This chapter is incredibly long. Not that i am sorry. But I hope you enjoy it! I really liked this chapter!
Chapter 8: Hell Hath No Fury...
Tara's P.O.V
I woke with a sudden jolt. I tried to get up, but found great to my dismay that I was chained to a metal cot. I looked down at my body and noticed that I had on a blue nurse looking outfit with a number 2 in big bold whiter letters on my left breast.
I remembered what had happened with Pam in the forest and my dead heart ached at the thought of Pam. Sick and primal with worry for me. I was groggy and discombobulated. I pulled at the chains and they groaned. I relaxed and tried again, this time the bars on either side of the bed gave way and I sat up.
I swung my legs over the edge and hopped down. The chains on my arms jangled as the metal bars clanked loudly on the floor. I yanked them up and stalked towards the door. I looked around the room, looking into the cameras that where statically placed around the room. The red lights blinked in unison as they followed my movements.
I leaned against the door listening intently to the hum of the door, and the footsteps and the slow heart beats of the human guards posted outside the room.
"Tara Mae Thornton." A loud voice rang out inside the room.
I spun around looking around wildly until I located a speaker posted on the far side of the wall.
"What the fuck do y'all want from me?" I spat, staring into one of the cameras.
" Its quite simple really Tara. We want to study you and your species." The voice said gently.
"We are not just some wild animals that you can capture, study, experiment on, kill then repeat!"
"That is where you are wrong , you are wild animals that need to be eradicated."
"Fuck you."
"No, Tara, fuck you. Fuck you, you undead fuck."
"Seems like you have a stuttering problem to me. " I smirked.
"Is this the governor?"
"It is."
"Good, let me be the first to say I will personally enjoy ripping your throat out when ever I get the chance." I said cooly.
"We will see about that. Guard, the subject is ready."
I heard the click of the intercom going off and the hiss of the door opening. I turned to see at least six burly human guards come in and surround me with guns drawn and pointed at me. I knew that I could easily take them and I was not afraid of the bullets within the gun because I could still feel Kristin's blood flowing hot though my body. But I chose to play along. I knew I could use this unfortunate turn of events to my advantage.
"So many big, strong men just to escort little ole me out. You shouldn't have governor." I said sweetly.
"Be quite fanger! Now move!" One said nudging me ruffly with his gun.
"Im going damn. No need to get hostile." I growled as I moved out the door.
"It would be a big help if I knew where I was fucking going." I said looking over my shoulders at the men.
"I said be quite you leech." The same man said as he grabbed me ruffly and pushed me off to the left. My bare feet not making a sound on the grated mesh under me. I took in my surroundings, large white rooms held vampires in various states of matter. One was tied down to a table and was getting his fangs pulled by a scientist. And in another two vampires were fucking, being studied by a group of white coats.
"Could I go in that room?" I asked innocently.
All I got was a grunt. They lead me down the long winding hallway before stopping before a large door. One guard stepped forward and typed in a four digit code and the door hissed opened. I was shoved ruffly into the room and the door closed behind me.
The room was circular and had four red x's marked around the room. And on the far wall was a huge one way window. I looked at my reflection and hissed. My hair was caked with dried blood and my eyes burned with a brown and violet light.
I walked over and tapped on the glass with one of the metal rods before turning and looking around. I spun the rods with expert grace as they danced along my my fingers. The chain clicking nosily.
Three concealed doors raised and in each was a vampire. I froze, feeling their superior age to mine. It was two woman and one man. He didn't look older than 16 in human years, but I knew he was a lot older.
They all walked out and their doors closed blending in with the white walls again.
I strode forward and took a defensive stance on a red x eyeing them warily.
One of the women smiled," Aww look at the baby vamp. She thinks she is cute." He voice was ugly.
" Take your place on the x's" A voice said, this one a women with a heavy Southern accent.
The other vampires took the remaining places. I was getting bad vibes from that woman. I turned just a bit to face her better.
"You wanna jump baby vamp?" she teased.
"No, I just want to get a good look before I pulverize your face into hamburger."
"We will see." she snapped, her fangs popping out. I snarled and let mine come out too.
" Last one standing gets access to the gen pop." The woman on the intercom said.
Thats when all hell broke lose. The woman came flashing at me, I side stepped and swung the rod around and caught her in the back. She snarled and turned on me back handing me in the face. I felt my jaw shatter as I flew into the wall.
I pushed past the pain and got up and jumped, over the young man and the other woman who where tearing at each others throats. I landed a well placed blow to her jaw. Her head snapping to the side as she was flung back into a wall. The force leaving a dent in the wall.
I was on her in a instant, I flung my head forwards and slammed my forehead her in the nose. She screamed before yanking my hair and slicing across my face. Her nails tore into me face as I felt blood gush from the wound. I snarled and jammed a rod in her stomach before ramming the other in her head. I got up off her and slammed her body and rods into the glass window.
I impaled her as the force sent the rods through the window. I yanked them out reaching out and I grabbed her head in my hands and pulled. I heard the sicking tearing of flesh as she screamed trying to grab at my hands. I placed my foot on her shoulder and gaze one more yank and her head came flying off along with a sputter of blood.
Her neck sputtered a wave of blood, covering me in the fowl smelling putrid mess. I kicked the head away from me and turned just in time to see the young man reach in the woman's screaming body and yank out her heart. He squeezed it in his hand smiling evilly as he kicked her lifeless body away from him.
I ran at him and jumped on his back and wrapped my hands around his neck. He snarled and flung us into a wall. I grunted but didn't let go. I reached up and dug my nails into his eyes. I felt the hot balls come out undone as he screamed clawing at my hands.
I yanked my fingers out and one of his eyes came with it. It hung there by the vein flopping wetly on his cheek. I jumped down and kicked him in the ribs and he flew into the glass and came to rest on top of the headless woman.
"You bitch!" he raged and he came charging at me in blinding speed, I braced myself and tore the chains from my wrist and the rods fell to the floor. When he was with in reaching distance I drove my hand into his chest and found his spine. He gasped and reached up to try to knock my face back.
His fist connect with my temple, but I kept going. I shoved my other hand in his chest and in a furious melee fueled anger I jumped up taking us both almost to the high ceiling. I angled him under me and as we free fell I spread my arms pulling the man in half. Blood and guts flew and hit the walls spraying them crimson. I landed in a rain of body parts and blood.
I got up and saw a large intestine sliding slowly down the wall as a eyeball came to a rolling stop at my feet. I was covered in blood among other bodily fluids but I didn't care a sudden anger washed through me I was momentarily blinded by red, and not just the blood that leaked from my face.
My legs gave way and I fell to my knees an shouted at the glass,
"Is this what want?BLOOD AND GORE?! You sick and sadistic fucks! Give a cornered animal one chance at escape and this happens," motioning to the the blood covered room."
I dissolved into a fit of tears as my shoulders shook violently. I laid down in the gore and curled into a ball and yelled at the top of my lungs,
" PAM!" I let my feelings out into our bond, searching blindly for the comfort of my maker.
Pam's P.O.V
I fell to my knees collapsing into a shocked Kristin. Even though I actually couldn't hear Tara the sheer amount of angst,fear,hopelessness,pain, and horror screamed down our bond slamming into me with the force of a freight train. My heart clenched painfully as I was washed with wave after wave of Tara's feelings.
WwKristin's arms were like iron around my body as she lead me down to basement. Jessica was waiting for us with a nameless human girl at her side. As soon as she saw us she stepped forward and took me from Kristin and lead me over to the human girl.
I could smell her rich blood flowing through her human veins and her healthy heart pumping steadily.
I shook my head trying to get away from this human. How could I eat when my precious progeny was out there somewhere hurt and alone.
"Come on Pam", Jessica coaxed," You gotta get your strength up."
I felt my resolve weaking at the gentle pushing of Jessica as she drew me near the human. My fangs slide out as my head descended to her neck. I sank my fangs in her neck and took long gulps. But no usual pleasure came from it. I drank from her until her heart stopped and she sank into me. I pushed her off with disgust and stepped back.
I turned to see Jessica looking at me warily. Kristin came down the stairs. She had a huge trunk hoisted on one arm and a bundle of clothes under the arm. When she got to the bottom she tossed the trunk to the floor. It hit with a heavy thud and metal objects clanked inside.
She came over to me and stuck out the clothes to me. I took it wordless and kicked off the shoes and tore the dress from my frame. Jessica slipped past me and picked up the dead girl and throwing her over her shoulder glided up the stairs without a word.
I slipped on the tight black jeans and pulled on the black tank top. Kristin had her back to me as she bent over the trunk and opened it. She rummaged around for a second before pulling out six silver tipped staked and a back holster for them. She slide each stake into the appointed slot then laid it down.
Next she pulled out some wicked looking curved bladed in a hip holster. Placing those next the stake. She has since changed clothes and had on a white wife beater and a pair of baggy grey sweat pants. She pulled out a long battalion that was about 3 feet long and had a leather strap on the end. She pulled out another one and placed those together in a different pile.
I watched her take out another back holster with two long leather tubes that formed a X where they intersected. She picked up the two battalions and slide them into the holsters. The leather strapped dangled down. She then reached over and picked up a black curved hunting knife and its holder and she strapped that to her waist.
She turned and picked up the stake pouch and the curved blades and walked over to me and reached out with them in her hand. I took them without a word and fastened then to my body. She kicked the top closes and kicked it into the corner.
" Come on. We have to make one more stop before we head out." she said softly.
"Where is Eric? " my voice sounding foreign to my ears.
"Him and that damnable sister of his went on ahead to the camp to scoop it out. We have to go to Warlow first then you have to have another dose of my blood."
"Okay. Lets go."
We walked up the stairs, the sun was just coming up. Jessica was waiting for us. She had also changed into black sweat pants and a snug shirt. Warlow was still chained next to her in the chair.
Kristin nodded to Jessica and in a flash she had slit his throat and his blood gurgled. Kristin flashed over and attached to her neck sucking deeply a few times before moving a way to wipe her mouth. Jessica was next she buried her head in his neck and bit soft slurping sounding out. She too broke away licking her lips. I walked over to him and let my fangs drop as I leaned in and placed my mouth over his weeping neck.
The blood slipped into my mouth as I gulped at this uniquely tart blood. I felt my body become hot then cool in a flash and pulled back. I turned to the redhead and Jessica. Jessica had a Katana slung over her back and a few stakes on her hip now. I nodded and stepped to the door as the sun raised above the trees.
I opened the door and was assaulted with a bright light. I hissed and covered my eyes. It took me a minute to realize that I was standing in the glare of the sun not bursting in flames. The suns rays kissed my skin with a warmth that I never thought I would never feel again in this life. Kristin brushed past me and stepped into the sunlight. She reached her arm up admiring the way the fun shone on her arms.
This poor women had never seen the sun in all over her 600 million years. She was like a kid who was seeing snow for the first time. I wished that Tara could be here to enjoy it with me . And the mention of her name my heart clenched and I groaned in pain.
Kristin looked over at me,
"Come lets go get the little one." she smiled before vamp speeding off in the direction of the camp. I was on her heels in a flash and Jessica behind me.
In a matter minutes we skidded to a stop outside a huge drainage tunnel. I could smell other vampires and the sweet smell of my progeny coming out the tunnel. But the over lying stench of death and human sweat almost masked that smell.
My teeth ached as my fangs clicked down so fast my gums ached. I curled my hands into talons and I took a long breath flexing my shoulders reveling in the power that corse through me.
I turned and looked on either side of me at Jessica and Kristin before curling my lip back over my fangs,
"Look out world mamas got a brand new bag." I started down the gloomy tunnel with a determination to find my Tara and kill everything living thing and dead thing that stood in my way between me and my girl!
Kristin's P.O.V
I had haven't been more angry and so full of a vengeful rage in a long time. My fangs clicked as Jessica, Pam, and I moved into the tunnel. The smell was over powering, clinging to roof of my mouth and nose. My hands itched to tear and mangle something. I wanted to score the earth with blood and gore. I wanted to see the life slip out of eyes as I took them apart.
My little one, my fire baby Tara was in here somewhere and I would tear it from the inside out to find her to get her back to Pam. These were my children and I knew without a doubt I would kill and die for them.
Thousands of my babies where here, I could feel their pains and hungry. It was so thick in me I could have cut it with a knife. And thousands of my children had been killed by the hand of this one human. I snarled at the thought and they skidded to a halt tense as they looked back at me.
" Sorry, kinda slipped a bit." I said. My fangs gargled my words.
The tunnel had gotten bigger and wider and the walls were smooth and ground was smooth compact earth. We had been walking for at least a few minutes when I heard the thump of sets of boots coming at us. I held up a hand and they both stopped.
"What?" hissed Pam.
"Humans. About 50 yards." I cocked my head listening for heartbeats. I counted seven different heartbeats. I held up seven fingers.
Pam snarled and grabbed the knifes and slide them from their sheaths and Jessica's sword slide free with a hiss so low only a vampires ear could here. I pulled my batons from the sheaths and slide my wrist into the leather straps. I creepy forward to the mouth of another side off tunnel and motioned for them to get on either side of me.
The footsteps grew louder and we heard laughing and some ruff housing. My blood raged in my ears as I counted down with a hand.
Five.
Four.
Three.
Two.
The footsteps were so close I could hear their breathing.
One.
With a growl I flung myself into the tunnel and swung out a baton and cracked one of the men in the head. The force had brain matter flying on me and I heard it splat on the wall as he crumpled soundlessly to the floor.
I saw Pam flash past me and the look in her blue eyes held nothing but that of blood thirsty animal. She slashed out and decapitated a man before shoving the other knife in the eye of another.
Jessica was a fury of slashing sword and red hair as she hacked guy after guy to bits. It all happened so fast none of the humans had a chance to scream before they met the deaths.
I stepped over the man and my bare feet sunk into the blood of another man. I didn't even flinch as I kept forward my batons at the ready. Jessica and Pam followed.
The tunnels broke off into several different ones. I stopped and took a deep inhale of air sniffing trying to find a trace of Tara and or where the humans had come from. I caught a faint smell of Tara's blood.
"You smell her?" I asked Pam.
She had her eyes closed as her nostrils flared before nodded and pointed down the left tunnel.
" She was taken this way." her voice cracked.
I moved over to the started down that one. I smelt it before I saw it. A silver knife came flying right at my heart. I deflected it and it clattered to the ground. Pam hissed and Jessica came to stand next to me as I made out four figures rushing at us at inhuman speed. I could sense that they where older than Pam but she came to flank my other side as she bent and snarled.
Two more knives came at us and dropped my batons and plucked them out the air and reversed them and threw them back. I heard a guttered cry as two of them exploded into a gooey mess on the floor. Jessica flashed forward holding a stake in the other hand. One of the vampires slashed out and caught Jessica by the throat before tossing her backwards.
I snatched her out the air before she flew past her and placed he on her feet again. She nodded before flashing back diving past his oncoming arm and got up into his personal space before staking him in the heart.
He exploded all over her and she turned her face away. Pam had just staked the other vampire before kicking his remains.
"Lets keep going. Next vampire I see if going to be my snack." I growled.
My stomach growled in agreement. Jessica laughed as she wiped blood over her face or tried to anyways.
We kept moving deeper in the maze of tunnels of this cursed place. It was quite for a while and I was getting nervous. It was too damn quite.
Thats when I smelled it. It smelled like putrid rotting flesh and sulfur. Pam's nose wrinkled and Jessica gagged a little. A heavy thud bounced it way down the dark tunnel. Then another. The thuds were getting faster. Whatever was going at us was huge and running. I pointed to the walls and jumped up digging my nails into the concert to get grip.
Jessica and Pam mirrored me on the other wall. The smell intensified as the thing make its appearance. It was the most hideous thing I had ever seen. It was well over 7ft tall with warty black skin.
Its flesh was hanging off in placed and its bulbous eyes where yellow with a cat like irises. It had a gash for a mouth and protruding from the gash was a set of fangs.
My heart seized and made itself at home in my throat. This was one of my children. Ghastly deformed and mangled. The poor beast sniffed the air and let loose a ear drum shattering roar of a wounded animal.
Pam inched forward a little bit and before I could tell her no she sprang on the monster back digging her blades into its fleshy back. Hot yellow blood pored form the wounds as it reared up in pain trying to claw off Pam.
It flung itself into the nearest wall and I heard Pam grunt as her body was drove into the wall. She crumpled to the ground. Her back at a odd angle. Jessica threw a stake and it embedded itself in the monsters eye.
It yowled in rage and pawed at the stake in fury. I lept down and raced over to Pam. She was coming around but her face was battered and covered in yellow blood. I reached under her and picked her up. I could feel her bones rebreaking themselves popping back into place.
She groaned as I moved her out of the mouth of tunnel and sat her down.
"Jessica!" I yelled as she danced around the beast slicing where she could.
" Come here and give Pam some blood. She needs to heal faster!"
She raced over to me and looked once at Pam before sobbing once. she bit her wrist and kneeled down and placed it on Pam's lips.
The beast and freed itself of the stake and was turned towards us. In a flash I was at the other end of the tunnel banging on the wall and shouting,
"Hey. Over here! You ugly fuck twat. Come get me."
The beast turned to me and snarled before charging at me.
"Thats right come to mama." I said.
I raised my batons and swung them around before sliding my finger over a hidden button on the handles.
Nine inch spikes protruded around the shaft of the batons. Each hand crafted with flesh tearing grooves etched into them. When the monster was within striking distance I raised up and smashed them into the beast hips.
I raised the brute over my head and slammed it into the wall. The tunnel shook from the force. The beasts grunts turned to a pained shriek when I tore away my batons. It ripped through the delicate flesh and when it came out I was spattered with bits and pieces of rotted flesh.
The beast kicked out with a huge foot and it caught me in the stomach and I was flung back into the opposite wall. My head made a horrible thudding sound as it made contact with the wall. I slide down next to Pam and Jessica. Pam was looking better but still not in fighting order. Jessica started to get up but I locked my eyes with hers and shook my head.
" Stay with her. And look out for more enemies coming. Old brute is making quite a ruckus over here."
I got up and charged the beast again. I smacked his arm he was swinging at me and I heard the bone crack I jumped onto his barrel chest and ran up it. He tried to bite me but I smashed my other baton in his mouth. Ripping sideways I gashed his gash mouth even more.
It roared and I reached around its neck and started to bash it with my batons. I flung out a leg at the oncoming hand right below elbow. The bone gave away and his arm was rendered useless.
I positioned myself on his back and continued at tear at the neck with the batons. I grabbed its head on either side and started to pull. The stringing neck muscles made sicking tearing sounds as hot putrid yellow blood poured from the wound. I clenched even harder and twisted and yanked in one final attempt and head came off.
Its body exploded in a rain of yellow blood and decomposing flesh. I landed in a shower of the blood and guts of the beast. It drenched me all over. I flung the head aside and it thumped on the ground before rolling to a stop.
I flung my hands to rid me of some of the goo and wiped my eyes and face. My hair was plastered to my back and neck. I ran my hand though my hair to move it out my face.
Jessica and Pam where gawking at me in astonishment. I walked dover to them and reached out my hand to Pam. She grabbed it and picked herself up. She looked alot better I noted.
"After you m'lady." I said giving her a deep bow. She rolled her eyes but a hint of a smile formed on her lips. She went off to the mess and picked up her blades and wiped them on her pants.
"She is close. I can feel her bond. It had gotten stronger."
"How about that ladder over there." Jessica said pointing to the south end of the tunnel.
"And how long did you know that was there?" I asked raising my eyebrow
"Just now. I swear." She said smiling sheepishly.
"Fuck ,its better than being in this shithole for a second longer." Pam said as she walked over to ladder.
I nodded and followed, sliding my fingers over the buttons on the batons and the spikes slide home and I put them away on my back. I started up the ladder after Pam and Jessica after me. The ladder lead to a hatch door. Pam shoved it open with a hand and climbed up reaching down for me. I grabbed her arm as she pulled me up with ease. In turn I helped Jessica up closing the hatch behind me.
We where in a long curved hallway with rooms and huge windows. Inside where vampires in various prone states of scientific experiments. My eyes flared in a new heat of anger at the humans who where behind this.
"Pam and Jessica go, down the other way and see if you can find her. I will go this way. I will summon you if I find her. Give a shout if you find her. I will hear you."
Jessica pulled my goo putrid body to hers and kissed me heatedly. I wrapped my arms around her neck and kissed her back. She broke away and whispered in my ear
"Come back to me."
" Always mi amor(my love)"
I pulled away reluctantly and and turned and made my way down the winding hallway. The grated floor digging into my soles of my feet.
I heard the thump of boots ahead of me. In a flash I hid in the crevice of a door, letting my fangs come out I knew it was a vampire. When he passed by me I reached and drew him to me and placed my arm around his neck.
" Don't make a sound or I will personally cut you up and eat you." I snarled.
The baby vamp whimpered and nodded.
"Good boy. Now tell me about one of your inmates that was recently brought here. Her name is Tara Mae Thornton." I squeezed a little to encourage an answer out the poor whelp.
"She...she is in gen pop right down the hall. Please don't kill me." he stammered.
I snarled in his ear," How many of your own kind said those same words to you?!"
He froze and started to struggle to no avail against me.
"Plus if I let you go, whos to say that you wont go run and tell the governor?"
"I won't. I swear." He blubbered.
His pleas fell on dead ears and I dug my fangs into his neck and sucked hungrily at his blood. When he was drained I ripped his heart out for good measure.
I flung his lifeless body down and walked on down the hallway. I saw a sign that said,
'Female Gen Pop '
I nodded and walked faster. I heard the walkie talking go off a head. I kept walking until i came apon a huge door. Three guards where standing outside it. One caught sight of me and a mewl of terror come from his mouth as he raised his gun.
The other too did the same.
"Ah come on boys. That hurt my feelings. I don't look that bad do I?" I teased.
One of the men was very trigger happy and fired at my head. I lazily caught it in my fingers and flung it back at the man catching him in his head.
The other two opened fire and my body was riddled with bullets. I kept walking even though the bullets knocked my body back from the power.
I could feel the bullets being pushing out my body as it healed.
"Oh god what are you?" One man yelled at me.
"Its never good to ask that. Its rude like I am something that scary. Little ole me?"
I didn't even give them a chance to answer I sped toward them and tore out their throats. I hauled one man to me and placed his hand on the scanner thing. It beeped twice and the door slide open.
I walked in and the room went dead quite and the group of female vampires gawked at me. I smiled letting my fangs show. Some mumbled and some moved out my way as I stalked in the the room.
I looked around at the sets of steel lunch tables and the gated fence around the room.
My eyes locked with a certain dark skinned beauty and said,
"Someone is looking for you little one."