The next morning Jackie woke up in a cold sweat. His hands went to his throat. He felt no scars, no gash, not even a lousy bruise. "Was it all a dream?" he thought. Then he got out of bed and went to bathroom to take a shower. He pulled off his classic blue sweater and dark spot on the collar. He looked at it more carefully and saw it was blood.

"Jackie!" It was Captain Black. Jackie tossed the dirty sweater into the hamper and went to see what Captain Black wanted. "Hey Jackie," Captain Black started, "Could you show Victor around Section 13? Kempler was going to but there was a small malfunction with the security cameras in the vault and I need him on it."

"Victor?" thought Jackie.

"Please Jackie. You know I wouldn't ask you if I find someone else."

"Ok, but just this once." While waiting for Victor, Jackie tried to convince himself that Victor is not Valmont and he wasn't a vampire. He told himself "There's not such thing as vampires! You probably just had a nose bleed during the night." But when Victor showed up Jackie still was half expecting Victor to jump on his throat. Jackie half-heartily showed Victor around. They talked very little until they got to Victor's room. Jackie opened Victor's door to let him in when he saw something unusual. A lasertic sword with a ruby on the hilt. Jackie's eyes grew large. Once Victor saw what Jackie was staring at he pushed Jackie into his room. The next sound Jackie heard was sound of the door's lock click shut.

"It would have been better if you kept believing it just a dream," Victor said.

Jackie was at lost for words. So he just sat there dumbly.

"You know Finn and the others want me to kill you for all the trouble you cause. But I decided not to," Valmont said nonchalantly.

"And why not?" Jackie said bitterly.

He didn't respond. He just walked to another part of the small room.

"Enough of your games, Valmont! What do you want?" Jackie shouted. He clenched his fist. Valmont wouldn't ignore him anymore. Jackie threw a punch at Valmont. Valmont just calmly caught his wrist and twisted it behind his back.

"Oh Jackie," Valmont said mockingly, "Must I always be plotting something?"

"Aren't you?" Jackie said coldly.

Valmont lost all humor in his voice and said, "I could have killed you last night. The least you could do is show some gratitude." He let go of Jackie's wrist and pushed him in the small bed in the room knocking the air out of him. Valmont quickly grabbed the lasertic sword and had it at Jackie's throat before he knew it.

"Now don't move. I don't want to raid the vault again."

"What? You caused the malfunction to steal the talismans? Is that what this all about?"

Valmont moved the sword closer to Jackie's throat and said harshly "Don't get that tone with me. I simply won't allow it." Jackie didn't say anything.

"That's a good Chan." Valmont backed off and removed the sword from Jackie's throat. Then he sat down a one of the ugly plastic chairs around a small table facing the bed. Valmont still had the sword in his hand but he was toying with it.

When Jackie got up his courage he sat on the bed and said in a quiet voice, "Then what is this all about?"

"My needs. As you probably remember by now, I am vampire and I need blood."

"Then why didn't you feed on me?"

He stopped toying with the sword and almost laughed aloud "What makes you think I didn't?"

"There's no mark on me and I am not dead. So you couldn't have fed on me."

He smirked and said "What about the talismans?"

"The talismans…the horse! How could I be so stupid? But tell me Valmont why keep me alive?"

"Don't you see? Why the power of the horse I can feed on you every night and I never have to hunt down new prey."

That resparked Jackie's temper "So that's it? I am your personal all-you-can-eat buffet?"

Valmont looked harshly at Jackie. "I should kill him for talking to me in such a way. I kill others for much smaller things." Valmont thought. He looked into Jackie's eyes burning with such fire. Such anger and hate. Valmont grabbed his face and forced Jackie to look up at him. Valmont leaned in and turn his face. Then kissed Jackie hard and violently.