Bleed

Chapter 2
Breaking The Code Of Law
Opening my eyes, I looked around the room. I couldn't remember where I was or what had happened. It was really dark & I was in a bed. Drawing the cover's closer to me, I went into a fetal position. The last thing I remembered were the dark figures & one of them attacking me. I was so terrified. Then a nearby door opened, flooding light into the room.
"Well, good afternoon, sleepyhead. Sleep well?" a guy asked me, walking in & sitting down beside me on the bed. He looked like he was in his late 20's & he had bright cherry red hair.
"Yeah, I guess. Where am I?"
"How do you feel?" he asked me, ignoring my question. His hand started moving towards my forehead & I backed up a little.
"Hey, it's okay. I'm just checking your temperature. Relax." he told me. I hesitated, but let him feel my head.
"You seem like you're doing okay? Are you ready to get up?"
"Yeah, I suppose." I said, nervously.
"Follow me." he motioned for me to follow him out of the door. I did as I was told & he led me down a hallway & then into a giant room with some couches, a desk with some important looking papers & a fireplace.
"Sit there. I'll be right back." he said as I sat on the couch in front of the lit fireplace. It was a slightly cold so I held my hands in front of the fireplace to warm up. I don't know how long I'd been waiting when I heard a voice behind me.
"I'm sure you're probably wondering where you're at." I turned around & the guy was standing there, looking at me. He had black hair that was spiked in the back, but the front was brushed to the left & fell over his eye. He had snakebites & a septum piercing. His eyes were a dreamy teal color.
"Yeah. I asked the other guy & he ignore my question." I said.
"Him? That was Johnny. I'm Zacky. Excuse us. We just haven't had any live company for a long while."
"Where is she? I want her gone like yesterday. Brian take care of it. NOW!" I heard a loud, booming voice yell from down the hall.
"Oh, shit." Zacky said, hanging his head.
"Zacky, what the hell, dude? You know the rules. Why did you do this?" another guy asked him, angrily as he walked into the room.
"Can we talk about this later? I can explain." Zacky said to the guy.
"Matt is pissed the fuck off, man. You need to do something about it, like now."
"And Johnny?" Zacky asked him.
"You know Johnny & The Rev don't give a fuck. They're not like us. They don't fucking care. They don't understand the risks we're taking doing this shit. I'm taking care of her now." he said, walking towards me.
"Brian, no! Take one more step & I will fucking kill you." Zacky warned.
"Do something then." Brian yelled, storming back down the hall. Shortly after, we heard a door slam shut.
"Look, come with me. We need to talk. Privately." Zack said as I stood up. I followed him out of a door that led into an office. He motioned for me to sit down in a chair in front of the desk as he shut the door & locked it behind him.
"I'm about to break a bunch of rules by doing this & I don't even know why. What I'm about to tell you is going to sound absolutely insane. You may even panic, but I promise that you are safe here with me." He looked into my eyes & I nodded, nervously. He sighed and rested his arms on the desk, folding his fingers into each other before continuing.
"We are vampires. Johnny & Jimmy are our scientists & equipment technicians. They are the only humans here with us. Matt, Brian & myself are vampires. I honestly should've let Edward kill you. It goes against our code of law me rescuing you. We have to kill any witnesses left alive." I froze in my seat. I could feel all of the color drain from my face.
"I know this is a lot to take in, but I have some more bad news. You have to stay here with us. You can't go back to wherever it is you live."
"Why?" I asked him, confused.
"It isn't safe. No one is supposed to know where we are & we can't risk you telling anyone. Matt wants us to kill you, but I can't allow that."
"Why?"
"Something inside of me told me to rescue you. I tried fighting it, but it wouldn't go away. Call it what you will, but I did what I knew I shouldn't have done."
"So what now?" I asked him, still slightly scared.
"I will go talk to Shads & Syn later. For now, I'll introduce you to Rev & Johnny."
"Who?" I asked him.
"What do you-oh. Matt's vampire name is M. Shadows. We all call him Shads. Brian's is Synyster Gates. We call him Syn. Jimmy's is The Rev. In the very rare occasion that we need to go out to the real world for anything, we use our real names for whatever need be. But, normally Jimmy & Johnny do our runs for us."
"So I have to leave behind all of my things in my apartment, huh?" I asked him in a low voice.
"If you want, I can have Johnny & Jimmy go to get what you need."
"That would help, I guess." I sighed.
"Follow me & I'll introduce you to Jimmy." he said as he stood up & opened the door for me. I walked out & watched him shut the door behind him. I then followed him down a different hallway & he led me into a laboratory.
"Oh, Jimmy!" Zacky called out, looking for him.
"Yes, Mr. Vengeance?" Jimmy popped his head up from behind a set of vials & bottles.
"Come here. There's someone I want you to meet." he said, standing beside me.
"Hello. I'm Jimmy. You must be..." his voice trailed off.
"Zoe."
"We have a name now." Zack chuckled.
"Zoe. It fits you." Jimmy grinned.
"What is all of this?" I asked him, looking around. There were computers, vials, bottles, & bunsen burners everywhere.
"Experiments mainly. I've been trying to find a cure for vampires to try to turn them back into normal humans. I also work on other things such as weapons & poisons." Jimmy explained.
"Where's short shit?" Zacky asked, looking around.
"Not sure. I saw him a little while ago." Jimmy said with a shrug.
"Well, come on. I'm sure you're hungry."
"You have food?" I asked him, wide eyed.
"Seriously? Of course we have food." Zacky replied, confused.
"Well, vampires don't eat food, do they?"
"Well, we don't. But Jimmy & Johnny do. We have an enormous stock pile of blood packs that we vampires feed off of. We don't go out & hunt for our food."
"How do you get these blood packs?"
"Matt, Brian, & I sneak into blood banks late at night & steal as many as we can. We're very, very stealthy." We walked into the kitchen & there was a guy that looked like he was about 6 feet tall. He had big, muscular arms covered in tattoos & a lip ring on the left side of his bottom lip.
"What is she still doing here, Vengeance?" he yelled, pointing at me.
"Shads, chill out. I have this under control."
"No, you don't. You're breaking the code of law. I can't allow this."
"Shads, no. Come here." Zacky motioned for Shads to follow him into the hall while I waited in the kitchen. A few minutes later, they walked back in & Shads looked at me.
"You are Vengeance's responsibility now. You are to remain here at all times. Don't ever try to leave. We will find you & we will kill you without hesitation. You step out of line & I'll have Synyster tear you to shreds. Understand?" I just nodded, fearfully. His hazel eyes burned into my soul. He seemed very cold hearted & very aggressive. Turning around, he opened the kitchen door & slammed it shut behind him.
"As I'm sure you can tell, Matt is not happy at all that you are here & alive." Zacky sighed.
"I'm sorry, I guess. You should've just saved yourself the trouble & let me die." I said.
"But I felt the need to save you. Something inside told me to save you. When that happens, I listen. It's very, very rare, but it happens & it's never been wrong before. Just do me one favor."
"Which is?"
"Do not make me regret this." his eyes immediately met mine & they were cold, almost lifeless.
"I understand." I said, cringing.
"Now, let's find you something to eat." he said as he started looking through the cabinet's.

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