Chapter 5

"Why did you miss, my heart?" Myer asked D between gasps.
D pulled his sword from Myer's shoulder and let Charlotte's ring roll onto his sword and into his hand.
"She's dead," D replied. "The ring is all the proof I need."
Myer nodded slowly, but then he hissed as he took in a breath and gripped his head. She was screaming again.
"What is it?" D asked cautiously, just incase it was a trick.
"Can't you hear it?" Myer asked in disbelief.
"Hear what?"
"You can't hear her screaming your name?"
"What are you talking about, Myer?"
"She must be screaming in her mind, so only some of us can hear her. God how she's suffering. No one should bear this."
"You're making no sense, Myer. I think you've gone mad."
"No D, it is you. The One from Legend is at the mercy of a group of vampires, who are under the leadership of Carmilla's son, Carmen. They do what the please with her, and now she's slowly being turned into a vampire. Every time she is hurt by them, she screams your name, and some of us can hear."
D was completely confused, but he said nothing and watched Myer go over to the dead Charlotte and pick her up. Once she was in his arms, he turned to D.
"I may never understand how she can scream your name after all these years, but there is no reason for her to be tied to a man like you, who won't even lift a finger to save her. To think that the thought of seeing you before she dies has kept her alive for sixty years, and has saved some of her mind. I'm warning you, D, that if you don't even try to save her before she's turned, I hope you'll be trapped in this miserable word till the end of time--always alone," Myer concluded and walked towards the ship, ending the conversation between he and D.
"She's.she's still alive?" D asked, his voice trembling slightly, as well as his body.
"You know how to find out," Myer replied coldly. "She gave you all the answers."
Leila watched the scene in disbelief, but the castle began to crumble, and it was time to leave. As she ran with D outside, she noticed the distant look on his pale face. There was so much emotion in it that it seemed frozen in shock. What did Myer mean? What was going on?
Leila watched the ship fly off to the stars, but D did not watch the fallen couple go. Inga was still alive, and she was still true. Sixty years, what has happened? Why could he not remember her? What was going on?
Leila did not bother to ask D about what Myer was talking about. The way he moved and looked was beyond comprehension, but she knew it was best to leave it alone. However, he had enough wits to give her a lift to the nearest town.
Once Leila was gone, D went riding wherever fancied him. He had always been looking for her. He searched the mountains, deserts, islands, and the seas ever since she had been taken from him, yet he never found a trace. However, every so often his memories of her would simply vanish and he would forget about her until she was mentioned to him once more. What on earth was happening?
D suddenly remembered the necklace and took it from a pouch in his sword belt, but the liquid inside the stone was clear. D did not understand. Could the vampires be blocking any psychological access between him and Inga?
"They're blocking me," D muttered under his breath. "It's all their fault it's been so long. I'll kill them. I'll kill every last one who touched her."
That night he slept poorly. He was continuously awakened by the visions of a girl being beaten and raped by vampires, and she was screaming silently, but he could not recognize her. Did he know her? Why did he feel so helpless now?
The next morning, D had no memory of his dream, nor of his talk with Myer.