Chapter 2: Blood

Just then, I heard a strange sound. My ears swiveled over to the tables. I turned my head before anyone else did and looked over to the tables. I watched as two huge tubes came down and hovered over the surfaces. One for the large table, and one for the normal sized table.

Link, B.O.B., and Dr. Cockroach. were already sitting at the normal sized table. The tube shot some meat into B.O.B., then the tube brought down some dead fish for Link, and then the tube brought down a whole load of rotting garbage for Dr. Cockroach. I hesitated where I stood. I didn't want to join their little group. Dr. Cockroach called me over. "Come on over, Bat! Have a seat." I continued to hesitate, but once I saw all three and a half pairs of eyes staring at me, I got nervous and slowly shuffled over to the table they were sitting at.

I found an extra seat between Link and B.O.B. and sat down between them. To my relief, everyone went back to tube brought down a small pile of oatmeal. I blinked at the pile of oatmeal. I hate oatmeal. Suddenly a small bag of blood came down on top of the oatmeal with a sick plop. I felt the blood drain from my face at the blood bag.

Who's blood was it? Was it donated? Was it animal blood? Was it...human blood?

I could feel Link's eyes on me. He watched me as I picked up the bag of blood from the oatmeal and looked at it. I turned my head slightly to him and looked through my sunglasses to him. He looked very nervous. My ears twitched when he spoke up.

"Umm, Bat?" he asked. I opened my mouth, turning my eyes to the blood bag. "...Y-Yeah?" I answered, turning my head nervously up to him. Link looked more green than before. "Can you go somewhere else with that?" he asked while looking nervously at the bag. I then realized what he was thinking. He thought I was a vampire, and I was into sucking blood, and seeing that I could imagine is not a pretty sight to see.

I looked away from him.

"I...I'm actually not sure if I like blood or not." I answered truthfully. Everyone else stopped eating and looked at me. Even Susan stopped eating to look down at me from her table. She blanched and quickly looked away. Dr. Cockroach stared at me over his pile of rotting garbage. "It's ok, Bat. We wont judge you, right guys?" he asked as he looked over at Link and gave him a look. Link didn't say anything.

I hesitated. I wasn't sure if I wanted to. I didn't feel hungry for blood. I felt quite the opposite. I wanted anything else than blood. I eyed the pile of oatmeal...Ok maybe anything else than blood and oatmeal; but my stomach was rumbling and was pleading to be filled. I sighed and decided to open up the blood bag. I tore open the plastic top. Some blood splattered out.

Link edged away from me. B.O.B. was oblivious to the whole thing as he continued to eat his food. Well, he wasn't really eating, he was dissolving his food, which I think would be worse to watch than watching someone drink blood. It was disturbing to watch, so I kept my eyes away from him. I didn't want to start imagining him accidentally swallowing me and dissolving me.

I stared down at the heavy dark red substance inside the clear plastic bag. I instantly felt sick to my stomach and moved it away from me. "I...I don't think I can do it," I said. Link frowned a little and lightly slapped his fish tail against the ground like an agitated cat. "That still doesn't convince me," answered Link.

Susan gave Link a look. "Don't make Bat do something she doesn't want to do! She said she doesnt't want to do it, so leave her alone," she said. Link shot her a look. "I want to be sure she wont try and suck our blood in the middle of the night! Unlike you, I'd rather not have two holes in my neck and be drained dry," he snapped.

The giantess continued to argue. I watched them for a while till I turned my focus back to the blood bag. I guess it wouldn't hurt to try and see if my taste has changed. I didn't really like the idea, but, There's no way of knowing unless I try...

I stared down at the bag, I hesitated, and took a sip. I immediately spat the blood out of my mouth. "Uck!" I yelled; then started to try to get the metallic taste of blood out of my mouth. Susan and Link stopped arguing and turned to me. "There, happy?" Susan asked Link.

The bag fell from my hands and spilled all across the table, staining Link's fish and the bug doctor's garbage. Doctor Cockroach placed his hand over his mouth and turned away in disgust. Link got up from his chair and bared his teeth. "Are you kidding me?!" he snapped angrily. I felt tears come to my eyes. B.O.B. turned his blue mass over to the commotion and his eye lit up in excitement.

"Ooh! Kool-Aid!" B.O.B. said excitedly and as he noticed the blood spreading across the tale. I tried to stop him but it was too late. The massive blob started to clean up the blood. I held my mouth to keep from throwing up. Once the blue blob was done, I got up from my chair and took off. Running as far away from them as I could. Tears ran down my face. I could hear Doctor Cockroach and Susan calling my monster name, but I ignored them. I wanted out of here. I didn't belong here. What was I doing here with these...these monsters? I needed to get out of here!

I slammed my fists against the wall and screamed. "Let me out of here!" I cried out. I heard Link shout to me that what I was doing was a bad idea. I ignored him and continued to pound the wall and kick it. I cried and yelled till my hands started to hurt. I rubbed my hands as my legs began to grow weak and caused me to fall to the ground. I sobbed in my hands. I was so confused and scared. Why was I here? I am not a monster! I'm a normal person! I'm a sixteen year old girl with family and friends! This was illegal! This was a kidnapping! W.R Monger was a kidnapper!

My bat ears went back as I took a deep breath to calm down. My cheeks burned. I looked down at my gloved hands. At my pale white fingers. Pale and white as paper. I was never this pale...

My eyes moved down behind my sunglasses to my gray t-shirt with my design. The red dripping letters: 'I don't suck' and had the face with fangs below stared back at me Ironic. I never knew this would ever happen to me...I wish it never did. I wanted everything to go back to normal...I wanted this all to be a bad dream...

Over across the way, I could hear what the monsters were saying. They were talking about me. Dr. Cockroach said that they should leave me alone and let me calm down. Link was still a bit upset about the whole thing.

I folded my wings down to my back and pulled my legs up to my chin...

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A/N: Thank you Bink 1999 for the review :3 I really appreciate it!