A/N: More evil , undead vampires are waking up and now a vampire hunter on top of that , the Naturals and Karliah needs to be careful .
Disclaimer: I do not own the Naturals in anyway . I do own Karliah , the name Blood Harvest, the research on vampires , the Coven , Valor , and Undead Vampires , and the story itself .
Chapter 3 : The Fishing Hole
The Fishing Hole
When the Naturals and Karliah got to what Andy and Chase called the fishing hole , the first thing they noticed was that the cabin had become overgrown with vegetation and most of the vines from the overgrowth covered the paths .
" I figured the place wasn ' t well kept , but I didn ' t expect us to not even be able to get to the cabin . " Chase said .
" Been so busy lately with TNA that we don ' t come out here that much anymore . " Andy looking at the overgrowth .
" Heard that , " Chase agreed .
" You still keep the machete in the jeep ? " Andy asked pointing at the vehicle .
" Yeah , of course , " Chase said .
Andy grabbed the machete from the jeep and using his super speed to cut away the vegetation from the path and the cabin itself , before Chase could even move and when he was done he stood there looking at Chase .
" I think the Flash is on the phone , he says he wants his powers back . " Chase said holding up his phone .
" To bad , I kind of like the super speed , plus we can get to and enter the cabin now . " Andy giving Chase a shrug of his shoulders making his partner laugh .
" You two are children . " Karliah shook her head .
" Hey , nothing wrong with having a little fun , " Chase taking offense to being called a child by this vampire chick .
Andy sighed beginning to realize that the relationship between Chase and Karliah was tense at best and neither one liked the other despite both agreeing to helping Andy and agreeing that he should be kept out of the open with his new reveal as the Vampire Prince .
" You ' re right , Andy isn ' t the baby around here , you are . " Karliah glaring at Chase .
" I ' m not a baby , " Chase growled at her .
" Can we focus on not bickering in the group ? " Andy finding their arguing very aggravating .
Chase and Karliah didn ' t say anything as they followed Andy into the cabin , once the inside was cleaned and where it was livable the three , the Naturals more so than Karliah , settled into the cabin to start the process of helping Andy with his new vampire lifestyle . The first thing the two noticed was Andy was actually beginning to look tired as he was starting to slow down and look drowsy instead of the alert look from the last two days .
" Looks like the feeding from the cow , fox , and using your senses and super speed the last two days is finally paying off to the point where your recent transformation into a newborn vampire is getting under control . " Karliah said .
" He does look tired , so , what exactly do vampires sleep in or how do they sleep ? In coffins like in the movies or what ? " Chase asked looking at Karliah as Andy did the same .
" Living vampires can sleep just about anywhere , but Valor prefer beds if we have one , same way with the Coven vampires . The Undead sleep in nests where several packs and troops of Undead live together usually in dark places like caves or even in frozen lands like in the Arctic and Antarctic Circle and other cold areas . " Karliah said as Chase looked at Andy now .
" I need sleep , " Andy said going to one of the rooms .
" How long do vampires sleep for ? " Chase asked .
" Undead sleep during the day , Coven usually at night as most children of the Covens go to school like and with human children and adults go to jobs , so , their schedule is closer to a humans schedule . Valor sleep where ever and whenever they can , just as long as their isn ' t a job they need to do , they may also stay out and work longer in the rain as for some reason , that vampires don ' t know , the rain calms us down more and gives us the energy to keep going . " Karliah explained .
" Is it bad for him to prolong going to sleep or getting any sleep ? " Chase questioned Karliah .
" Fatigue , stress , and depression can lead to deadly consequences for living vampires . " Karliah said .
" Deadly consequences ? " Chase asked worried .
" Look , its a rare thing for Valor and usually only occurs rarely in Covens , but there is a vampire disease called Sangue Debolezza that can be fatal to a living vampire . Its caused by excessive amounts of fatigue , stress , and depression in a Coven or Valor , and the disease is worsened by these issues as well until the living vampire goes to sleep . We call it a permanent coma , one that the vampire never wakes from and usually we have to make the decision to put them in their final rest in order for them to move on to the next life . Its a sad state , one that the vampires see very rarely and one with a rare cure , the touch of a women from one of the Sacred Coven Clans may heal the one with Sangue Debolezza , but only if the vampire is willing to be cured meaning they have to let go of the burdens , the stress , and anything else holding them back . " Karliah said .
" Put them in their final rest , as in kill them ? " Chase asked getting more worried at this conversation .
" That ' s the hard way of putting it , but yes or they become the Dark Priests , a creature who no longer has a soul and walks in eternal darkness . They attack anyone who comes into their territories which usually are the places he called home when he was still a living vampire , they are half-living and half-dead , cursed vampires to some , thought to be precursor to demons and spirits , and they can be deadly to both living vampires and humans if not handled . " Karliah said .
" How do you put them to rest ? " Chase asked .
" The heart stops when a Valor or Coven goes into a coma caused by Sangue Debolezza , but the lungs , brain , and the blood in the veins of them don ' t which somehow keeps them alive . Its the prolong living in a sleep state like Sangue Debolezza that ends up turning them into the Dark Priests and getting through the chest wall to stop the lungs is impossibly except for a tool that vampire hunters carry as the chest bones of a vampire is thicker and harder than other creatures . Bones through out the vampire ' s body is also thicker which means snapping the neck which would be a way to stop the brain from functioning and getting through the skull is nearly impossible as well . So , we end up settling for burning the body of the vampire that has Sangue Debolezza with a fire that ' s hot enough to burn flesh and bones of vampires . " Karliah said .
" Should I be worried about this with Andy ? " Chase asked .
" Well , he ' s not stressed or depressed , so , that ' s good and he volunteered to get some sleep instead of like most newborn vampires who you have to almost fight with to get them to rest which means fatigue isn ' t setting in , so , he is safe from the disease . " Karliah said .
" What would cause him to get stress and depressed ? " Chase asked .
" To the point that Sangue Debolezza sets in , you getting killed , Chase . " Karliah said making Chase look at her and then at the room Andy was in .
" You want me to leave , Andy . " Chase realized .
" Finally , you get the point . " Karliah said .
" And you haven ' t got it yet , Andy is my best friend , I am not leaving his side or going to stop helping him until he wants me to leave or until there ' s not a breath in my body , Karliah . " Chase about ready to snap at her , but not doing so knowing he wouldn ' t just up and leave his partner .
" And you not having a beath in your body , could be what hurts him , " Karliah stepping out .
Chase once again looked at the room Andy was in as he walked to the door seeing his best friend asleep hoping nothing bad happened to either of them , but knowing that if something happened to him that Andy may not even be his vampire self . Chase walked back into the living area of cabin , checking to see what they or even what he may need since he was the only one who had to survive on human food if they were going to be staying at the Fishing Hole for awhile . Once Andy was back up from his sleep , he found Chase checking on the old ATVs that had been left at the cabin for quick transportation and their amusement .
" You ' re busy , " Andy said .
" I figured checking on things around here and seeing what we need maybe good if we are staying here for any length of time . " Chase said .
" What needs more work and what doesn ' t ? " Andy asked .
" The Jet Ski and the ATVs need new starters , registration , and a good clean at least for the Jet Ski , new tires for the trailer to pull both the Jet Ski , for the ATV trailer , and for the ATVs themselves , and we may need somethings for the cabin itself . " Chase said when Karliah showed up .
" Like we ' ve both said already , we don ' t come out here much anymore . " Andy said .
" Yeah , " Chase agreed .
" It may not be a good idea right now for Andy to be out in a public area after just becoming a vampire , the simplest smell of blood from an animal could send him on the hunt and it could be dangerous for Andy himself if someone shows up who maybe after him since the Awakening of the Vampire Prince . " Karliah suggested .
" I think all of us can agreed on that , " Andy said .
" Then , how about I go and get what we need for the house and worry about these things , while Karliah helps you get your tranformation under control to the point where you will be able to blend in with humans ? " Chase asked .
" Good plan , " Karliah agreed .
" Andy , are you okay with this ? " Chase checking first to see what his partner thought not really caring that Karliah agreed to his idea .
" Do what you need to Chase , I will be alright here with Karliah and no one has found out that I am a vampire yet except for the two of you . " Andy said .
" Alright , then , I will be back , you guys don ' t need anything do you ? " Chase asked mostly to Andy , but being careful as to not to be rude to Karliah in front of Andy seeing as she was helping them .
" No , I don ' t , " Karliah said .
" I ' m fine , Chase , " Andy said .
With that Chase was gone to get whatever they needed for the cabin and to fix the Jet Skis and ATV as Karliah looked at the door and then looked at Andy disapprovingly and like Chase was strange to her .
" Hey , enough , I done told you , Chase is my best friend and I am not making him leave my side if he doesn ' t want , too . " Andy said .
" There is something I need to explain to you that may change your mind . " Karliah said and then gave Andy the same spill she gave Chase about Sangue Debolezza , the vampire disease .
" Then its a good thing that Chase and I have worked together longer than you think , can read each other better than anyone else , and I wouldn ' t throw our friendship away just because I am a vampire now . " Andy making sure she understood that as long as both him and Chase was still breathing that the Naturals were not splitting on each other .
" Both of you are saying the same thing without thinking through what could happen to the other and you call yourselves friends ? " Karliah asked .
" You were human once , what would you have done for your own friends ? " Andy asked .
" I was never human , I have been a vampire since my birth and having friends was not apart of my upbringing we are taught in certain Valor clans that if we have friends then we may lose them , so , its best to avoid close connections to avoid bad situations . " Karliah said .
" Sounds sad and miserable . " Andy looked at Karliah .
" Sounds practical to me , but then again you were human before being a vampire , which means you could still have your human emotions with in your vampire self . Be careful with them as some human emotions were not meant to be apart of a vampire as some vampire emotions would not be suitable for a human . " Karliah explained .
" As long as it doesn ' t mean me losing myself completely or giving up my friendship with Chase , I am fine with everything else . " Andy said .
" Then lets work on more of your senses which will aid you in both hunting and if we should run into trouble . " Karliah said .
" My smell seems to be getting stronger and I ' m more in control of it . " Andy said .
" This is good , but you need to focus on smaller prey right now like the fox as you are still a newborn and it will take more energy to take down larger animals . " Karliah explained .
" I took down a cow right after the first transformation though ? " Andy questioned .
" The first transformation from human to vampire gave you a temporary energy boost that only vampires like you get that have turned from human to vampire . It gives you the right amount of energy to take down large prey , but it doesn ' t last long as the first tranformation comes with an instant blood lust so to say and the need to satisfy the thirst right away . Which is a good thing you went after a cow instead of a human for the first hunt as that would have been a problem . After the first feeding the blood lust went away after your thirst was satisfied , but you can continue to feed on small prey when you need to until you get better at hunting . " Karliah explained .
" Anything else I need to learn about my smell ? " Andy asked .
" You need to learn to use it without going into a blood rage after you smell prey , this will give you an advantage when dealing with enemies as well and identifying your allies from far away . " Karliah told him .
" How ? " Andy asked .
" By using self - control . " Karliah said .
" Alright , self - control , now what am I suppose to be smelling ? " Andy asked .
" First of all , sit down somewhere . " Karliah coaching him .
Andy sat down in a chair waiting on the next instructions .
" Close your eyes like earlier today and focus on your smell . " Karliah said .
Andy did so finding a lot more and different smells here than at Chase ' s house .
" The smells are different here . " Andy said .
" Exactly , but you can still find animals right ? " Karliah asked .
Andy definitely smelled the different creatures out here and even in the distance a faint human smell could be detected , but not in the immediate vicinity to disturb them or for them to be noticed by the humans outside of Chase .
" Alright , I want you to focus on one pacific animal . " Karliah said .
" Hmm , I found a deer , " Andy feeling his thirst building up .
" Whoa , hold off on your need to feed ? " Karliah seeing his fangs begin to come out and the predatory instincts beginning to take over .
" How exactly ? " Andy asked really wanting the blood from the deer .
" By using self - control , by not giving into the blood lust within you , this will keep you from over hunting and going after whatever blood you come in contact with especially one you woul feed on . Trust me , its harder when your thirst hasn ' t been satisfied and for some reason carnivorous blood sends us in more of a frenzy as well , some believe a vampire ' s smell and that of the Valor is much like a sharks in the way we can smell blood . But , the blood of let ' s say that fox from earlier has a stronger and more delectable smell to us than the deer now , which takes better control to deal with and not go after especially if danger is around and you could alert that danger to your presence . " Karliah said .
Andy thought about the danger he could not only put himself in if he didn ' t have self - control , but also the danger he could be putting Chase in as well , which made him retract the fangs and cease the need to do after the deer .
" That ' s better , remember the more control the more you can prolong the need to hunt as well , so , it becomes less of a chore and more of a pleasure . " Karliah told him .
" Yeah , and Chase is back . " Andy said smelling his partner .
" Well , the good news is you ' ve at least gotten to the point where you can smell him . " Karliah said as Chase walked into the door with groceries .
" Who are you smelling ? " Chase asked confused as he walked in the door .
" Your smelly butt , " Andy joked .
" Hey , teasing isn ' t nice , bro . " Chase said .
" Sure , " Andy said appearing next to Chase using his super speed .
" I don ' t think he needs to work on the speed part of his vampire training or whatever you call it . " Chase said before going out and getting the rest of the groceries .
" Self - control , " Karliah said .
" Relax , there is always a time and place for me to mess around with Chase a little bit . Besides I never seen a vampire handbook that says I can ' t have fun as a vampire , Karliah . " Andy wondering what Karliah ' s deal was with his and Chase ' s relationship .
" Sure , " Karliah said .
Chase came back into the cabin with the rest of groceries at that point before anything else could be said between the two .
" How much did you get ? " Andy asked .
" This is it as far as groceries , but the things to make the necessary repairs around here is still out in the jeep . I figured we really weren ' t sure how long we were going to be out here , so , I thought when necessary I can go back into town and grab more supplies when we run out . " Chase said .
" Well , you are the only one who needs human food , so , that will cover you , everything else we will determine in the coming days , Chase . " Andy said .
" We can do that , " Chase agreed as they put everything up in the house .
" What ' s in the big box ? " Andy asked finally looking at it .
Chase opened it to reveal a small refrigerator to keep cold stuff in while they were there .
" I see you thought of everything . " Andy said .
" I did , " Chase agreed .
" You two are like a newlywed , married couple . " Karliah said making both of them look at the other in horror .
" Oh no , " The Naturals both said without hesitation .
" We don ' t work like that , " Chase shook his head before going outside after putting the groceries up to work on other things .
" So , what else besides smell do I need to work on ? " Andy asked Karliah .
" Let ' s work on your eyesight , " Karliah said both of them walking outside to see Chase fitting new tires onto the trailer for the Jet Skis .
" Eyesight ? " Andy asked .
" Your eyesight should be a lot clearer now that you are a vampire , but you should also be able to see things a lot quicker than any other species . Further more , your eyesight is capable of seeing in dark places even when others can ' t see for themselves . " Karliah said pulling the bow from her pack with some arrows laying them on the table in front of Andy .
" What am I suppose to do with these ? " Andy pointing at the bow and arrows .
" Hang on . " Karliah said going off and setting up jars in various places and some on fast moving objects .
" Looks like target practice to me . " Chase said .
" He ' s right , I want you to shoot everything within your eyesight including what ' s far away and moving targets . " Karliah said .
" Okay , " Andy picking up the bow and doing what Karliah said finding he could definitely see the targets far off clearly and even seeing the moving targets as if they were standing still , but shooting the proved more difficult than he thought .
" Do remember that you have more strength as a vampire than as a human as well . " Karliah told him .
Eventually Andy got the hang of it which only made Karliah set up more jars until he could nail all of them perfectly without any trouble .
" We will work on your Night Vision later when its darker . " Karliah said walking away .
" Where are you going ? " Andy and Chase asked .
" To hunt and to find a vampire with some news of if the Awakening of a new Vampire Prince has been felt yet . If so , we may need to be on more of an alert from Undead and vampire hunters , can you two stay out of trouble until I can get back here ? " Karliah asked .
" Of course , " Andy said .
" Sure , " Chase agreed .
" Alright then , " Karliah leaving the two alone .
" I wonder what we did before we met her ? " Chase asked .
" Got into trouble . " Andy answered .
" Naturally mate , " Chase said .
" Good call , " Andy said as both of them laughed .
Chase finally got the Jet Skis ready , then moved on to the ATVs until they were running , and put the new registrations on everything that need them .
" See I can manage . " Chase said satisfied that everything was working again .
" Yeah , I can see that very clearly . " Andy said as Chase looked around to see his partner stretched out in a long , deck chair with his wings stretched out and shades on watching Chase work .
" You relaxed much ? " Chase asked .
" Very , " Andy said Chase coming over and trying to pick up the chair and Andy to dump him in the lake finding it a bit challenging do to vampires being heavier than humans .
" Damn , " Chase giving up .
" What are you trying to do exactly ? " Andy asked confused at what Chase was doing , but entertained by watching his partner struggle to pick him and the chair up .
" I was trying to dump your smartass in the lake , but you are not exactly the lightweight around here anymore . Its strange how someone who is on a liquid based diet can feel like trying to lift a tank , good grief . " Chase sighed sitting in the chair next to his friend .
" Sounds like a personal problem to me . " Andy laughed .
" Hey , " Chase ' s jaw dropped .
Andy simply smiled as he stretched his wings out and relaxed a little more making Chase chuckle at his friend realizing that maybe Andy was really meant to be the vampire that his friend had been in love with since before the two had become the Naturals .
