tune, but quietly, and it is making Baran and Sebastian smile, so that is something. Wait, I can hear movement in the tunnel, it is Garok, and he has Lupe.
‘ She is ill Aecia, but she is all right. I found her near the spring.’
Lupe is hot and moaning like the others , but she is alive, she has a chance.
‘ Anne, where is Anne? Didn’t you see her at the spring Garok?’
‘ No, no sign of her.’
We need Uncle, I don’t know what the hell is going on today friend, and now Anne is missing. It is getting dark, and I won’t let Garok go out again. He will surely be discovered, and then we are all discovered. But Anne, where on earth could she have gone?
I must ask Uncle for a watch when he arrives, this waiting around is horrible, and I wouldn’t know if he is late or not. It is dark now, and Anne is still missing. Come on Uncle, hurry up. I wonder where he went today; who he was visiting. I guarantee it was something to do with the Rebellion, and I am going to find out about that too, whether he likes it or not! I can hear movement, thank god, and about time!
‘ Uncle.’
‘ Yes sweetheart, why are you all in Garok’s cave?’
My eyes are filling with tears and I can ’t speak, I’m just so relieved that he is here, and it’s like a damn bursting inside of me. Uncle will straighten things out somehow, I know he will. I want to cling to him and never let go.
‘ What has happened Garok? Where are Anne and Leandra, and what is wrong with the boys and Lupe?’
I am safe in Uncle’s arms, as Garok explains what has happened today, and I am grateful to him for that.
‘ Aecia, release me, so that I can see to the boys and Lupe. I will examine Leandra’s body later, for she is beyond my help.’
‘ I’m sorry Uncle; I was frightened that you wouldn’t come as well. It has been a strange and ugly day.’
‘ Yes, I know,’ he is patting my arm and gently pushing me aside, ‘but I am here, so you must let me get on with it.’
Uncle has his bag with him, with goodness knows what inside. It is huge, and we have never really needed him to open it before now. Vampires don’t get ill at all. I wonder how he has even kept his practice running for all of these years. Don’t get me wrong, a Vampire can be hurt, or reduced to ash by the sunshine, but they don’t get colds or rashes from disease, the way Humans of old did. Whatever exotic or immortal serum that runs through their veins, seems to be too powerful for age and bacteria to affect.
Garok, Anne and I , have some diluted form of that serum within us. We are born from Vampire, but our humanity still fought the battle to remain human, and won! Maybe that is why we are not ill. Whatever disease this is, has no chance within our biological make up.
Orianna is a Cloned human, with no Vampire resistance, and yet she is not ill either. OMG Amica, I am going round in circles here, I am not a Doctor or Scientific researcher. Uncle will clear all this up I’m sure. He is 432 years old, with a wealth of experience in everything, and he is my hero.
‘ I will be back shortly.’
‘ WHAT! Uncle, you are not leaving us are you? What is wrong with them? Have you given them some medicine?’
‘ Yes, I’ll explain when I get back. Aecia, Anne is still out there, and I have to find her.’
‘ But the patrols, it is not safe!’
He has gone , and we are rigid with fear again. The patrols consist of an indeterminable number of the oldest and strongest Vampires of the Capital. I’m not sure if any of the Elders join the search, or if it is too demeaning for their superior, designer clothed butts.
Anyway, these are the fastest, sharpest crew available , and have the fiercest and most accurate senses in the universe. They can pinpoint an object from a mile away in the dark, and their sense of smell is just as potent. All of the caves are doused with neutralizer every day, as well as our bodies and clothes, for that reason.
These Vamps can fly, and I’m
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