There is a first time for everything

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It was sweet and all. People around her was checking up on her, making sure she had everything she needed, but in reality - she just needed a moment of peace. A single moment to just breathe in the cold winter air, and hope that the moon would answer the burning questions that howled in her chest. She was not long from the hotel, and had booked a room for the night. But for now she was sitting on a bench not far from it, looking up at the star filled night sky. It was a beautiful painting and it was quite. The siren closed her eyes. She was so thankful that Alison and Levi had asked her to stay with them, while she was figuring everything out. The twins were with their father, which meant Veronica had a few days completely off.
Veronica breathed in and just zoned out. Or that was till a smell reached her perfectly good senses. Blood. The siren opened her eyes, and her soft facial features turned deadly in the matter of seconds. She took a deep breath in to remain in control, but jumped down from the bench. It was dark, but for a hunter it wasn't hard to track the smell of blood. She walked behind the hotel and a few steps further it was just plain forest area. The trees made it harder for her to see what was around her. It wasn't till she got close enough, that she realized that it was a far more familiar face than she first had expected. But was it too late to do anything by now?

It was too late. The memories raced through her head, reminding her of what she had been on the run for before. She felt her heart almost ripping out of her chest. Her back hit the cold ground and she felt all the nerves in her body screaming for air. Her heart was racing, but one thing has changed since her last vampire attack. Veronica had someone expecting her to get home, not a girlfriend or boyfriend. Family. So as the teeth almost pierced through her skin. Vampires feed on the blood of others, she knew what bloodlust was like, she had experienced it first hand as a siren. The vampire had the strength on her side, there was no doubt to that. Veronica was a serpent and she had learned a long time ago to at least have a butterfly knife in her boot. She felt the teeth pierce through her skin and the blood leaving her system. Veronica reached for the knife and got it. The siren stabbed Odette in neck, mostly just for a shock value. She pulled the knife out and stabbed her again. This time, however, she moved her legs up to kick Odette away from her and rolled over to the other side. Veronica was quick on her feet and moved her hand towards her bloody neck. "Odette, control yourself!" She yelled with eyes beggin for it to work. Veronica didn't like the idea of having to fight her friend. The siren's features showed and a low hoarse hiss came from her lips. A sign of warning.

There was something awfully wrong, but right now wasn’t the time to be caring and talk sense into Odette. Clearly, it didn’t help or seem to have an effect. Veronica growled and her siren-features dominated the pretty face, turning it slightly monstrous. The cold and cunning voice could have crept the siren out - but it wasn’t her first dance with luring voices. And right now, Veronica wasn’t in the mood. She had no idea if Odette possessed new abilities, or what was going on - magical powers had little effect on her. But, her common sense spoke to her and told her it was something else. Then it hit the siren as she realized Odette no longer was a siren. “I’m sorry darling, I’m not the type of person to make blood rituals, so you see,” she narrowed her eyes a little and watched Odette’s moves carefully, “can’t have it.” Veronica ran a hand through her pink highlighted hair and sighed. “Clearly you haven’t really learned that you can’t always get what you want. And I already have two kids, I’m not in the mood of teaching more.” Veronica took a deep breath in and tried to think of something quick. “But... then again. You can always try to catch me if you can,” she suddenly began to run. Running from a vampire was as stupid as running away from a lion. But she didn’t have any chance of winning a fight here. Lucky for Veronica, she knew the hotel was close to the shore, and if she had water in her area - she had a chance of fighting back. The lack of blood made her vision blur. Finally, she stopped, the ocean was still to far away for her to swim - however, she was able to use its energy from this distance. “You got me,” she chuckled and turned around as she sighed a bit. “What my blood? Come and get it,” she threw her arms out to the side, trying to collect her thoughts on the water getting it to slowly moving towards her, but it was a slow process.

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It was beyond insane, and her mind couldn't pick between helping or surviving. But it was in the moment as she watched Odette trying to gain some control of herself - that she made the choice to help her friend, like she had done once before. Yes, this was another form of help - but she couldn't let Odette be alone, not like this. "Hey.. It's okay," she blinked a bit and took a deeper breath in. Veronica moved a few steps closer. The siren started to hum with the most enchanting tone before she began to sing:" I know it hurts. It's hard to breathe sometimes," she took a few more steps closer, "These nights are long. You've lost the will to fight," Veronica slowly sat down in front of the vampire, keeping on the siren song in hopes of giving the vampire a more calm mind. "Is anybody out there? Can you lead me to the light?; Is anybody out there?; Tell me it'll all be alright," she gently touched Odette's cheek and gave it a gentle caress with her thumb. "You are not alone; I've been here the whole time singing you a song (ooh); I will carry you, I will carry you" she ended with a smile and looked at Odette and gave her a slight nod to things would be okay. "I know you can't remember how to shine; Your heart's a bird without the wings to fly" she let go of Odette's cheek and tilted her head a little to the side, keeping her dark brown eyes locked with her friend's. "Is anybody out there? Can you take this weight of mine? Is anybody out there? Can you lead me to the light?" She stopped singing before just wrapping her arms around Odette.

It seemed like Veronica's voice had the wished effect on the new vampire, and a heavy stone was lifted from the siren's chest. Veronica breathed out and just embraced her friend. "It's okay," she replied with a harmonic soft tone. Veronica listened to Odette lashing out with information. "Hey," she grabbed Odette by her shoulders and held her out in front of her. "You are not losing me, and I'm not going to let you lose yourself either; okay?" The siren added with a worried yet serious look. "I might not be a newly turned vampire, but I know what it's like feeling like you have no self control over anything in your life," she took a deep breath in before licking her lips a bit. "I have a room at the hotel, why don't you join me for the night? Looks like we both could use a quick clean up anyways, huh?" Suggested Veronica and tilted her head a bit to the side. She needed to get a bandit on that neck of hers before she would lose to much blood. However, taking care of herself wasn't really a thing Veronica was good at.

The siren knew a thing or two about being lost. Especially lost in your own mind. She was lost herself. "Besides it's more fun to be lost together then alone," she said keeping the whole thing a bit more light-hearted. Odette reached her hand down to Veronica, and she grabbed it, letting the new vampire pull her up. "My brother always says to me: stars can't shine without darkness," she chuckled with a little half smirk when she remembered her brother. Guilt was a horrible feeling and she knew it way to well, being a mother and everything but not feeling like she was good enough at her job - that was her biggest source of guilt. Leaving Jess was a major way to a guilt trip. "I know, come on," she grabbed Odette's arm in a lock before she started walking towards the hotel. Being friends with Abigal, she had learned a few hidden ways to get around the hotel without being seen. The back door was one of them. Veronica opened the door and looked around, being a gang leader helped a lot in getting in unnoticed. Veronica got them up the stairs to the room and locked them in. She finally felt the dizziness hitting her and how her head began to ache. Veronica moved to the bathroom to find something to clean the wound. Veronica grabbed to painkillers and swallowed them without second thought. The siren took out a band-aid to cover her bleeding wound.  Then she walked back out to Odette and walked over to the closet.
"I don't have a lot of things here, but its an old friend of mines most used room. So I'm sure she will be okay with you borrowing some stuff," she walked over finding a night shirt and a matching pair of shorts. Veronica took a shirt for herself. "I know most vampires don't sleep, but these are comfy as hell," she smiled and tilted her head to the side. "So my friend Abigal, has a major collection of wine here, and we are going to open a bottle and just relax."  

Veronica took a deeper breath in. "Don't worry about my wounds, I don't let them define anything," she pointed out with an assuring smile. Veronica had so many scars on her skin. There was different types of seaweed that would help the healing along, but because of her abilities no one could heal her. The biggest scar she had from that reminder was the small round scars in her palms. Veronica opened up a bottle of wine, and filled up two glasses. She handed one to Odette and sat down next to her. "However, I would like if you would tell me what happened tonight," her voice was low and soft looking gently at Odette. Veronica was never the person to talk about her own struggles and fights. It was a heavy burden and she hated if Odette had to carry hers alone. "I'm here no matter what, so If you don't want to talk tonight, it's okay. But you are never alone, okay?" The siren reminded the newly turned vampire and placed her arm around her in a half hug.