Chapter 44 - Kidnapped (1/2)

Luke groaned as he clumsily got to his feet, his pale blue eyes flickering with flashes of darkness. His head throbbed, the pain from his burning body and face throwing his mind in confusion.

Looking around, he found himself in the area he usually trained in the Eternal Mountains. He could not remember how he got there, only recalling the sinister voice whispering in his ears as he led the Bloodsucking clan back to the Vampire City.

”How did I get here? It could not have something to do with that voice, could it?” Luke wondered with alarm.

Because if it did, then things would never be the same again. That voice had appeared not only once or twice, but more than a thousand times in the past 500 years, stalking him.

Shivering, he dragged his battered body to a black stone, laid down, and closed his eyes. Slowly, a cooling sensation spread out from his core, covering his burns, healing his wounds. After a few moments of silent meditation, his burnt wounds formed scabs and fell. In the next instant, all his injuries disappeared.

Fully healed, he opened his eyes and stretched his stiff limbs, pensively considering his situation. There was something dark and sinister inside him. That he was certain of after the multiple scenes of destruction and devastation he woke up to.

'Question was, what? How could he find out what was wrong and from where should he start looking?'

Luke looked into the distant dull sky, feeling for the first time, alone and lost.

The feeling grew, spreading to his desolate heart, feeding something dark. The darkness in his heart grew as it fed on his loneliness, obscuring his vision.

”No! Not again! What is going on? Why are you back so quickly this time?” Luke roared in indignation.

”Do you not feel tired of wandering this vast realm alone? Do you not feel like having a companion? Come. I will lead you to someone who can accompany you forever.” A sinister and dark voice suddenly echoed in his mind, warping his feelings and emotions.

”Go away! I do not want you to lead me to anyone. Just leave!” Luke fought back against the voice, his guard rising.

”Do you not want that serpentine anymore? I thought you would have loved to get her as a companion, no?”

”No, no. Just go. I do not need anyone!” Luke hoarsely shouted, his eyes flashing with struggle.

”Oh, come now. If you do not need anyone, then why are you shaking? Why is your resolve weakening? Why is there greed brewing in your heart? Why Luke?”

”Shut up! Just go away!” Luke finally lost his cool, growling as he screamed at the top of his lungs. His dark heart which the darkness fed on, shook. Black tentacles, wriggling and swirling wrapped and enveloped it in a cocoon of dark tendrils, soon turning it completely black.

”Hehehe...good. Just like that. Let me in now and you can have what you want.”

”Ahhh!”

Luke's figure fiercely trembled as he cried in agony. Black smoke flowed from his eyes, ears, nose, and wide stretched mouth, completely covering his whole figure. Throwing his head back, he roared in a distorted melody of pain and pleasure.

Soon, his flowing blonde hair and pale blue pupils turned completely black.