The Birth of the Black Rose

Chapter 2

... that never came. Instead, i heard a hiss of pain and felt, rather than saw, a ray of blinding light shoot from behind me. No! He is ours! The thing communicated as the light speared it through. It didn't die though. it disappeared, still wriggling. "We got it. Now, whadda we do with him?" A voice, male, adult. Maybe early to mid twenties. "i'm not even sure how he got here." This one female. Didn't sound much older than me. "Welp, let's send him back before he sees us. Poor fool must be terrified." I stood up. "The poor fool has a name." They looked at me, eyes wide. "Wow. You took two hits from a ripper and you're still conscious?" The female said with something that sounded like admiration. "Lucky bastard." Grumbled the dude. They were a bit of an odd pair: The girl was strikingly pretty. Shiny brown hair that went down to her shoulders, smooth white skin, very well built, like a skilled sculpter had constructed her features. The boy was skinny, with short dark brown hair. He seemed very paranoid of each move i made, like i might turn into one of those "Rippers?" I asked. "What're you talking about?"

The girl sighed. "That's right. You're human." She walked over and kneeled down in front of me. "Take off your shirt." I raised an eyebrow. "EXCUSE me?" I said, bewildered. This girl, who i didn't even know the name of, wanted me to do WHAT? "I need to dress your wound or the toxin could kill you. I repeat: take. off. your. shirt." I groaned and did as she asked. "Oh... oh, wow..." She gasped, staring. "What? that bad?" I asked, worried. She blushed. "Uhm.... No. W-we can patch you... uh... patch you up." She reached into her backpack and pulled out a bottle of what looked like water. "Now, this is gonna sting... a lot." She stated, pouring it over my shoulder. I don't see what she meant. didn't hurt me at all. Actually, it felt kind of good. She noticed this and her brow furrowed. "This should cause you extreme amounts of pain. i don't get it." I rolled my eyes. "Gee, thanks, doc. feels so good knowing i have some stranger taking care of me who for some reason wants me to be in pain." She frowned at that. "It's just strange."

She then pulled out some bandages. She looked at me, then back at the bandages, and tentatively reached over, her hand shaking as if she were nervous, and put it on my shoulder then wrapped it around a few times. She then took a pin and closed it. I noticed her hand lingered a little on my arm. But so did her friend. and he didn't look happy about that. "Savannah! Get him OUT of here. There may be more. Plus, we need to report in before he notices we left." She jumped at this. "Damn! that's right!" She started to jog off. "Wait!" I called after her. She turned around, an eyebrow raised. "Savannah.... Thanks." She smiled and nodded back at me. "If it reopens, call this number." She threw a card to me, landing it right on my leg. Then another blinding light, and they were gone.

And so was I. I woke up in the ROTC room, with a worried Hash standing over me. "Miles, are you ok?" I nodded, groggy. "Musta needed some extra sleep." I yawned, stretching. I felt a sharp pain in my shoulder and pulled it back. I decided to check it later. I looked at my watch. "Oh, crap! I need to get to class!" I got up and ran to my 1st period class.

Aaaaaand, one boring school day later, met up with the love of my life. She was already waiting by the jeep for me to get done with drill.  I smiled and decided to have a little fun. I had already changed out of my ROTC uniform for some light weight lifting after school, so PDA was allowed. I snuck up behind her and grabbbed her ass, whispering in her ear. "Give it to me, and no one gets hurt." Next thing i know, a hand sails through the air at my face. I grab it and move it so it's around my neck and pull Jenny's leg up to my waist. "Hey, babygirl. Fancy meeting you out here." I smirked. She looked down at out positioning and smiled mischeviously. "Let's go home, hun." She winked at me. i had learned not to turn her down when she was like this. it's like saying no to a stubborn rapist.

Anyway, we get in my truck and i drive off, in a hurry to get to her house. Isn't it funny how when you're in a hurry, every fucking red light seems to know it? It was getting really hard to focus on the road with her sitting next to me, her hand on my lap, but luckily, we made it to her house. And what luck! No one else was home. I got out, went over to her side, and carried her out and into the house, kissing her hard the whole way. We barged into her room and collapsed onto the bed, our lips exploring the other's feverently and VERY thoroughly. I kissed the soft spot on her neck, licking slowly with each kiss, getting motivated by the sound of her moaning. I pulled off her shirt and stared at her perfect breasts, which i proceeded to kiss down to and suck gently, reaching around and undoing her bra. She pulled it off and threw it into the corner, tugging at my own shirt. i slowly took it off, and her eyes widened at my shoulder. "What?" I asked, looking to my right. And i saw what scared her. And i screamed. It was...

The exact. Same. Bandage.