Tarot Tells All

CHAPTER 12

Kayla paced outside the arena, the show was over a while ago and the crowds had cleared away when she came out to the front of the building. She looked at her watch, then pulled her leather trench coat closer around her shivering body. Little specks of light snow began to fall around the barren city, Denver was actually a lovely city at night all covered with the first few snow falls, it was going to be a blast driving on the fresh snow.

"Forgive me for keeping you waiting…" Kay heard Ariel say as she came from behind the witch.

"No problem, how did you get away from Thorn?" Kay grinned.

"I explained to him that I was not feeling well…he is preoccupied with the New Breed, cleverly creating a new plan of attack for the originals of Extreme."

"Right on, so…where are we going?" Kay asked, Ariel just smiled.

"You said you wanted to learn more of my kind?"

"Yeah…but you're not thinking of turning me…are you?" Kay felt a little apprehensive with the vampire's grin.

"No…I was thinking more of going to a club we frequent here. I think you would enjoy it."

"Sure, I'm for clubbing!" Kay felt a lot better now with her choice of befriending the vampire, "I got wheels!" she held out a set of keys in her hands.

"That would be convenient…yours?"

"No…" Kay laughed, "I've got my brother's keys, he's got a really nice Dodge Viper, it's a GTS Coup Hard top."

"Will he be joining us?" Ariel was a little curious as the two women started to walk to the back parking lot where the vehicles of the WWE were kept.

"No, Dave's never been the party animal of the family, that would be me. I used to sneak out of the Manor back in Salem with my best friend Emma and go clubbing. I think that was the reason why I never really graduated and became a full priestess. Oh well, being a witch isn't that bad, at least I'm not stuck in some stuffy old room being an inspiration to other witches." Kay laughed as they reached the silver sports car.

Ariel purred as she ran her fingers over the smooth hood of the car, "Very elegant…would he not miss it?"

"Oh no, Dave's the early to bed and early to rise kind of guy. He won't notice it missing, we'll have it back by morning." Kayla opened the locks with the key as she opened the driver's door.

Ariel opened her door and slipped onto the black leather seat, "Your brother has exquisite tastes."

"Yeah, that would be Dave, me? Give me my old Intrepid any day. It's a big family car with a lot of horse power under the hood. I like speed, I've also got a '69 Dodge charger with a 426 HEMI. Now, that's a beauty." Kay grinned as she waited for the engine to turn over as she turned the key in the ignition, the V-10 engine roared to life and began to shake the car while just warming up.

"I like this…" Ariel grinned ear to ear as she felt the power of the engine rumble through out the cab of the car.

Kay pulled out the current CD from the stereo and replaced it with one of her own, the sound of hard drums and guitar rifts began to blast out of the speakers as Kay turned up the volume. Black Betty by Ram Jam came blaring out of the interior of the car as Kay pressed hard on the clutch with her foot and pulled hard on the stick shift and at the same time, she accelerated the gas.

"Let's go for a ride!" Kay yelled as she spun the car out of the parking lot and slammed it into first gear and second without loosing a beat of the song.

The car roared out of the parking lot and into the streets of Denver as Kay made the coup move faster than what the law allowed. Ariel shrieked in delight as the car passed other fellow drivers with speed and grace, she had never traveled in such a fast vehicle before. She and Thorn didn't travel by mortal means, but she was thinking she should get one of these cars in the near future.

"Hold on!" Kay shouted as she threw the car in a hard reverse to stop it before she ran a red light, she didn't want to hit the car on the lane beside her as the car slowed down but was fish tailing its behind as it came to a stop at the line.

"That was incredible!" Ariel cried out as she turned to her new friend, "I never knew that these vehicles could be so much fun!"

"Wait till I take you for a ride in my Charger, she moves so sweet on a dirt road back home." Kayla huffed as she tried to catch her breath, she loved speed and the adrenaline it created when she would peel out.

"Your brother must wear this machine out…" Ariel began to stroke the leather interior sensually, she was now in love with the vehicle.

Kay began to laugh, "Believe it or not, Dave's an old granny driver! Whatever car we take, I'm not allowed to drive. He said he was tired of holding on to dear life when I drive, but he's so dam slow!"

Ariel laughed, "I like this speed, it sends delicious shivers down my spine."

"Yeah…that's why I like it." Kay turned to face her friend and noticed the occupants of the car beside them as they waited for the light to turn green.

It was a bright electric blue Nissan 350Z with a bright pink techno flame job along the sides, the windows were down as the two male occupants were trying to get their attention.

"Looks like they want to race…" Kay grinned as she began to rev her engine, the entire front end of the Viper raised up a few inches high as the engine roared.

"Oh please! Can we?" Ariel shot out excited.

"Oh yeah…I never pass a chance like this up." Kayla grinned, she could just imagine the lecture Dave would give her if he found out she was street racing again.

Ariel grinned as her window began to go down, she turned to the boys and smiled, moving her tong around the edge of her mouth and over her fangs. She could hear the young men hollering to her as the high shrill of their little turbo engine sounded.

Kay kept her eyes on the light, she could feel her heart pound out of her chest as she waited. It felt like an eternity as she saw the light suddenly turn green, she slammed hard on the clutch and accelerator as the Viper's back tires began to smoke as they spun leaving the Nissan in a cloud behind her bumper.

Kay had caught the light perfectly, she could see the boys trying to catch up in her rear view mirror.

"They're beat!" Kay laughed.

"This is absolutely the best time I have had in such a long while!" Ariel exclaimed, "I have had no idea that you lived an exciting life."

"Aw...this is just what I do to relieve tension, it's just as good as sex, sometimes better depending who you're with." Kay grinned, "So where are we going until dawn?"

"I wish to take you to a club Thorn and I frequent, it is on Lawrence Street, not far from here." Ariel answered as the car sped up to Kay's abnormal speed.

"I'm afraid to ask what kind of club it is." Kay smiled.

"Do not be afraid, it is a Blood letting club…"

"Oh, that just sounds great…" Kayla rolled her eyes back, "I hope I'm not on the menu…"

"Do not be silly," Ariel giggled, "I would be the only true vampire there, this is a place where humans dress like Vampires and band together to enjoy a vampire atmosphere. And yes, they will drink each other's blood, but there are rules to follow."

"Ok, shoot."

"First, you must enter with the mind of a vampire, if you are not in character, you would not be let in." Ariel examined Kay's clothes, "Your dark apparels are well suited for this."

"Thanks, but what about the blood thing? That has me a little nervous."

"Very simple, if one approaches you, just decline politely and state that you have a Shire, they will leave you alone."

"That's cool." Kay grinned, "I'm game now."

She had never before been to a club like that, she was used to the dance floors of the techno dance clubs she grew up with. Btu she loved to learn anything she could about other magical cultures, and she was seeing a different side to the Vampire's known history. Perhaps history was wrong again, it was starting tofollow a pattern.

To be continued.