Master of Darkness
Chapter: 3
On the Run
It's been a while but here's another chapter for this fic. I know there is a lot of fic that I need to update but I have to have something that inspires the next idea and some come faster than others.
The morning came and Lina awoke looking up at the ceiling. After a moment she rolled her head to the left to see a human shaped bundle of covers. She looked at it for a moment before shaking her head and thinking, 'Of course...Zel can't be out in the daylight so he's using all the covers as a make-shift coffin.'
She yawned a got out of her bed. She moved to the bathroom to get ready for the day. As Lina was brushing her teeth she began to think, 'Now what do I do now? I mean I can't go after Xellos right now he'd be ready for that. I guess I could go back home and wait it out a while. Give it time for Xellos to drop his guard...but getting Zelgadis there is going to be a whole new pain.'
After Lina finished dressing she came back into the main living area. She looked at the pile of blankets that was Zelgadis and sighed. She opened the door and walked out into town to begin shopping for things she would need.
Hours later Lina was almost done with her shopping. 'Let's see I have a few outfits that Zel might like, some sunglasses to cover his eyes until I can get some contact lens that change the color, and now I need a coffin,' Lina thought as she let out a tired huff.
After another thirty minutes she had come across a coffin making that was in a bit of an alleyway. She looked at the coffins and used her own height to measure for Zelgadis. "Zel is about a head and a half taller than me," Lina said out loud as she used her hand to measure.
"My I help you," asked the confused shopkeeper to see a young girl such as Lina measuring for a coffin.
Lina turned red in embarrassment before explain, "Oh, a friend of mine recent passed and I need to ship him back home. I forgot exactly how tall he was so I was using my height to measure as best I could."
The shopkeeper looked at Lina for a second before replying, "Well, I can see your concern. It is important that a man is buried where he came from. So you like this one?"
Lina nodded and asked, "How much?"
The shopkeeper gave Lina the price which she happily paid and a little extra for the shopkeeper to have it delivered to her room in an hour. After her final transaction Lina looked at her watch to see that she had about an hour and a half before sundown. "Well, might as well get something to eat while I kill time."
Thirty minutes later Lina was in her room with her new acquired coffin and waited for Zelgadis to awaken. After about ten minutes the pile of blankets stirred before Zelgadis sat up. Once he sat up the blankets fell off to reveal that his shirt was not on. He stretched his muscles before turning to see Lina staring at him with wide eyes. He smirked slightly before standing and asking, "Like what you see master?"
Lina blushed and she looked away, "N...No...No I was just...just daydreaming," Lina stuttered as she coughed.
Zel moved towards Lina with a slight swagger. His eyes focused on her as he stepped right next to her and cupped her chin with his hand. He looked right into Lina's eyes before asking, "Are you sure you won't give me another taste master?"
Lina gazed into his eyes and watched as they slowly turned red. She felt as she was being drawn in to those pools of crimson while standing in front of Zelgadis. She slowly nodded as she continued to stare into his eyes. "Zel...I," she tried to say as she continued to fall under the spell.
Zelgadis smiled as he leaned his head down and kissed Lina's neck at her pulse point. He stopped for a moment when he heard her moan. Zelgadis smirked as he began to trace a vein with his tongue before replying, "That's it master. Just enjoy the feeling and you won't feel the slight amount of pain."
Lina mumbled softly trying to voice her protest but her mouth would not react. 'Come on Lina if you don't do something your the next meal,' Lina thought as she tried to fight off the haze that had taken over her mind.
Zelgadis chuckled as he opened his mouth while his fangs grew to their normal size. He slowly moved forward and lightly scrapped his fangs against her neck before he moved to bite down. To his surprise, right when he was about to bite, Lina reacted and shoved him away with great force. Zelgadis flew through the air and hit the wall hard before hitting the ground. He growled as he got to his knees before he was slammed against the wall to come face to face with an enraged Lina, "Don't you ever try that again!"
Zelgadis looked at Lina with a bit of anger on his face. "It was just going to be a taste. Nothing to worry about."
Lina held him by the collar and said, "I don't care because I don't want to be a vampire."
Zelgadis looked at her before laughing at what Lina had just said. "Master...you apparently don't know about true vampires. Yes, the legends say that if you are bitten you become one but that is not true."
Lina let go of Zel and shouted, "I don't care! You will only bite me if I give you permission not because I fell under your spell and stop calling master!"
Zelgadis bowed his head and replied, "As you wish Lina," before moving forward quickly.
Lina was caught off guard when she felt his tongue on her neck. She moaned slightly before pushing Zel away again and shouting, "What did I just tell you?"
"I was just cleaning you...you had a bit of blood leaking from your pulse point," he replied as he licked his lips.
Lina looked to her side at the large mirror. She noticed two small gashes that had been made on her neck she then looked at Zel and asked, "What was that feeling? You just barely licked me and my whole body felt alive."
Zel moved to his bed where he sat down and replied, "It's the Embrace. It is a condition that a vampire instinctually causes when that seek to drink blood. It keeps a target from fighting while we feed. We get our meal and the target gets a pleasurable feeling while we are feeding."
Lina looked at Zel for a moment before shaking her head and said, "Well, I got you a coffin to travel in and we are head back to my home in the early morning. So be ready to go once I wake back up."
Zelgadis bowed and said, "As you wish Lina," before disappearing to go hunt.
Lina sighed and laid down on the bed. 'That was close...I don't need to stare at him if that keeps happening,' Lina thought before she closed her eyes and when to sleep.
The next morning found Lina at the airport aboard a large jet waiting for it to take off. She looked out the window and thought, 'And, hopefully I won't get a ton of question a customs when I come back with a coffin.'
Below her in the baggage hold Zelgadis lay in his coffin with a smirk on his face. 'Don't worry Lina...as long as I serve you I will make sure your troubles won't bother you...as long as you exchange it for some of that delicious blood of yours.'