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[h2][b]Xander[/b][/h2]
[right][h2][b]September 9th
12:44am[/b][/h2][/right]

The rain was beating down on the world so hard tonight Xander had felt like it was trying to wash him away. It was like thousands of bullets were being shot down from the heavens. It completely almost completely obscured his vision. He could still see the dark, overcast sky above him and the wet road in front of him. Thunder boomed, reverberating through the night. There were only a few souls who had dared to venture out in this storm tonight. Those who did usually did not make it back home. Vampires tended to emerge due to the lack of people during a bad storm like this. They picked on whatever poor idiot had decided to come outside. Xander hadn't normally felt much pity for them. His own life had been hell and he had gone out of his way to keep his sister safe as well as his own life. People who were careless with their lives deserved what was coming to them.

Xander had few memories of the uncomfortable feeling of cold rain hitting his skin but the only discomfort that rain brought him now were the wet clothes. The quality of darkness shifted in the sky but the rain kept pouring. He moved under the roof of a store to collect his thoughts. He had been growing weak lately and had been hoping to get a bit of human blood in him. He mostly lived off animals for Kate's sake since she wished it but he would sometimes go off and drink blood from humans regardless. He felt stronger on human blood and he was willing to knock down others to keep his own living family member safe. Nonetheless, he usually didn't kill the person he took from and could control himself. 

Pulling down the black hood from his head, his bright blue eyes pierced through the night, watching as silhouettes rapidly ran under the ray of the streetlight in the distance. They were gone in the next blink but he had known what he saw. Vampires were everywhere. This was more dangerous than it was worth at this point. He was best off finding Kate. 

As if on cue, his phone vibrated in his pocket. He took it out and read it quickly with a groan. Where the fuck was she? The GPS was putting her in some random field. With a shake of his head, he threw himself back into the rain. He had been on edge all night. It hadn't rained this hard since the night they had lost their family. The screams of his parents haunted him often still but he usually was able to just push it away. Then there was Angel. He couldn't push her face out of his mind no matter how hard he tried. 

She had only been a child, the youngest of the three of them. She had a young, freckled face and wavy ginger hair. She had only tall enough for the top of her head to reach his chest. Kate was the spitting image of her. The two had very similar faces and the same blue eyes. However, Kate's hair was short and a very deep red now. Yet, he still saw Angel in her face and a pang of guilt hit him from time to time. He had sworn to always protect the two of them. There had been many times his father had said, [i]"You're the oldest Xander. You have to watch out for them. We won't always be here to guide them like you can."[/i]

The image of Angel's little body thrown over the shoulder of one of those men, lifeless, her mess of hair hiding the last expression on her face she'd ever have. It had hurt like hell to lose their parents. To hear their finals screams fall silent that rainy night was his worst nightmare. However, for him and Kate to see those monsters take their little sister away like that had been horrid. He'd never forget it.

Xander clenched his jaw, his expression shrouded by his hood as he threw his body into a hard sprint through the rain. He would never leave Kate alone for too long ever. He had to get to her. It wasn't long until he had reached a large mansion. It was hard to make out the details in the foggy surroundings but it was clear it was a mansion. What the fuck was she doing here? Her scent was hard to pick up on in the damp air of the storm but he managed to get a small whiff of it. He followed it to the second story window and was breaking in before he could really think much about it.

After ripping the windows open and climbing on to the sill, he hopped on to the floor with a wet squeak from his sneakers. Shaking off his hood, water dripped on to the floor from his wet hair. It was sticking uncomfortably to his neck at this point. The first thing he noticed was the pair of red, teary eyes upon Zane's face as he stared back at him. He had known before looking at him that there had been no humans in this room. Staring at him for only a moment, Xander glanced over at Kate. 
She looked unharmed and healthy for the most part. She seemed maybe a bit frazzled and angry but physically fine. Though that was a relief, he was more than a little unhappy that her boyfriend was suddenly a vampire. Had she really turned him without consulting him about it?

"You've got to be kidding me."

[h2][b]Angel[/b][/h2]
[right][h2][b]September 9th
8:20am[/b][/h2][/right]

Charlotte had started babbling immediately. Angel could remember now she was always quite the talkative thing.[b] "You look so beautiful Angel and wow, your hair! Reminds me of the little mermaid. I really like it. I can help catch up with work what school did you transfer-" [/b] Angel could also remember how to tune her out and nod. She usually would just give the poor kind soul her attention but she had been distracted by Fiona's sudden leaving. [b]"Hey wait-"[/b]She had tried to stop her but she was out the door before she could say much more. Maybe gasping in horror and exclaiming, "Jesus christ!" wasn't the nicest way to greet people. Lee's daughter or not, she decided on finding her and apologizing. 

[b]"Charlotte, any idea where Fiona was going?"[/b]Angel interrupted her finally. Charlotte halted her string of compliments and questions to glance over her shoulder. [b]"I think she was upset."[/b]

Before Charlotte could reply, Angel had turned around on reaction to a tap on her shoulder. She raised her brow slightly when she found the old hag from before standing there. 

[b]"But are you familiar with the dress code?"[/b] 

Angel blinked, doing a bit of a double take at the question. She looked down at her clothes in confusion. It wasn't like her breasts were spilling out of her shirt or anything. 

[b]"Spaghetti-straps are not allowed and neither are open armed clothing. You need to wear a jacket or something over it so it's covered. Unnatural hair colors are not allowed either. Please see the dress code policy and find yourself a jacket and a new hair color."[/b]

Angel felt anger stir inside her. Was she really going to pick on her for such trivial things and waste her time? There were so many more important things in the world and since when did schools have the right to tell people how to dress and what hair color to dye their hair? Angel really had no time or patience to deal with such stupid and meaningless rules. [b]"How about you cheap fucks install some air conditioning here and then we can talk about the whole jacket thing again? As for the hair color-"[/b] She halted her little tirade before it could get worse and took a deep breath. She was only here to show the hunters she was capable of working with others. There was no reason to get caught up in the school's bullshit. She needed to stay focused on the goal. 

Besides, a random bellow had interrupted her and the woman had stopped paying attention halfway during her rant. [b]"Oh my God!"[/b] Angel followed the woman's gaze to find a guy with slightly longer brown hair and a charming face. Her heart lurched in her chest. She recognized that face anywhere. It really hadn't taken him and Charlotte to find her. It was like fate had pulled them back together like they were tied together by a very long string that had been slowly rewounding them closer and closer together.  They were the only people in her life that hadn't died and she honestly was starting to believe that just anyone she kept in her presence was doomed. It had been so easy to push everyone away but for Derek, it was going to take all her self control to push him  away. She couldn't just deny her best friend like he was nothing. 

[b]"I can't stand seeing her shoulder! It hurts too much! My eyes are burning! Please take me to the clinic now!" [/b] He had fallen after his statement and his friend was fanning him. A smile tugged at her lips.

[b]"Derek my man! Wake up!"[/b] Two people were now pretending to do CPR. Derek wasn't too bad an actor. If she had just walked into the scene, she would had really thought he had fainted.  [b]"I think we lost him. Rest in peace, Derek."[/b] The kid did the sign of the cross and Angel burst into giggles. Was this what having friends was like? She was happy Derek was surrounded by a whole back up crew of friends. She hoped he had been happy all these years.

[b]"Detention. All of you, this week."[/b] The woman had said once she stood up. Once she had left, Derek came towards her to her surprise. For some reason, she hadn't expected him to acknowledge her.  Even as she stood in the same room as them, she had still felt like she was watching through a television screen. He put his jacket around her shoulders, the sudden warmth caressing her pale, freckled skin. [b]"Here you go, my lady."[/b] She glanced down at it, dimly hearing him greet Charlotte. She would never say such a thing aloud since it would have been a weird thing to say but he really did smell the way she remembered. He always had such a comforting, nice smell. She glanced up to see Charlotte giggling and darting over to Jesse to join him. 

[b] "Is that you, Angel?"[/b] 

The intent stare made her take a step back. He was really analyzing her, huh? Her slightly watering blue eyes looked him up and down. His body was trembling. With excitement? Anxiety? She wasn't sure. 

She could turn back now. She could tell him he had the wrong girl and walk away. It would save him a lot of pain and maybe even his life. With a slightly shaking hand, she brushed hair from her face and prepared to state what she had planned to say but different words slipped from her mouth. 

[b]"Yeah... It's me."[/b]