Chosen (Book #4 of the Vampire Legends) (9 page)

“I’ll be ready in
a few minutes, why don’t you wait for me in the hall,” Zara said. “Then we can
go together!”

“Ok, hurry!” Rob
said, as he walked out of the room and shut the door behind him.

He stood there,
thinking about what he’d just done. How he just turned two girls in this dorm
and how eventually, they would wake up to the fact that they are different. How
they will end up turning more humans on campus and that eventually, Syracuse University
will become overrun with vampires. He kinda liked that idea. He wanted more
people to understand him, to know what he went through having been turned
against his will at the time of his life when he had everything going for him.
He felt a little jipped or robbed of his future, but there was nothing he could
do about that now. Now, all he had to do was live his life as a vampire, and
hope that he could find Rachel to finally be together with her.

Within minutes,
the door opened and out walked Zara in a tight black mini skirt and halter top.
He thought she looked dropped dead gorgeous, but still nothing compared to Rachel.
Zara had more conventional good looks whereas Rachel was beautiful in her own
quirky way. But Rob liked that about her. In fact, that’s what attracted him to
her the most. That she was different.

Perfectly
different.

“Ready!” Zara
said, as she closed the door behind her and locked it with her key.

“Ok, where to?”
Rob said.

“North campus,”
Zara said. “Let’s go get tanked!”

Rob knew he
didn’t want to get tanked with her, but didn’t say anything about it. He didn’t
want to be a buzz kill, so went along with that idea.

“Yeah, sure. And
you’re sure that Sarah will be there?” Rob said.

“Yeah, I just
texted her. She’s already there. She said the kegs just arrived!” Zara said.

“Sweet,” Rob
said, trying to sound excited. And actually he was excited because he thought
that if Sarah were drunk, she’s be more inclined to tell him what he knows
about Rachel, and it would make it easier for him to turn her.

As they arrived
at the Sammy house, he saw swarms of kids arriving in packs, all smiling,
laughing and stumbling around. He knew this must be a typical night at
Syracuse; kids drunk, going to parties and having fun with their friends.

They went around
to the back door of the frat house, and entered though a large medal door that
was bent on the top and didn’t fit right on its hinges. They then entered into
a dark narrow entrance way with stairs going up on one side and going down on
the other. They stopped and listened, and heard that the music was coming from
downstairs so they headed down. As they got to the bottom the noise level rose
tremendously and the vibrations of the base shook the floors. It was jam packed
with people shoulder to shoulder dancing and drinking. He noticed a big clear
tube spiraling around the floor that looked as if it started from the top floor
of the house. He couldn’t tell though since he couldn’t see past the staircase
of the basement level. It turned out the tube ended in some guy’s mouth and he
was funneling beers though it. Rob had never seen anything quite like it, and
wished he could give it a try. He walked over and a guy said to him, “Yo Dude,
wanna go?”

Rob looked at the
funnel and remembered how he’d been jipped of a college experience and without
hesitation said, “Yeah, man!”

Rob took the
clear tube and put one end in his mouth, then waited as the group started
cheering. As the beer came flying though the tube, their cheers got louder and
louder and then, he felt it hit his mouth. The refreshing taste of beer and the
bubbles hit his tongue. He quickly gulped and swallowed it down, only letting
some dribble out of his mouth. The guys cheered for him and so did the girls.
He felt like a rock star and wished with his whole being that he had the chance
to go to college.

“Have you guys
seen Sarah?” Rob asked to the people around him.

“Sarah?” one guy
asked.

“Yeah, Sarah
Wood. She’s supposed to be here,” Rob said.

“The hot frosh
you mean?” another guy said.

“Maybe?” Rob
said.

“That girl?” the
guy said, pointing towards the bar area.

Rob looked and
saw Sarah standing on top of the bar dancing holding a red plastic cup of beer
in her hand.

“Yeah, that’s
her!” Rob said. “Thanks!”

Rob quickly went
over to her and looked up at her on the bar.

“What are you
doing here? I thought I told you to leave!” Sarah said.

“I need you to
tell me about Rachel. I’ll leave you alone if you tell me,” Rob said.

“Don’t give me an
ultimatum,” Sarah said. “I don’t have to tell you anything.”

Rob jumped up
onto the bar after her and with a small hop, he was up and standing there, next
to her staring her in the eye.

Sarah jumped back
with surprise at his ability to jump like that. She took her cup of beer and
threw it in Rob’s face. Before it could hit his face, he stopped the beer and
it splashed back and hit her in the face, ruining her perfectly blow dried hair.

“What!” Sarah
said. “Why’d you do that?”

“I didn’t do
anything. You’re the one who threw it in my face!” Rob yelled.

“Listen, leave me
alone,” Sarah said, as she jumped off the bar and ran upstairs.

Rob followed
close behind her, using his force powers to keep up his speed. He ran like a panther,
through the house as Sarah ran ahead of him. She was yelling at first, but Rob
forced her lips to shut using mind control so that she wouldn’t alarm anyone as
they ran through the house. He didn’t want her to scream and draw attention to
him.

As she got to the
top of the house Rob knew that she’d be trapped. There was nothing up there
except a balcony and it was too high for her to jump. She ran around and around
in circles, Rob chasing her and then stopped. Looked around and then opened a
small door and jumped inside. Rob followed her, peeking his head down before he
jumped. He couldn’t believe she jumped down the laundry chute. He wondered if
she survived. He jumped in after her yelling her name.

“Sarah! Sarah!
Stop running from me already!” Rob said as he came tumbling down to the ground.

Luckily for them,
the frat didn’t do laundry often and their fall was cushioned by a heaping
mound of disgusting, dirty clothes. They smelled awful, but at least they didn’t
get hurt.

“Leave me alone.
You’re scaring me!” Sarah said as she jumped up out of the pile of dirty
clothes and ran towards the door of the laundry room. It was locked from
outside and she tugged and tugged, but couldn’t get the door open. She spotted
a window and then ran through it, leaving Rob hardly a second to catch his
breath. He quickly followed her, getting stuck only for a minute in the small
opening of the window.

He saw her
running down the street and used his animal speed to catch up to her. He then
jumped right in front of her like a bear attacking his prey and caught her off
guard. Sarah let out a scream and then Rob reached out and grabbed her. Holding
her tightly with one hand and the other hand covering her mouth.

“I wish I didn’t
have to do this,” Rob said. “But you leave me no choice!”

Rob carried her
to a quiet spot behind one of the classroom buildings on campus and there, in
the light of the mood and the howling of the wind, he turned her. Sip by sip he
drank her blood, but left just enough in so that she, too, could remain
conscious to help him out. He felt badly for turning her, but knew it was the
only way he could ever be with Rachel was to turn her sister first.

Chapter
13

Sarah lay there
on the ground convulsing as she felt her body turn cold. She didn’t know what
had just happened to her and couldn’t understand why she was laying on the cold
ground at night. She opened her eyelids but they were so heavy they barely
opened. Through the small slats of her eye, she could see Rob, standing over
her, touching her body with his ice cold hands. Then, she started blinking her
eyes and gaining focus through her pupils. She’d never felt this way before. It
was like she’d just done drugs or something. She didn’t know. Maybe she was
drugged or given a roofie in her drink.

She opened her
mouth to talk, but nothing came out. It was like she was speaking, but the
sound wasn’t coming out. Then all of a sudden she started coughing and hacking.
Then, she tasted blood. She lay there with her head tilted sideways as she
coughed up blood clot after blood clot. She didn’t know what was happening to
her body. She cleared her throat and made some noises with her voice. It was
still mumbled, but at least there was sound.

“Sarah, are you
ok?” Rob asked, staring down at her.

She waited,
touching her body with her ice cold hands as she lay there. She wanted to make
sure that everything still intact.

“What happened to
me?” she managed to ask.

“I’m not sure,”
Rob answered. “What did happen to you?”

Sarah thought for
a moment and then realized she had no clue what just happened. She couldn’t
remember anything for the life of her. She didn’t know how she got there or why
Rob of all people was standing over her.

“Why are you
here?” Sarah asked.

“I’ve come to see
you. To talk to you about Rachel,” Rob said.

Sarah couldn’t
understand why this random guy from high school would have come to her college
to see her to ask about Rachel who she hadn’t seen in over a year now.

“But why?” Sarah
said. “Why me?”

“Because I want
to be with your sister. I still have feelings for her and I want to know where
she is. You’re the only one who can help me,” Rob said.

“But don’t you
know she’s been gone for a long time now?” Sarah asked.

“Gone?” Rob
questioned. “Not dead is she?”

“Oh no! She’s not
dead,” Sarah answered. “Don’t say such a thing!”

“I’m sorry.
That’s just what people back at AHS were saying, so I wasn’t sure,” Rob
answered. “God forbid!”

“God forbid is
right! I don’t know how I’d live without my sister,” Sarah said. “We’ve become
so close.”

“So, where’d she
go anyway? Vacation?” Rob asked.

Sarah couldn’t
understand why he was prying so much about this. She didn’t realize that he
cared so much about her sister. Sarah remembered when Rachel came home from
high school one day crying because Rob had stood her up for their date. She’d
felt so bad for Rachel since it was her first date ever. She also couldn’t
believe that Rob, a jock, liked her sister. Another thing that made her proud!

“Why do you care
anyway?” Sarah asked, suddenly becoming more protective of her sister.

“Because I
realized I made a mistake. I love her and want to be with her,” Rob said.

Feeling sorry for
Rob she let out a smile and said, “She’s with someone else now. I’m sorry to
have to tell you that.”

“Someone else?”
Rob asked. “Who?”

“Just some guy.
You probably wouldn’t know him anyway,” Sarah said.

“Who. Tell me!”
Rob begged.

“His name is
Benji,” Sarah said. “She’s head over heels for him.”

“Where’s he
live?” Rob said, getting jealous.

“I’m not sure. I
don’t think he was from Bedford though,” Sarah said.

“Is that where
Rachel is?” Rob asked.

“In Bedford?”
Sarah questioned.

“No! With Benji?”
Rob asked.

“Yes, I believe
so,” Sarah said.

“Do you have any
idea where?” Rob asked.

“I don’t know
but, I do know that they went to his house. In some castle or something. I read
Rach’s diary and found out. I shouldn’t have seen it, but I did,” Sarah
confided.

“Castle?” Rob
asked.

“Yeah, it’s
somewhere upstate I think,” Sarah said.

She stared up at
Rob who was clearly processing all of this new information. She could see it
computing in his head and he stared back at her in amusement.

“Upstate?” Rob
asked.

“Yeah, I don’t
know anything else. Sorry, wish I did,” Sarah replied.

“Do you still
have her diary?” Rob asked.

“No, I don’t. My
parents packed it up when they moved,” Sarah said.

“They moved?” Rob
asked. “You mean out of Bedford?”

“Yes! They moved
right after Rachel left. They couldn’t bear it anymore and realized they’d made
a huge mistake moving up to New York anyway so they went home to Pennsylvania,”
Sarah answered.

“No wonder!” Rob
said. “I tried stopping by your house many times, but nobody answered the door.
Then, just recently another family answered and I was so confused I just left.”

“Yeah, that’s
why. It’s because they don’t live there anymore,” Sarah said.

“Want to find her
with me?” Rob asked.

“What?” Asked
Sarah.

“I’m going to go
find your sister. Do you want to come with me?” Rob asked again.

“Well, I have
class tomorrow,” Sarah answered. “I don’t think I can.”

“Trust me. You
can miss class. It doesn’t matter now anyway,” Rob answered.

“What do you mean
it doesn’t matter now?” Sarah asked.

“You’ll see!” Rob
said.

“What’s that
supposed to mean?” Sarah asked again.

“Don’t worry. In
due time you will find out what I mean,” Rob said ominously.

Sarah lifted her
body off the ground and stood up. She’d never felt more light headed before in
her life as she did at this moment. She couldn’t understand what was happening
to her body. Her mind started spinning and the world around her became blurry
and foggy.

She didn’t know
what to make of it all. She looked at Rob who looked as if he was floating
away. His body drifting off in the distance. She didn’t know where he was going
and wanted to follow him. Then, all of a sudden, she felt a sharp pain in her
back and then a popping sound. Then her feet lifted off the ground and her back
sprouted wings. She was flying in the sky next to Rob, not knowing what on
earth was happening.

“Rob? What’s
going on?” Sarah asked.

“I’ll tell you.
We’ve got a while to fly until we reach the castle.”