Bounding off into the woods with her supernatural speed, Amber crossed into the campground within a minute of where she’d taken her first three meals of the evening. Unable to formute any approach due to her frenzy, Amber simply extended her cws and went on instinct alone to the first tent that filled her blood-hungry eyes. Preceded by a small gust of wind, Amber tore the flimsy canvas from the surprised campers and jerked two smaller women into her cws and drained them within thirty seconds. Much like the men, the final woman sat paralyzed in fear until Amber grabbed her by the throat and lifted her a foot into the air. Tilting her head to both sides, Amber studied the woman briefly.
-She’s both excited and scared, I see it in her eyes.-
Hunger still in complete control, Amber flicked out her free cw and punched a hole in the woman’s chest and yanked her heart free. When the woman went limp in Amber’s hand, the blood-soaked vampire discarded the body and squeezed the muscle until all of its blessed metallic nectar released into Amber’s throat. “More.” Amber whispered, “Blood…is…everything.” She added and then stormed deeper into the campground. A force of unnatural nature, Amber went from tent to camper and to the pre-built rental houses and destroyed everything in her path. With little more than crimson spray in the air, Amber had made it most of the way through the site when the remaining campers had managed to begin screaming and thinking long enough to call for help amongst themselves and EMS. “Damn.” Amber huffed as her frenzy slowed with the sheer volume of fresh blood and organs that rolled around in her stomach.
“Help! Help us…” A young adult woman screamed desperately into her mobile phone to the emergency operator on the other end. “There’s…there’s….oh god…it’s everywhere. All I smell is blood. Please he-”
Little twinkles of gss and pstic hit the ground as Amber crushed the little handheld device. Mere seconds ter, the woman that the young vampire held was dust right beside her phone’s remains. Repeating the same actions across the remaining parts of the now blood-caked encampment until there was complete silence, Amber slowly turned and saw the wreckage that she’d created. Bodies and their parts were strewn across many acres of nd in what clearly looked like a small one-sided battlefield. Nature being neutral with regards to the decimated remains, it only took about a minute for the fireflies to resume their low-light dances through the dark shadows that outlined the trees. Captivated by the blinking green lights from the tiny bugs, Amber felt her frenzy and insanity dissolve like salt in water. Regaining her own perspective, Amber’s maddened red eyes had resumed their iridescent teal glow and her mind gained full control over her body. Rubbing her hands across her face, Amber took a few dead breaths and used the empty feeling to steady herself as though she were still a living entity. “Wow.” She spoke to herself and wandered through the mess she’d created. “How the heck do I cover this mess?” Casually making her way to the carpark, Amber counted no less than thirty vehicles that no longer had occupants. Indifferent to the loss of life, Amber licked some of the residual blood from her fingers and shook her head. “I have to find a way of not going crazy.”
It was a little giggle from a distance that broke Amber’s train of thought, “Good Luck, you’ve been batty since I have known you, Amber Lane.” Her lovely companion and girlfriend Jessica Saunders pyfully teased. “I love being a ward. I don’t think we have found a distance where I can’t hear you, Amber.”
“You aren’t helping, Jess.” Amber sighed and took her frustration out on a good-sized truck, reducing it to a ft pile of scrap. “I had a fragment memory of my mother and I with fireflies, then went off the rails.”
“What’s the damage this time, Missy?” Jessica dropped her clowny disposition clear as she spoke to her mistress. “You think there is a corretion between the fsh memory and your blood needs? Perhaps you are using blood while you are trying to push back the fog? I keep advising you to leave it alone.”
Convinced that Jessica had a point with her comment, Amber didn’t want to face the issue regardless. “Look..” Amber picked up a discarded carcass and drained what blood she could and grunted when the remains didn’t disintegrate. “...I have a hard enough time with what should be a basic function. Like just now, how do others remove all these bodies? I just drained this one and she…I think these remains are a she…” Amber heard the distant sound of sirens, “...whatever. These parts are still here. I mean I turned a few into dust, but what’s the damned difference?” Not waiting for an answer due to the incoming emergency service vehicles, Amber easily turned back into her crow form and bolted into the air.
“Just get home and let’s figure out what we can, Amber.” Jessica did her best to comfort her lover and friend. “We’ve figured out so much already and we will figure this out.”
With a slow careful descent towards their little ranch-style home, Amber got within a foot of the ground and shifted seamlessly as she did before and stood as a blood-caked mess in front of Jessica. “I guess we have more clothes to burn, Jess.” Amber heaved a sigh and flicked off some of the clotted blood onto the ground. Tugging gently at her twin braided ponytails, Amber held out a palmful of dried blood for Jessica to see. “I am really sick of being this unpredictable.”
Understanding that Amber’s change more or less took her thirty-five year old girlfriend back into a teenager, Jessica simply walked over to Amber and pulled her into a comfortable hug. “Five years minimum, dumpling.” Despite the obvious discontent that Amber’s teal eyes radiated, Jessica took the time to escort her mistress inside their cobblestone home. “A warm shower will settle your mind and rex your body.”
“You sound like a spa director or something, hell, I don’t know what they are called.” Amber felt herself still being shoved from behind. “Easy girlie. I am going, no need to shove or sell me on the concept of a warm shower. Sheesh.” Passing through the rge modern rectangur kitchen and through the equally shaped living room, Amber reached the hallway and began smacking Jessica’s hand lightly. “Stop.”
Basically ignoring the protests of her girlfriend, Jessica altered her pn and started poking Amber in her ticklish spots. “No. Make me stop.” She stuck her tongue out and pyfully kept prodding Amber until they were in the bathroom. “Full stop missy. Let me get these braids out and then I will toss your bloody ass into the shower.”
“When was the st time you tossed me anywhere, you tease.” Amber pulled out a small footstool from under their vanity and sat down. “You know I am supposed to be in control here.”
Amid Amber’s nicer and more spunky personality finally coming back to life, Jessica finished with her lover’s blonde locks and did her best to straighten the length out ensuring that she tugged a little harder than normal. “What you are supposed to do and what you’ve learned to do are completely different matters.” Jessica snorted jokingly and walked to the end of the bathroom and opened the gss door for the shower and turned the twin knobs until the stream pouring down was the temperature that Amber enjoyed. “Now then…” Jessica tore off Amber’s bloody clothing and picked up her girlfriend. “Do you really want me to toss you in the shower, dumpling?”
