I looked over at Kirene, "I believe our friend is here." she looked up from a resume before she got up, fixed her clothes, and walked to the door. I heard very light chatting from the doorway followed by footsteps heading into the kitchen.
Nia was about 5'4 with long black hair, unfortunately for her she was flat but the rest was above average. This time I wanted to turn Nia of her own free will, if she chose to to turn than it would be that much easier.
I let Kirene and Nia talk, at one point during their conversation Kirene looked at me. She wanted my permission to reveal our secret which I nodded in acceptance and looked back to my new broadcast.
I listened to the conversation just to make sure nothing went out of hand.
"Nia, the reason I asked you here tonight is that, well what i'm trying to say is that I want you to join our family." Kirene may not have given the speech of the year but honesty was a good choice.
A small voice responded, "What do you mean join your family? I am still a, well you know, and I don't think my first time should be a threesome."
I would have choked if I had been eating and it took all I could to refrain from laughing, I imagined Kirene's face and from the stuttering my imagination was probably spot on.
"Th-a-ats not it! Even master and I haven't done it yet, though if master asked I wouldn't re-refuse c-cause that would be a dream come true, but no that isn't, Ah!. We are getting off topic here!" Kirene tried to get through her excuse before clearing her throat to reset the conversation.
"Nia I want you to be my sister, become my masters thrall and join our family." Kirene managed to say it, yet she hadn't explained anything yet. How would Nia be able to make such a decision with no information.
Nia's soft voice came back with confusion, "What is a thrall?"
I could tell Kirene was having a bit of difficulty explaining so I decided to step in. "A thrall, Nia, is a subspecies of the vampire race. They are subservient to their master, but otherwise they are normal people. Serve loyally and you would be promoted to a bloodling, or possible other types of vampire subspecies. Though a bloodling is the path to becoming a vampire, or so I'm told."
I got up from my seat and walked to the table and sat next to Kirene. Nia sat there looking at the both of us like we could be crazy, and that was more than understandable.
I used my blood manipulation to create my claws, the use of my ability made my eyes change to a dull red. Nia paled at my transformation, I didn't wish to startle her so I retracted my ability. Nia looked between me and the door, "Nia, we told you the truth so that you could decide for yourself. I want you to think about this, I will become a vampire. The scale of my power is at 0.1 which is the equivalent high powered level 1. I won't become a vampire till I evolve at 0.10 which would dwarf the power levels known to Terrans'." I paused.
"Someone ordered your parents assassination, and if you join my family I will make you the promise to help you track them down." the moment I mentioned her parents she gave me her full attention.
Nia closed her eyes and took a deep breath, when she opened her eyes all I could see in them was rage and determination. "I will join your family, and get vengeance for mine." she said the last half of her sentence through gritted teeth. Nia looked me in the eyes, "What do I need to do?"
"We will show you, Kirene please come here." I asked with a devilish grin. She smiled and stood up and walked up beside me. I took her hand and pulled her into my lap, she giggled in delight at my forwardness. She moved her hair away and showed me her neck, I didn't ravage her like I did my prey.
I gently pierced her neck and felt the chill of her blood flow over my tongue, Kirene moaned lightly and I remembered she had self control issues whenever I fed from her. I stopped feeding after my second mouthful, luckily Kirene had been on her best behavior. Though when I had finished she started to grind against me, I pinched her arm as punishment.
She yelped before hopping off my lap.
Nia was blushing to the point that her entire face was completely red, "Don't worry, Kirene is just being naughty." I tried to comfort the girl. She nodded and stood up, when I took her hand in mine she was shaking.
"Don't be nervous, it won't hurt and if Kirene's case is normal than it should feel quite nice." I soothed, I gently sat her on my lap. I brushed aside her long black hair before putting my lips against her skin. She breathed in at my touch, her skin rose at the new sensation. I penetrated her skin thinking of how I wanted to make her my thrall, her blood entered my mouth.
It tasted chilled like Kirenes but instead of a deep crisp flavor this was like cream and peppermint. I took a mouthful and I felt Nia grip my shirt, "Oh." was all she said before she relaxed. I drank two more mouthfuls before I retracted my fangs, Nia nuzzled into my chest and refused to let go of me. I checked my stats page as I couldn't inspect her wound without moving her. As the screen of light appeared a bright red warning was flashing.
Quickening Initiated.
Name: Ezra Serpentis
Level: 0.1
Race: Bloodling
Thralls: 2/4
HP: 80/80
Agility: 16
Stamina: 15
Strength: 16
Vitality: 16
Charm: 20
Exp: 25/50
FSP: 2
STATUS: Quickening: you gain an additional stat point when feeding on your own blood type. Your hunger has grown.
[Weekly Missions]
Level up once more within one week. Reward: +50 exp
[Daily Missions]
Drink 10 liters of AB+ blood every 24 hours. Reward: 10 exp. Bonus 10 exp if Terran blood or sentient life form. Bonus 20 exp if it is from a new source. Failure to complete: -10 to all stats
Defeat an enemy. Reward: 10 exp.
Feed on a defeated enemy: Reward 5 exp.
{Bloodline Mission} Evolve from a bloodling. Reward: +3 to all stats.
{Bloodline Mission} Summon a Familiar. Reward: A familiar that does your bidding. Warning! Recommended to wait until after evolution.
{Bloodline Mission} Consume AB+ blood to finish the quickening. Reward: +5 to all stats
[Abilities]
{Passive}-Minor Regeneration: heals minor wounds, accelerated healing during/after consuming blood.
{Active)-Minor Blood Manipulation: By using your own or your victims' blood to create weapons and armor.
-Neophyte of the Abyss- Refining. Adapting genetic ability to Serpentis bloodline; Time till completion: 3 months.
I felt the effects of the quickening before I had finished reading it, I felt like I hadn't eaten in days, I stood and carried Nia to the couch. She looked up at me as if I had kicked her away.
"It's not you Nia I promise. What blood type are you?" I coaxed, She regained her smile and held onto my hand.
With barely a whisper she confirmed my suspicion that she was also AB+. What I couldn't understand was why consuming my own blood type had started this quickening process, though it would help me level up quickly but there was a price for failure.
I explained what I knew of my situation to Kirene, she frowned and flipped through her paperwork. She picked up a file and skimmed through it "If we get partnered with the academy we can ask them to fill your quota of blood, but they will only do that once per year." she gave me good news but even then it was 10 liters a day. I would only have 10 days worth of blood if we could secure the partnership.
I opened my system and ran searches for criminals with AB+ blood types, the search had to go through the prisons as well as any medical reports after arrests. Many of the criminals that had my blood type were either incarcerated or dead, but there were still quite a few I could pick from.
Nia sat up from the couch and watched us while we finished doing our research, Kirene had made a sizable donation to the corporation who built our medical equipment and we would have it in two days.
She was now on the phone with the construction company asking them to work around the clock, if they could complete the renovations other than payment their employees would be allowed to store their own blood for emergencies. To sweeten the deal she would allow for one additional family member to store their own blood as well.
When the manager heard this he told her he would call right back, ten minutes later she was on the phone again but this time it was very brief. They had accepted the deal.
With Kirene finishing up her business I sent her and Nia my new target list, I tried to keep it within my three large targets but I wasn't very lucky in that regard. I let them read over the information while I brought out one of Kirene's new outfits and passed it to Nia. She changed in one of the guest rooms, the pants were a bit long on her but it would be fine for tonight.
Nia looked a bit confused about our situation but luckily she didn't ask questions. We left the apartment and made our way down to the parking garage, I opened the rover and hopped into the driver seat. Kirene took shotgun while Nia sat behind me, "So what are we doing?" Nia asked.
"Hunting." I replied before explaining. "Your blood type and mine match, this started something called the quickening. I am not too sure what it is but I can tell you it is an opportunity to grow very strong at an incredible rate, the only downside is I have to complete this quickening otherwise I will lose my current strength." I saw Nias crestfallen expression in my mirror.
I turned in my seat and grabbed her hand, she looked up at me with tears in her eyes. "Nia this isn't your fault, there are things I am not allowed to know because I'm a bloodling. The quickening is one of them, now all we need is to track down these criminals and take their blood. Not much has changed other than the targets on the list." I did my best to comfort her.
She nodded and gave me a small smile. I returned it with the warmest smile I could.
Kirene loaded a canister into the blood collector and placed it in a bag near her feet, I caught a glimpse of more canisters knowing by the time we got home they would all need to be filled.
We drove from our home till we reached the slums, this area called slums was just a slur. The area itself was filled with large buildings, this place was where criminals were allowed to rent, buy, or lease homes. Unfortunately for them, this was now my hunting ground.
We pulled up next to a motel, two potential targets were living here temporarily. I didn't have time to investigate their room numbers with stealth. I walked into the lobby where a young man sported tattoos all over his body and was leaning against the counter. He was booking a room for the night, unfortunately it would be where he got his final rest.
I grabbed the young man from behind and twisted his neck, with a cracking sound that would make your bones ache the young man's neck was broken and he dropped to the floor. The middle aged man at the desk froze.
Kirene opened the door to the lobby and ran to the body, she got to work with Nia's help as they attempted to drain the blood for later use.
I walked up to the motel nightshift employee, Terry if his name tag was to be believed.
"Terry, I am looking for two men. They would have checked in yesterday evening." getting Terry to cooperate wasn't so hard. I described the men to him, he looked through the names registered and got me their room numbers. I almost felt guilty for killing Terry.
I found a no vacancy sign by the door and turned it on. Kirene and Nia finished draining Tats and had started working on Terry, I closed the blinds and kept watch. Once they had finished with Terry I located the nearest manhole cover while Kirene got the rover. We threw the bodies into the back of the rover before walking towards the room of my first prey.