Pure Knight

Twenty-second Sword

  Horus watched Michelle from the other side of the bus, as they made their way towards their destination. She's been sighing, and mumbling to herself, ever since they got on the bus a few hours ago. He chuckled as she tapped her head against the window; the rain beating hard against it. "Brother?" He turned to Set. "What is it?" Set shook his head. "If you keep staring at her, she'll think your a stalker." Horus rolled his eyes. "And you brother, should stop with the jokes. She's my bride, so I can look at her." Set smirked. "Why do say it's a joke? I'm pretty serious, but brother..." He touched the side of his neck, where Michelle had bit him. "What did you feel when she bit you?" He winced as he remembered. "What I felt was agonizing pain?" He looked at his brother. Horus touched his neck. "And what I felt was immense pleasure." His body shivered.

  Set smiled. "Which means my body rejected her bite, while yours accepted it. It means, she isn't my bride...she's yours. No wonder I couldn't find the mark on my shoulder anymore." Horus remembered the mark on his. "I'm guessing it was a blood bat, with a weapon?" Set smiled at him. "Yes, but it started fading a few days after." They both chuckled, as Michelle shook her head. "Men." She laid her head on the cold glass; the raining pounding harder. Pinching her nose, she wanted to sleep, but also drown out the annoying voices around her. She also felt kind of pissed, as it was only a few days ago, when she confirmed that they were going three days from then, and it was a four day, three night trip. What made her more angry, was that they were going to a new underwater hotel, completely made of glass windows in the Atlantic Ocean. Holding it together, was metal frames, and welded pieces. You could see the ocean all around, and even the rooms, and bathrooms were see through. The showers, and the toilets even worked in this hotel. The only way to get there, was by submarine.

 Michelle was kind of glad, that only the night students were going, and some of the hunters. Her headache was getting worse; which leaning against the window wasn't helping. Someone sat next to her; making her turn. "Why are you next to me, Croc?" She glowered at the giant crocodile, that finally decided to come out of his watering hole, and help protect to school. He chuckled, and laid her head on his shoulder. "Just go to sleep. I'll wake you when we get there." She felt her eyes droop. "Fine, but I may hit you later." Her eyes slid closed, as her breathing became nice and even. Croc chuckled. "Ah!" He felt evil stares from around the bus. "This is going to be a long ride." He crossed his arms over his chest, and looked out the window. "Fido would kill me right about now."

  Her eyes snapped opened, as she heard a crunch next to her ear. She sat up quickly, a some of the leaves in the pile she was laying in, falling around her. She shook her head, and looked around. "That's weird." Michelle stood up, and brushed off her shirt. "Luna?" She called out. "Chantess?" No answer. "Mysterious guy who was sleeping on the roots of a tree?" Michelle went to move, but her foot was captured by a squid like tree root. "Hey, let go." She tried to pull her leg out, but it held fast. "Damn it." Something moved out of the corner of her eye, as she turned toward the trees filled in with color. Luna, Chantess, the sleeping man, and a new woman, lay beneath the four trees she had in the yard at 'home'. "Guys?" She moved to touch them, but the branch slid higher up her leg. "Damn squid branch. Let me the fuck go." Small footsteps, ran passed he, as a tiny voice called out. "Mama." She turned to the young Vampina, as she ran toward the beach. Michelle stood up, and saw the child got towards a woman. "Vampina." She smiled and hugged her daughter. "Mama, why are we here, I wanted to play with Fido, and Fang today." Her mother laughed, and touched her forehead.  

"I wanted you to meet a creature that appeared a few days ago." Vampina gasped as a giant creature appeared from the ocean. The little girl laughed, as she looked at a giant squid. "It's so big." She held her hand out to touch the squid's tentacle. Suddenly, the image disappeared, as the squid branch rose higher, and others clasped around her body. She screamed as it felt like the branches were skewering her mind and body. Croc caught her, just as she lurched forward in her seat. "Michelle?!" She grasped his arm, as her breath went in and out. He winced as she sank her fangs into his arm. "Michelle, what's wrong?" He lifted his arm, so he could see her face. Her eyes were blank recesses of a soul, as she bit harder; almost going to the bone, before suddenly collapsing back into consciousness. Croc grasped her to his chest, before yelling. "Pull over, now!"