The night before. The morning after.

[makosi]

The night before.
The shivering girl stood balanced upon the rail of a large yacht as it cut through the waves, tears streaked down her face blown away by the cruel sea air which tore away painfully at her nearly bare body. Rags hanging off the emaciated figure, only fitting tightly upon a protruding belly which stuck out awkwardly upon her malnourished frame.

She had snuck out of her room a short time before. Unable to cope with the thoughts that had been consuming her every second since she had realised she was with child the father a cruel obese architect who occasionally boarded the ship to see her for a large fee, which she never received any of.

The fact that a life of pain and torture, lecherous men and gruelling work hours lay ahead of her she could cope with. But that would happen to her own child, that or something worse she could not bare the thought of. She would rather die and take the unborn baby with her then let it go through any of the suffering she had been put through in her own very short life.

With one last glance over her shoulder to make sure there was no-one there to grab her and yank her back into the life of a slave she took a breath and with one step she propelled herself over the edge of the vessels and into the freezing water bellow. Screaming as it hit her like a thousand needles to her skin.

Trying to swim was harder then she thought, struggling to keep her head above the water she spluttered and gasped her hands slapping the water frantically as her legs kicked, her energy running out thick and fast, her last meal over two days ago she did not have much to sustain her.

[makosi]

The morning after.
It didn't take long for her exhausted body to give up upon her, swallowing mouthfuls of water she felt as though her lungs would burst through her chest in one massive dramatic explosion.
She had come far enough that she could see ships and buildings. There was not much distance left but she could not summon the energy to keep going.

With a last awful scream she found herself pulled underneath the water's surface the currents dragging her around underneath the waves like a child's toy doll.
Fighting with every last bit of her her arms reached the surface breaking through the waves twice.

Slowly the world slipped away from her as she started to lose her life with that moment she said goodbye to her unborn child and let go, soon she would be dead and their suffering would be over.

Picked up by a wave her floppy body was swept into the boating yard one arm tangling up in a guide rope it held her suspended, near death, half drowned and freezing.

[Cerverous]

a black streak shot through the air, looking like nothing less than a meteor, on a curved arch toward some random patch of earth. onward it went seeming intent on devastating what poor soul was there to be hit by it. Bam!! right there it hit a n invisible wall and bounced off toward the ground beneath it, Bam!! another wall and it was sent soaring back up toward space. again, and it was sent back the way it had come, each hit releasing a shock wave and destructively loud sonic boom, for those that might've been close enough. though due to its height nothing could be heard other than a thud, like someone in the room next to you hitting a nail into a board.

one more hit and its path turned a complete 180 just before exploding. this could be heard loud and clear and many eyes went skyward in curiosity. finally the mumbles and screams came from the masses as the trail had remained, paired with the visible shock waves and explosion. though it could not be seen, Cerverous' body emerged from this streak of darkness and scanned the ground as he allowed his flight to take a natural path through for now. he had been doing nothing more than passing time in his boredom when he sensed the blood of a female human, young, pregnant, nearly dead, wash up on a beach in the shipyard.

his vampiric eyes spotted her quickly and without another moment gone he broke into a black dust that reformed the very same moment just steps from where the girl lay. Cerverous stepped closer, knelt and put a hand gently to her cheek "now where did you come from little miss?" his face was curious, not often he saw something like this, especially alive after whatever had brought her to be here, but she would die before she was found if he left saying it wasnt his business. his eyes flashed from black to red and the two of them were gone, the guide line remained.

he brought her to the hotel that he stayed in. he lived in one of the pent houses until such a time that his coven came to be rebuilt, but it did have its perks. like the room service that brought new clothes for the girl, almost forced him to let her change her(thpugh he put up little to no arguement) and delivered a very large meal some time after putting her to sleep in one of the off bedrooms for when she woke.

[makosi]

Eyes fluttering as the world around her slowly started to swim into focus she took a breath a hot burning sensation within her lungs making her cough violently clutching at her chest. Sleep threatening to drag her back down again she forced herself to sit up, finding that even doing something so small drained energy from her she started to come to her senses.
Looking down quick at her stomach to make sure it was still there she sighed the coughing subsiding leaving her with a dull ache and a stinging throat.
Feverishly she looked around the room a fear striking her that someone had found her and taken her back, that she was to spend her life again trapped as a slave.
Trying to move her legs she climbed out of the bed, having to at first clutch it to stop herself from falling over.
Stumbling a bit she hit into a tray of food knocking it onto the floor, whimpering from the shock of the noise and the fear that she had alerted someone to her being awake she quickly moved to the corner of the room curling up their, defensively shielding herself and her baby.

[Cerverous]

the wind blew harshly where he stood at the edge of the roof on the thirty plus something odd hotel building. a mess of white hair slapped around showing and hiding randomly a red left eye and a solid pool of darkness where his right should be. he wore no shirt beneath a black leather jacket and neither boots nor shoes accompanies the black jeans. five red belts, a choker, and fingerless gloves completed the wardrobe.

Cerverous reached his left hand out to the world before him and hooked the fingers around an invisible throat. some distance out, floating in the air, a creature born of hate and darkness began to form. slowly at first from a black that seemed to come in from nowhere. his own grip tightened and as the creature, clawed, spiked, and nearly a full grown human in size, formed solid body parts it let out a piercing death howl. his fingers opened and the beast was gone like that.

Cerverous then leaned forward and essentially planked over the side of the building, falling till he came to the floor that his room was on, which was not to far from the roof, he grabbed the railing of the balcony, around from one side of the only true corner of the building to the other, and swung himself onto the porch immediately after his downward force neutralized. one step and he was at the door in little more than a flash, sliding it open and peering inside directly at the girl as if hed known exactly where she was the entire time, which he did. "good morning" he said with a friendly smile.

[makosi]

Hearing some thudding and scuffling about outside of the room where the windows were she pushed herself harder into the corner terrified of what might be trying to get in. During her life at sea she had only ever seen humans she didn't know anything else existed.
Peering over from between her hands which were now covering her face she watched as the creature enter the room. A small shriek of panic breaking out of her when he started to talk to her.

Shooting back up and onto her feet she kept her back against the wall her hands moving out to protect herself.
"Sorry...sorry" she murmured half expecting a beating off of this man/creature. "I didn't mean to run away... i'm sorry"

[Cerverous]

Cerverous frowned at the girl, she was obviously highly scared by her past and easily frightend for it. he lifted his right hand to his hair and brushed it to cover the right eye before entering the room entirely with a glance at the food tray. he slid the glass door closed behind him before placing both hands in his pockets and moving no further. "its ok. who did you run away from?" he was no longer frowning and held his head in a slight tilt.

[makosi]

"You don't know?" she asked her voice seeming small as a mouse in comparision of his. Taking some slower breaths she tried not to really freak out and lose it infront of the man. But she couldn't stop from sniffling a bit half due to being exposed to the cold and half from being on the verge of crying exhausted with everything that had happened.
"Where did you find me... I mean I was in the water..?"

[Cerverous]

"i can make a guess at best." this statement was accompanied by a small shrug as he turned away and strode over to the bed. as he took a knee and began cleaning the mess that was once a large meal he spoke again. "you were in the water at some point. i found you on the shore in the nearby harbor, half drowned and nearly frozen over. both of you" he placed the hard pieces neatly back on the table and tapped a quick right index to the inside of its corresponding eyebrow, room service would be by shortly to clean the rest.

[makosi]

Watching him clean up the mess she had made only confused her more, in her mind that was here job. So she moved over and across to him, keeping as far away from him as possible as she knelt down "I'll clean it up... i'm sorry I didn't mean to knock it over I was just scared" she looked down at the bits of food and plate scattered on the floor with shame for having broken it.
"Oh.. ok. Why didn't you just leave me there?"

[Cerverous]

he hung both arms on his knees as he stopped to look at her. "no need. the maid is on her way. shell clean it. its what shes paid for." he then stood again and walked over to on of the cushioned, decorative chairs in the room, dropping into it with left foot pulled up and sitting flat on the cushion which caused him to lean over onto the right arm as if he were laying in it like a bed while he almost stared a wtf at her. of course this was marked by a signature single raised eyebrow. "why? why did i save a young girl with child from an untimely death when i was perfectly able to, instead of letting her die cause i felt like it? is that what your asking?"

[makosi]

She looked down at the bits which she held within her hands, comfused by what he had said she dropped it all doing as she was told, she in no way wanted to make him angry.
Standing up she gradually retreated back across the room to where she had been standing in the corner when he came in.
Avoiding eye contact she looked down nodding.
"Yes, no one has helped before"

[Cerverous]

he watched her, silent, as she moved back into her corner, adjusting his position in the chair to do so and stared for a few moments after she stopped. "go sit on the bed" his voice was firm as if intended as an order to a subordinate. he had little doubt she would obey the words without question but it was no more than a test.

[makosi]

Without a second of hesitation she moved quickly across the room and seated herself against the bed, moving up so her back met the headboard and her knees drew up protective against herself. Tensing herself she waited for him to come over thinking that he probably had intentions for making her go to that specific place in the room.
"Sorry"

[Cerverous]

again he watched as she moved across the room, his face held a sense of being unimpressed "indeed. you were a slave girl." he said as if hed also known that all along and leaned back in the chair. "a right broken one at that. born into it?" he asked with another rasie of his left eyebrow.

it was at that moment that the maid chose to knock on the door. "enter" and she did. she moved through the suite quickly and came to the room they were in, stopped and looked at Cerverous. "go wait in the front room for now" he said without changing his gaze and she complied with a single silent nod.