The arrow pierced the air in front of it, in slow motion I could see it spinning. Lights floated around me, deep red colours. Time seemed to freeze, Mikey and Valenta both stood still, and I called upon the light around me, a shield started to form, taking no time to cover me. The arrow hit the shield with force, almost breaking though, falling to the floor, red from the heat of the shield. I glanced up at the being again, but it had disappeared, no trace, except the arrow, that it had been there, spying on us.
I sat down on the floor, regaining the strength I used. Valenta went into the house, whilst Mikey sat down beside me.
'I thought that was it, that, well.' he stopped mid sentence,
'why me?' I simply asked,
'they don't know of your power yet, and send their peasants to get rid of you, so that you don't spread the word, but now.' he trailed off again. I knew what he was thinking, they now know what I can do, I know what I can do.
'Mikey, I believe you, about, well, everything. I mean, no normal human can do what I just did, can they?'
'no, not many other beings can either, we should trace your family tree, see if we can find out where this power came from.' we sat in silence for a couple more minutes, then Valenta joined us, and invited us in.
The house was massive on the inside, doors led to rooms everywhere. We walked straight though, and she pointed to the bathroom. Mikey went in, and I quickly followed. This room was on the small side, just enough room to move around with Mikey in there as well. I sat down on the toilet, while Mikey wet a cloth. He started cleaning my wound, the blood on the cloth told me how bad it was. Once he had finished cleaning it, he sprayed it with something,
'It helps with the healing,' he told me, again reading my mind. Once he had cleaned me up, he turned and squatted down, his face inline with mine.
'I don't know what I would have done if that arrow had of hit you today,' he started, 'you've only just got to know who you truly are, to have that taken away so soon, I should have protected you more. First thing, you are going to start self defence, I cant face to loose you now, not after it was so close,' he stopped, looking deep into my eyes. His hands moved hair off my face, feeling there way down to my neck. We sat there, looking into each other for what seemed like hours. I noticed all his beauty, the way his hair flowed onto his face from his head, his dark eyes showing no secrets, his perfect skin, unmarked, except for the scar.
'I'm, sorta, I'm really, just, really confused at the moment,' I finally said,
'I understand, but, when your ready, you know,'
'yeah, I get you,' I said, awkwardly coming to a standing position. We walked out of the bathroom, and I followed him into what apparently was the kitchen. It was a rectangle shape, with an island in the middle. He went straight to the fridge, and came out with two diet sodas. He passed one to me and led me though to what was a dining room. We sat at the table, and were soon joined by Valenta and Felix.
'heard you got yourselves into a bit of a situation,' Felix started,
'it didn't seem like immediate danger, well, not the crash.' Mikey looked down at the table,
'Why am I a target for these people?' I asked Felix,
'because, your new, they eliminate the weakest first. Unlucky for them, your not so weak.' he muttered the last part,
'your strength intrigues us greatly.' Valenta told me, 'you have so much to learn, but so do we. We must start on your family history as soon as possible.' the thought of my family made me shiver, the pain that I was put though.
'I have no problem with you looking through my mothers history, its my father I have a problem with,' I told them,
'Why? What's special about your father?' Felix asked, coldly,
'I know he was a 'witch' or other being as you call them, but, up until now, I thought it was normal witch craft, now your saying that its hereditary, that i am to be just like him?'
'That's the thoughts we have.' Felix said. A young girl entered the room, whispered something to Felix, then left.
'Ladies and vampire, I'm afraid you must excuse me, the being that attacked you before has been apprehended, I am to attend the questioning,' he said, leaving his seat,
'Wait, I want to see him' I almost demanded,
'I'm afraid that's not possible, your less than a minor, a beginner at best, you cannot be involved with such tasks,'
'Felix, I think she might be a good thing to have at this questioning,' Mikey said, also pushing his chair back so he stood,
'Your opinion is important, you know that, but I simply cannot allow anyone to be present,'
'She's not just anyone, she's strong, you might need her,' Mikey's determination to get me into the meeting was a success, within twenty minutes I was stood against a wall in the cell that contained the being.
He was just as I remembered, pointed ears, sharp teeth, his bright red eyes still shone. He was thrown forward, onto the floor in front of Felix.
'why have you come here?' he asked, firmly,
'to kill' is replied,
'who?' Mikey asked,
'the girl,' he said, looking up at me,
'don't look at his eyes, they contain hypnotising poison,' Mikey whispered to me, and I looked away,
'Why?' Felix asked, sounding impatient,
'we know who she is, we have been tracking her for months,'
'why is he talking, I mean, a spy shouldn't talk should he?' I asked Mikey in a whisper,
'He has been given a drug, to make him talk, otherwise, no he wouldn't,' I nodded a response, feeling no guilt, he had tried to kill me I repeated to myself,
'now your killing me' a voice came to me,
'who is this?' I thought,
'Vernas' it replied
'the being?' I asked again,
'yes, the one you are killing,'
'get out of my head!' I yelled in my head, grabbing hold of black lights that had started floating around my head. I felt a force in them, closing in on me, getting tighter. I started to suffocate, my breath getting weaker. I felt hands around me, pulling me out of the room, but the black light followed me.
'Rachel?' I heard Mikey cry. I could no longer see anything, the black light surrounded my head. I cried out in pain, my head felt like a massive amount of pressure was on it.
As I fell to the floor, words started flowing around me, carrying white light. They broke up the black light, it was scattered in many directions. I felt the floor beneath me, as cold as the black light. I lay there, listening to the words, shivering.
'Rachel!' I heard and felt the voice. Mikey picked me up and held me close to him. 'I thought I had lost you,' I could see a tear form in his eye, it trickled down his face and fell onto my hand. The warmth from it flew though my whole body. My head fell against his chest, my eyes struggling to stay open. I felt myself being lifted, I could hear footsteps carrying me upstairs. The softness underneath me told me that I was placed on a bed, and without a second thought about telling someone where I was, I fell asleep.
