"Talking"
'Thinking'
MemoriesStressed
Ceres stood in the kitchen with a bowl in her hand. Using the wooden spoon, she stirred the mix. Softly sighing she looked down at the chocolate chip cookie dough and continued to stir. It had been two weeks of being human, two wonderful weeks of chewing, breathing, and feeling. As a vampire she didn't feel the temperatures, but now she could tell if it was muggy, hot, or cold. Victoria sat at the corner of the table watching her other bake cookies. Sighing in boredom, she closed her red eyes.
Ceres skipped over to the oven, checked the temperature, and bit her lip in excitement. Placing little balls of dough on the cooking sheet, she placed them in the oven. She then grabbed the timer and set it for ten minutes. Jumping onto the counter, she sat and waited. Looking over her shoulder, she sighed and knew that it was coming up. Neither of them wanted to bring the subject up, but it was unavoidable. The fading had begun two nights ago.
Victoria grinned as she watched the freaks scatter into the factory. Ceres laughed and chased after Victoria into the factory. Pip jogged alongside her and punched her playfully in the arm. Victoria looked behind her and growled at them.
"Keep it in your pants," Victoria growled. Ceres growled at her as her face went red.
Entering the factory they all stopped goofing and prepared to fight. Three freaks came into the building, two male and one female. Victoria sniffed the air and frowned as she tried to inhale more air.
"What's wrong?" Ceres whispered.
"My senses are weakening," Victoria answered as she sniffed again.
Victoria found their scents, shedidn't like how this was going. Two had gone left and one had gone right. Despite the warnings, they all separated, Ceres and Pip took left, and Victoria took right.
Ceres looked around the darkened factory as best as she could. With every step she took, she could feel a sense of dread building in her stomach. Pip placed a hand on her shoulder and she silently jumped. Pip tilted his head to the corner and Ceres followed his gaze. Her stomach twisted into a knot of disgust. Two of the freaks were feeding off of a corpse. The corpse had his stomach and throat torn out. Taking aim she opened fire and shot one in the head. Dust exploded everywhere and the other male looked up and hissed.
It lunged at her and Ceres fired, the bullets went passed his head. Pip jumped in front of Ceres and managed to blow the freaks head off. Dust fell to the floor. Ceres changed clips and walked to the corpse. Brown eyes stared out into the darkness as a silent scream covered his face. Shaking her head, she closed his eyes and backed away. Any minute now a ghoul would form and try to attack them. She held her gun at head level as she waited for the ghoul.
'Will I become like that,' Ceres thought as she remembered the bloodthirsty freak.
Squeezing the trigger, she blew the back of the head off. Ceres then dropped her weapon and fell to her knees. Pulling her hand away from her stomach, she saw the blood. Two screams echoed in the factory. Pip helped her to her feet and started to make his way to the exit. Ceres stopped walking and shook her head.
"No…have to go back for Victoria," Ceres whispered as sweat covered her face. Pip hesitated but turned away with Ceres and made their way through the factory. Ceres screamed as claw marks appeared on her back.
"What's happening?" Pip seriously asked.
"Victoria," Ceres whispered as they continued.
Ceres blue eyes were a bit dazed from pain, but she focused in on Victoria when they found her. Her stomach was cut across and claw marks ran down her back. Ceres stumbled toVictoria and tapped her face. Victoria grinned as blood came from the corner of her mouth.
"The bitch is tough," Victoria groaned.
"You share each other's pain?" Pip asked as he walked over and looked at the two. He then turned his attention to the factory surrounding.
"One soul, one pain," Victoria mumbled.
"We'll get her," Ceres promised as she wiped the blood from Victoria's mouth.
She looked at the blood on her fingertips and hesitated. She quickly licked it off and felt most of the pain vanished. Her vision became clearer and her senses seemed to spring to life. Ceres blue eyes flashed crimson as she began to remember the things she felt as a vampire.
"She's on the left, standing in the corner," Ceres pointed out. Pip aimed and opened fire. They heard a growl and a scream. The wind rushed by them as Ceres tried to find her again.
"The little bitch has a twin," the female freak spoke as she hid in the shadows.
"Whatever lady, now get out her so I can kill you," Ceres growled as she focused on the laughter and fired.
A satisfying thud and grunt was her reward for a well-aimed shot. The female cursed again and charged. Ceres caught the freaks wrists and grinned as she felt her other's blood power her. The feel of being a vampire was thrilling. It was something she had come to miss. Squeezing as hard as she could, she shattered the female's wrists. Her scream echoed through the factory. Ceres gripped the shattered wrist and smashed her to the ground. Bringing her gun to the freak's head she fired.
Blood was coated on her hands as she calmed down. The blood was slowly disappearing from her system. Her blue eyes looked over to Victoria and saw a smile of triumph on her features. Fearing to look over at Pip she did. Her face flashed with anger as she saw his calm expression. Ceres wiped the blood on her skirt and frowned as she stared at him. He seemed to shrug and lit up a cigarette. Ceres looked down at her hands and began to wonder why there wasn't disgust or shame on his features.
"Why don't you hate me?" Ceres whispered. He looked over at her and took the cigarette from his mouth.
"Excuse me?" He asked.
"Why don't you hate me? Why aren't you disgusted?" Ceres yelled as she clenched her hands into fists.
"Why should I hate you, why should I be disgusted?" Pip asked her back.
"I'm a monster," Ceres whispered. Pip walked over to her and pulled her into a hug as she struggled.
"I don't think a monster would question their actions," Pip stated as she leaned her head against his chest. "Plus, a monster wouldn't have your curves."
Victoria snickered as Ceres went red in face again. Pulling away, she punched him in the shoulder and began to laugh.
It took Victoria almost a full night to recover from her injuries. Ceres sighed, it should have taken a few minutes for her to recover. The timer went off and she jumped. Pushing off the counter, she carefully took the cookies out of the oven. She placed another sheet of cookies in and reset the timer to ten minutes. Ceres looked into the oven and watched as the dough baked.
It had been a full night since Victoria had been injured. Ceres was carrying the blood packet down from the kitchen and into the basement. Placing her hand on the door to push it open, she jumped back. Red eyes formed in the shadows of her door. Stepping back, she watched as her master formed. He began laughing, as Ceres stood there confused. He reached out and brushed a stray bang from her face.
"She is weak," Alucard stated as his laughter suddenly stopped.
"I've noticed," Ceres dryly said.
"When will you rejoin with her?" Alucard asked as he blocked her door.
"Who's to say I won't?" Ceres challenged, even though warning bells were going off in her head. Alucard laughed at her challenge before his gaze became cold.
"Give up your human ideals of love…you are vampire. We don't love, we don't have human emotions," Alucard warned. Ceres gritted her teeth and growled.
"You have a human emotions master," Ceres began.
"What is that?" Alucard asked amused by her.
"You have hate, anger, and you even feel thrill for the kill," Ceres pointed out.
"Vampires don't love Ceres," Alucard firmly stated.
"I'm not a vampire!" Ceres shouted as he scowled.
"You will never lose your vampiric side fully," Alucard warned.
"Then I'll die trying," Ceres growled back.
"You have such foolish concepts," Alucard laughed.
"There is nothing foolish about wanting to feel," Ceres whispered.
"I am just warning you," Alucard whispered as he leaned closer to her, "One day the thirst will become so strong that you'll end up killing your beloved Pip."
"No," Ceres whispered.
"The thirst will overcome you and you'll bath in his blood," Alucard whispered as he vanished into the darkness.
Ceres sighed as the timer went off. Slipping on the baking mitts she pulled the cookies out. She then pulled out a Ziploc bag and put the already cool cookies into the bag.
"We don't love, we don't have human emotions," Alucard warned.
Ceres gritted her teeth as she heard his voice echo in her head. Victoria looked up at Ceres and noticed the anger around her.
"What's wrong?" Victoria asked.
"I'm mad," Ceres lightly put.
"You're always mad…maybe you need anger management," Victoria suggested.
"I can feel it…we're fading," Ceres whispered as she watched her hand go transparent and then solid.
"Have you made a choice?" Victoria asked.
"I think I have," Ceres answered.
"You want to prove something," Victoria stated with a smirk.
"Yes…I do," Ceres answered as she smirked.
"We won't kill him," Victoria assured as she pulled Ceres into a hug.
Integral sighed as she sipped on her tea. Walter stood in front of her with his own confused look. Integral set the cup down and sighed again.
"What worries you?" Walter asked.
"Ceres and Victoria," Integral said with some disdain.
"What exactly worries you?" Walter inquired as he poured more tea.
"Do you think she'll rejoin with Victoria?" Integral asked.
"Ceres does like being human…you think something will happen if she doesn't." Walter stated more the asked.
"The girl is Alucard's fledgling," Integral answered.
"I see," Walter whispered.
"The girl is a member of my team and I must assure her safety," Integral explained. Walter knowingly smiled at Integral.
"You think Alucard would do something if she chose to remain human."
"You know he's not easy to get rid of, and I'd hate to think of what he'd do to her if she remains human," Integral rambled.
"I think Ms. Victoria will be able to handle him," Walter assured with his own smirk.
"What makes you so sure?" Integral questioned.
"Ceres has changed while with Victoria, I think she accepts herself," Walter explained.
"Do you think she'll fight him?" Integral questioned.
"I think she plans to prove a point," Walter stated before he poured some more tea and left.
Author's Note:
RenegadePineapple- Alucard won't bite her again, he's just messing around with her mind.
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