The Guardian (5 page)

Calming himself down enough to get his wits
about him, he reached down and picked up a glass shard and began to
use it to cut the seatbelt that held him fast. It was not a quick
cut he had to hold the glass firm and taking little knicks out of
the belt at a time, while feeling it also cut into his flesh, but
he was more worried about Kathy; he was saying anything that he
could think of to calm her down and was trying to keep her from
hurting herself any more than she had already done. As soon as he
got through the belt he fell head first into what was the roof of
the call slicing himself up a bit with the glass that was scattered
all along the ceiling of the car. He rolled himself around so he
could now see her and see that gas was leaking out of the hood. He
could smell the fire and the gas and knew he had only a short time.
He reached out with his hand reaching for Kathy’s saying:” Hold on
baby bird all is going to be,” he reached his hand out for hers and
right as he clasped finger tips and was getting ready to say,
“fine.” He felt someone grab a hold of his ankle ripping him out of
the car and flinging him in the direction of some dumpsters. As his
back slammed up against the dumpsters a woman out of some god
unseen place appeared in front of him shielding the back of his
head with the palm of her and as he slammed into the dumpster and
as the car exploded placed her other hand against the dumpster
pushing back against the blast, with John’s face fully in her warm
bosom, he could feel her pushing back as they and the dumpster
propelled back and slammed up against the wall, five feet behind
them. She leaned back removing John’s face from the safe haven that
was her chest. At this moment he could see her eyes for the first
time frightened and shaken John knew that he belonged to this
woman. She kissed his head and vanished without a trace.

John started to settle down as Galechka kept
saying: “shush, shush it’s going to be o.k. Shush,” she kissed his
head and cheek pleading, “please calm down, I am here now.” She
could feel her feeling for him growing and this frightened her more
than anything. John went back into a sound sleep and she laid her
head on his chest listening to his heart beat as he slept.

A few days had gone by and Galechka was
beginning to wonder if he was ever going to come to. She would only
leave his side at times when Adela was watching over him. After
having some more time to speak to Adela, Galechka realized that
they needed to keep him safe as long as they could until he was
strong enough to protect himself.

Galechka leaned up against the headboard of
her bed reading a book as she waited for the stranger beside her to
wake up. She carefully turned each page by the far top corner each
with her small delicate looking fingers as she reached the end of
each page. Finally, He started to come to; she cocked her head to
towards him to see if he was really coming around or not. She then
laid the book gently down on the table that sat beside her antique
wooden bed. She rolled onto her side facing him with her head held
up with her hand waiting for him to look at her.” Good evening
stranger, “she said with a slightly evil smile upon her lips, “Take
it easy, it seems you wore yourself out in your little tuffle at
the pub.” His sight was very blurry but as time went by this
angelically beautiful woman’s faces came more and more into focus.
She was the most exquisite thing he had ever laid his eyes upon. He
reached out his and she in turn took his in hers and guided it onto
her face and closed her eyes as his hand rested on her milky white
skin that felt as soft as the finest silk. She took a deep breath,
looked at him and said:” I believe it is time we get you fed; you
have to be starving by now.” John just nodded his head not knowing
what to say.

She stepped out of the bed as eloquently as
ballerina and reached back for his hand slowing pulling and helping
him out of bed. It seemed that he was very weak from the fight or
the three days without food. She tossed her hair as she spun around
keeping her hand in his leading the way out the door and into the
hall way. The floor was made of very old barn wood and the walls of
stone and mortar, having lights that looked like candle holders
every six or seven feet. There was a stairwell that spun into a
half cirlcle leading into a lower level. She led him through the
maze of hallways until they made it to the kitchen that seemed to
be placed in some back wall of the castle. The kitchen had an old
wooden table at the far corner lit by the moon light that was
shining in through the small window. The rest of the kitchen was
very modern; stove counter tops all were very up to date. The stove
had 10 burners and was made of stainless steel not something that
you would not expect to see in an older castle. She motioned him to
take a seat at one of the stools alongside the center island.

Galechka smiled as she mixed the pancake
mix, she seemed to love preparing food for her unexpected guest.
“Hope your hungry I am making a huge amount; after two and a half
days you should be able to eat a horse,” she jokingly said as she
threw everything together,” I will show you around the castle a
little late, but you can never venture too far away from my side
because it is not safe.” John took a moment before he spoke,” You
mean because you’re all vampires and I am a human?” Galechka looked
astounded, she thought to herself how could he know. So she spoke
up,” How do you know, that we are all vampires?”” Are you not?”
“Why yes, but how did you know?” “I am not sure, it is like I can
just feel you and it just felt to me like you were a vampire, so I
guessed everyone else here had to be also.” Galechka was taken back
by this comment not sure what to make of his assumptions; in some
ways she was relieved that she did not need to break it to him, but
in another it scared her.

Adela seemed to float into the room with
extreme eloquence that one would expect of from a Royal woman. For
some reason whenever you look at this woman you think of the old
aristocratic royal families from the grand old era. She had grace
in her manner that one could only be born with and not taught by
any matter of fine education. There was an aura of power to her
that over whelmed and made you respect and fear this woman all in
the same heartbeat. You could tell by her stride being that of
royal and good nature or not that she was a being that should not
be pushed or angered.

At the corner of the bar with her hand
resting she began to speak “So, your starting to feed the stray
that followed you from the streets of the good old U.S.A,” She had
a loving a ponderous look when she looked at John,” You know little
boy you need to be careful that one can rip your heart out without
any hesitations, but don’t worry you will come back for more and
more.” She passed behind Galechka and ran her hands through her
hair like a loving mother. With her lips just a hairs width away
from Galechka’s ear she whispered,” My little girl, I know you and
he is going to drive you mad; please do not kill him.” Galechka
nodded her head with a smile still feeling Adela’s breath upon her
ear after a kiss to the back of her ear and a slight nip Adela
started back with,” He we connect with you in ways you will not
understand and will feel more and more of a need to be with
you.

We are taking him to the wolves training
grounds day after tomorrow, where you will stay with him and
encourage is training.” Adela passing with her cooking lifting the
skillet off of the fire for a moment to ask: “What about my duties
and taking care of my part of the business?” Adela rebutted with,
“He is duty #1 for you as of now. Until he is strong enough to
protect himself you need to be at his side at all times.” Galechka
nodded agreeing Adela and both looked up at John in sequence and
smiled at him. John did not know to be scared or delighted with his
new found life; being reborn of sorts.

Vitaliy appeared behind John without any
signs or sounds surprising all but Adela, placing his hands on
John’s shoulders, causing John to have jump out of his ski. He
quickly was standing up on the bottom rungs of the stool using them
to spin himself around and onto the floor beside the stool. He
tried to run his arm around Vitaliy ’s neck like he always did
without fell, to find himself on the other side of the kitchen with
Vitaliy foot on his neck. John not understanding how with was
transported to this spot, there was no time for this to happen;
there was no memories of them moving across the kitchen, but
realizing Vitaliy was making a point and not trying to harm him.”
Did you see that Galechka? Did you see how no one had a chance to
save him? Some of the ancients could be and most likely are faster
than myself. You must always be on guard,” Vitaliy removing his
foot from John’s throat and reaching out to help John up, “ The
good news is he has skill and we need to develop it as his
strengths start to reveal themselves.” John looked at him in a
confusing manner “What do you mean?” Vitaliy smirked and said: “ In
due time my young friend, in due time.”

A crisp and damp night right, in a forest
that seemed as old as the hills around it is where John had found
himself with Galechka and Adela. They could hear wolves howling in
the distances and seeming getting closer and closer. Adela broke
the silence, “John you will need to listen and trust these men.
They are going to help you develop your new strengths.” John not
being sure about what they were always talking about said: “What
are you talking about? What do you mean new strengths?” With one
hand on the back of John’s shoulder she whispered softly in his
hear,” You belong to her and as you two grow, you will find
yourself with more and more abilities. You are something very rare
and as far as I know the first one in almost a millennium.” John
looked shocked and said under his breath knowing she would hear
him:” How do you know this?” “Because my dear boy, I watched my
Guardian have his heart ripped from his chest trying to save me.”
John gasped and with a nervous shake in his voice retorted,” Will
this happen to me? “Grasping his shoulder a little in a reassuring
way she told him: “Not if we can train you, before they realize you
are a Guardian. That is why the wolves are training you.

In moments they could hear the feet of the
pack beating on the ground and then silence, as the pack was just
out of John’s eye sight and out of the mist and fog walked a group
of shirtless men and a few fully dressed women. One of them seemed
to step out into the beams of the sun as a perfect soft spot light
onto her long blond hair and she had blue eyes that could cut
through the sky. She stretched her back and neck in a manner that
showed off her perfectly curved body strutting over to John with an
unreal sway that was sexier than anything that John had seen. She
walked straight up onto John and looked him up and down, spinning
around on her heals remarking, “Not too shabby,” she turned her
head just enough for John to see her eye and said, “ If you want a
warm body to curl up with, you might want to seek a woman a little
more like me.” Adela was quick to have Galechka by her throat to
keep her from tearing into the temptress.” Galechka, no matter what
she says or tries a Guardian will never leave the one he was born
for; you will better understand this later on, so no cat fights. I
am serious we need them to train him, before the other vampire
clans catch wind of him.

A monstrous chuckle that rumbled the ground
came from a mist the trees and out stepped one of the largest men
that John had ever seen. “Adela it seems as though we have a bit of
catting going on between a bitch and a vamp.” Adela laughed heavily
and joked back:” Yes, yes Bernandas it does seem that way. You know
girls will be girls.” Bernandas opened his massive arms inviting
Adela into them. He rapped them around her embracing her warming in
his powerful grasp.” Adela, are you sure about this?” “Yes, this is
the first chance we have had in a millennium to go after the
ancients.” He sighed and looked into his old friends eyes, “You
know what happened last time?” “Yes, that is why you need to train
him without my coven knowing. I have led my coven to believe that
he is Galechka’s familiar that was attacked and was too valuable to
just replace with someone else.” He took Adela’s chin into the palm
of his own lifting it up so that her eyes gazed upon his own; she
was not even half his size. “Adela, my pack will do their
best.”

A loud thunderous clap came from Bernandas’s
hands and he spoke with roaring voice, “Alright! It is time that we
get things rolling. John you are going to follow Vixen through this
path that you starts here and will end there,” Bernandas was
pointing to an adjacent path. Just to his far left hand side,”
Vixen is to keep pace and you will do your best to keep up.”
Benandas pulled Vixen a side and told her:” Not too fast the first
round; we need to figure out what he can handle before we push him.
Do you understand me?” With her usual sassy attitude she walked
away saying: “Yeah, I got it. Don’t hurt the Vamp’s little toy too
much. I will just give him what he can handle.” She turned and
winked at John making Galechka angry as hell, but kept her mouth
shut as her lady had told her.

Vixen hunkered down in putting herself in
place to start a race; looking back over her shoulder she said in a
flirting voice, “Try to keep your eyes on the train instead of my
tail,” she winked again at him making Galechka’s blood boil. Vixen
added, “I know it will be hard to do with such a nice hard tail in
front of you.”

Bernandas interrupted her little taunting
game and crouched down beside John,” Listen boy, do your best to
keep up, she is one of my best. This is just to let us measure you,
so keep your eyes out for targets, but skip them until next run.”
Bernandas headed in front of them and said, “Ready set Go!”