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chapter 4
Walking down the street I couldn't keep my mind off the fight that had just accurred. Sighing I turned the corner one last time and came to the mansion were all of the members of H.E. live together. It was a very old building with six floors and made with wood and red brick. (Looks just like the mansion from underworld.) Jumping effortlessly over the fence that had beautiful moon flowers growing up it poles; I walked up to the front door, where black roses spiraled up into the night air. Entering, I walked to the kitchen to grab a glass of blood when Sierra popped up next to me. I hate that bitch with every ounce of my undead being. She was no doubt beautiful, with blond hair, high cheekbones, and full lips, and the same black eyes that we all have, but she was full-blown bitch that could rival Satan himself. Leaning against the counter she said in her sickly sweet voice.
"Why hello Nightmare. How have you been? Have you tortured any humans lately? I had a quite filling 10 year old earlier myself." She said. I took a sip of my blood and looked icily at her. She knew very well about my policy, and that I didn't go after children. It sickened me to take the life of something that hadn't even had the chance to live it. Taking another sip of my blood I walked out of the kitchen before turning to her and retorting.
"Why don't you go annoy someone who could care less. I heard that Jack was feeling a little down tonight. Why don't you go cheer him up considering all that time you lie on your back." I smirked as I walked away and heard her shriek in anger, and I knew I had won this round. Going to my room on the top floor, I locked my door and lied down on my bed, Taking one last gulp of my blood, I set the empty glass on the bedside table and pulled out my diary. Its weird I know, but ever since the day I became a vampire, I've kept a diary to record my life as a member of the undead. Some reached back to the early 1300s.
Friday, December 18, 2008
Dear Diary,
Hello, did you have a good night? Well I certainly had an interesting one. I met a very interesting creature while I was out. He said his name was Ironhide. Interesting name I know, but what was truly amazing was he was a giant fucking robot! His clone looked a lot like me, but taller and not nearly as pale. But what really stole my attention were his eyes. They were like a lake of electric ice that glowed as my own fiery pools of hell fire eyes. He seemed just as interested in my eyes as I was of his. He was strong to and knew how to fight. Not like those pathetic punks that think they're all that just because they found a knife in the sewer. No, this one was…different. I just can't describe it. MY GOD NO! I THINK I MIGHT BE FALLING FOR A FUCKING ROBOT!!!! Must go now and beat some sense into myself!
Putting down my pen and diary I sat up with a start. Shaking my head I walked towards the window and looked at the sky. The darkness of the night was giving way to the early morning sun. How long had it been since I had seen the sun? How long had it been that I could watch the spring flowers bloom, and beautiful blue sky? Far to long. Sighing, I closed the curtains so that not a single ray of sunlight could enter the room. Kicking of my boots, and taking off my weapons and putting them away I settled into bed and took one last look at the window before rolling over and falling into a dreamless sleep.
Third Person POV
Ironhide was beyond frustrated. He was pissed. No matter what he did he couldn't find a Nightmare anywhere on the World Wide Web to have existed. Sighing he pulled to a stop in front of a nearby park and just sat, lost in thought. Activating his hologram, he appeared in the driver seat of his alt form and picked up the black rose on the passenger seat. Holding it gingerly he examined it form every single angle. But while he was holding onto the stem, a thorn pricked him. Hissing from the sting he took a look at his hand. A drop of energon fell down his know ruptured skin. Staring at the rose in shock, he saw a drop of energon on one of the thorns. Holding the rose more cautiously, he brought it up to optic level.
"Beautiful, but deadly." He thought. "Just like that girl." Shaking his head to clear himself of his last thought he stared off into space for a while before deactivating his hologram. Settling himself in his tires, he went into recharge to forget about his mission for the moment and dream of better memories of his past.
Nightmare was pulled out of sleep around sunset. The sun was already gone and the reds, oranges, and yellows of the sky were giving way to the darkness of the night. Getting up, she walked over to the window and pulled back the curtains. Sighing, she walked over to her boots and pulled them on. Feeling thirsty she unlocked her door and walked into the hallway, but was met with an unexpected surprise. There at the end of the corridor, was a woman. She wore a white dress that pooled around her at the floor and had blond hair with blue eyes that complimented her porcelain skin that seemed to give off an unearthly glow, unlike Nightmare that seemed to absorb every single ray of light that touched her undead skin.
Nightmare recognized her instantly. It was her twin sister Daydream. Nightmare instantly barred her fangs. The woman only raised her hand in surrender and spoke.
"Peace. I am not here to fight. I am here to send a message."
Nightmare didn't believe her for a moment. She and Daydream had hated each other since the she had been human. But she was curious about the message so keeping her fangs out for intimidation, Nightmare asked.
"What kind of message?"
Daydream pulled out a piece of paper and blew it at Nightmare who caught it with one hand and looked at it curiously. On the paper was a photo of a girl. She looked lonely and around 15 years old with black, curly hair with multi colored streaks in it and black eyes. She wore a black shirt and blue jeans. Looking back at the mysterious woman, she asked.
"What does she have to do with anything? From this photo, she's just a human."
Daydream only nodded before answering. "Human she is. What she has to do with this is everything."
"I'm listening." Said Nightmare interested.
"As you are fully aware, every several hundred years hell is given a portal to rise form the pits and run freely over the Earth. And that can only happen with the sacrifice of the reincarnation of a fallen angel. Then the race is on for both good and evil to ki8ll the fallen one before the other, always resulting in the death of an innocent. This time you are to do everything to prevent that from happening."
"Why me?" Nightmare asked quietly.
"You were changed on the night of the portals opening so you are to be her guardian." Daydream replied.
"So were you, so why aren't you doing this? Also, how am I supposed to protect this girl from the light? I am a vampiress. Vampires and light do not mix."
Daydream only smiled snottily before pulling a silver chain from around her neck with a medallion on it and throwing it to Nightmare who caught it easily. Looking at the medallion she found that it was a sun and a moon interlocked together. Looking up at Daydream disappearing with a whisper
"Look after the one who has fallen from her happiest dream into her darkest nightmare, guide her threw the darkest night and brightest day. Protect her from her greatest fear and her most desired dreams." And with that she was left alone in the deserted corridor. Looking at the photo once more she flipped it over to find a name and address of the little girl.
"So Angel you and I will be meeting each other very soon." And with thirst forgotten, ran back to her room and out the window landing on the ground with more grace than a cat before running threw the gates and out into the night.
Ironhide's POV
Ironhide was heading back to base, which was hover dam. The government had allowed the Autobots to build their base their since they had attacked Bumblebee and they had saved the world. Cycling air through his vents, he transformed before entering. Walking down the hall, he was greeted by the hulking shape of his leader standing before him.
"Greetings Ironhide, I trust you are well." Said Optimus, " I was wondering if you could report to me know how your rounds went last night seeing as you took some time off and did not come in to report it. What happened to your hand?"
"Yeah about that Prime, something happened last night that I want to talk to you about, in private." Said Ironhide rubbing the back of his head with his hand.
"Of coarse old friend, but maybe you should get your hand fixed up first." Said Optimus. They both walked down the hall and turned down the right hallway to Prime's office. Optimus walked to the back of his desk and took a seat while Ironhide took a seat in the chair in front of it.
"Later Prime, this is important." Ironhide said. Optimus only nodded, noting the seriousness in Ironhide's voice.
"So what occurred last night that you wish to talk to me about?" Optimus asked?
"Well you see Prime, I ran into this human female last night, but she wasn't your average human."
"What do you mean?" asked Optimus intrigued.
"Well there was something about her. You see I was doing my rounds, when I saw this female getting harassed by a bunch of males, mainly Trent from Sam and Mikeala's learning facility. I was about to activate my holoform to help her out, but before I could she took out every single male there."
"Well that could just be nothing. Not all of the females are weak. Take Mikeala for example." Said Prime, looking a bit confused.
"Well that's not all that happened. See Trent and the other males were intoxicated when they started to harass her. Trent went up to her and grabed her shoulder to turn her around and when she did, she flicked him so hard he went flying back about 10 feet! Then she warps over to the males, picks up Trent and throws him into me so hard his ribs most likely shattered! She was standing about 10 feet away from me and she threw the guy with such force, she dented ma side! How many humans do you know that can do that?" he asked Optimus folding his arms over his chest.
"I was unaware that humans were even able to perform such a feat." Replied Optimus with surprise, but could not be seen from behind his facemask. "You said she warped? How is that possable for humans.?"
"Well that's not all. She then picked Trent up and threw him into a tree. When he didn't get up she goes over to him and bites him! From what ma' scanners could detect she was draining him of vital fluids. Then I activated my holoform to arrest her for attempted murder, she laughed! And she knew that I was a holoform."
"What!" Optimus exclaimed, "How is that possable?"
"Yeah, Ah was wondering the same thing, and after that she opened her mouth and grew fangs, then she tried to bit me! Would of done it too if it wasn't for saying she wanted to 'play'. She even beat me after I had transformed. And when she warped away, she left something." And then he reached into subspace and pulled out the black rose he had placed there earlier and handed it over for his leader to inspect. Optimus accepted the rose surprised and looked back up at Ironhide.
"Why do you think a human left this behind?"
"I don't know but she said it was a 'gift'. She said that this wouldn't be the last Ah saw of her. From what that tells me, she's probably killed before." Said Ironhide as he watched his leader, gingerly hold the tiny rose in his enormous hands.
"Also when she touched me, it felt as though someone had just shoved ice into ma spark chamber, it felt so cold, like death was com'n for me, it was just there for a moment before it stopped." Ironhide said, shivering slightly at the memory.
"Do you know who she is?" asked Optimus handing the rose back to Ironhide.
"She said her name was Nightmare before she left. She kinda looked like my holoform, but she was extremely pale, like she had never even seen the sunlight, none of her internal organs were working, not even her heart, and, she had red eyes." At this Optimus looked up at his soldier with shock.
"Do you think she is a Decepticon?" he asked with a serious voice.
"No, she did not give off a Decepticon signal." Ironhide said, placing the rose back into subspace.
"Maybe we should tell the rest of the Autobots about this." Suggested Optimus standing up from his seat.
"Agreed Prime." Said Ironhide also standing up as the two exited the room and headed to the lounge where the other Autobots were hanging out. Entering the room, both Autobots watched as the twins came barreling into the lounge from the opposite door followed by a curing medic.
"GET BACK HERE YOU SLAGGING PILES OF SCRAP SO I CAN WELD YOUR AFTS TO THE FLOOR!!!" Ratchet screamed at the twins as they laughed on the ground, holding their middles as energon tears ran down their faces.
"Alright, what did they do this time Ratchet?" asked Optimus with amusement in his voice as he watched the medic storm over to the twins and pull them off the ground.
"Well Optimus sir, these little pit spawns decided it would be funny to cover the med bay in neon green paint. Then they covered the floor with feathers and glue and covered Prowl with the same mixture!" shouted Ratchet as a feathered covered Prowl stormed in.
"WHERE ARE THEY!!!" He yelled before spotting the twins in the medics grip. "You two!" he yelled at the twins before grabbing them from Ratchet's hands. "You both will be spending quite some time in the brig for this one!"
"Come on Prowl it was just a joke." Said Sideswipe trying to twist out of Prowl's vice like grip.
'Yeah so let us go, we were only kidding. Hey, watch the paint!" said Sunstreaker, trying to achieve the same goal with the same luck.
"Well you both will be laughing as you both clean up the med bay AND spend the next 36 hours in the brig! Said Prowl with a smile and his voice filled with satisfaction at hearing the twins protest.
"Now Prowl, you can take them down to the med bay after you all listen to this." Said Optimus Prime as the other Autobots looked up at the two standing in the doorway.
"Hey Optimus, didn't see you there." Said Bumblebee. After the battle for the All Spark, Ratchet had been able to fix up his vocal processor, but he still mostly talked with song lyrics.
"Hey where were you yesterday 'Hide? Didn't see you last night." Said Sam as he sat with Mikeala sitting next to him.
"Well last night something happened." Said Ironhide. Then he and Optimus repeated the story of which had happened the night before.
"Wait, wait, wait, wait. You're telling me that a measly female HUMAN nearly took out one of the top Autobot warriors without even breaking a sweat?" Asked Sunstreaker after a few protests from Sam and Mikeala.
"That is correct." Said Optimus. This only resulted in the twins falling into another fit of laughter.
"Shut the slag up!" Ironhide yelled at them.
"Alright, then show us how badly this, Nightmare threw the male into your side to make a dent." Said Sideswipe after regaining his composure. With a final glare, Ironhide transformed so that the others could see the size of the dent. All the other Autobots could do was stare in shock at how big and deep the dent in the side of the Topkick was. Sam let out a low, long whistle.
"Danm, she did THAT to you?" he asked in amazement.
"Yes and as you can see, it was very painful." Said Ironhide after he had transformed again. Then Ratchet came up next to him and smacked him in the head.
"Why didn't you come to the med bay as soon as you got back to base, you slagging idiot!" he roared. Ironhide bowed his head, knowing he would only make it worse if he argued with the medic.
"Well this was pretty important." he mumble. Ratchet shook his head.
"Give me your hand and let me see the damage." he demanded, with Ironhide complying instantly. Mikeala, who had been relatively quite finally asked.
"Can I see the rose please?" Ironhide obliged. After she had taken the rose from Ironhide, Mikeala examined the rose with a critical eye. It was black just as Ironhide had described, but instead of open, it was now closed. Turning it over in her hand, a thorn caught her finger and cut deeply into the skin. Yelping she dropped the rose and it fell to the floor. All of the Autobots and Sam turned to look at he as she placed her cut finger into her mouth.
"Are you okay?" asked Sam concerned.
"Yeah, rose just pricked me, no biggie." Mikeala told her worried boyfriend as he stooped down to retrieve the rose, only to grab his hand back as he to was pricked by the rose's deadly thorns.
"What is with that rose? Its like it's doing this on purpose." Sam cried as he blew on his cut.
"That is impossible Sam. It is a plant and has no idea of what is going on around it." Said Ratchet in an annoyed voice.
"Um, are you sure about that Ratchet?" asked Mikeala as she pointed at the rose. As the rest of the Autobots followed her gaze, they saw what she meant. As they looked at the rose, it began to unfurl its long petals and seem to grow as the blood disappeared from its thorns and was absorbed into the rose. Everyone just stared at it in stunned silence.
"Is that supposed to happen?" asked a curious Hot Shot.
"No it's not." Said Mikeala as she pulled down her sleeve over her hand and picked up the rose. "And there is something about this rose that isn't natural." She looked up at Ironhide and asked. "You said that the girl had fangs right?"
"Yeah that's right. What about it?" he asked confused. Mikeala didn't say anything only turned her attention back to the rose. Braking off the bottom part of the rose she slowly and carefully began to squeeze.
"Um Mikeala, what are you doing?" asked Sam as he came closer. Then he got his answer just as the other Autobots, as a red pool of blood began to form. As if the rose itself was crying.
"This isn't a normal rose." Said Mikeala as she once again dropped the rose and stepped away from it. No one came forward to pick up the rose again. Ratchet looked shocked.
"Earth plants should not be able to do that!" he exclaimed.
"Your right, they shouldn't." said Sam. Turning back to Ironhide he asked. "Was the girls touch cold, like she had been frozen or gave off very little body heat?" Ironhide nodded, wondering how Sam had known seeing as he had forgotten to mention it to them.
"Yeah it did, how did you know that?" he asked curiously.
"Well it's just a thought really." Said Sam, "You see, here on Earth there are legends that roam around in little towns and stuff like that. Nightmare just seems to be one of the characters from one of them." He said thinking deeply as Mikeala walked over to him and to seemed deep in thought.
"What do you mean?" asked Bumblebee.
"Well there is this legend about people, but aren't exactly human. They're called vampires. They are thought to be immortal with supper human strength, speed, hearing, sight, and smell. They can regenerate any wounds and only have a few weaknesses.
"What kind of weaknesses?" asked an entranced Hot Shot.
"Well, they can't go out into the sunlight or else they turn to ash, garlic, crosses, and holy water are the only ones that I know of." Said Sam.
"Well than what does blood have to do with any of this, or black roses?" asked a disgruntle Ratchet.
"Well you see, vampires as I said before aren't human and can't eat the things human can, so they survive off of drinking other peoples blood to sustain themselves." Said Sam pausing for a moment for this information to sink in before continuing. "What the black rose has to do with this is that some people think that roses are to be a sign that vampires were near. Like Blood red and, like the rose Ironhide was given, night time Black." Sam finished looking at the rose still sitting before them on the floor. "But like I said before, it's just a legend."
"What do ya think we should do 'bout this Nightmare girl Optimus?" asked Jazz from where he was sipping his energon. Optimus thought about this for a moment, placing his chin in his palm.
"From what I have heard about this girl, she is a very dangerous individual and is thought to strike again. I believe we should go after this girl, before she has time to claim the life of another and to see if this legend about these 'vampires' as you called them Sam, is true or is just a legend. Even is it is not we can not risk innocent lives." Said Optimus.
"So I guess we get to meet the girl that bested Ironhide huh?" asked Sunstreaker before he shared a glance with his brother.
"Count us in. I mean, how long has it been since someone even beat Ironhide in a sparring match, let alone a battle? No way can we pass up this chance." Said Sideswipe agreeing wholeheartedly with his twin.
"Then it's settled. Autobots roll out!" Optimus yelled out as the rest of the Autobots transformed. Sam and Mikeala ran over and hopped into Bumblebee as the rest of the Autobots drove out of the base. Ironhide thought rather smugly, that it was only a matter of time now, that Nightmare would be found and brought to justice.
Nightmare's POV
I walked down the deserted streets towards Angel's house. It was almost morning and I wanted to see Angel and remember her before the sun rose. Speeding up a bit, I turned one more corner to come in front of a house. It looked like a normal house with an even cut lawn and two stories as well as a bright red door that went well with the white base paint of the house. But to my utmost horror, the sun began to rise. Cursing myself for my stupidity I teleported to the shadow of a nearby house cursing to myself again. I mean come on, I'm nearly 700 years old and I make a fledgling mistake! Sighing to myself I felt an unusual warmth on my arm. Looking down I couldn't keep my eyes from widening in shock as I saw a ray of light touching my skin, and I wasn't withering on the ground in pain! Cautiously I took a step into the sunlight, only to find the unusual warmth spread to the rest of my body. I couldn't even describe the shock that I was experiencing at the moment. Realization dawned on me as I looked down at the medallion I was now wearing around my neck. Smiling, I turned my attention back to the house and saw two people exit the house. One was a woman in a business suit and the other was the one she was looking for.
"Why hello there Angel." I said into the young girls mind. The girl's head immediately shot up and looked straight at me as I got a full on look at the girl. She wore dark blue jeans with a black shirt with white block letters that said 'bite me' on the front of it. I liked her hair, which unlike the picture had blue and purple highlights in it. Smiling again, I showed her my fangs and flashed my eyes red before teleporting away to await for my new charge at her school.
To keep her safe I would be enrolling with her as it was know known that I could go out into sunlight and I wasn't going to let anything happen to this human while she was under my care, nothing would touch her, nothing.
Angel's POV
Marcy, my step mother who was always insisting I call her mother, was nagging me like always. This time it was about my shirt.
"What kind of shirt is that?" Marcy asked. "Proper people shouldn't wear shirts like that. It makes look as if you hate them."
"Well that's because I do." I said in an annoyed voice.
"Walter, do something!" my step mother demanded at my father who was reading the paper.
"Do what your mother tells you to Angel." He said without even looking up from the sports section. Marcy only sighed before grabbing her purse and heading out the door with me not to far behind. Sighing to myself, I walked out into the early morning sun, listening to the music of the world. Suddenly I heard someone say,
"Why hello there Angel." Shooting my head up I looked around but didn't see anyone until my eyes rested on a girl across the street. She wore all black except for a medallion that shinned in the sunlight. As my eyes met hers I gasped suddenly as I saw fangs suddenly appear from her mouth and her black eyes turn blood red as she disappeared as if she was never there. I could only stand there in shock until Marcy honked the horn, jolting me out of it.
"Will you hurry up? I'm gonna be late for work!" Marcy called as I huffed and hefted my black messenger bag over my shoulder and jumped into the front seat next to my mother. I knew the entire ride to school I would be hearing her saying how she used to be when she was a kid and how I don't do any of the things girls are supposed to and on and on about stuff I don't care about. Sighing with relief as we finally pulled up in front of my school 'Tranquility high school.' Getting out of the car I was stopped by Marcy's hand as she grabbed my arm.
"Angel, just please, please at least try to act normal around the other children." she told me in a pleading tone. Looking her straight in the eyes, I rolled my eyes and closed the door to the car and headed to my prison for the next seven hours.
Nightmare's POV
I watched my new mistress as she walked up the steps to the school. I smiled to myself and walked in after her, being out in the day like this, it was like I was discovering the world all over again. The sky looked as if it was a robin egg color and the flowers were all in bloom. Birds sang their songs and the world just seemed so…alive. But then again, for as long as I could remember, I had belonged to the darkness. It was the only thing that would not hurt me, and the one thing that would never leave me, but that can't stop a girl from missing the light of day every once in a while, now can it? Walking down the hallways, I finally reached the main office. Walking into the office I began to wonder what it was like to be in a school. You see, after so many years, the life that I once knew alive, died just like my soul and I am unable to remember any of it, except for what my old master had told me about it. I shivered at the thought of my old master. Leaning against the office desk I looked around for someone to help me. Suddenly I saw a smiling woman who politely asked me,
"Do you need some help dear?" I plastered on a smile.
"Hi I would like to enroll today."
"Well then we'll need your parents with you, and your papers." Shit, why was this century so complicated? Leaning closer to her I flashed my eyes and let my conscious seep into hers.
"Know it's really important that I get enrolled today, we wouldn't want me to fall behind in any of my studies now would we?" I asked. She stared blankly at me before replying monotone.
"No, that would be bad, we wouldn't want that." Then she entered a few words into the computer and a few minutes later gave me my schedule, a map of the school and my locker combination. Smiling I thanked her and left the office, leaving the woman confused on what had just happened.
Looking at my schedule I walked to my first class. The children fell silent as I walked over to the teachers desk with looks of interest from the boys and jealousy from the girls. The teacher was a middle aged man with brown hair and beady eyes and also overwieght. He seemed surprised to see me for a moment before he turned back to the newspaper he was reading. Apparently, he didn't care at all about my presence. That was fine by me. Then the bell rang and all the students took their seats. I walked to the last open seat beside a boy with mousy brown hair and eyes who looked like a stick and a girl with a very filled out body and long brown hair that fell just past her shoulder.
Both looked nervously at each other before looking back at me. I was a little surprised at this act as I had never seen either of these two before but ignored it. As the teacher stood her began the lessons.
"Apparently we have a new student today, would you care to stand up?" he lazily asked as I stood. "And you are?" he pressed. I smirked slightly.
"Call me Nightmare." I said before siting back down with know all of the students looking at me. Curios for the reason for their behavior I stroked at their consciouses to find out. I learned that the boys name was Sam and the girl was Mikeala, but the rest of their thoughts were in termol because of panic. Thought both were thinking along the same lines.
"O my god,O my god,O my god, that's her, that's Nightmare. Why the hell is she here?!?! I have got to tell the Autobots. Thank you god they decided to stake out the school."
"Okay calm down, don't freak out like Sam, be calm, breathe, now as soon as lunch starts go to the Autobots and tell them she's here. Remember just breathe and don't freak out and you'll be fine."
I exited their minds and smirked. So, these two knew who I was? This could get interesting.
After the teacher cleared his throat, and the class continued I looked back over to the boy and girl sitting next to me. They seemed extremely nervous because of my presence. As my classes ended and lunch began I walked to the cafeteria and looked around for Angel. I spotted her sitting alone in the corner of the cafeteria.
Knowing where she was I slipped out of the school and walked to the parking lot were I thought I could find sanctuary from the thoughts swirling through my head. I was looking at the strange array of cars in the school parking lot that looked much to expensive to be owned by any of the students. There was also something about them that gave me bad vibe. Suddenly a scent assaulted my nose as I turned around and noticed Sam and Mikeala. As soon as they saw me, they stopped in their tracks. I nodded to each of them.
"Sam, Mikeala." I soon saw that it was a mistake as I had forgotten that they didn't know their names.
"How do you know our names?" Mikeala demanded, brown eyes narrowed.
"I overheard it from other students." I lied quickly. This seemed to satisfy Sam but Mikeala was not so easily swayed. Then I heard car doors slamming. Turning around I saw men exiting the cars I was looking at moments ago. Realization suddenly poured over me. I whirled angrily around at Sam and Mikeala with narrowed eyes.
"You knew." I said. I could smell the intoxicating aroma of fear coming off of their skin as they trembled under my gaze like rabbits caught by a wolf. Another familiar scent assaulted my nose as I looked over my shoulder and smirked.
"Why hello there Ironhide." I said.
Third person POV
Ironhide watched as Nightmare walked into the high school parking lot. He admitted he was skeptical when Bumblebee suggested they waited in front of the school for her to show up, but there she was. He watched as she leaned against a tree and sigh. Opening his COM to the others he said in a smug voice.
"There's our little monster."
"I have to admit, she doesn't look that dangerous," said Optimus.
"Looks can be deceiving Prime." Ironhide retorted, "Ratchet what do you think? Ratchet?" Ironhide asked his comrade.
"This shouldn't be possible! How is this possible? What is she?" was all he heard from the CMO.
"Slow down Ratch, was wrong man?" asked Jazz in his usual carefree voice now filled with concern and confusion.
"Everyone take a scan of her and you tell me what's wrong!" Ratchet yelled back. Confused, Ironhide did so and was shocked at the results. The girl was barley even giving off signs of life and her heat signature was colder than her surroundings. Her internal organs looked as if they had gone into shut down and not even her heart or lungs were working. The girl was just a walking corpse. He felt a shiver run down his frame at the thought.
"I believe it is time we confronted Nightmare." Optimus said as he watched her turn to Sam and Mikeala. Bumblebee was more than ready to agree not wanting to leave his charges at her mercy. All of them activated their holograms and exited their alt. modes as Nightmare looked at them from over her shoulder
"Why hello there Ironhide. Pleasure to see you here." Suddenly he felt cold all over him and suppressed a shudder. Staring back at Nightmare he said.
"Wish I could say it was good to see you Nightmare." He heard the other Autobots exiting their own alt forms and standing near him.
"Well that's a nice way to greet someone." Said Nightmare. "Especially to the one who nearly sent you to the underworld." She rolled her eyes and said thoughtfully. "You know, I wonder how far you would have lasted if I hadn't gone easy on you." Shrugging her shoulders she said with a satisfied look, "Guess we'll never know who's better. Now who are these others that have decided to pay me this 'lovely' visit?" she asked with only a little bit of curiosity. Prowl stepped forward, wearing his police uniform with brown hair and hazel eyes that he had chosen for his hologram.
"Nightmare, you are under arrest for the attempted murder of Trent (does anyone know his last name?)." Pulling out a pair of handcuffs he again started to approach the girl only to stop when he heard her cold, chilling laugh.
"That's a good one." She said once she had finished laughing, "But you see, I have plans for today, so this little game will have to wait until after I meet with my mistress."
"Mistress?" asked Bumblebee. Nightmare nodded. She had walked over to a nearby tree and was know leaning against it. Her entire demeanor seemed calm but they could tell she was ready at a seconds notice to attack.
"Now there is no means for violence." Said Optimus stepping forward. Nightmare only gave a cold glare in response.
"If you think that anything in this world can be solved with peace then you are a fool." She said, her voice filled with malice. "You do not know the true horrors of this world little fledglings and I suggest you do not go looking for the trouble of which you seek because you will undoubtedly find it." Then her eyes turned as she looked at them. It was if a fire was spreading, slowly turning the coal black eyes that seemed dead, to the horrifying red eyes that could rival a Decepticon. Turning on her heel, she walked away and disappeared and on the ground again, was a black rose.
Angel's POV
School was finally out and mom was late. Again. She was supposed to have picked me up about 2 and a half hours ago. Sighing, I made myself more comfortable on the curb as I waited, looking for my mother's car. Then, my eyes rested on the girl I had seen earlier and I felt my breath catch in my throat and my heart speed up. She was standing across the street just like this morning. Slowly she started to cross the street and walked closer and closer to where I was sitting. In no time, she was standing right in front of me. Smiling, but for some reason looked sad, she spoke.
"Hello mistress."
Nightmare's POV
I stood before my mistress with a sad smile. This was the little human that was doomed to die a death that she had no idea would come and the forces that would be hunting her mercilessly until she met the terrible fate. Kneeling down in front of her so I could look into her eyes I spoke again.
"So you are Angel." She had fear in her eyes, but she put on a brave face and nodded her head. She was brave I could give her that.
"Why did you call m-me mistress?" she asked, her voice only wavering a little.
"Because I was assigned to protect you." I answered.
"Protect me? From what?" she asked with suspicion and curiosity undeniably in her voice.
"From your unavoidable death." I said, almost apologetically. She was just a kid! So what if she was the incarnation of the fallen one, it wasn't her fault and she hadn't even had the chance to live her life yet!
"My d-d-death?" she asked. Fear began to pour off of her in waves. Sighing I stood up and picked her up.
"Hey put me down!" she cried out. Doing as I was told I lightly set her down on her feet.
"Now I want to know why I'm going to die and I want to know now!" She demanded.
"Of coarse mistress, but first lets get somewhere safe. Who knows what's watching us right now." and started to walk off my new mistress following not far behind. Turning back around I picked her back up and before she had the chance to object took off running at speeds impossible for a human and if I was seen, the only thing that would have been able to make out was a black blur.
Stopping once we were in a deserted park I gently placed her back on the ground. She looked up at me before saying.
"You're not human." It wasn't a question.
"You're smart for a human." I said with a smirk on my lips. Most humans would be stuttering over I must have been a track star to run so fast and not able to except the fact that they weren't the only sentient beings on this planet.
"So what are you then?" she asked.
"I am a vampiress." I said proudly.
"No since we're at a safe place, can you tell me why I'm going to die?" she asked. My smirk immediately fell away from my lips. Sighing I began the tale."
Every 700 years a gate to the underworld is opened and the balance of the worlds are off. If the underworld escapes there confides of hell, then all life of this world and heaven will be lost. That's where you come in. You see, the only way the portal can be fully opened and hell can be freed, is with the sacrifice of the reincarnation of a fallen angel and both good and evil will hunt for the reincarnation and when they find them. So far good has won every single time."
"Then why is this bad and my death unavoidable?" Angel asked.
"You see, so evil can not get a hold of the reincarnation, they kill them." Was my grim response as I watched my mistress's eyes widen in fear. She took a few steps back before falling down.
"So yo-your saying," she began to shake a little in her fear, "that no matter who finds me, I'm going to die?" Tears pricked at the corners of her eyes. Walking over to her, I enveloped her in a hug. She stiffened before relaxing into my embrace and let the tears fall freely down her face. All I could do was comfort her the best I could. I may not have been human, or alive for that matter, but she needed me right now, and I was willing to give all the comfort that my undead heart could give.
Angel's POV
I couldn't believe it. No matter who finds me in this sick game of hide and seek, I was going to die. All I could do was to cry into the vampire's shoulder and cry my eyes out. Soon I could cry no more and I pulled away from the girl's embrace, rubbing my eyes dry. Suddenly a two thoughts hit me. Looking back at the girl I asked.
"I forgot to ask what's your name?" The girl seemed surprised at this before she started laughing.
"My bad, well my names Nightmare." I looked at her strangely.
"Do all vampires have names like that or is that just you?" I asked. Again she laughed.
"No, I've always had this name."
"O," was my answer until I decided to ask my other question, "So if both worlds are looking to kill me, how come you haven't all ready?" Nightmare's laughter instantly stopped as she looked at me.
"Well I told you, I was assigned to keep you safe." She said.
"Assigned? Assigned by who?" I asked. I was surprised when she only shrugged.
"I don't know, all I know is she was a messenger of good." She said.
"Then, why you?" I asked curiously.
"Because the day I was turned was the day of the opening of the portal." Was my answer. Looking up at the sky to my horror it was night.
"MY MOTHER IS GOING TO KILL ME!!" I screamed. Nightmare only laughed.
"What's so funny?" I demanded.
"Well one, that's what I was assigned to prevent that from happening and two," before I could react I was on her back hanging on for dear life as she ran at breakneck speed. "I can have you home in about two to three seconds." And with that our surroundings changed as we went from a deserted park to the front of my house. Getting off of Nightmare's back I looked back at her.
"Thanks for getting me home. See you later." And headed towards the front door.
"Pleasant dreams mistress." Nightmare called before she teleported away again. Taking a deep breath, I entered my house ready to face the music.
