Beasts (Hybrid Sequel)

14 - Dark Days

~*Fay’s POV*~

The warm tiles freeze under my feet as I step over the puddles of blood. A few tiles even crack from the sudden change in temperature.

I kick the man’s head as I leave the home of another victim. Once outside I shift my body into the dark shadows that I love so much and disappear without a trace.

I remember the night I won these wonderful powers. Death had been much sweeter to me then I thought possible. But I had a role to play in his book. After an agreement I would work for Death as long as I got the powers I desired. The only price I paid was the memory of my life and my service.

Now I roam free waiting for the chance to take my place. Feeding on the souls that have escaped Death and cheated him. There’s is a name for them just as some would give me the same name. But I drink that of the forsaken not of those innocents.

I despise the name though. It is unworthy of my greatness. I am much better and stronger.

But I can feel that it is soon that I must begin the rise to power. Death demands it so. But before I take the official steps, I must continue to feed on these who are unworthy for life. I must build my strength and I must quench my thirst for the blood of the unworthy.

I find myself outside of another home. This one is alone in the woods just like most. I can smell the blood of three lives in the home. One is that of the children type. The children are the ones that Death hates the most. Those granted with powers above even himself. And they are formed by those unworthy.

I smile to myself as I take my form and step up to the door. I quickly take a deep breath and begin my favorite role. The helpless human broke down on the side of the road.

A young man answers the door after I knock.

He stares at my body and I let him take in the curves that line my original form. I smile with perfect teeth. “Can you help me? My car broke down about a mile from here and I don’t know how to fix it.”

The man smiles and nodds. “Of course, let me call a tow truck just in case. Why don’t you come in and sit down?”

I nodd and follow the man in. In the living room a woman sits with a child watching TV.

The man touches the woman on the shoulder. “Do you mind of this young lady sits in here while I call a tow truck for her car?”

The woman looks up at me and smiles. I can see the glint of fangs as her lips slip over her teeth the slightest bit. “Go ahead and sit down. It’s awfully late for someone to be this far out in the woods.”

I smile back. “Oh, I like to be out at night. It’s so quiet and peaceful. Can I ask why such a lovely daughter is up so late?”

The little girl looks at me and frowns. “I don’t like you.”

I smile even more. “Oh but I’m not the one you should dislike. I’m only doing my job.”

The little girl looks confused. I look at the woman as she stands from the couch. “What do you mean by that?”

I shrug. “Oh nothing. Just a little comment. Do you have a bathroom?”

The woman nodds slowly. “Yes, Jessica, show this lady to the bathroom please.”

The little girl smiles suddenly and jumps up. “Follow me please.”

I follow the little girl to a bathroom on the top floor of the house. I look in the bathroom and I can recognize the wonderful smell of death. So this is how they take their prey. The little girl takes the guest to the bathroom and kills them for the parents. This is an old and common technique.

I turn to look at the girl as she smiles at me. She tilts her head slightly. “Are you going to go to the bathroom or not?”

I smile back. “Well I’m sorry little Jessica, but I never needed to go to the bathroom. I just wanted to get you alone.”

Shock and surprise and confusion fill the little girls face. Before she can even think about what I said, I lunge and clamp my fangs around her neck. The little girl tries to scream as she witnesses what her prey feels like but my hand covers her mouth as I feed off her blood.

After a moment the little girl grows still and I drop her on the ground. Her fangs are extended from her mouth in her death. I feel her powers fill me as I lick the last of her blood of my lips. I fix my shirt and walk down stairs. The woman still sits on the couch and the man is nowhere to be seen.

Without warning, I lung and bite into the woman’s neck and cover her mouth with one hand.

After the life has been drained from her I drop her on the couch. Her fangs are extended from her mouth just as the girl’s.

I cup a hand over my mouth and fake a scream. A moment later the man appears with his fangs hanging over his jaw. I smile and lung at the man in a blink of an eye.

Once his is dead and on the floor I wipe my face and clean myself up. I pop my neck before leaving the house. Once outside I look at the house.

Disgusting vampires. Always making the children do the dirty work. The child was probably only a few hundred years old and the adults seemed younger but lazy. The child probably made them so she could have parents but she still got stuck with the killing of the humans.

Suddenly I feel the presence of my master in my mind. ‘Good job my pet. You are getting better, Fay. Soon you will take the golden one and the queen. But not yet. You must feed more and become stronger. Destroy more of those traitors and cheaters. I will claim every soul that has evaded me!’

I smile as Death praises my work. I shift myself into the shadows and continue onto the next group of unworthy vampires.

~~~ Here is another question.

Who do you think this Fay character is?

She is someone who has been in the series before but I bet no one will guess right. No more hints :)

Good luck!