The Real Family History

[Selene Downheart]

It had been a long night watching over my sister, while she worked I waited outside. I have never spoken to her, only watched from the shadows. In a weird way I have watched her grow up and fend for herself. She has been in situations where I wish I would have stepped in but I knew it was not the right time.

Now I find myself perched upon a building across the street from The Duchess' Lair waiting for her to be on her way home. When she finally comes out she looks tired, yet she still has the shine in her eyes. I will follow her till she arrives home and then knock on her door. She doesn't live far so there isn't much to worry of. The only thing I do worry about is if she will like me or not and accept our history.

By the time she gets home it is 2 in the morning and she looks slightly more awakened, I assume that she fed and that the fresh air woke her up. I wait outside her building for a solid 20 minutes before going up the front stairs and knocking. Beads of sweat are beginning to form on my hands while the air smell stale suddenly. It is time.

I get to her door and stand there, unable to move. When I finally find my movement I lightly tap on her door, my black hair draped down my back and my blue eyes dull from the anxiety. What is the worst that could happen I ask myself? She could throw me out, or try and kill me. The good out weighs the bad in this particular moment.

[member="Eliza Downheart"]

 

[Eliza Downheart]

Eliza was tired when she finished her shift at the club, that night she had been poked and touched in ways she hated. Not one guy had stopped to think that cat calling wasn't cool. She was excited to just get home and shower, wash all the glitter and perfume off. She smelled like a perfume shop exploded. On her way home she walked slower than usual, taking in the fresh night air and breathing deeply. On her way she also decided to feed, she reached out with her mind and felt an energy come to her, she only took a little, just enough to keep her going.

By the time she got home she had a new sense of energy, she hoped straight into the shower and washed herself and her hair. When she got out she immediately dried her hair and went to the kitchen for a glass of water. It was quiet in her small apartment, though she could her someone walking up the stairs by her door. Then suddenly someone knocked on her door. Nobody had ever bothered her this late at night, well nobody had ever bothered her here in fact.

She opened the door to see a girl with the same figure as her own but slightly taller, she had blue eyes and long black hair. Her eyes pierced through her they this girl was nervous.
"Uhm, do I know you?" She raised her eyebrows, "You must have the wrong apartment number." Eliza went to start to close the door without an answer when the girls foot stuck out and stopped it from closing.

[member="Selene Downheart"]

 

[Selene Downheart]

I had waited fro her long enough, I wasn't letting her get away. When my sister spoke then tried to close the door I stuck my foor out to stop it. When the door wouldn't close Eliza looked very ticked off. Her hair was wet and limp but it looked like it could stand on their tips.

"My name is Selene Downheart, I am your older sister." Without hesitation I went straight into her apartment and sat at the table. "Come, sit. We have much to discuss about your life and mine."

Eliza came over after shutting the and she looked at me like she was ready to kill me.

[member="Eliza Downheart"]

 

[200]

It was a even longer night with Jerrick hunting down the cursed energy vampire, the way the person moved, her body posture, it all screamed energy vampire. Finally he had crouched down on a building a two buildings away from the woman with dark long hair, Jerrick watched through his scope. She was not making her way into the apartment complex, and he wondered, 'What is this? Looking for a victim are we?' He smiled to himself. He ran around to the other side of the building, and launched off to the other building by a simple jump. It was not that far of jump so it was quite easy to do. He lifted his sniper up, and watched the windows. Nothing, no woman with long black hair. He ran, and jumped the next building

Again he shouldered his rifle, watching for any thing to happen. A light was on one, and so he waited for some kind of reaction. Nothing quite marvelous, just a light on, curtains closed. "Damn it." he took a simple guess, and fired a shot into the window. It blasted the window, shattering it completely with the armor piercing rounds loaded up in the clip. He fired another round in the next window, lucky he came with a shit load of ammo. "What the hell are you vampire?" [member="Eliza Downheart"] [member="Selene Downheart"]

 

[Eliza Downheart]

Eliza was completely stunned when this Selene chick barged through her door, though she she said they were sisters, and she did have them same last name. This must be a prank. Down the street Eliza could hear the shattering of windows. What the heck was going on down there she thought.

"Okay, what the heck is going on?" As she spoke she made her way to the window and pulled down a large metal plate, within the plate was a layer of bullet proof glass. She made her way through and finished covering the windows and finally pulled a large plate over the door. When she finished she sat at the table like she was asked.

"Okay, talk lady."

[member="Selene Downheart"] @Jerrick Shado

 

[Selene Downheart]

"Well, you life has been lived. Though part of it has been a lie." I look at my hands and speak while Eliza shuts the windows. "I am your sister. I was sent away to train when you were born. Our parents knew I would be alright on my own, but they needed to be close to you. When they died I chose to watch over you, you may have seen me at a market or bar. Though we have never interacted." I took a deep breath.

"When you were changed our cousins went a little crazy, trying to kill as many as they could. The problem is they succeeded and fled. Nobody knows where they are or what they look like. Not even I can protect you from them if they try and hurt you."
The sound outside had ceased with the windows being covered but someone out there was on a rampage I thought.

@Jerrick Shado
[member="Eliza Downheart"]

 

[200]

A window was uncovered, and Jerrick knew what to do. Dropping to a prone position, he aimed at the window, catching glimpse of long black hair. He slid a silencer on the end of the rifle, and shouldered it, ready to fire. 'Wait, why isnt the sexy red head being attacked?' He though to himself. 'She must be...its a meeting!' He quickly pulled the trigger, then pulled it again. The rounds were armor piercing round, rounds that went through just about anything that was able to go just about anything. Just about. It couldnt not though, go through bullet-proof material, that was the point.

He pulled the trigger again, aiming for the women's heads. "Damn straight, time to die vampires." He said to himself with a whispered barely audible, though of course the audio was muted in his helmet, making him seem like he wasnt talking at all. But the metal sheets were not letting it through, eventually the thing would though. [member="Selene Downheart"] [member="Eliza Downheart"]

 

[Eliza Downheart]

The sound of gunfire was only getting closer, then when Eliza thought it had finally stopped it began to hit the metal on the windows, "Shit, we have to go. I have no idea what is going and why, I do not want to find out." She stuck out her hand to Selene, when she took it she pulled her to the front door. When the metal barrier was off the door the headed down the stairs, she pulled Selene along with her and kicked a closet door open and pushed her in. Of course she followed and closed the door behind her.

"Okay, sorry hold on." With a hard stomp on the floor they fell through a hatch which closed behind them. Now in the darkness they stood. Eliza knew the way to get to the underground pipes that lead to a street about 20 minutes away. She just needed to figure out which direction they had to go.

[member="Selene Downheart"]
@Jerrick Shado

 

[Selene Downheart]

When Eliza stuck out her hand I took it, I trusted and agreed that nothing good was about to happen. As we ran down the stairs I reached down and grabbed a knife off my hip. We needed some weapon, though this wouldn't us much good. Before I knew it I was being shoved into a closet.

"Uhm, Eliza hun. What is goi..." My words were cut off when we began to fall. To out luck we landed on our feet, though it was pitch black. "Okay, where are we going? Someone is not happy out there. I can't steal energy like you can, I'm not a Vampire. I can fight though, with weapons and fire." I could feel the cold make my arms tingle and the air smelled dark. I really hope she knows what she is doing.

[member="Jerrick Shado "][member="Eliza Downheart"]

 

[200]

He shook his head, he was wasting ammo here. "Kark it!" He said, and jumped off the building. A good hundred foot drop, he landed with a loud thud, and wasnt at phased by it. His drop landed in a run into the wall, apparently it was a crappy apartment, cause he crashed right through it. He looked up, and jumped smashing right through the roof, and into the next apartment. It would only take him five minutes to finally find the the apartment he had been looking for.

No one in sight, the door was closed. He kicked it in, sending it flying into the wall behind it. No one was here. That was till he stepped back, and with his own steps being heavy, he heard the click of a trap door. "Damn vampires, and their fucking doors." He smashed it in, the trap door becoming now useless. When he fell, he slid on heat signatures in his helmet. It was pretty dark, but the heat sigs would help him very much. What the two didnt know was what he was, and what he was about to do.

He began to run i a his full sprint, a wopping thirty miles an hour. It did have to build up to that speed, and as it took them time to find wherever they were going, it would take him less than half to already be on them. HIs chip helped with his response action times with him pulling up the rifle to shoulder, and because he was running, he wasnt AS accurate as one hundred percent, more like eighty percent.

BANG BANG!

He would fire two shots, one at each woman, center mass in the back as he would catch up to them, finally reaching thirty miles an hour. "Oh sweet vampire of mine! Oh how I wanna see you die!" He broke into song in his muted helmet. They would never hear him singing. [member="Selene Downheart"] [member="Eliza Downheart"]

 

[Eliza Downheart]

Eliza pulled Selene behind her as they rain through the underground pipes, when they finally stopped Eliza climbed up a ladder and motioned for Selene to follow. "I wish I knew what was going on, I think whoever it was is following us." She spoke with a shaky voice.
"I don't have any weapons on me, but obviously you do. We need to find a safe place to go, any ideas?"

When she looked at Selene she saw the bright glint of metal when she pulled out one of two swords. The look on Selene's face was devious and somewhat scary. She was ready to take down whoever wanted to hurt them. Eliza looked into her blue eyes and it finally hit her, this really was her sister and she was going to protect her. Eliza's heart wrenched.

"I...You...... sister!?" A tear fell down her cheek, her whole life she felt she was being watched but she thought it was because she wasn't normal, but all along her sister was watching over her. She took a deep breath and said with courage. "Let's take this nerf herder down."

[member="Selene Downheart"]
@Jerrick Shado

 

[Selene Downheart]

I rain along behind Eliza as she guided us through the pipes, it was dark but I trusted her. When we finally stopped she climbed a ladder and I followed. We ended up on a back alley, it looked dingy and like it was part of a rough neighbourhood. i pulled out one of my swords as soon as I was on my feet, we needed some protection.
"I agree with you there, I think if we head somewhere with lots of forest we should be safe. We should head to the ship bay, I have a small freighter there, we can take it to another planet, say Belkadan?" I really hoped Eliza would say yes to this. We needed to get away, and fast.

When I saw Eliza cry I knew it had hit her, so I pulled her into an embrace, "Okay let's get rid of him. But we need to go. NOW!"

[member="Jerrick Shado "]
[member="Eliza Downheart"]

 

[200]

And apparently he was shooting at shadows, cause they were here. He shrugged, and came to a erupted halt. Resting his rifle on his shoulders, he looked around. "What the fuck?" He said to himself, and gave up on the hunt. There would be other days.
[member="Selene Downheart"]

 

[Eliza Downheart]

Eliza hugged Selene back and agreed that they should go. When the embraced stopped they began to make their way to her freighter. It luckily wasn't a long journey, though she hoped it would be worth it later on. The light was beginning to peak over the buildings and warm the air.
"Do you think he is following us still? I don't hear anything."

She was worried that she was putting pressure on Selene. She also wondered if she felt comfortable to call her her sister to others. She would have a lot of thinking to do in the near future. She was excited but nervous to see what was to come.

[member="Selene Downheart"]
@Jerrick Shado

 

[Selene Downheart]

I could feel the warmth on my face when the light came upon us, it was a quiet morning as we walked. I expected to hear footsteps, or people talking but there was only silence. Her hair flew back behind her as they walked, and she wondered about what was to happen next. Would they be hunted, did the person want money or just their lives?

"We aren't far my sister, we will be leaving very soon now. I know this is all so new to have me around. But I will not let you die, not today." I grabbed her hand and squeezed lightly before letting go to walk in silence.

@Jerrick Shado
[member="Eliza Downheart"]

 

[200]

He could track them down, he could go find em, but that would be a waste. Not when he had other pressing matters to attend to. Better to look through her crap, and get a lead, let that lead trail on for awhile, and surprise them. He sighed, and ran back to the hatch. Jumping back through it, he entered the apartment. What could he find here?
[member="Selene Downheart"]

 

[Eliza Downheart]

When they finally made it to Selene's ship it was bright morning, the sky was bright and the air was silent. IT had seemed that they were finally alone, Eliza had an idea.
"What if we just stay on the ship and talk? We don't have to leave right away. I think we are alone." Her voice was faint but there, and she thought she had a good point as well. Why leave when they didn't have to?

[member="Selene Downheart"]

 

[Selene Downheart]

"I think that is a splendid idea, there is a place for us to sit and relax. Follow me." I led Eliza to the sitting room and we sat down at a table. I grabbed us each a can of coke so we had something to drink. "I know this is a lot to take in, it can't be easy. Things are going become very complicated. Our family is a bit of a mess." I took a deep breath and tried to think of where to start.
"Though you may want to know more about me first, hey?"

[member="Shado CZ MK 001"]
[member="Eliza Downheart"]

 

[Eliza Downheart]

Eliza was still very lost about her family, and well her sister. Was she really to be trusted? She grew up thinking she was the only one, and that her family was pure. But now, her whole life was about to change.

"Why did they send you off?" Her question was blunt but to the point.

[member="Shado CZ MK 001"]
[member="Selene Downheart"]

 

[Selene Downheart]

I sat beside my sister, and wondered where to start. With my hands on the table in front of me I relaxed.
"When our mother was pregnant she saw that I had potential in swordsmanship, and she wanted me to have 100 percent focus. She was also afraid I would hurt you, my baby sister when training." I took a deep breath, "So out parents sent me off to be taught professionally with no distraction. Though when they died I could not let you live your life in danger, so I followed you wherever you went. Trying to be the best older sister I could without interfering with your life."
Shaking my head, I touched her wrist. "For instance the man that changed you, he is gone now. I dealt with him, meaning I did not let him live for what he did to you. I cared to much for you to let him hurt you even more."

[member="Eliza Downheart"]
[member="Shado CZ MK 001"]