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Power Outage

I woke up some time later, the sound of water dripping in my ears as well as other people breathing. I wasn't sure how long I had been out but slowly I groaned and sat up holding my head, which was almost pleasantly numb with out pain. Looking around I noticed something was off guard, but let it go as I felt something cool around my neck. Reaching up in the darkness I let my fingers trail over it and slowly let them still.

I was wearing a collar, quickly my hands moved to the chain attached to it and tugged, my breathing quickening by the second as I followed the chain and found it sticking to a large pike pointing down from the ceiling. Biting my lip I felt my eyes adjusting and frowned, was I dead? Because logically speaking I should be feeling a lot of pain right now… I then paused thinking about how I had swallowed the vampire's blood and how angry he had become. A shiver going down my spine before I whispered, "Anyone in here?"

There was a pause in the breathing before there was a soft groan and I looked to my left where it came from. It was female and familiar, "Kylie?"

"Aims!" I almost rejoiced at my friend and moved towards her only for the chain to stop me, I bit my lip and then stared at the area she was in before blinking. Something was wrong aside from the situation, but as I couldn't put my finger on it I left it alone and immediately asked, "David in here?" There was silence before a moan of agony went through the air and soft sobs followed. My eyes widened for a moment, "Aims?" Confusion went through me, why was she crying?

"Dead." There was a pause and my head immediately swung to the left in search of the voice that I could only identified as Georgia, the slut, I'd hate to say, of our group. My breathing became still as I heard this, "Tried to attack them and they ripped him apart… I think you're by his left arm actually…" I stilled at this factor before biting my lip and managing to tear it again.

Blood trickled down my chin once more only to be ignored as I shivered at the thought before shutting my eyes, "Did they get anyone else?"

"The took Marco." A male voice murmured softly, mournfully it followed, "And Alexis… they haven't been back down here except when He dragged you in here since then though…" There was the quiet that followed Jack's voice that was sobering and fear filling. I slowly brought my feet up as there was little light in here.

There should be more… I murmured in my mind looking around only seeing the bare outlines of people now as my eyes had adjusted. Shutting them I tried to understand why I was so bugged for the moment but once again let it go.

"What did you do Kylie?" Georgia's voice questioned, soft and almost whisky lathered, "He seemed kinda pissed when he chained you up…. He put David's head on your chest but we got it away before you woke up…"

"I….I bit him." Was all I could muster up to say, the area on my chest of my shirt making me very aware that it was now hard, stiff, and dry, no doubt from blood that had seeped into it. There were mutual pauses of breath and hisses, "And accidentally swallowed some of his blood."

"No wonder you're not screaming on the floor… you took a few hard hits down the stairs…" Jack's low baritone voice mumbled, "It heals… you know?" My eyes turned towards the area he was in, "It makes you feel something more than human…"

"But I'm just a human… I didn't mean to swallow any… he grabbed my throat though and all I could do was swallow." I shivered again feeling something on the corner of my eyes, I was going to cry…. Too late, I already was. I felt the warm tears moving down my cheeks and shut my eyes tightly before biting my lip harder deepening the wound. More blood dripped down my chin before I used my sleeve to wipe it away. "I was terrified, I still am…"

"Well Ky." I clung to Jack's voice as though it were life itself, "You screwed up big time… so you should be." I blinked at this though not finding any sort of solace in them and frowned, "…he might just kill us all now."

I buried my face into my knees and felt my shoulders shake in my sobbing before I found myself calming down after a while of simply crying. I didn't feel better, in fact I felt tired, but I wasn't going to do it any more… I sat cross-legged and then looked around before grumbling, "Fuckin' Shreveport." Mutual breathy chuckles moved around the cellar and then there was a sound of pulling. I felt the chain on me immediately go tight and rushed forward to get slack as my form met the pole. Clinging to it I shoved forward with the movement before it stilled again and stared, "What the hell was that?"

"Dunno, does that every now and then…" Aims voice replied to mine and then I slowly got to my hands and knees and moved around lightly. I wish there was light, more color in this area so that way I could see…

Then I realized what was wrong, I couldn't see color… everything was dark and I could only see the outline of my companions forms, I couldn't see color….

Their auras were gone.

But where in the hell did they go!? I felt my heartbeat pick up and then fought back a soft whining sound as I tried to figure out why I wasn't seeing what I was supposed to be able to. Or rather what I was able to, it was something that had been around since I hit the age of six. Of course I didn't know what the hell it was then, and I wasn't sure if it was what I thought it was now, but never the less the fact it wasn't there was making me go into a more fearful situation than I already was.

If I couldn't see what I had become so used to relying on, then I was going off of pure chance alone on what someone was feeling. On what a vampire was feeling, a human, a dog… I just wouldn't be able to know… I couldn't help it as I gave a really loud, "FUCK!" And it seemed to echo, I was torn between being frightened and pissed off. Why out of all the times for it to go away it chose to now!? My foot came up and I slammed it against the pole in front of me making the vibrations go up before I bit my lip harshly again making the blood come down a bit more. "FUCK!" I repeated.

"Shhhh! They can hear us!" Aims voice snarled in a hiss, "Shut up Kylie!" My head turned immediately towards her direction and I lifted my lips in the want to growl at her but then paused and slowly held back.

There was the momentary silence before the tension went away and I stared at the ground below me though I could just barely see it whispering softly, "Sonuvabitch." Exhaling, then inhaling I began my breathing exercises again and then shut my eyes. Slowly opening them after I calmed my heart considerably I looked around again in a search for the shiny light that should have been allowing me to see my friends and what was around them only to find that nothing was there in itself.

Holding my head with my arms I did let out a soft whimper to myself now, I am so screwed… Seeing their emotions allowed me to play them, avoid confrontation, and gave me some sort of defense against their own thoughts. But I couldn't see anything… I was helpless like this, and I sure as hell didn't like it at all. For another moment it was quiet except for each of our own breaths, then there were footsteps. My breathing stopped completely as the door opened and light flooded down, hurting my eyes as there were light footsteps and the man named Chow came down them on the landing.

I let my eyes move away from him for a moment to look at my friends and almost screamed, blood covered almost all of them, Aims, her bright blonde hair tipped and soaked with it had it covering her face and it gathered at her neck, I noticed two big fang marks buried into it. Georgia with her jet black dyed hair and dark blue eyes had a bruised face and was shaking lightly, she wasn't quite as bloody but she had it gathered at her thighs that were uncovered by her black miniskirt.

My eyes quickly moved to the left to where Jack was and I felt my lip about to pull down in a soft sob. His arm was completely bent out of place, a bone sticking out of it that was no doubt by now infected. He too had bite marks on his neck and blood on his face while I noticed his form also hunched as though he were in pain completely besides the arm. His ribs had to have been broken. Then hearing a soft sigh I slowly looked back ahead seeing Chow reach the final step and stand quietly staring at the four of us.

That frown had turned into a slight grin and he moved across the floor moving towards Aims, ignoring the rest of us. His hand came down grabbing her arm and immediately she began to scream and shriek, struggling as he undid the metal collar around her neck. Her voice hurting my ears but my form wanting to lunge after the vampire with a hysterical violent fit. He held a toothy grin as he carried her up the stairs and her screams continued before the door slammed shut. I heard them muffled by the floor between us before a blood-curdling scream went through the air and then it went silent.

For a few more moments that silence continued before Georgia's voice let out a harsh sob and I turned towards her form as I saw it throw itself onto the floor, her face buried into her arms as she shrieked, "I Don't Wanna Die! I'm Sorry! I'm Sorry! Just Please Don't Kill ME!"

"Georgia!" I immediately looked where Jack was, the hysterical sobbing of my last female friend taking up the sound of the room as she continued, "Georgia Calm Down! They'll come back! Calm down! For fuck's sake shut up!" I felt my heart pounding in my ears again before a cold sweat had come over my body. A whimper moving through me lightly as I clung to the pole as it hung from the ceiling still. My head rested against it and I shivered again before shutting my eyes. I didn't mean to bite him, really it had been pure reflex… but I wasn't gonna let him just drink from me like a fountain.

The door opened again and we all stilled, there was the sound of dragging and Aims form came trailing behind Pam, her breathing shallow and considerably paler as new bite marks were on her. We all watched her rechain up the poor girl before she turned to me slowly and smiled lightly. She grasped my chin and asked softly, "What blood type are you? Eric said you taste different compared to the normal ones…"

"Don't tell her Ky!" Jack snapped in my direction and I immediately looked in his direction again before she yanked my chin back and stared at me. Her voice was laced with the pull and I felt my mind immediately flood to it, obsessing itself with full attention on her. Feeling completely passive and obedient…

"KYLIE! DO NOT LET HER GLAMOUR YOU!" Jack's voice raked through the air again and I snapped out of the stupor before yanking away and back against my pole staring at her wide eyed. That's what it was? Glamours when they had that pull? Well shit!

Pam stared slowly over at his form and I watched her slowly stand to her feet and take a step towards him, fangs extended. My voice worked before I could stop it, "No Don't!" I watched her pause. "I'll Tell you! Just Leave Him Alone!" There was a slow smirk on her lips and she slowly turned towards me, eyebrow raised and crossing her arms. She grinned revealing her fangs as they were slowly retreating back. Chuckling she reached forward and rested a hand on my head.

"Good girl, now answer my question." I stared slowly up at her and felt a chill go through my mind for the moment before the answer became loose from my locked lips. I didn't need to see the oh so reliable aura to see there was hunger still in her eyes.

"I'm O Negative."

There was a pause for a moment and she slowly blinked. I watched as a look of puzzlement came over her face and she murmured softly, "O Negative?" I nodded frantically before blinking as she brought her hand up and her thumb came onto my chin, I watched her slowly bring the blood from my chin onto her finger then up to her mouth. It was quiet for a few moments as she sucked it before she made a sound of understanding.

"…Pure O negative…" She looked down at me with a smile that would have made a Spartan shiver. "…how rare. And I do believe that the Red Cross is in desperate need for O negative blood…. Do you donate?" I shook my head now and shuddered as she widened her smile to a toothy grin, "You might want to consider starting." I shivered as she turned and slowly moved away. Each step seeming more sensual and deadlier than the next. The door shut behind her and the cellar was once again dark as I leaned back against the pole behind me shuddering and bringing a hand to my face. The one that the vampire had stomped on. Blinking I flexed it finding nothing wrong with it before letting out a soft breath.

"…That is one scary bitch." I heard Georgia mumble, then paused hearing a shuffle before a hand rested on my side, "You okay Kylie?"

"No…not really." I whispered back and let my hand come up to her warm one for comfort. I couldn't see the auras which means I couldn't play people now. I couldn't sway in their favor in hopes of gaining their likeness reducing my chances to getting out of this mess mostly unharmed to near zero.

"…Why'd she want my blood type?" I decided to change the subject and looked over in the direction of Jack whose gaze I felt before there was a loud inhale from him.

"Virgin blood's very sweet to their pallet." He explained briefly, "And while AB negative has become almost easy to get for them in their ordering stock, O negatives tend to stay away since not only do the vampires like them, the Red Cross is after them as well as blood donors. There's never enough O negative blood just like there's never enough AB negative or O positive…. So it's odd for them to taste O negative."

"Plus, it's harder for them to get to." Mumbled Georgia, there was silence again and then I shut my eyes.

It was starting to look like not only was I way in over my head. I was one more vampire encounter away from being screwed.

A/N: Things aren't lookin' to good for Kylie, but they will pick up later and get better. Eric's not bein' a bad guy, he's just doin' his job and there's a human that just swallowed some of his blood. That's why he's freakin' out, he'll calm down in the next few chapters and they'll have another encounter. I guarantee it. But he's not gonna be all roses and daisies.