Yes, Demon Spawn, you inspired this one. You asked for a more serious story with Taker as a vampire. Who am I to deny the request of one of my most loyal reviewers?

Chapter 1 was a drug-induced chapter, LOL. I started typing it that night just as the Tylenol Flu pill I had taken was beginning to affect me. I dunno where I'm going with this story, but on to chapter 2!

Chapter 2

"How do you feel?" Stephanie asked Mark quite a while later. She stroked his hair as he laid there resting his head comfortably in her lap, eyes closed. He looked beautiful, more beautiful than she had ever seen him before. But also very pale, just like her.

"I feel more alive than I ever have," Mark answered, opening his eyes lazily and peering up at her. "Which is funny, considering the fact that technically I am now dead." He closed his eyes again and thought about what he had just said. He was dead, but he felt more alive than ever. If his heart could beat, it would be beating more strongly than it had ever beaten before. He was free now. He had no soul. He had no conscience. All he had in the world was freedom...and Stephanie, the one who had made this all possible.

"I'm glad to hear you say that," she said, running a finger over his lips. He opened his mouth a little and drew her finger in. She laughed, then kept talking. "We have some things to discuss, some things you should be aware of."

"Are you sure you want to talk right now?" he asked, nibbling on her finger. "Because all I want to do is ravish you."

She smiled. This was the reason she had chosen him out of all the other wrestlers she could have chosen. He was one of a kind. He could definitely keep up with her the way no other man would be able to. "That is an enticing idea," she said, "but we really do need to discuss some things. This is serious."

He took the hint and sat up next to her. Facing her, he looked at her. "What is it?" he asked.

"As you already know, there are some side effects to your new...condition," she began. "First of all, have you ever heard that if a vampire goes into the sun, he or she will burn up?"

"Yes, I've heard that. Tell me it's just a rumor," he said. "Because I don't think I'd be too happy if it was indeed true."

"It's not true," she assured him. "But the tales you hear about crosses, holy things, stakes and other objects being driven through the heart, and decapitation... Those are all sadly true. Therefore, those are the things you have to try to steer clear of."

"That's not much in return for the gift you've bestowed upon me," he pointed out, reaching over to touch her leg and run his fingers over it. "The pros outweigh the cons by a very large margin."

"I know. If you just steer clear of those things that I mentioned, think of what you can have. Eternal life. No guilt. No soul. No conscience. Supreme health. Long-lasting energy. Super strength." She paused to look at him. "And it's a thrill. Wait until you get your first victim. Wait until you sink your teeth into the soft flesh of some random, pathetic, defenseless little human being and feed. Ah, you're going to fall in love with being a vampire."

"You can love without a soul? That doesn't seem to add up," he said shortly. He didn't want love to be a factor. He was glad to be rid of love.

"Not love the way you've known it for all these years," she explained. "It's actually more like lust. Bloodlust."

"The thrill of the kill," he said, more to himself than to her. The idea of finding himself a tasty, helpless little female to feed off of was exciting him in ways that he shouldn't have been excited. "When can I go find my first victim?" he asked her in a low voice, deep and vibrant.

"In a little while," she promised. "But now, I want to do some things to your body that I've only dreamt about in the past." She looked up at him with a fake pleading expression. "Won't you fill a little vamp girl's fantasy?"

"Must you ask me such crazy questions? You already know the answer," he replied, and there the verbal conversation ended and a rough, physical one ensued...

Sorry it's so short. This just seemed like a good place to end this chapter. Maybe he'll get his first victim in Chapter 3...