Chapter Thirty- Fight Two (Taya vs. Joe)

I wandered down the hall, unsure of what room to try next. It was like a maze. A really dumb one that wouldn’t let me through. I looked around, trying to sense something. Anything. I looked around, suddenly hearing a noise. I stared at the door where the noise had come from, gripping the handle tightly. I burst into the room, spotting a group of humans huddled in the corner, looking scared. I dashed over, noticing that they had been cuffed.
“What’s wrong? What happened to you?” I asked. One of them, a female, spoke up.
“They… they hunt us… and farm us… thank god someone set us free.” She whimpered. I nodded.
“Okay, you need to tell me. Is there a vampire in here?” I asked. Another one spoke up.
“The man behind you is.” the human stated, I spun around, finding myself face to face with a red-eyed vampire that I had learned to be Joe. I looked back at the humans.
“Okay, get out now!” I ordered as Joe hit me down. The humans quickly ran out into the hallway, trying to find their way out. I landed on my hands and knees as he stepped towards me.
“You should have joined us. You could have had ultimate power.” Joe said as he reached for the back of my neck. I cringed as he pulled me upwards, making me level with him. He pushed me onto a wall, strapping my hands and feet down onto it. I glared at him.
“I don’t need your power.” I spat. Joe sighed, looking up.
“No, but I’m going to make you wish you had said yes.” He stated, pulling a cloth off of a table to reveal many pieces of torture equipment. I cringed. Shit. I sighed, looking over at him.
“Burn the ene-mph!” I started, but he quickly tied a gag around my mouth.
“Shhh, shhh now. No need to over exhaust yourself to try and attack me. You just went through so much to kill Andy and I’m sure that you deserve a much needed break. Now, let Joseph take care of you.” He muttered, patting the side of my face then searching through the equipment fondly. I saw the woman from earlier sneaking in past him. She moved around behind me, then began cutting the ropes. As soon as one of my hands were free, I removed the gag.
“What are you doing here?” I hissed. I glanced up at Joe, making sure he was still mesmerized by his many pieces of torture equipment. The woman shrugged.
“You saved me, now I’ll save you. After all, we’re both human.” She stated. I shook my head.
“I’m not.” I stated, jumping down silently. The woman stared at me confused.
“But you look-” She started, but I removed the glamour before she could continue.
“I only look human, but I’m actually more sought out than humans to vampires. I’m called a Talking because I can create magic by saying what I want and- Watch out!” I shouted, pushing her down and turning out of the way. Joe glared at us as his knife just grazed my cheek. It quickly healed as a bit of silver blood dripped from it. Now that I was in my talking form, the colour of my blood changed too. Joe glared at me.
“Well, it seems the livestock helped you escape… but that wont happen again and- my god… what is that scent?” He asked, then eyed the drop of silver blood on my shirt. His mouth began to water.
“Talking blood… something I haven’t tasted… in so long…” He muttered. I stepped backwards, suddenly sensing fear. Now he wanted to eat me. I glanced at his equipment on the table, then back to him.
“May you be killed by your own equipment.” I stated as the table suddenly flipped forward. His body was pierced by the blades on his table, and even the dull items. He screamed in agony, but I put an end to it as I aimed my gun and shot him straight through the head. I looked down at the woman, trembling in fear. I passed her the gun.
“This is for self defence. I have another one, but if a vampire attacks you, this will kill it.” I stated. The woman nodded slowly. I nodded back then quickly ran out.
“Next please!” I called out to nothing.