Heya! I know I said the next chapter shouldn't take too long but unfortunately I had a three week holiday with my family, where I had no access to the internet or a computer. That coupled with severe writers block and you get a very late chapter update. Also I had some serious trouble with uploading the thing, stupid computers. Although more reviews would be nice, it will give me some encouragement to write more and update more often but obviously computers acting up I have no control over.

Last time: I placed her onto the old bed that I had found and brought back here and threw a thin blanket over her, that should keep her warm enough while I went out to hunt. I turned and left the room locking the door behind me and made my way to one of the large windows as I started to unfurl my wings. I leapt from the building through the window and spread my large wings, speeding off into the night I went in search of more sustenance.

Chapter 4

Small clouds of dust rose from the ground as unsteady footsteps moved across it. Danny walked slowly, cradling his injured wrist in his other hand as he walked in the direction he had seen the monster take his sister in. He had been walking for hours and still not found anything different to the long, endless road surrounded by miles upon miles of empty farmland. The creature must have taken her somewhere and he was determined to find out where. He had lost all of his family, he was not about to loose Kat as well. No matter what it took he would find her.

A few minutes later he spotted a lone gas station up ahead, it was quite a way away but he would be able to get there with no problem. Then he would get help and save Kat from that monster.

As he was walking closer to the gas station a sleek black motorbike sped past him and turned into the gas station up ahead. Well at least that meant there would be someone there, hopefully someone who could actually help him. Or at least call the police so they could help instead… if they believed his story that is.

He carried on walking, ever tired but ever determined that he would find someone to help him find Kat, no matter what the consequences.

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The creeper flew in through the large broken window onto the factory floor. Folding his wings neatly behind him he stepped over the broken glass that littered the ground and headed towards the stairs making his way up to the old offices above. He retrieved a key from his long coat and unlocked the door walking into the small room to collapse onto the bed… at least he would have had there not already been a small figure already asleep in it.

Of course, the girl! He had almost forgotten about her. Now there was a problem: one bed, and two of them. Ordinarily he would make her sleep on the floor of the factory or tied down to one of the wooden tables but he only did that to those he intended not to live much longer than 48 hours.

He shrugged, it was his bed after all. He pushed her sleeping figure over a bit so he had more room and lay down beside her flat on his back. Hopefully he would wake up before she did, that would save on a lot of screaming and shouting. Females always seemed to be far more temperamental that the males. He stretched his arms out above him, one of them new from no more than half an hour ago and quickly fell asleep.

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When Danny finally managed to reach the gas station he saw the shinny black bike still outside and a man inside the building in all the leather gear of a typical biker. He looked down at his wrist and winced when he saw it in the light, it was far worse than he had first thought, the bone was snapped completely and almost poking out of his skin. That monster sure was strong to have done so much damage with such ease, it made him worry about Kat all the more. She would never be able to fight him off if he tried to hurt her at all.

Danny staggered into the shop and walked past the biker and up to the counter, "please," his whispered finding that his voice was hoarse and his throat was sore. "I need help, my sister, she was… she was taken by some sort of monster!" his voice was starting to get slightly better now.

"Excuse me?" the woman at the till asked her face a picture of suspicion and disbelief. "Some, kind of man, but it wasn't a man! He grabbed my sister and flew off! You have to help me!" Danny yelled, out of the corner of his eye he saw the bikers head turn slightly. "Sir I'm going to have to ask you to leave if you carry on…" the cashier started but Danny slammed his fists onto the counter cutting her off. "What? No, you have to help me! I have to get my little sister back!" he yelled now hysterical.

"sir, please leave, or I'll have to call the police and you'll be arrested." she replied shrinking away from him slightly as if he had some sort of horrible and contagious disease. Danny stared at her in disbelief, she thought that he was lying? About something this serious? "fine" he growled and stalked out of the store still cradling his broken wrist in his good hand and continued to walk in the direction that the monster had taken Kat in.

"Hey" someone shouted to him before he'd even walked a few feet, he turned slowly to see the biker with a black helmet in his hand walk towards him. He didn't have the same expression as the woman, not the expression that appeared like they were looking at some crazy person. "I heard you back there, about you're sister. What did this 'monster' look like exactly?" the man asked setting his black helmet down on the seat of his bike.

"You'll help me?" Danny asked in relief, the man shrugged, "depends if your looking for the same monster I am." he replied simply. Danny quickly set about explaining everything that had happened, describing what had happened to Lizzy who was now the least of his troubles. He told the stranger about what the creature had looked like and how it had sniffed the air in such a bizarre way before it took Kat away.

The man smiled when Danny finished his story, "excellent" he picked up the helmet and put it one sitting astride his bike "get on," he said before he pulled down the visor of the helmet. Danny paused for a moment but then sat on the back of the bike, being careful about his wrist. He had no idea exactly why this guy was looking for the monster as well, maybe he had lost someone too? Either way he didn't care, he had come here looking for help, he had no complains now that he had found some.

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Kat groaned opening her eyes slowly and found herself in darkness, the only source of light came from a small dying candle somewhere to her left. See could hardly see a thing as she looked around but she could see just enough to know that she was on some sort of mattress with a blanket over her.

She rolled onto her side and immediately covered her mouth to keep herself from screaming when she saw by the light of the dim candle by the bed a figure laying on the bed next to her. Carefully she sat up, the last thing she wanted was to wake him up. She pushed herself up onto the hands and knees on the bed and slowly tried to move herself over him without waking him so she could escape. She manage to get her right leg over him and her foot on the wooden floor even if it was on tiptoes, she just had to get her other leg over then she could run. She was painfully aware of the fact that she was practically straddling him and was praying that if he was going to wake it wouldn't be now. She shifted and started to lift her self over him. Almost there…

She screamed when his eyes snapped open and he grabbed her shoulders moving sharply towards the wall on his right and putting her back in the place she had awoken in pinning her beneath him. He growled down at her as she stared up in horror back at him. She had been caught. He blinked and then sniffed at her once and then seemed to remember who she was and moved slowly away from her.

Stupid human, waking me up. Its not even night yet. Kat gasped when she heard the strange voice, the worst part was it sounded like it was insideher head! The creature turned to look at her What's wrong now human? the voice asked and Kat looked up at him confused. What the hell!? I must be going mad! I'm hearing voices inside my head now! she thought franticly to herself as she bit her lip slightly. The creature smirked at her and the voice came back. Your not going mad, since I consumed a part of you, in this case your blood, a bond has formed allowing us to communicate. You can read my surface thoughts and I yours. Kat's jaw dropped and she stared at the monster before her.

"So I guess any plans to escape are useless then?" she asked out loud and the monster nodded before walking to the other side of the room and bringing back fresh bandages. Kat glanced down at her arm trying not to remember how the injury had got there in the first place. "I don't think I really need new bandages at the moment thanks." she told him.

No you don't the creature told her, but you just woke me up, and now I'm hungry, so you will need them soon. Kat gasped and tried to back away but the creature grabbed her and ripped the bandages off of her arm and wasted no time in sinking his teeth into the gash on her arm that he had caused earlier. Kat screamed and tried to pull away using her free arm to hit him but he quickly pinned it at her side. Despite her frantic struggles he held her still with ease as he started licking at the blood that oozed from yet another new injury.

When he was apparently satisfied he pulled away licking the blood from his lips and putting the new bandages around her upper arm. She was thankful he was at least doing that much for her, and at least she hadn't fainted this time.

She glared up at him as he moved slowly away from her and released that his appearance had changed somehow. His skin looked less dehydrated and, well… newer. Along with the rest of him. Kat ignored that however and continued to glare at his retreating back, "I hate you," she spat and he turned around to face her grinning and showing off his sharp, blood stained teeth.

I hadn't expected any different, human. He opened the only door in the room and left through it, Kat heard the distinct sound of the lock clicking and sprung up running towards the door and trying to open it. No luck. "Hey! Let me out!" she yelled as her fists pounding hard on the wooden door. Forget it human, your staying here. Kat heard footsteps moving away from the other side of the door as the monster left.

"No! No you let me out! Right now! Let me out! NOW" she collapsed onto the floor leaning against the door and began to sob, "I have to get out of here." she whispered as she gripped her arm trying to sooth the burning pain. At least Danny was ok, the monster had shown no interest in him. Kat leaned her head back against the door and glanced around the room, it was tiny.

The bed was larger than a single but still much smaller than a double, she was surprised there was room for two people. At the end of the bed was a small wooden desk with no chair, but she couldn't see what was on it form where she was sitting. Kat pushed herself up onto her feet and made her way slowly towards it, she grimaced when she saw that it was littered with knives, daggers and other sharp and frankly nasty looking implements. It was then that the idea dawned on her, it was clear that she couldn't get out that door and so couldn't escape, but that didn't mean that she couldn't fight back.

She picked up one of the smaller knives, one that she hoped he wouldn't notice was missing any time soon, and put it in her pocket making sure that she wasn't likely to cut herself on it. She ran a hand through her dark hair and sighed, she was already hungry, she wondered briefly whether or not the monster planned to feed her, it really depended on how long he wanted her to live. She moved back towards the door and sat down next to it leaning back against the cold wall. Now all she had to do was wait for him to come back, she closed her eyes and prepared herself for a long wait.

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Well what do you think? Personally I don't really like how this chapter turned out but meh, oh well. I particularly found the start of it tricky, I know what I want to happen but I just can't seem to articulate it. But its up to you guys, so tell me what you think!