House of Pain

Chapter 8: Bloody Pain

We stood there surrounded by the stares of the hungry vampires. That didn't last for long, as if there was an inaudiblewhistle they all sprang at the same time towards us. I had my splat gun already aiming at them. I fired twice; thankfully I managed to shoot two of them. A vampire leaped towards Jenks, who flew straight up near the ceiling. Another one leaped at Jenks who remained near the ceiling. From his wings I saw sparkling pixie dust falling directly on their faces. That got them to stop jumping. As the dust began to take effect the vampires rubbed their itching faces. Their nails were long enough that they were clawing their faces into a bloody mess.

Seeing as how they were invulnerable I aimed my splat gun at the vampires and shot them down. If Jenks kept pixing the vampires then I would have an open window to shoot them down. Jenks saw me take them down and realized the same idea. He flew around the room and pixed every vampire in the room. I shot the vampires that had gotten Jenks' special treatment.

I would move around and shoot the itching vampires. I was running around the room that by chance I glanced up and saw a vampire leaping towards me; I barely managed to roll out of the way. From the roll I got up on my two feet then aimed at the vampire. A sudden burning sensation on my arm prevented me from keeping a steady aim. I had not been quick enough since the creep managed to cut me on my arm. I tried to ignore the pain and aim my weapon. I shot him, as he was about to leap at me. I lost my focus on the action when I heard Trent's scream and glanced at his direction. There was a vampire holding on to Trent as he pushed his head sideways. The vampire's fangs were drawn out, ready to bite him.

"Jenks! Pix that vampire!"

"You got it Rache!"

He flew to his aide and pixed the vampire. In the process he got Trent as well. I'm going ahead and say it was an accident but glancing at Jenk's face I might retract that and think it was partially intentional. Trent scratched his neck and arms. He must've not gotten it as bad compared to the vampire that had been holding him. The vampire viciously scratched and hissed while he rolled in the dirty water.

I should've been more aware of my surroundings than stand there like a dumb witch. One moment I'm standing there the next I'm being grabbed tightly around my neck and getting my back slammed into the stoned wall. Everything went black for a few seconds. I felt nauseated when my head began to spin in fast circles. It hurt so much I hoped I didn't get a concussion.

The vampire held me in place as he grabbed my neck with one hand. With his other hand he tried to remove my splat gun from my hand. I know I can't battle a vampire and I should've known that he would eventually get the gun. But don't blame me for trying. I kept trying to hold on to the gun. I started to loosen my grip when he began to twist my hand and I felt like he would break my wrist. I finally let go and he threw the gun behind him. Using his free hand he took hold of my neck with both cold clammy hands. He didn't squeeze to the point that he would break my neck but he did slam me into the wall. That got me seeing stars. He tightened his grip and got closer to me. He was by my neck when he hissed at me. The creep loosened his hold on my neck and noticed my scar. I felt his disgusting tongue as he gave my scar one long lick. I tried to use all my strength to push him off but that was futile.

My mind raced with possible ideas to get him off. My eyebrows shot up when I realized I did have one other weapon. And this nasty vampire couldn't do anything about it. I still had my spindled energy. I concentrate into getting the energy transferred to my hands. I felt a jolt as the energy flowed through my body and used it to push the vampire. I was surprised by the power as I saw him get thrown to the other side of the room, taking down two or three vampires on the way. Everything seemed to stand still for a second as they all looked at me. Trent looked at me with a terrified expression, as his eyes were wide open. Jenks in the other hand was impressed.

"Nice one!" he said cheering me on from the top of the ceiling.

As everything stopped spinning I saw my splat gun was closer to Trent. Since the elf was hurt and it took him a great deal of time to create a protective circle from the energy he got from his familiar, this would be the best weapon to protect him.

"Trent! Grab my splat gun and shoot the vampires!" I tried to scream. My voice was hoarse from getting my life choked out of me.

He heard me and noticed the gun a few steps away. Even though he was nervous from the creepy vampires he held the gun like he had done it before. I hoped he didn't shoot me in the process. I walked away from the wall a tad dazed from being slammed into it and for using that much energy. I stopped cold in my steps as I saw him point the gun at me.

"What the Turn do you think you are doing?" I hoarsely screamed at him.

I was too slow to react and jump out of the way as he pressed the trigger. The spell missed me by inches and instead it got a vampire that was behind me. I glanced behind me to see it roll its eyes back and fall flat into the wet ground. I turned around towards Trent and gave him a meager smile. He returned a wicked smile back at me. Trying to scare me I see?

As I looked around, thankfully I saw a few of them still standing. Even then I couldn't seem to have the energy to fight these hungry vampires. After I blasted that vampire it took a lot of my energy, leaving me fatigued. I hated to see the other vampires were slowly recovering from the pixie dust. My fear escalated when I heard splashing from one of the tunnels. It sounded like multiple steps making their way quickly into the circular room.

This cannot be happening. If we can barely fight these vampires what will we do with more? From the corner of my eye I saw a recovering vampire running from my right. I used whatever energy I had left to do a quick Judo technique. I rolled and with the vampire's momentum I threw it behind me. Too bad it didn't stay down for long. It got up on his feet and ran to attack me again.

"Jenks? A little help?" I said when I tried to repeat the same movement.

"I'm trying Rache." Jenks replied. He had been flying low and escaped the hungry vampire that nearly grabbed him.

"Rachel!"

I looked up at the familiar voice. Boy was I happy to see Ivy. David was trailing behind her with two scared women behind him. I was able to recognize them as our two missing pack members. There seemed to be a third person behind them but I couldn't see who it was. I got up but didn't stay up for long. Once again the vampire tackled me hard into the wet ground. I can't tell if it was the same vampire, not that it mattered.

I tried to push it away as it began to drool all over my face. I didn't have the energy within me; even if I did I still wouldn't be able to push him off since it would be like trying to push a semi truck. I was glad when the vampire was picked up and thrown away from me. I wipe the drool from my face and I looked up to see that it was Ivy.

"Thank you," I whispered, my throat still hurt after getting choked.

She gave me her hand to help me on my feet. We all stood scattered but near each other in the middle of the room. One of the vampires was about to leap when some force prevented him from moving. In unison they all fell on their knees and coward in fear. They scrambled towards the farthest edge of the room. They kept crawling away but where prevented by the stoned wall.

We didn't hear anything. Everything became eerily silent. There were scattered sounds of water dripping but nothing else. I glanced at all the tunnels only to see them empty. I stood next to Ivy when I felt her tense.

"What is it Ivy?" I asked.

"It's a vampire, this one feels strong."

We all turned at the same time at either tunnel, the sweet sound of humming was heard echoing from everywhere. The humming sounded feminine; it was a caressing sound that made such an enchanting melody. The song seeped through me making me feel soothing all over. The intoxicating humming took away my pains; I was able to forget about my throbbing head and the cut from my arm. The sweet melody was not only affecting me but Trent as well. He nearly collapsed to the floor but was held in place by one of the Weres.

"What the heck is she?" I managed to ask. I wondered if it was only affecting Trent and me.

"Who am I, you wonder?" responded a voice hidden in the shadows.

Out of nowhere a cloaked woman appeared in the circular room. Her beautiful silk cloak was a rich color that resembled blood. It covered her from head to toe. She stood there in the ankle high dirty water, not caring to get her expensive cloak dirty. No one moved while she stood there with her head slightly bowed to hide her face within the shadows. Slowly she raised her head and the faint light in the room made only her red lips visible. Those lips curved up to flash a smile that the mere sight of it gave me goose bumps. Where have I seen that smile?

To be continued…