Chapter 15 Destiny's mood swings
Angelika suddenly caught herself and glared at the group in front of her:" What are you going to do now? Could you really kill the daughter of your best friend Jacky?"
While Jack's thoughts ordered Zeke to tell Troy via his telepathic gift to grab the knife behind him, Jack said:" I'm sorry that an innocent girl had to be put into that
position even though she didn't do any harm to our and your kind."
Angelika smirked:" She could have given up her rights of the kingdom to us without any resistance of hers. Just like her father."
Troy shook his head, approaching the bed again and standing in front of Angelika, hiding the knife behind his back:" You know Angelika, I have really loved you. But
now I cannot recognize the girl I've fallen for a long time ago."
Angelika blinked and looked into his eyes:" Something happened to you as well, Troy. You're softer now. And you know that I've always liked my men hard and roug-"
Troy looked disgusted at her and rammed the knife right into her stomach area. Angelika was caught off-guard by his action and looked as if excruciating pain ran
through her body. Troy held her by her back and prevented her body to just slam onto the floor. While he laid her gently on her back, he could see the change in her
eyes. The subtle green tone vanished and what was left there was pure chocolate brown. Gabriella was back.
Troy stroke gently her cheek and forehead and told her:" I'm so sorry, Brie."
Gabriella smiled weakly at him and raised her hand to his face, running it along his face:" You did what you had to do. It is okay, Troy. I'm not mad at you."
Troy felt so touched by her forgiveness that his eyes nearly began to become teary. Jack and Lucille joined them while Taylor cried in Chad's arms and Sharpay and
Zeke lead them out of the room.
Jack said:" Gabsy, you know that we don't want to lose you. But if you really want to stay with us then…you have to become one of us."
Gabriella had breathing difficulties but tried hard to answer:" You won't need me anymore, Jack. The future of the Swedish kingdom lies now in your hand. I trust you."
Lucille looked with a teary face at her. Gabriella smiled at her and when she turned her head finally to Troy, she knew that he still felt guilty.
Gabriella had one last wish:" Troy, before I go, please, could you give me one last kiss?"
Troy didn't understand why she wanted him to do that but followed her plea and kissed her lightly. He felt how her lips started to move with his. It was a very light kiss
which should express her feelings for him. But then her lips slowly went still and her breath wasn't there anymore. He leaned his forehead on hers and inhaled her
smell. Troy was furious with himself. Again he lost someone in his life. When he looked at Gabriella's still, resting form lying underneath his body he lifted her bridal
style and laid her gently onto his bed. Jack and Lucille shared a worried look and Jack spoke in a calm voice to him:" Son, what are you going to do now?"
Troy's eyes were fixed on Gabriella. He didn't know what to do and faced his parents:" I know that you don't want to lose her like that."
Lucille dropped her head and spoke:" It isn't her time, Troy. She wasn't supposed to leave like this. She wasn't supposed to leave us at all."
She wanted her son to realize what she was talking about and let her words sink in.
After a few seconds of pause she continued:" You know how much your father and I have grown to love that little girl. And she didn't deserve to die like that."
Jack gently hugged Lucille to his chest and massaged her back in a calming way. Then he lifted his head to his son and stated:" You have five minutes to make up your
mind, son. Otherwise her soul has left her body for good. We trust you and I hope you will make the right decision."
They left Troy alone. Now he was all by himself, in a room with a dead Gabriella.
Slowly he hovered over her and hoped that she could hear him:" Brie, I don't know if you really want to just stay with your parents in heaven or come back to us. You'll
be probably happier with them than with us here. Please don't hate me then…"
After his little speech he lifted his shirts and removed his pants and boxers. Then he climbed next to Gabriella under the covers hovered again over her. For the last
time he looked at her peaceful form. Before he started, he mumbled something into her ear and bit her right between her neck and right shoulder. A few milliseconds
afterwards Gabriella opened her eyes and let out a throaty scream.
He tasted a bit of her blood. It was unbelievably sweet and tasted like an unknown fruit, which made it seriously difficult for Troy stop and withdrew from his current
position. Gabriella moaned and moved her head from one side to the other while sweating as if there was over 40 degree under the covers. Suddenly a mantle which
consisted of a blue colored, slimy substance began to surround the young couple. After it fully enveloped the both of the substance began to harden. Troy and
Gabriella lay in that "sarcophagus", tightly embracing each other. Drops of blood slowly ran down her shoulder from where she was bitten. Troy licked them and sniffed
the wound caringly. Then he pulled her closer to his chest and closed his eyes, waiting for the woman in his arms to fully transform into his mistress.