They were all free from the bonfire and cages. The evil human vampires were destroyed. All that was left were vampires and humans. And of course, the elders, the leaders of the vampires.
Judy, Gregg, and Ryan
discovered that they were free and stumbled out of their cage. They ran over to Todd to plead for
his forgiveness. Todd said, “I’m the one who should be sorry for ever doubting you. You’ve always been loyal to me in the past and I never should have believed the charade
that Shirley and her group created to confuse us. Please forgive me.”
“We have nothing to
forgive. Shirley had messed with everyone’s minds until we didn’t know whom to
trust any longer. At one point, we were even afraid that you had switched
sides,” Gregg said.
“I’m thrilled that everyone
is happy again,” Hayden said, “but we must now return to the business at hand.
We must make sure that all the evil is gone from this town.”
“We’ve made sure of that,”
Leanne said as she appeared with Diane and Reece beside her. They weren’t dressed in their black
robes, but this time they wore regular clothes. They didn’t look any different
from the humans standing around them.
“We have a proposal for
you, Hayden,” began Reece. “We would like you to be the new leader of the
world’s vampire population. We trust you. You have proven yourself by saving
this group on numerous occasions.”
“I agree. You would make
the best leader for us: you’re both strong and smart,” added Todd.
“I think I would like
that. That way, things would be done correctly the first time around and
wouldn’t need to be fixed afterward. I accept your offer,” Hayden said.
Leanne said to Hayden, “A
little humility would go a long way.”
“I’ll think about that
too,” responded Hayden with a slight smile on his usually sullen face.
Leanne turned to face Todd
and his group. “We‘ll be leaving to clean up the rest of the revolution,
subsequently leaving you the task of putting your lives back together. If the
human vampire experiment is found to work well here, then it can be tested out
in other locations around the world.
“We believe that vampire and man can live
peacefully side by side. The merging of vampire and human will serve only to enrich lives if done correctly. Hayden is the right leader for
us. He’ll lead us in the right direction for the future.”
The elders vanished before
their eyes. Linda couldn’t get used to the strange way vampires had of entering
and leaving rooms. She was annoyed that her group always had to be the ones to
ferret out the bad vampires. Of course, Todd and Sam had helped. The elders
hadn’t helped at all: it had been Hayden who had come to their rescue again.
She was slowly beginning to realize that it might be a good thing for everyone
if Hayden became the leader of the vampires. He was much more aggressive than
the elders, since they were pretty much useless without him.
Hayden said to Todd and Sam, “I’ll be keeping
in touch. If you have any more problems, you know where to reach me.” Then he
was gone.
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