I had gone to charge myself and all of them in that place kept shouting and warning me to stop using my powers . But what could I do if I saw that dad was in danger and I COULD save him if I used my powers ? "Don't call me 'old woman ' . I have a name . Call me Samantha . " was what she told when I kept on calling the only woman I could see 'old woman 'during our argument . All of them had been continuously advising me until I was able to leave .
I opened my eyes and found myself in Stacy's bedroom . She was sitting next to me and sleeping . I tried sitting up straight but because of habit , used my arm which was injured . I gave out a yelp of pain and checked how my arm was doing . It was bandaged , probably by Stacy , but it was still paining like all my bones had been crushed to small crumbs . I couldn't put my hand down because it would pain really bad when I did so I took hold of the sling in Stacy's hand . I walked out of her room and found dad passed out on the living room sofa . His wounds had healed but I suppose he was very tired . I checked the time and it was 12 o' clock !! I had told that I would meet Nathaniel today !!
I quickly went back to the bedroom and chose a casual outfit from Stacy's closet and left the house towards his address after writing a note telling both of them that I had something important to do and would come back fast . He needed me for my powers but I wasn't going to use it today . Also , he seemed like a patient man so I was pretty sure he would understand and wait . I rang the doorbell of his house . It was a normal looking yet elegant house and had a magnificent garden with all . I also realised that it was the same house I saw when I met him first and had a vision of his life .
The door opened and Nathaniel was standing beside the shining silver-like door."What happened to your arm?" He asked me as soon as he saw me . "I'll explain but let's talk inside ."
"Come in" He said .The brown wooden floor and the cleanliness of the house astonished me . It had been really long since I had seen a house like this . Dad and me had barely cleaned the house since I had come in probably because both of us were busy . Even though I HAD cooked , I never liked cleaning . So when I compared our house to HIS , ours was a homeless shelter and his was a mansion . He led me to the living room , where he had arranged some tea and snacks .
"So tell me what happened . I don't think you came here bearing any good news ." Even though we weren't close , he looked genuinely worried . I smiled warmly , happy about the differences that came with the changes in my life . I told him about my boss , and how how almost killed my father who was a vampire . I told him that even though I wasn't supposed to , I used my power and ended by telling him that I couldn't use my powers today , or tomorrow , until my injury was completely healed. I wanted no other risks .
I expected him to say that it was okay , that he would wait since he looked so patient and controlled in front of my eyes . He wasn't talking anything and simply looking at me . His whole face told that he was calm and in composure but his eyes were telling me that he was in rage , either because he would have to wait for more time , or because of something I don't even know about . I couldn't make out his exact feeling. The silence was awkward so I took a biscuit and bit a piece , not taking my eyes off his eyes .
"It's okay , I'll wait . But take me to your dad . If he was halfway staked , he can only heal externally , he will be bleeding internally . I can help you in that department . " I took hold of his hand and dragged him out of his house shouting , "I had no idea !!"
I honestly had no idea about something like that . I thought that vampires were able to heal any kind of injuries on themselves . But I guess I was wrong . I reached Stacy's house with Nathaniel and saw Stacy panicking . "What happened Stacy?!"
She told us that dad had been spitting out blood for thee past hour after he woke up. It was probably because of the internal bleeding .
"Both of you might think I'm crazy and wanted to kill him but I assure you that it is what I have to o in order to save your father , ok?" Nathaniel talked sternly , almost like ordering us . We nodded and moved into the distance . Even though I had told Stacy about me thinking that vampires and other supernatural creatures are real , I hadn't had the opportunity to tell her the whole story since I had found their existence . Stacy screamed , while I stood in shock seeing what Nathaniel was ding to my father .
He transformed and entered his teeth into dad's chest . But since it wasn't like I had any other solutions for saving dad , I held in my urge to run ad stop him . After a few minutes , he got up and transformed back . I ran towards dad and saw his wound healing slower than before when he got staked . "It will heal slower but it will heal everything and not just the human skin . " My only option was to trust him and wait for the results .
I waited for him to wake up and sat beside him on the sofa , keeping his head on my lap so that I was able to sit on the sofa and caress his hair . He looked like a 25 year old yet he was more than 500 years old . I laughed thinking about it . After about half an hour , he slowly opened his eyes , adjusting to the brightness . He saw me and smiled a me . "How're you feeling now?" I asked him .
"I feel ... Normal . but WHAT IN THE WORLD HAPPENED TO YOUR HAND?"He replied to me with a glint of anger and worry . There was no way I could hide it so I told him that whenever I use my power , I would me mentally drained and physically hurt . He then kept lecturing me on being open with him , and telling me to put myself first and not to use powers , and I replied with a lot of "hmm.." , and "ok" .
By the time we left the living room , Stacy and Nathaniel had prepared dinner and all of us sat down together to eat . Dad hadn't had any blood for the past few days, so I went to the New Jersey Blood Bank .
Me , Nathaniel , and Stacy went out while dad was sitting in the car . We didn't want him to work too much even though he was a vampire . The banks closing hours were finished so we only had to worry about the walking past the security guard . Some other vampires were really reckless and the people found out about the missing blood bags . So now , the walls had electric wire attached to them . I really could have just slowed the time down and dragged both of them with me past the guard and they wouldn't even know .But I couldn't use my powers now so I held in my urge to hurt myself more . "I'll make him change him move from the gate . You and Nathaniel can get inside and come back fast , ok ?" Stacy told us and we agreed .
"Sir!!! I just saw someone going to the back of the wall with something in his hands!" The security man immediately ran towards the area she told this so- called guy went , trusting her blindly . Both me and Nathaniel went inside and ran past the gate , grabbing a bundle of keys from the security guards office . We opened the entrance door slightly and got in . The process then went exactly as planned . But when we came out exactly when the guard came back and saw that his keys were missing . He came back inside the gate and we hid in between the shadows of the night sky . Thankfully he missed us but he was going to completely lock the gate now . We still had to go out . I desperately wanted to use my powers but I knew I couldn't . While that feeling of helplessness started crawling back to my heart , Stacy had managed to keep the security from locking the door by actually running for the wall right in front of him to make him think that she was going to try something mischievous . He an after her and we ran out . She stopped running and acted like she was looking all over the place . " what are you trying to do lady ? Do you want me to contact the police ? Why are crazy people trying to steal blood ???" Stacy saved herself telling that she just wanted to catch that intruder . The security called her mad and told her to go away . She was a great actress and acted really sorry and walked towards our meeting place .
We dropped Nathaniel off at his house before taking the blood bags with dad back to Stacy's house since I really wanted her company then .
Me , Stacy , and dad had a movie night which seemed like we were just normal people , with normal problems , and a normal life . All three of us passed out on the sofa and I had to wake up and go to the bedroom since the position I was sleeping was awkward and it also caused the pain in my arm to be worse .
I hadn't used my powers at all today and I was happy that I could control myself from using it especially during the time dad needed blood . I also had a hard time believing that the dream I saw came true . But I was thankful that I could stop a terrible disaster for my life .
I think my Berthim side have the ability to tell us our next target . The problem is that all I can see now when I close my eyes is my boss's face . But I thought he only wanted to find the murderer ? Maybe he has done sins too . Maybe the murderer is connected to him . Sleeping was becoming troubling for me this night because whenever I close my eyes , I see my boss asking me for mercy , telling me that he would do anything for me to not kill him . He many things a person would say out of desperation to live . All I could hear then was the horrific scream of the boss , the one that I heard when he was staking father . The vision was never ending because it wasn't scary enough for me to wake up . It simply kept repeating itself until I set my goal the way my mind wanted ; I wanted to kill him .
I didn't realise that I was sweating and moving about in the bed until Stacy had to come and call me because of the sound of the bed constantly creaking .
She made me bacon and egg with some coffee for breakfast , and also a pair of her clothes for changing . Both me and dad left for our house later in the afternoon . I had seen how clean Stacy's and Nathaniel's house was so I couldn't simply sit and watch my house rotting away just because it was dirty . I started cleaning and when dad saw me struggling with one arm , he came to help and support me . We had a good dad and daughter talk and decided to share everything about each other . The cleaning had taken a lot of time that we hadn't cooked so dad ordered some food for lunch .
Since we had promised ourselves not to keep secrets , I told him about my next target , the boss . He agreed that he was dangerous but we had to figure out which witch he had found because it was going to be tough finding her once he was killed . The witch could have been threatened or did it according to her own will but we needed to know whether she was dangerous to us .
"Dad , why was boss not able to kill you and got hurt the exact same way he was hurting you ? I thought staking someone would simply kill you ?" I asked out of curiosity .
"Vampires CAN be killed if they are staked with wood or silver BUT , he was a human . Humans can't kill us . Whatever they do to vampires with the intention of hurting them purposefully , they would get hurt the exact same way . Only supernatural creatures can kill me , AS well as heal me when I can't heal myself ."
I understood why he was confident that boss wouldn't be able to hurt him . Because he was sure boss didn't want to die killing him . Both of us smiled towards each other and later , ate dinner and left for our beds .