An entire week had past by, but Waylon didint know it. The days for him seemed to blend together or seem much longer then they were. There were no clocks in the lab or any possible way to see out side. For a while Waylon kept to himself, remaining silent. he was beginning to consider the thought that Eddie wouldn't come for him. He was greatly injured the last time he saw him.

"An injury right to the heart, that always killed vampires." Waylon thought with depression.

"so i am alone then." he thought, letting out a wheezed sigh. The strong chemicals he breathed in all day were affecting his lungs in a painful way.

"so what should I do then? I have to escape." Waylon thought, looking at his surrounding cage. Thick strong glass with thick strong metal walls. And a liquid nitrogen layer between them for good measure to keep vampires in.

"even without the liquid layer would i be strong enough to escape?" Waylon thought. His condition had greatly worsened since the testing started. The fur down his back around the spine mostly gone or burnt black from constant spinal shocks to retrieve spinal nerve pieces. A Y shaped scar going across his chest from organs being repeatedly cut out for collection. His fur had grown dull and weak from chemicals burning at it.

"Eddie escaped once. So I should be able to, too." Waylon tried to think optimistically.

"Eddie cant be dead, I know hes alive. I feel him out there." he continued thinking. He didint know it, but he was right. The strong pull in his chest being a natural sense of location for, his mate, Eddies whereabouts.

Waylon let out a sigh as he carefully examined his cage once more with no better results for escaping. He decided that maybe talking to the others would gain something. Waylon still barely knew how to use his vampire powers and learning them would be of great use in his current situation. He never talked to anyone in the lab due to some being too feral and aggressive. Others being much too disturbing like the neighboring twins, he discovered, were cannibalistic on his first few days. And the rest were all shut down, unable or unwilling to speak or do much else.

Waylon ignored the twins half to approach the other side with a vampire going through multiple chemical burn experiments. He took a few deep breaths and cleared his tight feeling throat. Considering what his first question should be.

"Maybe learning to change back into a human will be a good start." he thought to himself. He swallowed nervously before speaking out almost a whisper.

"can you help me?" he asked nervously. Not knowing how the other burned vampire would react.

"help you? I cant even help myself. What exactly do you need help with?" the burned vampire spoke with a pessimistic tone.

"umm-" Waylon started quietly before clearing his voice.

"can you tech me how to change back?" Waylon asked, his voice slightly above a whisper.

"pfft, is that all?" the vampire huffed.

"y-yes." Waylon spoke.

"you're a pup right?" the vampire questioned.

"yes, why?" Waylon questioned back, confused as to why he wanted to know.

" do you know how to hunt or use your powers?" the vampire continued in questioning.

"no." Waylon answered.

"not much point in teaching you then. If you ever get out the order will remove you anyway."

"who?" Waylon asked nervously.

"geeze, didint your sire or dam teach you anything? … the order is a group of ancient vampires of pure blood. Their are 13 of them and they impose strict rules over our kind to make sure we do not totally expose our selfs to man kind and drive us both into extinction." the vampire explained. Continuing on after a sigh.

"currently there are certain rules surrounding new pups. Due to our numbers being drastically brought down by Murkoff over the years. Only female pups are to be made, while male pups are "allowed"." the male ended.

"what does that mean?" Waylon asked, dread filling him at what he was beginning to hear.

"male pups are seen as "another mouth to feed" in a way. We need females to bring our numbers up and new males are a space waster. New pups take lots of time to raise and become productive. Responsible vampires only like to change 1 or 2 new pups at a time. Making males a space waster." the vampire spoke.

"so, to "encourage" female turnings they forced new laws. Females were given all the time and care they needed to grow. While males were only given 3 weeks to become a productive independent member who knows all the vampire tricks. If they manage to pass the final test, the sire or dam is allowed to keep their new pup. If they don't learn in time, they are marked worthless and are executed. Possibly along with there vampire sire or dam parent if they've had past failures or try to save their pup."

Waylon sat silently in shock at what he heard. He went over in his head on how many days it had been since he was changed. Now he was also realizing why Eddie was pushing him so hard to hunt despite his weak condition.

"your parent has probably already moved on. Saving you from this place is a death sentence. Even more so since its been a while for you and you have no idea how to do things." the vampire sighed.

Waylon stood tall, feeling insulted at what he just herd.

"no he wont! he just cant come! he was shot with a blast to the heart with ice trying to save me!" Waylon roared at the vampire. If his breath was warm he would have fogged up the entire glass wall.

"humpf, has your sire become your mate?" the vampire asked.

"yes." Waylon answered angrily.

"well do you still feel a weight tugging at your chest?" the vampire asked. Waylon gave him an agitated nod.

"then your in luck. Your sire hasint abandoned you, or died. But still, both your chances of survival are almost nonexistent" the vampire said.

At this point Waylon was becoming frustrated with the older vampire. Maybe it was better to just stay to himself.

"can you help me or not?!" Waylon snapped.

"ugh, … fine. Mite as well do something to pass the time."

Eddie examined the healed over hole in his chest in the large bathroom mirror. The hot salt bath had really helped the ice burned damage. Usually an injury that bad would result in lethal blood rot. Although the hole was gone Eddie still had a large scar that would permanently remain there. He growled at the wound, disappointed that it had happened and had prevented him from protecting his darling.

Now was the time he busted in to save his poor darling. Take him away from the pain Murkoff would definitely be forcing him under in experiments. He not only had to save his darling, but get him prepared for the test in only two more days. Who knew if hed be able to do that in the, most likely, horrible condition Waylon would be in after escaping. Eddie heard Dennis and his family enter into the hotel room gaining some minor glee from the arrival.

"you idiots got supplys for the doctor from the hospital?" Eddie growled at them.

"yes sir." Dennis answered as he carefully set down multiple bags on the wooden table.

"salt, alcohol, bandages, over 20 bags of blood, pain killers, stitching wire and needle, and we set up the medical bed in the back of the van."

"very good." Eddie spoke with slight satisfaction.

"so what exactly is the plan here?" Lisa asked.

"Dennis is going to break through the wall and sneak through the walls to the lower layers. And hopefully they'll be smart enough to find the control panel to shut off security. You will sit in the car with Timmy and ill be going through the main halls with there father once the security's been shut off." Eddie explained as he carefully organized the medical supplys.:

"so what exactly should I expect once we get your "darling" out?" Lisa asked. Eddie let out a pained sigh.

"possibly anything. Treat it like a car crash victim, its the closest I could get to describing it." Eddie said.

"now come on, we're going to the car." Eddie commanded.

"alright, try again. You need to make sure you concentrate. You're not concentrating enough." the burned vampire spoke to Waylon.

"i swear I am, I just ..." Waylon spoke with exhaustion.

"your fear is blocking your change. As long as you feel the anxiety you'll be stuck. You have to let the fear go first." the vampire spoke. Waylon let out a sigh.

"easier said then done." he thought. He stared up at the ceiling, feeling defeated before he could even start. He wondered through his thoughts to find something that would remove his fear. Soon he began thinking of him and Eddie being back together.

Being back in a warm soft bed Eddie made for him. The both of them laying together, surrounded by warm blankets.

When Waylon finally opened his eyes he found himself completely changed into a human.

"hey, I changed!" Waylon exclaimed happily.

"oh, joy." the vampire said, still carrying the sad tone.

"well, well, well. Look who's finally out of his shell." "Trager joked as he and Blair walked up to Waylons cage. Waylon gave the two a glare of deep seated hatred. Hoping that maybe he could burst the two into flames if he stared angrily long enough. Unfortunately this could not happen and Waylons angry glare was replaced by fear as Trager opened the cage door.

Waylon struggled to keep his human form from changing back. At least as a human he could fight them more easily.

"come on, I don't want to fight." Trager growled as he got a metal rod with two hooked prongs at the end. The two prongs were made to snap into the collar around a vampires neck. Waylon let out a deep growl while baring his teeth in a threatening manner.

"don't growl at us!" Blair snapped and pressed a button on a wrist bracelet. Large barbs built hidden in the collar popped out from the collar. Stabbing deeply into Waylons neck to administer a excruciating shock that brought Waylon to his knees.

Waylon coughed and gasped for air as it felt like his windpipe was destroyed by the collar.

"god boy." Blair mocked. Trager walked over and locked the pronged rod into a slot in Waylons collar.

"come on." Trager yanked impatiently on the pole. Causing the barbed collar to slice forward and back into Waylons neck.

Waylon yanked back with a deep growl, easily yanking Trager with him. Shortly after he was given another excruciating shock to his already burned throat. Waylon hacked and cough, trying to grab some air. If it wasint for the fact he didint really need air to survive, he would have suffocated to death already.

"lets try this again." Trager growled as he shoved Waylon up and forward. Gaining a coughing fit from Waylons destroyed neck.

Mid way to the spine shocker Waylon began to struggle again, yanking Trager around with him. Waylon refused to stop fighting despite his throat being thoroughly burned through by the collar.

"god dammit! fucking boost the shocks and make him stop!" Trager snapped at Blair.

"its already at the highest level!" Blair snapped back.

"then get the damn crew in with more leashes!" Trager shouted. Blair quickly called in a group of other men who shackled Waylon down with multiple collars and leashes pulling in multiple directions. Waylons struggling was getting weaker and weaker as more leashes were attacked.

Waylon had gotten a good distance from the spine shocker, getting all the way to the control panel. He wanted to at least study the controls to see if they were of some use to an escape. One big red button under a thick glass case caught his attention.

The men dragging Waylon stopped as the lights all turned red with alarms blaring into the room.

"what now?!" Blaire growled as he called up security.

"whats happening up there?!" he shouted into his phone.

"someone snuck into the security panel and shut off the system." one guard spoke through the other end. Some loud banging in the background suggested they were trying to bust down a door.

"theres also a unrecorded vampire breaching the top layers.

"what does he look like?!" Blair snapped.

"hes got an obvious ice burn scar down half his face." the guard spoke.

"Eddie." Blair growled in a deep voice, glaring toward the main door.

"take this pup and throw him into an ice vat. If Eddie wants him he can get him as an ice sculpture." blair waved them off.

"eddie?!" Waylon thought in shock. Snapping out of it at Blaire new command on his life. Waylon begna to panic as they began pulling him away. In a quick motion Waylon struggled just enough to kick the glass case button. Smashing right through the almost unbreakable thick glass to crush the button.

"NO!" all the hunters yelled in unison as a loud multiple clunking noise sounded throughout the room. All the doors on a vampire cell suddenly sliding open.

The first vampire to burst from his opened cell was the beast baring a shredded missing muzzle. the massive bat like creature began to crush and devour any of the closest hunters near him. Crushing their entire bodies into pools of blood pouring from his jaws.

Waylon got out of the monsters way to avoid being a accidental target. Coming to the conclusion that despite these vampires being his own species, some were definitely not on his side. He avoided the now freed cannibalistic twins, who were already tearing into a human body. Making it to the main door and carefully pulling it apart enough to push it open. Apparently the doors were no longer locked shut since the systems were down.

Waylon ran through the multiple cell layers. Avoiding vampires who were killing anything that moved near by and running along side others looking for an escape. All froze when the small running group ran into another large vampire bat, baring his teeth as he turned the corner. The group turned right around to flee, but Waylon was quickly caught by the bat, grabbing his entire torso in one hand. Waylon flinched as the vampire brought him close to his jaws.

"darling?" the large bat spoke in a familiar voice. Waylon looked more closely at the bat, spotting a pair of familiar blue eyes and a large splattered scar going across half of its face. Waylon even spotted a large new scar at its chest.

"Eddie?" Waylon asked in a almost silent raspy voice from his damaged throat.

"don't worry, i am here to take you home." Eddie spoke happily at finding Waylon. Eddie proceeded to gently remove the collar from Waylons burnt raw neck. Eddie carefully licked the wound, giving Waylon relief from the pain he felt from it. Eddie gently carried Waylon out of the facility. Scaring off any smaller vampires who dared to get close.

Outside he met Dennis's family at the familiar white van. Eddie changed back to a human to carefully bring Waylon into the van, setting him on a comfortable hospital bed.

As they began driving away Waylon noticed a new face sitting next to him in the van.

"hello." Lisa greeted as she carefully lifted Waylons head up slightly to examine his wounded neck.

"hello." Waylon said shyly, in the hurt gruff voice.

"don't speak. Its making your throat worse." Lisa told him as she set up an iv into his arm, with a morphine shot following shortly after. She began to quickly rub the burns with some sort of numbing cream. Begin to clean the burned area with some alcohol after being fully sure his wound was numb.

Waylon couldn't help himself, but stare at Lisa as she worked at his wounds. She was quite beautiful with smooth skin framed by pitch black long hair.

"i need to remove your shirt to check the rest of your body and later your pants. don't speak, just nod or shake your head to my questions. Okay?" Lisa instructed. Waylon slightly nodded his head. Lisa gently, but quickly removed Waylons dingy shirt. It actually felt nice to get it off after wearing it for a week straight. She checked the the large Y scar on his chest first.

"this needs to be cleaned and replaced with much stronger stitching wire." she commented, moving on to check the burns going down along his spine.

"this seems to be healed for the most part. Scarring has formed and all that seems left is to take care of the left over third degree burns. Do you have any lasting numbness since this injury?" Lisa asked. Waylon shook his head, only feeling soreness left over from that wound.

Lisa began to clean the burns covering his back. Then she moved to the Y shaped wound, having Waylon lay fully back into the bed. As she came close with a knife to the stitches it made Waylons anxiety spike up. Eddie jumped in after seeing Waylons fear. Holding Waylons hand and sitting right at the side of his bed. Eddies presence helping in calming him down as Lisa removed the useless Murkoff stitching. Replacing it with a much more permanent wire. She sat him up again and wrapped his entire chest in a large bandage to keep his new stitches and cleaned burns safe.

"okay, now I need to remove your pants." Lisa said, Waylon getting extremely shy over exposing himself to everyone in the van. Eddie try to fix the situation as much as he could. Having Dennis stop the car and forcing his family to squeeze into the small front where they couldn't see Waylon strip.

Waylon was still shy about the situation, but having Eddie beside him and Dennis's family out had help greatly. He slowly removed his pants, feeling the soreness in his body from fighting for so long. Lisa quickly examined his lower half, seeing the scarring from where they recently tore out some chunks of skin or leg muscle.

"all these seem healed. So ill just clean the area a bit and just leave them. You can get dress again." Lisa said. Eddie gave him a bag of fresh clothes to change into and held up a blanket to block Lisa's sight as Waylon fully stripped for his new clothes.

Back at the hotel Eddie made sure Waylon didint walk a step. Carrying him the entire way up to their room. Eddie prepared the mixture of blood and creme to feed Waylon, who happily took it to eat. He had been starved badly in the facility since he refused to eat the rotten blood Murkoff tried to force down his throat. Waylon felt so much better after being cleaned, cared, and set to rest in a soft bed with warm food again.

He found himself oddly staring and watching the doctor wandering around the room. Checking how much medical supplys she had left and informing Dennis and his family what to get more of.

"who's that?" Waylon mouthed to Eddie, who was resting right next to him, bringing waylon much needed comfort.

"a doctor I grabbed from the near by hospital. I needed her to fix my chest so I could come save you. I also wanted her just in case your condition was dire when we escaped. Don't worry about her, once your healed we can get rid of her." Eddie spoke as he lovingly kissed Waylons face. Waylon got a bit of pain in his chest after hearing Eddie suggest he'll get rid of her. He didint want to see her get hurt.

"whats her name?" Waylon asked roughly.

"uh, Lisa, I think." Eddie answered, a little confused as to why Waylon wanted to know, but It didint really matter, so he brushed it off as curiosity. Waylon was happy to learn her name and curled up close into Eddies chest. Ready to just sleep off the next day.

Lisa had been watching the two out of the corner of her eye. Finding the couple kid of cute. Both definitely loved each other. Eddie being the most protective and aggressive of the two. While Waylon was more of a soft little lamb who just wanted to keep to himself. Shed have to try and speak with him to pick his brain a little about why he was with Eddie.

Meanwhile Eddie, despite being ecstatic to have Waylon back, was also horribly afraid having Waylon freed. Waylon being free from the facility meant the order was expecting him to be present and ready for his test in only 2 more days. He knew Waylon wouldn't have a chance. It'd take him at least 3 to even be in a healthy condition.

When they would be called for presentation they would have to go. Many have tried to run, but the order has spies and trackers everywhere. Probably even more then usual watching him due to his horrible turning record.

After being unable to properly perform the order will vote on Waylons sentence. When they vote no, he will make sure that Waylon escapes. Even if it means being unable to spend another day alive with his darling. As long as Waylon makes it though. The order will let Waylon go if he were do die instead. A life for a life situation was accepted. However Eddies record maybe the down fall of them both.

"ill take care of you." Eddie whispered a little sadly to the sleeping Waylon before lightly kissing the top of his head.


please leave a comment. =]

well since my screen broke and i cant color or draw comic pages currently. i decided to write since i can only do that now. and its been a while since ive updated my out last storys. hopefully i can get a love of a sinner chap out as well. =]


NeverLie19

indeed, hes definitely not in the safest position.

Emi

and here it is after a super long pause. and thank you. :3

WhyBee

well, better late then never. XD

Guest

thank you. :3