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"Questions"
Chapter 3: “Questions”
That night they headed toward the eastern part of the county
“May I ask where the hell we are going?” Tempest asked.
“Mistress Desari told me of a man who lives on the most eastern part of the world. He’s the one who holds the key, she said.” Jacques answered, walking a head at a faster pace than Tempest in the dark.
“The key?… Will you please slow down, I can hardly see?!” Tempest said in frustration from tripping over stuff in the dark.
Without warning, Jacques stopped right in his tracks, causing Tempest to walk right into him.
“She doesn’t know what the key is. Your father told her of this man… With enough practice you’ll be able to see in the dark a good as a cat or a dog.” Jacques spoke without moving or showing any emotion at all.
Once he was done talking he started walking again, but this time at a slower pace so she could keep up…
Tempest was starting to get really tired but was not about to admit it. She just kept on going. She looked up to see the sky getting lighter, which meant it was at least 6 in the morning.
Jacques stopped again but Tempest saw him stop, so she stopped as well.
“The sun will be up soon. We need to find a place to rest. The other’s can not travel in the light, neither can I. Stay here, I’ll find a cave.” Jacques said before walking into the woods and out of sight.
Once Jacques was out of sight, Tempest sat down onto the ground and took off her shoes to rub her aching feet.
Tempest feet hurt so much that they were vibrating. “Why did I have to walk 6 plus miles before he showed up? I might have been fine if I didn’t do that…” Tempest said to herself, still rubbing her feet.
Tempest heard movement in the woods coming towards her so she quickly put on her shoes and stood up because if it was him, she wasn’t going to show weakness, but if it was someone or something else she might have to run for it.
Tempest stood there ready to run when a deer came out of the woods.
She was very amazed when the deer walked right up to her and rubbed up against her. Tempest started petting it when Jacques came back into view.
“You never had a wild animal do that before, have you?… Its because of the animal in you, the vampire.” Jacques said walking straight up to the deer and petting it as well.
With Jacques that close to her she noticed a little blood on his lips. ‘He left to drink blood from something so I couldn’t see… What animal did he just kill? I didn’t even hear a scream or holler from anything… I’m hungry again… Can I live on blood?…’ Tempest thought of all of this stuff not even noticing that the deer had already left and Jacques was staring right at her…
When Tempest finally noticed him staring at her, she blushed and looked down. “What were you thinking about? Whatever it was you were in deep thought.” Jacques asked.
Tempest looked up, still blushing and blinked. “Well… can I… *deep breath* Is it possible for me to live on… blood?… Even though I’m only half vampire?” Tempest asked.
Jacques licked off the blood from his lip very slowly, which made Tempest blush again and look down. “Does blood scare you or are you hungry?” Jacques asked.
“Kind of both…” Tempest said blushing more if that was possible. She looked up to see him smiling, which makes a thought go through her mind… ‘He looks good when he smiles. He should smile more…’
“Come with me. I have found a cave that will be just fine for us to sleep in. I hope you like rabbit, because that’s what’s waiting for you to cook and eat… And yes that’s where the blood came from…” Jacques said as he turned and started to walk back into the woods which Tempest followed.
About a mile and a half into the woods they came to a clearing and there was a small cave off to the left.
As they walked up to the cave, Jacques had stopped again. “You need a sword.”
Tempest just looked at him. “A sword?… I know how to fight but I’ve never used a weapon before…” Tempest answered.
“Not using a weapon will get you killed. Vampires don’t play fair.” Jacques said as he went into the cave, leaving Tempest outside thinking of what he just said… Tempest finally just gave up and went into the cave…
Inside the cave, Jacques already had a fire going and he was cooking the rabbit.
Jacques smiled to himself. “It’s not big but it should be enough for you.” Jacques said turning the rabbit on the fire.
Tempest sat down on the other side of the fire, watching Jacques cooking. “Can you eat? Or is it just blood?” Tempest asked.
“I can if I want but it’s not needed. Vampire’s only need blood to live. I myself have never drank human blood, it’s too much of a hassle dealing with food that talks…” Jacques answered.
Jacques sat there and quietly watched Tempest eat.
“When it’s dark again, we can stop at the next town. I know this vampire outcast that has weapons like you won’t believe, we’ll try you out on different kinds until we find one that fits you right.” Jacques said as Tempest finished eating her rabbit.
“You should get some sleep, cause we will be up all night.” Jacques spoke.
“What about you, don’t you sleep?” Tempest asked.
“I will sleep the human sleep, not the vampire sleep. I’ve learned that you are safer that way.” Jacques answered.
“What does that mean?” Tempest asked, lying down.
“I will sleep as you do. A vampire sleep is where we shut down our bodies and we are lifeless. We are very unsafe that way and only sleep as such when we have a safeguard.” Jacques explained.
Tempest would have asked more questions but she was too tired to.
~That evening~
When she woke up, she noticed it was still light out, but close to night fall. It must have been around 7 or so… Jacques looked like he was asleep so she got up and walked outside. ‘No way a vampire can come out in the light…’ Tempest thought as she walked to a tree in the middle of the clearing.
“I could run… but would these ‘others’ find me?… What am I thinking about? If he could find me, so can they… right?” Tempest spoke to herself as she sat down at the base of the tree. She looked up and saw a little black bird. For some reason that made her feel happy and calm, the best she felt since this all started, so she smiled up at it, just sitting there enjoying the little bit of sun for a good bit…
As the sun was setting Jacques woke up to notice that Tempest was no longer in the cave. ‘How’d she break the safeguards without me knowing’ He thought to himself as he scanned the area to sense her just outside, alone with a bird… a normal bird.
As Jacques looked out, low and behold, there was Tempest sitting under a tree and watching a little black bird.
“Are you ready to go?” Jacques asked.
Tempest blinked a couple of times and moved her gaze from the bird to him. “Yeah sure…” Tempest said getting up and walking to him.
“You’ve been up for a while… Why didn’t you run?” Jacques asked.
Tempest smiled slightly. “If you can find me so can whoever is coming for me, I’m safer with you.”
Jacques turned and started walking towards the hills as the sun finished setting, Tempest quietly followed.
When it was completely dark they were well on their way. Tempest, with having time to rest her feet and get food and sleep, not to mention she wasn’t somewhat drunk now, could easily keep up with Jacques, who was walking fast again. One of his steps equaled to two or three from her…
About half way through the night they were finally starting to see signs of life, well sort of…
Old, almost rundown building and old rundown cars here and there flanked the area… “He should be the only one here.” Jacques spoke looking around. That’s when Jacques stopped dead in his tracks. “Don’t move.”
Tempest looked around her very slowly but couldn’t see anything around, but of course it was very dark now. That’s when she heard it…’Is that a dog I hear?… is it a big dog?’
It happened like a flash… A wolf jumped at Jacques and Jacques just slapped it right in the mouth in mid jump. The wolf went falling about 5 feet away, hollering out. She thought it was over but the wolf charged again, this time for her…
The next thing she knew she was grabbed and jumping backwards with her back parallel with the ground, flipping onto a car. The wolf seemed as surprised as she was. When she looked to see who her saver was, she found it to be Jacques, who was still holding her and starring down the wolf, who gave up after a while. That’s when Jacques let go of her and she was on top of the car…
Jacques waited a while then jumped off the car, making n noise. Tempest didn’t know what to do so she stayed still as Jacques looked in every direction.
After sometime he turned and grabbed her by the waist with both hand and lifted her off of the car. Tempest put her hands on his shoulders for support as he did, all the while blushing at how much stronger he was and being so understanding.
Once he had her back on solid ground, he couldn’t help but smile when he noticed her blushing. ‘What was happening to him? How could a half breed make him smile so much? He never smiles, not like this anyways…’
That night they headed toward the eastern part of the county
“May I ask where the hell we are going?” Tempest asked.
“Mistress Desari told me of a man who lives on the most eastern part of the world. He’s the one who holds the key, she said.” Jacques answered, walking a head at a faster pace than Tempest in the dark.
“The key?… Will you please slow down, I can hardly see?!” Tempest said in frustration from tripping over stuff in the dark.
Without warning, Jacques stopped right in his tracks, causing Tempest to walk right into him.
“She doesn’t know what the key is. Your father told her of this man… With enough practice you’ll be able to see in the dark a good as a cat or a dog.” Jacques spoke without moving or showing any emotion at all.
Once he was done talking he started walking again, but this time at a slower pace so she could keep up…
Tempest was starting to get really tired but was not about to admit it. She just kept on going. She looked up to see the sky getting lighter, which meant it was at least 6 in the morning.
Jacques stopped again but Tempest saw him stop, so she stopped as well.
“The sun will be up soon. We need to find a place to rest. The other’s can not travel in the light, neither can I. Stay here, I’ll find a cave.” Jacques said before walking into the woods and out of sight.
Once Jacques was out of sight, Tempest sat down onto the ground and took off her shoes to rub her aching feet.
Tempest feet hurt so much that they were vibrating. “Why did I have to walk 6 plus miles before he showed up? I might have been fine if I didn’t do that…” Tempest said to herself, still rubbing her feet.
Tempest heard movement in the woods coming towards her so she quickly put on her shoes and stood up because if it was him, she wasn’t going to show weakness, but if it was someone or something else she might have to run for it.
Tempest stood there ready to run when a deer came out of the woods.
She was very amazed when the deer walked right up to her and rubbed up against her. Tempest started petting it when Jacques came back into view.
“You never had a wild animal do that before, have you?… Its because of the animal in you, the vampire.” Jacques said walking straight up to the deer and petting it as well.
With Jacques that close to her she noticed a little blood on his lips. ‘He left to drink blood from something so I couldn’t see… What animal did he just kill? I didn’t even hear a scream or holler from anything… I’m hungry again… Can I live on blood?…’ Tempest thought of all of this stuff not even noticing that the deer had already left and Jacques was staring right at her…
When Tempest finally noticed him staring at her, she blushed and looked down. “What were you thinking about? Whatever it was you were in deep thought.” Jacques asked.
Tempest looked up, still blushing and blinked. “Well… can I… *deep breath* Is it possible for me to live on… blood?… Even though I’m only half vampire?” Tempest asked.
Jacques licked off the blood from his lip very slowly, which made Tempest blush again and look down. “Does blood scare you or are you hungry?” Jacques asked.
“Kind of both…” Tempest said blushing more if that was possible. She looked up to see him smiling, which makes a thought go through her mind… ‘He looks good when he smiles. He should smile more…’
“Come with me. I have found a cave that will be just fine for us to sleep in. I hope you like rabbit, because that’s what’s waiting for you to cook and eat… And yes that’s where the blood came from…” Jacques said as he turned and started to walk back into the woods which Tempest followed.
About a mile and a half into the woods they came to a clearing and there was a small cave off to the left.
As they walked up to the cave, Jacques had stopped again. “You need a sword.”
Tempest just looked at him. “A sword?… I know how to fight but I’ve never used a weapon before…” Tempest answered.
“Not using a weapon will get you killed. Vampires don’t play fair.” Jacques said as he went into the cave, leaving Tempest outside thinking of what he just said… Tempest finally just gave up and went into the cave…
Inside the cave, Jacques already had a fire going and he was cooking the rabbit.
Jacques smiled to himself. “It’s not big but it should be enough for you.” Jacques said turning the rabbit on the fire.
Tempest sat down on the other side of the fire, watching Jacques cooking. “Can you eat? Or is it just blood?” Tempest asked.
“I can if I want but it’s not needed. Vampire’s only need blood to live. I myself have never drank human blood, it’s too much of a hassle dealing with food that talks…” Jacques answered.
Jacques sat there and quietly watched Tempest eat.
“When it’s dark again, we can stop at the next town. I know this vampire outcast that has weapons like you won’t believe, we’ll try you out on different kinds until we find one that fits you right.” Jacques said as Tempest finished eating her rabbit.
“You should get some sleep, cause we will be up all night.” Jacques spoke.
“What about you, don’t you sleep?” Tempest asked.
“I will sleep the human sleep, not the vampire sleep. I’ve learned that you are safer that way.” Jacques answered.
“What does that mean?” Tempest asked, lying down.
“I will sleep as you do. A vampire sleep is where we shut down our bodies and we are lifeless. We are very unsafe that way and only sleep as such when we have a safeguard.” Jacques explained.
Tempest would have asked more questions but she was too tired to.
~That evening~
When she woke up, she noticed it was still light out, but close to night fall. It must have been around 7 or so… Jacques looked like he was asleep so she got up and walked outside. ‘No way a vampire can come out in the light…’ Tempest thought as she walked to a tree in the middle of the clearing.
“I could run… but would these ‘others’ find me?… What am I thinking about? If he could find me, so can they… right?” Tempest spoke to herself as she sat down at the base of the tree. She looked up and saw a little black bird. For some reason that made her feel happy and calm, the best she felt since this all started, so she smiled up at it, just sitting there enjoying the little bit of sun for a good bit…
As the sun was setting Jacques woke up to notice that Tempest was no longer in the cave. ‘How’d she break the safeguards without me knowing’ He thought to himself as he scanned the area to sense her just outside, alone with a bird… a normal bird.
As Jacques looked out, low and behold, there was Tempest sitting under a tree and watching a little black bird.
“Are you ready to go?” Jacques asked.
Tempest blinked a couple of times and moved her gaze from the bird to him. “Yeah sure…” Tempest said getting up and walking to him.
“You’ve been up for a while… Why didn’t you run?” Jacques asked.
Tempest smiled slightly. “If you can find me so can whoever is coming for me, I’m safer with you.”
Jacques turned and started walking towards the hills as the sun finished setting, Tempest quietly followed.
When it was completely dark they were well on their way. Tempest, with having time to rest her feet and get food and sleep, not to mention she wasn’t somewhat drunk now, could easily keep up with Jacques, who was walking fast again. One of his steps equaled to two or three from her…
About half way through the night they were finally starting to see signs of life, well sort of…
Old, almost rundown building and old rundown cars here and there flanked the area… “He should be the only one here.” Jacques spoke looking around. That’s when Jacques stopped dead in his tracks. “Don’t move.”
Tempest looked around her very slowly but couldn’t see anything around, but of course it was very dark now. That’s when she heard it…’Is that a dog I hear?… is it a big dog?’
It happened like a flash… A wolf jumped at Jacques and Jacques just slapped it right in the mouth in mid jump. The wolf went falling about 5 feet away, hollering out. She thought it was over but the wolf charged again, this time for her…
The next thing she knew she was grabbed and jumping backwards with her back parallel with the ground, flipping onto a car. The wolf seemed as surprised as she was. When she looked to see who her saver was, she found it to be Jacques, who was still holding her and starring down the wolf, who gave up after a while. That’s when Jacques let go of her and she was on top of the car…
Jacques waited a while then jumped off the car, making n noise. Tempest didn’t know what to do so she stayed still as Jacques looked in every direction.
After sometime he turned and grabbed her by the waist with both hand and lifted her off of the car. Tempest put her hands on his shoulders for support as he did, all the while blushing at how much stronger he was and being so understanding.
Once he had her back on solid ground, he couldn’t help but smile when he noticed her blushing. ‘What was happening to him? How could a half breed make him smile so much? He never smiles, not like this anyways…’