~Bite of Blindness~ Minyadagniriel
Ch 2: Hidden
Please keep in mind this chapter gets a little limey towards the end. Read with an open mind as my chapters tend to get raunchier with time. Expect the M rating to be true by the last chapter.
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Robyn awoke to tapping on her head.
"Hey girl, wake up…"
She rolled over and tried to push the hand away that was pressing on her shoulder, "Hm…go away…tired."
"Would you prefer being eaten alive?"
Robyn shot up, knocking her head against the coffee table. When did she fall onto the floor? She rubbed the aching spot gently, "What is it?" She glanced up at the person who woke her so abruptly, it was that damn vampire wannabe. "You! Get away from me!" She picked up the nearest object, a paperweight and threw it at him but he easily caught it.
"Cut it out girl." Alucard dropped the weight, "We're moving to another place, I've already killed three more ghouls and they know where we are now. I can sense our vampire friends in the lower decks."
Cele was already up, "Robyn?" She was seated on the couch once again waiting for the other two to stop bickering.
Alucard was rummaging through the back bedroom again, equipping his revolvers and throwing on a red overcoat. He pocketed several boxes of ammunition before topping off his look with a red fedora. He rejoined the girls in the living area and spun the load chamber of his jackal, "Let's move," he demanded at first but then gazed at the red head's torn shirt. "You may want to find another top to wear first," he cracked a vicious smile.
Robyn suddenly remembered the events of last night and she grasped onto her tattered shirt and closed it, trying to keep a shred of dignity. "You are such a pig…"
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The three of them managed to reach the hull of the ship. Alucard sensed a strong and fowl odor coming from below deck. Though it was light outside, the ship remained dark save for the few small windows beneath the waves.
Cele and Robyn clung to each other, both frightened. The clangs and drips of water from the pipes irked them.
Alucard stayed at the front, wondering how he always seems to be stuck protecting a human or two every time he takes on a mission. It was getting ridiculous and these girls don't have an ounce of experience in fighting. Have they ever even fired a weapon? Whatever…he could dump the two of them on a rescue vessel when it arrived.
Cele stumbled multiple times; her bare feet were cut and bleeding. She didn't want to complain and slow up the group so she ignored her pain. Of course, a certain vampire could smell the seeping red liquid and had to refrain from grabbing the girl and biting her.
It seemed like hours…one ghoul or two would appear and attempt to inflict a wound, but they failed horribly, instead receiving a blow to the head. Blood splattered all over Robyn, she had been the closest to each mini massacre. The once white shirt she'd borrowed from Alucard was now a deep burgundy. Cele was lucky, her light green tank top was only speckled slightly.
"I feel disgusting," Robyn whispered, hoping only her friend would pick up the notion.
"It's only a little blood, I don't have much on me." Cele made a point by tugging on her own clothes.
"Yeah well you aren't getting a full blown shower…I could use a real one at the moment."
"Silence." Alucard had just about enough of their complaining, he needed to eradicate the remaining undead and wasn't about to do it under these circumstances. "I can sense the scum slinking around the ship."
"Why haven't they appeared yet?"
"Silly red head, they know I'm on board and are hiding. These vampires are naught but cowards and won't appear to fight unless I find them."
"And you haven't found them yet because…?"
"All vampires have a different ability, these two probably have increased speed and teleportation."
"I see…so can-" In an instant Robyn was forced to the ground and Cele pushed aside, smacking her arm against the cement of the wall. Alucard had forced himself between them, lifting both guns into the air and firing an insane amount of rounds.
Robyn scrambled to her feet and turned her attention to the vampire, he was taking out a large group of undead. In a panic she glanced behind her, there were more, maybe thirty or so. The three of them were completely surrounded. With nowhere to go but inside the nearby room, Robyn grabbed Cele by the arm and forced open the door, pushing her inside. She slammed the door shut and tried to lock it but the latch was busted!
"Shit!"
"You can't get it to lock?" Cele shouted.
"No…"
"Oh fuck!"
"We'll find a place to hide…just until that vampire clears the hall."
Cele began feeling around, touching crates and pushing items aside until she came upon a grate in the floor. "What about this? The ventilation?"
"Awesome, let's pry it out," Robyn said and she came to her friend's side to help get it loose. It took a lot of effort but they eventually got it up. "Damn it…there's only room for one."
"Are you sure, maybe we can just try to squeeze inside."
"No. Cele, you get in there, I'll cover the top back up and find another place," Robyn encouraged.
There were several noises at the door.
"Hurry up! Get in!"
Cele touched the outer rim of the vent and slid her feet in first and crouched down. Robyn replaced the grate and covered the whole thing up with a dusty mat she found nearby. "Don't make a sound Cele." Seconds after hiding her friend, a large group of ghouls burst through the doorway and spotted poor Robyn. She screamed and ran into the next part of the storage unit, trying to blockade the pressurized door with everything she could get her hands on.
From underneath the grate, Cele could hear her friend's cries of desperation. Her stomach flipped several times hearing the high-pitched fear in Robyn's voice. "Why can't I help her? Why do I have to be so helpless?" She yelled at herself several times over, cursing her birth parents for the lack of sight. Moments passed…a blood-curdling scream graced the air and then…silence. Cele called out to her friend, no response. She then forced the grate upwards, pushing the mat aside and sliding the metal away, all just in time to hear a loud clatter and shots filling the room.
"Robyn? Where are you?" she cried out as she rose to her feet. She found a large crate and grabbed hold of it, not knowing the surroundings. She jumped almost a mile when someone grabbed onto her, but realized it must have been Alucard when it did not hurt her. He practically yanked her around and led her to the nearby room before stopping.
"At your feet."
"Huh?"
"Your friend, she's at your feet."
"What!"
"Just kneel!"
Cele shuddered, what does he mean? Was she hurt? Quickly she knelt down and reached out in front of her. Her fingers came into contact with warm skin and she got all excited, "Robyn! Are you all right? I can't believe you made it thr-" Cele's words were halted when her fingers grazed over a wet portion of skin, "Robin?" Her fingers moved along the dampened flesh and dipped into a large wound, "Oh my god, you're injured!"
She shook her friend, begged her to say something, but the most she received was a few moans and slight twitches. "Oh Robyn! Please don't be dying!"
"She is…" Alucard butted in, "Her wounds are fatal and there is no ship nor helicopter coming. The ghouls had their way with her before I could reach her."
"Robyn can't be saved…?" Cele asked desperately.
"I'm afraid not, if we don't hurry, she will become a ghoul as well. Her skin is already beginning to rot."
"What do you mean, 'If we don't hurry'?"
"We have to finish her off."
"..."
"I know it's painful for you…"
"You could at least be more sensitive to my feelings!"
"I'm saying this because it has to be said! If you leave her like this, it will be more cruel than putting her out of her misery!"
Cele started to cry, there was no way she could kill her friend!
"If you can't do it, then stand aside," Alucard demanded.
Cele wanted so badly to say her goodbyes…but she was forced to her feet by the vampire and pushed back out into the other part of the storage room. "Cover your ears, hum something to help block out anything you might hear," he said.
Cele crouched down onto the floor and slapped her hands over her ears, pushing as hard as she could against her lobes and she began singing softly to herself, a song that she and Robyn sang together when they were little…
No one could ever know me; no one could ever see me.
Seems like you're the only one who knows what it's like to be me.
Someone to face the day with, make it through all the rest with,
Someone I'll always laugh with, even at my worst, I'm best with you
A lone shot rang through the air and Cele's heart sank.
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Several hours later…the night had come…
They searched the ship below deck, not a single ghoul has come into sight since the attack that morning. Alucard remained on guard, guns at the ready. Cele held onto the back of his coat, gripping tightly. Tears streamed down her cheeks and she garnered no sympathy from this man. How could he just shoot a human being and not feel any remorse? He shot her friend for christ's sake! Was there really no way to save her?
As she contemplated begging him to shoot her too, just because she was lost without Robyn, her stomach began to throb from hunger, it was obvious to Alucard as well; he heard the growling. "Let's stop for a while, you and I are both hungry."
She said nothing, still far too upset over her loss and she followed him through a watertight door. He pushed her aside and shut the door, twisting the circular handle until it locked and then focused on breaking open several crates. After ten minutes of destroying the wooden boxes, he shoved a small object into her arms.
She sniffed and wiped at her eyes, "What's this?"
"Emergency rations, all ships are required to carry them. Now eat." He plopped himself down on a nearby crate.
She tore open what felt like a plastic sealant and touched the contents inside the package. She took a seat on a crate just opposite of him.
"Dried fruit and water bottles," he said.
The fruit was a godsend, so heavenly to her taste buds; sugared apricots and peaches. "Aren't you going to eat anything?" she said between peaches.
"How do you know I'm not eating anything right now?" he mused.
"Um…because I didn't hear you open anything for yourself."
"I take it your hearing is pretty sharp…"
"For the most part. I've come to rely on my other senses…well they been developed since I was really young. I've been blind my whole life…but enough of me, why aren't you eating?"
"Because I don't eat human food."
"Oh right, big bad vampire...only drinks blood." She took a swig of her water bottle.
"You have a lot of guts to talk to me like that, much like your friend did."
"Don't talk about Robyn that way…" She threw the empty bottle at him; hopefully it struck its target.
"Nice aim…you missed." He sent a wide grin in her direction.
"Ah duh!" She waved one hand in front of her eyes.
That very same water bottle came back at her, clocking her in the forehead. "Ow…" She rubbed the spot on her face while he sat there chuckling. "You are such an asshole!"
"I'm not giving you any special treatment just because you can't see. I would expect that you hate being treated differently because of a handicap."
The small ache in her head was gone, but she had to agree…she didn't always enjoy being treated like that. "Fine, you won that round." She killed off the last of her apricots; relief filled her ailing stomach. "But seriously, what are you going to eat?"
"I told you, I don't eat human food. By the way you're asking…it seems to me like you're making a offer…" He got up from his crate.
"I didn't say anything about an offer." She dropped the small package to the floor in panic.
"Oh I think you did…indirectly." He was approaching her slowly, careful not to make a noise after that last remark.
A stream of fear washed across her body, where was he? He was eerily quiet…she outstretched her arms, feeling through the air. "What are you doing?" She moved her hands around, nothing ahead of her or to the sides. He was nowhere to be found…but something inside began nagging at her. It wasn't her typical conscience…it was something else, like a probe digging through her mind wanting to find a precious secret. "What the hell's going on!"
"Silence…"
That wasn't her inner voice…it was his! He was searching the depths of her soul via telepathy. The invasion of her mind caused her to fall backwards, her body sprawled across the large crate.
He found her most precious memories, though there weren't any pictures like he would normally see…there were many different voices repeating over and over. Whispers and secrets flooded his mind. Alucard even plunged into her most intimate thoughts such wanting kids someday, finding a man and marriage…even wanting sex, her mind told him that she'd never experienced a man's touch due to her disability and overprotective parents and friends. He almost felt sorry for her, no independence must be burdening.
She rolled onto her side, clutching her head with her hands, "Please stop!" she begged. The invading presence left her…
Alucard released her and se nearly toppled off the crate. He quickly caught her and pushed her back up into a sitting position. She was drowsy from lack of sleep and this telepathic episode he put her through exhausted her further.
"Please…no more…" she said.
Alucard moved in front of her, he was face to face with her, "Very well."
"Why did you do that?"
"I did it because I wanted to."
"Well I hope you found something interesting…" her voice full of annoyance. She lay herself back down on the crate.
He went around the side of the crate so he could face her once again, "Oh I found plenty of interesting facts."
She blinked, "Really, I find that hard to believe."
Alucard laughed, "I seem to recall someone wanting a man's embrace, which she has never felt before, oh and wanting two kids, also something about acting out a fantasy with George Clooney…funny, isn't that man twice your age?"
Cele's eyes were wide with humiliation, "Shut up."
"There was also this silly notion involving a rope and being tied up."
"Quit it!"
"I found many dirty thoughts among your deepest darkest desires."
"Damn you!" She slapped him hard across the face, "You are the most perverted bastard on the face of the earth!" This time she struck her target. She shouldn't be discussing these things with a creepy man like him, not when she lost a close friend.
Alucard just kept on laughing and pushed aside the slap as if it were nothing.
"How can you be this way? Treating people like they are the dirt beneath your shoes…" she shouted at him.
"I don't treat people poorly, I am merely amusing myself and you're just pissed that I made you blush."
"You make me so angry!"
"And might I say that you look lovely when you're angry, very similar to my master when I piss her off." He took his fedora off and laid it next to her.
" You have a master? I doubt it…you seem like the type who would destroy anything that tries to command you."
"I do have a master. She is worthy of being my master if you must know."
"Yeah right, you probably have a collar 'round her neck, you liar. Either that or she must be pretty stu-"
Before the words escaped her mouth, she felt his hand fly up to her throat and begin to choke her. He was sitting above her, one leg on each side. He'd gotten up there so fast that she missed it. Her face flushed and tears once again flooded her lids.
His voice was now harsh… "Never insult my master in my presence." He squeezed his hand tighter, pushing her skull into the crate and it splintered. Tiny bits of wood littered her hair, "Understand?"
She did not move.
"I said do you understand?" he demanded. She nodded slightly and he released her, but he didn't get off. "Now then, what form of punishment should I inflict on you?"
"P…punish…ment? You wouldn't dare!"
"I would dare."
"Get off me you freak!"
"Where have I heard that before?" He traced his fingers up and down her arms and gripped one of her hands. "I was going to let you off after yesterday's argument but I think you need discipline this time. " He pushed her hand over her head.
"No, don't!"
Alucard ignored her pleas and materialized a third arm to hold her right hand down by her waist. His remaining free hand rose to her face and he stroked her cheek, clearing it free of tears, "Yes…I think you're going to enjoy this as much as I will…"
Cele's worst nightmare was coming true, "You're not going to…please don't!"
His hand slid up the apple of her cheek and into her dark curly locks. It was so smooth and soft; he'd be willing to bet it would feel nicer if he weren't wearing gloves…but enough playing he told himself. He took a large chunk of her hair within his fingers and pulled it down, making her chin lift towards the ceiling, exposing her throat to him. He adjusted his legs to lay between her thighs, letting the heat build between them.
She begged him once again but he responded with materializing another hand and covering her mouth. It was impossible for her to kick him off as her legs were spread so far apart. The best she could do was try and push him away by arching her back, however that seemed to egg him on.
"Keep struggling, it turns me on when the women writhe beneath me."
The evidence of his excitement was pushing into her lower body, tickling her through her pajama bottoms.
"Deep down you want this…and I know it."
She shook her head 'no' and shut her eyes tightly…though it served no purpose to.
Alucard let his tongue loll out of his mouth. The thick wet muscle dropped to her collarbone and he began moving it all across her chest. Her tank top provided very little coverage.
Cele silently wished she would just fall asleep and never wake up. This wasn't what she wanted but her body was betraying her.
"I can sense your arousal girl," he said before continuing his ministrations.
Humiliation, shame, and anger wallowed in the pit of her stomach. She was actually enjoying his touch and that hurt her the worst. Every time he spoke, it was like music to her ears…
"I'm going to make your blood rush," he'd said. Her heart pounded and skipped several beats. His mouth was lingering over her throat once again and he brought it down against her skin, kissing and nibbling at the flesh. So much attention to the same spot had turned her skin a dark red. He tugged her hair even harder, craning her neck to the maximum. "Prepare yourself girl..."
"Hm??" was the best she could respond.
The next instant she felt something pointed against her skin and then it happened, it pierced her skin. She let out a gasp and began struggling again until a new voice began speaking inside her head.
"Relax girl, you're the one to determine whether this is painful or filled with pleasure."
Not to mention that when she tensed up, her blood flow was slower and he would have to bite down on the muscle to receive any of the prize. After he sent her the message, her body immediately relaxed and his mouth filled with the coppery fluid. His grip loosened on her wrists, he trusted that she wouldn't try anything at this point.
Cele could hear him swallowing; his mouth suckling at her neck was reminiscent of receiving a very intense hickey. As he specified, her blood was rushing all throughout her body, majority of it flowed down to her uterus. It twisted and churned, flames of pleasure licked at her from the inside. Her chest was heaving and her breathing became shallow.
Alucard felt she was okay enough to remove his hand from her mouth. It dissipated and as expected, she was too preoccupied with pleasure to notice. It was only a matter of seconds before she would…
He let one of her hands free and it flew up to the back of his neck. Just to push her to the brink, he moved his hips and grinded into her. That did it…
She cried out in a pleasure filled episode. Her blood spilled from the corners of his mouth as it rushed…almost too quickly for him to keep up with. She let her hand slide from around his neck and he released his deep kiss from her neck. His thirst satisfied for another day, he backed away from her body and glanced up at her face. It was covered with a blanket of eroticism.
His smirked, "Now you have experienced something that very few others have shared with a vampire."
To be continued…
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Oh my goodness, this chapter was very intense for me to write. Please feel free to leave comments/constructive criticism if you like. Every little bit helps. Happy reading!