VS - Chapter 4

Henry and Rose both looked at Phil as Harper shrunk into the chair in fear. Phil groaned as he sat up, he placed his hand on his head. He looked around the room and his eyes landed on Henry, he sighed as he sat fully up.

"Why are you here?" Phil asked as he looked up at Henry. Henry didn't say anything, Phil looked around the room again and saw Rose comforting Harper. "What are you doing with my pet?" Phil asked. Rose didn't say anything, she gave Phil a slight death stare. "Please, just get out of my house, and leave my pets."

"Sorry, but we're taking the pets," Henry said. Phil sat up as he placed one hand on his knee, he looked at Henry.

"You're not taking my pets, I know that because you fall in love with every pet that money doesn't matter, but I don't fall in love with my pets so money does matter to me. I paid good money for them... Besides if you do take my pets then you'll fall in love with it and leave that abomination over there," Phil said as he pointed to Rose.

Henry's teeth gritted together in anger at the fact that he was talking about Rose like that.

"Now if you would be so kind as to step away from my pet and leave, I'll be happy," Phil said to Rose. She looked up at him. "I own them, now please leave," Phil said getting increasingly angrier. He had a hangover and was getting very irritated with each passing moment. "You're still a pet in my mind," he said as he looked at Rose. Though her facial expression didn't change she seemed to shrink along with Harper.

In a second Phil was in front of Rose, his hand raised. Rose had images flash through her head of Rider beating her. She was so scared that she forgot she could teleport, she forgot she was a vampire. Before Phil could even move his hand Henry was in between them. He grabbed Phil's hand and held it in a death grip.

"If you ever raise your hand to my wife again you'll regret it," Henry said as his grip tightened around Phil's wrist. Henry pressed his wrist down, along with Phil, as he towered over him. He shoved Phil back onto the couch. Phil looked up at Henry, shock and anger filled his face at the fact that his son was treating him like this.

"You know what I do regret, trying to let the past go, trying to forget that you killed my son!" Phil shouted.

"You only liked him because he did what you wanted him to do."

"He listened to me, he respected me, he was my son, and guess what, he's dead because of you!" Henry felt hurt that Phil was telling him that he wasn't Phil's son.

"Yeah, he listened to you, by beating pets within an inch of their lives and enjoying it!"

"That's what pets are there for, for the master to do anything they want!"

"What do you have against humans? Why do you hate them so much?!"

"They're pathetic-"

"Why do you think like that?!"

"Because they've hurt me!" Phil shouted. Rose and Henry looked up at him as a shocked expression rested on their faces. "They cut me open again and again, time after time, day after day, year after year!" Phil said as his teeth gritted together and his eyes got a watery glow to them.

"What are you talking about?" Henry asked.

"I'm talking about before vampires took over..!" he paused shortly as he took a deep breath. "There were only a few vampires that weren't in hiding, I was one of them, I was one of the unlucky ones. I was captured and tortured for years. They tried to figure out what I was, how I healed, how long I could cope without food, water, blood, and everything else that I needed to live! Day after day they cut me open, day after day they tied me up and threw me in a cage, day after day they treated me like an animal, day after day they drained me of my blood to make me weaker! They did this to me for so long another generation of people had to take over the experiments! When the vampires finally revolted and I was freed it was an entirely new generation, new technology, new buildings, new everything. When I first got captured everyone walked everywhere, when I got let out there were planes and cars everywhere!"

"That's how humans are treated now, that's how my wife was treated!"

"They deserve to be treated like that, after what they did to me they all deserve to be treated like that!"

"I'm very sorry that you were treated like that, I really am, but that was generations ago."

"They're all the same! Just get out of my house!"

"Dad-"

"I'm not your father, get out!" Phil yelled as he grabbed another empty beer bottle and threw it at Henry. Henry ducked before the bottle hit him. It shattered onto the wall behind Henry and shattered into many pieces. Henry looked at his father for a second and saw Phil drinking a new beer.

"Rose, let's go," Henry said as he picked up Erik. Rose helped Harper stand up and they all started to walk upstairs and to the car. Rose helped Harper get in the back seat and Henry carefully laid Erik down, resting his head on Harper's lap.

Henry hopped in the car and Rose hopped in as well.

Henry started to drive as one hand rested on his leg and the other gripped the steering wheel tightly. Rose reached out her hand and grasped Henry's free hand. He took his thumb and caressed her hand.

I'm sorry that happened to you, Rose said.

I saved two people from getting abused and killed, that's all I care about, Henry said. Even though Rose could tell he was hurt she didn't say anything. She didn't know what to say.

"Um... thanks for saving me and my brother," Harper said in a small voice. Rose turned around and faced her.

"No problem," Rose said. Rose turned back around and looked at Henry, a small watery glow was in his eyes.

They finally arrived at the house. Rose helped Harper get out of the car and Henry picked up Erik. Rose looked at Henry a bit concerned. He hadn't said anything the entire way home.

They walked into the house and saw Lilly and Joey were sitting on the couch. Joey's head was laying on Lilly's shoulder as a laptop rested on her lap. Joey and Lilly were both looking for a place to live by themselves because they had recently been married.

"Oh, my gosh," Lilly said as closed the laptop. Joey sat up and looked at Rose, Henry, Harper, and Erik. "What happened?" Lilly asked.

"We paid Phil a visit," Rose said. Joey and Lilly both moved off the couch so Henry could lay Erik down. Harper sat down and Henry laid Erik down on the couch, his head resting on her lap. Joey sat down on the chair and Lilly sat down in his lap. Joey and Lilly started to talk to Harper. Henry walked upstairs and Rose followed.

Henry sat down on his bed as he brought up his knees and placed his head in between them. He ran his fingers through his hair. Rose sat down next to him as she laid her head on his shoulder.

"Are you ok?" Rose asked in a soft voice.

"I don't know..." Henry trailed off as he raised his head out of his knees. "He said I wasn't his son anymore... he reminded me that I killed Rider..."

Rose wrapped her arms around him and he leaned his head against hers. Rose didn't know what to say. A few seconds went by.

"You messed up your hair," Rose said, changing the subject.

"Did I now?" Henry asked. Rose nodded her head.

"Yeah, it was your best feature." Henry looked up at her and she only smiled. In a second Henry had both of his arms around Rose, he stood up as he held her in the air.

"At least I'm not short," Henry said.

"What if I like being short?" Rose asked. Henry fell backward on the bed with his arms still wrapped around Rose, her back was laying on his chest.

"At least I can walk in two feet of snow without it going to my knees," Henry said as he smirked. Rose looked back at him as she gave him a death glare. Henry turned over on his side along with Rose. His arms were still wrapped around her.

"You know I'll get you back," Rose said.

"Yeah, I know," Henry said. "And I'll be waiting in terror for the next few days."

Henry's grip on Rose tightened as he placed his face into the crook of her neck. Rose grabbed Henry's hand as they both closed their eyes.

Henry felt the steady rhythm of Rose breathing, her body slowly rising up and down as she rested. He, however, couldn't rest. His mind was racing with all the events of the day, he had been disowned by his father, learned about his father's past, and had taken two new people under his roof. He felt like he needed to talk to his mother about Phil. He decided to talk to her tomorrow.

He hated to be reminded about Rider and that he was the reason Rider was dead. He still had nightmares about killing Rider. He could still feel the knife gripped tightly in his hand and the weight of Rider's dead body falling on top of him. He still remembered the look that Rider had on his face before his face became expressionless. He still remembered watching as the dirt covered Rider's body and the last thing he saw was Rider's engagement ring.

He was brought out of his thoughts as he felt Rose twitch against him. Her grip on his hand tightened before she started to fight against his grip.

"Ma-master," Rose said as she fought against his grip again. He let go of her and she backed away from him. She sat up quickly as she breathed in heavily. She looked around the room as she started to convince herself that what she had just seen was a dream. Henry scooted closer to her as he placed one hand behind her head and the other around her waist. He placed her head on his chest as he felt her shaking body against his.

"You're ok, you're safe, I got you," Henry said as he laid back down, with Rose in his arms. She scooted closer to him and wrapped her arms around him. A few minutes went by before Henry felt her body start to slowly rise and fall again.

His thoughts trailed back to Rider as he thought about the nightmares that Rose still had, the scars that still rested on her back, the fear that came across her face almost every time someone raised their arm. Thinking about it made one question race through Henry's head, repeating over and over again.

Was killing Rider a really bad thing?

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