The Innocent
"What do you mean you don't want to?"
snapped Kate nastily.
"I mean…… I just don't want to ok?"
India replied with a trace of nervousness in her husky voice.
She
was just 25 years old. Had stumbled across the gang of good looking
misfits in a bar in Manning, Colarado 8 months ago. She was drinking
alone, drowning her sorrows after a messy and painful breakup from
her last boyfriend Alec.
They were loud, and looked to be having
fun. One of them, a blonde girl that looked to be in her late teens
introduced herself as Amelia, and offered to buy India a beer.
Feeling more desolate than she had in a very long time, India
accepted the beer and the invitation to join them for a game of pool.
Bottle after bottle was consumed, and India wound up quite drunk.
Funny…….. None of the others did…..
They eventually
stumbled outside, India being half carried, half dragged by 2 guys.
"Lets all go back to the cabin guys" said the brunette, Kate,
with a smirk.
"Great idea my love" replied the one guy that
had taken a backseat during all the merriment in the pub. He was
dressed in jeans, black t-shirt and a battered black leather biker
jacket. If it wasnt plainly obvious he was "with" this Kate, she
might have come on to him…..
Once inside the cabin, nearly
everyone of the group went and laid down on their hammocks. India had
sobered up enough to start questioning her surroundings, and to not
really feel comfortable with the situation. Kate and biker jacket,
whos name shed just heard murmered in a lovers hushed voice was
Luther, were getting very cosy on a hammock only yards away from
India. She didnt know where to look, but couldnt really help
herself.
"You like to watch huh?" asked Luther as Kate swayed
on his lap.
India stayed silent.
"Either you do or you don't
lady, which is it?" he said testily.
"Er…… no, not much
really" India answered softly.
Luther walked over to where she
was sat, stiff backed on a chair. She was feeling really frightened
now. Something just wasnt right here.
"Well….. My soul mate
Kate here likes to watch, so well just let her……"
And with
that, he grabbed a hold of Indias long midnight black hair, pulled
her head down and sank his fangs into her jugular.
It happened so
fast she didnt have a clue what was happening to her at first. She
was aware of the laughter of a female……more laughter…… lots
of different people laughing……. GOD!……. Why was Kates
boyfriend kissing her neck! And why was Kate laughing? And more
importantly, why did she seem to be having the most intense sexual
experience ever…….. Whatever Luther was doing to her neck, and by
this point it felt more like a lovebite, it was damn good!
"Enough!"
she heard a female snap.
"Jealous Kate? Hahahahaha……."
Feeling her senses swim, India closed her eyes…….
She came
around slowly and groggily. Her eyes felt gritty. She looked around
her….. the rest of the motley crew were sleeping soundly. Kate and
Luther nestled together like all the lovers of old.
Were her hands
tied? What the…….? Glancing round, on the floor next to her was a
bottle containing the richest looking ruby red liquid shed ever
seen. And then her stomach growled in the strangest hunger shed ever
known……..
Shuffling her feet, shed woken up Kate.
"Hey
there sleepyhead" she said smiling a genuine smile for the first
time in their aquaintence.
"Why am I tied up and what the hell
is going on here?" India asked forcefully.
"Its just for your
own safety…..relax. We are one big happy family here. Pretty soon,
you wont remember life outside our nest" Kate replied.
"Pardon?
Nest?" snapped India.
"Welcome to the beautiful, most
satisfying life imaginable. The life of the vampire…."
Kate
had crawled over to her. "This" she said " is your dinner India
darling…drink up"
Forcing Indias head back, she upended the
bottle into her mouth. Having no choice because Kates hand was
placed lightly on her throat, India swallowed……..
That was 8 months ago.
Kate and Luther and the nest travelled all
over, befriending 3 others in the process.
The bloodlust was
enjoyed and eagerly awaited daily by the rest of them, but it was
something India hated. In the months since she was "turned",
India had made only 1 killing, and she despised herself for it. From
then on, shed made a show of "feasting" on humans, only barely
breaking skin. If they turned because of her…… well so be it, but
at least she wasnt draining their very life blood from the poor
innocent souls.
What no one else but her knew was that she
could easily get by from drinking the blood from fresh road kills,
and in the towns they visited, there were plenty. Deer, Elk,
Moose…….. It suited her and
Kate and Luther were non the
wiser.
India found out that her sense of smell was ten times
better than it was, infact it was deemed the best in the nest by
Luther. They used her to track regularly.
She was free to go out
on her own nightly, and feeling like an outcast from the rest, chose
to do so at every opportunity.
Present time…shed just refused some human blood and Kate was furious, so India walked out…
Back where her life as a non entity had started, back
in Manning. Sat alone again, in the same pub. Somehow, since being
turned, her skin had become the smoothest, perfect, almost
translucent one shed dreamed of as a teenager. Her hair was longer
and thicker. Her lips had taken on a fuller, redder appearance and
her green eyes almost illuminous in their clarity. Many a head turned
in the pub as she walked in, but she paid them no mind.
Nursing a
beer, shed been sitting there 20 mins when the door opened, and in
walked 2 men. Both looked to be in their twenties. One taller than
the other, wearing a green hooded top under a tan jacket and jeans.
His hair was brown and scruffy looking, a little overdue for a trim.
But those eyes……. Hazel they were, and soulful. He had a
wholesome look.
The shorter of the 2 had fairer hair, cut shorter
and with a few spikes. His eyes were equally striking… green and
piercing. Clothing of choice for him was jeans, grey T, maroon shirt
over the top and a black leather coat. Overall look? Straight up
sexy. Indias loins tingled, and she knew her eyes glittered. Stop
that she thought to herself.
They ordered beers, and India overheard one name. Daniel Elkins. Shed heard that name mentioned a dozen times by Kate and Luther over the months. Why was he important?
The 2 men drank up and left. Oh well, nice scenery while it
lasted India thought. Finishing up her own beer, she walked outside
and made her way in the pitch black up the road back to the cabin.
The scent of a fresh kill slammed her nostrils, and she inhaled the
iron smell hungrily. Taking no time to find it, she saw the deer and
bent down, her fangs descending.
A rustle of sound behind her had
her turning quickly, fangs still bared and the lustful glitter of her
eyes visible in the darkness. The 2 strangers from the pub had
unbeknown to her walked the wrong way to their car, remembering the
correct way 2 minutes after India had left the pub.
"Jesus
fucking christ!" the shorter one hissed. Hed placed a protective
hand over the front of the taller one.
"Oh my God Dean we
havent any weapons with us!" hissed Tall Guy
"Yeah I realise
that Sammy!" Dean answered.
India painfully retracted her fangs
and mentally talked herself down from her feast.
" Please……
I mean no harm. I swear" she told them, holding out a hand in a
peaceful manner.
"All your kind mean harm lady" the one known
as Dean snapped.
Sam was still behind him.
"No seriously.
Yes, I am a vampire…. But not the type youre obviously used to
dealing with. And why are you being so nonchalant about me being one
anyway?" India asked with a slight smile and her head cocked to one
side.
"My questions first I think. What do you mean not the type
we usually deal with huh?"
"Dean, lets just get the hell out
of here man." Sam pleaded.
"No Sammy, I wanna know. She could
be interesting to us about the job bro" Dean answered.
Sam
looked unconvinced.
"Well…… Im India by the way, just
incase you were interested" she smiled. Why did this sexy, sassy
woman have to be a freakin creature of the night Dean thought.
"Dean,
and hes my brother Sam. Ill stop myself from answering that
question just yet. Carry on" Dean instructed her.
"I was sat
here in the pub we just came from 8 months ago. Got chatting to this
group of loud, lairy men and women. I just broke up with my then
boyfriend and was feeling really shitty, so I ended up getting
totally wasted with them. They took me back to this cabin, and one of
the guys, the leader I later found out, bit me. Turned me. Luther his
name is, and his soul mate is Kate. Well, they live the full on,
vampire lifestyle. Feed and kill daily. I made 1 kill a week after I
was turned, and Ive loathed myself for it ever since. Human blood
does not interest me. I found out I can get by on fresh animal
blood."
The brothers had listened to her quietly.
"Animal
blood?" Sam asked her.
"Yeah. After the kill, I went out
walking. Seemed like hours. I came across an elk that had just been
hit. It was practically dead. The smell of its blood was
overwhelming. So, I decided to try it, and it did the trick luckily
for me. Luther and Kate don't know this though"
"How the
hell have you kept something like this from the evil bastards so
long?" asked Dean.
"Its not easy, but whenever they bring new
humans back for feasting, I put my lips to their necks and barely
break the skin. As long as its enough to just draw blood, and I make
a pretence of wiping my mouth…….the stupid pricks don't know"
She ended this with a grin.
"Lets go back to the pub, and Sam
and I here will tell you why we arent shocked about vampires being
among us……."
Off they all went. Sam went to the bar
and ordered beers all round. India sat across from both of them, and
openly appraised their looks. Another revelation being turned had
given her was the fact that she had no inhibitions anymore. If she
liked what she saw, she usually went after it. No longer than the one
night though. Before her new life, she was quite a shy, timid girl,
and the thought of one nighters just did nothing for her. She looked
intently at Dean, who was reciprocating that look.
He liked
looking at her, man she was hot. Those eyes….and those full red
lips begging to be kissed. He wanted to run his thumb along that
lower lip, such was its ripeness. Mentally shaking himself, he got a
grip. Not of India unfortunately…..
"So come on guys, what
gives? I told, you tell now"
"I don't see why we should tell
you anything at all actually" Sam snarked. He didnt trust this
girl yet. But if she was one of them, why was she gonna drink animal
blood?
"Come on Sammy man, I think we owe the girl an
explanation don't you?"
Sam sighed. "Spose so"
Over
another beer, Dean told India everything. From that night 22 years
ago. She was horrified, and emotion swarmed through her at what 2
innocent children went through.
"Im so sorry. I cant imagine
what that must have been like"
"It hasnt always been easy"
said Dean. After a short pause, she asked: "OK. So you wanna find
Luthers nest? That's easy. Im willing to show you."
"You
are?" asked Sam.
"Yeah. I owe them no loyalty. After what they
did to me? No way. I don't enjoy the life I have now. Im a fuckin
freak, and frankly Id prefer no life at all to this."
"Do you
mean that?" Dean asked her.
"Every damn word" she replied.
"if you kill them all, Im gonna take off some place else. Try and
live a kind of normal life. Ill just have to find a place near a zoo
or a veterinarians or something!" she laughed. Dean laughed with
her, Sam looking between the 2. He really hoped Deans dowstairs
brain wasnt leading them into a trap.
"You wanna go now?"
asked India.
"No time like the present now is there?" Dean
smiled.
They finished the remains of the beers, and went outside
to the car. Sam popped the trunk. He and Dean pulled everything from
it that theyd need to finish this nest off for good. India was
awestruck. The stash of weapons turned her on for some weird reason.
Jesus, what is with me? I really need to get laid or something!
Dean
took a long, shining machete from some canvass. The sight of that
didnt turn her on at all….. It filled her with a dread and horror
that was overwhelming, for she knew one quick slice of that and shed
be gone forever. She might think shed be better of properly "dead"
, but deep down, she didnt want that. Not at all.
Sam saw her
eyeing the knife warily. "Not too keen on knives then India?" He
didnt want to be mean with her, but till everyone of these damn
things was dead, he was reserving judgement on her as a person.
"Not
ones that could very easily take my head off no." she snapped back.
He needed to lightnen up!
Sam had gone to the funeral home earlier
this evening, loading up on dead mans blood. It wasnt a huge amount
but would get the job done.
Weapons concealed on their bodies,
India lead the way back to the cabin, to Kate and Luthers
nest……
"Ok. Here it is. Theres a back entrance too. You
should take that, and Ill walk in the front and distract them. Its
no use using stealth, they practically sleep with one eye open."
"How
serious do you want these ….. Things dead?" Dean asked looking at
India.
"As serious as I can be. Why?"
"Here. Take this.
You ever used a crossbow before?"
"Do I look like Im into
archery?" she asked raising her brow cockily.
"Sam. Cmere
bro. Show her how to use it."
As Dean walked round the back
entrance to check on things, Sam instructed India on how to load and
use the crossbow. He was impressed, she was a quick learn. "You
look like youre enjoying this" Sam smiled.
"I am!" she
laughed. "Come on Sam, lets go and start my life of freedom"
They
walked back round to Dean.
"Right, Im going in the front."
India stated.
"Wait. The moment you hear the door kicked in back
here, you go in. have your first arrow ready to go. You Ok?"
India
gave a big sigh. She was scared, but she wanted, needed her right to
freedom.
"Yeah. Lets do it"
Dean and Sam waited while
India got to the front of the cabin. Then, Sam gave the door one huge
kick, and in it caved. The vampires all gave the most unholy of
screeches. The sound sent shivers down Deans back. A guy came at
them first. Sam swung his machete and the vampire went down. India
was at full flow, shed already taken 2 out. Boy she was loving
this! For the hurt you caused me………
Luther gave a
roundhouse kick and knocked Sam on his ass, the knife skidding out of
his hand. India spotted it and kicked it back towards him. He
gratefully got a grip on the handle again. Amelia was on Dean, fangs
bared. She was strong, but Dean was stronger. He flipped her over on
her back, and she sprang up again immediately, fangs bared, ready to
attack. Dean swung his knife before she had a chance to blink. She
dropped.
The screaming was unbearable. Kate and India were
getting to grips in hand to hand combat. Kate was stronger and more
powerful than India, and had her on her back pinning her down. "You
ungrateful bitch!" roared Kate.
"Bite me!" screeched
India . Kate backhanded her hard across the face, then put her hands
round her throat, squeezing tightly. India fought for all she was
worth.
Dean and Sam, between being beaten black and blue from
various vampires, had dealt with them all apart from 2. Only Luther
and Kate remained. India had fought free from Kates grasp. They were
circling each other like 2 protective lionesses on the African
plains. Luther had once again gone at Dean. It was an almighty
struggle, but he was giving Luther as good as he got. Sam spied
Indias dropped crossbow. He sprinted to it and had it loaded in a
second.
"India! Catch!" he yelled. Like lightening, India
flung out her hand and caught it. "You cant beat me India darling,
I don't know why you bother!"
"Fuck you bitch" India
snapped.
Sam knew he had to distract Kate in order for her to lose
concentration for a second. He had an idea.
"Kate!" he
yelled. It did the trick. Kate turned her head towards the sound.
That's all it took. India let the arrow fly, and Kate dropped like
stone.
Slumped on the floor, she slurred "Well well well. You
surprise me India. I never trusted you. Not properly" with that,
her eyes closed.
"Sam?" she asked, pointing to his knife. He
threw it to her. With one swift move, Kates head was off too for
good measure.
"Nice work" Sam congratulated her. Sweaty,
beaten and bloodied, she smiled back.
Dean and Luther were
slugging it out like two veteran boxers in the ring. Luther was
bloodied, but Dean looked bad. Blood covered his face, and his jeans
were ripped open down one thigh, blood and gore seeping through. Now
would be a good time Sammy, Dean thought. Sam must have heard him,
for at that moment, he loaded the crossbow and aimed it straight at
Luthers black heart.
Split second later, he too was headless.
Never had Dean enjoyed killing something as much as he did Luther.
Seconds passed, Dean, Sam and India looked at each other,
breathing heavily.
"Lets get out of here" Sam said.
They
picked up the weapons, and left the fetid cabin behind. Thye walk
back to the Impala was slow and ardous. Dean told India how impressed
he was with her, and she was basking in it. The whole thing had given
her a high no animal blood could ever have. Her eyes were flashing
beautifully. She had a smear of blood on the side of her face, and
her nose was bleeding. To Dean, no other woman had ever looked as
sexy.
Sam took all the weapons and carefully placed them back in
their correct places.
Dean and India stood looking at each
other.
"Thanks. For everything" India told him.
"Same
goes. One more on the team always helps" he smiled.
"I
enjoyed it, thought it shames me to say it" she replied, looking
down.
Dean reached his hand out, tipped her chin back up.
"Don't
be. You did good" It was she who closed the gap, she who placed
those full, ruby lips on Deans. He fisted his hands in her luscious
hair. Sexy woman, sexy kiss.
They broke apart.
"We ever need
a tracker, well find you" were Deans last words as he walked
round to the drivers side. Raising his fingers in a gesture of
goodbye, he climbed in. Sam leaned out of his window, smiled and
waved. "Thanks India" he said. She waved back.
The lights on
the car shone bright in the darkness, and as they drove off, a piece
of Indias undead heart went with it.
The End.
