Departure

Coming out of that Blood hungry trance was like emerging from a pool of boiling water, Your body hurt, a deep burn under the tender skin, everything felt itchy and damp... covered in dead-blood. Corvus, or what remained of him, lay in a pile before You. You could hear what sounded like very quiet and subtle sobs, coming from just behind You.

NOT FINISHED, NEED MORE!

"No, We've done it, He's not coming back."

TASTY ONE BEHIND US, JUST A SIP OF HER BLOOD!?

Slowly turning, You saw the reckoning that You had left behind, Muninn must have awakened during Your... Activities, having shuffled over to her brother in the lounging area, where he lay in her arms, cradling the bloody stump that was once his arm, She was rocking him like a child a sad look on her face, covered in a dark bruise as she hummed calmly to him, her golden hair was a mess from where she had flown across the room but otherwise, she didn't look any worse for wear. In the center of the room, holding Hawkins' still eerily smiling corpse, Cleo sat in his pool of dead blood, tears welling in her eyes... You had never seen a woman so disturbed, so broken, eyes wide and bloodshot, lips curled and skin so ashen pale that it seemed almost sliver, there was almost picturesque about the image, it boasted an almost haunting beauty.

EAT HER!

"Are you serious, just get back in the cage, asshole."

I'M NOT FINISHED!

"Yes, You are, go to sleep."

nO I... aM NoT FiNiShEd.

"Sleep, I will call You again when I need You."

sleep...

You frowned, staring at Cleo for a while and then at Hawkins, his face still stretched into a grin "...Did He leave me a message?" Cleo said in a gentle whisper "He promised me, He swore to find someone to Smile for me.... after He was gone." it gave You pause.

You felt Your eye twitch as Your muscles began to lightly spasm, "H-He ugh..." your lay You head in Your palms for a moment, You were dizzy... really dizzy and really tired "He said... I would have to do it." You managed to say before grunting and leaning on the desk, "You?" Cleo started though she was interrupted by Your face shifting from Human to Vampire and back again "What's happening?"

"You have used all of Your strength." Muninn said from the corner, staring warmly as You struggled to stand "I'll... I'll make sure to keep You safe until You wake up." Her words became muffled as Her weakened smile began to blur, everything was heavy, especially Your eyes and... You were on the ground, tired, _"Rose, where is she?" _You felt a little panic flow through you, though it was cut off by the very sudden feeling of being pulled into sleep.

Rose stood a ways from You "This isn't real" You almost immediately realized, everything was dark, a sheen of maroon covered everything in sight, which was nothing... for as long as You could see there was just blackness, save for Rose.

She was faced away from You, arms spread open to the red abyss around Her. You could not see her face, and yet by the shape of her body, You'd remember that perfectly round bubble butt even if You hadn't seen it naked... and pointed at You, anyhow, Her large mane of Red hair was flowing upward, gently swaying in what you realized were currents "Am I underwater, no, this isn't water, is this blood? this must be a dream." Rose was not standing but floating, maybe 5 meters away, She was speaking, gently muttering "Praise the blood. Praise the Blood. Praise the Blood..." that was it, over and over. You had this strange feeling, like everything was too empty, like all of this space had to be filled... a place to amass a great collection. Rose began to move, pulling her arms together and whispering gently out into the great nothing, You could only just barely hear Her "Give him strength and bring him back to me, Praise the Blood, Praise the Blood."

Your eyes opened, "What's this, who's holding me?" You lowered Your head to see a flamboyant mess of bright Red hair, the weight of a head laid on Your chest "Ummm, is... urrr?" You mumbled incoherently, a bucket load of confusion dumped right over you like cold water "Oh" A voice spoke from You left, You looked to see Muninn, carrying a cluster of items on a silver tray as she entered, her face still bruised from where You struck at her before "You're finally awake." almost immediately You recognized Your surroundings, the Scarlet decor, beautifully crafted coffin, Dark mirror in the corner, this was Rose' room, "Muninn..." You at her honestly, the fear in Your eyes catching Her a little off guard "Is umm... Is this?" You pointed to the **** woman laid on top of You, She nodded, looking a little uncomfortable "Yeah, I wanted to put You in Your coffin but she wouldn't let me, She's been stuck to You all Week."

Rose was still in the outfit You put her in, her arms clamped around You as she let out gentle breaths. So let's get this straight, She has been holding onto You, You must still be dreaming...

"I've been asleep for a week!?" You cried with a deep frown, "SHHHH!" Muninn hushed You fearfully, her gaze shifting to Rose, who slowly began to lift her head, Her eyes opening lazily to look at You, She studied for a moment, strange, Her eyes shone a deep Crimson not the usual Icy blue like they normally were "You're awake." She stated, still looking into Your eyes deeply, "Y-Yeah, are You okay?"

"Not really, I am too weak to regenerate." She said, a little more coldly this time, she continued "But I am still too weak to hunt." She grunted for a moment before pulling away from You, weird, you felt kind of absent without her there now. "Let me give You something, just enough to help You get Your strength back." Muninn offered but was shot down by a Glare from Rose, She looked about ready to kill someone and it made the Blonde Beauty flinch a little "Don't offer me that, that disgusting cold storage drat, I don't want anything from You or any of Your ilk." Rose was angry, furious not just with Muninn but the entire clan "Calm down." You said fiercely, Rose frowned at You for a moment, it looked like she wanted to Yell back, but eventually just sat back against the bed frame quietly.

Getting out of the covers, You sat for a moment trying to collect Yourself, the dizziness was nowhere near as Acute as it was before, especially after accepting a glass of Type O from Muninn, She sat beside You on the bed, dabbing Your face with a wet cloth to remove the long browned dots of dead blood, a gentle smile on her face "How is Huginn, I hope he recovered?" You asked remembering the damage that You did "Well, no, not really. You slapped his Arm clean off, but he's regenerated from worse. He doesn't blame You, You were just defending Yourself... but Hawkins..." Flashes of a beastly smile came and went, You frowned "I shouldn't have lost control, I kinda liked that guy. Where is Cleo now?"

"I'm not sure, She came to watch over you for a while, then a couple of days ago she just vanished." The fact that it had been a week was weird enough, You wondered on how many other visits You had revived during Your time asleep "I don't understand, one minute I felt like I could knock a building over then, I was out?" Muninn setting down the damp cloth on the silver tray scoffed loudly "Under all of the Mental strain... I'm surprised You didn't pass out sooner"

"It got the job done, Corvus is a pile of mush and even that was too good for him." You tried not to spit at the thought of the man, Corvus was dead, but then again that was only a piece of the puzzle "You sound so different." She lamented, "I feel different." You said with a smile, "Everything's a little less, complicated like I'm free of chains. Tell me, how long will it take to gather everyone, in the hall as Corvus did before?" She pondered for a moment "Twenty-Five minutes, half an hour?"

"Good, could You call them, I have a few things that I'd like to clear up before I go." She didn't seem to like the sound of that last part, Her eyebrow-raising "Before You go?"

"That's right." You said standing and looking back to Rose, She listened quietly a fascinated look on her face "But... We need a leader, Charlie, a smart one, a good one, a powerful Vampire to rule the Clan, a Superior, You can't just leave!?" Red flooded Your eyes, allowing the Beast to smile at Her for a moment "I can leave and I am." Muninn's eyes fell away as Your smile changed from malicious to warm, "I can't stay here Moonie." You assured "This place, it's Your Home, not mine..." Slowly You approached Her, laying a comforting hand on her shoulder "I'm leaving it You and Huginn, I've still got a score to settle." She nodded sadly, "I'll just... Gather everyone." and with that, off she went, vanishing through the Red door, leaving You and Rose behind.

Rose lay, just staring quietly as You paced in thought, it was strange, You got this new feeling in Your gut, She could be trusted completely like she was someone that You could talk too "Y-You..." She started, stammering very uncharacteristically "You can confide in me, I mean... What is on Your mind?" She asked like she didn't completely understand why she was asking, "Alright?" You said moving to sit with her... which oddly felt like the natural thing to do?

"I Need to kill Valerica, no more distractions." She nodded in agreement "there is more to it than that though, isn't there?" she added, "Yeah. I realized something after I killed Corvus, I want... more, a lot more" The words tasted good in Your mouth, "To dominate is is our nature" Rose professed "I'm surprised that You have only begun to feel the urge now." The feeling was good, like the world was at Your fingertips, a glutton for everything that You could have, Your eyes began to wander, wander across Rose, across from the trace of her pale neck, over to her smooth collar bone and across to the shape of her breasts, that was until You remembered that She was looking right at You. Moving away Your gaze and chuckling for a moment You expected a cold retort, but this time Rose stayed quiet her face going a little red "Is she? blushing?"

"I... We..." She stammered over Her words again clumsily, She took a very short breath and looked at You, "Her eyes... they're Blue again?"

"We share a Goal, Mine is official and Your personal, yet I don't see why we shouldn't join forces since it is obvious that I cannot complete my mission alone." She didn't want to meet Your eyes, "must not be all that accustomed to asking for help" You thought. You considered variables, Unanswered questions, the pros the cons... "I wouldn't have it any other way!" The words leaped from Your lips, the eagerness of which it came caught Both You and Her a little off guard, She nodded her face Blank, but she had happy eyes "Alright then."

The Two of You sat for a time, conversing rather casually, about Her very slow and still incomplete recovery, about Her new distinct distaste for the Gerix's lies and about what You would when Before all of those Vampires, there was a knock at the door and Muninn entered, "They're waiting for You." She said, her pretty eyes still sad, "I'll be back, and We will talk more when I'm back." You said to Rose, who nodded, brushing away one of her long red hairs and... fluttering her long eyelashes "O-Okay then."

You followed Muninn, shaking Your head and smirking "Well, that was interesting."