Rebirth
Chapter VII
He had no idea of what to make of what he was seeing, even more so when the memory of Julie walked right into him. David was not solid in this world, so when she did she phased right through him. And it was in that moment that David felt a sting in his chest and a cold hard rock in the pit of his stomach, images of his own past flashed in his mind. The terrible beatings his father gave him, the neglect,the starvation, the love that he so rightfully deserved from him. All lost, to a hatred the he could not understand, and one to this day he still could not figure out. But all failed in comparison to what he had just seen, and continued to view.
His father had never went that far with him. even his father ,who was a cruel man, had never stripped him of his virtue in such a vile way. He did not want to be here anymore, this place was bringing back to many painful memories. For Julie's memories were to much for him. There was a ringing, it began to get higher and higher, the sound wave that is. So high pitched that it began to hurt his ears, his eardrums began to throb terribly, the anguish was too much forcing to David shut his eyes and put his hands on his ears, it didn't stop and he cried out.
And again the world around him began to spin. The ringing growing horribly higher as it did so, the annoying sound was becoming to much for him and so David collapsed on the ground. Blacking out once more.
When he came too, he was back in the cave and not in the black-blue void.
"GAHHHHHH!!!" he yelled, With his cat like reflexes he jumped onto his feet with no effort at all only to stagger about as he clawed at his ears, David still felt the ringing and it was driving him mad.
Somehow he found it hard to breath and gasped for air in small doses. David glared and cursed at himself for being so weak. He was a vampire! he had to act like one, and so he stood up, his legs were wide apart as he ground his boots into the dirt. David threw his head back and he yelled, as loud as his voice box would allow him too. Screaming his lungs out helped, but he still hurt,the pain was no longer physical...but emotional. David was hurting...he could not understand why he felt like this, he just wanted to...to cry. No! He did not cry! nothing could make him cry nothing no matter how horrible it was.
He had to release it, he had to get rid of it...now!; and with a roar David punched the cave walls, he punched the cave wall so hard that small pebbles and dirt fell from the top. When he had removed his balled fist from the wall it left at least a twelve inch hole
Unpleasant, wasn't it
That haunting voice, the one he had grown to despise over the passing days. And he remembered now, the hate,the sorrow that he felt right now. It was Rayne who had caused it! Yes he remembered it now; that demon trapped in the neutral plains had done something with the blood that stained the sleeve of his trench coat, the blood that had belonged to Julie.
"What did you do to me?!" David fumed, his nostrils flared as he spoke.
I did nothing to you, the blood on your coat now...that I did tinker with.
"What?" David was confused.
As I said only but a moment ago, I did not do anything to you my dear David. It was the blood that I messed around with; ha! You would be amazed at what stories a single fragment of blood has to tell.
David eyed the blood spot on his sleeve, to a human the beautiful wine red liquid would have gone unnoticed, but to a vampire it was as visible as the newest born moon. But how could a spirit meddle with it? How did Rayne send him into that hellish void that was Julie's memories? how did she do it? Rayne was just a spirit.
A soul wanderer; caught between heaven and hell. Forced to roam the earth in a bodiless form until purification. The dead could not have such abilites...could they?.
"I Don't understand! How can you have so much power in this realm?! Your dead!!!" He shouted the deceased can't have that much strength!" David felt a draft, the cave somehow became more stagnant by the seconds that passed, such a thing that David never thought possible.
Oh? is that so? Than how do you explain what you are my dear David? You've died before, twice if I recall correctly...well I am wrong the second time you were near death. The first time you died, if you remember, was when you became a vampire.
The dead can have power, it is just limited for those who have no body as I have learned.
And that quieted him, It was true. David himself was dead, un-dead really,and he had strengths that mortals could only dream of. Of course those wonderful gifts came at a grisly price, Not that the feedings bothered him though.
Of course, not all like me can possess such power in the great beyond. I am a special case.
"Exactly how special?" David sneered.
Very special, but not as grand as Mother. She is the strongest of us all, sadly she is sealed away lost in a void of incomprehensible horrors, hell I believe is the word for it. And you will revive her through the girl you have selected.
"Julie?" David said her name hoarsely. David gritted his teeth as his breathing sped up, the images he had seen of her were still fresh in his mind. Shutting his eyes tightly, David shook his head and growled angrily.
Furious that he was forced to watch the events in Julie's past so graphically. Aggravated because of what he had to do to get his brothers back. Was there no end to this madness? No, there wasn't. And this fact frustrated him.
David clenched his fists, so tight that his long nails began to dig into his palm. He felt a cold liquid drip from his hands, he knew what it was without looking. A vampires blood was different from a humans, it was red, but the color was not as bold, it was lighter than a humans with a faint unpleasant odor, he wasn't crazy about the smell, but then David rarely bled.
I see that you are growing upset, very well then. I shall leave you now.
That was the last thing Rayne said to him, at least for now. He was relieved, he was growing to hate this vampire in limb by the seconds that passed. David was left alone to think of what he would do next. What could he do? David had wanted to know more about her in order to get into he head, no he wished that he could take it all back and be rid of what he had seen. David slumped down onto the floor and put his hand on his forehead in an attempt to calm himself down. Unwittingly smearing his own blood on his skin.
David growled in annoyance and wiped the blood away with his sleeve. He looked at the sleeve he had cleaned off his blood with, it was the same sleeve that held Julie's mortal blood. David eyed the two stains that were now mixing together, somehow his blood was merging with hers. David shook his head and stripped himself of the trench coat and tossed it aside. There was really something wrong with him nowadays, with him thinking such fruity thoughts like of his blood mingling with the fifteen year old runaway that he was not so fond of. David frowned.
The reason why he disliked her so was because of her un-trusting nature and distant ways, now he knew why she was like that. Because of the man that dared to call himself Julie's father. That man he had seen violating Julie was not her real dad, and the woman beating her was not her mother; they were not her biological parents. David was sure of that, the woman in the turquoise dress and white shawl was Julie's birth mother, and she was no longer living.
Julie had been given to a family that she should have trusted, who should have taken care of her and shown her a love and security that a child deserved. How cruel fate was to give a child grieving the death of her mother such a despicable couple to care for her. They should have taken better care of her, even if she was not there own child.
David threw his head back and leaned against a wooden plank the stood up right in the background. He could not help but think of his own family. How his father used to bash him against walls until his skin bruised, or until he busted his lip or nose, and how his mother used to hide in the corners and watched in horror while choking sobs.
Never once did his own mother protest to his beatings, she never did anything to protect him from his father. The man he used to pray to god to love him. David scrunched up his face, his eyes full of pain, all he ever wanted from that man was to know that he loved him.
Instead he got beat, making him feel worthless, lower than a pile of crap. David could only imagine what Julie felt...she was like him. David scowled and jumped onto his feet, no! She was not like him she was nothing like him!what did he care about her anyway?! It was none of his business, she did not matter to him! What mattered was his family!.
She was not his family! Julie was just a kid that he needed, nothing more.
It was with those final thoughts that David finally jumped onto the beam and slept.
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Julie woke up around the time the sun came up, it was surprisingly warm in the cavern that she had spent the night in. The canopy bed that she had slept on had only one blanket but the comforter was so warm and silky that it did not even matter.
Sure the cave was pretty stuffy and filthy, yet it felt roomy to her. Julie could not help but recall her childhood, back in the day when she was still with the person she loved more than life itself, back when she had friends that she played with until the evenings came and her loved one had to drag her home with tears in her eyes.
Oh how good she had it then.
Julie remembered how once when she was seven, she and a few kids tried to build the "ultimate fort" something she was sure all kids at seven tried to do. Julie and a few girls had snatched a piece-dried taffeta linen from her mother and tried to use it as an entrance to the fort, Julie and her friends had also taken broken pieces of wood and nails from a nearby construction site to try and build walls for their hideaway.
The fort was not grand, but it was a fun place to sneak away too. Julie remembered how she and the girls used to bring their toys and blankets to the fort and how they had also taken house pillows in an attempt to make a mini sofa to make the place more roomy.
Julie laughed out loud, how their mothers scolded them for doing that! She and the other children always found ways to bring homey things to their place, sprucing it up nicely to fit a child's fantasy palace, occasionally finding treasures in the streets to make the fort all the more lively.
In way this cavern reminded her of that old hideaway; With the old couches, chairs knick knacks and posters it felt just like being there. That place where she and her friends always went to, to dream of even better things.
Julie frowned, the better things seemed to elude her now. Julie looked up at the stairs and headed towards the exit, climbing up to the bluff. She wished that she could go back to those days when they were simple, but she was fifteen now. Hell she would have given anything to go back to that fort she and her friends worked hard on, to see if that old taffeta linen still covered the entrance... that was impossible.
It was probably gone now. Along with her childhood dreams and her mothers taffeta linen.
Julie reached the top, and had to shield her eyes from the suns bright rays. The view was breathtaking, the air crisp and cold from the ocean mist. She could hear the waves crash against the rocks below, it took her back to only the night before; where David took her to look at the spot of his.
It was nice to look at the ocean in the sunlight, nothing could beat a scenery like this one. The wind blew and Julie's brown skirt and trench coat followed in the wind as did her jet black hair. It felt so nice to be out in the open again, she was not in that dreadful apartment anymore, thank goodness.
She could finally see what the outside world was like again. Julie then thought of David, and what he had told her. David was also a victim of abuse, he too was deprived of venturing out into the world by his father, and now he was free to do what he pleased, free of his own father. Free of the pain.
The chocolate eyed girl looked out into the ocean blue, and felt a warmth in her heart. She wanted to trust David, especially after what he had said to her, she knew that he would not hurt her like that. But something held her back from putting faith in him.
Something just was not right, she could feel it in her bones. He was so strange, not because of his clothes, she kind of liked the way he looked;the pale blond hair, the trench coat, shirt, pants and boots were a look that she swore only he could pull off really and the earing looked cool on him. Course his arrogance annoyed her, he was too cocky for his own good, she wondered if he was compensating for his past.
Julie did however, enjoy his confidence.
Julie wished that she could live like him, free to do as she pleased with no one to hurt her if she did something wrong. No one to...humiliate her in that way. Julie bit down on her lip, she was not going to let that happen again, never.
She sat down on the steps and just watched the world around her, the occasional bird chirped and flew by as she looked on. Julie sighed and closed her eyes, she wanted to enjoy this new found freedom of hers.
For she feared it would not last.
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It was dusk when David made his way to the central part of the cave. He still heard a ringing in his ear though, the sound was not as bad as when he had returned from the nightmarish world that was Julie's memory. The ringing was starting to calm down, but it was annoying the hell out of him.
Oh well, it was time to get back on track. David meant that, he needed to keep his mind on the resurrection of his friends. David knew that this was going to be an awkward night with what he knew now, he had to do his best though, he had to try and gain Julie's trust.
What the hell? Where was she?.
David scanned the cave, nothing. David then dashed into one of the tunnels that connected to the main, he moved around each annex room in such a speed that he was sure that he alone could have won the Olympics one hundred times over. Still Julie was no where in sight. David growled angrily and ran over to the exit, stomping on each step leading up to the surface so hard that he swore that he cracked a few of them.
"WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU!!!" David roared when he reached the surface. David felt something crack in the inside of his head, he felt a warmth and felt a wave come over him he felt his boiling blood pressure drop and climbed the rest of the steps up, there at the very top. Was Julie, fast asleep in a fetal position.
"Damn kid" David huffed as crouched down by her, David eyed the sleeping girl and shook his head "Your such a pain in the ass you know that" David whispered, and sat down next to her sleeping form, he took out a cigarette from his pocket and thought about what he had just said as he lit the cigarette.
"Hmph" he frowned "Guess we both are"
David finished his cig and threw what was left of it over his shoulder. He sat next to Julie in the minutes that came, he looked her over like he had the night he first brought her to his haven. Her brown wool skirt was loose fitting, it practically hung of her hips, the t-shirt she wore was very baggy on her as was her cotton trench coat.
Those over sized boots of hers were tattered and worn, the bottom soles of the boots were beginning to split, they had lips. She must have gotten those from a trash can somewhere, because in the void David never saw any type of boots on her. When she was climbing down the fire escape she was bare foot as well .
David had enough of this. David then nudged Julie on the shoulder, not hard but enough to wake her. Julie fluttered her eyes and sat up quickly, she calmed down quickly once she realized who it was that had awoken her.
"What are you doing out here?" David asked her as calmly as he could, Julie shook her head.
"I don't know, i wanted to come up here and think" Julie looked away from him.
"And how long were you out here?"
"A couple of hours" Julie replied.
"In just this spot?" David arched his eyebrows. And Julie nodded.
"I know that sounds weird, but I liked it out here and I guess I kinda drifted off again" Julie scratched the back of her ear nervously, she did not expect David to understand why she just sat in one place and did nothing for several hours, she did however anticipate an insult.
Shockingly he said nothing about it.
"Forget it" David stood "Get up, were going out"
Julie did not protest and got up from where she sat, Julie gently brushed off any dirt that was on her clothes, she did not want to look dirty.
"Where are we going?" She asked him.
"Boardwalk" David murmured "We need to get to get you something else to wear" Julie's eyes shown with surprise.
"What?" she gasped.
"You heard me! I'm getting you clothes" David said shrewdly "Don't make a big deal about it I'm just trying to help you out, I'm sure you don't want your parents finding you right? So your going to need something else other than that outfit" David added. Not that Julie had to worry about that, David could have easily taken care of anyone who tried to take her away from him.
He needed her, Rayne wanted her to be the host. And he feared that no one else could fill the role for host, plus; he could not waste more time finding another suitable host, he wanted Dwayne, Marko, and Paul back now! Ant the sooner the better.
"Well, you coming?" David looked at her and went over to his motorcycle, which was parked just a couple of feet in front of them. He got on his bike and waited for Julie, she said nothing and climbed onto the back.
She still clung to the back handle bar and not him. He was not surprised.
At the boardwalk. David parked the bike by a store that Max had once told him to visit in case he needed anything, Max used to be good friends with the owner and the owner had told Max that David and the boys could come by and get anything they wanted.
David and the boys had a reputation on the boardwalk, so it was odd that a prominent and respected shop owner allowed such a trade. David suspected that Max must have promised the store owner something unattainable to a regular human, David had no idea what it was. But he was sure that it was not eternal life, David did not sense that the owner of the store had vampire blood in his veins, so it must have been something else.
Max was gone now, so David wondered if the deal was still in place. Guess he had to check.
"Come on" David instructed Julie and guided her into the clothing store, many people in the shoppe turned and stared at them. A group of girls glanced over at David and giggled loudly, perhaps marveling at how damn sexy he looked in his all black attire.
David shrugged them off and pointed Julie in the direction of where the girls section was, he then told her to pick out whatever she wanted, including shoes and any other stupid girlie accessory that she desired.
"But won't that cost a lot?" Julie had asked him, she was reluctant to grab anything.
"I don't have any money on me" David said bluntly, that was no lie. He never really needed it, he had maybe ten bucks on him but that was it, Julie than looked at him with disbelief and who raised his hands up, telling her to drop it "I've got it covered, I know the owner, its all free so hurry it up will you?"
It took David at least another two minutes to convince Julie that she could grab whatever she wanted and not worry about it, and after her fears had been settled with she was off picking out shirts and pants and any other thing she could try on, damn kid. David was losing his patience, he hated shopping for clothes, thats why he wore the same thing everyday. Since becoming a vampire, Hygiene had become something of the past, another perk of being a vampire, you were always clean no matter what.
Finally after a half an hour, Julie had picked out what she wanted and changed into her new clothes. The new outfit Julie currently sported was a black knee length skirt, a navy blue top with two inch straps holding it up on her shoulders snuggly. She replaced her black trench coat with a black cotton jacket with long sleeves, the jacket was cropped so it did not cover her belly. Julie picked out another pair of boots, this time they were the right size.
David eyed her choice of wear, and shrugged. She looked alright, but she could have picked out something else in his opinion, she chose a few other items, but she stuck with that same look. Well she did look better without the trench coat on, that oversized thing did not suit her figure at all. Julie lost the brown wool skirt, and that really had looked bad on her, so overall she looked a lot...cuter, then she did before.
David cleared his throat, and towards the exit, Sneering at one old woman on his way out, the old woman had called him a drain on society from a corner several feet away from him, the woman had said it in a whisper to someone next her but for someone like David, it was loud and clear.
Julie was close behind him, and the two walked along the planks with the rest of the crowd.
"Why did you give that lady a dirty look?" Julie asked David quietly, David shrugged it off, he could not tell her about what the old woman had said.
"Because I felt like it" he answered "Come on, I'm hungry, and I'm sure you've already eaten the rest of that cheeseburger you saved from the night before" David said to her, Julie only nodded, she was hungry and she already had gobbled up what was left of her stored food.
"Alright then, lets go find something" Julie stated with no emotion in her voice, and walked with David to a nearby stand. Julie felt different tonight, like the tension between them had lightened up some, like he understood her now. Julie though nothing else of it, at least she would be safe with him.
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A man with graying brown hair walked into the shop that Julie and David had just been in, a picture was gripped tightly in his right hand and he marched up to a store clerk and showed them the picture,the clerk looked at the picture and then at the man.
"Yes she was just in here about an hour ago with a local boy, she picked out a few clothes and left...is she your daughter?" the clerk asked him but he was off, the man looked around and ran into the crowd, looking for her.
He was going to find her, and she was going to be his again.
A/n: Hi everyone! I'm sorry about the delay, I really hit a dead end when I got to this chapter, i had no clue about what to write next but were good now! Also I've taken a bit of time to read the dictionary and thesaurus and I've picked up a few new words yay!.
I also went back and added a few things to earlier chapters, More detail to be exact, hope you guys enjoy the rewrites and this new chapter.
I'm also sorry if I have offended anyone, with details on Julie's and David's pasts I wanted to give them a little bit more depth that would eventaully bring them closer together, I'm not sure if anyone is okay with that, leave suggestions okay?
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Ghostwriter- I'm so glad you liked the last chapter, i hope this one lives up to the last one, keep on reviewing please? Your one of my favorite reviewers!.
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DracoMalfoyLover113- Hint strongly noted, -wink-. I'll be sure to credit you for the idea so stay tuned!.
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The8thsin- I really love David too, he's one of the best characters out there. Julie story is really sad, I'm sorry that must be weird with your friend being named Julie too, but I hope you come back and read and review again.
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