Disclaimer's Note:Chicka, Chicka! I don't own 'em!
Okay, before starting off Chapter Five, I have to answer some very interesting questions that were brought up by ShadowOfBlood. Kid, you noticed all the things in the story that I was still trying to figure out! ^^ Anyway, I will answer his questions to the best of my ability, through what parts of the plot (A) have already been shown or (B) parts of the plot I know will appear. In other words, I'll answer the questions by not revealing too much of the plot that it will ruin the story, but explaining the questions that have already been brought up in the plot. If you don't understand that, sorry, lol. Just read the questions. For which, Kassandra will be coming in to answer!
*places reporter Bunny in a cage in front of Kassandra*
Bunny: Are you sure about this Vegetaztwin? She will try to kill me?
Vegetaztwin: ^^;; Uh... just ask the questions quickly Bunny, so she can't get through the cage.
Kassandra: Don't worry, I already ate... ^^
Bunny: Ok, Kassandra. ^^;; The first thing that we wanna know is how you're able to grow, when you're a vampire. I mean you were born as a vampire baby, so how come you're not still a baby? And since you obviously are growing, will you ever be able to stop growing?
Kassandra: *smirks* Some vampires are able to control certain parts of their apperance, as we have seen when Risika's hair had tiger stripes. I am powerful enough that I am able to control what age I want to physically look like. Most vampires can do this, since you don't see crippled old skeletons walking around, do you? So I just make myself look older a year. But I'm never going to make myself look older then twenty, unless it's an emergency, god forbid! Anyway, Siete just kept me growing when I was a baby, and toddler, until I was able to control the power myself. *scowls* Siete had too much power over me as a child.
Bunny: Alrighty! You heard it here first!
Kassandra: I'm starting to get hungry...
Bunny: Uhh... VT?
Vegetaztwin: Hold on Bunny we'll get you out of there in a minute. Anyway, the next question was directed towards Risika. However, we couldn't get hold of her! So I will just have to attempt to answer this question to the best of my ability. The question was: Why would Risika want to help Aubrey? *VT grins* Sorry, kids but you'll probably find that out in one of the upcoming chapters. Maybe she wasn't helping him directly, you know? Maybe she was doing it for someone else... *winks and smiles*
Bunny:*screaming in the background* VT! HELP!
VT: Kassandra! Stop it! STOP! Don't kill Bunny! Ahh!
Chapter Five- Recruiting
Christopher and Nicholas were sound asleep in their large mansion, as dawn broke over the treetops. They had no idea of the impending danger.
The would be the first that Kassandra would return to.
The two woke instantly from their sound slumber, at the same time when they felt Kassandra's powers lurking in the shadows.
And the two brothers feared it.
Instantly Nicholas was in Christopher's room.
"She's back." was all Christopher whispered.
"She was banned from New Mayhem! This can not be!" Nicholas raged. "Where is the God damned Council when you need them?"
"What should we do Nicholas?" Christopher questioned.
"The first thing we must do is get Nissa and Sarah out of New Mayhem until she leaves." Nicholas suggested.
Christopher paled.
"You don't really think that Kassandra would use them against us, do you?"
"I do indeed. Kassandra will do anything for power, in case you've forgotten brother. The only thing that I wonder about her right now is... why would she return to New Mayhem now?" Nicholas pondered.
"I am not sure. I will go fetch the girls. They can survive in the sunlight now. Where should I send them to?" Christopher said.
"Someplace sunny and warm. Sarah and Nissa have no problems with sun... While Kassandra on the other hand, despises in the sun and only travels in it when she absolutely must." Nicholas explained.
Christopher nodded, and headed out of the room.
Nicholas stared at the darkly shaded window that emitted no light for a moment, thinking of the child that had left New Mayhem, and wondered what woman had returned to it.
Christopher broke into the room that Sarah had been sharing with Nissa for the day. Sarah had come over the night before to spend time with them, and had decided to bunk with Nissa at the signs of daylight.
"Nissa! Sarah!" Christopher shouted, shaking them to rouse them.
"Mmm... morning already?" Nissa asked yawning.
"No," Christopher began, throwing some clothes into a suitcase. "You must leave New Mayhem."
Nissa and Sarah woke at this last exclamation.
"What's the matter brother?" Nissa asked standing.
"Kassandra has returned."
Sarah saw a brief flash of fear cross Nissa's eyes.
"Must we leave?" Nissa questioned. "Will she come for you and Nicholas?"
"She certainly will."
"Who is Kassandra?"Sarah asked.
"She is an extremely powerful and ruthless vampire. Nicholas was part of her group before was banished from New Mayhem." Nissa explained.
"She's that dangerous, that we have to leave?"
Nissa and Christopher nodded.
"You're going to Hawaii." Christopher continued.
Sarah let out a small laugh.
"So we're committing suicide instead of having someone else kill us?"
Nissa shook her head.
"It's actually quite a brilliant plan if you think about it, Sarah. We can survive in sunlight. Hawaii is the last place that you would look for a vampire."
Sarah nodded, thinking.
"Why don't Christopher and Nicholas come with us then?"
"She would be able to find us wherever we go." Christopher answered. "Now hurry! I'll get someone to hack into a computer system and get you two tickets on the first plan out!"
Nissa nodded, grabbed her duffel bag, and started down the winding staircase. Sarah started at Christopher a moment longer, before heading down after Nissa.
Nissa reached out for the large, old fashioned door knob, and started to throw the door open, when she caught a glimpse who was on the other side, and froze.
"Kassandra,"she breathed as one word.
Kassandra smirked at Nissa's shocked face, and threw the door the rest of the way open.
"Surely your brothers were expecting me, dear Nissa." Kassandra said walking through the threshold.
"I...uh...ummm..." Nissa stumbled.
"Kassandra! Darling! So good to see you again!" a voice came much to Nissa's relief.
Nicholas had started to come down the spiraling wooden staircase.
"Nikolas..." Kassandra said in a sweet voice. "Where's your dear brother?"
"C- Kristopher will be down in a moment. We were... just preparing for your arrival." Nicholas explained, forcing a false smile.
Kassandra let out a low laugh.
"Waking during day, just for me?" Kassandra asked, her eyes darting to Sarah.
Then Kassandra stepped closer to Nissa and Sarah.
"I've met your sister before..." Kassandra whispered gently, putting a finger to Sarah's chin, so that she could clearly see her face. "But I've never seen this one before..."
"She's just a slave." Nicholas hastily said, hoping that Kassandra would believe the lie.
"She's an interesting specimen..." Kassandra continued, taking no heed of Nicholas's words. "What's your name child?"
"Sarah." was the tiny reply.
Sarah in that moment, had never wished more that she was still a hunter of vampires. To have the cold feel of a knife in her boot, and the trust of a sheath on her back. Knowing that at any moment she could pull the weapons out and destroy another damned creature of the darkness.
But now she was one of those creatures, and lived by a new set of rules.
"What is your past?" Kassandra asked, but was already starting to bend her head, so that her mouth was closer to Sarah's neck.
Sarah knew that if she was still a hunter, in this moment the blood moving through her veins would have been chilled, her heart would have been stilled, and her breath would have been held.
But since she was a vampire now, none of these occurred, except the thrill of fear that shot tingling through her spine.
"Kassandra!"
Again the girls were relieved of the closeness that has brushed with Kassandra, as this time Christopher stared at the top of the stairs.
"Kristopher... Let me finish with this child... Do you know her past? I want to... I want to know all about her..." Kassandra said, as though in a trance.
"Kassandra," Christopher started, trying to sound braver then he felt. "Don't worry about her. She... She can't remember her past. It's no use to take her blood. Why don't you and Nic- Nikolas come into the study, so we can discuss the matters at hand?"
Kassandra snapped out of her trance, and stared at Sarah for a moment longer.
"Yes... That will do."
Kassandra started up the stairs, with Nicholas following. Nicholas turned just for a moment, to give Nissa and Sarah a look, clearly telling them to get out of the house.
The two waited until the three vampires disappeared into the room upstairs, and then Nissa grabbed Sarah's hand, who was still petrified, and raced out in the day.
Author's Note: ^^ He, so Kassandra has come for Nicholas and Christopher first. ^^ Anyway, review or email me at vegetaztwin@hotmail.com. You can also join the mailing list there if you want. I'm starting the book The Queen of the Damned, so also drop me a line if you've read it and want to tell me how it is. Or if you've read the book and seen the movie. I'm planning on reading the book and then borrowing the movie from a friend. Bye bye for now!
