Hey everybody! I'm sorry its taken me so long to write another chapter, but now that I have a new laptop I have spellcheck now! (This doesn't mean you can troll me though) I hope you enjoy chapter 2! Remember to review!
Chapter two: Forgive me
Atem looked into Aneka's eyes "A-A-Atem?" she asked him, her eyes were wide with shock, surprise and... Fear. Atem pulled the bed sheet over Aneka who seemed to have had forgotten that she was naked. She suddenly realized this and squeaked, wrapping the sheet around her body multiple times. Then scooting away from Atem, she eyed him. She didn't know if it was him or not, but then she started to shake when Atem crawled up to her like a cat to its prey. Atem went up on his knees when he saw the look of fear in her eyes, he didn't like that. "Why are you afraid?" he asked her "it's okay you're safe," Aneka didn't respond, although it seemed like he was trying to protect her from something. That was when she turned to get up off of the bed and run away, only to freeze and scream when she saw the dead body of the man that attacked her. Her breathing quickened, her shaking got more violent, then suddenly the room started spinning, tears fell from her eyes, what was going on?
Atem wrapped his arm around her again put his hand over her mouth to stop her from screaming. "Please Aneka, calm down," he spoke softly, he then remembered something he used to do when they were little and Aneka was upset. He pulled her close and leaned into her to sing to her, but then he felt her go limp in his arms. He looked down at her only to see that she had fainted. He didn't blame her, this must've been quite a shock for her.
Atem removed his hand from her mouth and laid her down carefully. He ran his thumb over her lips. God, it was taking every ounce of strength to restrain himself from ravishing her now. The moonlight from the windows lit up her features; her lips were begging to be kissed, her hair felt silky when he ran his fingers through it, it angered him thinking about Aneka being brought harm.
Atem got up off of her bed and looked down at the man on the floor, his name was Panic. He hadn't killed him, just knocked him out, although he had been tempted to do it. How dare he try to hurt Aneka! He shuddered at the thought of her beautiful body being violated and damaged by such a monster. Panic has a reputation on preying on innocent girls and raping them before feeding; it was rumored that sometimes the girls would suffocated under his weight or that Panic would break their spine to paralyze them.
He heard Panic make a noise similar to a growl, meaning he was probably going to wake up soon. He looked back at Aneka; he couldn't just leave her here. It was more than likely that another would try to attack her. So he grabbed a large gym bag in the corner of the room and went over to her wardrobe. He grabbed some of her clothes and underwear, trying to fight off a blush in the process, and stuffed them in the bag. After putting some shoes in as well he zipped it up and put the strap that went over his shoulder around him, so he could carry Aneka.
He lifted her up bridal style, being careful not to wake her up. He took once last look around her bedroom whilst heading out onto her balcony once more. He stood up on the ledge of her balcony and jumped down. He landed gracefully like a cat, with no sound. He left Aneka's back garden, carrying her through the deserted streets, slowly parting from her old life and with every step, getting closer to her new life with him. He could only hope that she would understand why he'd taken her away. Her parents could no longer protect her and now that she had reached maturity, vampire lords from all over the world would be coming to Domino City to try to either eat her, or mate with her. He could not allow that.
As he neared the end of the street, he noticed a black cat in a tree watching them. It had a strange pendant on its collar, it looked like a cross. Atem frowned, was a vampire slayer nearby? When he reached the end of the road he stopped in front of his black Dodge Challenger and took out the keys, unlocking it. He put Aneka in the back seat and put the seatbelt around her, being careful not to wake her up as she appeared to have fallen asleep. He put her bag on the floor of the opposite seat and shut the door. Atem spun around when he heard footsteps, who could be out at this time in the morning? He checked all directions, the last thing he needed right now was to be followed. After concluding that nobody was there, he went to get into the driver's seat. Suddenly he was picked up by the back of his collar and slammed against a nearby tree. He grunted upon the impact and he was held by his throat and screeched when a cross was put in his face, he was wrong before, this slayer had been well-concealed.
"Thou child of Satan shall perish under thy hands!" The slayer declared, pulling out garlic. Atem gagged from the smell and tried to turn away. Garlic couldn't kill him, but it wasn't very pleasant for him either. The slayer started saying bible passages and Atem growled hearing the words, again, it wouldn't kill him but it wasn't very pleasant. This slayer clearly didn't know much about vampires. In a surge of adrenaline and strength Atem shoved the slayer away and kicked him in the face. The slayer threw a bible at him and Atem caught it "What was that supposed to do?" he demanded and the slayer was dumbfounded as to why it did nothing. Atem didn't wait for a reply, he kicked the slayer in the stomach and the man was flung into the road where a car hit him. Atem jumped up into a tree as the car that had run the slayer over skidded to a halt. The driver got out and ran over to the slayer.
Taking no chances Atem dashed to his car and quickly got inside. He turned on the engine and drove away from the scene. He looked into the back mirror and sighed in relief to see Aneka still sleeping. She must've been pretty tired when he was watching her, or not having a good night.
"Stupid slayers," Atem thought, glaring into the rear-view mirror as he saw some people coming out of their homes to see the dead slayer. Vampire slayers had always gotten on his nerves. They acted like vampires were murderous scum of the earth and that each and every one of them were evil. The majority most certainly were not. Vampires had a sense of honor and were dignified beings, whilst others were just rotten to the core. He would protect Aneka from that kind of vampire; he swore on his immortal soul that he would never let one of those vampires touch her.
Atem drove through the abandoned roads of the suburbs and into the bustling city, even at this early hour people were still out and about on the streets, coming home from nightclubs or from their late night shift. He hoped that his father would forgive him for being out so late, and more importantly, he hoped Aneka could forgive him for kidnapping her.