I know I like never update but I've had a whole lot of other stories to
work on and I had lost my inspiration, but now I got it back again so I can
keep writing this little vampire ficcy. I think it is time I worked a
little romance into the story .^_^.
A BLOODTHIRSTY PAST,
CHAPTER 5:
Galux Phoenix.
Three days after Ray had questioned Cari's loyalty and then proved her true to her word, Kai had started to think. Kai had always been one to observe and watch then take action if he deemed necessary and others couldn't sort it out, but hadn't usually been one for deep thinking. Though at the moment he was thinking a lot.
About everything.
About the mother he had never known, the past that had been hidden from him, the underground world that was the haven for the humanly challenged, and the darkly attractive young vampire that had turned his life so far upside down.
Kai frowned at the ceiling of his room. Did he really just think of Cari as attractive? Either he hadn't gotten enough sleep in the past week or two, or Cari was slowly working her way into his heart as well as he life. That was not necessary good.
Once she had transformed him into one of the living dead she would most likely vanish into nothing, never to be seen by him again. With a sigh Kai rolled over and tried to go to sleep, with no luck. He looked out the window on the far wall, the night was cloudless and the full moon shone down like a giant torch. Kai climbed out of bed and dressed himself silently before slipping out into the night.
It was time to see what type of people would be out at such an hour.
~*~*~*
He had been watching her. Watching her from the day he realised that she was different. The difference being that she had trained harder than any other vampire around her age. Then she was fitter, faster and more alert than the others. And it showed. In the way she moved- even when it was casually, in the way she held herself, and in the way that she demanded the respect of her peers.
Davo sent a sharp glare at the short and tubby assistant in front of him. "Bring her to me," he ordered harshly. "I don't want her to slip through this time. Oh, no, Cari my dear, you aren't going to get away from us again. Ever."
~*~*~*
Cari smiled as she sat on the roof of the hotel she was staying in. the night around her was crisp and clear. Beams of moonlight dancing across her pale features. She started to think about the five people she was staying with. Tyson, Max, Ray, Kenny and Kai.
Tyson was obviously the most immature, and a human garbage disposal unit half the time. Max was the one who was always happy and just seemed to draw friends to him, and would brighten the gloomiest of days without trying. Ray was a good friend to have on your side and would defend you if you were wrong, he was calm and good natured. Even though Kenny was a computer nerd he was a pretty cool person to know when you wanted to hack into something. Then there was Kai.
Cari's breath quickened slightly at the thought of the Bladebreaker captain. Kai was the reclusive one, the one who often gave the cold shoulder though he still had a heart if you just looked for it. He was also the handsome one. With a groan, Cari buried her head in her hands on the last thought.
Sure Kai was handsome and hot, plus all the other stuff like that, but she was the one who was going to leave them once she had bitten him and set him on the path that would change the history of the vampire world.
Why she so suddenly thought of him as hot was beyond her, though she would admit -if only to herself- that he was very hot. With another depressed sigh, Cari stood up and turned around. He was standing there. Barely moving, watching her.
~*~*~*
Kai had padded into the lounge and pulled his shoes on when he realised just how silent to hotel rooms actually were. He walked over to the door that lead to Cari's room and rested his ear against it. Absolute silence. Not even the slight rustling of fabric as she dreamed the night away. Kai opened to door a crack and peered in. Nothing.
So she must have gone somewhere else to do whatever she did at night when the rest of the city was asleep. He closed her door and scooped up his keys and wallet before deciding that he would go up to the roof to think about what his future might have in stall for him. The front door squeaked slightly as he opened it, then closed it behind him. His almost silent footsteps faded as he headed for the stairs to the roof.
The roof stairs were empty and quiet as Kai walked up towards the one place his friends had yet to realise he visited a lot. The bleak grey of the concrete walls refected the mood he was in. when he opened the door he was hit by the chill of the night air. A small breeze blew by him twining itself in his hair.
Kai left the door slightly ajar as he took a couple of steps forward. Then he saw her. Cari was sitting there on a small bench, her dark hair cascading down her back in waves. Moonlight flirted across her face, showing just how pale she really was. If she was human people would worry about what state of health she was in, but as he knew she was a vampire he wasn't that worried.
He watched as she buried her head in her hands before standing up and turning around. Then her crimson orbs met his, and the world around them was completely ignored.
~*~*~*
"Can't sleep, huh?" she asked.
"Yeah, how'd you know?"
"Cause you're awake." The corners of Kai's mouth twitched up, her comment was so stupid that it was funny. He then sobered a bit, becoming the normal Kai again. He looked her over and saw the way she held herself, and the way her whole body was alert. Like she suspected something to happen at any moment.
Just like any good un- dead warrior would.
"You aren't like the rest of them are you?" He took a few steps towards her.
Cari's brows knitted in confusion as she blinked at him. "What do you mean by that?"
"You're different from the rest of the vampires down there, aren't you," his tone was a little harsher than what he meant. "I've seen the way the others look at you. The fear of your fighting skills, the other females admiring you, and the respect. They respect you more than you think, Cari. They respect the way you push yourself further than you need to. " Kai took another few steps forward. "Someone threatened you in the past, didn't they?"
Cari lowered her head and stared at the ground. "It was years ago. Jack was the ruler before Davo - not to mention his older brother. He was a good ruler but was often harsh on his subjects. He was always looking for people who were more advanced than norm, just he could boss them around and do his dirty work for him." Cari lifted her head again and turned around looking out over the roof once more.
"And that's where you come in?" He didn't know why he did it, but he felt compelled to comfort her so he placed a hand on her shoulder.
Cari froze. She knew the hand on her shoulder was Kai's, though it was beyond her why he was comforting her. Her skin tingled from where his hand was resting and she struggled to keep her voice calm. "Yeah, that was when I came into it. I had just started to train and most of the males in my class would put me down because I was female and as good as they were. They didn't really like that much so they started to insult me and play practical jokes on me whenever they could.. I hated that so much that I started to push myself further, and further. They gradually let up; very gradually. Months later I saw that they had stopped altogether."
Frustrated and angry Cari walked over to the edge of the roof, gripping the metal railing until her knuckles turned white. "Why? Why did they stop?" he asked her watching the way the moonlight played over her slender body.
"They stopped because they were afraid of me. Afraid, Kai!" She spun back around to face him, and what he saw shocked him.
She was crying.
Tears of frustration made tracks down her cheeks, sparkling in the moonlight. Kai saw that she truly hated having people fear her because of how strong she was. They hated her because she was different.
"When I was about fourteen, Jack came and did an inspection of every class, and when he came to the one I was in he saw us practicing our hand to hand combat. I loved hand combat, always did, the teacher had paired me against the best male in the group, and needless to say I was beating his arse. Jack then started to take an interest in me, and I was sent out to do some field work, when I came back, he wanted to take me out of all my classes and become his personal un- dead agent." Cari gave a bitter laugh.
"I told him that id didn't want to. I left for a while and went to visit one of my cousins who lived out in the country. He had some people track me down, I barely managed to get away from them. I went and lived with another one of my cousins, while Jack was still in power. Six months later someone had gotten really fed up with him and shoved a wooden stake through his heart." She gave a fleeting smile. "What a blissful day that was."
"That was when your friend came to power if I'm not mistaken." Cari was grateful that he had stayed silent for most of it.
"Yes, it was. Davo has done a lot of good things for the vampire world, his people care for him, and will hope that the next person in line has as much sense as he does." She sighed and wiped her tears off her cheeks with her sleeve.
"You alright now?" Kai asked her, once more resting his hand on her shoulder.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Cari let her hands fall be her sides.
"Good, 'cause I don't want to have to wipe your tears away for you next time. That got a small smile out of her as she turned and headed back to the door to the stairs, Kai falling into step beside her.
At least now I know why she's so cold most of the time, he thought to himself as he fell into bed only a few minutes later. She was hated because she was different, like so many of our kind are.
~*~*~*
hope you like the chappie. I kinda had fun writing it so when don't you have some fun reviewing it, eh? I'll see if I can update this soon, but don't really count on it.
L8rz!
Galux Phoenix.
A BLOODTHIRSTY PAST,
CHAPTER 5:
Galux Phoenix.
Three days after Ray had questioned Cari's loyalty and then proved her true to her word, Kai had started to think. Kai had always been one to observe and watch then take action if he deemed necessary and others couldn't sort it out, but hadn't usually been one for deep thinking. Though at the moment he was thinking a lot.
About everything.
About the mother he had never known, the past that had been hidden from him, the underground world that was the haven for the humanly challenged, and the darkly attractive young vampire that had turned his life so far upside down.
Kai frowned at the ceiling of his room. Did he really just think of Cari as attractive? Either he hadn't gotten enough sleep in the past week or two, or Cari was slowly working her way into his heart as well as he life. That was not necessary good.
Once she had transformed him into one of the living dead she would most likely vanish into nothing, never to be seen by him again. With a sigh Kai rolled over and tried to go to sleep, with no luck. He looked out the window on the far wall, the night was cloudless and the full moon shone down like a giant torch. Kai climbed out of bed and dressed himself silently before slipping out into the night.
It was time to see what type of people would be out at such an hour.
~*~*~*
He had been watching her. Watching her from the day he realised that she was different. The difference being that she had trained harder than any other vampire around her age. Then she was fitter, faster and more alert than the others. And it showed. In the way she moved- even when it was casually, in the way she held herself, and in the way that she demanded the respect of her peers.
Davo sent a sharp glare at the short and tubby assistant in front of him. "Bring her to me," he ordered harshly. "I don't want her to slip through this time. Oh, no, Cari my dear, you aren't going to get away from us again. Ever."
~*~*~*
Cari smiled as she sat on the roof of the hotel she was staying in. the night around her was crisp and clear. Beams of moonlight dancing across her pale features. She started to think about the five people she was staying with. Tyson, Max, Ray, Kenny and Kai.
Tyson was obviously the most immature, and a human garbage disposal unit half the time. Max was the one who was always happy and just seemed to draw friends to him, and would brighten the gloomiest of days without trying. Ray was a good friend to have on your side and would defend you if you were wrong, he was calm and good natured. Even though Kenny was a computer nerd he was a pretty cool person to know when you wanted to hack into something. Then there was Kai.
Cari's breath quickened slightly at the thought of the Bladebreaker captain. Kai was the reclusive one, the one who often gave the cold shoulder though he still had a heart if you just looked for it. He was also the handsome one. With a groan, Cari buried her head in her hands on the last thought.
Sure Kai was handsome and hot, plus all the other stuff like that, but she was the one who was going to leave them once she had bitten him and set him on the path that would change the history of the vampire world.
Why she so suddenly thought of him as hot was beyond her, though she would admit -if only to herself- that he was very hot. With another depressed sigh, Cari stood up and turned around. He was standing there. Barely moving, watching her.
~*~*~*
Kai had padded into the lounge and pulled his shoes on when he realised just how silent to hotel rooms actually were. He walked over to the door that lead to Cari's room and rested his ear against it. Absolute silence. Not even the slight rustling of fabric as she dreamed the night away. Kai opened to door a crack and peered in. Nothing.
So she must have gone somewhere else to do whatever she did at night when the rest of the city was asleep. He closed her door and scooped up his keys and wallet before deciding that he would go up to the roof to think about what his future might have in stall for him. The front door squeaked slightly as he opened it, then closed it behind him. His almost silent footsteps faded as he headed for the stairs to the roof.
The roof stairs were empty and quiet as Kai walked up towards the one place his friends had yet to realise he visited a lot. The bleak grey of the concrete walls refected the mood he was in. when he opened the door he was hit by the chill of the night air. A small breeze blew by him twining itself in his hair.
Kai left the door slightly ajar as he took a couple of steps forward. Then he saw her. Cari was sitting there on a small bench, her dark hair cascading down her back in waves. Moonlight flirted across her face, showing just how pale she really was. If she was human people would worry about what state of health she was in, but as he knew she was a vampire he wasn't that worried.
He watched as she buried her head in her hands before standing up and turning around. Then her crimson orbs met his, and the world around them was completely ignored.
~*~*~*
"Can't sleep, huh?" she asked.
"Yeah, how'd you know?"
"Cause you're awake." The corners of Kai's mouth twitched up, her comment was so stupid that it was funny. He then sobered a bit, becoming the normal Kai again. He looked her over and saw the way she held herself, and the way her whole body was alert. Like she suspected something to happen at any moment.
Just like any good un- dead warrior would.
"You aren't like the rest of them are you?" He took a few steps towards her.
Cari's brows knitted in confusion as she blinked at him. "What do you mean by that?"
"You're different from the rest of the vampires down there, aren't you," his tone was a little harsher than what he meant. "I've seen the way the others look at you. The fear of your fighting skills, the other females admiring you, and the respect. They respect you more than you think, Cari. They respect the way you push yourself further than you need to. " Kai took another few steps forward. "Someone threatened you in the past, didn't they?"
Cari lowered her head and stared at the ground. "It was years ago. Jack was the ruler before Davo - not to mention his older brother. He was a good ruler but was often harsh on his subjects. He was always looking for people who were more advanced than norm, just he could boss them around and do his dirty work for him." Cari lifted her head again and turned around looking out over the roof once more.
"And that's where you come in?" He didn't know why he did it, but he felt compelled to comfort her so he placed a hand on her shoulder.
Cari froze. She knew the hand on her shoulder was Kai's, though it was beyond her why he was comforting her. Her skin tingled from where his hand was resting and she struggled to keep her voice calm. "Yeah, that was when I came into it. I had just started to train and most of the males in my class would put me down because I was female and as good as they were. They didn't really like that much so they started to insult me and play practical jokes on me whenever they could.. I hated that so much that I started to push myself further, and further. They gradually let up; very gradually. Months later I saw that they had stopped altogether."
Frustrated and angry Cari walked over to the edge of the roof, gripping the metal railing until her knuckles turned white. "Why? Why did they stop?" he asked her watching the way the moonlight played over her slender body.
"They stopped because they were afraid of me. Afraid, Kai!" She spun back around to face him, and what he saw shocked him.
She was crying.
Tears of frustration made tracks down her cheeks, sparkling in the moonlight. Kai saw that she truly hated having people fear her because of how strong she was. They hated her because she was different.
"When I was about fourteen, Jack came and did an inspection of every class, and when he came to the one I was in he saw us practicing our hand to hand combat. I loved hand combat, always did, the teacher had paired me against the best male in the group, and needless to say I was beating his arse. Jack then started to take an interest in me, and I was sent out to do some field work, when I came back, he wanted to take me out of all my classes and become his personal un- dead agent." Cari gave a bitter laugh.
"I told him that id didn't want to. I left for a while and went to visit one of my cousins who lived out in the country. He had some people track me down, I barely managed to get away from them. I went and lived with another one of my cousins, while Jack was still in power. Six months later someone had gotten really fed up with him and shoved a wooden stake through his heart." She gave a fleeting smile. "What a blissful day that was."
"That was when your friend came to power if I'm not mistaken." Cari was grateful that he had stayed silent for most of it.
"Yes, it was. Davo has done a lot of good things for the vampire world, his people care for him, and will hope that the next person in line has as much sense as he does." She sighed and wiped her tears off her cheeks with her sleeve.
"You alright now?" Kai asked her, once more resting his hand on her shoulder.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Cari let her hands fall be her sides.
"Good, 'cause I don't want to have to wipe your tears away for you next time. That got a small smile out of her as she turned and headed back to the door to the stairs, Kai falling into step beside her.
At least now I know why she's so cold most of the time, he thought to himself as he fell into bed only a few minutes later. She was hated because she was different, like so many of our kind are.
~*~*~*
hope you like the chappie. I kinda had fun writing it so when don't you have some fun reviewing it, eh? I'll see if I can update this soon, but don't really count on it.
L8rz!
Galux Phoenix.