Marion was looking directly at Vicki, staring her down. Vicki narrowed her eyes at her, wanting to rip her to shreds right then..too many witnesses.
I can hear you..I can smell you Vicki, smell your fear. Just wait, you will wish you were dead be the time I am through with you and your family..
Vicki could hear her in her head. She was powerful. She threw some power right back at her.
Stay away from us, I will kill you, I promise..you have no idea what I can do..
This surprised Marion, she wasn't sure what Vicki was but knew she had some sort of magicial ability. How much, what the source was, she didn't know but it would certainly make for an intersting kill. Marion started to get up and leave, Vicki wanted to follow her but knew it was unwise. Trixie looked between the two women.
"Come on girl, let's go git her.." Trixie whispered. Vicki looked over to see Trixie's eyes had bled to a silver blue, her fangs extended. She must have felt the evil too.
"Allright, let's go." the women got up and followed Marion. They were shocked to see that she was nowhere to be found.
"Where the fuck did she go?" Vicki spat out between clenched teeth. Her fangs had slipped also as they often did when she was angry. They looked all around, nothing. Vicki asked Trixie to call her dad, explain to him about her and Henry and then see if he would come to the hotel. Trixie was dialing before Vicki could finish.
Seeing Marion there, she knew that Henry was right. Things could get dicey. Vicki decided to go back to her room to check on Gwen and London. One thing at a time..kill Marion without drawing too much attention..then deal with Henry's snacking issue.
Vicki entered her room quietly in the event that London was still asleep. She was but Gwen was pacing the room, her eyes had bled to wolf eyes.
"What's wrong Gwen?' Vicki went to London first, sleeping peacefully sucking her thumb.
"Vicki," Gwen growled low, "there is evil here. I can feel it. It's close and Henry..he's not himself." She pointed to the blood in the frigde.
Vicki went to examine it. Henry had taken a bag before their discussion. That could explain his behavior, but still this should be good blood. Vicki sniffed the bag that was used, it smelled odd. She then squirted some onto her finger. If it were Henry's blood, the kind he ordered, it should taste like nectar and honey, his favorite. Vicki swiped her tongue, immediately sputtering and wiping her tongue with the back of her hand.
"This is NOT the right blood. It's bitter, it tastes like.." she was looking for a word.."something spoiled. That's all I can think of to desribe it." her face twisted into a scowl along with the face of someone who had just eaten a sour lemon.
"I'll take your word for it.." Said Gwen. Vicki dialed their number to Will's clinic in Toronto. She asked for him personally, he was on the phone in a flash. Before she could say anything, Will started talking.
"Vicki! My gosh, we've been trying to reach Henry..something has gone wrong..DO NOT under any circumstances let him drink any of the blood in the room. We think it's tainted. We've got a new batch coming over now." Will told Vicki about what had happened, the man had survived and they had surveillance of the woman. Vicki listened, knowing all of this information was too late.
"Vicki? Vicki are you there?" Will heard only silence.
"It's too late Will..too late.." She sighed into her phone. She barely heard Will say they had sent out a fast-acting anctedote just in case. She thanked him with a hollow voice and closed her phone.
"Gwen, looks like I've gotten us into another fine mess.." Vicki said plopping herself down on the bed. Gwen went to sit beside her.
"Vicki, if there's one thing I've learned about you over the years, there isn't much you can't handle." Gwen reassurred her.
"Oh, yeah...well I can't handle Henry snacking on other woman and then dismissing me, that I will not get over easliy if at all." Vicki told her.
"That was not him, you know that was just whatever is in this blood," She pointed to the empty bag Vicki was still holding. She didn't care what it was, it happened, she saw it.
"I'm going to put a protection spell around both doors, I know you are capable of physical things but this..." she sighed, "this is dark magic. Very hard to defeat. We are going to have to be discreet too." Vicki thought suddenly she had made a huge mistake. It didn't matter now, she had to right things.
"You do what you need to do Vicki, I'll take care of London." Vicki looked over to her sleeping baby. She was stirring again, Vicki was about to burst with milk. She walked over to her and picked her up. Gwen understood, Vicki needed to feel close to London right now, it was time for her to eat anyway so Gwen left her alone, the door between their rooms open for protection. Vicki sat in the rocker and began to feed London, who eagerly ate from her. Vicki kissed the hand that was wrapped around her finger, London's other hand at Vicki's back rubbing her hair. Vicki could not reconcile what she had seen, it just had to be wrong. Vicki lost herself in feeding London, she didn't want to think about what Henry had done.
Marion had completed the first part of her plan. Vicki had seen her husband feed from another woman, she was angry. Marion was thrilled..'
Vicki had told Trixie to meet her in the hotel lobby in an hour with her father and brothrers or whoever was going to help. Vicki was a bit surprised to see this clan of vampires. They looked just like regular cowboys or ranchhands. She was impressed.
"Okay fellas, this here little lady's gonna need us. Now you know how to be, don't let anyone see ya.." Tex told his boys. Trixie had filled him in. Tex was big man, he lived up to his name. He had a big cowboy hat, Wrangler jeans with starched creases down the front, a western shirt with pearl snap buttons and cowboy boots that could stomp an armadillo dead. His sons matched him perfectly. They were all handsome, three had bright blonde hair, one had Trixie's auburn hair and the youngest had fire red hair.
"She's purty daddy.." the young red haired one said. He looked like he was probably still a teen but Vicki knew all too well that looking young, weak and innocent did not apply to vampires.
"Boy, git yer hormones in check. Now let me tell ya'll, we got a demon in our state, we've had this before, we know what to do. But, we gotta be careful, we can't let nobody git by us.." He told his boys..there were five here, the rest were too little and Trixie had a newborn sister at home too. There were nine in all, just like her mother said. Their plan was to vamp everyone closeby to make sure no one remembered anything, sort of a mass mind-erase. They had done it many times, it was their speciality.
Now Vicki was hoping that she could pull off her end..
Marion went over to her bathroom where she kept her prisoner, locked down by a magical spell.
"You are my bait..you will die slowly.." she told him..tracing a fingernail along his jaw.
"I will kill you myself Marion.." he told her..
"Oh no no..not before I've had my way with Vicki..oh yes, that will be most pleasureable.."