Hey everyone! Sorry for the late update I wish I could update more often
but there's something called a report card, and a social life. So as much
as I'd like to hang out at my computer everyday all the time, I can't.
Kai: Get on with the story already! Hurry up! And *please* don't check ur reviews or you'll never stop talking...
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Warnings: course language, yaoi, as so a bit of Mariah bashing. I can't stand her!
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Flashback: ~~~~~
Change Scene: ~*~
Chapter 17: The Devil's Advocate
Rei wanted, no he needed the answer to a very important question about his parents. A question that could only be answered by Lei himself. But he needed to find Lei first, and that was going to be a very difficult task considering the fact that he hadn't seen Lei (or any of the other cast members for that matter) since the play had ended, approximately three hours ago. Even the dreadful Mariah had disappeared after leading the vampires to the after party. So Rei gathered up all his courage and decided to go looking for them.
Rei successfully managed to slip away from his table at the restaurant and toward the staircase, undetected. When Rei finally reached the main level of the theater, it was deathly quiet and he was almost convinced that everyone had indeed gone home. This thought depressed him greatly, but he figured it was worth a shot to look for Lei. After all Lei was the manager of the theater, perhaps he remained in the building at late hours so that he could lock up, and perhaps Rei could catch up to him on his way out.
That was what Rei hoped, he hoped he could find Lei, and soon. Rei wasn't sure if he'd ever get this chance again, so he continued on, walking down long, and lavishly decorated corridors searching and searching to no avail. (He's gotta be here!) Rei told himself. (He couldn't have gone home, not even all of the staff have gone home yet. He's got to be here).
Slowly Rei was becoming more and more discouraged. The theater was so large. There were so many hallways, so many rooms, and probably so many levels to this theater. And Lei could be anywhere. Rei vaguely wondered if Kai and the others had returned to the table at the restaurant to find it empty, perhaps they were worried about him and had gone looking for him. Rei was getting tired, restless, and impatient, he ran a hand through his dark raven hair, but just as he lowered his hand from his hair, a hand grabbed his wrist, and held it tightly. Rei gasped and turned around, only to come face to face with a tall and dangerously charming young vampire.
His tawny-colored eyes locked with Rei's amber ones and he glared, "what are you doing up here, are you lost or something?" he growled. Rei whimpered quietly. He had been looking for Lei, but it appeared now, that Lei had found him instead.
~*~
Kai continued to walk down a particularly long hallway; he had been searching for a little over two hours, and still hadn't had any luck finding Lei. He vaguely wondered about Rei's safety, but brushed it off quickly. As much as he hated to say it, Rei was in good hands with his friends Takao and Max, even if they were a bit strange. Just then a pink flash moved quickly across Kai's vision, if he hadn't picked up a strong scent of perfume just as it came by him, Kai wouldn't have known that it was in fact Mariah.
Kai paused and studied his surroundings, he had half been expecting Mariah to jump out of nowhere and attack him, but she hadn't, she hadn't made any further indication of her presence. And if Kai had been human, he would not have known she was even there, but she was there, just watching him from somewhere within the shadows.
"Mariah!" Kai's voice boomed. "Show yourself, don't pretend you're not here, I know full well that you are. I can sense your presence!" he informed her.
"If you can sense my presence then why don't you use your powers to find me!" Mariah's voice flooded his ears. Kai said nothing for a moment, "what's wrong baby boy, can't you find little ol' me?" she asked mockingly, and her laughter filled the hallway.
Kai growled in annoyance. "I'm not here to play games Mariah," he told her. "I don't have time for this, either show yourself, or fuck off."
"Tsk, tsk," came her voice once more. "Have you any manners? A gentleman should never swear in front of a lady." And she materialized before him, a smile playing across her lips.
"But you're not a lady," Kai grinned.
Immediately her smiled faded. "Go to hell, you damn bastard!" she said through clenched teeth.
"I'll see you there," he answered her, a smirk now forming on his lips.
"You think you're so hot," Mariah told him angrily, "but you're not. And I'll make you a promise. You know that young vampire, that you brought with you tonight?"
"Rei," Kai told her.
"Yeah, that's the one, Rei," she spat his name. "You're not both going to make it out of here alive. One of your lives will end tonight, in the theatre "La Nuit Des Vampires." And just as she said that, Kai had a feeling that Rei was not safe at the restaurant downstairs with his friends.
~*~
"What are you doing up here?" the vampire demanded once again. "Can I be of any assistance to you?" he asked tersely.
"Actually yes," began Rei finding his voice, "y-you see, I-I came here to look for you."
Just then the tawny-eyed vampire's face lit up a bit and he smirked. "Really? Do tell. Enlighten me," he said seductively, leaning in close to Rei, the raven-haired vampire stepped back a bit.
"I-I want to talk with you about something, really important. I-I have a question that only you can answer for me," Rei explained, and the taller vampire must have thought he was coming on to him, for his smile grew wider.
"Well," he began. "If you want to talk, I'd be more than happy to. But not here, maybe somewhere more comfortable. I'm sure you wouldn't like to stand here and speak with me," he continued. "You've been walking around for a long time and must be exhausted."
"I am," Rei said at once, and for a moment it completely blew his mind that this had been the vampire that had killed his parents.
He seemed so kind, how could he possibly have had the heart to commit such a great act of felony, but Rei would find out soon enough. Lei took the lead as he led the way through the maze like corridors. Rei hesitantly followed, knowing full well that as kind as this vampire seemed he *was* a vicious murder. Immediately Rei remembered something about Lei that Kai had told him long ago, 'he even killed people when he wasn't hungry, he said he just liked to hear them scream.' That sentence echoed through Rei's mind until Lei finally paused in front of a smooth and dark wooden door.
Lei smirked to himself, all was going as planned, this young vampire had no idea what he had in store for him. And he was too naïve to suspect anything. Immediately a quote came to Lei's mind. (Come in, said the spider to the fly). He opened the door, a dangerous glint in his eyes, "enter," he told Rei, beckoning to the room inside.
"You first," Rei dared him, just in case this was a trap.
Lei's eyes pierced into Rei's with a deep glare. Rei tried to glare back at him, but his glare was nothing in comparison to Lei's. "Very well," Lei finally answered, through clenched teeth, seeing that Rei refused to enter first. Rei followed after him.
Upon entering the room, Rei discovered that this room was indeed one of the finest he had seen in the theatre by far. It was a large square-shaped room, with stonewalls, and springy crimson carpets. The room was dimly lit by a single crystal chandelier, which hung from its marvelous high ceilings. At one side of the room sat a large bookshelf full of books about mysterious, the dark arts, and legendary beings such as vampires. Just above the bookshelf were two great windows, which viewed the landscape and the night sky. At the very back end of the room, was a glass cabinet which twelve different and well-crafted swords were enclosed. The front of the room, however, appeared much more welcoming, for there sat two lovely red leather chairs, seated in front of a brilliant, and inviting fireplace.
Rei was still examining the room in all its glory, when from the corner of his eye, Rei saw Lei's hand reached for the doorknob, as though to lock it, and trap them in the room together. Fortunately, Rei's hand knocked his away just in time, "don't even think about," Rei growled baring his pearl white fangs, and Lei snickered, seeming amused.
"All right you win," Lei laughed. "I just thought you might've wanted a bit more privacy, with the door wide opened everyone in the building can hear what your saying when you speak, (and scream) Lei thought deviously to himself.
"Then let them," Rei shrugged. "I don't mind. It really doesn't bother me that people might overhear what an ass you are, because of what you've done to me."
Lei looked taken back, "I beg your pardon?" he asked in disbelief.
Rei's eyes narrowed to mere slits, "I said I don't mind if people overhear what an ass you are because of what you've done to me."
Again Lei stared dumbfounded, "I-I am sorry...have we met?" he asked uncertainly, this young vampire before him honestly didn't seem familiar.
It was that one question alone that drove Rei to the brink of insanity, and he felt like lunging onto Lei and beating the shit out of him. But he didn't. He just stood there with an expression first of shock, then of cold fury. "Hell yeah we've met! You killed my parents remember? Or were their deaths so unimportant to you that they slipped your mind?" he snarled, hating Lei.
Lei stroked his soft crimson tinted lips thoughtfully, "oh yes," he said at once. "I remember you, you're that boy. The one my love Mariah gave to me as a gift in the allies, nights ago. But you were taken from me by that dreadful Kai."
"That 'dreadful Kai' saved my life, saved me from you," Rei told him sternly.
"Yes," said Lei softly. "He did save you from me. There is no doubt in my mind that I would have killed you. You were lucky that night..." his voice trailed off.
"Yes, I was," Rei agreed, his voice deathly calm. "I was lucky, that my life was spared... Well, somewhat anyway, you see, after Kai rescued me that night. I asked him to make me immortal, kill me, and bring me back to life as a vampire so that you could never threaten me again. I survived the transformation. I was lucky for that as well. But not my parents, they weren't lucky the night you killed them!" he pointed out.
"No I suppose weren't," was Lei's unemotional and simple answer. "Anywho," he said changing the subject quickly, as he made himself comfortable on the chair nearest the gorgeous fireplace. "What did you come here to tell me, because if came here to tell me that I'm 'mean, and inconsiderate. Cruel and should burn in hell, or that you hope I die' I really don't care," Lei told him frankly. "I've heard those lines far too many times. They use to amuse but after hearing them six or seven hundred times they began to bore me."
Rei felt angry tears fill he eyes, "I didn't come all this way to tell you things about yourself that you should already know," he grumbled. "I came here to ask you a question."
"Then have a seat, ask your question, and quit wasting my time," Lei said yawning out of boredom.
Rei's hesitantly sat in the chair, opposite of Lei's. His heart was racing as he stared at his feet. Lei's eyes were on him studying him, trying to read his thoughts but they were much too unclear. Rei could feel Lei's powers struggling to invade his thoughts, and rape his mind of information. Rei couldn't remember ever feeling this nervous in his life, and he swallowed. "My parents," began Rei. "What were their last moments on Earth like? Were they tortured to death, or were their deaths quick and painless? Were they even conscious? Did they suffer much?" he asked bombarding Lei with questions. "Please, I need to know, I need to put my mind at ease, and accept their deaths, and the only way to do that is to know what really happened to them that night."
"First off," began Lei. "I don't torture my victims, only on certain occasions. I normally let them gain my trust, let them learn to like me maybe even love me. And then I surprise them with the biggest betrayal of their lives when I kill them."
"That's not true at all," Rei contorted. "That woman on stage, the one that died tonight, she was tortured. Mentally at least."
"Yes, she was," Lei agreed, "but not by me, by my followers. If you had watched the play carefully enough, you would have clearly seen that I helped to ease her worries."
That was true. When Lei put his finger up to the woman's lips and quieted her, she seemed so much calmer as if in a trance. "What did you do to her?" Rei demanded.
"I hypnotized her," said Lei. "I put her in a state of mind where she could feel no pain, or anything else for that matter. That's how I killed your parents when they were in an unconscious state of mind. I wasn't going to originally, but your mother," he sighed. "Your beautiful, gorgeous mother, with her long raven hair," he paused mid-sentence. "You," he said pointing to Rei, "you look like your mother, gorgeous and delicate..."
"Would you *please* get to your point, if you even have one?" Rei demanded.
"Yes of course," Lei said getting back on track. "After my group and I ambushed your parents in their car, and forced them out. Your mother, she wouldn't stop screaming, and pleading and begging, but not for her life or her husband's. The fool," he scoffed, and Rei glared at him. "Your mother, she begged for your life. Begged me that if I killed her, at least leave her son, Rei Kon, alone. Spare him. I tired quickly of her desperate cries and silenced both her husband and her, by putting them in a deep trance like state and fed from them. I suppose I took too much of their blood and they died. The end," Lei finished mockingly.
"I hate you," Rei growled.
~*~
Takao and Max continued to look through hallways and rooms, but in no avail. "Where did Kai go?" Max wondered out loud. "Do you think Kai already found Lei?" he asked his significant other, Takao.
"I don't know," Takao answered honestly. "We just gotta keep looking, he's here somewhere I know it."
~*~
"What's the matter Kai," Mariah smiled, as she saw the distressed look on Kai's face. "Are you worried about Rei?" she cooed. "Well you should be!" she snapped her voice returning to its evil tone. "I've got news for you Kai, Rei's not at the restaurant anymore, word around the theater is that the little fool's gone looking for Lei. He'll never make it out alive," Kai gasped, and quickly dashed down the hall in search of him, Mariah's laughter filling his ears as he ran.
~*~
"You bastard," Rei cursed.
"Ouch," Lei said in false hurt, as he placed a hand up to his chest, pouting playfully. "What did my parents ever do to you?" Rei demanded, "Why would you kill them?"
Lei stared at him for a moment, giving him a strange look. "That's a stupid question," he all but laughed. "I killed them to feed? Why do you kill?" He asked turning the tables.
"I don't," Rei answered briskly.
"Then how do you survive?" Lei questioned him. "Every vampire must feed, blood is the essence of our lives."
"Not mine," Rei stated firmly. "I respect human life and I don't believe in killing them, it's wrong, there must be some other way we can live..."
"My God," Lei gasped. "You're stupider than you look, where the hell did you get that shit from?" he asked. "Kai is a horrible maker."
Rei was in utter shock that Lei could say that about the one who had recreated him. Had he no respect? "Why would you say that?" he gasped.
"Because in all your time living with him, he has taught you nothing," Lei declared, and his gaze traveled behind Rei, to the only door in the room. Lei seemed to be concentrating on it very hard for some reason, but stopped once Rei spoke up.
"He did teach me," Rei retorted. "It was I who never agreed to listen. It was I who stood my ground and told him that I couldn't bring myself to kill a human for I was one once. Kai accepted this."
"Accepted this?" Lei snorted. "What you speak of is rubbish, crap. Kai accepted your foolish choices?" he gasped again. "He could never do anything right. That's why I finally left him, because he knew nothing of our kind, and only proved to be useless to me. So I went out searching for answers in which he could not give me."
"It's true that Kai knows little about us, but that is only because there was no one to give him knowledge when he needed it, and when no knowledge is past down to anyone, we must all acknowledge with the fact that there is no knowledge," Rei told him.
"No," said Lei. "That is where you're wrong. I discovered many secrets about our kind when Kai kicked me out. Secrets in which have made me much stronger." (And eviler), Rei thought to himself. "Join me Rei," Lei said suddenly. "I want you. I want to teach you the ways of a true vampire. And that crap you speak of when you claim how important human life is...I can *break* that out of you," he said in a dangerous whisper, and a shiver shot up Rei's spine.
Lei stood up suddenly and proceeded towards him, a perilous, and mischievous glint in his eyes. Rei stood up as well, backing away slowly, before turning and running toward the door. Lei stopped in his tracks to watch Rei struggle with the door that was for some odd reason, closed. "Poor kitten," Lei cooed softly. "It appears that the door only opens from the outside, unless you have the key," he announced smirking proudly, and dangling a small gold key in his left hand. "And seeing as to how you don't have the key, I guess you're stuck." Rei turned around slowly, trembling and completely bemused.
Rei's lips formed the word 'No,' and he shook his head, refusing to believe what he was hearing, and refusing to believe that Lei had somehow closed the door without his knowledge.
"Yes," said Lei grinning. "And to make matters worse, for you anyway, this room is sound proof. No one can hear you scream."
TBC.
The more you review the faster I'll update. Trust me you don't want to miss the next chapter that's when Lei finally gets to have his fun with a certain raven-haired vampire. Will our poor Kai find them before it's too late?
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Silverstorms: Don't mind him, he's just mad at me for the next chapter but I told him that it was inevitable.
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~*~ Silverstorms~*~
Kai: Get on with the story already! Hurry up! And *please* don't check ur reviews or you'll never stop talking...
Silverstorms: Too late Kai. Speaking of reviews, I checked mine a couple of days ago and I actually had to look twice! I have about 108 reviews! I wish I could have been here to celebrate my hundredth review but hey! I'm not complaining this is even better! I want to thank all my regular reviewers, and my new ones as well! ^_^ *gives them all Rei and Kai plush toys*
I'd like to say a personal thanks to Kasey2 who reviewed every chapter in a span of about three days! Thank you so much, I think that's a world record by the way! ^_^
Much luv 2 everyone!
Disclaimer: check in other chapters
Warnings: course language, yaoi, as so a bit of Mariah bashing. I can't stand her!
Thinking: ( )
Speaking: " "
Me: (SS:)/(A.N:)
Flashback: ~~~~~
Change Scene: ~*~
Chapter 17: The Devil's Advocate
Rei wanted, no he needed the answer to a very important question about his parents. A question that could only be answered by Lei himself. But he needed to find Lei first, and that was going to be a very difficult task considering the fact that he hadn't seen Lei (or any of the other cast members for that matter) since the play had ended, approximately three hours ago. Even the dreadful Mariah had disappeared after leading the vampires to the after party. So Rei gathered up all his courage and decided to go looking for them.
Rei successfully managed to slip away from his table at the restaurant and toward the staircase, undetected. When Rei finally reached the main level of the theater, it was deathly quiet and he was almost convinced that everyone had indeed gone home. This thought depressed him greatly, but he figured it was worth a shot to look for Lei. After all Lei was the manager of the theater, perhaps he remained in the building at late hours so that he could lock up, and perhaps Rei could catch up to him on his way out.
That was what Rei hoped, he hoped he could find Lei, and soon. Rei wasn't sure if he'd ever get this chance again, so he continued on, walking down long, and lavishly decorated corridors searching and searching to no avail. (He's gotta be here!) Rei told himself. (He couldn't have gone home, not even all of the staff have gone home yet. He's got to be here).
Slowly Rei was becoming more and more discouraged. The theater was so large. There were so many hallways, so many rooms, and probably so many levels to this theater. And Lei could be anywhere. Rei vaguely wondered if Kai and the others had returned to the table at the restaurant to find it empty, perhaps they were worried about him and had gone looking for him. Rei was getting tired, restless, and impatient, he ran a hand through his dark raven hair, but just as he lowered his hand from his hair, a hand grabbed his wrist, and held it tightly. Rei gasped and turned around, only to come face to face with a tall and dangerously charming young vampire.
His tawny-colored eyes locked with Rei's amber ones and he glared, "what are you doing up here, are you lost or something?" he growled. Rei whimpered quietly. He had been looking for Lei, but it appeared now, that Lei had found him instead.
~*~
Kai continued to walk down a particularly long hallway; he had been searching for a little over two hours, and still hadn't had any luck finding Lei. He vaguely wondered about Rei's safety, but brushed it off quickly. As much as he hated to say it, Rei was in good hands with his friends Takao and Max, even if they were a bit strange. Just then a pink flash moved quickly across Kai's vision, if he hadn't picked up a strong scent of perfume just as it came by him, Kai wouldn't have known that it was in fact Mariah.
Kai paused and studied his surroundings, he had half been expecting Mariah to jump out of nowhere and attack him, but she hadn't, she hadn't made any further indication of her presence. And if Kai had been human, he would not have known she was even there, but she was there, just watching him from somewhere within the shadows.
"Mariah!" Kai's voice boomed. "Show yourself, don't pretend you're not here, I know full well that you are. I can sense your presence!" he informed her.
"If you can sense my presence then why don't you use your powers to find me!" Mariah's voice flooded his ears. Kai said nothing for a moment, "what's wrong baby boy, can't you find little ol' me?" she asked mockingly, and her laughter filled the hallway.
Kai growled in annoyance. "I'm not here to play games Mariah," he told her. "I don't have time for this, either show yourself, or fuck off."
"Tsk, tsk," came her voice once more. "Have you any manners? A gentleman should never swear in front of a lady." And she materialized before him, a smile playing across her lips.
"But you're not a lady," Kai grinned.
Immediately her smiled faded. "Go to hell, you damn bastard!" she said through clenched teeth.
"I'll see you there," he answered her, a smirk now forming on his lips.
"You think you're so hot," Mariah told him angrily, "but you're not. And I'll make you a promise. You know that young vampire, that you brought with you tonight?"
"Rei," Kai told her.
"Yeah, that's the one, Rei," she spat his name. "You're not both going to make it out of here alive. One of your lives will end tonight, in the theatre "La Nuit Des Vampires." And just as she said that, Kai had a feeling that Rei was not safe at the restaurant downstairs with his friends.
~*~
"What are you doing up here?" the vampire demanded once again. "Can I be of any assistance to you?" he asked tersely.
"Actually yes," began Rei finding his voice, "y-you see, I-I came here to look for you."
Just then the tawny-eyed vampire's face lit up a bit and he smirked. "Really? Do tell. Enlighten me," he said seductively, leaning in close to Rei, the raven-haired vampire stepped back a bit.
"I-I want to talk with you about something, really important. I-I have a question that only you can answer for me," Rei explained, and the taller vampire must have thought he was coming on to him, for his smile grew wider.
"Well," he began. "If you want to talk, I'd be more than happy to. But not here, maybe somewhere more comfortable. I'm sure you wouldn't like to stand here and speak with me," he continued. "You've been walking around for a long time and must be exhausted."
"I am," Rei said at once, and for a moment it completely blew his mind that this had been the vampire that had killed his parents.
He seemed so kind, how could he possibly have had the heart to commit such a great act of felony, but Rei would find out soon enough. Lei took the lead as he led the way through the maze like corridors. Rei hesitantly followed, knowing full well that as kind as this vampire seemed he *was* a vicious murder. Immediately Rei remembered something about Lei that Kai had told him long ago, 'he even killed people when he wasn't hungry, he said he just liked to hear them scream.' That sentence echoed through Rei's mind until Lei finally paused in front of a smooth and dark wooden door.
Lei smirked to himself, all was going as planned, this young vampire had no idea what he had in store for him. And he was too naïve to suspect anything. Immediately a quote came to Lei's mind. (Come in, said the spider to the fly). He opened the door, a dangerous glint in his eyes, "enter," he told Rei, beckoning to the room inside.
"You first," Rei dared him, just in case this was a trap.
Lei's eyes pierced into Rei's with a deep glare. Rei tried to glare back at him, but his glare was nothing in comparison to Lei's. "Very well," Lei finally answered, through clenched teeth, seeing that Rei refused to enter first. Rei followed after him.
Upon entering the room, Rei discovered that this room was indeed one of the finest he had seen in the theatre by far. It was a large square-shaped room, with stonewalls, and springy crimson carpets. The room was dimly lit by a single crystal chandelier, which hung from its marvelous high ceilings. At one side of the room sat a large bookshelf full of books about mysterious, the dark arts, and legendary beings such as vampires. Just above the bookshelf were two great windows, which viewed the landscape and the night sky. At the very back end of the room, was a glass cabinet which twelve different and well-crafted swords were enclosed. The front of the room, however, appeared much more welcoming, for there sat two lovely red leather chairs, seated in front of a brilliant, and inviting fireplace.
Rei was still examining the room in all its glory, when from the corner of his eye, Rei saw Lei's hand reached for the doorknob, as though to lock it, and trap them in the room together. Fortunately, Rei's hand knocked his away just in time, "don't even think about," Rei growled baring his pearl white fangs, and Lei snickered, seeming amused.
"All right you win," Lei laughed. "I just thought you might've wanted a bit more privacy, with the door wide opened everyone in the building can hear what your saying when you speak, (and scream) Lei thought deviously to himself.
"Then let them," Rei shrugged. "I don't mind. It really doesn't bother me that people might overhear what an ass you are, because of what you've done to me."
Lei looked taken back, "I beg your pardon?" he asked in disbelief.
Rei's eyes narrowed to mere slits, "I said I don't mind if people overhear what an ass you are because of what you've done to me."
Again Lei stared dumbfounded, "I-I am sorry...have we met?" he asked uncertainly, this young vampire before him honestly didn't seem familiar.
It was that one question alone that drove Rei to the brink of insanity, and he felt like lunging onto Lei and beating the shit out of him. But he didn't. He just stood there with an expression first of shock, then of cold fury. "Hell yeah we've met! You killed my parents remember? Or were their deaths so unimportant to you that they slipped your mind?" he snarled, hating Lei.
Lei stroked his soft crimson tinted lips thoughtfully, "oh yes," he said at once. "I remember you, you're that boy. The one my love Mariah gave to me as a gift in the allies, nights ago. But you were taken from me by that dreadful Kai."
"That 'dreadful Kai' saved my life, saved me from you," Rei told him sternly.
"Yes," said Lei softly. "He did save you from me. There is no doubt in my mind that I would have killed you. You were lucky that night..." his voice trailed off.
"Yes, I was," Rei agreed, his voice deathly calm. "I was lucky, that my life was spared... Well, somewhat anyway, you see, after Kai rescued me that night. I asked him to make me immortal, kill me, and bring me back to life as a vampire so that you could never threaten me again. I survived the transformation. I was lucky for that as well. But not my parents, they weren't lucky the night you killed them!" he pointed out.
"No I suppose weren't," was Lei's unemotional and simple answer. "Anywho," he said changing the subject quickly, as he made himself comfortable on the chair nearest the gorgeous fireplace. "What did you come here to tell me, because if came here to tell me that I'm 'mean, and inconsiderate. Cruel and should burn in hell, or that you hope I die' I really don't care," Lei told him frankly. "I've heard those lines far too many times. They use to amuse but after hearing them six or seven hundred times they began to bore me."
Rei felt angry tears fill he eyes, "I didn't come all this way to tell you things about yourself that you should already know," he grumbled. "I came here to ask you a question."
"Then have a seat, ask your question, and quit wasting my time," Lei said yawning out of boredom.
Rei's hesitantly sat in the chair, opposite of Lei's. His heart was racing as he stared at his feet. Lei's eyes were on him studying him, trying to read his thoughts but they were much too unclear. Rei could feel Lei's powers struggling to invade his thoughts, and rape his mind of information. Rei couldn't remember ever feeling this nervous in his life, and he swallowed. "My parents," began Rei. "What were their last moments on Earth like? Were they tortured to death, or were their deaths quick and painless? Were they even conscious? Did they suffer much?" he asked bombarding Lei with questions. "Please, I need to know, I need to put my mind at ease, and accept their deaths, and the only way to do that is to know what really happened to them that night."
"First off," began Lei. "I don't torture my victims, only on certain occasions. I normally let them gain my trust, let them learn to like me maybe even love me. And then I surprise them with the biggest betrayal of their lives when I kill them."
"That's not true at all," Rei contorted. "That woman on stage, the one that died tonight, she was tortured. Mentally at least."
"Yes, she was," Lei agreed, "but not by me, by my followers. If you had watched the play carefully enough, you would have clearly seen that I helped to ease her worries."
That was true. When Lei put his finger up to the woman's lips and quieted her, she seemed so much calmer as if in a trance. "What did you do to her?" Rei demanded.
"I hypnotized her," said Lei. "I put her in a state of mind where she could feel no pain, or anything else for that matter. That's how I killed your parents when they were in an unconscious state of mind. I wasn't going to originally, but your mother," he sighed. "Your beautiful, gorgeous mother, with her long raven hair," he paused mid-sentence. "You," he said pointing to Rei, "you look like your mother, gorgeous and delicate..."
"Would you *please* get to your point, if you even have one?" Rei demanded.
"Yes of course," Lei said getting back on track. "After my group and I ambushed your parents in their car, and forced them out. Your mother, she wouldn't stop screaming, and pleading and begging, but not for her life or her husband's. The fool," he scoffed, and Rei glared at him. "Your mother, she begged for your life. Begged me that if I killed her, at least leave her son, Rei Kon, alone. Spare him. I tired quickly of her desperate cries and silenced both her husband and her, by putting them in a deep trance like state and fed from them. I suppose I took too much of their blood and they died. The end," Lei finished mockingly.
"I hate you," Rei growled.
~*~
Takao and Max continued to look through hallways and rooms, but in no avail. "Where did Kai go?" Max wondered out loud. "Do you think Kai already found Lei?" he asked his significant other, Takao.
"I don't know," Takao answered honestly. "We just gotta keep looking, he's here somewhere I know it."
~*~
"What's the matter Kai," Mariah smiled, as she saw the distressed look on Kai's face. "Are you worried about Rei?" she cooed. "Well you should be!" she snapped her voice returning to its evil tone. "I've got news for you Kai, Rei's not at the restaurant anymore, word around the theater is that the little fool's gone looking for Lei. He'll never make it out alive," Kai gasped, and quickly dashed down the hall in search of him, Mariah's laughter filling his ears as he ran.
~*~
"You bastard," Rei cursed.
"Ouch," Lei said in false hurt, as he placed a hand up to his chest, pouting playfully. "What did my parents ever do to you?" Rei demanded, "Why would you kill them?"
Lei stared at him for a moment, giving him a strange look. "That's a stupid question," he all but laughed. "I killed them to feed? Why do you kill?" He asked turning the tables.
"I don't," Rei answered briskly.
"Then how do you survive?" Lei questioned him. "Every vampire must feed, blood is the essence of our lives."
"Not mine," Rei stated firmly. "I respect human life and I don't believe in killing them, it's wrong, there must be some other way we can live..."
"My God," Lei gasped. "You're stupider than you look, where the hell did you get that shit from?" he asked. "Kai is a horrible maker."
Rei was in utter shock that Lei could say that about the one who had recreated him. Had he no respect? "Why would you say that?" he gasped.
"Because in all your time living with him, he has taught you nothing," Lei declared, and his gaze traveled behind Rei, to the only door in the room. Lei seemed to be concentrating on it very hard for some reason, but stopped once Rei spoke up.
"He did teach me," Rei retorted. "It was I who never agreed to listen. It was I who stood my ground and told him that I couldn't bring myself to kill a human for I was one once. Kai accepted this."
"Accepted this?" Lei snorted. "What you speak of is rubbish, crap. Kai accepted your foolish choices?" he gasped again. "He could never do anything right. That's why I finally left him, because he knew nothing of our kind, and only proved to be useless to me. So I went out searching for answers in which he could not give me."
"It's true that Kai knows little about us, but that is only because there was no one to give him knowledge when he needed it, and when no knowledge is past down to anyone, we must all acknowledge with the fact that there is no knowledge," Rei told him.
"No," said Lei. "That is where you're wrong. I discovered many secrets about our kind when Kai kicked me out. Secrets in which have made me much stronger." (And eviler), Rei thought to himself. "Join me Rei," Lei said suddenly. "I want you. I want to teach you the ways of a true vampire. And that crap you speak of when you claim how important human life is...I can *break* that out of you," he said in a dangerous whisper, and a shiver shot up Rei's spine.
Lei stood up suddenly and proceeded towards him, a perilous, and mischievous glint in his eyes. Rei stood up as well, backing away slowly, before turning and running toward the door. Lei stopped in his tracks to watch Rei struggle with the door that was for some odd reason, closed. "Poor kitten," Lei cooed softly. "It appears that the door only opens from the outside, unless you have the key," he announced smirking proudly, and dangling a small gold key in his left hand. "And seeing as to how you don't have the key, I guess you're stuck." Rei turned around slowly, trembling and completely bemused.
Rei's lips formed the word 'No,' and he shook his head, refusing to believe what he was hearing, and refusing to believe that Lei had somehow closed the door without his knowledge.
"Yes," said Lei grinning. "And to make matters worse, for you anyway, this room is sound proof. No one can hear you scream."
TBC.
The more you review the faster I'll update. Trust me you don't want to miss the next chapter that's when Lei finally gets to have his fun with a certain raven-haired vampire. Will our poor Kai find them before it's too late?
Kai: *glares*
Silverstorms: Don't mind him, he's just mad at me for the next chapter but I told him that it was inevitable.
Kai: *sticks tongue out*
~*~ Silverstorms~*~