The beginning of all things

Written by; Thomas G. Arndt

What's so difficult about the unlife

Chapter 3

When he agreed to pick me up he sounded nervous, I was so relieved when we finally got to Wiley Post airport, it was just a matter of time before I could refresh my blood loss. As the attendant opened the door I saw the limo, he knew I wasn't so much into all the luxury stuff, so I was a little worried about whom he had with him. But to be my normal self I smiled at him and said, " Tim I really didn't need that big of a car."

The way he turned back to the car and stared I knew it was some kind of big wig, then my eye's caught the large red haired woman stand up, she removed her sunglasses as I asked, " Mom what are you doing here?"

she gave me a stern look as she replied, " Boya, what have yea been doing ta yourself, yea look as if Hades itself had walked over yea."

She could speak the most perfect English, you almost never heard her accent, and this told me she was either mad or worried, I had to figure a little of both, so I replied in a softer voice then normal. " Nothing really, threatening the life out of a human, getting a little to much sun, you know just the normal stuff."

I could almost see panic in her eye's as she pointed at timothy and said, " You dar boya get my young lad a bag of da blood und make it quickly, then take us ta he's house."

Then the three of us jumped into the limo, and Timothy toast me a bag of blood, I wasn't stupid I sucked it straight down. Then Amy asked, " Timmy told me this about a woman."

Her school teacher tone had returned, and it was as if she announciate every word she spoke, I had to smile at him as I replied, " Yeah, I guess it is, don't worry Tim, Amy would have known sooner or later, I always tell her the truth, and I was feeling it was about time, I just wanted to get some rest first."

She narrowed her eye's as she looked closer, then she said, " Ryan you have the bleeds, Timmy give him another bag of blood, then tell me about this girl."

" Can it wait until the blood starts working, and man my head really hurts."

" Yes you can," she then put her hand on mine as she continued, " But you have to make up your mind, will you bring her over."

Timothy then added as he gave me the next bag of blood, " The Prince has seen to much, he doesn't know about her, but he's asking a bunch of questions, if it slips out about her, well you know what happens next."

" Damn!"

Amy came in almost immediately with, " Watch your language young man."

" Sorry Mom, it's just I haven't even approached have yet, well I guess that's been taken out of my hands now."

Timothy then added a sobering remark, " Or she dies."

I had to close my eye's as we drove, one reason was because I really didn't want to think about someone killing her, two and probably more important was the preservation of my tissue. The two of them spoke and I didn't listen at all, I mean they were loud enough to be heard, but the stuff they talked about involve Carla, and I just didn't want to hear that right know. And I was pretty much out of it anyways, Timothy brought in my bags as Amy helped me in the door, as I sat down in my recliner, I said to Timothy, " Hey Tim you don't have to stay and face the music, I'll make sure he knows that it was all me."

He smiled at me as he answered, " No, I'm a good accountant, he'll know I'm involved anyways, but thanks anyways."

" What are friends for if not to get them in trouble, how long do we have before he gets here?"

" Just a little while, he said he'd be here tomorrow evening."

" Hey Mom and I'll try to smooth this over."

" All right, Peter went and got your car, I told him where your extra keys were, you might want to see if he put them back."

" Ok then, I need more blood, and Mom and I have to talk."

" Ok Ryan, do you want me to leave the limo?"

Amy smiled as she replied, " No dearie, I think we're here for the night, could you get extra blood for Ryan, you know to cover the blood while I'm here."

" Yes Ma'am."

" Such a nice boy Ran."

I had never used my nickname with them before, in fact the only one that even knew my full name was Timothy, it was a anagram of my full name, Ryan Allen Nolan. I had to chuckle as I said, " I take after my Mom when it comes to my friends."

She gave me a full smile as I could see how pleased she was with my remark, Timothy then looked nervous so he said, " Ok then, I guess I'll just leave then, do you want me to leave the door open or close it for you?"

It was normal for me to close it, but Amy spoke before I could open my mouth, " No lad, leave it open, it's such a pretty day out."

And she was right, I mean it was a little on the crisp side, but it was bright and sunny, and yes all three of us were wearing super shades. As he left she went out to my kitchen, I got up and moved to my dinning room table, I could see that she pulled out three Styrofoam cups of blood. I then as I came into the kitchen said, " The flute glasses are in the cupboard on the right of the sink, what kind of wine would you like."

She smiled at me as I grabbed for the bottle I knew she would say, " That would be nice, could you make it a sweet red wine."

Well I really did know my Mom as I pulled it out and answered, " A good sweet red wine."

You might ask why ask then, well as Mom always says, ' It's an art being polite, and you must always try to give a good stroke of the brush.' Plus I had been saving this bottle I had found just for her, so I pulled out my cork screw and opened it, I then grabbed the one glass she had left me, I poured a full glass as I walked to the table. Then I placed it in front of her and took up my own glass, I sat down across from her as I poured my glass, she had placed two cups in front of me, I then up ended one of them, as I put it down I could see her smiling from ear to ear as she asked, " Where did you get this from Ran?"

I had to smile even though I didn't like to show my bloody teeth as I replied, " I have a good wine man, he told me it was extra sweet."

She then took up the bottle and took another sip as she read, I did the same as I lifted up my glass to my lips she asked, " What are you going to do?"

I shook my head as I replied, " Well I only have a few options, and one of them can only be given if she excepts, in the end it is up to her."

" Do you think I can help you?"

" Maybe. Yes. No. Hell I don't know Amy, this is all new to me."

She shook her head as she said, " You were taught well how to do this, it's really a no brainier, just give her blood three times before she dies."

" Oh I think I have that down packed, it was the other part I was talking about, Amy what if she hates me after I do this to her?"

She didn't give him any expression as she replied, " That's always a possibility you know, and what if she chooses death?"

I put my head down and looked into my glass, it had never occurred to me that she might just want to die, could I do the final act, I knew the answer to that, in was a resounding no. And now that I was as deep as I was could I live without her, would I live without her, I had not seen a purpose in my life until her. Her death would be a simple thing, but I would have to come up with a way to kill me. It's not an easy thing to do when your a vampyre, I would have to find a way to end myself. Maybe I could drink a humans blood, in public, right in front of the High Council, during the day light hours, oh and make sure the public knows the horror of what I do, yeah that would surely do it. Amy then asked impatiently while I was in my inner babble, " Well Ran?"

I gave her tentative smile as I replied, " I hadn't really thought of that, but whomever killed her I would be forced to kill, so it'll be best if it ain't you."

" Proper English boy," she said in a stern look and added, " it isn't you."

" Sorry Mom, I was just thinking out loud."

" Well then if she'll hurt you that much we have to insure she agrees, but you also know that the threat to other vampyres, makes it more probable that the one that will kill her will be me, anyone else would most likely end your life."

" No Amy you can't, I'm sure I'll come after you, and as sure of this I'm also sure that the frenzy will take hold."

" Do you love her that much that you would even kill your old Mum?"

" Like I said, this is all new to me, and as for her, yes I think I am."

" Then she can't refuse the change, we have to convince her one way or another, I'm not willing to loose my son, and I'm for sure I don't want to loose my own life, but Ran what if she excepts this new life yet picks another?"

I looked back into my drink and replied, " I guess I'll love her from afar, I don't think I can love another."

She nodded her head as if she knew what I was talking about, then we were silent for a long moment as we nursed our glasses, then she asked with restraint in her voice, " Are you going to watch the new Dancing with the Stars like your old Mum?"

I sighed and chuckled at the same time, what a turn around question, then I replied, " Probably, but it get a little old after awhile, you know all the true seeing of talent and knowing that the most popular will win, you know it just isn't right some times."

" I know, but they are just humans after all."

I had to laugh at this as I saw a shadow move just outside my window, no normal human would have been able to see this, and I moved to the window with a speed only a vampyre could see. She was next to me just as fast, and we both saw the black hair moving back and forth under my window, Amy then asked, " Is there a problem Ran?"

I gave her a big smile and I went to the door and opened it and said, " No problem at all." She then poked her head in so I continued with, " Carla this is my Mom Amy, Amy this is Carla, she was the one stalking under my window."

She then let out a small squeak, as Amy came over and said in a strong voice, " Ryan you're scaring her, come in here young lady." Then she put her arm around her and said, " Come to the table dearie we have to talk about something."

She then moved with Amy to the table, she was a little hesitant, and Amy drew out the chair that sat in between us, then I asked her, " Would you like a glass of wine?"

She immediately replied, " I can't, I'm to young."

I openly laughed at her as Amy giggled and said to her, " Dearie time no longer has a hold over you."

She looked at me with a curious look, then she moved it to Amy, then she came back to me and said, " White then, and none of that cheap stuff, I'll know the difference."

I had to wonder would she, but I loved her to much to test my theory, I got out my favorite German white wine and poured her a fluted glass of it, I even made sure it was a late year to be sure it was the sweet stuff. I put the glass in front of her, she wrapped her hands around the bottom of the glass, then I re-corked the bottle and put it on the table as I sat in my chair next to her, I may have scooted my chair closer. She then asked in a half nervous and half curious voice, " Did you have to scare my uncle so bad?"

I got a very stern look on my face as I replied, " He was going to make you marry again your will, I just couldn't allow that to happen, you see I have a small problem with you, so in a way I've made you mine."

" So you rescue me from one marriage just so I have to marry another?"

" NO!" Then I calmed my voice and continued, " All I wanted was for you to have a long life, one that was your own and not another's, I'm sorry though, I made so many mistakes in Miami, through my mistakes I've ended your life."

Amy then added, " He didn't hide anything well, that's how he found you out, and he's coming to see you, we have to do something about this before he gets here."

Carla then asked, " You two are vampires, and the he that you talk about is a more powerful and older vampire?"

I replied with a simple, " Yes, no, and yes," I knew this would be confusing so I continued with, " Yes we are vampyres, no he is not the older then Amy, and yes he is more powerful then the two of us, he's our Prince, well my Prince Amy really doesn't live here, even though we prefer Blood Drinkers."

" Wow, so I was right when I thought you are drinking blood?"

" No Dearie," Amy replied, " I'm drinking red wine, but Ran drink some more blood, your still not well."

I then lifted my Styrofoam cup and up ended it as Carla asked, " Is that your name?"

I licked my lips as Amy replied, " No it's his nickname, his real name is Ryan Allen Nolan, it's what his name spells if you use everyone of his first initials."

She gave me a loving smile and as soon as a realization hit her it changed as she asked, " So what happens to me now?"

Amy sighed as she shook her head and replied, " your life has been forfeited, we only have two options, you either become like us, or you die, our ways are very simple."

Her smile then became genuine as she said, " Well I really don't want to die, so my decision is quite simple really-"

I had to interrupt her with, " Either way you die, we can take you and train you."

" Wow that would be really cool, my girlfriends would die if I told them."

" Literally!"

Amy gave me a look and added, " What Ran is trying to tell you is if you tell them you will be forced to kill them, you can never tell your friends, we would have no choice in this. You will still be to young to change one, it will be up to fifteen years before Ran is allowed to change another, and it would be up to your sire to make sure they died. You could sire then except that then you would be forced to give up your life for them, then they would become his sirelings until their lives reach fifteen years, would you do this to a man that loves you?"

" I don't understand why you have all these rules?"

I didn't understand why we had all these rules either, so I gave her the simplest answer that Amy had given me when I asked, " Food source, it's like when an animal over hunts it's own food source, if you use it up you have to look for another or die."

" Ok, so it's like self preservation then, I think I can understand that then."

Amy then smile a gentle smile as she said, " Yes, Ryan and I prefer animal blood over human, but some of our kind see it as an unnatural diet."

I then coined a line from the movie that we enjoyed together to try and explain, " It's like we're vegetarians."

She nodded her head in agreement as she also asked, " And you don't glitter?"

Amy had a surprised look as she asked, " Glitter?"

Amy hasn't into the movie, so I replied, " It's a movie, and no we don't."

Carla smiled as she said, " I was just wondering, even if it didn't matter that much, so when do we do this?"

Amy gave her a loving smile as she replied, " Now if you want, Ran can do it and put you back into your room to be found."

" Wow that's really cool, but can't we wait until I get my Mom prepared?"

" No the Prince has found out and is coming, so ran has to take care of this before he gets here."

" But you can't just dump me into my room, my Mom knows I went some place, she'll want to know what happened here."

" If your Mom finds out then we'll be forced to kill her, so we'll allow you to go home, then Ran will come to you as you're supposed to be asleep, and your life will be ended in your sleep, then she'll have closure."

" So just like that then?"

" Just like that," I said and added, " I'll come to you and change you, and in three day you'll be one of us."

" Is it painful?"

" I don't really remember my change, I fully died first, then I was found like this."

" What happens if I don't fully die?"

I turned to Amy, she shrugged her shoulder's as she replied, " We really don't know, everyone dies usually."

I then added, " Except those who just were."

" I guess you're right there Ran."

Carla then asked, " Those who just were?"

I answered her with, " Don't worry about them, I'll teach you the stuff you need to know, lets just call them the vampyres that just seemed to exist."

Amy then added, " You see we don't really know where they came from, one day there weren't any vampyres, then the next day we were here, we have no way of knowing much about them."

Carla then asked, " Are there many different types of vampires?"

" Yes, as there are many humans, so there are many different types of vampyres, and dearie it's vampyre with a why not and I, but it's easier if you just say Blood Drinkers, then there's no confusion."

" Ok then, I guess I should get home before my Mom starts to look for me."

I then said, " Carla you have to do something impossible now, you have to say goodbye to your Mom, but make sure she knows that you're just going up to your room, you can't show any remorse at all."

She stood up and said, " That's a tall order."

She then moved to the door, and Amy moved next to her and said, " Just think of it as you're saving her life, keep it mind what will happen to her if she knows, and you don't want your brother and sisters to be alone would you."

She shook her head as she exited my home, I then looked at her and asked, " Do you want to come with me just in case?"

She moved to the seat Carla had been sitting in and replied, " No Ran, she has something more in mind, it wouldn't be right for me to be there, but you may want to drink more blood before you go."

I had to wonder what she meant, I had purposely not entered her mind, it was my way to insure her safety, but I think my Mom had, what was I to do, so I went there, " What was she thinking?"

She then looked down and replied, " She loves you, she wants you to know before you take her, but she up in arm's about how to tell you, you maybe there a long time before you actually turn her, and I felt her un-comfort as she sat with me."

" But, I, really, whoa, what should I say?"

" Come from your heart Ran, you always had a way about you."

" Come from the heart, you maybe right, I think I'll just go get me another cup, whoa am I nervous now."

" Watch yourself though dear, these things can go ever so wrong, I wish I could be there for you just in case."

I moved to my refrigerator and got three more cups, I sat there nursing my drink and poured myself three more, I think I was looking for fortitude even though spirits don't effect us. Amy then got up and move to her room, she turned to me and said, " Shouldn't you be going now, I mean you don't want to keep a lady waiting."

I then moved to her house, I had no idea of what I was going to do, her room was on the third floor, and I paced on the roof, finally I made up my mind. So I dropped down to her window, she hadn't left it unlock, she left it wide open, it was a cold night, I knew she had to be in misery with the cold, I entered her room. I then closed her window and asked, " Are you trying to catch your death?"

She laughed as she replied, " Aren't you here to make sure I catch my death?"

I had to chuckle as I replied, " I guess you're right, I asked Amy to come to make sure I did this right, but she said you had something to talk to me about."

She was completely under her comforter as she asked, " If I change will I always be nineteen?"

" Yes. But you could have asked that of Amy."

" I know, but as I am just nineteen there's one thing I've never experienced, will that always be the same?"

" Well no, things will change, your skin color will get lighter, your eye color will become truer, you have brown eye's now, but with those flakes of gold, I believe your eye's will become golden. Oh and your hair will grow very fast at first, along with your nails, we suggest you only trim these, you'll need your nails, and your hair will always be it's true length."

" Ok, but what about my other thing, I mean the thing that makes me what I am, you know, a, well, a, I've never been with, well a man."

" Oh that, wait, oh you're a-"

" Virgin!" She blurted out.

" Oh my, a, well, I don't know, a I guess, well you would have, well to-"

" Have sex! Damn are you a virgin to?"

I put my head down and replied, " No, I lost mine in the Army, but we have a problem, you see I may kill you, you see we have a problem with sex."

She then looked at me and asked, " Are you for real, you're here to kill me, and you're worried about killing me, look maybe we can take a safety precaution, like maybe you can give me a little of your blood before."

Then she did something unexpected, as she removed her covers, and I saw why she was all covered up, she was fully nude under the covers, and she laid there like a stiff board. I had to look away and she asked, " You don't like what you see?"

I replied, " No, I like it, it's just I've never had a virgin before, what if I tear you, what if I damage you beyond repair?"

She then said in a calm voice, " Then we'll deal with that as it comes, listen I don't just give it away to any guy, and I have to say I picked you when I was fifteen."

" You remember that, I mean you remember when I played with your mind?"

" No I don't, but I did remember the movie theater, and there was this guy I so wanted to do it with, I think that's why I've had so many problems with relationships, now are you coming over here to take me?"

I then moved next to her and cut my arm, then I placed it in her mouth, she sucked on it until it healed, then I looked at her and moved her legs, I whispered into her ear, " This will make it more comfortable on you."

Then I cut my other arm as I entered her, she sucked as she moaned, I couldn't know if I was hurting her, so I watched her face, her look was that of joy, so I grabbed her butt and started to pump a few times. The moaning got a little louder, so I cut my other arm again and she sucked as I started in earnest, I knew this would happen as I bit her neck, but she moaned even louder. I then cut my first arm as I didn't let up, I continued as she sucked on that arm, she moved her hands to my butt and she hoarsely whispered, " Are all vampyres that big?"

How was I to know, it wasn't as if I looked at other vampyres parts, but I was in a full euphoric mode so it wasn't as if I could answer her, I kept sucking on her neck, our heartbeats started to match. Her blood had brought me to life so to speak, and I kept going until I heard it start to stop, so I cut my arm one last time to insure the change, and finally her heart stopped. It was all over, now only time would tell if she would change or just be dead, I pulled myself out of her and saw her dead limp body. Then I went to her dresser and pulled out panties and a night gown, I dresses her and placed her on her bed to be found, I had felt I had done everything, there was one thing I did forget.