Chapter 11

Dracula was walking on the ceiling of the cave spaced out. So he didn't notice me. I had to be extra careful to make sure he didn't see me. I tried to talk to James but Tiamat is my head. She and her 'children' are linked telepathically so they would show up and give me nightmares. I had to give up and stay put. I had to work extra hard to make sure Dracula's cronies didn't see me either. I had to spend an entire day underwater. Tiamat was amused by my determination to stay hidden. She waited till I was asleep to flit into my mind. I was in my house in Boston when James shows up with roses. Dracula shows up with a sword. They fight and Dracula wins. I woke up with a jolt. I managed to stop myself from screaming but someone had decided to piss off Dracula. I heard Dracula call for a search party. So I had no choice but to dive into the coral reef and hide. I stayed there till I saw a great white a foot away from my head. I emptied my lungs of air and I was surrounded by air bubbles to prove it. I managed to get away from it and met the sirens. They seemed nice as they chewed on clams, mussels, crabs and oysters. I made the mistake of tilting my head to my feet when I felt something brush by I saw that I was surrounded by Mako sharks. I felt like I lost feeling to my legs. I felt a strong hand on my shoulder and it was an angry Tiamat. She gripped me tightly as she dragged me back to the island and made me stay in my cave till she sorted the situation. He had searched my room which meant he won't come back. I asked her if I could have dinner. She gave me a lethal death stare before she walked back to her throne room. A young man walked in and he was smoking some kind of narcotic. He was in the zone. I sank my teeth into his jugular and fed till I felt like I need to stop.

When I was done they took him away without a word. Dracula was heard laughing but he said nothing further. Dracula didn't broach about a vampire that didn't drain his victim dry but his servant did. He was curious to know who is it was. He would recognize me immediately he has seen me at the hospital and was there when HE used the monster voice. He tried to find out who they were hiding. He wasted no opportunity to find out and left no stone unturned to figure it out. Finally he must have seen me by the rocks swimming and ran to tell Dracula. I got out of the water and reached for my t-shirt when a towel was shoved into my hand. I turned to see it was Drake. He wore a sneaky loop sided smile. I feared an incident that could potentially be problematic so I backed away from him and walked back to my cave. He looked hurt but said nothing as he slowly followed me. He kept a healthy ten pace distance. A few merpeople were waiting outside my room as though prepared for a fight. I walked past them and they started to snarl. He understood that I was the one they were sworn to protect. He was livid when he realized they were protecting me from him of all people.

He stormed off to see Tiamat and demanded that she hand me over. She showed him the pearl and snarled a refusal. He humbly apologized for never retrieving it for her. He tried to give so many excuses but they came up short. She shrieked till his got on his knees. He shook in such intense pain. She must have flit into his head and inflicted unimaginable pain. In the end he promised not to harm me but asked if he could spend time talking to me. He promised to keep his distance if it makes things better between them. She tilted her head as though she will think about it. She waved him off and he came stomping. I mumbled, "Vlad" and he was standing next to me in a heartbeat.

He smiled at me, "What can I do for you?" I wished him good night and walked out into the sun. I tried to and he thought I was going to burn myself so he tried to drag me away. The mermen pinned him to the ground and he watched helplessly as I walked out without hurting myself. He screamed in terror so I ran back inside to tell him to shut up. He froze when he saw that I was ok. I shrugged, "I am a daywalker. The man who sired you sired me as well. He is concerned I will be like you and kill innocent people." I took pity and nod my head immediately they let him go. He stood back and asked me how I am whatever I am. I told him, "I met James when I was a child. I killed a Goblin and took care of him. He stayed in my house and I got hurt so he fed me his blood. Whenever we meet I end up injured so he kept feeding me his blood. Till I reach the nowhere point I slowly turned into a vampire. Since I turned in the daytime my body was able to adjust." He inquired, "Can you do things?" I never got to learn anything. I only do what I learned from the vision. He raised his eyebrow and Tiamat walked in and growled. I immediately walked back to the great outdoors to go swimming.

The queen of the Merman came to take me to their place of residence. They were the custodians of the city of gold. They arrived in time before I annoyed Tiamat enough that she would forget her courtesy and eat me. This thought made her and her children cackle. The others joined in on the joke as I turned blood red. Dracula was elsewhere enjoying his dinner when I left. I hoped that he would be spare her for her kindness. I flit into his mind and made him promise he won't hurt her. I made it clear hurting her is hurting me. He screamed in unimaginable pain as I said bye.

To be fair I should be used to being dragged around like a rag doll. But my body didn't make that adjustment. It felt irritated that it changed timezones like some people change socks. I finally arrived to the Amazon Jungle. The place was so dense with trees that I am surprised these guys can maneuver. It turns out they can turn their fins to legs too. There were tree houses and I was given a one that was close to the river. But I was warned not to go past the fat statues that was carved to strike fear in the hearts of those who saw them. I promised not to go there and was shown what would happen if I did. A thrill seeker had made his way somehow. I watched as they left a bloody skeleton dangling on a tree. I got on my knees and wished to go back to Tiamat. They contemplated if I should stay or not. In the end they took me to Mermoria in Florida where I had to spend most of my time hiding from gators or sharks. Like I said I rather deal with Dracula or piss off Tiamat than stay here. I finally said uncle and called James to come to get me. He came within a few hours and I was taken to Ukraine where I met a Vila named Kikimora. She was drooling all over James. The way she kept staring I itched to punch her.