Monday, December 18, 2006
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(POV UNKNOWN)
With my sweat covered body, I sprang out of bed, feeling extremely unpleasant for some reason.
“Haa, haa, haa, is it that dream again?”
It’s a dream where I, of all the people they could have chosen, to be turned into some kind of monster. I don’t remember how many times I’ve seen that dream, but I know I would never be able to become a monster after all monsters don't exist.
“Oh, the sun’s already rising?”
Looking out the window, I notice that the sun had started rising; it’s just the right time to wake up, after this I’ll go eat my breakfast and then play with my friends. Changing from my pijamas, I put on my clothes for the day and start getting scolded for wetting the bed. This was supposed to be my daily routine. Then I woke up.
My mind was shaken, and I was unable to form coherent thoughts, aside from mental screams of pain. Everything had gone down the drain the moment I had woken up. I remember waking up to screams of pain and the smell of smoke. I burst out of the house full of panic and fear only to be seized by someone. I then had felt a painful blow to the back my head, and the next thing I knew, I was here. I don't know how long I was here. Every time I woke up and cried myself to sleep.
When I finally pulled myself together I opened my eyes again I realized that I had been captured by a person. In its hand it held two syringes filled with some kind of dark red liquid. I struggled for only half moment before I realized that thrashing will only caused severe pain. It seemed I their down to some kind of chains atop a table. I wanted to scream but I realized I couldn't open my mouth. Looking around, I hoped to find some way to escape my current predicament. What my eyes landed on, however, was my assumed captor. It wore veil covering the whole face. Its body was covered by shaggy looking robes.
Then it spoke to me. I assumed he was a man since the voice was rough and deep.
"You're probably wondering what happened right?" (Man)
I could only stare at him since I couldn't answer and didn't want to move fearing the pain.
"Well long story short I was passing by and noticed that you have the α gene. And you know I was little curious as to whether you would surviving the awakening of the gene. I have injected my blood to many α gene carriers but they all died. It seems I have incited the wrath of my fellow vampire with experiments. And before I die want to perform one last experiment. You should be happy since you have the chance to become a vampire or dhampir...hopefully." (Man)
I looked at him being more confused as his rambling went on. The man was now holding a small blue jewel. I felt some sort of energy emanating from the small jewel, but before I could study it more I heard a an excited laugh coming from the direction of the man. I looked over and saw the man grinning madly, or at least the part the part I could inside the veil. The man, who looked almost as skeletal started towards me. With a flick of his wrists a cauldron came out along with other various plants.
The man started writing some kinds of words around me. After writing the diameter with the strange words he nodded and then started concocting something with the cauldron. The fluid coming from the cauldron was a blue and gooey. It exuded a strange aura. I instinctively knew that the liquid would bring me harm.
I could see the man was sprinkling the blue liquid along the lines of the circle he made. When he finished he went stood in front me. The man then put the blue gem a top of my stomach. He started chanting in a guttural tongue while holding the blue gem. I started feeling something inside me that was growing and was heating up as the man kept on chanting. As the man chanted I kept feeling pain but I couldn't scream. Every time I was about to be unconscious the pain grew more severe keeping me awake.
The formation started glowing in a bloody red aura which began moving towards me. When it got close I felt it pulling something out of my body. I began to glow in a golden aura. As the golden aura shined brighter around me the shine of the formation grew dimmer. After it went put the golden aura around me disappeared. When I thought everything was over.
The man crouched in front of my face, cradled my wrists with a bony hand, and injected the liquid in the syringes. My world darkens in a mixture of fear and pain. As my consciousness fades away I pray for this nightmare to end
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Turning back time before the hooded figure's massacre, in the boundary between the forest and village there was a middle aged man and his little nephew returning from their usual hunt. If one were to describe the man they would first call him the town's drunkard and then proceed to say that he had the typical appearance of a farmer who has worked for years. As for the kid they would say that he was tall and lean for 6-7 year old with a warm beige skin, black hair, and brown eye all in all it showed the image a young healthy boy. However, if you looked closely you would find some maturity that was not typical to his age.
"Hey, Daniel next time we go to the street market I'll buy you new huaraches and slingshot."
The kid, Daniel, rolled his eyes as he hear his uncle and his typical promises. In their usual hunts Daniel would use his slingshot with astonishing accuracy to make iguanas fall from tree branches while his uncle would shoot them with pellets and put them in the bag. This would result in knocking them unconscious and selling them fresh for more money.
However, that morning Daniel's uncle was recovering from a hungover causing him to leave the bag unattended and letting all of the iguanas free. Furthermore, his uncle didn't even notice when Daniel when he was being chased by a snake causing him to leave his slingshot behind in a panic. While running away Daniel tripped many times causing his huaraches to break.
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His uncle didn't even notice that Daniel was missing until they meet again at the entrance ofthe forest. Of course, Daniel was used to this. After all, at the end of the day his reward for helping his uncle was horse riding lessons for him which were fun to him. Daniel didn't really care much for his uncle since he was always making promises and never fufilling them. The only promise his uncle kept was the horse riding lessons which surprised Daniel.
For Daniel there were only three things that mattered to to him which were cartoons, his slingshot, and freedom. Although Daniel was little he understood that his mother in America didn't want him since she sent Daniel to Mexico with her relatives. To Daniel it really hurt him knowing that he was an unwanted kid. However, being young and a bit mature he got over it quickly since uncle also didn't pay much attention to him.
So it ended up with Daniel doing whatever he wanted and going wherever he wanted. Compared to other kids Daniel was well behaved since a drunk uncle and a belt or huaraches were a bad combination. The cartoons on tv, mainly Dragon Ball Z, made him feel like he could achieve anything if he wanted to. He didn't have much knowledge on the outside world since he skipped school so Daniel focused on other things like horse riding, farming, and shooting with his slingshot.
To Daniel this was a typical day with his daily routine of waking up early, hunting, horsing around with other kids, and horse riding. When Daniel and his uncle arrived at their home, Daniel went to feed the pigs. As Daniel was about to finish he saw a black shadow rising from the zòcalo.
Once the shadow finished rising, Daniel saw that it was throwing some kind of big red balls around him. The first red balls touched the ground sounds of explosions began to spread. More explsions occured while Daniel just stood there paralyzed not knowing what to do. Cries of fear and despair rapidly beagn spreading waking him from his stupor. Daniel began to run as fast as he could to get out of the pen.
The sound of explosions began to feel closer Daniel as he was about to get out the house making outside unsafe. Just as Daniel was opening the door of the house he heard his uncle who was on the hammock calling him. Unfortunately, this caused Daniel to be distratced be blown away unconscious. However, the force of the blast blow him away from harm.
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In the outskirts of the destroyed village two shadows were approaching it at a fast pace.
"Are you sure the target is in that town?"(unknown A)
"Yes, according to my investigation our target should. You should be able to sense the mana fluctuations Sistine. The bastard has already started massacring people."(unknown B)
"Hey, Arnold leave it to me I'll show this bastard a world full of pain."(Sistine)
"I don't know Sistine...this guy is known for his numerous experimentation on humans. We were lucky to get a hand on his location. We should be careful after all this guy is part of 'Walpurgis Night' he should be fairly powerful."(Arnold)
"Don't worry I got you,my dear fiance. Besides in the end he is just a small fry with some power."(Sistine)
As Arnold hears this he blushes slightly but rebukes himself since now is not the time is not appropiate.
"Well lets hope so. It seems that the fluctuations are coming from the center of the town. We should be arriving in five minutes. I'll just stand by and watch how you thrash that bastard."(Arnold)
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(POV Sistine)
"Sistine I don't think we should run anymore. It seems we were too late. He must to be waiting for us."
I slow down and look at surroundings. As I harden my heart I see the corpses of humans. I vomit when I see the mangled corpse of a pregnant women. Even though me and Arnold have been hunting rogues and clan traitors for 2 years I still can't handle the gore. Damn all those bastards who kill innocent people for the sake of power.
I focus my senses and try to search for survivors. I groan as my search proves fruitless. I just need to concentrate more. When I was about to go all out I feel a hand on my shoulder.
"Sistine, he inside that church you should focus on your fight. Don't worry I'll look for survivors."(Arnold)
I turn around seeing Arnold pointing at an old decrepit church. He is right for the sake of innocent and ignorant people he must die. Me and Arnold go separate way as I enter the rundown church.
"Oh look at we have here...a young miss from the 3 Great Clans. I assume you are from the Vampire Clan. You know I always felt that the 3 Great clans are very pretentious...."(Man)
I begin to walk towards him as I begin to gather my ki in my hands. I gather some more and spread it through my body. Taking a deep breath I clear my mind ponder on my first move while the garbage keeps on ranting.
"..... so here I am with another failed subject and standing before me an immature brat."(Man).
"Are you done?"
"Yes, now die for muuughh"(Man)
I stand still and then accelerate towards the arrogant man. I swipe the man off his feet and punch him in the solar plexus just before he reaches the ground which sends him flying away. I accelerate once more and appear on his back as he still hasn't recovered from the blow.
People like him disgust. As soon as they gain some power they run off and use it to torment innocent people. I raise my hands and clasp them together as if I were holding axe. Once the man comes in front of me I strike him which sends him toward the ground.
*Boom*
A crater is created from the impact of the man's body. It seems he still hasn't died. I turn over the man and see his panic stricken. I kick him before he says anything.
*Boom*
This the whole church shakes as the walls and man collide. I gather ki in my hand for a [Ki Ray] while I walk towards the garbage on the wall.
"How are..... you... so...fast..."(Man)
"I don't know you should ask down in hell when you get there"
"Noooo.... please....forgive...me....I'll...give you anything..."(Man)
"Fool you brough this unto yourself."
I watch as the man despairs. Ignoring his pleas I extend my arm and point my palm towards him. On my palm a ball of crimson energy is being emitted. As soon as it gathers the sufficient ki I fire it towards him.
"NOooooooo"(Man)
I keep on firing the [Ki Ray] until I sense his ki disappear. However, I can't be negligent and check my surrounding for any signs of him. After all vampires have a great regeneration rate if there is enough blood.
After I'm done I walk towards the center of the town and sit down to wait for Arnold. I wonder if we could've saved all this people. We could have been faster. Maybe if I hadn't stopped on the way here for a break. May be if I pressured Arnold to investigate faster. Maybe if I....
"Hey, Sistine stop wallowing in regret. We did what we could. We didn't have a way of knowing about this until we heard about the rumors on Acapulco. I think we did our best considering we were on vacations. We couldn't have done better with our current power."(Arnold)
I look up to Arnold and hug him tightly while he tries to console. I hate how I always get worked up to this. I should know I can't do the impossible....for now.
"We can't be everywhere. So cheer up alright. I've got a bit of good news I found a survivor. Folow me I need your help to get him patched up."(Arnold)
I follow Arnold hoping that we at least we can clean some of this mess.