Final command

“What the fuck was that?” Deb asks you.

Just as you are about to answer that you know as little as she does a monumental headache hits you and your sister simultaneously.

A voice, your voice, Her voice explodes in your head.

“REJOICE SISTERS AND BROTHERS! REJOICE FOR YOUR MISTRESS HAS EXTINGUISHED THE VAN HELSING BLOODLINE!”

“So much for looking for Nicole now, I guess Caroline did eventually catch her on one of her screens...”

You smile partially relieved, but, suddenly, the voice comes back.

“SISTERS AND BROTHERS! YOU HAVE SERVED ME WELL BUT NOW YOU MUST PERFORM THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. FOR ME YOU WILL REMOVE ANY PROTECTION AND YOU WILL ALL WALK INTO THE SUN. THIS IS MY LAST COMMAND! THANK YOU SISTERS AND BROTHERS, THIS IS AN ACT OF MERCY, THIS IS AN ACT OF LOVE, THE PROOF OF YOUR LOVE FOR ME!”

Petrified you look at Deb as she starts to wiping off the sunscreen she just applied. She looks back at you, her cheeks are covered with tears. You can feel yours covering in them too.

“Come Sam, we will do this together, we will go as sisters.”

No! No, no, no, you cannot! You will not! A torrent of images, memories of your childhood with Deb assaults you. Something deep down inside of your heart breaks, despite the imperious and all so rational will to obey the Last Command, you feel that, to protect your sister, your real sister, you will not do it. The last rock of the cliff is washed away.

You wrap Deb in your arms, holding her has hard as you can.

“Sam, let me go, we have to obey, we have to show Her our love.”

“Fuck you Deb, we won’t, I won’t let this happen.”

She tries to push you away but your are stronger. Your love makes you so much stronger.

“Fuck you Deb,” you repeat unremittingly.

But you know that what you actually mean to say is “I love you Deb”. Your sister is no fool, she understands it and before long, overwhelmed by your love, she stops struggling.

Walking past you, the vampire from the sports center, followed by the small brunette and the runner cheerfully invite you to come with them. You do not pay attention and soon, they move on.

In the distance you can hear the screams of all the vampires dying. You cannot help yourself from feeling pity for them. They were doomed because they never knew true love.

You do not know how long you stay listless on the floor. But as time passes the imperious and all so rational urge to walk out into the sun slowly recedes.

“Fuck you too Sam,” Deb finally says wiping the tears of her face.

***

Six month later, you are back in Boston, Massachusetts.

Once the vampires were out of the picture it became pretty easy to escape the boat. That bitch Mina set it up in flames and left the survivors escape. Deb and yourself mingled among them easily and you were rescued after a few hours by the Bahamas coast guards. The Caron now lays on the Caribbean sea floor and the investigation is still ongoing. From time to time you receive a visit of an insurance investigator or an FBI agent but the visits are spreading out and, since the public opinion has already moved on, you feel that it will all be soon forgotten.

You managed to see your former mistress one last time. As you stepped into your lifeboat, you saw her heading for a small island with the Cowboy and the Officer in a small dingy boat. You do not know if you will cross paths again and you do not know if you will be able to survive such an encounter but you know that if you do you will try to kill her. That woman is a monster and if Nicole’s ancestor managed to destroy her creator as a human, you might stand a chance as a vampire. Because yes, you are still a vampire, a Masterless one but a vampire none the less.

You now live with your sister in a large Manor in the outskirts of town. The previous owner did not mind inheriting it to you. He now rests in the backyard with all your other victims.

You have been studying a lot recently, not your original curriculum but a new one: Vampirism 101. Deb and you have been digging in all the large libraries of the surrounding universities and studying all the old texts you could lay your hands upon. You found loads of fiction and folklore but from time to time you managed to find genuine information that has made you much more akin to your condition.

For instance, you know now how to decide if you want to turn someone or not. The stakes and beheadings are now not longer necessary, you can let some of your victims walk away or simply kill them, it makes your life so much easier.

You also learned how to bend human’s will to do your bidding. You are still struggling with this one but Deb is great at it. You will have to practice but you have time, all the time in the world.

You close the door to your study. Deb is waiting for you in the reception hall. She has invited a few friends from University and you are eager to sink your fangs into the trembling flesh of some SJW.