The escape

The corridor was eerily dark and deserted. It was pitch black everywhere except for where the silvery moonlight fell on the dusty cracked floor of the hallway of the Bagsburgh military academy to illuminate our path. The place was deathly silent not a animal moved there was no breeze to shake the leaves no crickets chirped no frogs crooked it was as silent as possible when you have two trained military personnel running like ghosts across a dust muffled corridor, silent except for our fast footsteps and heavy breathing. I was running as hard as I could with my injured knee; it had been broken when Ayanami had tried to stab me. I had tried to run away but that damn assistant of his managed to shot my leg. I'm afraid I might of hurt him. I hope Ayanami's crush lives other wise Ayanami will kill me. But I had had no time to check because at that moment Blake had rounded the corner to see the pooling blood at my feet. My lips and face covered in flecks of it. I had given in and for that I was a shamed. In all vampires there is a love of battle especial when it involves sweet blood, good blood, unlike our own. I would not drink that which I spilled, but I would torture murder and maim. I had told him that this was the last time I should see him that to be my friend was dangerous and I he wished to end our friend ship then that was okay but that I would all ways think of him. I expected him to scream in fear like so many before him, or maybe to pull out his weapon and finish me off with the traditional saying. 'You have betrayed your country so you shale die. Beg for forgiveness or die with your faults. Either way you Shale DIE!' but instead he grabbed my hand telling me we had to leave. Then My best friend Blake was pulling my hand. Behind us, I could hear the sound of slow but firm footsteps. They were our pursuers. I could hear my heart beat shockingly fast. Sweat coated my palms and forehead. We had run so far so fast, as fast as our feet could carry us, but the sound of the man's footsteps had never ceased to be heard. Fear began to fill my heart.

"Blake …he's behind us. We won't make it!" I said rather desperately. Blake had said we should run away from this academy after he saw how bad they treated me. That is why we were heading to the hangar to steal a hawkzile.

"Don't worry. We're almost there!" he replied, almost hopefully. True enough, a moment later, we saw a slightly opened large gate with large 'H-1' engraved on the metal door. Without a second thought, we slipped in and jumped on one of the nearest machines. Blake took the front and I carefully sat behind him. I eyed my surroundings suspiciously. It was darker here so I could see nothing but dark silhouettes of the hawkzile.

"Hang on tight. We're going to fly!" I heard Blake cry and then the machine started and we fled.

It was fine during the first fifteen minutes of the flight, but then I started to hear the sound of another machine. A chill ran down my spine I looked behind and saw a large military ship it had a circle with a bloody sword through it painted on the side it told me that it belonged to Ayanami and it was already close to us. The man himself stood on the bridge with hands folded in front of his chest and looked haughtily at me. At that time, my instincts screamed "this man is dangerous". His eyes were so cold, and full of killing intent. I knew we couldn't survive together, so I made a choice. I must save Blake at the very least.

I leaned close to my best friend, my only friend damn it. I took a breath inhaling his marvelous scent he was like my brother I would not let him die. Quietly, very quietly, "Blake, I have to tell you something before I die my name isn't Tieto its Tasha and I'm not a boy I'm a girl. I only tell those I truly trust but I have to leave you now. I will distract them. Take that chance and run," I whispered into his ear.

I stood, preparing my Zaiphon to attack, but suddenly, I felt a soft tap on my back. I turned my head, and found Blake, smiling fondly at me. The Moon had raised high above us, giving me the light to see his smile that I loved so much. The wind was blowing our hair around playfully, oblivious of our crisis.

"Blake…" I started to say, with my hand stretched out to reach his hair.

"You must live on, Tieto." His hand touched mine. He squeezed my hand briefly and then with a slight force pushed me down from the flying vehicle. I saw his face, still smiling "don't worry about me I'll be okay they won't catch me." He called his voice soft in the night. He waved shortly and turned to face the military airship that drew even closer. I knew it the moment I saw his determined face… I had never seen him make a face like that, I understood immediately. He was prepared to die, for my sake. I stretched my hand, as far as possible. I tried to reach him, but I could not defy gravity. I was falling further and further away from him, from my only friend. We had been through so much together I had met him in the 2nd week of school 6 years ago.

Flash back… flash back… flash back… flash back…

I'd been walking past the dorms when 4 boys had come up to me. The first 3 had bullied me saying slaves shouldn't go to school but the 4th refused to join in, and stood up to the bullies for me. After they left he said his name was Blake and asked if I would like to be his friend. I told him slaves did not deserve friends, and that was all I was, so I did not deserve to be his friend. Then I walked away from him, leaving him with a befuddled look on his face, Two weeks later when I was in a detention cell. I had heard a knock from the cell above me and a boys' voice fell down. "Hey, new kid, I know you're in there so don't pretend otherwise, and I know your more than a thing so stop acting like you're not. I want to be your friend, so will you tell me your name please?" It was the boy Blake. "Tieto…Tieto Klein" I said telling him my fake name, the name I used to hide. After that we were inseparable. If people messed with me, Blake kicked their butt. If they messed with him, they disappeared for a while. When they showed up again they were mumbling something about me transforming into a girl. They said I had purple hair, black wings and glowing purple eyes. They claimed that I had caged them in the ground, under a large Oak tree, and said I enchanted the tree to enclose them within its roots. They claimed to have survived by the air provided by the algae that grew in the holes between the roots of the Oak and the poison roots of the Blood Rose. The Blood Rose is the least deadly plant around, but it's the one that hurts the most. The roots give off a small amount of acid gas. They would show where they had been but they could never prove anything. So I never got in trouble.

Flash back over … flash back over… flash back over… flash back over

Tears began to blur my eyes and I watched his hawkzile hit the airship and exploded. "Liar…" I cried softly knowing that he was either dead or captured. Tears poured down my face washing away the glamor I used to hide, my black hair turned lilac, and my emerald green eyes shimmered in to glowing amethyst orbs, my back arched as my wings spread. I flew towards the ship to get Blake when a mind-jarring boom ripped through the night air and my back was on fire my wings started dissolving back in to Essenes. I stared gliding toward a familiar pull that always pulled me toward a church that was 3 hours from the academy this time I surrendered to the urge I made it within 3 miles of the church then my wings failed me. A few seconds later, I felt my body hit something hard. There was rustling sound of leaves. I must have fallen to the forest, but I did not care. I wanted so much to die that I silently hoped a branch would pierce my heart and kill me instantaneously.

I felt several sharp stings on my skin, most of them probably scratches by branches as I fell, but I didn't die… not even close. I hit the ground with a loud thud. My nose was swamped in the scent of earth, and death and decay. I was in the woods, or a very healthy natural environment. I could tell there wasn't even the faintest whiff of humans only animals and vampires. I froze if I was found I would die. I was a vamp my self, but if I was on some ones territory they could kill me I knew that there were some vamps close. they'd probably passed only a few minutes ago so there was a chance they would find me, cloaking myself so only humans and friends could see me, I noticed that my eyes were blurry due to the impact and tears. I felt my Strength began to slip and as it did so did my consciousness, yet I refused to fall into the comfort of darkness. I tried to force my limp body to walk. I succeeded to stand, but not much more than that. A step was taken, my vision swayed I stumbled to the next tree grabbing a branch for support I took another step, and that was all it took to force me to surrender into the embrace of uninvited but pleasant sleep.