Alpha's Blind Luna



We ambled five minutes before we ran into anyone. Luckily, it was no one who knew us. They didn't even stop as we swayed with the two bottles in our hand. I stopped at the power room. It was out of our way but I wasn't about to leave this place running after everything I had gone through. Leaning Hector up against the wall, I unlocked the door with the keycard. It was too easy. No one was monitoring the room and it was as easy as pulling levels well past the red marker. It was sophisticated but at the same time, simple. I wondered where we were that would build a power system this easy to fuck up.

Quickly, I closed the door and pulled Hector back over my shoulder and we ambled our way down the halls. Unfortunately, this route took us past the guard common room for the east side. Sure enough, three guards stood outside, chatting. They looked us up and down.

"What the hell..."

Flaring my nostrils, I pointed my pinky at them, while holding the beer bottle up. I did my utmost to slur my words.

"Did...you know...today is my fucking birthday?"

Two of the guards backed up, one putting his hands up.

"Is it now?"

I huffed. “It is! 213 fucking old." I waved my bottle at them. "I get the day off...but...I got nowhere to go. No one to fuck. Do you...even know...how that feels?"

"Actually, I..."

“No! You don't!” I roared over him. The two behind him giggled as they stepped out of the line a fire. Stepping up, Hector swayed and slammed into the wall but miraculously kept his beer from spilling. “This poor sap caught me crying and thought alcohol could cheer me up. Well, I'm not cheered up. He's fucking piss drunk and I...I get to drag his ass outside for some air. But...two wrong turns! I need signs! Where are the fucking signs?!" I yelled at him.

At this point, the two guards that stepped back were unable to hold in their laughter. I grabbed Hector and adjusted him. “Air. I want fucking air not this recycled bullshit that smells like farts because you all think it's all a fucking joke to rip ass in front of the..the...air suckers!"

Third struggled hard to keep a straight face. "Yes ma'am."

Harrumphing, we ambled past them and I stumbled for effect before slamming my keycard against the exit door. Kicking it open with my foot, I felt the sun on my face and breathed in the air. It had been the first time in years I felt the sun.

We continued to amble past the building but once we reached the fence, the acting was over. Tossing our beers to the ground, I took out the little laser and cut out of the fence. Taking Hector's hand, I pulled him through and started to run. There was a hill that flattened out into some trees but it was at least a mile. As we hit the tree line, Hector started to pull out of his stupor. What I would have given to stick around and watch the place explode but I wasn't willing to give our lives for it. Racing through the trees, I tried listening for anything close by.

"Auri, what the hell..." He didn't sound high, just very confused.

"Not now. Run. I think there should be a road north of us."

Neither of us spoke as we ran. I didn't think it would be better for us if we shifted. We would be out of closes and I had no idea where we were. Hearing a car, I adjusted our path and we raced up a steep incline and climbed into a paved road. Pulling off my coat and hat, I tossed the two pieces, making sure I had all the pockets emptied. I also tucked my shirt back into the pants. Everything was loose on me but we didn't even have shoes. Hector tossed his hat but there wasn't much else to his outfit. There were no road signs and without a phone, I had no information to go on.

"Let's keep walking, see if we can't hitch a ride if a car comes by."

"How the hell did you just get us out?"

I smiled. “Some help and drunk ambling. Come on, we are still too close. If they catch us again..." My thoughts went back to what the lab coat said. "...it's going to be over for us."novelbin

Hector reached out and took my hand. He didn't ask anything else and we walked hand in hand down the road. The sun was going down as a shock wave and the sound of an explosion rocked through the area. Hector flinched and turned back to where we had walked from.

"The hell..."

"One of many. I'm going to destroy everything that fucking vampire has and then I'm going to kill him." I growled.

Hector reached out for my hand but this time he pulled me to look at him. "That was you?"

I nodded.

"Fuck."

We continued walking but I stopped when I heard a vehicle driving down the road. Waving my hands, it was an old beat-up truck and an older man was driving. It was a little two seater cab with a short bed in the back. It wasn't full but it had some cates piled up.

He pulled up beside us, taking in our attire before speaking. I nearly sighed in relief when he spoke Chinese, Mandarin specifically. My Mandarin was much better than my Cantonese, that was for sure. As politely as I could, I asked where he was headed and he replied into Beijing. Taking a deep breath, I asked if we could take a ride in his truck bed. That I didn't have any cash on me but I could get some at an ATM. He waved me off and motioned to the back. Giving a quick bow and thanking him, I pulled Hector and jumped into the bed of the truck.

It was a minute but he pulled out back on the road and I looked up to see the plume of smoke billowing into the air from the explosion. I pulled out the laser and tried cutting the silver off my arms. The first two I was successful but not without burning myself. The ankle ones went much smoother. Every time one broke, I tossed it out of the bed of the truck into the side of the road. Leaning over, I did the same to Hector without burning him once. He rubbed his wrists for a moment.

Taking a deep breath, I stemmed the flow of my power since now I wasn't pushing against the silver. I did close my eyes as I tried to reach out and mind link with Hector.

'Can you...'

'I can hear you. Give me a second though, Rydere is going off.'

I smiled. 'Tell him I say hi.'

My legs brushed up against his in the small bed and Hector chuckled.

'That shut him up.'

'Good. We need to plan.'

'I'm assuming you know where we are. What was that? Chinese?'

I nodded. 'He's headed into Beijing so we are currently on the far East side of China. It's not ideal but it could be worse.'

Hector shook his head. 'How could it be worse, Auri? We are in fucking China.'

'Well, for starters we could be in Russia and my Russian is not very good. Mandarin I can speak fairly fluently. If we were near Hong Kong I'd have a harder time with Cantonese. So yes. It could be worse. We can get a hotel room. Gather ourselves for a bit.' I bent my knees and rested my arms on them.

'No. We should jump on a plane. Go home. Figure this shit out there.'

I shook my head. 'We can't.'

'Why the hell not?' His voice rose.

'Because you're going into heat, Hector! You want to do that on a fucking plane? We might get lucky and we have a day but we don't have passports or IDs or even a fucking phone. Don't yell at me when you haven't thought this through yet!'

He shifted under my glare, his face falling. 'I'm sorry. I just...I was pissed for being drugged when I knew they were coming in to rape you and suddenly we are running through the forest.'

'We are free, that's what matters.' I shot him a smile.

His legs opened up and he patted the metal floor bed. Turning around, I nestled between his thighs, my back up against his chest. His fingers intertwined with mine and I closed my eyes, leaning my head back further.

'I need to rest. Just for a second. That was a lot. Wake me if he speaks to you.'

His lips pressed against my head. 'Sleep. I got it. I'll keep watch.'

I chuckled. 'Like the old days?'

He hummed. 'Like the old days.'

I don't know how long I slept but it had been a few hours. It took even more when we finally reached Beijing. It was overwhelming for me but Hector pulled me in close and held me. I wasn't used to more than a room full of people but now suddenly there was thousands. Leaning over the crates, I spoke to the older gentleman. Asking him to drop us off by an ATM so I could get him cash for the ride.

He waved me off again as he continued to drive. He drove a ways into the city before stopping in front of a supermarket. I jumped out, my feet hitting the warm sidewalk. There was an ATM in front of the building and I raced over to it. Pulling out my wallet, I started to put the card in.

"If you're ever in Spice Alley, look for me!" Before I could even punch in the code, he drove off.

I smiled and shook my head. Hector stood behind me and looked over at the ATM.

"Whose card is this?"

"One of the lab coats that helped give us the clothes and opened the door." I looked at the currently balance and coughed. There were nine figures in this account. Taking the max about of cash the machine would give me, I shoved it into the wallet and looked around. There was a tall building that looked like a hotel. It looked nice and I took Hector by the hand. We turned down the road and walked the block to the entrance of the hotel.

"Auri, this place is fancy. We literally don't have shoes right now."

Hushing him, I rolled my shoulders and walked in. He followed close behind and I walked up to the desk. She definitely did a double take with how we looked but said nothing about it. The receptionist's English was not great so when I spoke to her in Mandarin a look of relief and shock crossed her face. She gave me a rundown of the prices and Hector was right. This place was expensive but I handed her my card with 5 hundred yuan bills. As she started to ask for my ID, I looked down at the bills I was handing her with the card.

Recognition flashed in her and she gave me a small nod before swiping the card. I had requested the penthouse for 10 days and when the card approved she handed it back to me. Giving me two room keys and a pamphlet, she stood and motioned to the elevators. Smiling, I made sure Hector was following as I stepped into the elevator. Scanning the key at the elevator, it started to move up and we waited in silence. It opened up to a beautiful living room, dinning room area.

Turning to Hector, I smiled. "We made it out."