Chapter 6
"Come on Sandburg. Don't spoil it this time!" They both got into Simon's car and went on their way. They arrived promptly at 6:00 pm. Simon and Blair got out of the car and rang the doorbell.
"Come in," she said. "And how are you?"
"Fine," he said, "and you?"
"It was a night like you would not believe, but everything is fine now. Allow me to take your coats. James is in the living room, I will meet you there."
The two men entered the living room. "Hey, Jim how ya doin'?" Simon asked as he shook Jim's hand.
"Great," Jim said.
"Hey, Jim!" Blair said. "I was worried about you."
"Ah, come on chief, this is me we're talkin' about," Jim said to Blair.
"Well, let me tell you what I have discovered. There is a vampire in the city. The worst is that she is what's called a day walker, a vampire that can walk in the daylight. This is very simple for a vampire to do; all she had to do was eat the food of mortals instead of dining on blood as her only nourishment. Unfortunately, the fact that she is a day walker eliminates one of the two ways to kill a vampire, sunlight. The other way is to take off her head. The vampire, Patricia Adams, wants revenge on someone. She was once mortal, but she married Nicholas Montfort. He was the greatest of all vampires, until Patricia grew angry with him and turned him in for murder, when he stepped outside the courthouse, he turned into ashes. She wanted revenge because he turned her into a vampire. Trust me," she commanded. "A vampire is very strong and powerful. We will have to work together to beat her. She will not attack me, my blood is like poison to her and she knows that."
"So what are we supposed to do?" Simon asked.
"I will lend you a sword."
"A sword?" Jim asked.
"Why yes, how else are you going to take her head?
"What!?!" all three shouted together.
"Okay then, I will do it. You need to find a dead body and bring it here. By dead body, I am implying someone who has just died. I will call her up and tell her that I have decided to talk and when she comes, I will offer the body as a peace offering, if she has not caught on, she will feed on the body. The blood of a dead person is like a poison the them and she will almost instantly become weak enough that I could take her."
"Isn't there a more peaceful way to solve this?" Blair asked.
"Well, I am sure there is and if you can come up with one, little boy, then let all of us know!" she responded very aggravated.
"Why can't we just tell her to leave?" Blair asked.
"You actually think she will listen? She will probably laugh in your face, and then kill you! Buck up kid, this is my world, this is the way that I live," she responded to Blair's outburst. "Maybe over the years I have become one way in my thoughts, but this is the only way I see fit."
"I agree, there has to be another way to stop her," Jim said.
"No, really, this is it," Antoinette said. "I have to take her head."
"What about a stake through he heart, a silver bullet, and destroying the coffin?" Blair asked.
"The wooden stake only slows the vampire, the head must be severed to kill it. The others are all myths. A vampire does not sleep in a coffin and it can survive without the soil from their motherland, etc. There is only one way to kill this vampire."
"I can't just let you kill someone," Jim said.
"I am not killing someone; I am killing something. Think of it like I am killing a spider. Besides, afterwards, you will never see me again. I will have to leave, and by the time I come back to this city, you will be long dead."
"That's a lovely thought," Blair said.
"With any luck I will out live you. Do you know what my life is like? In you eyes I am a killer, but I am not, I am not killing people. I decapitate immortals and the undead. The things that I kill hurt people like you. These things are ruthless; they will trick you and steal from you. They are older, wiser, smarter, and sly. You would never catch on to their tricks. They know your next move and your next thought. We know people. We are years beyond our looks," she said trying to explain herself. "I cannot just stand around and let them harm the unknowing."
"You mean you've killed before?" Jim asked.
"Of course," she said. She was undisturbed and it did not seem to bother her. "I don't like to, I have to. Through the years, you learn to deal with it. Every person learns to live a certain way. I have adjusted to my life and I can easily understand my ways, but I can see how it is hard for you."
"So we're just supposed to accept this?" Jim asked.
She sat in thought for a moment. "I guess so," she said.
"Where will you go?" Blair asked.
"To another country," she said.
"What about passports and visas?" Jim asked.
"Do not concern yourselves with those trivial matters. We have to stop this vampire before she takes out the whole city."
"How are you going to accomplish this." Jim paused as he searched for the right word, "murder?"
"The same way I always do," she responded. "I can't tell you how, where, and when. We cannot risk any interference from mortals. The only thing I need you to do is get me one nice fresh body, like I said earlier, for a peace offering. Then disappear. I will, however, leave you the names of other immortals who will help if anything goes wrong, but if my plan goes well, there will be nothing to worry about. I assure you."
"We'll work on that body," Simon said. All three men stood up. Antoinette got up and showed them to the door. "We'll call you so you know where you stand."
"All right, but be careful. Patricia is still out there. She came back after you Jim."
The three men went outside and started their cars, and went on their way home.
"Come on Sandburg. Don't spoil it this time!" They both got into Simon's car and went on their way. They arrived promptly at 6:00 pm. Simon and Blair got out of the car and rang the doorbell.
"Come in," she said. "And how are you?"
"Fine," he said, "and you?"
"It was a night like you would not believe, but everything is fine now. Allow me to take your coats. James is in the living room, I will meet you there."
The two men entered the living room. "Hey, Jim how ya doin'?" Simon asked as he shook Jim's hand.
"Great," Jim said.
"Hey, Jim!" Blair said. "I was worried about you."
"Ah, come on chief, this is me we're talkin' about," Jim said to Blair.
"Well, let me tell you what I have discovered. There is a vampire in the city. The worst is that she is what's called a day walker, a vampire that can walk in the daylight. This is very simple for a vampire to do; all she had to do was eat the food of mortals instead of dining on blood as her only nourishment. Unfortunately, the fact that she is a day walker eliminates one of the two ways to kill a vampire, sunlight. The other way is to take off her head. The vampire, Patricia Adams, wants revenge on someone. She was once mortal, but she married Nicholas Montfort. He was the greatest of all vampires, until Patricia grew angry with him and turned him in for murder, when he stepped outside the courthouse, he turned into ashes. She wanted revenge because he turned her into a vampire. Trust me," she commanded. "A vampire is very strong and powerful. We will have to work together to beat her. She will not attack me, my blood is like poison to her and she knows that."
"So what are we supposed to do?" Simon asked.
"I will lend you a sword."
"A sword?" Jim asked.
"Why yes, how else are you going to take her head?
"What!?!" all three shouted together.
"Okay then, I will do it. You need to find a dead body and bring it here. By dead body, I am implying someone who has just died. I will call her up and tell her that I have decided to talk and when she comes, I will offer the body as a peace offering, if she has not caught on, she will feed on the body. The blood of a dead person is like a poison the them and she will almost instantly become weak enough that I could take her."
"Isn't there a more peaceful way to solve this?" Blair asked.
"Well, I am sure there is and if you can come up with one, little boy, then let all of us know!" she responded very aggravated.
"Why can't we just tell her to leave?" Blair asked.
"You actually think she will listen? She will probably laugh in your face, and then kill you! Buck up kid, this is my world, this is the way that I live," she responded to Blair's outburst. "Maybe over the years I have become one way in my thoughts, but this is the only way I see fit."
"I agree, there has to be another way to stop her," Jim said.
"No, really, this is it," Antoinette said. "I have to take her head."
"What about a stake through he heart, a silver bullet, and destroying the coffin?" Blair asked.
"The wooden stake only slows the vampire, the head must be severed to kill it. The others are all myths. A vampire does not sleep in a coffin and it can survive without the soil from their motherland, etc. There is only one way to kill this vampire."
"I can't just let you kill someone," Jim said.
"I am not killing someone; I am killing something. Think of it like I am killing a spider. Besides, afterwards, you will never see me again. I will have to leave, and by the time I come back to this city, you will be long dead."
"That's a lovely thought," Blair said.
"With any luck I will out live you. Do you know what my life is like? In you eyes I am a killer, but I am not, I am not killing people. I decapitate immortals and the undead. The things that I kill hurt people like you. These things are ruthless; they will trick you and steal from you. They are older, wiser, smarter, and sly. You would never catch on to their tricks. They know your next move and your next thought. We know people. We are years beyond our looks," she said trying to explain herself. "I cannot just stand around and let them harm the unknowing."
"You mean you've killed before?" Jim asked.
"Of course," she said. She was undisturbed and it did not seem to bother her. "I don't like to, I have to. Through the years, you learn to deal with it. Every person learns to live a certain way. I have adjusted to my life and I can easily understand my ways, but I can see how it is hard for you."
"So we're just supposed to accept this?" Jim asked.
She sat in thought for a moment. "I guess so," she said.
"Where will you go?" Blair asked.
"To another country," she said.
"What about passports and visas?" Jim asked.
"Do not concern yourselves with those trivial matters. We have to stop this vampire before she takes out the whole city."
"How are you going to accomplish this." Jim paused as he searched for the right word, "murder?"
"The same way I always do," she responded. "I can't tell you how, where, and when. We cannot risk any interference from mortals. The only thing I need you to do is get me one nice fresh body, like I said earlier, for a peace offering. Then disappear. I will, however, leave you the names of other immortals who will help if anything goes wrong, but if my plan goes well, there will be nothing to worry about. I assure you."
"We'll work on that body," Simon said. All three men stood up. Antoinette got up and showed them to the door. "We'll call you so you know where you stand."
"All right, but be careful. Patricia is still out there. She came back after you Jim."
The three men went outside and started their cars, and went on their way home.