<span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px">"Hm," he grunted, a small smirk appearing on his lips.  "I don't know why you whine about my driving because out of all of us, I'm the least likely to be able to just get up and walk away from a crash in this group."  His voice was teasing and he quickly put his vehicle into drive before speeding out of the parking lot, tires squealing in their wake.<br/>
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As they drove, he thought of what he knew of their group so far as they introduced himself.  Eva, an angel, with a presence that didn't match up to Seth's.  Rose a vampire who had just admitted to feeding on the patients in the hospital.  If he didn't know any better, he would have attempted to get her killed on the spot, but luckily for her, he relied on facts over appearances.  Vampire's didn't drain their victims' youth, at least, not Rose's type.  Lucas, a demon who was only here because of a bond, and of course himself.  A human who could see what other's necessarily couldn't, who could feel what other's didn't.  He should have gone into Psychology, wouldn't that have been ironic.<br/>
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It seemed they all had their secrets, and if he wanted to figure them out, he needed to place nice.<br/>
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"I'm Dexter, and this is Lucas," he smiled, looking at the women in his rearview mirror.  "And it seems like you, my dear vampire," he started, blue eyes falling on Rose in his mirror," are the best lead we have.  At the very least, I'm certain we can draw whatever this is out with you which mean not too much hunting on our part."  His tone was cheerily as he drove down the streets.  Eventually, buildings and houses were further apart until he pulled up to a national park at the edge of the town.  <br/>
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He hopped out of the car and went to the trunk once again, grabbing his pack.  "I'm assuming this is the park in question," he shrugs as he shoulders the pack.  "It's near the home of all of the victims and this happened in the woods.  It's as good as a start as any."  With that, he begins walking the trail that leads into the woods, pulling out a flashlight.  The others may be able to see in the dark, but he couldn't.  He kept his eyes open, light trailing through the woods as the group walked.  He didn't expect to find anything this close to civilization but the further they went in, the more anxious he became.<br/>
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<i>He blinked, the world lighting up in a bright white around him before everything settled once again.  The woods around him were different, darker as if he had fallen into a dream, which he supposed was accurate.  Though it was already more like a nightmare.  He'd been told once before that when he had these, his body was frozen in place, rigid as his breathing picked up.  </i><br/>
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<i>He blinked again as two figures came into focus across the clearing.  It was always weird seeing himself in one of these things, even if he was always looking through the eyes of someone else, generally the victim.  He didn't see Rose or Eva yet, but at least he had narrowed who he was.  A snap of a twig behind him had him whirling around.   It was only a second, enough to catch a glimpse of blue eyes and wrinkled skin before the thing was on him.</i><br/>
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He screamed as the world tilted around him, trying to run and only managing to trip over the roots in front of him.  He fell to his hands and knees as he panted, blinking over and over as he tried to catch his breath.<br/>
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"Striga," he gasped out, blue eyes looking for his demon companion.  He'd seen it and he should have put two and two together.  Draining of the life force, victims aging quickly instead of being killed immediately.	They were dealing with a witch.  A powerful one at that.</span><br/>
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