CHAPTER 31
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It took a while but Ileana finally kept her promise to Katherine and Amanda to take them to see a movie. The two of them were totally unprepared for what was ahead of them. Neither of them had ever even heard of a movie after all. They both came from the year 1890 and an entirely different world.
The three of them walked together to the nearest theater around UNIT HQ, where many of the Wolves lived and worked when not traveling in Donna's TARDIS. Ileana noticed that her two companions seemed very nervous and uncertain about the whole experience, and she couldn't help but laugh about it.
"You two kill me. You act like I'm leading you to your execution. There's nothing to be afraid of. I'm just going to let you participate in a process that every other person on this planet has taken part in during their lives. Everyone has been to the movies. It's time that the two of you joined the twenty-first century," Ileana said with a chuckle.
"These movies are like plays then?" Katherine asked.
"Yes. You can think of them as plays that have been preserved so that they can be watched over and over again on a large screen with loud, booming sound. You're going to love it," Ileana said.
"I used to like to go to plays once," Katherine said nostalgically.
"This should be quite an experience for you then. For your first movie, I decided not to overload you with something full of special effects and loud noises. I'm taking you to a showing of an old black and white classic. One that the two of you will get a kick out of I hope. It may hit close to home I suppose, but at least it's about a subject that you already know a lot about," Ileana said as she tried to suppress an evil grin.
"What are you up to?" Katherine asked her as she noticed this grin trying to form on her friend's face.
That question was answered for Ileana as the three of them came within sight of the theater at last and saw movie posters advertising the showing of an old Dracula movie there that night. Ileana could barely keep from laughing as she saw Katherine and Amanda's horrified reactions.
"Is this a joke?" Katherine asked in shock.
"I think this is an example of her twisted sense of humor in action," Amanda said with a frown.
"I thought that this would be perfect for the two of you as your first movie. You can have fun pointing out where the filmmakers got things wrong which seems to happen a lot in these movies. They never get their facts right about vampires at all, especially Dracula," Ileana said.
"I can't believe that anyone would want to see a movie about someone as horrible as him," Amanda said.
"People always love to see things about horror. They used to have plays about vampires a long time ago, and I used to go to them and laugh. The people there would be so frightened at the story, and I used to think that if they only knew that the real thing was there with them that they would really have been scared. Not that I'm all that scary really," Katherine said with a grin.
"If I didn't already know that you were a vampire, I wouldn't believe it. You don't look the slightest bit scary at all. You never did," Amanda said.
"That's true. You never even suspected that I was a vampire when you first met me," Katherine remembered.
"That's because you don't look like one. You look like any other person that you'd pass on the street," Amanda said.
"Are you sure that you're not just saying that because I'm your mother," Katherine said.
"No, she's not. You look about as scary as those vampires in those latest movies that go on and on with the angst and the emotion. I hated those movies so much!" Ileana said with a hiss.
"Ileana, on the other hand, is very scary. Now that's what a real vampire looks like," Amanda said with a giggle.
"Thanks a lot! I always thought that I looked perfectly innocent most of the time," Ileana said indignantly.
"No, you don't. I was actually kind of scared by you myself the first time I saw you, and I'm already a vampire," Katherine said smiling.
"Stop that! I'm not that scary!" Ileana said in an annoyed tone.
"Yes, you are. If I didn't already know who you are, I'd be running in terror right now," Amanda said with a chuckle.
"Stop it!" Ileana said as she gave her a dirty look.
The three of them finally reached the ticket line and stood in line for several moments as the people ahead of them gave them odd looks. Finally one of them said, "Your makeup is very good. If I didn't know better, I'd swear that you were a real vampire. You look very scary."
Ileana glared at that man and said something in Romanian that made Katherine blush. Amanda assumed that it must be pretty bad whatever it was.
The man who had made the comment looked scared for a minute until Katherine said, "She really loves pretending to be a vampire. Don't you think she looks real?"
"Oh, yes. She's almost got me convinced that she's an actual vampire. That would be silly though," the man said with a nervous laugh.
"Wouldn't it?" Katherine said as she giggled.
"Of course it would," the man said as he still looked at the silently fuming Ileana warily.
"Everyone knows that there's no such thing as vampires. It's just silly. Then again for all you know, you could be talking to one right now," Amanda said as she pointed at Katherine.
"Her? She's too nice to be a vampire. She doesn't look scary at all," the man said as he began to laugh and visibly relaxed.
Katherine cringed as Amanda smiled at her triumphantly. Even Ileana was smiling now.
"I told you so," Amanda said.
"Yes, you were right. You usually are though. You're way too smart for your age, do you know that?" Katherine said proudly as she kissed Amanda on the forehead.
"I know. It's often been intimidating to other adults that I've been around in the past," Amanda admitted.
"I can see why. No one likes to be outsmarted by a kid," Ileana said with a grin.
"I'm used to it. It happens to me every day," Katherine said as she gave Amanda a small hug.
Amanda looked so happy that Ileana couldn't help but pat the top of her head a little. She was so glad that Amanda and Katherine were here with her tonight, and that Amanda was slowly recovering from the depression that she had still felt from losing her parents when she had first met her so long ago.
As Amanda smiled at Ileana, the vampire wondered to herself what the moviegoers in line with them would think if they knew that two real vampires were standing beside them and were capable of showing such love and affection to a little girl. She was sure that it would blow their minds.
As they finally got their tickets and got in to see the movie, they decided to sit in the very back of the theater so that they could talk without being noticed. As the lights went dark, Amanda gave a small gasp of surprise as she hadn't expected that to happen.
"It's okay. They do that so you can see the movie better," Ileana reassured her.
Ileana knew that given Amanda's life so far that the little girl thought that anything unexpected happening was a sign of an attack coming at any moment.
As the previews for the coming attractions began to play, Ileana looked at the faces of her two friends as they saw moving pictures for the first time. She could see the awe and amazement of both of them and grinned.
She still remembered when she had seen her first movie at the turn of the last century and was so impressed by it. Now of course that was nothing as movies had all kinds of improvements in picture and sound that the people of those times would have scarcely dreamed of back then. It was one of the few perks of being immortal in that you got to live to see technology change and improve over the years. It still fascinated her just how much things had changed now from the way that they were back in her time.
The movie began then, and Katherine began to sigh and mutter to herself about all of the things that they were getting wrong right off the bat. It wasn't just mistakes about Dracula or vampires either but about Romania and the nineteenth century in general.
"I know that they're full of inaccuracies, but that's half of the fun in watching these movies. You can sit and point out their mistakes and entertain yourself that way as well. Just try to overlook them and enjoy yourself," Ileana whispered.
Katherine nodded and smiled as she concentrated on the story unfolding before her. She still made comments sometimes though. She would whisper to herself how they got several things about Dracula wrong. She would know since she had known him all of his life and for centuries afterwards and eventually found out that she was his half-sister, which she hadn't known for a long time since he had kept it a secret from her.
As the movie progressed, she noticed with happiness that both Katherine and Amanda had become completely absorbed in it. She was so glad that she had finally gotten them to come and do this. She was going to have to talk to Donna about putting a television and DVD player of some sort into her TARDIS. She knew from Rose that all a Time Lord had to do was request something, and the TARDIS would provide it. She had no idea herself how that worked though. She was sure that Amanda in particular would greatly enjoy having some movies to watch.
When the movie was halfway through, Ileana could hear what she thought were the sounds of a fight outside and began to wonder what was going on. Katherine could hear them as well and looked at Ileana in confusion. Neither of them said anything to each other about it because they knew that they could only hear the noises with their heightened senses as vampires, and they didn't want to unnecessarily upset Amanda who couldn't hear them just yet.
Then everyone in the audience heard them as well as the doors that led to the rest of the theater suddenly burst open, and one of the theater's employees was thrown through them. The hapless person hit the ground several feet away and landed almost at the screen with a sickening thud.
Everyone in the audience stared at the doors in complete surprise as Carmilla and Nicoleta suddenly appeared there with their fangs on full display. Some of the people thought that it was a publicity stunt and remained silent or even started clapping and cheering, but others somehow instinctively knew that these were true vampires and began to scream in fear immediately.
"Why are they here? Are they following us?" Amanda asked in fear.
"I don't know, but they won't bother you. I swear," Katherine said as she put her arm around her and held her close to her.
"Today's showing is being canceled. If any of you would like your money back, well that's just too bad!" Carmilla joked.
"Every one of you who's human needs to get out now! We have some business here that we need to conduct in private," Nicoleta shouted.
"What is the meaning of this? I demand to know what this is all about!" one of the women in the audience said as she marched up to the two vampires unafraid.
"We're kicking you out of here, you stupid woman! What do you think?" Carmilla said with a groan of irritation.
"No. I'm not going anywhere. I paid good money to see this movie, and I'm going to finish it. You and your little gal pal there can just leave and go play dress up someplace else!" the woman shouted at her as she waved her finger in her face.
Carmilla then suddenly lost her temper and sank her fangs into the woman's neck and began to drink her blood. Everyone in the audience began to panic and scream at once, and they started running outside into the lobby as quickly as they could.
"Finally! I thought they'd never get the hint. Humans are such cattle, aren't they?" Nicoleta said in a tone of irritation.
Everyone in the theater soon left except for Ileana, Katherine, and Amanda. Amanda began to shake in fear, and Katherine stroked her hair and whispered calming words to her. Ileana was furious that their special day had been ruined like this.
She had wanted to give her two friends a special occasion for them to remember forever, and these two just had to show up to destroy it of course. She should have known that once you were a vampire that was there was no such thing as a normal day ever again no matter how much you wished it were otherwise.
"What do you want? What was the point in all of this?" Ileana said in a hate-filled voice as her fangs extended.
"You should know what we want. We want the traitor, Alina. Tell us where she is, or the little girl doesn't get out of here alive!" Carmilla threatened as she threw the now drained body of the woman that she had attacked to the ground like so much refuse.
"I don't know where she is, or I'd gladly give her up to you. She's with Michelle all of the time now so she's wherever she is at the moment. I don't trust her for one second though, especially alone with my friend, so I'd gladly say good riddance to her if you wanted her back," Ileana said.
"Tell her that we have a message for her. She can give herself up now, or we'll start tearing apart this entire area until we find her. She seems to have developed a conscience nowadays so maybe that might bother her that her precious blood bags will die if she doesn't give herself over to us," Carmilla said in distaste.
"What do you want her for?" Katherine asked.
"I want to kill her for betraying us and going over to the side of the enemy, of course. We could have won if she hadn't had her little change of heart and decided to start playing human all of a sudden. She's not going to get away with that either. Either she comes out soon and gives herself up, or it will be too bad for everyone else around here," Carmilla threatened.
"There's no need for anyone else to die. I'm here," Alina said as she suddenly appeared behind Carmilla and Nicoleta.
"Well, at least you've still got enough sense left to know when to give up. It's time for you to pay for your betrayal, Alina. Say goodbye to all of your new friends," Carmilla said as she started towards her to attack her.
A blast of energy hit Carmilla in the shoulder sending her running away from Alina in pain as part of her shoulder was now missing. Carmilla hissed at Michelle who had suddenly appeared beside Alina. She had blasted Carmilla with bolts of energy from the Mirror Verse and sent parts of her away to that other dimensional world causing her intense pain.
"Leave my friends alone, and get out of here!" Michelle threatened.
"That's it. I've had enough of dealing with all of you. Nicoleta, show them the price that they must pay for harboring the traitor!" Carmilla ordered.
Nicoleta moved at lightning speed and suddenly punched Katherine in the jaw knocking her temporarily senseless. Before Ileana could do anything to stop her, Nicoleta had grabbed Amanda in a steel grip and started to move her fangs towards the little girl's neck!
Amanda screamed in terror as the vampire's fangs closed in on her jugular. She was now just seconds away from certain death!
Next: What will happen to Amanda? Does Alina go with her sisters? Find out the answers as the battle between the Wolves and the vampires continues in the next chapter.