Jessica chooses self-sacrifice

Jessica, her blood lust sated momentarily, has a moment of shocking moral clarity. "This madness has gone far enough" she yells. "I won't touch my sister!"

"As long as this cow lives... as a human ... you can't be fully free, child." Elizabeth spits back. "If you truly love her, you'll give her the gift! We can turn her together. You two can live forever. Feed forever. Together."

Jessica realizes she doesn't even know how to turn a human, but quickly puts the thought out of her mind. She shakes her head. "No, I won't subject her to this curse."

"Then drain her!" Elizabeth booms.

A heavy silence fills the room, as Jessica stands on the other side of the chamber, arms crossed. She's better off dead than a fiend. I'm better off dead than a fiend, she concludes.

"I gave you everything!" Elizabeth screams.

In a flash of movement, she slashes at Jenna's throat with her fingernail. Blood spurts from a convulsing Jenna, her gurgling sounds a nightmare for Jessica. Jenna's body settles down after a few moments. Elizabeth reaches under the bed, and pulls out a collar attached to a chain. She throws it at Jessica. "Put this on, you wretch."

Jessica refuses. In an instant, the older vampiress has knocked Jessica to the ground, knocking the wind out of her. The movement is so fast that Jessica's mind can't follow the actions. Jessica finds herself in the collar, get hands bound, with Elizabeth holding the chain.

Together, the pair leave the room, descend the stairs, and follow a labyrinthine path though the windowless mansion.

The vampiress throws a final door open. "Come, humanitarian of the year, come get your reward" the vampiress taunts, yanking on Jessica's chain. It is still dark out, but Jessica can see the first signs of sunrise on the horizon. Elizabeth bolts the chain to a ring in the wall, and walks briskly towards the door.

"Such a disappointment," Elizabeth says, shaking her head, before disappearing back into the mansion.

The sun slowly climbs in the morning sky. As Jessica's skin catches fire in the harsh rays, she stares up to the heavens and smiles. She is finally free.