Blood Shed

Chapter 2 - Scarlett

I was trapped in a room shining white. The floor and walls were as soft as a pillow. A bright light radiated from the roof making me weak. I am a vampire and light weakens vampires immensely. I was trapped with no way out and no way to obtain strength. A metal cupboard sat in the corner of the room. A timer was attached to the door counting down. 30 seconds left until my feeding time. I sat down on the floor, as I couldn't stand any longer. I watched the seconds tick by. 22... 21... 20... 19... Soon enough the time ticked down to one, and the door flew open. A human came flying in with cuts and wounds all over his body. I stood up and was crashed into by a gigantic headache as soon as I was up. I leaned into the cupboard for support, the craned my fangs over the scientist's neck. I dug my sharp teeth into his skin and sucked the life out of him. His screams echoed through the room. I slowly crouched down next to his neck as he whimpered. I leaned forward towards him staring down. I reached out with my hands and touched the wound lightly on his neck. His screams were cut off rapidly as I picked him up off the ground and snapped his neck with a sickening crack. The body fell limp, and I dropped it to the ground with a thud. Drinking his blood was easy now and tasted delicious like nothing I'd ever felt before. It was a feeling of bliss with a sudden hatred when I was done. I ripped off a piece of the wooden table and threw it at the camera in the corner of the room, impaling the screen and shattering it so I could finally get some privacy. I lay on my bed on the other side of the room. I looked up at the grey stone ceiling. Everything in this place was white except for this roof. I felt strong again, but I didn't want to. Why feel strong when you are stuck in a room with no way out. I lay on my bed for a while and finally fell asleep.

I heard a long click coming from my doorway. The door popped open, and guards began filing in. All guards held large shields and guns at their waist. One held two bands in his hands. The one with the wristbands, who was taller and bulkier looked like he was in charge. He walked over to me and motioned for me to turn around. I turned, and he locked the bands in my hands. They didn't have any connection between them, so I wondered how the worked. Suddenly he pulled my wrists together. I couldn't move my wrists apart. I pondered what he had done to them, but I couldn't move my arms. He grabbed my shoulder and dragged me out of the room.

The guards pushed me out of the room into the dull, stone cold hallway. A large metal sign hung beside my door. WARNING! Extremely vicious and dangerous. Do not enter without protection and authority! WARNING! This writing made me smile. They were all scared of me, which means I could use it against them. I quickly dashed from the view of the guard behind me and slammed my body into another within a flash. One guard held a gun towards me, and I hissed. He pulled the trigger with a colossal bang. The world slowed, and I saw which way the bullet was heading I ducked underneath and ran at another guard. The world sped up again as I viciously threw another guard across the room into the wall. His ribs make a cracking sound as he collided with the wall. I dashed under a weapon so fast it was a blur. As I went under I grabbed the guard's leg and snapped it backward. Two more came at me from the side. I dashed under one then pushed him into the other. I grabbed what looked to be a spear from another guard who was unconscious and dug in through the two guards who had fallen on each other. The hallway was bright now, but the alarm was blaring loud sirens, and the corridors had shown a red light. I could hear loud footsteps and the clatter of Armor. I bolted down the opposing hall as quiet as a mouse. Running through the halls sticking to the shadows I observed for anything that marked my escape. A fork in the road... which way? I closed my eyes and ran in a direction heading down the left hallway completely missing the sign that said Under Construction. The roof started to slant downwards, and the wall became dirt and stone, but I kept running. The walls closed in further so that I soon had to duck and sidestep. Eventually, I got down on my knees, continuing even though I knew this was the wrong path.

Behind me, I heard a voice, "Come out now, and we won't hurt you. Stay there, and we will shoot you!" Then a pause, "We know you are in there I give you to the count of 10. 1... 2... 3..." I watched their shadows dance across the wall as a glowing bullet was loaded up in a flashing red gun. Perfect.

"6... 7... 8... 9... 10!"

A gunshot sounded, and I saw the glowing bullet go flying towards me. I held out my hand in front of me and caught the shot. It steamed in my hand still glowing brightly. I heard sounds of confusion from the end of the path. The bullet stopped releasing steam and was about to explode from the beeping coming from it. I pulled my arm back and threw the round towards the guards once again. The bullet blew as it collided with armour. A profoundly hallowed scream sounded from the agony of the shot. The others froze in shock. I jumped forward launching myself out of the tunnel and into one of the guards. I grabbed his gun and used the handle of the firearm smashing it into someone's neck. I spun around and broke his nose then elbowed his guts. I turned around and hit his neck, then broke his arm. He fell towards the ground, but before he could hit the ground, I picked him up and threw him at another. I jumped over one and raced down the hallway. A big iron door blocked the hall. I stopped and looked for a button to open the door. But there was none. Force would be the key to getting past this door. I punched the door just as the soldiers came up behind me. The door now had a hole in it. If I wanted to survive, I'd have to go all out.