A Whole New Set Of Wounds

"It's a vampire!!!!" A man screamed from inside the crowd after he sniffed the air and the vampire's scent flooded his nose.

The people fell into a harsh silence and they stood in defensive positions, some mothers even went as far as covering their children's faces from the devious monster.

"You hideous beast, how dare you step into our territory with your filthy feet?!" The bravest of the men snarled at the vampire on the floor.

Tashina slowly rise from the ground and dust off the dirt on her clothes as she examined the minor damage the fall left on her palms.

When she lifted her blazing jade-green eyes at the crowd without a single hint of fear shown, gasps and scowls came from the crowd.

"First of all, I'm not a beast nor am I hideous. I am a vampire, a very different species from you stinking dogs! And the matter of hideous, do I need to explain much?" she flipped her ponytail and rested her hand on her hip.

More gasps filled the air.

"Secondly, you didn't put a sign saying, 'No Vampires Allowed', on your roads so I dared to step into your territory!!! Not that it is much of a sight anyway" she snickered and the old man's veins were about to pop out of his skin from the audacity of this female vampire.

"How dare you open that mouth of yours and spew nonsense about our Pack?!" the man raged.

"In my realm, we have the right of speech. Bet you haven't heard of that, old man?" The princess scoffed and the little bear in the pocket of her hoodie buried its fur deeper into the hoodie so it wouldn't witness this scene.

"You have no shame at all. You entered our land while disguising yourself as a male and one of us just so you could harm the helpless. We know that all you vampires want is the blood of other creatures!" Another man came in to help the old man.

"You're right about that one, pal. I do crave some blood but usually, we have high standards and your blood doesn't even have a grade due to its low quality so I'll pass" Tashina shrugged.

"You bloody beast, you've come to harm us but we won't let you do that" the men surrounded her and brought out their daggers as they glared at her.

"I do crave for a fight but not now, I'm looking for your Alpha. That's the only head I want" she spat.

The only response she received was a doze of spit on her face.

"You shouldn't have done that" she grimaced as she cleaned the thick white substance off her face.

"Hya!!!" the men attacked.

Tashina quickly brought her hand forth to stop the man in front of her from stabbing her chest and as an instinct, she kicked the other one behind her with her long and flexible limbs.

She used her elbow to hit the man on her right and her fist to hit the other on her left which made them both fall from the pain.

She punched a man in the face after she kicked him which made him fall backwards and hit the two other men behind him.

She was fast to use a flying kick to dodge the next attack or else it would have left a huge gash on her arm.

One of the men kicked her ankle and she fell. As he was about to hit her with his dagger, she quickly kicked him in the most precious part of a male and he doubled with a deep groan and fell.

The crowd who were watching the fight were deeply impressed with the way the vampire could handle so many attacks with efficiency.

Having the highest position in the military, a general, wasn't an easy task, especially for a female.

Tashina has always been fond of swords and armors because her father, King Regor, always took her along when he went on his missions.

It was at a young age that she started to train and learn how to wield a sword. Despite the protests she got from her stepmother, Queen Sania, the Princess exerted a lot of effort and got into the army.

A lot of people were shocked because seeing a female in the army of South-Mairak was very rare and they thought that it would be just a few days before she gave up and went back home.

But our princess exceeded all expectations and fought her way through the obstacles, hindrances, and up till the way of becoming the first female general of the South-Mairak Army.

Tashina became the rocking force of the females in her kingdom and they all looked up to her as a role model.

Back to the fighting scene. When the women saw that they were losing to the female vampire, they gained the courage to step in and join their people in the fight.

A man succeeded in slashing Tashina's right arm and she groaned out from the sudden pain.

She knew they would have the copper-bronze metal which could kill a vampire from just a single cut but still, the pain was too much to bear.

The women took her by the arm and held her down as she struggled to fight them back.

They were too much for her to handle.

She used her feet to kick a woman and was about to free herself from their hold when her hair was roughly gripped from behind and they held her back.

"Look at you, all worn out just from a single cut" the men mocked.

"At least I managed to take down ten of your men during the fight but all you mutts could do was a small scratch? I laugh at your incompetence!" she chuckled dryly and a woman next to her, slapped her with force.

"You should be ashamed of yourself. You're a female just like me and yet you are harming your fellow woman!!" she glared at the women who were holding her down.

Some turned their heads away from her, slightly embarrassed and the others glared at her.

"We do not protect a demon like you" snarled the lady that slapped her.

Suddenly she felt a deep, sharp blade tearing her flesh and entering into her stomach and she gasped at the amount of pain that flowed through her body.

The man that stabbed her took out the blade and the women took their hands off her which made her fall to the floor as lots of red liquid escaped the opened spot in her stomach.

Seeing that the vampire was now defeated, the werewolves wasted no time in launching series of attacks all over her.

The ones with daggers used their blade on her and the ones without a weapon used their feet and fists to inflict harm on her.

Although she was deeply injured, the Princess still summoned the courage and reached out for the bear in her pocket.

She used her bloody hands to hold it inside her palm so the attacks wouldn't hurt the small creature.

The one face that came to her head was Mr. Xavier and all she longed for was to see him one more time.

With the little energy she had, she located his mind that was completely shut off and tried to connect with him.

Although it was hard, she managed to get a signal from him and said the first thing that came to mind.

"Save me...." she said in her head before her mind went totally blank and she fell unconscious.

She could still hear the curses of the people but could no longer feel the pain anymore.

Her pupils dilated as her vision became blurry. She kept on drifting into a light slumber and waking up with a jolt over and over again that she lost count of the time she spent on the floor with her bleeding body.

Two figures, stood at a corner of the market, far away from the crowd, and watched the scene with pitiful expressions on their faces.

Unable to help the distraught vampire, they stood back with guilt eating away their hearts.

As Tashina was about to finally give up and drift into an irrevocable slumber, she heard a voice coming from somewhere and the crowd fell into a disturbing hush.

"Tashina!!!!"

And they all made way for the Alpha.