Misery is My Company

Chapter 3: Paradise Road and Vampiric Insanity

…Eve's POV…

Freedom …..

All I could see around me was freedom, finally free from the hell hole I was born in. Passing that invisible line felt so good, I wish I could pass it a hundred times more. The fresh air and sunlight felt new and untainted. When Amelie offered us a choice to stay or leave, I chose to leave without a thought of hesitation. I knew that sounds wrong since I have been Claire's friend since the first week she got to Morganville, but she needs to know that this opportunity only comes once in a life time. The opportunity to leave Morganville and to never come back, Never…

I turned to see my beloved boyfriend beside me; his hair looked beautiful in the dull light that filled through the tinted windows. His smiled was contagious, and made me feel like a giddy teenage girl all over again. Behind us in the back seat was Shane, Claire's ex-boyfriend. I had asked why he had chosen to leave and his response was so simple it kind of hurt me to think about it. He said that his love for Claire had faded and they were only getting distant between them, that he couldn't keep thinking of her being with him, with Myrnin. That's all he said before he became antisocial, I tried to tell him that Claire only saw him as a boss but he never listened, he never listened to anyone but Claire.

I could see the outer city border to New York are new home, I had always wanted to live here even since I was a little girl. Anyone and everyone could be someone here and the thought of that made me smile on the inside. Michael could become famous and a gorgeous rock star with me and Shane behind him with support. I could feel the car slowing down as Shane got out filling the car once again. These vampire cars were great against the sun but not very ecofriendly with the fuel prices. Michael turned up the radio again listening to all the bands that were band to Morganville residence for the use of vampires in the lyrics. The current song was one of my very favourite all time song, if I was your Vampire by Marilyn Manson. Listening to the lyrics gave me a proud feeling inside knowing I could listen to something that all the other Morganville natives could not, I could broaden my mind to such things they would never experience. But then the strange sense of guilt came up into my system, we had left are best friend alone in Morganville. We had left Claire in Morganville with the bloodsucking leeches, ones that were out to get Claire and some who just wanted to turn her. We had left her an 18 year old girl defenceless in a town full of lies and deceit. I knew that when Claire's usefulness ran its course that Amelie would send her away, which was the only reason she kept Claire close to her, because Claire was the only one who could pull apart all the machines other than Myrnin, and that made her unpredictable especially in such a weak state in mind. Even knowing that we still left her, we were the worst friends on this planet. But the decision was already made, we can't turn back on it now, even if it could save a friend.

…Claire's POV…

Waking up felt stranger then I would have ever expected it to. My throat felt like it was on fire, like someone had just poured lava down my throat and laughed manically as they did so. My body felt motionless and numb with pain, as if someone had impaled me into the floor. Opening my eyes I could only gasp at how bright the light was. I had to blink a few times just to make sure I wasn't blind. But the tenth time I blinked everything got so much more clear and visible, I could hear a laugh from behind me so loud and bitter. All the events that happened moments ago came back to me in pieces, all combining to show the full picture. Amelie had left me like the rest of them and even Myrnin had done the same and he didn't even have the guts to tell me to my face. My mind felt like it was being pulled apart by so many different emotions. There greediness fighting over what little sanity I had left.

Slowly my body began to move with my mind, first sitting then standing before the new Bishop. His face was so young, and so different to the one I had remembered. I never thought my greatest ally would be the man that had once wanted to tear me apart. My only stone that stood still in the murky waters was a man I had been ordered to destroy. It really showed you how quickly your life could spin out of control; it showed you that nothing in life is ever stable everything can always change.

I tried to open my mouth to talk, to say something. But nothing but a cracking noise came out. He seemed to understand for he soon disappeared like lightning to the earth, there one minute the next gone. He soon reappeared with a red bag in his hand that was stretched out towards me. I knew once I saw the substance move that it was blood, something I had sworn never to drink in my life. Times have surly changed since then. Bishop cut the top corner off for me before giving it over. He started to say something but everything turned into white noise as my gaze fixated upon the substance in my hand. I raised it to my lips with care, making sure not one drop left my lips. I sucked with the force of a hurricane, taking up all the nutrients it gave me. Too soon I had finished my prized meal, growling intentionally at the man before me.

"More, I want MORE!" I screeched at the top of my voice, my eyes becoming ferrel with blood lust. This did not faze him one bit to be honest he laughed at my monstrous nature. He smiled at me his grin looking madder than anything Myrnin had ever giving me.

"Oh my child, you will have more I promise you. You will have the whole world as your feast and the cries of humanity as music to your meal. We will rule the world, having nothing stand in our way and only to be strengthened by our rage for this darked pit they call a town. We will have our enemies at our feet and make them live in a place even hell is terrified of" he said before standing right in front of me with a huge grin. My blood lust was slowly fading as he put his arms around me.

Before he bent down and pressed his lips to mine…