Caged Wings

Chapter Twenty Four: The Hunt is On

Evan bashes his fist on the window sill. He growls from frustration, "Dammit!!"

He then leaves his room and goes to the livingroom. Zero and Sith are seen playing video games, while Hova is watching. Evan says in a near panic, "Raven took off!"

Zero still has his eyes on the game, "What else is new?"

Evan then adds, "Fully transformed?"

Sith looks up from the game, "W-what?? And you let her?!!"

Evan's eyes widened, "N-no!! I didn't!"

Sith drops his paddle and stands up and goes right in front of Evan, "Did you upset her?"

Evan's eyes widened more, "W-what?!"

Sith repeats, "Did you upset her?!"

As Evan was about to answer, Sith says darkly, "Tell me what happened!! ALL of it!!"

Evan shrugs, "I don't know. All I know is that I was in my room and just as I was about to check up on her........she was there as soon as I opened my bedroom door."

Sith crosses his arms as he listens to Evan's every word, analyzing the situation bit by bit. He then says, "Was she a full vampire when she came to you?"

Sith looks at Evan as he nods. Sith then says, "Let's talk in my room."

Evan nods, "Alright."

As Sith and Evan leave the room, Zero watches and sighs, "Oh boy. First monsters......evil witches....and now a crazy vampire woman."

Hova nods, "Yeah. Crazy world."

Zero nods, "Exactly."

Zero lifts up the paddle, "Care to play? Since Sith is gone?"

Hova takes the paddle with a sigh, "Sure. What the hell."

Zero and Hova start to play Call of Duty World at War, the Nazi Zombie levels.

Sith leads Evan to his room. Once there, Sith opens his door and allows Evan to enter in first. Evan looks around, not having been into Sith's room. There was a desk with a lamp, a black dresser, a television with a few game systems on top of a mid sized shelf, and a night stand with a bunch of chain necklaces and a black book. The room was painted a dark navy colour. He also had posters on the walls as well. There were skull posters, Reaper posters, demon girl posters, and a poster of a flaming sythe. In the corner was Sith's bed which had black blankets with matching pillows.

Sith grabs a wooden chair and sits in it. He then points to another one across the room, "Have a seat."

Evan does so. Sith sighs, "Why don't you start from the top? Tell me everything that happened! And I mean everything!"

Sith gives Evan a dark look. Evan's eyes widened at first. He then closes his eyes and sighs. He then opens them and says, "I was in my room and....well.....I got worried about Raven. So I got up to go check on her. As soon as I opened my door....she was there."

Sith listens and nods, "As a full vampire."

Evan nods, "Yeah. We talked for a little bit.......I was a little freaked out by the way she was acting. It was strange."

Sith nods, "Then, what happened?"

Evan then looks to the floor, not being able to look Sith in the eyes. He begins to mutter, "Uhh.....umm......"

Evan's face turned a pinch red. Sith then says, "Evan? What happened next?"

Evan mutters, "Uhh....."

Sith sighs and says in assumption, "Something happened between you two......right?"

Evan then scratches the back of his head, "Y-yeah. You could say that."

Sith then says, "What happened between you two?"

Evan closes his eyes and sighs, feeling a pinch guilty, "S-she.....she started to kiss me.....and....and.....well....we--"

Evan then trailed off. Sith's eyes widened. He then stood up and yelled, "You gave in to her?? Even though you knew she's with someone else and the fact she just turned?!!!"

Evan sighs, "T-there was nothing I could do! She basically threw herself on me!!"

Sith yells, "That doesn't matter!! That's just as bad as taking advantage of someone when they're drunk!! No wonder she ran away!!! You just fueled the first stages of her transformation!!"

Evan's eyes widened, "I did? B-but.....I.....I couldn't help it!! She drew me in like a magnet does to steel!"

Sith sits back down and sighs, thinking over the current situation. Sith sighs once more, "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have gotten angry at you. You couldn't help it anymore than she could.....considering what you both are of course."

Evan sighs in relief as he thinks, "I'll go with any answer....as long it doesn't result in Sith kicking my ass. I'm still surprised he hasn't yet........he IS Raven's brother."

Sith then says, "You're not very clear with the minor stages of vampirism are you? You've always killed them and asked questions later."

Evan leans forward, "I'm listening."

Sith then says, "Okay, let me explain. When you turn.....you become sick like a dog for those few days. On the last day, you feel the worst. That's the day your body dies and becomes vampiric. You feel moodswings along the way as well. Again......part of the process. On the first few weeks after the transformation is done, you feel more sensitive and needy towards certian things."

Evan nods to every word, listening carefully. He then asks, "Sensitive and needy? Towards what?"

Sith replies, "New born vampires get strong cravings they never had before. They like to change their appearence right away to make them feel good about themselves."

Evan then thinks right away of when Raven came to his door with long hair, wearing a ripped black dress. Evan stares at Sith as he continues, "They start to want more than ever before. They feel that they lust......need.....crave.......desire. They try to satisfy all those cravings. Sometimes in one setting. Sometimes they become very lustful when they crave blood and need to feed. Most of it results in sexual acts, killings, and self mutilations."

Evan's eyes widened when he thinks back the way Raven was acting just moments ago. He thinks to himself, "That explains why she threw herself on me the way she did. Was she about to feed on me?"

Sith then says, "What exactly happened when she ran off?"

Evan then says, "She was kissing my neck and then stopped. She started crying and kept on apologizing to me.........that was when she ran off."

Sith looks to the floor, thinking again. Sith then says, "That's why she ran."

Evan raises an eyebrow, "Why again?"

Sith then looks at Evan, "She ran because she was about to feed off of you. Before it was too late......she regained herself and ran.....realizing what she had done. Plus not to mention she technically cheated on Dimus."

Evan's eyes widened even more at what he just heard. He couldn't believe that Raven was inches away from using him as her first feed. Evan clenches his fists and growls in anger and frustration. He knew it was more than just a feed. From what he felt, he felt passion from her. He felt warmth, it wasn't just lust. He felt more, much more. He knew it meant something.

Sith stands and then places a hand on Evan's shoulder, "I know this must be difficult for you. So....I'm sorry. I hate this just as much as you do. Heh.....I'm her brother."

Evan nods, "I know."

Sith removes his hand and chuckles, "Dimus is gonna be pissed once he finds out you've been necking with his chick. Heh heh, he's gonna hunt you down for that."

Evan looks up at Sith and smirks, "Bring it on. That's all I'm gonna say."

Lerking on the streets, Raven was wandering by herself. She staggers, feeling weak. She breathes heavily, not knowing why. She sheds tears, thinking what she'd just done. She was inches away from doing the unthinkable. She keeps walking, being drawn by something, but not quite sure what. She places a hand on her mouth, thinking, "I.....I almost fed off of Evan! What was I thinking?! Not only that......we almost.......we almost--"

Raven's thoughts trailed off. She then thinks, "It wasn't unpleasant......b-but..........it wasn't right either."

Raven closes her eyes as she sheds more tears. She whispers to herself, "I'm so sorry, Dimus."

She walks and trips onto her knees. She coughs, feeling as if she never ate in weeks. She crawls on all fours, not knowing where she was going nor why. She crawls into an alley and sits up against the wall, panting. She senses something, something familiar. She looks around, searching for it. She looks over to see Dimus leaning up against a car at the end of the alleyway. Raven's eyes widened. She whispers out, "Dimus...."

She then began to crawl towards him, still feeling weak. Dimus looks at her, waiting for her to come to him. Raven crawls up to Dimus' feet and collaspes. Raven began to breathe more heavily than before. Dimus stands there and looks down at her. He then says, "You're weak. You need to feed, my dear."

Raven whispers faintly, "F-feed? I.....I feel so weak, like I haven't eaten in days......"

Dimus helps her up halfway. His fangs grew a little bit. He then bites down on his wrist as Raven hugs onto him. Dimus puts his wrist up to her mouth, "Drink this. This should hold you until we go find you some prey."

Raven smells the blood eminating from Dimus' wrist. Her eyes widened a bit at the smell. She then places her lips upon Dimus' wrist and bites down on it. Dimus gasps and flinches at the sudden piercing of Raven's fangs. Raven began to feed from his wrist, tasting fresh blood. Raven bit down harder as she became more alive from the taste. Dimus gasps louder as Raven held onto him tighter. Raven began to feel aroused as well, feeling all of her senses come to life. Dimus leans back and closes his eyes, enjoying the sensation Raven gave him.

Raven felt a huge rush flow through her. She felt hypnotic and fullfilled almost. Raven kept on going, feeling orgasims flare up inside her body. Dimus let out a whimper as he halfway fell to his knees. He began to breathe heavily. He moans out, "St-stop..."

Raven couldn't stop. It tasted too good to stop now. Dimus gasps, "N-no more......"

Raven couldn't contol herself. She felt as if something else was taking over. Dimus gasps and forcefully shoves Raven away from him, "Stop!!!"

Raven falls back, with blood streaming from her mouth. She lets out a loud gasp from pleasure. She felt almost revived. Dimus stands up, trying to get a hold of himself. He looks at Raven, "Y-you could kill me if you drink too much. You have to be more careful."

Raven sighs and nods as she licks her lips from left over blood. She then crawls over to Dimus and hugs his waist. She sighs in relief, feeling safe and secure. Dimus looks down and smiles, patting her head, "Feels good doesn't it? There's a lot more pleasure to come once you learn the vampiric ways."

Raven looks up at him as Dimus looks down at her and smiles softly. Raven then stands herself up and kisses Dimus on the lips. Dimus kisses back, tasting left over blood in Raven's mouth. Raven pulls back a bit and touches Dimus' face. He smiles at her, "I have much to teach you, my darling."

Dimus' eyes widened. He smelled something odd coming from Raven. He then grabs her and smells her hair. He then moves on to her cheek and then neck. His eyes widened and glew bright red. He lets out a vampiric growl and stares at Raven. He growls once more as he realized the scent was Evan's. He says darkly, "W-why do I smell the scent of that.......that vermin all over you?!!"

Raven's eyes widened, "I....umm....."

Dimus' eyes widened, realizing right then and there what she had done. His heart felt as if someone had stabbed it, while twisting the blade. He takes a deep breath, still taking in the fact of Raven's previous deed. He turns away from her and roars in anger, smashing a car window with his fist, "I'M GONNA KILL HIM!!!"

He growls as he felt more and more anger stir. Raven flinches and begins to shake. Dimus sighs, "I-it's not your fault. Forgive me."

Raven looks to the ground, with tears running down her face, whispering, "I'm.....I'm sorry. Please forgive m-my b-betrayal....."

Dimus then realizes something and smiles as he turns to her, wiping Raven's tears, "Awww..........darling.......I know now why you did what you did."

Raven's eyes widened. Dimus puts his arms around her, "You wanted Evan to be your first kill didn't you? Aww......I'm so proud of you."

Dimus hugs her. Raven's eyes widened, "I wanted what now?"

Dimus says, "I appreciate your choice of prey. Your first instinct was to kill a werewolf. Astounding!"

Dimus looks at Raven and smiles, as Raven looks back confused. Dimus then says, "I'm sorry to say.....but.....a werewolf is too much for one as young as you. You need more practice and experience in order to set your standards that high."

Raven's eyes widened more, "Uhh.....what?"

Dimus then grabs her hand, "Come. I must teach you how to hunt."

With that, he leads Raven away from the streets.

Dimus takes Raven to a very dark forest. Raven looks at her surroundings, not recalling she's ever been to this particular place. Dimus huddles behind a bush. Raven goes up to him, "What're we doing here?"

Dimus places a finger on his lips, "Shh.....look."

Raven looks to see a small village before her. Her eyes widened at the sight. It was full of......humans. Just ordinary humans. Some were seen carrying baskets to their homes, others were seen talking, and children were seen playing by a fire and laughing as they told stories.

Raven's eyes widened more as she turns to Dimus. He smirks at her and whispers, "Your first kill will be here."

Raven whispers, "B-but.....th-these are innocent people!!"

Dimus then says, "No one will notice they're dead. The city doesn't even care about them. So no one would care if we disposed of them. We'd be doing the city a favor."

Raven looks back at the people, "B-but......they're doing no wrong."

Dimus then says, "They do everything wrong. They're in the way of others that matter. It's survival of the fittest. Allow your cravings take over."

Raven thinks to herself, "Last time I did that.....it resulted with me being inches away from feeding off of Evan......plus not to mention almost sleeping with him."

Raven looks at Dimus saddened. Dimus sighs, "Let your instincts guide you. Let your hunger take over."

Raven looks to the people again. Her eyes close and open once again. She could smell them. She could smell their blood from within their skins. She could hear their heart rates, slow and steady or fast and rapid. She could feel the speed of their blood flow. Her hunger was nearly taking over. She lets out a small growl. Dimus then goes right behind her and whispers in her ear, "Kill them. Kill them all! Satisfy your thirst!"

Raven's eyes glew red. She found it hard to resist when she smelled so much blood in one place. Dimus whispers, "Think of all the paybacks you've never gotten. Take it all out on them! Ones you don't know nor care for. Think of how satisfying it'd be. Think of how magnificent the taste will be."

Raven felt a ton of rage fill up within her. She began to growl vampirically, listening to Dimus' every word. She began to breathe slowly, feeling every fiber burn up with rage, feeling her veins boil up. She felt her hunger get stronger. She felt and listened to every heartbeat she could hear. Ba-bump! Ba-bump!

She want them. She wanted them all! Ba-bump! Ba-bump!

Dimus then whispers, "Kill them!"

With no thought or hesitation, Raven crept out of the bushes and hid behind a house. She crawls through the window and looks around. She looks out in the center of the village, seeing more people walking around freely. Raven's hunger then took over completely. She growls and dives out the door onto the first person she set her eyes on. She roars vampirically as people screamed and ran about. Raven then bit down on the person she got a hold of. The taste was more than satisfying. Her first taste of human blood. She felt a great deal of warmth flow in her mouth, everything so invigorating with in toxication.

As people went to escape, Dimus stood there smirking. As the people went to run the other way, Dimus grabbed one and started to feed on them as he swung his arm at another person and killed them in one slash of his claw.

Raven raises up with blood all over her. She sees others running. Her eyes glow brightly as she growls loudly. She sees a woman running away. She could feel her heart rate. It was rapid and fast. For a reason Raven didn't know about, it made her want the woman all the more. The thrill of the hunt made Raven all the more provoked for the attack. Raven then dives at her and grabs her. She began to bite down on her neck wildly and began to feed. The woman screams in agony as Raven tasted the warm, fluid flowing into her throat and through her chest. Raven throws the woman aside as blood flowed all over herself. She had blood all over her lower face and cleavage. She looks around with evil eyes, filled with hunger for blood.

Dimus jumps and kills more and more people. He smirks when he looks to see Raven was on a killing spree of her own. He began to laugh, loving every moment.

Raven looks to see a frightened little boy, hugging his sister. Both children were crying. Raven looks at them. As she was about to attack them, she stops herself. Her red eyes widened as she looked down at her bloodied up hands. She began to shake as she then got a hold of herself. She falls to her knees, "Oh.....God! W-what have I d-done?!!"

She began to shed more tears. She then looks at the frightened children. She then says to them, "Run! Run now!!"

The children nod and do so. They ran off in another direction. Raven leans forward on her hands, crying. What has she just done? She just murdered innocent people. This wasn't her at all. She only slaughtered those who were bad, not people who did no wrong. Raven began to shake even more, "N-no......no!!"

Dimus stands right behind Raven, looking down at her. His eyes were cold and lifeless. Raven then sensed Dimus behind him. Raven whispers, "H-how could you make me do this?!"

Dimus smirks, "I didn't. It was on your own free will. I just provoked it."

Raven closes her eyes tight as more tears filled her eyes. Dimus then grabs her arm and stands her up. He then shoves her up against the nearest wall of a house. Dimus looks at her sternly, "Look around!"

Raven does so. There was nothing but blood and corpses. Raven looks back at Dimus as he says, "WE did this! We have this kind of power! We can give life at the same time as take it away! We can crush creatures no problem without a single scratch being placed upon our skin!! Don't ever feel guilty about another's life! It's either you or them! They're our feed for nights on end! Think of it as them helping us live!!"

Raven's eyes widened at each word Dimus was saying. Raven shakes her head, "I.....I can't go around doing this!! Not if it means being a murderer!!!"

Dimus growls as he grabs Raven's shoulders, "Raven!! It's not murder if you're a natural predetor!!! They're our prey!! You're a killer not for murder.....but merely for hunting down your feed!!"

Raven began to shake again. Dimus sighs, "Raven......I love you!! I will always love you!! You should never have to have another's life upon your shoulders!!!"

With that, Dimus kisses Raven's blood covered lips. Her eyes widened, not knowing what to do. Dimus leans back, licking his lips of any blood. He sighs and smiles at her, "You did good on your first hunt, my love. Come.....let's get you cleaned up."

Raven looks down at herself and sees blood all over her chest. Raven then nods when she looks up at Dimus. He smiles at her and lifts her off her feet, "You've had enough excitement for one night."

With that, he flies off, holding Raven in his arms.

Hours later, Dimus brings back Raven to the front of The League of Retribution's house. Raven was wearing a new dress, that was Den Maco's. It was black and tight on the chest. The bottom was loose and knee high with short sleeves that were tight as well. She was all cleaned up and rid of any sight of blood. Dimus kisses Raven on the lips, "Good night."

Raven whispers, "Night."

Dimus then says, "Come to the club tomorrow night."

Raven raises an eyebrow, "Why? What's going on there?"

Dimus smirks, "Another lesson."

With that, Dimus turns and leaves. Raven watches him go into the shadows. She then turns and sighs. She finally opens the door and walks inside.

She goes to the livingroom, having Serenity jump on her with a hug. She then says, "Oh my God!!! Where were you?! We were worried about you!!!"

Raven lightly pushes her off, "I'm fine...."

Serenity's eyes widened at Raven's hair. She then says, "Wow. I like the hair."

Raven smiles, "Thanks. Kinda a new look for me."

Sith then goes up to her. He then grabs her chin and takes a good look at her. Raven slaps his hand away, "Hey! What're you doing?"

Sith then says, "Making sure you're fully transformed, so I know what to expect."

Hikari then skips in the room, "YAY! Raven's back!!"

Raven chuckles at Hikari's randomness. Pheonix then comes from behind her and lifts her off her feet in a hug. He shouts, "Raven!!! You came back!!!"

Raven shrieks, "Gah!!"

He finally puts her down as Raven turns to face him. Pheonix then says, "Where were you?"

Raven then says, "You don't wanna know."

Hikari smiles, "Now we do!"

Raven shakes her head, "Not this time."

With that she walks away. Pheonix, Sith, Hikari, and Serenity all look at one another.

As Raven goes to walk in her room, she sees Evan in the hallway. Raven freezes in her tracks, thinking of their last encounter. Evan freezes as soon as he sees Raven.

Evan then forces himself to walk up to Raven. He then says nervously, "G-glad to see you're back."

Raven looks up at him. She then grabs him and hugs him, "I'm so sorry.....for everything! I didn't know what the hell I was doing."

Evan's eyes widened at the sudden action. He then hugs her back, "It's okay. Sith explained it all to me. The changes, the moodswings, all of it. I know why you did what you did, and it wasn't your fault."

Raven looks up at him, "I still feel bad."

Evan smiles at her, "Don't."

Evan then catches a scent of something from Raven. He then leans in on her and smells her hair. He then leans in further and smells the side of her face. His eyes widened, "R-Raven? W-why do I smell a shit load of blood on you?"

Raven looks to the floor, ashamed of what she had done only hours ago. Evan looks at her, "Raven?"

Raven then says, "Let's just say......Dimus was teaching me how to hunt."

Evan's eyes widened, "That doesn't smell like an ordinary hunt's worth. It smells like a whole massacre!"

Raven sighs, "I know. Dimus he......he..."

Evan then says, feeling a little anger, "He what?"

Raven then says, "He took me to a village.....and then my hunger took over and I ended up slaughtering half of them."

Raven looks to the floor, feeling a great deal of guilt. Evan's eyes widened, "He did that?! Did.....did he make you slaughter the people?"

Raven shakes her head. Evan sighs, only thinking of one other option that would cause Raven to attack anyone, "Did he provoke you to?"

Raven didn't answer. Evan growls in anger, "Figures."

Raven sighs, "Listen.....I've had enough events for one night. I just need to think right now."

Evan nods, "Alright."

Raven then looks at Evan, sensing he was a little saddened. She then leans up and gives him a gentle kiss on his cheek. Evan then looks at Raven, while she looks back. She whispers to him, "You're a good friend."

Evan wanted to kiss her lips right then and there, but he knew he couldn't. So he didn't. He then nods, "Thank you. So are you."

Raven smiles, "Night, Evan."

Evan then says back, "Night."

Raven then leaves and goes in her room. Evan stands there and sighs. He looks down at the floor, feeling emotions overwhelm him. He then turns and heads towards his room.