Chapter 4: Heroes and Villains
I dreamed about Davion last night. In my dream he came to me in the night and like Dracula in one of those old films, he slunk over to my bed. He hovered over my sleeping form, baring his fangs, his green eyes burning. He sank his teeth into me, and my eyes shot open. When I tried to scream he ripped at my vocal cords. Blood stained the sheets and pillows around me. He kept my neck locked in his jaws as he drained me of my life giving blood.
I jolted out of the horrid dream, with a shriek. Sweat covered my chest and made the curls of my hair stick to my face. His damned cat jumped onto the bed making me scream again. Alucard meowed innocently back at me. I reached out and petted his head, letting my hand stroke down his back. I loved the feeling of his silky fur on my skin. "Hi Alucard. Good morning to you too." He purred in reply.
I put on my clean uniform and fed Alucard before I left. He stayed up in my little tower, as I had not told my father or step-mom or well, anyone about him yet. My dad hated cats and so did Maria. I thought it best to keep him a secret for now.
School wasn't boring! Holy crap, it's a miracle! I was sitting in my pre-calculus class, daydreaming about my new vampire friend; I couldn't help it, he was hot. My hand took on a life of its own and started sketching an image of Davion in my sketchbook. This had nothing to do with vampire bewitching; by the way, it was a natural occurrence. I often sketch while daydreaming. Anyway, I was sketching Davion, when I felt a tap on my shoulder. I looked over to see a girl with long, strait blond hair and brown eyes waving at me. She leaned over in her seat, "What are you drawing?" she asked, in a whisper. I showed her the sketch, her eyes widened in delight. "Ooh, he's cute." Her pink lips curved into a playful smile. "I'm Kat, what's your name" she asked nicely, I think I nearly fainted. I wasn't used to people being nice to me. "uh…Dawn" I replied. I must have sounded like a moron to her. "Eat lunch with me today, ok." I nodded in disbelief.
At lunch I sat with Kat and her boyfriend John. He was nice too, and cute in the jock kind of way. He told me that he lived in America for a few years when he was a kid, so he and I got along real well. Kat and John invited me to come clubbing with them. I was so excited about finally having real friends I told them yes, without thinking about my previously made plans.
That night, I rushed around my room, fixing my hair, putting on makeup and picking out a cool outfit. I pulled my curly hair up into a spunky bun thing with chopsticks, and I decided on a black miniskirt with a red belt and a top with Japanese writing on it. I was putting on my earrings in front of my mirror when I heard a deep familiar voice saying my name. It sounded like it came from right behind me, but when I looked up into the mirror no one was there. I saw Alucard stand up on my bed and meow at something. I whirled around and came face to face with Davion. His face was upside down, his feet where planted on the ceiling. I completely freaked when I saw him. I screamed and fell flat on my face. Davion probably got a good view of my hello kitty panties. I heard him chuckle before extending a hand to help me to my feet.
I brushed off and glared up at him. He had a warm smile on his lips, "What are you doing?" he asked I could still hear the laughter in his voice. "I'm getting ready to go out with some friends." I said brushing a stray curl away from my face. His smile disappeared, "Where are you going with these "friends" of yours?" he sounded concerned, if that's even possible for a vampire. "We're going out to a club, what of it?" I asked, his eyes locked with mine. " What "club?" he asked. I could tell by the way he said it, that he had no idea what a club was. I mean the guy had been asleep for 200 years. "I don't know. They didn't say." I told him, crossing my arms in front of me and shooting him a defiant look. His eyes narrowed at me. "You shouldn't go. It's too dangerous." I rolled my eyes at him, " I'm going! Whether you like it or not!" I yelled. I saw him grit his teeth in order to control his anger, "I have enemies, Dawn; enemies that will kill you, or worse turn you to get to me." I locked eyes with him. I may have pledged my undying loyalty to him, but he would not bully me. "I don't care! I'm going to have fun with my friends!" I could see that his eyes were taking on a shade of red, "You stupid little twit! You don't get it do you! This isn't' a game!" We stood there, growling at each other for several minutes.
My door swung open. Davion dematerialized and disappeared from view. Maria sauntered through the door, "Dawn, your friends are here." I nodded, glancing around trying to find my vampire. I didn't see him. I figured he'd run off to get some food. –Shiver-
I ran down the stairs and out the door to John's red mustang. Kat and John both greeted me happily as friends do. At that moment I was truly happy, happy for the first time in over a year.
We went to a nightclub called, "The Red Moon Club". It was crowded and loud but I loved it! "Twisted Transistor" by "Korn" was playing. I was dancing like crazy. I'm sure Kat and John thought I was possessed, but I didn't care. I was having fun!
In the vampire realm, where the evil ones lurk:
A brown haired vampire walked swiftly into the lounge area of the convent. She saw her brother sitting cross-legged in a high-backed chair, reading, silently. She squeezed his shoulders to gain his attention, "I hunger brother. What do you say we go out for a bite?" He smiled at her, his fangs peeking out from between his lips, "Yes, I am starved. Let's go." He was at his feet in an instant, and at the doorway in the next. She signaled him to stop, "Wait Exavier, we mustn't forget Alexander. He has not eaten in a whole three nights." she said looking around herself. Exavier crossed his arms in front of his chest, "He's um, preoccupied with the mistress at the moment." The female vampire put her hands to her hips and stormed towards the Mistress's private chamber. Exavier rushed to stop his sister, grabbing her by the arm, "Are you daft, Aria, Scarlet will rip you to shreds if you disturb her!" Aria grabbed her brother by the collar and threw him several feet, "Out of my way, I'm tired of this foolish behavior. She's going to love Alexander to death."
Aria threw open the doors and entered the room. She found her mistress, Scarlet in the arms of her so called bodyguard, in her silk sheeted bed. Although the head vampire had sensed her fledgling vampiress enter the room, she did not acknowledge her presence. However, when Alexander saw her he nudged Scarlet off of him and hissed at his fellow underling. Aria in return hissed back. Scarlet watched them with a irritated look on her beautiful face. She lost her patience for them both and rose from the bed with the sheet draped around her. In a flash of violent red light she grabbed hold of Aria by the throat, "What is the meaning of this!" She raged, raising Aria high into the air. Aria did not struggle to breathe, for she had no use for it, but this was an uncomfortable position to find yourself in. "Ugh…blood, mistress…Alex needs…blood." Scarlet dropped Aria to the floor. "Fine, I'm through with him anyway, Alexander, go for a hunt. It is time to feed." He paced to the door, now fully clothed. "Yes, Mistress Scarlet." Aria and Alexander moved to leave, but Starlet's enchanting voice stopped them in their tracks, "Oh, and bring back a beautiful young maiden for me. Won't you dears?" They both turned and nodded to their leader and then left with Exavier to find their prey.
High above "The Red Moon Club", watching from a near by rooftop, a vampire watches and waits for a certain girl.
"Damn her!" he growled. "How dare she go against me!" He could feel the anger burning inside him. He watched the people enter the club and listened to the music that was pounding in his sensitive vampire ears. He rubbed at them, in irritation, "They call this noise music." He whispered.
I danced and danced till I thought I could dance no more. Then I felt a hand caress my exposed mid drift. My eyes shot to the man who had touched me. He smirked at me, pleasantly. He was a beautiful man, with wavy brown hair that he combed away from his face, although a few strands fell over his brow. His eyes shone like two blue jewels. There was something eerily familiar about those eyes.
He whirled me around, so that my back pressed up against his chest, his arms linked around my waist. His mouth was there at my ear. "What a beautiful girl you are. May I have this dance?" he asked me in a sweet whisper. I smiled and whispered a "yes" back.
Davion, still watching and waiting on the rooftop, was about to give up and go hunting. The smell of sweet young blood was getting to him. Just as he was about to leap off the roof, he caught sight of a familiar face. It was a young woman with short brown hair and shining blue eyes. "Aria?" whispered Davion. She was leading a drunken youth to the parking lot in a darkened area beside the club.
Aria lead the boy, her prey, behind a car, and promptly stabbed her fangs into the boy's neck and tore out his throat, it all happened so quickly that the boy didn't even have time to scream, and was dead before he hit the ground.
Davion, being so used to death, did not even flinch nor tear his eyes away from this hideous act. He continued to watch her as she drank her fill and lick her lips with satisfaction.
As she stood to reenter the club, Davion pounced upon her. He grabbed her head ripped it from her shoulders. Her body heaped to the ground in a bloody, headless mass. Davion raised the dead vampiress' head above his mouth and squeezed it in his hand. He let the blood pool into his open jaws, and he devoured it heartily. Fully replenished, his eyes that were now a vicious red regained their green color.
He tossed the head to rest of her, and stared at it as it as it burst into flames, and quickly became ash. Davion whipped away the last of the blood from his lips and glared at the club, where there is one there is bound to be others. I'm sure the rest of Starlet's lackeys are in there somewhere, thought Davion to himself. "Dawn" he said with a heavy sigh. "She needs me, I can feel it!"
As we danced, he drew nearer me until his face was only inches from mine. He leaned in and I thought he was about to kiss me. But then Davion came out of nowhere and tackled him to the ground.
Everyone around us scattered and ran screaming from the club. I watched helplessly as Davion and the man wrestled each trying for the other's throat. "Davion what the hell are you…" that's when I saw the fangs jutting out from the man's mouth as he tried in vain for Davion's neck.
Davion looked up at me with pleading red eyes, "Run Dawn! Get out of here! Now!" I tried to run but I couldn't. I just couldn't leave him there to fight this monster alone. Strong muscled arms grabbed me from behind. It was another vampire. A man with short spiky blond hair and ice blue eyes. I screamed and Davion lost his concentration. The evil vampire punched him so hard he flew across the room and crashed into the bar. I screamed out his name at the top of my lungs. He didn't get back up.
Desperate now to reach my friend I bit into the vampire's hand. To my surprise he let me go. I ran to where Davion lay. When I laid my hand on his chest, his eyes shot open. I sprung back in shock. He gave no head to me, he just stood up and stared at the two of them. He shot me a sideways glance and whispered, "get behind me." I obeyed him without question. Now that I was safely out of the way, he pointed towards them, his hand forming a make believe gun. "Exavier, remember just who the hell you're dealing with next time!" He shot his pretend gun and something like black fire rushed out of his fingertips and engulfed them both. Their screams echoed throughout the club.
Davion scooped me up and threw me over his back. I grasped onto him like a baby monkey onto the back of his mother. With speed I could not believe we bolted out of there. Within seconds we were clear across town. The scenery rushed by us like we were in a car. Before I knew it we were standing on the veranda.
Without warning, he threw me off of his back, onto the cold brick. Once again I fell on my rear. What's with this guy? I yelped pathetically then glared up at him from under my lashes. His cold green eyes were there glaring back. "Fool," he spat. I scowled, "That wasn't my fault!" He turned towards me, our eyes never moving away from each others, "No, but this is." He pulled away his cape to reveal a long piece of wood jutting out of his side. A dark, almost black substance oozed from the wound. (the substance I presume was his blood.) My anger faded, "Davion…"I sighed, "I-I'm so sorry." He let the cape drop and he turned his back on me, "You have to listen to me, now, more than ever." "Why?" I asked, "Those guys are dead aren't they?" He turned his face toward me, and his hair moved over his left eye. "No, they are not. Exavier and Alexander are most definitely alive." There was a long excruciating pause, "They will run back to their mistress with their tale between their legs. Soon they will come for us again." His eyes burned holes into me, "This isn't over. Not by a long shot."
When he was done scaring the crap out of me I turned my attention to that nasty wound of his. I got as close to him as my brain would allow me to, and grabbed hold of the giant splinter, "Brace yourself." I warned, "This is gonna hurt like shit." "Do it already!" he hissed. Then the anger returned and I yanked heard. He yelled out in pain, and sprang forward, his sharp fingernails digging into my skin. His jaws came within just inches of my neck. I swear I could feel his icy breath on my skin. For a moment I thought he was going to bite me but he was able to get himself under control in time. He pulled away and closed his mouth with a heavy groan.
Davion leaned up against the brick of the wall behind him and sighed. I watched with bulging eyes as the wound closed itself back up. I staggered backwards and he was there to catch me. "Are you alright?" he asked. I grabbed at my chest in pain. It was getting hard to breathe. Damn Asthma. "I-I'm fine, j-just n-need my inhaler." He frowned, his eyes filled with concern. He placed one of his large, pale hands on my chest and I screamed, "What the hell!" I had to gasp for another breath after that. "Dawn, you're very sick." He stated in his deep fluent voice. He took me up in arms and carried me inside like a little child who fell asleep while watching cartoons.
He laid me on my bed and pulled the blanket up to my chin. "Where is this inhaler?" he asked, trying to be helpful. Poor guy I can't imagine how lost he is in this day and time. I pointed to the desk across the room, "It's in the top drawer." He walked silently to the desk and pulled out my inhaler from the drawer. Good thing that was the only thing in there, or else I would have had a very confused vampire on my hands.
Davion glided over to my bed, inhaler in hand, and helped me take in the blessed medicine. He stayed at my side till I fell asleep.
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