Bloodthirst

Ella stepped out of Charlene's house with Charlene behind her.

"Thanks for coming" Charlene told her.

"You are welcome." Ella said before they hugged. Then Ella left and Charlene went back inside.

The night was cold and quiet. Ella knew she shouldn't have stayed out late. Her parents were surely going to punish her. She trudged the alley trying to conjure up a lie that she would tell her parents in order to escape punishment. She suddenly stopped. She felt like someone was trailing her. She turned back but she saw nobody.

Ella continued her journey but the feeling remained. She had taken a shortcut to her home. This shortcut was more creepier than the alley she just passed.

As she was walking, she felt a breeze pass her like something sped pass her. Then she saw the figure of a man wearing a trenchcoat and a hat.

"Who are you?" She askedbout of fear. The figure didn't reply, so she turned to run but she was blocked by the same figure. She saw him clearly now. It was a man with long teeth and sharp claws. In other words, a vampire.

"The Hunters of the Vale are special people that hunt monsters and anything that will threaten the safety of the people in Shadow Vale." The lady explained to Jake and Max

" So you are saying that you hunt monsters?" Jake asked.

" Yes and apparently, you two have joined the party." She said smiling. "I have been doing this since I was eight."

The boys were suprised. "Your family allowed you?" Asked Max.

"I never really had a family. Hunting has been my life." She replied. "By the way, I'm Ella."

The doctor entered the room. " Please would you give me a moment with the patient?"

Ella and Jake willingly obliged and left the room.

Max jumped out of bed screaming. He had just had the same nightmare. Ella rushed into his room.

"What's happening?" She asked him.

Max looked up at her. "Its nothing."

She sat down on his bed. "Or you do not want to tell me?"

"You won't understand." H replied.

"Try me."

"I usually have this nightmare-"

Ella cuts him off. "About a world overtaken by the works of darkness?"

Max looked at her. "How did you know?"

"Cause I also have such."

"So can you tell me the meaning?"

She nodded her head. "Even I am looking for someone to explain it to me."

Suddenly Jake rushed in with a tablet in his hands.

"What's wrong, Jake?" Ella asked him.

"I have been online searching for bizzare cases and I found one."

Ella was impressed. "Go on."

"The dead body of Ella Montgomery was found yesterday morning."

"My namesake, that is great." Ella commented. "So what's bizarre about the case."

"Bite marks were found at the side of her neck." He said. " Is that not bizarre enough for you?"

" Yea, it is." She got up. " Get ready, Jake. You are going with me."

Max then spoke. " I will go too."

" No, you need to recover before you can start hunting." Ella countered.

" I'm fine."

Ella shrugged. " If you say so."

Ella led them to the garage where her super fast car was.

" Wow!" Jake exclaimed at the beauty of the car.

Ella touched the car. "I call her Karen. She's part of the family, so treat her well."

They got into the car and drove off.

While they were still on the way. Ella switched Controls to auto. Then she brought out a bunch of IDs. All of different government organizations.

" What are these?" Jake asked.

" We can't go into that place telling everyone that we are Hunters. It will be detrimental to our mission. So these IDs are our cover. She handed them two FBI IDs.

"Insert your passport."She told them.

The sun rose up and activities for the day began as usual before the hunters reached the county police HQ.

Ella stepped out with Jake. Max was about stepping out too but Ella stopped him.

"Stay in the car. Let Jake and I handle this." She told him.

Jake and Ella stepped into the building. They walked to the policewoman at the counter. They showed her their badge.

"Agent Liz baker." Ella said.

"Agent Alien Jake." Jake said.

Ella took s quick glance at him and shook her head. Then she faced the policewoman at the counter. "We are here to see the body of Ella Montgomery."

"Has the news reached the Feds already?" The lady got up and led them to the autopsy section.

She showed them Ella Montgomery's body and left them there.

"She was definitely attacked by something." Ella said while examining the neck. "Vampire maybe?"

Jake started sweating. "Vampires exist in this world?"

Ella glanced at him. "I hope you aren't scared already?"

The policewoman walked in with a file in her hand. She handed it over to them. " You might need it."

"Thank you." Jake replied. Then she left.

Max was feeling bored in the car. Why did Ella chose to keep him in the car? Did she see him as someone who's weak? Then he sighted them walking out of the station. Ella was holding a file.

Ella and Jake got into the car. " reports says she went to visit her friend and she left there late."

"Is there proof that she actually left her friend's place?" Max asked.

"As stated here, the friend had solid proof." She replied.

" So what do we do now?" Jake asked.

" We will visit each one of them involved in the case." She faced Max. You visit her friend while Jake and I will visit the victim's parents. Is that okay with you?"

Max nodded.

" That's good." Then she started the car's engine and drove away.

Max knocked on the door and a blonde girl with blue eyes opened the door.

"Agent Maximilian Cruz." He introduced himself as he showed her his fake badge. He returned the badge back to his suit pocket. "And you must be Charlene."

"I am." She replied.

"I just want to ask you a few questions regarding the death of Ella Montgomery."

"But I told the police all I know."

"I know but would you mind telling it all to me? "

" Okay." She led max to the sitting room where she the offered max a seat on the sofa and sat opposite him.

" What do you want to know?" She asked Max.

"Just tell me what you know about Ella Montgomery. Who she hates, loves and who would want to hurt her."

Ella dropped the silver spoon she had picked up when Max was talking. It seemed she was in pains for the death of her friend.

"She was a good friend. We've known each other since eight grade, we have had good and bad times."

"Is there anyone who would want to hurt her?" He asked her.

"No, none that I know of." She replied. "But there was this strange guy putting on a trenchcoat I saw the night she died. I saw him when I had seen Ella off."

" Thank you, Charlene."

" Promise me something."

" What's that?"

" That you will bring the killer to Justice."

" We will try our best."

" She was a sweet girl— my daughter. I would not think anyone would want to hurt her." Mrs. Montgomery said to Jake and Ella.

Jake touched her knee in order to comfort her. " Don't worry, she not the first to be killed without a suspect, even Michael Jackson was too."

She glanced at Jake. " Thank you?"

" Really? Michael Jackson?" Ella asked Jake.

" I didn't know what else to say!"

"You could have been quiet." She replied.

"Where's Max?"

"I texted him the motel address where we should meet." This was where Ella sighted a man in a trenchcoat watching them.

" So did you guys find anything?" Max asked them.

" Obviously, no. Thanks to Michael Jackson here." She pointed to Jake.

" I did nothing wrong." Jake countered.

"I found a lead. Charlene says she saw a guy that night in a trenchcoat."

" Did you say trenchcoat?" Ella asked him. " Cause I saw a guy dressed in a trenchcoat watching us."

" Do you think it's our guy?" Jake asked her.

" I've done some things online and I was able to come out with his address."

" So what are we waiting for?"

The trio drove to the riverside where they found an old house.

Ella knocked. " FBI, open the door!"

No reply came from within, so they entered with their gun in hand.

Max entered the kitchen. He searched everywhere for their suspect but he wasn't there. He opened the refrigerator and there he was! It seemed he was sleeping but Max disrupted that sleep by opening the door. He jumped at Max.

" Help!" Max yelled at the rest.

Ella rushed there and shot the suspect on his leg. The suspect was weakened and so let go Max.

" Thank you," Max said breathing heavily.

They tied the man up and woke him up by spilling a bowl of cold water on his face.

" We have questions for you. Questions that will determine if you will live or not." Ella said.

" What questions do you have?"

" We want to know why you chose to drink Ella Montgomery to death."

" I didn't drink Ella."

Ella hit him with a silver rod. " Tell us the truth."

" I wanted to but I didn't!" He let out in pains.

Ella looked at the others. " Why?"

" Cause she was marked by an original."

" Original?"

" Powerful vampires that are the progenitors of the vampire's race."

" So you guys have an Adam and Eve?" Jake asked him.

" Not so, we have four Originals and that girl was marked by one of them."

" Tell us more about this originals."

" They stay close to their victims after marking them for years and then when they are tired they proceed to drink that person."

" So the originals stay close to their marked ones?" Max asked.

" Yes, some even get married to their marked ones."

Ella drew the rest with herself to the next room.

" Ella had a lot of people who were close to her." Ella said. "How are we going to identify this Original?"

This point seemed like a wall to Ella for she had no clue what to do next, but Max did but wanted to do it alone.

They walked out of the house carrying the vampire's lifeless body In a body bag for Ella had shot him dead.

At midnight, Jake stood up only to see the shadow of Max sneaking out of the room and he followed him.

Max reached the car and tried opening it.

"I'm with the key." Jake said and it startled Max. "Where are you going to?"

"I suspect Charlene."

"Ella's best friend?"

"Yes,"

"What are the ground for this suspicion?"

" When I was interviewing her, I saw her scream out in pain when she mistakenly picked up a silver spoon. At first I thought she was in pains because of her friends demise but now I think it's cause the spoon was silver."

" Let's go get Ella."

" No, let's do this ourselves."

The boys broke into Charlene's house. Armed with a gun with silver bullets, they proceeded to search the house for Charlene but they didn't find her. Then they went to the dinning where they saw her sitting on a chair.

"Welcome boys! Please have a seat." Then she disappeared and appeared in the back. She pushed the boys an they flew crashing into different places. Jake flew onto a wall and fainted while Max flew into the kitchen cabinet. Charlene entered the kitchen and locked the door. She raised max up with one hand and with the other hand started tearing the sewing at Max's wound. It was so painful that Max cried out in pains and she was enjoying it.

Then the kitchen door opened and Ella stepped in with a bow and arrow which she shot into Charlene's head therby killing her. She dropped max and died. Ella and Jake rushed to help Max.

"You guys shouldn't have done this without me. We are a team and a family now." She said to Max.

"I'm sorry," Max cried out in pains and then passed out. Jake and Ella tried to wake him up but he didn't. Though he was breathing but he was dying gradually.

A cop entered the morgue in order to document something when he heard a sound coming from a body. He went towards the body and removed the cloth used to cover it. It was Ella Montgomery, her eyes were closed but as the cop turned his back, her eyes opened and she jumped on him and drained him dry. She then took her clothes and left the station.