Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing, or any of its characters, so don't sure me!
Warning: I DON'T LIKE RELENA (I've said it, time and time again)
Pairings: As yet undecided.
Plot: Also undecided, but something to do with vampires, vampire councils, and vampire hunters, as well as the G-Wing boys, and some rather original characters.
Thanks to:
Dreamweaver; Thanks for the ideas, I'm not going to say who it is right away, but I will probably use Relena in some way, shape or form, although (look to warning) I might not be nice! *evil grin*
AngelVampyr; Mystical huh? I think I'll play on that. I hope I'll find the plot soon, and I'm sorry but {insert gameshow buzzer noise} it is not Heero who is the vampire we met in chapter one. L Sorry.
Chapter Two - Enemy
Sitting at my desk I look up from sharpening my stake, just in time to see the best vampire hunter in the business walk past.
He is the best. The strongest. The smartest. The bravest. And rumoured to be half vampire himself. Heero Yuy. The Perfect Soldier.
Of course he doesn't know me. He doesn't notice me. He doesn't regard me as anything but an underling. Never has, never will. But maybe that's for the best.
He walks by my desk every day, at the same, or at least similar, time. Hair rumpled. Eyes glinting. Walking as though even in an office he is hunting something. No wonder they whisper he isn't completely human.
If he knew what I was, boy would he be surprised. But he doesn't. Which is good. That way I don't have an irate vampire hunter after me, and he doesn't get killed.
"Hey Michael! You sharpened that stake enough? We've got to get a move on if we want to catch the bugger!"
Hearing Wufei Chang's yell I put away the dagger I was sharpening my stake with, and stand up from my desk. As I'm walking away to do my night job, I glance over my shoulder following some instinct, and meet a pair of sapphire blue eyes.
Ignoring the glare in those eyes I return his look, then turn and continue on my way.
I finally catch up with Wufei as he reaches the low level-parking garage. I jump in the car just as he starts up the engine. His patience level is so low, I swear it is non-existent.
We speed off into the city, heading for the latest spot our mark had been spotted. It turns out to be in a clubby area. A club on every corner, and lots of alleyways in between. Perfect vampire feeding ground. We split up as soon as Wufei has parked the car.
He orders me to take the right side of this paradise with an imperious flick of his hand. He himself takes the left.
I know he won't check up on me. Despite his manner he knows I am a top class hunter. He just doesn't know why I don't try for a promotion. Not that he minds, I've managed to make myself very handy in a couple of tight situations. Enough that he is glad to have me around, even if I only play at back up.
Adjusting the collar of my leather coat, I make my way to the busiest club. I am able to put myself in the mindset of a hunting vampire ridiculously easily, seeing how I am a vampire myself. Sure I might only be under a year old, but I am a lot older then people think. In my heart. Which is, when you think about it, where it counts. You know, the whole stake through the heart thing? Well there you are, hearts count.
Luckily tonight I am wearing the traditional badass outfit. Long, black leather coat. Skintight black jumper underneath. Tight black jeans. Black boots, and a silver hoop earring through one ear.
I cut quite an impressive figure, if I do say so myself. Sure I might stand out a bit in a club, but nowhere near as much as I would if I was wearing a suit like Wufei was. Sometimes he takes the title 'job' too seriously.
I shove the door open with my shoulder, one look from me turning the bouncers away. I move through the crowds with ease, getting a couple of hungry looks from both males and females alike, but the majority of them are oblivious to my passing. Their eyes slide over me like I'm not there, absently moving out of my way without conscious thought.
As I move I expand my senses, trying to 'feel' out the hunger of the vampire we were hunting.
I catch the tail end of it, turning just in time to see a tall figure moving out the back door, someone stumbling in their wake. Moving in that direction I cloak myself completely. Blocking myself off from any observers.
I exit the club, and look around. Finding myself in a typical alley, I look at the neatly arranged trashcans. Shaking my head in surprise I wonder what kind of owner actually cleans their trashcans. Make no mistake they had actually been cleaned. There was not a speck of dust on them, and they gleamed in the dim light as though they had recently been polished.
Shaking my head slightly, I move down the alleyway, following the trail of hunger that was emanating from the vampire as he moved.
Near the entrance I caught the gleam of something shining, and as I looked in that direction, I saw it was a young male's blonde hair that was gleaming. No, gleaming is the wrong word. It was sparkling, like some kind of fairy dust.
I suddenly realised this was the one who had cleaned the trashcans. Don't ask me how I knew, he just seemed to scream it. Watching a dark head bending over the blonde's neck, I realised he'd been put in a trance by the vampire.
"Ugh, that's so pathetic!"
The vampire jerked his head up at my comment, looking at me in surprise. When I saw he hadn't yet bit the blonde I grinned slightly at my timing, and released the victim from his trance.
Whilst the vampire was busy sneering at me, a 'pathetic human', quote, unquote, the blonde male blinked about the place, focusing at last on the man holding him captive.
Then he screamed.
I don't know what I was expecting, but it definitely wasn't that. Especially since as soon as he started screaming the vampire let go of him, actually cowering away from his 'meal'.
Taking a stab in the dark, I honed in on the noise, until I could literally see the noise come pouring out of his mouth. On closer inspection I could see the glittering aqua magic that was threaded through the sound.
The kid had magic. Well, waddaya know. Leaning against the brick wall, I momentarily basked in the sight. This big mean vampire laid low by this tiny, almost fairy-like boy, just by the sound of his screaming. Oh, the irony.
The boy eventually ran out of breath, although it took him an exceedingly long time to do so. As he was nearing the end of his lung capacity, he started shooting me little looks, as though to say, 'come on, help me whilst he's down'. I ignored them though, waiting until the vampire started to recover before springing into action.
Just as he was about to make a grab for the boy again, I suddenly appeared before him.
"Boo." I said, then punched him one on the jaw.
It sent him reeling against the opposite wall. Gee, sometimes I just don't know my own strength - not.
Following after him I grabbed him by the scruff of the neck and yanked him up off the floor. Reaching into my coat I calmly pulled out the stake I'd been sharpening in the office. Then I shoved it straight into the vampire's chest, pointy end first.
The vampire stiffened, eyes widening in shock, before he started dissolving.
Now, when a vampire dissolves it is nowhere near as clean and tidy as it sounds, that is just the technical term for it. What actually happens is that his actual molecular structure starts breaking down, only super fast. In effect his body breaks down into liquid form, only kind of gloopy.
And like liquid, you have no control over where the liquid goes or how it behaves. So, the result of vampire hunting is, if you are successful, you get covered in weird, foul smelling liquid.
Luckily enough, I am a vampire. And, unlike some of my more dim witted brethren, I am extremely good at it. Meaning, I managed to escape unscathed from the liquid.
Unfortunately the blonde I'd just saved was not so lucky. When the vampire dissolved it literally exploded, showering the entire alley with liquid. As the liquid rained down on the blonde, he kind of blinked a bit in surprise, then looked down at himself in a bemused fashion. A better reaction than some have had.
I was just retrieving my somewhat disgusting stake from a pool of the liquid, when Wufei came hurtling round the corner, sword in one hand, gun in the other.
Another of Wufei's minor flaws is that he tends to get a bit carried away, with no mind for subtlety.
"Michael, you got him then?"
I nodded, examining my stake briefly in disgust before throwing it over my shoulder. As Wufei looks from me to the stake, to the vampire, to the blonde, I walk over to the blonde and help him wipe the gunk from his face.
"Are you okay?"
He blinked up at me, his eyes an unusual shade of blue and green which matched the colour of his magic. He looked, and smelt, like an innocent, and I knew that was what had drawn the vampire to him. That and the fact that he was, simply put, beautiful. With his large eyes, fairytale hair, and slight build he rather resembled a creature of fey origin.
Of course his hair was at the moment plastered to his head with the greenish coloured goop that used to be a vampire, and his large eyes were narrowed to avoid getting any of the self same goop in them.
"Yes, I'm alright, now. I don't understand though, how did I come to be out here. I don't remember coming out here with him."
"Yeah, I know. Look, why don't you come with us back to our work place. It has some fully functional showers so you can clean up, and we'll explain everything to you there. What do you say?"
I could hear Wufei sputtering under his breath, and waited for the boy's nod of approval at the idea before turning to my partner. I led Wufei a way away, and explained to him about the boy's magic, telling him how I thought it would be a good idea to offer the kid a job with us.
He snorted at my suggestion, but offered no further complaint. I quickly led the kid to Wufei's car, and then we drove back to the office. Just a typical night's work.
Was this one as good as the first one? I think my style has changed again, oh, well!
Please R+R. Thank you J for reading.
