Many years ago a young woman loved a young man.
Every night the young woman would sneak from her home to meet with the young man, the two were very much in love, and longed for the times when they could see each other.
The young man had a secret a very dangerous secret... he was very sad because even though he loved the woman he knew one day he would have to tell her this secret, he feared that because he was afraid she would run away from him if she knew.
There was another man who loved the young woman, they had been friends all their lives and he thought the young woman would grow to love him... but she never did... Out of his love for her he followed her one night intending to tell her how he felt finally only to find she was meeting with the other young man. Her friend grew jealous, every night he would follow the woman and watch the two as they went out together and stayed in together until they parted just before dawn.
He asked around about the young man only to find out about the young mans secret. Her friend was very happy because he now had a way to break them apart, the following night he followed the woman and confronted them telling the woman the mans secret, he was a vampire, a monster that fed on peoples blood.
The young woman was shocked but she stayed by her loves side defending him from the man she'd called friend. Her friend was angered by his loves devotion to the monster and tacked the young man moved to protect her but it was to late a silver blade was slammed into her heart her eyes went wide tears escaping her as she fell back into the young man arms she smiled up at him weakly proclaiming her undying love for him and him alone before she died.
Her friend watched him horror gazing at his blood stained hands, he had killed the woman he loved, in his disgust he slit his throat., the young vampire unwilling to let the man take the easy way out bit him the forced him to drink his blood turning him into a vampire as well.
This was a grave mistake, The young woman's friend became angry and was driven mad by his eternal punishment. He made a deal with the devil begging the king of hell to seal away his beloved lover and in return he would serve him for his eternal life time. The devil agreed to these terms and sealed away the young vampire. Only the reincarnation of his love would be able to free him from his silver prison...
For many years the vampire waited but his love never came and so the vampire believing his love would never find him, slipped into a long sleep awaiting the end of days, so that he could, if nothing else, follow his beloved to the after life and be with her once again.
She could see him so clearly but... this was a dream wasn't it... why was he here? She stepped forward tentatively reaching out touching the bare chest lightly, his skin was cool and smooth to the touch. His chest was broad and lightly muscled, she could make out a good set of muscles on him his stomach was nicely toned and his arms looked powerful yet safe... like they would be nothing but tender when embracing a woman but god help the man they were used to attack.
"Who are you... why are you like this?" she asked softly reaching up and brushed the dark chocolate brown hair from his face his eyes were closed, only to be expected. Her hands gently trailed from his temple down caressing his cheek, there was a fine stubble there, like he hadn't had a chance to shave before he was strung up like a limp doll.
"Who are you? You're so close... The first person I can hear... Who are you?" She gasped as the voice beautiful masculine but weak echoed in the air and in her head she touched her temple lightly wavering slightly before looking up at him.
"My name is Karin, I'm an archeologist... What do you mean I'm the first person you can hear?" she asked, finding it slightly strange she was talking to a limp body of a very handsome man in a dream... what the hell may as well it was just a dream after all... Her hand was still on his cheek as she gazed over him again compassion filled her heart, she'd never seen anything like this, it was so cruel.
"I've hung here... for thousands of years... maybe longer, and never once have I herd any one, has anyone spoken to me... Karin. Please, get me out of here... release me from this prison... it is far worse then hell." he said his voice caressed her mind like a lovers tender touch she nodded she had to do something she had to get him free, even if she didn't know this man she had to free him.
"Alright I promise I'll get you out I'll free you." She said stepping back she made a grab for the chains her fingers passing clean through them she gasped trying again but nothing happened next thing she knew she was being pulled away by some strong invisible force a loud ringing in her ears
"N-No I promised!" She said reaching out desperately trying to reach the chains, she'd promised she would help him... all at once she'd forgotten she was dreaming... his desperate plea his weak voice. She wanted nothing more then to free him from his prison no she had a compulsion, she had to free him she had to!
"Hey, Miss Charles.... Miss Charles... KARIN!" She gasped her eyes flying open as she sat bolt right up almost smacking one of the younger students of the dig square in the face. She panted looking around reaching up touching her face calming a bit as she realized she was awake she looked over at the girl one of the students on her dig team a fair thing named Brenna with shocking red hair and slightly tanned skin with a spattering of freckles and proud green eyes. She had a rustic sort of beauty. When they had chatted on the plane Brenna had admitted to having Irish ancestry on both sides.
Karin wasn't as exotic looking her dark hair more black then brown was wavy when brushed, and frizzy first thing in the morning... like now. Her skin had a constant tan from her work out side despite the incredibly pale skin she'd been born with and she had, what she thought were very uninspiring pale blue eyes. All in all, Karin considered her self pretty plain, she had little bust to speak of but thank fully little ass as well, the one thing she liked about her appearance was her naturally lean body and the slight muscles she'd developed going to the gym to work out for and hour one her days of and all her work with the digs meant she often did lots of walking, and lots of lifting.
"Hmm, Brenna, what is it?" she asked glancing at her clock a rather useless itemed now proclaimed she had five minuets to get ready and eat breakfast before her dig shift started, she swore tossing off the covers Brenna watched with a weak smile.
"I'm sorry Karin I'd though you got up with you alarm I'm really sorry!." She said quickly Karin shook her head tossing off her Rose print PJ's and pulled on a simple white tank top and jean short shaking out her cloths before pulling them on. In the desert everything got everywhere, spider snakes scorpions, and even though people kept assuring her they couldn't get in her zipped up bag Karin took no chances when it came to the creepy crawlies, she figured every one was allowed one thing that scared the, for her it was creepy crawlies, snakes, spiders, scorpions, bugs in general... well butterflies and lady bugs were ok they weren't creepy.
She paused her thoughts going to her dream, her inability to help that poor man, even though it had been a dream she hated the idea of not being able to help some one, even if he was just someone in a dream. She stood shaking out her boots and pulling them one tying the laces before running her fingers through her hair and nodding
"I'll skip breakfast if you promise to share that cache of granola bars I know you carry around." She said casting Brenna a good natured smile, the girl nodded and they headed out to the jeep. With in an hour they were at the dig site, Karin gasped as a flash of the man strung up to the cross filled her mind causing her to stumble as she climbed out of the jeep. Brenna moved quickly helping her stay balanced
"Hey Karin are you going to be ok? You look kind of pale." She said worriedly Karin nod and smiled straitening and walking towards the temple they were excavating.. Maybe she shouldn't have skipped breakfast, she thought she had it under control though...
Ever since she'd turned eighteen Karin had an unappeased hunger, no matter how much she ate, she was always hungry. She hadn't realized it at first, she would just absently eat and eat with out really paying attention, she always exorcized and ate good healthy food so she barley gained any wait so she hadn't noticed until a friend mentioned it, commenting on how much more she seemed to be eating. She'd gone to doctors had tests done But nothing explained why she was always so hungry.
"I'm fine thanks, just a little tired still, you know me I take hours to fully wake up, by the time I'm running full steam it's time to go to bed." She joked lightly reassuring her friend that she was ok before they started off inside the temple.
"Miss Charles? Good youre here, we found another hall but this one looks like a dead end but it really strange." One of the students said Karin frowned following the boy as Brenna went off to join her group.
"Strange how?" she asked the boy shook his head
"The wall at the end of the hall of made of silver... Solid silver." He said as if he still didn't believe it. Karin looked at him shocked
"Solid-"
"Silver, yah I know sounds crazy doesn't it but thats what it is, we can't figure it out." He said evenly as he led her through the maze of halls until they reached the hall with the dead end. Karin gasped gazing at the solid wall she was facing, setting a hand on it she felt her hand tingle it always did she always felt tingles when she touched pure silver... she smiled
"This is amazing..." she said softly running her hand across the wall the boy smiled, it was rare Karin was this pleased with something, but he knew he just knew it wasn't greed for the silver, but just finding it, something so strange and different.
The day was spent clearing out other tunnels, the temple was a huge honey comb of tunnels and chambers, it was fantastic, the whole day Karin dwelled on the strange wall of silver and her odd dream, some how... some how she was sure they were connected, working on her files she got lost in cataloging all their finding stopping only when she noticed some one standing in front of her. She looked up to see Brenna there
"We're heading back to the hotel ok? I figure you'd want to hang out here and finish working so we're leaving a jeep, don't work all night ok." She warmly advised her friend Karin nodded before getting back to work. When she looked up again she gasped her watch reading almost one in the morning, she'd gotten so into cataloging the findings...
"Karin.... Karin...." The woman looked up shocked looking around were had that voice come from
"Hello? Cathy... Stewart? Brenna? Did you come back?" she called but as she stepped out of the artifact tent she saw no one.
"Karin... Please come free me.... Karin...." She looked over to the door of the temple shivering... thats were the voice had come from she was sure of it. She grabbed a flash light and one of the maps and set off. She never glanced at the map... she new were to go, Dropping the flash light and the paper she touched the silver wall her fingers running across it she pressed against it running her palm across the smooth surface she could hear it, feel it in her body... a weak heart beat.
"I'm here, I'm here... How can I free you please tell me." She said softly closing her eyes listening she could hear him breathing... what had come over her this urge to help what ever was behind the wall
"I'm here for you... please... tell me how to get to you." She said softly the was a rumble and she pulled away with a gasp the silver wall sank into the sand and, just like in her dream, revealed a silver room, in the center was a silver cross and chained to that cross... the beautiful man who she had promised to free.
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Well what do you think of CH 1?
