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Avid walked into the town, quickly doing a little headcount, as he usually does due to paranoia. Shelby wasn't here. And Scott was with her last. Scott. The man he believed to be a vampire.
He felt his heart rate quicken, and eventually he frantically asks " Hey, where's Shelby? W-where's Shelby? "
To which Scott responds with " I don't know? I went down into the mines to be able to finish our roof. " clearly annoyed, while Avid began to start hyperventilating. " She was heading to the dead wood. " chimed Owen.
" I know I was with her and then- they- went off together and you came back and she didn't come back. " he heaves out, struggling to form words. His mind flashes to somebody walking into a room, and they jump at him. He- he had no choice.. he didn't mean to, he drives a stake right through their heart.
He's grabbing his hair at this point, tugging slightly on the sable colored locks of hair. " Shelby! " He calles her name out, unsurprisingly getting no reply. " He's- he's being a little bit strange today, don't worry. " said Pearl. No. She didn't know or understand anything about him.
Avid's hands are shaking, and he's coated in sweat. His eyes desperately shoot around, and he looks at the ground for a second. The ground, and his.. hands? Are layered in blood, his hands hysterically shaking with tiny splinters scattered around. Tears prick at his eyes as they drop to ground and he quickly wipes them, smearing the blood even more worsening the situation.
There's crimson all over him, hot and thick, and it's pooled up on the floor by now aswell. He stares at the body, his tears falling and mixing in with the scarlet colored liquid all over the floor.
" -id! Avid!! " He hears someone yelling and comes back to reality, wiping his face of tears and trying to calm his breathing. Shelby is back, and they're talking to Scott. Drift snaps her fingers infront of the vampire hunter's face. " Dude, Shelby's right here. " he turns towards Shelby and she does a little wave, her face full of worry.
" Yeah.. okay. Right there. " he breathes in and out, slightly embarrassed about his outburst. He can breathe better now. He looks around slightly, then speed walks back to his house, opening the door and going to the bath. This'll clear his mind.