Unknown Bloodline - Chapter 10

I didn’t move for the longest time, just watching what was going on. A couple of times I had actually gotten up and started pacing, ending up outside the infirmary, not even really noticing it though. After a while, though, I couldn’t just sit, or pace, and say nothing. I had to find out how Evan was doing and when he’d be ok. So instead of pacing I went and walked over to where Evan was, and said, as I looked at him, noticing he didn’t look so good still and wishing he’d wake up, and said, "When will he be ok?"

I didn’t hear anything for a little while. Eventually, though, someone said, "We’re not sure yet, Jadzia. The bullets did a lot of damage and…"

I looked over when I heard the statement drift off, and noticed that Ava was the one who’d said that. I didn’t need her to finish what she was saying. I knew that it wasn’t good, that the Hunters had really hurt him. I also knew that it was because of me, that if I hadn’t of gone outside that I wouldn’t have gotten into trouble and had to be helped. It wasn’t the only thing weighing on my mind, though.

I was silent for a while, before I went and brushed my hand against Evan’s cheek then said softly, "I’m sorry, Evan. It’s because of me. You’re hurt, because of what I did."

Ava walked a little closer and said, "Jadzia, don’t say that. You can’t mean that."

I looked over at her, feeling a bunch of emotions and at the same time not feeling much at all except anger and a bit of hunger creeping up. "How do you know what I mean?!" I said. "If I hadn’t of gone outside, Evan would be fine. He isn’t now, though!"

I heard footsteps coming over to where Ava and I were, and heard, "Jadzia, even if you had stayed here Evan…"

"He still, would have got hurt, is that what you were gonna say?!" I said.

Ryan sighed then said, "Yes. There was a very good chance that he would’ve, even if he wasn’t protecting you."

I looked back over at Evan, wishing I could do something for him to make him heal faster and hoping he’d be just fine. As I did, I asked, "There’s a chance he won’t be ok, isn’t there?"

Without waiting for an answer, I went and quickly started walking out of the room. I could feel something wet on my face and knew I was crying. I didn’t know what to do. I felt like I should stay, but felt like I should go. I couldn’t stay there, but felt like I couldn’t leave either. I felt like my anger was rising more as well as my sadness and confusion. I knew I’d be stopped, it was something that had happened more than once. I just wondered when exactly it’d happen.

I got my answer when I was almost to the door. As I was about to leave the room, my arm was grabbed. I spun around as I said, "Let me go! I’m not staying here! I don’t belong here!"

Ava, the one who’d grabbed my arm, looked a bit confused at what I was saying and let go of my arm. Ryan, who I was sure was just as confused but just didn’t show it much, came over to me and said, putting his hand on my arm, "I know you’re angry and probably a bit confused, but leaving the room isn’t going to help things. You may not feel like it now, but you do belong here."

I went and flung my arm up and got his hand off my shoulder, and said as I backed up, heading for the door, "I can’t be here now. I just… I don’t feel like I belong here, at all. I feel bad about what happened… I didn’t grow up here and then one day I find out the people I thought were my parents aren’t."

There was silence for a little while, before Ryan said, "It’s a lot to take in, I know."

"How do you know?" I said. "Were you taken from your parents too? Were you suddenly thrown into a new life? Did you have things happening that you didn’t understand?"

Ryan sighed then said, "I wasn’t taken from my parents. I don’t know how that feels."

Before he could finish his statement, I said, "Let me guess. You’re gonna tell me the rest of it happened." I paused then said, "You know what, it doesn’t matter! Whether you were going to or not, I still don’t feel like one of you. I don’t feel like I belong with the people who raised me either. I just…"

I turned and ran out of the room, hot tears streaming down my face. I didn’t know where I was going to go, but I felt like I needed to go somewhere. I ran away from the infirmary, and through the huge place that was my home now. I ran past other vampires, two of which were my parents. Some of them yelled out for me to stop, to not go outside and others tried to stop me by grabbing my arm. When they did, I ran faster. I wasn’t about to let them stop me. I had to get out of there.

After running for a while, I got outside and kept moving until I ended up near a forest. Once there, I slowed down a bit but didn’t stop moving. I walked into the woods so I could be along, hoping that I wouldn’t be found for a while. Once in the woods, I stopped at a tree and leaned against it. I felt awful, and like my hunger was growing even more. I wondered why I hadn’t noticed it before, thinking that it might have been because of being in the infirmary and everything. Whatever the reason was, I hadn’t had to deal with my hunger until now. It wasn’t very long, though, before I heard a heartbeat and felt myself moving towards where it was.

I didn’t know who or what the heartbeat belonged to and didn’t even really realize I was moving toward the sound. All I knew was that a heartbeat equaled blood and it’s what I wanted, what I needed. I kept moving through the woods, the sound getting closer and closer. I moved slowly, quietly, at first. At one point, though, when the sound started moving a bit I moved faster so I could catch up to who or what it was. I didn’t care if they heard me or not. It took me a little while, but I got around where the heartbeat was the loudest. Once I did, I moved closer and ended up stepping on a twig. Before I could get to my blood source, I could hear running and I ran too. It didn’t take very long, though, before I caught up with them and jumped on them, going right for their throat. Once I did, I sunk my fangs in and started drinking.

I still didn’t know who or what it was. I didn’t care right then, even if I were able to see them. All I knew was that I was able to get blood now. I’d taken about maybe 5 gulps when I vaguely heard something then felt someone trying to pull me off of my blood source. I didn’t give up too easily, though, and did my best to hold on to it and keep drinking. At one point, though, around when maybe half the blood was gone, I felt myself actually being pulled away from my blood source. I didn’t know who had pulled me away or how many. I didn’t look around to find out. All I did was fight with all I had at the moment, actually getting away a couple of times and moving over towards my blood source. I was stopped, though, before I could fully get there and I went back to fighting.

If anyone was trying to say something to me, I definitely didn’t know who was or what was being said. I was gone and the bloodlust was in control. So, it took a whole lot for me to be brought out of the woods and back inside. I fought a good amount of the way. At one point, the fighting got less because I got tired out a bit. I also vaguely heard talking around me, although I wasn’t necessarily really interested in it at that point, and realized that there were not only a good amount of other vampires there but that more than one vampire had me. I thought it might have been two. It’s what it sounded and felt like at least. I turned my head a little, to see who was there, and I noticed one of the vampires who had a hold of me. From what I could tell, he looked like one of the single, male vampires I’d met when I first got there. I didn’t look at him long, and definitely didn’t look over at the other vampire who had me.

I could tell I was being brought somewhere, but I couldn’t tell where. I also wasn’t sure how long it would take to get there. Eventually, after what felt like a long time, I heard what sounded like a door being opened and felt myself being brought in somewhere. I then, after a little while, felt myself being let go. When that happened, I looked around and noticed that I was in a room I didn’t recognize. I also saw the others in the room with me, and hissed a bit. I could tell there weren’t any humans there, I definitely didn’t smell any or hear any heartbeats. It made me angry. I didn’t know why I’d been taken somewhere where there weren’t any humans. It made no sense to me at all. All I knew was that the others there had brought me to the room I was in and I hadn’t wanted it.

I felt myself moving forward, me not being able to stop myself, even if I wanted to. I wasn’t thinking clearly, at all. I also was still feeling the emotions I’d been feeling before, so that didn’t help anything either. So, without even realizing it, I went over to one of the other vampires in the room and lunged at him. I might not have been at full strength, but I still attacked. That was all I realized I did. Not too long after that, whatever else happened was a blur.