The beginning of all things

Written by; Thomas G. Arndt

How the incredible begins

Chapter 2

So I went home and did as that I usually did, but at the same time I watched for her just in case, at eight in the morning I went to sleep as per usual. My life didn't change until I woke up later in the day, I usually woke at four to five in the evening, well wake is a misnomer really, you see we really didn't sleep per-say. It was a rest of sorts, and since I knew my man was coming by, I was up to give him his money, he was a good man or human as it were, he brought in my cooler and I inspected it as usual. Then I crashed again, we do this more to preserve the blood we use, and as I got up later I did the usual, I got a long fluted glass, I filled it with wine. Then I drank half and put in my supply of animal blood, he had left me a note like normal, I knew it would have the facts and figures of our blood source. He would put my blood into a twelve ounce Styrofoam cup, the glass could only handle eight, well sixteen really, I would up end it, then I would get his note as I drank my mixed wine. This time it was different, he had left a letter that was addresses to Whomever it may concern, it was strange, and as I read his note he had a P. S. I found this taped to your door.

I was a little more then intrigued, so I opened it first, it had the same beginning, then the content spoke volumes; To whomever it concerns; I have an idea of what you are. I promise I won't tell anyone if you just write back to me. I'm spell bound to find out about you. Please, please write back. Tape it to your mail box and I'll find it. From; Whatever.

What was I to do. I smelt her letter and tracked her down. Not to kill her you see, I just wanted to find out about her. It figured that she only lived a couple of blocks away, she lived in Nichols Hills and as I only lived a block out side of it, we were in a way close already. And in away I stalked her, I watched her as she lived her day, she was in school, not regular school, she was in college. She was small, and as I remembered her I would say she was the tallest of the three, now she was the shortest of the three. But what was I to do, my hands were tied, there was no way I could write her back, but as I saw it I had to make sure she was all right, or at least anything stupid. She already knew far to much and by our standards I should have killed her, I even came close to it, but in the end I just couldn't do it. For a human it was simple, a twist of the neck, a bullet to the chest, or a knife to the stomach, it wasn't as if I hadn't taken life before, there was just something about her. And it wasn't her that had made the mistake, it had been me, I guess I could have moved to another part of the city, I'm sure mom would have helped me.

Well then I would have explained to the Prince why I lived in another part of the city, yeah he would be all over me. Then he would want to watch her, and whomever he chose would get bored and kill her in the end. NO! I won't have this. This is the best way in the end, and if anything gets out of hand I'll just handle it, then I can call Mom. So in the end I made up my mind to follow the young woman, she had very beautiful ravens black hair that had a little green sheen to it. Her skin was dark, so I figure she had Indian in her some where, she could have been an American Indian Princess. But I had a feeling that there was more to it then that, especially since her mother had auburn hair with white pasty skin. Her brother and sister matched her mother more then the girl. So out of all her children, she must have been reminded the most of her husband, through this daughter, if he died she would be very thankful of that, but if it was through divorce she may not want to be reminded of him. I did have the thought of going into her mind to find out, but I decided against it, I mean it was bad enough how badly I messed with her daughter's mind.

So I followed her and found out she had six classes at Oklahoma City University, and a job that she always had to work Saturday and Sunday, she worked four days and the other two seemed never to be the same. I have to tell you I may have been a little over protective at first, you see a month after I found out about her she had a date. I felt it was up to me to talk to him after the date, he was full intimidated by me, and I'm sure I scared him off. She always opened the store on Saturday, and part of her routine was to stop at the Cinnabunn to get a cinnamon bun with a drink. On these days she never took a lunch, she just nibbled away at the bun all day, at times I thought about making sure she ate a good lunch, yeah that would be good, hey vampyre stalker over here. Her manager didn't hate her as she thought, she was just so thorough that she felt she could work her more, I didn't this after I got the impression that she really hated her job.

I have to say that her mother didn't worry about her like she did the other two, in her mind she felt she would always be a good girl, ok so I cheated and read her mind just a little. As Christmas break approached they got very happy, I could sense that they were going a a wonderful trip, you could see the joy in the three kids faces two days before Christmas. I followed them to Will Rogers airport, watched them get on a jet plane to Miami, what was I to do, I mean I could only get impressions of her thoughts, plus all the airlines were booked up. I thought it strange when their mother stayed home, so I went into her mind and had the thought of a very terrible name, she was not happy about this trip at all. You see this was for two reasons, one I wanted to know when they were coming home, and second was how red she got after the plane took off, I did have a little fear for her mother so I kept an eye on her. So I watched and waited for two weeks, it was the longest two weeks of my life, oh I mean my unlife. I was there when they landed, and as she got off she gave her mother a big hug, but I could feel it, something was off. I went into her mind and fished around, this is such an imperfect science, her mind was whirling around and so was mind. She had returned with a great amount of presents, she seemed to have real joy with each and everyone of them.

So I couldn't be her father, and when he called she seemed to be very happy to hear from him, even if a little restrained. I mean I did have the thought that her father had done something, so I had to make sure he was being nice to her. As I resumed my stalking of her, I would follow her to the boutique she worked at every day, and one day I saw her paying special attention to this one dress. It was dark blue with little black stones on it, it was strange how she seemed to pet the dress. So after I made sure she had made it home what did I do, yeah you guessed it, I went an bought that dress for her, of course there was a problem with the dress, you see I had no way to get it to her. Well after all it's not like she even knew who I was, ok maybe she did know who I was, but it wasn't as if we were going out, even though I would so like to remedy this. So if you think that was overboard wait until you hear the next part, yes it got worse, she had two day off, and on her very next day of work she stopped by a jewelry case. As she made it to work I went back and perceive that it was this diamond watch with sapphires and very small ruby chips, and you may have already guest that I went and bought it.

Within days of me buying these things the vampyre accountant Timothy wanted to have a meeting with me, of course I was clueless so I agreed to the meeting without thought. But it was a work day for her so I made the meeting in the mall, Quail Springs Mall, she worked on the second floor, and where we were going to have the meeting could have been on the moon as far as I was concerned. So as we sat down he immediately asked me, " How am I going to explain this to the Prince?"

He then handed me a credit card report for my last two purchases, he also made sure I didn't miss the expanses by high lighting them, so I couldn't escape what I had done. I mean I couldn't even explain why I had done this to myself let alone to someone else, just over two hundred dollars for the dress, and just under five hundred dollars for the watch. Well I wasn't sure it would work, but I tried the truth, " It's a girl Tim."

He had a strange expression on his face as he asked, " A girl?"

" Well more like a woman."

" Oh . . . so are you going to introduce me to her?"

" Can't you see, a , well, a we haven't technically met yet, well a yeah , well she's really nice thought."

" But-" he didn't have a chance against my babble, " I , well don't know what I'm doing, a , well , she's like, no looks at something then, well, I , a , just buy it."

" Ok Ryan slow your guns," I then looked at him as he went on with, " I can see you got it for her man, hey listen, just turn her and get it over with, it would make my life more simpler."

" I don't know why, but I'm scared, I mean she does something to me when I see her."

" Wait is she a gypsy?"

" No!" I scolded him, then calmed my voice and continued, " I don't know, hell I don't even know her name yet."

We sat there picking at our food for a little while, then he asked, " Does she happen to work here?"

I couldn't see the problem with his question so I answered simply with, " Yeah."

" I figured as much, ok, I'll write it off as a vampyre business expense, just keep your compulsion in check ok."

" Vampyre business expense, and I'll try. But this is all new to me, I'm not sure I can resist."

" Hey we only have so many things we can write off, vampyre business expenses are understood as an end to a means, you know some of our kind have very bad table manors. So a fund is set aside just in case it is needed, plus as the accountant of the city I keep a stable of names and numbers that are will donars if you know what I mean. And we're not talking about sex here, so most of the woman are willing, and we usually supply a business partner so they don't go to far if you know what I mean."

" What's all that suppose to mean?"

" Well some of our kind won't drink except straight out of the vain, the fresher the better, and lets just say that woman agree to it because of the fringe benefits they get. And if you give the woman a refundable trinket you can do it almost anywhere, it's all very simple really."

" Ok, oh, OH! Do many vampyres do that?"

" Yes and no, yes it happens from time to time, and no I'm not at liberty to tell whom they are."

" Hey speaking of trinkets, do you have any idea of how I can get the things I bought to her?"

" Yeah sure . . . I haven't a clue."

" Great! I love a girl, I mean woman and have no idea of how to tell her. I bought her some really great presents that I can't get to her. Well without freaking her out."

" Yeah without freaking her out."

" You know I always said this life, er unlife was great, and until today I would have never said this, but my unlife really sucks."

He chuckle and nodded his head as he said, " Glad I could help."

We then went over all the times I could have special gifts just in case I couldn't resist, with this I had to find a way to stay within my limits, and maybe I could stay within line. Well as you may heave figured, she met a boy shortly after this, he was a bit of a dolt, she dated him for a total of twenty-three days, how do I know this, they were the darkest days of my unlife. I was so happy to see his major mistake when it happened, if your dating someone how do you forget February fourteen, I don't know if that was a pure mistake or the true honesty of how stupidity. I'm not that experienced, but even I know I wouldn't forget that, in fact I would plan around her birthday, Christmas, and this holiday, I would even have a plan around mid-night December thirty-first. Oh my education with girls was extremely limited, as I only had four girlfriends, one in sixth grade, eighth grade, and on in eleventh grade, it wasn't that I didn't like girls, it was more like they didn't like me. I did have all the normal fantasies about women, not that I'm going into them here, just let your mind wonder, I guess my real problem was the knowledge of how to keep one, I had my fair share of dates.

Second dates were rare, most of the time a third date was a nightmare, I really didn't know what there was about me that repulsed women. Well except for the fourth time, you see I was in the Army Europe at the time, she was a German that spoke almost perfect English. Even in the end this ended, I mean I thought we had something, she was the first women I had sex with, well the first and only woman I had sex with. I asked her to marry me and she basically said no, well it was more then no, it had more to do with her not wanting to leave home and stuff. I always wondered what would have happened if I had been the one to bend, or she said yes how different my life would have been, well for one thing I wouldn't be a vampyre. I did suggest this, but she said that I had to go home. I should have put my foot down and stayed with her, Ingrid was her name, it now seems very distant to me, and did you know we have a Ingrid's Kitchen here, I have to think in a way it's almost like fate. I find it very hard to go there even though I love German food, and it kind of reminds me of what could have been.

Well at least I knew a girlfriend would never forgive this mistake, it's the one day you can show your love and you mess it up, well then you must not love her very much, so after this I came out of my funk. Then came spring break, her father had sent her a ticket to go to Miami, I never seen a girl try to get out of a great trip so badly, but at every turn her mother thwart her, I had to wonder if she saw what I did. And I really couldn't tell what the problem was, she was beyond stressed, well I couldn't have this, so I made up my mind to follow her, of course this took real preparation. First I had to get a wardrobe for Miami, then I had to look the part, I mean a white pasty skin vampyre was just to much a sore thumb, I did have an idea of what to buy. I mean I did live in California for four years, she was going for a week, so I bought four shorts length swim suits, light T-shirts of varying colors with Hawaiian shirts, and finally sandals, three pair. They had something new call beach tennis shoes, so I bought a pair, no socks, can you imagine the people that actually think that's cool, my jewelry would be at a minimum, I mean a beach bum never really wears the stuff.

I think the beach shoes were a good call, I don't know about Miami, but the beaches in Los Angeles have all kinds of foreign object on them, not that it would matter though, I mean we heal very fast. And of course it would be funny seeing a vampyre wrestling with a shark on the beach, yeah that was a very good course of action on my behalf. I also knew that I would be free to go to Miami, you see my Mom told me that the entire court left the city when spring break came, it was only right since it would be far to easy to feed. One of the things they tried to do was keep out the rogues, and this was thought of a free time for them in the city, and after the week was over they will most likely have to clean up after them. But I could handle a few rogues on my own, and most only came out at night, I would have to make sure I protected my eye's as they would surely bother me. In Oklahoma I was kind of used to this as the sun shined here most of the time, so I had like ten pairs of super shades, and we were supplied with a sun screen for the times I had to go out in the day. SPF 6000, not really, but that would be cool, well I guess they do, but I think they call that Quaker State Motor Oil.

Then I had two last things to do, first I had to get a private flight, yeah we don't travel couch, and change my skin, they have these place that will spray you all over with a special sun tan spray. Our bodies would normally reject this, but with every visit I washed myself with bleach, not the stuff that you buy from the store, we needed industrial bleach, and I guess it's good that it doesn't stink. Can you imagine the looks I'd get if I had to use over the counter bleach, oh and I had to keep my feeding down to the bare minimum, when we feed it would heal the damage caused by this. So I figured I had to get there before her, so I left two hours before her, we lifted off on time, but had to wait an hour to land. Then I used a taxi to get to my hotel, vampyre taxis have a little red heart on them, not that any would be out, but I used one anyways, you always have to give back to your own. I had a V. I. P. room at the hotel so they wouldn't give it away, plus I called from the airplane, so I settled into my room as quickly as I could, then I ran back to the airport. Good thing I'm a vampyre, a normal human would have forgotten the way, I immediately looked at the arrival board, her flight had been delayed like mine.

I watched her from a distance as she got her bags, then she got into a limo, I followed it to a compound, I then saw her hug a man that she really loved, then she hugged a very dark swarthy man, her nerves were on end as she did this. It didn't take brain surgery, I knew he was my target, as I went around the compound I noticed all the sensors they had, this place was like a prison, I had to wonder if this would be her prison. As I looked closer I could also see many guards as well, what the hell were they guarding here, not that I couldn't find a way in, I mean most places used heat sensors of a sort. They had intermittent sensors, so it was easy to find a crease in their guard, all the lower windows had bars on them, yeah like that would atop me, I just jumped up to the fourth floor. As she came into the house I watched him put his arm around her, she cringed at his touch, oh my God, I had to do something about him, she laughed as she folded out of his grip, and said how greasy he was. I went into his mind and found out that he thought that no man was good enough for her, was he that possessive that he would kill her if another looked at her. I have to tell you I may have been freaking out by then, both men were darker then she was, so I had to figure it was her mother that made her look like an American Indian.

It was kind of funny watching a man that was watching a woman that I wanted to watch, and I knew I had to do something about him, it was just what was I going to do to him. Yes I wanted her the most, and to process of something like this just wasn't right, I mean I knew it would be very easy to just break his neck, but what was she to him, or him to her. So in my ever clear thought's about her I did the unthinkable, I used my mind and found out she really wanted to go para-sailing, and I decided it would be ok to write her a note. It read; To whom it may concern; I don't know why, but I've been watching you and I've seen your problem. If you want me to take care of this little problem just come to the para-sailing boats at the docks by your house. I have no other reason then concern about you. So take your time and think about it. Then I used my best looking letter R to sign the little note. Do you think that may have been over the top, well I really did it to show more then what would be normally sent to a person.

The next day I was sitting at the boat dock by her compound, I paid off all the employees to take two hours off, I knew she would be up in between eight and nine. So there I sat when whom should show up, that man with her father, they walked up to me as if they owned the place. Well I did make it easy on them, I mean I was the only guy there, her father came to me and said right in my face, " Young man you have no idea of whom your messing with."

I looked him straight in the eye's, not that he could tell, you see I was wearing super shades, and I answered him, " No I don't, but what I seen going on I would never allow your daughter to be molested by this man."

He then spoke in a foreign tongue, and when the man responded back he turn his attention back to me and said, " My brother has assured me has done none of this, why do you make such accusations?"

My response should have been strange to them, " I can feel she really hates him when he touches her, well him and his touch, she rejects him with every movement."

" He is her guardian until we find her a husband, we are in the middle of arrangements as we speak."

" That's barbaric, this is the United States, she should be allowed to marry whomever she feels is correct, her pick matters more then your concerns."

" Barbaric! We have done this for generations, it is the way of our people, maybe if these Americans studied our progress there divorce rate wouldn't be so high."

" I'll make you a deal, if allow her to pick her own husband then I wouldn't kill your brother."

" Pfft. He has been trained by the Punjab, no man alive could possibly kill him."

" Well I'm no man, and did I say I was alive?"

As I stared him down, very effective in super shades, the two of them laughed at me, then the father took a closer look at me as he said, " You're obviously in the need of medical help."

I had to smile at him as I said, " So you happily sign your own brothers death warrant, how would you like me to kill him, and how many pieces would you like to have?"

He chuckle at me, he was showing a little concern, then I myself got in his face, and I realized that I still had my glasses on, so I lifted them up. I knew he would see perfect eye's, but I made sure I just fed, it had been over an hour now, I kind of hoped my red ring hadn't faded. As his eye's got big he started to sprout out in his foreign tongue, I put my sunglasses back in place and just had to smile at him. His brother then lunged at me, using my speed I easily avoided his attack, then I said, " Not here, they're to many witnesses, but don't worry you'll be dead soon."

Then I was gone, I watched them move back to their compound, he was so frantic that he had his men help him pack up, so it made it easy to get one of his men alone. After I drained him, I sat him in the chair by the front door, I did have a small feeling a remorse as it was his wife that found him. She was a screamer, but while they took care of this I removed all the wiring to all the cars. You could say that I had them under a one man siege, they weren't going no where soon, and as I did this I was forced to drain another man. Of course like any good vampyre I sealed the wounds, so if the police were call they would have no idea of how they died. Well they knew, they just wouldn't admit it to the public, I had to wonder who was the unlucky guy who had to tell them, yes, vampyres existed. I also knew that my love was scared out of her mind, but it was all for her, and in all the action I finally learnt her name, Carla, isn't it beautiful. As I kept a vigil over the compound I saw her at her window, and for the first time I made myself known, I waved at her, she hesitantly waved back, then her uncle made a move on the window and shut it. But I made sure that I put my fingers to my eye's, then pointed to him so he knew I saw him.

They got one of the car working, it was strange how as they pulled down the driveway all their tire went flat. Then they all retreated to the house, but I could feel it getting worse for Carla, so I had to end this now. I figured I had a few, so I got on the phone and set things up for her, then I wrote a letter with my plan on it. It was short by to the point; If you want your brother to live, then send your daughter back to Oklahoma and never talk to her again. I'll know if you do anything stupid. R

I then left it where I left the man, and fixed the one car I felt safe with, the only two seated in the garage, I really didn't want to give them a chance to run. In my plans I had chartered two planes, one leaving at gate six, and an express one leaving twenty minutes later at gate nine, then I called the hotel and told them to deliver my bags to the correct plane. Then I left another note on their front door, again very easy to read, Gate 6, only the uncle can drive her, and be very happy if he returns. R P. S. she better get on the plane alone.

I then slammed into the door as I taped it to the front door, the next part I had to wonder about as it was the only flaw in my plan, so now I moved to the airport. Then I moved so I could watch for the two seat convertible pull up, he helped her out of the car with her bags, then he got back into the car. As he turned it over I made my move, as he was putting it in gear he saw me sitting next to him. I slowly turned my head and said, " If you ever touch her again I'll kill you."

He turned white as a ghost and gave me a curt nod, so then I used my speed and moved to her plane, I watched her get on and it taxi out, then I moved to my place. This day had spent my greatly and I needed blood badly, but I hadn't had time to get to a supply, so I would have to wait until I could get to my supply. So I closed all the windows and then sat in my seat and closed my eye's, this is how we would normally rest to preserve our blood. It didn't help much that we were delayed on take off, I mean I had hired an express plane so I would get there before her, but we had to get into the air first. So I put myself so deep into rest mode, and I made sure that the attendant did disturb me, I just had to hope I woke up in time. With Carla's flight I had bought a normal flight that would land at Will Rogers airport, I had to hope that she knew enough to call her mother, but I myself had to really get home first. My flight had been directed to Wiley Post airport, it was far closer to my house, and as we taxied out I called Timothy, I had him pick me up at this airport, and to have someone bring my car home from the other airport.