Chapter 13
Rina ripped the medical tap. She had finally finished wrapping herself up and putting on ointment. She took a quick sip of water and then pushed the nearly empty medical box and tray full of food near the door. She stood up and went to the bookcase. She looked through the rows and scanned the titles. She faintly remembered what each one was about. She didn't remember reading them, though. She pulled out one of the books. The cover was hand painted. Greek Goddess' and History. She put it back and looked above the case. There was picture of Rina laying in a bed of yellow flowers. Her hair was sprayed out around her. It was made as if someone was looking over her. She could never imagine anything like the picture. The door behind her opened. She looked over her shoulder. No one was there.
"Hmm..." She ignored it and looked through the books. An arm went around her waist and her chest. She yelped in surprise. Ethan lifted her up off the ground and threw her on the bed.
"Rina. We need to talk." She got off of the bed and went to the door. He appeared in front of it and shut it.
"Sit down, Rina. I'm being serious." She frowned and faced away from him.
"Rina, it's about your caretaker, Abel." Rina glanced at him.
"So?"
"He's been around here... he's found this place. How does he know where we are?"
"How should I know. I haven't talked to him for around twenty four hours. He probably just followed your sloppy trial."
"I don't want any smartass answers, Rina. He is currently outside, monitering the club. He isn't in his uniform and there are no other Vatican workers near here. Tell me why that is."
"I don't know. If I did, I wouldn't tell you." Ethan slammed a fist into the bed.
"Dammit!! I know you know how!! How did he find this place?!"
"First you were all lovey dovey... have you finally broken out of that cycle?" Ethan growled. He lowered his head and started laughing.
"Oh... I get it now... You're protecting him... I told that woman, Caterina, that if the Vatican got involved, I'd kill you. You're just merely trying to cover him up... You know that the Vatican is already involved with this! But that doesn't make sense... Do they think I'm bluffing or something? I can kill anyone whenever I wanted..." He said. He stood up, a dark look on his face.
"I'll just have to make a point... no... that'd be stupid... I'd be lowering myself to everyone elses level... Dammit! How the hell do I make a point here?! I'll just moniter him... I'll see how far he gets..." He muttered. Rina snickered.
"You're messing with someone with possibly no brains. I don't think Abel will be hard to even fight." Ethan shook his head.
"You haven't heard those rumors about him, since you were in that damn solitude... Abel is the strongest fighter the Vatican has. You have no idea how many vampires with emense power he has killed." Rina was shocked.
"He isn't that type of person!" She yelled.
"Well he is!! When my guys jumped him to warn him about watching over you, he took them out single handedly! He put them in prison! He's hiding his life from you, Rina! That's probably how he makes friends! He acts so careless and clumsy to gain trust, but when he's in a corner or whenever he's serious... boom! He's a merciless killer! I know! I watched him fight!" He yelled. Rina shrank backwards, she curled up into a ball. Her eyes were wide and she was panicking.
"Abel's... not kind? He... he..." She started to hypervenilate. Ethan bent down to her level and brushed her cheek.
"Calm down, Rina. I'm sorry. I got you all worked up. Take deep breaths." She whimpered and wrapped her arms tightly around his neck. He hugged her and petted her hair.
"Calm down Rina... take it easy... Just forget about it..." He whispered. She sobbed and breathed roughly. Her whole body was shaking.
"I know it's hard for you to take something like that... just forget about it all, Rina..." He whispered into her hair. Rina let out a loud cry. Ethan felt her fingers dig into his back and neck.
"Rina? Rina! Calm down! Rina!" Her nails turned into claws. He felt them pierce through his flesh and the blood trickle down his skin.
"Rina! Calm down!" He pulled her away from him and held her face in his hands. Her eyes were rolled back into her head, her teeth were fangs.
"Rina! Snap out of it! Forget it all!" He yelled. Rina shook him off of her and stood up. She flew at him and started to slash his body with her claws. Ethan grabbed her wrists and held her down.
"Rina, listen to me. Listen to me!" She struggled and snarled.
"Listen to me, Rina! Listen to my voice! You know who I am, just listen to me. Take deep breaths. Think about the good things that have happened. Forget what I just said." Rina lowered her head and closed her eyes. She convulsed and coughed. A few drops of blood went onto Ethans face. Her body went limp. Ethan sighed.
"Thank god..." He picked her up and set her down on the bed. He sat down by her and petted her cheek.
"Why is it that you surpress everything from the past?" He whispered. Ethan laid down beside her and held her in his arms. He rested his chin on her head and closed his eyes. He took in her scent. He remembered the first time he ever met her.
"Oi! Oi! What the hell do you think you guys are doing?" He snapped. Blood trickled down his forehead. A few thugs turned around. They held a small girl in their arms, beaten and dirty.
"None of your business! And didn't we kick your ass already?! Get the hell out!" One yelled. Ethan charged forward.
"You have no idea who you just insulted!" He tackled one of the thugs and began punching him. The thugs dropped the girl and started to pile up on him. She lifted her head up weakly and stared at Ethan. She put a hand out towards him. He watched her. She looked so weak. A light appeared in her hand. He gasped. It floated from her and touched his forehead. He blacked out. When Ethan woke up, the girl was still on the ground, asleep, and the thugs around him were nothing but skeletons. He crawled towards her. He lightly put his hand on her back.
"Hey... you ok?" She lifted her head up. Her eyes were beautiful to him. Her black hair shifted down to the sides of her face.
"Yes..." She whispered.
"Thanks for helping me... what's your name?" He asked.
"Oi! Ethan!" James peeked his head in. Ethan jerked upright and rubbed his eyes.
"What?"
"Some worker guys are looking for the owner. They want to see you," He whispered. Ethan got out of the bed and walked across the room.
"Yeah... coming..." He muttered. He went out the door. Ethan took one quick glance back into the room and smiled softly. Rina was still sleeping soundly.
"Ok, so what do these guys want, exactly?"
"I think they might want to buy the place. I already told them no way, but they're really stubborn. So they want to talk to the owner." Ethan saw two men in suits sitting at the bar.
"That's them," James said. Ethan nodded and sat down next to them.
"So, you want to buy my club?" He said. The two jolted, then nodded.
"Yes, yes! It's in a great location and we are eager to find something to start a branch out here of our business."
"We're willing to offer as much as you want." Ethan snickered. He turned towards them.
"This club is not... for sale..." He growled.
"Bu... but we're willing to pay two million!"
"We have all the money with us!"
"I said, the club isn't for sale. NOW GET OUT," He yelled. The two men looked around, embarressed and walked out of the club. Ethan sighed and waved for a drink. A scotch was set down in front of him.
"Thanks." He sipped it. Duke appeared next to him.
"Um... sir... Rina... she... uh...well..."
"What?"
"She's destroying the room." Ethan rolled his eyes.
"Let her. I'm not cleaning it up." Duke rubbed the back of his neck.
"Well, um... she also managed to start a fire and is trying to burn the books..." Ethan stood up, his stool fell over.
"What!?" He ran past him to the back hallway. Ethan saw Rina's door open and a few of his men passing buckets of water into the room. He bolted past them and saw Rina holding a flaming box in front of her. She threw it at him.
"Rina!!" He ducked and tackled her to the ground.
"What the hell are you doing!?" He yelled. Rina rolled out from underneath him.
"I don't want these books." Ethan saw her grab a few books off the bookcase and through them in the pile of fire.
"Stop it!! Do you realize how hard is was to get those?! They were expensive!!" He yelled, grabbing her wrist.
"I don't care! I don't want them!"
"You could've just told someone to take them out! You don't have to burn them!" Ethan pulled her away from the books. His men started dumping the water on the fire.
"Dammit! You ruined the books!" He bent down next to the charred remains. He picked one up.
"And the one of a kinds?! Rina!! You destroyed years worth of history!!" He stood up. Rina didn't seem to care. He grabbed her hair and pulled her out of the room.
"Ow!! Let go!!" She screamed. Ethan threw her into the empty warehouse where they were just a day before.
"Rina! You're pushing my tolerance! You burned the books that you wanted while we were together!"
"So what!? I read them all already! I don't care!" She snapped. He growled and grabbed his hair.
"Why are you being so difficult!?" He snarled.
"Because I don't want to be here!" She yelled. Ethan roared in anger and slapped her.
"Stop saying those lies!! If you would just accept who the hell you were, then you wouldn't be such a brat now!! The Vatican ruined you!! They locked you up! I'm offering freedom for you if you'll just be by my side!! Why can't you get that through your head!!" He screamed. Rina rubbed her cheek and sniffed. A tear fell to the floor.
"Oh great! Now you're crying! Don't play the baby with me! It won't work this time! I've given you too many chances here!" Ethan stood over her. Rina grabbed his leg and pulled him down. It took him by surprise.
"Don't fucking screw with me..." She growled.
"What will you do? You're weaker than a human." Rina grabbed his throat and put her mouth close to it.
"I'll rip your throat out... and take all your blood..." She whispered. Ethan froze.
"Rina... you're not... in that phase yet are you?" He asked. Sweat dripped from his forehead. She grinned.
"What phase? I'm being normal!" She pushed him across the floor. Rina stood up.
"Good bye!" She ran straight for the door on her right. Ethan cursed and quickly got up.
"Rina! Stop!!" She opened the door and ran out. She ran straight into a crowd and hid herself. Ethan halted at the doorway and looked around.
"God dammit!" He growled. He pulled the hood over his head and ran into the crowd after her.
"Rina..." He muttered. He saw her head bobbing through the crowd. He dashed to the outside of the crowd and jumped up onto a rooftop. He followed her head and watched her go down an allyway. He jumped down in front of her.
"You're going back."
"I am not!" She screamed. Ethan walked towards her. She dashed underneath his arm and ran to the other side of the allyway.
"Rina!" He leapt at her and grabbed her arm.
"No!! No!!!!" She screamed. People looked down the allway.
"Hey! Leave her alone!" A man yelled, walking towards them. Ethan cursed under his breath. He released her and jumped up onto the rooftops again.
"Hey, you ok miss?" He put a hand on Rina's back. She panted, looked at him, then dashed out of the allway. She turned down the road and ran as fast as she could to the outskirts of town.
