Stephen

☠Captain loss Part Two💀

* Stephen's flashback*

We had spent, two more weeks out at sea together, after we'd been rescued by the passing ship.
Half of the other ships crewmen went on-bored the EMPRESS ROSE  to sail her back to the New Americas port.  

Kane had kept his word to me though, and hadn't killed a single man aboard this ship. He and I only took enough blood from the men, that was necessary for us to survive on and I could tell at times that his patios were wearing thin.

After we'd feed, Kane would wipe their memories clean. I should've felt happy, they wouldn't remember us taking their life force from them, but I felt disgusted with myself every time I had to feed off one of those men.

I didn't want to admit it to myself, but I needed Kane. I needed him to teach me the ways of the vampire, so I could become stronger, and one-day have my revenge against him.

Kane had told the men on bored this ship, the tell of how he and I were the only remaining two passengers left on bored the EMPRESS ROSE. How we'd bravely fought against the pirates, sunk their ship, and killed the pirate captain.

He had told the men the story so many times, that I'd almost believed it myself, if I hadn't of been there, and seen the real truth with my own two eyes.

Kane was praised as a hero and was treated as so on bored are rescuers ship. Late one evening we had finally reached landfall, and I was delighted, that I would finally have a bit of distant's from Kane.  Only if it were, just for a little while.

When the men had drooped the cable of the ship, and prepared for his crewmen to go onshore. The Captain yelled out to his fellow crewmen.

"All right Mates, be safe out there and don't be too drunken to show up for sail tomorrow morning. We leave out at sunrise" Then the cheers erupted out from the men before they made their way off the ship.
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I begin to walk down the long narrow gangway on the ship. My well worn Bootes clumps down  against the dark sea sprayed wood, as I looked out too the women and men walking by, staring at the new ship in port. I thought, ' If those poor souls had any recollection, what's on this ship now, they'd  be running for their lives.'

It had been months since my feet had been on dry land, but my legs felt steady strong though, it usually took me an hour or two to regain my balance back, after being out at sea for months at a time.

When my feet were about to step onto the dock, I felt a hand grip tightly onto my shoulder hearing Kane's voice behind me."Stephen, enjoy yourself my friend, but don't you go to fare away from me."

"Believe me Kane, me want."  I said, as I smiled back at him, pulling my shoulder away from tight grip." Leave me be...Kane, I'm still able's to take care of me-self." I say to him as I walk away from him on the dock.

After Kane had fed, and drained one of the local whores in town dry, he droops the girl's useless, lifeless body like a sack of ripe potatoes to the muddy ground then proceeds to step out from  the dark alleyway as he licks the remaining blood from his lips."Mmmmm!  You were quit tasty my dear." He mumbles out.

His body felt rejuvenated, he hadn't had a good meal like this in weeks, as he walks along the town's dirty streets, his mind went to his new friend Stephen. It had been hours since he'd seen him around town, now it was time to find him.

Kane has spots, Stephen, next to the docks, talking to a group men handing them over a small sack. As he walks closer toward Stephen, the men standing around him began to walk away.

"Stephen, what have you been up too my friend?"His deep voice travels through the night air.

"Me's just paying, those mates for me lass I had Kane."