"So what now?" Jasper asked as I hopped off the bed. "I'm sure you didn't just bring me in here to tell me your name." He wasn't stupid, I had to give him credit for that. I never thought he was stupid, someone who had been through as much as he had.
"I believe you need to hunt," I looked him in his black eyes, hoping he hadn't completely forgotten he was thirsty. "The last thing we need right now is for someone that smells good to come into the room right next to us."
Jasper nodded, "If I were to lose control, hypothetically of course, and break through the wall just to get this person, what would you do?"
I thought about it for less than a few seconds, "I would wait for you to finish, unless someone was coming because of the noise, and then I would help you run away." I hoped it was the answer he was looking for, because it was the truth.
"Why would you do that?" he looked confused, again. Was I really that confusing?
I sighed, if he honestly thought I would leave him as a crazy bloodthirsty vampire to fend for himself…well he was way off. "You intrigue me Jasper. I don't know if I could leave you," I admitted. I was really making it sound cheesy now, but he didn't seem to think so.
"Oh, well," he paused, "That's good. You intrigue me too." I felt guilty at the moment, for putting him on the spot like that. I wanted to apologize, but he did look thirsty so I grabbed his hand again.
"Let's go," I started to pull on his hand, but he resisted. I turned to face him; It was my turn to be confused.
"I don't want to be a killer," he tried to explain, "I don't want to murder innocent humans and take their futures away from them. I don't…"
"Oh." I said, I had forgotten to mention one detail that turned out to be pretty important. "Actually, I'm taking you on an animal hunt."
He looked up at me, surprised, "Animals? Does it work, can it really get rid of the thirst?"
"So far so good," I shrugged. "It's not entirely satisfying, but it does the trick."
"Ok," he said, his voice sounded hopeful, "Let's go, maybe hunting won't be as bad anymore." His lips curled up into a smile again, giving me the warm fuzzy feeling.
"There's a good place outside, down two blocks, the park area. Nothing will look suspicious, it got pretty dark outside." I said, and we headed outside.
The ground squished under our feet as we ran through the park. There were only two or three people out in the park, so I couldn't have timed our arrival better.
Jasper followed me, without question, to the middle of the park, away from the people. I stopped, and turned to face him.
"So the trick to hunting an animal is to search for their scents, rather than the scent of a human." I quickly briefed him on how to hunt an animal. He nodded, and motioned for me to go first. I grinned, and caught the scent of a herd of deer.
Taking a showy deep breath, I darted off in the direction of the scent. I could hear Jasper's footsteps behind me, but I lost track of them. I was in my hunt mode, and anything that got in my way would be taken out.
I was on the deer quickly, and the job was finished before the small buck knew what hit him. The other deer had taken off, and I realized that I didn't see Jasper take one of them. I stood up, wiping my shirt and pants more for effect than anything else. I needed to be careful if he was still hunting, he could accidentally hurt me while he was in his own hunt mode.
I looked for him in my visions, sighing when I found him drinking. I ran over to a familiar part in the front of the park. I was glad he had found it this easy to hunt animals.
I skipped to his side as he was drinking, he wasn't dangerous anymore since the prey had been caught. "Good job Jas…" I stopped dead, and I felt my eyes just about pop out of my head.
"Eddie?" I gasped at the body that lay at Jasper's feet.
