Hi readers, sorry for taking so long to continue this, and a special thanks to reviewers: baffledcarajou1, Binnie-Bunny, RavenBowie, MousyBeana and Maddi, who helped convince me to continue writting this... There will be one more chapter after this to complete the story.
Vlad yawned slightly, silently staring up at the darkness his coffin possessed, vaguely wondering if Robin was awake yet (no sounds of movement could be heard from outside of the coffin).
Vlad pulled his mobile phone out of his trouser pocket and brought it close to his face so he could see the time- 5:30pm, Vlad groaned, late afternoon and still feeling tired. The curse of being a 'breather friendly' vampire (as his dad loved to call it), his hours of being asleep vs being awake always had to be quite erratic. Regardless, Vlad yawned, pushing the top of his coffin away from himself and getting out.
Vlad stretched slightly and yawned, before suddenly taking a deep breath in... Something smelled good... Really good... Intrigued, Vlad's eyes roamed the small room as his sleep hazed brain attempted to name the scent, so sweet and yet so metallic, it was...
It was blood... Robin's blood! Vlad's eyes widened as he saw Robin's bloodied motionless form, leant against the wall with his eyes slid shut, his rolled up sleeves and bite marked arms told the story of his 'larder-victim' days.
With widened eyes Vlad let out a yell and jumped out of his coffin, rushing towards his blood splattered friend.
Robin lay there quietly, drenched in a pool of his own blood, "Oh...!", Vlad yelled, falling to his knees infront of the seemingly unconcious Robin. "Robin! Robin can you hear me?! Robi-", Vlad went to grab Robin's wrist but faltered, Robin's wrist was covered in the dried dark blood- Both his wrists were- Looking closely it was obvious to see that he'd physically ripped apart old wounds on his wrists- Blood embedded under and on his fingernails were evidence to this.
Still holding both wrists, Vlad was suprised to hear Robin's quiet defeated voice, "Just take your fill- I'm done".
Vlad worriedly stared back at him, "...Robin?".
"KILL ME!", Robin screamed, opening his eyes and glaring daggers at his once best friend, before suddenly errupting into hysterical sobs, "Please, just kill me, I don't wanna be here anymore... I'm scared... I wanna be with Chloe. Please, just do it... P-lease!". Empathetically, Vlad comfortingly put a hand on the side of Robin's head, Robin immediately screamed and began to hyperventalate, quickly finding it difficult to breathe, his eyes dilated and closed as he suddenly collapsed and passed out from a mixture of both fear and blood loss.
"Robin?", Vlad shouted, gently shaking his friend's shoulders. Robin flopped limply from side to side and for one 'heart-stopping' moment Vlad thought he was dead, a quick pulse check from the neck proved otherwise. Sighing in relief, Vlad called for Reinfield, eager to get the blood cleared up and away before it attracted the noses of all vampires within a 2 mile radius.
Four months earlier:
Dressed in his finest vampire outfit, a even-more-gothic-than-usual Robin, eagerly followed goth boy Tod through the woods. He'd met Tod a few months ago in college- They both shared a deep interest in vampires, and tonight Tod had even invited 'him' to one of the coolest areas in town for a halloween party- 'Stokeley Castle'. Even the name sounded awesome!
New friends, similar interests, everything was going great... Just one minor drawback- "Ouch, Robin, wait! I can't walk as fast as you!". Robin, turned around, smirking annoyedly at his 'baby' sister Chloe, who fought to keep up behind him in the thick of the darkening woods, "Then leave Chloe, no-one asked you to come, you know?".
Chloe glared but remained quiet as they continued through the woods, Robin gave a sorry-about-my-sister look towards Tod who dismissed it with an apathetic shrug as he continued to lead them closer to the castle.
Robin sighed as Chloe continued to follow him, "Just go home will you?". Chloe sighed, "Mom said I should follow you there to make sure that-".
"Mom said", Robin mimicked sarcastically, before continuing, "Robin says go away! ...I'm going to the party whether our parents like it or not". Robin put a hand to his (fake) vampire teeth as he got closer to the house, checking the fangs still in place.
Chloe sighed, "Robin, don't you're think you're taking this just a tad bit too far?". "It's a halloween party Chloe, it's the one night of the year where I can actually look normal around here", Robin answered, turning to look at her as they got to the castle door, "You can phone up mom to come and collect you now, save my 'baby' sister having to 'kid'-sit me!". Tod ignored the glaring match between the two siblings and went to the castle door, opening it and beckoning them in.
Chloe smirked, "Why thanks Tod... Looks like I'm going in too, Robin!". She walked past an apathetic Tod and into the castle, leaving an extremely annoyed Robin to follow after her.
Despite being still partially light outside, it was actually quite dark within the sparsely decorated castle, the unusual overhead chandeliers and wall-held lanterns gave out just enough light to make out the figures and faces of people dancing to the creepy rock music being played from some unseeable area.
Chloe hung around with Robin, as he looked around for girls who might be interested in him, Tod meanwhile, disappeared off into the crowd, un-noticed by Robin or Chloe.
10 minutes later:
Robin stood talking to two skantally clad vampiric goth girls who showed great interest as he talked about himself and his obsession with vampires, Chloe stood a little distance away, feeling uncomfortable without someone to talk to.
Suddenly a male drawling voice appeared over a tanoy 'Just 5 minutes the feeding frenzy folks... And we all know what that means,!'. The majority of the people there cheered, so Robin joined in aswell . "What does that mean?", Chole pointedly asked Robin, after the cheering had stopped, Robin merely gave a shrug before going back to chatting up the two vampiric goth girls he'd met a few minutes ago.
Chloe sighed annoyedly and walked away, accidentally knocking into a large balding man dressed in a dark cape, "Oh, I'm sorry I-". "Not at all my dear", the middle aged man smiled, taking in a deep breath and showing his pearly white teeth, "Why, don't you just smell good enough to eat...?". Chloe smiled uncomfortably up at the slightly leering man before quickly hurrying back over to Robin and grabbing him by the elbow.
"Robin, I want to leave...". Robin looked from the two goth girls to Chloe (giving a pointedly you're-in-the-way expression) before replying, "Yeah? Well leave then, am sure mom and dad'll pick you up or something". "Yeah but...", Robin waved her away with one hand before continuing to talk to the two girls. Chloe sighed and walked through the dancing crowds to get to the door they gotten in through, she reached for the handle but was stopped suddenly by Tod who appeared suddenly out of the crowd and pushed her back. "Er... No you don't".
Chloe gave the usually nice and well mannered lad a perplexed look, "I want to leave!". "Not until after 8pm", Tod smiled, Chloe rolled her eyes and grabbed the door handle anyway, quick as a flash, Tod put his hand over her's and squeezed with an amazing amount of pressure. Chloe screamed out and Tod let go, staring at her with a more demented version of his previous smile. Clutching her bruised hand, Chloe hurried back over to Robin, who currenly was in a state of bliss, one girl was massaging his shoulder blades while the other was at his ear, seeming to talk dirty to him.
"Robin we've got to go", Chloe said staring frantically at him. Robin sighed, not wanting to be bothered, "Then go, I'll see you later". "They won't let me out!". "Just go climb out a window or something", Robin answered, laughing lightly at what ever the dirty talking girl had whispered into his ear.
Chloe shook her head quickly, Robin, there's something really strange going on here, I really think you and I should-". (Microphone) And now ladies and gentleman, it's the time you've all been waiting for... It's the feeding frenzy! The people around them cheered excitedly.
'And starting in Ten'
Chloe panicked, "Robin, we've got to get out of here!".
'Nine'
"Oh relax will you? We'll leave later...", Robin opened one eye to look at her and then stared at her, "What happened to your hand?"
'Eight'
"Tod happened!". "What? That son of a -".
'Seven'
"Ouch!", Robin yelled clutching his ear where the skantly clad massaging girl had bit him, "Be careful! Would you?".
'Six'
The girl merely smirked and licked the blood off her lips, Robin backed away (revolted), pulling his sister backwards with him, "You're right, we need to go Chloe!"
'Five'
They both ran to the door, to find a venomous looking Tod standing in the way, "Leaving so soon?", Tod asked sarcastically. "Tod, move!", a panicked Robin yelled trying to move past him in vain.
'Four'
Trying to move Tod out of the way was like trying to push a mountain, he remained unmoved and smirked to them both, "Why? You're just in time for lunch!".
'Three'
Tod smiled wider, showing his glistening white (very real looking) fangs, Robin blanched, "What the... ?".
'Two'
Robin backed away, Chloe's back against his chest, they turned to go the other way and found themselves surrounded by a mixture of fanged leering people, and others who seemed either unaware or just as scared as Chloe and Robin felt. Chloe whimpered, "Robin, I wanna go home now...".
'One'
Robin wrapped his arms around her, "It's ok, you're gonna be fine, we're gonna be fine". But he was wrong, she'd never be fine again, and it was all his fault.
'Zero'
The lights went out and terrified screams filled the grey stone castle.
Back to the present:
Robin was on his back, lying across a leather sofa in the Dracula's 'living' room, now void of his long sleeved black jacket, his bare scarred arms and lower neck showed the tell tale signs of the many vampires who'd used both knives and their own teeth to drink from him.
Vlad sat next to him on a stool, also asleep he sat hunched, the top half of his body leaning half against the wall, half against the arm rest of the sofa.
Robin's eyes snapped open suddenly, confused at his new surroundings he glanced around, eyes finally resting on the sleeping vampire who'd bought him. Robin blinked back tears as memories ran back to him, telling him that Chloe was now dead. Pulling his legs up towards himself, Robin carefully got up and off the sofa, glancing around himself he knew he was trapped, the door to living room he was inside of was probably locked and even if it wasn't, there probably a force of guards and vampires outside, hungry to cause him more pain.
Robin checked his wrists- Bandaged -Of course, that was how it was going to be wasn't it? They weren't gonna let him die, they were going to take anything and everything they wanted from him, even after he became more insane than what he felt now. Fear grew to frustration and frustration grew to anger.
Robin's eyes flitted around the room, focusing on a pair of ordamental daggers, careful not to wake the sleeping vampire, Robin prized out one of the daggers, smirking to himself when he found it wasn't just for show.
A demented smile on his lips, Robin walked over to the blissfully sleeping vampire, grasped the sharp dagger and held it to the back of the hunched over vampire's neck and thrust.
-Zip-
Within milliseconds, Count Dracula was in the room, Firmly holding Robin still.
"Nice try, human", growled out the voice of Count Dracula, who now stood with one arm wrapped around the boy and the other clutching the boy's wrist which still held the diamond encrusted dagger.
Robin whimpered and dropped the dagger as the grip on his wrist became unbearable, the count smirked at the lad's pain, "Now listen hear breather, here are the rules-".
Vlad's eyes snapped open to see the scene unfolding and was standing infront of his father in an instant, "Dad what are you doing?!".
The count glowered, "I caught this 'friend' of yours trying to stick a dagger through your neck". "What? Dad he's not well-". The count smiled, "All the more reason to get rid of him". Vlad shook he head, "All the more reason to help him...", Vlad turned his attention to the hysterical looking Robin, "Robin, it's me Vlad, remember? We're best mates".
Robin turned his head away, thinking hopelessly, 'So that was it? They were going to mess with his head before they drained him again?'. His arms restrained, Robin glared, lifted his head back up and spat in Vlad's face.
Vlad froze before pulling a disgusted face and wiping spit off of the side of his face. The count tsked, raising an eyebrow, "You're 'really' not selling the idea of friendship to me Vladdy(!)".
Vlad sighed, "He just... Needs some more time, let him go I'll fix it". The count rolled his eyes but let go of his grip on Robin's arms.
Vlad stood in front of Robin taking in a breathe, "Alright Robin, basics... What's my name?".
Robin glared suspiciously at the dark haired boy. Vlad smiled a little to nicely, "Come on Robin, just my name?". Robin continued to stare quietly.
"Ok...", answered Vlad, ignoring his father's impatient look, "What's your name?". "Robin", Robin quickly and quietly answered. "Alright", Vlad said, slightly more confident, "Now tell me, what is my name?".
"...Robin...?", Robin hesitantly asked, cringing back incase it was the wrong answer and he earned a smack for it.
Vlad stared confusedly at the huddled goth for a while before asking, "You don't remember me do you?".
10 minutes later:
Vlad sat at a black table, seated across from Robin, they were alone in the dinning room and away from distraction.
"Okay Robin", Vlad said, urging the goth boy to look up at him, "Now focus, look deep into my eyes and look no where else", Robin took on a froze, hypnotized stance and Vlad continued, "You will remember everything, every memory I have caused you to supress will be undone, you WILL remember everything".
Vlad snapped his fingers and Robin snapped out of his stupor.
Vlad watched the quiet goth and asked anxiously, "Robin?".
Robin's downcast eyes slowly gazed up towards Vlad, a small smile broke out across Robin's previously down cast face.
Do not be fooled, readers there will be one more chapter after this, hopefully it will be up before 7th July. If you liked this story, please read and review, I really apreciate it, until next time, Ja ne!