Asha reclined on the soft velvet couch while exhaling deeply before turning to face Amy again with a slight smile on her face. Amy kept silent until Asha started to talk again with emotion running out like a waterfall from her body.
"After Test left, taking some of the clan with him, things got more dangerous for my family to go out by there selves. One night while we were out scouting for our next meal for the night we came up to a park that was usually a beautiful peaceful place to go. However, the scent of blood and death was around the park and I noted that it was other vampires instead of the normal humans. Being the protective mother that I am I had my children go back home and wait for our return just in case it was an ambush by the other clans. As we walked into the park the images came clearer and the bodies, or what was left of them, did show up to be other vampires from my clan. It was Midnight and Raven, my sister and her life mate, with their bodies scorched by burns and deep gashes over their arms, legs, chest, and neck. Blood socked the ground around them and they were barley alive when we reached them. I held my sister's head in my lap crying blood red tears as she pleaded with me to take her pain away so she could be free. I felt sadness and worry running through the others and knew that if I didn't end the pain now they would die a slow and painful death. Understand that the only way to actually kill one of us is by either decapitation or having our hearts ripped out then slashed by a cross. It doesn't matter if the heart is inside of us or not, but if the heart is slashed open by a cross it's the most slow and painful way of dying if you're a vampire. The myths of not being able to go out into the sun light is a bunch of bull just like the holy water and garlic. True going out in the sun might burn us, but its not as powerful to kill us it just leaves little burns. That's where the burns on Midnight and Raven's body came from, but to say that they went walking during the day is like saying that a lion would rather hunt in the morning. Raven and Midnight would never go out in the daytime unless it was truly necessary for it, but even then one of them would have notified me about what they were doing. I blamed myself for what happened to them for a very long time and I know that the others felt it as well, but they never said anything to me about it" Asha stated with sadness in her voice
"So you had a sister as well? I mean I know you had a brother by the name of Lynx right?" Amy asked with concern in her hazel eyes
"Yeah that's right Lynx was my brother, but I'm sure Jeff told you bout what happened to him as well right?" Asha questioned peering over to Amy
"Yeah he said that when you were fighting the half-breeds Lynx was going inside the building and ran into an ambush. He was coming back to warn you and died in your arms, but you never mentioned that you had a sister?" Amy stated with confusion
"I know and for good reason...Midnight was never the one to be part of the lime light as she called it. She liked to stay in the shadows and just watch what was going on around her. She didn't like the life that my mother and father lead she always wanted to be a normal human instead of a vampire, but mom just blew it off as just a phase. Then after meeting Raven she finally found someone who was like her and felt the same way as her. They had so much in common and it didn't surprise me that even after few months they were bonded with each other. They usually went to the park to just talk and to watch other people in the shadows or up in a tree. Not to scare them or to feed on them, but to just watch them and see how it was to be a human." Asha stated with a small smile while memories came flooding back to her
"Sounds romantic, but don't understand why someone would harm them? I mean you did say that they never hurt anyone unless they really had to right?" Amy asked a little confused
"That's true they didn't hurt people unless they needed the blood, but that didn't matter to the person or people that slaughter them and left them to die a slow death! Later found out who it really was, but like usual that's getting ahead of the story so I'm not saying anything bout that right now" Asha said with anger flashing in her eyes.
Amy swallowed a lump in her throat while Asha clenched her fist so tight that blood started dripping from her palm from the nails piercing the skin before unclenching after few seconds passed. Asha turned to gaze over at Amy with a reassuring smile before opening her hand to show that the gashes in her palm were already closing up. Amy was in shock as she watched the skin heal faster then anything she ever saw and could hear Asha laughing lightly from where she sat watching Amy's reaction. Amy lifted her eyes from the hand up to Asha's eyes before getting up from her chair and walking over to where Asha was still sitting down at. Asha watched intently as Amy came over and sat down next to her then she lifted the hand that only seconds ago was bleeding to inspect the hand. Asha smiled showing her fangs lightly, but Amy didn't pull away and instead ran her fingertips in Asha's palm while saying something under her breath in disbelief.
"Told you we're fast healers," Asha said with laughter in her voice as she watched Amy's reaction
"I know you told me, but I guess I never believed it until I saw it with my own eyes" Amy stated softly
"You're telling me that you never saw Jeff heal like this before?" Asha questioned capturing Amy's eyes with her own
"Jeff was always a quick healer I never expect that the reason was because he was a vampire I thought it was just because he was a faster healer. Even when he was a kid he was always the faster healer out of him and his brother, but I guess I never noticed anything out of the ordinary with Jeff. I mean even you know this is Jeff we're talking about here. He's the spontaneous daredevil that seems to be immune to injuries even if it's just a bruise" Amy stated with laughter in her voice
"Yeah I know what ya mean he's one of the quickest healers I have in my family along with Edge and his brother. Do realize though that your children are half vampire so they might inherit the same traits as Jeff?" Asha questioned
"Jeff sat down with me and explained everything about how he was turned, who turned him, what he's weak against, what he's strong against, what our kids would be if we had any, and all that other good stuff" Amy stated with a slight blush on her cheeks
"Take it you like all that other good stuff huh?" Asha questioned with amusement in her eyes as she watched the blush on Amy's cheek grow brighter
"I never knew that a vampire could go so long without taking a break it's a good thing I'm the same way or else I'd be laying in bed right about now" Amy stated with a smile
"See all of the advantages you have when you're one of us?" Asha questioned with a smile showing her fangs again
"I know all about that Asha and like I said before I don't want to be turned!" Amy stated defensively taking a step away from Asha with anger in her eyes
"Ok Ames clam down I'm not going to turn you against your will" Asha stated with amusement as she stretched her body out over the couch
"I know your just playing, but lately I think I've been followed by someone and I'm not getting the good vibes I usually do" Amy stated with worry running through her eyes
"Followed? Ames you sure bout this?" Asha questioned sitting up on the couch and gazing over at her friend with concern
"A hundred percent sure Asha and I know that it's not you cause I was feeling the same way when I was coming over here earlier" Amy stated sitting back down next to Asha
"Don't worry bout it I'll come with you after this is over and make sure you're going to be ok" Asha stated wrapping a reassuring arm over Amy's shoulder
"Thanks...now let's get this over with shall we?" Amy stated with a smile as she pulled away from Asha as she smiled
"That's fine with me" Asha stated and leaned back in the couch again "After we put Midnight and Raven to rest that night all of us went back home to discuss what had happened." Asha added.
"The children were asleep because I didn't want them to be worried over something that I thought I could take care of with the others. Everyone was thinking that it was the half-breeds coming back to get revenge on what we did all those years ago, but I knew that it wasn't the half-breeds. Something else had done it and they knew exactly what they were doing to get the message sent across. Half-breeds are not smart enough to know how to torture vampires they only live for one purpose and that's to kill vampires. The only ones that know how to truly torture a vampire like that is either a Garganaut, a demon that looks like Ra the sun god of Egypt, or one of our own. Now we never really suspected that another vampire would do that because the consequences of killing your own kind is so painful and so severe that it literally makes other vampires cringe if it's even mentioned from the mouth. So naturally we came to the conclusion that it was the Garganauts that had slaughter Midnight and Raven" Asha stated with anger in her eyes and in her voice.
Amy placed a comforting hand on Asha's shoulder to tell her in her own little way that it was going to be ok and Asha just smiled reassuringly to Amy. Asha kissed her forehead before leaning back on the couch gazing up at the ceiling with sadness in her eyes.
"We don't have to do this if you don't want to I know it must be difficult for you to talk about the past" Amy stated softly
"No it's ok I'll be alright after this is all out and off my shoulders so I'm not going to stop till the end" Asha stated with a reassuring smile while gazing over to Amy.