Meeting the Ancient
The clock showed 2:30 am and Raine woke up. She felt something strange, something like a voice in the woods. Cam and Hunter were deeply asleep. So they didn't even move when she got up. She put on a t-shirt and a pair of jeans and went out, barefooted.
The fresh air touched her skin sending shivers and she continued walking when she realized that she wasn't alone anymore. She could feel someone breathing at her back.
"Who are you?" she asked softly.
"Lestat" the voice answered. It was a male voice, deep and soft like a whisper.
She slowly turned around to see his face. He had a beautiful face, with dark eyes and brown hair, but his skin was pale. Undoubtedly he was a real vampire, he was dead. "What do you want?" she asked.
"I saw you and your friends battling the werewolves today. You are very strong to be human" he said walking around her.
"Maybe because I am not human, at least not a pure human" she answered looking at him defiantly.
"What do you mean?" he inquired.
With no words, she showed him her teeth. He looked at her astonished.
"It's not possible!" he said. "You can't be a vampire. You're human!"
"I'm not only human. I'm a lamia, a daylight vampire" she explained.
"A hybrid!" he said with despise. "Like the ones you were fighting against"
"At least I don't kill for pleasure!" she shouted.
"But your vampire instinct claims for blood, I can feel it" he said, with his mouth inches apart from hers.
"I can fight against it. I only hunt birds, or drink some blood supplement" she told him.
"You can't deny your nature, hybrid. You're a vampire" he said looking at her in the eyes.
"But I'm a humanized vampire, because I'm alive!" she answered.
"I can fix that!" he said menacingly.
"Lestat, you didn't come here for me. What's the reason?" she asked not paying attention to his threat.
"We, the ancients have perceived a change in the world. I saw the battle today and I am sure that if the werewolves defeat you my entire race will be in danger" he explained. "That's why I'm here, to offer you my help".
"And what do you want in turn?" she asked. "Because I received the same offer some time ago".
"Don't be presumptuous. A hybrid will never satisfy my thirst" he said. She could see hate in his eyes. "I'm doing this just to keep my race safe".
"We will continue the battle tomorrow. We had to change the plan, our silver bullets were not enough, so now we are preparing new ones with liquid silver" she said sadly.
"That's why I'm here. Put this inside your bullets" he said taking a bottle out of his pocket and handing it to her.
"It looks like blood" she said.
"Exactly. Blood of an ancient" he said. "My blood".
"Thanks, I will do it" she said looking at the liquid.
"We will meet again" he said, He looked deeply in her eyes and flew to the sky.
"Sure we do" said Raine coming back to the Academy.
When she entered the Ops, she saw Cybercam working on the new bullets.
"Cye,please add this to the liquid silver" she said, handing the bottle to the virtual replica.
"What is this?" he asked her.
"Vampire blood. Please don't ask, just believe me" she said.
"Does it belong to the one you were talking to outside?" he asked.
"Yes" she said and went back to her bed room.
In her room Cam and Hunter were awaken and waiting for her.
"Is everything OK?" asked Hunter when she entered.
"Yes" she said.
"Where have you been?" asked Cam
"I felt something and went to the woods" she said sitting on the bed.
"And?" asked Hunter. "Did you find something?"
"Someone" she said. "A Vampire. His name is Lestat"
"What did he want?" asked Cam.
"He gave me his blood for us to mix it with the liquid silver" she explained. "He is an ancient"
"A real vampire?" asked Hunter.
"Yes" she said. "Now, it´s better for us to sleep, tomorrow will be a long day".