Chapter Six: A Guardian Angel
"I don't understand!" A young man stood before two brilliant individuals, confused and uncertain.
"Perception is a privilege that you have not yet been granted." One of the beings spoke with an ethereal echo to its voice. The voice revealed nothing of a gender, mostly because its owner couldn't be entirely classified as human. It was a being and nothing else could describe it. It and its companion existed in another realm all of its own, in no way connected with the simple baseness of earth. Along with their neutrality of species, the beings could neither be classified as good or evil. They just were. They existed on their own plane of a nonaligned status.
"Why me?" The man questioned them without restraint.
"It is not your place to insist inquiries upon us, Vampire. You shall be enlightened in due time." The second being now spoke with a voice equally enchanting and otherworldly.
"Of course," the man whom they had addressed as a vampire bowed apologetically. "I'm sorry, it's just that, I'd find it easier to accept this, umm, mission, if I could understand the reason that it has been assigned to me."
"Be still and be silent, creature that is not of the living and neither of the dead." The celestial beings spoke together, their harmonious voices blending as one. The vampire was instantly silent in reverence and awe. "We have called you away from all other insignificant earthlings because of your past excellence. You have risen yourself above others like yourself and now you must be rewarded. We are giving you this charge for your experience and examples of a responsible and sound mind. Take heed to our words, Vampire, do not fail us." And with one last hum of magnificently, airy vibration, the beings disappeared leaving behind them an illumination where their figures once floated. The sudden light grew brighter than the brightest sun but it was not a harmful light and it in no way irritated the vampire's eyes. Instead the brightness felt soft and warm and rejuvenating. The voices whispered about his head like the fluttering of a butterfly's wings and then in an instant silence ensued.
His mind went dark and blank, for how long he couldn't be certain, but the next thing he knew, the vampire was lying face down on cold pavement, and rain was steadily pelting his back. He blinked twice and rolled onto his back. He couldn't explain why his body ached or why his head throbbed, but the wet rainfall was refreshing. Sitting up slowly, all the while holding a hand to his pounding head, the undead man tried to recall how he had arrived on the sidewalk he woke on.
Everything came back to him at once, though not as clearly or as certainly as he would have preferred. Things came back to him in pieces and the details were misty, almost as though he were dreaming or seeing a mirage. He remembered enough though, and as soon as the hammering in his head subsided, he stood and headed in a solid direction down the street; he hoped he was going the right way, he had decided to leave that much to fate.
Although he knew now what he had to do, it was still difficult for the vampire to understand, but the Powers had told him that it was not yet time for his knowledge on such matters and so he forsake his confused questioning. He knew enough of the Beings to know that when They thought he was ready, They would inform him. So, now, he walked determinedly, but blindly, in order to fulfill his assignment.
He figured that it would be easy. He thought it would be quick. And he had decided that it could be fun. Well, at least on the latter point he might be able to succeed, but on the first two...This 'mission' would be anything but simple, and 'long' would fall short to describe it.
This night of headaches and confusion only signaled the beginning of a very difficult, complex, and lasting event that the vampire would not be able to complete in a matter of hours from finding his destination. This night was only the beginning.
A/N: Please review! I would really like to keep this story going and I think I can take it somewhere good, but without reviews I don't really have the encouragement to keep writing. All feedback appreciated!