Turn around, They might be watching

And you never disappoint them

Hide your innocence before they see right through

You mustn't disappoint them

"Feed...I must feed..."

"Miss can you hear me? Miss?"

I awake upright with a harsh gasp to an unknown voice, my instincts coming alive again. It feels like I have been asleep for days, an out of world experience for an immortal who has not slept in over seventy years. The woman in front of me begins to move back in shock as I meet her eyes for a moment. I then look around out of breath as to where I am, then upon myself realizing I am in a hospital gown with IVs in my arms.

"I was brought into a hospital? What the hell happened?!"

I am wondering how in the world humans got so close without me sensing their presence, not taking the kill due to my lack of human blood. But what happened in the car makes me even more confused. I cannot believe I lost myself feeding from Evelyn. The blood my sister gave me did enough to heal most of my wounds. But I am still weak from the impact of the crash due to the absence of true sustenance in my system.

I knew the IV fluids were doing nothing to help my body in it's frail state, not even vampire blood could do the job. Only Annabelle's blood could truly heal me now in that regard or...what I am now really craving. I need human blood this time, and there is no escaping this fact. As my body calms, I pull the IVs out as simply as they went in. I then look back to the nurse who is still staring at me with wide eyes.

"Why is she...SHIT!"

I turn to the mirror behind me and become rather anxious as I see that my eyes are their unnatural crimson red. I open my mouth, inwardly relieved that somehow my fangs have not yet made their way to the surface. Then something changes gears in me. I begin to turn my head to glance back at the woman, hearing her heart pound through her chest. My gaze only glows brighter in intensity as I fully sense the woman's increasing fear.

"I need human blood, and there is a human right in front of me. I want her, badly."

"You indeed smell delicious..."

"Pardon?" Realizing my last thought came out aloud I whip my head down. I have acknowledged that if I do not get out of this room, I would kill this nurse without giving it any further thought.

"This can't be happening..." I say to myself in a rough whisper.

"Listen to me sweetie; you were in a car accident, causing head trauma it seems. No one could find any form of identification in the car you were driving. So you need to tell me hun, what is your name?" The nurse asks reluctantly, stepping closer with concern in her voice.

I laugh internally at the whole situation. A vampire getting into an incapacitating car accident was unheard of. All the while I had been able to somehow fall asleep in a hospital full of blood-filled humans, being attended to like a fucking child. Identification...as if I have ever needed to obtain a driver's license. Using compulsion on humans could literally give me anything I wanted. I also found it a justifiable cause that I will likely outlive them all.

I know the human before me thinks I was just speaking utter nonsense seconds ago. Yet what this woman doesn't know is that I meant every word I said, her scent that reeks of multiple blood types mixed in with her own driving me crazy as I stand before her. As she nears closer a growl begins to emerge from my throat, the hunter ready for the attack. Yet I stop it right in it's tracks as well as the very human whose life is on the line.

"STAY AWAY! You need not know my name. What we both need is for me to get out of here." The intensity of my voice escalates as the pounding of her heart only gets louder. The growing tension in the room made me nervous yet the monster inside me excited all at once.

"Take deep breaths Liza. You will not kill this woman."

I breathe in and out steadily in attempt to sedate myself.

"My sister. Where is my sister?" I ask as I keep my face hidden, successfully gaining back my composure.

"I'm sorry dear. You were the only person taken in." I am silent, realizing that my sister must have fled without being seen. She obviously was not lacking in the human blood department. She was probably able to escape the crash with not even a scratch on her.

"Why would she allow them to take me in? I will be having a very 'heart to heart' conversation with her later."

But I realize I have more important things to be worried about, such as getting out of this hospital without killing every living body within it. I need to wipe the memory of this nurse, of the monster before her. I feel sorry for her that she had to have me as her patient, for if I didn't get out soon she would end up dead in this hospital room.

I finally get up and with my unnatural speed grab the nurse by her shoulders. I have to cover her mouth, for the human attempts to scream at the top of her lungs. I let go of her once I am able to compel her to be quiet without even speaking a word. But nothing stops how her body is reacting in fright, only being held in place by my strong grip.

As the woman's heart beats faster and louder than ever before, I look at her neck forgetting what I was planning to do. I can feel the blood rushing through every part of her anatomy, calling to me much more than my prior determination to escape. I take my hand and by instinct start running two fingers along the bulging vein in her neck, my teeth now throbbing in my parted mouth. I feel my eyes starting to change yet again, becoming blinded by the hunger. I open my mouth wider in pain as my fangs finally descend. The beast has awoken, finally taking it's true form within me. The nurse's face goes from fear to horror as she stares petrified into my pitch black eyes.

"What...are you...?" The human's words woke me up from my trance. I start to come back, barely, feeling my eyes fade into a color a little less monstrous. I grab her with greater force as she starts to shake even more. My time in this hospital must be put to an end before I rashly decide to end this poor innocent woman's life. I look transfixed into her eyes once more, pulling her back into my compulsion.

"You will not remember me nor what you saw tonight, for I was never a patient in your hospital. You will never speak of this." The nurse's body calms down, in a trance as compulsion always does to humans. As she nods finally, I use my speed to escape from the hospital room. It is very difficult not to stop in my tracks due to the smell of blood coming from all directions. Nobody can see me, for I am too fast for them. But I am most definitely not at my strongest.

"I cant do this anymore. I'm so hungry..."

Tonight there is no way around it, for I cannot ignore the pull to feed any longer. I sneak into the doctor's lounge, grabbing a hoodie hung up on the jacket rack before finally making my way to the outside.

I escape from the hospital to a dark street. In my famished state, I fall weakly to the ground.

"Woah hey are you alright?!" A young man runs up to me. I have no words, only wanting to indulge in the liquid that was calling to me from within him. The small sensible part of me still present in this moment feels bad for this stranger, only wanting to aid me in my time of need. What he doesn't know is that he will be helping by giving me his blood, a high possibility even his own life.

I don't want to end another life, for this time I would surely be the one at fault. It's been many years since I've spiraled out of control due to my bloodlust. I want to stick to my morals, trying to be more than a monster. However, there is a more dominant part of me right now that wants nothing other than to give into my desperate inner need. There is no doubt in my mind: That part would win tonight. Suddenly I feel the pull again, so strong that I hear a potent dark whisper of a woman begin to speak in my own conscience.

"You've been denying your nature for far too long...

You're weak Liza...

You need to feed...

For only one thing can replenish you...

Feed my darling...

Feed..."

I cannot hold back any longer. With no hesitation I put my hood up, rising to forcefully seize the man. I breathe now in heavy pants as I bring his neck to my mouth.

"What the...Do you need a doctor?!" The man trembles as I roughly lick the side of his neck.

"I'm so sorry..." And with those three words I fed on him. No distractions, no sister, just satisfying the beast. I try to stop, not wanting to kill him, but I couldn't take my head away. I continue to drain him of his blood mouthful by mouthful. After starving myself then becoming injured, my body wouldn't let me resist my greatest temptation. Blood is just too good, too addicting.

"That's it...drain him.

You are a vampire, a creature of the night.

You're the predator amongst mere sheep.

Their lives are yours for the taking.

Take now what is yours!

TAKE IT!"

"WHO'S THERE? IS EVERYTHING ALRIGHT?" My heads snaps up in alert to a deep female voice, my senses heightened to the highest level. I hear a heart beating unsteadily from a distance, the shadow of a girl looking our way. Although I was too high on human blood to make out her face, her being immediately intrigued me. Yet this most certainly was not the right timing. I look back to my victim who is barely alive in my grip. I pick him up, the man becoming transfixed on my supernatural gaze. I lean in to heal his wound with a single swipe of my tongue. My lips then hover his ear to speak in a hushed soothe.

"You will sleep and forget of what you have just suffered. Be wary of the night, for there is an even greater darkness that lurks within it." With this I flee from the area with the man in my arms.

We fall in line, We live the lie

Give up, Give up, And feed the machine

It grows inside, Nowhere to hide

Give up, Give up, And feed the machine

"Feed The Machine" - Red