Chapter 25
"Too late"
Roy decided to head to the parlor to relax for a bit after the long day of cleaning. The only other person there was Remilia who sat in her chair enjoying a cozy cup of afternoon tea. Roy then came to the realization he was leaving small dirt tracks all over the carpets around the mansion.
"Captain, would you come over here please?" Remilia said with angst. Roy sat up and walked over to her as she stirred her tea with a fancy spoon.
"You need something?" Roy yawned as he noticed Remilia's pale expression as she looked out into the jungle.
"I wanted to apologize for what I did to you and Rhodes the night before." Remilia said sipping tea from her cup.
"I see…wait, what did you do?" Roy asked in confusion.
"I put you in a trance that's why you probably don't remember." Remilia said as she put the tea down on a small table.
"Well that's one part of it but would you mind filling me in on what you did exactly?" Roy chuckled.
"Well after we made love that night…"
"Whoa holy shit, we fucked?" Roy laughed.
"Well…yes…it was after that moment that I lost control of my reasoning and decided to…bite you." Remilia sighed.
Roy felt around his collar and then stopped as soon as he felt the teeth marks on one side of his neck, it was not an ordinary hickey mark; it was an actual bite wound.
"I didn't even notice it was there until now." Roy laughed as he took his hand away to allow it to heal.
Remilia laughed but then grew silent as she looked at Roy with sadness.
"I'm a vampire Roy..." Remilia said in angst.
"Oh yeah, so...you're a big fan of Christopher Lee or something." Roy chuckled.
"Are you serious do you think I'm trying to be funny, my 466th birthday was two weeks ago?" Remilia snapped as Roy thought for a moment.
"Well that would explain why I was hanging over a blood bucket a couple days ago." Roy muttered aloud.
"That would also explain the red wine and fish." Rhodes said as he entered the room alone.
"Oh yes you, Rhodes...you still remember." Remilia cooed.
Rhodes nodded.
"Yes I saw you were looking at me funny when Sakuya brought over that bottle, yes I drink blood for my vitality, yes I know you're never supposed to have red wine and fish but that's past the point I wanted to make." Remilia snarled.
"It's fine no need to get bent out of shape…I accept your sincere apology and I hope none of this garbage crosses our path again." Roy said as he folded his arms.
"Very well." Remilia said softly.
She sat back in her chair and continued sipping her tea quietly but as she sipped something caught her eye on the other side of the misty lake.
"Captain who is that approaching, is that your rescue division showing up early?" Roy grabbed a pair of binoculars and focused on what Remilia was looking at.
A platoon of roughly forty NVA regulars as well as a few Vietcong soldiers walked in a group passively advancing towards the mansion.
"Oh fucking hell not here not now." Roy grumbled as Rhodes ran to alert the rest of the mansion.
"Roy if this is the NVA you keep talking about I might have a plan to lure them into a trap." Remilia said as a smile stretched across her face.
"Look these guys are no joke and I can't risk getting anyone here killed." Roy said fiercely as he racked the bolt on his rifle.
"Not if you kill them all first, I have a plan." Remilia said whispering into Roy's ear.
The whole mansion got to work looking as inconspicuous as possible, all of the fairy maids hid in the attic as Roy, Rhodes and Sonu hid with Flandre in her playroom. Sakuya walked out to the front garden where Hong Stood by the gate with her arms folded. The Regulars chatted curiously to themselves as they approached the massive structure.
They stopped at the gate with rifles pointed in all directions, an officer walked forward followed by a few translators. He spoke to Meiling thinking she was Vietnamese, Hong raised an eyebrow and answered in Chinese. One of the officers looked back into the platoon and yelled a command. An older VC slung his rifle over his back and approached the gate. He looked like a stick had put on black pajamas as he walked over pressing his spectacles into his sundried face. He looked at Hong with a squint and then answered back to the officer.
"Who are you and what is this place?" The man with the glasses spoke sternly to Hong in fluent Mandarin. Hong nodded her head.
"This is the private house for the mistress Scarlet I am Hong Meiling the Gatekeeper." Hong answered in a serious tone. as the man translated her words to the officer
"You're not with the French or Americans or communist China?" The man asked.
"No we are just here on recreation." Hong answered.
Sakuya stepped out from behind the wall and headed back towards the mansion thinking the troops would not see her.
"Wait she is white, you said there was no Americans or French here why do you lie?" The officer ordered as a few of the soldiers put up their guns.
"We are…French Canadians…and we do not associate with our commonwealth, we are neutral here." Sakuya replied hastily in French. The NVA officer raised an eyebrow.
"French Canadians…in Cambodia, are you serious?" the officer chuckled.
"Well I accept your gesture in neutrality as the French would have merely fired upon us with our advance." The Officer replied in French.
"It would do us good if you would offer shelter for my men, we have covered much ground and are deserving of such a shelter." The officer said gracefully. Sakuya looked over at Hong who was petrified from fear.
"You may stay a few nights perhaps if you would be so kind to come with me." Sakuya nodded.
Without much delay the entire platoon of soldiers marched into the mansion, Hong was freaking out inside trying to hide her emotions as all the men continued to ogle her body as they passed by.
Sakuya continued to stride alongside the head officer, a Captain in the North Vietnamese Army who held himself up with a graceful posture as he walked. Sakuya could not help but notice that there was similarity in him that resembled Roy, it must have been the beard but in contrast he was a little shorter.