Pairings: 2x1/1x2, 4x3, 6x13

Warnings: biting, blood, gore, vampires, dead body parts, monsters, citrus, AU

Comments: Just a bit of musing turned story

Author's comments: Ah! Summer classes! . Sure I get out sooner but still! sniffles Ah well, Time to get to work on this chapter. Ah if it takes a while to come out it's because um…college and um…I'm working on Spellcaster right now. . I gotta alternated between the thingies ya know? And x.o because I'm into FF stuff too. But jumping around I feel inspired to work on this one again as well. I just hope it doesn't get too weird.

Helpful Notes: "talking and crap" = intercom thingy

Jajajunkcrapstuff = mind speech stuff (doesn't feel like finding the technical word )

::muhahahaha:: = what someone's thinking

Crimson Targets Bloodred Nights 6

The dream again. It didn't take but a couple of seconds for Heero to realized it, the same setting the city. However knowing that it was a dream now made no difference. He'd learned that the dream always changed, taking a different route so that no matter what it always ended with him in the sunlight, with him covered in blood. There was always that glimpse of the other self as well, that dark side that he still did not understand. Heero remembered at one point when he was walking down the streets of his dream city and happened to walk by himself. Turning around quickly hadn't helped as the figured had disappeared and people also in the streets burst, exploding into a rain of blood that quickly drenched him and the streets of the city. Some people were trying to comment suicide, jumping out of the windows from high buildings of businesses. It did no good as they only combusted as well and splattered onto the ground with a sickening squishy sound of not just blood but of internal organs as well.

It had been enough to almost make Heero be sick, but of course the darkness came again, the hunger, and he was awakened. But this time…he was afraid to know what would happen. Suddenly feeling a weight in his hands he looked down and realized he was holding a gun. Strange…that was a first. On top of that, he was bare, completely naked for the entire world to see. But no one in the city even noticed this or found it strange. In fact it was as though he weren't even alive, a part of them. Holding the gun as his only protection, he started off slowly, walking down the sidewalk of the strangely dark city. A glance upwards showed the sky to be a tint of red. Was there something behind this?

He looked down as he walked, staring at his feet and ignoring the people. For some reason it felt like his feet were sticking to the pavement. Maybe he was just feeling sluggish. Heero was already smelling the scent of blood, but again he was trying to ignore it. Whenever he came close to giving in, the people in the dream died. Maybe this time if he didn't notice, if he didn't look then they wouldn't be destroyed…and he wouldn't see himself….maybe this time the darkness and the hunger wouldn't come….

Suddenly it started to rain and it was enough to cause Heero to stop walking. The smell of blood just raised up, taking him over and he reached up his hands covering his nose trying to block out the smell. It was raining blood, his naked body being drenched in the warm feeling making him crave it more. Why? Why was there so much blood? This time he didn't see people around, no reason for the blood but for the drops of rain falling onto him. He was alone in the street.

He heard a sound behind him and quickly turned around, holding up the gun in both hands. Heero felt his hands wavering though, eyes being clouded by the blood and his hunger. He was staring at himself again. His darker self with an aura so dark and so impure it made Heero want to turn away from it. But he didn't, he forced himself to stare at it and finally opened his mouth, speaking to it. "Who are you?"

A smirk was his answer as Heero started walking a circle around the dream Heero, keeping his gun trained on him, trying to block out the smell of blood. He was so hungry…. "Who am I?" Dream Heero asked with amusement, scoffing slightly. He was following Heero with his eyes, his body turning actually, and following even though his feet never lifted from the ground. "I am you, of course. The part of you that you've tried to hide from the world. I am the real you, the corrected version of you."

::He's me?!:: No that wasn't right, it wasn't him. This was a dream…it was just…unreal but…it felt like a warning. "You're not me. Now tell me, why are you doing this to me?" He stopped walking and stood there waiting on an answer, his eyes flickering to the sky for a brief moment before looking at the other again.

"I…am doing nothing to you. You are doing this to yourself. " The other laughed softly then stopped, a strange seriousness surrounding him. "You…a child of the light have succumbed to darkness. You have forgotten your purpose and therefore put the world in jeopardy. You are not worthy of being a part of the light nor the dark."

"My…purpose?" Heero frowned slightly trying to think. He never had a purpose. He was a normal man turned vampire. What kind of trick was this being trying to play on him?

"You're purpose, as a light guardian, was to get rid of darkness. To destroy those that would make the world parish. But you have completely turned your back on the light and joined their forces. And because of this…" He gestured behind him and Heero's eyes went wide again in shock. Bodies, again the bodies! All of them littered in the streets. The people still alive were either being pushed with chains on them, or were being attacked by vampires. He was at the top of it all, a leader that everyone was following. He realized that only when the vampires stopped what they were during and turned adoring eyes on him with cheers of the new master. "People will die. The world will die. The planet…will die. All because the balance is not settled."

Heero gasped and quickly looked away from the staring eyes, instead focusing again on the other him, a worried look appearing in his eyes. "How can I change this?"

"The past has now been written…the change now must come from the future, from you. If you take part in the light once more…the darkness can vanish from you and you can once more follow the job you were meant to follow. But you must hurry…before darkness fills the world…and the light of the sun is taken over by the eclipse of the moon…never to be seen again. Once that happens…dark beings of all kinds will be free to roam the earth."


Heero jolted awake, his eyes looking around wildly. Trowa was at his side, he realized, shaking his arm and trying to make him wake up. It took Heero a while to recognize his surroundings and the fact that Trowa was panicking. They were safe though, inside an abandoned house, one that was so torn but so concealed and intact that it was amazing. So then why was…why was he panicking?

"They're getting closer!" Trowa yelled persistently grabbing Heero's arm and tugging on it. Shit, he was right. They were still coming. He had expected they would find cover considering that the sunlight was about to come soon. But for some reason…they were…still coming! He didn't know why though, he was more worried for them being caught in the sun's rays than them being in trouble once they were spotted. But the dream was still in his mind…the world was unbalanced because of him. Was this why things felt so different? It had felt so right for so long but now…now it just…no maybe that was just a dream…still it bothered him.

"Trowa," Heero said turning and looking at him. "I want you to stay here. The sun's going to be coming up soon and I don't want them to be caught in it…."

Trowa's eyes widened in shock and fear and Heero had to look away from it. He wasn't used to that look. Then again he wasn't used to himself being so kind. Unbalanced…. "You're…going to bring them here?"

Heero hesitated then nodded his head a bit. "I know you don't want Quatre to die. And…I don't want Duo to die either…no matter the complications. We'll settle this…but in another way. We can't run away any longer."

Trowa was looking at him, a look of betrayal bright in his eyes. It made Heero remember…how Trowa was treated…and that he did not want to be treated that way anymore. But now Heero was bringing back the same person that had did this to Trowa and…though the other was devoted to Quatre, he also feared him. It made Heero think, if he hadn't been there…would Quatre be this way? Quatre would have still been gentle with Trowa. Treize and Zechs? No he would have killed them a long time ago. Because he…would have been working with Wufei. And Duo? Duo would…have been…. No Heero didn't want the change, no matter how much it was wrong…he was still in love with Duo even with the hardships.

With an apologetic glance at Trowa Heero left, running out the building. Duo was alive…or as alive as he could be. That was all Heero needed to go on to make his decision. It still made him wonder, about him, his other self. The world would be destroyed if he didn't stop this. Why would it be destroyed? Because the balance was not set…because he was not doing his job. No! He didn't ask for this job…it wasn't his responsibility! He stopped, standing on the sidewalk and staring towards the two. They knew he was coming, he could see it in their eyes. There was something in Duo's eyes, something like disappointment but Heero didn't wait to read it. A glance at the sky said that the sun would be coming out any second now. So he had to hurry.

With just a slight nod of his head he turned and started off again. He could feel them behind him, could feel Duo chase him once more. In a small sense it gave rise to excitement, to a certain need. And had he been in the right place he would have placed it as such. He was thrilled and at the same time he was feeling fear. The others were still behind him, dressed simply so they could keep up with the chase. Oddly, Heero was shocked he was still ahead of them. He was many times their junior and yet his speed and strength were catching up to theirs. Unless they were holding back…but why would they?

A sudden bad feeling filled him and he glanced back behind him. The sun, just the tip of it was rising up. All behind them the city was lighting, the shadows decreasing. They had to hurry, daybreak was coming! As they were running, the light of the sun was following, eating away the shadow, their protection. He could see the house up just ahead. However the words were still in his head. Light…the light…will make the darkness go away. He was starting to slow down to hesitate, but he managed to get to the door. Pushing it open he stood, waiting as first Quatre ran in then Duo. His lover. His…his eyes kept moving, watching the sun, watching the shadows disappearing giving way to light. Why…he had an urge to stand…to wait on the light to swallow him up…it was…curiosity mostly. What if the warning in the dream was true? What if, with the destruction of human kind, that meant the destruction of the vampires as well? Mostly his…master? His lover….

He didn't even hear the sounds of the others yelling at him as he turned and started off running towards the light. He had to know for himself. Heero…had to see what side he was going to be on…no he knew what side, he just wanted to know what was real. The words of his friends, the other vampires reached him but he didn't stop. Not even when he heard Duo's pleading cry for him to stop and turn back. The light enveloped him and surrounded him, feeling him with an unsuspected joy before it quickly turned to pain and he cried out, being drained, his visions starting to vanish. But…he saw the light…for so long in darkness…he finally got to see the light.

::I'm sorry Duo….::


Wufei jumped up from the bad, jolting away by something he wasn't sure about. He rubbed at his eyes quickly and groaned looking at the window. He could hear the phone beside his bed, ringing insistently but he tried to ignore it, instead standing to his feet and started off towards the bathroom. The alarm clock went off and music started to play. Great, he awoke before it too. He needed to go by the hospital anyway. His cravings were starting to grow again and he needed to deter it.

Stopping at the sink, he stared at himself in the mirror, looking at the hair, which was in disarray from just having woke up. Yes…he was tired. Overworked in his opinion. His eyes looked tired despite the rest he had received. Maybe it was because of his encounter yesterday…maybe it was the fact that everything seemed to be going wrong. He couldn't be sure in the least. He remembered vaguely that he was going to meet up with Heero soon and wondered again why he agreed. Yes, it was because he said he would help, because…something was happening. Heero had said something was happening, that things weren't the same. What exactly was he talking about?

Wufei shuddered slightly stripping from his clothes and stepping into the shower. He cut on the water which started out cold before it began to warm. What exactly was he supposed to do to help save the world when he was so easily overpowered by vampires? It took everything to keep from thinking about Zechs…about Treize. Just one of them was enough to take him down…but he could remember the threats. They said they would have him…would he have a choice? He didn't so far that he knew but he would fight for as long as he could. He felt his hands clench up just thinking about it and forced them to loosen, feeling the warm water coursing down on him, hearing it hitting against the tub as it made it's journey back to the drain.

Wufei had been lucky to even get this place at all. Though it was falling apart, paint peeling off the ceilings, the floors rough and scratched up, he could still call it his home. At least for now. He started to think about Merian again. He did miss her…he admitted that. She had been his confidence, his window to truth, but now…he had only himself. He didn't even take care of himself like he used to. Maybe there was a reason…maybe he should just give up and become one of the vampire lackeys. But…didn't Heero say they were at the castle?

If Wufei could remember he would go, but both times, going and leaving he had been knocked out, made not to remember anything about the mysterious place. How was a place like that capable of forever nights. It wasn't possible so…was there more supernatural activities at play? Maybe it was a good time to check things out, go by the library and do research…he would find out what the secret was.

As he stepped out of the shower he wrapped a towel around his waist, water dripping down from his wet hair onto his lithe but muscular chest. With his hair down he felt…vulnerable but free. He paused at the sink, combing his hair then putting his ponytail tie back on, his bangs resting over his eyes waiting to dry. Now…he might as well go see who called.

Wufei stepped out of the bathroom, disliking the feeling of the scratchy floor against the soles his feet but doing his best to ignore it as he crawled onto the bed and reached to the nightstand pressing a simple button on the phone. The phone instantly started up talking, telling him the time and the date as he moved to the dresser pulling out of pair of boxers.

"Wufei, this is Sally. You're not going to believe this but…Well I think you need to come down here and take a look. We've just been brought a strange boy and he seems to be just like you. He has fangs and the more blood we put into him the fresher his skin get. I haven't figured it out yet but he seems to be a vampire. But we found him lying out in the sun! When you get this please hurry to the hospital as soon as possible. I'm afraid of what might happen when he awakes but I believe you need to see this for yourself."

::Shit, what was she stupid?! She should just kill him! …He was lying in the sun?!::

Wufei had just finished tying up his shoes before he rushed off, grabbing his keys on the coffee table by the door. As a precaution he placed the gun into the pocket of his jacket and rushed out the door quickly, making sure to lock it behind him. What kind of monster could stay in the sunlight?! He didn't like this…a new threat…a threat that wasn't bound by light. Maybe it wasn't unkillable! He frowned starting up the car and drove out heading for the hospital.

::I hope I make it before it wakes up.::

TBC….

That ends chapter 6! I hope it was um…good because it's been a while since I worked on this. For those that were reading Spellcaster ah I'm afraid I took down the latest chapter because I didn't like how it went…I'll rewrite it soon. Ja!