Mouse
Mouse kept her eyes from Taylor. Especially from his neck. This was really starting to freak her out. She wanted to sink her teeth into his neck and drink from the blood she knew was pumping away just under the surface. What the hell was wrong with her? She felt Taylor's worried stare on her back and turned to smile at him. "Anything the matter?" She tried not to zone out and think about blood again. It really kinda wasn't working...
Taylor
Taylor ignored the question, eyebrows furrowed with concern.
"What's wrong?" he asked quietly, coming closer and taking one of her hands into his.
"You seem kind of... spaced out. Is everything ok? The babies are ok, aren't they?"
MOuse
"The babies? The babies are fine..." Mouse licked her lips slightly, staring hungrily at Taylor's neck. She smiled at him, eyes a little bit dazed and out of it. She leant over to kiss him, then suddenly bit down on his lip. She reacted like she'd been the one that had been bitten when she felt the blood hit her tongue. It just felt so right... Mouse ran for the toilet and started to throw up, weeping uncontrollably. "Oh god, something is so wrong with me..."
Taylor
Taylor held his lip for a moment, then followed her towards the bathroom.
He went to the basin and began to spit the blood out, pausing every now and then to see if it has stopped. His mind raced, trying to get a hold of what he was feeling.
But Mouse was so confused, which was making him confused.
"How long has this been going on?" Taylor frowned slightly, suddenly asking himself why he didn't already know.
Mouse
"I, I think only a few days. I was talking to Natalia, you know, just trying to help her talk. She doesn't like to talk for too long..." Mouse shook it off. "And then all of a sudden I'm focusing on her neck...and thinking wow...there's blood in her neck. I want to drink it. No...it's more like I *need* to drink it. I wanted to rip into her neck and feed." Mouse's hands clenched so hard she cut tiny half-circles into her palms with her nails. "I wanted to drain her of her blood until there was nothing left but a husk...it comes and goes. You just happened to be there when it took a sudden upswing..."
Taylor
Taylor finally turned the tap off and leant against the sink - the back of one hand still against his lip.
"Well this is... interesting to say the least."
He pulled his hand away, glad to see no blood on it. Then he traced the outline of the wound with his tongue. His eyes shot toward her.
"Is it the babies?"
Mouse
"Never had any urges to bite anyone before..." Mouse shook her head. "Well, not people people. I'm so sorry about biting you!" What makes it worse is that it felt so right...
Taylor
"It's ok," Taylor insisted, going over to her and putting an arm around her shoulders.
"If it's the babies, we'll work around it."
He gulped a little, feeling her emotions. He understood the confusion and sorry part, but the rest definately wasn't like his Mouse.
Mouse
Mouse leaned into him, feeling lost. Just underneath that there was running this want/feed/kill/BLOOD thread. She couldn't seem to shut it off, and her breath started to hitch.
^Tobiteistolove.^ One baby spoke up suddenly. ^HUNTfeedbloodneeddeathlifesweetlifeblood...^ The torrent burst in on her and Mouse gasped, then pushed Taylor away.
"Go! PLEASE!"
^LOVEHIMYES?THENBITEHIM!CLAIMHIM!^ The baby screamed in frustration, anger suddenly pulsing through Mouse. ^YOUAREHIS!HEISYOURS!YES?!^
"Yesssssss..." Mouse's eyes were almost blank and she swayed slightly.
^BITE!TASTE!Bloodislifeloveeverythingall.BLOODISLIFE!^
Taylor
Taylor's mouth hung open for a moment, before he cried out and clutched his head.
He could hear the babies again, but... louder? He could actually tell when they were yelling, as opposed to just whispers he couldn't wuite comprehend.
His left hand grabbed for the benchtop, as he went down to one knee.
It was the babies. They thirsted for blood. His blood?
He took a deep bretah and closed his eyes, trying somehow to block the voices out.
Mouse
Mouse's head tilted and her mouth fell open slightly as she tried to listen and understand. Her breath came in short gasps as her eyelids fluttered closed.
^BLOODISLIFE!TOBITEISTOCLAIM!TOBELONG!TOBEPARTOF!BLOODISLIFE!LIFE!^ One of the babies cried out.
^NO!Nobite.NONONO!FATHERBITENO!^
^YES!^
^^NO!^^
^YES!^
^FATHERISNNOTPREY.^ A different one said. The first baby screamed in wordless frustration.
^YES!FATHERISNOTPREY!MEANLADYISPREY!FATHERISMATE!TOMATEMUSTBITE!BITE! ^ The baby started to sing. ^BLOODLIFENOTDEATHSHARINGONESELFWITHONEOTHER!JUSTONE!SPECIAL!WANTED! LOVED!BITTENMARKEDCLAIMEDMATEDWANTEDBRANDED!^
Mouse's eyes flicked open and for a moment they glowed gold.
^OURS!FOREVERANDEVERANDEVER!BITTENMATEDCLAIMED!^
^Bitingisowningisclaimingissharing,yes?^ The third one was hesitant. ^Don'tlikebitingdon'tlikeblood...but...^
^Bitingisspecial.Wantit.Needit.NEEDBLOODTOGROWSTRONG!Wantitneedit...^
^Fatherisnotprey?^ The second asked suspiciously.
^Fatherisnotprey.^
Taylor
Taylor covered his ears as he sat with his back against the cupboard.
Even with his ears covered, he knew it wouldn't block them out. The voices were in his head, after all.
He sighed with relief when he understood what they were saying.
"Well thank God for that," he whispered, closing his eyes.
Mouse
"Tay...you havta go, like, now," Mouse said urgently. "I can't, they want...no, *need*, one of them needs to bite something."
^NEED!^ The baby agreed. ^Bloodislifeisalliseverything...^
^Connection?^
^YES!CONNECTION!TIESOFBLOODANDLIFE!^
"It needs to feed..." Mouse swayed slightly, eyes closing again. "I don't want to bite you, Tay, please, please, go now."
^NO!^ The baby screamed, wailing in anger and frustration.
Taylor
Taylor looked up worriedly, feeling perfectly well the worry in Mouse.
"Ok," he began softly.
His hands shook slightly as he stood from the floor.
"You just," he gulped, "you just yell if you need something, ok?"
Mouse
"Uh huh." Mouse nodded, eyes distant and dazed.
^NONONONO!^ The baby wailed. Mouse's swaying became more pronounced as she got to her feet, eyelids fluttering and eyes gleaming flashes of gold. ^NO!Bitehimbitehimbitehim...^
Mouse growled deep in her throat and the swaying stopped. She raised her head, eyes burning gold then flashed forward with a burst of speed and her teeth fastened into the soft skin at the base of Taylor's throat.
^Ahhhhhh...^ The baby sighed in relief as the first hints of blood hit Mouse's mouth. ^Yessssssss...^
Taylor
"AH!" Taylor cried out, stumbling backwards.
"JANE?!"
He finally managed to get her off him, and his hand flew to his neck where he felt the blood running down. He cringed when he pulled his hand away and looked at it.
"Jane? Are you ok?!" he cried, worriedly.
Mouse
Mouse stared at him, and licked her lips. Inside her head she was screaming and trying to gain control of her body again. Her eyes gleamed a dangerous amber.
^Ineedmoreblood.^ The baby asserted, and tested its control over its mother's mind. ^Motherplease?^
Mouse moved from her crouch by the wall into another leap, bringing Taylor crashing diwn as she straddled him and lapped at the blood that was coming from the wound at his throat. She started to purr.
Taylor
"Jane?!" Taylor cried weekly, trying to push her off him.
"JANE! No, you're ALIEN! Alien..."
He finally managed to throw her off him, and scrambled backwards a little.
"You're not the vampire, the baby is. Please, listen to me!"
Mouse
Mouse screamed and screamed inside her mind. She couldn't get out! The baby hummed in pleasure.
^YES!BITTENMATEDCLAIMEDOWNEDONE!^
^Areyoudonenow?^
^Ithinkso.Ihaveenoughbloodfornow.^ Mouse licked her lips and ran it along the contours of her teeth, still staring at Taylor with hungry yellow eyes. ^OURS!OURSFOREVERANDEVER!BLOODBOUND!^
Mouse swayed suddenly then crumpled to the ground in a faint as the baby released its hold on her mind.
Taylor
"Oh man," Taylor whispered, falling backwards onto his back.
He lay there for a moment, before realizing he'd better do something about the wound on his neck. Well, it was in an awkward position... probably better to have a shower.
He sat up slightly, flinching at the pain, before crawling over to Mouse.
"Mouse? Mouse? Wake up," he shook her.
MOuse
Mouse roused, mind still feeling dazed. Then she remembered what had happened. "Oh god, Tay, are you alright? I don't even know what happened, it was like I was watching it and I couldn't stop it! I couldn't! Oh god, I'm so sorry!" She started crying. "I'm so sorry!"
Taylor
"Hey, hey, it's ok..."
Taylor sat beside her and puled her into a hug, rocking her slightly.
"It wasn't your fault. These babies... They're just a bit more powerful than they should be."
He bit his bottom lip, feeling the scar of where she'd bitten him before.
"There's something really weird happening here."
Mouse
"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry..." Mouse cried into his shirt. "So sorry, so sorry..."
Taylor
Taylor kissed her forehead and hugged her tighter.
"It's ok, it's ok," he hushed in quiet whispers.
He moved some hair out of her face and wiped some tears from her eyes.
"We'll get through this, don't worry. We're here for you."
Mouse
"God, that looks nasty." Mouse lifted her head to look at the bitemarks on the skin of his throat. "We'll...need to put some antiseptic on it. Much antiseptic." Her face crumpled again. "I'm so sorry! What the hell did they do to the babies? What *are* they?" Fear ran through her voice.
Taylor
"Well at least we're getting clues now," Taylor smiled a little, feeling faint.
"At least now we know that one is part vampire, and the other two aren't."
He closed his eyes for a moment, feeling dizzy, then hugged her again.
"I'll be ok. I should probably have a shower to clean it off."
Mouse
"I'll...change my shirt, then go find a first aid kit," Mouse said weakly. "Oh god, Tay, I'm so sorry."
Taylor
"Don't be, don't be," Taylor insisted, shaking his head.
He let her go, then leant on the bench to help himself stand up.
"It'll be fine, don't worry. I'm sure that Blakesley guy could have done a lot worse."
He gave her a reassuring smile as he leant against the basin.
Mouse
"I *hurt* you..." Mouse got to her feet slowly. "I'll go find that kit..." She walked out of the room quickly, feeling like one of the lowest beings on earth. "I'll have some bandages and stuff when you're done having your shower, ok?"
Taylor
Taylor just shook his head with a smile before removing his shirt.
He turned the water on, closed and locked the door, then had his shower.