I looked down at the unconscious walker strapped to my medical tray. The elders had actually pulled through. They gave me three types of walkers to make everything even better. The one I had strapped to my table was the newest version of the walkers. The upgrade of this one is amazing. I could still smell the decay of the body. I slid my gloved hand down the face of the female walker. I didn't want to take the test of this one first but according to the guards, this one was easier to sedate. The eyes fluttered and slowly opened and I stared into a pair of beautiful glassy red eyes.
For a second she looked really peaceful, then she realized where she was, she started to trash about on the table. I grabbed a needle and pushed it into her neck. She immediately stopped thrashing and went back into a sleep. I attached the drip to her arm and let her blood catch into a large drip bag. I needed all the blood I can get my hands on. I removed my gloves and rubbed my temples. This was going to take a while. I could use some food.
"Hey Nina, I'm going out to grab some food, do you want anything?"
I looked up to see Sira leaning against the door frame. She had her uniform on and I noticed her pistol strapped to her leg. We were friends, long before she was asked to personally guard me. I couldn't have asked for anything better. But she's been offered a new job because I have Hal now, who was sitting in a corner, watching me with a frown on his face.
"Nah I'm good, thank you"
"Hal, you want anything?"
"No thank you"
"okay, see you at dinner Nina, please stop working so hard. You know what happened last time"
"yes mum"
I saluted her and she closed the door before leaving the room. I opened my computer when I heard a small knock.
"Come in"
I turned around as the door opened and there stood the Trion god of hunkiness, Avin. He had his glasses on top of his head and his red eyes smiled down at me. Before I could say anything, a blue head popped through the door and I could literally feel my heart drop.
"Hey Nina, you wanna come to lunch with us. Avi needs to take a break and it looks like you do too"
"Nah I'm good guys. I've already eaten. I will see you guys later. Oh and Avin, I need those reports on my desk by tonight"
"Yes ma'am"
They closed the door and I rested my head on the cold steel desk. Shelly Gavway, or Princess Bitch or Mrs I'm-dating-Nina's-dream-man. I hated that girl. She was always such a nice girl, we used to be close, I died her hair blue. But then she started to date Avin and I felt everything I had worked for break into tiny pieces. What was the human word for it? That's right I was friendzoned. No other Trion was even brave enough to date me. So here I was, almost twenty years of age and still had no one. Mum said the time will come but dating is so difficult among our kinds. We don't date all we just date one. So when Avin and Shelly started dating I knew I lost all my hopes of getting the guy I wanted. It's the whole werewolf thing, were they find each others mates, we just don't have the habit to sleep around like the humans do. We just date for life. Keeps our numbers low and pure.
"Why did you lie?"
Uhh, I completely forgot that Hal was in the room. I lifted my head off my desk and closed my computer. I needed to sleep but I also needed to get this done.
"What are you talking about?"
"You told them you had eaten. Why did you lie?"
"That's complicated. Are you hungry?"
"Yeah"
"Let's go get something to eat then"
Hal followed me down to the food area and we got our meals in silence. I watched the happy couple laugh and play two tables over and I could feel myself getting angrier and angrier, on top of angry that I already feel.
"What's up with you and the geek?"
"Nothing. He's no longer mine to love"
"Can't you just wait until they break up?"
"We don't break up Hal. Our kind stay with one and that's it"
"Even if you fall out of love?"
"Even if you fall out of love. The only way out of a Trion relationship is death"
"That's a tad morbid"
"That's how we lay low. We've done it for many generations"
"What about dating humans?"
"What's with all the questions? I think I'm starting to like the silent and brooding Hal better than the questioning Hal"
"Sorry just wanna know that's all"
I went back to playing with my food, watching Hal from the corner of my eye. Why was he suddenly so interested in the Trion way?
"Why all the questions?"
Hal shrugged his shoulders and I rolled my eyes. When I was starting to like the way Hal questioned everything he goes back to brooding Hal. Humans are so confusing.