Master of the Darkness

Chapter: 2

What is Master's Will?

Here is the next chapter. Sorry it took so long but got a nasty virus that took a while for me to erase it from my comp. Yes, Zel is a vampire but I'm using a mix of different lore. For example normal myths, Bram Stoker, and other things. And, I mentioned Gourry because he will serve a propose later.

Lina popped her head out from the basement to see that no one was inside the temple and that it was dark outside. She finished pulling herself out of the hole before looking down and saying, "Well come on Zel there is no one here."

Just as she finished her sentence Zel; as she now called him, landed from his leap out of the hole. His lavender hair shinned in the moon light as his sapphire eyes surveyed the area. He had ditched his armor for a simple outfit of off-whit shirt, pants, and cloak. He looked around the temple and remembered were he was, "Ah, yes I was buried here when they thought I was dead."

Lina looked at Zel as he remarked about the temple. After a moment she shook her head and made her way towards the main door. She noticed that her rented jeep was still outside and she sighed knowing that she wouldn't have to walk back to civilization. She motioned for Zel to follow as she made her way towards the vehicle. She opened the door and was about to get in when she noticed Zel was studying the car. "It's a motor vehicle...I'll explain once we have time."

Zel nodded at the implied command, opened the passenger side door, and got into the jeep. Lina then shut her door and cranked the ignition. The car came to life and Lina took off into the desert night.

An hour and a half later found Lina and Zelgadis in a small motel room inside the desert side inn. Lina had opted not to go back to her other room for fear that Xellos might be waiting for her. She had just began to settle in after she had explained to Zel what a television was and it's purpose. She sighed as she went into the small bathroom and turned on the the shower. The hot water felt good on her aching body as she went over the events of the day. 'Here I am running from a business tycoon because I found an immortal that is now in my hotel room amazed by a television set,' Lina thought as she began to clean herself.

'What am I supposed to do now? All my stuff is still in that hotel room but I can't go and get it because some of Xellos' goons might be there waiting for me...I just don't know,' Lina finished as turned the water off.

She toweled off and the wrapped a towel around her frame and one around her head. She cracked open the door and said, "Zel I need you to turn around and not look for a few minutes."

"If you wish but where do you want these," Zel asked holding the said stuff Lina had wanted to retrieve from her other room.

Her eyes bugged out as she asked, "How did you do that? Oh, never mind just let me have them."

Lina grabbed up her stuff; forgetting that she had just a towel between her and Zel's eyes. She then set them down, picked out something, and retreated back into the bathroom. About a minute later Lina strolled out in her pajamas. The pajamas where made up of a white t-shirt and a pair of light sweat pants. "Okay Zel you can go back to whatever you were doing," Lina announced as she began to brush her hair.

As Lina continued to brush her hair she couldn't help but feel like she was being stalked. A strange chill ran up her spine as she felt eyes on her. She looked into the mirror but saw nothing there. Feeling reassured she went back to combing. About a minute later an arm wrapped around her waist from behind. She lifted her head slightly to see who was there when another wrapped around her shoulders. A hand placed itself under her chin and long fingers wrapped around to just under her lips. She felt someone exhale a cold breath onto her neck as she tried to struggle. "Don't worry master it's just me," Zel's tenor answered Lina's unasked question.

Lina heard a hint of enjoyment in his voice as he held her body still. She felt his body press against her back as she commanded, "Zel stop this. I don't know what you're up to but this is not acceptable."

Lina felt his lips press against her neck and had to suppress a shiver. The last thing she wanted to do was keep him going by showing that she was slightly aroused. She soon felt his tongue slide over a part of her neck before he said, "Just a little bite master. That's all I want and then I'll leave you be."

Lina tried to struggle but found Zel's grip to be too strong. She then remember what she needed to do and shouted, "Zelgadis!"

At the speaking of his true name Zelgadis stopped cold as the binding spell took hold. He released Lina and backed away. "As you wish master," he replied somewhat disappointed.

Lina turned around to give Zel a piece of her mind but was stopped when she noticed the red slowly draining from his eyes. She looked at him for a moment before she asked, "What just happened here?"

Zel sighed as he sat down on his bed in the two bed room. "It is a condition called blood lust. It has been so long since I've been awake that even I have trouble fighting it off."

Lina held her neck and swallowed before saying, "Well, I guess it was a good thing I don't like the idea of you having any kind of meal out of me."

Zel looked at her for a moment as if he was losing himself again. He shook his hand to stave off the blood lust before he stood and said, "I must hunt master. If I don't find a meal soon then not even the binding spell will hold me back."

Lina gulped again at the idea of no way to control him. "Then go hunt just don't get caught and make sure not to kill."

Zel looked at Lina a bit perplexed, "And why not master? It's just one less person in a sea of millions," Zelgadis replied with a bit of a growl.

Lina stood her ground and wouldn't be intimidated by him. "Because I said so. I don't need to become an accomplice to murder. And stop calling me master! Just call me Lina," Lina ended by raising her voice to mark her point.

Zel backed down from his threat and bowed while replying, "As you wish master," before disappearing.

Lina grumbled at Zel's parting jab of calling her master. She turned back around and began to brush her hair once again while she tried to figure out what to do. 'Again here I am stuck with a freaking vampire and being hunted by an entire corporation. This is just what I wanted with my life,' Lina thought angrily as she kept combing.

As she was laying her brush down she had a brainstorm. 'Wait a minute...why am I worried about controlling a vampire. I should be happy about it. I can use Zel's capabilities to get whatever I want out of Xellos. That's it! It's time to get what due to me from that rat. Look out Xellos here I come.'

After her idea Lina climbed into her bed and turned to a news station while she waited on Zelgadis to return so she could safely go to sleep.

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