::peaks from behind a chair:: ::sweatdrops:: I know, I know. I haven't updated a chapter from Vampire's Kiss in FOREVER (and a day) ::sweatdrops again:: I am soooo sorry! ^^;; I didn't have the internet forever! Forgive me!? ::big chibi eyes:: ^-^" ::grin:: Awwwww, THANKS! ^.^'
Well here is the next chapter; it's mainly just the conversation with Mel Summers. But it explains a lot and is an important chapter in this story. ^. ^" So read on! Oh, please, PLEASE, I BEG of you. Review if you read. I don't want to have to stop writing chapters here because no one is reviewing. I mean, I'll think that no one is reading it! And I promise that if I see that people are reviewing I will continue to write. Although it won't be quick and steady with the whole posting thing. School just started (today in fact) and I will be looking for a job, which means that if I get a job I'll have little to no time to write for my ficcies.
On a brighter note. I am taking creative writing at school, so no doubt some of my stuff from there will end up here. I found out that at first we're doing just Poetry. So if you wanna check it out go to http://www.fictionpress.com . ^.^" I'm under the same pen name there too! ^.^" Well, I'm going to stop babbling and let you all read! Again, Gomen for the VERY LONG wait! ^.^" You're troopers!
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Relena's skin turned white. And for being a Vampire who is already a very white shade that was an amazing feat to turn even whiter than she was. "What do you mean dead?" She said finally finding her voice. "Micah hated the sun. He'd never go out in it. How...how did..." But her voice trailed off as she tried to choke back a sob.
Mel shook her head silently. "He..." but she too couldn't speak. The topic of her dead husband was too fresh in her brain, and too painful.
Duo watched the two. How could a Vampire die? Other than walking in the sun that is. The question was burning in his head. He wanted to know, but didn't dare ask. Mel would answer the question for him.
"There's a slayer." Mel said finally finding her voice. Wiping away her built up tears she captured them before they left streaks on her cheeks. "This one is good too. In the past there has been many slayers, but never as good as this one."
"A slayer!" Relena gasped. "How horrible! I thought that we got rid of them? This is awful! I hope that you killed that slayer in slow horrible pain!"
But to Relena's dismay Mel just shook her head a sad 'no'. "In the past a slayer will come up every so often and kill a few of us. But because they are human they are weak, so we overcome quickly. This one on the other hand," Mel hesitated then continued. "is a Vampire."
Mel was quiet. Letting this new information sink in with Relena and Duo.
Relena's tears turned to anger with the news of the slayer, but with the news of the slayer being a Vampire her emotions turned to fear. "How can we fight it?" She said in a small voice. "How can we kill one of our own?"
Mel sighed, then rubbed her temples. "That's what everyone thought when this slayer first started attacking and murdering us. But then after the body count quickly rose we realized that it didn't matter. It's either killed or be killed." She stopped rubbing her temples and let her hands drop to her sides. "A few of us decided to go out one night in groups, and kill the slayer. Micah didn't want to go. He had turned someone into a vampire just two days before that and he wanted to stay behind and start training him in the art of hunting." She took a deep breath, her words started coming out faster the more she talked. "I said okay, and watched them go out to hunt. Then I left with the group. We had daggers. We were completely prepared to get rid of this slayer. It wasn't until around one am that we sensed something about a mile away from where we were." Mel bit her lip to hold back the tears, but continued. "The slayer was gone by then, but had killed Micah and Quatre when we got there." Tears began falling but she did not attempts to stop them this time. Mel's voice became dark and determined. "That's not the worst of it. The other Vampires and I went through our connections to find out how many of us were left." Her cold eyes looked into Relena's frightened ones. "Before that slayer came there were three hundred of us. Now there are only ten."
Duo and Relena were in shock. Relena looked away from Mel's cold and hurt eyes. Ten, there are only ten of us. She thought in a panic. Glancing back at Mel, Relena noticed that she had dropped her head and started crying silently and freely. How could this happen? How could three hundred and ninety vampires die by the hand of a slayer before someone decided to take up a count? "How can this be happening?!" She screamed in a furious rage. "Why didn't anybody notice that everyone was dieing?! Why didn't someone do a count before then!? Why weren't there more vampires!!?"
Mel stood up and walked over to the window. It had started to rain. "I don't know." She whispered. "I don't know why no one did a count." She sat down against the wall with the window. "But I do know the answers to the other questions. Nobody noticed that all the vampires were dieing because most of them chose to live in secrecy and the only ones who know about them are the ones who made them."
"And no one wanted to put a burden on anymore people to become vampires." Duo spoke up quietly. Mel looked at him startled. There was silence for a moment, and then she nodded.
"Being a Vampire is the gift of eternal life. But the other way of looking at it is as a burden. And being around forever gets old quick, and sad. Sometimes so lonely that the Vampire will take their own life." Her voice got quieter. "That's what I almost did last week. I wanted to take my life." Her eyes traveled from Duo to Relena. "But I wanted to warn you. I left seven vampire's back home. You two are the only other remaining ones. Unless there are some that none of us know about, we're it." She sucked in breath before continuing. "I called back home to each of those vampires. The only one I got a hold of was Noin. She said that her and Treize are the only ones left alive.
"The question now is, do we let this slayer kill us, freeing us from our burdens and keeping others from gaining the burden. Or do we fight. Make other Vampire's to keep this race alive, to fight for our species. Fight for our freedom and our right to live?"
Relena was quiet. And Duo looked like he was sleeping standing up, but Relena knew that he was absorbing everything, and thinking. "What did Noin and Treize choose."
"They chose to fight, but not make other vampires. Treize is one hundred and fifteen years old, and Noin is seventy-four. They haven't lived as long as some of us have. But they are ready to rest if they can't kill the slayer."
"We can't kill the slayer on our own." Duo said. "If the slayer has been able to kill that many vampire's then whoever that slayer is has more power than the average vampire. Not only that but they have more experience then we will ever have. If we want to live we need an army."
"I thought you hated being a vampire." Relena said mildly surprised.
"I do." Duo replied his voice chillingly cold. "But I haven't lived as long as I would like to. And I don't intend on dieing anytime soon.
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Well there it is! I guess they are going to fight! ^.^'' Sorry to leave you here. Although I don't think it as much as a cliffhanger as the last chapter was. (GOMEN AGAIN FOR THAT!). ^^;; I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Now, please Review! ^_~" Later~
~Relena Peace
Well here is the next chapter; it's mainly just the conversation with Mel Summers. But it explains a lot and is an important chapter in this story. ^. ^" So read on! Oh, please, PLEASE, I BEG of you. Review if you read. I don't want to have to stop writing chapters here because no one is reviewing. I mean, I'll think that no one is reading it! And I promise that if I see that people are reviewing I will continue to write. Although it won't be quick and steady with the whole posting thing. School just started (today in fact) and I will be looking for a job, which means that if I get a job I'll have little to no time to write for my ficcies.
On a brighter note. I am taking creative writing at school, so no doubt some of my stuff from there will end up here. I found out that at first we're doing just Poetry. So if you wanna check it out go to http://www.fictionpress.com . ^.^" I'm under the same pen name there too! ^.^" Well, I'm going to stop babbling and let you all read! Again, Gomen for the VERY LONG wait! ^.^" You're troopers!
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Relena's skin turned white. And for being a Vampire who is already a very white shade that was an amazing feat to turn even whiter than she was. "What do you mean dead?" She said finally finding her voice. "Micah hated the sun. He'd never go out in it. How...how did..." But her voice trailed off as she tried to choke back a sob.
Mel shook her head silently. "He..." but she too couldn't speak. The topic of her dead husband was too fresh in her brain, and too painful.
Duo watched the two. How could a Vampire die? Other than walking in the sun that is. The question was burning in his head. He wanted to know, but didn't dare ask. Mel would answer the question for him.
"There's a slayer." Mel said finally finding her voice. Wiping away her built up tears she captured them before they left streaks on her cheeks. "This one is good too. In the past there has been many slayers, but never as good as this one."
"A slayer!" Relena gasped. "How horrible! I thought that we got rid of them? This is awful! I hope that you killed that slayer in slow horrible pain!"
But to Relena's dismay Mel just shook her head a sad 'no'. "In the past a slayer will come up every so often and kill a few of us. But because they are human they are weak, so we overcome quickly. This one on the other hand," Mel hesitated then continued. "is a Vampire."
Mel was quiet. Letting this new information sink in with Relena and Duo.
Relena's tears turned to anger with the news of the slayer, but with the news of the slayer being a Vampire her emotions turned to fear. "How can we fight it?" She said in a small voice. "How can we kill one of our own?"
Mel sighed, then rubbed her temples. "That's what everyone thought when this slayer first started attacking and murdering us. But then after the body count quickly rose we realized that it didn't matter. It's either killed or be killed." She stopped rubbing her temples and let her hands drop to her sides. "A few of us decided to go out one night in groups, and kill the slayer. Micah didn't want to go. He had turned someone into a vampire just two days before that and he wanted to stay behind and start training him in the art of hunting." She took a deep breath, her words started coming out faster the more she talked. "I said okay, and watched them go out to hunt. Then I left with the group. We had daggers. We were completely prepared to get rid of this slayer. It wasn't until around one am that we sensed something about a mile away from where we were." Mel bit her lip to hold back the tears, but continued. "The slayer was gone by then, but had killed Micah and Quatre when we got there." Tears began falling but she did not attempts to stop them this time. Mel's voice became dark and determined. "That's not the worst of it. The other Vampires and I went through our connections to find out how many of us were left." Her cold eyes looked into Relena's frightened ones. "Before that slayer came there were three hundred of us. Now there are only ten."
Duo and Relena were in shock. Relena looked away from Mel's cold and hurt eyes. Ten, there are only ten of us. She thought in a panic. Glancing back at Mel, Relena noticed that she had dropped her head and started crying silently and freely. How could this happen? How could three hundred and ninety vampires die by the hand of a slayer before someone decided to take up a count? "How can this be happening?!" She screamed in a furious rage. "Why didn't anybody notice that everyone was dieing?! Why didn't someone do a count before then!? Why weren't there more vampires!!?"
Mel stood up and walked over to the window. It had started to rain. "I don't know." She whispered. "I don't know why no one did a count." She sat down against the wall with the window. "But I do know the answers to the other questions. Nobody noticed that all the vampires were dieing because most of them chose to live in secrecy and the only ones who know about them are the ones who made them."
"And no one wanted to put a burden on anymore people to become vampires." Duo spoke up quietly. Mel looked at him startled. There was silence for a moment, and then she nodded.
"Being a Vampire is the gift of eternal life. But the other way of looking at it is as a burden. And being around forever gets old quick, and sad. Sometimes so lonely that the Vampire will take their own life." Her voice got quieter. "That's what I almost did last week. I wanted to take my life." Her eyes traveled from Duo to Relena. "But I wanted to warn you. I left seven vampire's back home. You two are the only other remaining ones. Unless there are some that none of us know about, we're it." She sucked in breath before continuing. "I called back home to each of those vampires. The only one I got a hold of was Noin. She said that her and Treize are the only ones left alive.
"The question now is, do we let this slayer kill us, freeing us from our burdens and keeping others from gaining the burden. Or do we fight. Make other Vampire's to keep this race alive, to fight for our species. Fight for our freedom and our right to live?"
Relena was quiet. And Duo looked like he was sleeping standing up, but Relena knew that he was absorbing everything, and thinking. "What did Noin and Treize choose."
"They chose to fight, but not make other vampires. Treize is one hundred and fifteen years old, and Noin is seventy-four. They haven't lived as long as some of us have. But they are ready to rest if they can't kill the slayer."
"We can't kill the slayer on our own." Duo said. "If the slayer has been able to kill that many vampire's then whoever that slayer is has more power than the average vampire. Not only that but they have more experience then we will ever have. If we want to live we need an army."
"I thought you hated being a vampire." Relena said mildly surprised.
"I do." Duo replied his voice chillingly cold. "But I haven't lived as long as I would like to. And I don't intend on dieing anytime soon.
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Well there it is! I guess they are going to fight! ^.^'' Sorry to leave you here. Although I don't think it as much as a cliffhanger as the last chapter was. (GOMEN AGAIN FOR THAT!). ^^;; I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Now, please Review! ^_~" Later~
~Relena Peace