chapter 5: simple misunderstandings
Armen blinked rapidly as his vision was distorted and blurred
"Ugh..what the hell happened?"
"I flew off with you!" A voice chimes in, Armen looks up, his vision no longer clouded and he beholds a strange looking liminal girl, she didn't look like a dragon or a griffin of any kind...her huge wings were veiny and looked bat like, her skin was creamy white, her face didn't have scales, but was cute like a porcelain doll with one sharp tooth sticking out of her pink pouty lips, her eyes were Crimson red and slit pupiled, her hair was silvery white and swept behind her back and past her broad wings her ears were long and pointed like an elf but had gold rings hanging from them, her physique was, well-endowed to say the least! More so than ember and Astraea's combined! Her hips much wider and her chest protruded out even more obviously and modestly, and speaking of modest her choice of wardrobe wasn't exactly that! A onesie white and red dress that cut it two at her thighs and ended at her knees with red marking aesthetically scribed into it, an opening in the chest area giving him a very good eyeful of her massive mammeries, she also headlong detached selves with golden pendants around them and even a couple of rings on her ankles and a silvery grey choker around her neck(ironic right?).
"Who are you?"
She leaned down and lifted his head up to her face" you can call me Stella, Stella Demoraa"
"Ok then..Stella, why did you kidnap me?"
Her signature Cheshire grin returns
"Because I plan to make you mine...and to find out the truth..."
"the truth about what?"
"Don't play dumb...I know you only act sweet around those two because you have to! No sane man in his right mind would dare try to cozy up to an emberwing or a griffin so carelessly so you either have to be the biggest idiot I've ever seen or just plain crazy! You know how dangerous she is and can be and yet you treat her like she's just another girl"
Armen was confused for a second
"Look I don't know who you are, or care about why you kidnapped me, but I care about those two girls more than you could ever conceive , and what gives you the right to stalk us and talk about ember that way?!"
"Because I can drain you to a withered husk in seconds and I could easily have you on your a** with just one hand! So try me human, and how dare you talk to me that way!" She slaps him across the face" show some f*** respect to a superior being you low class wretch!"
"I have no respect for pompous, stuck up, high and mighty bitches like you!"
"Why you inferior little insect!" She hauls him up by his shirt "who do you think you are?!"
"Heh! Name's Armen Mahoney...but you can just call me Armen…"
Astraea lands on the ground a little ungracefully and quickly scurries up to the house flinging the door open.
"Ember!"
"Hey featherbrain! what took you two so long? And where's Armen?"
"Th-that's what I wanted to tell you!"
Ember stops playing and gets up and walks toward her
"What are you talking about? Where's Armen?" She demands, beginning to worry
"He-he..." She holds out his bloodied jacket and broken phone "someone took him"
Ember couldn't speak, she was petrified…the one and only person she cared about had been taken from her again, she snatched and held the items in her hands, then sobbed quietly to herself.
"How?...how did this happen?"
"I-I..."
"You were supposed to be watching him...you were his guardian" Her voice became louder and more furious
"Ember I-"
"You're were supposed to protect him goddamnit! Why didn't you?! WHY?! That's all you had to do!"
"I know ember!" Astraea roared with contempt "you think I don't blame myself?! You think I wanted this to happen!? I've blamed myself the whole time all because I got distracted for a single moment! And I'm supposed to be a symbol of vigilance and bravery, but the one man...THE ONE FUCKING MAN I swore to protect I failed..." Astraea reprimanded herself, ember walked up to her with an unreadable expression on her face and punched the living daylights out of her and proceeded to wail on her until she fell to the ground
"...that's for going back on your word…and in no way shape or form will I ever forgive you anytime soon for losing my boyfriend...but we have bigger things to worry about..." Ember snarls , Astraea coughed up blood and even pulled out a broken tooth, it would grow back, but the mental scar had left its mark, but she felt she deserved her pummeling for losing him
"I can live with that…I don't deserve the benefit of the doubt..."
"Shut up, get off your ass and come on!" Ember says running out the door and taking off
"I will ask you one more time and please be truthful with me! Why do you put on this facade for these girls? Do you feel sorry for them? Or do you just fear them so that you do your best to put it a brave scowl to appear stoic and noble?"
"And I'll tell you again...I act this way around then because all they are , are misunderstood girls who need a tender touch to help them shed they're tough outer shells-guaghh!" Armen groaned and as she punched him in the gut
"Enough bullshit human! You can't fool me! Why would your kind even care to get to know us, you just see us as disgusting and revolting fetishes for you to direct you're vile carnal desires on! We're not people to you! We are nothing but lust filled crazes for you disgusting little creatures!"
Armen though for a case one and realized 'this sounds like the exact same thing that ember said to him when they first met'.
"Well no matter! I will learn the truth soon enough..." She says edging closer to him, placing her hands on his shoulders
"what are you doing?"
"Finding the answer I'm looking for! now hold still...aahhh! ~Gawp~!" She opened her maw revealing her long fangs and sunk them into his flesh
"Agh! What the hell are you-" his vision began to get blurry as he staggers back toward a wall
"Whaht dich you do to...me?" He slurs
"Think of it a bit like a truth serum, normally a vampire's bite either drains blood from veins or slowly mutates your biology until you die and reanimate as one of us. But for certain "gifted types" we are blessed with added abilities, like to control the minds of our victims and make them say or do whatever we want...for example…move you're left arm" and he brings it up "now put it down" then it slumps back to his side
"H-how did you-" his voice was returning but he was still woozy
"Now tell me the truth human...how do you truly feel about them?"
Armen began to groan is his vision blurred even more, the agent seeping into his brain tempting him to give in to all his negative and fearful emotions, he grasped his head as he felt the words subconsciously begin to dribble out of his mouth
"I-Its true, I do fear them sometimes…. sometimes I'm even afraid for my life, so I put on a brave mask out of fear" he admits
"just as I thought…..it's sad really, I thought with the way you acted you'd at least be wholesome and steadfast in your answer, but oh well, in the end you sing like a songbird in the face of adversity. But I'll change that when you're mine for good-"
"it's true….but at the same time I act this way not just for myself, but for them too….they act so brave and stoic on the outside, but on the inside I know they are hurting in some way, and it can be rough entering a world where you're not exactly welcome all the time, I put on this façade for them because I want to be there for them and I'm afraid that I'm not strong enough to protect them….they are so fragile and sweet girls who are just and delicate and impressionable as children no matter how much abnormal power they wield or they're status as legendary creatures, to me, they're just misunderstood girls"
Stella was floored, her snide satisfaction had been toppled by his undoubtedly sincere words, and it didn't seem like he faltered or lied in the slightest, almost every human she bit and made do her bidding always had dirty secrets and horrible things to say or had done…. but this man…no! no human could resist her before why should he be able to?
"Fine I guess I'll have to try other measures! Get up! On your feet damnit!" with that he is on his feet, then Stella wraps her arms around him and begins grinding on him
"Do you like the way I look? ~ do you like the way it feels?~ Any guy would jump up at the opportunity to be with me, and now its you're turn! You want me right? You wanna ravage me don't you?"
Armen pushes her off, his mind still slightly clouded, but conscious enough to think, Stella looked at him, completely floored once more "W-what are you doing?"
"Stella stop…please"
"How are you doing this? You're supposed to obey me! Why are you pushing me away? How can you resist me? Don't you want me? No man has ever been able to resist me!"
"Because no man you've seduced must have ever had the willpower, common sense or self-restraint to stop you! Because of course they'd never miss the opportunity to plow a hot girl that just so coincidentally comes onto them like a slut! I'm not into selling myself out for a flimsy promise of a one-night stand but get tricked and forcibly exposing myself for a selfish, arrogant little bitch!" he reprimanded, Stella gasped horrified, no one had ever said anything so cruel to her in her entire life, and this very thought drove her into an uncontrollable fury as she grabbed his neck and slammed him up against the wall
"YOU DISGUSTING LOWLIFE COCKROACH SCUM! Who the fuck do you think you are?! You are in no position to judge me you should be kissing my boot for even being allowed to be in my presence!'
"this the worst you can do? The dragon I live with is scarier than you…. so, cut the bullshit 'high and mighty' attitude! And take the reality check! You desperately need it if you think you can get away with this crap with everyone you little whore!"
"s-stop it, j-just stop it!' she cries out, chokingly
"stop what?! Putting you in your pl-"Armen stopped when he saw her wings droop to the ground, her grip loosened completely and he dropped to his feet, surprised to see that she was actually crying
"Are you crying?"
"N-no! i-im just…
"crying, look I know what I said was a little harsh, but you needed to hear it- "
"It's not that! You're right! I'm a despicable whore! All I do is trick guys and make their lives miserable! I don't mean anything by it but…I-im just…so lonely, every guy I try to hit on either just flat out rejected me, and all the homestays I was sent to rejected or feared me so much that they just avoided taking me in, I guess thats why I took to torturing men, to make them feel what I felt…all I wanted was to be normal, I know being a vampire that it will never be possible to live a normal life and the main reason people shun me, because I'm so dangerous and lust for blood…b-but its n-not my fault! Its just-I"
Armen started feeling sympathetic for her, what she had done was not to be malicious toward others, she was just simply hurting inside, like ember once was, and the only way she could cope was by playing and tricking those who wronged her. His good nature would get the better of him one day, but until then, there was a little vampire that desperately needed a warm hug.
Armen took up the despairing woman into his welcoming arms and held her tight, earning a surprised squeak from her
"what are you doing?"
"Giving you what you need. you're not a bad girl Stella, I'd know if you were, so stop pretending to be something you're not!"
Stella thought for a second, this guy was the weirdest and most direct she had ever met, then slowly wrapped her arms around his waist and snuggled into his chest, enraptured in his soothing warmth "I don't know who or what you are, but thank you Armen Mahoney, thank you for having such warm hugs and for knowing how to make a girl feel special and for having the guts to give someone a well-deserved reality check~" she cooed in an almost swooning manner
"My pleasure"
Stella stepped away from him after they're tender moment and smiled up at him, showing off her elongated fangs, but stumbled in her feet and fell into Armen's arms
"Stella! What's wrong?"
"ahh…hehe, nothing major! I'm sorry I just got this little weird condition, if I use my powers like that for too long it completely drains me of energy and I haven't used them that long before so I am exhausted to the point of collapse
"Well is there anything I can do?' armen asks, then Stella looks at his neck and blushes
"w-well there is one thing…. a-and you can totes deny if you want but…can I drink some of your blood?"
"…. excuse me?"
"I-I'm sorry! It's just, ya know I'm a vampire and all and its one of the only ways we can derive nutrition, plus I only ever used to suck out the blood of animals and even got donor blood packets, but I never drank true human blood straight out of veins before"
"u-uh w-well…."
"Please? I promise I won't drink too much! And it won't hurt, I swear!"
"W-well, as long as you don't drink too much" he held down his collar and exposed the crook of his neck
"Really?! Thank you!" she croons leaping onto him
"just don't bite down too ha-"
"~aahh gawp~!"
"Agh! I said not too hard! "but she didn't respond and began sucking away with a content and blissful smile on her face, it didn't hurt that much to Armen, it when from feeling like being injected by a booster shot, to a girl gently suckling on his neck, giving him a hickie
'his skin is so soft and warm, and his blood is so sweet, tangy and rich! its addicting like candy! ~oh if only I knew human blood was this amazing sooner~! or is his blood just special and so well balanced!' she thought to herself, once she had her fill she retracted her fangs and slumped off him drooling madly, shuddering with almost orgasmic delight
"y-you good?" armen asks, rubbing the two holes on his neck that had a pin lipstick mark on them
"~hahhhh~" she moaned as she swooned back and forth" that was incredible! your blood is amazing! I think I may have developed an addiction, I just hope I didn't take too much"
"Eh its cool, a little bite never hurt anyone…but I'm not gonna turn into a vampire or anything right?"
"Nah I wouldn't worry! I didn't inject the mutagen into your bloodstream, you'd know if I did, you'd get a nasty headache, you'd vomit up blood, you'd convulse and then…ya know…croak, it's really fast acting!"
"Ahh…cool, so where are we exactly?"
"An old house! Ironic right?"
"yeah you could say that, I'm just a little worried though"
"why?"
"well the last time ember had to rescue me she wasn't exactly the happiest camper when she found me, and she is probably royally pissed right now, I can't even imagine how mad Astraea is though…"
"well if they're looking for you wouldn't they be more of the side of worried?"
"says the mischievous little vampire that flew off with me!"
She giggles and shrugs" hey, comme ci commes ca…"
Armen chuckles and heads for the front door
"well it's been fun Stella, but I gotta go-"
"what? You're leaving already but we were getting along so well, I thought we were having fun" she whines, grabbing his hand and stares up at him with dilated puppydog slitted eyes
"you act like we just went on a date or something"
"Well…kinda, albeit the kidnapping part…..I mean you're really cool and cute and I kinda like you" she admits twisting a lock of her long silver hair in her finger, swaying back and forth almost innocently swaying her wide hips
"oh, uh well, um…would you like to be my new homestay?"
She gasps and looks up
At him with a hopeful gaze, her crimson red orbs glistening
"R-really?! You would do that for me?!" She asks bounding in front of his face with a biology defying smile plastered on her face
"Uh...sure, it's my way of saying sorry and I forgive you!"
Her heart soared as she squeals with joy, she leapt onto him and clung to his chest resting her head on the crook of his neck
"Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you THANK YOU!" She exclaims squeeezing him tighter, to the point where Arlen felt an unsettling crack coming from his spinal region
"S-Stella! You're squeezing t-to hard!"
"I told you I'd make you mine! And now you will never get away from me baby! You're mine forever!" She proclaims in an almost childlike manner
"Ugh...well-" then the front door bursts open, and in comes Ember and Astraea both battle ready
"Armen hang on! We're...coming" she then sees armen standing there with a very nervous expression on his face and a vampire with her arm snaked around his neck, pressed up against him
"WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?!"
"E-ember it's not what You think!"
"Here I am thinking something horrible may have happened to you and now I find uptick this dingy broken down hacker shack with some slutty vampire! Why the hell am I supposed to think?!"
"Slutty?! Who the hell are you calling slutty you pea brain fire spewing bitch?!" Stella retorts stepping up to her!
"Don't fucking test me you little hussy or you are going to find yourself defanged!"
"Master armen explain yourself!" Astraea demanded, gripping his shoulders, giving him a disapproving glare
"Uhhh...well, see I know it may sound strange and it's kinda hard to explain but, Stella here...is gonna be joint our family"
"WHAT?!" Both girls exclaimed