PROTECT

Chapter 21 - Part 1

Jessica's POV

As I was heading out of the change rooms, I felt like someone was watching me. I turned around and sniffed the air. It smelt disgusting, like a rotting corpse, or something that has been here for a few hours. I kept sniffing to see where the smell was coming from. I looked in the aisle of the lockers and saw someone sitting on a stool in silence.

Me- "Hello?"

I spoke up but they didn't reply. I tried one more time.

Me- "Hello? Are you okay?"

Still no answer. I walk closer to the person. I gasped and covered my mouth. I was so scared. I wanted to scream. My best friend is dead. Faith is dead. How? Why? Someone is trying to ruin me. I can't stop crying, my chest hurts. She has been with me for so long and now she's gone. She was innocent. She did nothing wrong. Why would someone do this? They will pay for what they have done.

Grayson's POV

I felt something in my chest. It hurt. I knew Ethan felt it too. We immediately thought it was Jessica. We ran into the girls' change rooms and called out her name.

Me- "Jess?"

Ethan- "Babe, are you okay?"

Babe? I shook it out of my head. I couldn't think about that right now. We looked down the aisles of the lockers and we finally found her on her knees crying in front of someone else. Ethan and I looked at each other, we didn't know who it was. We walked closer and Jessica spoke up.

Jess- "Gray, I don't think you want to see this."

Me- "What do you mean? Who is it?"

I walked closer and saw the corpse. The first girl I ever actually loved, is dead. A tear slipped down my face.

I don't know who did this but they will pay, Grayson. They will feel the worst. We will make them suffer. I heard Jessica's voice in my head. My eyes glowed green and I punched the lockers next to me, letting it be caved in. I turned back to Jess. She is still crying but she had an angry look on her face. Ethan leaned down to comfort her, wrapping his arms around her.

Jess- "They will pay. They will suffer for what they did."

She sniffled then she continued.

Jess- "She was innocent. She did nothing wrong. She didn't deserve this."

Her eyes suddenly changed colour not her usual purple, but light green colour. What does that mean? She grabbed Ethan's arm tightly. I could feel it too. I winced in pain and so did Ethan. Then all of a sudden, we could see what Jess was seeing.

*Vision*
We saw a girl. We couldn't see her face but she has long blonde hair. The girl turned around. It was Meredith. Meredith Mickelson. Her eyes were red with veins heading towards them. She's a vampire. What the fuck? She was walking with someone, a guy. I couldn't quite make out who it was but I feel like they both have something to do with this.
*End of Vision*

I blinked a couple times and I was back to seeing the love of my life dead and to Ethan and Jess, crying. Ethan and I could tell she wanted to scream, but she can't do it here. Ethan picked her up bridal style and carried her out of the chafe rooms and I carried her stuff. We used our lightning speed and ran out of the change rooms and in the woods where Jess first showed us how to drink blood. Ethan set her down and she went on her knees. She dug her hands in the soil and took a deep breath. Ethan and I were still by her side. We wrapped our arms around her and we knew she was ready to scream. We prepared ourselves.