0290: The Vampire's Daughter, Book Three

Walking down the hallway, two female vampires lunged at Sabastian from a side room. He caught one by the neck, crushing it and simply popping her head off of her body. The other vampire he grabbed by the face, using his fingers to collapse the front half of her head. Both vampires fell to the ground lifeless.

Vein nearly threw up, but contained himself and continued to trail along behind. He noted, however, that Sabastain's body was pristine. Completely clean without any blood or other body parts on him at all.

At the end of the hallway, five vampires stood waiting. They each had drawn swords.

"Where is Mina," Sabastian demanded, stopping a safe distance from the band. The group charged.

Sabastian waved both of his hands from the center of his body to the walls, causing the five to be thrown against, and imbedded into, the walls. He walked from victim to victim, but none could answer his question and each was drained of their lives.

Standing before the door to the control room, Sabastian calmly opened the door and stepped through. There was no one on the other side. He walked calmly through to the door to Mina's private office. He tried to door, but it was locked. Vein stood well behind him watching.

Sabastian gently put his hand on the door and shoved it right off of its hinges. Two swords came down on his hand at the exact same time as the door fell. He had turned his hand up before they struck, however, and caught them both. Vein could see that the vampires were trying to pull their swords free of Sabastian's grip, but simply couldn't manage it.

With his free hand, Sabastian reached out and grabbed one of the vampires, draining him of his life. The other let go of his sword and ran toward the door into Mina's private room, but stopped as his sword came through his chest. He fell to his knees, turned his head to look at Sin, who was sitting on the couch watching, and fell forward.

"You had better kill him, too," Sin said, sarcastically. "You wouldn't want to leave any stone unturned."

Sabastian looked at her, walked over to the vampire through which he had thrown the sword and crushed his head with his foot. Turning to Sin, he asked, "Where is Mina?"

"She left."

"Where did she go?"

"I don't really know."

"Who was with her?"

"Mary and that little girl," Sin said with a smile.

Sabastian didn't speak for a moment, but looked intently at Sin.

"If you kill me, you'll never find anything out," she said.

"You would be surprised how loudly the dead can speak," Sabastian said walking to her.

"Mina was meeting with Thomas just before she took the little girl," Sin said, grinning wildly.

Her grin got wilder and wilder as Sabastian approached. Inches away, he reached out to grab Sin, but she drew a small knife across her neck, cutting her head off, just before he touched her.

Vein, who was watching from the doorway, wiped his mouth with his hand.

Sabastian stood silently over Sin, the image of Thomas etching itself on his mind.

From the doorway, Vein said, "The sun will be up soon, we should leave."

"I should have killed him when I had the chance," Sabastian said.

Vein said nothing, but walked over to Sabastian and gingerly placed a hand on his shoulder. "We need to leave."

"We must burn this place," Sabastian said. He reached down and picked up Sin's head. He held it up in front of his face and, after a few seconds it started to smolder and then burst into flames. He threw the head into a corner and watched as the fire spread.

Vein took Sabastian's arm and pulled him, "You'll never find the girl if you die in a fire."

Sabastian went with Vein, but said, "Fire would not be sufficient to kill me."


[The Vampire's Daughter: An ongoing vampire story. Copyright Reuben Gregg Brewer, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009. All rights reserved.]