Sunday, June 20, 2004

Phase 29
The Preceptor




Hours and hours passed by until Garnett arrived at the Black Gates Mansion, dressed in black armor, and a ninja suit with her long black hair bound into a perfect bun; as soon as she entered, she called for the demons to summon Amirie. Vicious 2 came out of the dining room to see Garnett, awaiting Amirie.
“Hello, Vicious,” She bowed and smiled.
“You look like you are going to kick some serious ass,” Vicious 2 said, after bowing.
“No, Vicious, I am here to train you, and nourish you to a full vampire. You’re about to be judged human or vampire at the congregation, then after that we will have a small party,” Garnett said.
“Fine with me, what if I am judged as a human or vice versus?” Vicious 2 asked.
“Seeing that you were embraced by a half-breed, I don’t know what would happen if you were to be judged as a human, but if you were to be judged vampire, you would go straight into training. They just don’t understand how you lived with a silver sword stuck into your heart. Either way it goes, nothing bad is going to happen to you,” Garnett explained.
“That’s good,” Vicious 2 said.
“Now, let’s go to where they will be judging you,” Garnett instructed. Vicious 2 followed her as she entered this large room, which looked like a study, but it was the size of a dining room. When they entered, Amirie was sitting at the end of a long table with Death beside her. This man wearing a white mask with medium length black hair sat on the other side Amirie.
“Come, Julius, have a seat,” Amirie said, sounding delighted to talk to Vicious 2.
“Yeah, have a seat,” Death repeated, pulling out a chair right next to her.
“He would like it if you wouldn’t call him Julius,” Garnett said, while showing Vicious 2 to his seat.
“Fine with me,” Amirie said, and she smiled at Julius as he sat down. Death started to play with Vicious 2’s hair, and smile at him.
“You’re so cute, just like your father,” Death said, and then she gave him a small peck on the cheek. Garnett glared at Death, and she immediately quit flirting with Vicious 2.
“Vicious, I believe that you are a vampire, but Dream does not believe that you are,” Amirie implied, and she pointed to the man in the mask.
“I just don’t understand how you survived a stab through your heart,” Dream said.
“What about him surviving the fall from the building?” Death asked. “That’s pretty inhuman to me,” she looked over across the table at Dream.
“I judge you as a vampire, as long as Lady Garnett is willing to embrace you,” Amirie declared. She bowed, and left to her other business, “Goodbye Vicious, good luck with the training.”
“Goodbye,” Vicious 2 got up and bowed back.
“Well, that was quick, it usually takes hours for them to make such judgments,” Garnett said. She got out of her seat, and motioned towards the doors, “Come, Vicious, we must attend the assembly at Club Firewater.
“Alright,” Vicious 2 got up, and followed Garnett.

“We need to get you cleaned up, and into some new clothes,” Garnett said, while they walked the halls of the large mansion. Vicious 2 pulled his tattered overcoat off, and started unbuttoning his shirt.
“What am I going to be doing down here for twenty years?” Vicious 2 asked.
“You might be helping death, and things of that sort,” Garnett replied. Garnett opened a door to a room, and pointed Vicious 2 to it, “Alright Vicious, stay in here, until I return.”

Back home at Vicious 2’s manor, Melanie tucked Vicious 2’s body into the sheets of the bed, and kissed him goodnight.
“I love you, Vici,” Melanie said, as if expecting a reply. Vicious 2’s body was paler than ever, and his face was nearly purple. He had a bandage in the middle of his forehead that Melanie put there. She had him dressed in an all black suit, and a red tie with his hair in a ponytail.

Cindy walked into the bedroom, and climbed into the bed next to Melanie.
“What’s wrong sweetie,” Melanie asked, as she wrapped her arms around Cindy. Cindy looked at her dully, and nodded her head from side to side. She got out of her mother’s arms, and embraced her father’s carcass.
“Aww Cindy, do you miss daddy?” Melanie asked, while running her hands over Cindy’s pink hair.
“No, I hate him,” Cindy said.
“Why?” Melanie asked.
“I hate everyone, and I wish you were dead too,” She stared at her mother coldly.
“Don’t say that, Cindy,” Melanie said, and tried to touch the young toddler.
“Stop touching me, you are so cold. Daddy is warm,” Cindy wrapped her little arms around Vicious 2’s body, and snuggled into his chest with a smile on her face. Melanie turned her back to Cindy, and cried herself to sleep.

Meanwhile, Vicious 2 was getting drunk as hell at this so-called assembly at Club Firewater. Garnett sat at a table with Dream and Amirie, while Death chased Vicious 2 around. Vicious 2 was dressed in a black leather overcoat, some black pants, and a white shirt under his open coat. Death finally caught up Vicious 2, and she grabbed his arm.
“Come dance with me, Vicious,” She said.
“No thanks,” Vicious 2 replied, and then Garnett took Vicious 2 away from Death. She pulled Vicious 2 on the dance floor, and put his hands on her waist, and she put her arms around his neck. They both swayed from side to side, going along with the rhythm of the mellow music.
“Vicious, did your wife bite you?” Garnett asked.
“Yes, she did it to save my life,” Vicious 2 said.
“Are you ready to see what it’s really like to be a vampire?” Garnett asked.
“Yes, I am,” Vicious 2 replied, and leaned closer to her. Her lips grazed the pale skin on his neck, and she descended her ivory fangs into his neck. Vicious 2 gripped her waists tighter, and began to shake. His blood slid down the side of her lips. She lapped up the rest of his blood, and held him in her arms. His body became limp, and he was unconscious.
“That’s weird that has never happened before” Amirie said, as she neared Garnett.
“This kid is so strange,” Garnett said.
“Yeah, but we need to get his body now, since we have completed the first act of business,” Amirie said.
“Send Dream to get it, he needs the exercise,” Death said.
“Yeah, let me get the body, who knows what Death would do to his body if it were to end up in her hands,” Dream implied, and Death sneered at him. Vicious 2 began to go under transformation for a second time.
“He’s changing, lets get him out of here,” Garnett insisted, and she carried Vicious 2 out of the club.
“Dream you know what to do,” Amirie commanded. Dream nodded, and set out to retrieve Vicious 2’s body.


Dream arrived at Vicious 2’s mansion late in the night. The house was darkened, and he could barely see the entrance from where he stood. He walked into the house, and saw the emptiness that surrounded him, there was no one there, but Melanie and Cindy. He made his way up the steps and into the bedroom. When he entered, he saw Melanie lying on her side, and Cindy clutched to her father’s body. He looked into their minds to see what they were dreaming.

Melanie’s dream was simply about her and Vicious 2 with little Cindy. They were out at a park on a sunny day. Dream let out a little smile, as he watched how her happy dream progressed. Then he looks into Cindy’s dream, which was the direct opposite. Blood was everywhere, from the floor to the ceiling. Vicious 2 lay in the same spot, but Melanie was everywhere, as gore filled the atmosphere. Dream was dumbfounded, and he couldn’t believe the thoughts that surfaced into this little girl’s mind. He put Melanie’s dream into Cindy’s mind, and Cindy began to toss and turn as if it were a nightmare. He walked over to the side of the bed, and grabbed hold of Vicious 2’s body. Cindy started crying, and he let go. Dream put the other dream back into her mind, and she started smiling. She cuddled into Vicious 2’s body with a grin on her little face. Dream quickly pulled the body out of Cindy’s grip, and then he opened a dimension gate. He took one last look at Cindy, before entering the dimension gate.
“Poor child,” Dream sympathized, and left into the gate.

The next morning Cindy got up, and immediately started crying. Melanie awoke from her slumber, and grabbed her child.
“What’s wrong, sweetie?” Melanie hugged the Cindy tightly.
“Daddy is gone,” Cindy replied, and cried into Melanie’s chest.
“What?” Melanie looked over to the other side of the bed, and there was nothing there. A smile came across her face, “Don’t cry, Daddy is coming back,” Melanie said.
“I don’t want him to come back; I want him to stay dead. I want you dead too!” Cindy screamed, and bit into Melanie’s neck.
“Stop that!” Melanie screamed, and tried to push to push the child off of her, but that only made it worse. Her fangs started to show, and they were like quick sand. The more Melanie squirmed the deeper Cindy’s fangs went. Cindy then let go, and sobbed furiously.
“I hate you, I hate you!” Cindy screamed, and beat her fists on Melanie’s torso. Melanie couldn’t cry; she wasn’t hurt by what her child was doing to her. She knew that Cindy would never be the same again.


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