Chapter 14: Sister's Watch Pt. 2
For the rest of the day, Lucy never left Lincoln's side. The gothic sister has kept her eye on her brother to study his behavior. She and Haiku knew that something is up with Lincoln and they believe he is stuck in vampirism behavior. She can tell the smile of pleasure on her older brother's face when he drank that tomato juice she made for every hour passed by. As of now the two siblings decide to take a walk in the park with the sun still up in three in the afternoon. The gothic girl notices that Lincoln has sunglass on his face.
"Why are you wearing sunglass Lincoln? I'm usually the one who wears them to see how dark the world is," said Lucy while Lincoln looks down at the floor.
"Well, I guess I wanted to see the world in your perspective," he replies while chuckling. "The sun has been bothering me lately, but I think it's just..."
"Is just what dear brother?"
"I think it's just that I don't see sunlight much. All I have seen is darkness."
Lucy stop walking as Lincoln did the same. The two siblings were stuck on what else to say. Lucy felt bad for her brother to suffer being a vampire from being kidnap from the stranger responsible for his transformation to the torture he endure from Lisa. The pale sister realizes he has been to such much for a vampire who has caused any harm yet.
"Lincoln, if there's anything you want to talk about you can always talk with me."
Lincoln sighs while he rubs his face. He didn't want anyone to know what he has become or else he would be target for being something he didn't want to be. The weight on his shoulders was growing and he really feels like he was going to break down sooner or later.
"Alright Lucy, but promise me you won't tell anyone else about this," Lincoln spoke with hope to have someone who might understand pain.
The gothic sister nods her head slowly. Lincoln looks around to see a large tree with shade under. He walks towards it while Lucy follows his track. The white-hair not sat under the shade of the tree and breathes peacefully. Lucy sat in front of him to hear what he got to say. Lincoln smile in delight to see Lucy wanting to help her out. She has already helped him out with his hunger for blood by drinking tomato juice, so maybe she could help him with his current issue.
"Okay Lucy, this is what I want to talk about," said the older brother as he reach for the sunglass.
Lucy watches her older brother remove his sunglass to reveal red eyes with black pupils. She gasps at how nice the color red was matching his eyes and his white hair. Lincoln looks at his sister to see no sign of fear. All he could from his sister was a sign of awe and wonder. Maybe it was just her gothic interest.
"I think I became a vampire. I think it happen when I was kidnap by that old man. I don't remember how it happened, but I do remember feeling so much pain. And then when I became what I am today, all I could think of is blood. I was having a hard time controlling my hunger for blood and I think there's something in me that want me to hurt anyone for blood."
Lucy was fully listening to how her brother was suffering from hunger. The many times he would try to avoid them and then the incident in school. Her older brother was trying to fight off the monster part of him that fest on blood, but his hunger will become too strong.
"You might already know about how I was acting. I also know that Clyde was going to tell you this, but I guess he didn't want to make you seem afraid of me."
Suddenly, he felt two arms wrap around and a heart beating against his own.
"No, I will never be afraid of you," whispered Lucy. "And Clyde had already told be about your trouble before you were hurt by Lisa. But don't worry, I'll make sure you stay safe and protected."
Lincoln only smiles and embraces the sweet and warm hug from Lucy. He wishes that he can stay like this forever. He could be safe and protected from someone who can understand him. Someone who can help him out with his monstrous characteristics and not cause a scene.
Lucy phone vibrate under her pocket of her dark dress and she pull it out to see the text coming from Haiku.
Did you told him you will help him out?
Lucy text back, I did, but he doesn't know what type of help he will get.
The gothic sister put her phone way and continue to embrace the hug from her older vampire brother.
Meanwhile in the small cell Lisa was looking at the draw image of her brother with an x crossing his heart. The young scientist didn't believe that her brother was a vampire, but based on her study and the similar traits he had with the fictional monsters that appear on literature and films that was the case. The young scientist was frustrated that he was portraying a monster instead of the monster that is her brother.
"Those fools, they will be killed by his hands!" Lisa whispered. "He will hurt them and I'm the only who could end it. I'm the only one who knows about this threat, but I must figure out a way to escape this pity place for society's failures which I'm not one of them."
Lisa then look back at the sketch of the vampire Lincoln before Lisa grabs a pencil and scratch the neck of doodle Lincoln.
"I will have to kill my own family member if it means to save the rest of them."