Chapter 1

Dahlia and Lucita had managed to the front door only to be stopped by the sight of the shape of a man standing at the door with red glowing eyes and fangs.

"What the fuck is that?" Lucita asked

They stared at the figure, inquisitive to know what it was

"This is a prank, right?" Lucita asked laughing

"Come out now, we aren't scared of you" she said

The figure advanced further and Dahlia saw it. It wasn't a prank. It was real

"Run!" She screamed

Lucita's sprained ankle didn't bother her any more at the sight of the figure. She began to run real fast one would think she was an athletic person.

While they were still running the figure got in front of them scaring the daylight out of their heads.

"Ah!" Both girls screamed in fright as they fell to the floor.

Dahlia cursed as she fell. She tried to get up again but was pulled up by the figure.

"Let me go" she said kicking her legs in the air. The figure raised her as high as it could and threw her to the floor with a loud thud.

Dahlia had not still recovered when it pierced it's fangs into her neck.

The pain was stabbing. She gave out a loud cry.

The figure continued biting into her neck until Lucita picked a chair from the floor and hit it hard on the back.

It freed Dahlia, took one last look at Lucita and ran away.

Lucita ran towards Dahlia and took her in her arms. She was unconscious. Blood gushed out of her neck

"Help!"

"Somebody help!"

The sound of babies crying and accident victims in distress could be heard in the hospital. It was more of a passage way linking life and the after life. Thankfully, she wasn't sharing the room with anyone otherwise it would have been more disturbing. She sat on the bed looking outside the window. The view was beautiful. She made for the bottle of water beside her and began sipping from it. It was her fifth that afternoon.

A Nurse stepped into her room.

"Miss Spivot you are discharged now" she said

"Oh, thank God" Dahlia

"But the thing is, my friend isn't here and she was supposed to help me pack up, so can I wait here?" She asked

"Sure you can"

"I just wanted to inform you" the Nurse said

She walked out of the room leaving Dahlia standing alone

She dropped the bottle of water and stepped out of bed and began pacing about the room

"So boring" she said

She looked out of the window and saw many beautiful sights

A sudden wind blew sending cold shivers down her spine. She ran her hands through her skin wondering why. It felt as though someone was watching her closely. She turned around slowly and saw a man watching her through the door. He looked exactly like the same figure she saw that night.

As she made to move he ran off.

Dahlia sensing something fishy pursed him and was amazed at how fast she was catching up with the him.

"Thank you so much Doctor" a woman said leaving the Doctor's office

"Don't worry, we just hope he wakes up so we can see the improvements" the Doctor said seeing her out

"I hope so too" the woman said.

She made to turn around but was pushed down by the man Dahlia was chasing

"What the hell!" The Doctor exclaimed

"This is a hospital for crying out loud!" He said

Dahlia followed startling him. She was his patient and the speed at which she was running wasn't like someone who was just hospitalized.

"What's going on? Are they mad?" The woman asked trying to get up

"I'll be back" The Doctor said and started chasing after Dahlia. He called out to her but she wasn't hearing any other thing. The only thing she had on her mind was trying to catch the man watching her because he might just be the one responsible for her being hospitalized.

She knew he was suspicious. He was standing by her door and when she made a move he took off.

Unfortunately, she bumped into someone and fell to the ground. The man she was pursuing had long disappeared.

"Would you at least watch where you are going?" Dahlia screamed at the person she bumped into

"Darn it" she muttered out of breath

"Dahlia!" The Doctor called catching up with her

"Yes?" she asked still looking around

"Why are you out of your room and why are you chasing someone?" he asked

"Listen Doctor, I don't have time to listen to your lectures okay? I gotta go" she said and ran out of the building

Her search was futile as she couldn't find the mysterious man.

She looked up at the sky and noticed that it was getting dark.

Lucita was supposed to have come pick her up but she wasn't there yet.

The Doctor walked up to where Dahlia was sitting in front of the hospital.

"Here" he said handing her a bottle of water.

She took a long sip from it and wiped her lips with the back of her hand

"Thanks" she said

"You really are a good runner" he commented

"No, I was just going after someone" Dahlia replied

"Why are you here alone? Isn't Lucita coming today?" he asked

"Maybe she's out partying again" she said smiling

"But you can't stay at the hospital and it's getting real dark" Richard said concerned

"I know but where else will I go?" she asked peeling off the label from the bottle

"You can come with me to my house. If you want" he offered

She stared at him for a while and laughed

"That's pretty bold, huh?"

"Thanks but I'm not that kind of girl" she said

"I meant it in a good way" he said smiling

"Good way? I don't even know your name and you want to invite me over to your house?" She asked

"I'm Richard" he said

"How can you not know my name when I'm the Doctor assigned to you?" He asked

"Was I supposed to remember?" She asked

"Maybe not" he said

"So, the offer is still valid. I'm on my way home since my shift is over" he informed

"No thanks, I'm pretty sure Lucita would be here any minute" she said getting up

"Get home safely" she added and walked inside

Richard remained sitting for some time then walked up to his car. He opened the door, stepped in and started the engine. Taking one last look at the hospital he drove off.

Meanwhile, Dahlia was taking a tour around the hospital. She came across a cold room and walked in shutting the door behind her.

She didn't feel cold at all and it was surprising to her. She touched her bandaged neck and took off the bandage. The spot where the figure at the clinic bit her had long healed

There was a spot where some boxes were arranged in an order. She felt drawn to it.

She touched the boxes one after another and opened one that read TYPE B.

"Is this like a blood bank?" She asked herself picking one up.

She tore up the bag and began to drink from it. She emptied the bag and held it in her hands.

For some reason she felt good. She went on her knees and picked up another then another and another.

She emptied the whole box and then realized what she had just done.

She looked at her hands and the blood bags she had drank from.

"Oh my God!" She exclaimed

"What did I do?"

The sound of sirens could be heard all over. Ambulances were seen on the roads. Paramedics tried their best to cover up the dead bodies and take them into the morgue. The Police were patrolling the entire area.

At the hospital, Richard, other Doctors and Nurses were all working hard.

Series of bodies were been brought into the hospital and they were all dead.

"Where the hell are these bodies coming from?" Richard asked

"Doc, on every street at least one body was found and they all have these bite marks on their necks"

"Autopsy showed that they all died as a result of loss of blood" Nurse Abigail said

"Bite marks on their necks?" Richard asked

"Not one of them could even be brought here alive?" He wondered

"Let me see a corpse" he said

He walked into the morgue with her and some other Doctors

Richard took a close look at the corpse. The bite mark on it's neck was exactly the same Dahlia had on her neck when she was brought in by the paramedics.

"What's going on?" he thought

Dahlia walked past the morgue and Richard saw her.

"What's she doing here? Her room's on the second floor" he said

"Sorry Doc?" Abigail asked

"Excuse me" he said and walked out of the room

He silently followed Dahlia.

She walked into her room and lay on her bed sleeping off immediately.

Richard opened the door to her room as silent as a rat and tiptoed to her bed.

He knelt beside her. She had dried leaves all over her hair and she looked messy. He pushed her hair away from her neck wanting to inspect the bite mark he had seen previously. It was gone.

Richard noticed the blood stains on both her hands

"Why are her hands stained with blood?"

"Didn't she go back home?" he wondered

He was paged. He turned around and walked out of the room.

As the door closed Dahlia opened her eyes

The building was pitch dark with traces of red lights around.

Humans were tied down in a corner while a man sat on a throne. He had a god-like persona. In his hands was a glass of red wine. Perhaps blood. A man walked inside smiling heartily.

"Mission accomplished" he said

"How?" The man at the throne asked

"Dahlia Spivot has undergone her transition and has had her first drink of blood tonight"

"The whole town is flooded with her wonders" he said

"Interesting" he said setting down his glass

Dahlia opened her eyes to see Lucita in her room packing up her things. She wondered how she got into the room without her noticing.

As if all of her body was covered in ears she heard her heart pumping blood around her body.

Lucita turned around and nearly jumped out of her skin when she saw Dahlia giving her a murderous look.

"What? Why are you staring at me like I did something wrong?" She asked

"Where were you?" Dahlia asked looking away

"Somewhere" Lucita said

"And this somewhere doesn't have a name?" Dahlia asked

"Are you mad at me?"

"I'm sorry but something came up that's why I couldn't make it" Lucita explained

"Something like a party, huh?" Dahlia asked

She stood up from the bed and began advancing towards Lucita.

"I didn't go to no party last night. I was at school because of our course rep, we went on a date" Lucita said

"Same thing. You're always going on dates, doing everything you've ever wanted to do, but me?"

"I'm always second priority"

"Are you forgetting that its 'cause of you I'm in this stupid hospital?"

"After everything you still have the nerve to go on dates you worthless piece of trash!" Dahlia blunted out

"Me? Piece of trash?" Lucita asked pushing her. Dahlia seemed to come out of her trance and was suddenly calm.

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry"

"I didn't mean it, I'm just mad 'cause I was alone here last night"

Dahlia apologized

"It's just, there was this man outside and he was watching me and then I tried to go after him but he took off and I couldn't find him"

"I'm sorry" she said crying

Lucita pulled her into an embrace and began cuddling her

"It's okay, I'm here now" she said

Dahlia's fangs were out. Her eyes turned blood red and her finger nails grew

She could hear it again.

The sound of blood pumping into Lucita's veins

She made to dip her fangs into Lucita's neck but the door flung open.

She stopped abruptly. Her fangs disappeared and her eyes turned normal.

"What's going on?" Richard asked seeing the girls in an embrace

"Oh, it's nothing" Lucita said looking at Dahlia

"Okay, I heard you're leaving now Dahlia" he said

"Yes" Dahlia said

"Good bye" he said and walked out

"Ooh, you've made yourself a friend" Lucita cooed

"No, he's not" Dahlia said sitting on the bed

"Girl you look dirty. Go take a shower" Lucita said noticing the mud stains on Dahlia

"Okay" Dahlia said and walked into the bathroom

She stared at herself in the mirror.

"What is wrong with me?"

"What am I doing?