Chapter 14: Blood Craving

Normal POV; The next day

"'Manda baby?" asked the Viper as he slowly opened his eyes to welcome in a new morning, a small yawn escaping his mouth as he slowly sat up. He turned to his left to see that Amanda wasn't in bed with him, which instantly got him suspicious. He tuned his ears to the sounds of the suite to see if he could hear her anywhere within the room, but nothing substantial came up. He sniffed the air to follow Amanda's scent instead. He slowly got out of bed and followed his nose, which led him to the empty bathroom for a minute, and then to the door that led out to the hotel hallway.

"She went out . . . and she didn't even leave a note? Well that's rude . . ." said Randy as he brought a hand underneath his chin. The sounds of incoming footsteps suddenly got his attention and he backed away from the door. The sound of the key card sliding through the lock and the disabling alarm signaled the arrival of the Anaconda, who opened the door with a small scowl on her face as she juggled Randy's car keys in her other hand.

"Good morning babe . . ." said Randy as he looked at his mate with an unsure expression on his face.

"Good morning . . ." said Amanda as she stomped over to the bed and took a seat. She let out a small breath before falling back into the mattress with an annoyed look on her face. "We have no more blood bags."

"We don't?" asked Randy as he closed the door behind him and walked over to his mate. "We seriously don't have any blood bags?"

"Yeah . . . I woke up hungry for blood this morning, so I decided to go down to the Hummer to grab a blood bag from the cooler in the trunk," explained the Anaconda as she looked at the ceiling. "There was a lot of ice, but there were no blood bags in sight."

"That's not good . . . we're going to have to build up our supply again," said Randy as he walked over to the bed to sit next to his mate. "How hungry are you babe?"

"A lot . . ." grumbled the Anaconda as she brought a hand to her throat. "My throat is burning more than it normally would. . . I wonder if it's because of the dream I had last night."

"What dream?" asked Randy as he overheard the last sentence Amanda said under her breath. "What dream did you have last night?"

"Oh nothing . . ." said the Anaconda as she turned away from him. "It was nothing Randy."

"No it was something . . ." said Randy as he scooted himself over to her. "Don't try to hide it from me baby."

"Like I said: it was nothing," said Amanda as she looked away with an embarrassed expression on her face. "Just forget about it Randy. It's nothing for you to worry about."

"You saying that it's nothing for me to worry about means that something is indeed wrong," said Randy as he shook his head defiantly. "I'm not letting this go."

"Why not?" asked Amanda as she looked at him from over her shoulder. "Why aren't you going to let it go?"

"Because it's somehow influencing your need for blood," said Randy as he slowly hovered over her. "I just want to make sure you're okay."

"I am okay . . . I'm hungry, but I'm okay . . ." said Amanda as she turned away from him. "Just let it go Randy."

"Oh no it's not; the woman who is carrying my second child is hungry and needs to feed on blood to satiate a bloodlust that is greater than normal, and she expects me not worry about it?" asked Randy as he raised an eyebrow. "You must be kidding me babe."

"I kid you not . . ." said Amanda as she shook her head.

"Babe . . . just tell me what your dream was about then," said Randy as he shot her his innocent face. "Please . . ."

"It's . . . embarrassing, and different than any other dream I've had before," mumbled Amanda as she slowly turned her body around to face him better. Her eyes momentarily went to the side of Randy's neck, where his jugular vein was located. "I don't know how you'll feel after hearing it."

"Babe . . . try me," said Randy as he propped himself on his elbows beside her. "I won't think of you differently after you explain your dream to me. You have my word."

"You promise?" asked Amanda as she raised an eyebrow at him.

"I promise . . . you have permission to smack me if I do break that promise," said Randy as he drew an x over his heart. "So . . . what was your dream all about?"

"Well . . . it started simple enough," said Amanda as she crossed her arms. "We were back at the loft in St. Louis and it was a rainy night. You were watching a cop show on TV and I was about to talk to you about something when my throat started to burn for blood. But here's the thing; I wasn't craving animal blood or human blood. . . I was craving . . . I was craving vampire blood."

"Vampire blood?" asked Randy as he raised an eyebrow at his mate. "You were craving the blood of our own kind?"

"Yeah, vampire blood . . . your blood to be exact," Amanda answered rather guiltily, her eyes checking out Randy's jugular vein again without him noticing. "What happened next was out of my control . . . Once the burning started, I started to notice the beat of your heart, your scent, the sound of your blood rushing through your jugular, your veins . . . I was transfixed, hypnotized by your scent and I found myself just drawn to it."

"What happened next?" asked Randy as he slowly brought a hand to his mate's stomach, feeling the barely there baby bump right under his fingertips.

"Well I followed the scent till I was right behind you. You looked up at me with a smile on your face and asked me if everything was alright," said Amanda as she brought a hand to her chin. "I told you that everything was fine, but my voice came out raspy due to my hunger. You were trying to say something else, but all I could hear was the sounds of your blood running through your veins. The next thing I know, I was straddling your waist on the couch, my mind completely blank except for my need for blood."

"What did I do next?" asked Randy as he scrunched his eyebrows together.

"You looked at me with a small smirk on your face. You were probably thinking that you were going to get some action from the way I was behaving." Amanda answered her simply as a small smirk came across her face.

"Yeah . . . that does sound like me," said Randy as he let out a small chuckle. "Continue babe . . . what happened after that?"

"Well . . . at first it appeared that you were going into get some action after all," said Amanda as he looked back at the memory. "I had started to kiss your neck while you began to mess with my shorts, but then my hunger became too great . . . and I sunk my fangs right into your jugular vein."

"You . . . you fed from me?" asked Randy as his eyes widened in surprise.

"Yeah . . . the shock of it all made me wake up this morning, the need for blood now hitting me with full force. So, I decided to get dressed and head down to the Hummer to get a blood bag, but there weren't any there, unfortunately. And now, here we are . . ." said Amanda as she looked at him apologetically. ". . . And that's my story. There you have it. What I just said was my dream from start to finish."

"I see . . . you fed from me in your dream, and it translated to your hunger for blood now." said Randy as he put two and two together.

"Yeah . . . sorry," said Amanda as she looked away. "And I wasn't even thinking about blood yesterday, let along yours."

"No, don't be sorry . . . it's alright . . ." said Randy. "Amanda . . . do you crave my blood now?"

"WHAT?" asked Amanda as a flushed, and embarrassed look came across her face. "Me? Crave your blood? Seriously? No! No! No! No! I'm not craving your blood . . . Nope, not one bit."

"Babe . . . you're lying to me," said Randy as he looked at her with an intense stare. "You are craving my blood babe. I can see it in your eyes."

"Babe . . . I'm not craving your blood. Honest," said Amanda as her serious expression began to falter. It didn't take long for the Viper's stare to make the Anaconda's look completely crumble. "Okay . . . so I am craving your blood . . . just a little."

"Just a little?" asked Randy as he sat back up, his stare never moving from his mate's face.

"Okay . . . I'm craving your blood, A LOT," Amanda answered him bluntly as she too sat up, looking ashamedly at her mate. "I can't help it. I am kinda curious to see what your blood tastes like."

"And you should be . . ." said Randy as he moved up the bed to rest his back against the bedpost. "I've tasted your blood numerous times. It's only fair that you have a taste of my blood once in a while."

"Yeah . . . but when you tasted my blood, I was still just a hybrid." said Amanda as she crawled over to him, stopping when she reached the bedpost.

"That shouldn't be that much of a difference," said Randy with a shrug as he crossed his arms. "It's only fair. If I have some of your blood, it's only right for you to have some of my blood too."

"Are . . . are you sure?" asked Amanda with an eyebrow raised. "But you have to team up with Batista to face off against Cody and Goldust tonight. And there's also the contract signing for Payback. What if I make you too tired to work tonight?"

"Then that would give me a good reason to not team up with Batista tonight now wouldn't it?" Randy answered her with a smirk on his face, but then it turned into a scowl. "Then again, Steph and Hunter would probably force me to drink blood bags in order to get my strength back up for the match."

"It could go either way . . ." said Amanda as she crossed her arms. "Are you really sure about this Randy? There is the slight chance I may lose control and suck you dry."

"Now stop doubting yourself will ya?" asked Randy as he pulled his mate onto his lap, adjusting her legs to make her straddle his lap in the process. "Remember the first time I fed from your neck? I was so worried that I was going to hurt you back then, but you trusted me not to hurt you. And look how that turned out. You turned out fine in the end right?"

"Yeah . . . although Constance's arrival was a bit . . . annoying to tell you the truth." said Amanda as she looked back at the memory.

"Yeah . . . her trying to look through your mind while you were in a weakened state was uncalled for" Randy agreed with a shake of his head. "But overall, things turned out well in the end. . . I trust you baby. You're not going to lose control. I know it. Just let your instincts guide you and it'll all be over before you know it. I promise."

"Alright . . ." said Amanda as she uncrossed her arms. "But promise me if I ever go out of control, you'll stop me. Promise?"

"I promise . . . but I won't need to anyway because you won't go out of control." said Randy as he grasped her hands in his. Amanda let out a small snort before she leaned forward, her burning desire for blood starting to take over as she neared Randy's neck.

Amanda's POV

The sound of his blood is taking over my hearing as I let my lips touch Randy's neck. I let my instincts take over as I traversed his skin, my lips searching for a good spot to sink my teeth right into his flesh. I manage to hear Randy's small moan through the sound of blood rushing through vein as I continued my search, finally stopping on a good spot on the lower part of his neck, right where a part of his jugular vein is supposed to be. I let my fangs extend to their full length and I nibble his skin for a bit, teasing him for a while before I finally sink my fangs in.

The blood isn't what I imagined as I take my first taste of it. I had expected Randy's blood to be just like him. I thought it would be bitter or tart, maybe even a little spicy, if I was lucky. But it wasn't like that at all. It was sweet. Not too sweet that it was overpowering, but his blood was sweet enough to definitely satisfy my taste buds, and my burning throat.

"That's it baby . . . You're doing so well." I hear Randy moan out as I continue to feed on his blood, cooling down my burning throat more and more by each passing second. I feel his arms wrap around me, keeping me close in a snug embrace, as if we were in our own little world.

I continue to feed on his blood till I felt the burn cease from my throat, completely oblivious to how much time has passed since I first fed. Once I felt that I had my fill, I slowly dislodge my fangs from his skin and, just like he did to me many times before, I kiss the puncture marks to seal them up, leaving no evidence that I just fed from my mate.

"You're done?" Randy asks me in my ear as I move back to look at him. His eyes were slightly open, as if he was in a sleepy haze, but his stare was still directed toward me.

"Yeah . . . I'm done," I tell him with a smirk as I brought a hand to his cheek. "And you mister, look very sleepy."

"Yeah well . . . after being the one that's fed from instead of being the one that's doing the feeding, I've finally realized what it was like for you when the roles were reversed," he tells me with a chuckle. "Was feeling very tired the norm for when I fed from you babe?"

"At first it was . . ." I tell him with a shrug. "But then I got used to it over time. The tired feeling you get only lasts for the first few feedings."

"I see . . ." he tells me as he lets out a small breath. "Anyway . . . babe, I told you that you wouldn't lose control. You handled it well. How's that for your first feeding from a live being huh?"

"Oh be quiet . . ." I tell him in a passive tone as I shake my head. The sudden sound of someone knocking on the door gets both of our attention, both of us turning our heads to see where the noise was coming from. "Huh . . . someone's here."

"I wonder who the person could be . . ." mutters Randy as I move off him, landing silently on the floor next to him.

"I'll go check it out. You stay here and rest." I tell him with a knowing tone as I walk over to the door.

"Fine by me . . . I have a nice view of your ass from here anyway," I shoot him a small smirk as I reach the door. I look through the key hole and let a small smirk come across my face when I see two familiar faces just behind the door. "Who's at the door babe?"

"Why don't I open it to find out?" I ask with a chuckle as I slowly open the door to reveal his sister Becky, and her mate Marvin, the two of them smirking at us as I let them come inside.

"I thought you said in your email that you two wouldn't get here till the afternoon . . ." says Randy as I close the door behind us.

"I wrote in the email that we would get here by mid-morning, not afternoon, dear brother," says Becky as she shook her head at him disapprovingly. "You should learn to read your emails better."

"Nice way of greeting me sis . . ." said Randy as he shook his head at the woman. Then he turned his attention to Marvin. "How've you been doing Marvin? My sister hasn't been making your life too crazy now has she?"

"HEY!" called Becky as she sat down next to Randy's legs. "I resent that question!"

"Becky here hasn't been that crazy," said Marvin as he brushed his hand over his jet black hair, his gray eyes taking in the room around us. "Although I was a little shocked when she told me that she was flying off to Bucharest to save you and 'Manda from a deranged vampire. . . . And speaking of vampires, I see you've been fitting into the vampire role quite nicely 'Manda."

"Thanks . . ." I say with a shrug. "I try my best."

"So . . . how has the carrier of my second niece or nephew been doing?" Becky asks me with a smile as I sit down next to her on the bed. "Have the cravings started to settle in at least?"

"Well . . . there has been one craving that just started for me recently . . ." I say with a chuckle as I snuck a look Randy's way. Becky shoots both of us a curious look before it changes to that of realization, her hands going straight to her mouth to stifle a gasp. Marvin just looked totally clueless.

"Oh gosh . . ." says Becky as she shook her head. "Don't tell me my brother has now become your own personal blood bag."

"Hey . . . don't say it like that . . ." mutters Randy as he sends his sister a scowl.

"I see now . . ." says Arvin as he shook his head. "No wonder you look like you're going to fall asleep any minute Randy. You look tired as hell."

"Let's just say 'Manda here had a really big craving the first time around," says Randy as he shakes his head. "Be warned, this could happen to you once my sister gets pregnant."

"Like I would have that kinda of craving . . ." mutters Becky as she lets out a small chuckle. "Anyway . . . are you guys up for breakfast? There's a Denny's down the block."

"I don't know . . ." mutters Randy as he shoots a look my way. "I feel like sleeping more than eating."

"Fine then . . ." I say with a shrug as I get out of my seat. "While we go out to eat, you can stay here and sleep. I'll just bring you back a takeout order later."

"Thank you!" I hear Randy call after me as I follow Marvin and Becky out the door.

"Hey 'Manda, before I forget, I need to tell you something. We ran into your old high school friend Sheldon while we were coming up here." says Becky as we walk over to the elevators.

"Really?" I ask in slight shock as Marvin pressed the down button for the elevator. "I had no idea he was even staying in the same hotel."

"Yep . . . we both saw him as clear as day," says Marvin as the elevator doors opened up. "But he doesn't seem right to me."

"What do you mean?" I ask them curiously as we entered the cart.

"Well . . . I sensed something . . . dark with him," said Marvin as he pressed the button for the lobby. Marvin is what the vampire community would call a 'special' vampire-a vampire with an additional ability that most other vampires don't have. He has the ability to sense out the intentions of other people, good or bad. And from what Marvin was saying, my old high school buddy Sheldon, had some bad intentions. "I'm just saying that you should be careful when you're around him, that's all."

"Okay . . . I'll keep that in mind." I tell them with a nod of my head, my feelings now becoming mixed when it comes to good old Sheldon, who may not be good at all.

Randy's POV, Monday Night Raw

"Hey babe," I look up from tying my laces to see 'Manda walking into the room, a small smile right on her face as she walked over to me. "How are you feeling? I see that you're not getting out of tonight's match after all huh?"

"Nope . . . Hunter gave me a blood bag and the rest is history," I tell her with a chuckle as I finish tying my last knot. "And yes, he did give me a bit of a hard time when he found out that I became your blood bag for a while this morning."

"Sorry . . ." she tells me sheepishly as I pull her into my arms and onto my lap. "But hey, we did figure that this was going to happen right?"

"Yep . . ." I tell her with a shrug as I pressed a kiss to her baby bump. "So . . . how long are you still going to be Evolution's valet hmm? You did have a meeting with the writers, right?"

"Yeah I did . . ." mutters 'Manda as she adjusted the flowing blue top she was wearing, which did hide the bump pretty well. "The writers have decided that I'll continue appearing on Raw and SmackDown until the Raw where Batista is supposed to announce to the WWE Universe that he's quitting . . . again."

"And after that?" I ask with an eyebrow raised.

"Well . . . they're not going to announce anything like an injury or that I'm actually pregnant," she tells me with a shrug. "It'll be like I have disappeared without a trace. . . I'm gone and no one knows where I actually went off to when actually I'll just be kicking it back in the backstage area just watching you guys have fun on stage while I get more and more pregnant with each passing day."

"What a life you'll live huh?" I ask with a chuckle as I look her in the eye. "But hey . . . once you've delivered the baby and get back into shape a bit, then you'll be back in the ring in no time, as well as have a new supporter right in your corner."

"Another one for the snake brood huh?" she asks me with a chuckle. "You being Papa Snake, me being Mama Snake, Alanna being Big Sis Snake, and then there's the Little Snake still in my belly."

"The Snake Brood huh?" I ask her with a chuckle. "I kinda like the idea."

"You do . . . well then, I guess our parents will be the Grandparent snakes huh ba-"

I instantly tense up as soon as Amanda cuts herself off, which is something she only does when she's having a vision. Her eyes begin to move back and forth at a rapid pace, signaling that her vision was currently in process. I count the seconds as her vision goes on, stopping at 64 when her eyes went back to normal.

"Babe . . . Are you alright?" I ask cautiously as I place a hand on her cheek.

"I'm fine Ran . . ." she tells me as she lets out a small breath. "It's just that the vision I had was weird."

"What was it about?" I ask her curiously. "It wasn't about the fetus was it?"

"No . . . thankfully it wasn't about the fetus. It was about Sheldon." she tells me with a shake of her head, which instantly gets me confused.

"Sheldon? What about him?" I ask her bluntly, totally having no idea what was going on. "What did you see in your vision?"

"HEY YOU TWO! COME OUT! IT'S TIME FOR THE MATCH WITH THE RHODES BROTHERS!" yells Batista from behind the door, his voice cutting Amanda off before she can say a word.

"Let's just say Sheldon isn't what he appears to be and that we should just watch out for him whenever he's near us," she tells me quickly as she gets off my lap. 'Marvin told me later that when he and Becky ran into him back at out hotel, he sensed something dark around him."

"And your vision helps cement this claim?" I ask as I stand up to my full height.

"Yeah . . . for some reason, I have the feeling that Sheldon is going to get you," she tells me quickly as we walk over to the door. "I'll explain the rest to you later. Right now you have a match to get to."

"Alright, alright. We'll talk later." I say in agreement as we walk into the hallway, only one though apparent in my mind after listening to Randy's words.

Why the hell would Sheldon be out to get me?

Why would Sheldon be out to get Randy? Hmm . . .

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