Not Another Vampire Story - Chapter Three "Startling Discovery"

Once again, there was abit of confusion among the small group the next morning. Not only was Brittany still friendlier with Cydra, but now, so was Eleanor. And for no apparent reason. Somehow, the sense of draining energy, and chills was even stronger today than the previous days.

"Ugh..." Jeanette said, sinking in her homeroom desk, "I think maybe I should see the nurse, or something... these draining spells just keep coming, and getting stronger..."

"It must be that flu bug that's making rounds." Simon said, feeling Jeanette's forehead.

Brittany and Eleanor simply eyeballed each other, before eyeballing Cydra. Cydra smirked, before shrugging. Cydra watched as Simon felt Jeanette's forehead, he shook his head, unsure what was wrong with her, since she had no fever. Still, he placed a hand on her shoulder, giving her a gentle, friendly squeeze, telling her she'd be alright. Cydra's smirk turned into a frown. Later that afternoon, in science class, Simon, Jeanette, and Cydra found themselves in a group together, as they continued working on their class project.

"I see my sisters are finally warming up to you, Cydra." Jeanette remarked.

"Yes..." Cydra said, drly, "it was to be expected."

"Oh?" Jeanette asked, in confusion.

Cydra didn't respond.

"How have you been liking it here at our school, Cydra?" Simon asked.

Cydra gazed at Simon. "I've been liking it just fine..."

Simon then felt that same, draining chill. "Gee... now I'm suddenly not feeling so good..."

Cydra frowned when she watched Jeanette reach out to Simon.

"We must be catching that flu, Simon..." Jeanette said.

"It's quite possible..." Simon moaned.

As Cydra observed Simon and Jeanette's obvious gestures of friendship, she felt it necessary to do something about it. So saying, after school that day, while Jeanette was leaving her locker, Cydra confronted her.

"Jeanette." Cydra called out.

"Oh, hey Cydra." Jeanette answered.

"Jeanette..." Cydra began, "I want to discuss something with you."

"Sure," Jeanette said, "why don't we walk to the bus together?"

Jeanette started for the front exit of the school, but Cydra grabbed her wrist, and stopped her.

"I'd rather not." Cydra said.

"Why not?" Jeanette asked, feeling confused.

"You'll find out here in a minute..." Cydra said.

The hallway started to empty, and Jeanette felt herself being drained of energy again, but this time, the draining sensation was so strong, she felt like she was going to blackout.

"I know what a little bookworm you are," Cydra said, "you read any vampire stories?"

Jeanette nodded, struggling to remain coherent.

"Well... they're not always entirely true..." Cydra said, as she smiled, revealing her fangs.

Jeanette gasped at what she saw, as did Simon and his brothers, when they turned the corner, and saw what was happening.

"What the?" Simon said.

Cydra snapped her head to the side, seeing that she had been caught. The Seville brothers were shocked at the sight they were witnessing, they couldn't believe their eyes. Cydra couldn't carry out with her current plans now that she was caught.

"What's going on here?" Alvin asked.

"You boys know too much, now!" Cydra said, as she wrapped herself around Jeanette, and slowly began to disappear with her.

"Where are you going?" Simon demanded to know.

"Someplace you'll never find us!" Cydra said, before she and Jeanette were completely gone from sight.

The boys ran over to the spot, feeling around, but realizing that Cydra and Jeanette had completely disappeared.

"It all makes sense now!" Simon said. "That draining feeling we've been having... the chills... the queasiness... that wasn't a flu bug... that was Cydra!"

"I can't believe Cydra's a vampire!" Alvin said.

"I knew she couldn't be trusted!" Theodore said.

"And Brittany and Eleanor have been behaving rather strangely these past few days..." Simon added, "Cydra must have done something to them..."

"You think she bit them and turned them into vampires as well?" Alvin asked.

"I'm betting that's exactly what happened..." Simon said, as he darted for the door, "come on!"

"Where are we going?" Alvin asked, as he and Theodore chased after him.

"Home, to my lab!" Simon said. "There must be someway we can combat Cydra, and possibly the chipettes if she's bitten them!"

The busride was tense that afternoon, but as soon as the bus stopped at the end of the neighborhood, the boys ran home as fast as they could. Simon headed for his laboratory, while he asked Alvin to grab his Monster Book of Monsters, to see if there was anything to combat vampires, without destroying them. Nothing. The book pretty much mentioned things like holy water, stakes through the heart, garlic, sunlight, among other things. Simon then furiously searched the internet, hoping that he could find anything legitimately guaranteed to combat vampires. Curiously, Simon came across the formula for a syrum that could reverse the effects of a vampire bite, returning the victims to their original state of mind and body. Simon printed out the formula, and feverish worked on concocting it, until he was down to the final ingredient that he was missing.

"Well..." Simon said, "it's come down to this... in order to finish this syrum, it requires one even pint of blood from someone who is pure-hearted."

"Sorry, but I can't give up my blood!" Alvin said.

"I wouldn't necessarily agree that you're exactly pure-hearted, Alvin," Simon said, "but we do need the blood from someone who is, if we're going to make this work..."

Alvin and Simon pondered for a moment, before they turned to Theodore.

"Me?" Theodore asked.

"It's possible..." Simon said.

"Oh no, please, no!" Theodore pleaded. "I don't like needles! They hurt!"

"Theodore, we need to complete this syrum if we're to possibly save the chipettes." Simon said.

"Yeah, and let's face it, you're as pure-hearted as they come!" Alvin added.

Theodore sighed. "Okay... but... only if you'll use a small needle so it won't hurt as much..."

Moments later, Theodore kept his arm bent, pressing down on the gause on his needle hole, while Simon mixed the pint into his concotion.

"Well, that should do it..." Simon said, wiping the sweat from his brow.

"Fine, now how are we gonna administer this stuff to the vampires?" Alvin asked.

Simon extracted the concoction into three syringes, before topping them with needles, and covering the needles with caps. "We'll have to earn their trust, then strike we they least expect it."

"But where are we going to find them?" Theodore asked, before tossing the gause.

Simon sighed. He didn't even think of where the vampires would possibly be hiding.

"We have to find some place dark, and vampirey!" Alvin said.

"Like a cave?" Theodore asked. "Caves are scary... if I was vampire, that's where I'd go, so I can hang upside down from those pointy rocks."

"They're vampires, not bats, Theodore," Simon said, "besides, there aren't any caves close by here."

"What about that about that abandoned mansion on the other side of town?" Alvin asked. "It's been empty for years... it's supposedly haunted."

"Wow Alvin," Simon said, "for once you had a good thought!"

When Jeanette awoke, she saw her sisters appearing before her, then realized that she was bound by her wrists on some kind of platform hanging in the middle of the room.

"What's going on here?" Jeanette asked.

"Nothing." Brittany and Eleanor said, with false innocence.

"Is this your idea of some kind of practical joke?" Jeanette asked her sisters. "Because if it is, it's not funny."

Brittany and Eleanor laughed.

"This is no joke, sis." Brittany said.

"This is serious business." Eleanor added.

"What are you talking about?" Jeanette asked.

Brittany and Eleanor stood completely still, before they slowly began to smile, then...

"No!" Jeanette gasped, when she saw her sisters had fangs.

"Yes!" Brittany and Eleanor said.

"No!" Jeanette repeated.

"Yes!" Brittany and Eleanor repeated.

"No!" Jeanette repeated.

"Yes!" Brittany and Eleanor repeated.

"No!" Jeanette screamed.

"Yes, darling, yes..." a voice called out.

"Who said that?" Jeanette asked.

Brittany and Eleanor dropped to their knees, when Cydra entered the basement. Cydra commanded this as respect, since she said she was the master of whoever she bit. Cydra walked over to her new menions, gently caressing their heads, before instructing them to rise.

"What did you do to my sisters?" Jeanette asked.

"I just earned their respect, is all..." Cydra said, holding up her hands, while Brittany and Eleanor each kissed them.

"By biting them and turning them into vampires, like yourself?" Jeanette asked.

Cydra smiled once more, showing off her fangs. "Exactly."

"Not only that, but we've got a whole lot of benefits too!" Eleanor added.

"Benefits? How do you benefit from this?" Jeanette asked.

"Immortality, sis," Brittany said, "immortality!"

"Yeah, we'll be livin' forever!" Eleanor said.

"Not to mention all the cool tricks we can do now!" Brittany demonstrated by walking right through a wall, while Eleanor levitated herself off the ground, and disappeared.

"This can't be happening... this can't be happening..." Jeanette said, squinting her eyes shut.

"But it is happening!" Brittany said, when she suddenly reappeared next to Jeanette, startling her.

"And we're happening too!" Eleanor said, when she too reappeared next to Jeanette.

The two sisters parted their lips, and pressed their fangs against Jeanette's cheeks, each breathing on her, draining her of energy. Cydra chuckled, and instructed her menions to leave her alone. They obeyed.

"I suppose I'm next now?" Jeanette asked, as she regained her energy.

"You got it, babe." Cydra said.

"But Cydra," Jeanette began, "when have I ever shown you any disrepect?"

"It's not your respect I'm after, Jeanette," Cydra said, "I'm after something else..."

"What?" Jeanette asked.

"That's for me to know... and for you to find out..." Cydra said, as she sauntered over to the other side of the room, where she would be directly in line with Jeanette. "Now, the question is... where am I gonna bite you?"

"Huh? You're not going to bite my neck?" Jeanette asked.

Brittany walked over to Jeanette, straightening out her arm, revealing Cydra bit her in the bend of her arm. Eleanor then walked over, and unbuttoned her top, revealing Cydra bit her on the chest.

"I never really was fond of necks," Cydra said, "they've been... done to death."

"Bite her tummy! Bite her tummy! Bite her tummy! Bite her tummy!" Brittany chanted.

"Yeah, she's got the cutest little tummy you've ever seen!" Eleanor added.

Jeanette suddenly felt her heart sink into her stomach, and nearly had a heart attack when Cydra flew over to her with lightning speed, lifting up her top, and pressing her fangs against Jeanette's belly.

"Eh... not quite what I'm after..." Cydra said, as she backed away from Jeanette.

"Well then," Jeanette said, nervously, "I guess you'll just have to let me go, then..."

"Not quite..." Cydra said, as she began feeling up Jeanette, deciding on where she would want to bite her.

"Bite her nose!" Brittany suggested.

"Bite her hip!" Eleanor suggested.

"Bite her ear!" Brittany suggested.

"Bite her foot!" Eleanor suggested.

"Bite under her chin!" Brittany suggested.

"Shut up!" Cydra growled, while Brittany and Eleanor obeyed. "I got, okay?"

Brittany and Eleanor nodded, as they stood there, smiling sheepishly, each anticipating Jeanette's transformation.

"Now, where was I?" Cydra asked, when she returned her attention to Jeanette. "Oh yes..."

While Cydra revealed her fangs once more, Simon lead his brothers to the abadoned mansion, where he suspected the vampires would be hiding out in.

"Man," Alvin whined, "it would've been so much cooler if we could've gotten some super soakas filled with holy water and squirt them vampires, like in that movie I saw the other night."

"Yeah, the one Dave told you not to watch, because of the graphic, and also explicit content?" Simon asked. "Besides, holy water would destroy them altogether, we want to return them to their original state of mind and body, so as not to remove them from our lives completely."

"I'm scared." Theodore said.

"Don't worry Theodore," Simon said, "we'll get through this."

The three brothers made their way up the wooden staircase, to the front porch of the mansion.

"Well, it doesn't look like anybody's home, so let's go." Theodore suggested.

"No..." Simon said, "I'm getting chills... they're here, I know it..." Simon reached for the doorknob, but since the mansion was so old, and decaying, the knob broke off in his hand. "Looks like we'll have to find another way of getting in."

"No problem!" Alvin said, as he rose his pants legs, revealing he was wearing heavy combat boots.

"What are those boots for, Alvin?" Theodore asked.

"These boots are made for walkin', Theodore!" Alvin said, as he kicked the doors in.

Downstairs, in the basement, Brittany and Eleanor twitched at the loud crash they heard upstairs. Cydra pulled her head out from under Jeanette's skirt, while Jeanette continued whimpering.

"I sense a disturbance among us..." Cydra said.