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The Inferno
Chapter 8: Daybreaker Hell
Cassia awoke once again with a headache and various pains littered across her body, she was lying on a cot and her wounds had been bandaged .She was no longer wearing the red sweater but instead a white turtle neck covered her torso. Her jeans were still intact but cover in dried blood. Oh well you've been in much worse for much longer, she told herself solemnly. She pushed away the pain; she was used to that by now and stood up swaying on her feet before sitting back down.
"Shit." She muttered to herself cradling her head in her hands and trying to stand again. This time she swayed but she managed to stay on her feet. The click of a door somewhere brought her attention from trying to stay standing to the two people walking toward her, she could see them through the bars. Bars? Yes she was in a cell, strange that she hadn't noticed that at first. You are becoming way too complacent Edwards you stupid bitch! Cassia screamed silently in her head.
In a matter of four days she had allowed herself to be ambushed, arrested, telepathically knocked out, made to kill her best friend after conversing with the biggest scum in the Night World and now she was locked up. AGAIN. Just an ordinary day for me then. Cassia thought, staring at these two figures calmly.
"I'm so glad you're awake, you had us very worried young Lady!" The girl with the pixie face scolded, Cassia remembered her from the warehouse. The fact that she was treating her like she was ten lost her at least ten brownie points on Cassias list.
"Who is 'us'?" Cassia inquired, with the same concentrated calm as she scaled the bars. They looked relatively new and instead of being prison custom grey they were painted black.
"Well Circle Daybreakers of course. "The girl replied, looking at Cassia curiously. Cassia must have groaned out loud because the pixie face puckered annoyed.
"Not Damned Daybreakers!" Cassia grumbled, resting her head against the cool bars. This has got to be a nightmare...please god let this be a nightmare. She pleaded. Cassia pinched herself. Nope, not a nightmare.
"Yes, we do work for Circle Daybreak." Pixie repeated, more firmly. "Do you know who and what we do?"
Cassia looked back at Pixie and gave her the coldest stare she could muster. "You go around singing hippie songs, preaching peace and love and unity with the Night People. You chant hymns with daisies in your hair and practically lie down on a plate and say 'Here I am EAT me now I don't care!" Cassia informed her, very matter of a fact.
The girl scowled at Cassia, and Cassia fought the urge to taunt her. Do not insult your captors until the let you out, she hummed to herself. Don't you mean if? That small voice added. Shut up. "No Miss Edwards we don't do that at all, but we do believe that Nightworlders and humans can live in harmony with one another. Some humans and Night People are actually soulmates and-"
She scoffed out loud. "That is disgusting. Humans and Night World scum soulmates?" Cassia spat, she turned her attentions back to the couple staring the pixie and the silent VAMPIRE! Her senses shouted loud enough to bring the throbbing migraine back in full force. The girl flinched under her gaze, but the boy didn't. Half a brownie point for him. Cassia remembered that they had used her surname, they obviously had the dirt on her...no big surprise anyone with a brain cell could get that info.
The pixie girl narrowed her eyes at her and continued on a rant. "We know all about your kind, Cassia" The girl began, she must have been about seventeen. "Those stupid ridiculous little freedom fighter who kill more than they save-"
Cassia lost it then, her patience had been in short supply considering the events of the last couple of days. "In opposed to a bunch of whiney do gooders who sit on their asses and sing Kum-by-ah all day."
"Well I never." The pixie girl grated, she was going scarlet. Cassia had the impression that she may pop if she didn't take a breath.
"Calm down Catherine, I' sure that after Rossalin talks with her she will understand. "The boy said hugging the girl, and Cassia saw pixie relax immediately. Not only was she Night World Loving Crazy... but she was a penis whipped one too.
"Whatever, leech." Cassia said, dismissing him with a wave of his hand. "Just get the keys and let me the hell out of here." She added smiling sweetly.
"We can't do that." Pixie broke in, she was kneeling in toward the bars taunting at her. "Rossalin told us that an Inferno member like you can't be trusted to go nuts and kill every Night World member of Circle Daybreak if we let you out." She finished this sentence gleefully.
"Go hug a werewolf Kum-by-ah!" Cassia retorted her voice of syrup honey.
Cassia watched as the guy bent down to mutter something to the girl and she giggled. You are one cruel bastard God. This is total torture. She looked skyward. Cassia almost physically barfed as they bent to kiss. "Stop it would you?" They didn't seem to hear her, they began to grope. "Hey go book a room necrophallic." They didn't stop. Cassia gritted her teeth and almost screeched. "Would someone please help me damn it!" Cassia turned away and tried to focus elsewhere. This is hell. I must be dead. The slurping noises continued. Cassia risked a glance as things quietened down. Strings of drool where suspended in-between the two lovers, like a symbol of the supposed soul bind between them. Frantic pawing was still going on.
"Would someone please get me the hell out of here!" Cassia screamed.
"Only if you promise not to kill any Night People under the protection of Circle Daybreak." Another voice said, Cassia turned to see a tall slender raven-haired girl staring at her through the bars. Great, another vampire she thought mentally sighing. She was reluctant to make any promises of that type. "I am Rossalin Demage, do you promise not to kill any of my people Night World or otherwise?" She asked once more.
The chances of her getting out of here if she said no were nil so instead Cassia smiled and said. "I promise not to kill any of your people."
"Your word as a hunter!" Rossalin persisted
"Yes alright, on my god damn word as a hunter." Cassia spat back. Although she didn't say anything about beating or brutally maiming her people, thought Cassia cheerfully.
As if the vampire had read her thoughts she added. "That goes for maiming or beating the crap out of either." Cassia screamed a number of expletives just then, mostly about vampires and fucking telepathy and how stupid and useless she was.
"What the hell ever, just let me out from behind these bars. I am kinda sick of being beaten on, tied up and locked behind bars. It is becoming so old." Cassia sighed, tired. The vampire Rossalin smiled opening the door. Cassia actually had to laugh, the irony of being freed by a, a blood sucking demon was just hilarious. Rossalin smiled at her warmly as she motioned for Cassia to follow her. Cassia did, but only under silent protest. Later she wished she hadn't. Later she would wish she had beaten the vamps up and ran for the hills. Later Cassia the vampire hunter would regret it.
It kind of felt like being in fifth period Physics, only Rossalin Demage didn't have the beard and glasses Mr Forbes did. Although granted this girl could talk like Mr Forbes, she hadn't shut up in two and a half hours and even though Cassia had learnt the art of false listening from Mr F's long monotonous lectures she had felt obliged to listen since all arguments aside the Daybreakers had saved her and patched her up. The blood sucking leech Rossalin had mentioned the soulmate principle, the coming Millennium, wild powers, co-operation etc. etc. etc. Cassia wondered if vampires could lose their voices, by the second hour she was praying for it.
"So you see-," continued Rossalin. "If you could only understand that not all Nightworlders are sadistic murderers then perhaps we could co-operate."
Cassia looked at Rossalin squarely. "Okay listen up lamia girl. I am grateful that you saved my ass, really I am. But there is no way in hell I would ever co-operate with you. And I mean no offence when I say that. I am just not a willingly team player."
"It didn't seem to bother you where your little Inferno club was concerned." Rossalin replied, her voice cold.
"It wasn't a team, it was my family." Cassia said, through gritted teeth.
Rossalin opened her mouth to say something but was cut off abruptly by the sounds of a siren wailing all through the mansion complex. "What the hell is going on?" Cassia demanded, glaring at a crowd of people as they pushed past her.
"That can only mean one thing." Rossalin said voice quiet. "The Night World has discovered our location." Cassia looked at Rossalin and the fear was naked on her face. She was afraid. Good, she should be. The question is was she going to be able to handle the situation and take command of those who depended upon her. As Rossalin turned to run with the other terrified Daybreakers Cassia suddenly had her answer. Obviously she wasn't!
First priority weapons! Cassia thought, sprinting down the hall in the opposite direction of the Daybreakers.
