The Way of the Future: Age of Machines(Completed)

The Vampire

Footsteps accompanied by the sounds of armor scraping against another accompanied Izrael and Theodore as they walked through the dungeon. The halls were rundown and looked more like ruins, spider webs were in every corner and the stench of rotting corpses of dead rodents and prisoners were glued into the noses of everyone who stayed too long in the dungeon.

Theodore carried the torch as he led the way down the halls and into the Vampire's lair. Izrael was behind him, bearing his shining white armor and his sheathed long sword. The two transverse the long halls of the dungeon and arrived at the vampire's chamber.

Two guards stood guard outside of the door. Officially, those who were to visit the vampire must have clearance by the clergy or the royal family.

The two stopped and Izrael walked towards the guards, he handed over the letter bearing the sign of the queen herself as proof of their approved visit. The guards acknowledged the letter and after a few creaks and thuds, the guards unlocked the heavy metallic door and pushed it open.

"You sure it's a good idea? Vampires have always been hard to tame or even capture and yet we have one," Theodore asked Izrael.

"When I first visited this abomination, I thought it'd be a great minion for the army. After countless failed attempts and dozens of dead clergy and guards later, I decided it needed to be purified. I asked the queen but she insisted on trying to forcefully make it breed instead."

Theodore was visibly confused about the Queen's idea. The two then walked into the room.

The room was wide, it looked even worse than the rest of the dungeon. Blood stains were smeared all across the walls and the floor was full of scratches and claw marks. A pale creature full of bruises and cuts was chained on to the wall at the other end of the room facing the door. The creature had long hair and a disfigured face, mucus and blood reeked from its exposed cavities and its eyes were bloodshot red. The rest of its body looked crippled and skinny and the bruises from the chains on all its four limbs were visible as it struggled from time to time.

As Izrael and Theodore came closer, the creature looked at the two and growled in an animal-like manner. Theodore was disgusted but Izrael remained composed.

"I thought vampires looked better than that… and acted somewhat like humans.."

"Well, Theodore. The rituals performed by the clergy weren't exactly that face-friendly for our little friend over here."

The vampire began to struggle and opened its mouth wide, revealing its two sharp fangs which craved the blood of humans. It growled, screamed and gnashed its teeth as it kicked and waved its arms in another futile attempt to escape from its chains and release its anger, hunger, and resentment against the humans.

"So... what do I do?" Theodore inquired as it drew its sword, he was still disgusted.

"Well, I called you here to assist me in removing its fangs," Izrael simply replied to the shock of Theodore.

"Wait! You should've told me before we got in here! I mean why, this should be even considered a surprise for me."

Izrael only chuckled and took out a small pair of hardened scissors which were mainly used to cut weeds.

"Take this, I'll restrain the vampire and you use each of these scissors to cut out the fangs. Use one for each and make sure the fangs don't hit the floor nor do they hit each other. The fangs are quite toxic and may melt anything it touches."