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Chapter 3: Regeneration of the Ages
I was aware of what had become of me in the crash. I had become mere blood, my body now a liquid puddle of red agony. I felt every single spec of my being, each piece of my remains burning with the anguish of the fire's kiss. Each passing second seemed an eternity of misery, and it took all of my will to overcome the suffering and regenerate my body to its "Natural" state.
It took hours for me to simply regenerate the basic frame of my body, details such as limbs and appendages almost nonexistent. When finally I pieced my carcass together I forced myself to reanimate, my digits like worms, squirming around to find an absolute form.
I saw what I had looked like through my Vampiric Eye, my corpse reduced to the skeleton that it had been nights before, my hair connected to a horrify fleshy skull, my eyes bulging out like two crystal balls with red pupils. I had become more of a wraith then I had before, when I took the military mans life.
This time however I did not have the strength to call out for a human, instead I had to feed from the beast creature from around me, my presence attracting all of the small creatures of the wilderness. It was rats that I fed from to regain my strength, their furry little bodies becoming rat cadavers quicker then I their blood could sustain me.
After what felt like days of feeding from the rats I called out to the canine animals, the dogs that the humans kept as pets. It was very quick that one of the slobbering beasts came running towards me and began licking my fleshy skeleton.
"I'm sorry canine," I hissed at the creature. "But this night your simple desires go unfulfilled." I reached for the beast and drew him towards me, his short hairs pricking against my skin. He whimpered and yelped as I drained him, his powerful legs trying to surpass my vampiric strength.
In moments I was standing, the dogs body drained and resting in my arms. I thanked the creature and then set him down, my limbs powerful enough to seek out a human for me to finish off, allowing me to stop killing.
"Oh, who's there," a young, tender voice called to me. I turned to see a young girl, her limbs fragile, her skin soft and silky, her body covered in the finest of clothing that a young woman could wear. She seemed very kind hearted, her eyes soft, her face expressing true worry. It made me feel ashamed to feed from woman such as herself, but my need to survive was more important to me then her need.
"Listen," I groaned, my voice shaky and dry. "I am an evil creature that lives from humans, and though it brings me shame to need to take from you, I am going to take from you. I apologize."
"But…but what…" she mumbled, her body quivering in fear.
"If things were different, perhaps I would have let you live. But now," I said as I leapt at her, my mouth latching to her neck the way a leech might. I sucked from her the warm, swooning liquid that only a human's blood could be, the sweet texture, the taste rushing through my body, sending ecstasy into my veins. Finally I felt that her entire body was drained of blood, and so I let her fragile body slip through my fingers, her corpse falling to the ground.
"I'm sorry," I whispered to her as I looked for my possessions in what I had come to realize was an alley. "But the instinct to survive is the only thing a vampire cannot overcome, it is only in the desire to die that we actually stop surviving and fade away into the abyss. My instinct to survive is greater now then ever, I assume, and so I must live on." I saw the pendant and dagger across from me, burned into the earth. Pulling the two from the ground I told her, "Well, whatever your life was, its over. You are at peace, little beauty."
I stood and considered what I had to do next. It seemed obvious that if I were to even have a clue of the words that Alucard spoke of I would need to study the history of the world, and even go as far as to study the literature of all the countries and religions. It also became apparent that I would need a weapon that was similar to Alucard's, a gun that could shoot out the magical bullets. I would also need to find a new pair of clothes; my previous pair had been burned by the fall. I was about to leap onto the building next to me, but I was suddenly distracted.
"Thirsty," a voice called out to me in a hiss, a throat that was very dry.
"What's that?" I said and turned and looked to the grounded. The wraith beauty was moving. "No," I gasped, "you can't be. Are you untainted? Have you never been touched by the love of the flesh?"
She shook her head and repeated the word again, "thirsty."
"What have I done?" I groaned as I rushed to aid her. Without thinking I bit into my wrist and pressed it to her lips, her head bending upward to meet my extended arm. I felt her licking at my wound, her tongue lapping at the blood leaking from my wrist. When the strength at last came to her she grasped my arm with her bony fingers and sucked at my wound, my blood being forced out of my veins.
"Alright," I yelled as I pulled my wrist away, her fingers still reaching for my arms. "That should be enough blood so you can stand. Wait here until we find a human to feed from."
"It burns," she murmured as she stumbled to her feet.
"I can't believe you're a virgin," I moaned as I looked to the end of the alleyway, seeking out for a human wanting death. "Well, right now you need blood, and I need to get back what I took from you."
"Virgin?" she asked, the hunger making thought hard for her.
"Yes, when a vampire drinks blood from virgin human, then that person becomes a vampire," I explained as a human walked into view. "Ah, perfect," I whispered as I dashed towards him, my body moving with the curves of the shadows.
What the—" the man cried out as I placed my hand over his mouth and took him into the dark alley. Before he could even fight against me I broke his neck, rendering him immobile.
"Now young one, drink from him as I do," I told her as I placed my mouth to his neck, tearing for her a wound with my teeth. "Take the blood from him as you took it from me," I whispered as I placed my head on the other side of his neck and began to drink from him myself.
I smelled her sweet perfumed scent next to me, her body resting next to me as she swooned from the blood. As soon as the man died she rested her entire body against me, the human liquid filling her veins and giving her strength.
I stood and carried her up with me, placing her wobbling body before me. "Take his clothes off for me," I ordered as I readied my knife.
"Why?" she asked as she began to remove his garments.
"I don't want the smell of ghouls on my clothes."
"Ghouls?"
"Yes," I said as I readied my dagger. "Just as a virgin will become a vampire from a vampire's kiss, an unclean human's corpse will become animated like a zombie. I didn't think to take care of the last human I drank blood from, but I'm sure he was taken care of. Now, stand back as I send his body to nothingness."
"Yes sir," she whispered as she removed his pants and stepped back.
"Farewell, poor dead soul." His corpse began to move, his fingers trembling, his legs shaking. "No you don't," I roared as I brought down my knife and pushed it into his chest. In an instant his cadaver became dust and blew away into the winds.
"What was that?" the woman shrieked as she stumbled to the ground.
"That is our future, my poor dead child. I am sorry that this is what I have given you, but at least you wont have to fear death until you want death." I stopped.
"Why do you talk like that, sir?" she asked me as she handed me the man's clothes.
"Do not give me such a name as sir or master; I do not deserve that name. I brought you into this against your desire or knowing, and so you will never call me those titles. Perhaps you will one day give me names like bastard, or wretch, but for now just call me Raziel. And what is your name, gorgeously dressed little beauty?"
"Elise. My name is Elise," she said turning her gaze away from me as I dressed.
"Well Elise, you have a lot to teach me. I am thousands of years uninformed about the world, I don't even know where to begin looking for information about this world. Come Elise, let us go."
"Yes sir, or Mr. Raziel!" she said excitedly as she ran to my side.