NaNo2010. Day 11 excerpt. (Total word count currently is 23,881) strong violence, some sexual situations and yet there's no sex in violence.
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Qale (aka Qale)
Nov 11 '10, 19:20
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Not moments after my feet hit the floor, and accepted the offering of my clothing back by Raja, that gunshots sounded. There were three at first, then more, layered with that girl�s scream. I glance to Raja. And when the sounds of clawing at the walls from the hallway sent chills up my body, I threw the clothes to the ground and practically scooped Raja into my arms. While there was the brief thought that maybe BluBoy had just been the scene of random shootings, inside, I figured the threat was much worse.
Raja wrapped his arms tightly about my neck, clinging tight. I try not to let my body jerk when more shots are fired, now much closer, no doubt likely in rooms very similar to ours. Or perhaps make-shift offices crowded with binders and books, pages flying wildly in the sudden attack.
�Paa!�
�Shhhh!� I scold even though I feel guilty for doing so. Looking around, I�m helpless to find anything of use. Then suddenly, I glance up, directly into the air vent. Visions of Raja on hands and knees ahead of me, crawling through the small cramped space. I stare helpless, watching that naked rear shift from side to side.
�STOP! STOP! OH WHAT HAVE YOU�� Ilya screams are loud and completely comprehensible as they seem like they�re just outside our door.
And then pow. One shot. Without doubt, I know it was point blank range. The barrel within inches of Ilya�s cranium, which now was painted in bits and pieces on false walls.
I didn�t need to see the scene to know. I didn�t want Raja to see it either and I told him to tuck his head against my chest and close his eyes as tight as he could. My words alerted the assassins who kicked open the door to the small room sending pieces of the door jam spraying inside. A few shots are taken blindly, until one of them shouts, �It�s the vamp!�
It�s when they go to switch to their more exclusive weapons, I make my move. Adjusting the weight of Raja in my arms, I make a run at them and slam up against with my opposing shoulder forcing the pair back through the door. They�re clad in all black and even wearing ski masks, which proved to be not only as clich� as possible, but quite helpful in aiding our escape. With their eyesight limited and completely not expecting my bum rush, I�m able to recover and quickly make the turn and keep moving.
My heart racing, but not nearly as quickly as my mind, I know I should prepare for anything. Quick nimble bare feet skip over a slumped body halfway down the hall. A split-second after hearing gunfire from behind, I time myself so a half-dodge into the office causes the bullets to whiz past. I�m even able to discern they�re of the regular variety as if the men had given up trying to switch to weapons necessary to drop a vampire.
Dashing through the beaded curtain, I don�t take a second to glance around. There were probably the bodies of the business men. Of those that had been playing pool. Men who had been shot in their back, their hands still reaching to push buttons on the gambling machines.
There was one corpse I did see however. Right inside BluBoy�s front door, face down, limbs sprawled in the still growing pool of his blood. I nearly slipped as I continued running past. My stumble jostled Raja and apparently for a brief moment he was distracted enough to disobey and looked down, recognizing him.
�Ssaaann!�
That tight grip around my neck felt all the more tight. I was lucky not to require air, as Raja�s hold was nearly crushing my windpipe. But, I held on, ducking through the cut plastic sheeting at BluBoy�s front door. I run through the corridor with floor so icy it was like needles pricking my heels with every footfall.
There is trouble with the stairs. I nearly crash to my knees, trying to take them three at a time. Raja�s head hit the wall, and instinctively I reach up to hold him. Thankfully there wasn�t an injury and we continue our escape. I try not to think about Sanya, Loki, Ilya, or Anik. I try not to think that there were still Fuck the Fangs hunters still on my tail as I run through the eerily deserted Laundromat, ramming my legs into a left open dryer door slamming it closed. And I really try not to think about the fact that once outside, it�s painfully obvious just how long I�d spent lost and bewildered inside BluBoy.
�Keep holding on. Tight, Raja.� I kick against the ground and take to they sky immediately, not caring if anyone saw. I was not one of those of our kind who got off on trying to outrun the sun every morning. And I wasn�t sure I�d make it this time.
Such a whirlwind of thoughts and emotions swirled inside of me. I�d saved Raja. But why did I feel compelled to? What had happened inside there between us? The hunter attack was the easiest thing to explain, though. Since they had killed Ilya, it wasn�t likely that the scientist turned pimp had alerted them. With the combination of Adara�s masking scent and the dead zone that had dulled my senses and abilities, there really was only one way Fuck the Fangs to know a vampire was at BluBoy.
It had to have been Jeffery.
While I wanted to mindspeak Noah so badly then, I didn�t want to risk giving my escape away. I couldn�t deliberately put Raja into any more danger. Suddenly, there were two people I felt strongly for. And that feeling right there, has pretty much lead us to where we are now. At least emotionally, anyhow.
Physically? Well, with the rising dawn bearing down on my back even as I winged my way to landing in front of our RV, the ominous home that loomed behind it became ever more noticeable. I opened the door, carried Raja inside, and pulled the door securely behind us.
�You�re naked again.� Noah joked offhandedly from the back of the camper. He then leaned to the side a bit, as if trying to discern a better view. �And you brought home a naked boy? Not really your style, Midnight. I hope that�s dinner and not��
I heard Raja gasp, and I put him down.
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