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Chapter 4 - The Morgue
GPOV
I went over, in my mind, the places I could keep Alice whilst she was changing, without the chance of James finding her. Eventually I decided the place for her change would be the place I was changed, the morgue of the old hospital. It is below ground, no one would hear her screaming, and there would be no humans present. No one ever came to the old abandoned morgue.

Alice was getting weaker. The visions strong and draining her energy and sanity, like a succubus. She wouldn't have long of her human life left if this didn't happen soon, and not because of James. The visions were too powerful for her human body to handle, her organ systems were beginning to fail, her heart rate was in decline and her breath becoming ragged.

I slung Alice over my shoulder and ran. I took the same path along the stream and then I made a diversion through a short hedge close to the forest borders. Eventually we reached the outskirts of the city where the old hospital was situated. I checked on Alice. She was now too far gone to understand what was happening and all she was doing was mumbling profanities incoherently.

I recalled the route to the morgue and walked at a hurried pace. First, I passed a white stone corridor, and then I set out to the garden in the old quadrangle, before descending deeper into the ground through a set of iron gates.

I set Alice's fragile body onto a stone slab in the centre of the room. I braced myself, expecting more profanities or motions of pain, but none came. This will be it.
I inhaled Alice's sweet-human scent for the last time, before tracing my thumb along a vein in her neck, I then retracted my lips. I felt the venom pool into my mouth and knew I was ready, and strong enough to do this. I quickly plunged deep into her neck and released the venom. I tasted the warmth of her blood and suddenly a raging thirst was awoken. I wanted to continue, to drain every last drop of the crimson fluid from her body. Immediately, I remembered who this was and stopped. As I withdrew from her neck, I cleaned the wound with my tongue, sealing the marks, keeping the blood, and now venom, seeping through her veins.
Alice twitched and then went still. I panicked. Has she died? I thought. Then I heard her heart. She was too far gone to notice the pain, but she was still alive, I had to keep her heart beating until the change was complete.

Whilst she lay on the slab, I made sure the place was well hidden, no light and nothing to draw James here. I could go and hunt, collect some extra blood in case Alice needed it. It would also lead James away. I left the morgue, hunted and collected a small amount of blood from one of the old blood banks. I then placed a small amount into a cup and set it at the far end of the room.

Eventually, Alice's supplies were set and all I had to do was lead James away. Back at the cottage, I replaced Alice's clothes with some fancy pieces I had collected over the years. None of Alice's scent was infused with these. The clothes with Alice's scent were placed further away from my cottage, in the opposite direction of the old hospital, closer to the newly refurbished town centre.

The plan was to lead James into town, or even to the cottage, far away from the morgue which enclosed Alice's now changing form. Maybe I made it too easy? Would he realise it was set up and find the morgue before the three days were up? I could only hope not, and pray that Alice would accept the new life that had been given to her.

James POV

I returned to the old inn where Victoria was waiting for me. I entered the room and she was sat perched on the end of the bed reading. I slammed the door with more forced than I should have, causing a crack to form in the wall. "That bad?" Victoria smirked at me and I muttered "Fuck off." so low that I hoped even she wouldn't hear it.

"What a way to greet your mate," She sauntered up to me and caressed my back with her fingertips. I cringed at the word mate and wanted to snap off her fingers. But there had to be some punishment for being worshipped like a God.

She withdrew, seeing the foul expression on my face and went to sit in her usual position, perched at the end of the bed, whilst I paced the small room. Eventually, an idea came to me. I was sure George wouldn't be so stupid as to keep Alice at his cottage, but just in case, I could leave that job to Victoria,

"Victoria," I asked, moving my gaze to the woman perched on the bed. She tilted her head, trying to suppress a grin. Stupid woman, I will not have sex with you, I thought. "We need to find the cottage, see if my victim is being kept there," She looked at me like a lemon. "James, what cottage? Isn't she alone like the others?" I sighed. "No, she has a vampire trying to protect her, I doubt it will be much of a challenge however,"

"You should really learn not to play with your food James," She smiled, I knew she was in agreement with my plan. "How about we start tomorrow? After all, what difference could one day make?" Again she smiled devilishly and tossed her fiery hair back over her slender neck. I growled and pounced for her.

GPOV

By now Alice's skin had become a ghostly pale, her eyes were a brilliant red and her skin was hard like marble. Her heart rate had also decreased dramatically, merely one or two beats per minute. I pressed my ear to her chest, making the most of hearing the last beats of her mortal life. Her skin felt icy to the touch, the venom had almost completed her transformation.

As soon as her beating heart had ceased, I retreated to the far corner, away from Alice. Newborns were incredibly strong and unpredictable.
Her eyes opened and she looked as though she was seeing for the first time, her face looked astonished and she took a gulp of air. I saw the bewildered expression gather on her features and inwardly chuckled. I tried not to move an inch, but when I saw her full figure, I was mesmerised and walked a pace or two, causing a slight shuffling sound.

I regretted the movement almost immediately. Alice flew from the slab onto the floor in a crouch. I should've felt threatened, but I was amazed. My Alice. My human Alice. Now such a graceful vampire.

Now is a good time as any George, I thought, and before I could think of what I was doing I shouted. "Alice!" She looked at me with a confused expression. George you fool, she doesn't know anything! I should have felt slightly hurt that she didn't remember me.

"Alice?!" She asked. It was my turn to look slightly confused. She didn't know who she was.

I smiled at the sight before me and before I could stop myself, I launched into an excited talk, "you always find a way to make me smile Alice. I'm surprised, you seem so much alive, it suits you. I made the right decision in your change." Darn George! Now your confusing her! I wasn't usually this highly sprung, but the thought of having Alice here with me seemed to excite me more than ever.

She seemed frustrated, her jaw tightened and her hands bunched into fists, "Who are you, who am I and what is going on?" Before I could answer her, she had reached a pail of stale water at the far end of the room and lifted it to her lips. I was flabbergasted. Before I could gasp, in shock or horror, I'm not sure, she spat the water out with a pained expression.

Immediately I grabbed the small cup of blood and forced it to her. "Drink," it was an order. "Thank you sir," she replied, her face now more trusting. I decided now I would answer her questions "Your name is Mary Alice Brandon. I have known you as Alice for two years, since I met you. I know nothing of the family who left you before then, but what is important is that I'm your family now and you, my dear, are a vampire," I smiled. I expected her to look at me in horror, to gasp, to run away, but her response was almost startling, "ok,"

"You're George?" I smiled and nodded before launching into more spoken thoughts. "Alice, there is something I must ask, curiosity gets the best of me at times," I looked to see if she was paying attention before continuing, " you see, some of us vampires have special talents. A friend in the far North can stop time, well movements, for small periods, but it is very limiting and so he uses it very rarely. I on the other hand work like a history book,"

I didn't explain that very well, she looked even more confused, "well, when I meet someone, I can see into their pasts through their minds. I have never been able to do that with you though Alice. I suppose that is what drew me to you as a human. You also had a quite unique gift yourself," I paused for a moment, you could say I was catching my breath, if I were human.

"You see Alice, when you were human, you were quite out of reality. Maybe that is why you ended up in the asylum. You never took yourself away from your visions and one day you told me that you would become a vampire. It shocked me. That morning I had decided to change you and you knew what the future held," I reached for her hand, she let me take it. I could see the trust in her eyes. Were we now friends?

I could see an all to familiar expression fill her face. "Ah, young vampires need feeding more often than use old ones," I chuckled, earning an unapproving look from Alice, "Let us hunt," With that we were both on our feet walking away from the morgue.

Soon we were running through the forest at immense speed. Alice caught a scent and ran, I followed out of curiosity. She stopped behind a tree, staring at the prey, she seemed rooted to the spot. Maybe she needed slight encouragement? I whispered "What are you waiting for?"

Suddenly, out of character for a newborn, Alice ran in the opposite direction. I had no chance of keeping up with her and sighed. I made my way away from the camp site to find a stray hiker, then rested on a log, hoping Alice would find me.

Eventually she found me, perched on the fallen branch. Suddenly, my temper raged, "what the hell happened back there? You had a chance to eat and you blew it off. Your thirst must be killing you by now!" She looked bemused. "Relax George, I've had my fill, I'm fine. I couldn't take them humans, they were a family, I have a conscience you know!" Her voice turned into a growl, she was growling at me? It was my turn to be bemused.

"Fascinating." I replied and sat back on the broken branch. "So, if you didn't touch any humans, what did you eat? Did you find a pub and have beer and bread?" By the look in Alice's eyes, I hadn't helped the situation. "Actually, I had a few deer," Deer? My jaw dropped. "You never cease to amaze me Alice." We sat for a while in the forest, chatting and laughing; I felt the warmth fill me as I embraced the company of Alice..

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