Chapter 6

Abel stood next to Rina, she was reading the same book she was yesterday. Today was very tiring. Rina was in a horrible mood and Abel was cheerful and trying to make her feel better. They had talked a little bit, most of the time Rina just told Abel to shut up. It was almost three o'clock. Abel asked for a moment from Rina and contacted Caterina.

"Yes Abel?" She asked.

"I managed to get Rina to say a word!"

"An English word?" She sounded annoyed.

"Yeppers!" Caterina was silent.

"Excellent. I'll have Father Tres come over and pick you up in a few minutes-"

"Actually I'm going to stay a little late here tonight."

"Abel, Rina is sick girl, you can't just stay there. She'll want privacy."

"I know, but I really have to talk to her about something, and it can't wait." He heard Caterina sigh.

"Very well, Abel. But don't make her jump around like you did earlier today! That's right, I heard what happened! Now if you're going to talk to her about something I'll give you until ten. The latest." The transmission buzzed off. Abel clapped to himself and turned around to face Rina.

"Uh... Rina... I need to show you a few things.. it's about your past..."

"Mono ecce id? What is it?" She asked, not looking up. A file flopped down in front of her face on top of the book. She grasped the edges gently and opened it. It was her own file. She looked up.

"Mono ecce hic? What is this?" She said. Abel took out a small disk along with a very small laptop. He pulled another chair up and sat down. He popped the disk into it and waited. A square popped up with an image of Rina on it. Rina's eyes widened.

"So Rina, are you feeling well today?"

"Yes sir! Feeling happy as a clam!" Rina dropped her book and file and stared at the screen.

"That's great to hear Rina, but you know we can't just be all friendly today right?"

"Yeah.. but you're being nice! I wanna be nice too.."

"Haha! Alright, now I really must get on with this you know. You'll recieve a series of questions and you just answer them as best as you can." Rina smiled and squirmed in her seat.

"Let's start with your earliest memory... what was it?" Rina paused for a moment, thinking hard.

"Uh... well... it's sort of fuzzy... but when I piece it together then I guess I'd have to describe it as... A sunset..."

"Is that it?"

"No.. there were people... lots of them. I think... thirty... But a few of them were really different."

"Can you describe them?"

"Well... the majority of the people were obviously humans because of there eye color and skin. There must of been around twenty... Eight of them were vampires."

"How could you tell?"

"Well... the vampires.. their eyes were really different. And it was the atmosphere around them. It was cold, but it was also friendly! Of course... a few weren't exactly nice..."

"Now there are two you didn't mention, what do you think they were?"

"I don't know... They were a lot darker than the vampires. They were also a lot sadder. I don't remember them clearly but... One was a girl and the other was a man. I don't know..."

"Did they say anything? Do anything?"

"No, they just passed by."

"Passed by?"

"Yeah. They were there for maybe a few seconds, to look for some reason. They walked, then stopped, looked my way, and then kept going. But I couldn't help but look at them..." Rina gazed off into space.

"Ok. That's a very good memory, do you know what happened after that?"

"I blacked out."

"Blacked out?"

"Yep! Blacked out like a power outage! When I woke up, I was in a little cottage, I was six then. Or an age around that. They said I was found in an allyway with blood all over me. I think that's why those vampires were there. The old couple there became my first parents. They didn't really wanted me though, so they made me as a little servant. Payment for being there and getting fed I guess. It was fair."

"Interesting... So... The next question may be a little tough."

"What is it?"

"Do you have any... enemies?"

"Enemies?"

"People that may not like you? And when you name them, could you please explain maybe why?"

"Oh! Ok, sure!" Rina rubed her eye.

"Um... I only have a few enemies that I know of. Uh... There's a little kid named Matt who kept pickin on my cause I managed some how to damage his reputation."

"No no, what I mean is a life thretening enemy."

"No.. I don't have one of those..."

"Ok, then moving on... Did you ever have your life saved?"

"Besides the couple who took me in there was this one man who saved me twice and helped me once, all under an hour! He was really nice..."

"What did he look like?"

"Well.. he had black hair... thin face... um... green eyes... no... blue eyes? Oh!! I can't remember! All I know is that he's really nice!"

"How did you two meet?"

"Well.. this was way back when, I don't know exactly how long ago, but I was on my way back to my third home with some groceries and I bumped into him. I spilled them everywhere. He heped me pick them up. In fact, if I remember correctly, he picked up all of them before I could blink! I thanked him. He let me go on my way. I went to cross the street and what do you know! I almost get hit by a carriage. He pulled me out of the way! I was soo grateful. He laughed and said that I just couldn't stay out of trouble. His laugh was like music... But then I thanked him again and went home. When I was just a few blocks away, some men got me into an allyway and were going to take my stuff! I called for help but no one was there. They were closing in and out of the blue comes mister hero! He punched them and kicked them and smacked them hard! It was like a dream! And he did it so fast too! Then he turned around and just looked at me. He shook his head and laughed. I asked him what was so funny and he said I just really can't stay out of trouble. I thanked him and then thought, saying thanks isn't enough to a guy who saved you twice and helped you out. So I said... I'll let you have one wish that I must fulfill no matter what! He said that I could be his servant. I said sure thing! He said it'd start the next day. I said bye, but then he grabbed my arm and whispered something into my ear."

"What did he say?"

"He said 'And that means you'll be capable to be my wife in the future'."

"Wife?"

"Yeah. And this guy was serious. So the next day I went to look for him and he wasn't anywhere... I looked for him for a week, and I couldn't find him, so I forgot about him."

"So you merely wanted to find him to fulfill the little wish he had, but you couldn't find a hair of him, or hear a word about him. Right?"

"Yea! And whenever I can, I'm going to track him down. I'm going to invent a machine that can make a picture out of what you think! Hopefully I can make it! Then I'll get to him and thank him and tell him about the wish thingy and then my guilt will be gone!" Rina said cheerfully. The man laughed.

"Well I look forward to it..."