Dark Stranger

Avriel - Bonus

Case 3 - "Dragonfire"

Scott stopped gasping.

Everyone leaned in closer and I drew breath to scream in denial, but before I could put loss to voice, he opened his eyes again.

He sucked in a pain filled breath between clenched teeth and then ripped off the bandage covering his wound. We watched as it closed before our very eyes. Kirstie wiped the blood away with another gauze pad and we all saw the blemish free skin underneath the blood smear. He slowly dropped his head back to the ground and then we all had to step back as his prone figure started to rise off the ground.

Everyone looked at me but I was shaking my head as much as they were. I had no idea whatsoever what was happening.

Inside Scott's body, the approaching termination of life had been recognised as his cells remembered the last time he had died. Only this time being a Bonded Sensitive with Vampire blood in his system, the results were markedly different. All his latent Supernatural heritage suddenly flared to life. It had been slowly waking up, being teased to life by repeated doses of Vampire blood, injury and healing, arousal and finally love. It was that final ingredient, the true love he had for his Vampire mate, which kicked his Unicorn side into fruition. Scott was always going to be special. It just took Zass to bring about the final glorious wonder that was the man they were all staring at. Because the larger human standing next to Angela wasn't the only one who could claim the name Pegasus.

The Unicorn Scott was descended from was a Pegasus. The resultant bloodline meant his body was now immune to poison. His Precognition ability was now completely developed and the qualities associated with the bloodlines he originated from had kicking into high gear. Strength, speed, stamina, healing and healing of others. Telepathy was something he would discover in time. The most amazing trait of all was what they were now witnessing as his once human body became truly Supernatural...

Flight.

This man was going to be the most extraordinary being seen for two centuries in Zass' world.

It was going to be a journey begun here on a mountain top. Before the sight of friends now claimed as family. No one there had ever witnessed the birth of a Supernatural from human form. The closest Zass had ever been was when he changed someone into Vampire. The others looked on stunned at the changes they were seeing in the friend they had believed to be dying.

Scott's eyes began to shine silver in the moonlight. Then the glow became brighter before his feet fell towards the ground and he stood in front of the man he loved.

"Scott?" Zass said hesitantly. "Is it still you? Are you a Vampire? Or something else?"

The shining man in front of them smiled and held out his hand for Zass's who reached out hesitantly to touch him.

"Oh I'm something else Love. Something very much else." He assured them. "I'm no longer human, but I'm not Vampire either. I didn't die Zass. Everything we've been through so far has made it possible for my body to break free of my human form and become something different. I understand what I am logically, emotion is going to take some time to catch up though!" He smiled wryly at the confused expressions that surrounded him. He took a deep breath and then said...

"Just look at it like I was a caterpillar. My human body was hiding what I was meant to become. The way I sense it, it began on the operating table when I died for a moment before I was brought back. It was the beginning of the change. Everything kicked into high gear the moment Zass and I started sharing blood. Being Marked and Bonding with Zass sped up the process. The final change happened because of my imminent death. I'm still me, just a bit stronger, a bit harder to kill, a bit more. And the Sensitive side? Oh boy. It's going to be interesting exploring all of the things I can see now."