The Carrier

chapter 12

As I calm my nerves enough to where I know I am not going to kill damon. I open the door slowly and make my way in making sure I have a secure enough hold on the blood bags. damon seems to be so deep in thought that he doesn't seem to realize I've entered which works in my favor. I slowly sneak up on him and before he can sense i am there I let out a menacing growl and throw the blood bags at him, making sure to hit him square in the chest. I back up so my back is against the door and wait, it only takes damon a moment to snap out of his thoughts. And before I know it he's sitting up growling back at me, I school my features so he can't see how stupid I feel or how upset I am by this revulation. But unfortunately I didn't school my features quick enough apparently. Because as soon as he starts growling he stops, looking at me with sympathy in his eyes. I shake my head " I can't believe you! Why did you hide this from me. I thought you were human! God how could I have been so stupid!". I punch the wall hoping that will help release the pent up anger but its not much help. I can hear him sit up and I send one last death glare his way before stomping out of the room. I make sure to slam the door extra hard so he understands how pissed off I am. I understand he didn't have to tell me since we are strangers in all technicality. But you think that you would warn someone your supposed to be traveling with that your a night stalker. I mean for Christ's sake, here I am thinking he's human and that there was this urgency to get him help. But no, there was no urgency he would have been perfectly fine, as I've come to learn we have amazing healing. I just wander around the basement floor, taking in my surroundings. It amazes me how huge this place really is, I mean don't get me wrong I understand its underneath the hospital but still. I weave my way through the hallways down here and come across several makeshift rooms and storage rooms. There isn't a lot down here but it definitely is giving me some odd vibes. I try to shake the feeling and I can't then I come across it. There's a room with a jail cell like door and next to it is a padded room with just a small enough window to look into and thats it. I stop in my tracks getting hit with the scent of blood and death. Its overwhelming and makes me want to vomit with how potent the smell is, it's so powerful I can't tell if its coming from the jail cell like room or the padded room. For some reason the smells are making my instincts to go haywire. I crouch down and listen closely for any sounds. That's when I hear a faint sound of growling coming from the padded room and what sounds like whimpering in the jail cell. The hair on my arms raise up, I stifle a growl sniffing the air to get a better idea of what I am dealing with. I can hear a small heartbeat of what sounds like a child coming from the jail cell. But what worries me is I don't hear any other heartbeats but mine and whatever is In that jail cell. I slowly but silently approach the padded room trying to get a better idea of what's in there. But as I stand up to look in the window its covered in what looks like days old blood and fresh blood smeared all over. Before I can do anything else a hand suddenly slams against the glass smearing more blood across it. I jump back immediately out of reflex "son of a b***h! What the hell was that". I try to calm my now frayed nerves realizing exactly what that was. As soon as I go to turn around to go let damon know, a small shadow appears at the door of the jail cell. "Mommy? ish that you?", the small voice is almost to hard to hear, if it weren't for my night - stalker hearing I wouldn't have heard it. Making my way over to jail cell slowly " hello? What's your name?" For a minute I thought maybe I was hallucinating or just plain hearing things, till I hear it again

" mommy? Ish that you? Mommy?"