River, Sun, Freedom

Chapter 15: Questions, questions and more questions.

i think i'm ready to rap this story up - i don't really want too many pointless chapters from here on in. i'll try and get into the action as quickly as possible and move ahead with Jo and damien/nate's love life. hopefully i'll wrap this up within ten more chapters - i don't really care for the idea of fifty chapters when half of those are useless (sorry if you were hoping for that, but i'm a bit of a perfectionist like that). wish me well and keep being amazing!

tigerlily_x

Chapter 15: Questions, questions and more questions.

It took Jodie twenty minutes to work with Nate and Damien in a mad rush around the rock waking everyone up. Jodi ran to Laurie to wake her and looked frantically around the room trying to find Marge before realising with a burning ache in her heart the reason why Marge wasn’t there.

Sighing she dragged Laurie behind her to meet up with Damien and the men in the meadow.

On the raised platform in the meadow, Sheila and Samuel were standing with the two who had been following the vampyres; Turk, 192cm of muscle-bound male and Cody, blond, blue-eyed, the family resemblance between him and his fraternal twin Cory clearly visible. They were standing straight backed and covered in dust, their faces revealing nothing. Jodi went to stand beside Steven, Laurie standing right behind her.

“what’s going on Steven?” Laurie hissed.

“oh no you don’t.” Steven whispered back. “there’s no way I’m saying anything that’s not my job to say. This is way too important.”

Jodi frowned and opened her mouth to interrogate Steven when she felt a hand take hers. She turned to her other side and found Jake grinning at her. She smiled back at him even as she felt Laurie’s eyes boring into the back of her head, but could not bring herself to return his grip.

They used your brother to entice you back.

“is everyone here?” sheila’s voice rang out loud and clear despite the size of the room. There were nods all around. “good. Then if everyone would please be silent, Turk and Cody have some important news to report.”

Cody stepped forward, and with a nod from sheila, spoke in a loud, deep voice. “we are all in great danger. The vampyres are no longer affected by moonlight.”

Gasps rang around the crowd and Jodi fought back the impulse to retch. Their one advantage over the monsters, gone! Cries of despair rose up as panic surged.

“how is that possible?”

“what are we going to do?”

Samuel banged his walking stick on the ground three time, the sound of wood against rock loud enough that the crowd became silent again.

Cody spoke again. “we have no idea what changed but that is not all.”

“tell us the whole story,” sheila said.

Cody nodded and turned to the crowd and began to narrate his tale.

One week earlier:

“the billabong’s right ‘round here.” Turk called out to Cody.

“shhh!”Cody held one finger in front of his lips, flashing Turk an alarmed look. The operation required stealth above everything. Their mission would be ruined if the vampyre caught wind of them.

“Sorry” Turk mouth and pretended zip his mouth closed. Cody shook his head and looked around. Found a cluster of rocks from which they could park their bikes, within sight of the bushes where the billabong lay behind. Landing carefully, he and Turk removed their guns from their bikes and held them ready to shoot at any moment’s notice. They carefully scouted the rocks, in case any hid a lone Vampyre.