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"Mmm that was very good." Holden said as he took a drink of water.
"I told you." Alicia said with a smile. "Hush, I say we get back though." He said as he drank the last of his water. "Fineee." She said with a whine. "Well hello there hot stuff." A man said as he walked up to Alicia. "Ew no, not interested." She said with a scoff. "Oh come on I'm a hell of a lot better then that twig you are with." He said pointing at Holden. "Hey watch your mouth you piece of shit, she is my sister, and I have a boyfriend for your information." Holden said starting to get pissed. "Oh so your a pretty little fairy. That figures." The man said with a smile. "Hey watch you fucking mouth." He said as he got out of the booth. "Oh what are you gonna do sprinkle me with your fairy dust?" The man said with a hearty laugh. "No I'm gonna break your goddamn arm." Holden said as he grabbed the mans arm. He twisted it back and broke it in multiple areas. "Now what do you say to her?" He demanded. "I... I'm sorry." The man said in a lot of pain. "That's right, now go fuck off." He said as he threw the man halfway across the room. "Let's go Alicia." Holden said as he gently grabbed Alicia. "Good job controlling your eyes." Alicia whispered, as they left the shoppe. "Thanks." Holden said as he got to the car. |
Solomon turned on the light, inspecting his cars carefully. He could smell that Jaclynn was in here just before she appeared in the study. He looked them over carefully, but could find nothing wrong with them. Suddenly, he smelled something..strange. The smell of metal filled the air, "What the hell?" He looked around, unable to find the source.
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"I don't even know how I kept my eyes from changing." Holden said with a shrug.
"You probably just subconsciously did it." Alicia said with a smile. "And you know I can take care of myself right?" She asked. "Yes I know, but it felt right." He said with a smile. *** Holden was about 100 yards from Solomon's driveway. "Now don't tell Solomon about the car I will." He said looking at the house. "I wont but he probably will be mad at you." Alicia said with a bored expression. "I don't think he will be as soon as he see's these pants." He said with a wink. "Gross." Alicia said with a shudder. He smiled as he was ready to pull in the driveway. Holden grabbed the garage door opener as he pulled into the driveway. |
[Just a note: This only takes about..10 seconds to happen ;D]
"Son of a bitch..." Solomon sad flatly as he recognized what the smell was like. He quickly erected his telekinetic shield around himself, building it up as much as he could allow. I really have to start feeding more now... He turned his head as he heard the Ferrari, "Holden! Get back!" He could feel the temperature rise in the garage. Before he could tell if Holden and Alicia were safe, the cars began to glow white hot. "I'm goi-" Before he could finish his thought the cars..well simply put the exploded. Shrapnel of all sorts was shot around the room at deadly speeds, even to vampires. Heat and fire engulfed the garage, busting the walls and sending the roof crumbling to the floor. From outside, it was a pretty impressive explosion, but inside it was completely insane. There was almost nothing left of the cars or anything else metallic in the garage, as they were all manipulated to explode. Solomon ducked down as quick as he could, minimizing himself as a target. Either way, Karma still hated him. A large section of the roof fell right on top of him completely decimating his shield, crushing him and many many bones. He was lucky to only have cracked his skull in multiple places and was knocked unconscious as a few more cars exploded, set on a delay. A large section that connect to the house was also decimated, the roof collapsing in about 6 yards in from the edge of the now exploded walls. Drywall and roofing shingles burned, along with the left over gasoline that was in the corner. Of course, the section of roof on Solomon just had to be on fire, but luckily for him, he was mostly impervious to brief exposure, unlike most vampires. Extended exposure, however, was just as deadly. If it continued much longer, his clothes wouldn't be the only thing burning. |
Holden stopped the car when Solomon told him to get back. He saw the whole explosion. When he was sure there wasn't gonna be anymore explosions he got out of the car. "SOLOMON!!!" He yelled as he ran to the decimated garage.
"No Holden you can't go in there you will die." Alicia said as she teleported in front of Holden. "But Solomon." He said as he fell to his knees. "I will go in and get him." She said as she looked for Solomon. "NO, NO, NO, NO!" He yelled as something clicked in his head. His eyes turned instantly white. Suddenly Alicia couldn't move, she felt a weird presence comming from Holden. He stood up and walked until he was five feet in front of the garage. Holden wasn't controlling his body, it was controlling its self. He held up his hand and put a bubble of air around the garage to cut off the fires oxygen supply. He lifted his other hand and closed it to make a fist, suddenly water came out of nowhere. It was falling through the bubble, the fire was quickly going down. Holden saw Solomon, but the fire was still to great for Holden to teleport in there and to grab Solomon. He closed his white eyes and lifted his head up. Suddenly Solomon was laying beside Alicia. Holden opened his eyes and fell to the ground, the rain and air bubble quickly vanished. "Solomon! Oh my god are you ok?" Alicia asked as she saw Holden fall to the ground. "Holden!" She yelled. She was very upset. "Jack get your ass up here and help me, Solomon and Holden are unconscious. Anne call 911 we need a fire truck out here now!" Alicia said checking over Solomon. |
Solomon had no idea how much time had passed when he finally awoke; yet he kept his eyes close. He knew right off hand though, that his head felt flat as a pancake, not to mention the rest of him. He had no idea how he managed to survive after his shield was knocked out. He tried to reprocess the scene, but found that he remembered nothing after the cars starting glowing white hot.
Solomon didn't dare move or use any ounce of power to use telepathy. He obviously couldn't speak either as his lungs were crushed. He finally realized that he was on his bed, and something..cloth like..was wrapped around a few areas on his person. Bandages? Ahhh my god they hurt.. Two plus two equals four, and explosion plus bandages equals burns. God fucking dammit, I'm going to murderize her. Now Solomon couldn't help but make a pained noise or two. He had no power left to block his pain or even heal himself. He had no idea if how he got there...Holden! Solomon's expression became extremely contorted as he tried to gather the will power to move, but it was far too painful, causing to make..some sort of noise. He had no idea where Holden was, or Alicia for that matter. He tried to keep calm, he would've been well aware if Holden had died, due to the fact that he was the boy's Sire. Their connection ran very deep. But, he was still worried about Alicia..until her scent wafted into his nose. She was safe, unharmed, but the fact that he did not smell Holden worried him. He had to go to him. He assumed that Alicia had moved him up here, and by the faint smell of horses, Jack helped her. He could also assume that Alicia was also giving them blood when she could, but his power was instantly used to try to repair his still shattered bones. Again, how he was still alive was amazing. Now another thought came to his mind. The Jaguar. It was gone. His beautiful 1946 XK 120 was now obliterated. That car was more important to him than anything else. Anger rose quickly in Solomon as he thought about what he was going to do to Jaclynn to make her pay. She was in for a world of hurt. Holden! Back on track. Solomon tried to get up again, but with shattered bones and torn muscles, it was impossible. The pain was so intense, he couldn't help much make that strange noise again and go into a state of half-consciousness. |
Alicia walked into Solomon's room when she heard noises coming from it. "Solomon your ok just stay put." She said as she grabbed a bottle of blood out of the cooler that was next to his bed. She felt Holden moving, "Damn it can I just fucking have a second to give Solomon blood?" She asked herself as she put the bottle of blood on the end table. "Jack can you give a few bottles of blood to Solomon for me? Holden is up." She said as she went to Holden's room.
Holden knew he was in his bed, "Solomon! I hope to god he is ok." He thought to himself as he opened up his eyes. They were a very dull gray. "Solomon." He said trying to sit up. "No, no, no you are gonna stay laying down." She said as she entered the bed room and quickly stopped Holden from sitting up. "But Solomon." Holden said looking around. "He is fine, he is still unconscious though." She said trying to calm Holden down. "What happened?" He asked confused. "You don't remember?" She asked as he shook his head. "Here let me show you." She said as she put her index finger on Holden's head. She flashed the whole event into his mind. "How did I do that?" Holden asked. "I'm not sure, but however you did it, it drained all of your power." Alicia said rubbing her head. "Wow, can I see Solomon?" He asked trying to sit up again. "No he need's his rest and so do you." She said still holding him down. "Please Alicia, just for a moment or longer. If I get upset then you can bring me back in here, ok?" He asked knowing she was gonna say yes. "Fine, but the second you get upset you are coming back in here." She said as she helped him up off of the bed. "Thank you." Holden said with a grunt as Alicia got him standing up. "You two owe me big time." She said walking to Solomon's room. "I will buy you a car." He said with a little laugh. "Well you do have good tastes in cars." She said as she made it to Solomon's room. "Now don't touch any of the bandages." She said. Holden let go of Alica and nearly fell, but he got back his equilibrium. He slowly walked over to Solomon, he kneeled down when he got to his bedside. "Solomon are you ok? Oh god please be ok." He said starting to cry. "Please." Holden said as he grabbed Solomon's hand. |
Jack nodded, hurrying over to Alicia and grabbing the blood, "I've seen him get into some hairy things, but nothing so severe. I mean, I've seen him loose an arm from Zera when we first got her. Go, I've got Solomon." He carefully opened Solomon's mouth, wincing as the vampire let out a pained groan, "Quit being a wimp Solomon." He tilting the bottle to pour the blood down his throat. He repeated this with four different bottles.
Solomon fell out of consciousness as his bones started to reset as the blood was poured down his throat. Once they got as far as they could, he was jolted away by intense pain in his hand. He wanted to pull it away so bad, but he couldn't. He let Holden continue to hold his hand, no matter how much it hurt him to do so. He couldn't help but groan in pain as Holden held his hand. Live with it Solomon. Not to mention, that hand was partially burned, but not bandaged for whatever demented reason. He clenched his eyes tightly, trying to block out the pain, but without his power it was damn near impossible. He twitched his hand slightly, even that small movement sent him reeling for consciousness. He hoped Holden would let go now. He really wanted him do. |
Holden quickly let go when Solomon's hand moved. "I'm sorry Solomon, if I would of gotten there sooner. Maybe I could of gotten you out of there faster. Even though I don't know how I did it in the first place." He said as he sat down on his butt. "Something just clicked, I don't know. I just..." He said as he grabbed his knees.
Alicia didn't wanna bug Holden but he was getting to upset. "Holden." She said as she took a step forward. "Settle down Holden, it's all ok alright?" She said as she slowly walked up behind Holden. She felt his power gathering, she didn't want him to last out. He was sitting to close to Solomon. "Shhh Holden let's get you back to your room." She said gently, as she put her hand on his shoulder. Alicia stood Holden up. "Let him rest Holden, he needs it." She said as she turned him around. She led Holden back to his room, and gently laid him down on the bed. "But he needs me." Holden said as Alicia picked him up. "I don't need rest." He said as he was laid down on the bed. "Yes you do Holden, just trust me ok?" Alicia said as she sat down on the bed. Holden nodded and looked out the window. |
*** After a few days, Solomon was able to keep conscious for most of the day as his body began the slow and painful process of healing; bottle by bottle. At about 3am on the fourth night, his lungs began to reconstruct, causing him to cough up blood and bits of lung that were not savable. His body was mostly healed by this time, mainly his upper body, so he felt a bit better. He noticed that at this point in time, he was alone in his room. Jack was most likely sleeping for now and Alicia was most likely getting more blood for Holden and himself. At least he knew Holden was alright. That was most important, next to the car. Even though he despised the bottled blood that he was being forced to drink, he craved it more than anything; or rather any source of blood would be fine. He wanted to just be done with this. |
Holden waited until Alicia was gone for a few minutes. He got up off of the bed and went to check on Solomon. He got to the dark room, he could see Solomon laying on the bed. He quietly walked into the room, "Solomon I'm so sorry I couldn't help you more." He said as he got to the bedside. He felt Alicia coming, "Shit." He said as he went to hide in the shadows.
"They are gonna owe me big time." Alicia said as she teleported back to Solomon's house. She made her way to Solomon's room, she was carrying twelve bags of bottles of blood. She entered Solomon's room she looked to where Holden was hiding, "Damn it Holden I told you to stay in your room. What part of that didn't you understand?" She asked in a whispering tone. "I wanted to see him." He said as he stepped out of the shadows. "I know but your not gonna help yourself by getting upset." She said upset. She kneeled down and started to put the bottles of blood in the cooler. She sighed, "If you wanna help you can feed him." She said caving in. Holden nodded and walked over to Alicia. He grabbed one of the bottles from the bag, he waited for Alicia to move. "Now hold your horses." Alicia said as she finished packing the cooler. She stood up, "I'm gonna go and get some rest, don't do anything stupid." She said scolding Holden. Alicia left the room. "I wont." He said as he looked at Solomon. He gently opened Solomon's mouth, Holden slowly poured the blood down Solomon's throat. |
"Don't be..." he whispered. He was quiet for a mnoment as Alicia began to scold Holden, "Alicia don't be mad at him. He's fine." he smiled a nit, allowing the blood to flow down his throat. His bonmes were mostly repaired by now, he was just tired and sore. The blood helped quite a bit but it still wasn't much. He gathered up all his will power lifting his arms and pulling Holden down to hug him tightly, "I'm so glad you weren't hurt Holden."
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"I wish I would of gotten you out of there faster." Holden said gently hugging Solomon back. "I still don't know how I got you out of there." He said smelling Solomon. "What happened? How did the garage explode?" He asked still hugging Solomon.
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Solomon shook his head slightly, "Don't worry about that Holden, alright? I'm fine, and the garage and cars are replaceable. Just calm down alright?" He smiled a bit as he held Holden.
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"I am already getting the garage fixed, and replacing a few of the cars." Holden said with a smile. "Speaking of which I have to make a few phone calls in a few hours." He said thinking for a second. "Let me give you some more blood." Holden said not wanting to break the hug.
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Solomon shook his head again, "Holden, I don't need you replacing and fixing everything that get's damaged or bloody. I can handle it." There was a bit of annoyance in his voice. "Just let me handle it alright?" He let Holden go, his arms and chest beginning to hurt. He sighed with a wince. "You just need to rest."
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"Solomon, I want to do this for you. Just let me please." Holden said as he sat up. "I've gotten plenty of rest, Alicia wont let me drive my new car I bought." He said slowing down his words. "Damn it!" He thought to himself. He put his head in his hand, "Sorry." Holden said still keeping his head in his hands.
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Solomon sighed again, "Dammit Holden, you don't have to hide things like that from me. I don't care. You're 21, you can make your own decisions. Alright?" With a wince, he slowly sat up, using his arms to push himself up as he worked to get out of the bed. "If you don't mind, I have to go kill Jaclynn for destroying my Jaguar."
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"I was gonna tell you four days ago. But then the explosion happened." He said with a sigh. "No Solomon, your not strong enough." Holden said as he put his hands on Solomon trying to keep him down. "What is so special with the Jag? If I can ask." He said trying to keep Solomon from moving.
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Solomon quickly pushed Holden's hands away as he swung his feet to the floor. He remained on the edge of the bed, using his arms to support most of his weight. "For my 550th birthday, my sister got me that car." Solomon sighed silently, "She had bought it brand new the year it was released, and saved it until then."
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"I see." Holden said as he looked down. He wasn't gonna be able to see his sister anymore or his dad. A sad expression came across his face. "Solomon you are not strong enough to fight anyone, but if you have to. I just say good luck." He said as he got up off of the bed and went to the doorway. He turned back, "Just stay here please." Holden said as he walked out into the hallway and headed to his room.
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"I may be angry Holden, but I'm not stupid. I'm not going to fight her this very instant. I have to get some fresh blood first." He sighed a bit as Holden left the room. He was sort of hoping Holden would help him, but he didn't really require it. He'd be able to get around.
His eyes fell upon the cooler. Bleh, cold blood. It would have to do to get his power up enough so he could teleport. The only problem was, it was a few feet away, out of his reach. Either way he forced himself to stand, shuffling over to the cooler and quickly downing a few bottles to gain a bit of strength. Even after three, he could still hardly stand. With a sigh, he hauled the cooler over to the bed, sitting down and laying back with a side. "You weren't hurt at all in the explosion..where you Holden?" |
"Other than me draining my power to get you out of the fire, no I didn't." Holden said as he laid down on his bed. He grabbed his phone and saw that there was one missed call and a voice mail. He listened to the voice mail, his mouth gasped open. He got up off of the bed and slowly walked back to Solomon's room. He made it to Solomon's doorway, "I... I have to go to the states, my dad had a heart attack. He's ah not gonna make it." Holden said holding back tears.
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Solomon bolted upright with a shout of pain, "Alright..come on.." He groaned a bit as he stood. a bit more strength in his step as he made his way to Holden, "I'm sorry about your father, Holden. Come on, I can have us.." He winced, taking a hard step, "there by midnight." With it only being about 4:30, they should make it to Connecticut by 11 or so.
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"Solomon you don't have to come with. I don't think it would be good for you to fly." Holden said still a little shocked by the news. "I'm gonna have to get a house." He said as he put his arm around Solomon. "Put you weight on me, I can handle it." Holden said thinking about what he was gonna do.
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"I still own my house in the States, you don't need to buy a house. What about..your sister?" He kept his weight on his legs, not wanting to trouble Holden with it. "I'm good enough to fly. I can rest on the way there and drink more blood. I'll be fine, alright? We have to go now though..you have to drive of course." He would've just teleported the two of them, but he had no where near enough power to traverse the ocean.
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"She's why I need to buy a house. It's in my parent's will that I will become her legal guardian if she is under eighteen, she is only six." Holden said trying to think of something. "Hold on." He said as he teleported them to his car. He helped Solomon into the car, he quickly got into the car. "I can't fight being Amanda's legal guardian. Only money can be fought over. I'm gonna get the other 40 million." Holden said as he started the car. He backed out of the 'driveway'. "Am I going to the airport?" He asked in deep thought.
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"I see..Holden..what are you going to do with her? She can't know about you being a vampire. Sooner or later, she's going to notice that you're not aging." He nodded as Holden asked about the airport, "Yes, but you're going to want to go to the Hangers. I have a private jet we can take."
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"I have to take her in, I don't know any family that she would be comfortable with. She doesn't like our aunt, and our aunt is the only family I know of." Holden said with a sigh. "I can't send her away. I'm gonna have to lie to her about how come I'm not aging." He said as he turned the corner.
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"You can't just lie to her, she's a smart girl. She'll figure it out. Now I'm not saying pawn her off to someone, but in two years, you're going to have to figure out something." He leaned his head back, closing his eyes, but certainly not sleeping. "Did they say how severe his heart attack was?"
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"I will figure that out when that times come." Holden said as he pulled into the airport. "Well they said he had a 'myocardial infarction in three parts of his left coronary artery." He said as he turned to go to the hangers. "He is on life support right now, he is conscious and talking." Holden said with a sigh.
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Solomon climbed out the car, relying heavily on it for support as he did so. He pulled a key ring from his pocket, walking over to the middle door and unlocking the pad lock. He keyed in the code on the keypad and watched as the doors slid open, "My pilot will be here in a few minutes. I contacted him as we were on our way over." He sighed leaning back on the car as they waited. "Did they say what sort of damage occurred? If it's nothing serious, perhaps I can fix it. Bones aren't the only thing I know."
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"You don't have enough power to do that. They also say that most of the left side of his heart is dead." Holden said with a sigh. He walked over to Solomon, "Is there a place where my car will be parked?" He asked as he leaned against the car. "Why is it always me?" Holden asked himself hoping Solomon wouldn't answer.
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"I will have Jack and Gregory come get it as soon as they can. Just park it over there." He point just as a black VW Jetta rolled up.
The short female driving it stepped out and hurried over as she fixed a few of her buttons on her uniform, "Sorry it took me so long Sir. Damn Brits don't know how to drive." Now it was quite obvious this woman was from the State from her midwestern accent. "I'll get the boys to move her out and we'll be off in an hour or so. No more than 3. I promise." With that she hurried off. Solomon nodded and looked back to Holden, "I have enough power to repair a muscle, Holden. Either way, no matter what happens, you can't do anything rash" He, of course, was implying turning his father. |
"I wont Solomon you need to trust me sometimes, as well." Holden said placing a kiss on Solomon's cheek. He felt his phone go off in his pocket, "Excuse me love." He said as he walked a little ways away. "Hello?" He said.
"Is this Holden Evans?" A lady asked. "Yes this is." Holden said growing slightly worried. "Hi this is Dr. Sagen, I am taking care of your father. He has named you his medical proxy." The doctor said. "Hello Doctor, and what is wrong with my father that you called?" He asked trying to sound professional. "Well he has gone into a coma, and I wanted to give you my medical opinion. To take him off of life support." "NO! He is going to stay on life support until I see him in a few hours. Do you understand Doctor?" Holden said in a louder tone, "How dare she even say that?" He asked himself. "Umm yes sir." The doctor said surprised. Holden hung up the phone and walked back over by Solomon. |
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After an hour and a half, Solomon and Holden were already on their way to the States. Solomon decided to catch up on some sleep, knowing it would help him feel a bit better. He'd still need quite a bit of blood to get back to normal. He cracked open an eye, looking over to Holden without moving his head, "Forgive me Holden, but I have a feeling his heart attack was no accident or fluke. I think it was forced by a vampire, a particular female at that." He sighed, "But no matter if it was or was not, you will not pursue Jaclynn. She has powers and strength beyond what you can imagine." He was silent for a moment, "Promise me that?" |
"I had that feeling Solomon, I was not gonna do anything. I just have to make sure my sister is ok, and to sign a few papers. Holden said pinching his eyes. "So I promise you that I will not look for her." He said leaning back in his chair.
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Solomon smiled, "Good. I will deal with her once I'm fully recovered. I will make her pay for what she's done to my cars. Very clever I admit though.." He couldn't help but admire her genius. He nodded a bit, mulling over what she had done.
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"Thanks for telling me your dad had a heart attack." Alicia said very angry.
"I'm sorry I got distracted." He said opening his eyes. "And why did you drag Solomon along he needs to rest." She said trying to calm down. "I didn't drag him along he wanted to come with, now I will tell you when the funeral is ok?" He said trying to take a nap. "Fine." Alicia said. *** Holden woke up six hours later, and looked out the window. "We are almost there." He said looking to Solomon |
Solomon nodded, "I know. I've been unable to sleep at all.." His eyes were still closed and he didn't move a muscle, save for his jaw when he spoke. "Do you plan on staying in Connecticut?"
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