Chapter 18: She Became A Half-Vampire
"It's impossible!" hissed Max with his tense face and full of worries. He ran faster, left them all.
Jade tried to chase him, but Mara stopped her. She shook her head to her. "Let him, Jade. He needs some time."
"What happened to him? Why did he leave us like that?"
But the others couldn't explain to her. They just looked at each other to see who would explain to her about her condition.
"I don't think you're fully human anymore, Jade," Darius said, representing the others.
"What? Is it because of Sherly's scratches?"
Darius nodded. "But we know for sure. You now like blood and feel relieved when you eat it, right? If you were fine, you wouldn't feel relieved when you eat it," Darius explained.
Jade was silent. She thought that vampires could turn humans with their fangs. But it turned out that even nails work too.
"Even though Max has healed you, the poison from Sherly's nails seems to be spreading fast," said Wenny, adding the explanation.
Jade no longer cared about the explanations that she didn't think were very important to her. Because what's important to her is chasing Max.
"I have to go chase Max," Jade said.
"Max, leave him alone. He'll be back later. Now, let me take you to your house, okay?" said Ace.
"No, Ace. I'll go after him, no matter what."
Jade looked at the entire Max family. "Thanks for the solution and the explanation. I'll concentrate if Max is here. I don't want him to walk away from me," she said.
But Ace stopped her because he knew what Max was doing when he was angry like this.
Jade suddenly rebuffed Ace's touch until he was pushed away with a strong force. Jade and the others became shocked. She looked down at her hands because suddenly she could be so strong.
"I'm so sorry, Ace. What is this?" Jade was confused. She didn't know she had that kind of power.
Ace stood up. "It's okay. But it looks like you're going to need our help as long as Max is still being like that to you."
"What really happened to me?" Jade asked.
"As Darius said, you don't seem like a full human anymore. And that's what makes Max feel frustrated," replied Ace.
Jade's shoulders slumped. She looked at the others and then she sat down on the sofa in the living room. Wenny and Mara rubbed her shoulders. While the others nodded at her, giving support.
"Don't worry, he just needs a moment," said Maurin.
"Yeah. Besides, I can persuade him to come home soon." This time Teddy suggested.
Mara looked at her boyfriend. With a nod, Teddy immediately sped away from them all.
"Would it be that bad if I became like this?" Jade asked weakly.
"For him, yes. He feels like he failed to protect you. He feels you are like this because you met him," said Melwa.
It wasn't his fault, but Jade felt guilty. She tried to think about where Max was when he was upset and angry like this. Because she had never seen Max look so emotional as he was now.
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Teddy smiled when he found him. He just kept quiet and looked at how his friend was sucking blood from someone's neck. His emotion is still not stable yet. He then pulled Max away and held him against the tree. He pointed two fangs at Max while roaring in anger. He was just trying to warn Max not to overdo it.
Teddy took Max away from the girl's lifeless body. He then pushed it so far away with the power of his vampire.
"So this is what you do when you're angry, huh? You're so childish, Max," Teddy said mockingly but well-meaningly.
"You see yourself, she changed! She became a vampire, Ted!" Max shouted at him.
Teddy shook his head. "Almost. But just half a vampire. She is still human. You need to be by her side, Max. She needs you more than any of us. Well, I have to admit that Mara has been a good friend to her, but she still needs you. So come back. Let me take care of that girl's body."
Max was silent. He wiped his lips which were already covered with blood. Without replying to Teddy's words, he just left him. Runaway and disappear.
Teddy immediately returned to where the girl's body was, but when he returned, he did not find the girl's body. His eyes darted around in all directions. He smelled another vampire beside himself who took the girl's body.
"Well, anyone ... show up in front of me," Teddy said aloud.
The sound of trampling leaves and moving trees made him move quickly. Teddy immediately turned around when he heard the vampire's footsteps behind him.
He immediately strangled her tightly until the vampire groaned. "Well, hello ... Sherly," said Teddy in an annoyed voice. The girl's lips were filled with blood.
"Are you so crazy about my friend that the former girl he killed, you take too and you suck the bite marks? Hmm?" Teddy asked, bullying him.
"You're so ... disgusting, Sherly!" The choking got tighter and tighter until Teddy let go and Sherly coughed in pain, kneeled in front of Teddy.
Teddy was waiting for Sherly to be normal. And she was, she stood up. Showed up her fangs and roared at him. But Teddy was not afraid of what she did.
"Why are you showing up in front of me while you can show yourself in front of him? Hmm?" asked Teddy.
"I want to play, Ted. I want to see him suffer seeing his girlfriend now become a half-vampire. Well, maybe I will make her dream come true. You know it too that Jade wants to be a vampire. Isn't it?"
Teddy then strangled her again until they fell. "You won't do that again! Or ... I will take your heart and cut it into pieces!" threatened him.
"Let ... go ... of ... me, Ted!" she asked, enduring the pain.
"Hmm ... if I see you around, there is no mercy for you, Sherly! You know I like to kill vampires who don't have manners and appreciate others' lives!"
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone