Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 08:45:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: Talon James <sharp0talon@yahoo.com>
Subject: Mirror Glass part 3

Disclaimer: This story is a work of fiction and contains homosexual acts so
if you don't like that then don't read it. MORE IMPORTANTLY, this story is
one I wrote after being inspired by Comicality's AMAZING story Gone From
the Daylight. If you haven't read it i suggest you Do So ASAP. It takes
place in his universe I used some of his ideas and characters. I only hope
I can do his work of art some justice.

Note: I found myself with all these ideas about what life was like for
other characters in that world and a whole bunch of what if situations and
I just started writing. This story was intended for The Blood Bank but I
cant seem to find it anymore so I'm uploading it here. I have not read any
of the stories in The Blood Bank so I don't know if anyone had any of the
same thoughts as me.

	*In this life friendship is a rarity and love is just a fairytale
made for humans. The fact is that all of us are boogie men. I mean look at
what we are... blood thirsty monsters."


                                 Mirror Glass 3 : Hunted

	At that moment I didn't know what to say because somewhere deep
inside I knew he was right. When I was human I thought one of the toughest
things to do was make it to work on time, make time for my family and
friends, and figure out what I wanted to be "when I grew up". I remember
fearing rejection and how scared I was to give my heart away, each time I
did I did so on a whim daring myself to make the ultimate leap. But this
was a much different world.  My time in darkness has taught me that all the
problems I thought were problems in my human life were nothing. At least
when I was human dating around was easy because being human was easy. I
miss the days when it was easy to weed out the bad guy from the good
guys. Flaws like selfishness, conceitedness, and arrogance; were easy to
pick up on. If a guy just didn't do it for me that was okay because there
were plenty more fish in the sea. But now I wish a few select personality
flaws were all I had to worry about.

	I don't know what it is about us humans and vampires but power
doesn't sit well with us. We crave it and as soon as we get it we hold on
to it all the while trying to get more. It corrupts us. Power is one thing
that can turn an angel into a devil. The worst part is that all the change
from human to vampire does is feed that darker part of our nature we always
try to resist. When were humans we do everything we can to deny that we are
capable of the feats which come so easy to us now as vampires. We would
watch the news and hear about horrendous crimes and murders and gasp,
thinking how could someone be so malicious? All the while keeping the
animal with us all at bay. The truth is the people who sit in their homes
shaking their head watching the six o'clock news are no different than the
ones committing the crimes. Calling someone else evil doesn't make you any
holier, just like wearing clothes and acting civilized doesn't makes you
any less of an animal. The point is we are all capable of great evil as
humans and as vampires most of us give into that darkness and don't look
back. With each dark act we commit we lose a piece of ourselves; our
humanity. Its some vampires like myself, last saving grace that we try to
hold onto as we stain our souls red with blood.

	If Helix was right that at the end of the day we are all monsters
than how long could I hold out for? Sure ive killed, I have too in order to
stay alive but I only ever hunt the scum on the bottom of the barrel. But
is even that okay? Could there come a time when that changes? A time when I
kill indiscriminately because if being alone is where it starts then I'm in
trouble because I've been alone for sometime... I don't have a family or
best friends to watch my back. No, that's not completely true... I had
someone I could call a friend once. And now because of me, because I got
him involved he's dead. I'm all by myself now and I know I will do anything
to survive! I have a purpose, a mission and I'm going to see it through. I
have to live in the daylight at least for one more day. If I don't get that
than who knows pretty soon I could end up like the vampires I despise... a
true killer.

	"A penny for your thoughts?" I was called back to the world of the
living, this time I was the one staring off into space. Helix moved himself
closer to me. I couldn't tell if it was the heat from the fire making me
hot or if it was how close our bodies were.

	"Its just that even though a part of me admits your right another
part of me wont accept it. If what you say it true then I should have been
transformed into a monster a long time ago but im not. I wont give in, I
Wont let this power corrupt me. Yes, most of our kind act like demons but
some of us don't. Some of us don't want to lose ourselves in the chaos and
instead choose to fight an internal battle everyday. Don't we get some
credit for that? Don't we earn a pat on the back and a gold star for the
day? It would be so easy for me to let loose and murder, HELL! I would
probably enjoy it too! It takes nothing to let yourself become a creature
of pain and pleasure but it takes so much more to be one of compassion and
humility. If there was ever proof of hope existing in the world wouldn't
this be it?"

	 I was desperately hoping he would agree with me. He had already
been through so much. If someone like him could agree with me than that
would have to prove me right. I may have talked a big game a minute ago but
that's all it was, talk. I needed him to validate my feelings. For so long
I've been on my own, my thoughts have been mine and mine alone. So I didn't
know if my thoughts were even rational ones. For all I knew they could just
be optimistic hopeless ramblings of a lost soul. And a part of me wanted to
save him. I was hoping that my words could reach him. I know how cliché and
ridiculous it sounds but tonight I shared things with someone I never even
dared to say out loud and to my surprise the flow wasn't only in one
direction. I missed connections and moments like this. I forgot what it was
like to really open yourself up. I guess after I crossed over I seen heart
felt moments like this as a humans need not a vampires. He said he was
protecting me and after seeing his face as he let pieces of himself go
tonight, I believe him. Why would he lie about trying to save me? He's a
hunter, what could he possibly have to gain by toying with me now?

	He didn't say he agreed with me or disagreed with me, he just
remained silent. For right now I took it as a mini victory because if he
had such a pessimistic view of life he would have no reserves about telling
me I was wrong. So his silence came as a reminder that even this life in
darkness wasn't without its dim rays of light.

	"You said that unfortunately I got you as my executioner but you
also said it was also fortunate...what did you mean by that?" Up until now
Helix exuded an aura of confidence. When he talked he did so matter of
factly and even when he moved himself so close to me that we were only
inches apart, he held no constraint. But for the fist time since I opened
my eyes to find him holding me did he lose some of his oh so precious cool
and falter. He pulled away and straightened up his back. While running his
hands through is hair he gave out a long sigh.

	"That first night after I was assigned to you I read up on you,
studied your background and your picture. I must have looked at that
picture a thousand times. I kept telling myself the only reason I was
studying it as hard as I was was to make to make sure that if I needed to I
could pick you out of a crowd I easily could but... I knew that wasn't the
reason why. The first time I saw you you were walking out of a shelter. You
had just finished bathing after a night of feeding. When I saw you I..."

	He looked from my eyes to floor and wouldn't look back up to meet
me. My heart was pounding at a crazy speed while my mouth went dry. I
needed to hear where he was going with this. I needed to hear him finish. I
could feel the blush creep into my cheeks. "Go on, when you saw me what?" I
felt my lip quiver in anticipation. My body began to tense and stir.

	"When I saw you I thought that you were the most beautiful person I
had ever seen."

	Thank GOD I'm Immortal because if I wasn't this is when I
definitely would of DIED! Here I was sitting a foot away from the most
dangerous, beautiful, bad boy the vampire world had ever seen as he poured
his heart out to me and I couldn't think up one Damn thing to say or do! I
know you can be tongue tied but can you also be body tied? I had to check
myself to make sure I wasn't drooling, I wouldn't want to ruin his perfect
image of me!! I know it sounds shallow but right now I really don't give a
Damn!

	I don't know how long we had been each others company since I awoke
but im sure it wasn't long enough to justify what was happening between
us. I kept trying to remind myself that this was the same man who had been
chasing me for months! Who I Thought was trying to kill me! But no matter
how much chastising I did It just wouldn't sink in. It was like having your
parents tell you they hate your boyfriend and you should break up with
him. Your not actually going to listen to them. If anything it just makes
you want them more. And if he had been protecting me it would all make
sense. All my close encounter where I thought I was getting lucky and
barely escaping, were actually him letting me go but then why did I need
all the cuts and bruises then? That part still didn't make any sense to me.


	"I learned to turn my emotions off a long time ago. I thought like
my body, my heart was dead, I was wrong. In all my years as a hunter I have
never once failed to complete a mission.  You were the first. . . I knew I
couldn't kill you so I had to make sure I kept coming up with good
excuses. I don't know how much you know about us hunters but when were
assigned a job most of the time were not given a deadline. Its just
understood that the mission be done in a timely manner. Tonight I had a
fellow hunter of the Elders follow me. He didn't know I knew he was
there. My inaction caught his eye. He and I have been working together for
many years now so it was no surprise he would get suspicious when I wasn't
acting like myself. He cut me a lot of slack at first because were friends
but even he nor the Elders could turn a blind eye any longer when I just
happened to keep "loosing track" of you. I really did everything I could
think of to keep everyone's attention fixated somewhere else. For a while I
told them my team that I had to study you to know the extent of your powers
because anyone with common sense knows you never just jump blindly into a
confrontation with out knowing exactly what cards the other player holds. I
even tried to persuade the Elders that having you serve them would
strengthen them. I reasoned that if your extra was the reason they wanted
you dead then that would mean you were a threat. And threats only become
threats when they cant be controlled.  But that only bought us a little
time because soon after another devastating attack happened and the Elders
deemed it to high a risk. This is when the time of the Crisis began and I
had no choice but to hunt you down."

	"Wait, STOP!" this didn't make any sense. Why did he say the Elders
were after me? Because of my extra? I...I thought it was because... "You
were sent after me because of my extra? So it hasn't been because of what
Ive been doing?"

	Helix looked confused, again he shifted his sitting position. "What
you've been doing...? No, you and others like you are being picked off one
by one because your extra has been deemed to destructive."

	My head was being filled with so many thoughts and questions. This
whole time I thought I knew why they were hunting me. I thought it was
because of what I was trying to do. I had no idea it was because of
something as small as my abilities! "Helix, Please you have to explain this
to me! Start from the beginning, why am I one of the Elders Most Wanted?"

	He began to look around the room almost like he had to make sure no
one was there to listen in. This only worried me more. What could have him
acting so paranoid?  When he started to speak again his tone was barely
above a whisper. "Do you believe the vampire scriptures about the
prophesied vampire mimic?"