Chapter 25

"C'mon and hangout with me. I'll show you a good time." Said the guy.

"N-No thanks. I-I'm fine." Said girl as she tried leaving.

But the guy moved his hand, that was on the wall, in her way as she couldn't leave. The young man watched as he took a step, but he stopped. He was hesitant as he started to sweat, hands shaking, had difficulty breathing. He then turned away, until…

"Hey!" Ana yelled.

The young man looked up and saw Anastasia approach the guy as his attention was toward her.

"Damn, there's a lot of babes who come to the school. What's your name?" Said the guy.

"Please leave her alone." Said Ana.

"If that means I can talk to you. Sure." Said the guy, approaching Ana.

"This is your only warning. Please go." Said Ana calmly.

"I'll go after me and you—" Said the guy as he reached out to Ana.

But suddenly, someone grabbed his wrist and twisted it as the guy yelled in pain. There was a black hair, blue eyes boy, the same age as Ana, as his right hand had a fingerless glove on it. He was an intimidating and mean looking guy as he was wearing jeans, blue and red hoodie.

"Keep your damn hands to yourself." Said the young man as he pushed the guy away.

"Daniel, easy." Said Ana.

"Little punk! I'm going to—" Said the guy.

But Ana quickly evaded around Daniel and pinned the guy into the wall with right her arm against his throat. She startled the girl as she gave a serious, but intimidating eyes to the guy.

"I won't say it again. I will force you out of this campus if I have to." Said Ana.

She then pushed the guys away as he quickly left in a panic, while Ana sighed. She then turned towards the girl with apologetic smile.

"Sorry for startling you. Are you alright?" Said Ana to the girl.

We then see the young man for a distance as he was watching Ana talk to the girl, while Daniel stood by. He had calm down as he looked ashamed, looking down to the ground.

"Why can't I be like her?" The young man thought to himself.

"Ham! Abraham! Over here, Ham!" Ana shouted at the young man.

"Don't call me that in public!" The young man shouted in embarrassment.

It was moments later as Ana was talking to the girl, while Abe stood awkwardly by Daniel's side as he was staring at him. Abe was a bit uncomfortable as Daniel's eyes were on him.

"Why is he staring at me like that?" Abe thought to himself.

"Call me if you're in trouble or need help, Lilith." Said Ana.

"Thanks, Ana. I do appreciate your help." Said Lilith.

"It's no problem. Bye." Said Ana as Lilith left.

"Bye." Said Lilith.

"Good thing I was able to find you, huh? Daniel, what are you doing?" Ana asked.

"You and your brother look alike. For moment, I thought he was girl. You should try getting a new haircut." Said Daniel.

"I-I'll keep that in mine." Said Abe.

"Dan, stop being so blunt. And rude. Abe, this is Daniel. He's part of my team. Don't think wrong of him, he's different. Dan, say hello." Said Ana.

"Hello." Said Daniel.

"Uh, hi. It's nice to meet you." Said Abe with his hand out.

But Daniel stared at his hand as Ana made Daniel shake his hand.

"You do that. He's being polite to you. Remember what I taught you." Said Ana.

"Oh, right. Nice meeting you too." Said Daniel.

"May I ask what race you are? If you don't mind me asking." Abe asked.

"I'm a halfblooded demon." Said Daniel.

"W-What!?" Abe responded in shock.

"You got a problem with it? Fight me!" Daniel yelled, until Ana hit him on the back of his head.

"Enough! Jeez, it's like the past few years never happened. Daniel, your race is uncommon, even for here. So expect them to be…surprised." Said Ana.

"Tch, whatever." Daniel replied.

"Sorry, Abe. He's a work in progress. But he is nice, once you get past his personality." Said Ana.

"No, I'm not." Said Daniel with smug smirk.

"But was she alright? The girl?" Abe asked.

"Lilith? Yeah, she's fine. Just a little shock from us handling that jerk." Said Ana.

"Ran away like little bitch." Said Daniel with smirk on his face.

"Tone it down on the curse words. There are kids around." Said Ana.

"So?" Daniel replied.

"One minute, Abe." Said Ana as she held up her index finger at him.

Ana then turned towards Daniel and pulled away as they started talking quiet.

"Daniel, is something the matter?" Ana asked.

"I don't know. I've been getting this weird feeling lately. Like I can sense something coming, you know. I've been on edge lately." Said Daniel.

"Okay. But can you try to ease it down a notch. This is my brother. I haven't seen him in a long while and I'd like him to know you all personally." Said Ana.

"Right. Sorry." Said Daniel.

"Don't be. I know how hard it is for you. Anyhow! Where were we? But how have you been. It's been forever since we've been able to talk." Said Ana to Abe as they started to walk.

"Yeah, I know. But you've been busy with your team and being a huntress." Said Abe.

"Sorry about that. I don't have that much time to spare." Said Ana.

"No, it's fine. I'm happy that you're doing what you love. I just wish I could be like you." Said Abe, looking a bit ashamed.

"Hey, it's not your fault you end up having panic attacks. Especially with what happened back then. But don't be discourage! I know you'll get better. You are a Van Helsing, after all." Said Ana.

Abe was touched by her words as we see them soon arrive at table nearby. There were five others sitting together as they all had casual clothes. One of them was a Chinese boy with his hair spiked back. There was an Indian girl with muscular tone and tough looking, while having a hair in a braided ponytail. Another was a Hispanic young man with a hoodie over his face as you could only the lower half of his face. And the last two twin African American girls, but they looked completely different from one and other. One had a bob cut as her right eye was covered, gorgeous looking. She had clothes that mostly covered up her body, besides her neck and hands. And the other was on a wheelchair with a cup holder, curly hair, had glasses and a laptop computer on her lap.

"Yo, Ana! What took so long?" The Chinese young man asked.

"We've been waiting for a while." Said the girl on the wheelchair.

"We got into some little trouble." Said Ana.

"And who's that? Your sister?" The Indian girl asked.

"I need to change my look." Abe thought to himself, glancing to his side.

"No, this is my little brother, guys. Remember? Abraham Van Helsing." Said Ana.

"Whoa, just like your ancestor." Said the Chinese young man.

"Abe, this is my team. That's Yuan Tian Shan." Said Ana as Yuan saluted him.

"Nice meeting ya." Said Yuan.

"Next to him is Virika Bansal." Said Ana as Virika nodded.

"Hey." Said Virika.

"The one covering his face is Emilio Caldwin." Said Ana.

"Mm." Emilio nodded.

"And those two are the Stone sisters. Zoey is the one standing and Lucy is the one on the chair." Said Ana.

"Thanks for pointing out my disability. I'm pretty sure he could've figured that out. Unless his ridiculous dumb." Said Lucy.

"Yeah, she hasn't had her coffee. And sup." Said Zoe.

"I'm still waiting by the way, Emilio." Said Lucy as she turned towards him.

"Mm." Said Emilio as he got up and left.

"Anyway, has Isaac arrived?" Ana asked.

"Isaac? He's coming? What for?" Abe asked.

"To help out." Said Isaac as Iris was with him.

"Finally! And thanks, Emilio." Said Lucy as Emilio appeared next to her with coffee.

"Well, if you haven't heard, Abe. Me and my team are going to be representing Salem Academy in the tournament games." Said Ana.

"And we're going to make sure to win." Said Yuan.

"Don't get too cocky. I'm pretty sure they brought some of their best." Said Virika.

"And we're going to crush them!" Daniel yelled.

"They won't stand a chance." Said Zoe.

"And where do I come in all of this?" Isaac asked.

"Oh, right. Abe, get to know the team. You too, Iris." Said Ana.

Emilio approached Iris and handed her a bottled water.

"Thanks." Said Iris.

"Mm." Emilio responded.

Ana took Isaac to the side as she was leaning against a nearby tree and Isaac stood casually in front of her.

"I just got word that there's a demon after my family. The bastard has taken out multiple of my relatives. Just recently, they killed my uncle. And the next targets are me and Abe. I need you to look after Abe." Said Ana.

"Why ask me that?" Isaac asked.

"I don't know if I'll make it back. Because I plan on killing that son of a bitch." Said Ana.