CHAPTER 14: PRINCESS
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I am on a vampire hunt now with Martha. We are at the other end of our town, a remote but there are still locals living. Most of them are asleep even at 10pm. This is probably how they really go to bed early. Vampires seem unlikely to fall prey to this.
"Martha, I just have questions. Mom and Uncle Fernand were naturally born vampires with soul, right? Are they the only ones like that? Does the SAC know that?"
Martha shook her head. "No. They don't know. They can't know."
"Why?"
"If the half-vampire threatens them, the natural-born vamp threatens them even more. No one has ever been recorded."
"Is that why they killed Mom?"
"They did not know that your Mom was Fernand's sister. He is the only one registered in the SAC."
I was in awe. I never heard of that before. "Why do I only now know all this? Have you not told me anything yet?"
Poker faced Martha looked at me. "You're not asking," she said while laughing. "Just kidding. Your grandmother doesn't want to recall anything about your grandfather and what happened in the past, but I think it's time for you to know everything."
We sat on the bench in the town park. "Your grandmother was about to give birth but she had difficulty giving labor and according to the midwife, she would die after giving birth. Your vampire grandfather arrived and made her suck his vampire blood to turn her into a vampire before giving birth to your Uncle Fernand. Just for when your grandmother dies after giving birth, she will become a vampire afterwards. But your grandmother had a longer labor than expected, and turned into a vampire while having labor. Unfortunately, your grandmother drank the midwife's blood and killed her. Your grandmother felt guilty after her blood cravings, and she hated to see that her child was born as a pure vampire. She was very angry with your grandfather. Your grandfather left with just a note—name my son Fernand."
"Isn't it, when we converted a child or baby into a vampire, they no longer grow up? But Uncle and Mom were born as vampires and grew up like a normal human being. How did that happen?" I have to study medicine next time. 'That's just the only course I haven't taken yet.
"We didn't know it before, but your Dad said it was because of the mutation on genetic algorithm of your Uncle and Mom's DNA before they were born. Hmm... his simple term was they are mutant," Martha's simple explanation.
"If they are mutants, what about me?"
"Perfect mutant?" Then she laughed out loud. "That's also what your Daddy said. Your Uncle and Mom's DNA are a mutation between human and vampire. Normally, a vampire blood will kill human's blood, right? But in the case of your Uncle and Mom, the blood mixed and formed a new type of blood. Then you came, a daughter of a mutant to a human being. Your mutant blood got mixed up again with a human blood and it altered the DNA formation again. "
I do not know how it works. I will definitely study medicine next time and I will do research on myself. "How come the only registered is Uncle Fernand? And why is my Mom not in your story?"
"Your grandmother gave another birth to your Mom after 2 days your grandfather left. She had Superfetation twins. It means new pregnancy occurs during pregnancy. It's rare but it happened in your grandmother's case. Then your grandmother raised your uncle and mommy like normal people. Later on, your grandmother found out that your Uncle was registered as a converted vampire in the SAC. Most likely it was done by your father."
"So my grandfather didn't know he has a daughter?"
"No. Your grandmother moved and hid your Uncle and Mom. She really hates your grandfather."
That's why. Then I also can't register because I'm a half-vampire. It's okay, I also don't want to become part of the association. "Where is Granny? I have never met her in my vampire life yet."
"Hunting," Martha answered sparingly.
"Huh?"
"She taught your mommy hunting, and I have no idea where she is now. She hates vampires. The last time I saw her was 60 years ago, before you were born."
My grandmother's name is Victoria Fernandez. She's a half-Spanish, a daughter of rich gobernadorcillo during the Spanish period. I wonder where she is. "We've done nothing here. I can't sense any vampire around."
"It's okay, we were able to talk. Let's move to the next town," Martha said.
We raced again to reach the other town, where we saw a few more people on the street even near midnight. Martha and I were walking around looking around when we saw a child looking at us. It is about twelve years old, white, no, pale is the right term. "Martha..."
Martha turned to the child I was looking at. "A newborn vampire. Poor kid."
The boy rushed at me, swiftly, but I grabbed him immediately. He thought maybe I was an ordinary human. I grabbed him by the neck then lifted him up.
"Hey! What are you doing to the boy?" the woman in her forties shouted.
I looked at Martha then motioned her to compel the woman. Martha approached her immediately. "You saw nothing. Go home." Silently, the woman turned around then she walked away.
I looked at my strangled vampire boy. There is this blood on his clothes, which means that he has victimized others. "I don't want to end you but I can do nothing." My eyes lit up, and I set fire to my hand. The fire spread throughout the child's body until it was completely burned and turned to ashes.
"Vanessa, she has other victims. We need to find them." I nodded then we ran where the vampire child came from. The part we went to was dark, a good place to fall victim if someone got lost. I looked around. I heard some crackling.
"Martha, get ready." I pulled out the wooden stick and got ready for any attack.
Four teenage vampires came out, two girls and two boys, all newborns. "I'll take the two boys." Martha pulled out her fangs.
At the same time the two girl vampires rushed at me, I dodged the attack from the first one then I kicked the second girl. She hits the wall. I faced the first one, I punched her in the face then I used Judo. I grabbed her to smash on the ground, and she fell hard on the cement. I immediately stabbed her in the chest with a wood knife, her body dried up. I rushed again to the teenager I kicked earlier. She pushed me hard against the wall, I held her arm that was about to strangle me.
"Stay away from me, you b***h!" I pulled out my nails and scratched her face, then kicked her hard in the stomach. She fell hard on the pavement. I immediately rushed to her and then stabbed her in the chest. Her body also dried up. I put out the fire and burned the two corpses. "I'm sorry, your family can no longer find your body."
I turned to Martha. She's still fighting the last male vampire. She doesn't seem having a hard time, she's just playing around. When she noticed I was watching, she immediately froze the entire body of the newborn vampire boy before crushing it to pieces. "Enjoying the show?"
I kicked a few pieces of crushed ice. "You enjoy playing." I shook my hand and burned the ice.
We walked away to look for more newborn vampires. We were already far from the fight scene earlier when we heard a crackling and talking in the distance. Mentioned the word 'Conde'.
Martha and I secretly went and hid. I felt a very powerful energy. I'm sure Martha felt it, too. Stronger than that of Queenie.
"What? Queenie is missing?" said a girl with an awkward, mature woman voice.
The voice was familiar but I could not remember. I see a child speaking. She looks like he is only 14 years old. I think she was only about 4 feet tall.
The man she was talking to shook his head. She looks like the leader of the eight vampires around her. "We can't find her. We also lost track of her tracking chip. We can't find any clue."
"Where did she last go?" the child asked again in a dominating tone.
"On the campus where she's assigned to finish the half-vampire," the man answered again.
"Let's go there then. In case something happens to my sister Queenie, the perpetrator will held responsible for me." I felt her releasing strong power. I created a barrier to protect myself and Martha.
"Let's go, Princess. This way," another vampire said. In a flash they all left quickly.
My ears tingled at what name I heard him called the child. Princess....
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