'Christina!' Henry calls. He's in a room foreign to him. There is a door at the end of the hallway, and he sees Christina standing by it.
'Henry, my pet, come to me. You belong to me Henry not Vicki, she doesn't know you the way that I do Henry. I made you!'
'She's apart of my life now Christina, she gave me her blood when I needed it. I love her Christina, more than I loved you.'
'oh my little pet. Now you will pay for not coming to me, and you will watch Vicki die.'
Christina opens the door, and Vicki is there, tied to a chair. She's got cuts and bruises all over her face and her chest. Her shirt is torn open and she's shivering. Christina moves closer to her and comes up to the back of Vicki. Henry lunges forward but he can't get to them, he is tied to the wall. Christina goes toward Vicki's neck and bites her. Vicki screams and then she stops.
'NO!!!!! VICKI!!!!!'
"Vicki!" Henry wakes up and calls to her. He looks around to find himself in his room. He looks over to his clock and sees that it's 9:00 p.m. and he realizes that it was all just a dream, no I nightmare.
Henry walks over to his work studio, and he starts to draw. At first it looks like Christina, she is laughing, then it turns into Vicki, who is smiling her gorgeous smile. Henry loves her smile, but he also likes to see her when she is tense with emotions.
Knock knock. Henry heads toward the door. He smells Vicki, and the visions of his dream comeback instantly to him, needs to see that she is alright. So he goes from a walk to a run and is there in half a second. Henry opens the door to see Vicki with that smile of hers, and no cuts or bruises.
"Well hello stranger," she says "so I was wondering if you wanted to talk." Vicki says while walking into the house, as usual.
"Come on in Vicki," says Henry "and no I don't really want to talk, but I gues that you aren't going to leave are you?"
"Nope."
"Vicki. You know that it's unsafe for you to be with me, or near me."
"Henry, we're in this together. I know that you don't want to hurt Christina, and you also don't want me to get hurt, and I think that is distracting you. So I'm proposing that I help you out, if I stay at your place then you won't have to worry about me because I will be protected by you, and I can also help you find Christina, and get her."
"Your going to stay with me so that I won't have to worry about you, is that right?"
"Yup. Corrine is staying with a friend of hers, and we will always e in contact. Also if I stay with you I get a little vacation in a way."
"Oh really, and how is that?'
"see now I don't have to go into work because I will be here trying to stay safe. It's a pretty good plan if I might say so myself."
"you really just want to be safe, or is there an alterior motive?" says Henry moving closer to Vicki and sitting beside her on the couch.
"What kind of alterior motive are you talking about?" says Vicki. Her heart beat starts to beat a little faster, and her breathing quickens.
Henry moves even closer to Vicki, and stares her right in the eyes, "You just want to sleep with me don't you?"
"Well since your bedtime is when I'm up and your life is when I sleep, I don't think we'll be sleeping together in that way, or the literal way." Vicki says, while moving a little further away on the couch. Henry moves even closer.
"I see, so you just want to use me for protection? But you do realize that I'm the one who got you needing protection."
"That's why I'm also going to protect you, or at least keep an eye on you and make sure you are okay."
"How can you protect me?"
"I'm not as weak as you think I am Henry." Vicki says, moving her face closer to his, "I can hold up pretty well. I mean ever since I got these," Vicki lifts up her wrists "I've gotten this power, this strength that links me to the underworld and helps me defeat anything that comes to me, with your help of course."
Henry can smell the blood pulsing through Vicki's body, he smells her sweet sent. Vicki's breath starts to quicken a little. She realizes how close she and Henry are.
"I guess this could be fun, and we do work better together. I mean we will be very, very close."
"Is that a bad thing?" Vicki's heartbeat quickens now harmonizing with her breath.
"On the contrary, it is a very good thing." Henry smirks and leans in closer to Vicki, "I'll enjoy this…closeness to you Vicki. We can… share a lot more of ourselves now."
"I thought we shared a lot already. Aww Henry, have you been holding out on me? I'm very disappointed."
"Oh Vicki, you already know a lot, but now we can get into the…" Henry face moves closer to hers, "finer details."
"Well here's one," Vicki says moving close enough for there lips to touch. She can smell Henry's breath, and Henry can smell hers, "I've got to get to bed."
Vicki gets up, "oh and I'll be sleeping in your bed if you don't mind." She leaves Henry on the couch a little disappointed. Vicki goes to the bathroom to get changed for bed; she puts on her night gown and opens the door to get out of the bathroom. When she emerges Henry is standing over her, leaning on the doorframe with his shirt conveniently off. Vicki is a little surprised and take a step back.
"I thought I would let you know that I work late, so if I keep you up I want to apologize in advnce, and it is perfectly fine that you take the bed, I was going to offer it up to you actually. Oh and I do like to take little naps while I work so I can think, so if you feel someone next to you it's most likely me." Henry says with a smile.
"That's perfectly alright." Vicki says, while moving to the bed. She climbs on top of the bed, and puts her classes down on the night stand. Then she gets into the covers and Henry turns off the light.
"Good night Vicki. And I promise I will not let anything harm you, not even myself. I will protect you Vicki."
"Thank you Henry and goodnight to you." With that said, Vicki falls into a deep sleep.
'NO! your hurting him! Stop this, stop this now! What are you ding to him!?' Vicki screams. She is watching Henry get tortured, like the time with the old priest of Henry's past. Now, though, now it is a nightmare from Henry's past. Vicki is standing in a room with Christina and Henry. She is watching her torture him. Henry came to save Vicki, because Christina got to her.
'oh Henry, why did you waste your time with a thing as insignificant as this? She can't even protect you, but I can, I would've until you left me, my pet.'
'Leave her out of this Christina! She has nothing to do with this!' Henry screams, lunging at Vicki to set her free. Christina throws him back to a wall.
'you brought this on yourself, my pet! You knew that I would come back for you! I made you! I gave you everlasting life, and strength, and I can take it away, I can also take away your heart Henry. I can take away the thing you so desperately want to protect. You will know pain Henry and you will know that you could've prevented this pain.'
'no! she will not die!' Henry lunges toward Christina and tackles her to the ground, but Christina is to strong. She throws Henry back to another wall, following him. She pushes up against him until his body is molded into the wall. Christina grows her claws and scratches henry across the chest. It leaves a deep flesh wound. Henry cries out in pain, and falls to the ground gasping for air.
'NO!!!!!' Vicki thrashes back and forth to get out of the chains that Christina secured her with to a post. She hates seeing Henry like this. She wants to protect him and help him. 'Henry! Stay with me Henry, you can't leave me!' Vicki screams. She wants to give him her blood so that he can have the strength to defeat Christina.
Christina moves in closer to Henry and kneels down so that she is eye level wit him. She smiles and this Henry across the face another time.
'STOP!!! Henry wake up! HENRY!'
"Henry!" Vicki awakes with a start. It isn't daylight yet. Henry rushes over to her side.
"Vicki, I'm here. Are you alright?" Henry asks. All Vicki can do is cry. She wraps her arms around him, Henry is a little shocked at first but then returns her embrace with one of his own.
"what's wrong Vicki? Why did you scream out my name?'