Trying Not To Get Killed (Open)

[troy]

Troy walked through the streets, as he always did, he was more of a night person. He slept through most of the day. Like a vampire. But Troy was far from being a vampire, he was still human even after all these years of living mostly on the street. He had a place to go, but that place was with a vampire, who he owed money to. And this said vampire would often use him as a late night snack. Massimo. An underground business owner. His dark denim pants hardly made any noise as he walked and his Trunk Public Enemy Scope Tee went nicely with them. Around his neck he wore a Cross Pendant Necklace. He knew it didn't make a difference to vampires but still, he felt better having it on. Plus he knew it kinda bothered Massimo, just like it bothered him that Troy called him Massimo instead of "Max".

Troy was always pushing his luck with him, and well everyone. Then there was the sad fact that he had the repetition of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Although so far his number wasn't up in London, which is why he was here and not back in New York with Massimo and his friend Shaden.

Now all he needed was something to do, this was his first night here and he wanted it to be fun. Maybe he should go meet some vampires. Ha ha yeah. That'd be great. Though he hoped the bite marks on his neck would be enough to have vampire's not try to bite and or kill him while he was here. That hope, however, was not very great.

[aubrey]

Aubrey stepped out of the shadows. "It's a little late for a stroll darling, don't you think?" It was hard to contain the anger from her voice. She was now a vampire all because Massimo 'the great' had hand delivered her to the poster boy of The Black Nail Coven.

This human reeked of Massimo. She wanted him. She wanted to hurt him. She was immortal now, not that fragile human. She could hurt him now. She popped her fingers in annoyance and gestured to his marks. "Would you like to tell me where I could find the gentleman who has so openly branded you?"

[troy]

Troy jumped back "Holy crap! Where did you come from?" But then he shut his mouth. She was a vampire. And she wanted... Massimo. Oh he would be so pissed with Troy if he were to give away where he lived. He took a step back, and shook his head slowly "What do you want with Massimo?" He asked, taking yet another step back away from her.

See, trouble never failed to find him no matter where he went. This was insane, yet he wondered why she wanted him. Or maybe she wanted to get to Shaden through Massimo? He had no clue, but he really didn't like how she was already angry.

[aubrey]

Aubrey huffed. "For Massimo's human servant you sure are jumpy." She growled and stalked up to him. Her body carried an elegant grace that she never could obtain as a human. She grabbed him by the shirt and yanked her to him. It almost surprised her at how easy it was. She was still getting used to her power.

Aubrey could smell his fear, that opened up something inside of her that she wasn't aware of. She wanted him. She wanted t pin him to the building and lick his blood and sweat off his body. Her eyes pooled black as she tried to regain her control.

"Massimo snatched me and delivered me to Satan himself, after helping to beat people I cared about into bloody pulps. They were trying to rescue me." She ran her tongue over one of his bites. She knew he would enjoy the sensation as much as she did. She traced her fingers over his face and then showed him her black nails. "I'm marked now too, just by a different man. We're just their tools."

Aubrey fought the urge to rip his throat out. She thought about Shaden and Collete. She hadn't seen them since she had been turned. She was afraid too. "He owes me blood, boy. You take me to him or someone else who can get him. Or I will take what is due to me from you. You think he'll kill you for taking me to him, what do you think he will do if you allow another vampire to mark you?"

[troy]

Troy stared back at her like she had grown two heads, he opened his mouth and then closed it again. He had been about to yell at her but thought better of it since she had a hold of him. He closed his eyes at her touch. His breathing a little more heavy, he opened his eyes when she started talking, and saw the black nails. Hadn't he heard Massimo talking about something about that? Yes he was sure he had. But Massimo never told him the whole story, just that Shaden was hurt pretty bad.

"So... thats why Shaden was hurt? Why he's been so upset since they got back to New York?" Oh crap! he just said where they lived. That was one step closer to what she wanted. He swallowed back his fear, and nodded. She was telling the truth. Troy would feel much greater pain if he allowed her to bite him.

"I... I can take you to him, but he lives in New York." He still wasn't sure about this. Not at all. He might try to get away from her later but right now, it didn't seem like he could do that very well.

[aubrey]

Aubrey's eyes widened at Shaden's name. He had been hurt. It had been her fault. She pulled the human closer. Their bodies were pressed together so closely that it left nothing to imagination for either of them. She couldn't get to New York. She wouldn't leave. Xavier would be furious.

"There is no way Shaden could be in New York, you lying flunky." She reached into his pocket, smiling coyly as she searched. She retrieved his cell phone. "Get Shaden here, now." Shaden would help her. She would punish Massimo for delivering her to Xavier. She was a Black Nail vampire. Making her stronger than he was, no matter how old she was. She would thank Xavier for that."Call Shaden and get him here now, or I will rip out your throat."

She didn't care if he was lying to protect his master. She was not one to be screwed around with. If he was smart he would get Shaden here, if he was stupid he would die, or she would drag him to Xavier. Then Massimo would have a reason to come to her.

[troy]

Troy gasped in shock, the damn vampiress was going through his pockets. Once she had his cell phone, he knew he'd been caught in his lie. Well more like half lie. They did live in NY but right now they were both here in London. He thought for while, trying to find a way out of this, but he could think of nothing. This was great. Yeah just the kind of fun he wanted.

"Shaden's still pretty upset... I don't think it'd be such a good idea to bring him here." He was looking down at the ground but when he looked up he could tell she wasn't lying about killing him. He sighed and took the phone, glanced at her and then back to the phone. "Massimo's going to be pissed. I'm going to die no matter what the hell I do." He went through the numbers on his phone until he reached Shadens and then hit talk.

The phone rang a few times before he answered, Troy watched her as he talked "Listen Shaden, you need to get down here." He waited while Shaden spoke, "Theres someone who needs to talk to you." Again he waited "It doesn't matter who." Troy sighed and then told him where they were.

He hung the phone up and put it back in his pocket. "Are you happy now?" He said anger clear in his tone. "He'll be in a minute." He said and looked away from her.

[aubrey]

Aubrey was almost satisfied. Almost. She set the human down gently. He would be an idiot if he ran. Shaden was alive. That was all that mattered to Aubrey in this moment. "You would be lucky to go at my hands than his." It was a soft statement said almost to herself more than him. She would have liked to pretend that she felt bad for threatening him, but she didn't.

Xavier had been kind to her. He didn't welcome her into the club the way the normal members of the coven were. But still, because of Massimo she had lost her life. She was nothing now. She was already damned. She might as well make the most of the monster she now was. She just had to buy time until Shaden arrived.

"You smell like him, that is why I stalked you." Aubrey had been following the boy. She just needed him to put himself in a position where she could come out. A secluded alleyway was the perfect spot. "Thank you, for calling Shaden." She turned away from him.

Aubrey hated waiting. The humans scent was mingling with his fear and it was becoming to hard to resist. She took a few steps away. She shouldn't have ventured out without Xavier. She still needed him to help control her urges. She stepped back into th shadows. She didn't want Shaden seeing her at first. He would be able to catch a tiny bit of her human scent, but her new one would over power it too much for him to notice.

[Shaden Grace]

Shaden was annoyed, he wanted to be left alone to hunt. But then that stupid human called. Who was in London but she have been in New York. At least thats where Massimo told him to stay. Shaden would love to see what Massimo would do to Troy for being so foolish. He walked slowly, not caring at all who wanted to see him, they could wait for all Shaden cared.

As he walked he tightly gripped his Xyston necklace like it would some how save his life. Not that his life needed saving. He had more then enough blades on him, and more bullets for his two new gun he had just gotten. He wanted someone to mess with him. Shaden had pretty much been looking for a fight all night.

Once he was close he could smell Massimo, or rather he could smell Massimo's scent on Troy. He picked up his speed a little but then suddenly stopped and looked around. Someone else was here... no heartbeat... another vampire then.

He looked around as he started walking again to Troy. Who, didn't look happy to see him. Shaden grabbed him by the throat "What are you doing so far from home? Does Massimo know your here?" Shaden said and shook his head, "No. I bet he doesn't." He let go of Troy and one more looked around.
He could smell them, for a moment Shaden thought he knew the scent. But it wasn't clear.

"Alright," He said raising his voice a little "I'm in no mood to play games. So why don't you just come out so I can kill you." Shaden said and smiled. Then he turned back to Troy. And waited.

[troy]

Troy sighed with relief and reached up and wrapped his hand around his cross necklace. He stayed silent, anything he said would most likely get him into more trouble anyway.
He looked around, hoping to see Shaden come running around the corner or something, but no.

"You were stalking me?" He asked a bit startled. Why hadn't he felt it, at least a little? He really needed to pay more attention to whats around him. He shook his head and looked back at her, "Your welcome." I guess. Even though it will most likely cost me my life. Troy didn't even dare say that part out loud. Not around her.

She turned around and he looked at her curiously wondering why she had done that. But the next though was of getting away. Troy took a step away. Call him stupid, but he really didn't want to be here with Shaden that he was even risking a painful death by this vampiress. He took another step. He looked but he couldn't see her anymore. Crap. He stopped walking, and stood frozen in place. Okay. He was all done trying to get away. Well more like he was down being stupid.

"Hurry up Shaden" He said to himself, looking all around for the vampiress to suddenly step back out of the shadows.
Then he saw Shaden and leaned back against a building but it didn't matter to Shaden if Troy didn't want him touching him. He stayed silent, not even opening his mouth. An was glad when Shaden finally let him go.

[aubrey]

"You cant kill me darling. Xavier beat you to it." She stepped out into view. She sighed and felt dirty. Not because she was a vampire. Because of how everything had happened. There was still that painful familiarity of Shaden. She walked past Troy and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Unless you want me to feed from you, you should leave. In a hurry." Her eyes were no longer black, but she was still having a hard time.

She slinked past him and walked around Shaden. He was angry, that made her sad. She walked behind him and leaned against his back. It was a familiar gesture, if he didn't like it he could move her. Her affection had been denied by everyone lately. Shaden's denial would hurt, but it wouldn't be unbearable. No one would want her now. She inhaled his scent. She had to stand on her tip toes to be able to reach his neck.

He smelled just like she remembered, but it was better now. More distinguished. She slid her hands under his arms and around his waist. She showed him her black nails. "It's their mark." She sighed and pulled away from him.

She stepped around until she was face to face wit him. She went to touch his face, but paused. The last time she had seen him he had been covered in his own face. They had all been beaten because of her. She hadn't been able to trace his face then, but now she could. She did. "Are you so angry that I had him call you to come to me?" She was almost afraid to look at him, she was afraid that he would see what she had been going through. Xavier was being kind to her-at least he healed her. She was getting off easy compared to how bad it was for everyone else who begins with them.

[Shaden Grace]

Shaden quickly turned at the voice. He was surprised to see her there and wanted to know what she could want him here for. Maybe she wanted revenge. Because he hadn't stopped Xavier. He didn't know, but it didn't matter. "Aubrey.." His voice was a whisper. He watched her walk to Troy and then to him. He tensed at her touch, but then relaxed slightly when he didn't feel any pain.

She smelled even better then when she was human, even though that was hard to believe. When her arms were suddenly around his waist he looked down at her hands. Though part of him told him not to, he still did. He had to.
He saw the black nails. He saw his failure. Shaden was almost happy when she pulled away from him. He wasn't sure how much longer of that he could take before he snapped.

He looked down into her face, so different and yet still the same. Shaden reached up and touched her hand that was on his face. His blue eyes slid closed for a moment and then slowly opened. There was a slight pained look in them now. He nodded a little "Don't I have a right to be angry?" He asked softly.

Shaden back away from her "Why did you bring me here? Do you want some kind of sick revenge on me because I couldn't protect you?" He looked away from her, looked anywhere but at her. He didn't want her to see his pain. His shame at what she was now. All because of Massimo. He hated him. Wanted him dead.

He turned around and started walking away but he had only taken a few steps before he stopped, but he didn't turn around, "What do you want from me, Aubrey?"

[troy]

Troy watched them for a few minutes. Why should he leave. He wanted to know what was going on. But then again, he didn't want to get bitten either. Troy looked at Shaden, he knew that once he was down here he would come looking for Troy. Not that best of thoughts. It seemed like he wouldn't be getting his fun night after all.

He started walking away, but stopped and turned back around. He was interested in what Shaden would do.

[aubrey]

The pain in his eyes hurt her. She had seen that look of defeat before. But that night she had been crumpled on the ground beside him. It hurt her then just as badly as it hurt her now. Tonight she as different, the situation was different. She could take the pain from him. She let him walk away from her, she could still feel the soft tingles from his touch. His pain was cutting her deeper than her own. "No. You shouldn't be angry at me or yourself."

She looked down at her nails. It was a cruel and ugly reminder of what she had become. She couldn't look at them anymore. "You tried to help me, Shaden. It's not your fault that he took me. I let him. They were hurting you all so badly." Her voice faltered as she remembered that night. It was supposed to be in good humor, but it ended up destroying lives. She had caused them pain and he was the one feeling guilty.

She went to him. She took his face into her hands and made him look at her. She could feel their power mingling. "I want to help you Shaden." She kissed his cheeks, forehead, and nose. "I want to kill Massimo." She pushed him back gently against the wall. She kissed him softly. "You tried to save me, let me try to save you." She pressed her body into his and nipped at his neck. "Let me save you." She hated that she had caused him pain. She would take it from him if he would allow her to.

[Shaden Grace]

Shaden placed his hands over hers. It felt nice having her this close, and it almost made him want to laugh because Xavier didn't have a clue what was going on.

Once more it seemed like his brain had been split into two, half wanted to listen, to not be so angry. The other wanted to push her away and ruin off to go hunting or something. But the touch of her lips almost sent him over the edge. The half that wanted didn't want to be angry was winning, and there was nothing he could do about. At this moment, he didn't even care if she was only here to use him to get to Massimo.

When he felt her nip at his neck, he thought she would bite him, and in that moment, he would have let her without a fight. He moved quickly and now had Aubrey against the wall and for the first time since she had been taken, he had a playful smile on his lips, "You should be careful," His voice was low but still came out like silk, "I lose control easily." His head lowered and his lips made a soft line of kisses along her jaw and down her throat. His fangs lightly grazed against her throat before he pulled away a little. He kissed the corner of her mouth, "Ok, you want to kill Massimo. I'm with you but what do you want me to do?" He asked trying to stay in control of himself.