Chapter 11
Banished
The Village
Gakupo stood up slowly and dusted off his clothing. His suit was tattered and ripped from his beating that his master gave him. He started to follow her to make sure that she got into her house safely. He put shield around her house to keep his master out of the building. After that, he made his way back to the mansion. Miku started packing her things so that she could go back home to her mother. Gakupo walked into the mansion and ran right into Michael who was standing in the lobby with his arms crossed over his chest. "What do you think you're doing here?" the village head asked bluntly. Gakupo only bowed to Michael with his head down in shame. "You're banned from here. Get out of my sight!" Gakupo didn't move from where he was.
"Master, I am sorry…" he said in a low voice.
"I said get out!" Michael shouted this time. Still, Gakupo didn't move from where he was standing. "After all that I did for you, I get disobedience from you."
"I want to stay…" Gakupo said faintly.
"Why would you want to do that?" Michael asked curiously.
"You raised me," Gakupo said in a low voice.
"And you betrayed me," his master pointed out.
"I just didn't want any problems…" he admitted in a low voice.
"Humph. Then why do you care so much for that little human girl?" Michael asked.
"I protected her from the NightWalker Guards…" he said. "They wanted to make a meal of her… They killed most of her friends…"
"So? Why does that affect you?"
"It has been our custom for years not to kill humans…" he said slowly.
"That rule is only for the DayWalkers. NightWalker rules are a whole different story."
"But… you let them slaughter a whole house of humans!" he yelled.
"And what's your point?"
"You're a monster!"
"Have you forgotten what the humans have tried to do to us?"
"I wouldn't know. I was n infant when my parents were killed."
"We were constantly outcast by the humans. We were run out of our own homes! Now… it's her turn," Michael said as he turned away from his servant. He walked over to the phone and picked it up off the receiver. Gakupo remained on his knees unsure of what to do. He knew that his master hated him for protecting the human girl. He also knew that her life was in danger. He weighed his options carefully. Michael called the NightWalker vampires, telling them to make sure that the girl didn't leave and that they got to her first. Gakupo stood up finally becoming bold. He advanced on his master slowly.
Michael set the phone down and grabbed Gakupo by his neck before the vampire could do anything. He slowly started crushing his wind pipe. Gakupo struggled against Michael's hold, his words choking in his throat. He clawed at the hand that was holding him. "This is your last order… stay the fuck out of my way!" Michael hissed in his face. He tightened his hold on Gakupo briefly before he threw him into the basement, locking the door. Gakupo hit every step on his way down to the bottom of them. He lay there in a crumbled heap, feeling extremely broken. He had no way of feeding either.
