Green Eyes

After Layton left, I was in too much pain to get up. The blood was still dripping from the puncture wounds in my neck and my chest was throbbing. I ripped a piece of my already-torn top and pressed it to my neck, in an attempt to stop the bleeding. I didn’t get what happened now. Was I going to be one of them? I mean, that’s how you turn into a vampire, right? When someone bites you? I don’t want to be a vampire. I don’t want to drink blood. I want to be a normal human girl who only has to worry about school and boys and friendships. I want to be able to sleep at night without having nightmares. I want to be able to laugh and enjoy life, but here I am, locked in a cell inside a castle full of vampires.

I could hear footsteps coming towards me. I began to shake, picturing it as Layton coming back for more. The footsteps stopped in front of my cell and I forced myself to look up. Standing there, covered in bruises and blood, was the tall vampire. Yeah I know, I wish I knew his name too.

He smiled down at me and I noticed a tray of food in his hands. My mouth began to water as I forced myself upwards, only to collapse back on the floor in pain. I hated being so weak. I wanted to be able to fight back.

‘I see Layton had his fun with you. Took quite a bit out of you it seems.’ He chuckled menacingly and I tried my best to glare at him. He smiled evilly at me. ‘Hey, I’m only here to bring you food. Vercro decided you deserved some.’

I deserved some? What had I done? I hadn’t seen him since I had fought with him. I looked up at him, searching his eyes for the answer. ‘Why?’ I choked

He laughed. ‘Aww, hasn’t he told you? You lead them straight to us!’

I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion. Who had I led to them?

Seeing my confusion, I watched as his smile grew wider. ‘I think they’re names were Jacky, no wait, Jimmy I think it was. Then there was Brian and Zacky.’

I gasped. No! I couldn’t stand it if they got hurt – any of them. But wait – where were Johnny and Matt?

Tears started pouring down my face and I clenched my teeth in anger. I couldn’t let them get hurt. If they couldn’t get us out of this – I would. But what good was a human girl against a castle full of vampires?

He laughed as the tears poured down my face and began to walk towards me. ‘If you be good, maybe I’ll let you see them. You might enjoy watching them get beaten.’

I spat at him in full hatred. He chuckled and held onto the poles containing my cell. ‘No? Oh well, it was worth a try. Well, I’ve got to go. I’ll make sure Layton comes by a little later on. He’s a little busy right now.’

He set the tray of food down and walked away, laughing. I just lay there, angry tears pouring down my face. I looked at the food, making my stomach rumble. I pulled myself towards it, ignoring the pain as I did so. When I reached it, I began eating it quickly, all the while feeling guilty that I wasn’t doing anything to get them out.

I quickly finished the food and I began to feel some energy come back into my body. I tensed as I heard a piercing scream fill the air, followed by cries of pain and a thudding as something fell. I couldn’t help the tears that began flowing down my face.

‘Not enjoying this are we?’

I looked up to see Layton, smirking at me. I gasped in surprise and began to scramble backwards towards the corner, clutching my neck. He chuckled and unlocked the door, stepping inside.

‘There’ll be more time for that later. Right now we have a certain group of people to visit.’

I screamed in protest as he picked me up and held me, but I was too weak to fight back. I growled as he began walking out, carelessly holding me in his arms.

We kept walking until we came to a row of cells. I looked at the first one, and saw a figured bent over in the corner. Layton brought me closer and I stared at it curiously.

I gasped as I recognised the muscly tattooed arms and the brown hair. Brian.

His eyes were shut and he was covered in blood, his naturally pale features a sickly green colour. I began to cry as I looked at his unconscious figure, and I tried calling out to him. He didn’t move.

Layton watched me curiously but when my calls became louder he pulled me away and towards the next cell. As we came closer, I heard growling and snaps of protest. My body tensed as I thought of the worst.

We stopped outside another cell, and in the corner I could see someone bound in chains, desperately trying to pull away from them. The chains rattled as he growled and flung himself forwards, only to be pulled backwards and into the wall. His figure was tall and his eyes glowed blood red in the darkness.

He stopped fighting as he noticed us, and at the sight of Layton began growling furiously. His eyes met mine and he immediately stopped growling. ‘Kayla?’

Oh my god. It was Jimmy! I began to cry harder as I forced myself out of Layton’s grip and towards the cell, where I stood and clung to the poles, gazing at the figure in front of me. ‘Jimmy? What have they done to you?’

His eyes softened as he heard my voice, and he walked forwards as far as he could in his chains. In the light I noticed he had a black eye and there was blood in his hair and in his clothes, and he had choke-marks around his neck. ‘Kayla I’m sorry. We’re going to get out of this. All of us.’

I cried and tried to reach out to him but he was too far away. I hated seeing Jimmy like this. He was usually so happy, but now he just seemed hollow.

Layton began to laugh and we both turned to look at him. Layton smiled at us before yanking me by the arm and forcing me into his arms once more. I yelped in pain and Jimmy began fighting the chains furiously. ‘You hurt her I’ll kill you! I swear!’

Layton laughed harder and forcefully jabbed me in the ribs, causing me to scream in pain. Jimmy growled and began snapping and clawing everywhere as his eyes turned red once more. Layton smirked and took a step towards him. ‘As nice as this was, we’ve got to keep going. Let me know when you’re gonna go through with that killing thing.’

I gave Jimmy one last sad look as I was forced away, and I could hear him fighting the chains.

We kept walking until we came to a set of stairs, which we went down. It began to get lighter as we got closer to what appeared to be another large cell. We stopped in front of the cell and I immediately noticed the figure hunched over in the corner. ‘Zacky!’

Zacky looked up frantically, and I could see the pain in his eyes. He ran towards me but was pulled back by a set of chains. ‘Kayla? Is that you?’

I began to sob as I looked at him. He was covered in blood and bruises, and his normally bright green eyes were emotionless. My heart panged with grief as I took in his features.

He kept running towards me but was pulled back each time. Eventually he fell into a crumpled heap on the ground. I screamed and forced myself from Layton’s arms and towards him, reaching desperately through the gaps in the poles. I needed to be closer to him. I wanted to hold him in my arms. I couldn’t stand seeing him like this.

Zacky looked up and his eyes met mine. I sobbed and tried to reach out for him as he tried to force himself forwards. We both turned around when Layton started laughing. ‘How cute.’

I screamed again as he forcefully picked me up and held me tightly. Zacky growled and began fighting against his chains once more. ‘Don’t you dare hurt her! Leave her alone!’

Layton continued to laugh as he stepped forwards, clutching me tightly. He unlocked the door and set me down, and I immediately ran to Zacky. His eyes lit up as I came towards him as fast as I could, ignoring the pain I was in. I reached him and he pulled me towards him, holding me tightly. I felt his wet tears on my shoulder as we embraced.

We both pulled away and looked at each other. Zacky’s eyebrows knotted up in anger when he noticed the bite marks on my neck. ‘You bit HER!!’

Layton stepped forwards, laughing. Zacky stood up and lunged at him, only to be thrown backwards.

Layton grinned evilly at us before picking me up and throwing me backwards. I yelped in pain as my chest hit the floor and Zacky began growling loudly. Layton looked down at me in amusement. ‘You didn’t think I was actually trying to be nice? No, I came so you could watch lover boy here get hurt!’

Layton stood up and kicked Zacky violently in the ribs, causing him to double over in pain. My heart broke as I watched him, and I suddenly found the energy to get up and throw myself at Layton in an attempt to stop him hurting Zacky.

Layton turned around just in time to throw me backwards, before turning to attack Zacky once more. I cried as I watched it but I couldn’t even get myself up. All I could do was watch as Layton attacked the man I loved.

I screamed out as I watched Zacky fall to the floor. Layton turned to me and smiled. He picked me up and left the cell, heading back towards mine.

I sobbed and sobbed as we walked, causing him to laugh at me. When we got to the cell he set me down and grinned at me once more before leaving me.