Chapter 2
B-t-O-A-f-a
"Yup, this was a Reaper attack and a pretty nasty one at that. Didn't want to turn him, but made sure it messed up his face." Whistler said as he examined the dead Vampire's body.
"It was just hungry? Didn't you say that they usually turn their victims?" Karen asked and Whistler looked at her.
"Must've found something wrong with him that would have been more apparent as a Reaper. I got some of the records that the Vampires were keeping about the Reaper project and found some bad things." Whistler said and Blade looked at him.
"Like what?" Blade and Karen asked at the same time.
"Like the fact that they were keeping from us a female Reaper strain carrier. She was kept secret from Nomak so they wouldn't try to mate and creat a more pure species of Reaper, untainted, and wipe out the Vampires." Whistler explained. "She broke out of her little prison and hasn't been seen since. She has been known to be able to detect any defects in humans and Vampires alike and won't turn them if they have some kind of defect."
"I bet our new friend has just reared her ugly head." Blade said, looking at the bite marks on the Vampire's face.
Back with the Reapers. . .
They were above ground now, ready to feed. Alexandria watched as her brood and Nomak fed and it didn't helped her any to do so.
Alexandria turned her head as she heard footsteps approacing over the sounds of slurping and growling. She saw a human female turn and watch in horror as the Reapers fed.
'I really need to feed.' Alexandria thought, hungrily, as she slipped into the shadows and disappeared.
Before the woman knew it, the alpha female of the Reapers was behind her. Alexandria grabbed her and the woman started to scream, but the Reaper opened her mouth and attached her mutated tongue to the back of the woman's neck, making her scream turn into a squeak as the blood was drained from her.
Alexandria dropped the poor woman after she was finished and watched as she started to turn into one of her own. Before she got very far into the transformation, Alexandria got up and walked away, ignoring the screams coming from the woman once more.
Suddenly, she was grabbed and spun around. Alexandria stared up into Nomak's eyes and he licked his blood-caked lips.
Alexandria reached a hand up and grabbed the back of Nomak's head. She brought him down so that he was level with her and started to lick the rest of the blood away from his chin.
Nomak became tense as she did this and Alexandria growled as another female Reaper started to come toward them.
"A little possessive, aren't you?" Nomak said, smiling as the female looked up at him and smirked.
"Well, you're a little too tense." Alexandria said and she returned to her task of cleaning his face off.
As her tongue glided over his scar, she didn't seem to notice it start to open. Nomak grabbed her by the back of the head and she looked up at him strangely.
His mouth opened and stuck out his Reaper tongue. Alexandria followed suit and opened her mouth, sticking her tongue out.
Nomak brought her closer and clasped his tongue to hers, making her close her eyes as she felt the barbs stick into her.
Nomak let her go after a minute or two and she looked at him questioningly. Nomak still held onto her head and he began to lick the blood from her chin.
Alexandria stared up at the night sky, loving the feel of his cool tongue against her warm skin. Suddenly, his tongue slid over her lips and she gasped.
Nomak pulled back and looked into her eyes for a minute. He came forward, but this time he pressed his lips to hers and wrapped his arms around her and she did the same with him.