I walked around, everything blurry feeling my way along. One arm was touching a wall and the other was out beside me. I didn't know where I was, or why I was there. Suddenly the wall ran out and I fell forward. Just as I was about to hit the floor, someone grabbed my arm and I could feel them pull me back. I thought I was safe, but I was wrong. The person who had grabbed my arm quickly turned my head and bit into my neck. I was at first filled with terror, but for some reason it all turned to pleasure. The one biting me was draining my blood quickly and I felt myself growing weaker. I began to sink to my knee's but whoever had me, held me up. Then...everything went black...
I woke up with a jolt as the alarm clock began ringing loudly. I looked over to the clock sleepily and touched the metal bar, causing it to stop ringing. I yawned and rubbed my eyes sleepily and pushed the lid of the coffin open. Yawning again I climbed out of the coffin and looked around, seeing a door I hadn't seen earlier. Probably because I didn't really pay attention to what was in the room the other morning. I looked at the door and slowly went over, opening it. I found a bathroom with a fairly large shower in it. I smiled and went in, looking around. I noticed a door which was slightly open. I opened it all the way and found it was a closet. There were a couple outfits the same as I was wearing. I blinked, scratching my head and then shrugged. I got undressed and climbed into the shower.
As I walked down the hall of the Zeppelin, I realized that it felt different. Before it had the movement of flying, but now...as I passed a window I looked out and saw that we had landed and that the sun was setting. I blinked, wondering where we were. I heard someone walking behind me and I turned, seeing a soldier. "Excuse me...but vhere are v---" the soldier walked by me without even looking. I blinked and looked down, putting my hands in my pockets. I was the outcast. The new one who didn't fit in yet. I guess I had to get used to it. I saw two more soldiers walking by, talking about how the Major was calling everyone so...of course...I followed them. I didn't know my way around and hell if I was gonna go myself and get lost.
The soldiers walked out of the zeppelin, into the light. I blinked watching them, wondering why they weren't writhing in pain by now. Then I saw they were wearing hats which protected their faces. I wondered how I was to get out there. I felt someone tap my shoulder and I turned around, seeing Captain. I blinked, as did he and he handed me an umbrella. I looked at it. It was white and it said "Samson's Drug Store" on it with a heart. I looked up at Captain. "Vhere in ze vorld did you get zis?" he shrugged and walked past me out to the large building the soldiers had gone into. I watched him, then looked at the umbrella and opened it, walking out into the light, shadows covering me.
As I walked, I passed several soldiers standing in the shadows of the building and some whistled at me. I ignored them and continued walking, closing the umbrella once reaching the shadows. A soldier held the door open for me and winked. I glared at him and walked inside, seeing Major, Dok, Captain, Zorin and Schrodinger. I walked to the edge of the soldiers group slowly, watching. Dok saw me and motioned for me to go over with them. I, of course, went and joined the group, feeling slightly out of place. I felt eyes on me from all around and I was nervous. Suddenly someone yelled, "HEIL!" and in unison, the soldiers saluted. I jumped slightly but then regained my composture when Captain and Joleen looked at me. I looked at them and blinked, acting as if nothing happened at all. I adjusted my glass onto the bridge of my nose and looked at the large curl of hair in front of my face. I then leaned the umbrella tip on the ground and leaned against it, listening to Major give the soldiers and anyone else listening a speech.
A while later, the speech was over and the soldiers were still listening intently, swallowing up every word that dripped from Herr Major's mouth. I looked around at the soldiers, amazed that they would pay attention this long. I looked over at the group beside me and they were all watching the soldiers also. I shifted the umbrella to the other hand, shifting my weight to my right side. Schrodinger, who was to my right, yawned. Joleen, to my right, smirked, smoke rising from the ciggerette between her lips. I leaned forward slightly, looking at Dok, who looked over and smiled at me, then nodded, as if telling me it was almost over. I sighed in relief. I wanted to be out, even though I had just about gotten there. I didnt know what I would do as soon as I was out, but all I wanted was to leave.
After all the soldiers had stopped saluting and yelling "Heil", someone, guessing the leader of the gang, yelled for them to break and all the soldiers scattered. Some outside, some to other parts of the building, some to who knows where. I looked around and then felt a tug on my sleeve. I turned and saw Schrodinger with Major behind him. I bowed my head to Major, who nodded in return.
"I hope you found my speech...inspiring" Major said, with a look of pure accomplishment on his face. Though I had barely paid attention to any of it, much like the others in our group, I merely nodded my head.
"It vas...interesting...und................heart-filled.." I said, unsure of what to say to him. I didnt want to make it sound like I hadn't been paying attention, though I think I failed horribly at it.
Schrodinger must have seen the worried look on my face because he looked at Major and nodded. "Ja, I agree vith Rip. It -VAS- very heart-filled." He put on one of his angel smiles. He was either sucking up again or sticking up for me. I hoped it was the latter.
Later that night, as I was walking around the Zeppelin, Doc came out into the halls and called me into his laboratory. When I walked in a pack of blood was pushed at me. I looked at it, then looked up at Doc who was smiling happily. I drank from the pack slowly and looked around the lab. I stopped drinking when I saw Schrodinger and Joleen lying on the tables and from the looks of it, they were unconscious. I looked over at Doc, blinking and with a questioning look on my face.
Doc put a finger over his lips and said quietly "Shhh...zey rest. Zey are not quite like you, my child. Zey are not up all of ze night. Zey sleep all morning and zen wake und feed at sunset. Zen soon zey vill go back to sleep until midnight." He didn't explain WHY they did this, but I decided not to question him. I continued drinking from the blood packet and I watched them sleeping. I then lost interest and watched Doc looking over all his tools, cleaning them and then look over some papers, scribbling on them in German.
When I finished the blood packet, I burped, but then quickly covered my mouth. "Excuse me, Herr Doktor..."
Doc laughed and said "Zat is quite alright my child. Und you can call me Dok. Effryvon does." I nodded and Doc raised his hand, with another blood packet. I smiled and took it, thanking him. He nodded and I walked out of the laboratory, walking around the halls of the Zeppelin, sipping on the blood packet. So far, everything was alright.