Disclaimer- I do not own Vampyre Hunter D. I am a poor sophomore in high school without a job. This is merely a hobby and I do not make any money off of it. On the contrary though, Radha is mine! Maude and Lie are also my creations. Please do not use them without receiving MY permission first. You may contact me via e-mail. Crede, however, is a character that belongs to my little sister and is being used with her permission.
Author's notes: Yes I realize many people spell vampyre as vampire. I do not. If this different spelling bothers you then I apologize. This chapter is pretty much clean with some mild violence and bad language, not much though.
Dhampire
Prey in Sight
The screams. They would not cease. She could not stop them, her mother's screams. The screams of one being hunted and slowly killed by monsters. Her throat ripped to shreds; her body violated all in lust for blood. Those screams echoed every night in her head. Her eyes flew open at the sight of her mother's body and she too now screamed. D rushed into the room, sword drawn, ready to strike. But, no one was there. No one except for the cunning huntress who now sat huddled in a corner, crying and defending herself from an unseen attacker.
"She's a loony." The sym sneered.
"Silence," the tall hunter whispered to his hand as he slowly walked to her. He knelt in front of her, trying to see what tormented her so. That's when she looked at him. Her eyes had changed. No longer were they the cool, burning jade pools he confronted earlier. They had transformed into frightened and dull spheres of an olive green. "It's okay." He told her, still no emotion in his tone.
"You! You raped my mother! You drank her blood! You called the wolves to eat her alive! It was you who made me watch it all!" She screamed as she lashed out at the slightly confused D. D jumped back, easily dodging all of her sloppy attacks. With a simple twist, he was behind her. His strength easily outmatched her weakened form as he just held her to him, letting her scream and run out of energy. It didn't take long and she was soon passed out once more.
"Is it just me…Or do all women seem to swoon for you, D, after screaming your name?" The sym taunted.
"Do you want to drown?"
"Fine…my lips are sealed."
"Good." D carefully put her back into bed. As soon as she was functioning again, he would leave.
Within hours, she was coming to, without the screams this time. She looked around; trying to regain her bearings as everything slowly came into focus. The room was small. It was furnished with two twin beds, a bathroom with just a toilet, sink, and a single person shower, and a man sitting on the other bed sharpening a very long sword. She reached for her sword but it was gone, as where her other weapons.
"I have them." The man said, not even looking up from his task.
"I know you…you're the hunter…D?" She was slightly confused and couldn't think straight. "You are after Blaise as well…we fought…you won." She was talking to herself more than to D.
"Your horse is in the stables. You are free to go whenever you wish." She got up and slowly walked over to him. Her weapons were on he floor at his feet.
"He going to make me bow to him…His victory wasn't enough…he wants me to bow. I could just kill him for such an insult." Radha grimaced, a small snarl forming on her lips.
As if he could hear her thoughts, D ceased his sharpening to hand the weapons to her. She nodded and quickly rearmed herself. She turned to leave but stopped at the door. "I shall pay you back for your mercy. Vampyre Hunter D…but not if you become between me and my prey…I will not make the same mistakes twice." He merely nodded. "And the name is Radha." With that she departed from the room.
"Will the gentleman be leaving with you, miss?" The stable hand asked while putting the saddle back on her horse.
"No." She said coldly. After paying the boy, she took her mount by the reins and led him outside. Once out in the open, she proceeded to check over him to make sure he was not damaged. "He didn't hurt you…Did he, Goliath?" The cyborg snorted and shook his head. "Good…now we must hurry if we are to catch our prey." She then mounted up and galloped out of the town.
D watched Radha leave from a window. "Interested are we?" The sym asked, attempting to sound innocent.
"Silence."
"Why did you help her anyway? She's competition, you know. She'll only get in the way." The sym retorted, as if stating some unknown fact.
"I needed her horse."
"Lair." D clenched his fist to silence it. He then headed down to the stables to saddle up and leave as well.
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Radha grinned to herself. She was making wonderful time and was so close to Blaise that her senses where going haywire. It was day now and with Goliath at full speed, she would catch up to him in a matter of hours. The thrill of the hunt and eventual kill excited her. This had always been her favorite part of the life of a hunter. Her grin turned to a slight frown. She would have to hurry since the heat was rising and she had not sought shelter from the sun since she left the hotel late early that morning. If she didn't seek shade soon, the heat could overcome her. Radha simply pushed this thought out of her mind and rode on.
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Mina looked out of the carriage at the sun, the bright star that kept the Earth alive. How she wished she could feel its rays upon her skin. She missed it dearly. Her violet eyes then turned from the window to the coffin beside her. In that beautiful box lay a man who could kill her with a single thought, and he frightened her.
She remembered the night he had taken her away. He had thought she was a vampyre taken captive by the humans because of her eyes, her vampyric eyes. He had ignored his senses that screamed, "HUMAN!" and saved her from the mortals. It was then that he discovered what she was and remembered a prophecy of old. The ancient tale foretold of a woman who appeared to be a vampyre but was no more than a human. But, if she would be turned, the vampyres she would create could over turn the future of the humans, forcing them to once again bow to their rightful masters. He then decided to take her to his castle, to turn her, and rule the new future that she would create.
"They've stopped to water the horses…I don't think they would mind if I took a quick stroll in the sun…and if I could just get away…then the prophecy wouldn't come true…" Her decision made, Mina stood and stepped out of the carriage. A short woman of about 5'4" stepped in front of her. The woman had exceptionally pale skin, deep golden eyes, pointy ears, and silvery white hair with black ends that reached her knees. She wore an almost translucent white body suit and covering her back was a pair of full, white-feathered wings.
"And where might you be wondering off to?" The woman in white asked.
"I'm going for a walk, Crede…my legs are cramping…Do you mind?" Mina snapped.
"Let her go, Crede," hissed a reptilian looking woman.
"Stay out of this, Maude." Crede growled at the snake woman. Maude was an odd mutant. The top half of her body was that of a beautiful young woman with raven black hair, icy blue eyes, muscular arms, and full breasts. Her bottom half was that of a powerful anaconda. Maude's snake-like body could crush a man in brief moment.
"Maude's right…let her go for a walk." A third mutant in the lake with horses ordered. He was tall, slender, and dressed like a gypsy. He could walk into any town and most likely leave unharmed since he appeared human minus the blue and white hair.
"Lie…stick to watering the horses." Crede mumbled, cracking her knuckles.
"Look! I'm just walking over there by the river and I won't go into the woods…I'll stay in your line of vision, Crede!" Mina yelled, pointing off into the distance.
"Fine…" Before Crede could change her mind, Mina quickly walked past her. She continued to walk until she came to the small river. She looked down to see her reflection. Her long blonde hair was free of any restraints and played in the wind. Her silky, black floor length nightgown, amazingly enough, was in perfect condition. Neither of its long sleeves had been torn in the struggle and its hem hadn't unraveled even though it must have been stepped on at least a dozen times by one of the mutants that loyally followed Blaise. While looking over her nightgown in the water, she noticed the reflection of a blurred figure rush by. She looked up to see a single woman in black standing across the river.
"You must be Mina Carfax." The woman stated.
"Yes…Yes I am…Please tell me you're a hunter come to save me! The vampyre means to change me." Mina replied hastily.
Radha grinned. "I am here to kill the vamp and return you to your sister…yes…that is true…Where is the vampyre?"
"In a carriage back there…but it's guarded by three mutants." Mina informed, pointing back in direction of the carriage.
"They should be no problem…come across the river and I'll get you out of here…I'll deal with the vampyre once you are safe." The huntress ordered, holding out her hand. Mina was about to cross the river when a pair of powerful arms grabbed her from behind.
"I should have known you would try to escape." Crede growled.
"LET ME GO!" Mina screamed.
"Lie…catch!" The woman ordered, tossing Mina to her fellow mutant. Lie caught Mina easily enough and ran back to the carriage, leaving Crede to deal with Radha. Crede sniffed the air and then glared at the huntress. "I'll enjoy hearing you scream as you die, Dhampire."
"Whatever…" Radha unsheathed her sword and leapt across the river at the woman. Crede dodged her attack, twisting to kick out at her. Radha blocked the kick with her cape and slashed out again with the blade. Crede ducked and starting flipping backward to gain some space between her and the huntress.
"You're good, Dhampire…I'll have to use my true form to kill you…but die you shall."
"Your confidence is your weakness since you have not even seen me truly fight yet."
"Hmpf! Prepare to die!" Crede howled up at the sun and shifted into a large, white wolf that easily matched the size of Goliath. The wolf spread its magnificent wings and turned to face another figure, this one mounted, coming her way. The figure jumped off his horse with his sword drawn at the wolf. The wolf-turned-Crede merely caught the blade in her mouth and flung the man away like yesterday's trash.
"I told you not to get in my way, D." Radha growled as she aimed her crossbow at the wolf, but before she could shoot, the wolf was gone. "Shit! Goliath!" The cyborg galloped out of the woods to Radha. She mounted up and raced after the mutants, leaving D behind. D, not one to be left in the dust, was soon mounted and hot on their heels.
"Crede dear, weren't you suppose to dispose of the hunters?" Maude asked lazily, slowly uncurling so that her body covered the entire roof of the carriage.
"What does it matter?" The now human looking Crede huffed, looking up at Maude from the driver's seat.
"They're right behind us."
Both Lie and Crede looked back from their seat to see two mounted hunters gaining on them. "Oh crud puppies…" Lie breathed as his attention returned to the road. He flicked the reins to make the six horse team go faster.
"Don't worry, Wolf Girl…I'll fix your mistake." Maude said as she threw herself from the carriage and in front of the riders. "Stop…please." Neither seemed to be listening. "I was polite…no need to be so RUDE!" She yelled, using her tail as a whip to knock the two Dhampires off their horses. Radha hit the ground hard and didn't move. D, on the other hand, was quickly back on his feet with his sword drawn. Before he could blink, Maude was almost upon him. D rolled to avoid her. Raising herself up so that she was taller than D, Maude opened her mouth and started spitting a deadly acid at him. Avoiding the puddles of venom, D lunged at her, slashing with his sword. Twisting out of his way, she quickly slithered up into a great tree on the edge of the woods. The Dhampire sped into the forest after her, but she was no where to be seen. He knew she was there, but wasn't sure of her exact location.
"You know D…we crossed the entire desert in a day…maybe we should just let her go and chase down the vampyre in the morning." D paid the sym no heed. "Hey! I may not be susceptible to the sun but you are."
"Shut up…I need to hear." The sym, for once, did listen to him. D raised his head sharply to the sound of an intoxicating laughter in the trees.
"Dhampire…sweet Dhampire…There's no need to fight me…I'm on your side…Come join me." The snake woman said. Her voice seemed to have a mind numbing affect to it. D couldn't help but feel sleepy. "Sleep, sweet Dhampire…There's no need to fight anymore." D was about to fall under her hypnosis when something stepped on a broken twig, bringing him back to full alertness. "Damn it!" Maude cursed as D lunged at her. She swung onto another branch, avoiding his blade. He landed on the ground, out of breath, and fell to his knees.
"I told you about the heat!" The sym yelled!
"Shut up!" D yelled back, avoiding Maude's tail. He jumped again to avoid her burning spit but was caught in her coils.
"What have I caught here? A little Dhampire trying to play hunter? HA!"
"Yo Snake Bitch! Up here!" A female voice ordered. Maude looked up to see a very pissed off Radha jumping from a tree with her sword drawn coming straight for her. The last thing Maude saw was Radha's hot blade slicing through her chest. The huntress then fell to her side. The heat was obviously getting to her as well. "There's a cave just back there a bit," she said, staggering to her feet. Both Radha and D barely made into the cave before giving out under the harsh heat. Luckily for them the cave had a damp dirt floor, and the two were able to easily dig a holes big enough for the to lay in. "There…we're even." Radha informed, burying herself in her own little pit. D just nodded his head slightly in reply.
"What happened to your mother?" He asked after a few minutes.
"What does it matter to you?"
"You accused me of killing her back at the hotel…"
"Oh…" Radha paused for a moment. "My mother was a weapons' smith…she serviced everyone…humans and mutants alike. One night a pale skinned man with long auburn hair, like you, came into her shop. He rapped her. When I was thirteen, my 'beloved' father returned. He bled her and called his wolves to finish her. He made me watch the entire thing…saying that if I was to be his daughter…I needed to be strong. That was when I decided to be a hunter. He died slowly at my hand and I have been stalking vampyres since then. It is the only life I can have…as I am sure you know well enough…there are few occupations Dhampires are allowed."
D, once again, merely nodded.
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