Wewt wewt! Two chapters in one day! :D Not too many chapters of this story yet...I think I'm going to cry when this story goes from "In-Progress" to "Complete"
"IS IT SO HARD TO NOT LOSE A FUCKING VAMPIRE? SHE'S A GIRL, AND HER SKIN ISN'T FUCKING PURPLE! HOW CAN YOU FUCKING LOSE HER?" I heard Steve shout from a few tunnels over in the sewers. I laughed and dodged another blow from Eric. "Chill out, bro, I'm over here!" I called as I did a back handspring, narrowly avoiding getting sliced by my swords that Eric was wielding.
"See? It's getting easier to use now, right?" I asked, wiping sweat from my brow. He grinned and nodded as he fell onto his butt and stretched out. "Yeah, it really is like a super long arm." He answered. I nodded and offered him my hand. "Okay, back up, we're not done." He took my hand and groaned. "What now?" He whined. I rolled my eyes.
"Hand to hand combat." I said, dropping my daggers and kicking them to the side of the chamber that the multiple intersecting tunnels created. He frowned as he tossed my swords over. "Well, now you'll definitely kick my butt." He remarked. I rolled my eyes and held my fists up in a protective position, like a boxer.
"Okay, doing this provides protection for your face, so you can use one hand to keep your face from getting too beaten up while you hit your opponent with the other hand." He held up his hands like me and we started circling, waiting for the other to make the first move. Eric then made a jab at me, but left his face unguarded. I quickly punched him in the face.
"Jesus Christ, woman!" he shouted, rubbing the right side of his face. I laughed, letting my guard down. "See, what did I tell you? You left your face unguarded." I grinned. He groaned and fell flat on his back. I sighed and sat down neck to him, pushing his hair out of his eyes. "You're bleeding, let me fix that up for you." I spit on my hand and rubbed it onto his cut, healing it almost instantly. He laid on the floor, panting.
"Can we be done with this?" he asked, exhausted. "What is this anyways?" another voice asked. I stood up and took off my gloves, sticking them into my back pocket. "Yeah, go tell Gannen we're going to go out for a feed." I said to Eric, pulling him up. I turned. "And to answer your question, we were training." I told Steve, who was leaning against one of the tunnel's walls. He raised a brow. "Training? For what?"
"Battle, life in general. I can't just send him out into the world, not knowing what to do, now can I?" I asked as I walked down the tunnel Steve had came from. He sighed and walked beside me, his thumbs shoved into his pockets. "He's none of your concern, Vanessa. He'll be dead soon anyways." He muttered. I smirked at that.
"Considering that he's my assistant, yes, he is my concern." I said smartly. Steve froze and shoved me against the wall. Boy was he seething. "He's your what?" He hissed. I shoved him off me, just hard enough for him to slam into the wall behind him. I brushed off my jacket like a douche before answering.
"He's my assistant. I blooded him while everyone else was asleep." I said simply, walking down the tunnel and taking a left, entering the chamber where a lot of Vampaneze were waiting to go feed. "You idiotic woman!" he yelled, tackling me. I growled and flipped him over quickly, a knife pressed to his throat. "What was I supposed to do? You blooded him in spite of Darren!" I snarled. He roared and kicked me off of him, my knife flying from my hand. He tackled me to the floor. "Don't even start with that! He took the life I wanted, just so he could rub it in my face!" he shouted. I pushed him off of me and punched him in the face.
"He did it to save your life, dumbass!" I sneered. He went to kick me but I dropped into the splits and spun around onto my back, knocking his legs out from under him. He cried out in shock as he landed on his back and my booted foot slammed into his chest. I leaned into it.
"Don't try that again. You may be strong, Steve Leonard, but I'm stronger." I leaned in close to his face and whispered in his ear. "And don't you forget it." I stood up and walked over to Eric, who was holding out my dagger. "Thanks, Eric. Now then, off to get some juicy blood!" I smiled. Eric looked a bit queasy. I sighed. "It's not that bad, trust me, especially since you're a Vampire." I said with a wink. He smiled.
"Vanessa…you re blooded him?" Gannen asked, shocked. I nodded. "Yeah. I need an assistant; he didn't want to kill people. Seemed like a good deal." I shrugged. He face palmed. "Dear gods, what are we going to do with you." He groaned. I smiled. "Put up with me." I said, poking his nose. He rolled his eyes at me.
"We'll be back soon." I told him, before turning to Steve. "I hope that won't be a problem." I sneered. He glared at me but said nothing as Eric and I left.
"Vanessa, are we getting lost?" Eric asked quietly as we walked down a country road on the outskirts of the city. I shook my head. "No, I know where I'm going." I told him. "How?" he asked, pulling his jacket around him tighter. "I've been to this city. I used to come through this place a lot with my mentor." I explained. "Why?" he grunted. I stopped when we finally reached the top of a small hill. "Because of this." I said quietly.
Before lay a small field where wild flowers, mostly of blues and purples, grew, dancing in the night wind. There were some rotted remnant of fences and a single brick wall that was all that remained of a two hundred year old house. "Eric, stay here." I murmured. He nodded and watched as I walked down the small hill and went to the wild flowers.
I started picking some beautiful white flowers, and then found one dark blue one and stuck it in the middle of my little arrangement that I then tied together crudely with a piece of grass. I walked over to the brick wall and smiled. "What are those for?" Eric asked.
"My mentor lived here a little over two hundred years ago. This is his little memorial. See that name?" I ased. He squinted at it. "Vur…Vur Horston. Who's that?" he asked. "That was his cousin. My mentor had killed his cousin's murderer and fled town where her met Seba Nile and became a vampire." I smiled. I laid down the flowers and sat there for a while. "I guess he hasn't been here yet, since there aren't any other flowers here." I said thoughtfully. I kissed my fingers and pressed them to the wall, closing my eyes. "Soon." I whispered before standing up and turning to Eric.
"Okay, are you ready to go back or are you still hungry?" I asked him. He shrugged. "I'm good on blood, but I could really go for a burger right now." He laughed. I smiled. "Well, I know where we can find a pretty good burger joint downtown." I offered, holding out my arm. He lopped his through mine and grinned. "Sounds good to me."
"So, you and your mentor. Did you two used to have a thing or something?"
I choked when that came out of Eric's mouth. "Good God, no!" I said, gulping down some water to try to make the rest of the food go down. He snickered. "Well, sorry. It's just from what I've seen and what I've heard from you about him." He said, smirking. I shook my head. "No, we've never been like that. He's spent 30 years raising me." I laughed.
"So…do you have a thing with anyone?" he asked. I nodded. "Yeah…Darren." I said, smiling softly. He frowned. "I've heard a lot about this guy. Steve said he was a liar and that he manipulated you." He said. I shook my head. "No, if anyone is manipulative, it's Steve." I said. "Darren is really sweet…kind…brave…loving…gentlemanly…" I sighed in content. Eric laughed.
"Dang, you've got it bad, girl!" he laughed I rolled my eyes. "Whatever." I snorted. He just smiled. "So, how long have you been with him?" he asked. I frowned. "Well…we're not exactly together…not officially…I didn't realize that I loved him until a few months ago." I said sadly. Eric stared.
"Has he kissed you?"
"Yes."
"Has he made love to you?"
I smacked him from across the table.
"That's none of your business!" I snapped, my face turning redder by the minute. He roared with laughter. "Oh my God, the look on your face!" he cried as the waitress came back with our receipt. I gave her a twenty. "Keep the change." I said as I glared at Eric.
"Come on, Steve's going to get pissed if we stay out all night." I told him. He groaned and dragged himself out of the booth. "Sorry bud, his house, his rules." I said as we walked out of the place. The wind picked up again and swirled my brown hair around me. I shuddered. "Vanessa, are you okay?" Eric asked worriedly. I shook my head no and replied with dread in my voice.
"Something bad is going to happen soon...I can feel it."