Dance in the vampire bund: The turtle doves of the vampire bund
By Nikolao
Chapter 1: The incident at Mau Luo
It was a calm night, the sky was wery bright and the stars overlooking the Mau Luo village in Vietnam were visible. The year is 1974 and the war in Vietnam is in full force. Private Jack Matters was on guard duty at the borders of the village when he got approached by his comrade Private John Welks.
„Still playing with those turtle doves?" John says while approaching to Jack
„Yeah, every time I look at them I think about returning home" Jack replies and raises his hand holding 2 white turtle doves.
Jack looks at the 2 turtle doves he found when they entered the Mau Luo village for the first time, the turtle doves were just laying on the ground on the middle of the battlefield the day the soldiers drove back the Vietnamese forces. Every soldier passed the turtle doves as it were invisible but not for Jack, he picked it up because he saw something in them that nobody else saw...hope.
„When I get back home, I'm gonna give these to Millie and then I'm gonna propose to her" Jack says that while looking at them.
„But untill then" Jack connects the turtle doves on his necklace and put it over his neck „These little turtle doves are going to give me luck"
„I certanly hope so" Welks responded
The night was wery quiet, there was nobody outside in the village except the soldiers guarding it, the villagers were mostly sleeping and the only light source in the village was a large command tent.
„ A Quiet night" Welks commented. „Yes...it certanly is" Jack responded
„Well...it might not be as quiet any longer." Welks says with a troubling tone
„What do you mean? " Jack asks with a troubled expression on his face
„The commander wants you to attend a special briefing and he ordered me to replace your guard duties untill morning." Welks answers with haste like it was a bit hard to say
Jack was curious „What kind of special briefing?" John answers „Top secret...even I am in dark"
Jack had no choise but to get going, he handed his post to John and went to the commander's tent. The village was peacefull during the night and everyone was at ease because the main battlefield was 50 km away and the sounds of warfare were wery weak in the distance, that is the reason why Jack was a bit worried about the briefing. He poundered those words „Special briefing" in his mind as he got closer to the tent. He entered the tent and saw a unfamiliar person standing there. That person was not a soldier, nor a villager, but a tall man. The tall man had long white hair and crimson eyes that sparkled red like a ruby, his uniform was a bit different, looked like covert ops but different. Jack knew that the tall man was not in covert ops because he had his friend Malcolm in the covert ops and he knew that Malcolm would somehow inform Jack if he is sending one of his own near Jack's position on the battlefront. The tall man was standing on the other side of the tent right at the other side of the table, on that table lies a map of the surrounding area, on that map Jack noticed a red circle on a cliff near by. While Jack was looking at the map he noticed the tall man handing his hand to him as a gesture.
„It's nice to meet you private Matters, my name is Lucious" Jack returns to give a handshake
„Lucious...?" Jack asks, „My codename." The tall man responds
Jack nods at Lucious but does not belive him one bit. „This guy is fishy" Jack thinks while noticing the Commander entering the tent with some papers in his hands.
„Ahh...I see that you two met...you saved me a minute of formalities and time here is certanly short so I will be quick" Commander tells that in a official tone and looks at Jack.
„Jack...I need you to work with Lucious from covert ops to do a perimiter checkup on the location marked on the map, we belive that the Vietnamese hold a secret weapon lab inside this small mountian cliff but we can't risk sending a whole team of soldiers so Lucious will be coming with you on this mission"
„Yes commander but..." Jack was interrupted by Commanders harsh question "Is that understood?"
„Yes sir" Jack answered. It was clear that Jack wanted to tell the Commander that something might be off about this guy but the Commander seemed wery agitated for some reason which is not his usual behavior. Something was wery wrong here, and Jack had a feeling he was the only one here kept in the dark.
„Yes...wery well" Lucious says and turns to Jack „Listen well private, we need to reach the cliffside by tomorow morning"
„Tomorow? Morning?" Jack looks at Lucious with a shocked expression "There is no way we can get there tomorow unless we go right now , no packing, no mission prep, no extra briefing"
„That's right" says Lucious „We should go...now" Jack turns his head to the commander who responded „ I'm sorry Jack...but now you will have to listen to every order gives you and you need to follow them no matter what...if Lucious says jump...you have to ask how high?"
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The night was long and so was the journey to the cliffside of the mountian. Jack and Lucious have not spoken a word during the trip, Jack was on edge, he knew that the covert ops had shady buisness everywhere they went but they at least gave some info about the mission, this mission was shady just like the man in charge of it. As morning approached Jack noticed that Lucious became more and more worried.
„We have to get there before sun hits us...if it comes to that I will not be capable and you will be left alone" Lucious says it in a weird tone like he is lecturing Jack „Why then...what happens when the sun comes out?" Jack asks while looking at him.
„Get down, human!" Lucious grabs Jack by his shoulder, lowering him into a crouching position
„Ouuch...human? What are you...?" Lucious covers Jack's mouth and points behind a dense bush
„Be quiet human...I saw some movement over there" Lucious whispers while poiting over to the bushes.
Jack was confused by the way Lucious was refering to him, but at the same time he was interested in that movement so there was no time for questions and answers. They came at the far side through the bushes and they stumbled upon a large metal gate guarded by 2 soldiers wearing unknown uniforms. The soldiers were standing still and havent noticed them yet.
„We have to take them down before dawn, before the sun cames" Said Lucious
„Why?" Jack asks, „Because if we wait they will get inside, lock the gate and activate the security laser sistem around the perimiter in which we are currently" Lucious replies
„oh...makes sense" Jack says while drawing out his gun
„No...regular weapons can't harm them" Lucious says while drawing a different gun, a gun that Jack has never seen before.
„What is that?" Jack asks while looking confused by the look of the weapon
„It's a solar gun prototype...It shoots solar energy" Lucious says in a serious tone while looking at Jack
„Are you fucking kidding me? Are you gonna sunburn them to death?" Jack asks in a sarcastic way
„Actually...yeah...I am" Lucious replied
Before Jack could respond to that Lucious jumped out of the bush and came running at the guards that notice him right in the start.
„This guy is a lunatic!" Jack shouts while drawing his gun and shoots toward's one of the guards
The bullet hits the guard directly in his stomach area and forces him to fall...but the second his body hit the floor his hand reached his gun holster, draws the gun and aims to Jack like the bullet never did any harm to him.
„Impossible!" Jack says shocked
Suddenly Lucious pushes Jack at the side saying „Move you human!" and launches a beam of sunlight from the gun to the guards that creates a firey reaction on they're skin turning them into human torches. Jack was utterly shocked while looking at two guards being set on fire. The screams of those 2 men are so terrible that it left a scar in Jack's mind that haunts him.
„Burn you Tepesh followers...Burn!" Lucious shouts with a grin on his face
„Tepesh? Who...? Why...? How...?" Jack was in a state of panic
„Tepesh...the ruling vampire family...leaded by that whore" says Lucious
„V...va...vampires?" Jack asks while lying shocked on the ground, his hands were trembling behind him, looking for his gun, anything that he can get a hold on"
„You were not so helpfull as I expected, but alas you were a good distraction for them while I shoot them, but...maybe I can find a use for you by taking some of your blood, running through this rainforest does make a vampire like me thirsty" Lucious says that with a evil expression on his face
„What!?" Jack was utterly scared for his life at this point
„Don't worry...I may spare you long enough for you to turn and become my sevant"
Lucious jumps at Jack and starts to bite his arm like a wild animal, blood starts to gush out of Jack's hand while his other hand is pounding Lucious's head trying to get him off
„Ufff...get the fuck off me you crazy son of a bitch!" Jack shouts
„wahahahahah!" Lucious laughts „Your blood tastes even better that I imagined...what kind of a human are you anyway?...this feels like...I can't desribe it...the ecstasy of taste and sweetness...what the fuck are you?...you are not a regular human"
„I think you had enough bloodsucker" A unfamiliar voice behind the metal gate is heard
Lucious turns to the gate
„You...but how?..the informant told me that there would not be anyone from the „Earth clan" Lucious was shocked. Jack had so little strength to look up and see a figure standing by the gate.
„Who...what?" Jack used almost all his strength to ask this question
And then Jack lost consciousness...blackness filled his mind with only sounds of slight banging and a lot of shouting in the background...there was a fight going on around him...but he was to powerless to do anything.
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Pitch blackness...that is what Jack now sees, his mind is still able to think for it self but other senses are out or wery low. Sometimes he sees a flash of light and sometimes hears a sound, when he tries he even hears a word he can understand.
„- - gonna make it?" A sturdy male voice
„... ... ... ... of antidote" Another male voice, similar to before
„... ... ... give him ... amnesia injection..." The sturdy male voice again
„... ... whatever to save him" A young female voice
Jack's senses are slowly coming back
„Are...your turtle doves mister?" Female voice asks
„Yes... p...ple...please, make sure Millie gets them...Millie...I'm...I'm sorry I failed you" Jack uses all his might do say those words
Before Jack loses consciousness the female voice speaks for the last time
„Just hold on soldier, we will make sure that you give them to her personally"