If I Was Your Vampire

CHAPTER 5 : Change Is All It Takes

They continued to banter back and forth neither of them close to winning. Victor and Stella kept backing up a few steps, though, I was sure the other two vampires noticed. Yet, they made no move to advance. The younger vampire kept trying to go forward but the blonde kept him in place. Anthony didn't seem too eager to fight. Nothing really changed beside the retreating steps of Stella and Victor. Well, seemed like retreating steps.

"How do you guys know each other?" I asked, finally able to put my thoughts together. "We met Anthony about three hundred years ago," Victor spoke quietly in response. 300 years?!?!?!? Vampire stuff just kept surprising me. "We're no more than just acquaintances," Stella assured me. This news alarmed me. They were ready to fight the other two vampires a couple hundred feet away. They looked like tiny ants from the distance. Hahahaha... This is not funny, Chelsea!!! The voice inside my head screamed at me.

Victor looked down at me again and slowly lifted his other hand to touch my cheek. His touch alarmed me. The beautiful creature from the distance growled menacingly. It was so loud that even I could hear it. "It's time," Stella whispered. Victor looked at me and his eyes full of regret. "I'm so sorry Chelsea," he spoke. I fought the tears that threatened to escape my eyes any second now. "Don't move, Chelsea, Stella and I will get you out of here after we kill those other vampires. You can live with us," Victor told me in a soothing voice. "Victor, hurry," Stella said impatiently. "She'd die if you don't walk away a few steps," Victor told her. She retreated slowly.

"I'm so sorry," he apologized again. In one swift movement, he took my wrist with both hands gripping it. He bared his teeth and fangs. For a second, I was petrified; I hated the feeling of not being able to move. But as soon as he bit me everything changed.

His mouth touched the skin on my wrist and I shivered from the contact. He apologized one more time, then he bit my wrist and ripped the skin off. That hurt a lot, and I screamed in pain. Goodbye Carter. I thought silently. I wasn't ready for this. I wasn't ready to give up humanity. I didn't want to. I silently wished goodbye to my family one by one. I wasn't sure if he if was his intention, but he gave me just enough time.

"Let the pain begin," Stella said devilishly. I didn't know it but, as soon as his mouth started drinking the blood, all I felt was pain, as Stella said. Pain from the bite mixed with pain from the fact that I might not be able to see anyone that I loved ever again. I didn't care if they took away my jobs. I just wanted to have a long, happy, life with Carter. I wanted to wake up Christmas morning with presents for my loving family. I wanted to grow up and have a future. I wanted to spend my birthday celebrating with my family. Everyday, I grew closer to my future, and what was supposed to be my peaceful death. But I guess I wouldn't even get to say goodbye in person. I wouldn't ever get to move on from this life. I was going to be immortal. Frozen. Never changing. Stuck in the same thing over and over again. Forced to spend the rest of my existence with these strangers because I don't want to be a monster and I didn't want to be alone.

I wanted my family to be there for me. I needed them to be. I'd never have that again because it would be too dangerous for them. I wouldn't even get to spend the rest of my life with the ones I loved and cared for. I couldn't change them all either. I couldn't do that to them. They needed to have a long, happy life with somewhere to go. Some way to grow. Even if they were growing old. I couldn't take away their life, their soul. They deserved to have a peaceful, easy, natural death. I couldn't ruin that for them. I couldn't hurt them that way. As much as I wanted to. They are alive, and I was experiencing a very painful death.

After he drained some of the blood, he hesitated. "There's an easier way," Victor said. "Less pain for her..." "We are not going to break her neck! She has to feel something, scream in pain, let them know that she's dying," Stella hissed at him. With reluctance, he injected something into my wrist. The burn from it was so excruciating. I heard them start fighting but I didn't care enough to even acknowledge it anymore.

The burn was the only thing on my mind. The most powerful. He injected me with something but I didn't know what and that freaked me out. Victor dashed over and scooped me up into his arms. "No!" I heard the beautiful green-eyed creature shout. Victor ran with me in his arms and Stella was right by his side. The burning sensation was horribly agonizing. It felt like dipping my whole arm into fire. My shrieks of hurt pierced the air in high squeaks. It didn't help that the wind was making the pain more powerful.

The beautiful boy finally caught up to us with ease. He roared in fury. Victor gently laid me down onto the soft grass. I screamed with agonizing pain in my voice. It was so excruciating and the burning only grew more extreme. I heard their bodies slamming into each other and heard their blood splattering everywhere.

Anthony reached me first. "Chelsea? Are you still with me?" He asked me carefully, checking my wrist and trying to hide his pained expression. Pain? But they barely knew me, right? Or did they know me my whole life? Ughhh!! I wasn't sure of anything anymore, besides the fact that I couldn't speak anymore. Dang, how do they live through this? Oh right, you don't... Out of the corner of my eye, I saw two separate fires burning. Fire? In the forest? Were these vampires crazy? Or am I just seeing things. Two for each vampire right? I was still writhing in pure agony. Anthony was trying to calm me down.

I saw the green-eyed vampire kneel down beside me. The burning increased and so did the volume of my shrieking. He took my wrist and asked the blonde one, "What can I do?" He looked pained; like he'd be willing to die if I was in anymore pain. Haha, technically. he was already dead. Now is not the time to be joking Chelsea!! The voice in my head yelled, not approving. He wanted to save me? I didn't stop screaming. I think he was crying. Or it was just me. I was too confused to even try to make sense of all this, so I gave up and closed my eyes. I could feel the warmth or the fires. "I'm sorry Lucas, but there isn't anything left to do. I'm afraid it's too late to try and save her," Anthony uttered.

Lucas. That was his name. Lucas."What is it?" He pulled my wrist to his mouth. The cold wind weakened the burn slightly but it was still overwhelming. I felt his skin against mine. It was cold and... Wet? I didn't realize he was drinking from me until Anthony spoke. "Lucas, you're going to kill her. She's poisoned. We will take her back home with us. We have to explain everything to her later." Explain what? I already knew I was losing my mortality. What more could I lose?

Lucas growled in frustration and I heard a ripping noise. My eyes were closed and I was losing consciousness slowly. I was also burning painfully so I had no idea what happened. Something went against my lips. "Well, we can't just let her die," Lucas whispered. The burning was still contemporaneous. Didn't Anthony already say it was too late? "Drink it," he ordered. I was still not quite finished screaming in pain yet. "What can I do to make her feel less pain?" Lucas asked Anthony. "Let's take her to the second house. She won't be comfortable waking up to a bunch of strangers....." I didn't hear the rest. I felt two strong hands cradle my face. "Do you want me to?" I heard Anthony's voice was filled with concern. The hands traveled down and cradled my body to lift me up. They then lowered to my neck and I felt a sharp pain as I let death take over for me. Frick...