*MUST READ: Blood, guts and bad language has given this fanfiction an R rating*
DISCLAIMER: The characters of Mummies Alive belong to DIC. Nyx Riven, Ahmed, and Nyx's friends are all are property of Nyx Riven, as are most of the minor chars in this fic. Marianne and Cameron Ellis, as well as Levar are property of Trynia Merin, used with her permission. This story is for vampire lovers so beware!
THE ANGEL of DEATH
By Nyx Riven
The boy stood over the grave. It said in clear marble "Angela Mary Lindenborg 1982-1997 May God have Mercy on us." The picture on the tombstone showed a smiling girl with her blond hair in two pigtails and her eyes blue as skies.
The boy shook his head, "Angie, Angie, Angie. Dammit, I told you a thousand frickin' times never to ride with drunks." He said as he placed a rose on her grave. He fought back tears. Why did his twin sister had to be so stupid? Andrew Matthew Lindenborg shrugged off the cold air about him and pulled his varsity jacket closer (The new one, with the insignia stating that HE was the captain of the football team and MVP of the Hockey team too). This air, it felt.... Cold. Not cold, honey-grab-your-coat-its-cold but.....Deathly cold. Stupid Steven King novels, thought Andy. It's nothing.
"Andrew" a voice called. Andy jumped out of his skin.
"Who's there?" He said, with more than a little fright in his voice.
"Your Angel of Death awaits." the voice said.
"WHO IS IT?" He screamed as a ghostly apparition appeared in black, "Your time has come, Andrew Lindenborg."
And with that, the thing bit into the jock's neck and left him on his sister's grave.
Ja-kal awoke to screaming. Lots of it. If he were alive, adrenaline would start pursing through his veins. He shoved the door to his sarcophagus open and ran down to where the screaming was coming from. The Magic Box room.
Nefer-Tina, Armon, and Nyx were watching "B*Witched; Live in L.A.!"
"So THAT'S were that screaming came from." Ja-Kal said.
Nefer-Tina rolled her eyes. "We are ONLY watching this because Armon likes that red-head!"
"NOT TRUE!" the warrior said. "I like the cute little blond."
"There aren't any blondes in B*witched, you dope! That's in the Spice Girls." Nefer-Tina complied.
"You two should stop bickering like jackals and watch something better."
"Oh yeah! Mr. Science is on!" exclaimed Armon.
Triple sighs from Nyx, Nef, and Ja-kal.
"Are you ready for school?" Ja-kal asked Nyx. She was already in her plaid uniform and her hair tied back in a braid.
"Yes, Ja-Kal."
"Good. Nefer-Tina, will you drive Nyx there."
"Anything to get away from Armon the lump."
"HEY!"
"C'Mon Nyx lets go."
As soon as Nyx stepped through the gothic doors of Our Lady of Mercy High
School, she knew something was wrong. Instead of the girls loud talking, everyone was huddled in groups, talking quietly. Something was up, Nyx knew. What if the found her secret identity? Oh NO! What would happen then? Don't panic, she hissed at herself inside. You're just going to scare yourself silly and hyperventilate again. Ugh. Shaking that thought from her head, she saw a familiar red-haired girl next to her locker.
"What's going on Katie?" she asked as she walked up. The girl's wide green eyes got larger.
"You didn't hear?"
"No, I just got here."
"Well, Andy Lindenborg, the captain of St Mark's football team, well he was visiting his sisters grave, then someone grabbed him, bit his neck, and left his body on his sisters grave!"
"Sweet Hathor, er I mean Jesus!" Nyx said, her eyes growing larger.
"Yeah,really. But what if that killer is still around?" Katie said.
Nyx gulped."Geez,this is so cool! Its like from Scream or Buffy the Vampire Slayer!"
"Katie how could you say something like that?!" Nyx said, shocked. "What if that killer is still stalking around?"
"Good point."
Suddenly a bell rang.
"OH CRUD! We're going to be late!" Katie yelped.
Nyx rolled her eyes. "I suppose we should hurry. Unless the killer wants to kill us in broad daylight."
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*Nyx. Come to me. The sinister voice tapped at the back of her skull.
2:15 on the dot in front of her school. It was almost time to leave. "Nyyyyyxxxx,my love. You must come."
Nyx shook her head harder as Nefer-Tina drove up.
"Nyx are you alright?"Nef said as Nyx sat in the backseat. Geez, that girl looked sick. Ready to throw up, in fact.
"Wha?-No, I-I'm fine. Really." But she was not. Ever since she came into the classroom someone, started calling her. A familiar, masculine voice. It sounded Egyptian. Someone she knew. And loved 3500 years ago.
I don't know who you are but GET OUT OF MY HEAD!! Nyx thought.
"Do not worry my love, I shall return." The voice said again.
Okay, now THAT line sounded incredibly familiar. When will it stop?
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Ahmed looked across the street at the Sphinx. It was very late at night, everyone would probably be asleep. That would be the sensible thing to do. But were most people sensible these days of war and scandal and White House Interns? No, not at all. Ahmed knew that Nyx was probably up, trying to think out her problems. He wasn't going to add to it, oh no. He was going to help her. Oh yes.
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"My love I shall return." Ahmed said as he gave his horse a kick, tearing his hand away from hers.
"Do come back to me." she said. Nyx bolted out of her dream. Why did this dream keep coming to her?
My love, I see you are awake. The voice said.
Nyx got up out of bed and got dressed, throwing on a white shirt, jeans, her
red overcoat, and sneakers. Tomorrow was a Saturday, no problem. She could stay out as late as she wanted. Just as long as Rath didn't catch her-
"Hey Nyx!"
"Aw, Ptah's whim!" muttered Nyx under her breath. Just her luck. Armon was up, no doubt looking for food.
"Have you seen a bag of potato chips?" Armon said. "I left them here just a minute ago!"
Nyx gritted her teeth, "I don't know Armon."
Armon looked at her curiously. "Hey, why are you all dressed up? It isn't day yet!"
"Perhaps I was going to the store to get more chips." she said, her voice drawling with sarcasm.
"Oh, can I go too?"Armon asked, his voice and eyes brightening. Maybe they could
also stop at Beefy Burger, he heard he burgers were now served with a secret sauce! But this wasn't in Nyx's plans. She thought up a diversion.
"Hey Armon, maybe Ja-Kal has some in his sarcophagus!"
Armon looked doubtful.
"Yes, they're Barbecue Flavored!"
"ALRIGHT!" he shouted as he ran for Ja-Kal's sarcophagus. Nyx breathed a sigh of relief and ran out the door.
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Nyx ran outside. Well, it SEEMED like the voice was coming from here. None the less, she felt frightened. And really cold. Just then it started raining. But not hard. Just a nice warm rain,somthing that usually happened in San Francisco. She sighed. It was still deathly cold. But then she remembered Andy Lindeborg and the killer. Best if she got back, before anyone missed her.
"And who would miss you, Nyx?" The sorceress jumped a mile high as the voice came from behind her. She spun around to look at where the voice came from. A tall figure in black stood before her. A rather FAMILIER figure.
"You-your the man who killed Andy Lindenborg!" Nyx exclaimed. "Yes....but...I....am...alos..one..you..love..and know.."
Nyx was speechless." What are you talking about?"
"You know who I am. But perhaps I should come into the light, yes?"
Nyx nodded. Into the street light came a tall figure, with Egyptian looking skin, yet more pale, with black hair in waves to his shoulders, and his black eyes glimmering. He was wearing leather pants, a leather jacket,and a Grey sweater. Nyx knew immediately who it was. Ahmed. Her love from over 3 millenniums!
"Ahmed....how could you have returned?" Nyx asked, her green eyes asking so many questions.
"My love,I am not the same man I was 3500 years ago."
"What magic brought you back?"
"The Magic of the Night." Nyx frowned. This could only mean one thing. "Ahmed"-
"Yes?"
"Y-you are a vampire now, right?" Slowly Ahmed's head bent down in a nod.
"Oh my Ra.." she said, her face going pale as she sat down on the ground.
"But all these centuries, my hunt has proven useful! For I have found you!"
Nyx shook her head. "As much as I want to stay with you forever, Ahmed, I-I can't." She said, her eyes filling up with tears.
The vampire was shocked! His eternal love, and yet she cannot love him? WHY??!
"Its not that I'm turning against you, its just that its time to move
on." Nyx said, her eyes spilling over. Then she shook her head, why did those words sound so familiar when she had never heard them?
"But Nyx..." Ahmed said, bringing her up to her feet and wiping her tears away with his strong hand. "We have found each other after 3500 years. You and I are together after more than 3,000 years. Does that mean nothing to you?" he asked. Nyx avoided his eyes.
"Very well then. I will leave you be. But keep in mind, you can become one with me." Backing into the woods, he vanished when Nyx ran to him.
"Ahmed....NO!!!" Nyx cried. She ran back to the Sphinx, hating herself for what she was.
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Earlier that night, Kelly Louis brushed her hair inside her warm room. Her short blond hair slightly bounced as she ran a wire brush through it. She looked at herself in her large bureau mirror. Her hair framed her pale face, with her full, pretty lips a natural rose color and her dark green eyes shining. Her face was lightly peppered with freckles, completely natural it looked. Her tall body with full hips, a small waist, long muscular legs from working out and her rather large breasts made the guys at the Brother school insane about her. The only thing she didn't really like about her appearance was the fact she had a bit of a jaw. But her friends at her school, Our Lady of Mercy, always told her it made her look like a famous person, like Jewel or Neve Campbell.
She liked that thought. Kelly Anne Louis, movie star. Well, right now she didn't really dress the part. She was just wearing some Old Navy boxers with a worn green shirt that said with white lettering "Our Lady of Mercy Fightin' Mustangs."
It showed a picture a running mustang too. How appropriate for a track star! Kelly smirked to herself. She would've been track team captain, if it weren't for that stupid bitch Zoë! Kelly frowned, her face blotched with anger. True, Zoë had beaten Kelly's time by a LOT in the past, but still, Kelly had been on the team longer, for Christ's sake! And that stupid idiot that DARED call himself her ex-boyfriend Andy Lindenborg, captain of the Football team, told her that he'd help get her to be the captain! But noooooo, those dumb-crud coaches had to IGNORE Andy and make Zoë the captain!
Kelly had a big argument with Andy. The fool had told her that it wasn't his fault, he had tried. Kelly knew he lied. So they broke up. Now that retard was dead.
"Good." Kelly thought out loud. "He and his dopey sister can rot in Hell for all I care."
"I wouldn't, for you are soon to join them."
Kelly dropped the brush on the floor and her already pale face went white.
"Wh-who said that?" Kelly asked.
The ghostly black apparition opened up her window. "Your Angel of Death awaits, Kelly."
"Get away!" she hissed at her window. The window opened, and the ghost walked in and turned off the lights. Kelly screamed and searched for her matches. Before she could do anything else, the thing bit her on her neck and left her on the floor, drained of her blood.
"Where's all that screaming for?" Her mother said as she walked into Kelly's room and turned on the lights. Right then and there she wished she hadn't. "SWEET JESUS AND MARY!!!!" The woman screamed. There, her daughter lay in a pool of blood with two teeth marks on her slender neck.
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Ja-Kal awoke to pounding on his sarcophagus. A huge face appeared as he opened the door.
"Alright Ja-Kal...where's the chips?"
"Oh great. Armon."
By Horus, did he ever stop in his quest for food? Ja-Kal wondered as he got out of his sarcophagi.
"Ja-Kal, Nyx told me that you had the chips and I'm hungry."
"Armon, I DON'T have any food in my sarcophagus! Why would I?"
"Well, if you were hungry."
Ja-kal sighed. 3500 years and his friend wasn't any smarter. "Go back to bed, Armon."
"But I'm huuunnnngry."
"Armon, shut up." Nefer-Tina said as she yanked open her sarcophagus to glare at the warrior. "I'm trying to get to sleep."
"So am I." Now a third voice, which was high with a light accent, said from his sarcophagus.
"Rath, Ja-Kal, Nef-I"-
"Just be quiet and try to rest." Rath snorted.
"But I'm still hungry."
"Honestly, can't you wait until morning?"
"Oh, alright Ja-Kal, whatever you say." Armon said as he got into his sarcophagus.
As soon as Armon shut his sarcophagus, Nyx bolted across the room to her den. As soon as she shut the door, she fell onto her cot, her face awash with tears.
"Oh, Ra, what is wrong with me?" Nyx cried to the darkness. "Nobody loves me, and when someone does, I spit in their face! What is wrong with me? What? What?" Nyx continued to cry her lonesome heart out on her cot, wishing she could be dead too.
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"Nyx! Good morning! Have you slept well?" Nefer-Tina's perky voice chirped at Nyx's door. A headache the size of Egypt tapped at the base of Nyx's head, which buzzed as if she was drunk. Then the priestess remembered Ahmed and what happened last night.
"Well... maybe it was all a dream, yes, that's it, a dream! Then why would she be wearing her clothes? She just realized. Oh, boy, I am in for it. Nyx thought as she left her room.
"Good morning, Nyx." Ja-Kal said as she stumbled into the room.
"By Horus, what happened to you last night?" He asked her.
Nyx replied "Um, nothing. I was uh,sleepwalking. Yeah, I was sleepwalking."
Ja-Kal raised an eyebrow and left the room.
"Rath, do you know what Nyx was doing last night?" he said as he entered Rath's laboratory.
Rath looked up from his piles of scrolls, "I certainly hope she hasn't tried that Satanist club she was talking about joining. Imagine, dancing around naked in the middle of the woods, impossible, and just SO disgraceful"
-"Rath, that was the Wiccan Society, and YOU tried to join it after seeing Charmed."
"WHAT?!" Rath yelped as he scattered his scrolls on accident.
Ja-Kal smirked, "Just kidding, my friend."
"Well I don't think it is very funny at all!" Rath said as he gathered up
his scrolls and left.
Ja-Kal slumped on a chair and sighed, "Everyone here is as cranky as a Nile crocodile lately."
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"Nyx, what where you doing last night?" Rath said as he entered the living room.
Nyx looked up, trying to look innocent, "Um,sleeping."
"Are you sure?" Nyx looked up, hoping he wasn't getting suspicious.
"No, of course not what would make you think that?" Rath shrugged.
"Perhaps a little bird told me"-
"HEY NYX!" A female British voice proclaimed.
"Marianne!" Nyx exclaimed as she ran over to the scientist, who looked incredibly flustered. "Rath, Nefer-Tina, turn on to Channel 3 on
the Magic Box!"
"Why?" Nefer-Tina asked as Rath changed the channel. A gray-haired reporter stood in front of a fancy Victorian house that was smothered with reporters, police officers, and POLICE LINE/DO NOT CROSS tape. The reporter said "And now, the second high school student found dead this week, young Kelly Louis of Our Lady of Mercy High school"-
Multiple gasps around the room-
"Was found in her bedroom at 10:04 last night, with two bite marks on her neck, the exact same style as Andrew Lindenborg of St Mark's High School. How can two same murders happen in the same neighborhood of our fair city? We go now live to Our Lady Of Mercy High School, with Ms. Megan Kennedy, the Principal of the school"-
The camera shot then to the school grounds, were the normally together and strict looking Ms. Kennedy was incredibly flustered, "I am sorry that two of our finest students had to be taken in such a manner, and we are in deep regret that they are no longer with us. To protect our students, we are canceling classes, but with a strict 9:00 PM curfew. All those breaking these rules will not be
tolerated."-
Rath snapped off the Magic Box and chewed his lower lip." This doesn't make any sense. First of all, why suspend classes? They are ruining educa"
"Rath, it's for the students safety."
Nefer-Tina interrupted. "What if the killer decides to come during the day?"
"Whoever heard of a VAMPIRE stalking teenagers during the day?" Rath said, giving Nyx a LOOK.
Nyx immediately responded "Father, it wasn't LeVarr! Trust me! Yes, he may kill homeless teens, but not preps, like Golden Boy and Malibu Barbie! It's not his style!"
"Nyx, Nyx calm down. I never said it WAS LeVarr"-
Nyx sighed-
"But I never said it WASN'T!"
"I'd better call him." Nyx said as she walked out the room.
"But I AM coming with you!" Rath said as he ran out the door.
Nefer-Tina sighed, "Those two are bound to get into another fight, aren't they?" Marianne also sighed, "Trust me; It's a British thing."
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Nyx slipped into the payphone outside of the Sphinx. And rung LeVarr's daytime phone number. She heard a young male voice, slightly tinted with a
French accent, respond "Yes?"
"Hello, LeVarr, its Nyx."
"NYX! Thank God it is you! For awhile I was terribly worried!" Nyx had rung the cord around her finger.
"Well, that killer at my school, do you know him or her or IT by any chance?" Nyx heard humming on the other end of the line, LeVarr must be thinking.
"Nyx, to be honest with you, I don't. You know for a fact that most of the vampires don't attack people in graveyards or their homes. For one, its not our
nature,two,well, don't you think it would be rather obvious if mortals were found drained of their blood?"
"True." Nyx saw Rath walk out of the Sphinx, looking rather mad.
"LeVarr I'll call you later." Nyx hung up the phone as the scribe came up to his daughter.
"Well, what did he say?"
"He says he loves me, he wants to elope with me"-
"BESIDES THAT!!"
"Father,calm down. As said before, LeVarr will kill teens, but NEVER in public. It's too open, and could lead the public to believe in vampires, which is
NOT in his plan!"
Rath fingered his chin."Well,then, who could it"-
"NADINE!!"
Nyx heard three girls voices pipe up with her school name. Sure enough, her friends Lola Montaguez, Zoë Stevenson, and Katie were running at her. Except they were all out of their school uniforms and wearing street clothes. Rath seemed strangely miffed by the appearance of three young attractive girls."Hey, did you hear about the murders?" Lola asked.
Zoë yanked on her hair."Well,DUH! you ditz! They've been on the news like, the entire day!"
Katie rolled her eyes, "Anyway, Nadine, tonight, we're having a party at Lola's house, its on 78th and Birmingham, and its at like, around 8:35 or something
like that?"
"But what about that curfew?" Now Rath spoke.
"Hey, are you like, her older brother or something?" Lola said."Cuz' your kinda cute..."She said as she winked at Rath.
"LOLA YOU HOOCHIE!!" Zoë smacked Lola playfully at the back of the head. Rath
rolled his eyes.
"So can you come?"Katie asked Nyx.
"I think I can" Nyx said as she yanked Rath out of sight.
"Father, please can I go?"
"Nyx, the murders! Have you lost your mind?"
"What if you and the rest of the guardians came? And Cameron and Marianne? I don't know how wild its going to get, but I don't think it'll be that bad! Pleeeeeease?"
Rath couldn't resist his daughter's goo-goo eyes."Welllll, alright."
"HEY!Lola,Katie,Zoe! I can go!"
Katie's face erupted into a smile."Oh great Nadine!"
"Hey are you going to bring that Jack guy from the dance?"Lola asked. Nyx looked at the sky.
"ummmmm,I'll see."
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"A PARTY?That late at night?"
"Yes Ja-Kal it sounds crazy but"-Rath glared at his offspring from the other end of the table. "Nyx INSISTED that we go."
"Father, its not what your making it sound like! Its a high school party, all my friends are going to be there, and it'll be fun!"
"YEAh,Rath,lighten up!"Nefer-Tina said."Its about time we go to another party,I'm BORED!"
"Will there be food?"asked Armon.Nyx nodded.
"From what I've heard."
"Ja-Kal, what is wrong with just a little party?" Nefer-Tina interrupted. Ja-Kal sighed. "Very well. I shall go, and you too, Nefer-Tina"-
"PUL-LEESE CAN i COME?" asked Armon with hope in his brown eyes. Ja-Kal sighed. "Very well."
"I'll be right back." said Nyx as she looked outside. The sun was setting. If she wanted to go see LeVarr. "I'll be right back!" Nyx shouted as she left
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Ahmed watched Nyx leave the Sphinx as he quickly read through the sorceress' mind. Ahhhhh, yet another party? The vampire thought. He watched he climb into a bus and disappear. She was going to see.....LeVarr?
Ahmed rubbed his chin. The silly blond boy who wanted the Dark Gift? And he, the man who gave it to him?
The foolish vampire will not live to see another moon, thought Ahmed as he vanished into the darkness.
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"So you have no idea who is causing the murders?" Nyx asked LeVarr as she sat on his coffin turned-bed.
Although he was a vampire, LeVarr had been adopted by a rich family, and was in their mansion right now, instead of being at his club. He dropped his typical gothic clothes for a wine colored button down shirt, black slacks, and gray Vans, with his flaxen hair pulled back into a ponytail. Nyx had changed her clothes from her white shirt and jeans to a black sleeveless turtleneck and black jeans. With their clothes on, you could never guess that they were a 500-year-old vampire and a damned sorceress.
LeVarr pulled a straying lock away from his pale face and said "Nyx, you know both me and my community. we would never kill humans in that fashion! Really?!? Out in the open? With people able to see the bodies! The skeptics would be right! And vampires would be hunted like animals! What kind of idiot would do that sort of thing?"
Nyx shook her head, "LeVarr, i don't know. Maybe someone is trying to frame you. that is a possibility. But that is not the real reason why I came here." LeVarr stopped listening for a minute to scan Nyx's mind. Oh dear. A love from Egypt had come back! A man named Ah...something. Ahked? Akhmet? No...Ahmed. Ahmed. The same Ahmed that had given him the dark gift? YES. Oh no!!!
"LeVarr, is there something wrong? You look pale. well, you're always pale but now"-
"Nyx, you wouldn't happen,um,to,um,havealovenamedAhmedcomebacktoyoulately?"
LeVarr freaked at the last line, but it was too late.
Nyx's eyes had gone wide."Ahmed? you know him?"
LeVarr scratched the back of his slender neck."well...yes. He was,my creator and mentor. And he was also your fiancee` 3500 years ago."
"Yes,yes that is true. But, he is your creator! So you cannot kill him?"
"Sadly enough, that is true. But I cannot let him take you!"
Nyx was puzzled."Why?"
"Because I love you too much." LeVarr looked at her with his amazing blue eyes. and kissed her long. When they finished, Nyx finally said.
"LeVarr, is should mention, there is a party soon at one of my friends house. Can you come?"
"And hang out with mortals?"LeVarr said disgusted. Nyx looked down.
And LeVarr's face broke out into a smile."I wouldn't miss it!!!"
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8:00-Joe sat in the police car in front of 78th and Birmingham, looking through a "Skeptic's Weekly" magazine. Bob came back with a huge case of Dunkin' Donuts and two coffees. "Joe, I'm telling ya, stop looking for those Mummies!"
"Bob,I'm not looking for mummies anymore, I'm looking for vampires!!"
Bob rolled his eyes. "First its mummies,then its vampires, what's next? Barbara Striesand?"
"That's not funny, Bob. Two innocent kids were killed last week, and all evidence points that it was indeed a vampire! Oh, if only something strange like that would happen to me." Joe stopped reading, a dreamy look came over his eyes.
"well, you met an alien last year from what? Mars?"
"Lumat. He was from Lumat. and I don't see why we have to sit here and watch teenagers drink beer and make out?"
"Because the creature will strike here next!" Bob said, flailing his arms.
"Oh please. Wait, there's something coming up now!" It was a figure in a dark cape. and it had blood dripping down its shirt!! The figure screamed, then jumped on the hood of the car and howled at the top of its lungs.
"IT'S A VAMPIRE!!IT'S A VAMPIRE!!" Joe screamed as he ducked under the dashboard.
"Its...its..."Bob was speechless.
"A high school kid!" The creature said as it jumped down and revealed a short teen girl with flaming curly hair. On the porch were a bunch of other girls, laughing their heads off. Katie MacDonald smiled as she threw off her disguise.
An embarrassed Joe peeked out from under the dashboard. "The Katie Mac one, Blue boys 0!!!"
"Hey! Hey!" Bob said as Katie started jumping on the windshield."You are interrupting our job! That is a criminal offense!"
"Of what, disrupting your donut decathlon!"
"You should respect your superiors, young lady!"
"oh bite me, fatty!"
"That's it! Your gonna get it!"Bob hollered as he chased Katie around the yard!
"YEAH! Go Katie!" yelled Zoë as the rest of the kids on the porch cheered the redhead on.
Lola laughed as she popped open another beer,"Where's Nadine? she said she was coming?"
"I think that's her now." said Jason, Lola's "catch of the day" as he snuggled next to her.
A group of people, three bandaged, two alive, were walking up the road. It was Nefer-Tina, Armon, Nyx, Cameron Ellis, and Ja-Kal. Nyx was on the lookout for LeVarr, who said he'd pop up any minute once she got inside the house.
"Hey Nadine!" Katie shouted as Bob came huffing and puffing up the drive. Ja-Kal grimaced as he saw the two familiar policemen outside the house, remembering his past encounters with the blue kind.
"Hello, Katie, I thought everyone was going to be inside!"
"Well, we ARE, we're just waiting for Jean to come."
"Jean who?"Nefer-Tina asked, arm-in-arm with Cameron.
"jean LeVarr. Yeah that's it! He called earlier and said he was coming!"
"LeVarr?"Ja-Kal asked, raising his eyebrows at Nyx. "He's not like, a vampire or
something,uh, your's names Jack right?" Katie said as Ja-Kal made a face.
"He's really nice, although he's kinda pale, but I guess that's cuz' he's from France or something."
"C'Mon in!" shouted Lola from the porch.
"James just turned on "Friday the Thirteenth! we gotta watch it!"
"Best if we go in, SOON." said Ja-Kal, with a wily look at Joe and Bob.
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Ahhhh....the sweet smell of youthful blood, thought Ahmed as he walked slowly up to the house. Tonight, it was the night he would regain his true love and kill the immortal that dared call himself a vampire. It would be the night of revenge, the night eternal.
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"What was that?"The blond girl said as she walked into the empty cabin."NO!!!DON'T GO INTO THE HOUSE!!!!" screamed Jason on his 3rd beer. He was sitting in Lola's living room, surrounded with all the popular kids from the high schools. And a few nonliving people.
"Um, which movie on the magic box is this?" whispered Nefer-Tina to Cameron.
"Um I believe this one is Friday the Thirteenth #2 or 3 or 4."
"Cam, how many beers have you had."
"Why, none at all, my lovely pile of fish."
"Lovely pile of fish? Cameron, why don't you go outside for awhile?"
"Why not? I'll go shoot us a deer and you can skin it alive with your teeth."
"Ja-Kal, can you take Cameron outside? Ja-Kal?" The hunter was watching a bunch of kids stuff marshmallows in their mouths. They called it "fluffy bunny".
"Sssshhhh, Nefer-Tina, I am watching them doing a procedure of initiation called "Fluffy Bunny". Its
quite fascinating, actually"-
"Oh please, you sound like Rath. speaking of which, where is he?"-
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"Marianne, I am SUPPOSED to be watching the young prince!"
"Well, Rath, as the father of a teenage girl who is going out with a vampire, YOU should be watching HER!" Marianne argued as she drove Rath to Lola's house. Seeing the police car out front, Marianne immediately panicked. "Ohmygod Rath, do you think some one might have been killed?" Marianne said in a worried tone as she looked at the scribe.
Rath bit his lip."Oh I hope not...Well, then where's the body?" He said as he got out of the car. "Perhaps they are just watching the kids inside." said Marianne with a huge wash of relief over her body.
"Excuse me, sir"- A tall pale boy with a thick French accent said to Rath.
"Is this the Montaguez house?"
"I am assuming so. You may enter if you please." Rath said coldly without even looking at the boy.
"Merci." He nodded at the scribe and entered the house. "Um, Rath, do you know who that was?"
"A Jean-Claude Van Damme wannabe?" Marianne smirked. "Maybe it was a certain vampire who is after your daughter"-
"WHAT?!OH HOW COULD I HAVE BEEN SO FOOLISH!!!!"Rath said as he slapped his forehead. "But what about the young prince? Doesn't he need protection?"
"THE YOUNG PRINCE IS NOT IN DANGER OF A VAMPIRE!!!!HURRY!!WE MUST GO GET NYX!!!!!!!!!!"Rath ran inside the house.
"What was that all about?" asked Bob.
"He probably forgot his scary movie, I wish I did." said Joe sadly.
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Nyx looked around the living room, bored-as-hell, watching Ja-Kal yank a severely drunk Cameron outside. She sighed.
"C'MON JAMIE TAKE OFF YOUR SHIRT!!!" Jason and the rest of the boys yelled as they watched one of the Halloween movies.
She sighed, "I wish....oh I wish..."
"Bored, Nyx?"Nefer-Tina asked as she sat down on the couch next to the teenager.
"Yes, Nef, I am. I thought this would be fun, but I well, I cannot say it but"-
"You miss LeVarr."Nefer-Tina smiled.
"Well,yes,but how did you know?"Nyx asked, rather perplexed.
"Well, you really love him, enough to run away with him, as you did a time ago. I'm going outside to see how Cameron's doing."Nefer-Tina said as she got up.
"Hey, Lola, can you get some more beers?" Jason said as Lola also got off the couch."ah, alright." she said as she went off to the basement.
Nyx sighed as her friends left her. "Bored,Nyx?"
"Nefe-tina I-LeVarr!" Nyx said as she saw who was behind her. LeVarr was wearing his
mortal blue shirt, jeans and sneakers. He walked into the other room with Nyx."Oh LeVarr, I missed you." she
said as they sat down.
"I missed you too Nyx." the couple moved together for a deep kiss-
"DON'T TOUCH HER!!!"something said behind them. The something had a very familiar high-British voice. Rath popped out from behind the couch.
"FATHER?!?!?"Nyx cried in shock.
"Rath?"LeVarr said in surprise. Rath glared at both of them.
"Nyx, I told you never to see this man again!"
Nyx stood up to her father."Do you actually THINK I would listen to you?!"
"Please, the both of you, will you stop?" LeVarr said as he also stood up to Rath. "Listen, Rath, you know for a fact now that I would NEVER harm Nyx"-
"And why should I believe a vampire's words?"sneered Rath."Because the Angel of Death will strike again tonight."
"THE ANGEL OF DEATH?" Nyx gasped.
LeVarr looked into Rath's green eyes, locking his own pale blue into bright green."The murderer of Kelly and Andy. As you would know him......Ahmed."
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"Damn lowest stair!"Lola cursed as she walked into the basement-joining garage. She walked over to the fridgedaire were her family kept all the beer and wine coolers. this was one hellovaparty...she thought. Except for that one British guy puking in her backyard and the Ja-Kal person who was with him. Lola emptied out the tank with about 7 beers in her arms, then she heard a voice.
"Lourdes.....Lourdes Montaguez....."
"Ewwww, my real name!! Jason, is that you?" Lola wrinkled her nose at the corner were the voice was coming from.
"Lourdes...your Angel of Death awaits...." The black figure stepped out of the shadows. Shrouded in black rags, and quite tall, he was a frightening figure.
"Oh great, is this your type of a joke, Jason?" the figure shook its head. "Oh, is it you, Chris? Nathan?"The figure shook its head at those names."Or...do you want to play Slasher Movie, and, let me guess, your the scary villain, and I'm supposed to be the big-breasted girl who your trying to kill." the figure nodded and Lola laughed. "Okay then" Lola put on a demure looking face."Oh,PUH-LEESE, mister guy-with-the-scary-mask-on, don't kill me!!I want to be in the sequel with Brandy!!"the figure shook his head."Chris, get outta here, I already told you, I'm going out with Jason now!"
The figure took off his hood, and revealed a handsome Arabian man with very cold black eyes."Ohhhh, now, I COULD forget Jason now"-
"Forget everyone, Your Angel of Death awaits."
"What the HELL"-
"So these may be your dying words." Ahmed yanked Lola close to his body and drank her warm blood."The Angel is upon you; you shall forget all of those who stand in His Path." he said as he left her body on the floor and went into the house.
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"HEY GUYS! LETS GO OVER TO MY HOUSE!"Chris shouted as they watched the second Halloween movie. "I just remembered about my Scream movies!"
"So does everyone else, Chris!" Zoë said with a laugh. The house soon emptied out. But you could clearly hear an argument in one of the adjoining rooms...."FATHER IT IS NOT RIGHT
TO SPY ON YOUR DAUGHTER!!!!!!"
"YOU ARE MY DAUGHTER AND I HAVE THE RIGHT TO WORRY ABOUT YOU!!!!"
"WILL THE TWO OF YOU CALM DOWN?!RATH I WASN'T GOING TO KILL YOUR DAUGHTER!!!!!"
LeVarr, Rath, and Nyx were in the discussion of a heated argument.
"We have more important things to worry about." LeVarr said.
"Like Ahmed, for instance, "Nyx included.
Rath gritted his teeth, "For the LAST TIME, who is Ahmed?"-
"Your Angel of Death." A deep voice said from outside the room. If Rath had any blood left in him, it would have ran cold. The black figure moved silently into the room.
"LeVarr, Nyx, so we meet again....." the figure ripped off his hood, revealing a man with pale Arabian skin, a square jaw, and evil black eyes.
"Ahmed, how could you?"Nyx cried.
"Who are you?" Rath asked, more puzzled then frightened.
"Hasn't your daughter told you ANYTHING?"Ahmed smirked. "I was her lover 3500 years ago. Then she was taken away from me, and I became one of the night. Then this vampire-he nodded at LeVarr-Who was my disciple, became her Beloved. I cannot let anything stand in my path, not even you, Scribe."
"I guess this is what they would call "stuck between a rock and a hard place"" Nyx snorted.
"You, who claims to be Nyx's lover, say that you would kill all that she holds dear, just to have her," LeVarr said.
"Hold my daughter down, and kill that she hold dear? i think not!!"Rath yelled."WITH THE STRENGTH OF-AHHHHH!!!" He said as Ahmed glanced at him, using his mind strength to throw him across the room.
"ARMON!!JA-KAL!!NEFER-TIN"-
"They won't hear you or help you." Ahmed snorted to Nyx.
"Why?"
"This is why."Ahmed opened a closet door, revealing Ja-Kal, Cameron, and Nefer-Tina, bound and gagged.
"But wait...."LeVarr said."If that's Ja-Kal and Nefer-Tina, where is"-
"ARMON!!!!WITH THE STRENGTH OF RA!!!!"A loud voice said behind Ahmed.
"YOU?!?!" Ahmed screamed as Armon's figure glanced up from behind Ahmed. "Your Angel has come early!!!!"Ahmed yanked out a gun and aimed it at Armon.
"No!!!"Nyx shoved Ahmed, but this bullet had gotten Armon in his good arm. he screamed and then fainted. LeVarr jumped onto Ahmed, but the other vampire was quicker. He grabbed a knife and stuck it into LeVarr's neck, spraying them all with blood. Nyx watched in absolute horror.
"LEVARR!!!' She screamed.
Ahmed gave her an evil smile." So, Nyx, here are your objectives: Your fellow guardians are either severely injured or unconscious. LeVarr is dying, and you are forsaken. Join me in the Night."
Nyx shook her head."Never. I-you-you are NOT the Ahmed I once knew!!"
Ahmed gave a shocked look. Nyx continued. "You say you love me, but all I can see about you is that you want me, as your whore. I'd rather be a Damned guardian then your trollop."
Ahmed's shocked face turned into an ugly sneer, "I am the Prince of Darkness, and you will come with me!"
"I would rather die a thousand deaths!"
Unknown to the fighting couple, LeVarr had yanked the knife out of his neck. Being a vampire, his wound quickly healed, were as a human that would have killed him. Armon may have looked unconscious, but he quietly went up to LeVarr and asked "May I use that knife?"
"YOU WILL COME WITH ME IN THE NIGHT!!!!"Ahmed yelled at Nyx.
"I would never be your whore!!!!" she shot back.
"Then prepare to meet you Angel"-
"Well, the Angel has fallen!!"Armon shouted as he chucked the knife into the vampire's back, cutting his spine. Ahmed gasped, then threw up blood onto the floor, before falling on his face.
Nyx went over to help her unconscious father up.
"Father?"she asked puzzled. LeVarr went over to see if the scribe was still "alive".
"Nyx, I-I think he is, well"-
"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!!!" Joe, Bob, Marianne, and a huge SWAT team arrived into the house.
"What in the HELL is goin' on here?" Bob said, looking over three people bound and gagged, a bandaged man with a gunshot in his arm, two teens helping another wrapped man up, and a guy wearing black stabbed in the back. The entire room was sprayed with blood.
"RATH!!" Marianne said as she ran over to Nyx and LeVarr.
"Uhhhhh, what in the name of Osiris is going on?" the perplexed scribe asked as he rubbed his head. he walked out of the room to see how Armon was doing. Marianne sighed with relief, and then went over to help her brother and the rest of the mummies got unbound.
"That was quite a bloody good show!" Cameron announced as he got unbound.
His sister sighed, "Only YOU would think this is fun!"
"My Ra, and I thought Scarab was f*cked up!!" Nefer-Tina exclaimed.
"Armon, are you alright?" Ja-Kal asked the warrior, who was being treated for his arm.
He nodded,"Yeah, well, I've had worse, ya know."
"Wow! I can't believe it! I finally saw a vampire!!" Joe danced around outside.
"Um, what vampire?" Bob said. He was right. The stabbed man in black had mysteriously vanished.
Nyx gasped."So he ISN'T dead?"
"A vampire can never truly die." LeVarr said."But I think he will never rest until he has you, Nyx."
She sighed for the last time that night and then walked outside to the waiting Hot-Ra.
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A few minutes later, Nefer-Tina pulled the Hot-Ra up to the Sphinx. Ja-Kal and the rest of the mummies got out, but Nyx and Rath stayed in. So did Armon.
"I think i left my potato chips in here!" he said, rummaging around the back seat.
"Um, Armon, do you MIND?" Rath said to the Warrior.
"well, I-" He got two dirty looks from the scribe and his daughter. "Oh, well." He went inside the other room.
Nyx turned to Rath."Well, young lady, I cannot help but say I am DISGUSTED with your dating habits! Really!? Two
vampires?"
"Well, father, when i was going out with one he wasn't a vampire, but LeVarr"-
"Speaking of which, young lady, I have a word with you about LeVarr. You know I forbade you to ever see him again"-Nyx bit her lip and looked ready to cry-
"But you have proven to me that even a 3500 year old mummy must at least once eat his words." he grinned.
"So what are you saying?" Nyx asked, confused. Rath rubbed the back of neck as he forced himself to say the words he was rather reluctant to say.
"Well, he did, um, well, this is kind of hard to explain"-
"He rescued us and you just don't want to admit it?"
"Well....yes, i suppose," Rath smiled sheepishly.
Nyx smirked, "Father, admit it, your jealous of LeVarr"-
"WHAT?"Rath squawked.
"Yes! He gives me loads of attention, and who knows if I love him more than you?"
"I most certainly do not believe that! Well, okay, I shall admit it. I was afraid of losing you when we went into the past to find him, and you ran away, and, alright, you spend more time with him than you do with me, but I guess, well, that's alright, in a way...."
"Oh Father, you are so mean to yourself! True, LeVarr is my lover, but you are my father! As you so eloquently put it, 'One can never leave their past behind'!"
Rath shook his head."If there's one thing worse than being smart, it is having a smart daughter!"
"Oh father." Nyx wrinkled her nose and Rath laughed out loud.
"Let's go inside, you have school on Monday!"
"Oh Ra forsake me!" Nyx said, slapping her forehead as they walked into the Sphinx.
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The Angel still walks, searching for his love. Ahmed will return, with all the fury of Hell...