Bring the Vampire Revolution! [3]

The driver slowly brings the coach bus down a secluded drive. The bus exits a long path through the trees, and finds itself in front of a large building that looks like a warehouse. By now, most of the humans on the bus have quieted down. Some are crying, but many stare blankly in front of them. During the drive, Jessica would smile when she heard "vampire" mentioned in hushed tones. Some refused to accept the truth, but most understood what Jessica and the others were.

A large door opens, and the bus pulls inside. The door closes behind them. It's time Jessica thinks, licking her lips.

"Alright, time to get off!" Diana says, and the driver opens the door.

Diana and the humans file off the bus, with Jessica and Miko bringing up the rear to ensure no humans are left behind. Jessica leaves the bus last, stepping into the brightly lit warehouse. The walls lined with Diana's machines: the "iron maidens" for exsanguinating cattle, the "milkers" for slowly draining them over a course of years, and some machines that she doesn't recognize. (Jessica had focused more on politics: engineering was Diana's job.) There is an incinerator, and refrigerated tanks for blood. Jessica sees a large wire mesh cage for holding the livestock.

"Diana, it's amazing" Jessica says.

"You can thank Kay and the American taxpayer" Diana laughs. "Subsequent iterations will be more automated, unfortunately this proof of concept will be somewhat manual."

Miko and Jessica herd the humans into a large wire cage to wait for processing. Some protest and resist, but are roughly shoved into the cage anyway. Miko orders the humans to strip.

Elizabeth and Catherine exit a side office, walking towards the vampiresses.

"Wonderful work, children. I can smell their fear" Elizabeth says, kissing Diana, Miko and Jessica in turn. "Diana, this facility is marvelous. Shall we begin?"

Elizabeth moves to sit down at a table in front of the cage, with Diana sitting on her right side.

"Bring us the first" Elizabeth says. Miko goes into to the cage and fishes out a human male, dragging him to the table. Jessica closes the cage as Miko pushes the human to his knees.

"What's your name?" Diana asks kindly.

"M...Mark" the human says, petrified.

"Mark, you stand accused of belonging to an inferior species. And of being a man" Diana says disdainfully. "How do you plead?"

Mark stares blankly forward, overwhelmed by what is happening.

"Very well" Diana says.

Elizabeth looks the human over, head cocked to the side. After a pause, she renders her judgement.

"Exsanguination" Elizabeth says dispassionately. Miko and Jessica step forward and roughly drag Mark to his feet, and bring him to one of the iron maidens along the wall. Jessica pushes him inside as Miko operates the machine. The large cage doors slam shut, and Jessica watches excitedly as a dozen wide needles jab into the human. The humans in the cage begin to scream, but are silenced by Catherine. There is an audible pumping sound. Within twenty seconds the human has passed out, within thirty he's expired. The doors swing open and the corpse falls to the floor. Miko goes to the blood tank next to the machine, turns a spigot, and dispenses a few ounces of the fresh blood into a glass. She holds it up to the light, and then brings it to Elizabeth.

"I don't want male blood" Elizabeth scoffs, "save that garbage for the halflings."

"Next!" Elizabeth says, sighing.

Catherine brings another human forward, a young girl.

"Name?" Diana asks.

"Caitlyn" the girl replies.

"Caitlyn, you stand accused of belonging to an inferior species" Diana says. "How do you plead?"

"Not guilty" the girl says defiantly, and Elizabeth smiles.

"Step forward, child" Elizabeth says, and the naked girl stands up and hesitantly walks forward to the table. Elizabeth reaches across the table, yanks the girl's wrist forward, and quickly bites down into it. She feeds for just a second.

"Her blood's not bad" Elizabeth says. "Her sentence is milking."

Catherine grabs the girl by the arm. The girl twists in Catherine's grip, and Catherine slaps her hard across the face. Caitlyn goes still. Catherine brings her to one of the milking machines. Catherine and Jessica bind her into the machine, where two long needles pierce her neck. A white fluid is pumped into her neck and Caitlyn's head lolls forward as she passes out, and a humming sound can be heard as her blood begins to flow out.

Elizabeth turns to the cages humans. "How does it feel to understand that your race is not the dominant one on this planet? How does it feel, to see your future nourishing us?" Elizabeth asks rhetorically. The humans are too shocked to say anything.

"Next!" Elizabeth says.

After about forty minutes, most of the humans have been processed. The seven males were summarily drained. Of the twenty-five women, six are drained, thirteen are placed in milkers, and three are set aside for hybridization. Three remain in the cage.

Jessica looks at the wall of humans being slowly bled. She listens to the hypnotic pumping of the machines. She dreams of this on a massive scale. Every human serving their purpose.

"Ladies, good work tonight" Elizabeth says, standing up and walking back towards the office. "The rest are yours to play with."

Jessica goes into the cage to select a playmate. Jessica smiles, revealing her sharp fangs.