"Kory! You're back!" Beast Boy exclaimed, a smile on his face as he ran forward and hugged me. Despite feeling weak and exhausted I still hugged him back while trying to keep a smile on my face so that he wouldn't see just how pained I really am.
"Yeah," I replied weakly and I saw the smile fall from his face as his eyes became dark with worry.
"I know this isn't really where you want to be, but it's the safest place for you to be right now. Despite what he's made you believe, with Xavier isn't where you want to be," Beast Boy said and I felt myself stiffen before I finally looked up at him; my eyes slightly narrowed.
"Stay out of my love life," I hissed before shoving past him though I know the shove hurt my shoulder more than it did his bicep. By the time I had started walking away I could already hear Beast Boy following close behind me.
"Kory I didn't mean to upset you, I'm just trying to look out for you. I don't want to see you get hurt," he tried to explain but I just ignored him and kept walking, not even truly knowing where I was going.
"Kory you need to stop being so irrational and actually listen to what he has to say," Raven's cold monotone voice rang out from a hallway to my right and from the darkness I saw her emerge. I stopped to turn and glare at her and out of the corner of my eye I saw Beast Boy come to a stop too.
"Like you've ever cared about him and don't even try to tell me what to do. You hold no power over me," I spat and now her eyes were also narrowed. I could feel the tension in the hallway growing thicker by the second and I started to wonder if it would soon suffocate me.
"You need to get off your high horse and face the facts. You're not important to our clan anymore and really the only reason you're still alive is because Beast Boy has such a kind heart. How about you stop being such a bitch already and start to actually think about what you do instead of going around and screwing anything that walks," Raven said, her tone never becoming any harsher which made her words hurt even more.
"Fuck you," I hissed before continuing to walk away.
"You haven't changed a bit Kory. I tried to warn Beast Boy that you'd still be as much as the same person you were when you left and broke Richard's heart, but he wanted to believe that you could change. Well if you've changed at all, it's for the worse." I could feel the tears begin to form with each word she spoke because even if we weren't once friends, what she was saying is still true despite how much I don't want it to be.
"Oh and by the way, Bruce wants to see you. Maybe someone without a brain will take pity on you and show you the way," Raven said and then she was gone, leaving me and Beast Boy alone in the hallway.
"Don't listen to what she says, it's not true and she's just trying to get to you. Trust me, I've had to deal with her put downs for long enough to know she just wants to make you feel bad so she doesn't feel as bad about herself. That's Raven's flaw, she hates herself and always looks for the worse in people so she doesn't seem so bad," Beast Boy tried to tell me in an attempt to make me feel better but Raven's words had already struck me too hard. I could feel the tears begin to fall as I began to think back to everything I had done while with the vampires.
Well so far I'd managed to piss off about all of them, have them run around just to protect me, fallen in love with two of them, fuck two of them, fuck my ex-boyfriend in some club bathroom, get bitten by a vampire dog, made the rivalry between the two clans worse, get back together with my ex, fuck the 'enemy' vampire again, and now I've made an ass of myself. Already I'm off to a wonderful start if I was in the running to win the 'Bitch of the Year' award.
"I'm sorry about everything I did Beast Boy. You really are a great person and I feel bad for thinking otherwise," I whispered quietly but he smiled at my words all the same.
"Come on, I'll take you to see Bruce and after that I have someone who wants to see you again," Beast Boy said and I nodded before following him down the hallways toward Bruce's room.
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"I'm glad you see you made it here in one piece and unharmed. With the dangerous plan Richard made it was hard to tell if you would or not," Bruce said when I walked into the room and I couldn't even try to smile at his words. Not exactly the happiest thing to be thinking about when brought back to the life of vampires.
"Raven told me you needed to see me," I said quickly, wanting to get straight to the point so I didn't have to worry about any more awkward conversation.
"Well as you know Slade's plan was to get us to trade Terra for you, hoping to do so by using Richard's past feelings for you. I feel it's safe, though maybe rather painful, to tell you that his feelings are in the past and will remain there so I advise you to not try to start anything up with Richard again. Luckily though, before Slade's clan got too irritated with our refusal and decided to kill you Richard was able to think up a plan to get you back. As you can tell it worked rather well with no casualties since everyone is now back and unharmed."
"I'm sorry for putting you all through so much delay with having to get me. When I left two years ago I honestly thought that was the end of my vampire days so I was just as surprised when Xavier showed up in my bedroom one evening." I found it best to just kinda speak very calmly and try not to let my hurt show through in my words. The whole time I was saying this I was clenching my fists together so hard I wouldn't be surprised if I started to bleed.
"We all understand that and I'm sorry for you having to be dragged back into this. The reason I called you here though is because I have some bad news."
Silence.
"They have Roy," Bruce finally said and I felt the wind get knocked out of me as I struggled to stay sitting up.
"Wh-what?" I gasped, staring at him with wide eyes while my fingers began to dig deeper into my palms.
"Slade called me seconds after you arrived to tell me that he was calling off his vampire's attacking because he had Roy and wanted to strike up another deal: we give him Terra and you and Roy get to go free; never to be bothered by the vampire world again," the vampire explained to me and I found myself nodding in agreement to the deal.
"Then give them Terra! You can't let them kill Roy!" I exclaimed, trying my hardest not to let my voice crack and to keep from yelling. All I could think about was how scared Roy must be and how he must be worried about where I am and how they might be treating him.
"Kory you know we can't give them Terra and another plan like Richard's obviously won't work since they'd see it coming. There's nothing that we can do, I'm sorry," Bruce said quietly and I rose from my seat in an outrage, tears falling from my eyes as I felt warm liquids trickle over my fingers. I saw Bruce tense before his eyes darted to my hands and then they widened.
"Sorry?! You're fucking sorry?! It's all your fucking fault that my life was even ruined in the first place! I was fine until you sent Richard to get me! You should have known you had the wrong girl the entire time! Are you all really so stupid?!" I yelled.
"Even if we had gone for Terra in the first place, Slade may have taken you anyway since you are her closest friend and he could use you against her. Most of it is my fault but you need to learn to control yourself," he told me calmly, still sitting and still staring at my bleeding hands.
"What's wrong Bruce, afraid of a little blood? Scared you'll lose control and bite me?" I asked, raising my hand and unclenching my fist and letting the blood flow from it freely.
"Not at all Kory, I'm actually worried that some of the other vampires that aren't as in control of their blood lust my act," he said and then I turned around to see a stiff Richard standing in the doorway.
"I wanted to make sure you got the news from Slade. Xavier told me before they all ran off," he said, trying his hardest not to stare at my hands but I could see his eyes on them. His own fists were clenched tightly as he fought against his blood lust for me. It probably didn't help that he'd tasted my blood before.
"Yes, Slade told me. Richard if you could show Kory to her room so she can get cleaned up," Bruce said and I found myself turning around to stare at him with eyes wide from shock. He seriously though I'd be safe with Richard?! Richard only nodded before swiftly turning and opening the door. I continued to stare at Bruce in disbelief for a couple of seconds before giving up and following Richard down the hallways towards my old room. As we walked I left my hands open, the blood slowly oozing from them so slowly I didn't even realize that my hands were still bleeding.
"Don't let the blood drip on the carpet," Richard spoke suddenly, his words just as stiff as his posture was and I looked down at my hands to see that they were about to start dripping blood. I quickly put one hand in the other and then we continued on in an awkward silence. When we reached my room Richard opened the door for me so that I wouldn't get blood on it. He even followed me into the room which only brought back so many memories. I looked over to the large window wall and out at the forest and couldn't help but take in a sharp breath as memories came flooding back. My body shivered when I thought of how animalistic Richard had been that night, giving into his true nature and letting out his inner beast. I reached out my hand and was about to touch the glass, not even considering getting any blood on it, when Richard's hand shot out and grabbed my wrist.
We stood in silence as he stared at my bleeding hand in his grip and I stared at his eyes, waiting for them to bleed black. My blood continued to trail down my hand until it finally hit Richard's cold hand and that's when I saw his eyes turn from their dazzling sapphire blue to the dangerous hallow black.
"R-richard," I whimpered quietly, staring at him as he stared at the way my blood fell from my hand and trailed down my skin like a red stream of life. Slowly his eyes went up to my own and then he slowly raised my hand so that it was closer to his mouth; never taking his gaze away from mine. Suddenly I found myself thinking of Xavier and how intently he had watched me when we had sex and I shivered at the thought, a wave of heat going straight to my core while I stared at Richard in anticipation for whatever he was about to do. All of my feelings for Richard were coming back in powerful waves and I wanted is body against mine so bad it made my body ache and I found myself whimpering his name more.
"Please Richard," I begged quietly, loving the way his eyes narrowed upon hearing me in such need. Being a male of course he loves being in control and as long as he did something aside from stare at me I'll let him be in control. Slowly his tongue licked along the trail of blood and I let out a soft moan as he did the same. It seems he missed my body and blood just as much as I had missed his body since he was quick to have my body pressed against his own while breathing in the scent of my blood and letting his eyes roll back into his head slightly. I rolled my body against his, loving the feeling of his hard body against mine and shivering at the feeling of his erection pressed against my lower stomach.
Richard continued to lick at my hand, cleaning away the blood before taking hold of my other hand and doing the same. While licking and sucking at my other hand, the first hand to retrieve attention began to bleed again as I trailed my hand along Richard's face, memorizing his features. He leaned in my hand, smearing the small amount of blood more while still holding my other hand in his grasp.
"I've missed you so much," he whispered, pulling me closer and nuzzling his face into the side of my neck, breathing in my scent once again while rubbing small circles on my lower back with his fingers.
"Bruce told me you wanted nothing to do with me," I said, my voice cracking slightly from the pain I felt saying those words. Richard pulled back and stared at me, eyes not as black as before but certainly not back to their normal bright blue.
"It's the only thing I could tell him to get the chance to see you again," he told me before leaning forward and kissing me. His lips were just as soft against mine as they always had been and made shivers run through my body as I melted under his touch. I wrapped my arms around Richard's neck, pulling him closer as the kiss became hungrier; more passionate. We threw caution on the wind as I gave into my remaining love for him and he gave in to either his remaining blood lust or feelings he may still have for me. Being with Xavier was more like an adventure, not knowing what was going to happen next and just going with whatever happened. With Richard, it was a journey, still not exactly sure where we're going but holding more meaning than just something we did on a whim.
Richard picked me up, my legs wrapping around his slender waist as he carried me over to the bed and gently laid me down; pulling away from my embrace and looking down at me. My chest was heaving heavily while I stared up at him with my hands palm up on either side of my head. His eyes stayed with my bleeding hands and I slowly sat up before placing a hand on Richard's chest and pushing him down on the bed with it. He may like control but that doesn't mean I'm going to give it to him that easily. I got Richard to sit on the bed while still staring up at me and I straddled his waist; pressing my body close to his while licking away a thin trail of blood that ran down my hand. Sure my blood tasted like copper and I didn't enjoy the taste in the least what I was doing was driving Richard insane so I let out a soft moan while grinding my hips against his.
"You're doing this on purpose," he said, words strained while I continued to grind in his lap and lick at my blood.
"Maybe, but it doesn't feel nearly as good as when you drink it. Have some Richard," I told him, moving my hand over to his mouth, the blood catching the light from the window and shimmering. He seemed to be debating whether to or not to take my blood when he finally gave in and flipped me over once again so that I was underneath him again. Richard sucked at my hand, his tongue darting out from behind his lips every once in a while to lick at the blood which made me moan and arch my body against his. When he was finally done with that hand he moved on to the other and when all the blood was gone from those cuts he began kissing and sucking at my neck. I felt sharp pricks against my skin and knowing what was to come made me shiver but I wanted it. I want to be with Richard forever, to be vampire and not have to worry about him hurting me.
He gave my neck one last kiss and just when I was sure he was going to bite down he was gone from me completely and I looked up to see Victor and Wally holding him back. Letting out a sigh I let my head fall back onto the plush bedding and then finally sat up, not surprised to see Bruce staring at me with stern eyes. I looked past him at Richard who was struggling slightly from within his friend's hold and I let out another sigh.
So close, I thought before returning my attention to Bruce.
"Both of you, in my office," he said before turning and walking towards my open door. "Now," he added and I got off the bed to follow him while Richard was pulled there by Victor and Wally.
Is everything I do considered bad? I thought before looking back at Richard once more and blushing at how intensely he was staring at me.
Maybe not.
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Once again I typed up another chapter the day before it was supposed to be updated, but I gave you guys the passion you wanted so badly between Kory and Richard. Right now I'm not even 100% sure where this story is headed, but I can tell you that there will be a major character death later on in the story. Oh and there won't be a sequel to this story so it is the final part to my vampire stories.
Um next chapter will probably have Terra in it as well as some mentioning of Roy and of course drama between Kory, Richard, and Xavier. Though not some of these may come true because I haven't even started typing the chapter yet so I have no idea where it may go.
Please review! And Happy New Year!
Kattie
