Author's note:
All characters and companies mentioned in this story have no existence outside the imagination of the author, and have no relation whatsoever to anyone or anything bearing the same name or names. Events portrayed in this story are pure invention and have not been based on any events that have happen in real life. All the characters involved in any sexual acts if their ages are not mentioned beforehand; are over 18 years of age. Enjoy.
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Here is chapter 7, I hope you enjoy it. As normal thanks goes to my editor Kittyhawk and to you the reader. All feedback is welcome.
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Chapter 7
"I need you to turn Rayven." Thais's declaration was meet with shock as if he had suddenly asked Crystal to become straight or Nhor to become a horse. Crystal just blinked, she didn't know what to say.
"Turn... Thais I am already a vampire, you can't re-turn someone, its forever." Rayven said a little confused, which finally helped Crystal kick her brain back into gear. Their human friends were completely focused as nothing they had read said anything about that, that once you became a vampire it was for keeps.
Crystal nodded agreeing with Rayven, once bitten twice dead was the vampire saying, once you were bitten and changed there was no turning back and a second bite from another non-human was a death sentence. It was yet another reason as to why Were and Vampires didn't become mates, it would be cruel to both, to know your mate but to know you couldn't claim them without killing them and if you couldn't resist, the guilt of killing the other half of your soul. Thankfully there had never been a case of a True Vampire and Were mate bond.
Thais chuckled, he wondered briefly if they would ever stop questioning him, "when will you learn, I am never wrong. I wouldn't have asked if it weren't possible."
"Okay then, explain it to us." Crystal asked folding her arms and was pleased to note that her body was healing, that the movement hadn't caused pain to shoot up her spine, however she could also tell that although the internal wounds were healing, the surface wounds weren't.
"Okay, you understand that the Mystery gene can be passed on via a bite," Thais asked and Crystal nodded, Rhun in fact was doing an analysis on her bite to confirm it. "Well by tomorrow Rhun will have come up with something that will puzzle him, Destiny carries the Mystery Gene in her bite but up until last night you never carried it in your bite only your blood." He gave Crystal a pointed look, clearly asking if he needed to remind her of what happened last night to change her so dramatically.
"Serenity's bite," Crystal stated in understanding and Thais nodded in confirmation.
"Yes, Serenity's bite and her blood have reworked your genetics as it did for Destiny. You can now pass on what you are to anyone you bite and as the Mystery Gene will later be confirmed as a dominant gene it will make anyone bar a person already carrying the Mystery gene just like you. It will make Rayven like you, she will still be kind of a Vampire but she won't be." Thais explained with a smug grin.
"Can Destiny do this?" Crystal asked stunned.
Thais considered her question for a moment, wondering if it would do damage for her to know the answer now. "No, because she wasn't born with the Mystery Gene like you were. She gained it when she was forced to drink your blood which means she can bite someone but nothing would happen. Yes the gene is in her bite, because of Susan's blood, but it won't transfer, if she bit a human nothing would happen, she can't even make normal Vampires." He explained. "Only you can make a... whatever it is you are." He finished.
Crystal glared at him, "come on, I know that you already know what we will be called, tell us."
Thais grinned, "turn Rayven and I will think about it."
"Oh no..." Crystal said after a moment of consideration, realising that there was no real promise there that he would tell her and after the fiasco with him not telling them the familiars were attacking she wasn't going to let him skate like that. She wanted an answer, not any of the silly little mind games Ancients were famous for. "We aren't doing this again, if I turn Rayven I want an answer, no semantics, no evasiveness, no riddles, just the answer." She argued firmly.
Thais sighed, "fine... you'll kick yourself when you find out what you and those of your blood will be called, you'll think, man that was obvious. Turn Rayven and I swear to tell you the name your kind will be known as in the future. I swear on my honour as a warrior."
Crystal considered him for a moment but knew that Thais was always honourable when it came to being fair in a fight. She nodded, agreeing silently to the terms, she would turn Rayven, he would give her the name her species would be known as.
"Hey wait a minute what about me?" Rayven said finally speaking up as Thais and Crystal had seemed to have forgotten to ask her if she even wanted to be turned... again. "What if I don't want to change?" She said throwing in a spanner, she had been independent for a long time and didn't like people making personal choices for her. Oh she could follow orders when it came to missions and rules when it came to working for the FBI but those things never threatened her very identity.
"You're kidding right," Serenity replied a little sarcastically. "You are more human than vampire," she stated firmly as that was exactly how Rayven was. "You laugh, play, make friends... you long for a life which isn't about death. You long to be... normal or as normal as you can while being a Vampire. You miss the close friendship you had with Destiny but are thoroughly enjoying your life here with us."
Everything Serenity had said was the truth, Rayven had to privately agree, she was surprised that Serenity had been able to gleam all of that from their short association. For a very long time... well before Destiny became her friend she had felt out of step with those around her. At first she thought it was because although she was a lethal killer her heart wasn't truly in it but after befriending Destiny she finally knew... that somehow she had retained some part of her human identity.
"Urg... I forgot you know emotions." Rayven said. "Okay fine, I'm just annoyed that you lot are making decisions without even asking me."
Serenity chuckled with a knowing look.
"Grr..." Rayven growled, "Fine, the thought of being... no longer a true Vampire... has me pleased to no end, having a life, having real friends and being able to do things normal friends do. I want that, I've always wanted that and I think Destiny knew and that was how come we got along so well."
"So you have no problem with me turning you... again." Crystal asked just to be sure.
"No." Rayven said firmly, she turned to Thais, "will it hurt?" She asked, she actually didn't remember her transformation from human to Vampire and in a way she was thankful for that, but she didn't know if she would remember this transformation.
Thais nodded honestly, "sorry but you will remember this time. You will feel as if you've been thrown into a raging fire and an icy lake at the same time. It will only last a few minutes but to you it will feel like hours. However the end justifies the means."
"So... doing this in my room would be best." Rayven said as she stood and Thais nodded, agreeing that turning her would be easier in her room.
"We'll hold breakfast until you return." Bastion said, before he nudged Temperance who made all the food vanish back into the kitchen to the oven to keep warm.
"Well while you are doing that I am going to call ma." Serenity said before she leant over to Crystal and kissed her. "Find me if you want to wash her taste out of your mouth." She kissed Crystal again and left the room. Willing her phone into her hand she called her mother's number.
"Hello sweetie," Amy answered as Serenity's number had come up on the id.
"Hi ma, how are you?"
"Good, so... why the early morning phone call?" Amy asked.
"Did I wake you?" Serenity asked.
"No..." Amy said smiling before she slapped Wolfgang away.
"Am I interrupting?" Serenity asked in a semi veiled way.
