Chapter 2: Accident

The following day, Johnny and Dracula were in the main lobby to test the electrical connections with a magnificent chandelier. The zombies were hard at work, like usual, although a little clumsy as well.

Mavis was in the lobby as well, because she liked to see the place where she lived her whole life being transformed into a more modern place. She also happened to have her head in the clouds, deep in thought, while reading brochures containing pictures and information about Hawaii. She couldn't wait to get there with Johnny, pacing back and forth in the entire lobby while reading her brochures with great intensity.

However, fate wasn't so kind that day, and decided to put Johnny and Mavis to the test. While working on the chandelier, the zombie technician smashed the pole by mistake with his hammer. The base structure of the chandelier was made of glass, which, while pretty, offered poor shock resistance. Thus, the chandelier fell onto the ground.

Normally, this would have amounted in Dracula rolling his eyes at the clumsiness of the zombies, while Johnny would have laughed at the situation. However, there was something that prevented neither of them to feel anything besides desperation and sadness...

Mavis...

When the chandelier fell, she was straight under it. Due to being absorbed by her thoughts about Hawaii, she didn't notice the massive object that was falling into her, until it was too late. "MAVIS!", cried in unison both Dracula and Johnny. The only reply they got from her was an unholy scream, filled with horror and pain.

Dracula used his vampire speed to be besides her wounded daughter, with Johnny sprinting towards her with all his might. Dracula tried to free Mavis from the rubbles of the once mighty chandelier, only to burn his hands. "Silver!", he cried. "Oh gods, no! Mavis...", tears were beginning to flow into his cheek when he remembered that most of the ornaments of that chandelier were made from silver, which is deadly to certain monsters, vampires included. Unable to lift the rubbles, all he could do was to gently stroke her face while gently whispering to her that everything would be fine, knowing full well that he was lying.

When Johnny arrived, he felt a myriad of negative emotions unlike anything he ever felt in his life so far. Despair, sadness, anger... With a sudden adrenaline surge, he lifted the remains of the chandelier off Mavis' body. He cut his hands very badly in the process, but he didn't care, as he would rather die than see Mavis fade in front of him. She was barely breathing, and had a lot of open wounds, which made her lose a lot of blood.

"Drac! We have to get her to the nurse, quickly!" he cried. "It's no use, Johnny" he responded, his voice shaking with great sorrow. "She's been wounded with silver, which is very poisonous to us vampires. The only thing that could save her would be human blood..."

Having heard that, Johnny didn't lose time. Mavis was barely breathing, having no strength left, obviously not even enough for her to bite him. So, he took a huge glass shard that was laying on the floor and thrust it through his chest, piercing his right lung. "What are you doing?!" cried Dracula in shock. "Saving her life, even if I must lose mine", Johnny replied. He was bleeding profusely, both from his wound and also from his mouth.

Without losing any time, he firmly held Mavis in his arms, and gave her what looked to everyone in the lobby like a very deep and passionate kiss. In reality, Johnny was force-feeding Mavis with his own blood, hence why he damaged his lung, to be able to bleed through his mouth for her.

Mavis came to her senses, wondering what tasted so good. She tried to remember everything she ate or drank in her life, and was unable to recall anything that had a taste so...divine. Then, she realized what Johnny was doing, and in shock pushed him towards the opposite wall of the lobby, which was still about 30 meters away, like it was nothing. She felt... powerful, awake, alive! Her eyes grew red with hunger. Quicker than lightning, she lunged towards Johnny and sank her fangs into his neck.

Johnny didn't feel any pain, only relief, now that he saw Mavis moving with such vigor. He quickly fainted from the drop in his blood pressure, only able to whisper the words: "I love you, Mavis."

Having heard these words, Mavis stopped her feeding, just in time to spare Johnny's life. She then contemplated on what she's done. "Johnny!", she cried. "I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to hurt you, but when I tasted your blood, I felt like something took over myself! Johnny! Wake up!".

She was getting desperate and hysterical, horrified at the thought of having possibly killed her zing. Johnny was unable to respond, since he was unconscious. His heartbeat was getting weaker and weaker, while his skin was getting paler due to the lack of blood.

Then, Dracula used his telekinesis to freeze Johnny's body. "Dad! What are you doing?!" Mavis cried, scared of what his father wanted to do.

"Saving his life, my lovely bone. I won't let him die on you yet, not so soon after you found your zing, and certainly not after risking his life for you!" He then picked him up and used his maximum speed to bring him to the nurse. He knew that humans, while easy to hurt and kill, are also easy to treat and heal, compared to monsters at least. He sped towards the nurse with that hope in mind, praying to whomever listened to him to not let Mavis go through with Johnny the pain he felt while losing Martha...