hey people, this chap is shorter than the others but still packed with a lot. The next few chapters hare really gonna heat up as the days close down to the big fight thing with Kristin and her newly found vampire family go in a kick some serious ass! Hope you enjoy and don't get to made at thee ending of this one.*yes I know I am a tease :)
Chapter 5: A New High.
Tara's P.O.V
I opened my eyes and was met with the soft black silk lining of my coffin. I shifted a bit and groaned and the sharp pain that throbbed up my neck. I reached up and rubbed my neck.(I still shouldn't be sore ).
Kristin had not pulled back when she slammed me twice last night. I just just considering going back to sleep for a few more hours when my coffin was suddenly rammed, and the lid flipped open.
I sat up only to be pushed back down by a strong arm and a blade was placed at my throat.
"If I was the enemy little one , you would be dead right now." A deep voice growled. I looked up to see a halo of red hair and violet eyes staring down at me.
I laid there looking at her for a few moments before she pulled the knife away and yanked me out the coffin.
I saw Pam regarding me from the corner, arms folded and eyebrow raised. Jessica, Sookie and Eric where all lounging around. Looking at me.
"Did I really sleep longer than you guys?"
"No. She woke us up all like that." Eric said causally.
"Yeah, and we all failed." Jessica said meekly.
"Okay guys, we need to start training. This whole process is coming faster than I had hoped. My eyes on the inside had told me. They are gearing up for a massive raid on the vampire community in 2 days from now. During the day." Kristin said.
"Eric was nice enough to bring his whole damn weapons box." Pam said dryly.
"Okay then let's go. I am hungry." And as if to push the point home my stomach growled.
"That's covered. I found a few willing humans that will be joining us tonight." She said
Kristin walked up the stairs and we all followed. I had to admit this chick wasn't no joke. I feel like I am in an army boot camp. We all fell into line outside the club. The space behind the club had been transformed into a fighting arena. A series of weapons lay on the ground off to the left from guns to broadswords. Tress around the place had red targets painted on the.
"Everybody line up." Kristin shouted."behind a pile of clothes."
I looked down and saw pairs of black basketball shorts and tank tops lined up.
"Seriously." Pam drawled as she nudged the clothes with disgust.
"Hey they are very comfortable." I whined.
"Change." She shouted as she paced. She was already in battle garb, but her shirt was white.
In a flash I vamp sped and changed leaving the shoes off. Sookie was having a hard time. I groaned and nudged her holding up my arms. She smiled weakly and ran behind me and continued to change.
"Everybody, leave shoes off."
Pam grumbled and Eric chuckled at his progeny's childish jibe.
"Sookie princesse féerique(fairy princess) let's start with you." Kristin said smiling at Sookie.
Sookie grimaced a bit. She was never one for violence in all the years I had known her. She ambled to the middle of the ring facing Kristin.
Kristin cracked her knuckles and Sookie flinched. I laughed a little and went over to where Pam was. She looked hot as hell in plain people clothes. The tank top gave her a sense of untapped power and shoulders that where curved yet screamed unbridled power.
Her tone stomach was fit snug against the tank. And her barefooted with those long irvory legs clad in loose hanging basketball shorts had my baby vamp hormones raging.
She turned to me and gave me a knowing look.(great I got caught. Damn you hormones.) "I can handle those later. Now watch. You might learn something." I nodded I could sense she was all business mode. I turned my attention to the battle arena on front of me.
Unknown to me, I didn't know what I was getting myself into. But I couldn't wait to find out.
Pam's P.O.V
I watched with great interest as Sookie tried feebly to hit anything with those cursed balls of light. Thinking back to the night Sookie came in asking me to find Tara. After I had turned her the night before. Things got tense and I pushed her into a table. The club was packed and they all stopped to see this fray. Sookie had raised her hand and hurled a ball at me and I went flying over the throne into the wall.
My hair was a mess and I was pissed at her. I had just got outdone by the a human. My pride was hurt. But as I watched her now I felt just a little iota of sympathy as she struggled.
I was drawn back out of my thinking when I smelt blood. I turned to see Tara feeding on a shapely blonde and Eric had a dark skinned beauty that he was sharing with Jessica. I felt a tap on my shoulder and I looked over to see a cute brown headed girl she moved around to face me.
"I am here for your nourishment." She said dreamily. I just rolled my eyes and turned her to where she was facing away from me. I placed a hand on her neck and moved her hair and let my fangs drop.
I plunged them into her frail neck and moaned as her blood spurted into my mouth. I drank deeply, reveling in how hungry I really was. I continued to drink for a few more minutes until I heard her pulse get weaker. I retracted my fangs and kissed her neck gentle and said softly,
"Be a doll and go somewhere away from me."
She nodded and stumbled off her neck still raw and dripping a little. I wiped my mouth with my finger and sucked the traces of blood into my mouth.
"God how I wish I was that finger." I heard Tara say coyly as she came to stand next to me.
"Don't we all love?" I said, a cocky grin on my face.
She shoved an elbow into my shoulder before laughing a little. I pulled her I front of me and wrapped my hands around her waist. Placing my head on top of hers I held her there with her back pressed snugly against me.
We watched as Sookie placed her hands on her knees breathing hard. Sweat drenched her shirt. Kristin came up along side her handing her a long wooden pole.
"Come on love. You have to get your stamina up." Kristin tapped the pole with hers before placed her rod on Sookies chest and jabbing.
Sookie stumbled back before taking a stance, holding the rod in both arms.
"Look for the weakness in the enemy. I know they won't fight with rods, that's a little old school. But the concept is the same." Kirstin said circling her.
She threw the rod down and charged at Sookie. She flung the rod out trying to hit the redhead. The redhead just grabbed the rod easily and snatched it from her before swinging it around stoping it inches from the blondes face. She flinched.
"You have now had your weapon stripped. What do you do?"
I saw her hand go up and a blue ball of light shot out and where the redhead was standing a second before.
"These are vampires Sookie. They have an advantage of speed." The redheads voice sounded above. I looked up to see Kristin standing on a tree limb about 50 feet above the ground.
"Now try again'," she jumped down and started to circle her again,
" vampires are predictable. Watch for patterns. Do they sped to the same place twice." The redhead disappeared again only to reappear behind Sookie shoving her. Sookie spun and shot another ball of light.
"Do they toy with what they think is a defenseless human"
The redhead said from behind me. Tara jumped a bit in my arms and I laughed.
Then she flashed back and around Sookie shoving her whenever she got a chance.
Sookie was now just shooting to shoot. Random jerky movements her eyes a blaze of fury.
"STOP!" Kristin blared as she appeared in front of Sookie. The human froze from the power of the redheads words.
The redhead ran her hands through her hair flustered," okay that's enough for to night. You can go sit down and take a rest."
Sookie walked to the side line and flopped down. She was angry. That much I could tell. But I knew she didn't take the harsh taunting to heart. She would learn for next time.
The redhead turned to the rest of us looking flustered for a second before composing herself. She walked over to the weapons pile and picked up two swords. One was a katana and the other a broadsword.
"Eric. Your turn." She flung the broadsword as him, he caught it with ease and prowled to the center of the ring, holding it expertly.
I settled into a contented stanch holding Tara close. I couldn't wait to see my fine Viking maker get his ass handed to him.
Kristin's P.O.V
I was still thinking of what I could do with the fairy princess. She couldn't hit the broad side of a barn.
I stepped into the ring. The Katana light as I twirled it and I circled the blonde vampire. He was the oldest and a former Viking. This would be fun.
"Okay Eric we all know you can fight. But can you fight somebody with nothing to lose and who had years on your training." I taunted
He nodded his head and raised the sword above his head and swung down in A deadly arch. Anybody else would have stumbled from the force of the blow. I raised mine to his mid strike.
The kiss of steel on steel was defying. He grunted as his muscles strained. I head butted him and he stumbled back. But in a flash he was at me again this time coming in to perry my last thrust. I leaned back as the sword grazed over me harmlessly.
I flicked my blade and I backed up catching him on the shoulder. The blade cut into his shoulder and he growled before coming at me like a bull. Swinging at this way and that. My blade met him stroke for stroke. Up until then he was the aggressor, but when he swung down in a hooked arch I elbowed the blade away and started to swing at him taking up the defense.
He backed up trying to block my shots. I started out slow but steadily picked up speed. He stayed with me for a good little whileI until I released all my power. he couldn't keep up with my stokes anymore.
But so,e how by the gods good graces he was able to block a particularly deadly blow I had set for him.
I hooked his last block with my blade and yanked. The sword flew out his had and embedded itself in a near by trunk, all the way up to the hilt. I swung low with my foot pivoting on my toe trying to knock his feet on from under him.
He jumped back and swung a fist at my face, I ducked just time time. I threw the sword behind me. Hearing it sing into the forest before I heard a soft thump of it hitting something.
I backed up as he advanced. His limbs lose and he sized me up. I balled my fist and charged him. He caught me and raised me above his head.
I had predicted this as he was about to toss me I hooked my hooked my left foot under his chin and lifted. His momentum fueled it and he flew back he let go pinwheeling his arms. I reached down and yanked him by the shirt and pulled him in and head butted him again. We both fell to the floor. He sprawled on his back me kneeling over him holding his throat.
"Never think that just because your bigger than an opponent you have the upper hand. Don't underestimate them. Don't think your size will sway them. As you can see size is not always better to have when fighting." I let go of his neck and held out my hand to help him up.
He grabbed my hand and yanked. I fell on top of him and he rolled over pining me down.
"When doesn't size sway them?" He said.
I smirked, I wrapped my legs around his waist and I bucked my back pushing up with my hands. We wrestled back and forth pinning each other down. We where a whirl of body mass rolling all around the ground.
I stopped fighting when he had me pinned. My arms snug above my head and his legs locked on either side of mine.
"You done playing WWE?" I shouted.
"When did we start playing Old One."
"Oh you know when I did this." I reached out and yanked the back of his hair. He growled and I took that space to place my feet on his chest and I shoved him. He flew into a nearby tree and slide down.
I was up in a flash and I sped over to him blocking the side kick he had aimed at me. I flung him behind me and then I raced to where he was gonna land and I yanked him down on to my knee. I heard multiple disks break in his back and he grunted. I threw him down and walked over to the group. They all looked at me with mixed feelings part scared, part amazed, and part wonder.
"And that's why kids you don't piss off the one who is teaching you." I ran my hand through my hair and cursed when I saw dirt and grass come falling out.
Eric came ambling over holding his back. I knew it had healed but that didn't mean it didn't hurt.
"I have been meaning for somebody to crack my back." He said smiling as he laid a hand on Pam's shoulders.
I smiled and turned to Tara,"your up next little one."
I heard her groan but walked up to me.
"Okay I want to try something. Jessica come here please."
Jessica sauntered over to Tara and I.
"Okay good,"clapping my hands." Go to the middle of the ring."
They both ran to the middle of the ring. I walked over to Pam,
"Do I have your permission to use your progeny as and extension of myself?"
"And what does that mean?" She raised an eyebrow.
"I stand behind her and grab her wrist and move her the way I want. Like a puppet."
"Of course. But you shouldn't be asking me. Jessica might not like it love."
I giggled and shook my head before speeding over to where the baby vamps stood.
"Jessica this means nothing." I said looking at her in her eyes.
"Wait what?"
I grabbed Tara an drew her to me. I was taller than her so I could easily see over her head. I took her wrist in my fist and clamped down. I planted my feet on the inside of hers making sure I had control.
"The fuck are you doing?" She asked.
"Just relax little one and watch and learn."
"Jessica come at us."
"But what if I hit her."
"Good, that means you are getting better."
"Aww fuck me." Tara groaned
I braced myself positioning us in a wide stance hands up one blocking the face, the other down low to block feet and let attacks.
Jessica swung out with a wild right I pulled Tara hand up letting the blow land on my arm.
"You see what I did there Tara?"
"Yeah you turned my body to brace for the blow."
"Good." I praised.
I swung out our left hand lighting fast and smacked Jessica in the chest. She oouffed and stumbled back.
"Okay. No more mister nice guy. Sorry Tara."
"Hey it's oka..." She didn't get to finish the sentence because Jessica was coming at us with vamp sped.
My heart swelled to see my mate looking all primal with her hair flying in the wind. She kicked out with a right, I brought Tara's leg up and met it. Tara and Jessica hissed as there shin bones made contact.
Jessica moved in with a one-two combo punch to the stomach I was able to block one but I let the other slide. Tara gasped as the fist came into contact with her abs.
"Arnt you suppose to be teaching me how not to get hit?"she growled.
"Yes. But you have to learn how to take a hit also." I grunted.
Jessica was not giving up she kept coming and I could feel her powers building in the blows. I didn't know how much more Tara could take, Jessica was older than her. I kept backing us and she kept coming.
She jumped around to do a roundhouse kick that would have been deadly if it had made contact. I let go of Tara and pushed her hard away from me. She skidded a few feet away from the fray. She stood starting to run towards me.
"No. Pam it's your turn. Tag team it in m'lady. Team building skills." I shouted as I ducked a fist came flying toward my face.
I saw Pam smile before vamp speeding over and jumped on my back. I grabbed her arm and flung her over my shoulder. Jessica snarled and crashed into me. Her momentum knocked me off my feet and we went sprawling into the dirt. She pinned my hands as Pam came over an stepped on my fingers.
I screamed and my fangs popped down. They both froze. I took that moment to pull Pam's legs out from under her and threw her into Jessica. That knocked her off me and I was up in a flash.
I tasted blood, I reached up and placed a finger on my lip. It came away wet.
"Great you made me bite myself." I rolled my eyes.
Jessica and Pam smiled before splitting up prowling on either side of me. I turned slowly to kept them in eyesight. I they both flashed toward me. I didn't move until the last second. They had sorrily misjudged me. I jumped straight up and they clashed into each other. The both fell groaning and grabbing their heads. I landed and bust out laughing.
I was laughing so hard my side hurt and I could feel blood tears falling out.
Spookie and Tara were also laughing and Eric just shook his head and smirked.
I was still laughing, just a lot less as I jogged over to where they still lay. I leaned over Jessica. She scowled up at me. The way her her lip turned up in the scowl make her look adorable.
"I'm mad at you." She hissed
"I'm pissed at you!" Pam agreed she picked herself up. Tara came rushing over a smile plastered to her face.
"You tell anyone about this and I'll skin you alive with a dull silver butter knife. ." Pam threatened.
"Yeah sure missy Pam." Tara teased grabbing her hand and leading her away from Jessica and I.
"Practice is over for tonight. Clean up this mess and Eric escort Sookie home. It's late." I shouted after them.
Pam just flicked me off and I rolled my eyes.
I turns my attention back to my mate. I pushed out my lower lip pouting.
"I am still mad at you."
I bent lower until I laid flat. I pushed up on arms. I was hovering over her. We where facing opposite ways. I leaned in and stole a kiss.
"Still mad?"
"Yes." She glared up at me.
I vamp sped until my body was on top of hers. I straddled her and ducked in for another kiss.
"How about know?" I sang
" I'm just upset now." A hint of a smile tugged at her red lips.
"That's a start."kissing her again this time a fraction longer.
"How about now."
"The upset as simmered to mild annoyance." She giggled a little.
"Oh we can't have that, now can we?" I raised an eyebrow before diving back in take her bottom lip in my teeth I tugged gentle before sucking it into my mouth.
"How about now." I said raising my head to look her the eye.
"It's simmered down to annoyance."
"Mmm.." I said as I bite her lip again,"that's great."
"How about now?" I asked teasing her plump bottom lip with my tongue.
"Ah fuck. I ain't mad anymore. But if you keep teasing me imma get furious!" She said her fangs popping out.
I smiled triumphantly,"Your wish is my command mi amor(my love).
I reached up and traced a of her down her smooth cool skin revealing in the feel of it. I placed my lips to hers and traced my tongue around her mouth.
She moaned, opening her mouth I delved in teasing her tongue with mine. I stroked my hands thorough her hair as I kissed her passionately.
She purred into my mouth and that had my loins creaming and my fangs popping. I drew away sharply covering my mouth,
"I'm sorry." I mumbled around my hand.
She reared up and rolled over. I landed with a soft thud as she climbed in-between my legs and drew her nails along my thighs. I shuddered at the intimate touch. She placed her hands on either side of my head and leaned in,
"Kiss me Kirstin. Kiss me like you mean it. Don't be scared to let yourself go around me." She whispered in my ear before capturing my mouth with hers.
I groaned as her tongue marked it's territory, leaving no space in my mouth unexplored.
The kiss turned less passionate and more hungry as our tongues fought for control.
She reached for the hem of my tank sliding her hand under it. Trailing nails up my abdomen. I groaned as I bucked under her slow touch. She bit my lip and sucked at the blood that welled there.(wow who knew she was a little fire beast?! 0_0?!)
I had to touch her I reached up to run my hands up her back raising her tank with her. I felt her glorious and firm back muscles clench as she pressed herself closer to me.
I felt her hand brush over my breast. I sucked in a breath and she froze. I pulled her lip with my teeth,
"Why did you stop?"
She just shook her head and kissed me again. She grinded her pelvis against mine and the friction as almost painful as the fabric rubbed against my bungle of nerves.
I wrapped my legs around her waist as she kissed down my neck raising my shirt over my breast she nuzzled the cleft between them wrapping her hands around my breast and squeezed gently.
"Oh my god Jessica!" I moaned as she slipped her tongue under my bra and flicked my left nipple with her tongue.
She squeezed by breast harder as she moved back up and kissed me senseless.
We stayed like that for a while just kissing and touching each almost shyly. Like two teenagers who knew what they wanted but were too shy to go for it.(as of right now)
The sun was coming up.
"Come on mi amor(my love) the sun is to be up soon."
She growled but got up off me and helped me up. We both put back on our shirts and walked back to the club.
We walked downstairs to the basement. Everybody else had long since gone to bed.
"Come sleep I my coffin." Jessica whispered.
I nodded. She walked over to a jet black one and opened it. I couldn't help but smile a little. I don't even know the last time I slept.
But I climbed in after her and closed the lid. She reached our for me and pulled me to her. I snuggled into her embrace, her spooning me from behind. I sighed and closed me eyes, feeling the safest I have in a long time.
I let Sleep take me as I thought about my wonderful mate Jessica.