The newborn vampire closed his eyes, gulping down every drop of blood until he felt no more in his mouth. Christoph reopened his honey, gentle eyes, desiring more of this newfound drink. The baby vampire widens his eyes, feeling an intense pain in his teeth. From agony, the demonic vampire thrashed around, feeling the ache grow more unbearable by the second. He screeched until the pain suddenly ceased. Opening his mouth to let air cool off his teeth's sensitive nerves, both Artix and Lucia noticed large canine incisors in the boy's mouth. Christoph's physical features transformed. Aside from his new fangs, the boy grew muscle that slightly stretched out his shirt, along with his wounds healing miraculously and skin becoming colorless from blood loss.

"Decorus," purred the baby vampire's creator in Latin

Artix glanced over to the woman in the corner. She was frightened beyond reason. There was no point for her to live on. The girl was to die soon from old age, she was a weak human, and she was not worthy enough to become a vampire herself. There was one thing, though, that the girl could do to be of use.

"Nutritor , parum unus. Adficio mulier of suus cruor quod lucrum vox ultra imagination!" Artix laughed, using the dead language once more.

Christoph nodded at his master's command. The boy's conscious side wondered how he could understand Latin, while his new vampire side understood completely and clearly and thought nothing besides obeying. He said "beautiful," the first word. Then, after that, the exclamation… It took me a while, but he said "feed, little one. Drain the woman of her blood and gain power beyond imagination," the new vampire thought to himself. His brain was working, which was good, but his body wouldn't listen. With his eyes fogged from the control Artix had over him, Christoph subconsciously ripped the shackles off its hinges from the floor with absolutely no resistance. Getting up to his feet, the teen walked towards his dinner. No! Christoph hovered over the woman. Stop it! Stop controlling me! The boy hissed, showing off his massive fangs hungrily. Lucia tried escaping, but failed as the vampire grabbed her dislocated shoulder with unimaginable strength. I don't want to kill her… I don't want to be a vampire! He attacked her neck viciously, blood splattering across his face, wall, and floor. In an instant, Lucia stopped breathing, and Christoph became a full fledge vampire. Artix could only smirk that his creation had taken to blood so quickly as well gain such aggressiveness.

"Good job my little Chrisi" purred Artix "That will be enough for now…We will now wait until your desperate lover arrives. Which I don't doubt will be soon"

When Artix vanished in black haze, the spell broke, releasing Christoph's mind. Instantly, tears cascaded down his face as he saw Lucia…dead…on the ground, because of him. He looked wildly around as saw his reflection in her blood that pooled around her. His eyes only widened, seeing his complete physical change and admitted to himself that he hated it. He wanted to die but realized technically he was dead already. It felt empty…a shell. Was this how Saeth felt for all these centuries? Cold? Dark? Empty of everything…Sanity itself? The demonic vampire knew Saeth wasn't exactly sane in the first place but never figured how unstable his mind truly was. How did he live so long with the dread of this….curse? A thundering noise startled the poor demon vampire, making him yelp and cover his sensitive ears. With his new vampire capabilities, all of his senses heightened over ten fold making any noises painful to him. The crashing sound of the far wall breaking scared him and he scrambled into a corner in fear, seeing ice take over the wall from the other side and something or someone literally busting down the concrete with brutal force. Christoph could only squeeze his eyes shut and bring his knees up to his chest, huddling up, while keeping his ears covered. He heard the ever familiar tread of Saeth's footsteps accompanied by the lighter pair he came to recognize as Rin's. With his heightened senses, he heard Saeth's breathing get quicker and shallower. He had seen Lucia's cold corpse on the ground. Rin let out a heart tearing cry before running to her mother. Saeth stood motionless however. His eyes were empty and blank but wide as he stared at the body of his dead love. A feeling in his chest made him want to rip his heart out because strangely it actually…hurt. Why did it hurt so badly? He had seen humans die many times before in his lifetime so how was this any different from then? Of course he knew the answer but didn't want to admit it. He loved her so dearly. She was once his life and now that life is gone forever. The vampire knew it would one day come to this where she wouldn't be alive but the thought never occurred to him because he always denied it. That's why he never went looking for her after she had left him the way she did, thinking…the pain would go away. He figured he would never see her again so he didn't even bother to go after her. It was easier to forget than remember but then again… he could never get himself to forget her. Another cry from Rin tore him out of his thoughts making him look around. His eyes widened as they landed on the whimpering boy, curled up in the corner.

"….Christoph….?" whispered Saeth, stepping closer to him

The poor boy suddenly started blubbering out apologies so fast that Saeth couldn't understand him. The older vampire caught the main words in that apology however. I killed her.