Part 16 (1/2)

”I don't believe you.”

Jasper pulled out a blade that was tucked in his boot and held it against the minions' throat.

”I don't know! I swear I don't know. Please don't kill me. I didn't do anything!”

”You didn't do anything? So I look like modern day water fountains for fun? Or how about keeping my other brother and his girl chained up for weeks, torturing them? Was that nothing?”

”What? No, we didn't keep anyone chained up. They weren't real. Alexander said that they were new robotic experiments with synthetic emotions for scientific purposes. That's why they couldn't die and didn't need to be fed.”

Everyone exchanged looks with each other. They just killed dozens of men who had no idea that what they were doing was inhumane. I wanted to feel guilty about all the lives that were taken, but after everything I went through I really couldn't give a s.h.i.+t about what happened to them all.

”Well that's just f.u.c.king beautiful! Calliope took off, took Alexander with her and left all their loose ends behind for us to slaughter; looks like we're doing Calliope's dirty work, again!” Daniel hissed in frustration.

”Bring him with us. Tobias can wipe his memory once he's healed.” Tristan said, and then pulled me to my feet again.

”I got it.”

We all looked at Jonathan, who had taken the minion from Jaspers hands and made eye contact with him. Almost instantly it was like he was in a trance.

”You were working on ground breaking research at a plantation, but there was an explosion and everything was lost. You're employers killed the project and you were fired. No one knows about Tobias, or Willow, and if anyone asks, you don't remember the detail of the project.”

He released the minion and walked away like nothing happened. Colton turned around and sent fire ball after fire ball at the facility we came out of. After a minute the former minion looked at all of us, completely horrified.

”What the h.e.l.l happened?”

”What do you remember?” Tristan asked.

”We were working and... I don't know. There was an explosion and then I was here.”

”You pa.s.sed out. We were in the area and saw the explosion; so, my idiot brother here thought it would be a good idea to run in and play hero. He saved your life.”

Tristan indicated me when he spoke. I looked the worst out of everyone here and I even had the burn marks to pull it off. The minion thanked me about a dozen times while crying. He was horrified by the sight of burnt and mutilated bodies on the ground, but didn't ask any more questions; instead he took off down the road.

Tristan and Jasper dragged me over to a truck and threw me onto the flat bed in the back. It hurt, but the cold air felt amazing.

Tobias and Jasper jumped in the front of the truck and the rest of them piled into the back with me. Was this really happening? After all this time being tortured, was I finally free? It all seemed like a fleeting memory as I watched the trees pa.s.s above us.

It felt too easy; this had to be a dream. I closed my eyes and waited for the water to come. I don't know how much time pa.s.sed, but it wasn't long enough before my brothers pulled up in front of the house. I wasn't ready to face Willow yet. Not after everything that had happened.

”Time to get up uncle T.” Jonathan said while he and Daniel picked me up. I tried to open my eyes, but I was way too exhausted.

”Tobias?”

Colton actually sounded concerned. I tried to open my eyes again, but it was no use. My body wasn't obeying me anymore.

”Tobias!”

Colton tried again, but got no reaction from me. The little s.h.i.+t even slapped me across the face. I wanted to reach over and punch him in the face, but not even my arms were listening to me. I wonder if this was what it felt like to be in a coma, you can hear everything and feel everything but, no matter how hard you try, you can't move or talk.

”He's gone too long without blood, his body is shutting down. We need to get him inside.”

Tristan came around to the back of the truck and helped carry me in. We didn't get far before Willow showed up.

”Oh my G.o.d, Tobias!”

My brothers put me down on the couch and Willow was at my side instantly. I felt her take my hand and it sent warmth through me. I tried to squeeze it to let her know that I was okay, but nothing happened.

”What is wrong with him, what happened? Tristan, what did you do? I told you to save him not kill him.”

”He's not dead, and I didn't do anything, so my b.a.l.l.s are off the menu. He just needs to feed.”

”So get him something to eat!”

The voice was a girl's voice, but I've never heard it before. Who the f.u.c.k was she?

”It's not that easy, he needs blood.”

”You don't keep bottles of it lying around?”

”I'm sorry; I must have missed the local advertis.e.m.e.nts on stores stocking blood. He doesn't drink blood from a bottle, he needs it from a person so unless you're volunteering-”

”I'll do it.” My cupcake growled at them all.

No. There was no way in h.e.l.l I was going to feed on Willow. I hadn't eaten in weeks; I knew there was no way I would be able to stop once I started.

”You can't Blueberry, he would probably kill you. I'll send Jasper into town to grab someone.”

”Are you guys kidding me? Willow, do you even hear what you are saying. He is going to kill whoever he feeds on, and you're ok with that?”

”He needs to eat, Jennica.”

”I understand that, but what I don't get is how my sister can justify taking someone's life.”

Willow's sister was here? So, that's who unfamiliar voice belonged to. I did miss a lot while I was out.

”She's right. We can't take someone's life just because Tobias needs to eat.”

The arguing continued back and forth. The guys were set on finding someone to sacrifice, but the girls kept trying to come up with another solution. I wanted to tell them all to shut the h.e.l.l up, but my mouth was completely useless.

”f.u.c.k this!” Willow growled.

She was clearly tired of being cut off and everyone ignoring her. I didn't hear what she was trying to say over everyone else's yelling. I thought she might have stormed out of the room, but I was dead wrong. Before I even knew what was happening, the metallic taste of blood filled my mouth.

It was the sweetest thing I had ever tasted and I couldn't get enough of it. The taste invaded every part of my body and before I knew it, my hands reached up and clasped Willows arm, holding it in place as the hunger inside of me continued to drink.

I could hear everyone else yelling, but I couldn't make out the words that were coming out of their mouths. I knew I was taking too much blood, but no matter how hard I tried to pull away, the hunger had complete control.