I awoke to Dracula standing over me.
"Fear getting to you?" he laughed as my eyes opened.
"What?" I said, feeling very groggy.
"Your screams were magnificent." he clapped his hands. "Brought tears to your boyfriend." he smiled.
I groaned and reached for my neck trying to make it look like a stretch, and I didn't feel holes or a bandage...
"What did you dream about Kali?" He asked sitting on my bed.
"Did you hear about that myth from the USA, The Blair witch?" I asked, faking a shudder.
"Oh," he started to chuckle. "Yes..."
"Yeah, that..." I said.
"That myth doesn't compare to what I did in my younger days." he sounded proud.
"Yes, I know. But you were just a feared man, and not a thing that floats and takes people..." I said slowly. "I withdraw that statement."
He chuckled.
"I'm scared of the unknown." I explained.
"Many are." he agreed. "I do not understand though... you are scared of folk stories, but not what is going to happen to you in the future..."
"Death is in everyone's future, why fear it?" I said. "It's the questions that cannot be answered. That unknown. The whys, hows, and could haves."
"I see now." he smiled. "Do you want to know how you are going to die?"
"No, because I know. It's with honor, and not cowering. My life will be discarded doing the thing I love most. Keeping the world safe. It does not really matter if I did not finish that job, because I tried, and there will be others." I said, staring into his eyes. His aura flashed up black fading around him into grey.
He nodded slowly in an understanding. "How honorable. I'll remember this when you're screaming under my grasp."
"Yeah, you will." I said. "So can I like wander the castle?" I asked, changing the subject.
He smiled. "I will get Michael."
"Thanks." I said, getting out of bed.
Michael appeared in front of us.
"You're in charge of giving her walks. Keep her away from her friends and the others, but she may see the victims if she wants." Dracula said, looking directly at Mike.
"Yes master." he said and bowed. He bowed again when Dracula left.
I looked at the blondie. "Do noobs have to bow, or is it unanimous and I'm out of the loop?"
"It's a respect thing. He is a great man you know." He said, not moving from his spot.
"And I'm a great woman." I said.
"You don't look like a woman."
"Whatever. I'm old." I said.
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We were walking down the corridors together.
"Did you want something to eat?" he asked, looking down at me.
"Sure..." I said, and we turned a corner.
The smell of burning flesh was not exactly getting to me, but it was disturbing. There were two kitchens, one was screaming the other one was not. We went to the second one.
"How come you keep a kitchen?" I asked.
"Master keeps a lot of maidens. And we eat too you know." he said, motioning over a vampire with a chef's hat on.
"Ah, blood baths and flesh, yum." I said, but was really craving stake now.
"What would you like miss?" the chef asked.
"Rare grilled stake?" I asked.
"In the morning?" he asked.
I nodded.
"Did you not feed her last night?" he looked at Mike.
"I heard Maddi was suppose to. She was the only one to eat last night." he said.
"She did, I just couldn't stomach anything. I'm getting used to the bloody murder screams now." I said, looking between them.
"They are melodious aren't they." the chef smiled, and went to work on my food.
I nodded, but cringed inside my head.
"You smell different, you know." Mike said, looking down at me.
I looked intrigued. "Like how?"
"Not so appetizing, I must say." he explained. "Would you like to take a bath, or something?" he asked.
"Rude much." I stared up at him.
"Sorry." he said and backed up.
As I sat and ate my food, my mind wandered to Pierre. In my head I could hear Madeline and him speaking, just I couldn't hear what about.. or any words for that matter. She better not touch him again, I growled inwardly. I stared at the last piece of meat on my plate. What if my powers are greater now, I begin to think. I thought about Jason and Garren. There was a barrier in my mind as I tried to contact Jason, but my thoughts broke through into Garren's mind.
/Hey/ I said. /Kali?/ Garren asked. /Yeah. How is being unconscious?/ I asked him. /Not fun. How did you .../ His voice trailed off in my mind. /I'm a vamp again. Stronger. An exact descendant of Dracula sired me. It was cool./ I said. /So you have a plan?/ He asked. /Yes. Pierre and I have a plan. Sorta. He's out, and a pet to some vamp chick./ I explained. /Is he okay?/ Garren asked me, worry in his voice. /Yep fine. Just perturbed with life./ I said. /Yeah I would say./ he said angrily. /I got to go. You can keep talking to me if you want. But I can't talk by mind any more./ I said, and got up from my plate. /Where are you?/ he asked. /Having brunch. I withdraw my invite. You shut up until I say something to you./ I said, and began walking with Mike cutting off the connection.
"What are you thinking about?" Mike asked me.
"My friends, what did you think?" I snap.
"I have no clue. You were just deep in thought."
I shake my head.
"I want to go back to my room." I said.