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The Taste of Blood, pt. 3
By Holybear
Voices.
Quiet ones, but voices nonetheless. They pushed their way into his mind, penetrating through the gentle, comforting haze sleep had created. They brought him crashing into reality, back to the place he didn't want to go.
But he didn't have a choice.
Duo stirred, a warm feeling spreading over his face as light poured onto his closed eyes. His eyes tightened as he attempted to hang on to sleep. It rapidly became useless.
"Is he awake?" A boy's voice, soft and slightly feminine. I know him, Duo thought. Quatre
"I don't know." Another one, deeper and more masculine. Heero With that thought, Duo forced his eyelids open and gazed around with a glassy look.
"Duo!" Quatre cried cheerfully. Duo smiled at the other boy's obvious joy. "How are you feeling?"
"Like hell," Duo responded. Noting the worried look on Quatre's face, he said, "Hey, I've been through worse."
"You've lost quite a bit of blood," Wufei said suddenly. "Do you have any recollection of what happened?"
Duo frowned. "Well," he started, "Me and Heero were going to the tattoo place. He reminded me that I wanted to go to the comic store, so I told him to go ahead and wait for me. While I was looking at the display, I heard this weird noise, like a cat or something. I looked in the alley, and this woman came up to me. She said she was my savior, and then she bit my throat. After that, she made me drink her blood from her wrist." He watched the stunned faces of his friends in amazement. "What's wrong?"
"What you said sounds an awful lot like the way you become a vampire," Trowa answered. Duo stared in surprise. What is he talking about? "Did you notice anythingodd about her?"
Nodding vigorously, Duo said, "She was really pale. And her eyes were so damn freaky; it was like they were glowing. Her skin was cold, too."
Trowa turned to Quatre and whispered in his ear. Quatre looked at him for a minute, then proclaimed, "Trowa and I are going to the library. He thinks there may be a book explaining this."
"I'll go with you." Wufei grabbed the first aid and followed the other two.
Duo laughed suddenly. "Heero," he asked between giggles, "You don't really think that they think I'm a vampire, do you?"
Heero shrugged. He moved closer to Duo, grasping his hand. After studying it for several minutes, he said, "Duo, you are very pale. And your skin is ice cold. It is unlikely that vampires are real, but if they are, you could be one. I highly doubt it, though."
"You're crazier than me, man," Duo quipped with a grin. "Vampires aren't real! They're some old drunken Irish dude's imagination in overdrive."
Heero stood. "You decide." He went to the door, then turned and said, "If you need anything, just call."
Duo smiled. "Thanks."
"Hn." With that, Heero left, leaving Duo with a barrage of thoughts. He sighed and threw the covers off his body. Stumbling over to the mirror, he gasped out loud. His skin was whiter than the shirt he wore, whiter than the sheets he'd been lying on. Duo's mouth dropped open at the sight of his eyes. They gleamed unnaturally with a violet light. He saw his canine teeth had grown longer, more prominent, and a hell of a lot sharper. Duo staggered away from the mirror, panic racing through his veins. This wasn't possible; it just couldn't be! Vampires weren't real...were they? Flinging the door open, Duo paused. He stared, unbelieving, at his hand.
In it he held the door. By opening it with such force, he had ripped it off its hinges. Duo sucked in a deep breath. Okay, I'm a gundam pilot. I'm strong. I could have easily ripped the door like that. But in the back of his mind, he knew it wasn't true. There was no way he could've done that, even if he was a gundam pilot. Without a second thought, Duo dropped the door and ran downstairs like a bat out of hell.
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Holybear ^.^