Light And Shadows (Barnabas Collins x Reader)

Chapter 10- Secrets Unfold

Barnabas skips down to Dr. Hoffman Office determine to make him human again after the wonderful night he had. "We must intensify our efforts. I have urgent need to be human again." When he bursts onto the office, he finds Hoffman hooked up onto the homemade transfusion machine. Giving herself the stored blood to make her into a vampire.

When they made eye contact, Hoffman sits up hastily dropping the paper she was reading. "I can explain."

"My God. You're not using your blood to make me human. You're using my blood to make yourself immortal." He is heartbroken since he thought she was helping him become normal again, but it soon turned to anger. Angry that someone would trick anyone for their own selfish desire.

"Yes, but, Barnabas, you have a gift. It isn't fair to keep it all to yourself." Hoffman stands up, grabbing the i.v. poll and backing up to the wall softly and terrified. Barnabas walks to her with hatred in his eyes.

"The Collins family took you in, bestowed their sacred trust upon you. And you brazenly betray that trust."

"I'm sorry. I just don't want to grow old. I want to be beautiful again. I want to live forever, like you." Hoffman pleads, trying to get Barnabas to see her side, but it falls death in his ears.

"I'm afraid that is out of the questions. A stout man contains some five quarts of blood, which, if you will forgive the boast. I can consume in a mere seven and a half seconds. But you, my dear little wisp, I dare say I shall drink you to a withered husk in less than five."

"Please don't kill me. You're a good man. You're a gentleman. Please, forgive me." Hoffman begs while her back hits the wall and Barnabas traps her with his hands on each side of her body.

"Madam. I am neither good nor gentle, and I do not forgive." He strikes her neck, rapidly drinking her blood. Hoffman opens her mouth in pain and can see her fangs popping out. Barnabas drinks all of her blood, including the blood in the i.v. bag, and when he is finished she collapse dead.

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That night, Barnabas and Willie walks the pier while the other carries Dr. Hoffman in a bag, only her head sticking out, wrap with rope. The walked to a row boat that was waiting for them. "I should tell you, Willie, if you ever speak a word of this to anyone. I shall have to kill you in a most unpleasant manner."

When the arrive to the boat, Willie lets Barnabas go first, then throws Hoffman in the boat, and finally gets on rowing away. "Don't worry, Mr. B. I never liked the bitch anyway."

When they were a few miles away from open eyes, Willie throws her body off the side and a cement blocked that is tied to the other end of the bag. Hoffman's body is dragged to the bottom, where she's not seen again.

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The Next Day, Roger is in the Drawing Room looking over the mantle, trying to find a secret lever that would let him go to the room he saw Barnabas come out with gold coins.

"Come on. I know you're here." He felt a presence behind him and when he turned he jumped seeing Barnabas behind him.

"Beautiful workmanship, isn't it."

"Hm. I was just looking for the, uh..." Roger say trying to find a lie. "This?" Barnabas pushes a button opening a secret door and inside a clutter a rackets and frisbees. "There's nothing worth stealing, I'm afraid. Sadly, Elizabeth uses it for the badminton equipment."

Roger makes a face, acting like he knew that. "That's what I was looking for." Tried of the lies, Barnabas grabs him by the throat, lifting him high off the floor.

"What are you?" Roger says not believing what's happening.

"I am about to do something so repellent that it sickens me to my very core." He slowly drops Roger back to the ground. "I'm going to give you a choice."