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As the sun rose the next morning Deacon manually closed the steel shutters he had installed for the windows in his apartment, casting darkness over the entire top floor of the building. Lamps turned on automatically throughout the apartment and Tina looked up in surprise when the living room lights turned off.
Her good hand was handcuffed to the arm of a chair and her feet were still tied. Deacon had turned on his television for her but the program was boring and held her interest for only a few minutes at a time. With Deacon gone Tina was examining what she could of the apartment very closely, looking for a way out if she could break her restraints. The ropes wouldn't be too much of the challenge, but unless she wants to take the heavy chair with her, the handcuffs would have to go. If she tried to escape, the handcuffs would be the most difficult to deal with.
"All closed up," Deacon announced, entering the room.
Tina glanced at him and smiled. "Are you ever going to let Blade know you have me?"
Deacon frowned. "What brought this on?"
She shrugged. "I'm just thinking. If you're trying to use me as insurance you'd better let him know that I'm not dead or turned. If I don't show up within the next few days and you don't contact him he's going to come after you."
"I was going to do it tonight," Deacon said, "but if you're that impatient we'll do it now." His eyes had turned cold and he opened the laptop computer that was sitting on his coffee table.
"How are you going to contact him?"
"I have a connection to every computer in the city through this. I've contacted him before through Whistler's computer, we can talk and he'll be able to see you," Deacon explained, fidgeting with the tiny video camera on the table. "He'll know I'm not lying."
A few moments later Tina heard Whistler's voice pour over the speakers and saw his face appear on the screen. He looked angry and shocked that Deacon had contacted them, but after grumbling for a few seconds he went to get Blade.
"Act scared at least, will you?" Deacon snarled at her. Tina shrunk away from the sudden change in his voice and he smiled coldly. "Better."
Blade's face filled the screen a moment later and Tina heard him ask, "What now Frost?"
Deacon smiled. "I met someone very interesting last night Blade. Seems you sent her to kill me."
"Well, seeing as you're not dead I'm guessing she is."
Deacon chuckled. "Far from it. She's sitting right across the room from me now."
"Tina?" Blade's voice came over the speakers and Deacon nodded to her.
"I'm okay Blade. A little banged up but . . ." she swallowed hard, "but Deacon's taking good care of me."
"What do you want for her Frost? Money? You know I don't have any."
The vampire laughed again. "I don't want money Blade, I just want you and your buddy to move along. Get out of my city. If you leave, I'll let her live. But if I get word from any of my familiars that you've been tracking them or hurting them, I'll hurt her just as badly as you hurt them. You kill any of my men and she dies. If you try to come after me, I'll turn her into a vampire. Got the terms Blade? Need me to write them down for you?"
Tina heard the vampire hunter grunt unhappily. "And what makes you think I give a shit about that girl?"
Deacon smiled and turned the camera in Tina's direction.
"Beg him to stay away," he hissed, covering the microphone. "Beg him."
Tina stared at Deacon stubbornly.
"If you don't do it, I'll kill you the second I break this connection." He bared sharp fangs in her direction. "Don't think that just because I've been nice to you means I won't fucking kill you."
"Fine," she hissed. Deacon took his hand away from the microphone and Tina tried to stare tearfully at Blade's face. "Listen to him Blade, please. He's not kidding around, he'll kill me if you do anything." She held up her broken wrist. "He already smashed my bones, I'm sure he'll do it again. If you want me to live, stay away."
Blade stared back and he sighed miserably. "I'll stay away for as long as I can, but Frost is planning something big Tina. When it comes down to it and he pulls out all the stops you know I'm gonna have to come for him."
She nodded. "I know."
Deacon snarled angrily and turned the camera back to him. "You come after me and Tina becomes like me." He closed the computer and broke the connection, then stalked across the room to Tina. "What the fuck was that? You don't say 'I know' you beg for your fucking life!" H grabbed her hair and pulled hard. "You don't get it, do you? I'm a vampire and when it comes down to it, I'd rather just eat you than keep you around. Don't mess with me you little bitch, I'm not Blade, I won't take your shit."
"And Blade won't take your shit," Tina growled at him.
Deacon yanked her hair and she cried out, tears springing to her eyes.
"Listen to me one more time. You don't fuck with me and I won't fuck with you. Keep your head down, your mouth shut and do what I tell you and you'll live. For how long, I couldn't say but it won't be much longer if you keep pissing me off."
Tina cocked her head and smiled. "You forget quickly don't you Deacon? Losing your memory in your old age?"
He let go of her hair and stared at her. "What the hell are you talking about?"
"You already bit me. At the club before we fought. You tasted my blood."
"Stupid bitch," Deacon barked. "For a vampire hunter you sure don't know much. I have to take you to the brink of death. Your body has to physically begin to shut down its organs, your heart has to stop beating before you can be turned into a vampire. I can't just scratch you with my teeth and be done with it. It's more complicated than that."
"How interesting," Tina said dryly.
Deacon's hand shot out and he slapped her hard across the face. The skin over her cheekbone split and a thin trickle of blood spilled down her face.
"Don't fuck with me," he warned, then went to his front door and left the apartment.
Tina was left alone, handcuffed to a chair with blood seeping down her face. Her eyes narrowed angrily as she thought about what Deacon had done to her. Her plans for escaping left her mind and a smile made its way across her face. She was going to make his life a living hell and when she was finished, she would kill him.
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Notes: I'm on a roll today. :) Three chapters of this uploaded and one chapter of another fic. Enjoy.
As the sun rose the next morning Deacon manually closed the steel shutters he had installed for the windows in his apartment, casting darkness over the entire top floor of the building. Lamps turned on automatically throughout the apartment and Tina looked up in surprise when the living room lights turned off.
Her good hand was handcuffed to the arm of a chair and her feet were still tied. Deacon had turned on his television for her but the program was boring and held her interest for only a few minutes at a time. With Deacon gone Tina was examining what she could of the apartment very closely, looking for a way out if she could break her restraints. The ropes wouldn't be too much of the challenge, but unless she wants to take the heavy chair with her, the handcuffs would have to go. If she tried to escape, the handcuffs would be the most difficult to deal with.
"All closed up," Deacon announced, entering the room.
Tina glanced at him and smiled. "Are you ever going to let Blade know you have me?"
Deacon frowned. "What brought this on?"
She shrugged. "I'm just thinking. If you're trying to use me as insurance you'd better let him know that I'm not dead or turned. If I don't show up within the next few days and you don't contact him he's going to come after you."
"I was going to do it tonight," Deacon said, "but if you're that impatient we'll do it now." His eyes had turned cold and he opened the laptop computer that was sitting on his coffee table.
"How are you going to contact him?"
"I have a connection to every computer in the city through this. I've contacted him before through Whistler's computer, we can talk and he'll be able to see you," Deacon explained, fidgeting with the tiny video camera on the table. "He'll know I'm not lying."
A few moments later Tina heard Whistler's voice pour over the speakers and saw his face appear on the screen. He looked angry and shocked that Deacon had contacted them, but after grumbling for a few seconds he went to get Blade.
"Act scared at least, will you?" Deacon snarled at her. Tina shrunk away from the sudden change in his voice and he smiled coldly. "Better."
Blade's face filled the screen a moment later and Tina heard him ask, "What now Frost?"
Deacon smiled. "I met someone very interesting last night Blade. Seems you sent her to kill me."
"Well, seeing as you're not dead I'm guessing she is."
Deacon chuckled. "Far from it. She's sitting right across the room from me now."
"Tina?" Blade's voice came over the speakers and Deacon nodded to her.
"I'm okay Blade. A little banged up but . . ." she swallowed hard, "but Deacon's taking good care of me."
"What do you want for her Frost? Money? You know I don't have any."
The vampire laughed again. "I don't want money Blade, I just want you and your buddy to move along. Get out of my city. If you leave, I'll let her live. But if I get word from any of my familiars that you've been tracking them or hurting them, I'll hurt her just as badly as you hurt them. You kill any of my men and she dies. If you try to come after me, I'll turn her into a vampire. Got the terms Blade? Need me to write them down for you?"
Tina heard the vampire hunter grunt unhappily. "And what makes you think I give a shit about that girl?"
Deacon smiled and turned the camera in Tina's direction.
"Beg him to stay away," he hissed, covering the microphone. "Beg him."
Tina stared at Deacon stubbornly.
"If you don't do it, I'll kill you the second I break this connection." He bared sharp fangs in her direction. "Don't think that just because I've been nice to you means I won't fucking kill you."
"Fine," she hissed. Deacon took his hand away from the microphone and Tina tried to stare tearfully at Blade's face. "Listen to him Blade, please. He's not kidding around, he'll kill me if you do anything." She held up her broken wrist. "He already smashed my bones, I'm sure he'll do it again. If you want me to live, stay away."
Blade stared back and he sighed miserably. "I'll stay away for as long as I can, but Frost is planning something big Tina. When it comes down to it and he pulls out all the stops you know I'm gonna have to come for him."
She nodded. "I know."
Deacon snarled angrily and turned the camera back to him. "You come after me and Tina becomes like me." He closed the computer and broke the connection, then stalked across the room to Tina. "What the fuck was that? You don't say 'I know' you beg for your fucking life!" H grabbed her hair and pulled hard. "You don't get it, do you? I'm a vampire and when it comes down to it, I'd rather just eat you than keep you around. Don't mess with me you little bitch, I'm not Blade, I won't take your shit."
"And Blade won't take your shit," Tina growled at him.
Deacon yanked her hair and she cried out, tears springing to her eyes.
"Listen to me one more time. You don't fuck with me and I won't fuck with you. Keep your head down, your mouth shut and do what I tell you and you'll live. For how long, I couldn't say but it won't be much longer if you keep pissing me off."
Tina cocked her head and smiled. "You forget quickly don't you Deacon? Losing your memory in your old age?"
He let go of her hair and stared at her. "What the hell are you talking about?"
"You already bit me. At the club before we fought. You tasted my blood."
"Stupid bitch," Deacon barked. "For a vampire hunter you sure don't know much. I have to take you to the brink of death. Your body has to physically begin to shut down its organs, your heart has to stop beating before you can be turned into a vampire. I can't just scratch you with my teeth and be done with it. It's more complicated than that."
"How interesting," Tina said dryly.
Deacon's hand shot out and he slapped her hard across the face. The skin over her cheekbone split and a thin trickle of blood spilled down her face.
"Don't fuck with me," he warned, then went to his front door and left the apartment.
Tina was left alone, handcuffed to a chair with blood seeping down her face. Her eyes narrowed angrily as she thought about what Deacon had done to her. Her plans for escaping left her mind and a smile made its way across her face. She was going to make his life a living hell and when she was finished, she would kill him.
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Notes: I'm on a roll today. :) Three chapters of this uploaded and one chapter of another fic. Enjoy.