Alrightoz faithful readers! Some of my readers might have left after the
past chapters because it might sound like I am copying Turquoise or
something, but I really am not. I never planned this to happen. It just
did. Anywhoz, sorry for all the month jumping. Nothing really important
happens every day in a dark basement. If anyone has any questions, ask. If
you have flames, they will be used to toast my marshmallows. Now that that
is established, characters that you know from books arent mine and the ones
you dont know from books are mine. This is shorter than my other ones but
bear with me. Here is chapter 18. Oh, heh, it might be good for youz to
know that this is in Turquoise's POV.
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"Nada, what have you done to yourself?" I groan as I am ushered into the basement by Jaguar. The girl that I had grown to love like a little sister when she had been upstairs was now turning into what Jager wanted her to be. Her body was much thinner but subtly muscled,and her skin was as pale as a vampires. This whole thing was not going in her human side's favor.
"She doesn't call herself Nada anymore," Jaguar told me as I walked closer to the sleeping girl. But what he said made me turn and look at him. He knew, obviously, that I had also changed my name because I was an innocent before Daryl had killed my family and took me into Midnight. And I knew that Nada was feeling just the same way. I did not feel anger towards her. She has been down here for too long and there is no way that she could have stayed the same under these circumstances.
"And what exactly does she call herself?" I ask as I kneel down next to her. I see no major wounds on her until I put her on her side and saw a huge gash in the back of her head.
"Avalon." Came another voice that came from the bathtub. I jumped at the new sound but I knew he couldnt be threatening. The voice didnt sound any older than 6. When a small bright red haired boy poked his head out of the tub, I actually smiled. He was rather adorable.
"Avalon now is it?" Opening my kit, I cleaned out the wound and patched it up. The little boy kept looking at me to Nada, I mean Avalon, then back to me. I guess he was a bit nervous around Jaguar, who still stood in the doorway.
My mind kept drifting to Eric. He loved her with all his heart and more, any fool could see that. Whenever a new slave came, he showed them around, like usual. But when someone brought their own "pets" and there was a non broken one, Eric always seemed to talk to that one the most, even if it gotten him beaten. None of that has to do with Avalon at all, but it was obvious that he had gotten a taste of non broken conversations from the girl and now he thirsted for more.
How do I know he loves her? Everytime Lucia and I sneak him down here, he seems to glow with happiness. And he is dazed the next day. He has been receiving more beatings because he has not acted properly around the guests. I doubt he cares though.
"Are you done Turquoise?" I pull my mind back to reality and nod as Jaguar picks her up and lays her on the bed. As I put away the case, I couldnt help but ask.
"How did this happen?" That seemed to stop Jaguar in mid stride. Slowly, he looked at the boy, who cowered in the tub. "And who is he?"
"That boy was a present to Avalon from her owner." Both of us seemed to grimace. This boy was part of Jager's long term plan to turn Nada into a perfect vampire. No sympathy, like Jaguar, or any softness for humans, like Aubrey or even Jager himself. "And as for what happened, Flare." Oh, that would explain everything. Jaguar's bloodbrother owned Avalon by blood, as odd as that actually sounds. Her mother, his blood bond, gave Avalon some of Flare's blood while she was in her mother's womb. Which would explain why Avalon's mind was blocked. Somewhat like Jessica, but not really at all. Her mother had been a full blooded vampire and Jessica had been kept alive in her mother for over 20 years by Siete's blood, and Avalon's had been just a bond, with only a small amount of vampire blood.
"Bad vampire picked me up and Avalon hit him mighty hard!" The boy exclaimed proudly as he slipped out of the tub. It was odd to me how this boy could be so normal after such a long time in here.
"And what happened next?" I asked him, wanting to get the boy's point of view on this. Everytime I saw a young boy it reminded me of my little brother. But Eric made me ache the most. He was as old as my brother would have been if he had lived. Just thinking about it makes me want to cry. It has been years since my family has been murdered, but the wound had been reopened several years ago and it only being rehealed now.
"Well, the vampire dropped me and the metal bar hit him. He hit her really hard and made her hurt her head. Then he called blood," it was obvious the boy didnt know what it meant, "But another vampire came in and said that she didn't draw any, which she didn't."
"What did the other vampire look like?" I prodded carefully, not sure who the vampire was. There wasnt very many vampires that knew Avalon was down here.
"He had really dark blue hair." Wow, Adrian had protected Avalon? This shocked me for a moment and I turned to lock eyes with Jaguar. He simply nodded briefly. So Adrian HAD done so. That unnerved me quite a bit, although I really wasnt sure why.
"Alright, keep going," I asked softly as I looked at him again. Those were definetly Midnight clothes, but the sparkle in his eye told me that he was not born here. Jager had taken him from a family and brought him here to a 16 year old girl. Or maybe Jager killed the boy's family and THEN brought him here to a 16 year old girl.
"Well, that vampire back there agreed and the mean one left. Then the blue haired said something about sharing a cell with Nada's mother before he left." Once again my eyes darted back to Jaguar. Was that the reason for Adrian's hatred? Being constantly reminded of his human past when he looked at a girl? It would most likely enrage any vampire such as Adrian.
"Do you know what started this whole thing?"
"Flare found her mother and killed her." Jaguar answered when the boy did not. That made my eyes actually tear up as I looked at the form of Avalon in the bed. She still had family out there when she came, but now she is a nobody. Flare had killed the last thing in Nada's life that Avalon loved.
"Let's go," I mutter under my breath as I stand up and walk away from the child. "What's your name kid?" I ask him as I pause at the door to look at him. I felt somewhat guilty for leaving him in the dark, but I could not do a thing about it.
"Blaze is my name, red hair is my game!" The kid squealed. I laughed, and I was surprised to see Jaguar suppressing a smirk. Neither of us has heard anything so ridiculously pointless in almost a year. Not since Nada got thrown into our lives.
"Well, bye then Blaze." I tell him before I leave the basement. I need to tell Eric that we have to do something special for Avalon. If what Jaguar heard was correct, there is not much time for Avalon and Eric.
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I know, crappy wasnt it? It really isnt important to the plot but I needed someone elses POV on this. I apologize over and over but I think the next chapter is going to be a winner. Eric's and Nada's POV.
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"Nada, what have you done to yourself?" I groan as I am ushered into the basement by Jaguar. The girl that I had grown to love like a little sister when she had been upstairs was now turning into what Jager wanted her to be. Her body was much thinner but subtly muscled,and her skin was as pale as a vampires. This whole thing was not going in her human side's favor.
"She doesn't call herself Nada anymore," Jaguar told me as I walked closer to the sleeping girl. But what he said made me turn and look at him. He knew, obviously, that I had also changed my name because I was an innocent before Daryl had killed my family and took me into Midnight. And I knew that Nada was feeling just the same way. I did not feel anger towards her. She has been down here for too long and there is no way that she could have stayed the same under these circumstances.
"And what exactly does she call herself?" I ask as I kneel down next to her. I see no major wounds on her until I put her on her side and saw a huge gash in the back of her head.
"Avalon." Came another voice that came from the bathtub. I jumped at the new sound but I knew he couldnt be threatening. The voice didnt sound any older than 6. When a small bright red haired boy poked his head out of the tub, I actually smiled. He was rather adorable.
"Avalon now is it?" Opening my kit, I cleaned out the wound and patched it up. The little boy kept looking at me to Nada, I mean Avalon, then back to me. I guess he was a bit nervous around Jaguar, who still stood in the doorway.
My mind kept drifting to Eric. He loved her with all his heart and more, any fool could see that. Whenever a new slave came, he showed them around, like usual. But when someone brought their own "pets" and there was a non broken one, Eric always seemed to talk to that one the most, even if it gotten him beaten. None of that has to do with Avalon at all, but it was obvious that he had gotten a taste of non broken conversations from the girl and now he thirsted for more.
How do I know he loves her? Everytime Lucia and I sneak him down here, he seems to glow with happiness. And he is dazed the next day. He has been receiving more beatings because he has not acted properly around the guests. I doubt he cares though.
"Are you done Turquoise?" I pull my mind back to reality and nod as Jaguar picks her up and lays her on the bed. As I put away the case, I couldnt help but ask.
"How did this happen?" That seemed to stop Jaguar in mid stride. Slowly, he looked at the boy, who cowered in the tub. "And who is he?"
"That boy was a present to Avalon from her owner." Both of us seemed to grimace. This boy was part of Jager's long term plan to turn Nada into a perfect vampire. No sympathy, like Jaguar, or any softness for humans, like Aubrey or even Jager himself. "And as for what happened, Flare." Oh, that would explain everything. Jaguar's bloodbrother owned Avalon by blood, as odd as that actually sounds. Her mother, his blood bond, gave Avalon some of Flare's blood while she was in her mother's womb. Which would explain why Avalon's mind was blocked. Somewhat like Jessica, but not really at all. Her mother had been a full blooded vampire and Jessica had been kept alive in her mother for over 20 years by Siete's blood, and Avalon's had been just a bond, with only a small amount of vampire blood.
"Bad vampire picked me up and Avalon hit him mighty hard!" The boy exclaimed proudly as he slipped out of the tub. It was odd to me how this boy could be so normal after such a long time in here.
"And what happened next?" I asked him, wanting to get the boy's point of view on this. Everytime I saw a young boy it reminded me of my little brother. But Eric made me ache the most. He was as old as my brother would have been if he had lived. Just thinking about it makes me want to cry. It has been years since my family has been murdered, but the wound had been reopened several years ago and it only being rehealed now.
"Well, the vampire dropped me and the metal bar hit him. He hit her really hard and made her hurt her head. Then he called blood," it was obvious the boy didnt know what it meant, "But another vampire came in and said that she didn't draw any, which she didn't."
"What did the other vampire look like?" I prodded carefully, not sure who the vampire was. There wasnt very many vampires that knew Avalon was down here.
"He had really dark blue hair." Wow, Adrian had protected Avalon? This shocked me for a moment and I turned to lock eyes with Jaguar. He simply nodded briefly. So Adrian HAD done so. That unnerved me quite a bit, although I really wasnt sure why.
"Alright, keep going," I asked softly as I looked at him again. Those were definetly Midnight clothes, but the sparkle in his eye told me that he was not born here. Jager had taken him from a family and brought him here to a 16 year old girl. Or maybe Jager killed the boy's family and THEN brought him here to a 16 year old girl.
"Well, that vampire back there agreed and the mean one left. Then the blue haired said something about sharing a cell with Nada's mother before he left." Once again my eyes darted back to Jaguar. Was that the reason for Adrian's hatred? Being constantly reminded of his human past when he looked at a girl? It would most likely enrage any vampire such as Adrian.
"Do you know what started this whole thing?"
"Flare found her mother and killed her." Jaguar answered when the boy did not. That made my eyes actually tear up as I looked at the form of Avalon in the bed. She still had family out there when she came, but now she is a nobody. Flare had killed the last thing in Nada's life that Avalon loved.
"Let's go," I mutter under my breath as I stand up and walk away from the child. "What's your name kid?" I ask him as I pause at the door to look at him. I felt somewhat guilty for leaving him in the dark, but I could not do a thing about it.
"Blaze is my name, red hair is my game!" The kid squealed. I laughed, and I was surprised to see Jaguar suppressing a smirk. Neither of us has heard anything so ridiculously pointless in almost a year. Not since Nada got thrown into our lives.
"Well, bye then Blaze." I tell him before I leave the basement. I need to tell Eric that we have to do something special for Avalon. If what Jaguar heard was correct, there is not much time for Avalon and Eric.
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I know, crappy wasnt it? It really isnt important to the plot but I needed someone elses POV on this. I apologize over and over but I think the next chapter is going to be a winner. Eric's and Nada's POV.