Category: Writers Block
Vincent drove like a demon to Glencoe and the Lost Valley and Jamie had no fear of him now, as far as he was concerned their relationship was no longer tense or difficult but this would be Vincent's 1st attempt at advancing a vampire, and so many things could go wrong.He never took his eyes from the twisting narrowing road and as the blizzard intensified,he grew more and more nervous about his promise to Jamie and the opinion of Lorne who was already aware of every idea feverishly running thru his mind."You should know I'm eh a rookie Marcus never really explained the whole advancement ceremony well not truthfully anyway" Jamie stared out between the wipers as they struggled to sweep away the relentless snow, he still felt human and part of him was preparing to mourn the loss.
"Use what he did tell you and elaborate...You must have seen him do it....Hmmm?" There was still a shadow of the child in his mannerisims and speech and Vincent couldnt bring himself to relinquish their friendship {if the advanacing is successful i doubt if he'll need me to educate him...Fuck! This is my grandest mistake} They sped along a tight road until the 3 sisters mountains reared up at the side,their gullies,boulders and ridges grew under the cover of snow and the scenery was savagely beautiful in its frosty white mantle."Not long now pal then hmm?.... Maybe i should leave things as they are...this is far too dangerous" Jamie lept on him and the vampire's lightning reactions saved them from plunging off the road "no! I've waited for 2 F*cking years for this! If you refuse I'll... kill you!" Vincent drew back and studied the fledling before him there was hardly a sign of the illness and he ached to see the final result.
"Alright alright..Christ! I know this will haunt me in the years to come.....You know Jamie's not really a good vampire name think of another,that il keep your mind off my veins" they sat still and Vincent noticed a shaft of moonlight slanting down from a building "yes! At least we'll have somewhere to hide tomorrow...And a good supply of blood" Jamie looked around and his sharp vampire sight detected some movement in a patch of broken snow "you are joking! Sheep!? Come on have we fallen so far what's happened to the undead you said bragging "we are the elite!" Vincent was surprised by his eloquence and the speed with which he had adapted to being a vampire.Even the complexities of feeding were apparently second nature,he'd often suspected that this 1 might be a handful if the change was successful,but the truth was harder to swallow than inhuman blood.
"Lets just reach the bothy without tearing each other to pieces...Man you remind me of a Tazi devil on its 1st hunt" as the vamp laughed his fangs glittered in the strong moonlight and Vincent felt a little afraid of this creature who had turned out exactly as he should have done."Yes master....Dont hurt poor Smeagol" "ohh that suits you my sleekit friend...Hmm i wouldnt trust either of you".
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They reached the bothy in a whiteout and Glencoe was largely unrecognisable as the storm howled down from Buchaille Etive Mhor "Christ! what kind of idiot would come out in this!" Vincent didn't answer his 6 senses were searching for any sign of a trap "something doesn't feel right...This is too easy" Jamie impatient as ever ran ahead and shoved open the door which creaked and groaned revealing its age,Vincent stood in the doorway and scanned the room he was unable to shake off the feeling that someone had beaten them to it."What!? Aw come on let's get on with it" the vampire put 1 finger to his lips and pointed over Jamie's shoulder as he turned around he saw the faint glow of a dying black candle.
He turned back as Vincent silently spoke "get out! Its as i suspected!" They were almost at the door when a voice floated out of the darkness the older vampire listened and tried to reassure himself "Mal? I can't....How the hell are you still alive!" A tall grey haired vampire came towards Vincent and stretched out his arms as if to embrace him,who didn't wait and they treated each other like old friends "the highland life must agree with me...Has that b*st*rd gone too far again..." As Mal ran a hand down his friend's back years of unresolved pain flashed in the vampire's eyes,he lifted his shirt and swore "fuckin hell! When i see that f*cker! He'll wish it was his last day on earth!" Vincent moved away and introduced Jamie who now realised the seriousness of what was about to happen "he was terminally ill and before...I was indebted to him...You know the advancement ceremony" he looked straight in to Mal's sky blue eyes in near desperation "we must act fast we cant leave him....to crawl in the dirt as i do!".
The older vamp studied Jamie and saw hunger determination and a thirst for life that had been missing in the others he'd advanced "have you fed enough...Hmm it means so little now that was bound to happen....Here i can survive on less now...We cease to need it so badly after a while" Vincent refused the dark blue flask and Mal placed it in his right hand "drink! For f*ck's sake!" He took a sip then drank more freely the blood was just as he liked it warm human and salty "so in a few minutes we'll get started you must understand that this process may kill you and once we start there's no going back" Jamie agreed as a nervous confidence swept over his pale boyish face "that's what i thought your gallus as f*ck at home you Glaswegians, but take you outta there an you faw apart" the boy went to raise his middle finger but stopped himself in time "dinna let me stop you pal he does aw the time just because I'm nearly 500 years old dinna mean I've lost my sense of humour".
Jamie stood back as they prepared for the advancment and the stress of their responsability weighed him down,Mal was calm and assured Vincent hid his doubts and avoided eye contact "how dangerous is this...What's the worst that could happen" the vamps glanced at each other and he saw the answer in their darting eyes."F*ck! Hmmm suddenly this doesn't sound like a good idea" Vincent groaned at his sarcasm and asked Jamie to lie down he threw a black velvet blanket over him and lit 20 new black candles, 1 for every year of his new life.
We will begin soon but i MUST ask you are you COMPLETELY sure because once we go ahead the only release is through death,an eh that would really piss off your man here".Jamie nodded and braced himself for whatever was coming,part of his mind wanted to remember this ancient ceremony but the rest craved oblivion,{there might be pain involved..Its better to sleep} he argued internally until a deep tiredness crept into his brain.
the last thing he did recall was an intriguing aroma some kind of insence but he couldnt place the scent,Vincent had burned sandalwood obssesively this however was exotic erotic and heavy with time Mal stood nearby, concentrating and reading quietly from a small book bound in blood red velvet,Vincent sat in the shadows and as his topaz eyes drank in the moonlight his friend saw the struggle raging within him "why did you ask me to advance someone who's life means more than your own!" "I'm just melancholy it's nothing go ahead" Mal gave him a hard look then stood to begin the ceremony "if you grieve do it in private eh...Though that might well be impossible".
..."an intriguing aroma some kind of insence but he couldnt place the scent..." and then he Remembered!, why, Yes! it was the scent, Hem Champa, a masala incense, hand rolled in India .... ... ... ... mourning, there had been so much in so little the time spans that to be Hard and un-feel-ing was par for the course... ... ... Connie CG ----- Hard was so Natural..... CG
Mal stripped Jamie's clothes and tossed them in the fire,as the flames devoured the last remnants of the boy's mortal life Vincent held back scarlet tears for his friend's iminent death,this night seemed so final as if they were facing up to the nightmare that had dogged them for so long."You've done well bringing him this far,i taught you well man" Mal's thick Aberdonian accent travelled thru Vincent making him shiver with sexual excitement and frustration "it was a pleasure.." He turned away from the older vampire's affection before the need for it overwhelmed him "anyway shouldn't we get on with it the moonlight wont last forever".
Vincent held a ornate silver dagger to the moonlight and kissed the blade, as the light slipped down towards his lips he seemed to drink it in and the illusion was tangible within him Mal took the blade and slashed his wrist, then dabbed some blood on Vincent's mouth he cut open a vein and dark red blood flooded out to be collected in a dark blue glass goblet they looked deep in to each others eyes and beyond,Mal crouched down beside Jamie who was still but greased in sweat he slowly poured the blood down the boy's dry throat while Vincent chanted incantations in an unknown language,this went on for 10 minutes and at 1st there was no sign of anything happening,the vampire's threw open the shutters to allow cold moonlight to flood in and cover Jamie's body...the change was almost instantaneous as he began to jerk and shake the dance between immortality and death began in earnest "this is the 1st part.....We'll ken in 25-30 minutes whether we've advanced or killed him...My boy, your man end up a guy powerful creature maybe impossible for you to control,it il be safer to let him loose!" The thought of a this immortal loose cannon running around and creating havoc both appalled and intrigued Vincent "how powerful are we looking at a new leader he'll not have a clue! F*ck!...Jamie never liked being told you cant" they watched as he rolled around and held his head as if the pain was concentrated in there, but it went through him like a laser and he felt every muscle and nerve stretching and aging the feeling was unbearable but strangely intoxicating like the sensation he'd had from the good quality heroin Kenny had given him to ease the ever present chemo-nausea.
Jamie wrapped his arms around his chest as the agony persisted and shockwaves raced underneath his ribs like colic,Vincent held him and remembered another advancing that had gobe horribly wrong,the vamp had been left in limbo neither adult or child, nor anything in between "Christ! Can't we do something!" Mal held up a small vial of blood and the younger vampire gasped in astonishment "how can there be any left! You are 475 years old!" he hated the stupidity of that question and himself for asking it Mal opened the vial and after a few words held it to Jamie's quivering lips,which he seemed to have no control of as the violence wracked his body "he must drink it aw and no lose a drop..Its aw i have left loon" Vincent cupped his hands around the boy's mouth to catch any drops that escaped his trembling mouth "what if he's left like this a shaking wreck trapped in a continual nightmare..." a few drops of blood dribbled down his chin as a spasm sent his head jerking backwards Vincent caught them and dripped them onto the boy's tongue "how much longer.....Mal!?.....I will regret this forever" .
Jamie's suffering began to ease after 30 long anxious minutes when Vincent had paced the floor like an expectant father,Mal sat with the boy and whispered powerful incantations to Jamie,as a thick red sweat ran down his arms he collected every precious drop and poured them down the fledgling's throat "It's coming to an end much sooner than I'd expected lad..An I've a feelin we've a hooligan on our hands" Vincent agreed and forced down his growing fear of the twisting groaning new born vampire he's beautiful though...Hmm? I wasnt much to look at but you worked some magic that night" Mal seemed surprised at his friend's self depreciation Marcus had chosen Vincent chosen purely for his looks and billigerant attitude "that's not true loon i saw the way the lassies stared at you wi their tongues hangin out" .
The banter stopped as if a switch had been thrown they watched as Jamie sat up and the glow of new immortal life settled in his vibrant and now darker blue eyes "well about bloody time lad..You had us worried..Your man here was pacing up an down as if you were givin birth" Mal's good humour and relief was short lived as he gazed in shock at the powerful creature with his glittering eyes and spiral fangs,only the strongest and most senior vampires accquired them Vincent had narrowly missed out during in his advancement,and that alone had been a vaild reason for Marcus who had them,to constantly remind Vincent of his weakness and inadequacy.As the vampire stood up they admired his well defined muscles and the ease with which he moved without pain or gasping for breath, but when he reached out to take Vincent's hand he bowed and knelt at his feet in total supplication.
"Get up this is ridiculous we were and always shall be friends..Without your courage I'd be dead" there had been Marcus's idea of a compliment had been to hit him so he wouldn't bruise and Vincent didn't dare look at Jamie as the fire burned in to the deep bleeding welts on his back "we must see to you next then think some suitable revenge for that arsehole!" the depth of his voice amused Mal who seemed almost blase` now the advancement was over he sat on a bench and drank slowly from a goblet,as Jamie caught the blood scent his eyes narrowed and his hand was around the stem before Mal could do anything "of course you'll be hungry it's the worst part...Drink and enjoy i worked hard for that eh".
The atmosphere was tense and filled with waiting each second was halting and suspended the next step was unsure 1 that none wanted to take all except Jamie,who had prepared a salve for Vincent's injuries he seemed to know everything instinctively as if he had been reborn with years of vampire info,and they realised with a slight sadness that his ever curious mind was satisfied "lie down and I'll try to be careful...Dont be ashamed to cry out i would injured like that". the vamp lay down exposing his back to a cold unforgiving moon who's life giving silver rays played gently down his rutted blood encrusted back Vincent grasped the sides of the narrow bed in fear and then embarrassment Marcus would suffer his injury with sarcastic humour,while he swallowed deeply and ached for Mal to hold him.
Jamie rubbed the salve around each deep cut until the angry skin paled and began to heal,he distracted Vincent by asking him to choose a good vamp name,Mal who was sitting nearby laughed and threw open a window, an arctic blast blew in and Vincent gasped as Freya ran his fingers across his face "i hope our supply's no freezin out there loon maybe someone should check eh,...An I'm too old for ice skatin" they listened closely to the bitterly cold glen but heard only a mournful wind howling around the mountains.
"every sound is seperated out defined and enhanced i wonder what your guitar would be like" Vincent had slipped to another place that no one could enter,not even Mal knew how to break down the barriers he'd carefully built up since meeting Marcus,there was a guarded watchfulness in Vincent's eyes,he was far colder more aloof and self contained and Mal feared the outcome when his dwindling humanity finally disappeared "i don't.........Marcus smahed it when i refused him sex..Just was 3 weeks after...
"in the mortal world he'd be locked up in Barlinne,the cuts are almost healed..And eh you wont like this but I'm not letting you go.."Jamie stood aside as the vampires stared at each other as almost imperceptively Mal tried to smooth over his friend's pain "Vincent stop pretending loon because your no good enough to fool me pal...What chance do you think you'd have against Marcus,or Lorne and his lapdogs...They plan to skin you alive and leave your bloody carcass hangin as dinner for the ravens!" Vincent stood up and straightened his back 12 red horizontal bruises patterned his skin,white with hunger "I'll be ready for them its disappointing that they ran to Lorne,he must be sick of their inability to agree and make decisions without that mute holding their hands!".
"Oi!Remember that mute's ears hear more that feckin wind loon..so watch yourself an when Lorne's standin in front of you lads an demandin an answer dinna say you weren't warned".Jamie and Vincent glanced at each other with and their guilty expressions reminded Mal of naughty school children caught in the act "that's more like it..now this man needs to feed soo i'll just wake up my wee friend" he went to a side room and opened a door to sounds of breathing and the merciful scent of warm living blood i hope he doesnt expect us to drink from an animal..its beneath us!" Nothing is when your starving...And we do NOT tolerate snobbery so its eat or shrivel and die! And if you should refuse the reversal process will begin...Soon after".Jamie smiled and Vincent touched his spiral fangs the new vamp was impressed and when he saw the last of his friend's humanity crumble to ashes.Mal reappeared with a naked young woman 1/2 drugged but breathing heavily,her pert creamy breasts rose and fell and Jamie couldn't take his eyes off her "feed and enjoy she's foreign so you canna say i dinna spoil you" they leapt on the girl with wild cries and fed recklessly,Jamie drove in his fangs just below her left breast,as they clasped her skin with fatal efficency small explosions of elation burst within him.
The feeding left them sated but not before Mal pushed them aside to take "a pint or 2" Vincent glared at him and snarled like a wolf who's place at the kill is under threat his topaz eyes were alive with fury and he refused to move,as Jamie put a hand on his shoulder a warm blood sweat ran beneath his fingers Vincent grabbed the vamp by the throat and his feet left the ground "dont ever disturb me when I'm feeding ohhh you have soo much to learn...Imay take those fangs while you sleep hmm so pretty arent they" Jamie could hardly comprehend this and yet again dreadful confusion over his immortality returned in waves to scare him "Mal he's not sure the little numpty lied to us! I think we ought to teach him a lesson eh" Mal answered with a dagger and as he held the point against Vincent's jugular vein,t slipped on the blood sweat and cut thru the top layer "do that again! And i will call every stinking revenant in Romania here tonight! And we will dine on your fear!".
Mal laughed and stayed where he was,in defiance he dared Vincent to carry out the threat which was truly sincere "come on then I'd 1 here last month he came to bother me as these creatures do,us old guys are denied a peaceful retirement..I sent him packin to Lorne must a been too cold for him eh?" His blatant cheek was too much for Vincent he dropped Jamie and slashed Mal across the face"that's just for starters...You know better than to make fun of ME!" The old vampire licked the blood from his fingers and offered it around,a deep angry growl rumbling in his throat reminded Jamie of Kenny's bad tempered mongeral "look this is crazy have you forgotten how much we mean to each other if we carry on like this Lorne will destroy us with consumate ease!"
Let him try! Hmm he may be older than Mal by 100 years but have you noticed how he's seldom alone..Strange that?" there was the answer to the 5 year question when would the advancement begin to take effect,Vincent hadn't been informed of why his strength was less than had been predicted,but they were running out of time and his anger would be useful when it came to confronting Lorne "listen loon sit down and take a drink here...What I'm about to say is forbidden but I've been gettin away wi murder for years now...When you were advanced Marcus bent the rules he dinna gie you the blood from my vial well no straight..it was diluted with alcohol an that's why things dinna turn out as we'd hoped,I've been wantin to tell you for years loon but there was never a good time...And wi him beatin the crap outta..Well you ken.....I was stuck in the middle".
Vincent was livid he paced the small room with the endless frustration of a caged animal,no one moved as the vampire went outside to scream his rage to the glen, roaring and screaming he threw large snow covered rocks on the road,then tore others out of the ground as if they were small pebbles,Jamie surveyed Vincent's rage with satisfaction and a certainty that Marcus would not risk touching him again."Shouldn't we stop him surely this wont go unnoticed..What will Lorne make of this" Mal sighed and turned from the window as Vincent pounded his bloody fists on the hard frosty ground "he'll be glad..And f*ckin angry yon smart arse's time is up" "Marcus? Why has he waited until now to act on the abuse you saw it that was!?...." "Hmm inhuman? Yes it was but Marcus was advanced by Lorne it's his blood inside him loon and those 2 are very close".
Jamie pulled the door open and stepped out in to the deep snow,huge flakes stuck to his sticky pinkish skin but he was immune to the cold "Vincent?...I'm worried about you...We will sort this out and there may still be time to reverse the affects...Do you want to try" he sat covered in snow and still as the frigid air "What!? Do you know about our tricks and deciets that we play on and use to fool each other,we are liars, tricksters, the worst creatures to ever walk on this planet,I chose to stay with Marcus as a battered wife stays with her b*st*rd of a husband because she knows nothing else! F*ck! I've made a mistake...And to think i must spend eternity dodging their revulsion and pity!" Jamie was unprepared for the bitter twisted hate pouring out of his friend,he'd seen others suffer abuse but that seemed a lifetime away now and the knowledge that he did have was no longer familiar.
"What will you do...At least come inside...For a start" he offered his hand to Vincent but he stood up easily and ran a hand down his back,the skin was smooth and he smiled faintly while Jamie inspected his work,"hmm not bad for a rookie..You would never know...I never want to come across anything as bad as that, no matter how long i live" they walked back to the bothy without stumbling or sliding,their predatory insticnts allowed them the luxury of perfect muscle control "when they catch up with us wait before revealing your true self although Marcus will probably know by now,he will pretend otherwise i told you years ago how decietful we can be".
Mal put his arms around Vincent and held him close in spite the vampire complaints they both knew that the full extent of Vincent's advancement wasn't far off and when he finally came of age not even Lorne would be able to stop his rampage "I can see you growin lad..Marcus will get one hell ae a fright...I'm going to enjoy this" Mal usually stayed out of the infighting prefering to satisfy his need for adrenalin on Scotland's high tops,even at 475 years old he had the enthusiasim of a fledgling.
Hey are you just writing this because your goth and you think that makes you a vampire? If so, you have a long way to go, buddy. But, as much as I dont like to admit it, I do think the story is pretty good.
...Mr. Goblin, I am ENthrallED.......aWait-ing Continuance..........Connie CG
"I always thought it was an overblown cliche that vamps growled like wolves..But you have solved years of uncertainty" Vincent was calmer now and he sat down with that characteristic slouch Jamie started at the bright moon threw back his head and howled he listened for an answer but heard only the quiet whop of a helicopter's rotor "shit! Well my boys its time to face your man..The bugger's early as usual" Mal didn't hide his dislike of Lorne the elders had supplanted him in favour of this younger stronger vampire, and the injustice of that hadn't healed at all "let's see what he thinks of us shall we i might even enjoy meeting Marcus....For all of 5 minutes" they dressed and strode outside to meet Lorne,Mal Vincent and Jamie were well fed strong and typically fearless,as the helicopter came into view it turned the dry powder snow in to a whirling white tornado,they stood within it and exulted in the feeling of millions of tiny ice crystals dusting their warm skin "ahhh! Neve Belissimo! Neve! Isn't he generous".