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Chapter 9 If I was a killer
The next day we discussed strategy again. We agreed that the twins would not be able to attack again during the day, so the first opportunity would be after sundown the next night. Jason and I had time to go to college and have a meal before coming back for the night shift. Jason left for college. I also had lectures so went to the campus. I arrived back home early and cleaned the kitchen and the started to make dinner. By seven pm Jason had not come back. I phoned several times but no answer. By eight pm I was frantic and phoned Arthur.
"Sorry I haven't seen him" Said Arthur "I'll talk with Marc and see what we can do".
He rang off.
About twenty minutes later Arthur phoned back. "Marc is going to take me on the bike and go look for him. You are to stay there. We'll call again in an hour or when we know more"
He rang off again.
"I'm not waiting here" I said to myself.
I decided I would go down the college and see if there was anyone about. Surely someone had seen him. Maybe he was just at the bar and forgot the time. I put on a jacket and drove down to the college on my bike. I parked near the bar. The BMW seemed out of place amongst the Hondas and pedal bikes.
The college seemed closed down only the bar was open. There were a dozen college kids sat around. I went in and ordered a half.
"Do you know this guy?" I asked the barman holding up Jason's picture from my wallet.
"Yeah he comes in here sometimes. Bit of a joker. Is he your boyfriend?" Said the barman
"Yeah. I'm looking for him" I said
"Ask that blond over there in black. He sometimes hangs out with her" Said the barman.
I told him to keep the change and went over to the woman he pointed out.
"Hi" I said "I'm Tyler, do you know Jason by any chance"
"Yes" She said "You must be his boyfriend. He's always talking about you".
"Have you seen him today?" I asked
"Yes I had a couple of lectures with him. I saw him at lunch. He was with some emo chap. One of the hairdresser guys I think. Has he not come back yet?"
"No" I said. "Give me a call if you see him or the guy he left with"
I gave her my number. I also left my number with the barman, and asked him to call if he saw Jason. I looked around some more, and went to another local pub. The barman there was not so helpful and did not know Jason. Then the phone rang
"Tyler, it's Arthur" Where are you? We are outside your house" Arthur said.
"OK. Give me 10 minutes and I'll be home" I said
I went back to the bike and drove home as fast as I could, breaking several speed limits and my fair share of rules of the road. Arthur and Mark were waiting for me. I let them in
"I haven't been able to sense him anywhere" Said Marc. "Usually I can find people fairly quickly".
I told them about the emo guy. Arthur was not happy.
"We should contact the police" he said
"The police won't be able to do anything for at least 24 hours. He's not a minor" I replied, "but I'll contact Spencer. She may be able to help."
Marc also looked agitated.
"I have an idea" he said "We'll go have another look. I hope I'm wrong, but it's worth checking out" Arthur looked at Marc "Come on Arthur, lets leave Tyler to call Spencer". To me he said "Arthur will call every hour at least".
I called Spencer and explained how things were going. She agreed to come round, and arrived just after 10pm.
"There are a million thing that might have happened" she said. "We get it all the time. I've checked with the local hospital and they have had no one in that looks like Jason, so that's one less".
"It's just that I have a feeling..." I said forlornly
"I know" she said "All we can do is wait. You say Marc and Arthur are looking? Do they know what has happened?"
"No" I replied "again I think it's just a hunch"
"It's almost always something and nothing" said Spencer "But I'm surprised on a day like this that he would go missing"
"One thing I know for sure is he's not dead, and I don't think he has been harmed" I said
Spencer looked at me strangely. "Is there anything you haven't told me?" She said.
"No it's just I know he's alive I said "I'd know if something horrible had happened. I just know it".
We waited discussing different scenarios. Finally, at ten past eleven Arthur rang.
"I think we have bad news" Said Arthur
"Have you found him?" I asked "Is he OK? Where are you?"
"Nothing like that" Said Arthur. "But the twins are missing. They have not been back for a while and they should have been. They must have stayed somewhere else during the day and that is very unusual. Is Spencer there?"
"Yes she's here now" I said
"Hmm, we'll be back soon, Bye" Arthur said as he rang off.
Twenty minutes later the bell went and I let them in.
"There isn't much we can do except wait" said Spencer "Unless you two found something"
"Nothing" said Arthur "We though we might have found someone who knew something but it didn't work out"
I got coffee and we waited... and waited. Around midnight I got up for the loo and I noticed something white by the door. I went over and picked up a note.
Jason is safe You will get directions where to pick him up tomorrow. The price of his safe return is that you will hand over the human Arthur Of course if Jason dies, Tyler dies too Your choice
I screamed and wailed "Jason".
The others all came around me in an instant. Mark took the note and read it. Spencer put her hand out for the note. He handed it over.
"We must wait till we get the directions then go to meet them. I will die rather than let them hurt Arthur or Jason" Said Marc
"Seconded" I said. "If they hurt either of them I'll kill them"
"They are vampires" Said Spencer "they are already dead"
"I'll kill them again" I said
"One thing Spencer" Said Mark. "You can't go along with us. You are already hurt and week from loss of blood, you won't be able to help during the fight".
"Yes" I said. "You stay at home and rest. We'll call when we can to let you know what happened. If everything goes wrong you can lead the police in the right direction".
"I'm not happy with this, but if this is the way you want it then so be it". She said
They all left and I felt alone, but hopeful. I debated the different scenarios in my mind as I fell asleep wondering how it would end and was awoken next morning by Arthur bringing the body armour and weapons. We dressed in kevlar and then covered it with a track suit. Boots and a helmet made us look odd. We strapped knives and stakes to the kevlar and our legs. Our phones went into a pocket by our shoulder. I felt like a black knight getting ready to go into battle.
"I bet Marc's is light grey" I said
#
Arthur practiced with me for a couple of hours then told me to rest. We ate and drank lots of water, and slept. The message arrived at eight pm. A note under the door. By the time we got there no one was in sight. The message gave us a postcode, and told us to be there at midnight. We looked it up on the internet and found it was an old industrial estate. There were four warehouses left according to the mapping tool. No mention which one. We would have to search, or perhaps the twins would meet us out in the open.
Mark arrived at nine pm. He had fed twice and looked to be glowing. He looked like a white knight when I opened the door. He was dressed in a grey tracksuit presumably with kevlar below. He held a helmet in his hand and a large bag for his weapons. He came in and went to the kitchen.
"The twins hate garlic" He said, getting my jar of preserved garlic from the fridge.
He handed it to Arthur and said "keep this with you. If any fight starts use it again".
Arthur put it in a pouch by his waist without a word.
Marc said "Tactics. I'll lead any fight with humans. We know the twins have at least one accomplice, the emo, probably two. Tyler you must defend Arthur from the twins. I cannot help you there. Arthur, you must defend yourself from all comers, especially the twins. If they get you they will either enslave you or kill you. If they turn you will be their slave for ever, you must promise to kill yourself rather than let that happen."
"I promise" said Arthur "I will be no slave except maybe to you".
"Never me" Said Marc, and they kissed passionately.
"We go in fast; I'll take the lead, with Arthur." Said Marc "We hide the bikes as best we can. Then go in on foot. I will probably know where they are. Tyler you follow and be prepared to defend Arthur from the start."
We set off at thirty minutes past eleven on the dot with some foreboding. This was it. We would be lucky to escape this with our lives. The night-sky was cloudless with a crescent moon and a multitude of stars. The ride across town was uneventful, we even kept to the speed limits. When we got close to the site, Marc stopped and asked us to check everything. When we were finally ready, we exchanged our bike helmets for the fighting helmets and set off fast for the industrial estate.
Marc went in first, with me to his left and slightly behind. He stopped at the third shed and drove his bike into a small dark area between some wheelie bins and the wall of an outbuilding. I drove mine in between the wheelie bins. I had to kick one to one side to make the space big enough. We dismounted quickly and ran to a side door.
#
The door opened onto a huge space inside the building. Several rows of columns held up the roof but provided no cover. The only light was from four fluorescent lights in the centre under which stood the twins and two human accomplices, with Jason kneeling at the twin's feet.
"There!" The twins shouted pointing in our direction.
The accomplices turned, aimed and fired crossbows at Marc. We all dived for the floor and rolled and as they turned, and the bolts whizzed over head harmlessly. Any hope we had of surprising our opponents was gone. The cross bows were discarded and the humans approached us. They were dressed in a similar way to us with body armour. They had other weapons to hand. We had expected hand to hand fighting, but they had brought lances, the crossbows, and hatchets as well as knives. The twins were dressed in black, but with no armour as far as we could see. Presumably, they relied on speed and their wits.
"We do not want to fight you" Said the twins "You can leave with Jason if you hand over Arthur. Otherwise none of you will leave alive"
"Never" we said simultaneously.
Marc threw a knife at one of the accomplices as he approached. It hit the emo full in the face and he fell down screaming where he stood.
"One down" said Marc loud enough for everyone to hear.
The other human stopped and backed up. The twins walked slowly forward towards Arthur and me. Marc ran forward and grabbed the lance from the fallen accomplice. I stood in front of Arthur knife in one hand, sword in the other, Arthur behind me ready for the onslaught.
Marc swung the lance at the remaining accomplice. It made a glancing contact and he fell back momentarily stunned. Marc then ran behind the twins, and threw the lance sideways over their heads. I caught it and threw it at their feet. One twin tripped on the lance and he fell to his knees, unhurt, but stopped in his tracks. Arthur rushed forward with a stake in hand toward the fallen twin. I rushed at the other twin. He fended me off, but my knife cut deep into his chest.
The kneeling twin took the stake from Arthur, but received a cut from Arthur's knife.
"You little shit" he said and sliced at Arthur with his own knife.
Arthur's body armour held for the first couple of stroked but failed on the third and his chest piece fell at his feet with blood spattering everyone. Arthur looked up in surprise and then ran toward Marc shouting a warning. The other accomplice was recovering and was aiming his own lance at Marc. Arthur got there just in time but failed to deflect the lance, and it went through his shoulder and on into marc. The momentum of the heavy lance tore straight through the kevlar, and pinned the two men together.
The remaining emo came forward and leant over Arthur and Marc in triumph. Arthur raised his knife slid it into his opponents stomach, cutting across beneath the kevlar. The emo stood for a moment holding his stomach in disbelief and then fell to one side moaning as his lifeblood seeped out of the huge gash.
The twins rose and walked over to Marc and Arthur. Jason and I re-joined each other, and hugged briefly wondering what to do next.
#
Arthur grunted loudly and pulled forward and to one side to get the lance out of Marc. He then collapsed back onto the lance driving it most of the way out of himself, screaming as he did so. He pulled the last bit free and lay in agony on the floor. The twins kneeled by Marc and Arthur and sliced away their body armour. When they were convinced Marc and Arthur were dying the two bound vampire twins came over to Jason and I.
"Seems none of you will leave here alive" said one.
"You can't harm us" I said
"We'll see" Said the other vampire.
One of them grabbed me, and lowered his head to bite into my neck. Jason grabbed a stake strapped to my thigh and screamed as he pushed it with all his strength into the chest of the vampire. Both vampires shrieked in agony and surprise, and backed off. Both vampires tried to pull the stake out, but it was covered in blood and they could get no purchase. The injured vampire fell to his knees and then onto his face driving the stake right through his body. The other vampire desperately held his twin kissing him and howling at his loss. He looked at us as if he thought we might help.
Slowly they began to disintegrate before our eyes. It looked like they crumbled from their extremities and it gathered speed toward the centre of their bodies. Their clothes fell in a heap, and raised a small cloud of dust. Maybe they thought the Vampire ritual would not apply to them. Maybe they thought that because they were also bound they would be immune. whatever they thought, they were not immune to a stake. We had won, but it was a Pyrrhic victory though, with Marc and Arthur lay dying at our feet.
Arthur and Marc lay in a pool of blood close to death. Jason and I battered and bruised
"It cannot end like this" Said Jason. "If we leave them here they'll die. But I have an idea. You have to agree and mean it or we will all die. Do you remember that vampires may not hurt us? If they do hurt us they will die?"
I nodded, and he went on "Well what is to stop us giving our blood to Marc voluntarily. He will not be hurting us, either of us. He will not die, but we MUST mean it".
"I'm not sure" I said "I think you are right. Magic seems to have pedantic rules. You realize that Marc may panic and drain one or both of us to stay alive?"
"Yes" Answered Jason "I'll kill him if he does that"
We both smiled weekly at the joke and went over to Marc.
"I cannot let you do this" He said. "It will kill me and it will probably kill you as well. You saw what just happened."
"What other choice do we have? I said
Jason offered his wrist to Marc.
"We will BOTH give you what blood you need to live. Half from both of us. We give this as a gift and unless you take too much it will not hurt us" Jason almost sang it like a creed.
Marc opened a vein in his wrist and began to drink. It seemed a lifetime passed and Marc still drank, he was still alive. He stopped and looked at me.
I put my arm forward and sang the same litany "We will BOTH give you what blood you need to live. Half from both of us. We give this as a gift and unless you take too much it will not hurt us".
Marc bit down on my wrist and started drinking. Jason crawled to my side. He was pale and cold, with dark rings under his eyes, and obviously in great discomfort. Again, it seemed to go on forever, but eventually Marc dropped my arm. The lance wound and most of his cuts from the twins cutting away his armour had stopped bleeding and some little colour returned. He was still very weak.
Jason and I sat with arms round each other watching Marc. He went over to Arthur, and stroked his hair. Arthur's breathing was coming in gasps now. His shoulder just a mass of ruined flesh and bone. His cuts still oozing blood, his lips blue, and his eyes dull, he looked as if he would die any second.
"My love" he said. "There is a way. I can turn you now. You will live as a vampire. Do you want that? It is the only way"
No noise came from Arthur but the slightest of nods. I was sure his head moved.
Marc sat and tore at his own pants and then he tore away Arthur's trousers too. He beckoned us and we came over.
"Please help me I must turn Arthur. I must mount him. You must help me get erect. Hurry we have no time, every second may be his last"
We tried everything we could think of to get Marc erect. Jason kissed him and played with his nipples, and finger fucked his prostate hard. I gave the most professional blowjob ever and after no more than a minute he more or less collapsed onto Arthur with a half hearted erection, holding his cock to get it erect enough to penetrate. While he did this he changed from a man into what I now understood was the vampire's true form. He was as black as the shadows, more of an absence than a presence. His body was even more defined, his muscles slid over each other, rippling as he moved. His fangs were huge and white. He reflected the scant light as if he were made of obsidian. He trust into Arthur three or four times, then once again and came. At the same time he bit down on Arthur's neck and took what little blood was left, almost none. He then turned Arthur over, slit his own wrist with a fang and watched while his life-giving vampire blood dripped into Arthur's mouth. Arthur died in Marc's arms as we watched. Marc wailed.
"Nooooo" He cried and still the blood dripped into Arthur's mouth.
For five long minutes we waited hoping against hope that Arthur would live, but it seemed a forlorn hope. The silence was oppressive, only the occasional quiet drip of blood onto Arthur's teeth disturbed the night. I thought that Marc was in denial. That he would bleed himself to death trying to save a corpse. Arthur was dead. We had acted too late.
Then a movement from Arthur and he lifted an arm to pull Marc's wrist closer. He started drinking. Marc collapsed and stopped Arthur drinking any more.
"Arthur I have no more to give. Hang on for just a little while longer". He said
He asked Jason to call an ambulance
"Do it now, use Arthur's phone over there." He said pointing at the remnant of Arthur's clothing with an iPhone falling out of his top pocket.
"Tell them someone is having a heart attack. They will be here quicker and then leave them to me. Can you take me and Arthur to the door, away from these bodies?" He said
Dragging Arthur and Marc across the floor of the warehouse was a major task in our state. We managed it just in time as the ambulance sirens sounded. Moments later the van arrived outside the warehouse. Marc asked me to help him stand.
As soon as the crew opened the door Marc grunted and the two ambulance crew looked over at him.
"Sleep" he said raising his arm and both crew fell at our feet.
Marc then opened one of their wrists and started to feed the blood to Arthur. We looked on in horror.
"We don't have long others will be along soon" Said Marc "Jason bring the other man here so I can feed. I won't let either of them die, though they will feel as bad as you do for a while".
Jason complied and Mark started drinking. Then after a few seconds, Marc stopped for a moment and pulled Arthur away from the ambulance crew.
"Tyler, Jason bring the bikes. I will take Arthur and hold him on. You two can ride together. We must get back to your flat before dawn or all this is in vain"
We both stumbled as fast as we could and got the bikes driving them round the ambulance. We jammed the door open and drove into the warehouse next to the four men on the floor. Jason parked his bike leaving the keys in the ignition. Between them, Marc and Jason pulled Arthur onto the bike. Marc got behind him, started the bike with a roar, and they shot off into the night. Marc held Arthur on with one hand and steered with the other. Jason climbed on behind me, and we too set off. It took many minutes to get across town. It was only when we arrived at my flat that I realized Marc and Arthur had driven all the way more or less naked. They had dumped the bike and were waiting for us in the shadows by the door. We too dumped our bike and helped then into the flat. Jason went to close the blackout blinds, while I sorted out blankets. We wrapped first Arthur and then Marc in the heavy blankets and pushed the two inert bodies under the bed. We sat down breathing heavily in the dark. Jason left and came back with a jug of water and glasses. We drank as if we had been in a desert for a week.
"No time for sleep yet" I said "I need to talk with Spencer and then we need to put the bikes away. The police will find two ambulance crew at the warehouse collapsed on the floor, and a pool of blood and bodies further inside the building. They will have Arthur's DNA. We need to be prepared, and the only person to help us is Marc, and he's asleep for the next 10 hours."
I called Spencer and told her everything as fast as I could. She said that it had already been called in and she was on her way. She promised that she would listen to our side of things before telling anyone else of our involvement".
We put the bikes away and then went shopping for clothes for Marc and Arthur. When we got back we dropped the bags and we went to the bedroom, lay down and fell asleep almost immediately.
We woke up hours later. I went to the kitchen and looked out side. It was dusk. I made coffee and we waited another thirty minutes for Marc to wake.
"Marc is waking" Jason called.
We unrolled him and helped him to his feet. He looked awful. His body was still cut, though nowhere near as badly. His first thought was of Arthur and he dragged Arthur's body from under the bed.
"Help me" he demanded.
We very carefully unwrapped the new vampire and we were all amazed that he was mostly healed.
He opened his eyes and said "Thank you".
"Arthur, you must feed again and soon" Marc said "Tyler and Jason will help"
He looked at us.
"Can you call for a pizza or any takeaway?" He asked "as quickly as possible".
"Are you gonna do the same trick you pulled with the ambulance crew" Jason asked.
"Yes" said Marc, "but only for Arthur, and we must be very quick or the pizza boy will be missed. I will go out later and feed".
Tyler called for the pizza, one for each of us, and then we sat to discuss what to do next. Marc dressed in some of our clothes
"You could have got grey" he said sadly.
"Arthur's DNA will be found so none of you can go to his flat. I will go and clean up anything to link him to any of us. Fortunately, he's been with me since the hotel, so there shouldn't be anything to link us. I will get rid of his bike too. Did either of you two bleed at the scene?"
"No I don't think so" said Jason.
"Good. They will get nothing from my blood, and even if they did there are no records" Said Marc.
"Did you leave anything else at the scene?" He continued "I left clothes and so did Arthur. I remember Jason picking up Arthur's phone. I hope we left nothing incriminating. I will get in touch with the Vampires and see if I can get the police record checked and maybe cleaned of anything bad".
"Arthur must stay with me for a while, or he will be caught by the sun. It is very difficult for young Vampires. But he must set up his own home once we are in the clear, it is the only way a Vampire can have self respect"
The doorbell rang and Marc and I rushed to the lounge. I let the pizza boy in. It was the same guy we had admired before.
"Sleep" said Marc, as the boy entered.
He caught the boy as he fell and laid him out on the floor. I gathered the fallen pizza boxes and put them to one side.
"Arthur, come and feed. You may be disgusted initially, you are not completely turned yet, but you must feed".
Arthur knelt down beside the prone boy and stroked his hair. He lowered himself across the boy's body and sank his teeth into the boy's neck. Drops of blood appeared briefly but Arthur sucked them up. He fed rapidly and then let go of the boy and got back to his feet.
"Not as bad as I had expected, and strangely sexual" He said.
He looked down at the boy for a second, his hand unconsciously stroking his erect penis, and then he turned and ran back into the bedroom. Marc checked the boy over and took him in his arms
"Awake" He said
"Gosh be careful fella. You nearly fell then." Said Marc "Are you feeling OK? Must be coming into the warm house from the cold. What do we owe you for the Pizza?"
"Sorry Mister I must have fainted. I don't feel so good" He said
"Can we get you a drink of water or coffee something?" I asked
"Yes that would be good. I'll wait till my head clears a bit if you don't mind".
He sat down and drank a cup of coffee with loads of sugar, and handed over the bill. I paid for the pizza and a large tip. Slowly some colour returned to his face.
"I feel loads better now, sorry for disturbing you like that" He said
"Forget it" said Mark, eyes glowing red. As the boy stood and left the flat. He skipped down the path to his waiting bike.
"Wow that was easy" said Jason impressed at Marc's dexterity.
"Easy" Said Mark. "I thought for a minute that maybe Arthur had taken too much and that we had another problem on our hands".
Marc looked at his watch, then at Jason and me.
"Look after Arthur I have something to do." He said "I will take Arthur's bike".
I got the keys from the kitchen and tossed them to him. Marc left and we were alone again. I went into the bedroom with Jason only to see Arthur naked on the bed with a huge hardon. He smiled at us and asked us to join him.
"Thank you" He said. "You saved my life and Marc's".
"We all saved each other" Said Jason.
"Well if it wasn't for your idea we would all be dead. How did you know to give your blood like that?" Asked Arthur.
"I didn't it was a gamble, but it worked" Said Jason.
"If there is anything I can do for you ever I will do it. I owe you everything". Said Arthur
"How does it feel to be a Vampire?" I asked
"Not much different yet. Ironically, I feel more alive, and my senses are a bit more attuned, that's about it at the moment. Drinking blood is unbelievably erotic, and I think my cock is a bit bigger" He joked, and we laughed.
Jason stroked it a couple of times.
"Things will change though over time. I am a bit young for a Vampire, but only by a year or so. Come closer and lie next to me. I know how to start saying thanks. Remember in the hotel..." He said
Arthur lay between us and took our cocks, one in each hand. We linked arms behind his head and held each other. For the next hour or so he wanked us off slowly. He never took his hands from our cocks, and kept us within seconds of coming. Both of us were writhing and moaning crazily by the time he allowed us to come. He came too without touching himself. We collapsed in a heap on top of him, and he held us to him feeling our heartbeats slow down to normal.
We were all dressed and decent by the time Marc came back after four hours looking more cheerful.
"Arthur" he said "I have been home and to your flat. I have your watch"
He handed Arthur the Tissot he loved so much. Arthur kissed him and put it on.
"There are a few other things, but I couldn't take much. Your bike has a new identity, and the garage owner is short of a couple of pints of blood. People like him really shouldn't do business with vampires" he laughed. "The new papers are in the box in the living room. The bike is now in Jason's name."
Jason beamed
"Thanks" he said.
"We'll sort out a new bike for you soon" Said Marc "As soon as you have a proper place to stay. I also spoke to some friends who will monitor the police computers. They will warn us if anything connects back to Jason and Tyler, but I doubt they will. They will be more interested in the other two dead guys and they are nothing to do with us. So, I think we are safe for the time being. Arthur will come back with me. He has a lot to learn if he is to stay away from the light".
Arthur and Marc hugged each other and kissed, then hugged each of us in turn.
"We will be back as soon as we can" said Arthur and they left had in hand.
"Coffee and then bed?" I said
"Yes" said Jason "Coffee then I'm gonna fuck you so hard you'll never want to ride that bike again".
This is a fantasy, entirely fictional. No animals or other entities living, dead or undead were harmed in its making. The only things that suffered are good taste and the English language.
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