The Vampire of Lavendar Town
By Ree-chan Peekster, Dugtrio16, and Dessa
Chapter 11
Brandon led the way into the cave. He hoped that there were still flowers on top of mountain. "We must hurry," he told the others. "It will be dark soon."
David had been thinking about Chan. Probably a little too much because he nearly ran into a low ceiling which Brandon and Ben had ducked under. Sarah laughed. Her laughter echoed through the cave and scared a colony of Zubat out of the cave.
"Careful," Brandon called back to them. Brandon suddenly stopped causing Ben to almost bump into him.
"What?" Ben asked.
"David, do you feel something?" Brandon questioned.
"Yes. A feeling of danger. Someone's in trouble," David replied.
"Chan," Sarah said simply.
"No, not Chan," Brandon replied. "Someone else. And I have a very bad feeling about it." Brandon was breathing hard as he tried to find out who it was. But he was blocked by an unknown force.
"Let's go. We need to get those flowers," Ben reminded him. Brandon nodded but now he had almost no hope to keep him going. If his hunch was correct... they were wasting their time.
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Chan found Victor sitting in a soft leather recliner. Chills ran up his spine. The vampire was not happy.
"You do realize that I can control Dessa to a certain extent, do you not?" Victor asked. Chan nodded. "Then how come you didn't realize that I could have her relay your thoughts to me?" Victor demanded. Chan swallowed hard. That was why Victor was mad.
"Care to explain yourself, young one?"
Chan gathered his courage. "You can't expect me to become a vampire and watch one of my friends become my servant and not think about ways to escape. I haven't been this way for long. Of course I'm going to have these thoughts. I'm going to think of how to escape, I'm going to think of how life was before... I'm not used to this."
Victor grinned suddenly. "You're wrong there."
"Huh?"
"You're getting used to feeding. You did it willingly on your own." Chan backed away shaking his head. He knew it was true but he didn't want to believe it. "Your body is adjusting faster than your mind," Victor smirked. "It happens with most people in this circumstance."
Chan looked at the floor. "What did you call me up here for?"
"To find out more about your other friends." Chan looked up startled. He hadn't been expecting this. But he wasn't sure why. Victor was the kind of person that would do that.
"What do you want to know?"
"Everything you know."
Chan sighed warily. "Sarah is my little sister. She's ten."
"On her pokémon journey," Victor guessed.
"Yes."
"What about your father?"
"He's a former member of Team Rocket. He quit after freeing me the last time Team Rocket captured me."
"Heh heh... Team Rocket really wants to study your abilities." Chan nodded. "Your father is a psychic, is he not?"
"Yes."
"What about Brandon and David?"
"They are too... but not as strong as Dessa and I."
"Hmm... I thought Brandon was an equal to you," Victor commented enjoying the conversation.
Chan looked sheepishly at the vampire. "He is... I don't really know how to focus some of my powers all that well."
"And Ben is the one who took you from the tower. Strong fellow if he is able to carry you that far." Chan nodded quietly.
"That's all I need to know for now," Victor said dismissing Chan. "Oh, try not to think about those kind of things when you're around me or Dessa. You got off easy this time, young one."
Chan could hear the anger in Victor's voice. He wasn't about to challenge him further. He went to the room that he had been staying in and sat down. His head was in his hands. He couldn't believe this. He couldn't even talk to Dessa freely without Victor listening in. Dessa was a close friend and he at times talked to her when he needed someone to talk to. And right now he desperately needed someone to talk to. Someone that would listen to him without making fun of him, without fearing him. How would he be able to do that?
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Dessa was ashamed of herself. She needed to air out her thoughts, without someone listening in. She walked over to the vanity, and looked at herself in the mirror. This is what I look like? she asked herself. It was her, but there was no emotion in her. She noticed a brush on the table, and began to slowly brush her hair. The bristles were sharp, but she was careful not to poke herself with them. If only I wasn't so impulsive. I wish this had never happened. I wish Chan and everyone was alright again. But there's no way, now, unless... She got an idea, and reached down beneath her dress and for the chain that she always kept hidden.
She felt Victor's presence enter the room without even turning away from the mirror. In it, she saw the chain dangling in mid-air, with the crystal key and pokéball hanging from it.
"Looking for these, I presume?" The invisible handler of the chain asked. "They are quite beautiful, just like you." Dessa was frozen, unable to move or speak. "Why don't you let me do that for you?" He quickly caught the brush as Dessa dropped it. It was unnerving for her, to watch the brush perform its duty, without anyone guiding it. "I could make you this beautiful forever, you know." The brush pressed hard to her skull, and a drop of blood escaped. "You taste quite well," he said, as he licked the blood from the brush. "One little bite is all it takes. You will not become a vampire, but will remain like this forever." Dessa rolled her head to one side, no longer in control of her movements. She saw the depressions in her neck where his teeth must be, and closed her eyes waiting for the bite.
But it never came.
Chan rushed into the room, breaking Victor's concentration on Dessa. She snapped out of his spell, and reeled, until Victor made her fall to the floor unconscious.
"I told you never to interfere with me!" he yelled at Chan.
"You promised never to hurt her," Chan hissed through clenched teeth.
Chan was afraid of Victor. He knew that he could be easily hurt. He looked at his unconscious friend and balled his fists again and again.
"You are making a foolish mistake, young one," Victor snarled.
"Maybe, but I'm not going to let you do that to Dessa. Not without a fight," Chan replied without moving. Victor moved over to Dessa. Chan growled threateningly at Victor and lunged at him. What am I doing? he asked himself. All he has to do is gain control of me... Victor, for whatever reason, decided not to do that though. He instead allowed Chan to tackle him.
"I won't let you hurt her!" Chan cried as Victor kicked him across the floor. Chan hit the wall hard and landed on the cold floor. Victor leaped at him. Chan just barely got out of the way.
"I'm going to make sure you don't do that again!" Victor threatened. Chan believed him but he was sticking to his word. He wasn't going to let Victor hurt Dessa.
After several minutes of fighting, the two stood in the middle of the room glaring at each other. Chan was breathing hard, Victor hardly at all.
"You are a fool, young one," Victor snapped. "Why are you willing to risk getting seriously hurt..." His voice trailed off as he thought about it. His eyes lit up and he dropped his hands. "Oh..." he said with a wicked smile. "That's why. I should've seen that earlier." Chan was confused for a moment before he realized what Victor was talking about. Victor had a reason to believe that to after what Chan had just done.
"Very well, young one. I shall leave her alone... for now," Victor said as he backed off. He watched as Chan picked up his limp friend and lay her gently on the bed before leaving the room.
Chan turned and watched him go before muttering, "I can't believe I just did that."
As Chan sat and thought about what had happened, he glanced over to Dessa. The way she was laying left her neck exposed, and it reminded him of how hungry he was. He considered having her roll a little, but concluded that that wouldn't help. So he took the blanket and covered her up. He noticed then that her breath was shallow, and her skin was beginning to pale underneath the constant tan that she had. He then realized that she hadn't eaten since she got here. And if he knew her well enough, she hadn't eaten before that, either. So he went to find her some food.
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Victor knew that if Chan would not allow him to bite Dessa, he'd have to trick Chan into doing it himself. So he called Gastly and his servant to him.
"Do not let Chan leave this sanctuary. He has become enough of a vampire that his instincts will force him to bite her when he gets hungry enough, instead of starving."
Gastly and the servant nodded.
"There's not really any way he can get out at the moment, but keep an eye on him," Victor added as he left the room.
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Original # of parts: 5
Chapter 11
Brandon led the way into the cave. He hoped that there were still flowers on top of mountain. "We must hurry," he told the others. "It will be dark soon."
David had been thinking about Chan. Probably a little too much because he nearly ran into a low ceiling which Brandon and Ben had ducked under. Sarah laughed. Her laughter echoed through the cave and scared a colony of Zubat out of the cave.
"Careful," Brandon called back to them. Brandon suddenly stopped causing Ben to almost bump into him.
"What?" Ben asked.
"David, do you feel something?" Brandon questioned.
"Yes. A feeling of danger. Someone's in trouble," David replied.
"Chan," Sarah said simply.
"No, not Chan," Brandon replied. "Someone else. And I have a very bad feeling about it." Brandon was breathing hard as he tried to find out who it was. But he was blocked by an unknown force.
"Let's go. We need to get those flowers," Ben reminded him. Brandon nodded but now he had almost no hope to keep him going. If his hunch was correct... they were wasting their time.
*******
Chan found Victor sitting in a soft leather recliner. Chills ran up his spine. The vampire was not happy.
"You do realize that I can control Dessa to a certain extent, do you not?" Victor asked. Chan nodded. "Then how come you didn't realize that I could have her relay your thoughts to me?" Victor demanded. Chan swallowed hard. That was why Victor was mad.
"Care to explain yourself, young one?"
Chan gathered his courage. "You can't expect me to become a vampire and watch one of my friends become my servant and not think about ways to escape. I haven't been this way for long. Of course I'm going to have these thoughts. I'm going to think of how to escape, I'm going to think of how life was before... I'm not used to this."
Victor grinned suddenly. "You're wrong there."
"Huh?"
"You're getting used to feeding. You did it willingly on your own." Chan backed away shaking his head. He knew it was true but he didn't want to believe it. "Your body is adjusting faster than your mind," Victor smirked. "It happens with most people in this circumstance."
Chan looked at the floor. "What did you call me up here for?"
"To find out more about your other friends." Chan looked up startled. He hadn't been expecting this. But he wasn't sure why. Victor was the kind of person that would do that.
"What do you want to know?"
"Everything you know."
Chan sighed warily. "Sarah is my little sister. She's ten."
"On her pokémon journey," Victor guessed.
"Yes."
"What about your father?"
"He's a former member of Team Rocket. He quit after freeing me the last time Team Rocket captured me."
"Heh heh... Team Rocket really wants to study your abilities." Chan nodded. "Your father is a psychic, is he not?"
"Yes."
"What about Brandon and David?"
"They are too... but not as strong as Dessa and I."
"Hmm... I thought Brandon was an equal to you," Victor commented enjoying the conversation.
Chan looked sheepishly at the vampire. "He is... I don't really know how to focus some of my powers all that well."
"And Ben is the one who took you from the tower. Strong fellow if he is able to carry you that far." Chan nodded quietly.
"That's all I need to know for now," Victor said dismissing Chan. "Oh, try not to think about those kind of things when you're around me or Dessa. You got off easy this time, young one."
Chan could hear the anger in Victor's voice. He wasn't about to challenge him further. He went to the room that he had been staying in and sat down. His head was in his hands. He couldn't believe this. He couldn't even talk to Dessa freely without Victor listening in. Dessa was a close friend and he at times talked to her when he needed someone to talk to. And right now he desperately needed someone to talk to. Someone that would listen to him without making fun of him, without fearing him. How would he be able to do that?
*******
Dessa was ashamed of herself. She needed to air out her thoughts, without someone listening in. She walked over to the vanity, and looked at herself in the mirror. This is what I look like? she asked herself. It was her, but there was no emotion in her. She noticed a brush on the table, and began to slowly brush her hair. The bristles were sharp, but she was careful not to poke herself with them. If only I wasn't so impulsive. I wish this had never happened. I wish Chan and everyone was alright again. But there's no way, now, unless... She got an idea, and reached down beneath her dress and for the chain that she always kept hidden.
She felt Victor's presence enter the room without even turning away from the mirror. In it, she saw the chain dangling in mid-air, with the crystal key and pokéball hanging from it.
"Looking for these, I presume?" The invisible handler of the chain asked. "They are quite beautiful, just like you." Dessa was frozen, unable to move or speak. "Why don't you let me do that for you?" He quickly caught the brush as Dessa dropped it. It was unnerving for her, to watch the brush perform its duty, without anyone guiding it. "I could make you this beautiful forever, you know." The brush pressed hard to her skull, and a drop of blood escaped. "You taste quite well," he said, as he licked the blood from the brush. "One little bite is all it takes. You will not become a vampire, but will remain like this forever." Dessa rolled her head to one side, no longer in control of her movements. She saw the depressions in her neck where his teeth must be, and closed her eyes waiting for the bite.
But it never came.
Chan rushed into the room, breaking Victor's concentration on Dessa. She snapped out of his spell, and reeled, until Victor made her fall to the floor unconscious.
"I told you never to interfere with me!" he yelled at Chan.
"You promised never to hurt her," Chan hissed through clenched teeth.
Chan was afraid of Victor. He knew that he could be easily hurt. He looked at his unconscious friend and balled his fists again and again.
"You are making a foolish mistake, young one," Victor snarled.
"Maybe, but I'm not going to let you do that to Dessa. Not without a fight," Chan replied without moving. Victor moved over to Dessa. Chan growled threateningly at Victor and lunged at him. What am I doing? he asked himself. All he has to do is gain control of me... Victor, for whatever reason, decided not to do that though. He instead allowed Chan to tackle him.
"I won't let you hurt her!" Chan cried as Victor kicked him across the floor. Chan hit the wall hard and landed on the cold floor. Victor leaped at him. Chan just barely got out of the way.
"I'm going to make sure you don't do that again!" Victor threatened. Chan believed him but he was sticking to his word. He wasn't going to let Victor hurt Dessa.
After several minutes of fighting, the two stood in the middle of the room glaring at each other. Chan was breathing hard, Victor hardly at all.
"You are a fool, young one," Victor snapped. "Why are you willing to risk getting seriously hurt..." His voice trailed off as he thought about it. His eyes lit up and he dropped his hands. "Oh..." he said with a wicked smile. "That's why. I should've seen that earlier." Chan was confused for a moment before he realized what Victor was talking about. Victor had a reason to believe that to after what Chan had just done.
"Very well, young one. I shall leave her alone... for now," Victor said as he backed off. He watched as Chan picked up his limp friend and lay her gently on the bed before leaving the room.
Chan turned and watched him go before muttering, "I can't believe I just did that."
As Chan sat and thought about what had happened, he glanced over to Dessa. The way she was laying left her neck exposed, and it reminded him of how hungry he was. He considered having her roll a little, but concluded that that wouldn't help. So he took the blanket and covered her up. He noticed then that her breath was shallow, and her skin was beginning to pale underneath the constant tan that she had. He then realized that she hadn't eaten since she got here. And if he knew her well enough, she hadn't eaten before that, either. So he went to find her some food.
*******
Victor knew that if Chan would not allow him to bite Dessa, he'd have to trick Chan into doing it himself. So he called Gastly and his servant to him.
"Do not let Chan leave this sanctuary. He has become enough of a vampire that his instincts will force him to bite her when he gets hungry enough, instead of starving."
Gastly and the servant nodded.
"There's not really any way he can get out at the moment, but keep an eye on him," Victor added as he left the room.
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Original # of parts: 5