The Tenth Impact

Knowhere

"Let her go!" Tony begged. "Please! Don't kill her!"

The creature turned to him, clawed hand still holding the crying Kelsea's neck. It smiled, revealing the jagged and sharp teeth like a shark. A pair of unnatural orange eyes bore into his dark green.

It was the overall shape of a twelve year old girl. It had skin pale as moonlight, lips forever stained with it's favorite meal. The long strands of black hair hung from two ponytails on the sides of it's head, tied with red ribbons. It wore a schoolgirl dress, torn and ripped and bloodied like the world they lived in.

The eyes shifted to a more human way. "Why should I?" It asked, sounding like the twelve year old girl it was possessing. The one screaming and crying in her mind. "I'm hungry."

Tony locked eyes with Kelsea. She was scared, as one would be on these circumstances. She could see the idea forming in his mind, it shining clear on his face. She shook her head, as much as she could with the claw on her throat.

"No." Kelsea whimpered. "No!"

"Kill me instead, please!" Tony begged.

The vampire stopped.

Kelsea whimpered.

It pulled away from Kelsea, claws still gripping the woman's throat in it's clawed hand.

"A lot of others have offered." It hissed. "Why should I take from you?" Kelsea whimpered in it's grip. "It's making her heart race. There blood goes so much faster when they're afraid."

Tony tightened his jaw. He hated that monster for what it was doing to his fiancee. "I'd give you a fight."

It hummed, almost disappointed. "An ant cannot crush a boot."

"But the person in the boot can still feel it's bite." Tony snapped.

Now it seemed interested.

"Oh you're a clever little ant, aren't you?" It cooed. It's mouth stretched out into a face splitting grin. Tony was horrified to it's pointed teeth again.

Kelsea whimpered again. "Please...please no..."

It glanced down at Kelsea. It clenched it's hand, digging it's claws into Kelsea's neck. Not enough to maim, just enough for blood to make a trail down her neck.

Tony growled. He leapt at it.

It tossed Kelsea to the ground, not caring if it scratched Kelsea's throat worse. Tony tackled it to the ground.

Kelsea screamed.

So did Tony.

It had grabbed Tony's shoulders. It rolled the two of them around, so Tony was on his back. It lowered it's mouth to Tony's neck.

Tony screamed.

Kelsea hadn't stopped.

Soon, only Kelsea was screaming.

Soon, Tony stopped struggling.

The moment he did was when it pulled away from him.

"The night I turned, I save a man's life." The creature purred over the couple. "I know, impossible right?"

Kelsea held on to Tony's bleeding body, the two crying as they prepared for death. She buried her face into the untouched side of his neck. Tony choked on his own blood.