Innocence!!

In a random park, in a small city, a man and a woman could be seen talking over a body. If you're not absolutely brain-dead, you'd realize by now that these two are Alicia and Marcellus.

Marcellus spen the last few minutes explaining to her about his 'internal lightning' and the hand he had in saving her life.

"So, now that you understand previous events, what do we do about him?" asked Marcellus as he gestured to the unconscious man laying on the ground.

"Well, I don't know why he was sent after me, so we have to interrogate him" replied Alicia as she grabbed the unconscious man's body and threw him over her shoulder.

"Do you know any abandoned place near here we can take him?" asked Alicia as she turned her head to face Marcellus.

"...So, we are just going to kidnap him?" asked Marcellus, as he frowned at the idea.

He may have killed someone but that was an accident, he couldn't do anything about it. However, other than that he has followed the law since his birth, give or take a few graffiti tags. Hehehe.

Why shouldn't they just give this man to the police?

"..." Alicia speechlessly looked at Marcellus like he was an idiot.

However, she can't really blame him, he grew up as a human after all, so after a long sigh she explained.

"You remember how I told you that vampires have a ranking system?" asked Alicia, and seeing him nod she continued, "That ranking system shows how powerful a vampire is. We as unranked vampires can almost move at the sound of speed, how fast do you think higher ranks can go?" questioned Alicia.

"..." Marcellus was starting to understand, how could ordinary humans shandle that? Well, it's simple really, they can't! However, there was still something that he didn't understand.

"Well, I hit that guy pretty softly so I don't think he's a higher ranked vampire? Asked Marcellus still hoping that they didn't have to kidnap this man. Sigh, What an innocent child.

"This guy isn't the real problem here though" said Alicia as she shook her head slightly and she dropped the man.

"The real problem is the person who might have sent him after me. Remember that I told you that my dad is after me? Well, he is one of the strongest vampires in the world right now" exclaimed an exasperated Alicia, hinting that it might be him.

"..Marcellus put two and two together and figured out what Alicia was trying to hint at. They need to know if anyone else is going to come after them. So kidnapping this guy is the only way to do that, he has all of the information.

*SIGH* "Alright, follow me" said Marcellus as he picked up the cloaked man and disappeared. Alicia picked up the man's gun and disappeared as well.

As the duo was speeding through the woods, they arrived at the abandoned mansion where they first met. It had been a month since the cops tracked Everblood here and since they found no clues, they stopped searching around here.

Alicia shot a questioning look to Marcellus but he just shrugged and plopped the man on the ground in the middle of the abandoned mansion after tying him up with some rope they found here.

They talked about random things while waiting for the guy to wake up.

"So, what do you think about this?" asked Alicia as she played with the man's gun.

"What do you mean?" shot back Marcellus, as he didn't understand what she was getting at.

"If my father sent someone after me, why would he send a human with a gun at me?" specified Alicia though she never took her eyes off of the gun.

"Maybe some special bullets?" replied Marcellus as he took the gun from Alicia and opened the clip. He tried to pull one out but…

Tss.

"Ughh, What the hell?" He stated as he tried to grab a bullet but felt like he just felt ;like he put his hand in an open fire. He dropped the bullet and shook his hand a little. Thankfully, it healed in a second or two.

Alica seeing that was startled a little, after all, that was meant to be shot at her. She got closer to see the bullet and moved back a little in shock when she realized what exactly that bullet was.

"It's a wooden bullet, laced with vervain," muttered Alica as she sat back down.

"..Marcellus was also shocked but for a different reason. He hadn't thought that a vampire's weakness could be used like this.

"So he was trying to kill you, meaning that maybe it wasn't your dad?" Throwing out a possibility that they hadn't thought of.

"Well, A bullet like that, even if it pierced our heart, it would not be strong enough to kill us. Although, It has a high chance of killing a fledgling though, I don't think this is my fathers handiwork either" Said Alica seemingly thinking out loud.

"Also, you don't need to stay, this guy was after me anyway, it's my problem" said Alica as she looked up at Marcellus' eyes.

Hearing Alica Marcellus frowned, " Nope, I don't want to leave you alone to deal with this, to be left alone to struggle is one of the worst feelings in the world. Don't you agree, Alice?" said Marcellus resolutely. He wouldn't abandon his friend, especially when they are in trouble.

Hearing Marcellus say that, Alica was touched, truly. So she smiled at him and nodded her head but didn't say anything.

While she didn't say it, she thought that one day, that innocence of his will be the death of him.

As they were about to start another conversation they both heard a loud gasp of air. They looked over and saw that the man in the cloak was breathing heavily and groaning, most likely from the pain of being hit on the head.

"So, how do we interrogate him?" asked Marcellus as he looked at Alicia--who was looking at the man with a clod gaze--as he stood up.

"..." The man seeing the duo, knew that nothing good would come of this.