08-03-2019, 01:24 PM
"I took out one of the humans and then they were all alerted. I barely made it out of there. I decided to...well, fuck...I'm so foggy...decided to hang out then come in with big guns, but they've turned a bunch in town...and I led them here. I led them to Stan. Vince...I put him in danger, my Stan. He's like my brother." With those words, Dani drifted again into her own thoughts and tears poured from her eyes.
"Dani...hey...come on, be the tough agent for me again...come on. They followed you and what happened?" Vince held her gaze. It was killing him to see those beautiful eyes filled with tears and turned red from the liquor and the crying.
"They got him. I came home and he was in my bed, my old bed...but it was wrong - blood, so much blood everywhere. He was bitten all over Vince, Stan was bitten. He was covered...they tortured him. He was so sad when he looked at me, and crying in pain. I'm so stupid."
Dani's words chilled his blood. Vince looked at his partner and the sobbing woman in front of him clutched at his shirt before falling into his arms. Nick got up to grab the coffee realizing that Stan being bitten could only end two ways and neither would mean he was coming back to Dani. He only hoped she knew that somehow, because seeing her like this was tearing at him and more would just kill him.
"You're not stupid. You didn't know Stan couldn't handle it. Where is he now baby?" Vince asked the question as Nick sat a hot cup with milk and sugar in it before Dani.
"With them. He asked me to end it, but I was too weak. I told him I loved him and he asked me to make the pain stop. I couldn't. I just held him, and he was so limp and weak. I just prayed for strength." Dani took the cup of coffee being offered to her by Vince now.
"Did he bite you baby? Tell me did he bite you." The fear at the possible answer was written all over Vince's face.
"No. When I was up holding him, he was turning and I tried to keep him here, but he escaped. I...I warded the house Vince, he can't come back in. It's ancient, but nothing non-human can come in. If he's fed, he's turned now...so he has to die. But, Vince, I can't. I can't kill him...I love him. He's my brother man." Fresh tears sprang out and she fell into his chest.
"You know if he hasn't fed on a human, then he can live as a vampire under CIA watch, and just be careful. We might be able to save him." He tried to give her hope even as he looked at Nick knowing what the reality was.
"He left me a message out back yesterday. It's too late. My Stan is gone, I've killed him."
"What do you mean a message?" Nick asked her.
"Look out the kitchen window." He jumped up opening the curtains. An old woman's body hung on a crudely made cross with a large white sign covered in black spray painted writing. It read simply, 'Come join us or end up like her. Love you, Stan.'
"It's Mrs. Cavanaugh from the bakery where I bought Stan's birthday cake last week. She has bite marks on her." Dani was cold as she spoke not wanting to remember finding the sad old lady, who she saw as a grandmother outside the circle of sigil lines.
"What do you need from us?"
"I need you to kill them all, even him. I know if I try I'll just end up joining him, and I can't do that. I can't be one of them. I can't say no to him though. He's my Stan." Dani looked up at him smiling as her drunkenness changed to a heavy buzz with the few gulps of coffee settling in.
"Alright, but we should wait until tomorrow morning. We need to get the jump in daylight if there's a lot. Do you mind if we crash here since it's warded?" Vince asked trying to sound encouraging even though his heart was breaking to see her this way.
"Okay, I'll sleep in the guest room though, I couldn't...I couldn't clean my room."
"It's all good Dani, why don't you finish your coffee and I'll clean your room. Then, we can sit together for a bit and watch TV or something." Nick tried to be calm and reassuring still as he took in just how truly wrecked Dani was. He couldn't help but reflect back on the conversation he had at the lake case with Stan. It almost haunted him now that Stan was gone and Dani would have to work alone.
"Dani...hey...come on, be the tough agent for me again...come on. They followed you and what happened?" Vince held her gaze. It was killing him to see those beautiful eyes filled with tears and turned red from the liquor and the crying.
"They got him. I came home and he was in my bed, my old bed...but it was wrong - blood, so much blood everywhere. He was bitten all over Vince, Stan was bitten. He was covered...they tortured him. He was so sad when he looked at me, and crying in pain. I'm so stupid."
Dani's words chilled his blood. Vince looked at his partner and the sobbing woman in front of him clutched at his shirt before falling into his arms. Nick got up to grab the coffee realizing that Stan being bitten could only end two ways and neither would mean he was coming back to Dani. He only hoped she knew that somehow, because seeing her like this was tearing at him and more would just kill him.
"You're not stupid. You didn't know Stan couldn't handle it. Where is he now baby?" Vince asked the question as Nick sat a hot cup with milk and sugar in it before Dani.
"With them. He asked me to end it, but I was too weak. I told him I loved him and he asked me to make the pain stop. I couldn't. I just held him, and he was so limp and weak. I just prayed for strength." Dani took the cup of coffee being offered to her by Vince now.
"Did he bite you baby? Tell me did he bite you." The fear at the possible answer was written all over Vince's face.
"No. When I was up holding him, he was turning and I tried to keep him here, but he escaped. I...I warded the house Vince, he can't come back in. It's ancient, but nothing non-human can come in. If he's fed, he's turned now...so he has to die. But, Vince, I can't. I can't kill him...I love him. He's my brother man." Fresh tears sprang out and she fell into his chest.
"You know if he hasn't fed on a human, then he can live as a vampire under CIA watch, and just be careful. We might be able to save him." He tried to give her hope even as he looked at Nick knowing what the reality was.
"He left me a message out back yesterday. It's too late. My Stan is gone, I've killed him."
"What do you mean a message?" Nick asked her.
"Look out the kitchen window." He jumped up opening the curtains. An old woman's body hung on a crudely made cross with a large white sign covered in black spray painted writing. It read simply, 'Come join us or end up like her. Love you, Stan.'
"It's Mrs. Cavanaugh from the bakery where I bought Stan's birthday cake last week. She has bite marks on her." Dani was cold as she spoke not wanting to remember finding the sad old lady, who she saw as a grandmother outside the circle of sigil lines.
"What do you need from us?"
"I need you to kill them all, even him. I know if I try I'll just end up joining him, and I can't do that. I can't be one of them. I can't say no to him though. He's my Stan." Dani looked up at him smiling as her drunkenness changed to a heavy buzz with the few gulps of coffee settling in.
"Alright, but we should wait until tomorrow morning. We need to get the jump in daylight if there's a lot. Do you mind if we crash here since it's warded?" Vince asked trying to sound encouraging even though his heart was breaking to see her this way.
"Okay, I'll sleep in the guest room though, I couldn't...I couldn't clean my room."
"It's all good Dani, why don't you finish your coffee and I'll clean your room. Then, we can sit together for a bit and watch TV or something." Nick tried to be calm and reassuring still as he took in just how truly wrecked Dani was. He couldn't help but reflect back on the conversation he had at the lake case with Stan. It almost haunted him now that Stan was gone and Dani would have to work alone.
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