My entry was carved into the wood under the bed. I was trying to ignore the screams around me while I wrote but it was hard. I crawled out from underneath the bed, when I heard a knock on my door.
"What!" I yelled at the door.
"It's me." said the "master".
I opened the door.
"What's up?" I hid my anger and worry as best as I could. Took the cool demeanor I am used to using when dealing with crazy vampires.
"You calmed down." he noted.
"You have too. What is up?" I asked again.
"About this cure..." he smiled sweetly and let himself in sitting on the bed.
"Do you want it? To get out of the life of the living dead?" I said, turning to follow him.
He chuckled. "Why would I want to do that? The powers of a vampire. I want to know why did you step away from that path?"
"Because of my friends."
He laughed. "Yes the mind of a mortal." he sighed. "So who was it that turned you? I wasn't clear on this fact."
"Jason."
"Jason... must be new. Let me think... Jason..." He stroked his chin, his eyes lit up. "Must talk to the girls about this..." he muttered under his breath. "Jason! Now this is exciting. I have him. Oh how great. Though he was a mistake... he helped us all by turning you into a halfy like he was."
"You know our stories?" I asked.
"I know about every vampire made. Not that I meet every single one... but yes I know." he said, smiling from ear to ear.
"How?" I asked.
"Father of Evil... well son of the father of Evil." He sighed. "The one and only Count Dracula, son of Satan and ruler of the Damned." he stood up and bowed.
I stared at him rudely, "I really thought you were dead!"
"Me dead?! Technically... but no never." he said, looking surprised. He poofed into a bat and landed in my hair, I groaned. "And you ma dear, is a treasure untold." he whispered in my ear. I turned around only for him to tap me on my back. He was smiling once I found him again. "The only chosen one to be protected from a Vampire's trance, power, and bite."
"That's what Collin said."
"Yes, we know he reads. But he did not know what he was getting into. He was not a father to demons." Dracula drawled.
"The only chosen one?" I repeated.
"Yes. It's like you are immune. It's really annoying." He shook his head. "Many slayers can get away from a trance... but the thirst for true power, and wanting to bite. Well that is the mystery about you."
"So what good am I if I cannot be controlled?" I asked, hoping to get a different answer than Collin gave me so many years ago.
"It's a challenge." he smiled. "I want to know what makes you tick. Make my vampires strong enough to defeat you and your kind. We must rule the night and day. Simple as that." he said, his breath brushed against my neck.
"And how will you do that?"
"Ahh that's my secret." He smiled. "Now the end result of my plan is to defeat you in a battle to the death, once I get my minions together. Then we'll see if my plans were all in vain. Fair enough?" he asked.
I glared at him.
"And to keep you here, I will keep your friends' lives on the line." He began walking to the door.
"How do you know I won't just abandoned them and kill every vamp here then laugh in your face as I stab a stake through your black heart?" I said, my voice steady, but I could feel my heart breaking as I said this.
"Because I know." he opened the door. "Madeline will be keeping your boyfriend as a pet." he added and closed the door.
I fell to the floor and screamed through my teeth, joining in on the agony sounds around me. I laid on the floor staring up at the rock ceiling for a long time before a light knock was heard at my door.
Someone walked in I didn't notice who it was.
"The Slayer..." she breathed. "I've come to tell you, Maddi is coming to let you talk to your mate."
I sat up and stared at the girl who brought me food a few hours ago.
"You should be a bit happier than you are, you know?" she smiled and crouched in front of me. "While Master is gone for the night. You get him all to yourself."
I was ready to punch her.
"Oh come on, cheer up for me." her smile faded a bit. "I'm happy for you, you should be happy for yourself. It's just me and Maddi who are in charge of the whole castle tonight." she smiled brightly again like it was a good thing. "We just got out from being newbies. Took us fifty years, but we did it. Unlike Mike... the guy who picked you up. A hunk huh?" she bounced on her feet.
I stared at her.
"If you don't say anything, I'll tell Maddi to forget it." she warned me, narrowing her eyes.
"Thank-you." I said in monotone.
"You're very welcome. By the way I'm Caroline." she said getting up. "I must say watch out for Jacquelin, she's the one that makes the people scream around here." she left.
Tears of frustration burned my eyes. I could not turn anywhere. This was like a thousand million times worse than the one time I was caught by Collin.
I must have fell asleep because I was laying on the bed under tousled sheets. There was a knock at my door. They let themselves in.
"I've brought you supper." she smiled and put it on the bed side table.
I turned my head from under the pillow, and looked at Madeline.
"At midnight I'll bring him to you." she smiled, and put her finger to her lips. "And the food is not poisoned, so please eat it." she added and left still excited about the hours to come.
I sat the hours away picking at the food, and whittling at a stake with my dagger. My door opened and Madeline walked in quietly, motioning in another person. I stayed sitting and looked toward the door. Pierre timidly walked in fully clothed without blood on him and he saw me through his glasses.
"Have fun. I'll be back in about five hours." Maddi smiled and closed the door quietly behind her.
I stayed sitting, and he stood at the other end of the room.
"Are you okay?" I asked, biting my lip nervously.
He silently walked over slowly and sat on my bed. I leaned over and hugged him. He was there and not in a trance.
"Did you see the others?" I asked, wondering why he was so quiet.
He nodded.
"I'm so sorry." I said, tears prickling my eye before they finally started to fall. "It is all my fault."
"No." he whispered. "No it is not." he said, looking at me.
"You must get that saving and protecting lives is my job, no matter who the person is. It is all my fault if demons get them, no ifs, ands, or buts." I said solidly. "I thank you for supporting me and my cause but this is my fight and destiny. Not Jason's, especially not yours, or anyone else's."
He bite his lip.
"I will get you and the others out, very soon." I said, patting his arm. He flinched away.
"We said we were with you until our ends. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. Deal with it." Pierre said, flinching as he scratched his neck.
"Yes they itch like bug bites." I commented. "Hee hee bitch bites." I giggled to myself and shut my mouth with my hands.
"You never act like the situations are serious." he looked at me. "Yet you take on all the responsibilities even if they are too much, you know that right?"
I smiled at him. "Course, who else could ever handle this job? On their own? Twelve years on my own and I have not been killed." I said taking everything in lightly. "And I do too take situations serious! I just make jokes for the people around me, so they don't go stir crazy."
"Well it makes you seem like you need help."
"I'm sadly a people pleaser, as I dislike to admit." I said. "I work for the people so I must make sure they are the ones first, not me."
"So what is your plan?" he asked looking at me, his eyes already seemed duller.
"My plan is to wait. As sad and painful as that is. The guy who is in charge, has bigger plans for me." I said vaguely. "He's Dracula you know. He knows all about me and my cause. The only reason he knows you four are on the map is because of Jason, and Garren."
"Dracula?" Pierre tried not to smile.
"I know funny. Not so funny though is that fact he wants me dead, of course. And he has something in store for Jason... and something about the cure." I said, and added. "He is a good villain, knows how to keep you guessing."
"What would he want with Jason and the cure?" Pierre mumbled to himself. He looked up and stared at me like he saw a ghost. "Do you think he could alter the cure... for other purposes? Like immunity to the sun... but be still be full fledged vamps?"
My eyes grew as I met his, "No." I gasped, before yelling at myself for not thinking about it first. "What if he thinks Jason made it? But... but... he can read minds, what if he finds out it was Garren! Then what?!" I bit my lip.
"He can what?" Pierre asked.
"Dracula most powerful vamp in the history of vamps. Super strength, shape shift, transportation by poofing and flying, shadow and wall walking, voice throwing, mind control and reading, telekinetic, that sparky thing that the dandies could do, and almost is immune to weapons because of his excellent poofing abilities." I said, smiling at the thought of the so called legend.
"You are kidding right?"
"Nope." I said. "And I so could have killed him if I was still a vampire."
"You can kill him now." Pierre said, with confidence in his voice.
I ignored him... and began thinking of the plan.
"Kali, I'm serious." Pierre said.
The door opened to Maddi.
She pouted as she left us a plate of food. "You still have your clothes on." she whined.
I stared at her. Pierre stiffened.
"Oh come on! If I were you I'd be on him like that." she snapped her fingers. "But he's my pet, I have certain obligations to keep my hands off him." She stood in the middle of the room. "Well I was wondering if you could keep a secret.." she said.
"About what?" I asked.
She turned to Pierre. "If you are nice and do everything I ask, I will not put you in a trance and you get to see her every other night?! Okay?" She smiled at him.
He quickly glanced at me, his eyes not meeting Maddi's.
"They are all simple tasks. All you have to do is pretend to be in a trance the whole time, and Master will be happy. You know free will and stuff... though your life is in the balance so you better oblige. If not, tonight is the last time you get to see her." her smile scared me.
"Can we have time to think?" I asked, my eyes darting from the vampire to Pierre.
"No. Only because you'll think and discuss and that's not fair."
"Kay. I'll do it." Pierre said, his eyes still not looking into Maddi's.
"Good." Maddi smiled. "Showing affection always strengthens the body." she blew a kiss to Pierre with a wink and left.
I was staring at the place where she was in awe. I turned to face Pierre, and I shuddered. "I think that is how one sells their soul..." I said, feeling another shudder go down my spine.
"She really scares me." Pierre said not blinking.
"Apparently we must be scared of Jackie though." I said. "That one is just weird, like a nymph." I gagged.
An awkward silence filled the room.
"I wish there was a clock." I broke the silence, but just added to the awkwardness. "Or a radio." I added.
"Kali!" Pierre groaned.
"I don't like this waiting thing. I need to do something." I said, sighing. "Want to whittle with me?" I asked, taking out a tooth pick that was once a stake. "Or practice fighting, we haven't done that for like ever." I smiled.
Pierre stood up with me.
"I guess it'll get my mind off of things." he sighed.
I smiled, "And it will give me good practice."
Half an hour in, Pierre was weaving. I stopped him and pulled him to the bed.
"Forgot about the blood loss, sorry about that." I said. Watching him breath heavily.
He laid down his chest going up and down, he closed his eyes. I rested my head on his chest listening to his heart pound between his ribs.
"Let's break them out." Pierre said getting up making me fall off.
"Adrenaline rush." I sighed to myself, dragging him back to down on the bed. "Dragging out three dead weights out of a castle not being detected by the occupants... yeah..." Then I added. "They can only be awaken by their vampires. It would be extremely hard for us otherwise."
"Fuck." he growled.
I sighed.
"Though you can work on a mutiny. Convince Maddi... she seems the weakest, then she'll try and convince the others." I said out loud. "I'm thinking to myself some of Dracula's powers are from his minions. If they are not with him, wouldn't that make him somewhat weaker?" I asked, my fingers some how finding the scar from the burn through his shirt.
He flinched. "Okay." he agreed.
"Good. We are making plans." I said more to myself.
"Not good ones." Pierre mumbled.
"But they are plans," I repeated. "and you must keep them away from Maddi and Dracula." I added.
"This is hard." he said.
I nodded and pulled up his shirt to look at his scar. It looked like a welt but I knew it was permanent. I flinched with him.
"It still hurts huh?" I asked.
"I can deal with it."
"But it hurts."
"Just don't poke at it." he said.
I sighed.
"I felt it when they got Jason." I said.
He nodded.
"I feel like a sitting duck." I growled.
"Join the club." Pierre groaned. "Why wouldn't killing our vampires break the trances?" he asked after a moment of silence.
"You could, and just die at the hands ... uh teeth of Dracula and his other minions." I said, staring up at the canopy.
"You have weapons. Do you have no faith in yourself and us?" Pierre asked turning his head to me.
"He is Telekinetic, and I will die." I said. "I need to be a vampire to kill him."
"Fine whatever." he was upset at me.
I grimaced and replaced him with one of the pillows on my bed.
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Maddi came back to get Pierre. We reluctantly gave each other a hug and a kiss.
"Did something like happen here?" Maddi looked at me, once Pierre left the room. "Was he bad?" she whispered.
I stared at her. "Shut up and leave!" I yelled.
"Or it could have been you..." she mumbled and left.
I grabbed my dagger and threw it at the closed door in anger. I ripped it out, and an idea came to my mind. I flung open the door.
"Why don't I just leave right now?! Like how many people can really stop me?!" I screamed and followed Maddi and Pierre.
She turned around. "I really wouldn't be yelling right now, if I were you."
"Well you aren't me now are you, you little dim witted twit." I screamed.
Pierre backed away from Maddi.
"That was so uncalled for." she sounded hurt, but her fangs were showing and her blue eyes were red.
Pierre was motioning for me to throw something at him, like a stake or something. But I ignored him.
"Not really, you nymph manic vamp. I should have killed you when I had the chance." I screamed over the yelling in the castle.
I pocketed my dagger and took out my sais
"One vamp at a time." I said under my breath, trying to egg her on.
She cracked her neck. "Always wanted to taste a Slayer's blood." she growled lowly.
Pierre's eyes were huge.
"Try." I smiled, twirling my sais
She took a run at me, only to fall flat on her face. Pierre kicked out her legs before she got too far. She flipped onto her feet and advanced him angrily.
"You my pet, will pay for that dearly." She growled, baring her teeth.
I threw a sai into her shoulder missing her heart. She pulled it out blood dripping from the wound, and turned on me.
"You little bitch!" she screamed, and threw the weapon down and ran at me with teeth.
Her teeth sunk into my neck and it hurt just as much as the first time. I could hear Pierre gasp before I blacked out.
"No..." I heard Maddi gasp and I hit the floor. "What have I done..."
"Bitch." Pierre growled, but my hearing was fading as was my conscience.
"Give me that!" she growled back. I could feel warm, salty liquid fill my mouth. "You did not see anything!" she groaned and picked me up.
I was placed on the bed and something wet touched my neck. I definitely blacked out.