Chapter 3 : The awakening
My eyes opened, and I tightly shut them again, to the searing pain of the sun. I gasped at the sudden brightness of light. My headache was horrible. I tried to sit up but found myself hardly able to move, my body did not want to get up. I lay back against my pillow, and called out.
"Quatre! Heero! Trowa! ANYONE!"
I heard footfall coming from down the hall, and my door busted open. There stood Quatre, looking tired and annoyed.
"SIT BACK! You shouldn't be moving." He scolded me; he seemed to be doing this a lot recently.
"I can't move that's why I called you, the light is hurting my eyes could you please shut the curtains, I have on hell of a headache," I tried to give him a faint smile, and it seemed to not be at it's usual potency. The look that I got back from him was one of pity and deep concern.
Quatre moved around the room, shutting the curtains and then coming back to help me sit up so that he could fluff my pillows. I lay back on the soft satin bed and sighed deeply. Quatre sat down on the next to me and placed his hand on mine.
"Do you remember anything that happened last night?" He asked me. I took a deep breath.
" I remember leaving and going to town, and drinking a whole hell of a lot, but I don't remember much after that." He looked back down at me.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes." I replied, I hoped that my lie would go over well; I had no idea if he would buy it. The look on his face gave nothing away.
The events of last night played themselves over and over in my head. I couldn't believe that it had happened at all. I felt empty, oh so empty, like I had no life left in me, and according to what I remember I really didn't.
I could feel a single tear leak out and roll down my face, and I tried to hastily brush it away before he would notice.
* * *
I watched Duo, and he thought that I did not know that something was wrong. I knew that there was something wrong, severely wrong. I knew this when the single tear rolled down his face, and he tried to hide it from me.
Something had happened to Duo all alone last night by himself. Something horrible, and I for one was going to find out what it was.
He looked delicate, and fragile, lying there in his bed all by himself, paler than I had ever seen him before.
* * *
I woke up later that evening, to a nightmare that had played itself over and over again in my head, the huge moon and the glistening fangs, of Zechs digging themselves into my flesh. I had dreamt that Heero had seen it all and in all of the horror, he left me there lying on the side of the road, disgusted by what I had become.
I looked up towards my window and jumped, startled. It was open. The curtains fluttering in the breeze. I turned and looked, there he was. He stood there dressed in a white collared shirt left unbuttoned halfway down his chest, he wore tight pants that hugged his hips and showed off just how manly he was.
It was strange that I found him amazingly beautiful in the moonlight, but all thoughts of beauty were gone, as he gave a fanged grin and laughed softly. I was about to open my mouth to scream, when he spoke.
"It would not do to scream, mon cher, for I would kill all that would come in this room."
I closed my mouth then, horror splayed across my face. He chuckled again. "You are so humorous to watch."
That was it, I decided then to get angry, go me, and said in a harsh whisper.
"I do not find it funny, I do not find it funny that you stand here and laugh at me, and I do not find it funny that I have no Idea what the hell is going on."
His face changed from one of amusement to one of anger, but the look was gone just as fast as it came.
"Why are you here?"
I already knew why, but I wanted to know straight from the source, straight from the mouth of the devil.
"I think you know why, " I nodded, I did, I knew exactly.
"Do you know what I have done to you?" I shook my head, how could I possibly know?
"In that case I shall explain it to you. Do you know what a vampire is?" I nodded yet again.
"Good. That is what you are, or at least will be in a few days."
This time I shook my head and, another tear ran down my face. I wanted to deny it, just run and never look back, but deep down in my heart I knew it to be true, and it killed me. No pun intended.
He saw the tears this time, and moved forward to meet me, taking his hands he laid them across my face and wiped my tears away with his fingertips. I looked up at him, and I felt that same petrifying fear that I felt that same night. I remember the feel of his lips upon my neck and, the sharp fangs moving deeper, and deeper into my flesh.
I struggled from his grasp, and he moved with me, faster than I could ever be. He grasped my face again, "You will never escape me."
My eyes widened, even more than they already were, and then I looked into his eyes, and I began to calm down, I could feel myself relax, again I could not let myself fall into those pools. I could not pull away either.
He smiled, this one not sinister, but a strange, calm smile, that made me think that for just one moment, he was human. That is when he brought his lips down upon mine, in a deep smoldering kiss, and amazingly I felt my body respond. I returned his kiss deepening it, his tongue touched my lips and demanded entrance, and I permitted him to explore my mouth.
I did not want this, I told myself, and I love Heero.
That thought brought me back to myself and made me pull away, causing Zechs to become cold and distant once again.
He stood, and walked across the carpet, turned to face me, leaning up against the wall.
" I understand your fear of me, I was afraid to, at first. Yet I learned to use my gift and learn from it, and not let myself be ruled by it. Also forget everything about the movies, books, everything like that, it is all bull shit." He moved closer and sat down on the bed.
" I will give you 3 pieces of advice and 3 only, number one, do not stay out in the sun too long for the next couple of days, but after that is fine. Number two, feed, and do not ask me, you know perfectly well what I mean, and number three, if the others find out, they will kill you."
And with that he moved off the bed and to the window, vaulting himself out through it, with such agility, I found my mouth agape.
With the thoughts that he left me, I drifted off into a fitful slumber, a dream filled sleep, with visions of demons and one of an angel.
My eyes opened, and I tightly shut them again, to the searing pain of the sun. I gasped at the sudden brightness of light. My headache was horrible. I tried to sit up but found myself hardly able to move, my body did not want to get up. I lay back against my pillow, and called out.
"Quatre! Heero! Trowa! ANYONE!"
I heard footfall coming from down the hall, and my door busted open. There stood Quatre, looking tired and annoyed.
"SIT BACK! You shouldn't be moving." He scolded me; he seemed to be doing this a lot recently.
"I can't move that's why I called you, the light is hurting my eyes could you please shut the curtains, I have on hell of a headache," I tried to give him a faint smile, and it seemed to not be at it's usual potency. The look that I got back from him was one of pity and deep concern.
Quatre moved around the room, shutting the curtains and then coming back to help me sit up so that he could fluff my pillows. I lay back on the soft satin bed and sighed deeply. Quatre sat down on the next to me and placed his hand on mine.
"Do you remember anything that happened last night?" He asked me. I took a deep breath.
" I remember leaving and going to town, and drinking a whole hell of a lot, but I don't remember much after that." He looked back down at me.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes." I replied, I hoped that my lie would go over well; I had no idea if he would buy it. The look on his face gave nothing away.
The events of last night played themselves over and over in my head. I couldn't believe that it had happened at all. I felt empty, oh so empty, like I had no life left in me, and according to what I remember I really didn't.
I could feel a single tear leak out and roll down my face, and I tried to hastily brush it away before he would notice.
* * *
I watched Duo, and he thought that I did not know that something was wrong. I knew that there was something wrong, severely wrong. I knew this when the single tear rolled down his face, and he tried to hide it from me.
Something had happened to Duo all alone last night by himself. Something horrible, and I for one was going to find out what it was.
He looked delicate, and fragile, lying there in his bed all by himself, paler than I had ever seen him before.
* * *
I woke up later that evening, to a nightmare that had played itself over and over again in my head, the huge moon and the glistening fangs, of Zechs digging themselves into my flesh. I had dreamt that Heero had seen it all and in all of the horror, he left me there lying on the side of the road, disgusted by what I had become.
I looked up towards my window and jumped, startled. It was open. The curtains fluttering in the breeze. I turned and looked, there he was. He stood there dressed in a white collared shirt left unbuttoned halfway down his chest, he wore tight pants that hugged his hips and showed off just how manly he was.
It was strange that I found him amazingly beautiful in the moonlight, but all thoughts of beauty were gone, as he gave a fanged grin and laughed softly. I was about to open my mouth to scream, when he spoke.
"It would not do to scream, mon cher, for I would kill all that would come in this room."
I closed my mouth then, horror splayed across my face. He chuckled again. "You are so humorous to watch."
That was it, I decided then to get angry, go me, and said in a harsh whisper.
"I do not find it funny, I do not find it funny that you stand here and laugh at me, and I do not find it funny that I have no Idea what the hell is going on."
His face changed from one of amusement to one of anger, but the look was gone just as fast as it came.
"Why are you here?"
I already knew why, but I wanted to know straight from the source, straight from the mouth of the devil.
"I think you know why, " I nodded, I did, I knew exactly.
"Do you know what I have done to you?" I shook my head, how could I possibly know?
"In that case I shall explain it to you. Do you know what a vampire is?" I nodded yet again.
"Good. That is what you are, or at least will be in a few days."
This time I shook my head and, another tear ran down my face. I wanted to deny it, just run and never look back, but deep down in my heart I knew it to be true, and it killed me. No pun intended.
He saw the tears this time, and moved forward to meet me, taking his hands he laid them across my face and wiped my tears away with his fingertips. I looked up at him, and I felt that same petrifying fear that I felt that same night. I remember the feel of his lips upon my neck and, the sharp fangs moving deeper, and deeper into my flesh.
I struggled from his grasp, and he moved with me, faster than I could ever be. He grasped my face again, "You will never escape me."
My eyes widened, even more than they already were, and then I looked into his eyes, and I began to calm down, I could feel myself relax, again I could not let myself fall into those pools. I could not pull away either.
He smiled, this one not sinister, but a strange, calm smile, that made me think that for just one moment, he was human. That is when he brought his lips down upon mine, in a deep smoldering kiss, and amazingly I felt my body respond. I returned his kiss deepening it, his tongue touched my lips and demanded entrance, and I permitted him to explore my mouth.
I did not want this, I told myself, and I love Heero.
That thought brought me back to myself and made me pull away, causing Zechs to become cold and distant once again.
He stood, and walked across the carpet, turned to face me, leaning up against the wall.
" I understand your fear of me, I was afraid to, at first. Yet I learned to use my gift and learn from it, and not let myself be ruled by it. Also forget everything about the movies, books, everything like that, it is all bull shit." He moved closer and sat down on the bed.
" I will give you 3 pieces of advice and 3 only, number one, do not stay out in the sun too long for the next couple of days, but after that is fine. Number two, feed, and do not ask me, you know perfectly well what I mean, and number three, if the others find out, they will kill you."
And with that he moved off the bed and to the window, vaulting himself out through it, with such agility, I found my mouth agape.
With the thoughts that he left me, I drifted off into a fitful slumber, a dream filled sleep, with visions of demons and one of an angel.