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Chapter 9
Tuxedo Kamen turns his head in one direction, and then the other, desperately searching throughout the whole complex.
"Minako! Come out! You're stronger than this, I know you are!" Said Tuxedo Kamen.
"HISS" Minako hisses as she comes from behind. Tuxedo Mask turns around, and gets smacked across the face for his trouble, getting knocked into a nearby wall, which proceeds to crack.
"That weak willed girl is no longer here, you're talking to a beast who hungers for blood!" Said Minako, her voice now slightly different.
"I don't want to hurt you!" Said Tuxedo Kamen.
"Well that's too bad!" Said Minako, licking her lips, her tongue red from all the excess blood she's been drinking. She makes a lunge towards Tuxedo Kamen, who proceeds to jump out of the way of the attack. He then proceeds to take cover behind another one of the shelves. He proceeds to grab a small vial of blood and throw it down the other aisle.
SMASH!
"Huh?" Asked Minako. She rushes towards the aisle where the glass broke, and looks around. "Where are you?"
Tuxedo Mask is seen unscrewing the cap off of some small blue bottle. He hears Minako take to topside again, the sound of her crawling going farther away from his current location.
"I only got one shot at this." Tuxedo Kamen thinks to himself. He then proceeds to grab another vial of blood and throws it.
"Gr! Quit playing games with me, come out and fight me like a man!" Said Minako.
"If you're so big and tough, you should have no trouble coming at me yourself, Minako! Unless of course turning into a vampire has also turned you into a coward." Said Tuxedo Kamen.
"Big talk coming from someone whose hiding." Said Minako.
"I'm not hiding anywhere Minako, I'm right behind you." Said Tuxedo Kamen. At that point Minako proceeds to turn around, and sees no one there.
"Stop messing around!" She yells out.
"I'm not." Said Tuxedo Mask, spraying the liquid on Minako, her skin immediately sizzling and burning.
"GYAAAH!" Minako screams in pain, she proceeds to fall to the floor. She starts thrashing around, like a maniac, her skin feeling as it had been coming to contact with acid.
"Holy water. One of the vampires prime weaknesses." Said Tuxedo Mask.
"You...How could you..." Said Minako weakly.
Tuxedo Mask then proceeds to punch her in the face, knocking her out. He proceeds to sigh.
We see that once more the moon proceeds to make it's way for the sun to take it's place. The night once again makes way for the day.
"Uh..." Minako proceeds to groan.
"Minako...Minako, wake up."
"Uh...huh?" Minako proceeds to open her eyes, she looks around, and sees that she's in a dark room. A lamp is turned on, and she immediately turns to the source.
"Mamoru...what happened?" Asked Minako.
"You lost control over yourself last night. You tried to kill me." Said Mamoru.
Minako proceeds to gasp. "It's true...I really am getting closer to becoming a monster..."
"Hey, don't beat yourself up over it." Said Mamoru as assuredly as he can. "I'm sure you were resisting the temptation quite well beforehand."
"Not as well as you might think...I can't go on like this...I need to get out of this state and fast." Said Minako.
"I'm sure you will. You just got to have faith in us." Said Mamoru. "We're doing everything we can."
"Well you need to hurry...I think there's a time limit to the transformation." Said Minako.
"What?" Asked Mamoru. "Are you sure?"
"Honestly, I can't really say for sure...but when I see a photo of myself and my friends, and all of a sudden the photo has fangs...I kind of have to guess that this is the case." Said Minako.
"Hm...I see...if that's the case things really are getting worse by the day." Said Mamoru.
"What do you mean?" Asked Minako.
"You're not the only one afflicted with the curse, Minako. It's spreading like the plague out there. Every night, more people are reported to have been bitten and being drained of blood...it's almost like something out of a horror movie." Mamoru says sternly.
"My God..." Said Minako.
"I've already told the other Senshi where you are, and you'll be under my watchful eye from now on." Said Mamoru.
"I suppose that's for the best...but how are you going to prevent me from leaving if I go into another bestial state like that?" Asked Minako. Suddenly she proceeds to catch an IV bag, filled with blood.
"That first one is on me, in case you hadn't noticed." Said Mamoru, now proceeding to point towards a bandaged arm.
To this Minako is silent, a guilty look plastered on her face.
"Drink up, you're going to need to in order to prevent yourself from other rampages." Said Mamoru. "Meanwhile, I'm going to see what I can do to help your condition."
"...Thank you." Said Minako.
"Remember, we're only trying to help you." Said Mamoru. He proceeds to walk out of the doorway, closing it behind him.
Minako lays still for a few seconds, and then proceeds to bite into the package of blood.
"Hmph, you really are pathetic, aren't you?" The voice in her head pipes up.
"You again..." Said Minako silently.
"I'm not going to go anywhere until you either fully submit to my will or until I'm destroyed. And trust me, the latter ain't happening." Said the voice.
"You're wrong." Said Minako. "It's only a matter of time before my friends find you, and send you back to whatever deep dark hole you crawled out of."
"My my, your temper grows ever more feisty as the days go on." Said the voice. "Oh well, we'll see how feisty you are when things are completely in my favor."
"I'll die before I submit myself to you." Said Minako.
"Technically you're already dead, but that's besides the point. That man wasn't joking when he said the number of victims are increasing. Every man and woman bit is another soldier to add to my army." Said the voice. "Hm hm hm, I believe the number is already in the thousands, compared to your 5 friends, I'd say that's pretty good odds."
"We've faced far greater odds then that...more powerful entities too." Said Minako.
"Whatever you say, little girl." Said the voice. "Bear in mind though that sooner or later...we'll be everywhere."
After that, the voice stops speaking, leaving Minako in the dark. She slurps the last of the blood from the bag, and proceeds to lay down on the bed, slowly drifting off to sleep.
Comments: Hoo wee, I almost forgot to upload another chapter again. Sorry it took me so long, I've been a bit busy. Situations regarding school, family and friends come up often, so I hadn't had a lot of time to write for this, but hey, at least I uploaded another chapter now right? Anyway, thank you guys so much for reading, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Sorry for the short length as well, I really need to work on that too. But either way, feel free to comment and review, as I love to hear feedback, and as always, I will see you next chapter.
