body ached from the fight, and he couldn’t keep his eyes open.
‘Yeah.’ Sienna sounded far away.
I’m in bed with Sienna , Jason thought happily, just before he fell sound asleep.
Twelve
‘WE’RE LATE,’ SIENNA said the next day at lunchtime.
‘I’m going as fast as I can. I don’t have super-fast healing skills like some people,’ Jason joked, making his way slowly through the hallway toward the school cafeteria. His body was still sore from last night’s fight.
Sienna slowed to match him. ‘Ugh, I’m so stressed,’ she sighed. ‘I know we all thought coming to school and acting normal was the right thing to do. But I can’t think about anything except Christopher, the vampire who helped Van Dyke. Who knows what kind of experiments they could be doing on the poor guy right now.’
‘I know.’ Jason took her hand and squeezed. ‘I think everyone is preoccupied. Adam hasn’t made a single film reference all day!’
‘Wow!’ Sienna said with a tiny smile.
‘Don’t worry. We’ll make a plan today and we’ll rescue Christopher as soon as possible,’ Jason assured her.
When they reached the cafeteria, the other vampires were all gathered around a big table in the back. Adam was on his way over, carrying a tray with a gigantic salad and a bottle of water.
‘What, are you on a diet?’ Jason teased him. ‘Where’s the pizza and Coke?’
Adam looked startled, but Sienna chuckled. ‘Ignore him, Adam. Brianna probably convinced you to start eating healthy, right?’
‘Um, yeah.’ Adam blushed.
‘Oh, I should’ve guessed,’ Jason said. ‘You guys must be pretty serious if you’re letting her dictate your diet.’
‘Well, I did have a taco for breakfast,’ Adam defended himself. He plopped his tray onto the vampires’ table and sat down. Jason and Sienna sat next to him.
‘What’s going on?’ Sienna asked.
‘Argument,’ Belle told her. ‘Van Dyke wants us to gather as many vampires as possible and then charge the warehouse because there’s no way they could fight so many vampires at once. Zach thinks we need to sneak in and avoid another fight.’
‘I’m with Zach,’ Jason said. ‘One fight against the freakishly strong humans was enough. And what if they called for reinforcements after last night?’
‘Good point,’ said Brad.
‘Besides, I don’t fight,’ Belle put in. ‘I believe in peace.’
‘You just don’t want to break a nail,’ Van Dyke grumbled.
‘I can kick your butt, Michael. Or don’t you remember the locker incident from eighth grade?’ Belle said sweetly.
Van Dyke flushed red, and Jason smiled. ‘You’ll have to tell me about that sometime,’ he murmured to Sienna.
‘Focus, people,’ Brad commanded them. ‘If we’re sneaking in, that means we have to find an entrance that the security goons aren’t watching.’ He grabbed a pen from the table and began sketching on a napkin. ‘The place was all one storey, with the lighted doorway here . . .’ He drew a rough plan of the place as he talked. ‘I thought I saw a bank of windows on this side—’
‘But there were bars on them,’ Zach put in. ‘We can’t get in that way.’
Brad drew little Xs over the window on his napkin blueprint.
‘Let me see that pen,’ Sienna said suddenly, grabbing it from him.
‘Hey!’ Brad protested.
Sienna ignored him. ‘Where did you get this?’
‘I borrowed it from Belle in English,’ Brad said.
‘I took it from the van last night,’ Belle added. ‘Why?’
‘The logo looks really familiar to me,’ Sienna said thoughtfully. ‘Look.’ She held the pen out so they could all see the logo: an H and a C intertwined in elaborate script.
‘I don’t recognize it,’ Zach said.
‘Me neither,’ Jason admitted.
‘Well, I do. And if it came from the van, it could give us some more information about what we’re dealing with.’ Sienna stood up. ‘You guys keep planning. I’m going to take this to the computer room and see
‘Yeah.’ Sienna sounded far away.
I’m in bed with Sienna , Jason thought happily, just before he fell sound asleep.
Twelve
‘WE’RE LATE,’ SIENNA said the next day at lunchtime.
‘I’m going as fast as I can. I don’t have super-fast healing skills like some people,’ Jason joked, making his way slowly through the hallway toward the school cafeteria. His body was still sore from last night’s fight.
Sienna slowed to match him. ‘Ugh, I’m so stressed,’ she sighed. ‘I know we all thought coming to school and acting normal was the right thing to do. But I can’t think about anything except Christopher, the vampire who helped Van Dyke. Who knows what kind of experiments they could be doing on the poor guy right now.’
‘I know.’ Jason took her hand and squeezed. ‘I think everyone is preoccupied. Adam hasn’t made a single film reference all day!’
‘Wow!’ Sienna said with a tiny smile.
‘Don’t worry. We’ll make a plan today and we’ll rescue Christopher as soon as possible,’ Jason assured her.
When they reached the cafeteria, the other vampires were all gathered around a big table in the back. Adam was on his way over, carrying a tray with a gigantic salad and a bottle of water.
‘What, are you on a diet?’ Jason teased him. ‘Where’s the pizza and Coke?’
Adam looked startled, but Sienna chuckled. ‘Ignore him, Adam. Brianna probably convinced you to start eating healthy, right?’
‘Um, yeah.’ Adam blushed.
‘Oh, I should’ve guessed,’ Jason said. ‘You guys must be pretty serious if you’re letting her dictate your diet.’
‘Well, I did have a taco for breakfast,’ Adam defended himself. He plopped his tray onto the vampires’ table and sat down. Jason and Sienna sat next to him.
‘What’s going on?’ Sienna asked.
‘Argument,’ Belle told her. ‘Van Dyke wants us to gather as many vampires as possible and then charge the warehouse because there’s no way they could fight so many vampires at once. Zach thinks we need to sneak in and avoid another fight.’
‘I’m with Zach,’ Jason said. ‘One fight against the freakishly strong humans was enough. And what if they called for reinforcements after last night?’
‘Good point,’ said Brad.
‘Besides, I don’t fight,’ Belle put in. ‘I believe in peace.’
‘You just don’t want to break a nail,’ Van Dyke grumbled.
‘I can kick your butt, Michael. Or don’t you remember the locker incident from eighth grade?’ Belle said sweetly.
Van Dyke flushed red, and Jason smiled. ‘You’ll have to tell me about that sometime,’ he murmured to Sienna.
‘Focus, people,’ Brad commanded them. ‘If we’re sneaking in, that means we have to find an entrance that the security goons aren’t watching.’ He grabbed a pen from the table and began sketching on a napkin. ‘The place was all one storey, with the lighted doorway here . . .’ He drew a rough plan of the place as he talked. ‘I thought I saw a bank of windows on this side—’
‘But there were bars on them,’ Zach put in. ‘We can’t get in that way.’
Brad drew little Xs over the window on his napkin blueprint.
‘Let me see that pen,’ Sienna said suddenly, grabbing it from him.
‘Hey!’ Brad protested.
Sienna ignored him. ‘Where did you get this?’
‘I borrowed it from Belle in English,’ Brad said.
‘I took it from the van last night,’ Belle added. ‘Why?’
‘The logo looks really familiar to me,’ Sienna said thoughtfully. ‘Look.’ She held the pen out so they could all see the logo: an H and a C intertwined in elaborate script.
‘I don’t recognize it,’ Zach said.
‘Me neither,’ Jason admitted.
‘Well, I do. And if it came from the van, it could give us some more information about what we’re dealing with.’ Sienna stood up. ‘You guys keep planning. I’m going to take this to the computer room and see
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