Internal Sacrifice

Keep The Peace

We watch the monitors for hours. My eyes keep glancing over to the blank one, I can't get Gideon's lifeless body out of my head.

All the humans have accumulated to Gideons former office

"Turn on the intercom." I say to Phillip, the vampire who turned on the monitors. He hesitates for a moment, then clicks the button.

I take a deep breath, then speak

"Our leader's dead, what more do you want?"

It takes them a minute to realize where the voice is coming from, then they see the camera

"We just want to talk" one of them says.

"You lost the chance to talk." I yell back.

"One on one, just me and you." He respond.

I shut off the communication and look around at everybody

"I'm gonna do it."

Christian walks up to me along with Alexander

"At least take your knife." They hand me a tiny pocket knife. Nobody argues, they know it won't do any good. I press the communications button back on

"Meet me in the rec room in the second floor." I say to him. Then without looking back, I open the door and walk out.

***

By the time I get there, the human is already in the room.

"Lock the door." He says without looking up. I do as he says, subconsciously feeling for the handle of the knife for comfort.

When he turns around, I immediately recognize him

"You're the one who let me through, you attacked one of your men."

He looks down at the floor avoiding my eye

"Why?" I ask again, he never answer me the first time.

"Because it wasn't right." Is all he says back.

"The invading or the killing?" I ask.

"Both. We never meant to hurt any of you, we just wanted, I don't even know anymore. We got scared when we ran into your guards and before we knew what we were doing we attacked them."

He's talking about that night we were invaded, the night two of our guards were killed.

"You really think I believe that, that it was an accident." I spit back angrily.

"No, why would you. But I know you better then you think, a part of you knows I'm not lying." He retorts

"Don't pretend for a second that we're the same." I fire back

"You forget you're still human. You still have humanity in you, that's why you haven't tried to kill me with that knife in your boot." He says with a sheepish grin

I pick up the knife and hold it in my fingers

"Do it. Show me we're not the same, prove to me you can do it."

I consider it, I really do. Then I turn and look at the camera, they're all watching me. I drop the knife

"I'm not a monster, none of us are. This just proves you don't know me." I respond

I start walking back to the door, when he shouts at me

"Then help me understand."

"What?" I ask confused

"I could never understand why you and the others left, so help me understand."