Chapter 2:Nightmares
Crystal Cove California, September 1995:
The autumn leaves had begun to fall in the town of Crystal Cove California, and a light rain brought slight dampness to the cool air. Ashley's car had just passed the sign telling her she was five miles away from Crystal Cove. She knew she had to return, because it was obvious the citizens were in danger. She'd seen the news reports. The town had had a bunch of unsolved murders recently, where the bodies had been completely drained of blood. She knew by now that this was newborn vampire activity. Even though
she hadn't been back to Crystal Cove since she'd become a vampire,
she still needed to stop the problem at hand. It was this thought that made her think about Pike, causing her to wonder if he was in town. He had to be responsible for the newborns. There was no question about that. Besides herself, Pike was the only vampire capable of turning a person. However, it was unusual for Pike to stick around after changing people into newborns. She should know better than anyone. Besides herself, she'd had to deal with unsupervised newborn vampires herself that Pike had turned and abandoned. To this very day, she still didn't know how she'd managed to get herself under control. She still fed on human blood sure, but she only drained enough now that the person she fed on only didn't remember what had happened the following day. Newborns
were basically psychopaths if not monitered. She sighed. She knew Pike's primary targets were teenagers, so she'd made arrangements for herself to attend the local high school in town. She passed it about ten minutes after entering the town, and noticed a lot of teenagers getting off from school. Looking at them, none of them seemed like vampires, if they were newborns they'd be afraid of the sun. Contrary to popular belief, sunlight doesn't kill vampires, but rather causes them a great deal of pain. It took Ashley about fifty years to be able to tolerate it completely, and yet it still made her drowsy to go out during the day. Finally, she pulled outside her new apartment building. She'd already paid some men to set up her furniture a few days ago, so everything was set for her to move in. The rain had turned into a steady downpour
in the past ten minutes, and she knew that she couldn't do anything until tomorrow. She decided to go to sleep until tomorrow.
She couldn't do anything tonight anyway. After awhile, she passed out.
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When Ashley woke up, she was tied up with steel chains. She looked over and saw a teenage boy tied to a chair. He was covered in blood and gagged. She turned to see Pike walk in. "Welcome home Ashley. It's been awhile." he said. Ashley looked at the boy. She knew this was her fault. "Let him go!" she shouted. Pike shook his head. "Sorry, can't do that." he said, and stabbed the boy in the heart. Ashley screamed.
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Ashley woke up, and saw it was six in the morning. She wondered why she'd been asleep for so long, since vampires only need an hour of sleep at the most. She tried to think of what she'd dreamed about, but found she couldn't remember. Ashley sighed. She
knew she had to get ready to investigate at the school, yet she couldn't help but feel the dream she'd had was very important.
Crystal Cove California, September 1995:
The autumn leaves had begun to fall in the town of Crystal Cove California, and a light rain brought slight dampness to the cool air. Ashley's car had just passed the sign telling her she was five miles away from Crystal Cove. She knew she had to return, because it was obvious the citizens were in danger. She'd seen the news reports. The town had had a bunch of unsolved murders recently, where the bodies had been completely drained of blood. She knew by now that this was newborn vampire activity. Even though
she hadn't been back to Crystal Cove since she'd become a vampire,
she still needed to stop the problem at hand. It was this thought that made her think about Pike, causing her to wonder if he was in town. He had to be responsible for the newborns. There was no question about that. Besides herself, Pike was the only vampire capable of turning a person. However, it was unusual for Pike to stick around after changing people into newborns. She should know better than anyone. Besides herself, she'd had to deal with unsupervised newborn vampires herself that Pike had turned and abandoned. To this very day, she still didn't know how she'd managed to get herself under control. She still fed on human blood sure, but she only drained enough now that the person she fed on only didn't remember what had happened the following day. Newborns
were basically psychopaths if not monitered. She sighed. She knew Pike's primary targets were teenagers, so she'd made arrangements for herself to attend the local high school in town. She passed it about ten minutes after entering the town, and noticed a lot of teenagers getting off from school. Looking at them, none of them seemed like vampires, if they were newborns they'd be afraid of the sun. Contrary to popular belief, sunlight doesn't kill vampires, but rather causes them a great deal of pain. It took Ashley about fifty years to be able to tolerate it completely, and yet it still made her drowsy to go out during the day. Finally, she pulled outside her new apartment building. She'd already paid some men to set up her furniture a few days ago, so everything was set for her to move in. The rain had turned into a steady downpour
in the past ten minutes, and she knew that she couldn't do anything until tomorrow. She decided to go to sleep until tomorrow.
She couldn't do anything tonight anyway. After awhile, she passed out.
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When Ashley woke up, she was tied up with steel chains. She looked over and saw a teenage boy tied to a chair. He was covered in blood and gagged. She turned to see Pike walk in. "Welcome home Ashley. It's been awhile." he said. Ashley looked at the boy. She knew this was her fault. "Let him go!" she shouted. Pike shook his head. "Sorry, can't do that." he said, and stabbed the boy in the heart. Ashley screamed.
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Ashley woke up, and saw it was six in the morning. She wondered why she'd been asleep for so long, since vampires only need an hour of sleep at the most. She tried to think of what she'd dreamed about, but found she couldn't remember. Ashley sighed. She
knew she had to get ready to investigate at the school, yet she couldn't help but feel the dream she'd had was very important.