~~Chapter 14~~
~~Bleeding Souls Index~~
"Who is this?" Lisa asked, flipping through her scrapbook she finally put together.
"It's good ol' friend Ray Davidson. Remember? I'm the one who revealed Michael's blood obsession to the world."
Lisa was silent.
"Ah, no need for thank you's." Ray joked.
"I don't know what to think. I'm glad you did that to him and then I'm not."
"Hm." Ray said. "I heard, from sources, that Michael has been doing quite a bit of cheating."
"Yeah," Lisa said ruefully.
"I also heard he's going after The Master."
"Yes," Lisa said.
"How about he both give him a hard time?"
Lisa was suspicious. "What kind of hard time?"
"Just trying to stop him from killing himself, that's all. And a little payback for what he did to you."
Lisa sighed. "No. I don't want to do this for payback. I want to try and save some lives."
Michael moaned with pleasure. He had Debbie penned to the couch with his teeth deep into her neck. Hold on to Michael's waist, Debbie gasped, "Michael stop. Stop it."
Reluctantly, Michael let her go. "Your blood is so good."
Debbie sat up and put her hand gently on the bite wound on her neck.
"Yeah," she said nervously.
Michael gazed down at her. "That was too much, wasn't it?"
"No, no, Michael. It wasn't." she said softly. Michael kissed her.
"I'm sorry."
Debbie nodded. "Michael, how many people do you plan on killing tonight?"
Michael smiled. "I don't know. We'll see."
Debbie swallowed hard and kept her eyes downward.
"Deb," Michael said gently. He caressed her cheek with his hand. "Don't be scared of me."
"I'm not scared of you." Debbie said with a stimmer in her voice.
"I love you, Deb. Okay? I wouldn't want to hurt you."
Debbie looked into his eyes. "I love you too."
LaToya.
Lisa watched LaToya's casket lower into the ground. She looked up and found the whole Jackson family shedding tears for the dead. All Lisa thought about was how LaToya died. What happened?� She looked around the dreary scene again. The whole family was together. That's when it came to her.
Michael.
If he could kill Toya he could kill the rest of them and tonight was the night to do it.
"Shit." she whispered. Michael was smart. He faked his own death publicly so he could kill without anyone speculating it was him. But how was she going to save them? She couldn't. But she definitely would not let Michael win without a fight.
"It's all going to happen tonight." Lisa told Ray on the phone after she got home from the funereal.
"You mean his fight with the Master?"
"I don't know about that but maybe he's trying to get The Master's attention by killing as many people as he can. Kind of like saying, 'Look at how much power I have'. I think he's going after his own family."
"Really now." Ray said.
"Yes. I don't want to risk it, but it's just the perfect set-up. So I'm going over to Michael's and try to stop him."
"Okay I'll meet you there."
"Great. I just hope we're not too late."
Once Lisa hung up the phone and grabbed her jacket, the phone rang again. Lisa answered. "Yes?"
"Lisa," she heard Janet whisper in a terrified voice. " What the fuck is Michael???"
"Has he hurt you?" Lisa asked, heart beginning to race.
"No, but--" Janet swallowed. "He's in Havenhurst. He's mad. He's crazy. I'm hiding away so he won't see me and I'm so scared." Janet began to panic.
"Janet, calm down. Where are you hiding?"
"I'm talking on a cell in my closet." Janet said."Lisa, he's killed--"
"Don't tell me. I'll see when I get there. Just stay put, and stay alive for me, okay Jan?"
"Lisa, what is he???" Janet whispered.
"He's a vampire."