After my argument with Jay I turn and walk away. Who is she to tell me what I can and can't do. Our mother died long ago and Jay has no right to take over her responsibilities. As I walk by the wagon an arm reaches out and catches me around the waist. The next thing I know I being held up to a man’s chest. At first I’m scared but then I realize its just Ken and relax.
“Are you alright? You and your sister were arguing pretty loudly.”
"Did you hear?”
"No, but I could guess most of it."
"Oh. Well I don’t believe anything she says so you don’t have to worry about me leaving you.” I say as I look up at him since he is like 50 centimeters taller than me.
"I’d never worry about that," he says as he kisses me. When we break apart he asks.
"We are going to be heading into the cave soon. Do you want to go into my wagon for a little drink?
"Technically I’m still underage but sure." I tell him as I give him a quick peck on the lips. We head into his wagon where he doesn’t bother to hide his desire for me anymore. He kisses me as he pulls me over to the cot. He pushes me down onto the bed and begins to lift my skirt. But before we get farther than that I tell him to stop.
"We shouldn’t do this now we are going in the cave now and we’ll be there soon. He sighs but pulls away.
"How about that drink then?"
"Thanks."
"Here." He hands me the now full mug. I take a sip.
"Eww! It tastes terrible."
"Yeah that's how its supposed to taste, you drink it all at once." I drink the whole thing ignoring the desire to gag at the taste.
"That was horrid and I will never understand how people love that stuff" I tell Ken. He wraps his arms around me. That is the last thing I remember before I wake up in Jay’s arms lying on the cold ground instead of Ken’s while lying on the cot. I’m so confused and I don't know why I say half the things I yell at Jay as I get up but I do. I'll probably go crawling back to her in a little while when I've calmed down and apologize for what I said and she would forgive me and we would be fine again. Then I hear the screams from farther up the cave. And I decide to, at least, apologize to Jay now before we are executed for the murder of Ken.
*Cough.*
"Jay, I'm so sorry I don't know what I was saying..." I say as I turn. Instead of it being just her there is a man behind her with half his body in the wall. I look at Jay, the man's hand is sticking out of her chest. I scream just a plain wail of grief because no human could survive that. Jay has line of blood flowing from her mouth mixing with the tears flowing from her eyes. I can feel the tears burning in my eyes as all I can do is watch as the red eyed man bites her neck and starts to drink her blood. Only when her head falls back and the man's arms wrap around her and drag her back into the wall can I move. I fling myself and the wall and punch, kick and claw at it till my fists bleed and my nails are stubs. Warm arms wrap around me and pull me away from the wall that is now smeared in my blood. I hear someone talking to me in the distance but I don't understand what they are saying. Then someone put their hand over my eyes and blackness comes rushing in.
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