Caught by them Chapter 1
We were in a dungeon. With thick black chains hanging from the ceiling, metal bars decorating the window and all four walls made of stone, including the ceiling and floor it honestly was a dungeon. The chamber was dark, with only the moonlight from the nearby window to help us see.
There were four of us trapped in here. My sister and I sat on the wall to the left of the door and a man sat across from us. He looked about the same age as me, give or take a few years. He was wearing all black; from his leather jacket to his black boots everything was black, including his hair. The other person was a womanwoman about my sister's age and was sitting on the wall furthers from the door, where no light reached her. She was staring at the floor with her arms crossed.
The dungeon door slowly creaked open. A dark figure emerged from the light in the hall outside, while the door closed. There was an eerie feeling about him, like he wasn't real and something in your head just told you to stay away but something else glues you to your place. Then it hit me. Of course he was one of them, one of our captors, he was a vampire.
He was tall, taller than me by at least three inches maybe more. He had hair pale and even paler skin. He was good looking and looked to be in his twenties. He looked around the room with a haughty expression on his face. All of us stared at up him, except the woman, who kept her gaze down on the floor. He looked at the man who was sitting across from us. He nursed a look of hatred for the vampire. Then his gaze lingered on the woman in the back. She hadn't moved, with her eyes still on the floor. The vampire's eyes met the person beside me, my sister and then finally, he looked at me. He had grey eyes but that was all I could tell because in the next moment he glanced back at my sister.
He strode forward and grabbed her like she weighted nothing. I began to rise and yelled, "Jamie!" I am her big brother and I protect her! I always have and not even a vampire can stop me, but with just one look from him, I was caught in mid motion and I could neither speak nor move. It was the oddest sensation, it was like my body was asleep… no it was like my body wasn't my own but all of my senses were working and I could form independent thoughts.
He turned all of his attention back to my sister who was shivering slightly in his arms. With one hand he was holding her steady and with the other he caressed her neck. My sister whimpered and trembled at the vampire's touch. He was looking directly at her and she looked terrified and that made me angry. I tried to move but I still couldn't. I was left to do nothing but watch in horror.
I looked at the others around the room for support. Though we didn't know each other I figured we were in the same boat and they should try to help, but they were just sitting there. First, I looked at the man across from us; he was motionlessly watching with a mixture of repulsion and interest his face but otherwise was doing nothing to help. Then I looked at the woman, though now she has raised her gaze from the floor to the vampire and my sister, she was watching with an expression I can't read and was doing nothing that would help. A dizzying revelation hit my stomach. Of course they wouldn't help; it wasn't their skins on the line.
My sister gave a whimper and my attention was back to her and the vampire. He had exposed her neck and was looking at the vein in it hungrily. She was only 19! I tried resisting his hold on me get free and stop what he was about to do but my body just wouldn't budge. Then just as I thought all hope was lost…
"Stop it," commanded a voice. It belonged to the woman in the back.
The vampire stopped immediately and stared at the woman, intently. "I need to feed," he announced like he was testing the woman somehow.
By now the woman had stood and was walking closer. She had dark hair, fair skin and the brightest blue eyes I have ever seen. If the real vampire wasn't there I'd have said she was one. She just looked like the stereotypical vampire you see in movies, beautiful with something deadly about her. She stopped just an arms length near the vampire and my sister.
I glanced at the man across from me and he was still sitting in the same position I had seen him before. Then I realized the vampire probably also glued him on the spot just as he did me. He was watching the woman with surprise clear on his face, which was mirroring what I was feeling at that moment too. We were thinking the same thing. Why can she move?
The woman glared unblinkingly at vampire and said softly, "Feed on me instead."
The vampire looked at her stunned for a moment but it passed by so quickly that it might have been my imagination. My sister remained still in his arms. I could tell she was tense but for any other she just looked like she was still. He looked at the woman like he had just seen her here and his gaze softened. He took so long to reply that I thought he was going to refuse but seemed to think better of it.
He let go of my sister who quickly went back to my side and with that his mysterious hold on me disappeared and now I could move freely. I cerebrated with hugging my sister to me. She was shaking violently but at the next moment she controls herself and looked at her savior. I couldn't believe it! The woman had willingly put herself at harm's way for a person she didn't even know!
The vampire stepped forward to close the gap between him and the woman. He cups her cheek and surprises me in what he says next. "I'll try not to hurt you," he reassured her and at the same time drew her closer to him; she nodded and put her hands on the vampire's chest. He exposed her neck, and she then remained still as the vampire's teeth slowly bit into her.