Chapter 2: Destiny
I had no time to get shocked on what I’ve just seen – the fact that the girl we just saved is Maeda. Seeing Sayaka getting attacked by Maeda, I immediately grabbed my shotgun and opened the window. I then aimed towards the vampire queen and shot her a few good times before I heard her hiss in pain and immediately fled. I jumped on to the window and dashed towards Sayaka to check whether she is injured or not – turns out she wasn’t. Sayaka has this sly grin on her face when I checked up on her for injuries – it made me think that Maeda has successfully turned her into a vampire. I can feel my blood getting drained just by thinking of that fact. I was about to ask Sayaka about it when she suddenly started laughing her hear out. She then showed me a knife with blood on it. She claimed that she has successfully stabbed Maeda on the stomach and got a sample of her blood. I just sighed on her antics.
Going back to the manor, I lay on the couch for a moment and calmed myself down. A lot has happened in just one night. If Sae was here, I wonder what she will do about this manner. I am not as calm as her and I also have the tendency to act rash whenever things doesn’t go the way I wanted it. Sae claimed that I inherited this trait from my father. But to begin with, I really don’t like the attitudes I inherited from him. Right now, I prayed to whoever God there is to grant me sufficient energy to survive this mayhem until the end. I have a lot of mysterious to uncover and questions to answer.
When I think I’ve calmed down a bit, I looked at Sayaka who was busy fiddling with Maeda’s blood sample on whatever apparatus she has on her backpack. I haven’t really asked her about what will she do on the blood. She seemed excited than usual so I’m guessing it might be really important. Unlike me, Sayaka probably has many connections in need of that blood sample. Maybe I should really stick with this person for a little while.
“See this blood sample kid?! This will be an additive to the incoming vampire plague cure in our village! Sae will be so happy when she finds out about this!” Sayaka excitedly showed me the knife (which is now inside a clear bottle of some sort) like a child that got a lollipop for the first time.
“Good for you, Garo” I replied with eyes closed. I’m getting dizzy for some reasons, but this is no time for me to complain about it.
“All I need to find is the fur of the werewolf queen then the cure will be completed!”
“Just when did this plague started anyway? You seemed to be enthusiastic in finding the plague cure” I forced myself to sit in the sofa regardless of my incoming headache.
“Probably 20 years ago. Yeah I know that the search for the cure took pretty long. But you know kid; we really don’t have the choice back then. Sae was the only one intelligent enough to do a cross examination on the vampire plague victims, but yeah she suddenly vanished in the village. It turns out she wanted to serve her own kind. But then again, a professional medic arrived at our village and helped the villagers regarding the cure. Doc’s name was Watanabe Miyuki.” She explained as she sat beside me while lighting up her tobacco.
“And what exactly is this vampire plague?” I raised one of my eyebrows as I asked her question. Sayaka stopped smoking for a while and looked me straight in the eye.
“Vampire Plague, a plague that can make you a vampire just by a mere skin contact. The plague started from the very first vampire queen. I don’t know who it is though. But rumor has it that the very first vampire queen is not as badass and dangerous like Maeda. That’s the very reason why she got dethroned by that bitch. Well anyway, I might go back to the village tomorrow or the next next day. Wanna come with me kid?”
“Yes. Well to be honest, I’m planning on asking you if I can go with you should you not ask me. Sae told me in the letter that I should seek for an ally right? Besides, I have a fate of being a werewolf. The last thing I can do before I can completely turn into a shifter is to help people from fighting vampires one by one.” I replied
“That’s the spirit kid.”
We both went to our respective room to have a rest. Seriously, I’m tired of what is currently happening to me. Still, I have a lot more questions to find answers for. Like, who the hell killed my parents? Where the hell is Sae now? And what is the real score of that vampire plague? I don’t know. I’m too confused to even think about the question I had in my mind. I wonder when this dilemma will stop. I just want to go back in my normal life without vampires and other shit. If that’s even possible.
I was about to blow out the candles in my room when suddenly, I heard a faint voice calling my name again and again. It’s coming from the docks beside my dad’s shed. I don’t know how I can even hear it to be honest. But my instincts tell me that I should probably go. On the other hand, my body won’t even budge. I don’t know what to do. I just stood there in awe as the voice keeps calling me in. I can’t fight this feeling I had. I want to go but my body went numb all of a sudden. Beethoven’s sonatas keep playing in my mind too. This is way too creepy for me to handle.
Finally giving in, I grabbed my shotgun and went out to the docks with a lantern on my hand. The outside was so cold for me to handle. I mentally scold myself for not wearing any jacket. I then attached the lantern at the end of my shotgun’s handle. I aimed it along the way while shouting “Show me yourself” again and again. I can feel the chill all over my body – inside out.
“Show me yourself!” I shouted this time around.
No replies.
“I repeat, show me yourself!”
No replies.
“If you don’t show yourself on the count of three, I will go back to my room now…”
One…
Two…
Then all of a sudden, a girl with clad black clothes showed herself to me. Her lips are dark and I can smell blood in her. She has this smirk and amused reaction painted all over her face – as if she’s taunting me somehow. I aimed the shotgun in her but; I suddenly froze on the spot when she eyed me closely. Her powers as if she is like another version of Medusa, but she isn’t at all.
“W-Who are you…?” I managed to mutter despite the fear I’m experiencing
“When I was still alive, people call me Itano Tomomi. But now that I’m dead and living as a ghoul, I prefer to be called Tomochin.” She licked her lips in the process. I’m not going to lie, her voice sent chills all over me again and again. I’m experiencing fear like never before. I thought I was brave enough to face many trials; turns out I wasn’t after all.
“W-What do you want from me?” I asked
“I’m offering myself to be your aid in killing Maeda the Vampire Queen.”
“W-What?”
“You heard me once.”
“But why?”
“Your dad helped me when I was still alive. Though I’m living my life as a ghoul now, I want to be your ally. This is the least way I can do to atone for me sins.”
“What sins have you done in the past that you actually offered yourself to me?”
“I infected Maeda Atsuko with the Vampire Plague.”
Wait. Did she just say the Vampire Plague? I don’t know what Tomochin’s affiliations were in her past life but, she might get pretty handy for me in assisting with my future plans. Future plans that up until now are not thoroughly planed. I don’t know what went wrong with my brain. Do I even make sense as of now? Who knows.
“What do you know about the Vampire Plague?”
“It was created by a mad scientist who is obsessed in finding the fountain of youth and immortality. The name of the mad scientist? I don’t know my dear.”
“Why did you become a ghoul?”
“That was the only way for me to be resurrected.”
“Sigh. I would gladly accept your offer to be me aid. But seriously, I don’t really have any plans now. I don’t even know where to start my freaking operation.”
“Oh I have plan though.”
“And what is it?”
“We’re going to seek for the first vampire queen, the dethroned Oshima Yuko.”
TBC
Topic: Operation: Kill Maeda The Vampire Queen [AtsuMina + OTHERS] Ch. 2 [1/22/15] (Read 5721 times)