Admin wrote: Erik stayed in the warehouse for what seemed like hours. There was a knock on the door. "Who's there?" He called out.
"Erik? It's me."
"DAD!"
Officer Drake told us what happened. He and your friends....they're saying you're some kind of...vampire?"
"It's....complicated Dad. There's a button to open the shutter door just let me-"
His dad pressed the button and the shutter door opened up, letting in the sunlight. Luckily it was a cloudy day so not too much got in, though Erik still had to dash into a dark corner.
His parents walked in, his mother barely keeping it together, his dad not fairing much better. "Erik? Son?"
"Mom...Dad..." Erik almost stepped into the sunlight but stopped himself just short of it. His parents ran up and hugged him.
"Erik....honey....you're so cold. How long have you been in here?"
"I....I think you guys should sit down...this is going to be hard to explain."
"Erik. Erik let's just go home son, get you out of here. We can talk at home."
"Dad...I can't leave here Dad. Not right now. Not until tonight."
"Erik that's crazy talk!"
Erik stepped back and rolled up one sleeve. "No Dad." he braced himself for the pain and stuck his arm out into the sunlight. After a moment, it began visibly sizzling and steam began rising off his am. "No it isn't." He stepped back and fell to the ground, clutching his arm. (Mother of F That HURT!) Fortunately, it soon began healing itself. "I....guess I should start at our trip to the club."
"
YOU DIED?!" His parents screamed.
"Yeah....I was dead for a couple days and buried in the forest. I woke up, dug my way out of the grave and I ran out. I met up with Officer Drake and they took me to the Police Station. The guys showed up later and we were trying to get comfortable and figure s-t out. When we all tried to sleep, the hunger started up. I ran out of the police station and then she showed up again. The monster that turned me. I tried fighting back but I still couldn't beat her. She was too fast. Too strong. She took us all down. Me, Drake, the guys, we couldn't stop her. I-I drank human blood. Javier's. I bit into his arm and drank the blood that came out...it...it healed me. Supercharged me. Made me more powerful. I impaled that monster on the biggest tree branch I could find. I dusted her. After that.....I took the others to a hospital and....I waited here."
Erik sighed and looked at his parents. Who were standing there speechless. "Please....say something."
After a minute of looking down at the ground, they looked up at each other and then at him. "Erik......."
They leaned forward and hugged him close.
They stayed together and talked until Nightfall.
Erik felt the breeze on his face and looked at the Quarter Moon. "Feels good be out of there."
He smiled and turned to everyone. Javier, Neil and Nelson were there, still bandaged up from the fight. The Drake's and Tina were there too, with Drake having a bandage around his neck from where Delilah had slashed him.
"Are you sure about this?" Neil asked.
"Yeah. I've been thinking about it all day. There's no way that Delilah was the only one. There's bound to be more killers like her out thee slaughtering innocent people. I have these powers, so I'll use them so that what happened to me can never happen to anybody else."
"Erik..."
"I know Dad. I know. I love you guys. All of you. But I know this is what I have to do."
Tina was crying. "You....you'll come back right? You'll keep in touch with us?"
"I swear it."
"ERIK! We-we-we just got you back! You can't go!" His mom pleaded.
"I'm sorry mom. I'm dead. I can't stay around here. I can't go out during the day, and there's no telling what could happen if I....."
"If...if you what?"
"I....no. It's nothing. I-I have to go guys. It's for the best. I'll keep in contact, I promise. But this is for the best. I've made up my mind."
His parents nodded and walked over and hugged him goodbye. "We'll miss you son."
"I know. I'll miss you too."
He shook hands with Officer Drake. "Fight the good fight kiddo."
"Back at you sir."
He fist bumbed his friends. "Watch your back and kick ass out there man." Javier said.
"You know it."
He hugged Tina goodbye and stepped back. "Goodbye everyone. Stay strong." He then waved goodbye and sped off.