The Hunted

Luke shivered. He plunged the knife into the demons chest. It didn't move. He plunged the knife deeper and deeper before removing it and leaving it on the cold hard ground. Kae was standing nearby and watching the whole thing unfold before her. She had only heard about them in stories and legends. She knew that they were real now. She knew his secret. She knew he had become the hunted. It all started the day she moved to Burgen.
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I never once thought I would be moving to a place like this. A place so isolated from the rest of the world. It went by the name Burgen. I was born in New York, but had to move around because of my military background. I had moved from three different schools in the past year. I was never prepared to stay in one place permanently, until now.
"Sam, I'm trying to sleep!"
"Play with me Kae."
"Not now!"
"Why?"
I punched Sam in the shoulder fairly hard. Mom turned around and gave us the look of death.
"Why must you two go at it every day?"
"Because mom!"
Dad was in the front seat driving. He was still in his uniform and I didn't think he would take it off any time soon. We were on a deserted highway, where know body went anymore. I looked over my shoulder and saw a old shack with a waterwheel attached to the building. The sign read !FOOD!
"What's that?"
"What's what?"
"That shack."
I pointed to the building, but it wasn't there.
"What are you pointing at?"
"Nothing."
I slid back down in my seat. I heard mom mumble under her breath something I couldn't make out.
"Were here!"
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"Did you see that car? I think someone might have seen us."
"Calm down Nate. Know one saw us."
"No, Nate's right. Someone did see us. Her name was Kae."
"Thee Kae?"
"What other Kae's have you heard of?"
I laughed while Dan slugged Nate in the shoulder. Nate was the youngest of the hunters. They were all the youngest compared to me. I was the oldest. My name's Luke, Luke Gable. I was born with the blood of a hunter. A hunter you might wonder is basically what it sounds like. We hunt demons. Well, my brothers and I do. My brothers are Nate, Dan, Leo and Justin. Our parents died just after my brothers were born. My brothers are triplets. I'm the only one who looks different from the rest.
"Does this mean we get to go to school now?"
"Now that Kae's here, we might just have to. Anyway, we should be getting back to the town. I have to get us enrolled anyway."
We all gathered up our things and left the shack. I locked the door behind me, just in case.
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"Where's here? It just looks like a random house."
"It looks nicer once you get inside."
We parked the car in front of the houses driveway and each of us grabbed a bag from the seats. Mom unlocked the door and we all walked in. It was nicer on the inside then the outside.
"Where's my room mom?"
"Right through that door."
I walked into the door and slipped the key into the lock. It opened almost immidently. The room looked nice but there was some things I could do to make it feel more at home.
"We'll go to dinner around fiveish. Is that ok Kae?"
"Yea!"
I set down my suitcase on the bed. Opening it, I took out a pin board filled with photos labeled HOUSE ONE and HOUSE TWO. I stuck it on the wall over my bed and hung a new photo over it. I grabbed a sharpie and wrote HOUSE SIX below the atchual photo.
"Feels like home."
-Two Days Later-
"Kae! Get ready for school."
"I am ready!"
Today was my first day of Burgen High school. I opened one of my drawers and pulled on a blue shirt and a sweatshirt.
"Kae! The bus is here!"
I looked out the window and saw my mother talking to the bus driver. I ran out onto the bus and stopped. There was no one on the bus!
"Where is everybody?"
"Your the first stop. Next is the Gables. Now, please take a seat."
I took the seat closet to me. The bus started and we drove a couple minutes away to what I supposed was the Gables. The driver pressed the horn and a young man ran out of the house. He was cute. He said hi to the driver and sat next to me.
"You knew?"
"Yea."
"What's your name?"
"Kae. Yours."
"Luke. That's Nate, Dan and Justin."
"Who?"
I saw three other boys get on the bus and sit behind and across from us. They all looked the same except for there hair and eye color.
"Are they triplets?"
"Yea. There my brothers. I'm oldest. Shorty's youngest and hes second oldest and I'm oldest."
He pointed to the smiling boys who ere staring at me the entire time Luke was talking.