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Chapter 6

A’sa and JC hurried to the hotel. They bolted up the stairs not

bothering with the elevator. “K? Were here! What’s going on

in the room?” A’sa thought to Kahea as her and JC ran down

the hallway.

Kahea looked around the room. Lily had brought Eddie and

one of his goons. “The woman! Lily? Is trying to get Justin!”

Kahea thought back frantically. With bitter force Eddie

knocked Joey unconcious. “The man. A big guy! Just hurt

Joey!” she thought. She was parylized with fear.

Before K could do anything Lily bit into Justin’s neck. Tearing

into his throat. “Leave him alone!” Kahea said loudly as she

pulled Lilly off of him. Justin slumped to the floor. He was

bleeding everywhere. “Please! Hurry!” Kahea thought. “What

happened?” JC thought as the couple approached the room.

“She got Justin!” she thought sadly.

JC hurriedly opened the door. “Take care of Justin!” A’sa

thought as she grabbed Lilly by the shoulder. “We told you

you were not welcome!” A’sa said slamming her up against

the wall. Eddie was on her in a second. “Back off! Or she

dies!” he said taking Kahea and putting a knife to her throat.

“JC? A’sa? Please?” Kahea panicked. A’sa let go of Lilly as

Eddie sliced across K’s throat. A’sa rushed over to her. She

quickly tore into her wrist letting a massive amount of blood

drip into Kahea’s wound. Before everyone’s eyes she healed

she was weak but she would leave. “I SAID GET OUT!” A’sa

sreamed pushing Eddie towards the door. Her fangs were in

full view, her eyes yellow. The small girl picked Eddie up and

slammed him into the wall. “You didn’t say they had that

much power!” he managed out as he gasped for air. A’sa

clutched his throat hard squeezing gently. “A’sa let him go!”

JC comanded with his mind. She dropped him to the ground

and he scrammbled to the door. It wasn’t long before they

were all on there way. “Fair warning HE is mine! He was

Toreador blood first! I will get him.” Lily said sternly. Her final

warning as she slipped out into the hall.

Joey was still passed out on the floor. “Justin?” A’sa asked

softly. “He’s dying! The only way for him to live is to Embrace

him!” JC said sadly. “We have to!” A’sa said kneeling next to

JC. JC was holding his younger friend’s head in his lap.

Justin was slipping in and out of conciousness. “Justin? Can

hear me?” A’sa whispered close to his ear. Justin gasped for

air. Blood filtering from his mouth. He painfully nodded his

head. “Your going to die! We can save you! But you have to

become like us. Do you want that?” she asked sadly. Tears

poured from Justin’s eyes. He clamped his eyes shut as he

spoke softly. “Please! I’m not ready to die!” With that said

A’sa began drinking from his wound. JC took Justin’s wrist in

his mouth and bit down. It was mere seconds before Justin’s

heart slowed. A’sa tore into her wrist, as JC did his. “You

have to drink! Justin come on.” JC urged as he and A’sa let

there blood mix and drip into into Justin’s mouth. He took

turns sucking from each of them. Justin drifted off to sleep.

“He’ll be ok?” JC sighed as he rubbed some smudged blood

off of Justin’s face. “We have to get out of here!” A’sa said

frantically. She nudged Kahea awake. “Sweety! You have to

get up! We have to go!” A”sa said softly. She helped Kahea

dress. The two of them woke Joey. JC was still frozen

watching Justin. Justin’s breathing shallow. Joey almost

screamed when he saw all the blood surrounding Justin.

“Shhh!” Kahea said as she covered Joey’s mouth with her

hand. JC picked up Justin and the five left the room.

*****Chapter 7*****

“Where are we going?” A’sa thought to JC as they

headed down the hall.

“To Chris and Lance’s room…” He thought back to her

he walked faster.

“What’s going on?” Joey asked Kahea as they helped

each other stagger behind JC and A’sa.

“Just hold on a minute Joey, JC and I will explain

everything…” A’sa said quietly as JC knocked on a

door

at the end of the hall. “Kahea? How do you feel?”

A’sa thought to her.

“Not so good…” Kahea replied, swaying slightly. Joey

caught her as she passed out, picking her up and

holding her head against his chest.

“She needs to feed. Her and Justin are too weak…” JC

said quickly, banging on the door again.

“Feed? What do you mean? You mean she needs to

eat?”

He asked, panicked as he realized that A’sa’s eyes

were yellow.

“What the hell is going on?” Chris mumbled, pulling

open the door. “WHAT THE HELL?” He yelled,

seeing

his friends in the hall, with blood on their clothes.

“Let us in Chris…” JC said quietly, pushing him aside

and going into the room. A’sa and Joey followed.

Chris shut the door behind them and followed them into

the room, watching as Joey and JC laid Justin and

Kahea on the empty bed.

“Who is that?” Chris asked, looking at Kahea. “Why

are they covered in blood?” He asked, his voice

rising with each word.

“LANCE. Get up now!” JC commanded in his ear.

Lance

opened his eyes to find JC right above him, but

something was wrong. He sat up quickly and looked

around.

“JC? What’s going on?” Joey asked confused, looking

down at Kahea and Justin, then up at A’sa. JC dropped

down into a chair and looked around the room. First

to Joey, Chris, and Lance, who were looking at him

with expectant confusion, waiting for an explanation.

He looked at Justin and Kahea, laying on the bed, then

up at A’sa, his mate. He shook his head.

“There’s something I need to tell you guys. Something

you don’t know about me.” He said softly, looking at

A’sa.

“Are you sure you want to tell them?” She thought to

him.

“If Lily and Eddie and their goons come back, we won’t

be able to protect them!” JC thought back to her.

“What are you saying?” A’sa thought, her eyes never

leaving his.

“We need to embrace them. All of them.” He thought

A’sa looked at the three men standing before her.

“JC? Are you going to explain ANYTHING?” Chris

asked

in frustration, uncomfortable with the way he and the

woman stared at each other.

“What’s wrong with them?” Lance asked, looking over

at Kahea and Justin laying on the bed, their breathing

raspy and shallow.

“They’re too weak.” JC whispered. “We’ve already

embraced two without permission A’sa. The only way

protect ourselves is by embracing all of them. It’s

for our safety and theirs.” He thought to her. A’sa

contemplated it. “You won’t let Julian protect you

and I won’t leave you and Kahea, unless you want me

to.” He thought sadly.

“No. It’s safer if we stay with you.” A’sa thought

back, looking at Kahea laying on the bed.

“JC? You’re scaring me. Say something!” Joey said

loudly.

“I…I’m a vampire…” He whispered. The room

remained

silent.

“This is no time for jokes man…now tell us what the

hell is going on!” Chris demanded.

“I’m serious.” JC said quickly.

“Wait, please tell me you mean you got into some kinky

shit like biting people or something right?” Joey

whispered.

“No. I mean I won’t ever age. I feed on people’s

blood. I can read her thoughts…” He looked at A’sa.

“I turn into a black wolf occasionally…” He sighed.

“JC? Are you on drugs?” Lance asked, walking over

and

looking at his friend.

“No. He’s telling the truth.” A’sa said quickly.

Lance, Chris, and Joey looked at her, her yellow eyes

flashing. “I’m one too.” She said quickly.

“We embraced Kahea…” JC nodded towards the bed.

“She’s

a vampire now too.” He said quickly.

“The other clans, they’re afraid, because JC and I…and

now Kahea and Justin are different. We’re Daywalkers.

Something the other clans can’t be.” A’sa said

quickly. “So they sent other Kindred to kill us…or

kill me.” She sighed. “They won’t ever kill JC…”

“Okay you guys…good joke…but it’s not funny!”

Lance

moaned, dropping on the bed and rolling beneath the

blankets. A’sa shot him a look and walked over to

Justin and Kahea’s bed.

“JC!” She said in a panicked voice. “They lost too

much blood…they need to feed!” She said hoarsely,

listening as Justin’s heartbeat began to fade.

“Ha ha ha. Good one, but I’m with Lance. This is not

funny.” Chris sighed walking over and dropping into a

chair. Joey watched JC, suddenly having a flashback

of JC biting into his leg.

“Dammit. Watch!” JC yelled walking over and slitting

his wrist. He heard gasps as he lowered his wrist to

Kahea’s lips, blood dripping between them. A’sa slit

her wrist and lowered it to Justin’s lips.

“Kahea…” JC thought, trying to break through the

blackness in her mind. “You need to feed. Please.

Try.” A’sa heard his thoughts and whispered to Justin.

They heard a commotion in the hallway, a screaming

and then footsteps running down the hall.

“Come on Justin. Eat. Now.” She whispered urgently.

She was rewarded by Justin sinking his teeth into her

wrist. She gritted her teeth as he sucked from her,

his heartbeat growing stronger. She looked over at JC

and noticed that Kahea had begun to do the same. JC

looked down at Kahea as she opened her eyes slowly.

He noticed that they glowed violet as she fed. He

looked over at Justin and realized that his had done

the same.

“Oh my god…” Lance whispered, running to the

bathroom

and throwing up. Joey and Chris watched, speechless.

“A’sa…their eyes…they’re the same…” He whispered.

A’sa looked from one to the other, then up at JC.

“They combined…my red, your blue…” She thought.

“What? Why? How?” Chris stammered, backing away

from

JC.

“Chris stop. I’m still JC. I’m still the same guy I

always was!” He said, unable to get up because Kahea

was feeding.

“The hell you are!” Chris yelled as Lance came from

the bathroom. “What’s to stop you from eating or

feeding or whatever the hell it is off of us one

night?” He yelled.

“CHRIS! I never have! Only Justin. Justin knew about

me…it’s a secret he kept for me.” JC yelled back.

“Kahea stop…you’ve had enough for now…” He

whispered

as she pulled away.

“Justin that’s enough…” A’sa whispered, pulling her

arm away. Justin and Kahea lay against each other

like children, tired and spent.

“You fed from me earlier…” Joey whispered to JC. JC

realized that he had.

“Yes Joey I did, I’m sorry.” JC whispered. Joey

watched as his arm healed, his eyes darted to A’sa’s

arm and he saw that hers had done the same.

“Listen to me…” A’sa said quickly.

“Oh my god…Justin! You made Justin a Kindred or

whatever too! How could you?!?!” Lance said, looking

at his friend. Justin looked up at Lance.

“They saved me.” He whispered.

“What?” Chris said in surprise.

“I was going to die…they saved me…I had to become

one

of them.” He said, looking at Kahea, sleeping

peacefully against his chest. He could hear her

heartbeat.

“So…so…what now?” Joey whispered, sitting next to

Justin and Kahea. He noticed the way Justin focused

in on his neck. “Don’t even think about it.” He

growled to Justin. Justin sighed and leaned against

the pillow, listening to her heartbeat rhythmically

lulling him to sleep.

“Listen to me, and listen carefully…” A’sa sighed as

she stood next to JC. “The other clans…they want to

kill me, because I’m different. A Daywalker. JC and

I both are. We were the only two in existence, until

we embraced Kahea, and now Justin. IF the other clans

find out about Kahea and Justin, they will try to kill

them.” She rambled, suddenly sensing an urgency in

explaining it to them as she heard sirens outside the

hotel.

“But why?” Joey asked, running his hand along Kahea’s

face.

“It will take too long to explain.” JC said quickly,

sensing the same urgency as A’sa.

“What do you want from us?” Chris asked, no longer

afraid, but still shocked.

“We want to protect you…” A’sa said firmly, looking at

JC. “I hope this works…” She thought to him, looking

into his troubled blue eyes.

‘*****

Sonny stepped across a puddle of blood on the floor

and picked up a soda can on the nightstand, he had a

sudden flash of the violence that had erupted in the

room hours before. He looked over at Frank.

“No bodies.” He said flatly. Frank looked around at

the room.

“No bodies. But a lot of blood. Anyone get me the

registration on who’s staying in this room yet?” Frank

yelled to one of the uniformed officers.

“Coming boss!” One yelled back as he walked down the

hall with a slip of paper.

“Joseph Fatone…there’s a notation here. Belongs to

some singing group. Privacy requested.” Frank read off

the paper. “Says here his bandmates are staying on

the same floor, a few doors down. Let’s see if they

can explain any of this.” He sighed as he headed down

the hallway. Sonny glanced around and went back to

work gathering evidence.

‘*****

“You want to do what?” Chris asked incredulously.

Lance stared at them wide eyed, not sure what to

think.

“Embrace you, to protect all of you.” JC sighed

“Please Chris. It’s the only way I can protect all of

you. If the other clans get to you first, they’ll

embrace you to get to me, then A’sa, and Kahea and

Justin, once they find out.” He sighed. A’sa perked

up as she sensed Kindred, JC too.

“Someone’s coming…quick. Get rid of the bloody

clothes!” A’sa said, running over and pulling clothes

off Justin and Kahea. “Help me!” She cried. Joey

hurried over and helped her pull the covers over the

sleeping pair.

“Why are we doing this?” He asked, wondering what

the

hell was going on.

“Hurry…there’s blood on your shirts…take them off!”

added pulling off his shirt, and grabbing shirts from

Chris’ bag, throwing one at Joey and A’sa as they

heard a knock on the door. Joey and A’sa quickly

changed shirts.

“Who is it?” Chris called through the door.

“Police.” The voice responded crisply.

“Just a minute!” JC called. “The other room!” He

hissed. “Joey…you were in here with us all night

okay?” JC muttered as he and A’sa settled down on the

other bed.

“Act as though everything’s normal. Because it is.”

A’sa whispered, turning on the TV. Joey and Lance sat

down on the beds and pretended to be interested in

what was going on. Chris opened the door.

“Something wrong?” Chris asked pulling open the door.

“Well, I’m not sure yet. I’m looking for a Joseph

Fatone. Would you know where he is?” Frank asked.

“Joey? Yeah he’s right here…” Chris said smoothly,

pretending everything was normal. “Joey…what did

you

do now?” He managed to joke, looking at JC and A’sa.

“Me? Nothing! Why?” Joey asked, getting up and

walking over to the officers.

“We just need to ask you a few questions…” They said

as they led him into the hallway and shut the door.

The rest of them sat and waited.

‘*****

An hour later, Joey returned, tired and spent.

“Well?” JC asked as he dropped down on the bed.

“They wanted to know where all the blood came from.

told them I didn’t know, I’d been here with you all

night. He asked if anyone could vouch for me, I said

yeah…all of you…” He sighed. “What’s going to

happen

now?” He asked.

“Word will get back to Julian…he’s Prince of Kindred

in this city…” A’sa sighed.

“What does that mean?” Chris asked.

“It means we need to get the hell out of here!” JC

said quietly.

“No problem. We move on to the next stop on the tour

tomorrow.” Lance said, rubbing his hand over his

face.

“What about them?” Chris asked, looking at Kahea and

Justin. “And you?” He asked quietly, looking at

A’sa.

“They’re coming with us. That’s the only way for me

to protect them. I won’t leave A’sa.” JC said firmly.

“So you mean they’re coming with us, but the only way

to protect them and us, is for us, to be one of you…”

Lance said quietly, piecing everything together.

“Yes.” JC said quietly. He looked up at his friends.

“Will you do it?” He asked, his voice steady, his eyes

ice blue. Joey, Chris, and Lance looked from one to

the other, looking for reassurance, looking for a

decision.

‘*****

TBC. ..

Chapter 8

“Do we have to?” Lance groaned. “If we do it, then

your like us! If one of the other clans does it then you

can kiss this group goodbye.” A’sa sighed. “JC

wouldn’t ask this of you if he knew it would hurt you!”

she said softly. “How do you know? You just met him

the other day!” Chris said angrily. “Maybe he’s right!

This is my fault. I should have stayed away from JC,

like Julian said.” A’sa thought to herself. She got up

and started to leave. “This is not your fault!” JC said.

He approached her and wrapped his arms around her

waist. “Your changing!” He thought. He kissed her

softly on the forhead.

“Ok I understand Justin! You “saved” him! But why

her?” Joey asked pointing over at Kahea. “She asked!”

JC shrugged. “She asked?” Joey asked in disbelief.

“What do you want me to say Joey? I got hungry last

night!” JC shot back. Joey slumped down ino his chair.

“If were going to do this we better get it over with!”

Lance said softly. “If it makes you feel any better, you

don’t have to drink blood!” A’sa said making eye

contact with Lance. “I guess thats that then!” Lance got

up from his chair. “Do we get to choose who?” Joey

asked. “I don’t see why not!” A’sa replied looking at

JC. “Good! Because I would really rather not have JC

sucking on my neck.” Joey said. Joey gently shook

Kahea awake. Justin stirred next to her. They both

awoke. “Ok! A’sa and I will do Lance! Kahea can take

care of Joey and well Chris that leaves Justin!” They all

nodded. A’sa stripped down to her bra and panties and

crawled into the bed with Lance. She straddled him.

“This is only going to hurt a little bit!” There was

something about her voice that made Lance feel

comfortable. She helped him remove his shirt. “This

feels wierd!” she thought to JC. She felt as if she were

in some way betraying him. “It’s alright!” he thought

back. JC moved closer to her. He rubbed her back

encouraging her. She kissed Lance softly and moved

down between his legs. She unbuttoned his shorts and

pulled them off. Rubbing her hand over his inner thigh

she she amssaged his leg until she felt his artery pulse

beneath her touch. She licked his inner thigh and Lance

moaned. She sank her fangs deep into him. Before he

could scream JC had bittin into his neck. They drank

until JC heard Lance’s heart slow. A’sa pulled away

from him. JC tore into his wrist. A’sa did the same.

They watched as Lance took turns feeding off of them

both. Before long he was in a deep slumber. Joey and

Chris watched on in awwe. A’sa went to grab for her

t-shirt. JC took his off and handed it to her.

Kahea stripped down to her underwaer and strattled

Joey’s lap as he sat in a chair. Her sexual appitite had

yet to diminish. She kissed Joey softly at first. He

watched as her eyes went form green to violet. He

ripped off her panties. She quickly undid his pants and

pulled out his throbbing manhood. “SHould we leave

them be?” A’sa thought to JC. “Uh. . .No! I think I’ll

stay and watch!” he thought. A sly grin formed on his

face. A’sa playfully slapped him. Joey slid into Kahea

easily. She rode him hard and fast. Before he had a

chance to cum, she had bittin into his neck. “K! Ease

up. Don’t do perminent damage!” JC thought. Kahea

slowly fed from him until she felt him shudder beneath

her. She sliced open her neck and brought his lips to her

wound. Joey latched on sucking feaverishly. Kahea

continued riding him. SHe could feel the life returning

to him as she felt him cum inside her. Joey pulled away.

Her neck healed up quickly and she cuddled up close to

him.

Before the night ended Jusitn embraced Chris. It was a

big struggle. Being Justin’s first real feed he was rough.

THe fact that he was a guy didn’t help Chris relax at all.

Before long the seven were passed out in the hotel

room.

Embrace of the Vampire

******Chapter 9*****

JC woke slowly, blinking his eyes against the sunlight

streaming in the window. His eyes adjusted as he

looked around the room. He and A’sa were in bed with

Lance, while Kahea, Joey, Justin and Chris were asleep

in the other bed. The night’s events came rushing

back to him as he remembered embracing his friends.

He shook A’sa softly.

“Baby wake up.” He thought to A’sa. Kahea opened

her

eyes slowly and looked over at him.

“If I can hear you, then they can hear you…” She

whispered, smiling at him as she laid her head back

down on Joey’s chest and closed her eyes again.

“Right…” JC sighed, remembering that they were all

Daywalkers now. “A’sa…” He said, gently shaking her

awake. She opened her eyes and quickly took in the

room around her.

“It wasn’t a dream?” She thought to him.

“No.” He whispered back. She sat up and sighed.

“So what now?” She asked, looking at Lance laying

next

to her.

“Now…” He checked his watch. “We need to get

moving…management’s going to be looking for all of

in another hour We have an autograph signing at 8

and then it’s on the bus and up to LA. We need to

figure out what to tell Johnny because I’m not leaving

you and Kahea behind.” He sighed as he stood up. “I

need to shower and think, then we’ll wake them up.”

said quickly. He turned to look at A’sa, wearing his

shirt. “Care to join me?” He grinned mischievously.

“Of course…” She smiled back, taking his shirt off and

tossing it on the floor as he followed her into the

shower.

Each step she took towards the bathroom made him

want

her more. He watched the way she moved and felt

himself hard, and ready for her. He growled low in is

throat when she stepped in the shower. She turned to

look at him and smiled. He turned on the water and

pushed her up against the wall, attacking her body in

a frenzy of kisses and nibbles. He nipped at her neck

gently, hearing her growl low in her own throat.

“Fuck me.” She panted, her eyes glowing. He smiled at

her and slid himself into her, pushing her up against

the wall and wrapping her legs around his waist. He

thrust into her quickly as she tossed her head back

against the wall. He lowered his tongue to her

breast, licking quickly, then biting into it. A’sa

moaned loudly as she came, her body shuddering with

release. He continued to thrust into her, then tilted

his head back, exposing his neck to her. She licked

it quickly then bit it forcefully, eliciting a moan of

pleasure from his throat.

“God…” JC thought to himself, his body trembling.

‘****

“God…” Chris heard in his mind. He opened his eyes

and looked around, wondering where it had come from.

He looked down at the people in bed with him and

slowly the memories trickled back to him. He looked

at Justin sleeping soundly beside him, then over at

Joey and Kahea cuddled together, naked. He shook his

head, feeling a gnawing in the pit of his stomach. He

looked over at Kahea and his eyes zeroed in on the

side of her neck. “I wonder what she tastes like…” He

thought.

“Don’t even think about it Chris.” Kahea murmured,

not

even opening her eyes.

“Wha? What? How did you know?” He whispered.

She

rolled over to look at him.

“We can read each other’s thoughts.” She thought to

him.

“How?” He thought back.

“We’re Daywalkers. According to A’sa and JC, we’re

the only vampires who can do that…” She sat up

slowly,

grabbing Joey’s shirt and pulling it on. “Are you

hungry?” She thought to him.

“Hungry?” He whispered in confusion.

“Yes Chris. Are you hungry?” She asked.

“A little I guess…” He nodded.

“I had a feeling you would be.” She sighed as she

stood up. “JC told me that we’re hungry the first

time we embrace, but after that, we don’t really need

to feed to survive. Only occasionally.” She began to

walk away from the bed when a hand snaked out and

caught her thigh, squeezing it gently.

“Where are you going?” Joey thought to her. She

looked down at him and smiled.

“Morning Joey.” She grinned, leaning in for a kiss.

She sat back on the bed and straddled him again.

“Sleep well?” She whispered, kissing his chest.

“I guess…considering everything that happened…” He

chuckled, sliding his hand up her thighs, fingering

her slowly.

“I want some of that…” They heard Chris thinking.

Kahea turned to look at him and smiled.

“Careful there Chris…thoughts can be dangerous

things…” She grinned.

“Well well…glad to see everyone seems to be getting

up…” JC chuckled as he and A’sa returned to the room.

“How are you guys feeling?” A’sa asked worriedly.

“Not bad…a little hungry…” Chris mumbled, shaking

his

head.

“Not bad A’sa…” Kahea smiled, sliding off Joey.

“Shower free?” She asked, walking into the bathroom

and leaving the door open as she pulled off her shirt

and turned on the water.

“Lance…Justin…you need to get up…” JC said quietly,

shaking them awake. “We need to figure out how to

explain A’sa and Kahea to Johnny. He’s going to come

for us in another 20 minutes.” He sighed, pulling

clothes from Chris’ bag. “I need to go down the hall

and get my bag…Justin…get up…we gotta get your

stuff.

Joey? What about your bag?” Joey shook his head.

“I can’t. Everything in the room is evidence.” He

sighed. “Kahea’s stuff too.” He mumbled, watching her

in the shower.

“Well, we can share for now, we’ll get new stuff in LA

for you guys and A’sa.” JC replied. “Justin…come

on.” He said, holding the door open. They left and

headed for their room.

“Here A’sa.” Lance said, tossing her a pair of warmups

and a shirt. “Not much, but…” He shrugged as he

pulled out clothes for himself.

“Thanks.” She said, pulling them on quickly. She

walked towards the shower. “K?” She thought to her.

“Hurry up okay?”

“All right…I’m done.” Kahea called back, shutting off

the water and wrapping a towel around her. There was

a knock on the door. Chris walked over and opened it

before A’sa could say anything.

“You guys ready? We’ve gotta be at….” Johnny trailed

off as he spotted A’sa, and then Kahea in the room.

His mouth dropped open at the sight of two girls in

their room, one dressed only in a towel.

“Uh Johnny…this is A’sa, JC’s girlfriend…” Chris

trailed off, looking at A’sa.

“JC’s what?” Johnny said in shock. His eyes turned to

Kahea who had frozen in mid step. “Who is she and

why

is she only wearing a towel?” He glowered at Chris.

“She’s uhhh, A’sa’s sister.” Lance spoke up, looking

at her carefully. Johnny opened his mouth to say

something, but was interrupted by another voice.

“All right we have…oh hey Johnny…” JC trailed off as

he and Justin walked into the room.

“JC…what the hell is going on?” Johnny asked sternly,

motioning towards the two girls.

“This is A’sa and…” He heard A’sa in his mind.

“Kahea’s my sister…” A’sa thought to him quickly.

“Her sister, Kahea. They’ll be going with us on

tour.” He said calmly as he walked over and handed

Kahea his bag. “Go get dressed…” He thought to her.

She obeyed and went into the bathroom, digging

through

his bag for something to wear.

“May I speak with you for a moment? Alone…” Johnny

said firmly, holding the door open for JC.

“No. A’sa and Kahea are coming with us. Period.” JC

said, his gaze steady. Johnny looked into JC’s blue

eyes and nodded his head slowly. He wasn’t used to

this kind of behavior from JC at all. He took a quick

step backwards. JC watched him, sensing fear. He

softened a little. “I’m sorry Johnny, it’s just that

I’m not going to leave A’sa behind.” He said firmly.

“Kahea’s my sister…she’s all I have…” A’sa trailed

off. Johnny looked from one to the other. “I can’t

leave her.” She finished.

“You’re really changing A’sa…” JC thought to her, his

eyes softening as he looked at her.

“Scary isn’t it…” She thought back to him, smiling

softly. Johnny looked at the rest of the guys in the

room as they moved around, getting packed up.

“This is okay with the rest of the guys?” He asked no

one in particular. Joey looked up at Johnny and

nodded.

“It’s fine by me.” He shrugged. “Everyone else too I

think.” He smiled as Kahea came out of the bathroom

wearing a pair of JC’s warmups and Joey’s Superman

shirt.

“Okay…I guess…” Johnny trailed off. There was

something different about all the guys, but he

couldn’t put his finger on it. And the two women.

There was something about them too. He let it go for

now. They would be on tour, he could keep an eye on

them then. “Hurry up okay? You got that signing in

an hour.” He said.

“Yeah. Thanks Johnny.” JC smiled. “Everything will

be fine now A’sa….” JC thought to her.

“I have to go talk to the police about Joey’s room.

They think someone broke into it, but they’re not sure

what happened after that. Thank god Joey was here

with you.” He sighed, rubbing his temples tiredly.

“Be on the bus in 5 minutes got it?” He snapped as he

left the room.

“All right…so they’re coming. Now what?” Justin

asked,

dropping down on the bed.

“Now…now…” A’sa looked at JC helplessly.

“Now we’ll just be careful. You guys need to feed

too, we’ll have to do something about that when we get

to LA. You have to hold on until then.” He sighed,

grabbing his bag and opening the door. They gathered

up their things and left.

‘*****

Three hours later they were heading for LA. A’sa sat

next to JC in the back of the bus, staring blankly out

the window. Justin, Chris and Lance were playing

video games and Joey and Kahea were cuddled together

in Joey’s bunk.

“I think Lily and Eddie sent some thugs to watch you

today…” A’sa whispered softly to JC. He nodded his

head tiredly.

“We all sensed it. The guys had a hard time because

they kept sensing Kindred and they didn’t quite know

what to make of it.” He chuckled. “They had a hard

time focusing. Harder than usual.” He grinned.

“Hey man…you’re used to all this. This is all new to

us!” Justin interjected, his eyes never leaving the

screen.

“I know that.” JC replied. “You just need time to

adjust to it that’s all.” He shrugged.

“No kidding. And dude…it’s kinda weird being able to

read each other’s thoughts…” Chris added, shaking his

head.

“You’re not kidding…” Lance sighed. “Joey is worse

than I thought!” He chuckled.

“Joey? I was talking about Kahea…” Chris laughed.

“Man…both of them…together…is….man, it’s like a

porno!” Justin added, grimacing. A’sa laughed.

“You’ll learn to tune it out soon enough.” She smiled.

“Oh god Joey!” They heard Kahea moan from the bunk.

Then again, what good is it when you can hear them

like that?” JC laughed.

‘*****

Julian paced back and forth across his study,

thinking. He was worried. He hadn’t heard from A’sa

since she and JC had left to help the girl they had

embraced. Lily and Eddie had left town and he was

more worried. He knew that they had tried something,

but he had no way of proving it. He sighed and sat

down to think.

“Pondering something?” Daedalus said quietly as he

shut the door softly behind him.

“A’sa and JC…and the girl.” Julian admitted, turning

to look at Daedalus. Daedalus nodded and sat down in

an armchair.

“The sixth clan.” He said quietly. “Orien.” Julian

looked at him questioningly.

“There are only three of them.” He said slowly.

“For now.” Daedalus said, looking at Julian. Julian

raised an eyebrow. “They embraced another. The girl.

From what I understand, she is pure Daywalker.”

Julian nodded.

“I understood that too.” He agreed.

“What’s to stop A’sa and JC and now this girl from

embracing and creating more Daywalkers?” Daedalus

countered.

“I hope A’sa wouldn’t endanger Kindred that way.”

Julian sighed, then shook his head. “She’s smart. She

won’t do it unless she has to.” He said quickly.

“Has to?” Daedalus asked.

“You and I both know that Lily wants JC back, and she

feels threatened by the fact that there is a somewhat

superior race of Kindred out there. It doesn’t take

much to convince Eddie, and the two of them would

have

no problem putting an end to A’sa if need be.” He said

flatly.

“You think Lily and Eddie are hunting A’sa?” Daedalus

asked emotionless.

“Perhaps.” He nodded.

“Where is she now?” Daedalus asked quietly.

“With JC, I assume. They insisted on staying together

and taking the girl with them.” He said, looking out

the window.

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