Sakuya was not about to leave me near any windows after the ones I ended up shattering. I was hoping that meant that I wouldn't get stuck with cleaning duties, but that's exactly what I ended up doing. A mop and a bucket were tossed in my hands and an entire section of the mansion was given all to me to mop. Every single hallway was to be sparkling by the time the sun came up. That was a lot of time to get the job done. Though, I thought.
Mopping had gotten so dull that I was already on the verge of sticking my head in the bucket and drowning myself by the time I had the first hallway cleaned. It was only made worse when Sakuya stopped by to see how I was doing just to tell me that it wasn't a good enough job and demanding that I mop it all over again. Seriously? What else was there to do? You put the mop in the bucket, get it soaked in the soapy water, take it out and start sweeping. Somehow, I managed to fuck up even that simple task. So with my teeth gritted, I merely answered the Chief Maid with a hardy "Yes, ma'am," and got to mopping all over again. That hallway quickly became my enemy.
The amount of time that I worked on that single hallway? No clue. It was early in the morning by the time Sakuya finally felt that the hallway was clean enough. I didn't like the idea of working all night because now I wanted to sleep and the day was just getting started. I was told to go to bed, but I wanted to get some fresh air instead before the sun got too high in the sky and that's what I did.
I sat on the large stoop right outside the mansion's front doors just wishing for a cigarette to pop into existence in between my lips. God knows I wouldn't last another day without some nicotine in my system. That's when I began to wonder where the nearest seven eleven was to the vampire's villa. With that in mind, I figured I would go and have a chat with Meiling the Gate Guard. I hardly ever see her since she's outside and I'm stuck inside. With the Gate Guard in mind, I stood up and walked down the stone pathway through the courtyard towards the front gate.
When I got to the gate, I peeked through it in my search for Meiling. I did not see her. No one was on the other side of the gate. Of course there wasn't. That's just my luck. I figured maybe she wasn't on duty yet, so I decided to see if I could find Sakuya instead in that labyrinth I'm forced to call home.
As I walked down the stone path back to the front doors, I looked up at one of the few windows (one that I hadn't broken) on the second floor and spotted a figure looking out from inside. I got closer to the building and I was able to make out who the figure was. It was exactly who I didn't want to see before bed. I'll give you two guesses on who it was, but you're only going to need one.
It was that little vampire, Remilia. I reckoned she would be sleeping in her coffin by this time, but nope. She was looking down at me, judging me with those devilish eyes of hers. Hopefully I wouldn't bump into her before I made it to my bedroom. I was just too tired to deal with any complaints she had. Let's be honest, I could be at one hundred percent and still be too tired to deal with her. Our agreement had not made it any easier for me to be her servant. She's just that much of a hassle to deal with. There was still plenty of disagreement between the two of us. One being that she insisted that I call her master. That wasn't going to happen. I agreed to be her servant and that was it. I'm never going to recognize her as my master. I haven't even fully recognized what I was. I wasn't human, yes, but I… Just thinking about it left me dizzy.
The vampire, unexpectedly, gave me a friendly wave and it was then that I realized something completely off about her. What was it, you ask? Well, for starters… it wasn't the vampire. It was actually someone else. I got closer to the window and squinted my eyes as I tried to figure out who it was in the window. I honestly thought it was the vampire. I mean, the girl was the same height and had a set of wings just like her. But her wings… weren't wings at all. Or were they? The person's figure was darkened by the dark background behind her so it was hard to make out, but it looked like she had twigs sticking out from her back with glowing things dangling from them. I was too far down to be able to make an accurate description of them.
The person in the window pressed their face up closer to the window and I was then able to see a pair of glowing red eyes. They were unmistakably like the vampire's. Even from this distance, those eyes stood out like a sore thumb. But unlike the vampire, this person, this girl, had blonde hair. I was almost sure it was blonde. Was she another worker at the mansion? I don't remember seeing any other workers other than the fairies, Sakuya and Meiling.
The blonde girl in the window waved at me again and I waved back this time. Her lips then moved. She was saying something. I'm no good at reading lips, but I made the educated guess that she had said "Hello".
"Hello to you too!" I replied back with the shout of my voice. "Come down here so we can talk better!"
I'll admit it. It probably wasn't a good idea to try and meet this person. I mean, I have no idea as to what she could be. I hoped she was just a normal human being, but those eyes instantly threw that possibility out the window. So why was I asking her to come down? Simple curiosity. That's it. If she's anything like the nonhuman Meiling then I would be glad to meet her. But if she was the opposite then… Well, let's just hope for the best, shall we?
The girl shook her head in rejection to my offer. She curled her finger in a slow, inviting motion. Instead of her coming down here, she wanted me to come up there. Not exactly a problem, but I'm calling it now; I'm never going to find the room she's in. I can barely find the main staircase as it was and she wants me to find some random room I've never been to? Knowing its position from the outside didn't help any. With that said, I was going to try anyways.
I accepted her invite with a nod and ran back inside. My first destination was the second floor and my first act of finding the blonde girl was by searching the rooms closest to the front courtyard. Should only be a matter of time until I found the one she was in if I did that.
There were a lot of rooms to check, but, one by one, I checked every single last one of them. Unfortunately, every single one was devoid of life or otherwise. Just a bunch of unused bedrooms. Not a single girl with blonde hair and odd wings was found. Quite frankly, I was bitterly disappointed. The longer I went without knowing who that girl was the more determined I became to find her. The whole search felt like a dare in a way and that was what was motivating me alongside the curiosity. Stupid reasons to risk poking around a bear's den in search of someone who could turn out to be that bear, but I've done stupider things.
All the other rooms on the second floor of the west wing became the next targets of my search. Again, I came up with nothing. It was getting frustrating real quick. I couldn't possibly search the entire mansion, but I was, stubbornly, about to try. The third floor of the west wing was my next destination. Just a quick look around and then maybe I'd give up. I headed for the stairs leading to the next floor.
Just before I got to the flight of stairs, I heard the soft giggling of a girl and the sound of footsteps scampering up the stairs right above me. I quickly hurried to and up the stairs and to the third floor. Once I made it to the third floor, I glanced down the length of the hallway and spotted a figure darting around the corner. I caught a glimpse of blonde hair and that was my cue to give chase.
I sprinted all the way down the hallway and came to another one. Halfway down the second hallway was the blonde girl. I could hear her still giggling as she dashed on forward. Was she playing around? It seemed like it and I found it harmlessly cute. I went along with the strange girl's game and chased after her.
"You make everyone work this hard just to be able to talk to you?!" I called out to her amiably. She glanced over her shoulder, showing me a mischievous little grin that taunted me.
The end of the hall emptied into the center of another hallway running perpendicular to it. She would either go left or right and, if I remembered this area correctly, both directions led to a dead end. Our little game of tag was going to end in just a second. At least it would have if not for her impossible feat.
The sight stopped me in my tracts and left me staring stupidly and my jaw dangling. Now, it could have been simply because I hadn't been to bed in almost twenty four hours, but I kid you not that the girl, once she made it to the end of the hallway, had suddenly split into two separate girls who both then took off running down the next hallway in opposite directions, giggling all the way without a care in the world. I felt like something needed to be said, but the words were lost upon me and I just stood there in a quiet stupor.
Finally, the words came to me. "What fuckery is this…?" I asked.
Cautiously, I peered down both ends of the hallway in search of the blondes. I saw nothing. She (or they; I really don't know anymore) must have dodged into one of the rooms lining the hallway. But after the spectacle I had witnessed, did I really want to go looking for her? Well, I had come this far so with a heavy gulp, I picked a door and slowly opened it. The first choice proved to be the winner.
I poked my head into the room with a wary "Hello?" only to be greeted with a smack to the face. Nothing but white blanketed my vision as the force of the blow knocked me right off my feet, sending me to my back. The back of my head bounced off the marble floor. A few angry curse words would have flown out of my mouth at that moment had it not been for a sudden weight landing on my chest and knocking the wind out of me. Once my vision was done spinning, I found the blonde girl sitting on my chest.
"Gotcha'!" proclaimed the blonde. She was wearing a grin like she had finally captured her prey after stalking it for so long.
If I didn't know any better, I would say that stupid vampire had gone and dyed her hair blonde. The face of the girl sitting on top of me and the face of the one who had brought me into this messed up world were practically the same. The blonde's eyes were just like hers, save for a tint of sunset-orange swirling inside them. And she had fangs… Fangs of a vampire, no less. Slowly but surely, I was beginning to regret my decision to meet this individual. If this girl wasn't a vampire then I'd eat my fist.
The only thing about this second vampire that really stood out from the first vampire other than her blond hair was her wings. Could I even call them wings? They looked like tree branches that had sprouted out of her lower back. What I could only describe as gems was dangling from each wing. The gems were of a multitude of radiant colors. Weirdly enough, they sort of reminded me of Christmas ornaments. I felt the urge to start singing 'Deck the Halls'.
"Holy mother of God…" I gasped in fright of the two long fangs dipping down from the girl's sly smile.
The girl rested her chin in the palms of her hands, her cheeks rising higher and making her smile just a little wider and more chilling in appearance. "Not quite," she replied.
The girl was in a getup that was somewhat similar in style to the one the blue-haired vampire wears. She wore a cap on her head just like her, except this cap was red with a white brim and a pink bow tied around it. From underneath that cap was a ponytail that hung to her left. On her torso was a red vest over a pink shirt and on her waist was a large pink ribbon that held up her red skirt that nearly reached her knees. A white thigh-high was on each of her legs and those legs were placed on either side of my head, leaving what was under her skirt in plain view – a pair of snow-white panties. Ladies and gentlemen, I now had a vampire's who-ha-ha right in my face.
I wasn't kidding. Her crotch was literally right there! Her butt sat firmly in place on the center of my chest with a leg rested on either side of my head, opening up the perfect window right up her skirt. Those pair of snow-white lingerie was the only thing keeping me from seeing that beautiful part of the female body. The only way not to see it was by closing one's eyes and who would be that boring?
An ominous silence fell between the girl sitting inappropriately on my chest and myself. All the girl did was sit there and stare at me without another word. I tried to remain patient and wait for her to say something, but I was slowly losing my nerve. The girl was clearly a vampire and I wanted nothing to do with her. All I could think about was getting away from her and finding Sakuya so I could call her a bloody liar. She told me that the owner of the mansion was the only vampire. Unless I had misunderstood her?
The only sounds being made were the constant beats of my heart and the girl's soft humming. Her eyes were burning a hole into my brain. Eventually, I got fed up with her silence and said something to get a conversation going that would hopefully lead to her getting off of me so I could get back to my room.
"Uh, hello… Mind getting off me? Please and thank you?"
No response. She just kept gazing down at me. The nervousness of being stared at was quickly becoming a problem for me. Her beaming, oppressive gaze was hard to endure. I ended up looking away from her eyes. Instead, I looked right in front of me at that rather fantastic sight. I was kind of reluctant to tell the blonde vampire that I could see her crotch clear as day. I wasn't sure if it would set her off or not. But if bringing it to her attention would get her off of me then I may as well risk it.
I focused my eyes back on the white face of the strange girl. "Miss? Not to be rude, but I can sorta' see up your skirt," I kindly informed her.
You would think having her who-ha-ha flashing in front of a guy's face would be enough to get her to leap right off me in embarrassment, but no. She didn't even flinch at the news. She just didn't give a damn, apparently.
Oookay… Do I just push her off at this point?
At long last, she finally decided to say something and put an end to all the creepy silence.
"Wow…" she said in humble astonishment. A long pause followed before she spoke her next thought. "You have her eyes."
There are some things I really didn't want to be reminded of. Whose eyes mine looked like would be one of them.
The blonde's smile was suddenly replaced with a pouty expression. "I can't believe her. She never even said anything to me about it. Why didn't she say anything to me?"
It took me a moment to realize that last part was aimed at me. "I… I don't have a clue. Sorry…" I answered honestly.
"She never even consulted me, you know that?" she asked and I just slowly shook my head in response. She looked upset which sort of scared me. "My own sister… How could she go off and embrace someone without at least asking me first?" The girl let out a sullen sigh. "Stupid girl… Even if she is my elder, she should still have to ask for my blessing. Don't you think so, boy?"
I heard something that I did not like in the slightest. "Whoa, whoa, whoa! Back up a second… Sister? Who's sister?" I know there was only one possible answer, but I was hoping to God that she and that devil looked like each other only by mere chance.
She tilted her head, gazing down at me with child-like wonder then giggled cutely. "My sister, Remilia, of course."
The answer I dreaded, yet knew was coming… Not a single time did that vampire ever even hint on having a sibling. A younger sister, to boot. Then again, she hasn't said much of anything about herself, but you'd think a heads up on a younger sister would be something she would want to give me. Apparently not…
"Why haven't you come to introduce yourself to me sooner, boy?" the girl asked with an angry glare. "I waited and waited for you to show up, but you never did."
Dude… Just be honest and pray she doesn't rip out your throat.
"To be perfectly honest with you, kid, I didn't even know you existed until just now."
The girl rolled her eyes, annoyed. "Of course not… Why would my dear elder sister whom I love very much ever mention the likes of me?" she said with some bitterness evident in her words before letting out an angry huff, a huff that was directed right at me. "And I'm no kid. I'm a Lady and you have to treat me like one."
Oh, dear Christ, she's a yuppie little princess too!
"I feel for you, um… Lady. Really, I do, but could you please get up?" I asked exhaustingly.
The girl's lips curled into an eerie grin. "Why? Does having the younger sister of your master sitting on you bother you that much?"
"Nooo… It's just this marble floor is killing my back."
The girl ensnared me in a blank gaze, making sure my eyes wouldn't leave her face without her consent. "Your heart… I can feel its fast beat on my bottom. And that distinct rhythm it's making… It is one of fear. Are you afraid, boy? Afraid of who or what? Me? Do I frighten you, boy? Why? Am I really that scary? I don't mean to be. Honest." Her expression slowly changed from an unnerving, motionless look to one that had been wronged and was now ready to break down because of it.
She was getting upset and that made me panic. "Look, Miss, cut me some slack here," I said as I made an attempt to calm her. "I'll be real with you and tell you that I'm terrified, but that's because I'm in a very new setting. Call it cultural shock. So much has happened that I'm forced to be on my toes constantly. That's it. It's me, not you. Get it?"
An ominous grin came out of nowhere on the girl's face. "I get it…" She giggled. The blonde vampire repositioned herself so she was lying right on top of me, chest to chest, face to face. Her breath was as deathly cold as the other one's. "You're a lost boy in the woods, lost and afraid with nowhere to run, scared of the things that go bump in the night," she said, almost singing it.
Feeling slightly aggravated, I rolled my eyes at the girl. "If you want to put it that way then, yeah, sure…"
"But now I'm here!" she announced as she sat back up on my chest. "There's no need to fear now! I'm the younger sister of your master so I'll do everything that I can to protect you…" she said, smiling so sweetly, but speaking with words that pulled and gnawed at the strings of my sanity. That ominous grin returned. "Or will I? You look awfully tasty… At least my sister looked like she enjoyed your taste when she was chewing on you." she said as she licked her lips.
And the memories came back with a cruel vengeance.
She just had to bring that nightmarish memory out from the bottom of the trash can of my mind. The sounds of flesh and bone being grinded up came flooding back as if it was happening in real time all over again. My stomach turned on itself immediately. I cupped my hand over my mouth when my stomach twisted, then, without really thinking of the consequences, shoved the blonde vampire off of me with my other hand. I raced to my feet, ran to a wooden stand tucked alone next to the wall and leaned into it, nearly knocking the candle off of it as I felt some stuff in my stomach getting ready to fly out. I'm sure Sakuya would be pissed if I went and tossed my insides out all over the hallway floor, but if push comes to shove, I'll do my best not to aim for the floor and instead aim for the blonde little twat that put me in this queasy state.
The vampire in question was getting back to her feet after I sent her tumbling off of me. She brushed her skirt once she was on her feet, glaring at me with a huff afterwards. "Hey, now what was that for, huh? You're not supposed to push a Lady like that. What kind of gentleman are you? You hurt Remilia's already piss poor reputation doing things like that."
Anger was blooming and God knows I tried to hide it, but it snuck out with my words. "That vampire can burn in Hell along with her reputation for all I care and I wouldn't mind if you joined her," I sneered.
And the blonde vampire sort of stared at me in complete shock, jaw hanging low and all. Did I regret what I said? Yup.
The girl's dangling jaw was slowly brought back up to form a heart-piercing smirk. "Well, well, well… My sister's new pet has a mouth on him… A very naughty little mouth…" The blond vampire began taking slow strides towards me, all the while beaming up at me with those hell-born eyes. "Oh, what should I do? What should I do?"
The nauseating pain in my stomach was finally subsiding, giving me a clearer mind to think and act with. So I stood up straight and faced the vampire despite her eyes inflicting me with anxiety. "Look, I'm sorry, okay? I've been under a lot of stress lately and I'm not good at keeping my mouth shut when I'm upset. You can relate, right?"
The vampire stopped and narrowed her eyes at me, looking suspicious about if I was being honest or not. "Hmm… I guess I could forgive you. You are my dear sister's little boy pet."
"Let me clear something up real quick," I began, trying to ignore the plethora of insults thrown at me. "The relationship between your sister and I? It is not of an owner and their pet. It's more like a condescending boss and their pissed-off employee. Alright? Just want to make that clear with you."
"What did my sister offer you to convince you to be her pet?" the vampire asked. She had completely ignored what I had just said to her a second ago.
I took a few deep breaths to calm my nerves. "I didn't agree to this. At all. Your sister tricked me into becoming this… freak."
The girl blinked. "My sister… tricked you?" she asked, her eyelashes fluttering as she stared at me with focus.
I nodded tiredly. "Yes…"
She narrowed her eyes at me again. "Liar."
I was done talking with the vampire. "Whatever. Believe what you want. I'm going to bed. Being that witch's mistake takes a lot out of me." I gave the blonde vampire a half-assed wave goodbye and off I went back to my room.
"A mistake, you say?" the girl asked.
I stopped then looked back at the weirdo, confirmed with a loud and clear "Yes," and continued walking.
"Oh… I see…" the girl said.
That should have been the end of our conversation, but the sudden stab of icy pain in my back forced me to a halt. The sudden pain came with a cold sense of dread. It was a sickening feeling of déjà vu.
It was clearly a mistake, but I turned around to face the blonde demon, finding her staring at me with murder pulsating from the pits of her eyes. With her gaze having frozen me still, she began taking one menacing step towards me at a time. Being able to go from cute to horrifying at the drop of a hat must be some sort of art for these vampires because they were damn good at it.
"It all makes sense now," the hellish creature started, her lips pulled into an unnerving sneer. "My sister would NEVER sire a newborn without my blessing. She would never sire a newborn PERIOD!"
Her sudden shouts were like daggers right into my ears. My legs were even hurting, but not enough for me to be unable to use them. I would have been flying down the hallway in terror if her eyes hadn't trapped me. All I could do was take steps backward with my gaze tangled with hers, steps that went no faster or slower than the demon's own pace.
"She must have gotten too excited having a little fun with you. Isn't that right, boy?" the blonde vampire said with a callous hiss. "Lost in her little ride on you she was, wasn't she, dog?"
My heart skipped a beat. "N-No, I was dying when she found me. I swear it," I said, my voice strained by the fear that was quickly overtaking me.
"I'm sure you were, boy. How else could that light eater even manage to drain you otherwise?" The vampire was gradually showing her real features. Her fangs were protruding outward with a menacing shine at their tips and her nails were practically talons. "Don't worry, little one. I am Flandre Scarlet, younger sister of Remilia Scarlet, and as a fellow member of the House of Scarlet, it is my obligation to clean up her mistakes and I'll be doing exactly that by erasing YOU!"
A horrendous shriek followed the monster's declaration and she lunged for me, teeth bared and claws at the ready. That nightmare with the vampire was about to have a sequel, except this time it was the younger sibling she had somehow forgotten to mention that was going to play the part of slasher, unless I did something.
My survival instincts, God bless them, kicked into gear immediately and I leaped onto the defensive. I went into auto-pilot mode and allowed my body to do what it felt it needed to do because God knows that I was clueless as to what I could possibly do to this vampire, given my past experience with the older one. My hands reached for the wooden stand next to me and swung it the split second before the beast could carry out her insane obligation.
Shockingly, it was a direct hit. The table itself exploded upon impact. It blew up into shards of wood that scattered everywhere. As for the crazy bitch herself, she was knocked clean out of the air and sent right back where she was previously standing, except now she was on the flat of her back.
What had just conspired before me had trouble being processed in my head, but a few seconds later and I realized what I had done.
I stared at the unconscious vampire then at my hand. One of the legs to that now-demolished table was still in my grasp. I dropped it with a gasp. "Oh… my god…"
The girl was unconscious and I'm the one who did it. With nothing but a wooden stand, I knocked the hell out of the vampire. A certain amount of pride sprouted within my being. Slowly, a smile took place of my disheveled expression. I pointed boldly at the downed vampire.
"Ah ha! Looks like you really are just the younger sibling, the weaker of the two," I arrogantly said. I leaned down and picked up the leg of the busted stand then lobbed it over onto the vampire. "Eat wood, you little bitch." The vampire began to stir. "Eh?"
The now-conscious vampire moaned as she slowly sat up. Coming to, her eyes flickered. She shook her head wildly as she cleared her head. Once her mind was back up to speed, she glared hatefully at me then snarled.
"Ah!" I jumped back in surprise. Shit had just gotten real. I needed to defuse the situation and fast. "Look, Miss, you gotta admit that was a pretty sweet move on my part." Her snarling only grew in intensity and volume. I really didn't know what I could say to calm her down, so I decided to simply say what was truly on my mind. "If it makes you feel any better, I hate both you and your sister." The vampire jumped to her feet then let loose an ear-piercing screech. "Fuck this! I'm out!" I shouted then took off like a mad man. "Everything sucks here!"
Terrified out of my mind, I commanded my legs to go as fast as they could possibly go. I wasn't about to go through the same exact thing that I did with the blue-haired vampire so help me God. They did their job well, for I was already out of the west wing of the mansion. I wasn't about to question the inhuman speed I was moving at, considering it was keeping me as far away from the blonde vampire. Unfortunately I could still hear the ungodly howls coming from the vampire not too far behind me. I had to hide, but where?
After running my ass off, I made it to the other end of the mansion – the east side, I believe. I saw another row of doors leading to what I presume to be bedrooms so I picked one at random and ran to the door. I grabbed the doorknob, opened the door and slammed it right behind me. I don't know if I was lucky or unlucky, but I managed to find Sakuya's room. How did I know it was hers? Well, because she was standing right there in the room with me, standing in front of a full-length mirror in nothing but black underwear and… well, that was pretty much it. I invaded her room just as she was changing, it would seem. The fact that she was able to get my mind off the blonde horror chasing after me speaks volumes of how gorgeous her body was. And those boobs, man… Those boobs… They were of pretty good size and were nice and round. If only I wasn't being chased by the spawn of Satan. I would be telling Sakuya how beautiful her milky skin was right now.
We just sort of stared at one another for a few moments, a lone clock somewhere in the room ticking away the seconds. Sakuya's expression was like that of a deer caught in a set of headlights, but her face slowly became red as her brain kicked into gear.
Liking what I saw, I nodded in approval. "Your uniform betrays how big your boobs are. And those hips are amazing!" I kindly informed.
And just out of nowhere, she threw a knife at me that barely missed my ear and stuck into the door behind me.
"Sweet Jesus!" I exclaimed in shock.
"Isaac, what do you think you're doing?! Get out!" Sakuya shrieked vehemently with an arm held across her breasts.
Of course, her shouting gave my position away. The demon started beating at the door, all the while making that hellish howling sound.
I stood my ground despite Sakuya's demand. Even after that sudden knife throw, I was obviously more afraid of the blonde. "You kidding me? Do you not hear that bullshit out there?" I asked as I tried to act as a barricade for the door as it rattled madly behind me.
The demon's howls and her battering of the door came to an abrupt stop. I turned to face the door, listening ever so carefully for movement on the other side. Was I about to open that door? Hell no. I was content with staying in that room with my barely-clothed coworker until the end of time.
The demon outside hadn't gone anywhere as I had hoped. She was still out there, snickering like a crazed hyena.
"What in the world is going on?" Sakuya questioned.
The horror struck again before I could try and answer my understandably confused colleague. I hoped the arm that suddenly punched through the door was enough of an explanation for her.
The demon's hand grabbed me by the front of my shirt before I could leap back out of its reach. "She's gonna eat me!" I screamed. The demon jerked me forward, bouncing my face off the door one time, a second time, and a third time for added insult.
Sakuya hastily threw on a bra and came to my aid. She grabbed the knife she had thrown at me, pulled it out of the door and stuck the devil with it, right into the forearm. I don't know why she was keeping a knife in her bedroom, but I didn't care in the slightest given the fact she had just saved my poor ass. The demon let out a hurt yelp as she lost grip of me and reeled in her arm.
The demon let out another horrid screech, nearly piercing our eardrums. The door was assaulted with a vicious beating once more.
Sakuya marched up to the door with a huff. "Lady Flandre, is that you? Please stop terrorizing Lady Remilia's new servant," she requested politely.
I grabbed her by the arm. "Are you nuts?! The bitch is trying to kill us!"
"Careful with what you say. That's the younger sister of the Mistress."
"Yeah, we fucking met," I uttered waspishly.
The demon broke through the door with a sudden bang, blasting it off its hinges and scattering the room with wood fragments. Sakuya and I dove to the floor, barely managing to avoid the flying debris. We both rushed back to our feet just as the pompous monster strolled herself into the room, lips curled into an insane crown. For all that was holy, her accursed eyes looked like they had a raging inferno inside them!
The blond vampire snickered now that she knew she had me backed into a corner. "That little knock to the head you gave me got my imagination going. How exactly I'm going to erase you has become an annoyingly complex problem," she said in a warped voice.
The situation was going down the shitter real fast. My mind raced to find a solution to this hell I was trapped in. Eventually, something finally came to me. It was something desperate, but it was something at the least. I ran over to Sakuya, picked her up then tossed her over my shoulder.
"Isaac! What the hell are you doing?!" Sakuya exclaimed, upset.
"Getting us the fuck outa' here!" I declared, clearly out of my mind. I wasted no time and rushed towards the demon blocking the doorway.
The blond creature raised an eyebrow. "What are you…" she started but never finished her thought.
Once I got close to the little wretch, I swung my leg upward with all my might. My foot went flying up between the girl's legs and BAM, I hit my target dead-on. I had just kicked a vampire square in the crotch.
Tears rolled down the vampire's face as the pain settled in. "Y-You…!" she struggled to say, her voice now a little more high-pitched than normal.
The vampire was paralyzed from the pain so that's when I took my chance. With Sakuya in tow, I shoved the vampire to the side and ran like mad.
"Isaac, I… I can't believe you just kicked Lady Flandre!" Sakuya said, understandably surprised.
"Don't worry, Sakuya! I'll save ya!" I loudly announced.
"No you won't!" Sakuya stated.
And just like that, the half-naked, gorgeous lady I was carrying over my shoulder like a keg was suddenly gone. I came to an abrupt stop. My eyes zipped across the corridor in frantic search for the Boss Maid, with no trace of her being found.
"What the fuck?" I said, bedazzled by whatever it was that had just happened.
There was no one to be found in the hall. There are no bedrooms down this hall so Sakuya couldn't have simply hid. Just what on Earth was going on? Was I going insane? Was all the anxiety finally getting to me? I didn't know. I had no answers for anything.
The corridor had only me as an occupant, but that soon changed. From around the corner appeared that dreaded, blonde vampire. I gasped as she slowly walked towards me, her hellish eyes staring into my soul, making it quiver inside of me. I was tired from having sprinted off as fast as I did and I was almost certain that the vampire was more than capable of running me down if I tried to make another run for it in the diminished state that I was in. In short, I was downright screwed.
"You kicked me…" she grumbled. "You kicked me in my private spot. And now I think I'll kick you in yours."
I gasped in fright. I saw it. I fucking saw it. It was like some kind of vision or something. I saw the damn vampire kick me, but it wasn't just some everyday kick. It was one that made me explode! How is that even possible?!
"Are you ready, boy? I coming for yooouuu!" she announced and immediately rushed for me.
It was over. All over. I was about to die after only being in this world for a short time. And to think I was about to die within the damn walls of the mansion. If that other accursed vampire had only told me she had a sister then I could have been more prepared.
I covered my head, not wanting to watch it happen. "Oh, God, please forgive me," I prayed.
Suddenly I heard a loud screech from leather going across marble. I uncovered my head to see a surprising sight. Standing in front of me was that blue-haired vampire. She stood in front of me staring at the blonde vampire. They both just stared at each other for a bit before one of them spoke.
"Why, hello there, Flandre," the elder vampire said.
"Good morning, Remilia," the younger vampire said. "Would you like to explain what that is standing behind you?"
Maybe I'll finally get an explanation for why she changed me.
The blue-haired vampire shrugged her shoulders. "What's there to explain? He is my servant. That is it," she said dismissively.
Guess not…
The blonde stomped her feet, causing the floor to shake. "Are you fucking kidding me right now, Remi?" she shouted angrily. "You go off and embrace someone without so much as telling me?!"
"You watch your mouth when speaking to me, Flandre," the elder vampire said assertively.
"I can't believe you! What would daddy think of you now?"
"That's neither here nor there now is it not, Flandre?"
The blonde vampire turned around and began to walk away. "Fine! Forget you! Just remember that he's my pet also," she said with a huff.
Like hell I am!
She stopped for a moment, turned her head and looked at me with a wink, sending a chill up my spine. "See you around, boy toy," she said before heading off. In a few moments and the blonde disappeared back around the corner. What a shitty way to meet someone. I need to not bother meeting anyone unless I absolutely have to.
The other vampire said nothing for a while. She then sighed. "Flandre, Flandre, Flandre… We'll talk about this later. I promise."
"That's sweet and all, but when were you going to tell me the extremely important fact that you have a god damn little sister?" I asked.
She turned around and glared at me. "Don't you have floors to mop?"
"I'm serious!" I exclaimed. "You barely tell me anything as it is, but the fact you didn't tell me you had a sibling was just stupid."
The vampire began walking, paying me not so much as a glance. "I will tell you what you need to know and nothing more," she said.
"You having a sister didn't qualify?" I asked in bewilderment, but the vampire said nothing and continued walking. She too disappeared around the corner. I did nothing but sigh.
"What is with you? Can you at least throw me a bone here?" I asked the no-longer-present vampire.
"She works in mysterious ways."
"Wah!" I jumped in surprise from the sudden voice. It was just Sakuya. She was fully clothed in her uniform. "Jesus, girl, don't surprise me like that."
"My apologies, sir," she said with a bow. "You should go to bed. There will be plenty of work for you when you awake."
"Yippy, skippy…" I said, agitated with the news.
Today I met a second member of the Scarlet family. It wasn't a nice meeting to say the least. It was a shit day and I'm sure more shit days were on their way. All I could do was endure them one at a time, and constantly wonder what goes on the inside of that blue-haired vampire's mind.