Selene stared at the statues face, not moving an inch of her body. It gave a smile while staring back at her, and then spoke "Now you will see."
In moments the fires faded out sending the whole room into darkness, swallowing Selene. It was so dark, that even her immortal eyes could not see a thing. Sitting and waiting, Selene stood perfectly still relying on her ears to sense what was going on. All she could hear was the quick rhythm of her breathing, and her inhuman heartbeat. As soon as she turned around to face the room, the vault door behind her flung open pouring white light into the room. Spinning around, Selene faced the light only to feel a wave of dizziness come over her. Trying to salvage her balance, Selene failed to step back fast enough and fell backwards toward the hard stone floor beneath her. In the few moments there was Selene waited for the familiar thud of her back hitting the floor, yet it never came. She seemed to fall further as if the floor had completely disappeared sending her deeper into the earth. What felt like a moment of loosing consciousness Selene woke by finally hitting a surface. It was not the cold stone surface she expected to hit, rather an uneven softer ground. Slowly opening her eyes she could see she lay in long thick grass outside a small cottage home. Sitting up slowly she let out a small moan, then took another look around. It was late afternoon, and there was not a cloud insight, a typical warm summer's day. Looking closer, Selene could see that the mud and stone made cottage was a very old style home, she was no historian but even she could see this was a time before Viktor, or even Hector. Smiling to herself she knew she had it figured out, this was a vision of the very first Vampyres coming into being.
Walking through the grass toward the cottage, Selene could see a woman inside washing clothes by hand in a basin. This wasn't any woman, this was the woman carved in stone held by a man either side of the vault door. Her face was covered with tears, but she did not let out a single sound of crying.
Selene reached the doorway, she knew the woman couldn't see or hear her, she was like a ghost. The woman's face shot up when hearing approaching footsteps
"Marcellus? Is that you?" She called, standing up.
"Indeed it is, my love," A tall man said walking in with a smile on his face. It dropped as soon as his eyes fell upon her tear stricken face.
"What is the matter?" His question was answered by her embrace. It was clear these two people were in fact the first Vampyres, yet at this point they where human.
Selene's attention was distracted to a young man riding up the path with haste
"Lord Marcellus!" The young man almost fell from his horse from yelling so hard, when it came to a sudden halt.
"What is it?" Marcus asked moving away from his wife. From the noise of the horse's hooves, and the young man's hollering, Selene had missed what the woman had quietly told her husband.
"Your brother, Lord Adrian, He has been attacked by a wolf!"
"Why has Nicholas or father not killed it?" Marcellus asked grabbing his chest plate and sword.
"The wolf was feral and it ran into the forest my lord. It must have infected Adrian with a disease. He is not himself, he ran into the trees yelling like a mad man. Nicholas did go after him, but he needs more help!" He explained.
"Give word to my father that I will find them both by nights end!" Marcellus instructed quickly strapping on his armour.
The young man rode away as with just as much haste, leaving Marcellus to prepare.
"You need not to go," She pleaded with him "Please, Nicholas can take care of it."
"Nicholas is still too young. With one wolf he could take it down, with many, I would be one less brother," He said sliding his sword into it's sheathe, and continued "Besides, you know which brother I'd rather keep. Adrian has caused nothing but trouble for us." His tome made it final, and she did not say a word more. Before leaving he grabbed is bow, facing her he gave her a smile, and reassured her "Do not worry yourself, there are other options yet available to us," He gave her a hug and kissed her gently.
"I fine huntsman I be, I will even bring back a kill for a victorious feed," He said, puffing his chest, standing in a hero like fashion making her laugh.
He traveled on foot down the hill, over the fence, through the moor and into the trees entering the edge of the forest. Moving along the edge of the forest, he reached a path that came from his brother's home. Crouching, he could see the tracks the wolf, small footprints of his younger brother Nicholas, and the heavier tracks of his older brother Adrian. Light on his feet, Marcellus, well built and fit, easily traveled a long distance in a short amount of time.
The forest led to the mountain side, a mountain side Selene only just recognized. The landscape was different but the mountain and position of the forest had remained in the same place. She did not recognize it at first since at this time it was not covered in snow, or merely as high.
It was almost nightfall, and Marcellus was getting cautious of the light he had left, until he saw the rising full moon slowly beginning to appear over the mountain.
"Perfect," He told himself, pushing on ahead. He knew it would give him sufficient light to return home. Like a ghost, she followed him right to the mountain's edge up to a cave. Before entering, he took up a branch and made a torch from items in his carry pouch, and lit it with a flint stone. Moving into the cave he lowered his torch to see all the same tracks again except for Adrian's tracks that had changed. He studied the tracks closer,
"Walking on hands and feet?" Marcellus was not sure if he was seeing it correctly, but it was all he could put it down to.
A yell, followed by growling and snarls echoed through the cave instantly grabbing his attention. Jumping too his feet, he followed the sounds until he caught sight of another torch deeper in the cave. Running until he could see what was happening, Marcellus dropped his torch, drew his bow and arrow, firing one shot. The arrow made a clean kill right through the wolfs head, Nicholas immediately pushed its body away,
"That was too close, thank you brother," Nicholas gratefully said climbing to his feet.
"Did it bite you?" Marcellus asked, concerned if Nicholas would get infected.
"No, I rammed my bow into its mouth to stop it," Nicholas said, holding up the bow as evidence, it was chipped and chewed from sharp teeth.
"Good. Return home! I will find our brother." Marcellus commanded.
"I am twenty-three years of age brother, old enough to make my own decisions."
"Twenty-three, with a wife and young child, that's a better reason for you to return home."
"You have a wife also," Nicholas argued taking up his torch. "We are just looking for Adrian that's all."
"Something about Adrian does not feel right," Marcellus said, picking up his own torch "Just this once, let me handle it." He asked his brother.
Nicholas gave in to Marcellus's stubbornness, and sighed "You always have to have all the fun, don't you?"
Marcellus didn't answer, he stood still watching Nicholas until he went, making sure he didn't follow him. Selene felt strange when Nicholas walked right past her, like she had met him before. She could smell his scent and feel the air current of his movement against her skin, but she was not really there.
Marcellus headed further into the darkness, it was becoming cavernous into the mountain, he hoped he would become lost. Never the less, he followed the tracks of Adrian that seemed to change shape every five steps. He came to a stop when the tracks came to an end,
"How could that be?" He asked himself, even more confused as to what was going on. No creature could disappear into mid air, he thought. His attention was quickly diverted to a sound scratching sound to his left. Lifting his torch, he could see a large faint shadowy figure crawling along the walls. From the fire the creature slowly crawled closer, and Marcellus could easily see it was no human or animal he had ever seen in his life
"Beast! You killed my brother!" Marcellus yelled, thinking this could be the only possibility there was. Opening its large jaws, it let out a snarl at him, its pointed ears tilted back, its large black claws dug deeper in the rock.
Marcellus took a step forward, and swiped at him with the torch in one hand, he drew his sword with the other. Angry from the hot flames brushing its furry face, it leapt into the air above Marcellus, who threw the torch in a defensive reaction thinking it feared the fire. This only started a chain reaction of events, the torch did hit the beast making its coat catch fire, as the beast flew through the air it stuck the roof disrupting awakening bats that came swarming down. The beast attached clung to the roof by its claws, its coat had gone out sending them all into pitch black. Marcellus stood still, he knew the bats would not fly into him if he made no sudden movements. The beast on the roof however, had grabbed a weaker part of the cave, which crumbled with his weight sending him down through the bats, and onto Marcellus.
Selene could see everything clearly, Marcellus was not badly harmed, only bowled over by the creature. Annoyed by the bats, the beast rolled over onto all fours, and made a run for it, all the bats followed. Marcellus started squirming around on the ground, from what Selene could see, one of the bats had gotten itself rammed down Marcellus's chest plate from the fall, and was trying to get out.
"You want out, I want you out! Just stay still!" Marcellus tried to reach in and grab the bat, but from its own natural innocence it thought it was being attacked or eaten, and sank its teeth right into the middle of Marcellus's chest.
"Argh!" Marcellus finally grabbed hold of the bat and pulled it out.
"You bit me, you little demon!" Marcellus threw it away. He slid his hand under his breast plate and clothes, instantly he felt his own warm blood against his fingers.
"Ouch!" He jumped when he accidentally brushed his finger over the wound.
"They bite hard," He muttered, sliding a clean piece of fabric over the wound. Selene had to admit to herself, this was not at all how she had imagined that this was the way the bat bit the Corvinus son.
Feeling around on the ground, Marcellus eventually found his sword. Taking it up in his hand, he used it to help himself stand up. The beast falling upon him caused a few ripped muscles and a large quantity of aches and bruises. Though, it was nothing to a man in that day and age of his build and strength. He stood for a moment to get his bearings back, and find his way out, but his path was shown for him when once again, when the yell of his brother Nicholas echoed through the caves.
"Nicholas!" Marcellus ran blindly through darkness. After tripping a few times Marcellus came to the entrance of the cave, where in the moon light Marcellus could fully see the large dog like creature with his mouth around Nicholas's throat. Marcellus dropped his sword, and once again drew his Bow and arrow firing upon the beast. The arrow struck the beast in the side forcing it to lose its grip of Nicolas. Yelping, it did not want to give up its dinner and bit into Nicholas's leg, in an attempt to drag him away. Marcellus fired off another arrow hitting him in the shoulder, then swiftly another one again into his side, then another into his arm, and finally he let go of Nicolas. It retreated into the trees leaving Marcellus to fall to his knees. Breathing hard Marcellus did not know what was worse, the unexplainable horrific pain in his chest, or the fact his little brother lay dead in front of him. Each pain made the other one worse.
"I will hunt it down little bother I promise you. I will avenge your death!" Marcellus stood up, he wanted to pursue the creature, but his lungs felt too tight, every part of his body ached, he felt cold, his vision blurred, it was like drowning in an icy cold lake. Selene watched him fall to his stomach, and grabbed his chest gasping for air. Selene knew this pain having experienced it herself when Viktor bit her. Eventually, Marcellus passed out. As he lost consciousness Selene seemed to lose her own vision, it returned again as Marcellus came around.
It was clearly early morning, and the sky was growing lighter. Sitting up slowly, Marcellus was horrified to find his brother's body was gone. All that remained, was a trail of smeared blood, his body had been dragged into the caves. Marcellus clenched his teeth furious the creature had come back to finish his meal
"Argh! I will kill you demon beast!" He instantly stopped when his echo flung back, it sounded ten times as loud stinging his ears.
"What's happening?" He gasped covering his ears from the loud sound. Only Selene could see his eyes where bright blue. Slowly getting up, he gave only small moans of pain. Looking into the cave seemed different, he could actually see through the darkness into the depths below. Nicholas was not in sight, there was only a blood trail, no remains, nothing. Marcellus knew he had no chance against the beast in such a weak state, and decided to return home.
Marcellus was much slower on his feet this time he struggled to get over the fence, and up the hill.
"Marcellus!" His wife called with joy, seeing him walking up the path. She had been waiting up for him all night. Exhausted, he almost collapsed on top of her
"We must go inside," He told her, walking with her to the door. "And lock the door behind us!" He said, collapsing onto the table. She did as he asked, then returned to him
"Marcellus, what is the matter! What happened?" She panicked seeing her husband so pale. She placed her hands on his shoulder, and rolled him onto his back, she couldn't believe how cold he was. "You're freezing," She said, still in a panic. She ran into their room, and grabbed every blanket and skin she could find, dragging it out into the kitchen. Dropping it onto the floor, she quickly moved around him pulling off every weapon, undoing every buckle, until only his chest plate remained. It took her a lot of effort to pull the breastplate off of him, and she had to jump out of the way when it fell onto the floor.
Immediately, she pulled back the fabric over the blood covered area revealing the bite, it was small, but deep. Running from one place to another, with a tear covered face, she boiled water, wrapped him in the warm blankets and skins, then slowly with the hot water and a rag, she began to wipe the blood away. Selene stood on the other side of the table, her eyes fixed on the bite that began it all, and what was happening to the skin around it. What she had thought was a tattoo like Marcus's was his skin swelling, and veins turning black and blue making a pattern on his chest. His breathing steadied from the warmth, and the pain eased.
"Celina?" He called his wife. For a moment Selene thought he was talking to her, Selene did not like this similar name coincidence. His wife leaned in closer to his face to hear him better, and let him know she was close.
"I am here," she said, now calm and happy he was responding.
"At day break, send a message to my father, that both my brothers have been killed," He told her, his own eyes filled with as much tears as her own. Closing his eyes, he lost consciousness for a second time, and like before Selene was thrown into darkness.
Vision returned to Selene, when Alexander Corvinus walked through the door. His face held much grief, as he walked through the house heading toward the bedroom. There had been a time gap in her vision since Marcellus was now in bed, sitting up against the wall. He still looked extremely pale, the rungs under his eyes where black, and his blue eyes shined from their dark sockets. The tattoo like black and blue markings was now complete, and all his veins where a black or blue easily seen through his almost translucent, white skin. His father remained back horrified by his remaining son's demon like appearance.
"It is alright father. No demon holds me, I am my own man, I am completely in control of myself," Marcellus was quick to explain, "It has to be an infection of some sort, I was bitten after all."
"Celina was telling me you feel better now?"
"Yes, I feel fine, better then fine. I can't explain it but now I feel stronger then I've ever had before, I can hear things from further away, I can see things at a greater distance and in the pitch darkness," Marcellus was the only one excited about his new abilities.
"Let me have a look at you," Alexander gave his son a medical check, and recorded all his findings in a small notebook.
"From what I can see you are physically fit, and there appears to be nothing wrong with you, except for your clear like skin and your body temperature is cooler then normal. However as for the rest, you seem better then healthy," Alexander scratched his head. "Although in saying that you may have got some skin or maybe blood disorder from the bat."
"What about his eyes?" Celina asked.
"I'm really not sure. For now stay here, do not go to the village or speak of this to anyone. I will aid you in what ever you need, if anything changes tell me immediately."
"I will." Marcellus answered. Alexander walked out with Celina into the kitchen
"Where is the rags and bowl you cleaned his wound with?"
"Over there," She said, pointing to the bowl that still contained the bloody rag, and a little of the blood stained water.
"I haven't had a chance to clean it up yet."
"I'm going to take that if you don't mind?"
"Take it, it is not good for anything now," She said, picking it up and handing it too him.
"Please send for me immediately if his condition changes. I know he can be stubborn, but I don't want to lose my last son," He said, placing his hat onto his head.
"It will be the first thing I do," She said with a sympathetic smile, "I promise."
Soon after Alexander left in his horse and cart, Marcellus was up and about.
"You should rest," She told him off, trying to lead him back to the bedroom.
"There is too much to be done and it is almost midday, I cannot let you do all the work."
"You are ill you need to rest," She was not going to back down this time.
"I feel fine, besides I need to take my mind off the events of last night," He said walking out into the kitchen.
"Marcellus!"
"No, I'm..." Marcellus stopped gasping at the hot burning pain in his right foot "Argh!" He yelled in pain lifting it up. He had stepped back into the sunlight pouring through the open door.
Celina ran to his side as he knelt on the floor
"What happened?"
"I'm not sure, it felt like I dipped my foot into boiling hot water," Marcellus cringed, he looked down at his bare foot that was red, and blistered.
"It's the light, you stepped into the sun light," She said, and pointed it out "Look."
Marcus frowned looking at the bright rectangle on the floor. Slowly he put his finger out and reach out toward the light, before his skin even touched the lights rays his skin began to feel hot and eventually burn.
"It's hot," Marcellus said in horror.
"The rest of your skin is going red too," she said as the white flesh she hugged began to turn red. She took her hands away, where her arms had been was still white, "What ever this virus is in you reacts to the sun."
"My skin, it's like its paper thin," He moved away into the darker shadows. "It's so hot in here."
Selene stood back watching him hide away in the shadows, eyes glowing blue from the shadows, he was fully changed. Vampyrism is born.
Sorry for the wait, Ive been very busy, my brother is getting married soon. Besides it is the holidays and Im taking it easy. PLEASE dont blab about the new underworld film it hasn't come out here yet. I live in a beatiful contry at a price, its so bloody far away from everything else giving a delay.
Thankyou for your reviews and waiting
-Evelyn
dArK-dAeMoIs-DeA: lol typical fanfiction, it always goes down when you want to post something! I kind of have an idea on how to bring the humans and immortals together but it needs a bit more work.
Synch14: i know you like telling me things about the film and I know you will get to see it before me but please do not tell me anything about it at all, nothing.
Chou-hime: Yeah a little detor around the joining until I figure how lol.
The Bricadian Poetrist: Im sure you did fine :). Surgery isnt as bad as people think
renegadedrow: Thankyou. Listen (Im not saying this in a nasty tone) I wasn't the best student in class, thats when i was in class. The reason I am writing is to try and inprove and learn and I want people to tell me where I went wrong. Im not very literate, and it doesnt help when you say its disgusting (cause I already know that lol) and dont even say what it is exactlyIm doing wrong. Im not saying edit the entire chapter just a hint of one or two things. Anyway the large break I had I tried to get my partner to teach me, I dont think I did a very good job I dont learn very fast. Please be a little kinder in your wording when telling me, I get enough shit about it already and I am trying. Thankyou again for your review :)
Glil: Lucky! I have to wait another couple of weeks. We would have got it when it originally was suposed to come out but cause we are a small city in the furthest country away from any others theycouldnt fit it in and made a big delay. Bastards! Viktor will rise :).
Christian Jonsson: Ah Saxon hasn't been behaving himself that much :D lol you can see not many will welcome Viktors return.
angrytolkienpurist: Thankyou very much:) I dont usually take this long to post, so sorry about the wait!
