When I finally got into my room, I was very confused. What game was Jager
playing? Was he even playing a game? It sure looked like it. And Adrian,
what was his problem? Did he have a stick up his ass or what? Maybe he has
a fang ache? Alright that was a cheap joke. But what can I say? Its how my
mind works.
Just as I was about to lie down on the comfortable bed, my stomach growled. Damn. No food. Well, you wouldn't pay me to go down there, nope, not at all. Growl. Ok, maybe if you paid me I would go down.
Knock. Damn. I say that a lot don't I? Yeah I do. After about half a minute the door opens anyway, without my permission. Damn door. Well, lucky for me the person behind the door wasn't dead. It was just Lucia. Alright! And she had a tray of food. Sitting up I laughed, on the inside of course. There on the tray was a cup of that red stuff that I saw Ash Night drinking. I got a bit nervous and gave Lucia a weird look. "Red fruit punch," she told me simply and I had to smile. Go me.
"Thanks," I said as I took the tray and set it down on the bed. Hmm this place is definitely a vampire household, or mansion as it is. But I still like fruit punch and spagettios. How sweet of Jaguar, bringing me food like this. Food that I actually know.
"Nada, about the whole dining room thing.." Great I thought to myself. I sense a speech coming on. Come on! It's a rare thing to talk back to dead things and them actually talk back to you about talking back. Hehe that actually made sense on some level of knowledge.
"I'm sorry about that Lucia," I answered truthfully, except for the whole talking back thing. "If I made you look bad, I'm sorry. I just can't not be me because I'm surrounded by things that think that they are better than me." A thought came to me then and I had to frown at it. If Ash Night's books are true, then there are witches, which does make humans kinda low on the strength chart. Curse my thinking.
"It's not that," Lucia assured me as she handed me a napkin. " It's just that you talked back to Jessica and Adrian without much thought. You have to be careful when you say those things. If Jaguar hadn't been there, you could have been in deep." Jager was there, I thought to myself. He wouldn't have let them hurt me. Much, my mind corrected myself. Vampires are still vampires and humans are still humans.
Taking a spoonful of the spagettios, I looked at Lucia really for the first time. There were fine stripes of darker hair on her head, which reminded me of what Risika did in Tiger Tiger. What Risika did period, I corrected myself again. She does exist after all. And Lucia's eyes held something that mine didn't. Wildness, freedom. Infact her eyes didn't look normal period. There was something different about them. Of course, she is a shapeshifter. Which reminds me."What can you shapeshift into?"
"A white Siberian tiger." My jaw dropped. Those creatures were so beautiful, and so endangered. I was jealous. I wanted to shapeshift into something. NO fair. Pooh.
"And why were you so reluctant to tell me earlier?" Taking a sip of my juice, I waited for her answer.Mmmm tasty juice. Kinda weird tasting aftertaste, but Mmm nonetheless
" Jaguar could have heard me. I don't think he would like me to announce it so that all the vampires in his company could have heard it."
"Why would Jaguar care?"
"I don't know, just blood respects blood." Blank. Woah. Hold the phone. Let me think. Blood and blood? Doesn't that mean relatives or something? Or was that blood bondage? Luckily Lucia noticed my confusion so she answered without me really asking. "After he was sold into Midnight by his father, his parents had another kid."
"so.."
"No, I'm not his sister. But his younger brother married out of the species into the white tiger shifters, and so on and on the tree goes until I come out and get sold here. Must have recognized the last name. It is his last name too after all. So he just treats me better because I'm related to him I suppose." Well, that was an interesting story. I'm just glad that she didnt..."So, what about you?" Damn. Caught. "What was your family like?" Swallowing my pride, or some of it (i might have choked if I had swallowed ALL of it), I tried to explain.
"Well, my mom was a Lithuanian immigrant. Personally I dont know where that is, but she came from there. My real dad was British, as white as they come. Well, they met in San Francisco when she was coming off the ship and dad was waiting for someone to come off. Love story right?" I sighed, wondering how it sounded to Lucia's ears.
"Guess not," she answered truthfully. Sipping my drink again, I continued.
"Right. He got her pregnant with me, and THEN tells her that the person he was waiting for at the ship was his fiancé." I acted as calm as I could, which wasn't very calm at all. "He said he would pay for the abortion but mom wanted to keep me. They had this giant fight over it. He didn't want to pay child support and she didn't want to get rid of me. Finally, they agreed that he would name me when I was born, pay the hospital bill and a couple pair of baby clothes, a crib, and couple dozen diapers, and then go to his fiancé. Hmph. He named me Nada. Told my mom that's what he thought of me." By now I was near tears because I thought that I had gotten over it but I guess this was one of those things that never went away.
"Anyway," I continued after I wiped my eyes, making sure not to look at Lucia, "Mom took care of me fine until my step father came along. He knocked her up then married her. Mom had a miscarriage. So basically I'm an only child that wasn't good enough for my real father to be alive." Taking a deep breath, I decided to finish this whole thing so she wouldn't ask questions later. "My step father hated me, and I don't know why but I caught Adrian's eye. He wanted to take me and my mom refused. SHE knew vampires existed. She just didn't decide to tell me. I don't know how I knew that she knew, but the way she glared at Adrian just makes me think now that she knew. Oh, and now my step father refuses the first time but with a bit of Adrian's mind boggling, he got rid of me." For a few seconds I was quiet but then I added. "He hated me so much. Humans are free prey to any vampire, but Adrian bought me. I hate him!"
There was pure silence for about five minutes, but I was glad, I was getting rather tired. My mind was getting fuzzy and I really couldn't think. Slowly I realized what had happened but wasn't quick enough. Lucia took my tray away and was already putting me under the covers. "You..drink...drug-.."
"Jaguar asked me to Nada," she told me with a serious look on her face. I had to laugh because I wondered why the punch had the faintest taste of something in it. Too bad I hadn't thought of that before. "The food was drugged too," she added just as I was thinking about it. Oh boy, I thought about cursing at her, but I fell into a blissful sleep before I could even form the first word.
**Alright, How did you like it? If you want the next chapter, I need 4 reviews, please! That way I can get a good idea at who likes it. Please, the next chapter is about Adrian and I'm itching to put it up so if you want to read it, please review!
May your blood flow freely
Krikoris
"Insanity makes the rivers flow"
Just as I was about to lie down on the comfortable bed, my stomach growled. Damn. No food. Well, you wouldn't pay me to go down there, nope, not at all. Growl. Ok, maybe if you paid me I would go down.
Knock. Damn. I say that a lot don't I? Yeah I do. After about half a minute the door opens anyway, without my permission. Damn door. Well, lucky for me the person behind the door wasn't dead. It was just Lucia. Alright! And she had a tray of food. Sitting up I laughed, on the inside of course. There on the tray was a cup of that red stuff that I saw Ash Night drinking. I got a bit nervous and gave Lucia a weird look. "Red fruit punch," she told me simply and I had to smile. Go me.
"Thanks," I said as I took the tray and set it down on the bed. Hmm this place is definitely a vampire household, or mansion as it is. But I still like fruit punch and spagettios. How sweet of Jaguar, bringing me food like this. Food that I actually know.
"Nada, about the whole dining room thing.." Great I thought to myself. I sense a speech coming on. Come on! It's a rare thing to talk back to dead things and them actually talk back to you about talking back. Hehe that actually made sense on some level of knowledge.
"I'm sorry about that Lucia," I answered truthfully, except for the whole talking back thing. "If I made you look bad, I'm sorry. I just can't not be me because I'm surrounded by things that think that they are better than me." A thought came to me then and I had to frown at it. If Ash Night's books are true, then there are witches, which does make humans kinda low on the strength chart. Curse my thinking.
"It's not that," Lucia assured me as she handed me a napkin. " It's just that you talked back to Jessica and Adrian without much thought. You have to be careful when you say those things. If Jaguar hadn't been there, you could have been in deep." Jager was there, I thought to myself. He wouldn't have let them hurt me. Much, my mind corrected myself. Vampires are still vampires and humans are still humans.
Taking a spoonful of the spagettios, I looked at Lucia really for the first time. There were fine stripes of darker hair on her head, which reminded me of what Risika did in Tiger Tiger. What Risika did period, I corrected myself again. She does exist after all. And Lucia's eyes held something that mine didn't. Wildness, freedom. Infact her eyes didn't look normal period. There was something different about them. Of course, she is a shapeshifter. Which reminds me."What can you shapeshift into?"
"A white Siberian tiger." My jaw dropped. Those creatures were so beautiful, and so endangered. I was jealous. I wanted to shapeshift into something. NO fair. Pooh.
"And why were you so reluctant to tell me earlier?" Taking a sip of my juice, I waited for her answer.Mmmm tasty juice. Kinda weird tasting aftertaste, but Mmm nonetheless
" Jaguar could have heard me. I don't think he would like me to announce it so that all the vampires in his company could have heard it."
"Why would Jaguar care?"
"I don't know, just blood respects blood." Blank. Woah. Hold the phone. Let me think. Blood and blood? Doesn't that mean relatives or something? Or was that blood bondage? Luckily Lucia noticed my confusion so she answered without me really asking. "After he was sold into Midnight by his father, his parents had another kid."
"so.."
"No, I'm not his sister. But his younger brother married out of the species into the white tiger shifters, and so on and on the tree goes until I come out and get sold here. Must have recognized the last name. It is his last name too after all. So he just treats me better because I'm related to him I suppose." Well, that was an interesting story. I'm just glad that she didnt..."So, what about you?" Damn. Caught. "What was your family like?" Swallowing my pride, or some of it (i might have choked if I had swallowed ALL of it), I tried to explain.
"Well, my mom was a Lithuanian immigrant. Personally I dont know where that is, but she came from there. My real dad was British, as white as they come. Well, they met in San Francisco when she was coming off the ship and dad was waiting for someone to come off. Love story right?" I sighed, wondering how it sounded to Lucia's ears.
"Guess not," she answered truthfully. Sipping my drink again, I continued.
"Right. He got her pregnant with me, and THEN tells her that the person he was waiting for at the ship was his fiancé." I acted as calm as I could, which wasn't very calm at all. "He said he would pay for the abortion but mom wanted to keep me. They had this giant fight over it. He didn't want to pay child support and she didn't want to get rid of me. Finally, they agreed that he would name me when I was born, pay the hospital bill and a couple pair of baby clothes, a crib, and couple dozen diapers, and then go to his fiancé. Hmph. He named me Nada. Told my mom that's what he thought of me." By now I was near tears because I thought that I had gotten over it but I guess this was one of those things that never went away.
"Anyway," I continued after I wiped my eyes, making sure not to look at Lucia, "Mom took care of me fine until my step father came along. He knocked her up then married her. Mom had a miscarriage. So basically I'm an only child that wasn't good enough for my real father to be alive." Taking a deep breath, I decided to finish this whole thing so she wouldn't ask questions later. "My step father hated me, and I don't know why but I caught Adrian's eye. He wanted to take me and my mom refused. SHE knew vampires existed. She just didn't decide to tell me. I don't know how I knew that she knew, but the way she glared at Adrian just makes me think now that she knew. Oh, and now my step father refuses the first time but with a bit of Adrian's mind boggling, he got rid of me." For a few seconds I was quiet but then I added. "He hated me so much. Humans are free prey to any vampire, but Adrian bought me. I hate him!"
There was pure silence for about five minutes, but I was glad, I was getting rather tired. My mind was getting fuzzy and I really couldn't think. Slowly I realized what had happened but wasn't quick enough. Lucia took my tray away and was already putting me under the covers. "You..drink...drug-.."
"Jaguar asked me to Nada," she told me with a serious look on her face. I had to laugh because I wondered why the punch had the faintest taste of something in it. Too bad I hadn't thought of that before. "The food was drugged too," she added just as I was thinking about it. Oh boy, I thought about cursing at her, but I fell into a blissful sleep before I could even form the first word.
**Alright, How did you like it? If you want the next chapter, I need 4 reviews, please! That way I can get a good idea at who likes it. Please, the next chapter is about Adrian and I'm itching to put it up so if you want to read it, please review!
May your blood flow freely
Krikoris
"Insanity makes the rivers flow"