I heard a commotion three floors up. A group just got back from a check on a distress call. I heard Dr. Comet talking and shouting instructions. There was an emergency. "Dr. Comet needs me!"

Peri looked serious. "Go. Talk later and be careful, Fifty." He kissed me and I took off to the infirmary.

I rushed into a horrible scene. People were being taken care of and wounds were being treated. I rushed to Dr. Comet. "What happened?"

"Fucking vampires attacked these people. Just simple town people on Earth. We got these guys out. Wanna help me with the worst?" Dr. Comet wasn't really asking and he never had to. I was helping.

It took hours but I think the guy we worked on was going to be fine. Dr. Comet was checking on people and he looked tired. I knew he was tired.

I knew that Citron and his team were finding rooms for these people. They were giving them somewhere safe to stay. It's what they did. Peri was busy getting information. He was going out with another group, with Basil.

It's what he did and who he was and I loved him. He'd better be careful though or I would kill him. I told him that before he left and I got his sexy smirk.

Two days later, I sat with Peri for breakfast. He just got back and I did a checkup on him.

He was fine.

The vampires were long gone when they got there but I was checking on him anyway. They searched for survivors for a couple of days. They came back with a few frightened but unharmed souls.

We had decided to take our relationship slow so we were and I made Peri romance me. Really, he was quite romantic and sweet naturally but I loved our game.

I sat with Peri for breakfast, which was dinner for everyone else. I heard someone shout from across the room.

"Dad?"

I didn't know why but my head jerked up as a young man walked towards us. I had no idea who he was and thought maybe he wasn't talking to me. I was wrong.

Honestly, he looked familiar. He looked fourteen or fifteen. I saw dark hair and green eyes...I used to have green eyes...my son? This was the kid I saw in those pictures that Peri showed me. This was my... well it was Josh's son. This wasn't my son and I had no connection with him.

I was in tears before I could say anything. I couldn't remember him but I remembered the pictures that Peri showed me. Kevin was my... well, Josh's son. This was Kevin! He wasn't dead! I didn't know why I was crying but I was. It was my most honest reaction.

Maybe I was crying for Josh and everything that he lost. Maybe I was crying for Viper and everything that I lost or maybe I was crying for Kevin and the family that he lost. I really wasn't sure. It could be a combination of those things but I couldn't stop the tears.

I stood as he tackled me in a huge hug. I was in tears but he was bawling. "Dad? Is that really you?" He was sobbing into my shoulder. His body was shaking as he cried. This happened quite a bit here because families were lost, rescued and brough here and then reunited so no one was weirded out. A lot of people reunited here in the cafe.

I just hugged him and nodded as he asked if it was really me. I didn't know what to do with this stranger. I was so lost. This hug felt strange. I felt like I was hugging a stranger. I had absolutely no connection to this person that clearly knew me. This was strange because he hugged me like he loved me. I didn't have those feelings for him.

Peri stood. "Let's go to our room." He directed us out of the cafeteria and into our hall and our room. He was right, we needed privacy.

"Dad! Is that really you? I thought you were dead!" Kevin wiped his face and looked up at me. I knew the second that things clicked. He saw my face and he knew what I was. "You're one of them?" He backed away like I was... a vampire.

Peri took offense. "No! Viper is not one of them! He's one of us! He's a sweet loving and very passionate man with a heart so great and sweet that not even vampires could kill it. You would be lucky to have him as your father so don't you dare judge him for being what he is on the outside. He may be a vampire but that isn't who he is, inside!" Peri went off.

I looked at Peri and chuckled. I couldn't help it. He was defending me again. He looked so intense and determined to defend me. "Hey, Peri, it's okay." I turned to Kevin. "Kevin?"

Kevin nodded. "Dad?"

I sighed. How did I tell him that I didn't remember? I was his dad, Josh. But now I'm a vampire, Viper. I'm different but I'm still..."I'm not like them."

Peri agreed. "He's part of us."

I watched Kevin hate me. He was wiser for a kid and he knew pain. I was the enemy to him. Of course I was because I was one of them, despite what Peri said. I saw him make up his mind about me and back away. It hurt.

Why couldn't I just be happy? It was ten minutes ago, I was so happy and now I was destroyed again. I lost my son again just because of vampires. I hated them. I hated myself. Peri gathered me as I collapsed and just held me as I broke.