Chapter 11:
My my, how is Claire going to get herself out of this hole? Lost all her friends, her husband... And now works wiith Bishop... Read on!
I'm reading Lord of the Flies at the minute for school, so sorry for lack of updating (and I have a lot of exams in the next few weeks D:)
I spin around in the foyer of my new workplace and smile widely as the realisation hits me. This is my place now - Bishop may have the technical upper hand in terms of power, but I control everything and everyone in town... I am the one with the real power!
"Claire, you dealt with Oliver?" Bishop confirms and I nod, making him smile. He moves over to me, amidst the hustling and bustling of our vampires and looks deeply into my face as if looking for more confirmation.
"Yes, he's in his jail cell - as I arranged," I say proudly and he laughs slightly.
"Now, everybody, let me introduce you to the new second-in-command and complete controller of Morganville!" he shouts, making the talking vampires turn and look at me. I blush but revell in the power I have - this is what I wanted! "She will be making every decision regarding vampires and humans alike so if you displease her... Well I've seen how ruthless she is! You won't make it out alive!" he chuckles but the other vampires simply look scared of me. They all then bow down to me - wow! - and I stand tall, waiting for them to get up.
"Thank you," I say, and with this every vampire rises. "Have there been any casualities?" I ask and George Hurh comes out to talk.
"7 of our vampires have perished but, per to instructions, Amelie's vampires have not been harmed. They are in the jail that you set up, ma'am," he says respectfully and I smile... My orders have been followed!
"That's very good," I say, not entirely sure how to answer. "What do the humans know?"
Fred Dunbar steps forwards with a small smile. "Ma'am, we were waiting for you to inform them," he says - that makes sense. "Richard and Hannah Morrell are on their way to your office and you can decide whether you want them to remain in their current positions or find replacements," he continues but I already know what I'm going to do. There isn't a chance that I could find anyone better to do their jobs - they're keeping them! Still, I know I'm going to have to inform them of what I've done... They'll hate me, but be unable to say anything about it.
"Thank you very much," I answer and begin to move in the direction of my new office. "I'll see you later."
I dash off down the corridor and emerge in the corner office I informed Bishop I wanted the other day. It's nice and cosy, medium sized, and is perfect for my office! The carpet is a cream colour and the walls are a deep purple - a brilliant contrast and I love the colour. There isn't a window but there is a fireplace (ornately designed) and a mini fridge... It's perfect! I have a large desk, with a top of the range computer, stack of papers and a pen, and has a comfortable looking chair to match. In front of the desk are three chairs for visitors, looking semi comfortable, and I know that two of them are going to be filled very shortly! It's making me feel a little uncomfortable and nervous because these people are on Amelie's side, which was once mine... And still is for part of me, and they're going to hate me for what I've done - just not say anything!
I sit down in my chair and smile, completely relaxed. I turn on the computer monitor, realising that the machine is already on, and see that Bishop has sent an email.
Claire, hope you're getting settled in. Phone is in the drawer. Take whatever actions you wish - I do not mind what you do... I am currently in my new residence and do not particularly wish to be disturbed - and I shall see you for our meeting in three days time. Bishop.
Well that's good - I'm glad that I get to do whatever I want in town. That's the reason I joined his side in the first place... For the chance to be able to change things around Morganville for the better. So that I can make sure that everything works in favour for humans and vampires alike.
There is a knock at the closed door and I tell Richard and Hannah to enter. I can hear their heartbeats and their whispered conversation of confusion regarding why my voice has came from the room where they have been ordered to go to.
"Claire, what are you doing here?" Richard asks me, dropping Hannah's hand in confusion. I motion for them to sit, feeling rather too full with all the blood in my body... I'll need to go and give Myrnin some soon because, although he now hates me, I cannot lose him. His blood was truly delicious... But I've had too much and the amount I've had makes me want to be sick with myself. "What's happened with Amelie and Oliver? And why is Bishop in power again?"
"Yeah, I sort of need to explain about that," I say, pulling a face because I'm really nervous for this. I don't want to have to reveal my entire betrayal to my friends... The good in me is rising up and threatening to overcome me for even just a moment. "Amelie, Oliver, Myrnin, Michael and Sam are locked away and I'm now in charge of Morganville... Bishop is technically in charge but I make all the decisions," I say quickly, keen to get it over with. They stare at me, completely agog at what I've told them. They look completely horrified at me, and repulsed for what I've done.
"Claire..." Hannah says, her shock and fear evident in her voice. Yet she wouldn't dare voice anything... Even though I wouldn't ever hurt her, she doesn't know that. "What do you want with us?"
"I just want you to carry on as normal," I say and they both let out a sigh of relief. "I'm going to be changing things so that humans have much better rights than they did under Amelie, and I will enforce it... I swear," I say passionately.
Good Claire:
She, I, truly sickens me, myself... we've taken over from Amelie, and I'm making out that Amelie's this disgusting thing who treats humans like dirt. I don't know why I'm thinking all of this - before Bishop touched me at the wedding, I was fine. Sure, I was a teensy bit pissed with Amelie, but I would have gotten over it... It's natural to get pissed with Amelie! But, no, Bishop had to twist me and manage to supress good me and bring up the disgusting bitch that I never really knew existed inside of me. But he's done something to me that's changed me. He's made the bad in me rise and such... Even though I seem to have the same basic values regarding Myrnin Richard, Eve and Hannah, it's not enough... Even though my wishes to never hurt anyone and to make human rights more equal seems to have stayed in control, it's not enough... I need to become 'me' again and work as fast as possible to regain Amelie to power! The only difference to normal me is that I hate Amelie and Sam - and everything they do seems to make that even worse.
Somehow, I manage to force myself to the surface, attacking Bitch me into sublimity for just a moment. I regain control of my motor senses and realise, hopefully, I can alert my friends to understand something is wrong.
"Help me," I gasp out, causing them to look seriously confused, before I'm wrestled back into my body. I get pushed back into a spectator's position, and bitchy me takes control of my vessel once again.
"What, Claire?" Richard asks urgently. "What do you need help with?"
Just 'Claire's' POV again:
Shit! Good me has managed to get control of me and has spoken to my friends. SHIT! They could have been alerted to the fact that 'good me' still resides inside of me and that there's a good chance Bishop did hocus pocus... CLAIRE STOP IT! You chose to join him on your own terms, not because you were tricked! You managed to see Amelie and Sam for who they really are: a cold bitch and a weak man who doesn't seem to realise that she's using him... I bet she has an ulterior motive for him. I'm just not going to voice it, just in case!
"Help me to keep everything in Morganville running smoothly," I manage to cover my inner good's surge forwards inside me and get a cover story. Hopefully they won't realise that something was up...
"Ok," Hannah says, looking confused still - I hope she's going to have been rather thick and not realised my major lapse between the first time I said 'help me' and actually finishing the sentence. She half stands up and looks at me before continuing, "If that's all..."
I nod, and motion for them to leave the room with permission. Oh yes, I am loving this new power!
Myrnin's POV (just back when he's with Claire):
I love my Claire. She's the most amazing, gorgeous, sexy, brilliant wife anyone could ever have - I truly don't know what I've done to deserve her! She may have been slightly off with Amelie and Sam, but it's probably just because she's getting used to life... And, knowing them, they're probably completely overexaggerating! They are always so melodramatic so I'm assuming the same principle fits in here as well.
"I love you," I whisper as she breaks her lips away from mine, allowing a slight amount of clarity into my head. She begins to nuzzle my neck and I tighten my arms around her waist.
"Myrnin," Claire gasps into the side of my neck as she nuzzles. "I am so sorry for what I'm going to do."
Then she shocks me, more than anyone has ever shocked me in my entire life. She does something that I would never have expected anyone to ever do... She does something that has not been done to me in over eight hundred years.
She sinks her fangs into the side of my neck and suddenly begins to start gulping down my blood - what's happened to her? Why is she doing something like this? It feels so strange, to have the life sucked out of me in such a disgusting way - and by my amazing wife. God, why? Does she want rid of me?
I fight as hard as possible, but she has the upper hand - she's pinned me down and is already draining away my life... I soon lose the ability to fight, simply lying limp as the one person I thought I could trust is close to killing me.
Suddenly, just before I die, she removes her fangs and stops draining my blood. I'll need blood in the next 24 hours if I'm to be ok... Why has she done this? Oh god, has Bishop got to her? Is this why she has been so horrible to Sam and Amelie - she got stressed as to why Amelie wasn't telling her the secret (which is the one good point in my life at the moment... Before this, I hoped that Claire and I could... No, I cannot trust her - she's nearly killed me) that she has? So she ran into Bishop's arms and he got her to incapacitate me... No. She's going to overthrow Amelie.
He must have done something to her, put something into her, to make her so eager to go onto his side... It's horrific.
"I am so sorry," Claire repeats with tears in her eyes. She tries to touch my hand but I jerk it away, not wanting to touch her. She's left me like this, half dead, and she wants me to accept 'I'm sorry' - she's had blood this morning... Why has she done this? If I touch her, she'll horrify me even more - I don't know if I'm going to forgive her ever... If this is her, and not Bishop's influence, I will hate her forever. Especially if she is going to ruin Amelie and Sam's happiness.
"W-why?" I ask her, looking deep into her eyes.I'm so confused as to why she's done this.
"I can't live under Amelie's rule anymore - she is too nasty and cold to be the ruler," she says. So it's as I thought... She's going to overthrow the only person fit to run this town. The only one who knows the amount to give and take to keep relative harmony - Bishop never managed it, and neither will this girl. I don't have a clue who this girl is in front of me. One thing I'm certain of... She isn't the Claire I fell in love with. "But I never wanted to hurt you, I swear!" Claire cries, tears overflowing down her cheeks.
"S-Sam was right..." I say, tears escaping my eyes and streaking down my face as well. I should have listened to Sam - he said that Claire was dangerous, that she was going to cause pain to us, but I never listened. I never expected Claire to be ablto do something like this. "G-go away," I mutter before I use the last bit of my strength left in my body to turn away from her. I cannot look at her anymore... She's completely disgusted me. I never thought she'd be able to do anything like this - it's completely disgusting.
Oh my god. What has happened to my wife? What's happened to her mind, her beautiful sweet personality, her love for me? Do I mean nothing to her whatsoever that she will try and kill me... Or do this? It's like rape... She's violated me, left me here completely helpless without blood. She's currently locking me in, making it so that I cannot escape this impenetrable room. Why did I make it so strong?
Please tell me... No, I didn't put the blood fridge in here, incase of emergencies. Oh my... What's happened to Claire?
Please, God if you exist, help my Claire... Let her realise that she's being manipulated by Bishop. Please.
Whatcha think? I thought Myrnin's experience was very sad!
D'u wanna know what Sam's plan for Claire is, with all his different parts of it next chapter?
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I also recommend you read x-teamvampire-x 's story - Christmas Time in The Glass House... Just say I recommended it :P hahahaha lol.
Vicky xx