it was fairly bright. He looked to the bed where he expected to see JC and Lance sleeping. They weren't. Chris' eyes grew in shock as he watched. JC was on top of Lance lightly kissing him. They were both in their boxers and JC hands were sliding down Lance's chest and into his boxers. As JC's hand moved into Lance's boxers Lance moved slightly in pleasure. JC started to pull down Lances boxers when a knock came on the door.
"Damn it!" JC said as he jumped off the bed and ran to the door. Chris tried to get out of the way but JC ran into him. Chris flew back up against the door with a slam.
"JC!" Justin said from the hall as he tried to force the door open, which Chris' invisible body blocking.
"Chris?!?" JC said.
Lance quickly sat up in bed and looked around the room.
"Josh, man open the door!" Justin said getting louder.
Chris still invisible moved out of the way. Justin and Joey came charging in. Justin's hands were glowing, and Joey's eyes were red.
"What's going on I heard a loud slam, and the........." Joey said as he looked at Lance on the bed and JC standing there.
"Chris?!?" JC said again.
Chris slowly became visible.
"Yeah, I'm sorry, I was just going to play a j. joke.... I.. I didn't mean to." Chris said stuttering.
"Do what? What's going on?" Joey asked concerned, "What the hell.."
Justin froze Chris and Joey and said,
"What happened?"
"We were kissing and I guess Chris teleported in here and saw us." JC said.
"What are we gonna do?" Lance asked.
"I guess we gotta tell them."
"Yeah, don't worry, I got your backs!" Justin said.
"Unfreeze them."
"You sure? You wanna go over what you're gonna tell them first?"
"No, I'm just gonna tell them."
"Ok, if you say so." Justin said as he unfroze them.
"happened?" Joey continued not knowing that he was stopped.
"Well, guys. How can I say this?" JC began.
"JC and I, we're kinda in love." Lance said as he came up behind JC and grabbed his hand.
"What?" Joey and Chris said simultaneously.
"Yeah." JC said.
"For how long?" Joey asked.
"Well, I've felt this way for a long time now, but he only found out the other night."
"Yeah, and I've been hiding it from him since the Disney special. I've also hidden the fact that I'm... that I'm.. bi from all of you because.. I. I didn't want anything to change between us." Lance said.
"And when were you planning on telling us this?" Chris asked a little angry.
"I. I don't know, whenever the time was right."
"And what about you?" Joey asked JC.
"What? Well.. I've known that I was.. gay since we started touring in the US. It was just like.. all of a sudden, girls just didn't do it for me anymore. I didn't really act out on it that much, but... there were a few occasions. I didn't tell you cause.. I didn't want to mess anything up between us. Especially at that time."
"So much for trusting your friends!" Joey said a little more, angry this time.
"Did you know?" Chris asked Justin.
"Yeah.." Justin said hesitantly.
"And you didn't tell us?"
"It wasn't my place to say!"
"Besides, we told him not to say anything!" Lance said defending him.
"Look, whatever! We'll discuss this in the morning! Right now, I gotta go take care of Maggie!" Joey said leaving the room.
"Yeah, I'll go with you Joe." Chris said following him out the door.
They went back into the guestroom to find an empty bed.
"GUYS!!" Joey yelled.
Chris teleported into JC's room, grabbed a hold of them and teleported back to the guestroom.
"She's gone!" Joey said.
"The window's open, she must've gone out that way!" Justin said running over to the window.
"Do you see her?" JC asked.
"No!"
"Shit! If she tells them we know, we're fucked!"
"She won't tell them!" Joey said.
"And how do you know?!?" Lance said.
"I just do! She won't do it, she just won't!" Joey said now starting to cry.
"It's ok Joe, it'll be ok!" Chris said comforting him.
"I think we all need to get some sleep." Justin said.
"Yeah, Curly's right. We'll all talk in the morning." JC said.
"Come on Joe, we'll sleep in my room." Chris said as he and Joey teleported to his room.
"You can sleep with us tonight if you want to Just." Lance said.
"You sure? You won't mind?" Justin asked.
"No, come on, get your stuff." JC said as they walked out of the guestroom.
Justin and Lance slowly went into JC's bedroom. Justin laid his blanket down on the floor and his pillow. Then lay down on the floor. Lance lay down on the bed and looked around for JC.
"JC?" Lance said as he kept looking around.
Justin sat up from the floor.
"JC?" Justin said just as worried.
They then heard a car start up and drive off.
"JC you stupid fuck!" Justin said as he jumped up to the window and saw the Black Jeep speeding off.
TBC...
Where's JC going? Hmm... stay tuned! As usual questions, and comments should go to David at, Dtang2000@aol.com, and/or myself Rob at, Papito6187@aol.com.