Kings of Awakening Vampires and Purebloods (22 page)

He hated Vincent for what he almost did to Sonia. He continued on reading.

           “---Three humans have been found with bite marks so far. We must keep this news to a minimum, no one else must know but us.”

At the bottom of the report was the signature of Lou.

Albedo was appalled. “The King has
probably sent some of his men to help, so I guess there’s no need for me to go?”

              The thought to go and help rushed through his head…he quickly grabbed the box Sonia had given him.

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Jus
t
a few hours after the tribe of X penetrated the city, Dante and Axil, standing in the corridor of Inferno, reached victim number five. In front of them lay a girl that just been bitten. The bite mark was deep in this one, still fresh. She was about the age of nine, wearing an old blue dress. Her eyes looked as if they were rolling back inside her head; her skin became pale and cold. She was breathing heavily. 

“It was a good idea for the king to send us here. I thought I was going to train for the rest of my life,” said Dante. He walked towards the girl with two hands in his pockets. He looked
careless. The girl was in pain and Dante looked a little annoyed. He sighed, “Another one.”
How many more do I have to save? We need to catch this X guy and put an end to all this.

Axil stood on the other side with his arms crossed. He looked and stared at the red moon. “You might want to hurry before i
t’s too late.” He was concerned about the girl, if too much time passed then the girl might actually die.

              “Calm down, Axil,” he said in a relax tone. “She was bitten by a Pureblood not a vampire. I can tell by the deep mark. If she was bitten by a vampire then she would have died instantly. But by one of us, a Pureblood, she has two options. She could either turn into a vampire or die.”

The girl looked scared when she heard Dante say she might die.

Dante stared at the fresh womb on her neck with admiration. He has never bitten anyone before, all his life he lived on the rain-blood. He wondered what humans’ taste like, even vampires’ blood. From the whiff of her blood it smelled good as it kissed Dante’s nose.  “I was thinking about something, Axil. What if… we kill her, drink her blood. I’ve never tasted human blood before, and I’m sure you haven’t.”

Axil gave him a look of disbelief as he stared into Dante’s grim face. “Dante, stop playing around and hurry.”

“Think about it, Axil. Don’t you ever wonder what flesh blood taste like?”

“Stop playing around Dante,” said Axil with an adamant look now.

Dante started to laugh, “You should have seen your face! I know I have a sick sense of humor and I’m working on it,” he said with a smile.

Of course Axil knew he was kidding. They had sworn an oath to protect the innocents alongside Sonia and Angelione.

Dante stretched his hands out to the little girl and placed his palm on her bite mark.

“Can you save this one in time?” asked Axil.

Dante looked back at him with approval. “I saved the last four didn’t I, so yes I think I can manage.”

Axil looked around to make sure no one showed up. The last thing he wanted was to be blamed for the bite mark on this humans’ neck. As tempting as biting a human was, the blood-rain was enough to satisfy his thirst. “It’s good to know you’re a healer.” 

“My healing ability is not as good as the other healers King Victor has, but it’s enough to save them just in time.”

They were glad to have found the victims in time, a couple more hours and they would have surely turned into vampires or died. The girl felt the chill on her neck as Dante’s hand touched her. She started to shiver. Dante felt her temperature dropping rapidly. He needed to hurry; his ability might kill her if he uses it too much on her. He removed his hand from her neck and the girl saw his vicious fangs coming out, which startled her. It reminded her of what just happened, the pain she felt when a fang pierced her neck. The girl started to scream. Dante placed his left hand over her mouth and she slowly fainted.

“It will be easier this way,” said Dante. He cradled the girl and placed his fangs on her neck. Slowly he started to extract the blood out of her system. He spat out a mouthful of blood and it tasted rotten. Her blood was mixed with whoever had bitten her, giving it a nasty taste.

Axil looked relieved now. “It’s a good thing a Purebloods’ blood moves slowly in the humans’ body. If too much time had passed then the blood would have surely reached her heart. And by then it would have been too late.”

Dante had used his ability to move the blood from her body back to her neck. He separated her blood from the Purebloods’ blood and spat it out. He wiped his mouth and told Axil she was all right now. But Dante somehow looked apprehensive. He looked at Axil and said, “Take a look at this, Axil.”

Axil looked at the bite mark, not seeing what Dante was trying to show him. “What is it that you’re trying to show me, Dante?”

Dante gave a faint laugh and put his hand on his hair. “Oh that’s right, forgive me. I forgot you’re not a healer like me. Let me explain. When I was removing the blood from all the victims, I felt as if their energy had been drained from them.”

Axil now looked curious. Dante proceeded on explaining. “I don’t really know how to explain this, but it’s as if their energy life force was being taken away.  I think whoever did this was after more than blood.”

More than blood
? Thought Axil. “What could a Pureblood want more than blood? Are we missing something here?” Now Axil really wanted to find this mysterious X and find out what’s he up to.

“Just like the others, it’s the same.” Dante got up and stretched his back. “Whoever this mysterious X is, we have to find him. For now we’re done, you can take her back to the Humans’ Special Division now. She’s going to need
human blood. She was almost drunk dried.”

“Why do I have to do it?” asked Axil.

What a guy
, thought Dante. “Because I did all the healing and saving, while you did all the standing around,” replied Dante with a smirk.

Axil knew Dante was right.
He gently placed her limp body over his shoulder.  The last thing he wanted to do was damage her in any kind of way.

              As they walked away, Dante looked up quickly as he saw a shadow flying above him. He could see a man with a black cloak and a red mask on his face.
So he came as the king predicted
.

“Dante let’s go, we have to start hunting soon,” said Axil quickly.

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Albedo jumped on top of the next house, he could have sworn he saw someone as he was in mid air. He looked back to check, no one was there. He stood on top of a roof with his mask on and his black cloak in the middle of the night. He truly looked like one of the Black Reapers now. This feeling of being a hero was vast. It felt marvelous being able to jump this high. With his mask on his face, a dagger in his back pocket, and the cloak on his back, his confidence had no limit. He felt invincible, that he could save anyone who needed his help. Being a Black Reaper was great. He could eventually leave Inferno and see the outside world.  When he thought he was a human he had no hope of one day actually seeing the outside world. Now that he was a vampire, his hope came back thanks to Sonia.

“It’s time to see what I’ve got.”

              Albedo ran from the roof and jumped into the next house. His feet slipped on the edge. He fell on the ground but landed on his feet. Controlling the power of the Elder with his eyes open was harder than he thought, but he was successful.  Jarvis had taught him well. “That was a close one.” He jumped back to the roof. “Looks like I’ll need some practice.” It was nighttime now and he knew the tribe of X would strike again. If they’re still here then the power of the Elder will surely flush him out. Albedo closed his eyes and concentrated. He began to feel everyone around him, even a bug from a mile away was in his range of senses.
I can sense two Purebloods heading for the Humans’ Special Division. There’s a little human girl with them, unconscious! Could this be the tribe of X?
As Albedo focused on their energy, he felt something different
. But for some reason I don’t feel any evil from them… wait, I can sense evil? The power of the Elder is vaster than I thought; it allows me to sense evil! I can sense another one a few miles ahead
. This one felt different. Albedo felt a dark aura coming from it.

He felt the same evil vibe he felt from Vincent. Albedo had to now make a decision. Go after the two with the little girl or go after the one farther away. He decided to leave the pair and go after the one further ahead. He would have to keep using the Elder to keep an eye on them. Jumping from roof to roof would get him there faster; it was also a way not to get spotted by any humans. He thought back to some of Sonia’s training echoing in his head. “Keep your distance, run as fast as you can, and keep the shadow on your side.”  As he gets closer, he could hear a woman scream. He quickly rushed to the scene. He stood up from the roof and could see a young woman. She was surrounded in a corner with a tribe of gang with cloaks and masks on their faces. 
She looked familiar
, he thought.
That’s that girl I accidently touched inappropriately in the market
. There were eight of them with red masks on their faces marked with X approaching the young girl. They were surely the ones he was looking for.
These guys are Purebloods, I can feel their ability
. One came closer to the young women, took off its mask and Albedo could see a man’s face. His fangs were out, and Albedo could feel the bloodlust within him.

The man came closer to bite her. “Someone, help me!” screamed the girl.

              Albedo jumped from the roof. As he was coming down, he punched the first X with a blow that crushed his face. Albedo’s blood was boiling to save her. The power of the Elder had made his punches stronger somehow. Jarvis was right; the power of the Elder does increase your physical capability. As much as he was right about that, he was also right about one thing, the urge to seek battles was alluring. An excitement grew within Albedo. Deep down within him loved it! The fighting, the power, somehow it felt, marvelous! He looked back at the girl who had crawled to the wall in fear. The second X jumped at Albedo with a kick, but Albedo sense it. Albedo’s reaction was too fast; his body was moving beyond the capacity of a human being. The thought of a normal life was gone for him; after all, he did not want a normal life. He wanted to become like Sonia, to use his strength to help the helpless. He grabbed the second one that came with the kick by its leg and threw him forcefully on the wall. He killed the first and second one with his rage in control, then he notice that after he killed one, they turned into a mass of energy and vanished. Now there were six left, surrounding him. He knew fighting them all at once while trying to protect her would not be easy. He looked back at her, still frightened from all of this. Two of the tribe of X from the opposite side ran towards Albedo, two from his front also. This was their strategy, no means of escaping. Albedo had no time to think about a plan. He quickly jumped up and landed next to the girl. He smiled and quickly grabbed her and put her on his back.

“What are you doing?” she asked.

“I’m saving your life, now hang on,” he replied. He used his fire ability to blind them.  He aimed it at them and the bright white beam of fire took their vision away.  He jumped up to the roof. The Xs ran after him, two on his left and two on his right. They threw small knives at him. Unable to look back accurately with the girl on his back; Albedo had to rely on the power of the Elder. He focused hard; feeling the directions their hands was releasing the knives. It was like a third eye. He could feel when the knife left their hands; at the right time he jumped to avoid them. While in mid-air, he turned around. “Fire!” This time the fire was a fireball instead of a small flare. His fireballs caught two of the Xs by surprise. Just like the rock he had to destroy with the fire during training. Albedo was now able to use that ability to obliterate the Xs, make it explode.  Thinking to himself,
now I see what the old man was trying to teach me, use the fire to burn, blind, and as a force of explosion
. The Xs blew up in mid-air as Albedo’s fireballs hit them. Their bodies vanished. Now he only had to deal with four. “Are you alright?” he asked the girl on his back. He could have sworn that she smiled when he used his fireballs. Albedo landed on the next roof and continued on running. He felt knives being thrown at him. He jumped back and stopped. Two of the Xs jumped above him and landed on the next house ahead. Albedo started to run again, they had managed to trap him in. They tended to use this boxing technique, blocking Albedo from every angle.  He was now in the middle, two in front of him and two in behind him. With her on his back and the weight of the gear, his movement was limited.