Kin Slayer: Demented Origins

Chapter 8: Family Bonding

Bloodstains covered the floors of the cave once again as Chase stumbled to his feet. Again, he rushed at Boss who responded with a simple backhand. Chase went limp as a loud crack could be heard from his neck. Immediately, Alexis was providing her blood. She was visibly annoyed and somewhat drained. He skin was turning paler as the blood was repeatedly sucked from her veins, "Again, once you've had your fill" was all Boss said but Marie stepped between them with an unusually stern glare in her eyes

"That's enough for the day. Chase has lost a lot of blood and Alexis won't be able to keep up much longer," She warned

"If he can't even beat me, what's he gonna do against Urien?"

"Like he said, we have plenty of time and Chase's answer gives us some wiggle room," She insisted, he glare only growing more and more firm. Eventually Boss backed off, returning to his computer as Marie went to Chase's side. She looked to Alexis with a tender, almost motherly expression, "I'll give him some of my blood. You take a break"

"I thought that wasn't allowed"

"Nobody said that but him," Marie assured, putting some sharp metal ring around her pointer finger. She then jabbed it into her wrist at the vein before dragging it along and offering the blood to him, "The blood won't be as sweet but it will be every bit as potent"

Chase had no problem digging into her wrist, dragging every last bit of blood out of her body. Alexis sighed, glaring at Boss, "What's gotten into him? Sure he was distant but he's overcorrecting now"

"I don't know for sure but if I had to guess, New Wallachia scares him," She admitted, seemingly lost in thought. As she did so, she almost seemed sad before tugging her arm away from an angry Chase who shot up, "Don't even think about it?"

"What?"

"You want to give him a piece of your mind, right?" Marie assumed, much to Chase's own shock, "You two are more alike than I thought. Still though, you've really grown on me so I'd rather you not lose all that blood I just gave you. So leave him be. Don't you have anything else to do?"

Chase grumbled, his eyes shifting before finally answering, "Well, there is one thing. But Boss wouldn't like it"

"If you want to do it, then do it," She insisted, "My lips are sealed"

Chase looked to Alexis who nodded before looking back to Marie, "You're acting... weirdly nice"

"Well you've gone two months without trying to escape so I guess you're here for the long haul. Now go before Boss notices. He's too stuck in his computer to pay attention to us anyway" She insisted. Not wanting to press her, he nodded and rushed deeper into the caves. In the lowest floor was a makeshift garage. Cars, trucks and motorcycles from across the eras lined the floors. Picking out a GSX-13001, he put on the helmet sitting in the seat before driving out. The Jubokko reached out but couldn't keep up with the speed of the motorcycle as he drove past the veil towards the city. He had spent all day training so when he left, he could see the many lights of Atlanta shining in the night sky, blotting out the stars. After parking the bike a fair distance away, he sprouted his wings and flew to the top of the nearest skyscraper before using his iron hooks to just hang on the side and relax. Five minutes pass and a chuckle could be heard

"You truly do know how to relax"

"You could learn a thing or two about that," Chase joked, forcing a smile as Elijah hooked himself beside him. It wasn't hard to tell he was faking. Lying comes natural to most Vampires so detecting a lie is top priority. He then sat there in silence, inspecting him before seeing a bruise that was still healing

"Let me guess. Your master 'sparred' with you again?"

"Don't call him that. But yeah, he's getting more brutal. Went from just sitting at his computer all day to regularly beating on me. According to him if I can't beat him, I won't stand a chance against Urien"