The Blue Room
Chapter 6
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"Oh God! Kate!" Lindsey had tried to protect her. A horrible sinking feeling overcame him as he watched her die slowly in the arms of the vampire. It was his fault. He shouldn't have brought her here. "Oh, please! We had a deal! We can negotiate!"
"Deal's off." Grinned another vampire. "You can complain to your firm. Nobody screws with us."
The vampire cradling Kate's limp body, punctured his own wrist and brought it to her mouth.
"No!" Lindsey cried. "Please, God no! I'll do anything!" The second vampire threw a fist into Lindsey's stomach, causing him to double over in pain. With a deep chuckle, the other vampire tilted Kate's chin up and forced the blood down her throat, and all Lindsey could do was watch.
Lindsey blinked, shaking the thought out of his head.
"I'm always prepared for anything." Kate's voice echoed.
From the corner Oz cried out in pain. Lindsey heard the sound and wrapped his finger gently around the trigger of the revolver.
"Coffee and doughnuts!"
Lindsey spun around. "What?"
"Well, aren't you hungry?" Kate asked, a quirky smile on her face.
"Uh...you bought doughnuts?"
"No. Why would I pay for something I can have for free?" She handed him his mocha latte and a bear claw. "There's a ton, help yourself." She said, gesturing towards a large white bakery box. "I got all kinds, you like jelly?"
"What about you?" Lindsey asked, accepting his doughnut and taking a huge bite out of it.
Kate waved the question away. "Oh, I ate the baker. Thanks, though." She picked up the box of doughnuts and another cup of coffee and brought it over to the cowering figure in the corner.
"Hey kid, you hungry?"
"Kate..." Lindsey warned.
"I'm fine Lindsey." She said through gritted teeth. She waved a doughnut in Oz's face. "Boston Cream..." She sang temptingly. "I didn't poison them. Just eat it."
On the other side of the room, Lindsey wrapped his fingers around his throat, imitating a gagging/choking sound..
"Lindsey!" Kate scolded.
"...sorry..."
"Hey." Kate gave Oz a gentle shove. "You okay?"
"I'm being held prisoner by a lawyer and his vampire girlfriend who's trying to shove doughnuts down my throat." He took the pastry. "But I like doughnuts, so call it an upside."
"Do you love me?"
Both Lindsey and Oz coughed up coffee.
"What? No!"
Kate sighed. "Yeah, well. Then I'm afraid I'm going to have to torture you."
"Oh." Oz said. "Why?"
"Because according to dimwit, here," Kate motioned toward Lindsey, who scowled behind her back. "Who's been spying on you and your friends, I can only get those visions one of two ways. Love, or Hope. If Love's out, we'll have to go with Hope."
"You lost me." Oz said calmly.
"Well, I figure if I really do a good job with the torture, you'll pass the visions to me in hope that the pain will stop. Seem's logical, doesn't it?"
Oz blinked. His captor was asking his opinion on the probability of a positive outcome in her sinister plot. This woman was without a doubt, the strangest villain he'd ever seen.
"Um..." He pondered for a moment. "Yeah, I think it might work." He couldn't let her know he didn't possess the visions. As long as she believed he carried them, Fred was safe. "So, uh–what kinda torture did you have in mind?"
Kate walked over to a large and mysterious lump, hidden under a white sheet. She lifted the sheet, revealing a rather frightening-looking machine underneath, sporting every kind of sharp and/or heavy object one can imagine. Oz swallowed hard, but refused to allow his fear to overcome him. He had to do this.
Just as Oz had made his final decision, the very person he was sacrificing himself to save burst into the room, shaking with sobs. Oz shouted at her to turn and run, every second in slow motion. The shock waves Fred's sudden arrival had sent through the room were felt by each person, all of them as confused as the other.
"Please, no! Don't! I have them! I have the visions!" Fred screamed. "Don't hurt him!"
Kate blinked. And in the time it took her to do just that Oz was holding Fred in his arms, his mouth pressed tightly against hers. What happened in that moment was unseen by Lindsey and Kate, but immediately understood by the two lovers.
"Why?" Fred wept. "Why would you do that?"
"Because I love you."
Lindsey could only stare. She couldn't be here! Now Kate knew about the girl. Not only would her plan now succeed, but she also knew Lindsey had lied to her. In a panic, gripping the gun tightly in his hand, Lindsey reacted in the only way he could think of. He pulled the trigger.