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Intertwined

By: eroticaptivation



It's so easy, being here with you. The rest of the world is able to melt away when I'm alone with you. You're a restorative component in my life; a simple pleasure for my dark and twisted being. I'd like to keep you here with me until time ends. That is all I'd ask for: to be near you and away from everything else. To be sitting across your lap, leaning into your chest; to peel your shirt away from your back, to pull it over your head and throw it across the floor. To unhook your bra, to have you bare yourself to me. There'd be no need for you to be self-conscious; we could be completely comfortable and at ease because this is not about the size of my breasts or the size of your waist -- no, this is about our being together. 

This is about us touching our chests together, about pressing, straining our bodies together as closely as we can make them be, fighting against the skin that keeps us separate from one another. My nails would trace circles along your lower back, something I know both excites you and irritates you because you don't want me to be just doing that; you don't want to wait, you want more. I can't help but find it cute, the way your muscles tense up slightly when I do this. It makes it all the more fun to tease you. But eventually I'd give in to your rough, needing breaths and lean into your mouth. Catching your lips in this moment of shared intimacy reminds me somehow of chasing butterflies. You are such a brilliant butterfly, you know. You are painted with so many colors; your wings give a new breath of life to flight.

There, in the dark with you, I can hear your heart beating. Can you hear mine? It's amazing, isn't it? Our hearts have been worn, they have grown heavy, but still they keep beating. Despite everything, there is blood in your veins and wings on your back. Now, come closer so I can make your heart race even faster. I want to taste your skin with my fingertips. I want all of you. I will leave not one of your secrets untouched. With your breasts in my hand, I know we are sharing something we hadn't known we'd been hiding. With my mouth on your hardening nipples, I am suckling at your confidences. You're still so careful, but I'm breaking down your barriers. Here, together alone, we are discovering erratic pleasure. We are discovering ecstatic vulnerability. We are discovering what it all means, in a sliver of thoughtless inebriation, to love and to crave and to be at a loss for words.

The inside of your thighs are so warm and soft. I've tasted temperatures on your skin that electrify my tongue. You have an addictive heat that crawls into me as well. So hot, so hot, you begin to melt. Please, melt into me. Let me in. Let me into your guarded world. Let me into your butterfly cocoon. Let me into your dripping warmth. There are little noises catching in your throat.

Then, I'm inside. I'm deep within you, and you are tight around me. We have both been tense, but when your muscles constrict this time, it's only in the best of ways. You want as much of me as you can get. Your hands reach for me, your hips roar into motion. Come, come to me. Closer. Deeper. I want as much of you as I can get. You shudder, you scream, and when you do you show me who you are. This is you in the flesh, in the spirit, in the most raw and honest way. We've shed our inhibition with our clothing. We've unraveled layers of fabric and considerations. We have been drawn to this recklessness for the sake of elicit intertwinement. And now here you are, deconstructing enigmas with the arching of your spine, admitting impulsions with the curling of your toes. You're going, you're almost there. 

You make these noises that I want to lick off your lips and taste in my mouth. And then...then you reach it; you stumble past the brink of yourself. Every twinge of your body is exalted by sensation. Your breath is caught in your throat for a moment, and, when you at last exhale, your body softens and your mind is met with the subtle madness of ultimate mental clarity. We lay there together in the placated shambles of two uncertain human beings, having sought some unknown something in the tangle of skin and sweat that we've created, and we think nothing for a long time. My hand finds yours in the darkness and I fill the empty spaces between your fingers with mine. I rest my head on your chest, and again I can hear that rhythmic beating. I listen closely, trying to hear the words your heart is saying. "Can you hear it, too?" I ask out loud. You nod. "This..." I whisper, "This is how we know that we're alive."

Intertwined Fates 01: Designs



Chapter 1/30

Full Summary: Joy Velasquez's life was the ordinary normal life of an office secretary until her sexy boss Carl Knight seduced her. Who knew having a bit of fun late at night in the office could turn into something so wonderful and great, but also terrifying? Carl and Joy soon find themselves immersed in a fight to save humanity. Carl's slightly un-hinged ex-wife, Miranda, opens a dark ancient portal to gain unstoppable power and unleashes an unspeakable evil onto the world while the royalty of vampires threatened by the hundreds years old prophecy come after them from another side. Torn between two worlds and two fights, they ride a rollercoaster of love, life, death and destruction, all the while, trying to figure out how to stay together. A tale of love, lust, and the fight for humanity.

I will be posting 2 chapters per week





Intertwined Fates 02: Lust







Intertwined Fates 03: Stress Relief



3: Stress Relief

It was early morning and Kally came home to a room strewn with clothing. One thing that she especially notices is that there are buttons lying on the floor.

'Hmmm, looks like Joy had fun with her date. I'll have to get the juicy details out of her later,' thought Kally as she walked towards the kitchen.

When Joy woke up with the weak dawn sunlight beginning to stream through the windows, she found that Carl was not next to her. She then heard a screech that sounded just like her flatmate. 

Joy hurriedly put on some underwear and rushed out into the kitchen and found a naked Carl standing in front of her stunned and shocked flatmate.

"I'm so sorry, Kally. I forgot to tell Carl that I had a flatmate," said Joy.

"Oh it's ok. It was a nice shock," said a stunned Kally.

"Carl, your clothes are still in the living room," Joy told him.

"Right, thanks Joy," said Carl rather embarrassed.

After Carl had departed the room Kally said, "Wow he's really hot, Joy. How did you manage to get him?"

"He's my boss, Kally," said Joy.

"Wow," said Kally.

"Yeah, I know. I think he wanted me for a while. He made his move when we were alone at the office two days ago. That was wild and I intend to pay him back for it," Joy says.

Carl came back in dressed with the exception of his tie and shirt which was hanging open.

"Well I got to go home and get changed. I'll see you at work, Joy. Got a lot of work to do today," said Carl, he then kissed her full on the mouth. 

"Bye, Carl, see you later," said Joy

"Wow. I can see he's attracted to you," said Kally

"I know. I never really saw too much of him. He was always so busy so he stayed in his office for most the day. I keep thinking that if he never got a divorce that I would not have ever seen him much," replied Joy.

"Well, you're lucky. My last boyfriend cheated on me. I came home early and found him in bed with two women!" exclaimed Kally

"I have to get ready for work now, Kally or I'll be late. Peak traffic is a bitch at this time and Carl is right we do have a lot of work to get through. I'm also probably the only person who stays behind. He probably only really noticed me after I started doing all this extra work," said Joy.

"Are you going to be home for dinner? Because if you are I'm going to be cooking," Kally tells Joy.

"I don't know. I probably won't be. I still have stacks of orders to put into the system," Joy replies.

"Alright. Call me if can make it. I just haven't seen much of you lately, girl," said Kally.

When Joy got to work she walked up to her level and heard shouting coming from Carl's office. A distinct and pretty angry sounding woman. 

Joy deciding to do the nice thing opened the door and rescued Carl from his encounter. 

"Is everything alright here Carl?" asked Joy.

"Yes, Joy can you show this woman the door? She was just leaving," said Carl.

"We are not done here, Carl," stated the fiery woman. 

"Yes we are, Miranda. I don't want to have anything more to do with you. You are not getting anything and that's completely final," Carl told her determinedly.

Once Joy had returned she asked a stressed looking Carl who the woman was. 

"That was my bitch of an ex-wife. She's trying to get her filthy hands on some of my property when she already agreed to only take her stuff," said Carl rather crankily.

"Wow, what a bitch. Well I'm already behind on my work. I got stuck in an accident on highway so I gotta catch up. Are you going to be free for lunch? I want to share some ideas with you about the filling system," Joy asked.

"No, sorry, Joy. I won't have time to have any lunch. I'm just so busy at the moment. How about dinner?" asked Carl.

"Ok, I'll talk to you then, Carl," Joy replied as she walked over and placed a kiss on his cheek and walked out the door and back to her office.

Nothing eventful occurred over the course of the day until lunch time, when she decided to give Carl a lunch time surprise. 

Saving her work, she locked her workstation and went to Carl's office, opening his door. 

Seeing that Carl had his back to her in his chair and hadn't heard her come in, since he was talking on the phone, she quietly closed and locked the door before stealthily walking over. She wrapped her arms around his chest, planting a kiss on his left ear, giving him a big shock, and making him almost drop the phone. 

Trying to not let her surprise throw him off track, he continued on with his phone conversation with the client. Joy however was doing her best to throw him off whispering in his ear.

"I love the sound of your voice. It's so sexy," she purred, while licking the outside rim of his ear and massaging his chest muscles.

Once Carl finished with his phone conversation, he put the phone back down and said "Well this is a nice surprise Joy," 

"I could see how stressed you were earlier but I had so much work to do. So I came in here to relax you and that's exactly what I'm going to do," said Joy.

She spun his chair around and groped his pronounced hardness through his pants and massaged him while her other hand unbuckled his belt and unbuttoned his pants. She drew down his zipper and dragged his pants down to his knees. She then began rubbing his erection through his silk boxers making him moan and squirm in his seat. 

Joy then yanked his boxers down to his knees and thrust her mouth over his straining erection making him cry out. She used one hand to rub the underside of his hardness and the other hand to massage his balls while licking around the head of his member.

"Oh god, Joy, that's so good," moaned Carl as Joy looked up at him her brown-grey eyes burning with passion.

She started increasing the pressure around the head of his shaft, making him moan long and hard. Joy felt his body tense and she knew that he was very close, so she engulfed as much of his erection as she possibly could. She sucked him as hard as she could, giving Carl an explosive release. After making sure she got every last drop of his come, she got up and gave him a passionate kiss. 

"How do you feel now Carl? Less stressed?" asked Joy.

"Yeah. Thanks, Joy, I feel so much better. Now, let's see what I can do for you," said Carl dazed from the pleasure.

When Carl started to reach up her dress to pull down her panties she pulled his arms away and said, "That was for you Carl you needed it. Don't feel as though you need to repay me. Do you want me to get you anything for lunch?" 

"Yes, thanks, Joy. A salad would be nice," said Carl as he got up and pulled up his boxers and pants and started refastening them. 

"Ok, I still got a pile of work to do so I'll get you that and then I'll see you in lobby at what time?" asked Joy.

"7?" asked Carl.

"Yeah, sure. And also, Carl, I have other things to talk about then just filling," said Joy as she bent down and kissed him on the cheek and left the room.

'Wow. She's positively amazing. My ex-wife never did anything like that for me,' thought Carl as he got back to work. 

The remainder of the day past without incidence for them, but Miranda was not coping with Carl completely rejecting her. 

"Markus, we have a problem. Carl is not budging on the issue. Something needs to be done," Miranda said to a shadowed figure standing in the corner of an opulent room in a fancy hotel.

"Don't worry my love. Everything will work out eventually. We always get what we want because we are very, very patient," said Markus

"I still don't understand how you can be so patient," said Miranda

"Darling, when you have been around for as long as I have you learn proper patience," said Markus.



Intertwined Fates 04: Fantasies



4: Fantasies

As 7pm came around Joy was waiting in the lobby for Carl to arrive, As he walked down the staircase, Joy could practically feel the drool gathering as she watched his hips move his pants clinging to him nicely.

"Are you ready to go Joy?" asked Carl.

"Yeah of course," said Joy trying to brush off the waves of heat assaulting her.

They went same restaurant they had gone to the previous night. Once they were seated, they began discussing work related matters until the waiter arrived with the menus and they ordered. Once the waiter returned and left with their orders, Joy started discussing 'other' matters. "I've never really had a boyfriend adventurous enough to want to explore any fantasies with me. One of my favourite fantasies involving kidnapping a sexy man in a suit, tying him down to my bed and ripping his clothes off while he's struggling against his bonds, and when we get to the good part he stops struggling to get away but struggles to get on top of me. I don't let him go until after I've had my fun," Joy says seductively. 

"You must have a pretty active mind to be thinking of such naughty things," Carl replies. They were interrupted by the waiter bringing their food, then Joy continued. 

"Well, I never got along with my mother and she was strictly religious so I wasn't actually allowed to do anything. So here I am 26 years old and I've never really been able to do anything because my mother was always watching over my back, scaring off my boyfriends, so I moved out," she said. "Carl, do you have any crazy fantasies?" 

"There is this one that my wife never actually wanted to try. And that was eating food off each others bodies," Carl replied. 

"Delicious sex, I love that idea," said Joy. After they finished their dessert they paid the bill and left the restaurant. They decided which fantasy to play out that night. Joy won.

***

A business man working late left his office and locked the front doors. But before he could turn around, he was grabbed from behind and a cloth was pressed into his face. He tried not to breath in the fumes but his assailant jabbed him in the side of his chest forcing him to breath in a deep breath drawing in all the fumes making him dizzy. As he fell to the ground he felt a soft kiss on his neck. 

When he woke up he realised he was tied to a bed, because he couldn't move his legs or arms. Then he realised he couldn't see anything and there was also something shoved into his mouth. A sharp sexy voice then rendered the air 

"Well, well, well, what do we have here? A rather sexy looking man that I might just have to closer look at," He realised that this was his captor and he began struggling against his bonds and attempting to spit out the gag. "Oooo, struggling. This is going to be even more fun. They aren't very fun when they just lie there like a limp fish," taunted his captor. She laid her hands on his chest and started massaging his muscles through his shirt feeling all the lines and ridges through the cloth. She started pulling on his tie and when it came undone she pulled it out and trailed it across his face before dropping it on the floor.

"I'll have to do something about these clothes." With that comment her captive continued trying to struggle out of his bonds, but they were too tight and he couldn't budge them. She pushed his jacket back as far as possible and picked up a small blade and made an incision then she began to tear his jacket away from his left side she released his left arm from his jacket and started on the other side while her captive was writhing in his bonds and yelling against his gag trying to force it out. Once she finished with his jacket she pulled his shirt out of his pants and tore it open, popping the buttons off. "My you have such a nice chest. I'm going to have to explore this," the sexy voiced captor said, as she began to cut his arms out of his shirt sleeves. 

He almost couldn't believe it when he felt himself hardening and he didn't even know what she looked like. After she had removed his shirt, she placed the knife on the table next to the bed. She bent over his struggling body and started caressing his chest and using her tongue, licking and sucking his nipples, making him moan and struggle against the pulling sensations. After she was done, she began licking and kissing his abdominal muscles. 

Her captive began to struggle less as he started getting more aroused, his pants started becoming uncomfortably tight. "You have an amazing body, now I'm interested in seeing your powerful legs," she said as she unbuckled his belt and pulled it out. 

She retrieved the small knife from the bedside table and cut through the waistband of his trousers on both sides. She then placed the knife back on the table, and using both hands she ripped his pants off. After removing the tattered remains of his pants she started caressing and exploring his defined leg muscles. All this time her captive was moaning in pleasure and renewed struggling trying to get out of his bonds so he could control the situation. After she had finished teasing his legs she turned her attention to his prominent erection in his tented boxers. "You have a rather large package there. My last boyfriend was so much smaller and he was terrible in bed," said the sexy-voiced woman as she groped his dick through his boxers

"Now, I think its time I saw this nice package," said his sexy captor, as she grabbed the middle of his boxers and tore them open exposing his rather large hardness. After removing the remains of his boxers, the woman with the sexy voice stepped back to admire her captive's straining glistening body, loving that he's trying to get out of his bonds to get to her. 'Hmmm I think I can have more then just a little fun tonight. It looks like he will be willing to continue after I release him,' she thought. 

Her captive let out a strangled moan, after she surprised him and engulfed his cock with her hot mouth and used her fingers to feather lightly draw her fingers up from the base to tip, setting his whole body on fire. "Let me hear those wonderful sounds you are making," she said as she pulled his gag out.

While she was sucking on him, she had one hand teasing his erect nipples and another teasing his abdominal muscles. Once she began stroking his member with her tongue, he lost it and started bucking his hips into her mouth. She removed her mouth from his hardness and grabbed the base of his erection with her hands and started to stroke him fast, furthering his groans of pleasure. She let go, then deep throated him, then began to swallow around him, causing great suction. He groaned deeply as he erupted into her mouth. She drank as much of his come as she possibly could. After she had finished cleaning his member she stood up and started undressing.

"Please, untie me," begged the captive man. 

"I'm not quite done with you just yet," said his sexy-voiced captor, as she stroked her fingers down the side of his face. At the sound of her clothes hitting the floor his erection began anew. She slid onto his sweaty body massaging her hot opening with his hard cock while kissing him passionately. They groaned together, as she pushed her weight onto his erection. She started grinding her hips, generating friction between their bodies. She put her hands around the back of his head and pulled him into a passionate embrace as she started pushing her hips in and out of him. He began to lose control over the sensations and started moving with her, all the while moaning with pleasure in their passionate lip lock. While the sensations were intense for her, the blindfold around her captive's eyes stimulated his other senses, making the feelings and sensations of their love-making session more intense.

After their mouths came apart they increased their speed. Through their heavy panting and cries of pleasure they came together, like an erupting volcano. She collapsed onto his sweat streaked chest. Once she untied him and removed his blindfold she looked into his pleasure-hazed eyes, he said "Joy, that was totally incredible I've never felt anything like that before," 

"I know that felt absolutely amazing," said Joy as she stroked his chest with her fingers. 

In a sexy husky voice Carl asked "Stay with me tonight Joy. I want to make love to you until the morning," 

Joy answered with a passionate kiss and looked into his eyes. While deeply involved in their love making marathon, they had little idea that the house was being watched.

"Miranda, they have been inside for hours it doesn't look like they will be out before dawn" said a dark figure. 

"That is fine, just continue to watch. Your replacement will be there before dawn. I want to know exactly who this woman is," Miranda responds. 

"Alright. I will see you in a few hours." said the dark figure 

'Whoever that slag is, she's going to pay for trying to steal him,' she thought vindictively

When Joy woke up, all her muscles felt sore and tense from her love-making marathon with her sexy lover. She especially felt it in her thighs and groin muscles, but the best thing that relieved the pains, was the intense after-sex endorphins that made her feel light as a feather, those feeling were further stimulated by Carl's warm muscled body. 

He had his arm draped over her chest, making her feel safe and comforted. She didn't want to wake him up, so she just laid there revelling in the post-sex glow. Joy received a momentary shock when she heard Carl's deep husky voice.

"Hey baby, do you feel as sore as I do right now?" 

"Yeah I do. Actually, we had quite a workout there," said Joy. 

"Good thing I'm the boss. I can take days off if I want," Carl says.

"Hey what about me?" asked Joy. 

"You're fine. Paid holiday leave. Perks of sleeping with the boss," smirked Carl.

After that comment, Joy squirmed out of Carl's grasp and shoved him "Hey what was that for?" asked Carl. 

"I don't need paid leave, Carl," pouted Joy 

"You're getting it anyway. Even if we weren't sleeping together your work ethic deserves rewards," said Carl as he kissed her. 

"Awww thanks. Where is your shower? I want to get cleaned up and I'm totally staved. I know a great place where we can get lunch," said Joy.

"Well since you got the chance for a detailed exploration of my body last night I want to be able to do the same thing to you. I'll take you into the shower with me and I'll make you clean," said Carl seductively. 

"Sounds lovely. Lead the way, hot stuff," said Joy huskily.

After they had their rather long shower, they got dressed and Joy got into Carl's Mercedes and drove them to the diner where she usually got her lunch. Unknowingly a non-descript black car pulled out and started following them. The driver pulled out his phone and called a number. "This is Miranda, go ahead," Miranda's voice says over the line.

"Miranda, its Jake. They just left the house now and I'm following them. It looks like they are heading towards a cafe or diner. I'll call you back when I have more details," Jake tells her.

"Thanks for the update, Jake," said Miranda. The driver put his phone away and continued to follow them. Once Joy and Carl arrived at the diner, Jake parked across from where Joy and Carl were parked. He got out and walked into the cafe and sat three tables away from them.

"So what can I get for you today, Joy?" asked the waitress. 

"The usual please," said Joy. 

"Sure. And you sir, what would you like?" asked the waitress 

"I'd like to try the pasta meal," said Carl. 

"Certainly sir, I'll be right back with your orders," said the waitress.

"Well she's a nice lady, Joy," said Carl. 

"Yeah, that's Jezabel, the lunch shift waitress. She's been working here a year now. I don't know anything personal about you, Carl. You tell me one thing about you and I'll tell you one thing about me," said Joy. 

"Ok. Well I love outdoor sports," said Carl.

"I love cats," said Joy.

"Hey, that's not much," said Carl.

"No more descriptive then what you said," pouted Joy.

"Ok, ok. I love rock climbing. I used to go up to the mountains on weekends and do that with friends. But most of my old buddies have moved away and I don't get to see them as much anymore." said Carl.

The shady figure who we now know as Jake watches from the table, listening in on their conversation hearing every word, to report back to his boss. "Well, I love water sports I'm a really active person. My brother works as a diving instructor and is out on the ocean all the time. Water skiing and diving is what I love doing on weekends. Have you ever dived before, Carl? I have a diving expedition booked for the weekend," said Joy. 

"Yeah I have once. But I don't think I could remember any of the safety instructions. It was a couple of years ago," said Carl.

"No problems. If you haven't got any previous arrangements you can come with me and meet my brother. He'll show you everything you need to know," said Joy.

"Ok Joy, I'll come with you. But next weekend your coming rock climbing with me," replied Carl.

"Sure, babe," said Joy. After Jezabel returned with their meals they continued to talk.

"Do you have any family Carl?" asked Joy

"No, it was just me and my father, he was a Major in the army. He was killed a few years ago in an ambush," said Carl

"Oh, sounds just like me and my brother. We took care of each other my father shot through just after I was born. Seven years ago my mother had a stroke, she doesn't even know who I am, the doctors said that she can't remember anything past what her last meal was," said Joy.

After they had eaten Carl got up and paid for the food at the counter. Jake walked over to the waitress and asked her about Carl and Joy. "Well Joy has been coming in here for over a year, but I don't know who the man that is with her is," Jezabel told him. 

"Thanks for the information," said Jake.

"No problems," said Jezabel. She quietly returned to work, suddenly forgetting that she ever had a conversation with Jake.

"Carl? Do you want to go see a movie?" asked Joy. 

"Yeah, why not," said Carl. Neither of them knowing that they had a black shadow following them everywhere. Once Carl and Joy had gotten their seats in the movie theatre Jake pulled out his phone and called Miranda. "I have some more information for you," he said quietly.

"Good. What is it?" inquired Miranda. 

"The woman's name is Joy Velasquez and I believe she works with Carl at his office," said Jake. 

"That is wonderful information. I have a new assignment for you I want you to continue to track Joy, until the sun goes down. Then we can have agents better equipped to handle the tracking," said Miranda. 

"Yes ma'am. I won't let her out of my sight. I'll give you a full report tonight," said Jake. 

"Good," said Miranda. Jake put his phone away and slips into the theatre. He quickly finds Carl and Joy and sits behind them.

Carl has put his arm around Joy and she has placed her hand on his leg while they watch the romantic movie that Joy had been wanting to see for ages. 'I can't believe Carl actually agreed to go and see this movie with me. And we've only been seeing each other for barely two days,' thought Joy. She was a little surprised when Carl kissed her on the neck. Once he was settled back in his seat she leaned over and kissed his neck and rested her head on his shoulder. For the rest of the movie Joy remained in this position, Carl lightly stroked her ribs with the hand that was around her back. After the movie when they were walking back to their car Joy whispered into his ear "I want to go back to your place and fuck your brains out." Carl groaned at the thought. When he got back in the car Joy gave him a very heated and steamy look. She pulled him closer and gave him a passionate fiery kiss.

Once they arrived back home and inside, they wasted no time in removing each others clothes and soon they were naked and on the couch in Carl's living room, fiercely making out and grinding each other hips together driving them both crazy. Until Carl slid himself slowly into Joy's heated entrance. Both of them moaned with pleasure with the sensual feelings it created. They quickly worked themselves up to a strong climax, their orgasm came with a blinding flash of pleasure making them both shout out in pleasure. Carl rolled to one side of Joy as they laid there, their bodies covered in a thin sheen of sweat. 

"You are so amazing Carl. None of my other boyfriends could make me feel anywhere near as good as you can," Joy panted. 

Carl flashed a brilliant smile at her and responded with "Thanks for the brilliant complement gorgeous. My wife was never this adventurous ever. She would have never done the office blowjob you did yesterday." 

Blushing, Joy said, "Well you looked like you needed it so you could relax. Did you get more work done?" 

"Yeah I got a lot more work done," said Carl. 

"Now we will need another shower babe," said Joy. 

"Yeah, I think the hot water system has had enough time to replenish the supply," Carl says to Joy. Carl surprised Joy by lifting her up and carrying her to the bathroom where they made love again in the shower.

"What do you have for food around here? Bachelor junk?" asked Joy. 

"No way, I gotta stay fit and healthy. I never have too much of the junk anyway. I got real food," Carl responds. 

"Nice. I will cook us some nice steaks and I'll make us a salad too. You go relax ok you can pamper me later," said Joy after looking through the fridge. 

"Ok I will," said Carl. Meanwhile outside a car arrives outside and a dark figure gets out and walks over to the car, where Jake is sitting in. 

"Jake, its time I took over. You should go report to Miranda now. She's anxious for a full report," said the man. 

"Thanks, Jason," said Jake. 

Once Jake had arrived at a large Gothic mansion in the middle of the city, he saw that Miranda was waiting rather impatiently for his report. "Ma'am, I have some more information to add on top of what you have now," said Jake. 

"Good. You may be rewarded for this," said Miranda.

"It seems that they have a quite close bond already. You may have to use extreme measures to get what you want madam," said Jake.

"Hmmm. So what else have you learned off this Joy?" asked Miranda.

"Well she is going with Carl on a diving expedition on the weekend," said Jake. 

"Ahh, perfect. I want you to get yourself on that boat," said Miranda. 

"That won't be a problem. Also her brother works on the boat," Jake tells her. 

"Good. I want you to get to know him, talk to him see what you can learn about Joy from him. But don't make it seem like your pressuring him," said Miranda. 

"Alright madam," said Jake. 

"I said something about a reward and I think you deserve it. I want you to take off all your clothes for me, now" said Miranda 

"Ok.." said Jake, puzzled as he starts stripping of his clothing, when he's fully nude exposing his hard body. She tells him to go wait for her in her bedroom. After she closes the door the only thing that can be heard for quite sometimes is Jake's cries of absolute ecstasy, for he was only a día caminata and the pleasures the full bloods can create are almost completely overwhelming.



Intertwined Fates 05: Water Sports







Intertwined Fates 05: Water Sports



After an afternoon of diving the expedition returned back to the boat mostly exhausted from all the swimming they had been doing. After getting changed out of their wetsuits Joy and Carl found a quite spot at the back of the boat. "That was an amazing day Joy, but now I'm so totally exhausted. I just want to get some rest," said Carl. 

"Well after your first real dive, you are pretty tired. I'll just go out and buy some food while you rest in our motel room. You stay here for a moment. I need to go find my brother," said Joy. She returned a few minutes later and said, "Michael said that we will be another hour before we arrive back at the dock."

"That's good. Come here I want to rest my head on you," said Carl. 

'He really does look tired. Damn I won't be able to get anything from him tonight,' thought Joy disappointedly. "Ok babe," she said as she leaned back against the back of the boat while Carl rested his head against her shoulder. An hour later when they were about to reach the shore. When Joy went to get up she noticed that Carl was actually asleep. 

"Hey Joy, did you have a great day?" asked Kally. 

"Yeah it was great. And look at Carl, he's asleep. I might have to carry him off the boat. It took me five minutes to wake him up this morning," Joy said. 

"He looks really cute sleeping," said Kally. 

"Yeah he does. Now I gotta try and wake him up," said Joy, as she tried to wake him up. 

"Hey baby, we are back at the dock," Joy says as Carl slowly woke up. She helped him up and guided him to the boat ramp. 

"Well, I'll see you later, Joy. Jake is taking me to a restaurant for dinner," said Kally. 

"Ok, see you tomorrow, Kally," Joy called back as she helped Carl up the harbour. 

"Ready to go Kally?" Jake asked. 

"Yeah, I am. Bye, Michael, see you tomorrow," said Kally. 

"Bye," said Michael. 

"Ok, I got to make a phone call before we leave. Can you go wait in the car?" asked Jake. 

"Yeah, sure, Jake," said Kally. 

He took his phone out and dialled Miranda's number. 

"Miranda here," Miranda says over the phone line.

"It's Jake here, madam," said Jake. 

"Jake! How did it go today?" asked Miranda

"Excellent. I'll have a full report for you when I return on Monday. I need somebody to be sent to watch the target since I can't be there because I'm with Joy's flatmate. I'm trying to get closer to her. She seems to already trust me," Jake tells her. 

"You've made such surprising progress there. Of course I'll send Aaron to watch them," said Miranda. 

"Ok. I will speak to you if I need anything else before I return on Monday," Jake replies.

"Alright. Goodbye," said Miranda and she put down the phone and pressed a button on an intercom. 

"Sarah, can you send Aaron out to watch the target? Jake won't be able to. He is taking care of other business," said Miranda. 

"Of course madam" replied Sarah. There was a knock at the door. 

"Enter," called Miranda. A tall bronzed man entered the room and addressed Miranda. 

"I bring a message from the Council," the man says to her. 

"Albert, I haven't seen you in awhile," said Miranda cautiously. 

"The Council is getting rather impatient with your lateness over your promise to bring the new blood to the table," said Albert. 

"I am getting closer. The Council shall have their new blood within two weeks," said Miranda. 

"Two weeks, no later then that. Then the council will have no choice but to move themselves," said Albert. 

"It won't come to that, you have my word," Miranda promises. 

"Just remember, if you don't keep your word there will be consequences," said Albert then he turned to leave. 

'Hopefully Jake can pull it off. If he can I won't have to worry any longer,' thought Miranda.



Intertwined Fates 06: Blood Power







Intertwined Fates 07: Blood Prophecy







Intertwined Fates 08: Surprises







Intertwined Fates 09: Outdoor Activities



Beep. Beep. Beep. 

'Damn alarm,' thought Joy as she hit the snooze button. 'Mountains are not even that far away, so why do I have to get up at such an ungodly hour?' complained Joy to herself. After dragging herself out of bed she got ready to have a shower. After having a steaming hot shower she felt a lot more awake. Right after getting dressed she heard the door bell ringing. 'Damn Carl is early. I wanted to get some breakfast first,' thought Joy. "Hey, you're early," said Joy as she saw Carl standing at the door.

"Are you going to let me in? I thought we could have breakfast together," Carl says.

"That's so sweet. I think that will make up for you not staying last night," she tells him. 

Carl smiled at her as she opened the door and let him in. "You're going to love it this weekend. I have all the equipment we need in the car," Carl assured her.

"Do you have the tent?" asked Joy

"Of course I do, Joy. What makes you think I didn't?" he asked in return.

"I don't know. It's just that I've never been camping," Joy admitted.

"Seriously? You're missing out on a lot, Joy," Carl says.

"And I couldn't believe you hadn't been diving before," Joy teases.

With a sly wink Carl said "Looks like we have something to share with each other,"

"Indeed we do. I need coffee though," Joy said around a yawn.

"I'll get it for you then we can head off. When we get there we have a two hour walk to reach the campsite," Carl says.

Joy's eyes widened and she exclaimed "Two hours?!?" 

Carl chuckled, nodding and says "You get used to it, don't worry. Only some of it is mountainous, since most of the trail is flat," 

"It better be, or you'll be carrying me up the mountain," Joy teases as she poked her tongue out at him.

After having their coffee and breakfast, they got into Carl's sports car and drove off towards the mountains. After an hour of driving Joy finally breaks the silence. "This place is beautiful. Rainforests are so amazing,"

"Yeah they are, Mountain forests are more beautiful when they are resting on extinct volcanoes like this one," Carl says.

"How much further until we reach the trail?" asked Joy

"Not much longer now. A few more minutes and we should be there," Carl says.

A few minutes later, they did arrive at a parking area with a few cars scattered about the parking space. "Can you carry the tent? I'll carry the bags with the climbing equipment," Carl says.

"Sure, I'll help you out there," Joy replies, nodding her head.

"Let's get moving" said Carl as he locked the car and picked up the climbing bag putting it over his shoulder before he walked to the trail entrance at the edge of the parking space. "Come on, Joy," Carl called out over his shoulder as Joy struggled with the tent. 

After an hour of struggling with the tent up the hillside Joy dropped the tent bag with an audible thump and thought to her self 'I'm so going to make Carl pay for this tonight'

"You surprised me, Joy. I thought you would have dumped that ages ago. Carry the climbing gear. Its heavier but a lot less annoying," Carl told her.

Joy just stared at him and grumbled, "You could have told me this so much earlier," 

'He's so going to get it later,' thought Joy.

"I tried taking Miranda camping once but all I got was complaints. It was so not fun," Carl tells her.

"Really? Well I'm not complaining. It's just that damn tent is so awkward," Joy admits.

"I know. I have trouble with it myself," Carl admits. "You ready to continue? The largest slope is up ahead." 

"Oh great. Yeah, I'm ready," Joy says. After about another hour of toil Joy's legs and arms felt like deadweight. "Damn my arms and legs are tired, I have no idea how I'll manage to climb anything today," 

"Don't worry, Joy, we're nearly there. There's an awesome campsite up ahead," Carl told her.

"Wow, this place is amazing," Joy breathed out as they approached a small clearing in the vast expanse of trees. After dumping the climbing gear near some trees, Carl dug out some plastic containers with food in it.

"Let's have some food now. I'm starving," Carl suggests.

"Good idea and I could so do with a good rest," Joy says.

After eating their meal Joy breaks the silence with "When we go back, you're taking the tent,"

"Sure. I thought at one time you were ready to pitch it off the side of the mountain," Carl says, snickering softly.

"That would have been a smart move wouldn't it? Then we'd have no where to sleep" said Joy as she kissed his cheek.

"Now I want to show you where we are climbing first. It's an easy slope so I can teach you how to use the hooks," Carl tells her.

"Can we wait a bit? My arms don't want to do anything right now," Joy asks.

"Oh really?" Carl asks he walked over to her and pulled her back into his chest. He pushed his thumbs into her arm muscles and made her groan. 

"Oh, Carl, that's great. They still feel really numb though," Joy moans out. 

"After I'm done with this, babe, I'll move onto your legs. Can't have you having jelly legs can we?" asked Carl as he kissed her behind the ear.

"Mm, feels so good. Keep doing that, Carl," Joy purrs out in pleasure.

After Carl finished massaging her arms he repeated this with her legs. After finally finishing Carl asked "Feel better?" 

"Yeah, much better. Thanks, Carl," Joy said as she turned around and kissed him gently. "Ok, come on. Let's go and get some climbing done,"

"Right. I'll carry all the bags this time so you don't strain yourself," Carl tells her.

Joy rolled her eyes at him and picked up her bag and followed him. After a short walk through the bushes they came to a tilted rocky hill.

"I know it's not really a cliff, but it's a really good place to learn how to climb with the hooks. Put the climbing gloves on, Joy. You'll need them or you'll cut up your hands," Carl says as he pulled out some hooks attached to some thick ropes.

"Will I need this helmet?" asked Joy holding up said helmet.

"Yeah, you'll need that or you'll hurt your head worse if you fall or hit something," Carl says.

After getting the safety equipment on, Carl took Joy to the bottom of the hill-face. "Open the hooks like this" said Carl as he showed Joy how to open the hooks. "Cliffs are generally very uneven so there should always be a place where you can wedge these hooks in," 

"Ok so like this?" asked Joy as she hooked the hook into a gap in the hill.

"Yeah like that. Then you put your foot into a toehold. A toehold are rocks that stick out from the side of the cliff and this hill is very good for that," Carl continues.

After some time practicing this, Joy had scaled halfway up the hill. "Are you coming up Carl?" asked Joy. 

"Yeah, you're doing really well, Joy," Carl replies. 

"Thanks. This is great. I can't wait until we can actually climb a real cliff," said Joy

"You'd want to rest before doing that since the best cliff for that is quite far away," Carl says as he started climbing up the side of the cliff.

"Ahhhh, damn it," yelled Joy. 

"What happened?" asked Carl.

"Owww. My foot slipped and I grazed my leg on the rocks,"

"Oooo does it sting much? I've done that plenty of times before," winced Carl

"Yes it does, but I want to finish climbing this damn hill," Joy told him.

"Alright if you're feeling up to it," Carl agrees. 

After pulling herself up the hill with her shin leaking blood she collapse at the top the hill and waited for Carl to reach her.

"Let me take a look at your leg. I went back down and got the first aid kit," Carl told her after finally arriving at the top of the hill.

After he pushed her shorts leg up and straightened her leg, Carl accidentally touched her leg causing her to hiss in pain. "Sorry, Joy, but you scraped your leg pretty badly there. Can you walk on it?" asked Carl.

"I can't just yet," Joy.

"Right I'll just clean it, it's going to sting ok so be ready for it," said Carl

"Ok. Ahhhhh!" yelled Joy when Carl rubbed an alcohol swab onto her leg. 

"I know, it really hurts doesn't it?" Carl asked.

"Yeah it does," Joy hissed in pain while Carl applied bandages to her scrapes.

"Right then. Do you want me to carry you down the hillside?" asked Carl.

"No it will be alright. I just need to rest for a little bit, and just need to wait for my leg to stop throbbing then it should be fine," said Joy.

"Ok, I'll just go get all the bags and I'll be right back," Carl told her and returned to the base of the hill, collected their bags and then carried them back up the hill.

"Took you long enough, Carl," Joy said as she stood up.

"You ok now?" he asked.

"Yeah, I should be fine walking back to camp," Joy told him.

After walking back to the small clearing and they dumped their bags in the middle, Joy said "I'll try setting up the tent. Can you go get the firewood?" 

"Are you sure? You've never slept in a tent before, so how are you going to set it up?" asked Carl.

"I'm not a total imbecile, Carl. I think I can figure it out," Joy said putting her hands on her hips.

After he returned with an armload of firewood Carl dropped the load near the nearly fully erected tent was pitched. "Are you sure you've never been camping before?" he asked.

"Yeah, it's not as hard as it looks. Plus there isn't much breeze to shift the tent," said Joy as she pounded the last peg into the ground.

"So what food did you bring?" asked Carl.

"Salted steak and lamb and some salted sausages. You know, stuff we can cook over the fire," she replied.

"Nice, Joy. I have some lettuce and carrots, and some cucumber," Carl says.

"Green food, not my favourite but it will have to do. Lets get this fire going," said Joy. After piling the wood together, Joy then grabbed the bottle of alcohol from the first aid kit and poured some on the wood. 

"This is how you light a fire," said Joy as she struck a match and dropped it on the wood which flared into flame.

Carl chuckled and grabbed her in a hug and said "That certainly is one way."

"And not nearly as primitive as striking stones together. Let's cook this meat because I'm starved," said Joy.

After cooking the meat and then eating, Carl asked "Joy, did you bring a sleeping bag?" 

"Nope I knew you'd be bringing one and that we would be sharing it," said Joy slyly.

"Wherever did you get such an idea?" asked Carl

"I don't know actually, but if you'd rather me lay in the cold its fine with me," said Joy as she pushed him over and passionately kissed him.

"Don't worry the sleeping bag is big enough for both of us," said Carl as he rolled them over and kissed her back.

"Oww, be careful there, Carl. My leg still hurts," Joy tells him.

"Sorry, gorgeous," Carl apologizes.

Joy stood up and grabbed Carl's hand before pulling him into the tent. She then pushed his shirt up and pulled it over his head and then pushed him down on top of their sleeping bag. "I love your muscles Carl. I love how they feel," Joy purrs as she licked her tongue lightly over his nipples. "I'm going to make you pay for making me drag this cursed tent all the way up here." 

Carl could only groan in response as Joy massaged his stomach muscles while her tongue worked on his chest. "I know something that will make this better. Close your eyes, Carl, it's a surprise," Joy says. 

"Ok," Carl says, as he closed his eyes in anticipation of what Joy had in store for him. Joy moved over to her bag and extracted the jar of chocolate sauce. She unscrewed the cap and digged her fingers into the jar, she scooped out a large chunk of the thick sauce and then rubbed it into Carl's chest making him moan. 

"What's that?" asked Carl.

"Why it's chocolate and I'm going to lick it all off your body," said Joy she spread the sauce over his chest and stomach. She unbuttoned his pants and then unzipped them, before pulling them off leaving him in his boxers. Joy lowered her mouth to his neck and licked her way down his chest gathering the chocolate and making him groan in pleasure when she got to his nipples.

She spent a good while teasing his chest, licking off chocolate she spread with her fingers and swallowing it. Having become more familiar with his body she knew where his weak spots were, and she used that knowledge. She then grasped his boxers and pulled them off, before she dipped her fingers into the jar and fisted his hardness with her hand full of the chocolate sauce making Carl moan and start to squirm. 

Joy lowered her head down to his groin and licked around the rim of his swelled head forcing him to shout in pleasure. She engulfed his hardness and sucked off all the chocolate sauce. 

"Ohhh god Joy, that's sooo good," moaned Carl. 

"I'm just getting started here," Joy warned. Carl moaned in pleasure as she resumed sucking on him. Joy began rubbing her fingers across the base of his hardness while she began to swallow him into her mouth making him shout in pleasure. She increased the sensations by humming around his hardness. Finally she got the reaction she was looking for as he grabbed her head arching his back as he shouted in pleasure and exploded into her mouth.

After Joy had finished with Carl, he rolled them over and pinned her beneath him before saying "That was amazing. I was totally not expecting that, Joy." 

"It's my pleasure, but don't forget about my leg," Joy warns.

"I promise I'll be careful," Carl says seductively, as he began pulling off her clothes. He gently peeled off her pants and her panties, being careful not to come in contact with her injured leg. He grabbed the jar of sauce and poured some onto his hand. He slowly dripped the sauce over her stomach, then lowered his face down and pushed the sauce around her stomach with his tongue. Once Carl had swallowed the excess sauce on her stomach, he got some more sauce from the jar and dripped it on to his hand. He put down the jar, and then began massaging the sauce into her breasts, making sure to cover them completely. Carl picked up the jar again and poured some more sauce down between her breasts.

Carl began sucking the chocolate off her sensitised and highly aroused nipples. He then laved his tongue over the chocolate covered flesh, licking it up while he listened to Joy softly groaning. He sucked the chocolate out of her belly-button, while he stuck his fingers back into the jar gathering more of the sauce. Joy shrieked, feeling Carl push his chocolate covered fingers deep inside her without warning. "Ohhhh.. goddd.." moaned Joy. Carl poured the remaining sauce into her heated opening, and then pushed his face down into her crotch and began licking all of the chocolate out of her loving her increasing cries of pleasure. He twisted his fingers into her as his tongue probed deeper inside her. Joy grasped his back and shrieked in pleasure as her orgasm ripped through her.

"Ohh...god...that was amazing Carl," Joy panted, as she kissed him.

"You make me feel so good, Joy," Carl told her, as he pulled her into a hug.

"And you make me feel amazing, Carl," Joy replied, as she grinded into Carl. Carl pushed her against the ground and kissed her passionately as he ground down against her pelvis. Joy grabbed his hips and made him slide into her, making them both groan into their heated embrace. Joy wrapped her legs around his and thrust herself up against him. They broke their kiss, as Carl hissed in pleasure and began to meet her fast pace, Joy dug her nails into his back, as she shouted out in pleasure. Carl's hips began pounding into her with abandon as Joy dug her fingers into his back deeper drawing blood as she shrieked in pleasure as her orgasm rode her senses. The constriction drove Carl over the edge making him arch his head back and growled fiercely as he came.

Carl rolled off before laying down next to her panting and said "There's a really great place I found last time I was up here. I want to show you that tomorrow,"

"That sounds awesome. I can't wait for that then," said Joy as she opened the sleeping bag and slipped in. "Are you coming in, Carl?" she asked. Carl smiled his sexy smile and pulled the sleeping bag open far enough for him to slide in, their sweat slicked bodies making it easier for Carl to get in. 

"Night, baby," murmured Carl, as he pulled Joy into him.

"Night, handsome," said Joy, as she slid her arms around his back.

***

"Kally, you got all your stuff already?" asked Jake. 

"Yeah, I do. And I want to share more with you, Jake," said Kally as she leaned over and kissed him lightly on the lips.

"You don't know how good you make me feel, Kally. I'm in love with you," Jake says.

Kally fish-gaped at him and when she could talk again she gushed, "I love you too, Jake. I think I'm ready to make a bigger commitment to you. I want to share my life with you. You make me feel so good about myself," 

"You really want to go that far?" asked Jake.

"Yes, I do Jake. I'm ready for that. Help me bring my things inside first," Kally requests.

"Do you want to use my spare room for all your stuff? I don't have enough room in my bedroom for all your things," Jake says.

"Sure babe," said Kally. After Kally had moved all her bags into her new room she asked "Where is the bathroom?" 

"I'll show you," called Jake. He showed her where it was and Kally disappeared behind the door and locked it. After a short time in the bathroom, Kally emerged dressed only in a pair of incredibly sexily lingerie she bought especially to seduce Jake. Black silky bra and panties, she sauntered sexily into the living area and sat down on Jake's lap and began playing with the buttons on his shirt. She felt him instantly harden beneath her. Jake let out a breath and said, "Wow, Kally, that is so sexy." 

"So do you like it?" asked Kally sexily as she continued to slowly toy with his shirt, slowly unbuttoning it.

"Yes, I do very much," growled Jake into her ear as he rubbed his groin against hers. Kally buried her face against his neck and scraped his skin lightly with her teeth, as she slid her hands down his muscular chest and stroked his abs. After Kally started nibbling on his neck, Jake groaned as his fangs began to stretch. Kally got off him and pulled his shirt off. She unzipped his pants and pulled them off. 

She looked into his face and said as she purred sexily. "Make me yours Jake,"

Jake grabbed Kally by the waist and took her to his bedroom, where he laid her down on his bed and removed her underwear. He passionately kissed her before saying "I will be right back, I have to get something." Jake walked to a large antique cabinet in his living room and pulled out a key. He unlocked a drawer and then pulled out the same athame Miranda used on him. He walked back into the bedroom where Kally looked curiously at the ornate dagger. 'Miranda was pretty stupid to think that the blood bonding ritual would have actually worked on me since she didn't do it both ways,' thought Jake as he placed the athame on the bedside table. He pushed his boxers off and grabbed the athame. "Don't worry about a thing, Kally, this is how the ritual is supposed to go." 

He sliced his wrist and waited for the blood to begin flowing, before he lowered his wrist to Kally's stomach and brushed it across smearing his blood against her skin. He then cut Kally's wrist and smeared her blood across his stomach. He raised her bleeding wrist to his mouth, where he drew a small amount of her blood into it and ran his tongue across the cut, sealing it over. 

"Wow, I didn't know vampires could heal like that," Kally said breathlessly.

"Neither did I, baby," said Jake. He lowered the athame to the blood mark on Kally's stomach and sliced a thin line across it letting her blood merge with his. He then raised the athame to his stomach and did the same but this time a deeper cut to allow more of his blood to seep out. Jake then said to Kally as he climbed on top of her, "I want this to be as memberable as possible for you," Kally grabbed his face and pulled him down for a long kiss. She grasped his hardness and pushed him inside of her, making them groan slightly. Kally grinded her hips against him as he began to build up a steady pace thrusting into her.




Intertwined Fates 09: Outdoor Activities



Jake wrapped his hands around the back of Kally's neck and pulled her up to him as he kissed her passionately while they slowly began to drive each other crazy. Jake broke the kiss, and trailed his tongue up behind her ear, then down to her neck. Her neck arteries pounding in anticipation. Jake bared his fully extended fangs and slowly pierced her skin, eliciting a long moan from Kally as he thrust his hips into her powerfully and began to slowly drain blood out of neck. "Ohhhh... Jake!" panted Kally. She rotated her hips into Jake's, causing him to growl and force his fangs deeper into her neck drinking deeply, making her scream in pleasure. Jake increased the speed of his thrusting as Kally's rotating hips drove him insane with need. 

Jake drained more blood out her until she began to pale as she grew weaker. With one final burst of strength, she thrust right up against Jake she screamed as her orgasm thundered through her. Jake lifted his head and growled as he exploded inside of her. He laid down on top of her and said softly, "Don't let what you see bother you. It's just fragments of past memories." Kally wrapped her arms around him and hugged him as she closed her eyes. Jake raised his wrist to his fangs and sliced it back open. "Kally, drink this please," Jake said. Kally opened her eyes slightly and accepted the blood that dripped into her mouth. After she had taken some of his blood, Jake kissed her softly. Kally closed her eyes, and then Jake closed his mouth around her neck and drained the last of her blood. 

***

Kally's eyes blazed open and sank her fangs deeply into Jake's shoulder. Jake cried out in shock. "Kally.. fight the urge," groaned Jake brokenly. She wrest control of her senses and struggled to speak. 

"Jake...these urges are so powerful," Kally panted out. 

"I know, baby. When I first woke from the change it was like a hot searing pain. You just have to resist it longer, and then I'll take you out so we can feed," Jake assured her.

"Ok, but first we need to get dressed," Kally said as she gained a little more control, but still barely holding it together. They dressed quickly, preparing for Kally's first hunt.

"After we do this I have to tell you more about the people I work for, okay?" Jake asked, as he led her outside.

"How hard is it the...first time?" asked Kally.

"Its hard, but letting your instincts take control makes it easier," Jake advised.

"Ok, I'm ready. Lets do this," said Kally as they went looking for prey.

***

"Ahh," moaned Joy in pain as she shifted her legs as she woke up. 

"Joy? Are you ok?" murmured Carl as he woke.

"Yeah, I'm ok. Just I need my leg re-bandaged. It's falling off," Joy told him.

"I'm taking you to this amazing place I found this morning. We can get clean there," said Carl.

"Well ok. You do smell, Carl," Joy teased him.

Carl shoved Joy as he extracted himself from the bag. "You stink to," Carl teases back.

"Sorry, baby. Ugh, I feel so sticky," complained Joy.

"It was your idea, Joy, don't blame me," grinned Carl.

"Alright, I give up," said Joy as she hugged him. She kissed his cheek and asked "What's for breakfast? I'm hungry,"

"I brought cereal," Carl replies. 

"I don't usually have cereal," Joy tells him.

"Well it's good to try something new occasionally, Joy," said Carl

After they had breakfast and had gotten dressed, Carl picked up the bag with the climbing equipment in it. He rummaged through the bag he brought and took out two large fluffy towels. "Nice towels," said Joy.

"Yeah, you ready to go? Your leg fine?" asked Carl.

"Yeah, I'm all good," said Joy.

"Great, let's take the tent down and head off. Then it will take about a good hour of walking and don't worry I'll carry the tent," Carl assures her, noticing the look on her face.

After walking for a good hour, Carl asked "Listen, can you hear that?" 

After hearing the slight thunderous sound of rushing water, Joy asked "Yeah, what is that?" 

"Just wait until you get to the top of that cliff and you'll see," Carl tells her.

"Caaarl, tell me now," begged Joy.

"It's a surprise. This is a real cliff so it will be harder to climb, and you're probably less likely to hurt yourself this time," said Carl.

"Alright..." bemoaned Joy.

"I'll come up under you ok?" Carl suggested.

"Yeah, sure, this cliff looks easier anyway," said Joy, examining the jutting cliff-face, though not totally sure about the rocks that were jutting out like daggers. "How long does it take to climb this cliff?" 

"If you do it right it, shouldn't be anymore then an hour," said Carl, as he rigged up the safety equipment.

"Ok, let's do this then," Joy said as she dug her claw into the rock face and started to pull herself up, wedging the foot pegs in as she went.

After sometime climbing Carl called out "Having more fun this time, Joy?"

"Yeah, this is awesome," Joy called back.

When Joy reached the top of the cliff, she put her hands over the top and as she pulled herself over the top of the cliff she was greeted by an impressive sight, an even taller cliff towered over her, completely overgrown with vines and bushes with a wide rushing torrent of water running down the side of the cliff-face. "Wow, Carl this really is amazing" called out Joy as Carl pulled himself up the cliff-face. 

"Yeah, I know this place is amazing," said Carl as he pulled up the bags he attached to the ropes. "Come over here, I want to show you something." He took Joy over to where the waterfall poured into the lake. 

"Oh, that's awesome," Joy told him as Carl began to peel off his sweat drenched clothes. He slid his boxers off and jumped into the water.

"Come on, come and join me. The water is great," said Carl, as he surfaced.

"Ok, coming in" Joy called as she stripped off her clothes she jumped in and swam over to Carl. Swimming up to him, she wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him in for a kiss.

"Come over here. We can use the waterfall to get clean" Carl said, producing a cloth he had brought up. 

"This feels so nice..." moaned Joy, as she swam into the curtain of water. 

"Yeah, it is relaxing here. It's also much easier to get down from here only take a minute or two to absail down the mountain side," said Carl, as he washed himself with the cloth under the spray of the waterfall.

"Pass me the cloth, please, babe," Joy asks, as Carl finished. Once he handed her the cloth, she pressed him against the rock wall and stroked his back with the cloth. "Needed to wash your back, Carl," grinned Joy, as she started to wash herself.

After Joy had finished cleaning herself, Carl took the cloth from her and rubbed down her back. He then tossed the cloth on to a rock shelf and grinded her into the slick smooth wall of the waterfall. "Ah, Carl, that feels good," moaned Joy, as she ground her hips into his growing hardness. He soundlessly kissed and licked at her neck while grinding himself against her. Joy grasped his hips and pulled him into her, making him buck into her in surprise as they groaned. "Don't play around, Carl, just fuck me hard," she murmured as she licked and kissed his ear. Carl groaned and thrust into her powerfully, making her buck against him. As Carl picked up the pace, Joy built up her own pace grinding against him while stroking his back hard, causing ripples of pleasure to travel down Carl's spine. Carl lost control and began to thrust wildly into her as he growled in pleasure. Joy gripped his back and pressed him to her as her orgasm rushed through her setting her senses on fire. 

Carl growled into her shoulder as he pumped viciously into her, before he shouted in pleasure as he exploded into her. "God, you did it to me again Joy. I'm never able to keep control over myself for how long I want when I'm with you," panted Carl.

"Is that a good thing?" asked Joy sweetly.

"Yeah, of course it is," said Carl as he swept her into a big hug.

"Let's go grab some food," said Joy

"You're always hungry aren't you?" asked Carl.

"Well you tend to wear me out a lot. I need regular sustenance to keep up with you," grinned Joy.

After having some food, they made passionate love on the wet rocks by the lagoon. Later when the sunlight began changing colours as the sun set Carl finally said to Joy who was resting against his chest, "I think its time we got down. We'll have to get back to the campsite before it gets too dark." 

"Yeah, unfortunately. I like it up here, its so relaxing," Joy told him.

"Want to come up here again next weekend?" asked Carl.

"Sure I'd love to. This place is so amazing," Joy agrees.

After getting dressed, Carl checked all the safety equipment and told Joy "Absailing is quite simple. Just rest both your feet flat against the wall and use your feet to bounce off the cliff-face. Then you let a small amount of the rope go and swing yourself into the cliff. Then you press your feet back into the cliff and do it again. When you reach the bottom just let go of the rope and unclip yourself. I'll be following you taking the ropes down."

"Ok, sounds fun," said Joy. She soon got the hang of bouncing down the cliff and was soon at the bottom. "Ok! I'm down!" shouted Joy up to Carl. 

"Alright, I'll be right down!" replied Carl. He climbing down over the side of the cliff and planted his feet into the cliff-face, unclipping the pegs in the wall, beginning a slower decent down the cliff. Sometime later they were back at the campsite. 

"You were right, Carl. This was an amazing weekend. Apart from hurting my leg, it was great," said Joy as she hugged him and planted a big kiss on his cheek.

"Alright, now we need to get up early so we don't get back home too late. We have to work tomorrow, Joy," said Carl.

"I know, back to the stress," Joy moaned.

"Yeah, but we did get that deal. That's going to get such nice profits," Carl says.

"Yeah I know. Let's get the fire started so we can go relax in the tent," said Joy.

After they had the last of the food they had brought, Joy settled against Carl's chest and they started talking about general things, mostly though about their lives.

"You've heard all about my tragic stories with men, but I haven't heard anything from you though. What happened with your wife?" asked Joy.

"Well, to tell you the truth it took me a long time to get over her," Carl said. 

"Did she file for the divorce?" asked Joy.

"No, I did. I found out that she was only ever after my money. I don't think she ever had any real feelings for me," said Carl.

"What a total bitch," Joy says.

"I know. I fell completely in love with totally the wrong woman, and it took me months to get over her," Carl admitted. 

"I do kind of know how you feel. I've been in similar circumstances before," said Joy.

After this they lie together quietly for a while before Carl said, "I'm going to put more wood on the fire, then we can get in the sleeping bag together." When Carl re-entered the tent he pulled off his shirt and took off his pants. 

"I just love your body, Carl. It's such a work of art," said Joy, making Carl blush a little. "Hey you're blushing! That's so cute," giggled Joy.

"Well you have an amazing body too, Joy. You need to show it off more," said Carl as Joy undressed. Joy slid into the sleeping bag. Then Carl squeezed in next to her trying hard not to notice Carl's hardness pressing against her through his thin boxers. "Goodnight, Joy," said Carl as he kissed her. 

"'Night Carl" murmured Joy as she settled against his body loving the feel of Carl's hands slipping behind her back holding her to him.

In the morning, Joy groaned as she felt something pushing at her and a soft voice saying something she couldn't make out. Then she felt a sharp spike of pain which jolted her eyes open. "Owww! Carl!!" shouted Joy as she pulled her hands out of the bag and made a move to hit him back. 

"Welcome back to the land of the living, Joy. I've been trying to wake you for awhile now," said Carl.

"Looks like I can sleep as deeply as you can," Joy grumbled as she began getting dressed.

"Well, it's going to be a long trip back home," said Carl.

"I know, but we have to go home first so I can change," said Joy.

"Sure babe, I have to get changed too," Carl agrees.

***

"Miranda, you called to see me?" asked Aaron. 

"Yes, Aaron, take a seat," said Miranda. "Jason and Sarah have reported back to me and I've determined that tonight will be the best possible time to grab Carl. I have everything I need for the ritual," said Miranda.

"Ok, so am I going to be bringing him in?" asked Aaron.

"Yes, I am sending you and Jake to grab him tonight," Miranda told him.

"Ok, I'll be ready. Where are we going to grab him?" asked Aaron.

"Carl won't be leaving tonight with Joy. I've made sure that Joy has to leave early, so Carl leaves by himself. You are to take him after he leaves the building," Miranda says.

"Ok, I will be ready," said Aaron. 

"Good," smiled Miranda.

***

"Damien, I need to see Laura immediately. It's urgent," Aaron says after Damien opened the door.

"Sure, come on in," Damien invited as the gates to the mansion opened.

"Is she in the bedroom?" asked Aaron.

"Yeah she is," said Damien

"Thanks," said Aaron as he headed to the room.

"Aaron, what brings you here?" asked Laura after he walked in.

"Miranda is set for doing the ritual tonight," said Aaron.

"I was hoping she was going to do it later, but it can still be done. Take these," said Laura as she produced three vials of dark red substance.

"These are vampire's blood. If you inject it into your bloodstream it will give you a temporary taste of vampiric senses. The only thing that it doesn't do is regeneration. Use one of these vials on yourself just before the ritual is about to end. It should start working when you need it. When you rescue Carl, injecting him with both of these vials at the same time it should as this has such a high amount of blood heal him enough that he can walk with you. He will still be too weak to resist your strengthened abilities however. Get him outside where I will be waiting with everybody else and we will protect him," said Laura.

"Ok, but I don't know how everybody else will react," said Aaron.

"I hope that Jake will be on our side as he's your friend, but if you can't trust him not to stop you, you need to use this," said Laura as she drew out another vial but this time with a milky substance inside. "This is liquidized silver, and its highly toxic to vampires. If exposed to the vapour form of silver it will cause a slow agonizing death unless they can be treated with the antidote," said Laura. "Which is this stuff, I don't even know what it even is but what I do know about it is that it can reverse the effects of silver poisoning quite rapidly." 

"Ok. So where exactly will you be?" asked Aaron.

"Right outside the mansion gates. Russel knows how to get the gates open so we will be waiting for you. Just get out safely. There is one more thing I need to do though. The second bite allows for a more enhanced connection where the vampire can see what the human sees by connecting to their mind," Laura told him. 

"Alright, hit me with it," Aaron agreed as he tilted his neck. 

"If this all goes to plan, we can be together again," Laura said as she pushed her fangs into neck and drew out some blood. She got the same ecstatic burst of pleasure that she got the first time. After she lifted her fangs she stopped the bleeding with her tongue and said to him "I love you, Aaron and be safe." 

"I love you too. I will get him out of there," Aaron promised her.

***

"Soon, my love, we will have Carl and he will belong to the Queen," Miranda purred.

"Well, this had better not fail, Miranda. Because you know I can just as easily reverse what I have given you. I am the one who made you," Markus warned her.

"Don't worry, my love, it won't come to that," Miranda reassured him as she placed a gentle kiss on his lips.

***

"Jake, how long have you been a vampire and why didn't you tell me?" asked Aaron as they waited for Carl to come out of the office.

"I'm so sorry, mate. Miranda just put it on me and I doubt she would have just let me out of it. I didn't want to tell you because I didn't know how you'd react," said Jake.

"Ok I understand. How are you coping with your girlfriend?" asked Aaron.

"Kally is one of us now. I had to tell her everything," Jake admits.

"What?! Everything??" exclaimed Aaron.

"No not exactly everything, but almost. She doesn't know about this," Jake said.

"Well I'm sure she'd find out soon enough, once Miranda is done with Carl. Do you really think she's going to let Kally stay that way?" asked Aaron.

"I'm sorry that you lost your wife Aaron, but it was Kally's choice and I'm going to protect her as best I can. She's still at home I'm going back there as soon as we finish this," said Jake.

Aaron notices Carl exiting and locking up the doors. "Its time to do this," said Aaron as he got out of the car. 



Intertwined Fates 10: Ritual



Carl locked the doors to the offices behind him, anxious to get home to Joy. As he walks towards his car, he notices some shadows slowly brushing against the wall of the building. As he turned around, Jake jumped on him and pressed his fingers into his forehead knocking him out. 

"Don't want to hurt him," Jake says in explanation as he carried Carl towards their car.

"How did you do that?" asked Aaron.

"Pressure points. It's very easy to do it if you're a vampire," Jake told him.

"Cool, but we have to get him back to Miranda now, so we can get this done," Aaron said.

"Yeah, I heard that there is going to be some master vampires attending the ritual. That has me a little unsettled," Jake admits.

"I wonder what Miranda has gotten herself involved with," Aaron mused.

"I know. I've heard from Sarah that such rituals are only invoked when great power is required. It's possible that it might be one of those very rare events that the council oversees. It supposedly boosts the master vampires strength as the human used in the ritual is bound to their maker," Jake says.

'Damn that bitch. I will stop her,' Aaron thought angrily. "Sounds pretty heavy," Aaron said out loud as they drove through the city.

"I know, and I've heard that Miranda is pretty obsessed at getting Carl back," said Jake.

"Yeah, it doesn't sound as though Carl will want to stay with her of his own free will," Aaron replies.

"I don't think Miranda has thought this out properly though. But I guess we will just have to see how she plans on doing this," said Jake, as they approached the mansion.

Once there, Jake and Aaron carried Carl through the mansion while two vampire bodyguards escorted them down towards the basement level of the mansion. As they climbed down the steps towards the basement, there was a blast of cold air as the door opened. 

"Ahh, you brought him. Right this way," said an unknown female vampire. As they surveyed the room which was laid with candles with burning incense Aaron thought to himself 'The silver is going to cause a lot of damage in here,' as he looked around at the gathered vampires. 

He felt some eyes burning into his back, and then he heard a voice in his head which sounded faintly like Laura. 'Don't turn around, Aaron. These master vampires can trap you with their gaze.' 

"Put him in the ring, Jake," Miranda told him. After Jake put him down she pulled off Carls jacket and tied his arms behind his back and bound his ankles. She then removed his tie. Carl started to stir, one of the masters spoke up and said "I think it is time to start the ritual, don't you think?" 

Carl opened his eyes to a blur and remembered something dropping onto his back, then blackness. He tried to move and realized that his hands and feet were tied together. Miranda approached him and Carl reacted in shock. "Hello, Carl. We're going to get everything that we had asked for," Miranda purred out. 

Carl's face contorted in rage as he spat out at her, "Whatever you've got going on here, Miranda, it's not going to work you filthy bitch," 

"Looks like we are going to have to bind that dirty mouth of yours, Carl," said Miranda as she tied a gag around his mouth. Carl began struggling against his bonds as he was pulled upright by one of the master's bodyguards. Miranda left the candle circle as she went to prepare herself. Carl continued struggling as Miranda returned and approached Carl with the ritual athame. She placed a hand on his chest as he struggled against his bonds even more furiously. 

She raised her hand and stroked his cheek as Carl's face contorted into a snarl. Miranda reached down and tore his shirt open. She then slashed the athame across his chest allowing the bright blood to seep down his chest. After hearing Carl yelp in pain from behind the gag, Aaron began reaching into his pocket and grasped the vial of silver poison. He extracted the vial of blood from his pocket and covertly injected it into his arm.

He felt the burning gaze of the master again, this time it felt more pressing. Aaron felt comforted when he felt Laura's warm presence again pushing out the masters influence. Carl yelped in pain again as Miranda slashed him again drawing another line of bright blood. She dragged her finger through his blood and lifted it to her mouth and tasted it. "My you have the sweetest blood, Carl," Miranda said as Carl's face twisted in horror and disgust. 

She forced his head to the side and dug her fangs into him. Carl moaned behind the gag in shock as Miranda drained some of his blood. She then bit into the other side of his neck drawing more blood while some leaked out the wound she had made on the other side of his neck. 

Miranda licked over the neck wounds she had made sealing them over. She said to the waiting vampires "Its time to start now," as she pushed Carl on his back and drew her fingernails down his chest sharply drawing more blood from him. Four master vampires approached the circle. They slashed their wrists with the smaller athames and drained some of the blood into the golden chalices setup around the ceremonial ring. Once they had emptied enough blood into the chalices they picked up the candles and set them on fire. They placed the burning chalices back into place around the ring.

Aaron felt as if he was in a dream as he stared blankly at Carl until he heard the insistent voice in his head. 'Fight it, Aaron, you need to save Carl before its too late.' Aaron snapped out of his dream like state as he saw Miranda standing over a weakened Carl preparing to seal the ritual. She closed her mouth over his neck and bit into him. Aaron pulled the vial of silver out and threw it against one of the chalices it smashed releasing a vile cloud of silver, in moments the vampires around the ring were writhing in pain as the flesh on their face began to peel off.

"Ahhhhh! What is this Aaron?" shouted Jake in agony. Aaron ignored him and ran into the middle of the ring and pulled a screaming Miranda off Carl and stabbed Carl's neck with both vials of blood. The reaction was instantaneous. 

Carl ripped the bonds off his hands and was about to reach for Aaron's neck as he grabbed his hands and said "I'm here to rescue you Carl, follow me." He walked over to where Jake was writhing in agony. "I'm sorry that I had to do that mate," Aaron apologized as he opened the vial of bronze coloured substance. "Drink this and we can get out of here," he told Jake as he pressed it to Jake's lips. Jake accepted the vile tasting fluid and the effects were rapid as the peeling and bubbling skin on his face began to heal quickly. 

"I can't see. You'll have to lead me out," Jake said, still in pain. Aaron moved behind Jake and Carl leading them out of the room the stone walls of the basement blocking out the wails of pain as they ascended. As they navigated through the maze of rooms, Carl's legs began to feel weak as he stumbled along with Aaron gently guiding him. As his breathing began to get heavier under the strain of keeping upright two bodyguards approached them. 

"Where are you taking him? He's supposed to be downstairs," said one of the bodyguards. 

"That's none of your concern," Jake said, who had regained his eyesight, and he slammed his fist into his face driving his nose into his head. The other bodyguard was surprised as Aaron slammed his elbow into his neck throwing him against the wall.

Carl collapsed to the floor as his chest gashes opened up again. "Damn that blood didn't work long," said Aaron. Jake picked up Carl as they headed for the gates. They ran outside and found Laura waiting for them. Jake tripped over and gasped in pain as his chest violently constricted. Jake tried to get up but with Carl's weight on top of him and another pain seizure just forced him back to the ground. 

"Laura need some help over here!" yelled Aaron. Laura, Russel and Damien came towards them. A whole team of bodyguards rushed outside as Russel and Damien carried Carl and Jake towards their van. 

"Come on, Aaron," said Laura as she pulled out a canister from her pocket and unclipped it. She then threw it at the guards, blinding them as the silver gas prevented them from proceeding.

Laura started the van and said to Jake. "Hold on, I have the medicine you need back at my mansion, just hold on there." Aaron tried to comfort Jake as he moaned in pain, the silver eating at his insides like acid. 

"I'm so sorry, mate. I couldn't tell you what was going to happen. One of the masters was trying to get into my head," said Aaron. 

"How is Carl doing?" asked Laura from the front. 

"He's not good. He's lost too much blood and if we don't do this soon he's going to die," said Cindy, as she tried to stop the bleeding from his chest. "Carl, hang in there it won't be much longer," 

Laura got the van through the gates to the mansion as Russel and Damien carried Carl and Jake into the house. "Bring them to the infirmary" Cindy told them. When they got to the infirmary Carl was barely alive, only just being able to hold on. Cindy injected Jake with a vial filled with the same bronze substance that Aaron gave him. Jake passed out on the bench as the chemical began to reverse the damage done to his body by the silver. 

"Carl, I need you to open your mouth and swallow as much of this as possible," said Laura as she raised her dripping wrist to his mouth. "Damien, could you help me here please?" 

"We are only trying to help you, Carl. You'll never see Joy again if you don't let us help you," said Cindy.

Carl opened his mouth slightly as Laura brushed the blood against his lips. After the blood began running down his throat, Carl began feeling lighter. He took a large swallow of the blood and closed his eyes. Cindy pressed her fingers against his neck and said softly, "I hope enough blood got down, because he's dead." 

Carl's head was severely hurting as blinding images burned across his eyes. He wanted to scream in pain but nothing came out as the confusing shattered images continued to torment him. The visions contained fragments of Laura's memories and those of the vampire that turned her. Just as Carl thought the burning images would drive him crazy his eyes burned open and he felt a tearing pain in his jaw as his new fangs forcefully extended themselves. 

Carl screamed in pain as the blood hunger tore through him. "Carl, you need to resist it. I know it's hard and its painful but we are only here to help you," Laura soothed as she entered the room. Carl's burning red eyes whipped over to Laura he crushed his hand against Laura and sent her crashing into the wall.

"Laura! Are you ok?" asked Jake as he entered the room. 

"Yeah I'm ok. Can you take Carl outside? He needs to feed before the frenzy tears him apart, said Laura.

Carl let out another yell of pain and choked out, "Who are you people? What's happening to me?"

"Carl, I'm Jake and I can help you there," said Jake as he grabbed his arm and led him outside. As he passed Russel he handed him a shirt for Carl. 

"When I tell you to, you have to let the burning take control. That's the only way it will stop," Jake told him. Carl nodded at him as he groaned in pain. Jake helped Carl into the car. As Jake started the car Carl pulled the black shirt over his head, his chest completely healed. Jake drove towards the nightclub district and found a quiet place to park. He helped Carl out of the car as they approached two women quietly walking through the nightclub area. One of the women said goodbye to her friend as she greeted her date. 'Those two will do perfectly,' thought Jake as he used his psychic powers to dig into the woman's mind. 'Come over here, bring your date' 

She stopped talking for a moment and then grabbed her date's hand and pulled him behind the building and pushed him up against the wall. 

"Woah, baby what's gotten into you?" gasped the man as she pressed her mouth against his. 

Jake motioned to Carl and said, "Now, Carl, let the burning take over." Carl's eyes burned furiously behind the dark glasses he put on. He jumped behind the woman and wrenched her away before either of them could make a sound. Jake quickly had his hand over her mouth and Carl had the man trapped with his fangs buried deep in his neck. 

He quickly drained the man of his blood before letting him drop against the ground afterwards. He growled softly as his eyes still burned softly. He turned to face the woman now squealing and increasing her attempts to get away from Jake. "Aren't you going to do anything Jake?" asked Carl.

"No, you need it more then I do," Jake said as he tried to resist the smell of blood. The woman kicked out at Carl as he dug his fangs into her neck her cries growing faint as he drained her blood. "Now we have to get rid of the bodies. We can't just leave them lying here," said Jake. 

Carl stood up and leaned against the wall and brushed the blood off his face as he asked, "What happened?" 

Carl's eyes were now back to their normal colour and Jake decided it was a good time to say "Blood rage. It happens when a vampire needs a lot of blood or is newly turned," 

"What?" asked Carl confused.

"There is somebody else who can explain it better then I can. After we get rid of these bodies, all your questions will be answered," Jake assured him.

"Ok, but this is really freaking me out," Carl warned, as he helped Jake to pull the bodies into the car. "What about the blood behind the building?" 

"Don't worry about it. For some reason, they can't do any of that forensic stuff with vampires because it just vanishes after leaving the body," Jake assured him.

After they had driven out to a forested area, they proceeded to dig a hole in the ground and dumped the bodies into it. They then covered it up quickly. When they got back to the mansion Laura and Cindy greeted them. "Your looking a lot better now, Carl. Go with Cindy and let her check you over. She's our medic. Then I will answer any questions you might have," Laura told him.

"I must admit, I was a little surprised that you let me out with, Carl," Jake said to Laura.

"I trust you, Jake. If Aaron saved you, he must have trusted you a great deal to not turn on him. I trust his judgement," Laura said.

"How do you know Aaron?" asked Jake

"I'm Aaron's wife," grinned Laura.

"Ohh...So that's why he's seemed happier lately," said Jake.

"I know. It was hard to see him suffer," Laura said softly.

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"I've been watching Miranda for sometime now, so I knew she was up to something crooked. She was out to use the binding ritual to channel the power of the masters into Carl and then drain the power into herself. I think she's been planning to go against the Queen," Laura confided in him.

"Woah. Ok, I knew that Miranda was a little unhinged, but that is just crazy," Jake said.

"I know. So I had to grab Aaron and give him all that stuff to help him rescue Carl. Now he's safe," said Laura

"Its going to be hard to control, Carl however," Jake mused.

"I know about Joy, and it's been taken care of," Laura reassured him.

"Ok, that's good to know," he said. 

Cindy re-entered the room with Carl and said, "He's ready to ask questions."

"Take a seat, Carl. I'm sure you have plenty of questions," Laura said sitting down.

"Yeah, I do. What the hell is going on and who were those people that had me down in that room?" he asked as he sat.

"First off, you're a vampire now. I had to do it to save you or you were going to die, Carl. Secondly those were really bad people who were going to make you a vampire also. But you wouldn't be much more then a slave to them," Laura told him.

"Ok...So I can't go out in the day anymore, can I?" asked Carl.

"No sorry. We don't need as much sleep anymore either. Vampires don't require food but we do need to drink blood at least once every two days, or the blood rage starts boiling," Laura warned.

"Ok. So am I a prisoner here?" asked Carl

"For now you are, Carl, since the sun is about to come up. I would like it if you stayed here though, where we can protect you. The other vampires that are connected to the vampires that conducted that 'ritual' are sure to want you dead. They don't like unapproved vampires running around," Laura tells him.

"I'm rather tired, and I need to think about this. Could you show me to where I'm supposed to be sleeping?" he asked tiredly.

"Yeah sure. Damien, could you show Carl where his room is to be?" asked Laura.

"Of course," said Damien as he guided Carl from the room.

"In here, the windows are shielded during the daytime so you don't have to worry about anything," Damien told him.

"Alright, good night then," Carl said to him as he closed the door. He laid down on the bed.

'What am I going to tell Joy? I don't want to hurt her, so I'll have to stay away from her for now on. She's going to know something is wrong when I don't turn up at the office today,' thought Carl. 'This is such a mess, why did this have to happen to me? Damn that psychotic bitch.'

*** 

"SHIVA!" shouted the Queen. 

"Yes your majesty?" inquired the hag.

"What do you see? I've just heard that somebody has broken Carl out of the ritual," the Queen hissed unhappily.

"Nothing, majesty. There is nothing. It seems whatever the prophecy was it has vanished," said Shiva, though silently smiling to herself as she can quite clearly see Carl dressed in gleaming armour much like the painting she showed Laura, and he was standing over the Queen as he shoved a large gleaming sword into her black heart.

"That sounds quite promising. Thank you for the news. Could you inform Geoffrey that I want to see him?" asked the Queen

"Certainly, your majesty," said Shiva, as she bowed and left the chamber smirking to herself.

***

"Where did you go today, Aaron?" asked Laura as he entered the mansion.

"I was checking out Miranda's house," Aaron replied.

"Why did you do that? You could have been seen there!" exclaimed Laura.

"I wanted to see if that bitch was dead but I couldn't find her," said Aaron.

"Vampire corpses disintegrate rather quickly, Aaron. If she's alive she'd most certainly wouldn't be there. I don't want you to be taking such risks, Aaron. I don't want anything to happen to you. I was looking forward to spending the day with you," she said, pouting at him.

"Sorry Laura, but I had to check it out. How's Carl going?" asked Aaron.

"I'm worried he's going to try and go see Joy. So I've tasked people to tail him so they can stop him if he goes anywhere near Joy," said Laura.

"Why stop him? Doesn't this prophecy include both of them?" asked Aaron

"Carl is too young of a vampire to be going anywhere near people he cares about. He could end up losing it and killing Joy. He doesn't know how to turn people properly yet. Even if he was to know his vampire instincts are too unruly. He will need to learn how to control them. Until then, I don't want Carl getting to close to Joy," said Laura.

"I see your point, but eventually Carl is going to want to see her," Aaron warned her.

"I know. I hope the guards won't be necessary but they have orders to protect Joy from everybody,"

"Where are all these other vampires coming from, Laura?" he asked her.

"It seems that there are a number of vampires that hated that monster and others that admire me killing him. That's where they are from," Laura told him smugly.

"That's cool," Aaron said, awed.

"Now that's settled we have other things to attend to," said Laura as she pushed him down on the sofa and pushed up his shirt. 

"Ohhh...God, Laura, what is that?" moaned Aaron, as Laura bit into his nipple and drained a small amount of blood making him moan. 

"That was fangs, baby. You're going to enjoy this, Aaron," Laura purred as she pulled his shirt off and dropped it on the floor. She bit his other nipple making him moan more intensely, as she rubbed at the growing bulge in his pants. She drew her fangs down his chest, scraping his abs. When she reached belly button she unbuckled his belt and opened his pants. She then thrust a hand into his boxers and grasped his hardness, while at the same time she dug her fangs into the hard muscle around his belly button making him shout in pleasure. After drawing some blood out, she grabbed the band of his pants and boxers and dragged them off of him. She engulfed his hardness in her hot mouth and ran her tongue up and down his shaft, making him quiver in pleasure as he moaned her name. He fisted his hands into her hair as she extended her fangs and lightly pressed them into his hardness, causing a burning wave of pleasure to rush through him as she forcefully sucked a large amount of blood from his hardness. 




Intertwined Fates 10: Ritual



He yelled out loudly after the burning sensation passed, Laura stood up and undressed quickly. She settled herself over his hardness as she prepared to thrust onto him. "Ahh! God Laura, you are so incredible," shouted Aaron in indescribable pleasure as she thrust onto him and bit his shoulder drawing more of his blood. She began to quicken her pace as she thrust her mouth over his, kissing him as wildly as her thrusts. She broke the kiss after a while, knowing that Aaron needed to breathe. He then began bucking his hips into hers as she increased her wild pace. Laura pressed her fangs into Aaron's neck and slowly drew blood from him extracting more pleasure from him. Aaron growled out in sheer pleasure as Laura tightened around him, her orgasm exploding against her senses. Aaron wasn't able to last much longer, as Laura continued to drain more blood from his neck. He shouted out her name and exploded into her, hot waves of pleasure rolling through him.

Laura rolled of him to the side as Aaron panted heavily, trying to regain his breath. "Wow, baby, that was incredible," said Aaron as he kissed her. 

"I missed you so much Aaron. Let's go to my room before they all wake up," Laura suggested.

***

A few nights later, Carl was growing desperate to see Joy. 'God, I really miss her. She must be going out of her mind with worry,' thought Carl. 'First I've have to ditch those damn guards' 

***

'Where could he possibly be? I really miss him and I wish he would contact me,' thought Joy as she returned home from yet another hard stressful day at the office. She decided to have a shower and to try and relax. She walked into her bedroom and got a huge shock. "Carl?!" asked a shocked Joy.

"I'm sorry I had to leave you like that, baby. I didn't have a choice," Carl told her.

"Why? People are starting to wonder where you are," Joy told him.

"I've got it all covered, or I will have it soon," he assured her.

"Please, tell me what's going on?" asked Joy.

"Alright, if you promise not to freak out," Carl said. 

"Ok, I promise," Joy agreed.

"I really care about you and I don't want to hurt you. So what I'm going to tell you is going to be a shock," Carl said as he turned the lights on. "I'm a vampire. It happened four days ago" said Carl, as he showed her the fangs protruding from his jaws.

"Wha...what?!" stuttered a wide-eyed Joy.

"I know it freaked me out at first too. I tried to stay away from you Joy, but I just can't. I think I'm falling in love with you. I want to protect you but I can't even protect myself. I'm really messed up right now. As soon as I'm able to control myself, I'll come to you," Carl promised as he turned to leave.

"Wait! Carl, you can't tell me that you think you love me then leave!" exclaimed Joy. 

"I'm sorry, Joy. I just wanted you to know why I can't be around you for awhile and I wanted you to know how I felt about you. I will be back but not until I can protect you," Carl said sadly. 

Joy's eyes started watering and she said "These last few days have been hell, Carl. I miss you terribly. I know that I love you. Stay with me, please, Carl,"

"I'm sorry, baby. I have to leave now before they find out I'm gone. I'm not supposed to be seeing you. They'll know I'm here and come looking," Carl said softly. He held her into a big hug and passionately kissed her. "I will be thinking of you. I love you," Carl told her as he walked out the door.

Two shady figures are observing Carl leaving the apartment building. One takes out a phone and dials a number. "Yes, Nicokali here," said Nicokali in a rich Russian accent. "Target is leaving the building," 

"Great, you follow him Nicokali. Gregor is to keep watch over Joy," said Markus into his phone.

"Who was that?" asked a weak voice.

"That was Nicokali. He is trailing Carl now. Don't worry my love we will have him soon," said Markus, as he stroked the burned skin on Miranda's scared face.



Intertwined Fates 11: Adjustment







Intertwined Fates 12: Torment







Intertwined Fates 12: Torment



"Ok, thanks for the report, Cindy. I'd like to be alone with him if you don't mind," Laura said.

"Sure, I'll be outside if you need anything," Cindy agreed.

"Thanks," Laura says softly.

Laura grasped his hand, and brushed her other hand over his head as she said "I'm sorry I wasn't there for you, baby. I'm going to do something now. I hope it will help long enough for me to talk to you,"

She grabbed a syringe and drew a large amount of her blood out and injected it right into his arm. Aaron gasped as his eyes open. He coughed blood up and then groaned in pain as his eyes opened. "Laura..?" whispered Aaron hoarsely.

"Yes, I'm here, baby. I'm here for you now," said Laura softly.

"I knew you'd come for me..." said Aaron softly as he coughed again.

She smiled as she brushed his forehead. "Do I have your permission to turn you? I almost lost you, it scared me so much. I don't ever want to be without you again," said Laura.

"Yes baby. I was going to ask you anyway. I'm ready Laura," whispered Aaron as he moaned in pain, coughing up more blood.

Laura lowered her mouth and then gently bit into his neck and began drawing blood. She quickly let go and cut her wrist, letting Aaron drink her blood. She kissed Aaron on the lips gently and whispered, "It will be alright soon," as he drifted back into unconsciousness. Laura began to slowly drink his blood, shuddering as unexplainable pleasure surged through her body. When she finished she picked him up and carried him out of the room.

"Where are you going with Aaron? He should stay in there, Laura," Cindy said.

"I made the change, Cindy. He doesn't need to be in there any longer since he gave me permission. My blood woke him up long enough," Laura told her.

"Ok, then take him back to your room then. I'll set up the supplies he will probably need when he wakes up," said Cindy.

"Thank you," Laura replied as she carried Aaron to their bedroom. She laid Aaron down on the bed and removed his clothes. After removing her clothes she climbed into the sheets and held Aaron to her, draping his arms over her. Knowing that he wouldn't be waking until sometime in the night, she settled into his still warm body and slipped into sleep.



Intertwined Fates 13: Awakening







Intertwined Fates 13: Awakening



"Good. Well I will go and find my bodyguards now," Miranda says, walking off.

***

"Where did you get these bite marks, Sergei?" asked Viktoria.

"I was about to acquire the target until another wolf charged out at me. He was much stronger then I expected, I think there maybe an alpha wolf protecting her," said Sergei as he grimaced while Viktoria inspected his neck wounds.

"Well, Sergei, any deeper and that wolf would have killed you," Viktoria told him.

"Thanks, Viktoria. I was careless to not consider that there could have been somebody else protecting her. The man that was with her is most likely the wolf that attacked me," Sergei mused softly.

"We will need a description on him. It probably won't do to much good though," Viktoria said in response.

"Probably not, but this prophecy has got the Queen very worried. Carl is being hidden from us and he's a real risk to the Council," Sergei said softly.

"We can only hope for the best. You're free to go, Sergei," Viktoria told him.

***

"Babe, do you want to go out somewhere nice tonight? Laura is going to be taking Aaron out and helping him with his first feed," said Jake as he walked into the bedroom.

Kally licked her lips as she watched his bare chest. "Sorry, Jake, but I promised Carl that I would talk to Joy. So I'm going to take her out tonight," said Kally her eyes following his bare chest as he pulled a shirt out of the drawers and pulled it on.

"That's alright. I'll go and see if Carl wants to do anything," Jake responded.

"Ok, I will see you later tonight then, babe," Kally said as she reached up and kissed him before sliding off the bed.

"Have a good night, Kally," Jake wished her.

"I will and I'm so looking forward to catching up with her," Kally responded.

"I'll see you when you get back," he promised, and then he left the room.

After rummaging around in the draws, she found the clothes that Jake had picked up for her. After dressing she picked up the phone that was lying on the bedside table.

After a few rings it picked up. "Hello, Joy here," Joy said into it.

"Joy! Its Kally," Kally responded

"Kally! It's been awhile since I've heard from you. What have you been up to?" asked Joy excitedly.

"You wouldn't believe what's been happening around here. I can't wait to tell you. Do you want to go out tonight?" asked Kally expectantly.

"Sure, that would be great. I can't wait to catch up with you. I've got so many things to talk about too," Joy replied.

"Great I'll come and pick you up in about an hour? Is that enough time?" asked Kally.

"Sure, that's plenty of time," Joy said.

"Great, I'll see you then Joy," said Kally and then hung up.

As she was finding her coat she almost ran into Carl.

"Sorry there, Kally," Carl said in apology.

"No problem, I'm just about to go out and meet Joy. I'll tell you everything when I get back ok, Carl?" Kally told him.

"Sure, thanks, Kally. It's really hard not being near her," said Carl.

"It will be alright, Carl. I have to go now though," Kally said as she walked to the door.

"Bye, see you when you get back," Carl called after her.

***

"Ready to go Joy?" asked Kally after Joy opened her door.

"Yeah, let's go. We have lots to talk about," Joy said.

After arriving at the nightclub called the 'Blue Maiden' they found some seats at the bar and ordered their drinks.

"What's been going on with you Kally? Has work been chewing your arse like it has me?" asked Joy.

"I can't actually go to work anymore. I have to tell you something, Joy. You know my boyfriend Jake?" asked Kally.

"Yeah, he's really gorgeous," Joy replied.

"Well it turns out he is a vampire," said Kally

"Wow," said Joy as her mouth began to gape open.

"He turned me, so I'm a vampire now. I knew from what happened with Carl. I didn't want to tell you right away," Kally continues.

Joy just had a shocked expression on her face as she tried to digest the information.

"Joy? Say something please," Kally begged.

"Sorry Kally. It's just that really shocked me. How well do you actually know your fanged boyfriend?" asked Joy.

"He's awesome, he'd never hurt me. I love him and I know he loves me. He went through all kinds of shit for it, so I know his feelings are genuine," Kally told her.

"Ok, just wanted to make sure. Carl isn't around for me to feel like that," said Joy.

"Don't worry, Jake helped me through the stages but then I was stuck in his apartment for three days with nothing to do! I was sooo bored. So when he finally came back, I let him have it. I pretty much raped him," said Kally.

Joy grinned and asked "Your man is that appealing?" 

"Oh yes. He might not be as well built as Carl is, but he's still gorgeous. He even let me come with him so I could get involved into a piece of the action," Kally told her.

"What happened?" asked Joy.

"The lady who runs things, can't really call her a master considering that she's only been dead a few years. Her human husband got kidnapped by the same people that got Carl. So they were in this really large lounge room, that's more like a ballroom. They were planning his rescue," said Kally.

"So what happened?" asked Joy anxiously.

"When they rescued him and brought him back to the mansion he was so badly wounded. He had burns, slashes and bite marks all over his chest and his face was so badly swollen I doubt that he'd been able to see," Kally continued.

"Is he ok now?" asked Joy.

"He's fine, but his wife turned him. So he's out with his wife now. A vampire as young as he is needs help to control their urges," Kally soothed her.

"What was it like for you?" asked Joy

"A little difficult but not too bad since Jake was there to help me with the feeding. It's getting easier to resist the urge to bite something," said Kally then she grinned showing a bit of fang.

Joy jumped in surprise and pouted "Kally! You scared me there!" 

Kally giggled then asked "Ok, so what's been happening with you?" 

"Where to start...Oh yeah the supposedly human guy that Carl sent to help me with his work, turned out to be not so human," Joy says.

"Really? Wow. What is he?" asked Kally.

"He's a werewolf. He turns into one massive ebony black wolf on the full moon. Or whenever he pleases," Joy told her.

"How did you find this out?" Kally asked breathlessly.

"He was supposed to be my bodyguard during the daytime to. I know Carl is looking out for me because the guy is Carl's best friend," Joy told her.

"So how did you find out that he was a werewolf?" asked Kally.

"We were walking back to the office after we had a snack and Adam ran off and told me to stay where I was. So I had to sit down on this fence post waiting for him to come back then this creature that I was sure was a wolf but it had these massive fangs and glowing red eyes. As it was about to attack me this blur of black fur slammed into it. It was actually Adam in his wolf form but I didn't know that at the time. So after he drove the creature off he raced off. So I followed him from curiosity, because that's where Adam ran off to. When I got there, Adam was fastening his pants and he had two deep massive gashes slashed across his chest where the beast had slashed the wolf. Oh and did I mention he's hot and has a great body?" Joy asked.

"No, though seeing a shirtless and gorgeous guy is always a bonus. Even through all that blood, I could see that Aaron was well built," Kally admits.

"Well I wasn't really focusing on his chest, mainly because his eyes were so incredibly freaky. They were like frozen but with a bestial energy behind them that sort of want to make you cower," Joy said, shuddering.

"Why did Carl tell you he was human?" asked Kally.

"It seems that Adam never told him about it. But now Adam knows that Carl has his own supernatural problems it shouldn't be too hard for him to tell him. Don't say that to Carl though because Adam may not have told him yet. Need to give him sometime to tell him," said Joy.

"I promise I won't say anything, even to Jake. Isn't there anything normal in our lives anymore? Barely a month ago we were single and only had work issues to deal with," Kally mourns.

"No, I don't think so but I think we can blame all this craziness on that evil bitch Miranda, Carl's ex-wife," Joy grumbles.

"I know, Jake told me some of the details. Miranda is seriously crazy. She wanted to bind Carl to her as a slave, but Aaron is the one who actually saved him. That's why he got kidnapped," Kally told her.

"Can you do something for me Kally?" asked Joy.

"Yeah?" replied Kally.

"Can you tell Aaron, thanks from me for saving Carl when you see him?" asked Joy.

"Sure, I can do that," said Kally.

"Let's see if we can't talk about something normal? Work is a bitch but it's been so much easier since Adam came. Not to mention the fact that he's good to look at. He's got a great arse, just like Carl," Joy said.

"I haven't been to work; I'm going to have to resign. They'll have too many questions when all my shifts are night shifts. I'm going to be helping Jake out with whatever needs doing so I don't go out of my mind with boredom," said Kally.

"Don't the vampires your living with have jobs?" asked Joy

"Not that I know of. I hear though that Laura the vampiress who owns the vampire mansion is going to be setting up her own company," Kally replies.

"You'll probably be able to get into that then," Joy mused.

"We'll see about that. I will need something to do other then hang around the mansion," Kally adds.

"I have to tell you though, I'm really missing Carl. It's hardly been two weeks since it happened and I'm missing him like crazy," Joy sighed.

"He misses you too, Joy, but he said to tell me that he's not ready yet. But he will come to you when he is," Kally promised her.

"Thanks for the assurances, I know Carl will come to me when he's ready but it's still an agonizing wait," said Joy.

"I know it would be," Kally says in return.

"I don't even have work to distract me any more. Adam is so good at his job," Joy pouted.

"That must be a pain," Kally snickers out.

"It is and I go home at normal times now. But at least I'm not so stressed anymore," said Joy.

"Do you want me to tell Carl anything from you?" asked Kally.

"Yeah, just that I really miss him," Joy says softly

"I can do that for you, Joy," said Kally.

***

"Igor, how long has it been since we got here?" asked Miranda.

"Two weeks my lady," said Igor in his thick Russian accent.

"The Sabre are nowhere near finding out where we are, are they?" asked Miranda.

"No my lady, I don't think they've even found our last position yet. But I don't think it will be much longer until such time," said Igor.

"I need you to do something for me. If Markus doesn't want to act on this and just sit on it. I'd rather take some steps towards our goals," Miranda hissed.

"Yes, my beautiful lady," said Igor as he smiled. Miranda wasn't completely beautiful any longer as the silver burns she received from the sabotaged ritual didn't heal completely so now she has patches of melted skin down the left side of her face.

"Is this it?" asked Miranda as Igor returned with a thick plain book.

"Yes, my lady. I have the sections marked out," Igor responds as he handed her the book.

"Good, thank you Igor. You may follow me if you wish," Miranda tells him as she walked towards the ritual chambers under the new complex they were stationed in.

"Yes, my lady," Igor agrees as he followed her like a loyal servant.

"Do you know how these spells work Igor?" asked Miranda.

"Yes of course my lady. I was a powerful sorcerer before my death. I'm quite certain on how these spells work," Igor responds.

"Good, let's proceed then," said Miranda as she walked into the vast catacombs of ritual chambers and magical prisons running underneath this ancient bastion of sorcery.

"This room, my lady," said Igor.

"Excellent, let's get this ritual started," Miranda commanded.

"Here is the spell, my lady," Igor tells her after flicking through the pages in the large tome.

"Thank you, Igor," Miranda says as she walked over and pulled his shirt out of his pants then took the book from his hands. She pressed her hand against his bare muscled stomach and began to recite the words of the spell as she placed the book over the pentagram in the centre of the chamber.

*"Ego dico vos ex valde obscurum, ego voco vos per vox of meus vernula quod cruor of meus vena," Miranda chanted in a foreign tongue. Igor slashed Miranda's hand and the blood sprayed on to the ring. Igor tensed as he felt the pull of energy being drained from him.

*"Adeo mihi, Adeo mihi!" shouted Miranda. Igor groaned as the pulling drain began to affect him. There was a howl as an impossible wind slashed through the chamber, and then there was nothing. Igor relaxed as the energy drain vanished.

"What happened there? Why did nothing come through anything?" asked Miranda.

"I don't know my lady. The spell was working I could feel it," said Igor.

"There could be some sort of blockage somewhere," Miranda mused.

"I don't know my lady, possibly. However we should use the closing ritual incase anything did open that wasn't supposed to," Igor suggested to her.

"Yes, that would be a good idea," Miranda agreed.

*"Ego transporto vos tergum ut valde obscurum, ego expello vos tergum ut vorago per vox of meus cruor," chanted Miranda as she split more of her blood over the pentagram.

There was another impossible wind this time it seemed to suck inwards sealing whatever had been opened. "I will study this book closer, my lady. There is most likely something we are missing to make this ritual work," Igor told her.

"That would be good, Igor. Thank you for your time," Miranda says to him.

"My pleasure, my lady," said Igor as he walked out of the chamber. As Miranda went to follow she felt something that felt like ghostly tendrils sailing past her.

There was a chilling whisper in the air as it passed through the archway out of the chamber "I...have...awakened."

********

*"I call you from the great darkness, I summon you with the power of my servant and the blood of my veins,"

*"Come to me, Come to me!" 

*"I send you back to the great darkness, I banish you back to the abyss with the power of my blood,"



Intertwined Fates 14: Brewing Storms







Intertwined Fates 14: Brewing Storms



"I'm going to have some fun with you now," said Carl grinning evilly, his fangs sliding out. Joy gasped at the sight of his fangs sliding out of his mouth. Carl lowered his mouth to her neck and bit in drawing blood through the puncture marks. Joy moaned in pleasure as Carl drew blood out. He the slowly dragged his fangs down her neck to her throat, trailing a burning line of desire.

Joy pushed her head back into the pillows and groaned in pleasure as Carl bit her nipple and drew more blood. "Wow... Carl that's so good," she moaned as Carl continued to draw a small amount of blood from her nipples.

"This will be even better" murmured Carl sexily, he slid down her body and quickly dug his fangs into her hardened lips making her scream in pleasure as he sharply drew blood through the puncture marks.

"Fuck me hard, Carl, take me!" pleaded Joy after Carl finished drawing blood. He smirked at her and then climbed on top of her. Quickly sliding inside her, they groaned at the intrusion. Joy grasped his hips as Carl began to thrust into her, creating delicious friction. Joy brought Carl down to her and kissed him while their bodies moved against each other. Joy broke the kiss with a gasp and moaned in pleasure, the sensations slowly building up drowning her in pleasure. She wrapped her legs around Carl and urged him to go faster. 

Carl slammed into her as fast as he could without hurting her and she shrieked her pleasure as her orgasm rushed through her. She clamped over Carl who groaned deeply at the pressure. He quickly lost it and exploded into her his release washing over him.

"That was so amazing, Carl," Joy panted out after a moment.

"Only repaying you back, Joy. What you did to me was amazing as well," said Carl.

"I need to have a bath. Care to join me, Carl?" Joy asked.

"I'd love to," he responded.

"Everything smells so nice. I love all the thought you put into this," she said as she kissed him gently and walked into the bathroom to fill the bath. "Come on in, Carl, its ready." 

Carl walked into the bathroom and sat down in the bath. "Come, Joy, I'll help you get clean," Carl said. Joy shuddered as the warm water washed over her body. She settled against Carl's hard chest while he began to wash her curves with the sponge.

"Do you want to come and meet everybody? I've been living at mansion for the last month. They think it's too dangerous for me to be by myself, so I'm living there for now," Carl told her.

"Sure, I'd like that," Joy said before she turned and kissed him lightly while Carl continued to wash her body.

"Your turn, Carl," said Joy as she stood up out of his grasp.

After they had gotten clean, they dried each other off and walked out to the dining room and dressed. Joy blew out the candles which were still burning softly. Joy grabbed her keys and asked, "Let's go then shall we?"

"Of course and you're gonna love everybody there," he told her.

Joy locked up her house and followed Carl down the street, while asking "How did you get in anyway?"

"Kally gave me the keys she still had so I didn't have to break in," he responded cheekily.

"I'll have to thank her when I see her next," Joy laughed.

***

The demon floated along the streets of the city looking for something to terrorize after being trapped in the hell dimension for so long. It has become increasingly bored; it spotted two people walking down the street with a high iron fence surrounding a park. 

***

"Can you hear that?" Carl asked Joy when he heard an eerie sound creeping closer.

"Hear what?" she asked as they stopped.

"You can't hear that?" he asked as it gets closer.

"No, what is it?" asked Joy.

"I don't know," said Carl as he pushed himself against Joy protectively.

The sinister creeping sound came closer, before it reaches them and launches its talons at Carl. He yelled in pain as something invisible slashed his chest gouging him deeply. The creature began shimmering as it raised its claw to take another swipe at Carl, his eyes adjusted to the wavering light around the invisible creature. He took a swing at it and grunted in pain as the creature slashed his arm open, the blood dripping out of his wounds. 

The creature laid several more blows on Carl, cutting him up. Carl is now bleeding freely from the multiple wounds and slashes over his arms and chest while he tried to defend against the invisible creature. 

Joy's eyes were widened in shock and fright, unable to move an inch while Carl was being sliced up by the creature.

Carl staggered slightly and was about to drop from blood loss, he swung his fist out at the creature. Landing a solid blow on what he thought was the creature's mid-section. The creature let out an ear-piercing shriek and vanished as Carl collapsed against Joy as she grabbed him.

"Joy... I need to... feed. I'm... losing too much blood" groaned Carl in pain.

"Here Carl, take as much as you need," said Joy pressing her wrist against his mouth. He bit into her wrist making Joy shudder in pleasure as he began to drink from her.

"Thanks, baby. I'll need more at a later time but we have to go now. The mansion is not far from here," said Carl as he stumbled getting up.

***

They quickly approached the entrance to the large mansion where Carl had been living.

"This is it, Carl?" Joy asked him.

"Yeah, isn't it imposing?" he asked as they walked through the gates, Joy supporting him. They quickly made it to the door and stumbled inside.

"Carl? What happened?" asked Russel as he met Carl at the door.

"This is Joy, Russel. Can you look after her while I go see Cindy?" asked Carl, his voice laced with pain, the claw marks on his chest still dripping.

"Carl! What happened?" asked Cindy as he stumbled into the infirmary.

"I don't know. Some creature cut me up," he told her.

"Ok, let's see what we can do here for you," said Cindy.

--

"Jake! Nice to see you," Joy said.

"Hey there, Joy. Kally should be around here somewhere," Jake told her.

"How's it like being a vampire? Carl won't tell me anything about it," Joy says.

"Well it's certainly interesting. All of the increased senses are quite cool. There are only the two big issues, the blood drinking and the aversion to sunlight," he said.

"Are you hassling Jake, Joy?" Carl asked as he came out into the living room with his chest bandaged.

"No, Carl, of course not. I'm trying to get information out of him," Joy responds with a smile.

"Sure, Joy," smiled Carl.

Aaron walked into the room with Laura and greeted Joy, "Hello Joy, I'm Aaron and this is my beautiful wife, Laura."

"Hello, it's nice to be finally meeting you all," Joy said.

"Welcome to my home, Joy. Now we can get down to discussing what happened out there," said Laura.

"I don't know what happened there, Laura. Some creature that was mostly invisible attacked me. But from the outline I could see it seemed humanoid," Carl told her.

"Ok, I'll go look in the archive. The person who owned this mansion before me left a huge collection of arcane books so there should be something in there," Laura said as she walked out of the room; they all followed her to the library. Where she rustled through the bookshelves and then pulled out a book that had a distinct aura of evilness.

"I think we might find what we are looking for in here," she told them. She pulled the book open and found the passage she was looking for. 

"Abbadon, the embodiment of death and destruction. Brings the shadow of burning darkness in the first wave of the end of days, he is preceded by his demon servants who lead the way for his entrance into the world. Flavros, the leopard-man demon who has knowledge of all things past, present and future, Typhoon, the shark-like demon who has power over the elements and Saurtos the human-like demon who brings pestilence and disease," 

"It looks like the creature that cut you up, Carl, was Flavros, the first of the three demons. He can cause serious damage but he can be contained. There's a containment ritual listed for him," said Laura.

"Who thinks that Miranda could have had something to do with this?" asked Carl.

"I think it's very possible," Aaron said grimly.



Intertwined Fates 15: Burning Darkness







Intertwined Fates 15: Burning Darkness



Kally frowned even more before shaking her head. "Whatever," she says, before turning to leave, not able to stand to look at her lover for much longer, otherwise she would end up slapping him or worse, say things that they both would regret.

She charged through the mansion wanting to get out. Jake hurriedly followed her "Kally! Wait please!" he called out to her as she raced outside.

"Hey mate, it might be best to give her some space," said Aaron as he approached him.

"I have to find her Aaron; it's not safe out there for her. Not by herself," he said as he grabbed his coat.

"I'll come with you then," said Aaron.

***

Kally sat down at the bar and reflected on her fight with Jake, 'God, I was foolish to even think that Jake would even be considering marriage. Can't even go into a church, damn crosses,' thought Kally to herself as the bartender gave her something to drink. 

"Igor, see that woman over by the bar?" asked Gregor as he pointed towards the bar. 

"Yes?" replied Igor.

"That's Kally, Jake's lover. Miranda would love to talk to her. It would also serve to draw Jake out into the open," said Gregor.

Igor smirked and said "Great, I'll be waiting outside for you." 

"I won't be long," said Gregor.

Kally slowly sipped her drink, watching a very powerfully built man who oozed self confidence, make his way to her through the rather small crowd. Kally realized that she was feeling quite hungry and thought that this man would do just fine to sate her hunger.

"Hello there. My name is Gregor," said the man, smiling at her as he sat down. 

"My name is Kally," she replied, smiling sexily at him. 

"What is a sexy woman doing all by herself here?" asked Gregor as Kally sipped her drink. 

She rolled her eyes to herself and thought 'Man, this guy really does need to work on his pick up lines. Though....his accent is rather sexy,'

"Hmm, lets see had a fight with my boyfriend," said Kally. 'Dammit he's going to leave now, why did I have to go and say that!' Kally berated herself.

"Oh that's really a shame. Who would want to fight with somebody so beautiful?" asked Gregor.

Kally couldn't help herself and giggled at his terrible choice in words.

Gregor smiled at her and continued talking, after sometime Kally decided that she didn't want to hear anymore from him. "Want to go some place more private?" asked Kally.

"Sure," smirked Gregor as she grasped his hand. Pulling him outside she pressed him against the wall, her fangs began growing. Then Kally's squeal of surprise was muffled as a hand grabbed her from behind. Gregor grabbed her hands while Igor pulled out a blindfold. Kally fought with Gregor trying to throw him off while she kicked at Igor trying to get him away from her. While he wrapped the blindfold around her eyes, Kally bit into Igor's hand making him yelp in pain. She got ready to scream but Gregor quickly placed his hand around her mouth keeping her jaw clamped shut. She furiously tried to force Gregor away from her, but he was too strong for her as she desperately battled the two men.

"She's certainly got some fight in her," said Gregor as he wrestled with Kally. Distracted for the moment, Kally pulled out one of her earrings and dropped it on the ground.

"Yeah she does," said Igor groaning as Kally kicked him hard.

Gregor lifted his hand away from her mouth letting Igor shove a gag into her mouth to try and keep her quiet. She struggled fiercely with them as they began wrestling her towards the car Igor had parked at the end of the alleyway.

"I'll take care of her Gregor," said Igor as he pushed Kally into the car. She growled at him and kicked out him he pushed her away. Igor pulled out a shirt and ripped a strip of cloth from it grasping her hands he wrapped the cloth around her wrists and bound them tightly, doing the same with her ankles, but not before she kicked him in the face. Kally got some sense of satisfaction as she felt and heard his nose break and hearing his yell of pain. Igor growled at her roughly, blood streaming from his nose as he bound her ankles together. "We need to keep her in good shape, Igor; I'd want to do something back to her. But we don't know how strong her body is," said Gregor trying to calm Igor who was very pissed off.

"Alright fine, I won't touch her. Yet," snarled Igor who kept a vicious eye on her the whole trip towards one of their safe houses.

"I'll take her inside, Igor. Call Miranda," Gregor told him.

"Ok," said Igor. He pulled his phone out of his pocket, his nose still leaking blood. "Miranda, Igor here," Igor said into the phone, trying to ignore the burning pain in his nose.

"What is happening Igor?" asked Miranda

"We have caught Jake's lover. We've brought her to safe house four," Igor told her.

"That's excellent, I'll be there in a moment," said Miranda.

***

"I spotted Kally sitting at a bar. I asked her why she was sitting there alone and she told me that she had a fight with Jake," said Gregor as Miranda walked with them towards the room they put Kally in.

"Interesting, I think it will be even easier to draw Jake out," said Miranda. "Ok, are you good to watch Kally until I go in and talk to her?" 

"Yeah," said Gregor before opening the door and walking in shutting it behind him.

"Ok, Igor I want to see where else your hurt," said Miranda pushing him into a bedroom, she began taking off his clothes.

***

"Sorry we couldn't find her, Jake. She'll come home when she's ready. She'll be back before the sun rises," Aaron said confidently as they returned to the mansion.

"I hope so Aaron, I'm really worried about her," said Jake.

"It will be ok," said Aaron as he turned and left. Jake sat down to wait for Kally in the lounge. He became increasingly worried as dawn became nearer and nearer. He stumbled into his room and laid down on the bed trembling with worry as the sun rose above the horizon. Jake spent the day in a worried mess, thinking the worst could have happened to Kally.

When the sun finally lowered itself behind the horizon he leapt out of his room and left the mansion before anybody could talk to him. Jake desperately searched everywhere for her. When he was about to give up for the night because the dawn was fast approaching he came across something glinting in the back exit of the club he just searched. He picked it up, when he recognized what it was tremors ran through him. It was one of the earrings that he gave Kally on the night he turned her. He grasped it tightly, a tear sliding out of his eye.

He sat down in his car looking at the earring for a moment before he slammed his hands into the steering wheel and gave a cry of frustration, starting the car he pulled out of the lot. 

Driving back towards the mansion his phone began ringing. He pulled off the road and answered the phone. The voice at the other end chilled him to the core and he began shaking "Hello, Jake, nice to talk to you again. I have Kally here with me, it's going to be so fun playing with her," Miranda purred. 

"You BITCH!" roared Jake, "Leave her alone!"

"And why would I do that? She's going to be so fun to play with. My bodyguards said that she's a feisty one," Miranda said.

"No! Leave her alone!" cried Jake desperately.

"I think we'll be seeing each other again soon," said Miranda cruelly and cut the line.

"MIRANDA!" roared Jake into the disconnected phone.

After getting into the mansion a few minutes before dawn, he rushed past Aaron and Carl who tried to talk to him.

He locked himself in his room and staggered to the bed, tears began streaming out of his eyes. He whispered to himself mournfully "I failed her,"

Once the sun lowered itself below the horizon once again, before Carl or Aaron could catch him he was out the door.

"I'm really worried about him, Carl. He's going to do something really stupid," said Aaron worriedly.

"I know; we need to help him. First we need to get him; I don't think he's been feeding. If he goes much longer without food, the blood rage could come down on him," Carl said.

"That has me really worried too. What happens when he's forced to kill somebody? How will he feel when he comes to his senses? He'll be even worse then," Aaron replied.

"If he doesn't come back we have to talk to Laura about this issue. Jake's going to kill himself before he can find Kally," said Carl.

"It's bad for him to keep going like this; he can't find Kally if he dies from hunger or from one of Miranda's vamps," Aaron mused.

***

"My Lord, this has just come for you," said the messenger handing the king a letter. The king opened it and began reading it. As he continued reading it his hands slowly gripped the paper tighter. 

As he finished reading it he tore the paper and dropped it on the ground, he advanced menacingly on the messenger and roared "Why wasn't I told about this sooner!?" 

"I... I... don't know. I'm just the messenger," stammered the messenger.

The king roared and slammed his fist through the messenger's chest. His yell of pain cut off as he exploded in a rainfall of ash.

"Regina!" roared the king as he entered the queen's chambers. "Why wasn't I told how bad things have gotten?" 

"I did not see the point in bothering you, Geoffrey, with such details. I'm dealing with the Markus situation. Joseph just gave me the Sabre's latest report and they are getting closer to finding their hideout," said Queen Regina.

"For real this time?" asked King Geoffrey.

"Hopefully yes. Michael told me that they have many dummy sites set up and it will take time to find ones that they have been in. They have uncovered two safe houses, however empty. They've been able to find more information on them. I believe we will have them soon enough," said Queen Regina, watching her husband as he calmed down. His handsome features drawing back together. She got off her chair and walked over to him. "I didn't want to upset you; I know how much you hate interruptions," said Regina as she brushed her hand along his cheek.

"Yes, I do," said Geoffrey as he grabbed her hand, staring into her pale emerald eyes.

"Albert! Make sure we are not disturbed; I don't care what it is. It can wait," called Regina.

"Yes my Queen." said Albert.

"Now that's settled." smirked Regina as she lead Geoffrey to the bed chamber. She pulled him down for a kiss as he pushed her on the bed.

***

Around the world, news were pouring in about freak weather. The new papers and new stations were having a field day, while many thought the end of days was upon them.

** New York Times

SNOWING DURING SUMMER

Meteorologists are currently baffled by the bizarre weather occurring around the world. It is currently snowing out here. It shouldn't be possible with the heat spell, but snowing it is. 

** Sky News **

SCORCHING HEAT WAVE CONTINUES

Today London and much of Europe remains in the grip of the most horrific heat wave ever recorded in this region of the world with temperatures reaching the low 40s today. People are advised to stay indoors and drink lots of water.

** Al-Jazeera TV **

FREAK RAINSTORMS CAUSE MASSIVE FLOODING

Bizarre weather patterns are occurring over much of Northern Africa and Arabia the past week; driving rain storms and flooding the likes that have not ever been recorded here.

** The Star, Johannesburg News **

HURRICANE WARREN DEVASTATES CAPE TOWN

Meteorologists are still tracking Hurricane Warren that recently devastated Cape Town; a rare phenomena as hurricanes are not know for this part of the world.

** Beijing Ribao **

TORNADOES DEVASTATE FARMING COMMUNITES, MILLIONS DEAD

Meteorologists are still unable to understand the events leading up to the last week's devastating tornadoes that ravaged China's farming communities killing millions.

As Shiva sat back, she sighed softly before slowly getting up and smirking. She knew that soon, it would start to play out and the prophecy would be fulfilled.



Intertwined Fates 16: Recollections







Intertwined Fates 16: Recollections



Aaron grabbed Laura and pulled her into his lap, where he began rubbing her arms. He leaned into Laura while she continued caressing him and sucking at the bite mark she made on his neck. 

They began caressing each other softly and slowly while they marked each other pleasantly. Laura groaned as Aaron nipped her neck, she pulled up his shirt, caressing his chest, feeling his firm muscles under her fingers. 

Aaron pushed his hands up her waist, pulling up her shirt, massaging her flat stomach. He teased Laura's ear with his teeth and tongue making her groan while she stroked and massaged his chest muscles. He shuddered when she brushed his hardened nipples. 

Aaron pulled her shirt over her head, kissing her roughly as he unclasped her bra and pulled it away. She moaned into his kiss, breaking it to grasp his shirt and pull it over his head. She ran her hands up and down his back while she pressed her body into his. Aaron moved his hands up and down her back, pressing her closer to him, grinding their bodies together while they kissed each other passionately.

After some more grinding and passionate kissing, Laura trailed a hand down his chest to his pants and unbuttoned them. Aaron grasped her pants and unbuttoned them, sliding them down her hips. Aaron then grasped her panties and slid them down while Laura grasped the sides of his pants and pulled them down his hips. She got off Aaron. Peeling her pants and panties off, she grabbed his pants and pulled them off him. She leaned over his chest and took his nipple into her mouth and bit him gently making him moan in pleasure while she grasped his shorts and pulled them down. Aaron raised her head for another passionate kiss as she pulled his shorts off his feet.

He grabbed her waist and pulled her back on to his lap; the chair they were sitting in rocking slightly. Laura grasped his hardness and massaged him while Aaron's fingers sought entrance into her wet opening. 

They moaned together as their hands explored each other's bodies, whispering sweet endearments to each other as they caressed and tortured each other. Aaron grasped Laura's waist and pushed her onto his aching hardness; they groaned in pleasure as Laura slid onto him.

Laura grasped his back as he wrapped his arms around her back pulling her in closer, slowing riding him she was pressed into his warm muscular body as he met her slow thrusts. "Faster baby," whispered Aaron into her ear. She complied and began speeding up her pace, the chair rocking more violently now as Aaron rose up and thrust up into her every time that she thrust down on to him. They groaned as their pleasure increased, they gripped each other increasingly more tightly as they continued their thrusting. Soon enough the increasing pleasure drove Laura over the edge. She grasped Aaron's shoulders tightly as she clamped down on him. He groaned in pleasure as she tightened around him.

Laura sent him over the edge when she bit his neck drawing some of his blood causing him to growl deeply in pleasure as he exploded deep inside of her. After their climaxes subsided, Laura said, "That was amazing, Aaron," before she kissed him. 

"Oh yeah; so awesome. I love you, Laura," Aaron said after breaking the kiss slowly. 

"I love you too," said Laura before snuggling into him.

"I've got something I have to talk to you when I get back, ok baby? I'm going to feed with Carl," Aaron said.

"Ok baby, I'll be here waiting for you," Laura called as he left the room.

***

"Ready to go Carl?" asked Aaron.

"Yeah, Joy is sleeping," Carl said.

Aaron smirked and asked "Did you wear her out?" 

"No, she was just tired," chuckled Carl.

***

"I'm really worried about Jake, Carl. He's still not back and I'm sure that he hasn't been feeding," said Aaron.

"Me too; we have to talk to Laura about this. We'll need to look for him tomorrow," Carl agreed.

"Yeah, I hate Miranda. She's such a power grabbing bitch," said Aaron.

"I hate her, too," Carl said.

"Laura, Jake still hasn't come back. We are really worried about him; he hasn't been feeding. I think he's close to losing it and being pulled under by the blood rage," Aaron said after he got home.

"That is a problem. Now we have two missing vampires and the demon problem to deal with," said Laura.

"I think Miranda is up to something. She's creating diversions," said Carl.

"You're most likely right, Carl," Laura replied.

"We'll go out tonight and look for him. Hopefully we can find a clue to where we can find him," Aaron said.

"Good, I'll put Russel and Damian on the demon issue. I want you to take Dave and Amelia out tomorrow with you," said Laura.

"Ok, will do," said Aaron.

***

"Hello Kally, its nice to finally meet you," said Miranda smiling cruelly at Kally, who tried to shout at Miranda but was stopped by the gag. 



Intertwined Fates 17: Desperate Measures



Chapter 17: Desperate Measures

"If you haven't figured it out by now Kally, you're bait. I want Jake to at least suffer a little. See what happened to my face?" asked Miranda gesturing to the burns on her face.

"His friend did this to me and then he abandoned me! I made him, and he still has his looks intact!" raged Miranda. Gregor who was standing by the door listened intently.

"Since we will be here for sometime, I am going to tell you a story. What it was meant to be like... You could have so much power Kally; my bodyguards tell me of your fiery spirit," said Miranda. 

"I was just finishing my degree when I met this man; he said he could promise me power and influence. I was always a very manipulative person so this seemed perfect to me, I didn't know what he was just yet however. So I accepted his offer," said Miranda  

*

"Follow me then," said Markus as he led Miranda out of the crowded club.

He led her inside a small room in an apartment building and sit down in one of his chairs. "I am a very old vampire, Miranda. I believe it's been almost half a millennia since I died," Markus started. 

Miranda stared at him open eyed. "I know, it is a shock when you first hear about it. Finding out the myth is reality, come over here I want to show you something,"

Miranda walked over to him. "Kneel down, this is not something I can do while I can't reach you," said Markus

"Ok, vampire, this should be interesting," said Miranda as she knelt down beside Markus.

He reached over and bit into her neck with his fangs, she gasped in pleasure as Markus fed on her. 

"I hope you don't have to be anywhere for the next few days, this process takes a few days to recover from," he said as he pulled away.

"I am fine, I don't have anything important going on," she replied. She squealed as Markus picked her up and carried her into his bedroom. Lying her down on the bed he continued to draw blood from Miranda's neck until he felt her pulse grow weak. He lifted his mouth away from her and sealed the bleeding.

"Now rest, I shall talk to you tomorrow when you are rested up," said Markus. Lying down beside her as she fell into exhausted sleep.

*

"Now I knew that to get this power, I would have to undergo the change. But Markus withheld that from me, he kept saying that I wasn't ready. Some months later I was at a bar having a drink when this sexy man sat down next to me and bought me a drink. He told me that he was finishing his last year of his business degree and had already got a mid-level job with a large manufacturing company. Since Markus was still withholding what I wanted to get I decided to use this man. Markus still needed to get power and support. He knew of one way to get a large amount of power but it would take a long time to set it up and it would need a willing subject for it to work correctly. So I got to work on the man I met, I certainly had fun doing it too. He had such a great body and was better in bed then Markus was. Then it came down to start my plan."

*

"Miranda, these past two years with you have been so amazing," said Carl he grinned happily, kissing her softly.

"You have been great too Carl, I'm glad I found somebody like you," smiled Miranda sweetly as she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him deeply. 'I think he'll make an excellent vampire, he has hidden strength that he hasn't discovered yet,' thought Miranda.

"Make me the happiest man, Miranda, and marry me," said Carl as he kneeled on one knee and presented her with a fine crafted diamond engagement ring.

Miranda grinned happily and thought 'This isn't going to take as long as I thought.' "Yes of course I'll marry you, Carl," said Miranda and hugged him tightly.

"Everything is going so well, I have an awesome job and I'm getting married to the most beautiful woman" said Carl, he kissed her passionately.

*

"I did tell you Kally that he was incredibly good in bed. Well he certainly knew how to make me scream, after I accepted his proposal, he took me to bed. Of course still being human I was very sore in the morning. Later I learned how impatient Markus could be. After I married Carl he wanted to move things along. He wanted to turn me and use Carl for the ritual as he was getting quite power hungry. I still needed to find out more things, so I went and found more about this ritual. I found that it was a blood binding ritual that connects the human to the vampire as the change is made. If the full ritual is used both will be connected and will be able to contact the other, but if its used with the one sided way the human will be bound to the vampire and won't have any will," said Miranda studying Kally as she watched her.

Kally decided that it was better to listen to her story then trying to struggle knowing that Gregor was standing in the corner keeping a careful watch over things.

"If Markus hadn't been so damned impatient things would have turned out the way I wanted them to. I was looking for somebody to share the power with. I thought that was going to be Carl. I was so close to revealing everything to him. Then Carl got promoted to the boss and ran an audit, finding all the money that I had been using for Markus. I really did like Carl, maybe not actually love him but if more time had passed then I could have had a deeper connection," said Miranda sighing.

*

"Miranda? What is all this? Where did this money go to?" asked Carl, heart broken as he discovered that his wife who he loved deeply had been stealing from him.

"I was going to tell you very soon, Carl," said Miranda knowing that it was a lost cause.

"Yeah, right. You weren't, you wouldn't have ever said anything if I hadn't caught you," said Carl sadly. He continued, "I want you out of this house now Miranda, I don't want to see you again," while trying to keep his composure. When she turned to leave Carl called out to her. "My lawyers will be in contact with you."

***

Miranda slammed the door in frustration upon entering her house. "What's wrong Miranda?" asked Markus.

"Carl is divorcing me because he found the missing money that you said he wouldn't find," snarled Miranda.

"Well that is certainly a problem," said Markus

"It certainly is. Now we can't do that ritual of yours properly. He's not going to want to do it now, I was going to talk to him very soon. If you hadn't needed that money, Carl would have been ours. The council will not agree to this now that Carl will be unwilling," Miranda growled.

"I have favor in high parts of the council; I will see what I can get," said Markus.

*

"Not much longer after Carl sent me the divorce papers, Markus turned me. They would have left Carl alone if it had not been for them uncovering a picture of Carl and Joy in a hidden storage room. The council has access to a seer and she spoke of a prophecy that I don't know the details of, but it included Carl and a threat. So The Queen wanted something done about it. But she didn't really push on the issue until the seer actually started seeing Carl in visions.

I thought that if I could get close to Carl again I could convince him to join me when I received the power. But that chance was lost, I moved too late and he started seeing Joy. So the only choice left was to do the slave binding spell. 

There needed to be a human channel for it to work, the channel also had to be connected to me in some way. So Carl was the only one I could use. When it was time to bring Carl over, I couldn't believe that I was upset that all the love that Carl used to feel for me had turned to anger. Then it happened, when I was drinking his blood, turning him. A wave of searing pain blasted into me and the cloud of silver gas spread, it hurt so badly," said Miranda, watching the interested gaze in Kally's eyes.

"Out of all of the agony Markus drew away all of the pain. His power is that he's immune to the effects of silver and that he can draw silver poisoning out and reverse its effects. He did his best but I was still left with these deformed burns on my face. I think he considers me damaged as he hasn't been around as much, he just has my bodyguards assigned to me," said Miranda, deciding that she could trust Gregor to keep the secret she continued, "Markus is going to wish that he never scorned me."

The door creaked open and Igor stepped in. "Gregor, could I talk to you outside for a moment?" asked Igor. Gregor stepped outside with Igor and the door creaked shut.

"It shouldn't be too much longer before Jake appears Kally. But I want you to know that I can offer you power the queen is weak and foolish. By chasing this prophecy all she is doing is chasing her own doom. I am still in need of somebody to share the power with, it's too much for one person. Decide carefully," said Miranda. 

The door creaked open again. "Miranda, its ready," said Gregor.

"Ok, I'll be right there. Think about what I said, Kally," said Miranda. She walked outside and shut the door.

"Miranda, you're not damaged to me. Your scars make you even more beautiful," Gregor to her as he kissed her softly.

"Thanks, Gregor," said Miranda.

***

Leaving another bar, and another dead end, Jake walks towards one last place, hoping that he could find even one of Miranda's followers, just as long as he found Kally. Walking into the bar, he looks around as he heads to the bar. Sitting down at the bar his worry began to amplify, he only had two hours to find where she was. He spotted one of the vamps that he knew was connected to Miranda and he jumped up from the bar, looking for the stairs. Hopefully that the vamp doesn't notice him before its too late. Making his way through the crowd Jake saw his target jump up in fright as his eyes widening in fear as he saw Jake charging towards him. He tried to escape but the thick crowd blocked his attempts to flee while the crowd seemed to part like water for Jake. Jake rushed forward and slammed him against the wall, his arm crushing against his neck. "Where is Kally?" asked Jake coolly.

"I... don't know" managed the vamp, even though he had been there only a few hours before. Jake's inner demons began taking control of him as his eyes simmered and his fangs began to grow. Now as his human side began sliding away it allowed Jake more access to the vampire's demon bound power. He glared into the struggling vamps eyes, his literally burning gaze cutting into him. 'What the hell? He's not supposed to be able to do anything like that so soon after being turned,' thought the vamp desperately. Jake began to burn through the vampire's psychic shields. 

When he had broken through the vamp twisted in silent pain as Jake ran through his mind looking for the information he knew he had. Jake staggered slightly when he saw a large decrepit looking building with a street sign out in front of it. He let the vamp go, the vamp collapsed to the floor shaking as the psychic intrusion had broken him.

***

Jake stood in front of a decaying building that used to be a hospital but fell into disuse when the larger better equipped hospital was built closer to the city centre. 'Looks like a place for a good hideout,' thought Jake. As he walked inside hoping that he'd find Kally down here, he pulled a gun out of his pants ready to fire it if he needed to. He hid around a corner watching a patrol pass by, when they passed he shot them in back with the darts he loaded the gun with. They collapsed, seizing as the liquid silver coursed through them. He snatched the keys hanging off the guard's belt, he continued down the hall as the guards vaporized into ash.

Jake came across a locked door, taking out the guards he walked towards the door. He tried the keys, trying to unlock the door not knowing the guards creeping up behind him. One of the guardsmen slammed him against the door while the other knocked him out. They opened the door and carried him inside. "Miranda is going to love this," said one of the guards. 

"Yeah, she's going to love playing with him," said the other.

***

Kally sat back against the wall of the tight chamber that she was in, considering what Miranda had told her. Hoping though that Jake would come and save her, she berated herself for being so rash. The door creaked open and Jake was thrown into the cell, the slight scent of blood reminding her of how hungry she was. 

She leaned over him and inspected the wound on his head, she impulsively licked the blood off his wound. She forced herself away from him as the hunger threatened to tear out of her. Jake groaned as he woke, he opened his eyes and saw the dirty ceiling of the isolation room they were in. He turned on his side and saw Kally.

"Kally! Thank god you're alright," said Jake.

"Thanks for coming, baby. I'm so sorry, baby. I was being completely irrational, I don't know what came over me," said Kally, looking into his starved eyes. "You haven't been feeding have you, Jake?" 

"No I haven't, I feel faint. Like I'm going to pass out," said Jake as he stumbled over to Kally, collapsing against her. 

"I wish I had some to give you baby, but I'm hungry too. I think they are waiting so they can force us to feed on whatever they throw in here," Kally said softly.

"I thought they might have to do that. You wouldn't feed on anything if you didn't want to, Kally," said Jake. "It's ok, baby, there's always other ways we can try if you want to, just me being silly. You wanted to become a vampire and be with me forever, so why wouldn't you want to get married?"

Kally squealed and hugged Jake tightly. "Of course, baby. We can figure out ways to do this but first we need to get out of here," said Kally.

***

"Igor found what we needed to trap Flavros, it's a mage's triangle. It's cornered by power stones that make a magical cell that demons can't cross," said Gregor as he and Miranda entered the catacombs under the headquarters. He pulled his shirt off and picked up some powder from a bowl and rubbed a line across his chest. 

"Need to have blood split for the summoning. Igor needs to concentrate on the summoning so you can ask it questions. I don't have a clue what this powder actually does but Igor said it's needed. Its some sort of magical powder," Gregor told her.

"Good, we will be able to manipulate things to go our way," Miranda said.

"We need to have body contact for this, Miranda, since I need to transfer power to you so you can talk to the demon," said Igor as he prepared the spell. He placed the power stones in the large triangle of power laid out on the ground, moving back to the tome he accidentally nudged one of the stones without noticing it.

***

Flavros silently watched the man find out about his adulterous wife, and then he feels a sharp tugging as he is dragged away. When he reforms he's in a large chamber room with the same woman present when he broke into the world with two other men near her, one with energy flowing into her and the other standing their shakily with blood dripping from the slash across his stomach. He realized that the triangle of power they had him locked into wasn't completely sealed so he knew that he didn't have to tell the whole truth.

***

"Flavros we need to know certain things about the past and present," said Miranda, grasping Gregor's hand more tightly as his grip weakened.

"Go ahead, you caught me," said Flavros, thinking that this could be very fun indeed being able to tell the truths that he'd like to.

"I'd like to know where Joy Velasquez's brother is," said Miranda.

"Well you'd be in for a long list, do you know how many people there are with that name and have brothers?" asked Flavros "It's too general, what's the man's name?"

'Damn, I need his name. Well I could always ask something else,' thought Miranda.

"Will the prophecy involving Carl Knight who lives in this city and is a vampire come true?" asked Miranda.

'Well at least she tried,' thought Flavros as the future appeared blank as if the future was still trying to decide itself.

"The future is having trouble deciding that itself," said Flavros. 

Miranda sighed impatiently and asked Igor, "Are you sure you did it right?" 

"Yes, Miranda, he's compelled to tell the truth. The damn seer could have been lying about what she actually saw," said Igor.

"Did the seer Shiva lie about what she saw?" asked Miranda

"No, she did not," said Flavros, not bothering to say that she didn't say that she wanted to know about the past, giving him free reign on what he wanted to tell her.

"How long can this be maintained Igor?" asked Miranda.

"Until the power ring is broken." said Igor.

"Good, we'll be back to ask more questions later" said Miranda. She let go of Gregor who groaned and collapsed onto the floor.

"I'll get you some food, Gregor," said Miranda as she and Igor helped him from the room.

When they left the room Flavros used the energy that he had gained tormenting humans to push one of the stones out of alignment, opening two gaps in the field.

"Miranda, we just got word that Jake found the safe house. He's been locked away waiting for you," said a vampire that greeted Miranda as she entered the main hall.

"Good, I'll deal with it tonight. It's too late to go back now," said Miranda.

***

The door creaked open and a man walked into the cell. "Jason?" asked Jake stunned to see somebody that he worked closely with be apart of his imprisonment.

"Hello, Jake, Sarah wants to talk to you," said Jason as he picked up Jake's struggling form, and hauled him towards the door, ignoring Kally's cries.



Intertwined Fates 18: Rage



Chapter 18: Rage

"Why are you still working for Miranda?" asked Jake as Jason dragged him towards another room.

"Because I'm loyal to her, not like you," snarled Jason as he hauled Jake's struggling form towards the interrogation room. "Sarah wants to have a little fun before Miranda arrives tonight,"

Jake suppressed a growl as he struggled to contain the demons threatening to burst out, the burning hunger searing inside of him. He looked up at the vampire that used to be a friend and only saw malice.

"We will be just outside if you need anything, Jason," said the guard as he opened the door to the interrogation room.

"This shouldn't take too long" said Jason, his brown eyes darkening. He hauled Jake through the door, and then the guard closed it.

"What have you brought me Jason?" asked Sarah from a dark corner of the room. 

"A play toy if you want it," said Jason as he looked at her.

"Why are you doing this? I didn't think that you had anything to do with this," said Jake, thinking that Sarah might actually be just crazy not evil like Miranda.

"Jake, you cost us a lot at your betrayal, we weren't trusted with anything. They were watching us all the time, I used to be friends with Miranda until you messed everything up. She doesn't trust me anymore, she doesn't trust anybody who had connections with you. Now we can get payback and your bitch is next," snarled Sarah, and then kicked him in the chest. 

Jake groaned in pain as one of his ribs broke, the demons surfacing, prodding at his control of the raging hungers bubbling inside of him.

"We should get him some food first, starving vampires are a lot stronger and they are very fast," said Jason.

"He's so weak he can't even stand properly," smirked Sarah.

Jake moaned against the hard floor as the demons ripped his control apart. He forced himself up and growled at Jason "You should have never mentioned food, Jason," then he slammed Sarah against the wall surprising her. 

Before Jason could make a sound Jake shoved him against the wall and pressed his hand over his mouth, the demon fire raging in his eyes. He sank his fangs deep into his neck and drew his blood quickly, Sarah started shrieking as she came out of her stunned daze.

Jake rushed her and slammed his fangs into her neck drawing blood from her, she struggled weakly as Jake drew her blood out. He pulled away from her as she fell to the ground and turned to ash.

Jason tried to call out to the guard but nothing came out as the fear trapped his cries in his throat. Jake approached Jason and studied the intense fear in his eyes; he grabbed his shirt and pulled him up. Pressing him against the wall he drained the rest of his blood, dropping him as his body disintegrated. 

He pounded his fist against the door and waited for the guard to open the door.

Using the guard's surprise as the distraction he needed he slammed the guard against the wall and raced down the corridor, he grunted in pain as he got hit in the shoulder with a silver bullet. The silver burning him slowly, he turned the corner and surprised a patrol killing one and draining the other of his blood. 

As he found his way back towards the isolation room, he fed on another guard. Jake's demons growled at him as he forced them down and regained control, he smashed the door open and walked inside.

Kally's demons fought inside her for control as they sensed the blood that Jake had been feeding on, "Kally lets go, we need to get out of here." said Jake grabbing her hand and pulling her out of the room.

"You're hurt Jake," said Kally as she noticed the trail of dark blood running down his back from the bullet wound in his shoulder.

"Yeah, it will be fine. It's just feeling dead right now," said Jake.

They heard the hurried footsteps of the approaching guards and quickly left the room.

***

"This way, Kally," urged Jake as he led Kally through the corridors as the guards pursued them. Jake winced as he pulled his injured shoulder when he grasped the exit handle and pulled the door open. Kally gasped and jumped back slightly as a razor of bright light lanced against the wall beside the door.

"This could prove to be a problem, Jake," said Kally.

"We don't have a choice but to go forward, Kally," said Jake as he grasped her arm and pulled her through the doorway, the heavy footsteps of the guards getting closer. A shot rang out and clashed against the wall as Jake slammed the door shut and hurried along the corridor, avoiding the deadly beams of light streaming into the rooms. They raced towards where the exit of the building was as the door behind them squealed open and the guards surfaced, following them.

Turning into another corridor, Kally pushed her arm out in front of Jake and grunted in pain as the intense morning sunlight blistered her skin.

"Thanks, baby," said Jake, kissing her softly. They turned into a darkened corridor with a large door at the end of it. 

Their pursuers gained on with a voice blaring from their radios "Don't let them get away!" Jake wrenched open the door at the end of the corridor to come across a long room faced with large open windows, lucky that the sun had not yet risen above the roof of the hospital wing that was blocking the light.

They hurriedly made their way down the corridor, as the light began spilling over the top of the roof and racing towards the windows, they made it to the end of the corridor as the sunlight spilled into the room, the narrow walls at the end of the corridor protecting them from the harsh light.

The door they had just entered from squealed open as their pursuers appeared, glaring at them from the end of the light filled corridor. "Jake, we really should get out of here," said Kally as Jake tried to open the jammed door. Their pursuers leered at them and pulled out their guns. Finally the door squealed open to the exposed pathway that was bathed in deadly sunlight. Jake grabbed Kally's hand and squeezed tight as they knew that they were going to be re-captured. 

As their pursuers prepared to fire a bank of clouds rolled over the sun, blocking its deadly rays. Now without the intense glare of the sun Jake noticed a doorway at the other end, knowing that this was their only chance of escape. They grasped each other's hand tightly and raced out the doorway, slamming into the door. Shattering it, they stepped away from the entrance as their pursuers charged out of the doorway as the sun remerged, the deadly beams slamming into them. 

They screamed in agony as they burst into flames, leaving little more then a pile of ash and scorch marks on the pavement.

"We have to move across to the next building before the sun rises too high for there to be any protection. This building is too exposed," said Jake as he hugged Kally. Kally moaned as she struggled with the demons wanting to taste the blood seeping down Jake's back. "Are you ok Kally?" asked Jake worriedly.

"I'll be ok; the blood lust is trying to surface," said Kally as she thrust the demons back down.

"We need to get moving," said Jake as he let go, still grasping her hand. They made their way through the building careful to evade the rooms bathed in deadly sunlight. They found the exit to the building and were relieved as this part of the building was taller then the exit on the hospital. 

They hurried across the cracked pavement and inside the next building that was crammed full of dusty and occasionally broken storage boxes, indicating that this was a quite abandoned storehouse.

"This looks like a perfect place to hide out in for the day. We need to get moving as soon as the sun starts disappearing," said Jake, kissing Kally gently.

"First I need to get that bullet out of you," said Kally.

Jake grabbed her hands as she advanced on him. 

"Are you sure you can control the demons?" asked Jake.

"Yes, I can, Jake. I can hold them off," said Kally as she reached behind him and widened the hole in the back of his shirt. 

She dug her fingers into his slowly healing bullet wound. He hissed in pain as Kally's fingers probed for the bullet. She winced as her fingers made contact with the fiery metal. She dug it out of his back making him groan in pain as fresh blood spilt out of his wound. Kally hissed slightly as she dropped the bullet and forced the demons back under control. Jake groaned in pain and fell back against her.

"You can't collapse here, Jake, we still need to find the exit," said Kally, lifting his shoulders and hauling him up on his feet.

"Alright, I feel really weak right now babe. I need rest," said Jake as Kally supported him. 

They walked through the dark warehouse until they encountered dusty windows allowing only pale light to enter the room, with a rough door almost entirely concealed.

"Miranda is going to be so pissed," said Kally as she rested against the wall, 

Jake laid down and rested his shoulder on her chest and replied "She certainly will be,"

***

"Madam, this just came for you," said the vampire that had approached Miranda.

"Thank you," said Miranda, reading the note from Markus that she had been waiting for. 'Great, now I know of Joy's brother's name I can find where he is.'

"Can you please ask Gregor and Igor to see me in my room?" asked Miranda.

"Certainly madam," said the vampire.

***

"I won't be able to hold it for long, Miranda. I'm still feeling drained from the last time," said Gregor as he prepared for the power transfer.

"That's ok, I only need to ask one question," said Miranda, she kissed him gently on the cheek and walked to the head of the power ring.

Gregor's body tensed as Igor began drawing energy to re-establish the now quite broken triangle of power to Flavros who stood patiently in the corner.

"Where does Michael Velasquez who is the brother of Joy Velasquez who is romantically involved with Carl Knight who is a vampire live?" asked Miranda.

'She's really determined to find him,' thought Flavros as the information surfaced. Following the links of this knowledge into the future he uncovered all of the events to come from this, deciding that it would be a huge benefit to him to tell the full truth on this he told Miranda where to find him.

Gregor groaned in pain as the power ring snapped when Miranda let go. "Now we have the information to deal with this problem, I want it done now. Can you take care of Gregor until I get back Igor?" asked Miranda

"Yes I can," said Igor as he helped Gregor to his feet.

***

"Miranda, I just received a message from the safe house," said a messenger.

"Go on, Thomas," said Miranda.

"Jake and Kally escaped, they got out of the building. They can't pursue them because the sunlight is blocking every exit," said Thomas.

"Dammit, Jake is certainly resourceful. That will be all," said Miranda dismissing him.

Approaching a large door Miranda knocked on it, the door creaked open to reveal Markus. "Yes Miranda? What can I do for you?" asked Markus

"I have Michael's location. Can you send some of your day walkers to retrieve him? We should use the factory safe house for this. The hospital has been compromised. Somehow Jake and Kally have managed to escape," said Miranda.

"Of course. This should place another splinter in their hopes and confidence. This will be easy once we get hold of Joy we will be easily able to control her and Carl," said Markus with a crooked smile.

Smiling to herself Miranda thought 'Still not suspecting a thing. His arrogance will be the end of him. I'll be sharing the power with Igor and Gregor. You lost your chance when you shunned me,' Miranda noticed that once again Markus was avoiding the silver damage on her face.

***

"I'll see you tonight, Carl. I'm going to visit my brother today," said Joy as she woke up in Carl's warm embrace.

"Ok sure babe, have a great day," murmured Carl sleepily as Joy rolled out his grasp.

***

Joy hummed along with a tune on the car stereo as she drove to her brothers' house; suddenly everything seemed to be going well in her life once again. 

She knew that she would be with Carl forever and that they would be very happy, despite the fact he was a vampire. She loved him and she thought it was the time to ask Carl the question would be soon as this morning was one of the very few times that Carl was with her when she woke.

She drove onto her brother's driveway and killed the engine. Something wasn't right, she could tell immediately just from looking at the outside of the house. To her, it looked abandoned.

Joy stepped out of her car and unlocked the door, surprised to find it had already been unlocked. She pushed the door open and stepped inside. Joy gasped as she came across blood smeared across the floor, "Michael! Are you in here?!" shouted Joy. She raced through his house finding more blood smeared on the floor. Noting the broken objects scattered across the floor that it looked pretty obvious to what had happened. 

Knowing how messed up her life had gotten recently she knew that this wasn't just a random kidnapping. Joy screamed in desperation and punched a wall, cursing as she cracked her knuckles. She looked around in desperation in search of any clues Michael's attackers may have left behind.

***

"Joy, slow down. What's wrong?" asked Carl as he answered the phone.

"Michael... he's been taken! There's blood on the floor and there's broken things everywhere," said Joy worriedly through the phone. 

"Ok, I want you to come back here, baby, so we can talk, ok?" said Carl as calmly as possible, a burning rage beginning to seethe under his skin.

"Ok, I'll be there as soon as I can," said Joy shakily.

"What's happening, Carl?" asked Aaron as he entered the room.

"Miranda, I think she's got Joy's brother. He's missing and there's blood on the floor in his house," said Carl with barely concealed anger.

"That evil wench. Why can't she just leave us alone?" asked Aaron.

"I know, we need to put an end to her," said Carl determinedly. He walked back into his room and got dressed before greeting Joy at the entrance to the mansion.

"I agree with you there, we need to find Jake. We should start with the abandoned warehouses," said Aaron.

"Good idea, but I think Joy will be wanting to look for her brother as soon as possible, so I'm going to have to go with her to protect her from everything," said Carl.

"I'll come with you. You might find Jake and I want to be there if you find him," said Aaron.

"Thanks, Aaron," said Carl as he went to the front entrance, feeling the deadly heat of the sun through the door.

***

"We have to find Michael, Carl. Who knows what they are doing to him!" exclaimed Joy worriedly.

"Come here, baby, I want you to stay with me today. We will go out as soon as I can go outside," said Carl.

Joy fell into Carl's grasp and sobbed into his shoulder. "We'll find him Joy, we will put a stop to Miranda's evil," said Carl comforting her.

***

Lying in Carl's arms Joy reached into her pocket to pull out her ringing phone, noting the sun beginning to fade. "Hello?" said Joy into the phone.

"Joy... It's Miranda I have your brother and you can't do anything about it," taunted Miranda

"What have you done to him!" shrieked Joy into the phone sitting up from Carl's embrace, he gripped her arms as she raged at Miranda.

"Nothing yet, but I'm about to. You won't find him, but I think you'll like what I have planned for him," said Miranda.

"Leave him alone! Let him go!" pleaded Joy.

"Ohhh no, why would I do that?" taunted Miranda as she cut the line.

"Don't worry, baby, we'll go out in a moment. The sun is almost gone," said Carl as he kissed her on the cheek. "Don't worry baby, we'll find him,"

"Thanks," said Joy tears slipping down her cheeks.

***

"Aaron, somehow I think this is all Miranda's doing," said Laura as she showed Aaron the latest news on the weather anomalies.

"Well unless Miranda is secretly the world's most powerful black witch, I don't think she'd be able to affect weather patterns like this," said Aaron.

"No, I mean that Miranda is putting up distractions to divert our attention away from this. I'm quite certain that Typhoon is causing this devastation. He's certainly got to be close to opening the third portal. If we don't stop them soon things will get very bad, the last of Abbadon's harbingers is a true demon, and he's very nasty piece of work. His last work was known as the Black Plague and if he gets out, the devastation he will unleash will make the mess Typhoon is making insignificant," said Laura.

"We can't do anything about this with all our resources occupied; I'm going out to help Carl search for Joy's brother. We might be able to find out something there," said Aaron.

"Hope we find something. The Italian police have already arrested several people in Rome's city center preaching about the end of days. This will get out of hand very quickly if we can't control the situation soon. Miranda is sure to be using this to her advantage even if she wasn't the one who actually caused it," said Laura.

"I'll let you know if we find anything. Bye," said Aaron as Carl and Joy walked in.

"Be careful out their, Aaron. I don't want to have to rescue you again," said Laura. Aaron grinned at her then said to Joy, "We'll find him; don't you worry."

"We will find Jake, Aaron. We'll find everybody and bring them home," said Carl as they exited the mansion, the dying sunlight slipping beneath the horizon.

***

"Kally are you ready to go?" asked Jake as he sat up, the weak late afternoon sunlight quickly fading from the doorway blocking their exit.

"Yeah, I really need to feed Jake. The demon is almost bursting out of my skin," said Kally with traces of desperation in her voice.

"Don't worry, baby, we'll find a safe place to hide then I will go get you food. It's not safe for you to come with me. The fury could overwhelm you," said Jake, confronting the demonic glint in Kally's eyes.

"Don't be long, Jake; I can't hold it much longer. Its taking me all the strength I have not to lick the blood off you," said Kally.

"I won't, stick with me. We can leave now," said Jake as the light dipped behind the building. They stepped outside and sighed in relief as the hospital was still bathed in the orange light of the waning sun.

"Let's go, we need to get away from here quickly as possible," said Jake as they raced down the street dodging the narrow beams of death still cutting up the streets.

When the sun finally disappeared they stumbled upon a large mostly abandoned building that looked to have constructions going on in the upper levels. "This place will be perfect. They'd never expect us to hideout here," said Jake, his eyes slowly slipping into darkness.

"Good. I need to feed, Jake, please hurry," said Kally. Her fangs extending as her eyes began shimmering with barely controlled fire.

"I'll be back as soon as I can," said Jake, and then he rushed out of the building in search of food. The demon inside him demanded to be fed with fresh blood. He quickly came around a corner and spotted a couple kissing against a wall. He trapped the man with his gaze as he fed on the woman, her blood flooding down his throat. He had to violently stamp on the demonic urge to drain her completely, allowing her to slide down the wall. Reaching for the man he pressed his hand against his mouth, breaking the connection as he bit down into his neck. 

The male struggled against him trying to break free as Jake drew his blood from him. He moaned in pleasure as Jake let him slide to the ground. Not wanting to cause any of his victims' pain, he had released the pleasure into them. When he knew that his victims would be safe he left the alley. His demon sated he set out to find food for Kally, after feeding from a few street whores, he hurriedly made his way back to the building that he left Kally in.




Intertwined Fates 18: Rage



"Kally? Where are you?" called out Jake as he entered the building. A streak raced at him and before he could react, Kally was on him with blazing eyes. She grabbed his shirt and tore it from him, Jake groaned in pleasure as her fangs dug into his neck and began drawing his blood greedily. He pushed his hands up her back as she feasted on his blood like a savage beast. Gaining control of her demon but not enough to subdue it, a wicked thought entered Kally's mind. She stepped back from him and grabbed his pants, opening them she shoved them down. 

Then grasping his boxers she slid them down to his pants. Jake panted and moaned as Kally grasped his aching hardness. Wrapping her tongue around his hard length she was intent on driving him wild with need. Jake grasped her hair as she tortured him mercilessly, Jake cried out in shock and pleasure as she sank her fangs into his hardness. 

Drawing streams of raw hot pleasure from him, the pleasure was so intense it was almost painful for him. He yelled out her name fisting his hands through her hair as he exploded in her mouth forcefully. After swallowing Jake's come she continued sucking blood from him until he went limp in her mouth. After she released him he staggered from the intense pleasure that she had just unleashed on him.

"Oh... Oh... that was so amazing, Kally," said Jake breathless.

Kally grinned at him and asked "How much time do you need to recover?" as she wiped the blood from his chest.

"I don't know. Since you hit me really hard there, I can hardly move," said Jake. Kally giggled at him and pushed him on his back against the floor. She trailed her tongue over his chest tasting the sweat and blood on his body. Jake began moaning softly in pleasure as Kally began slowly teasing his nipples; she brushed her leg against his. Feeling him begin to stiffen, she grinned saucily at him.

"Why am I naked and you still have all of your clothes on?" managed Jake after he was able to speak.

"I can remedy that very quickly," said Kally, tossing her shirt and bra quickly. Getting off him, she removed the rest of her clothes. As she was about to straddle Jake again, he pushed her on her back. He grinned at her, rubbing his renewed hardness against her, "You certainly did recover fast, even after what I just did to you," smirked Kally as Jake teased her. 

"It's all this fresh blood that's energized me. I think I would have collapsed if you did that to me if I just hadn't fed from many other people," said Jake as he bit her neck drawing a small amount of blood. 

Kally gasped while Jake pulled some of her blood, growling against his body she rolled them over straddling his waist. Before he could say or do anything as Kally thrust heavily onto him. They groaned in pleasure as he touched her rear wall. Using Kally's distraction he grabbed her around the middle and rolled them over again, thrusting deeply into her causing her to shriek and dig her nails into his back. Steadily increasing their heated pace they caught each other's eyes which were shimmering with heat and passion. Kally drew Jake into a fierce kiss as she thrust up into his hips every time he thrust down into hers. They moaned each others pleasure into their heated kiss.

Not needing to breathe they didn't break their passionate lip-lock, they increased their pace thrusting against each other increasing the pressure. They broke their kiss and yelled out each other's name, their release slammed through them. Rolling off her, Jake grabbed Kally's waist and pulled her against him. He nuzzled his nose against her shoulder and kissed her. An intense surge of love washed through Kally at Jake's actions and she said to him "I love you Jake,"

"I love you to baby, you've worn me out. We need to get some rest," said Jake as his eyes drooped with tiredness.

"I wish we could contact everybody and tell them we were alright," said Kally.

"Me too, but we should be able to get back to the mansion before sunlight," said Jake.

"Ok," said Kally snuggling into Jake's warm grip.

***

Michael's head swam as consciousness returned to him. He tried to open his eyes but found that there was a blindfold tightly bound against his eyes, his mouth gagged tightly while his arms were tightly strapped to the chair he was sitting in. A door squealed open near him and he heard the sound of dripping as footsteps approached him. He felt a nail caress his cheek and then down his neck, he groaned against the gag struggling against the bonds that held him captive.

"There's no use struggling Michael, your not going to get away. I do hope that Joy gets here soon, or there may not be anything left to find," said a woman. A cold chill raced down his spine at the mention of his sister. He didn't know what was going on or who that woman was. 

His mind reeled in shock as the woman tore his shirt down his shoulder and plunged her teeth which were surprisingly sharp into his neck. He groaned against the gag as pleasure overwhelmed his senses while Miranda drew blood from him.



Intertwined Fates 19: Harbinger



Chapter 19: Harbinger

"I'm sorry baby, but we have to do this as well. We can't let this problem get away from us," said Carl.

"I know, I just want to find him. I didn't want him tangled up in this mess," Joy sighed.

"We should check this place out; one of Miranda's minions might be hanging around here," Aaron suggested as they approached a nightclub.

"It will be alright, Joy, we'll find him," said Carl as they walked into the club.

"I'll go look on the second level," Aaron told them.

"Ok, we'll stay down here," said Carl.

"I feel so helpless," said Joy as she and Carl moved through the dance floor looking for anything that might give them a lead.

"It will be ok, Joy, we will find something. Stay positive, we'll get them back," said Carl as he turned and hugged her.

"Thanks, Carl," said Joy as she lightly pressed her lips on his cheek.

***

'I don't even know what I should be looking for up here,' thought Aaron as he walked up the staircase. When Aaron got to the top and entered the lounge area, deep blue strobe lights flicked on. When Aaron recovered from the sudden change in the light he saw something peculiar against the wall and floor near the corner of the room.

'That's strange,' thought Aaron as he kneeled down to inspect the strange crystals now only visible because of the neon glow of the strobe lights. He pulled out a bottle from his jacket and scraped the glowing crystals into the bottle, screwing the lid back on tight.

***

"I found something upstairs, Carl. I'm going to go back and give this to Laura and see if she knows what it is," Aaron said holding up the bottle with the crystals still faintly glowing from the strobe lighting.

"Ok, we're going to go look through some more places," said Carl.

"I'll tell Laura that you're still out," said Aaron.

"Where do you want to go, Joy?" asked Carl

"I don't think we'll find anything in another night club, so I think we should be looking for abandoned buildings and such; ones that could possibly have a large basement area. It wouldn't make for a very good hideout if you had to block out numerous windows," said Joy.

"Ok, I know there are a couple of old warehouses just outside the city that could be a possible hiding spot," Carl told her.

"Isn't that where the old Cross hospital is?" asked Joy.

"I think so; we should check that place out," said Carl.

"I have a good feeling about this, Carl," Joy told him.

***

"Should we go in and check it out?" asked Joy, pale moonlight shining through the windows of the abandoned hospital.

"Yeah but we'll have to be careful going in; we don't know if anything is lurking in here," said Carl.

"You'll protect me though won't you?" asked Joy sweetly.

"Of course; let's check this place out," said Carl opening the front door. After looking through the hospital for sometime they came across a side exit. They went through the door and discovered the blackened scorch marks on the concrete where the guards that had been pursuing Kally and Jake died.

"What's this, Carl?" asked Joy as she came across the burns.

"Looks like burn marks there," said Carl.

"I think we may have found something here," Joy said.

"I think so to; let's look at some other places first. There are a few warehouses and factories that we could check out," said Carl checking out the shattered door on the abandoned warehouse.

"It looks like Kally and Jake could have been here," said Joy inspecting the shattered door.

"Let's hope," said Carl.

After scoping out the nearby buildings for sometime they were about to give up when Joy said "Carl there looks like something is going on in that building," as they approached another derelict factory.

"Stay here, Joy. I'm going to take a closer look ok?" Carl said.

"Ok, be careful," Joy replied.

Carl crept closer to the building and with his enhanced vampiric night vision, saw distinct shapes moving in the gloom of the derelict building's windows.

"Ok, I think we've found the right place, Joy. We have to go back now and tell everybody were it is," Carl said.

"Do you think Michael is in there?" asked Joy

"Yeah, I think that's a real possibility. I don't think they have Kally and Jake anymore though," said Carl, he grabbed her arms as she went to move towards the building. "Joy, don't get any closer. We need to approach this silently. They'll see us before we can do anything. I'm sorry Joy but we need to go," 

"Alright, but I'm coming back," said Joy determinedly

***

"Gregor, the time has almost come to initiate our plan. I'm worried about Igor though," said Miranda placing her hand on his chest.

"Why? What's going on?" asked Gregor

"He seems to be secretive of late, like he's hiding something. It's a creeping feeling I have," said Miranda.

"I'll talk to him, Miranda, I'll know if something is going on," said Gregor.

"Thank you, Gregor. The target is nearly in sight. I've discovered how to tap into the energy of the demon gate. If we can draw the energy from the gate as the last demon emerges we can become so powerful that the Queen and her court won't stand a chance against us," said Miranda, a dangerous gleam lighting her eyes.

"So this is why you're worried? You shouldn't have to. I've known and been friends with Igor for centuries, he's not like that. He's not one to be power hungry. You shouldn't have anything to be worried about," said Gregor.

"This is a lot of power. I want to be sure I can trust who I share this power with. I trust you, Gregor, I just need to know if I can trust Igor," said Miranda

"Ok I will. There won't be anything to worry about I assure you," said Gregor dropping a gentle kiss on her scarred cheek. Miranda shuddered in pleasure as tingles rushed through her body.

"Thank you, Gregor," she said as she caught his gaze. "I would like to know how you've come to trust him so much." 

"He's saved my life more then once. We've been together through a lot of things. I met him around 200 years ago. That's the first time he saved my life," said Gregor.

"Ok, go on. This sounds great," said Miranda as she grinned.

"Ok then. You do know that Igor was a pretty competent sorcerer?" asked Gregor

"Yeah, he still seems to be," said Miranda "Please continue,"

*

'Great, this is just what I do not need right now,' thought Gregor as he raced through the torch lined streets of the small town, a gang of irate peasants pursuing him at speed.

He crashed into the corner of a building, grimacing in pain as blood began flowing more freely from his already wounded shoulder. He needed to feed and soon or he would risk becoming the raving monster that he knew he kept in check inside of himself; the very thing that he never wanted to surface again.

He turned the corner and cursed colourfully as he realised that he had been running toward a dead end.

"Brilliant," he muttered.

He could hear the peasants closing in behind him but he didn't have the strength to jump or even to climb onto a rooftop.

The dancing reflections on the walls nearby from the peasant's torches began to glow brighter as they got nearer and Gregor glanced around, realizing that he was trapped.

He did not want to have to fight them but if it came down to it then he would...to preserve his own life he would have to.

The mob came around the corner and caught sight of him.

"Cursed demon!" one shouted in angry Russian.

"Spawn of the devil!" cried a woman.

As Gregor tensed, pain rolling over him as his demons tried to break free from his hold, a dark shaped dropped down before him.

The shape formed a sphere of glowing energy and threw it at the mob. They screamed and cowered back in fear as the sphere of energy formed a curtain of flames between them, effectively cutting the mob off from it and Gregor.

"Who, or what are you?" Gregor asked.

"My name is Igor. Let's get out of here shall we? Those flames will not last forever," the dark shape replied.

Gregor nodded gratefully and Igor grabbed his shirt, flattened his palm towards the ground and the two of them rose up and disappeared over the rooftops leaving the peasants stunned and frightened.

*

"Well that is certainly an interesting way to meet new people," said Miranda as she smiled at him.

"I know. After rescuing me from those peasants he got me blood so I could rest and heal. One of those peasants had gotten a spear jammed in my shoulder. It felt good to finally have my shoulder working again. I got to know him really well, he got me introduced to Markus," said Gregor. "He's always seemed to be very loyal and honourable,"

"Well I'm still not sure of Igor though. He has been acting a little oddly. I'd love it if you did check for me," said Miranda.

"Sure, I will. I was supposed to be meeting Igor soon anyway," said Gregor as he drew Miranda into a long kiss. After breaking it off he murmured 

"I'm supposed to protect you, so of course I'll check it out,"

Miranda smiled to herself and knew that this man was all hers; he'd be perfect for her to share the benefits of the power that she hoped to receive.

***

"Igor, what did you want to talk to me about?" asked Gregor after he had entered the magic chamber.

"The power focus is getting stronger and more stable. We can harness the flow and share its energy," said Igor.

'Damn, Miranda was right. Igor had been acting suspiciously,' thought Gregor. "The demons? That's a huge amount of power, Igor," said Gregor.

"I know it is, I need your help with it Gregor. The power field won't be stable unless there is enough space for it to go. if I don't have anybody else with me the energy could become very destructive with no place to go. It will just be wasted," said Igor.

"So how much longer do you think it will be before the demon emerges?" asked Gregor

"At the most two nights, then the storm demon will return to make way for the pestilence demon. Once we harness the power of the demon gate we can deal with the demons and seal the gate up before The Destroyer emerges," said Igor.

"What do I need to do then?" asked Gregor.

"Don't tell Miranda. She'll take all the power for herself. Once we have the power we can take control," said Igor, the demons lurking barely concealed in his eyes.

Gregor shivered involuntarily as a wave of Igor's power lust washed over him. 'Miranda had every right to be worried. It seems that even after 200 years I never knew the real Igor,' thought Gregor sadly. "I won't tell her anything. She asked me though to tell you that she thinks the demon gate could be harnessed," said Gregor.

"Tell her the power will be too random and destructive to be able to be harnessed," said Igor.

"I will," said Gregor not betraying his emotions. Gregor took a deep breath to try and calm his nerves as he walked down the corridor.

***

"Demon dust, that's what this book says it is," said Laura as she inspected the luminescent crystalline powder.

"This is probably something Flavros used on an unwitting victim of his," said Aaron.

"I'd say so. This book was commissioned by Pope Clement VI. It seems a group of inquisitors from Nottingham just barely managed to avert doomsday. It says here that the Black Death plague was the work of Saurtos, the pestilence demon, the one who would bring forth The Destroyer. So if Carl and Joy have been able to find anything we can use the banishment spells and rituals in here to deal with the problem," said Laura.

"Well that would be good, one less problem we have to deal with. Then we will be down to two problems we need to deal with," said Aaron.

"Did you find anything of use, Laura?" asked Carl as he entered the room with Joy.

"Yes, I did actually. This book was written by the priests who were responsible for averting doomsday and two of these priests have been given sainthood. So I can say that what they say in here will be very useful. Did you find anything out there, Carl?" asked Laura.

"Yes, we found a derelict factory that's crawling with people and an abandoned hospital with scorch marks on the pavement just outside a side exit, with the neighbouring warehouse's side door smashed in," said Carl.

Laura smiled and then said "Seems as though Jake and Kally are safer now. Hopefully we will hear from them soon. Until then, I'll organise the assault teams. We've had more vampires drifting in; I'm a bit worried now that our enemies might know where to find us," 

"It'll be alright, Laura, we can defend ourselves," said Aaron, he then gently rubbed her neck.

"I'm going to go round up everybody; we'll strike them as soon as possible tomorrow. It is getting too late now to do anything about it," said Laura.

"I'm going to get ready for bed. I'm exhausted, so I'll see you guys later," said Aaron.

"I want you to stay here when we go tomorrow, Joy. It's too dangerous for you," said Carl worriedly.

"I'll be fine, Carl. I can take care of myself," said Joy.

"I want you to stay here so I know you're safe," said Carl.

"Carl, I'm going to come with you. I'm going to find my brother," said Joy, tensing up.

"I don't want you in any danger baby, they are vampires and you're human. They can kill you in the blink of an eye. I don't want you coming with me tomorrow it's not safe," insisted Carl.

"You'll have to stop me, I'm coming," insisted Joy.

"Joy! I don't want you getting hurt. Please stay here," said Carl.

"I'm sorry, Carl, but I have to do this. If it weren't for me, my brother wouldn't have been caught up in this crap," insisted Joy, then she walked out of the room.

'I need to convince her to stay here tomorrow, but she'll hate me if I force her to,' sighed Carl worriedly.

***

"Are you quite certain you can contain so much power little man?" scoffed Flavros as Igor opened a large power circle around the demon gate.

"Of course I can. I have somebody to share this power with," said Igor, he then smirked evilly at Flavros then said "Then I'll have no further use for you," motioning towards the gleaming runed dagger on the table. Flavros froze as he recognized the symbols engraved into the hilt and blade.

"Where did you get that?" demanded Flavros, knowing that the dagger played its part in banishing them the last time they tried to end the world.

"Wouldn't you like to know? You can't compel me to speak the truth," Igor smirked.

***

"Typhoon, there is something you need to hear before you pour that energy into the gate," said Flavros as Typhoon entered the chamber. Typhoon looked up at Flavros who was still working on breaking out of the prison. "There's a vampire sorcerer planning to hijack the energy flow. He's set up the energy ring under the gate," 

"So overconfident; these vampires think they are immortal. I can do something about that now. He's in for a surprise," said Typhoon.

"Good, then you can use that extra energy to break this damned cell. I don't have any more energy left to spare," said Flavros.

"I will, and then we can rain extra havoc. It's very fun out there; there is so much to ravage," said Typhoon.

Flavros cackled evilly and then Typhoon got down to setting out the power ring. He reached over the middle of the ring feeling for the disturbance where the fissure was. Once he found it he placed his hands over the fissure and began to pour raw energy into the opening. It began to shimmer brightly then it began to slowly spread.

An ungodly roar erupted from the shimmering fissure in the room as a massive tearing sound split the fracture wider and wider until the head of a monstrous creature emerged. What could be considered a smile etched its way onto Typhoon's face as the monstrosity pushed and tore its way through the splitting opening.

It roared again and the room trembled as the monster's back legs pushed out of the now gaping hole shimmering in the centre of the room, its lizard-like tail sliding out of the gaping fissure and thumping to the floor. It stood like a gigantic mutant raptor, its back bulged with sharp and shiny protrusions, the red-black colour of its scales shimmering over its body. It raised its monstrous head, too hideous to describe and hissed out a rasping noise, speaking in a rattling tongue to Typhoon.

"The air is certainly too clean. Lets do something about that shall we?" said Typhoon. "Now lets see what we can do about this cage," Typhoon asked as he brushed energy pass the shimmering cage. While Typhoon meddled with the cage trying to break it open, Saurtos observed it with its monstrous demonic eyes, the ground thumped as it moved over. 

He lashed his thick heavy tail against the cage dislodging the stones. The energy barrier faded away and Flavros stepped free. "Now we are ready to unleash the havoc upon the masses," cackled Flavros. 



Intertwined Fates 20: Doomsday Approaches



20: Doomsday Approaches

"Are you ready Gregor?" asked Miranda as she set up the power circle, placing a vial of fine powder at its core.

"Yeah I'm good to go. So, what have you done to counter Igor's attempt?" asked Gregor.

"I've placed a barrier enchantment over the doorway here so he can't get in. It will take him some time to get past it," said Miranda. She then smirked as she continued "You're loyal to me, Gregor. I want to thank you for all your help and support. When we drain the power from the circle it should destabilise any attempt Igor makes at drawing power from the gate."

"Great plan, Miranda. Let's get on with this then. How do we do this?" he asked.

"We need to add our mixed blood to the center of the ring," said Miranda. Gregor groaned as Miranda sank her fangs into his neck pulling at his veins, widening the injury and collecting his blood from the wound.

Gregor then did the same to her, he plunged his fangs into her neck pulling the wound wider and then collecting the blood. Miranda grasped his blood coated hand with hers; she then slid her hand out of his and then smeared their combined blood over the vial of powder. 

Then the circle of ward stones around the power ring began to glow faintly. "Its beginning, Gregor, get ready," said Miranda as the stones began glowing with increasing intensity.

***

'It's not working! Why isn't it working? Damn it! Gregor must have told Miranda. Why would he do that to me? I've been with him for 200 years! And he chose that tramp over me?!' fumed Igor as the power ring glowed dimly.

***

The ward stones began glowing with white hot intensity as the power built up in them, the charge in the stones built to critical load and suddenly all the stones shot out a beam of brilliant white light and joined directly in the center of the circle the blood caked vial of dust began glowing as the energy passed into the vial.

"Well here it comes, Miranda," said Gregor Before Miranda could respond two brilliant thick beams of light shot out from the circle and lanced into them. The burning energy cut right through them forcing them to scream in agony as the power seared through them. There was a tremendous roar at the same moment the channeling picked up in intensity. The surge in power slammed them both against the wall where they slumped to the ground and the light from the stones faded.

***

"What was that?" asked Steven, quickly pulling out his sword.

"That...is what we are hunting," said Laura after they heard the roar echoing from the underground chambers.

Carl looked to Joy worriedly, she placed her hand on his arm and said "Don't worry baby, you'll keep me safe."

Nodding, Carl turned back to the others before looking around taking in where they were. The imposing sight of the large industrial factory looming in front of them, the dark shape of the factory sending a wave of anxiety through all gathered.

"It's time to get down there. On the bottom floor of this factory there's an access point to a web of sewer tunnels that have been unused for decades. According to the cities sewer layout these old tunnels lead to a now unused maintenance hub, this is where they are. We need to get down there and shut down the gate before the destroyer breaks through," said Laura, grasping the banishment grimore in her hands.

"I don't know about this. Joy. This place is really creeping me out," whispered Carl as he tightly grasped the hilt of his sword.

"It'll be alright, I trust you, Carl. I just want to find my brother. I hope he's safe," said Joy quietly as she grasped his hand.

"Well here it comes, Aaron. Are you ready?" asked Laura as they entered the factory, a chill passing through them as they walked into the cavernous front room.

"As I possibly can be," replied Aaron, gripping the hilt of his sword.

"Good, we need to be since we just set off a sentry charm. They know we are here,"

***

Stealthily they made their way into the cavernous rooms of the factory, on their guard against the other vampires that were possibly lurking in the shadows. 

"This should be it," whispered Laura as they reached a set of doors fixed into the ground. Carl wrapped his arm around Joy's waist holding her to him as they proceeded down into the darkness of the cellar. Carl tensed and grabbed hold of Joy tightly as one them screamed out in pain, a blast of light from his death illuminated the set of guards that were on them.

Up ahead, light flicked from torches positioned along the walls. They raced for the light as the guardsmen pursued them.

"Joy!" called out Carl worriedly as she tripped and was ripped out of his grasp. He grasped his sword as one of the guards charged him.

"Carl! Over here!" cried Joy as she was being pursued by one of the guards.

Carl thrust his sword through the chest of the guard he had been battling and charged after the guard who had finally caught Joy. Carl growled at him before shoving his sword through the guard's chest. He screamed in pain as his body vaporised. Carl cursed as another three guards approached them. 

"This way Joy," said Carl grabbing her arm and leading her down the corridor. Carl opened a door hidden in an alcove in the corridor and pushed Joy in with him and shut the door with some trouble as it was a very confined space.

After hearing the clattering of boots pass by Carl opened the door fractionally to listen for any movement. Not hearing any he opened the door and let Joy out, "We need to find them again," said Carl grasping hold of Joy's hand as they walked down the corridor.

Turning down another corridor hoping to find everybody else, Joy gasped and asked "What is that?!"

Carl swore and told her "That's one of the demons, meaning we have to get out of here now," Saurtos raised his head and sniffed the air, a guttural sound came from its mouth as turned and spotted Carl.

***

"Aaron! Look out!" shouted Laura as a shimmering cloaked creature ran towards him. Aaron raised his sword and took a swing at the shimmering haze racing towards him. It roared in agony as a splash of black blood sprayed out from the wound. Aaron ducked as its razor sharp arm swung towards him.

Aaron quickly shoved his sword into the creature's gut. It howled in agony as it became visible again. Again it swiped at Aaron but this time he was too slow as the demon sliced into his face.

Aaron dropped to the ground and cried out in agony. Typhoon growled as it approached Aaron, the eyes in its hammerhead glinting evilly. It raised its arm ready to dispose of him. Something slammed square into his back completely immobilising him. 'They found that accursed dagger! I'm fucked now,' thought Typhoon angrily.

Two of Laura's team went over to check on Aaron while she opened the book and started reading the Latin inscription. The air around Typhoon began shimmering as the banishing spell gathered more power. Finally the air around Typhoon began glowing as the demon began fading away. Once the banishment was completed the dagger clattered to the ground wholly undamaged.

Another of Laura's team picked up the damaged bladeless hilt of Aaron's weapon and inspected it while Laura kneeled down on the ground and inspected Aaron's injury. Blood was running out of a gash that started from under his left eye and curved down to his cheek. 

"Are you going to be alright Aaron?" asked Laura worriedly.

Aaron winced and said "Yeah, I should be fine. It just burns; it feels like there's a fire in it,"

"Ok, let me help you up," said Laura putting her hands under his arms and lifted him off the ground. "Thanks for your help Dave and Amelia," Laura said thankfully.

They nodded respectfully to Laura and followed them down the corridor to where the others waited.

***

Gregor opened his eyes and winced as spikes of searing pain speared through his body. He looked over at Miranda and saw her awkwardly slouched against the wall. "Are you alright Miranda?" asked Gregor still with hints of pain in his voice.

"Miranda, can you hear me?" asked Gregor. He reached and grabbed hold of her shoulder.

Miranda groaned and said with a strained voice "I should be fine after I feed. We need to dispose of the bait anyway." 

"You take care of that and I'll take care of Igor," Gregor told her.

"Ok, I'll deal with Michael and then I'll meet you on the surface. We need to get away from here," she said before grasping his face in her hands and plunging her tongue down his throat.

Gregor groaned as she pulled away and said "Ok, we will figure out what we need to do about Markus then," before returning her kiss just as fiercely.

Gregor slipped out of the room and walked down the corridor in search of Igor. As he approached the room that had the gate inside he spotted a wraithlike apparition moving towards him. The apparition slammed into him burying its talons into his shoulders. Gregor cried out in pain as the apparition yanked its talons out.

To Gregor's amazement his wounds began rapidly sealing themselves. Flavros launched to strike again but Gregor dodged its movements being able to now see the ghostly form with more precision and time its movements with accuracy. Soon Gregor had the upper hand on the demon. It howled in pain as Gregor grabbed its head and twisted it powerfully, snapping the bones and tendons in its neck immobilising the demon for the moment.

"They'd better have that dagger," muttered Gregor to himself as he continued down the corridor.

"Gregor!" called Igor from around a corner.

"Igor, what happened? Why did you try to do that?" asked Gregor.

"Why did you betray me, Gregor? You chose that woman over me. I've been your friend for 200 years and you've only known her for months," snarled Igor, his hands glowing with building energy. "I didn't want to kill you, Gregor. I thought you were the only person I could actually trust, but it seems as though I was completely wrong."

"I was happy to follow you, Igor, until you started getting power hungry. Miranda might be power hungry but she knows how to do it. She knows what the meaning of subtlety is. Markus has been watching you for sometime," said Gregor getting ready for the coming assault.

"With all this energy I've gained I can finally take care of that fool," said Igor menacingly.

"I'm sorry to say though that your time is up Gregor," he finished before then hurling a shimmering fireball directly at Gregor.

Gregor shouted in pain as the fiery ball slammed into him scorching his chest. Once the burning magic subsided, the burn marks quickly receded. Igor gasped at Gregor's extreme rate of healing. He quickly readied another fireball but before he could launch it Gregor charged him and slammed him to the ground, putting his hands around his throat.

"I wish I didn't have to do this, Igor, but you leave me with no choice. You're too dangerous to have around," said Gregor, pained that he has to lose such a close friend. Igor's eyes glowed venomously as Gregor slammed his fist into his chest. Igor's eyes widened as his body began breaking up. 

Gregor leapt up from Igor's body as blue flames surrounded him, Gregor looked on while Igor screamed in agony as the flames burnt him to ashes. Soon all that was left was a patch of pale grey ash staining the floor. Gregor then turned and walked off.

***

"How are we going to get out of this?" asked Joy worriedly as the demon's evil claws scraped across the floor, its barbed tail thumping down the corridor as they fled from the monstrosity pursuing them. 

"I don't know. Laura had it planned out," Carl said, grasping onto Joy's hand and heading around a corner quickly.

Joy screamed as the demon appeared from around another corner in the corridor ahead and charged Carl, slamming into him and shoving its barbed claws into his shoulder. Carl cried out in pain and used his vampiric strength to push the demon away from him, his torn shoulder protesting against the strain. 

While Carl grappled with the demon, his sword clattered uselessly to the ground. Joy looked frantically around for something that she could use and found a door. She opened the door and reached for Carl, grabbing his arms and pulling him towards the door. 

Carl kicked the door shut with his foot and they raced down the wide corridor in front of them. Saurtos roared behind them smashing the door to splinters and then charged down the hall. They turned into a narrower hallway as Saurtos charged past, unable to see where they had gone Saurtos stopped in the hall, its tail slapping against the wall dislodging bricks and old mortar.

It sniffed the ground trying to pick up their scent as Joy helped Carl down the narrower hall. After a moment longer of sensing Saurtos grunted then stomped off. 

Carl leaned against the wall and groaned in pain as his blood leaked freely from his ravaged shoulder. 

"Are you going to be ok, Carl?" asked Joy.

"It should be fine, but its feeling a like a dead weight right now," groaned Carl.

"We need to find Laura," said Joy.

"Yeah. Laura has what we need to get rid of that thing," said Carl. Exiting from the passage way they found themselves again in the factory.

"Maybe it will be easier to find Laura if we go back to the start," said Joy.

"Yeah, this is a different part of the factory though. She might be a bit hard to find," Carl told her, looking around them.

Joy was about to respond until the rapturous head of Saurtos came around the corner snuffling the ground. Joy froze in a panic as it lifted its head and stared straight at her, its evil eyes boring into her. Carl cursed and grabbed Joy's arm they tore down the hallway that was cluttered with rusted factory machinery.

Squealing iron followed them as Saurtos battered the machines out of its path. They reached the end of the manufacturing room and came across a saw-toothed blast door. With thick re-enforced plated iron, Carl got an idea as they passed the razor sharp and thick needles protruding from the edge of the door.

"Stay behind the door, Joy," he told her as Saurtos approached. Carl grabbed hold of the door and wrenched it forward, it slid over the frame as Saurtos came charging at them. 

Too fast for him to slow down, Saurtos saw the danger too late and roared in agony as Carl rammed the door spikes straight through his front section.

Carl grunted with the exertion it took him to hold the door on him. Saurtos' breath burning his eyes and face, the demon straining powerfully against the spikes trying to push them off him. Saurtos' blood pooled on the ground and hissed viciously as it ate away at the concrete.

***

Hearing Saurtos' roars of fury Laura and Aaron hurried down a corridor trying to find the source of the sound. 

"It sounds like it is coming from the surface," said Steven.

"That would be this way then," said Laura as they came up to a fork in the tunnels. Taking the left fork they hurried down as Saurtos roared again. 

"What is that?" asked Aaron as they came across a pile of pale ash and a body.

"This looks like Flavros and that is a dead vampire," said Laura referring to the body and the ash pile.

"Ok, lets get rid of this thing quickly and then we can help Carl," said Aaron. Flavros growled savagely as the bones and tendons in his neck had almost fully regenerated, his half feline features contorted into a snarl as he got up from the ground. As he reached out to lash the tome from Laura's grasp Aaron stabbed him with the demonbane dagger.

Flavros instantly froze in his lunging posture as Laura began reading from the book, she raised her wrist to her mouth and tore open her vein. Allowing the blood to drip out she rubbed her finger over the blood then streaked her blood covered finger through the blood coated side of Aaron's face.

Flavros' eyes gleamed savagely as the blood sacrifice was flicked onto the ground under him as his body began glowing steadily brighter. Then there was a flash and the dagger clattered again. Saurtos howled in rage once again, this time sounding closer as the sound unsettled dust from the ceiling and walls.

"Let's go help them," said Laura as the group hurried down the corridor.

***

"Joy, please get out of here. I can't hold this door much longer," grunted Carl as his blood steadily dribbled on the floor from his ravaged shoulder. Saurtos roared and pushed against the door as it gave a loud squeal of twisting metal.

"I'm not leaving you here, Carl," said Joy keeping her hands placed firmly on the door as it shook and vibrated from the strain of holding Saurtos.

"Please baby, go find your brother. I can't hold off this demon much longer," groaned Carl as Saurtos gave another ferocious shove causing the metal to shriek louder as the door began twisting away from its frame.

Joy pressed a soft kiss to Carl's neck and said "I'm not leaving you here to die, Carl. I mean it; you're the most important thing in my life. I can't lose you,"

As Saurtos was preparing to give the fatal thrust to the twisted door, Carl looked deep into Joy's eyes feeling their connection to each other grow tighter. Then Saurtos went completely limp.

"Took you guys long enough," managed Carl as he slumped against the door.

"Sorry Carl, we had to deal with Typhoon," said Laura "Are you sure you can do this Aaron? You look really drained." 

"Yeah, I'll be fine babe," said Aaron 

"Ok, Steven and Dave, could you come up? We need to do this now before the dagger stops working on this one," said Laura as Saurtos began feebly shifting.

They grabbed hold of each other's hands while Laura began reading from the book. Their skin started glowing with an ethereal radiance as thin tendrils of energy snaked out of them and flowed into Saurtos' monstrous body. Soon he was shoving against the door again making it squeal while the energy flow picked up. Soon his body was glowing brightly as he struggled to stand.

Regaining the use of his tail he lashed at them smashing Amelia against the wall. Dave cried out as he saw the wicked brightly glowing tail slam her against the wall. He broke the ring and ran over to her, Aaron groaned in pain as the sudden increase in power drain tore through his already weakened reserves. Laura looked to him worriedly and he croaked "Finish it."

Saurtos roared and gave one final thrash sending Dave crashing against the wall on the other side, then with a blinding flash vanished as the dagger clattered to the ground. 

"Aaron!" shouted Laura as Aaron collapsed to the floor

"I'll be ok, Laura. Go check on Dave and Amelia," croaked Aaron.

Carl got up and inspected the twisted door frame, noting that the saw-tooths had been completely eaten away by Saurtos' vicious blood. Stepping over the still steaming concrete he stumbled and landed against the wall.

"Here, Carl," said Joy as she supported him.

"We will all be fine. Now we need to just shut down the rift so they can't get back through," said Laura supporting Aaron.

***

They entered the rift chamber where the air was sizzling with energy as the rift pulsed in the center of the room, looking and feeling like a living thing. 

"Can you feel that?" asked Joy as they entered the room. 

"It feels evil doesn't it," said Laura.

"It feels like there's something crawling up my back," said Aaron with a shudder. Carl groaned and fell back against the chamber wall.

"Carl?" asked Joy worriedly.

"It's the rift. Whatever it is, its getting stronger," said Carl shakily.

"Aaron are you sure you want to do this," said Laura.

"I can handle this," said Aaron as the rift began pulsing violently.

"Steven can you hold the book open while I read from it?" asked Laura as an unnatural wind began flipping the pages.

"Yes," said Steven as he stepped forward and held the book open.

Laura went over to Aaron and pulled his shirt out from his pants, she placed her hand flat on his bare chest. Feeling his muscles tense up, she looked worried to him. His blood was slowly drying onto his face.




Intertwined Fates 20: Doomsday Approaches



"Start Laura," said Aaron as tearing sound rended the air and the rift began slowly inching wider.

*"Ego transporto vos tergum ut valde obscurum, ego expello vos tergum ut vorago per vox of meus cruor quod vita of meus diligo," chanted Laura as she read from the script. Re-opening her wrist wound scattering her blood over the pentagram. 

The thick heavy feeling of death and intense wrongness began lessening as the rift began slowly closing in on itself.

Aaron groaned as the power drain sucked away the very essence of his life. The rift began quickly shrinking as more power flowed into the rift while Laura continued chanting. Finally with a howl the unnatural wind ceased to be and the rift vanished from sight. Then there was a flash of bright light, indicating that the rift had indeed sealed.

Aaron collapsed to the ground unconscious as Laura's hand slipped from his chest.

"Now we need to get out of here," said Steven as Laura cried out and checked over Aaron.

"That would be a good idea. We have too many injured," said Laura as she picked up Aaron. 

Joy helped Carl up from the ground as he leaned his good shoulder on her as they left the chamber.

***

'Now its time for the prophecy to be fulfilled,' thought Shiva as she cackled to herself, feeling the final blast of power as the rift sealed itself.

***

"Ok, let me get that for you, Joy," said Carl as the door she was trying to open was giving her trouble.

Carl grasped the door handle and wrenched it open, the squeal of metal alerting the occupants inside. They entered and Joy shrieked at the sight of Miranda bent over Michael, feeding on him. Miranda lifted her gaze and stared at Joy. She cackled gleefully and disappeared into the consuming shadows of the room.

"No! Michael!" cried Joy as she hurried over to him, his blood still warm on his neck. 

Carl wrapped a protective arm around her waist while she sobbed over her brother's body.

"I tell you now Carl, that evil murdering bitch is going to pay for this!" screeched Joy as she brushed her brother's face.

***

*"I send you back to the great darkness, I banish you back to the abyss with the power of my blood and the life of my lover"



Intertwined Fates 21: Mourning







Intertwined Fates 22: Engagement







Intertwined Fates 23: Consummation







Intertwined Fates 23: Consummation



"That tastes so good," groaned Carl after he had swallowed it. Joy forked another piece and lifted it to Carl's lips but tilted the fork so it slid off and dropped onto his chest.

"Let me get that for you," said Joy, she leaned down over his chest and swiped her tongue over the piece of pancake picking it off his chest. Carl leaned back into the bed as Joy's tongue teased his chest.

"It is really good," groaned Joy, she licked her lips and then fed Carl another piece. 

"Here, let me," said Carl grabbing the fork from Joy he forked another piece of pancake and fed it to Joy. She groaned in pleasure as the sweet taste rushed through her.

As Carl delivered another piece of cake to Joy's lips, he let it slip off the fork and fall between her breasts. He grinned and said "Let me get that for you," Joy groaned as Carl pressed his face into her breasts and extracted the piece of sticky cake with his teeth.

After they had finished feeding each other the pieces of pancake, Joy uncovered the desert dish which contained a large bowl of custard. Grabbing the desert spoon she scooped up a generous portion of the custard and put it to Carl's lips. Carl groaned while swallowing the sweet liquid.

"Best custard I've ever tasted," sighed Carl as Joy prepared another spoonful. She allowed the spoon to tip while she was taking it to Carl's mouth, most of it ended up dripping onto his chest. 

"What a mess I made there, let me clean that up for you," leered Joy. Carl groaned as Joy flicked her tongue over his broad chest gathering the split custard. After she had cleaned him she decided to give him a surprise and buried her fangs into his chest. Carl gasped in pleasure as his back arched from the bed at the sudden shock of the pleasure.

Carl grabbed the bowl before pushing Joy on her back and liberally poured the custard over her chest. Carl leered suggestively at her before lowering his face over her chest to begin cleaning up the custard. Joy shuddered as Carl rolled his tongue over her rigid stomach collecting the custard from her skin.

She moaned when Carl licked up her chest collecting the sweet liquid from between her breasts. While cleaning her breasts, Joy wrapped her legs around his and flipped them over; reaching for the bowl she emptied it over his chest. She lapped it up to the soft groans coming from Carl as her tongue brushed over his stiff nipples.

Her tongue slid down his chest causing him to shudder as she began cleaning the custard from the creases in his abs. One of her hands ran down his chest to brush against his stiffening erection. Carl growled and tried to push her off him, but Joy resisted and pressed him into the bed while she finished cleaning the custard from his body.

When she finished she lept up from the bed and strode into the bathroom, Carl was quick to follow her as she started the shower. 

"We need a long hot shower to get properly clean," purred Joy as she swiped a finger through the sticky residue on Carl's chest.

"Ladies first," said Carl with a deep growl.

After they had thoroughly washed each other's bodies they made passionate love against the wall in the shower. Drying themselves off they flopped onto the bed together and snuggled against each other.

"This day is going to be so perfect," sighed Joy after awhile of lying together as she traced patterns on Carl's chest.

"Yeah it will. Lovely surprise earlier, Joy," said Carl as he pinned her underneath him, he kissed her hard and passionately. They spent the day lying in bed making slow passionate love.

***

A shudder passed through them as the sun slipped below the horizon. "What was that?" asked Joy.

"That is the feeling you get when it's totally safe to go outside. It's the signal that the sun has set for the day," said Carl as he brushed a finger along her jaw.

"Damn that means we have to get going then," said Joy.

Carl sighed in disappointment and said "Yes it does, but I promise you that after all this mess is resolved we will have a long honeymoon." He kissed her softly and got off the bed, sliding his boxers on.

***

"Laura, James just said that he saw something loitering around the perimeter," said Aaron as he found Laura studying another of the magical tomes from the arcane library in the mansion.

"Well I need something to practice on. Put everybody on the alert," said Laura.

"Ok, I'll head back out in a sec," said Aaron.

"Carl and Joy should be back soon," said Laura.

"Yeah, I'll just head back out then," said Aaron he leaned over the tabled and gently kissed her cheek.

There was a sharp cry of pain echoing from outside as a gigantic flash blew through the front windows.



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Intertwined Fates 25: Flight







Intertwined Fates 26: Enchantments







Intertwined Fates 26: Enchantments



"Well it sounds like Shiva had this all planned out herself," said Joy.

"I think so. She must have saw the vision and decided to help it along," said Carl.

"Now this should be enough for you. Call for me if you need anything more," said Murdoc carrying a tray stacked with bags of red fluid.

"I am hungry. What about you Carl?" asked Joy.

"Yeah. Lets figure out how to do this without making a mess," said Carl.

A few hours later Murdoc came back into the room carrying two large wooden cases.

"Your armor is in these crates. Take this stone and it will send you back to the edge of the forest. It will be daylight in one hour. And this is your sword, Carl," said Murdoc handing him a black scabbard engraved with bronze patterns.

"I'll take you back to the surface. Your friends are waiting up there. Adam and Rachel will have woken up by this time," said Murdoc.

"Thank you for your help, Murdoc," said Carl.

"This is no problem for me. If you have any problems in the future you know where to find me," said Murdoc as he began mumbling an incantation. The air around them beginning to glow and pulse with vibrant living energy until there was a flash and they were standing back in the trees with the pre-dawn glow of the sky hanging above them.

"This stone will teleport you and your friends to the edge of the forest near the village you started from," said Murdoc.

"Thank you, Murdoc. It saves us the trouble of hiking back for two days," said Joy.

"This is no problem. I wish you good luck. But for now I have many things I need to attend to," said Murdoc as he started the teleport incantation. Soon there was a brilliant flash and he disappeared from view.

"What's in the crates?" asked Craig.

"Murdoc says they are armor suits," said Carl.

"He said that this stone will take us back to the village. We can rest for the day before we go home," said Joy.

"Ok good. I think Rachel and Adam are really embarrassed. They won't say anything," said Craig.

"Let's go home then," said Carl holding the stone.

"Why isn't it working?" asked Joy.

"I think maybe we should all be touching it," said Katherine reaching out to touch it, a spark flared from inside the stone as it began glowing faintly. "Touch it, Craig." 

Craig reached out and touched the stone and it began glowing brighter. "Ok, Adam, Rachel, come here and touch the stone so we can get out of here," said Carl.

After they had both touched the stone, Joy made contact with the wooden crates then touched the stone there was a bright flash and they were suddenly standing at the edge of the forest the glowing lights of the village appearing in the distance.

***

A door squealed open and a battered and bruised body was tossed into the room and landed on the hard floor with a grunt of pain.

"Aaron, are you ok baby?" asked Laura as she checked over his injuries.

Aaron groaned and croaked out, "I'll be ok baby. They won't break me."



Intertwined Fates 27: Battle







Intertwined Fates 28: Regicide







Intertwined Fates 29: Prophecy Fullfilled







Intertwined Fates 30: Coronation







Intertwined Lives



Hello. I am Harry and I am homosexual. After studying literature in college, it has been difficult for me to get a job, not so much for my sexual orientation, but because in my line, it sometimes is necessary to have contacts with influential people. I decided to gain influence to the hard way, through volunteering in hospitals and community organizations, not only in the "gay" activism, and I so have earned respect, although not much wealth.

I got a part-time position of social worker's assistant at a hospital in my neighborhood, almost a "candy striper." From the aisles, I noticed a young man in especially frail health, but always from a distance, since I don't have a free hand to investigate the patients. But in the monthly meetings of the homosexuals and lesbians rights activists, I began seeing him attending, and he even talked at length with the board, but in private. One day, I passed near him when the meeting was adjourned and I saw him staggering, so I offered to help him:

"Hey, friend: do you feel all right?"

He tried to ignore me, but upon almost hopelessly leaning onto the external wall, I had to come closer. I insisted a little tactfully:

"Let me help you."

I met his gaze, and although the light was dim, I knew that he got dizzy. I pulled him away from the people that were leaving the premises and I steered him to the sidewalk, and he vomited on the gutter. I got alarmed and with some girlish hysteria, I exclaimed:

"My dear, what's wrong with you?"

He replied exasperated:

"I already feel better."

"You are not all right."

"How can you know? Are you a doctor?"

"Not exactly, but I work at the general hospital."

He wanted to keep arguing, but he felt very tired and allowed me to take him home. I almost carried him to his apartment, and I even had to request his keys in order to go up. I offered to bathe him, and he mumbled, in a mocking tone:

"Are you qualified to bathe patients?"

"Yes, here are my credentials."

And I showed him my hospital identification card. He looked at me, and smiling, told me:

"Go ahead. You are authorized."

He sat on his toilet and got undressed. His penis was a little long and thin, in proportion to his entire body: tall and slender; in a word, handsome, beautiful, in spite of his illness. That made me ask him:

"Excuse my prying, but since you are now my patient, do you have AIDS?"

He gave me a damning look and he told me:

"No, what I have is leukemia! Don't you realize that I vomited because of the chemotherapy!"

"Oh, I'm sorry for misjudging you! Look, I will also take off my clothes, because of what I see, I will have to help you inside. Would this bother you?"

I don't know if it was sexual excitement or mere exhaustion, but he allowed me to strip to join him in the shower. I rubbed him vigorously and I even rinsed his mouth with the running water, to clear his stench, and he told me enticingly:

"You know? You are turning me on. Maybe you planned this?"

"No. Maybe you did, going out like this so I could rescue you?"

"Me neither, but since we are at this..."

He turned and he began to kiss me, first my mouth, and then went down on my chest, a little stockier than his, since one of the few benefits of working in the hospital is the use of a good gym. If I have to handle some weak patients, I have to keep in shape. I told him mischievously:

"Do you like what you see?"

"Oh, yes, you are very pretty!"

He kissed each one of my nipples, and going down over my stomach with lust, he kneeled in front of my penis, he kissed my glans with supreme fondness, and surrounding my member with his thin lips, he suckled me very pleasurably, and after not having had sex since I graduated, I almost ejaculated in his mouth instantly. I warned him:

"Please, you are me going to make me finish too soon!"

Then, he released me, but he passed his tongue over my testicles and he traced a path with the tip for my perineum, and after caressing and poking my anus with his lathered fingers, he licked it and I groaned:

"Please, nobody has touched me down there for quite a while!"

"Are you a virgin?"

"Not, but it's been a while without a mate..."

While he distracted me with delightful caresses, he moved behind me and inserted his penis in my anus. I shivered while he entered me, and his sway tickled my prostate gland while he kissed the nape of my neck and my back and I fondled my nipples from behind, and I had an intense orgasm without touching myself down there, and his unexpected thrusts forced me to brace myself on the shower walls. It was my turn to slip down to the floor and he took advantage of in order to lavish kisses on my forehead and my short hair, while I, I at least was able to kneel.

He washed my body with much affection, concentrating on my penis and my anus, which he soaked with a little colder water, in order to soothe my soreness. Thus I regained my balance and allowed him to direct me to his bed. He went to bed and he allowed me to lie behind him like in the spoons position, so that I would caress and kiss him. He exclaimed gently:

"I lied."

"About what?"

"I did plan this all along."

"Trickster!"

"Yes, I am a trickster! I also saw you at the hospital, and you impressed me with your body of an Adonis. When I was told about the 'pro-gay' meetings and I saw you there, I forgot all about my suffering and kept attending, to meet you there. Do you forgive me?"

"Yes, dear! You are so beautiful."

"Really? Don't you hold a grudge against me?"

"No, I already told you."

"Don't you want, at least, to get even?"

"That I want!"

I took a condom from the table, not so much to prevent AIDS, but because they are lubricated, and with that, I penetrated him, while I hugged him and caressed him feverishly before pumping him. I moved smoothly, considering his frailty, and I was a little surprised to feel another orgasm, although this one took a little longer in developing. I felt how he sprinkled his semen on my arms and I also had my ejaculation, a little painful, but I was happy to take out all my long-neglected desire. I kissed his cheek and he turned his face, and I so could kiss his lips and tongue. We fell asleep like that and on the next day, I helped him get up, we washed again, and we did a 69, with him under me. First, we kissed each other's glanses softly, then, we sucked the shafts up and down, down to the testicles. Sometimes, we let go of the penises in order to suck the balls too, and in the end, we deep-throated as much as we could in order to receive the semen directly in the stomach. Finally, we kissed each other's mouths to share the taste of the leftover semen that didn't go off with so much force. Then, he asked me:

"Stay with me!"

I told him without thinking, very sure of myself:

"Of course I will, Luis, my love!"

I already knew his name, because when the meetings start, each one says his or her name, like in Alcoholics Anonymous, and sometimes, the new members wear a label on the shirt that says "Hello, my name is..." It seemed to be love at first sight. I moved to his apartment, because I already had some difficulty in order to pay my rent and other expenses, and he collected disability benefits. I devoted myself to look after him and help him with his therapy, but I still could not afford losing my job, due to my debts. He was a free-lance web pages designer, and he even had offered his services for our support group. I was able to apply my studies in this project, upon editing, correcting the board's messages, and finally, formatting so that they look well in the page. My boyfriend was in charge of technical details, such as linking files, placing illustrations and even protecting the page from hackers and viruses.

At the beginning, he put his penis in me more times than I did in him, because he knew how to enhance the orgasms through my rectum, it seems that he understood more about anatomy than I, upon having to learn so much about his illness. I believe that he was an unfulfilled scientist. But as his cancer advanced, I had to sedate him a lot, and these drugs made him impotent. Then, just to please me, he encouraged me to put my penis inside him, by saying:

"It's terrible to waste such a nice penis as yours."

I wanted to alleviate his suffering with much sexual pleasure, so I learned how to pleasure him through his prostate and I even managed to delay my ejaculation in order to give him time to reach his climax, that sometimes, didn't include any semen. When he became too weak, I felt sorry to use his body, but he insisted that I satisfy myself. One night, he told me that he wanted to suckle me, and I presented my manhood to him, because his kisses there were always magic, especially when he added a finger in my anus. And even in his erectile dysfunction, he enjoyed that I kiss and suckle his limp penis; he was like a child, eager for affection.

His fellatio began, and when I was about ready to ejaculate, he deep-throated me too much, and upon looking at how his face colors changed, I lost my arousal, and panic-stricken, pulled out of him quickly. I set him down him and I gave him mouth-to-mouth breathing, while I reproached him in anguish:

"What are you trying to do to me? Don't leave me, don't you die!"

He responded with rebelliousness:

"Let me go, I already want this to end!"

Since, at least, he could talk, I lifted him by the shoulders and brought him to the hospital. There was only a doctor at the emergency ward, although with enough nurses and paramedics, but I could see that he was overworked. Even so, he assisted us soon. He checked his vital signs, and he judged them acceptable for the advanced stage of his condition, and he admitted him in a hospital bed, under observation, and so he freed himself in order to attend to more serious cases.

I stayed with him, and I saw how his breathing and his other signs decayed, and I despaired. But soon the doctor arrived, with a form on a clipboard, half-filled out, which I recognized immediately: it was Luis' death certificate. My heart skipped a beat, and I almost screamed at him:

"There must be a mistake, Luis is all right! Take that paper away, it is not necessary!"

He also got scared upon seeing my reaction, because he is neither tall nor brawny, and he begged me:

"Calm down, Sir...!"

"Harry!"

"I am Albert. Look, your friend already has a few hours left, and since my shift is officially over, they have sent me to wait for the inevitable. I'm very sorry."

"But I didn't let him suffocate, he will return with me. Give me a form..."

And I described a patient release form, but he insisted:

"Look, Harry: I have the file on the patient here, and he is already in his final stage. It is preferable that he stays here and not in your house, so the humiliation of an autopsy is avoided, and also, he will receive enough morphine in order to alleviate his suffering."

Saying this, he went to check the intravenous line, and from time to time, he took Luis' pulse and listened for his breathing, as if he didn't trust the instruments that monitored those signs. So he remained by the side of the bed opposite to where I sat, as if shielding himself from me. He continued:

"If it is of any consolation, Luis could not have choked due to any game with you."

And so that I didn't have time to interrupt his indiscreet comment, he concluded:

"...your friend already knows that his time has come."

A blaring beep indicated that he stopped breathing, and the doctor contracted the pear on his oxygen mask, and from time to time, he pressed on his chest. He shone a flashlight on his pupils to look for a reaction, and finally, he turned off the machines and he said:

"Time of death: 3:25 AM."

My chest was oppressed, and it enraged me so much to see how he wrote down in the form that he had brought ready, with so much clinical indifference, what he had observed. Finally, he covered Luis' face with the bed sheet and he told me:

"Come, let's get out of here. We cannot do anything more for your friend."

I looked at him hypnotized, as if he were transparent, but he took me by an arm and pushed me toward a dining room, in order to serve me some coffee. He poured it black and with very little sugar, as if were a shot of Whiskey, so that I could wake up from my daze. He asked me:

"What is your relationship with Luis?"

"He is my lover. Don't laugh!"

"I won't laugh, it is necessary to write that down in the certificate. Also, I heard gossip about you when I came upstairs, but I am not a man who takes that kind of talk seriously."

"Then write down: I am his husband, or his wife, his widow. It doesn't matter anymore."

And I cried bitterly. The doctor left the clipboard on the table and told me:

"I understand what you're going through."

"No! You can't understand."

"It's all right, whatever you say. If you want, I will leave you alone; nobody will come here to bother you."

When I saw him reaching the door, I called him:

"Please, don't leave. Forgive me. I know that you did what you could do for my partner."

I approached him, and I tried to kiss him, but he avoided me. But I insisted:

"Doctor, I could not say goodbye to him."

He interrupted:

"But he practically died in your arms."

"You don't understand, we were making love when he began feeling ill. Look, I beg you to..."

"Necrophilia is not allowed in hospitals."

"Not that. Please, give me yours in my anus. Look: here I have some condoms, so you won't take a risk. Also, if you are the one who puts it in me, you won't feel so homosexual."

His face said no, but the bulge in his pants made him doubt. He went for surgical gloves, and upon putting them on, I offered to put my condom on his member, but he refused my help and put it on himself. I got on hands and knees and he stood behind me, he reamed my anus a little, and he even massaged my prostate. When I was very dilated and stimulated, he came closer and he inserted his penis in me. His thrusts were a little inexpert, but the tremor in his young body felt nice, and I soon found the release that I needed, while he filled that condom with his semen. He asked me, surprised:

"Were you able to ejaculate?"

"Yes, Doc. You have made me very happy."

He took off the condom quietly, relieved that he would not have to offer his anus to me, not even suck my penis or masturbate me. Impulsively, I took the condom from his hands, I turned it inside out and I savored the semen. He made a grimace of poorly-concealed disgust, and he yanked it back to discard it among the biomedical waste. I extended my hand and I thanked him, and he commented concisely:

"Go home to rest. Do come tomorrow to sign the documents for the funeral arrangements."

And he bent down, with napkins in hand, in order to pick up my semen off the floor, and finally, he pulled the gloves off and he discarded everything in the corresponding holder.

I didn't feel like crying anymore, but neither could I sleep, and I thought of a brilliant idea: writing the eulogy. I was even able to upload it in our support group home page by myself, together with a photo that I already had of him for some time.

Upon coming back to work, the documents were already on my desk so I could sign them, and upon returning them, they allowed me to go to the morgue so that I could watch the mortuary employees taking him away. The shroud avoided me the impression of seeing him already turning purple. The last will of Luis was that they incinerate him, besides, that was cheaper for his insurance company, and even so, I had the opportunity to read my small speech. But my feelings betrayed me, and one by one, the other comrades helped me, taking the paper and reading on, until they were also overcome by grief. It was more beautiful this way, so they also took along a piece of the love that we had.

The doctor who helped us was present in the cremation, and he even attended some of the chats, although he didn't become homosexual, but he, more than anybody, was able to feel what we "gays" suffered. Now we are friends, but we never had another sexual encounter, but there is love and solidarity between us.

***

I mourned Luis for a long time, thinking that I would not find a soul like his. Also, I had to tend to my own matters, and I needed to be alone. I took other part-time jobs, in stores and restaurants, in order to supplement my income because I couldn't afford to lose the apartment that I used to share with the love of my life. The doctor continued in his position at the emergency room, but I didn't dare to ask his economic help, although he tried to offer it to me. I only accepted that he buy me dinner once in a while, because that charity is easier to conceal. He did save enough to buy himself a home, and sometimes, he invited me to stay in one of the rooms, but that made me feel a little like a homeless man. At least, we visited one another to talk and watch sports or rented movies. We didn't drink alcohol, because he needs a steady pulse in the operating room and I know that he also fears that I might take advantage of him if we got intoxicated.

The hospital hired a new nurse, actually, an emergency medical technician who had certain problems with the ambulance company in which she worked; let's just say that she got dizzy when the ambulance ran at high speed. Her name is Amelia and she was a great help for Albert, because he was able to subdue patients who convulsed or refused such painful procedures that it is necessary to practice to victims of burns, shootings, stabs or strong blows. She was like a Mr. Spock, because she touched certain nerves and she was able to calm them. But one day, she tried the "pinch" on a patient with abdominal trauma and he went into shock, and it became difficult for the doctor to stabilize him. She realized that she had done something wrong, but the doctor managed to restore the patient's body heat while he closed his wounds, besides having him "high" with a lot of adrenaline, and when they finally solved the problem, he led her to that lounge and he reprimanded her:

"Nurse, did it occur to you that we almost lost this patient?"

"Forgive me. I thought that, since it gave us such good results previously..."

"But the autonomous system was already compromised?! I will have to put this in my report."

Amelia was terrified and tried to beg him for her life, but she also felt that she was humiliating herself too much. She said resigned:

"Do what you have to do."

He calmed her with these words:

"Don't worry, we could attribute the trauma to the vagus nerve to the injuries, and anyhow, the patient will survive."

There was an uncomfortable silence, which he broke by saying:

"Amelia, I know that you have had problems, and I don't plan to be another obstacle in your career. In fact, I don't know whether I could have made it without your valuable help in the time in which we have worked together. I will evaluate you positively, and there won't have to be an investigation."

"But, what about your reputation, your professional ethics?"

"What good are they to me if I lose my patients...?"

He corrected himself:

"Our patients. You are better that I am, at least, in what you do."

Amelia, who fought back tears of fear, now allowed them to flow for the gratitude, perhaps, for something deeper and stronger, and she broke down on the doctor's chest to cry. She is five foot and five inches tall (1.65 mts.), and he is only two inches taller, five foot seven (5 cms., for 1.70), so he could not avoid bumping his penis on the nurse's belly, and his inevitable erection was the sign to part. They apologized mutually without words, in order not to worsen such an embarrassing moment.

Afterwards, they agreed on certain signals in order to apply the "Vulcan nerve pinch" when there was no other alternative, and the patient's condition could get no worse, and although she tried to teach it to Albert, he couldn't seem to find the right nerve or didn't apply the necessary pressure, and she had to "finish the patient off" so the medical work could be done at leisure. One day, they brought a patient, under the influence of drugs, who caused a serious traffic accident. He was extremely uncooperative, and fought all attempts to sedate him. The doctor knew that the medications would not work well in his state, and he asked Amelia to subdue him, but upon seeing that he was going to hit her with much fury, felt a rush of his own adrenaline and grabbed the guy, and combining the pinch with a wrestling hold, he was able to stun the patient. Finally, they could take care of him, if only so that the police could arrest him. Although the details are written in the medical reports, we didn't want to find out about the charges and other circumstances related to that brute.




Intertwined Lives



Upon concluding their shifts, she ran toward him and told him:

"You are my hero! Not you only learned Mr. Spock's touch, but you did it just in time. I don't know what that animal could have done to me if he reached me with that slap."

He blushed by so much undeserved admiration, and she embraced him and she even lifted him an inch (2.5 cms.) off the floor for an instant, intoxicated with euphoria. She whispered to him:

"Take me now to see your house."

And she made contact with the penis of the young physician on purpose. Another unmistakable signal! They did not even change, but rather they rode his BMW and they rushed to the house. Upon entering there, they got undressed and they stared at each other. Albert's body is slender, but the hardships of emergency room work strengthened his chest and arms, and she is a little more muscular, due to her paramedic background. The interesting thing is that her breasts, hips and thighs sharply contrast with her waist, making her more seductive, even for me. Albert exclaimed:

"Oh, Amelia! You can't imagine how much I have yearned for this moment, I mean, if I am not offending you."

"No, Albert, I also longed for you. That's why I invited myself to come here."

They shared a giggle of complicity and they kissed each other, first the lips, then the tongues, and he coursed on the nurse's neck and breasts. She shuddered, and she soon became unstuck teasingly, asking him:

"Show me the bathroom, I need to go..."

They went into the shower together, and upon opening the water, they urinated against each other. They felt it almost like an orgasm, and while each one spun in front of the other, they received many soapy caresses, with the excuse of washing the "accident" and even some blood that the patients had sprinkled on them, and so, they got very aroused. They shut off the water and went to bed. He took out a condom from a box that I gave him, as to attract him good luck with women, and with it on, he began to penetrate her tenderly. They kissed again, and he caressed the enormous globes that she offered to him, and that brought her close to climax. He hoped that he could last a little more than with me, but a violent tremor from her encouraged him to accelerate and they achieved a very strong and almost simultaneous orgasm. The fatigue of a whole night made him lose the erection and he took his penis out of her reluctantly. She looked at him in a very special way and that inspired him to say:

"I love you, Amelia!"

"I love you, Albert! I meant to say it first..."

"Don't worry, you did say it first with your eyes."

She kissed him and wept tears of joy, finally falling asleep.

***

No matter how much they acted casually in order to maintain a semblance of professionalism, the love that they felt showed, even when they worked with patients. The looks were too sweet or passionate, and if they passed very close to each other, their bodies trembled or twitched, suppressing the urge of hugging or kissing. But for that, there is something called the weekends, although those shifts changed when the personnel was scarce. But they always scheduled to be on watch side-by-side, because their teamwork is unbeatable.

Of course, she moved with him, so they could consummate their love, at least, that's what we all believed. But during a certain week, I noticed tension between them, and I asked them in private, but they didn't let go of the secret, not even in the doctors' lounge. But when we were off one day, they invited me to the house and there, they spilled their feelings on me. Amelia tried to explain me:

"Harry, what's wrong between us is that the routine... you know..."

"I don't understand. What does this have to do with me?"

Albert gave me a desperate look, because he wanted to ask me for advice, but he didn't dare, and much less, in her presence, who did come forward:

"You could help us!"

"How?"

"Don't take me wrong, but since you are homosexual, you could give us some lessons..."

Albert cut in:

"She has been wanting to give herself to me more intimately, and she would like to try to suckle me or take me through her anus, but it's too hard for her to loosen up."

"Maybe you haven't gone down on her...?"

Amelia cut in:

"That he does, and very nice. But it makes me feel so bad that I don't know how to reciprocate him, and it seems so embarrassing."

"Besides, no matter how much I try to dilate her, she closes up and gets hurt. The only time that I was able to enter, she squeezed too hard and hurt me...!"

This seems to be a tough case, but my erection encouraged me to take action, although I didn't count on obtaining any satisfaction. I began to undress, and although that inconvenienced them, they followed my example. I indicated to them:

"It's because you are tense. How do you unwind after a hard day?"

And we passed to the shower. They, with some shyness, lathered each other, and they began to embrace, seeking pleasure and support. I interrupted, saying:

"All right, guys: Let's get to work. Amelia, wash your husband's penis."

And she began to lather and caress Doc's penis.

"And now, kneel down."

She shot me a glance of fear or disgust, but I stood firm and she gave in. I continued with an air of an army sergeant and I ordered her:

"Go on, girl: kiss it."

She closed her eyes, opened her lips and she kissed it, as if that were a toad that would become a prince. He held on to the walls a little, because the caress made him weak at his knees. I insisted:

"Who said that you could stop?"

And she had to repeat the kisses. Something about the sensation felt good to her and she began to open her eyes. Upon looking at me, I corrected her:

"You don't look at me. To whom you have to look at is your man."

He rolled her eyes toward Albert while she moved her head slowly in order to take the penis in and out. I turned toward Albert and I woke him up:

"She is looking at you, you have to face her."

And so he did. They blinked a little, but they soon maintained visual contact. I felt tempted to masturbate, but I remembered that this is work, and I commented to them:

"You see? It's not so difficult."

He began to groan, and she did too, because she began to discover the pleasure of the oral act. But suddenly, he began to ejaculate and she, on reflex, wanted to release him, but I nagged at her:

"No, no, no! You hold on."

And he flooded her mouth, and she closed the lips, forcing herself on his strange flavor. I urged her:

"Now, swallow!"

She groaned in protest, but Albert caressed her hair, encouraging her, and she allowed the semen to flow into her throat little by little. Then I told her to stand up and kiss him in the mouth. He felt some drops of his own semen and also tried to become unstuck, but I scolded him:

"If she was able to take your semen, it is fair that you taste a little of your own medicine."

And he took it, although later, he cheated by taking a sip of the shower water, and she did too. Then, he went lower on her body to kiss it and caress it. He licked and sucked her nipples eagerly, in sincere gratefulness for the pleasure that she lavished on him. Albert continued his journey for her abdomen, kneeling down in front of her vulva, more humid for her secretions than for the water that streamed. He made another small grimace, but upon seeing my severe look, he put lips to the work and he licked the labia gently, and he approached to the clitoris, but he didn't seem very interested, on the contrary, he extended his tongue toward the perineum, until the most suitable moment arrived and he began to suck the little love button. That grew a little and it seemed to me that it would become a penis. He also moved his head, as if deep-throating her. She staggered and he noticed it, and held her hips, until setting her leaning against a wall. Her knees buckled and she even tried to wrap her legs around his head. I held one of her arms, and then, she squealed and wet his face a little more than the usual. Albert, already totally uninhibited, gobbled her secretions and it seemed like he squeezed more from her with a finger partially inside the vagina. I asked him what was that, and after a pause, he answered:

"This is the feminine prostate, the G-spot. Amelia has just ejaculated too."

I felt like fainting, but I got over it, since she already was semi-unconscious and he would need my help in order to place her on the bed so that she could rest.

Albert explained to me:

"The women complain that, after a good orgasm, we turn around and fall asleep. But when this happens to them, it doesn't give them time to turn around. They black out where they may stand. I thank you very much that you have helped me."

"But about anal?"

"First, it is necessary to wait for her to wake up."

And we began to watch some TV. She woke up an hour later, and she looked disheveled, but she was soon revived, while she made some sandwiches for lunch. She also thanked me, but I would have preferred that they made me ejaculate or that they would kill me once and for all. Later, they had a somewhat traditional intercourse, but for moments, she rolled on top of him and she achieved more orgasms than Albert.

I stayed that night and when they fell asleep, I took a shower, and I masturbated and I even inserted a finger in my anus to relieve myself the whole torture to which they subjected me. I even rethought a little the idea of doing it with women, after all, there were some lesbian "sisters" that look very good, and with a gentle push, one could turn bisexual.

***

The next day, Albert and Amelia rolled immediately into a 69 upon awakening, and I suggested to her:

"Stroke Albert with your tongue, as he does to your vulva."

Sometimes, I separated them so that each one perfects his or her oral technique, and also interrupted their orgasms so that they would not spend themselves so soon. But I came to teach them to have anal sex and I stopped this game by saying:

"Well, let's see: Amelia, what's wrong with taking it from behind?"

"I can't, it hurts too much."

"Come here, Albert, what do you do to dilate her?"

He stayed quiet, like trying to hide what he had done to me the night my Luis died. Immediately, I ordered Amelia:

"Being this your first time, we won't do it doggie-style. Lie on your back and grab your legs to your chest. Albert, bring your condoms and the KY jelly."

When he came to the edge of the bed in front of her with what I requested from him, he left the preservatives on the bed beside her and I told him to kneel down in front of her and open the tube of jelly. I continued:

"Pick up plenty of cream in your fingers, and begin to spread it. Actually, you should use a lot."

He did what I told him, and she sighed from pleasure, because he didn't still go inside and that made her feel felt very well. I continued showing to him:

"Trace little circles around. Now, press with your fingertip."

"It won't enter."

"Calm down, you keep pressing. Amelia, bear down as to defecate."

She did as she was told, but she didn't know why. So Albert's finger went in, but it bumped on the other sphincter, and she screamed:

"Take out it, it hurts...!"

I cut in:

"No, Albert, only pull back to the outer ring and press it around, and pour more cream with your other hand."

I said this while I offered him the tube of cream. Being her entire arse very warm, the cream spread almost by itself. Albert exclaimed with reserved optimism:

"Amelia, you are already loosening."

I encouraged him:

"Now, try to put another finger, without taking out the one that you already have inside."

After a few attempts, he was able to put the index and middle finger together and I now told her:

"Now, twist them around, move them like a screwdriver."

The girl protested:

"Ohhhh!"

But she continued opening up, although very slowly. I suggested to Albert:

"Take them out, to see if she stays open."

But upon doing it, her anus closed. I squeaked at him:

"Don't let it close! Get your first finger back inside."

Albert repeated the whole exercise, and at the end, he added the ring finger, he even saw that his penis would already fit inside. Amelia no longer complained so much, and she even felt a little pleasure, and her vaginal juices helped them to lubricate even more. I announced triumphantly:

"The moment has arrived."

The doctor took out his fingers and presented his penis at the entrance of the anus of the nurse. He looked at me, like requesting instructions and I told him:

"Albert, you press against her, and you, Amelia, take a deep breath so that you relax there below."

Both breathed deeply and I fought back a giggle not to break their concentration. Finally, his penis entered, but only halfway. They asked as a chorus:

"And now, what?"

I answered them:

"Stay like that. Breathe in and hold, the inside sphincter will open up in its due time. I suppose that you didn't count on that."

"No."

They said with a little shame. I calmed them and my friend requested me:

"Better we took advantage of the time while she opens up. Bring me baby wipes to clean up some of this goo off my hands."

I went to the bathroom and I brought them to him, for she uses them in order to wash better after going to the potty. He cleaned up enough and he proceeded to caress his partner's clitoris and G-spot a little more. She sighed pleased, and suddenly, his penis slipped completely inside. The man's testicles finally made contact with the crack between the buttocks of the woman. He wanted to begin pumping, but I stopped him:

"Ah, ah, ah! Give her more time so she relaxes inside completely. You better continue with what you are doing to her."

She sighed alleviated that I would not allow her inexpert lover to hurt her. Albert was content with continuing his "therapy" to her erogenous zones and she began to give signs of approaching to the orgasm. With a ragged voice, she gave us the sign:

"Do it... to me... now!"

And Albert began the sway. Both panted with lust while he kept his motion slow, but he pressed deeper and deeper into her bowels. She groaned loudly, but it was no longer from pain, but for that marvelous sensation that I was envying her. It was like watching a "Porno" movie, but with live actors, perhaps, an uncensored "reality show." She encouraged him:

"Harder, quicker, more, more...!"

And Albert hurried the pace. I felt so identified with Amelia in that position, that I became so nervous, I could not even masturbate. Suddenly, she gave a howl and squirted feminine semen on him, who stayed rigid, with his penis deep inside of her in order to ejaculate. Finally, he dropped next to her, while they waited for their breathing to normalize.

I realized that I had sweated almost as much as them and I took a shower in order to refresh myself. Then they came to the shower, one by one. The three of us put shorts on and she put on a T-shirt, and she went to cook lunch. After eating, we switched channels in the television, without being interested about anything in particular. They exchanged intriguing looks but they didn't say what they schemed. Then they took out some cards and we played "UNO." Although I didn't win so many hands as them, I scored the most points and they got tired of playing.

Albert booted his computer to check his electronic mail, and I showed them the web page of the organization in which I collaborated with Luis, and while I explained it with enthusiasm and authority, I could not avoid the nostalgia. Amelia noticed this first and browsed for other things. She surprised us by opening a porn site and Albert was mesmerized with the naked girls that appeared on the screen. She faked jealousy and made this friendly threat:

"Albert, you keep those girls and I keep Harry."

I protested:

"Don't get me involved in your lover's quarrels. Besides, I am 'gay'...!"

Albert replied:

"But it was you who got to this site, so now, don't complain!"

Again, they exchanged looks and she took off the shirt, and she delivered him this ultimatum:

"That's enough, choose between them or me!"

Albert exclaimed laughing:

"Them!"

But "them" were Amelia's breasts, on which he rushed with frenzy. She got her shorts wet immediately and removed them quickly. He helped her pull them off while went down to her vulva to lick it. He also took advantage of this in order to put a finger through the anus, and upon feeling that this time she didn't offer resistance, he penetrated it, and when he added his penis in her vagina, he duplicated the sensation for her. She exclaimed:

"All right, give it to me from behind again."

And she went to her hands and knees and she leaned on the chair with their shoulders to pull her buttocks cheeks apart and so open up her anus for him, who took off his shorts, also moist, knelt down behind her and penetrated her vagina again, to pick up more of her natural lubrication, so that upon going over to the anus, she would glide right in. She enjoyed it, but she cheated by masturbating. She looked back, trying to make contact with him, and she then looked at me, and she suggested:

"Albert, let me suck on Harry."

He reduced his pace, but he didn't stop pleasuring her. She restated the question:

"Your friend has been watching us, and I know that he's about to explode."

Albert looked at me, and I cast him a begging look, and he smiled and said:

"It's all right, the idea of a threesome has also crossed my mind, and who better than Harry?"

I didn't wait for them to have second thoughts and I pulled my shorts down, and I moved to face Amelia. She grabbed my thighs to put her face in front of my penis, and she wrapped her lips around my glans, while Albert's thrusts made her swallow my member little by little. He governed the rhythm and the notion that Albert was making love to me, although by proxy, made me happy. She caressed me with the tongue like I taught her and she gave me a hallucinating orgasm, and when my legs grew weak, she thought quickly and she moved the seat in order to stop my fall, although her true intention was to hold on to my thighs to brace herself while Albert gave her even stronger pushes. The girl bit my thigh to suppress a scream from mingled pain and pleasure, and I was so faint that I didn't feel it at that moment. The boyfriend took advantage of this to emulate a pornographic movie and he took out his penis in order to shoot his semen on the back and the buttocks of his lover, and finally, collapsed face up on the floor.

More than half an hour passed before any of us reacted, and I was the first, upon beginning to register the soreness of the girl's bite. I groaned and she woke up all of a sudden, and embarrassed, she began to apologize:

"Oh, my friend, I didn't realize what was doing to you! Does it hurt much?"

"Ooh, not at all! You vampire!"

I reproached her. Albert got up lazily, he looked at the bite, and he commented with indifference:

"At least, you're not bleeding. You're not even bruised."

"But she marked me with all of her teeth, this werewolf!"

"Don't complain so much, your skin is hard enough. Besides, you could show it off as a war wound."

I got up annoyed and I went to the freezer in order to put some ice on my thigh, and she came along, but she took some for herself to soothe her sore anus, and she complained to me:

"You also caused this, so we are even!"

Albert looked at her concerned, but she assured us that it was not anything serious. I cheered up and I told them:

"It's all right. You have given me a couple of unforgettable days, but you made me suffer more with your passion that with this maul. You made me feel..."

I stopped, in consideration to Albert. She became aware of the tense atmosphere that hung over us and exclaimed:




Intertwined Lives



"Who's hungry?!"

And she went to the refrigerator to pick food and cook it. Albert brought her a robe to protect her from the heat of the stove and he invited me to sit at the dining room table, to look at her together. I commented:

"You must love her a lot."

"Yes, I do."

I saw a serene admiration of him toward her, not so much for her beauty, but I rather felt a genuine and spontaneous emotion. I remembered that I loved Luis that way, but it didn't give me melancholy.

She served us cheerfully and we ate almost in silence. We boys helped her clean up a little and I took a bath again in order to put my own clothes on and return to my apartment. Now I did feel ready to get involved in a new relationship.

Epilogue:

Albert and Amelia committed more to each other, and from time to time, we talked about very intimate topics; that's how I learned about their first night together. They attended my meetings very sporadically, offering me some moral support. But since the group is for civic work, not a dating club, I stayed alone. I got a better job, as a proofreader in an advertising agency, and I left the hospital, since I had less time for my volunteering.

One afternoon, they called me to invite me for another weekend with them, and I apologized, telling them:

"I can't, I have many campaigns to revise."

"And if you bring your work along to do it in our place?"

"I should not do that. Some other time."

"At least, you should stop by later to have dinner with us."

I hung the telephone and I began to work. In fact, I didn't want to see them having sex, because I envied them a lot, especially him. It is better not to think more about that. I read, I revised, I corrected misspellings and errors of style, and although I was not an expert in the advertising language, it was obvious when something is expressed wrong. I even ignored my hunger for too long, and my stomach already burned inside me, and even my sight was blurry. Then, they called me again:

"Harry, we had to come to the hospital, but we will leave soon. Wait for us."

I turned off the computer and I washed my face a little while I waited for them, and when they called on the intercom, I went down to receive them. I sat on their rear seat and Albert drove to their house. There they reheated what we were going to eat; it seemed that they were already cooking when they got the call from the hospital. We passed to the dining room, and while we had dinner, I asked them:

"Was it something serious, to make you leave the dinner halfway done?"

"Not, it was only paper work, but there are always patients who need assistance."

I didn't ask anymore, because I had already left that atmosphere, and it was obvious that they were tired. We sat for small talk and they excused themselves to go wash and to bed and they left me in a guest room, saying:

"We're too tired to drive you back home tonight, and anyhow, how much work can you do during the rest of the night?"

"You're right. Good night."

"Good night."

And I washed after they did and I went to sleep. I didn't hear noises of passion from their room, either because they were too tired in order to make them, or I was too asleep to notice them.

When we woke up, I told them that I wanted to go, and they sprang the trap, saying:

"Stay a little more, because we want to request a special favor from you. Do you remember that, a while ago, we mentioned the idea of having a threesome...?"

"Yes?"

Oh, oh.

"Let's do a double penetration. Amelia agrees."

She emphasized:

"After having both of you at the same time that afternoon, I am curious about filling both of my holes. Come on, it will be fun!"

I felt my penis swell and I admitted my defeat.

"All right. Now, what do I do?"

Now Albert called the plays:

"Let's suckle her breasts, you the right, and I the left."

"How clever, so you will be the one to feel her heartbeat!"

"Master's privilege."

I accepted, and together we removed her sleeping gown, leaving her totally naked. I began to kiss her nipple with shyness, the first I since was weaned, that is, if my mother ever breast-fed me. Albert, at my side, savored his up and down, and not did he only suck the nipple, but he circled the areola, and he lustfully kneaded her flesh, which easily filled a C cup. I decided to imitate him the best that could, and she approved my efforts by wailing incitingly. That gave me the idea of doing it with a transsexual some day.

Both of us kept caressing her, but I noticed that Albert tried to keep his distance from me. When he licked her vulva, he told me:

"Go ahead, you try it."

I second-guessed him surprised:

"I?"

"Hurry up and do it, so she doesn't cool off!"

I approached her vulva with some revulsion, and they reproached me:

"Where's that "Gay" activist who's not afraid of "bodily fluids?"

I might be effeminate, but I'm no coward. I stuck to her with some fury and I sucked her clitoris, but she screeched:

"Oh, no, not like that!"

Albert corrected me:

"Stroke her gently with your tongue, as you told her yourself how to suckle us."

And I began to play with the labia and so I could get near the clitoris, giving her pleasure instead of irritation. My friend interrupted me, by saying:

"Go to her rear to dilate her anus, since you are the highest authority on that."

And while I did what he asked me to do, he continued stimulating her at the front. I already was in the mood for sucking, and I gave her many tongue-lashes on her anus, and I compared it with the circling that we did to the areolae previously. I sucked it and I kissed her behind to see if she opened up, and upon seeing that she responded a little, I introduced my middle finger, because I was anxious to get my penis inside there. She already knew how to breathe in order to relax, and she allowed more fingers inside her without flinching.

Albert decided that she was ready and gave me my condom, and he made me sit down on the floor. She crouched down and aligned herself to sit on my lap with my penis inside her rectum. Then, she leaned against my chest until the pressure inside her eased, and she even drew my hands so that I held her boobs and stroked her nipples with my fingers. Albert pushed one hand aside politely and began to suck a nipple, and after releasing it, he stood in front of her and penetrated her slippery vagina. Sometimes, he marked the rhythm, and other times, allowed me to do it. I closed my eyes, delighted by such pleasant contact. Amelia herself slithered between us to move against our penises inside her and find her own orgasm, and finally, pulled away from us, sat the doctor down beside me and yanked our condoms. But she then soothed us with delicate alternate sucks. I didn't see which one of the two ejaculated first in her mouth, but after sipping the semen of both men, she mixed it in her own mouth and finally, she warned me:

"Open your mouth and take your present!"

And she kissed me full in the mouth to give me all of the semen! I drank it eagerly; I had almost forgotten the taste of it. I shoved my tongue in her mouth, trying to draw out all that could remain inside, and she smoothly broke away from me, order to tell me:

"I'm sorry, there's no more. Did you like it?"

"Did I like it? I loved it! I love you, I love you both!"

They said almost at the same time:

"We're glad that you liked it, and we love you too."

"It's so much fun to play like this, although sometimes, the foreplay can be a torture. When will we do this again?"

"We're sorry. This will be the last time. We are going to get married. We want you to be our best man, bridesmaid or whatever you want. We have decided to settle down. Perhaps, I might quit the hospital in order to open my private practice, and Amelia would work until our children are born or as long as she wants. By the way, when will you get married?"

"I don't know, I don't have a boyfriend yet."

Amelia looked at me sweetly, like a mother or an older sister, and she told me:

"I understand that you loved your partner very much, and that you miss him, but life goes on. Find your happiness soon. Perhaps in your group, or somewhere around, there should be somebody..."

"I'll think about it."

They decided to stay quiet. We washed the sweat and we had lunch so that they would leave me in my apartment, enough work awaited me there. Already more lively, I finished on time to go out to grab a sandwich and return to sleep more placidly, and when Luis reappeared in my dreams, it was not a nightmare, but an erotic dream with a night orgasm.

Although I was tempted to disguise myself as a bridesmaid at the wedding, I went as the best man, and I also avoided the indiscretion of kissing the groom instead of the bride, but I hugged him effusively, because real men do hug. I even had to help them to dance the waltz, although we rehearsed it a lot, they became so nervous in front of people; I saw the irony that these young couple faced death in the emergency room, but in social events, they were very shy. Perhaps that's the reason why they got married so soon, to live their mutual love without fear of what people would say.

I got my man, but it was much later, a very creative ad executive, who underwent a bitter divorce and the gossip was that his wife caught him in the act, I don't know which one. Tense but determined, he asked me to take him in my apartment while he looked for his own place, but I already was sure of what we came to feel for each other, and I told him:

"Don't look any further; you are home!"

The same day that he moved in with me, I kissed him passionately and I threw him on the sofa, and joining our penises, we ejaculated together to catch the semen on our chests and bellies. Then we licked them, already mingled, in order to sleep together right there, stuck to each other.

After a brief trial period, in which we exchanged male and female roles, he made concessions to his wife and children to speed up the divorce, and already free, he took some savings and the bonus that he earned after a very successful campaign in the agency, and he bought a bigger apartment. I wanted to quit my job to be his "housewife" but he advised me not to do so, upon praising me for how well I worked with corrections. He even gave me tips on how to better use the ad people's language in order to deliver the desired message. So, I channeled my feminine role with him as boss and me as "secretary," although there were days when I put my penis inside him, only not so often. His penis is quite thick, only an inch longer than that of the doctor, and it felt as if he took my virginity again and again, but mine is longer and almost as thick, so I could also cause intense sensations to my "husband." Another advantage was that we were able to maintain a 69 without either of us getting tired or losing the rhythm upon reaching orgasm. Since we are "clean," we don't wear condoms for making love.

Of course, I brought him to my support group, so he could learn how to accept himself more, and leave behind that "closet" period that brings so much bitterness to all those who tried, at some time, to fake what we are not. Thus he could earn the respect of his former wife and their children, who forgave him upon seeing the positive change in his personality. He was also able to defend himself against discrimination in his job and earn a promotion, until he developed enough self-confidence to become his own boss, and I joined him in his new venture, since, I also know how to make web pages and I helped him make that transition.