Huntress of Darkness

Drago, sensing that Aleski was momentarily distracted, took advantage of the situation. He pounced on Aleski, knocking him to the ground and, using his body, pinned him down. Drago wrapped his hand tightly around Aleski’s neck, cutting off his air. Aleski struggled against the tight hold, trying to gain back the advantage. However, it was useless.

“Oh and just before I kill you, I thought you might want to know this. It was I who killed your wife.” Drago boasted. “She was such a sweet thing, but no spunk.”

Upon hearing that news, Aleski’s eyes glowed red. He was furious. He had found his wife’s killer and now he was helpless to seek his revenge. He renewed his efforts to free himself so that he could kill him. He used all his strength to bring forth a strong wind, aiming it directly at Drago. It picked him up and threw him away from Aleski. He got up and sped over to Drago. However, Drago was ready for him. He raised his arm and clawed Aleski across his torso with his talons. Aleski staggered back at the blow and he fell down as he tripped over a fallen branch. Drago was about to strike again when he felt pain on his shoulder. Turning his head, he saw several wooden star imbedded in him. One was in his shoulder, one in his upper arm, and one in his stomach. It was burning him and smoke was coming out from where the stars were imbedded. Drago snarled in pain. He took a quick look around and located a figure in black. The only part that was showing through was the eyes. Drago narrowed his eyes into slits and looked at the figure.

“I will get you next time!” Drago yelled at the figure. “Mark my words, I will enjoy killing you.”

Drago laughed evilly and promptly disappeared. The silent figure went over to Aleski to see how he was. Aleski looked at the figure coming nearer to him.

“Katrina … what are you doing here?” Aleski asked and then saw the way she was dressed. “And why are you dressed like that?”

Katrina reached up and pulled the covering down from her face. “Are you alright, Aleski?” She asked him, and then at his nod she continued. “I am a vampire hunter. After seeing the killing of that woman, I knew people’s lives were in danger. It is my duty to rid the world of them.”

As she spoke, she noticed the blood on his clothes. “You are injured. Let’s stop the bleeding first and then we must get you to the hospital.

“NO! No hospital!” Aleski argued. “I will not go to the hospital! I will be alright. You do not have to worry about me.”

Katrina shook her head at his stubbornness. “We must stop that bleeding, otherwise you will bleed to death.”

“I will be alright,” Aleski repeated, trying to reassure her.

Katrina knelt down to assist him up, hooking her arm around his upper arm. Grateful for the assistance, Aleski got up, wincing from the pain as he did so.

“Here, lean on me for support,” Katrina offered.

“It is ok. I can make it. We need to get back to the house.” Aleski replied. “It is not that far. I just need to rest.”

As they walked back to the house, Aleski leaned a bit on her. The moment he did that, he knew it was a big mistake. He could hear her heartbeat and her blood flowing through her veins. With the loss of his blood, he wasn’t sure if he could control the urge to feed off of her. His fangs began to grow long and the beast within cried out to take her blood to satisfy the hunger. With a strong will power, he resisted the compulsion. He could not take the chance that she would not kill him, knowing now what she was. Aleski turned his head away from her. He could not let her see him like this. He looked over to see how far they still have to go. Judging the distance and at the rate they were walking, it was going to be another ten minutes.

“So, how did you become a vampire hunter?” Aleski asked, trying to distract himself from the temptation. “How would you know whether the person is a human or vampire?”

“I grew up in a family of vampire hunters. Even my ancestors were vampire hunters. The hunting techniques were handed down from generations to generations. I was taught by my parents and brothers on how to fight them and to look for signs and clues.” Katrina told him. “As I grew older, I began to use my woman intuition. It has not failed me yet in detecting a vampire. Of course, we don’t announce it everyone. They would think that we are loonies. I know because I was ridiculed by my peers as I was growing up.”

“I am sorry to hear that. However, it made you a stronger person.” Aleski commented. “So what did you do afterwards?

“After I graduated from school, I went abroad and studied with a ninja master. That is where I learned my fighting skills. I learned from the best.” Katrina responded. “I combined that with what I was taught and, voila … I became a ninja vampire hunter.”