Chapter 15: Vampires Aren’t Real

When Oliver and I got back to the Compound we compelled the girl we brought back with us to do everything we say. Oliver said, "Now darling, why don't you take this knife and cut yourself in the arm with it!" Oliver handed the girl a knife and she made a small cut on the inside of her forearm. I felt the hunger strike me hard. My wolf fangs popped out like no other and my eyes were bloodshot and golden. I turned my head and tried to fight it. I couldn't hold myself as well as I used to. I said to Oliver, "I'm sorry!" I ran over and before I could reach the girl Oliver stood in front of her, holding me back and said, "Fight it! Harper, you have to fight it!" The hunger went away for a split second while Oliver was talking, but when he stopped it started lingering back. I looked at him and I surprised even myself with what I did! I grabbed Oliver and bit into his neck aggressively! When I pulled away I moved to the girl and killed her in nearly five seconds! When I finished the girl off I felt myself return back to normal, and in that moment I saw Oliver. I ran over to him, he was grunting in pain so in a panicked voice said, "What do I do?" He mumbled back, "Blood..." I thought he meant human but then I remembered what Eliza told me. My blood cures a wolf bite. I quickly bit my wrist and held it up to Oliver's mouth. He drank quite a bit and then finished. When he got up I didn't really know what to say so I said, "I'm sorry Oliver. I don't know what came over me, I've never reacted like that to blood! I can usually handle myself!" Oliver walked over to me and said, "I know how you feel, which is why I'm sorry-" Then it was darkness...

4 Hours Later-

I woke up with a neck cramp and a headache. I looked around me and saw that I was in a sort of cell thing. Metal bars in front of me and metal walls around me me. I walked over to the bars and said, "OLIVER!" No answer. I remembered I had my phone in my pocket so I quickly pulled it out and told Oliver to let me out of here. He clearly put me in here. Then I saw a text from a few minutes ago from Elliot. He wanted to know where I'm staying. I texted him the address for the Compound because I knew no matter what I wouldn't be down here forever, and when Elliot gets here Oliver will be forced to let me out. Oliver came down and said, "What?" I rolled my eyes and replied, "Let me out of here!" Oliver shook his head no and said, "I'm not letting you out of here until you dry out. Once you're nearly desiccated I'll give you a tiny bit of blood and then you'll start feeling better. To the point where if I give you small amounts about every hour you'll heal and eventually you won't feel so hungry all the time! Or you could just learn some self control right now!" I rolled my eyes and said, "I'm fine, Oliver! Just let me out...please." My sad voice was getting to Oliver. He was about to let me go until he remembered what I did to him and he said, "Not a chance in Hell!" I glared at him as he walked away. Then I said to myself, "If you want to be petty, I'll show you petty!" I took all my clothes off and started breaking all of my bones. On all fours I began turning into a wolf! I banged up against the cage until it was completely broken! I ran out into the main entrance of the Compound. I stopped in my tracks and looked around at everyone. I couldn't make out their faces exactly, but I think everyone was in there. Then I felt a bullet puncture my leg. I quickly turned back into my human self and said, "You son of a bitch. You shot me!" I looked at Oliver and ran down into the basement to grab my clothes before anyone saw me completely naked. When I can back up I quickly sat on the floor and pulled the bullet out of my leg. I chucked it at Oliver and said, "Not funny!" He was laughing though. I finally took a good look around the room and saw my baby brother Elliot standing in fear! He was standing behind everyone so I take it they didn't know he was here. Elliot started backing away slowly so I yelled, "Elliot!" I ran after him and stopped him right outside of the Compound. I grabbed his shoulders and said, "Elliot! Elliot, calm down. Come back inside with me and I'll explain everything!" He looked at me as if I were a monster, even though I basically am. He slowly started walking back to the Compound with me. Once we got inside I brought him into the living room. Eliza, Michael, and Oliver followed, Zack left because he has a girlfriend in New Zealand or something like that. Anyway, we all sat down and Eliza asked, "Alright, so what exactly did you see, Elliot is it?" My brother nodded and answered, "Once Harper told me where she was staying I got here as fast as I could to make sure she was okay. Then I got here and saw a wolf surrounded by all of you guys. Then I watched that guy shoot it. After that I saw the wolf become you, Harper! Then you ran away and pulled a bullet out of your leg like it was nothing! So do any of you people want to explain to me what the f*ck happened?" I raised my voice and said, "Language Elliot!" He rolled his eyes. I turned to Oliver who was sitting next to me and whispered, "Should I tell him about vampires too, or just the wolf thing?" Oliver debates for a moment and finally replied, "I think you should tell him everything, only if you want to though. It would be safer for him if he knew you're a hybrid so that he could be cautious around us!" I nodded my head and turned back to Elliot and said, "Alright, so when I first heard about this I didn't want to believe it either. But you'll except it eventually..." Elliot blurred out, "Except what?" I gulped and continued, "Our family has a special type of bloodline-" Elliot cut me off and said, "Yeah I know. We have the werewolf gene in our bloodline." I quickly said, "Wait, I'm so confused right now! If you knew about our family then why were you so scared when you saw me?" Elliot took a deep breath and said, "Because, I'm not an idiot Harper! I know how the gene is activated. You have to kill someone in order to become a wolf! I take it the person you killed was that dead girl laying on the floor out there?" I shook my head and said, "No. I triggered the gene when I was in Tokyo. I was on a hike and this group of people came across me and I was so hungry. So I killed them! You see, Elliot... I'm not just a werewolf, I'm also a vampire!" Elliots face went completely blank. Oliver whispered in my ear, "Do you want us to leave you two to talk?" I nodded my head and Oliver got everyone out of the room. I continued, "I know you might not understand it, but I'll answer anything you want to know!" "How?" He mumbled. I took a deep breath and answered, "When I was 17 I had barely left home to travel the United States. I'd been to a couple places, but my favorite was Seattle. When I got there I had a nice quiet life all to myself. But then one night I went to a restaurant where I saw this guy. He was mysterious and handsome and I wanted to get his attention. So I walked out the door brushing right past him knowing he'd follow me. When he did I was in for a surprise. That man was a vampire. He fed off of me and then gave me his blood so the wound on my neck would heal. But a few hours later when I went to leave I was drunk, and I crashed into someone. The impact of the crash killed me, and when I woke up at the hospital there was the person I had hit. He said he knew what was happening to me and that he'd help me! When the mysterious man gave me his blood the night before, I died with his blood in my system. It brought me back to life, but I had to choose. Either I live and become a vampire or I die, for good this time. I was so young I didn't want to die so I fed from human blood and became a vampire that day." Elliot was so rattled and a little confused. He asked me, "Who was the mystery man, and who was they guy you hit?" I smiled and replied, "I'll tell you in a little bit. Allow me to finish my story. So I was very grateful to the man I hit for helping me adapt to my new lifestyle. We became best friends, and it was only a year later when he died. I was so sad. After about 4 years I decided to start traveling around the world. My first stop was Tokyo. I got there and everything was fine. I'd been the most harmless vampire you'd ever meet. But then I saw a group of three people. Three girls. I fed from the first one and sent her on her way. But the second one I killed. That was the first human life I had ever taken! The third girl however was also a vampire. Not just any vampire, one of the first vampires to ever exist in history! She was so nice to me and understanding of my situation. I explained to her about Seattle, and the friend I made while being there. The name sounded familiar to her so we took a trip to Seattle and dug up my friends body. This girl claimed it was her brother. Then she said the rest of her family had no idea what had happened to him or where he went. So we took the coffin from Seattle all the way to here in Chicago!" Elliots jaw dropped as he said, "Wait! These people? Here?" I laughed and replied, "You don't seem to shocked about the whole 'I'm a vampire-werewolf hybrid' thing. But yes. The people here are the same ones from my story!" Elliot stood up quickly and said, "I want to meet them!" I smiled and said, "Alright. Let's go meet everyone..."