Tainted Vengeance
By: Sara Angeldust
Chapter 2:
Confrontation************
Disclaimer: Regular disclaimer applies.
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"Tainted Vengeance" was written by me, Sara Angeldust, as the theme poem for this story. It is my work, and is not to be used in any formal writtings without my permission. Thanks ^_^
Tainted death on tainted wings,
The blood inside your dead throat sings,
From where does all that pain start,
Look inside at your mangled heart,
Alone in the dark but not so scared,
As you sit there, all your thoughts bared,
No one can see and no one will stay,
Where does the road to your past lay,
Change and form to run and hide,
Left alone and dead inside,
Vengeance for blood is all you seek,
So now your future isn't so bleak,
You'll look and search for your prey,
On this earth he will not stay,
From now until death your blood has been tainted,
So now it is his name in blood you've painted.
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234 RedWood Drive, The Vampire Party
Raven watched out the window of her friend Michelle's green jeta as trees and houses passed by to her right. It had been almost 10 minutes since she had driven over to Michelle's where her friend had offered to drive to the party. Why Raven was going to something she so hated was a mystery to her. She knew that inside her mind it was because she didn't want to see her friend get hurt, or worse, killed. Yet for some reason, she wondered why she even cared what happened to the 17 year old girl. Raven had seen many friends come and go, and she never felt any kind of link to them to go so far as to protect them, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't quite figure out what made Michelle so special.
Before she knew it, they had arrived at the house. Raven again took a look out of her window to see it. By most standards the house was normal, there was nothing too suspicious about an old Victorian house. It could have been the house of a rich man and his wife, or a house some small family had inherited, but Raven knew much better. She could sense the definite vampiric aura almost leaking from the nooks and crannies.
As she expanded her mind to intake all the potential aura's, she could also sense a good number of humans, and even what felt like a witch. Maybe they would luck out and the witch would be a hunter.
Hearing Michelle say something, stopped Raven's train of thought and she focused her mind to the excited teen.
"Wow, that sure is a snazy house. I wonder if we'll meet any rich guys here? What do you think Rave? Should we make an entrance?" Michelle said flicking her light brown hair away from her face, looking with excitement in her eyes, waiting for Raven's answer.
Raven again diverted her eyes to the house. The aura's inside seemed to almost dance in front of her face, challenging her to take the step and enter. Raven never did turn down a reasonable challenge, besides, this group was a powerful one, maybe she could spot that louse Vailor.
Turning back to Michelle, Raven spoke.
"Well in the words of a very wise person, lets rock and roll."
"In more ways then one." Raven thought as she opened to door and got out of the car, Michelle only a step behind her.
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Nikolas stood against the wall of the stuffy living room of his twin brother Christopher's house. The music blared as loud as was humanly possible, the party having just gotten totally under way. With that said a large mixed group of humans and well known vampires had formed on the dance floor. After standing with his arms over his chest in the corner for at least 20 minutes the music had begun to annoy his ears. Vampire or not, when rock music is turned up to a certain level, it tends to create a steady pounding in ones head.
Sensing something move close to him, Nikolas looked up as he sensed his brothers' girlfriend, Sara Vida, walk up to him. Her shortened blonde hair gave away a look of authority, as Sara had once been the second daughter of the famous Vampire hunter Dominique Vida. Yet Vida or not, she had been turned into a vampire. This occuring after she had been seeking vengeance on Nikolas for the hatred her family possessed for him, for killing one of their ancestors. After trying and failing, she had ended up as a vampire after a fight with him and Christopher had left her half dead. Christopher had changed her into a vampire in order to save her life, and after at least a year of being away in another town, apparently trying to find her vampire self, she had returned to Christopher, her ill feelings for Nikolas gone. Nikolas silently thanked the humans God for taking her hatred away, she was deadly with it.
Well I'm surprised. I thought you would be having fun Nikolas. This is your party after all, and you sure have been excited about having another party after 6 months without, so Christopher tells me.
Nikolas noticed Sara speaking to him telepathically, instead of trying to yell over the banging music. He thanked her for not provoking his headache anymore.
I am having fun. You forget it is not the Devil's Hour yet. That's when all the fun really starts. I'm just saving my energy for that certain human. By the way, you should do the same. You look kind of pale. Nikolas said, real concern in his eyes.
No that's ok. I only feed off of criminals. The innocent aren't my kind of food. Sara said, taking a long glance around the room at all the innocent teenagers who would probably be losing their lives this night.
Nikolas saw this and nodded his head in response. Nikolas didn't see why it was such a big problem to Sara that they were killing these people. Nikolas never killed those who didn't want it or deserved it, and they always made sure to invite teenagers who would have either committed suicide otherwise, or would not have been missed because of their lack of family and friends. Although he had been feeling a bit of sadness for his victims ever since Sara came into his brothers and his life.
It was then that he noticed that others guests where arriving. He looked toward the door as one of his fledglings, by the name of Blake, opened the door for the pair of girls standing outside. He noticed that there were only two of them, and both girls were not bad looking at all. One was brown haired, and seemed to be a bit of a trend setter. She wore a blue skirt with a white sleeveless top and knee length brown boots, while the other, who was black haired, was totally different. The first thought that came to his mind was that she was the one invited, because of the dark way was she dressed. She wore a leather jacket with a black shirt underneath, black flared pants, and black boots. The only amount of real color he could notice on her body came from the silver necklace around her neck, proving to him that she must have been the one invited. Pentagrams were not something most kids that age were wearing.
The brown haired girl flipped her hair out of her face, flirting with Blake, before entering the house, while the black haired girl just looked around the house nonchalantly, walking in by her friends side.
Nikolas immediately noticed that the brown haired girl was human, but for some reason, he couldn't seem to get a very good sense of the black haired girls aura, which he figured was either hidden, or just too weak to sense. He did notice though, that her skin was a bit pale, but her body didn't look the least bit sickly. That was when his eyes locked with hers. They unnerved him a bit, because of their dark green pigment, which he had never seen before. Yet he stared back at her, her eyes piercing his with no fear at all. This is what made Nikolas put a mental note in his head to look for her when the Devil's Hour came. For now he stopped his dead lock stare with the girl and followed Sarah to another hallway, on a mission to find something else to occupy himself with.
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The walk to the door and into the house was the longest Raven had ever experienced. Although the place and people didn't make her nervous, she did feel a bit of an omen hanging in the air. As soon as they had entered Michelle started flirting with the first male looking thing she could find. This of course, was a vampire. A young one, but snakes were born with enough venom to kill a man. Vampires were just as deadly, no matter what the age.
Although Raven felt no fear, she did feel a tingling on her spine, telling her there was a presence in the area that she should fear. As she looked around the room she felt pulled by an energy she had never encountered. There, to her left, she found the source.
He was handsome, probably 5 ft 9 or taller, darker brown hair pulled back into a small pony tail at the base of his neck. Raven could tell right away that he was a vampire, and a powerful one too. Probably the one who was hosting the party. She stared into his night black eyes with interest. There was something human about him, although he was definitely vampire. She watched him as he gave a small smirk and broke their eye contact. She watched him even as he walked off down a dark hallway, probably to find some food. She didn't blame him. It was almost 11:45, and the Devil's hour was drawing close. Even she could feel the dull pull of blood that she didn't need, but that was integrated with her new genetic code.
As she looked around the crowded room, Raven lost sight of Michelle. She sighed. The last thing she wanted to find was the girl dead, or worse, a vampire. As she walked throughout the room and around hot and sweaty bodies, she noticed little about the room. It always seemed that when she set her mind to something it cleared away everything else. So when someone tappd her on the shoulder, Raven noticed nothing but a small chill. But as she walked farther into the house, searching for her friend, she began to notice the presence following her. She finally stopped and turned around, just to come face to face with another vampire. These guys really must really be sensing something about her that night.
The vampire in question was, of course, handsome, with blonde hair and black eyes.
"Hey there sweetie." He said in a sweet and sticky voice. Vampires loved to play with their prey, but unfortunately for this one Raven was no where near being prey.
She tried to ignore him, but an arm around her waist stopped her from going anywhere. She wanted to rip it off his body. She let it go as he began to whisper nonsense words into hear ear, another vampire trick. She thought about punching him, but decided against it, which was when she noticed that he was moving her to a dark hallway off the living room. Before she could fight back, knowing what he was trying to do to her, Raven noticed Michelle. To the casual on looker it looked as if the two were kissing, which as Raven got closer, was all that it was. But Raven was cautious and ready. This guy wanted what the vampire clutching her wanted. Blood.
The guy trying to seduce Raven was now moving her to a bench like chair next to the wall. She didn't fight him, trying to make sure that he didn't suspect what she was going to do. As they sat down the vampire tried to kiss her, but she turned her neck in time for him to miss her mouth and land on her cheek. This of course was no problem for him, since it meant easier access to her neck. Raven wrapped her hand around the back of his neck, as if to invite him closer.
Come on you leech, just try it.
Raven said, taunting him in her head. His kisses began to get more needy and began to travel down her jaw line to her neck. Here he stopped and teased a bit, which he did Raven made sure her hand was in position behind his head. As if on cue the vampire extended his fangs, as she felt the pressure on her neck Raven quickly and nonchalantly grabbed him by his hair, jerking her hand back towards herself. She heard a deadly snap as his neck broke, his body becoming limp.
Leaving his body to rest against her Raven, looked over to Michelle and her own vampire problem. They were still kissing, but Raven knew that he could strike at any time.
The weight on her shoulder began to annoy her, so Raven quietly dropped the dead body on the floor. As she did, she again felt the overpowering aura that she felt when she walked in. She dismissed it as her minds paranoia and looked back to Michelle. The vampire had made his move and plunged his fangs into her neck. Without hesitation, Raven grabbed her knife from her ankle sheath. Quickly, Raven reached forward and stabbed the vampire in the heart, this caused him to let go of Michelle and notice Raven. But it was too late. Raven twisted the knife to the right, killing him. As she began to resheath it, holding the half dazed Michelle up, a blow to her head sent Raven spinning to the floor. Stars flew in her line of vision as she felt her jaw crack as she landed hard floor. The floor now too was pinning, and she could feel a massive headache coming on.
"Not good, not good at all." Raven thought as she fought her spinning head, trying to get up from the ground as quickley as possible. Whatever had hit her, it's aura was coming closer, and it probably would attack again.
As Raven got to her feet, she saw him. It was the same brown haired guy she had seen earlier, the one with the pony tail. And to her horror, he was moving towards the now unconcious Michelle, who was lying half dazed where Raven had left her. Having lost some blood from the first attack, Raven was positive that Michelle wouldn't be able to take another bite. Raven searched for her knife, finally finding it on the ground close to where she had fallen. She grabbed it as slowly as she possibly could, so as not to attract the attention of the vampire. As her fingers grasped the hilt, the vampire reached Michelle, and Raven was afraid she would be too late. Without thinking Raven lunged at him, her expression deadly, her hand swiping the knife towards his face.
"Leave her alone!" Raven growled, getting the vampire's attention. This caused him to turn towards her in time for Raven for the knife to make a small slash at his face. He saw this move and shoved Raven away from himself, causing her to slam against the wall next to the lying Michelle.
Raven hit her head hard against the wall again, making her already large headache boom in her ears.
As she opened her eyes she stared at the vampire, who was now laughing and touching his cheek. As he moved his hand away from his face, they both noticed the small line of blood, which came from the slice on his cheek. The vampire stopped laughing.
"Well,well. Look what we got here. Blood." He said, laughing a bit. "I'm surprised you could draw blood."
Raven tried to move, seeing as the vampire was semi distracted, but she found she could barely move. The pain in her head was almost overwhelming now, heard headache turning steadily into a large migrane.
"You surprise me." The vampire said, finally looking up to meet Raven's eyes.
"First you kill my guests favorite fledglings…" He said as he took a step towards Raven, beging to walk in a small semi circle around to her other side. She struggled to move, knowing if he attacked she would not be able to defend herself.
"Then you kill another fledglings. May I say I didn't like him that much, but he was a guest non the less…" He took another step forward.
Raven's mind raced. She had to move!
"Then, not to be out done by your last action, you invoke one of our favorite challenges…"By now the vampire was close enough for Raven to feel the overwhelming strength of his aura. She struggled not to faint, as he moved closer still.
"Did you know that if you spill the blood of a vampire he has the soul right and pleasure of killing you?…" As he spoke those words, he vampire reached her, his black eyes piercing her green ones as he wrapped his hand around her throat. Raven felt the pressure as he squeezed her wind pipe, gently at first ,but the steadily with a force that Raven knew would kill her if she moved.
"Go…ahead. Kill me." Raven said, giving him his cold stare back. This just made the vampire smile.
"Just…let…just let her go." Raven said, motioning her eyes towards the now waking Michelle. The vampire, never lightening his hold on Raven, looked Michelle over before returning to her.
"A sacrifice. How noble of you. I'll let her go. But not you." He said as he let go of Raven's throat. She gasped for breath when he did, massaging her bruised throat. It would be painful for a bit, but she would be ok. It was then that he noticed the vampire move to Michelle, and she almost jumped up as he lifted her into his arms. She eyed him as he turned back to face her, the girl being held with a strange gentleness.
"I'll take her to a safe place, but I warn you. You'd better be here when I get back." With those words Michelle and the vampire disappeared.
"But the chase is so much more fun." Raven heard in her head.
Suddenly, Raven came to her senses. She couldn't ignore what the vampire had said, yet she had to move, and do it fast. Slowly, she got up and looked around the hallway she was in. Fortunately it was a kitchen hallway, and near the end she saw a screen door. Raven ran for it with vigor, stumbling a bit on the way there. She reached the door and kicked it open.
Unfortunately, she was greeted with the sight of the vampire. He was fast.
"Now," He said, giving her a bit of a smile. "I thought I told you to stay there?"
For the second time that night, Raven's mind raced. Then suddenly, what she should do came to her. Standing up straight Raven smiled at the vampire. He gave her a quizzical look, but she had already begun.
Raven's body began to shrink and twist. She felt her spine grow smaller, the vertebrae contorting and fusing together. As she began to fall to the ground, she felt the comforting feeling of her black fur growing over her human skin, her limbs growing smaller and more feline like. As her eyes contorted and adjusted, Raven felt her teeth enlarge and her canine's taking the place of her smaller, human teeth. Finally nearing the end of her change, she came into a world of magnificent smells and sights. No longer did she hold the weak sight and smell of a human, but Raven could feel the very presence of the world around her, and wafted the air open mouthed,getting a good sense of her surroundings. Finally she was finished, predator body taunt, perfect, and ready for anything. She was a panther.
Raven mentally smirked at the vampire, who looked at her with amazingly little surprise.
"Well, well." He said, his eyes brightening. "A shifter. This will be fun."
With that comment, Raven took off into the woods. This night would be a very interesting one.
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Second chapter redone too. Woot. I'm glad I went through this one, it was jumbled badly. This is one chapter you will have to read over if you have already read this story. I changed A LOT of stuff. If you liked this one keep reading, there are 7 more to go. And please feel free to review this story. Any and all comments are excepted. Arigatou
-Sara Angeldust