Dangerous Pearls

Chapter 17

"Dad" I hear myself say to my dad who was now planning to get me out of the hospital before they noticed I was not a human. My voice sounded raspy and dry, I could not believe it was coming from me. I felt a sharp pain as I tried to extend my arm towards my father as the nurses and paramedics were lifting me out of the stretcher and on to a more comfortable surface on a soft bed but I felt a sharp pain and shock go through my body. I wondered exactly how powerful he was. How could he make me like this? How could he change the genes in my body and the biology? It didn't make any sense.

"Dad' I say again and he looked at me and smiled but I could see the tears in his eyes as he said,

"I'll get you out of her, I'll keep you safe." He took a moment to take a deep breath before adding'

"You trust me, right?" I couldn't say anything so I just nodded my head as a sign of approval and belief but the nod just made me get a headache.

I felt pain shoot through me again and this time it hurt even more and extending to all parts of my body. I heard a wince from myself and felt a tear roll down my cheek as it felt cool against my skin. I felt the coolness of the tear in great contrast to the heat emanating from my skin. It felt like I was as hot as the sun and I am not exaggerating. I knew he had put some spell on  me. If I wasn't a vampire, the temperature my blood was currenly at would have killed me from the inside painfully.

I felt the temperature rise quickly and with it my breathing increased but also became raspy and labored. I looked at my dad for help but he looked just as lost as I was. He was trailing quickly behind my fast moving mobile bed. He must have realized the dpctors my be my fastest and only hope currently.

I was trying my best to keep the heat I was feeling under check but nothing was happening so I decided to  just focus on keeping my emotions in check instead. "You are going to die today" I heard one of the voices say with a mocking laugh

"We did warn you, so we were fair" the other said and joined in the laughter

I had hoped the voices had disappeared  for good when I didn't hear from them.

" He is going to boil your blood until you can't take it anymore" the first one said again slyly

"You will lose control" the third one said

"And you will kill, just like you did before" they said in chorus.

"You are not worthy of the love your dad gives you" the second one said bursting into laughter

"You are not worthy of anyone's love. That is why love never lasts with you. Yoy don't even know how to give love" the third one said void of any emotions 

"Your death will give them peace and stop other deaths from happening. Deaths you caused like Maia and soon, June and your dad" I wept at this.

My body seemed hotter now, it was hotter. It now felt like the sun was at close proximity and if I didn't do anything, it would feel like I was the sun.

I felt pain everywhere, and just when I thought I couldn't take anymore, I saw a man come up to me. He was wearing a hood and I couldn't tell if I was imagining it or not. It felt too real. I looked to see if I could find my dad but I couldn' t so I guessed he was in the waiting room. The man had a stake in his hand. He came up to me and plunged it in my side. I screamed in pain and wondered if anyone heard me or if it was just in my mind. Just as I though he was about to leave, he opened a jar and poured its contents into his hands. He put all of whatever it was into my wound and I screamed again to everyone's hearing. In this moment , I felt like I was stuck in a fire and I couldn't die so my skin just kept burning and I kept feeling the pain of it.

My wound now felt like it was very deep and fresh but someone had put in pepper, alchohol and salt, in my case, also vervain. I couldn't control what happened next, I had a thirst and a hunger for blood. The thing I knew could cure me, but also leave me feeling guilt ridden and with a scar for the rest of my life.

I felt my face harden as I grabbed the nearest person, who was a latino blonde nurse and dug into the soft fleshy area of her skin where I heard the most blood pumping. I could feel her skin sizzling from my hot touch but I was too busy feeding to examine it. I grabbed another person and quickly drank from him. I was glad my dad wasn't here. I compelled the last two people into thinking a wild animal had attacked them, killing the first two people but they were able to escape. They also did not remember that they ever had a survivor from a bike accident come into the hospital.

I ran out in super speed through the back, to avoid my father's angry eyes in the waiting room. I decided to go out and clear the rage befpre confronting him.