Dog Training

Time and date: 19:30, 25th of January 2021
Place: Gaia, Aston’s park.
Season and weather: Winter. Snowing.
Outfit: Full outfit
Dedicated to: @Caliban
Notes: It’s been 5 years since the couple got engaged and she was kidnapped. Approximately 10 years since they got into a relationship.

Mary, a white german sheppard, walked alongside her owner; a created vampire, who had been somewhat alone for a couple of years, even though her creator seemed to call her over every now and then. It was only a month ago a new year had started, and everything seemed to work fine. Jessica, the created vampire, dealt with herself and got blood from the hospitals, unless Alicia thought of something else. The winter happened to be Jessicas favorite season now that she couldn’t walk out in the sun. She had way more hours to work on, and Mary could sense it.
Jessica had dog treats in one of her pockets and a leash in another, even though it never seemed to be necessary. Jessica suddenly stopped walking. Standing on the snowy grassarea, away from any walkers or bikers. Only a trail of shoe and pawprints could lead to her, unless people just used their hearing. She commanded her dog to sit, look and stay. She then turned away from it and started walking. At some point she stopped, still with her back to it. “Mary,” she called, and it ran to her. It was loyal and trusting. Just like her relationship had been. A treat was given once it sat down next to her. She also treated it with her voice and petting. She then collected her hands in front of her. With almost silent commands, her dog followed her left leg, went between her legs and layed down. Whenever she praised her dog, it was certain she could be heard, even though she stood quite far away from the trails. Mary was no longer the type of dog who jumped or ran from her, unless she gave a command.

With a slight nod, Mary sat down in front of her, but both her and her dog could hear someone running in their direction, which made both of them look in the direction. Was that Caliban? A small smile appeared, but just as fast as it had arrived, it disappeared. He didn’t look happy. “Guard,” she whispered, and Mary got up, standing next to Jessica.

A fist was clearly headed for Jessica’s pretty, pale face. It was easily dodged, by stepping aside with her fast movements. Did he already know that she wasn’t human anymore? A kick was sent in her direction, which she parried. It hadn’t hurt her at all. He tried to grab  her, but Jessica parried that too, just by stepping pack, followed by a short jump backwards. “Wha- I didn’t do anything to myself, you idiot,” she replied. “I’m Jess,” she said with a frown. As if Mary had known, she had followed Jessica. Mary was only going to interfere if Caliban actually got really close.

“Where have you been?” she asked with a voice which was clear had been through some shit. She had been kidnapped, tortured, fleet, kidnaped again and this time turned, successfully fleet again, killed an innocent man, attacked Ethan, almost died from a shot of Ethan’s, and since then Jessica had been with Alicia, the fucked up woman who had turned her to what she never wished she would be. Things definitely hadn’t been easy for Jessica.

You would be dead. She was dead to him. She no longer existed. Her lip quivered a bit. Caliban suddenly sprinted towards her again which made Mary jump towards him, but Caliban somehow managed to throw Mary of. Jessica dodged his kick once more. Her senses were definitely an advantage, now that she was a vampire. She definitely understood why some vampires could be a pain in the ass to fight.

“I did nothing,” she replied. Yet another fist and kick were thrown in her direction which she parried. “This is me and Mary,” she tried. It almost seemed like he was throwing punches in pure anger. She easily parried his hits.

As he mentioned that he didn’t have any weapons, and that it was night, the thought of using her own ability awoke. They stood in the shadows of trees, and the only thing lightening up the area, was the spots of snow. But she couldn’t. She didn’t want to risk it; risking the fact that she could lose her humanity until she regained power. “Caliban, stop!” she yelled. As soon as he would go for another round, she would grab his fists so he shouldn’t be able to throw any more hits. Her hands were dead cold, and her skin was extremely pale. “I was kidnapped,” she tried, hoping that he would cool down.

Even if you are Jessica, you are still dead. It felt like her hear was torn apart. She was dead to him; rubbing salt into the wound. It wasn’t like she wanted to be like this. She wanted to be her own usual human being. She wanted to be a hunter, like she was before. She wished to turn back time. But reality was a hard pill to swallow. His words were clearly how he felt, which was somewhat okay. She had been gone for years and suddenly they stood in front of each other.
She hadn’t had the guts to try to find him, after she had been turned, afraid that he would attack – like he did – and she wouldn’t be able to control her powers. She didn’t wish for him to get hurt, she never wished for that. Her love was still burning strong for him. If her heart could, it would be beating for him.

Her icy blue eyes looked into his, feeling how it seemed like her throat tied a knot. He suddenly backed away, and she let him, and slowly lowered her hands while he walked away. She didn’t know what was worst, being tortured or seeing him leave. “You’re correct. I’m a monster, just like those we’ve been killing,” she replied. “I’ve killed innocent people to survive,” she confessed. She was dead to him anyway, so why not make sure he hated her all that he could. The fact that all of the innocent kills she had done, was while she wasn’t really conscious, was something she kept for herself. When ever she got to overuse her ability, she lost it and if she had the slightest hunger, the only thing that would go through her head would be kill, kill, kill.

Jessica chuckled once at his questions, not that they were funny, but she had seen them coming. He was trying to figure out where he should put her. Good or evil? Something told her, that there was hope somewhere, but who knew how her disappearance and sudden reappearance would have changed him? It had been five years after all. She could hear how his footsteps approached her yet again. “I never wished to hurt any innocent soul,” she said, with her gaze on the ground. She shook her head by the memory of her first kill on an innocent man. “But I also know that one day… It’s going to happen again,” she tried to be as realistic as possible with him – she didn’t want to give him false hope. “I mostly live on bloodbags and -bottles from the hospital,” she elaborated. “I just… I lose myself sometimes,” she explained, her voice was thick from holding back tears, that she knew wouldn’t show up yet. A loose stand of hair was put back to place, with her left hand; where she wore her ring – the ring that showed anyone that she was engaged. Her bright blue eyes looked up at Caliban, her face clearly showing sorrow. She blamed herself for the kills she had made on innocent souls. People who she had killed for no reason except for being satisfied with her hunger for blood, kills she had made because her ability had made her lose control.

Caliban started to move closer, and her eyes were fixated on him. Could she trust him to get close? Would she be able to stop him from attempting to kill her if he tried to? It felt like her whole stomach was raising itself. She felt sick, or maybe just insecure. He raised his arms into an embrace, and she resisted to flinch. Though neither Caliban or Ethan had been violent – except for when Jessica almost killed Ethan – she feared that someone she loved so dearly would harm her.

His arms closed around her. She was used to being close to humans, since she had spent so much time with Ethan the first years of her transformation. But it was clear that Caliban wasn’t the same as Ethan – by the smell of the blood in their veins. She would never bite Caliban. There wouldn’t be a chance. Or at least that was what she believed. His blood smelled poisonous. They could figure it out. She could feel how his words made her melt all over again. She wanted his comfort more than anything. Her whole body still felt tense, she couldn’t relax just yet.

I still love you.
The plan was to stand by you to the end

His confession made her sob silently, but only a mere moment after he kissed her. It felt like everything was crumbling beneath her and it made a tear roll down her cheek while she slowly and quite predictable lifted her cold hands up to his neck and jaw to gently place them there in her way of showing that she longed for him. He broke the kiss to form more words. “Yes,” she sobbed once, “Of course I want you,” she replied before she would kiss him once again.

 

The words he spoke to her, made her smile a little through her sobs. He didn’t want to leave her side ever again, but she knew as of right now, it would be a lie. She was immortal and the only way it would be her leaving him, was if someone killed her. Old age wouldn’t take her life. She damned Alica so much for taking her life, even though there had been no reason for it, besides using Jessica to teach her other vampires what the hunters knew and the different techniques.
She opened her mouth thoughtfully as he asked if she wanted to go. She never really noticed how freezing it was now that she was this cold herself. He placed his warm forehead against her dead cold forehead. “I live nearby,” she replied softly, not really wanting to get out of the position the stood in. She took a deep breath before she took her head away from his and gave him a gentle smile before she looked towards her dog. “Mary, here,” she commanded it making the dog run up next to her. “I can show the way,” she suggested with a low voice.