The Blooded

The Cave

      Jason turned around and noticed Jax was gone. He continued further into the cave and never turned around. He hears something move the rocks behind him and yells, "Who's there!" Jason is now looking around frantically and panicking. All of a sudden a man jumps out at him holding a spear. Jason got into a defensive stance hoping the person would be intimidated. The guy with the spear looked passed Jason. Next thing Jason knew is that he was hit from behind and woke up tied to a rock. "Hello," he yelled into the darkness hoping for a reply. A girl opened the door in front of him she walks up to him and begins to inspect him. She pulls his ear looking at how pointy it is. He winces at the pain and looks at her confused. She continues to inspect the strange boy in front of her. "Do you understand me," Jason said slowly. The girl got a glimpse of his teeth and lifted his top lip and saw his fangs. "Wow," she whispered, "I've never seen anyone like you before." "What do you mean," he said out of curiosity. "The fangs and pointed ears of course," she said this like a child. "I'm a vampire, and what are you. You have no fangs, horns, or pointed ears. Oh, are you an angel!" he said as if he's figured it out. "Is that a cheesy pick-up line," she asked smirking at the boy. "Hey that's not what I meant and if your not an angel that means your human," he told her. "Ding ding ding, you got it right I'm human threw and threw," she said. He looked up at the girl and saw that she was indeed human. She had red hair, a pale complexion, and freckles. "Hey friend why are you quiet all of a sudden," she asked confused. "I've never seen anyone so pretty before," he said. "What," she asked surprised by his bluntness. "Oh, did I say that out loud I'm sorry," he apologized and began to get a small blush on his face. They both sat there quietly for a solid minute. "Um, can you tell me why I'm tied up. I was told you were expecting me," he said hoping to find answers. "Oh right well we saw you as a threat at first but I can tell you can't even hurt a fly," she said with confidence. Jason began to pout "How do you know I can't hurt a fly, I won a fight against my father," he said proudly. " What do you mean you won the fight," she asked him curiously.  "I don't know actually I blacked out and can't remember," he said sadly. 

      The two continued to chat for almost an hour until they were interrupted by someone shouting. "Kimberly I swear if you are down here you are so grounded," a man shouted in the distance. "Oh no," she said in a panic, "he can't see me here." She ran and hid behind the rock he was tied to. "What do you mean," he said scared. "Hush he can't know I'm in here with you," she said still in a panic. "Why are you so scared of him?" he asked a little worried about the man he heard screaming. "That's my dad and I'm not allowed to see the prisoners," she whispered to Jason. "Wait that's your dad yelling?" he asked again still full of questions. "Yeah he's the chief and I heard we had someone enter the cave. Not just anyone knows where we are," she said forgetting about her father getting closer. The door to the room flew open. Jason looks towards the door with wide eyes. It was a tall man with black hair, scruffy beard, and a scar on his chin leading to his nose. "Have you seen a girl with red hair and freckles?" he asked calmly. "Um... no," he said with a shake in his voice. "Yeah that's what I thought," he said, "Kim come out here right now." "Oh, hi, dad didn't hear you come in," she said rubbing the back of her head. "Why are you in here?" he asked crossing his arms unapprovingly. "Well, I was walking around town and heard a rumor about someone who entered the cave," she said smiling hoping to get off the hook. "I told the guards to stay quiet about this," he ground angrily. Kim now sneaking away and out the door. 

      "Where do you think you're going, " said a boy with horns, long hair, and who also appeared around Jason's age leading Kim back into the room. "Oh Mike what are you doing down here?" she asked as she avoids looking at her angry father. The boy who is apparently named Mike says to Jason, "Oh so you're the other blooded marked for this cave." Jason looks up at him confused, "Wait so are you blooded too," he asked shocked. "Well technically half-blooded," he said with a smirk on his face. "What do you mean half?" Jason asked still getting more and more questions without answers. "Well, I'm what you would call a feral. Ferals have the power to become blooded not born blooded," he said. "What do you mean become blooded," Jason asked once again. "Well if I'm a cousin to the main bloodline so I'm feral, and if I kill the blooded then I become the Blooded," Mike said with a sinister grin on his face. "Wait so if you kill me you become the vampire blooded too!" he yelled. "No, it only works with the species you are," he said sounding disappointed. "Oh that's good then," Jason said with a sigh of relief. "Now Kim why did you come down here we had a date and you stood me up," Mike said looking at Kim with a fake sad smile. "Oh I must have lost track of time with being in the dungeon and all," she said sarcastically. Jason snickered at her reply.