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Tainted Vengeance
By: Sara Angeldust
Chapter 2:
"Confrontation"
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Disclaimer: Regular disclaimer applies.
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Tainted death on tainted wings,
The blood inside your dead throat sings,
From where does all that pain start,
Look inside at your mangled heart,
Alone in the dark but not so scared,
As you sit there, all your thoughts bared,
No one can see and no one will stay,
Where does the road to your past lay,
Change and form to run and hide,
Left alone and dead inside,
Vengeance for blood is all you seek,
So now your future isn�t so bleak,
You�ll look and search for your prey,
On this earth he will not stay,
From now until death your blood has been tainted,
So now it is his name in blood you�ve painted.
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234 RedWood Drive, The Vampire Party
Raven watched out the window of her friend Michelle�s green jeta as trees and houses passed by too her right. It had been almost 10 minutes sense she had driven over to Michelle�s where she had offered to drive to the party. Why Raven was going was a mystery to her. She knew that inside her mind it was because she didn�t want to she her friend get hurt or worse, killed. But for some reason she wondered why she even cared what happened to the 16 year old girl. Raven had seen many friends come and go and she never felt any kind of link to them to go so far as to protect them. And no matter how hard she tried she couldn�t quite figure out what made Michelle so special.
Before she knew it they had arrived at the house. Raven again took a look out of her window to see it. By most standards the house was normal. Nothing too suspicious about the old looking Victorian house. It could have been the house of a rich man and his wife, or a house some small family had inherited, but Raven knew much better. She could sense the definite vampiric aura almost leaking from the nooks and crannies.
As she expanded her mind to intake all the potential aura�s she could also sense a good number of humans and even what felt like a witch. Maybe Raven and Michelle would luck out and the witch would be a hunter.
Hearing Michelle say something stopped Raven�s train of thought and she focused her mind to the excited teen.
"Wow, that sure is a snazy house. I wonder if we�ll meet any rich guys here? What do you think Rav? Should we make an entrance?" Michelle said flicking her light brown hair away from her face and looking with excitement in her eyes waiting for Raven�s answer.
Raven again diverted her eyes to the house. The aura�s inside seemed to almost dance in front of her face, challenging her to take the step and enter. Raven never did turn down a reasonable challenge. Besides, this group was a powerful one. Maybe she could spot that louse Vailor.
Turning back to Michelle Raven spoke.
"Well in the words of a very wise person, lets rock and roll."
"In more ways then one." Raven thought as she opened to door and got out of the car, Michelle a little bit behind her.
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Nikolas stood against the wall of the music and people filled living room of his twin brother Christopher�s house. The party had just gotten totally under way and a large mixed group of humans and well known vampires had formed on the dance floor. After standing with his arms over his chest in the corner for at least 20 minutes the music began to annoy his ears. Vampire or not when rock music is up to a certain level it tends to create a steady pounding in ones head.
Nikolas looked up as he sensed his brothers girlfriend, Sara Vida, walked up to him. Sara had once been the second daughter of the famous Vampire hunter Dominique Vida,. But after searching for vengeance on Nikolas for the hatred her family possessed for him after he killed one of their ancestors she had ended up as a vampire after a fight with him and Christopher left her half dead. To save her life Christopher had changed her into a vampire and after at least 3 months of being away in another town trying to find her vampire self she had returned to Christopher with her ill feelings for Nikolas gone. Nikolas silently thanked the humans God for taking her hatred away, she was deadly with it.
"Well I�m surprised. I thought you would be having fun Nikolas. This is your party after all, and you sure have been excited about having another party after 2 months."
Nikolas noticed Sara speaking to him telepathically instead of trying to yell over the banging music. He thanked her for not provoking his headache anymore.
"I am having fun. You forget it is not the Devil�s Hour yet. That�s when all the fun really starts. I�m just saving my energy for that certain human. By the way, you should do the same. You look kind of pail." Nikolas said with real concern in his eyes.
"No that�s ok. I only feed off of criminals. The innocent aren�t my kind of food." Sara said taking a long glance around the room at all the innocent teenagers who would probably be losing their lives this night.
Nikolas saw this and nodded his head in response. Nikolas didn�t see why it was such a big problem to Sara that they were killing these people. Nikolas never killed those who didn�t want it or deserved it, and they always made sure to invite teenagers who would have either committed suicide otherwise or would not be missed because of their lack of family and friends. Although he did always feel a bit of sadness for his victims ever since Sara came into his brothers and his life.
It was then that he noticed that others guests where arriving. He looked toward the door as one of his fledglings by the name of Blake opened the door for the pair of girls standing outside. He noticed that their were only two of them and both girls were not bad looking at all. One was brown haired and seemed to be a bit of a trend setter. She wore a blue skirt with a white sleeveless top and knee length brown boots, while the other, who was blacked haired, was totally different. The first thought that came to his mind was that she was the one invited because of the dark way was she dressed, she wore a leather jacket with a black shirt underneath and black flared pants with black boots. The only amount of real color he could notice on her body came from the silver necklace around her neck proving to him that she must have been the one invited.
The brown haired girl flipped her hair out of her face flirting with Blake before entering the house, while the blacked haired girl just looked around the house nonchalantly and walked in staying next to her friend.
Nikolas immediately noticed that the brown haired girl was human but for some reason he couldn�t seem to get a very good sense of the black haired girls aura, which he figured was either hidden or just too weak to sense. He did notice that her skin was a bit pale but her body didn�t look the least bit sickly. That was when his eyes locked with hers. They unnerved him a bit because of their icy green pigment which he had never seen before. He stared back at her as her eyes pierced his with no fear at all. This is what made Nikolas put a mental note in his head to look for her when the Devil�s Hour came. For now he stopped his dead lock stare with the girl and followed Sarah to another hallway to find something else to occupy himself with.
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The walk to the door and into the house was the longest Raven had ever experienced. Although the place and people didn�t make her nervous she did feel a bit of an omen hanging in the air. As soon as they entered Michelle started flirting with the first man looking thing she could find. This of course, was a vampire. A young one, but snakes are born with enough venom to kill a man. Vampires were just as deadly no matter the age.
Although Raven felt no fear she did feel a tingling on her spine. Telling her there was a presence there that she should fear. As she looked around the room she felt pulled by an energy she had never encountered. There, to her left was the source.
He was handsome, probably 5 ft 9 or taller with darker brown hair pulled back into a small pony tail. Raven could tell right away that he was a vampire. A powerful one too. Probably the one who was hosting the party. She stared into his night black eyes with interest. There was something human about him although he was definitely vampire. She watched him as he gave a small smirk and broke their eye contact. She watched him even as he walked off down a dark hallway probably to find some food. She didn�t blame him. It was almost 11:45 and the Devil�s hour was drawing close.
As she looked around the crowded room Raven lost sight of Michelle. The last thing she wanted to find was Michelle dead. As she walked throughout the room and around hot and sweaty bodies she noticed little about the room. It always seemed that when she set her mind to something it cleared away everything else. So when someone taped her on the shoulder Raven noticed nothing but a small chill. But as she walked farther into the house searching for her friend she began to notice the presence following her. She stopped and turned around to see another vampire. These guys really must be sensing something about her that day.
The vampire in question was, of course, handsome, with blonde hair and green eyes.
"Hey there sweetie." He said in a sweet and sticky voice. Vampires loved to play with their prey. But unfortunately for this one Raven was no where near to being prey.
Raven tried to ignore him but an arm around her waist stopped her from going anywhere. She wanted to rip it off his body. He began to whisper nonsense words into hear ear, another vampire trick. She thought about punching him but decided against it and noticed that he was moving her to a dark hallway. Before she could fight back knowing what he was trying to do to her Raven noticed Michelle. To the casual on looker it looked as if the two were kissing, which as Raven got closer was all that it was. But Raven was cautious and ready. This guy wanted what her vampire wanted. Blood.
The guy trying to seduce Raven was now moving her to a bench next to the wall. Raven didn�t fight it trying to make sure that he didn�t suspect what she was going to do. As they sat down the vampire tried to kiss her but she turned her neck in time for him to miss her mouth and land on her cheek. This of course was no problem for him since it meant easier access to her neck. Raven rapped her hand around the back of his neck as if to invite him closer.
"Come on you leech just try it."
Raven said, taunting him in her head. His kisses began to get more needy and began to travel down her jaw line to her neck. Here he stopped and teased a bit. Raven made sure her hand was in position behind his head. As if on schedule the vampire extended his fangs. As Raven felt the pressure on her neck she quickly and nonchalantly grabbed him by his hair and jerked her hand back towards herself. She heard a deadly snap as his neck broke and his body became limp.
Leaving his body resting against her Raven looked over to Michelle and her own vampire problem. They were still kissing but Raven knew that he could strike at any time.
The weight on her shoulder began to annoy her so Raven quietly dropped the dead body on the floor. As she did she again felt the overpowering aura that she had felt as she walked in. She dismissed it and looked back to Michelle. The vampire had made his move and plunged his fangs into her neck. Without hesitation Raven grabbed her knife from her ankle sheaf. Quickly Raven reached forward and stabbed the vampire in the heart. This caused him to let go of Michelle and notice Raven. But it was too late. Raven twisted the knife to the right, killing him. As she began to resheafed the knife a blow to her head sent Raven spinning to the floor. She felt her jaw crack as she hit hard floor. Stars were spinning in her head and she could feel a massive headache coming on.
"Not good, not good at all." Raven thought as she fought her spinning head to get up from the ground. Whatever had hit her was coming closer and probably would attack again.
As Raven go to her feet she saw him. It was the same guy she had seen earlier. The one with the low pony tail. And to her horror he was moving towards Michelle. Having lost some blood from the first attack Raven was positive that Michelle wouldn�t be able to take another bite. Raven searched for her knife finding it on the ground close to where she had fallen. She grabbed it slowly so as not to attract the attention of the vampire. As her fingers grasped the hilt the vampire reached Michelle and Raven was afraid she would be too late. Without thinking Raven lunged at him, swiping the knife towards his face.
"Leave her alone!" Raven yelled getting the vampires attention. This caused him to turn towards her in time for Raven to take a small slash at his face. He saw this and shoved Raven away from himself causing her to slam against the wall next to the half conscience Michelle.
Raven hit her head hard against the wall making her already large headache boom in her ears.
As Raven opened her eyes she stared at the vampire who was laughing and touching his cheek. As he moved his hand away from his face they both noticed the small line of blood which came from a slice on his cheek. The vampire stopped laughing.
"Well,well. Look what we got here. Blood. *small laugh* I�m surprised you could draw blood."
Raven tried to move seeing as the vampire was semi distracted, but she found she could barely move. The pain was almost overwhelming.
"You surprise me." The vampire said finally looking up to meet Raven�s eyes.
"First you kill my favorite fledgling�" The vampire took a step towards Raven. She struggled to move knowing if he attacked she would not be able to defend herself.
"Then you kill another of my fledglings. May I say I didn�t like him that much, but he was mine non the less�" He took another step forward.
Raven�s mind raced. She had to move!
"Then you invoke one of our favorite challenges�"By now the vampire was close enough for Raven to feel the overwhelming strength of his aura. She struggled not to faint as he moved closer still.
"Did you know that if you spill the blood of a vampire he has the soul right and pleasure of killing you?�" As he spoke those words the vampire reached Raven. His black eyes pierced her green ones and he wrapped his hand around her throat. Raven felt the pressure as he squeezed. Gently at first but with a force that Raven knew would kill her if she moved.
"Go�ahead. Kill me." Raven said giving him his cold stare back. This made the vampire smile.
"Just�let�just let her go." Raven said motioning her eyes towards the now waking Michelle. The vampire looked Michelle over before returning to Raven.
"A sacrifice. How noble of you. I�ll let her go. But not you." The vampire let go of Raven�s throat. Raven almost jumped up as the vampire lifted Michelle in his arms.
"I�ll take her to a safe place but I warn you. You�d better be here when I get back." With those words Michelle and the vampire disappeared.
"But the chase is so much more fun." Raven heard in her head.
Suddenly Raven came to her senses. She had to move and do it fast. Slowly she got up and looked around the hallway she was in. Fortunately it was a kitchen hallway and near the end she saw a screen door. Raven ran for it stumbling a bit on the way there. She reached the door and kicked it open.
Raven was greeted with the sight of the vampire. He was fast.
"Now I thought I told you to stay there?" He said smiling.
For the second time that night Raven�s mind raced. Suddenly it came to her what she should do. Standing up strait Raven smiled at the vampire. He gave her a quizzical look but she had already begun.
Raven�s body began to shrink and twist. She felt her spine grow smaller and fuse together. As she began to fall to the ground she felt the comforting feeling of her black fur growing over her human skin as her limbs grew smaller and feline like. As her eyes adjusted Raven felt her teeth enlarge and her canine�s take the place of her smaller teeth. As Raven finally began to finish her change she came into a world of magnificent smells and sights. No longer holding the weak sight and smell of a human Raven wafted the air open mouthed to get a good sense of her surroundings. Finally she was finished. She was a panther.
Raven mentally smirked at the vampire who looked at her with little surprise.
"Well, well. A shifter. This will be fun."
With that Raven took off into the woods.
This night would be a very interesting one.
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"Animal Instincts"