Anna's training

[Dane]

Dane began his descent down the stairs; lightly tapping the rails as he went about. It was odd; he actually was looking forward to meeting Ahmad's prodigy. He didn't understand why vampires insisted on raising pupils from scratch. Hell even Dane tried out the concept more than a few times. They usually ended up miserably, but a few of them managed to turn out and become decent vampires in his eyes. This was actually a great compliment coming from him. Now though, he didn't do the side kick business. Instead he found partners. Other vampires who were strong and had taken the worse this cursed world could throw at them. Hence, the presence of Ahmad as his second in command. His second in command wasn't weak and more importantly he wasn't a yes man. The vampire had a mind of his own and at the same time still knew how to take orders. This is why; despite Ahmad's popular belief, Dane respected him. He also treated him fairly well in comparison to the rest of the world. One day Ahmad would see that. It was that respect that would lead Dane into treating Anna well. Maybe she would understand his odd form of tough love.

"Ah, is it safe to assume that you're Anna?" Dane greeted Ahmad's prodigy with a smirk as he walked down the final steps of the stair case. "I can see that a certain somebody has already gone to bed. It's a shame we don't have somebody to introduce us properly." At the moment there were many other vampires scurrying about the mansion. Most of them were heading into their rooms as the sun was about to rise. "My name is Dane, I hope you feel welcomed in my humble adobe." He bowed his head slightly. "Now that the formalities are over, I think it's time we get to business. I can tell that you're hungry, in the basement on the fourth level you'll find food." Dane gestured his hand towards a closed door. Behind it were the stairs that lead down. "The sun is about to rise, while you'll always be safe in the mansion, I think you'll find there's not much to do during the day. There are hundreds of bedrooms throughout the building, I'm sure you can find yourself an empty one." The Vampire King was rather straight forward; he told Anna what she needed to know.

[Anna Carter]

With nothing but a gut feeling to lead her onward, Anna was more than a little lost even before beginning her adventure through the enormous mansion. There were probably a million doors and corridors she could take, and she didn't have the faintest clue where each one will take her. So instead of walking somewhere and risking being hopelessly lost, she patiently waited for the new guy, who has introduced himself as Dane, to give her some leads. "Sorry. I haven't had the time to get into the night shift mode, so I probably will be roaming around for a good portion of the night, if that's all right with you, of course." She spoke lightly and respectfully, as she did with most strangers. I'm sure there's no need for me to introduce myself. You can find every last detail of my life in that little folder Ahmad was carrying." Probably even her favorite color, food and preference of undergarments were in that file, she thought. She didn't dismiss the possibility that this Dane person knew all about her and was only playing dumb. If he was, at least he was doing so with manners, and not too dramatically like a certain someone.

"I'm not hungry, thank you. Not for food, anyway. I would love to know what exactly is it expected of me here, preferably not from a philosophical point of view." She had honestly grown rather tired of mysteries, puzzles, and mind games, and for once would like to get a clear answer to her question. Back to the hunger question; she was most certainly hungry. She wouldn't admit it for two reasons. One of them being the lack of enthusiasm about going to the fourth level of an underground basement where she will probably find tons of blood. The second reason is fear. Fear of where the blood may be stored. If the blood was still within human veins, she had no desire to go and drink from them personally. She maybe no longer a human in body, but her mind held to many of her human habits and morals, which she most likely won't be letting go of anytime soon out of sheer fear of turning into a merciless monster.

[Dane]

"Do as you want. I'm nobody's baby sitter, however, I will advise you stay way from any doors.... and to leave all the curtains in their place. You'd be surprised as to how dumb some vampires can be." He replied to her a hint of seriousness in his voice. Dane wasn't fond of the pile of ashes he has occasionally walked upon throughout his lifetime. "It's usually the younger ones; I think they've been reading too many of these books. I'm baffled at some of the things your generation has created." Dane said with a smirk. He chuckled lightly at the mention of folders. "I could find every single little bit of information I needed from you, but I do not have the time to look over every new folder from every recruit. It's also not my cup of tea. Why meet somebody at all if you're not going to learn anything about them." Dane answered truthfully. He expected her to be fine with his straight forwardness. Some people found it to be off-putting, if she disliked it that would only be tragic.

"If you say so. Remember the cells are always open to those who wish to feed. You'll probably be hungry in a bit.” He smiled at the question and took a step forward as he thought of an answer. "I'll be blunt and tell you I expect your never ending loyalty. You'll be a soldier, trained to kill lycans, recruit and possibly need one day. I expect you to follow orders and never question your superiors. In return, you can have nearly anything your brain can imagine. The pockets I reach into are near too infinite. Every vampire within my coven lives a life of luxury, if it's what they want. I'm sure you won't mind getting your hands a little dirty. There's really not much more to be said, I hope you find that answer to be suiting." He added the last part a bit sarcastically. "But first, as I’m sure you know you must be trained first. I believe Ahmad mentioned to me that he wanted to teach you privately. You should listen to him, you have much to learn and he's very knowledgeable." Once again he bowed his head. "It was nice to meet you but I must get going. Please step away from the door." He stood, waiting for Anna to clearly away before leaving the establishment. He had something in the city that needed to be dealt with.

[Anna Carter]

"Thank you." Anna responded before stepping out of the way. Besides the training, she still have much work to do. First, she had to find the room in which her stuff were put. That might take a while, because according to Dane, there are hundreds of bedrooms in this place, so she most likely needed to check each one. Unless of course her stuff were left outside a room, which would no doubt make things far easier. The wise guy had of course left her and went to bed. Such a good mentor that Ahmad. Oh well, at least no more jumping off buildings for tonight. Of course, she would much rather go jump off a building than do the thing she knew she had to do at the moment. She was hungry, and there was only one way to deal with that; go and feed off of someone down in the basement.

Anna didn't stick around to watch the Big Man leave. Instead, she went on her way and took the stairs that led underground, and then suddenly stopped herself midway. "What the hell." She exclaimed before going back up the stairs and retracing Ahmad's steps in search of his room. It was a slight challenge, bug with a decent sense of smell and lots of peeking, she finally found his chamber, and shamelessly walked in. Since he was pretty powerful of a vampire, Anna wouldn't have been surprised if he could hear her footsteps or whatever, but she proceeded anyway. Perhaps it was the incredible hunger driving her. Regardless, she needed his assistance. Awake of not, she knelt down on the floor at his bedside and rested her chin on the edge of the bed, trying to see his face while mustering the best smile she could possibly muster. "I'm hungry." She said quietly.

[Ahmad]

Ahmad awoke at the sound of Anna's voice, he turned over to see her kneeling at the side of the bed like a puppy, he wanted to laugh but he was smart enough not to annoy any hungry vampire. He arose out of his bed, put on a muscle undershirt, and walked out of the door, indicating for Anna to follow. He walked through the house, on his way down to the basement, constantly looking back to check to see if Anna was still following, hoping she was keeping up even though he was going slow. He finally made his way down to the human pit, where a few humans were kept for the need for feeding. He turned towards a human female, chained up, "Now I don't go for the whole dungeon thing myself, but this is one important room." He got close to the female, and knelt down to be level with her because as she was chained, she was sitting on the floor, "I know this may not be what you want to do, but at some point you will have to, and if you just accept this, it will be much easier. But you need to focus on your hunger for blood, that will cause your fangs to extend. When your red-eye goes away from time, it will still always come back when you feed, since you are newly turned, you always have red-eye." Ahmad put his head close to the females neck, and his fangs extended, his eyes also grew red. He sank his teeth into the female human, he drank about half of her blood, some of it running down the female and on to the floor. Then he finally pulled away, as he redrew breath after drinking, he turned and wiped his mouth. His fangs returned to normal and his eyes returned to their normal color. "You can at least feel okay that they don't feel it, we keep these humans sedated, almost frozen in a coma, most of them were coma patients with no family, or criminals on death row." He stood to his feet, and still looking around the room, "Well I hope you had time to drink, and we need to find your room if you haven't yet already."

[Anna Carter]

She hated using the puppy eyes trick, but fortunately for Anna, it almost always worked. She wasn't sure, however, whether that was due to the trick itself or simply because the target of the spell felt pity for her. Either way, she got what she needed, and soon she was following Ahmad downstairs. She braced herself for the sight that she knew was about to hit her sight, yet when she reached it, she found herself thrown completely off guard. She figured there would be some humans in cages. She thought she visualized the image perfectly in her head, but sadly she realized the reality was far more difficult to comprehend. "God!" She muttered before turning away quickly.

The sheer sight was light a brick hitting the face, but the scent of blood. Oh, it was so much more powerful. She simply couldn't resist. There was not a thread in her body that fought against the urge, so she gave into it in mere moments. She approached a human male and dropped to her knees in front of him. Before moving any closer, she gathered her hair and threw it over one shoulder so it wouldn't get in the way. After that, she pressed her lips against the feeder's neck and quietly muttered. "I'm sorry." and with that, she focused on her hunger as Ahmad suggested and let her fangs dig into the flesh of the human. Anna shut her eyes and tried not to think of how much blood she was drinking, or how long was it taking. Although these humans must already be used to it, she couldn't help but feel incredible guilt for her actions, so as soon as she felt satisfied, she let go of the human and collapsed onto the floor. She was still conscious, so very conscious, and she felt stronger than ever, but God was her moral compass getting a beating at the moment.

[Ahmad]

Ahmad watched as she fed on a human for the first time, then fell to the floor. Ahmad walked over to her and knelt down trying to see if he could help her up, he then with her hand in his, he pulled her up off of the ground to stand on her feet. "Now, if you are satisfied for now, then we should probably get you to your room, I'm sure you are wanting to shower and sleep, come on, it's this way, the scout told me where it was. Not to far." Ahmad took Anna by the hand and pulled her to her room, not even thinking about it to much. Not after to much time, they reached her room. "Alright, here is your room, bathroom is just across the hall from you, it has one toilet, and a nice shower slash bath. And all of your things have been arranged as much as possible to match your old room, but moving things won't be any problem for you now with your super strength." Ahmad smiled, "Alright, do you need anything else, or are you good for the day, cause I know I need some sleep."

[Anna Carter]

The floor was filthy and stinky. Anna was glad to get off of it, and soon enough, her recent feast was out of her mind as she was led to her room. Fortunately, Ahmad didn't talk too much along the way. The last thing she needed was a lengthy lecture about ethics or whatnot. On the other hand, his long speeches could prove helpful by putting her to sleep. Oh well, probably too late now to ask him to stay by her side for the night and read some bedtime stories. Plus, that would be plain insanity. She's no little girl, after all. "I'm fine. Thanks." She answered before moving to the closet and searching it for her precious cotton bathrobe. The idea that someone had been pawing at her clothing and arranging them was most disturbing. It would have been far better if they just left it packed in boxes. With that thought, she immediately glanced at the dresser standing at the far end of the room. Jesus Christ, were her undergarments folded and arranged as well? She certainly hoped not.

"Who was it that took care of my stuff?" She asked Ahmad, disapproval clear in her voice. "Bah! never mind." She muttered, deciding that she didn't really need to know. After dragging the robe out of the closet, Anna located her toothbrush and proceeded to the bathroom. At long last, she could finally relax under hot water that will hopefully wash away all her worries, troubles, and complaints.

[Ahmad]

Ahmad listened for only a moment before walking away at the sound of Anna complaining about them moving her stuff into her room. As he walked to his room "Man is she ever a pushy woman. Hopefully that will be fixed in time." He thought to himself, finally reaching the door. He felt as though she couldn't possibly annoy him more, he did everything he could to make her life as nice as possible. He could have just killed her, he could have let the lycans eat her. But with everything going on Ahmad didn't really want to think about what he could have done. He wanted to simply get to bed, get some rest, and finally start training Anna in her vampirisim. As he progressed to his bed and went off to sleep for the remainder of the day, his sleep went by rather quick. He awoke at 8:00 P.M, rose out of his bed, got ready for Anna's training to finally begin. He put on his normal clothes, and proceeded to the main room to wait for Anna to come out so he can take her to the training room.

[Anna Carter]

After one long shower, Anna had finally reached bed and, to her surprise, immediately fell into dreamless slumber. The day was long and she suspected the upcoming night to be even longer. Her training will supposedly commence, and what the meant Anna had no idea. She couldn't guess what Ahmad had in store for her, because the guy was pretty much a mystery. One second he was inviting her to the movies while the other he was asking her to jump onto a neighboring building. Maybe it would be better if she just went to the movies. At least that isn't so dangerous. Vampire maybe don't die so easily, but it isn't easy to let go of the survival instinct you held on to for your entire life.

Around 7 o'clock in the evening, Anna finally woke up. Her mind was telling her to go get some coffee, but her body was telling her otherwise, so instead, she went for the shower again, though this time used the bathtub for extra pleasure. Once she was done almost an hour later, she dug through her stuff to find comfortable clothing again. This time she settled for a pair of running shoes, shorts, and a tank top. Once again, she tied her hair into a ponytail before heading out. It was about 8:30 when she arrived at the main lobby and found Ahmad waiting for her. She would never admit it, but she rather enjoyed all this special attention she was receiving. Probably a leftover of her human needs. "I'm ready to pound."