A/N : The 5th chap of the Vampire Incident is here! For those who enjoy this, well, enjoy!
Finally someone reviewed all the chapters. Someone named 'pack'. Using anonymous method, but I saw that there's really a pen name 'pack'. Anyway, thanks for the review!
Disclaimer : I don't own anything except the plot and my OCs (Celis and Karen). Tabby is owned by xMemeto(dot)Morix.
Chapter 5 : The Ritual
Several knocking later, Tabby and Celis didn't receive any response. "No one's here. Let's just go home." Said Tabby.
Celis sighed. They had waited for too long. But she wouldn't turn back! Her father's fate was on her hand.
"HYAH!" Celis kicked the door as hard as she could…
…at the same time when the door was opened.
Celis was suddenly thrown back by a huge force and crashed on the fence. She was really surprised when she landed on the dirt. "Ow! What the…!"
In front of the door was a girl with long black hair wearing all black. She had an emerald necklace that glowed dimly. Her skin was pale and her eyes were… red. She had her fist clenched toward Celis.
"Er… Karen? That's my cousin you just punched…" said Tabby. That cousin part was a lie, of course, except if she added 's' and 'daughter' before 'cousin'.
"She's trying to barge inside." Said Karen coldly. "She deserves it."
"Please excuse her. She's in desperate." Replied Tabby, who felt scared.
Celis was trying to get up, but her right leg hurt like hell. She took a glance on it and saw that it was bleeding badly. "Ouch. What did I hit, actually?". She then saw Karen standing on the door, and smiled sheepishly, "Er… sorry. You must be Karen, right?"
"Yes. What are you two doing here?" Karen asked back.
"We uh… have some problem. Well, I don't know how to start it. My uh… brother is bitten."
Celis was half expecting Karen to laugh, but she didn't. Instead, her eyes widened and then she gave a sign to both Celis and Tabby to follow her.
'Tabby was right. It's like a haunted house in here.' Thought Celis as she, Tabby and Karen walked upstairs to Karen's room. The house was really dark. There were only few light source from chandeliers and lamps.
A few steps later, they arrived at Karen's room. It was small, and could be the darkest room in the house. There were only a wardrobe and a big bookshelf inside.
Karen then turned to Tabby and Celis, "So, who's bitten?"
"Jojo McDodd." Said Tabby.
"Jojo, that Mayor's son?"
"Yup, that's him."
There was an awkward silence, then Karen asked again, "And what do you want me to do?"
"Turn him back to a normal Who."
"And why do you think I can do that?"
At that point, Tabby stammered, "Well, you see… it's just that you looked like a vampire. And I still remembered that day… when you uh… levitated people in front of many peoples. So I came with conclusion that… uh… you are a vampire and a witch."
After Tabby was finished, Karen laughed out loud for some seconds. Then she stopped and asked, "So that's what you think of me. Your guess is really accurate."
Celis saw Tabby gulping. Clearly Karen had scared the hell out of her. But Celis herself didn't have any fear toward Karen.
Then Karen spoke again, "So, are you going home now? 'Cause I'm a little bit thirsty, and you probably don't like what I'm thinking right now."
"Oh, come on. That's not a funny joke, and not in the right time." Celis replied.
"Well, okay. I was joking. And about turning him back, I'm afraid I only have one option, and it's not going to be easy to do." Karen walked to the bookshelf and pulled out a large book on it. "There's a ritual called 'The Devampirification Ritual', not really a creative name, but never mind. As the name suggest, it reverses the effect of the bite of the vampire. But as I said before, it's not easy to do. I need a close relative of the victim, and there's a chance that the said relative will die."
"I'll do it." Said Celis.
"Sorry. I mean REALLY close. It's like twin siblings, parents, child. Are you his twin sister?"
"No, but I'm his child."
"I'm sorry? I thought you just said you're his sister. "
"That was a lie, because you might not believe the truth."
Karen paused a little, then spoke again, "You're right. It's clearly impossible that you're his daughter. You two are in the same age, Jojo couldn't possibly have..."
"Well, that's the truth. You can deny it, but that's the truth."
"Very well then. When and where will we meet?"
Celis quickly answered, "Observatory, 6 o'clock, today."
"Then I'll go get my things ready."
Celis was nervous, but Tabby was even more, and Jojo was as nervous as hell. They've waited in the observatory. Celis was nervous because she was afraid it won't work, Tabby was nervous because she was going to see a real magic that she probably would never forget.
And Jojo? Well, he was afraid because Celis could probably die.
Karen appeared out of thin air (or that's what both Tabby and Celis thought) in front of them. She had a pocket spellbook, and some briefcase. She sat cross-legged on the floor and opened the briefcase, revealing an ink bottle, and a brush. Then she made 3 large pentagrams on the floor in a few seconds (reminder : Vampires are fast as hell). "Okay, done. Two of you, stand on the nearest pentagrams." Said Karen to Jojo and Celis.
They both nodded and stood at 2 pentagrams that were really close to each other. Celis then recognized the pattern of the 3 pentagrams. They formed an isosceles triangle.
Karen walked to the vacant pentagram and began chanting the spell. There was no turning back. The pentagram started to glow red, and so was Karen's hands. That's when Celis' mind was filled with horror. 'Who, please let this works!' She thought
Suddenly, Karen launched a red beam from her left hand. As it struck her chest, a pillar of energy was erected on her pentagram, and suddenly, her strength was drained slowly.
Celis barely saw Jojo being struck by a green beam from Karen's right hand. But as she was getting weaker and weaker, she couldn't keep her eyes open anymore.
Jojo felt strange. His body was starting to change back. It was really weird. His fangs started to become dull. The color of his skin started to return back, his eyes' color started to change back to their normal color.
Tabby watched with awe. Her eyes were locked on Jojo, who started to become normal Who. Soon, the light died down and what Tabby saw were the followings,
Jojo, who was standing normally…
Karen, who was sitting, and looked really exhausted…
And Celis, who was lying on the floor as if she was dead.
Wait a minute…
Jojo quickly dashed toward the weak Who-Necris. His eyes were filled with horror and sadness. "Celis, no…"
Celis still lied down. Her eyes were closed, and a smile was visible on her lip.
"No… don't leave me." Cried Jojo. "I can't live without you."
To everyone's surprise, Jojo received a slap from a cold and soft hand. Jojo looked at Celis. Her eyes were opened, and the smile on her lip was gone. Now she looked really angry.
"Don't… say… that… again."
"CELIS!"
Jojo and Celis hugged each other as if they hadn't met for centuries. Well, for them, it was like that. "I thought I had lost you…" said Jojo.
"Hey, whatever you do, don't turn suicidal."
"Alright, promise."
Celis turned to Karen, only to find that she was gone. No one really noticed this, except her. She would visit her tomorrow. Today, she'd need to recover.
A/N : Next chapter would be the last one. Review and stay tuned!