It was a lie. s.e.x with Bryce had been ecstasy. "Then I want to be a vampire too," Tyler breathed. "I was one once. Make me one again."
He shook his head. "No. You were meant to be destroyed back in the twenty first century. Besides, Dino must reign as intended, without you."
Tyler eyed him. "Then who will he reign with...you?"
He smiled. "It was his destiny."
Tyler was beginning to understand now. "You want to get rid of me because you want him yourself. Why don"t you just say that?"
He looked away. "You must go. I have to prepare for his initiation ceremony."
"Why did he change his mind?" Tyler demanded, not ready to give up just yet. "Why didn"t he kill me in the twenty first century when he had the chance? Are you sure it was only l.u.s.t that made him spare my life?"
"l.u.s.t can be very powerful, especially vampire l.u.s.t."
"How do you know that your version of fate is the right one?" Tyler challenged him.
"Because I am a vampire G.o.d, and I know the prophesy. You are a mistake, an accident." He looked at him now, as if he were a fly to be swatted away. "It is over. Thanks to that idiot Ethan and his greed, Dino is back where he belongs." His gaze shifted to the door. "Now that"s all I plan to explain."
Instantly, two male vampires entered the room. "Take him," the vampire said. "See him safely onto the ship and make sure he leaves."
The two creatures grabbed Tyler by the arm. He struggled against them as they dragged him to the door. "I want to see him before I go," Tyler called over his shoulder.
"That I"m afraid, is out of the question," he sneered. "Take him," the vampire barked, and Tyler was whisked out the door.
CEREMONY OF THE BLOOD
Figures were swirling in front of his eyes. It was as if they were dancing. There was some kind of a chant reverberating in his ears. He tried to move. He couldn"t. His heart beat like a drum in his chest. He forced his eyes to focus. His hands were laying one on top of the other, across his chest. Jesus. Was he dead? He tried to lift them. Nothing. He was lying on some sort of a table that was covered by a soft material...felt like velvet.
His mind again told his body to move. There was no response.
"Don"t worry," a voice said suddenly, stroking his hair, "it"s the blood loss. You are too weak to move yet."
He opened his mouth to speak. No words came out. He felt paralysed. He closed his eyes. Tyler. I"m in love with Ethan. Those were Tyler"s words. Somewhere along the line in his drug-induced haze he had heard him tell him that. He had betrayed him. And Modem. Modem"s name was Ethan Hues. He had been on his Top Ten List of suspects. If he hadn"t been dragged away from his post at Sentra, he would have captured the little b.u.g.g.e.r before all h.e.l.l broke loose. And as for Captain Smart...if he ever got out of this mess alive, he would pay for shooting his veins full of ID.
He tried to think. The last thing he remembered, Smart was telling him how he and Modem were involved in the drug trade together. He had taken his clothes off. Then that man had come into the room with the syringe. Suddenly images came floating back to him. He had been in a state of heightened s.e.xual arousal.
Smart had done just about everything possible to him. And then Tyler and...Modem himself, had violated him. His jaw clenched in anger.
Suddenly the chanting came to an abrupt halt. My G.o.d, now what? Eerie shadows glowed across the room.
A man"s voice said, "Finally, he has come home to us, our lost G.o.d, our beautiful Prince. Tonight we bring him back to us. We bring him back to the blood."
Blood? What in h.e.l.l were they talking about? The voice sounded alien. It wasn"t a voice he recognised.
He felt his head being lifted. He looked up into glowing blue eyes. Real fear gripped his insides. He felt an incredible thirst. A goblet was being placed to his lips. When the liquid met his tongue, he flinched at its unnatural flavour. In spite of how thirsty he was, he tried to turn his head away. Someone or something held it in place. His head was being tipped back further and his jaw wrenched open. Someone spread his legs. He felt fingers move over his s.e.x, his t.e.s.t.i.c.l.es. There was suddenly the intoxicating aroma of scented oil permeating his nostrils. It was being ma.s.saged into his flesh. Hands moved up over his chest, flicking over his nipples.
Someone moaned.
The warm liquid leaked down his throat. His hips began to move involuntarily. "Umm," he moaned as he felt more hands touching him, murmuring over his naked body that now lay quivering on the table.
The goblet was taken away, his head lowered. He licked the sticky liquid from his lips. Opening his eyes, he looked up to see those bizarre fluorescent blue eyes looking down into his. He felt his cold naked body cover his, his tongue dip down to lick the blood from his lips.
He was being opened, fingers invading his a.n.u.s, moving in and out. Then suddenly, it was like an electric current shot through his entire body. He cried out, his body being infused with a sense of power that yanked his body off the table and lifted him into the air. He hovered there, gasping for breath as the blond G.o.d-like creature rose with him.
He was being held, spread p.r.o.ne in the air as fingers continued to probe him, giving him wave after wave of pleasure. Then the blond creature moved over him, his white robe falling open to reveal his thick engorged phallus. He let it glide over his lips, then as Bryce"s jaw fell open, he plunged it into his mouth. At the same time, he felt himself being entered by something. It was smooth and huge, greased with that deliciously scented oil.
Suddenly a hand covered his s.e.x, fondling it roughly as the object and the blond vampire"s s.e.x moved in and out of him at the same time. He exploded now, his c.o.c.k vibrating with an o.r.g.a.s.m which seemed to go on and on until finally he dropped to the floor in satiated exhaustion.
After a few minutes, when his breathing returned to normal, he opened his eyes to see this beautiful white haired man standing in front of him.
The vampire smiled at him. "I"m Thor. I"m your servant," he bowed his head. "Do you know who you are?"
He licked his lips, looking around him at the others who stood with their heads bowed. "I"m Dino," he said, looking up at him. "How did I...?"
"You are home," Thor said, smiling. "Please, Prince, if you would be so kind," he let his robe fall to the floor, "I want you to f.u.c.k me."
Dino got up off the floor. As he stood, the others backed away. He eyed them, than looked around. His vision was ten times sharper. He could see a spider meticulously spinning an elaborate web in the far corner of the room. He knew that he could crush a man with one hand. He knew who he was.
He looked at the blond vampire who waited patiently for his response, then he looked at the others. "Leave us," he demanded.
Quickly, they fled.
"Why did you bring me back?" Dino lifted his hand to push back his hair. It was longer, hanging just past his shoulders.
"You were meant to be here all along," Thor said with a sigh. Picking up his robe off the floor, he reluctantly put it on. "Seems you are not in the mood to..."
"All in good time," he replied, taking a few steps forward.
Thor reached over and pulled the red velvet robe off the table. He offered it to him with a polite bow.
Dino took it and put it on. He wrapped it around him and then met his gaze. "Where am I?"
"You are in the twenty fifth century on the Planet of the d.a.m.ned."
"Planet of the...?" He tasted the words in his mouth. "What do you remember of your existence, my prince?" Thor asked him.
"Prince?" he mouthed.
"Yes. You are the preordained prince of the vampire nation. I have been acting in your stead for almost four centuries. It has been with great difficulty that we have managed to bring you back to us."
Dino narrowed his eyes. "I remember my maker..."
"Yes. You destroyed him."
He swallowed. "That was forbidden. I was hunted."
He nodded.
"Joey," he said, looking up into Thor"s eyes. "Where is he?"
"Gone," Thor said. "Long gone. He came to a.s.sa.s.sinate you. You must forget about him. He is the reason you have..."
Dino narrowed his eyes. "I promised him that we would always be together."
"And you kept that promise, Dino," Thor nodded at him. "It brought the both of you only tragedy and death. It diverted you from your predestined path as our lord, isolating an entire nation on this G.o.d forsaken planet. It was a mistake."
Suddenly, Thor"s hands reached out to him. "My Lord, my beautiful dark prince of the blood, I am your servant. Take me. Take me and then take your rightful place. Lead us into the future."
Thor dropped his robe then tore a gash down the length of his chest. A line of warm red blood bubbled up to the surface of his skin.
Dino licked his lips and growled deeply, his eyes glowing red.
He took off his robe.
Thor ran his gaze over his beautiful body, the beauty even more enhanced since the transformation.
Dino grabbed him by the waist. He licked the blood that ran down his chest. The wound instantly healed over. Then he explored his flesh with his hand, taking a few minutes to run his fingers over his nipples and slap at his hard organ.
Thor moaned, closing his eyes.
Dino yanked his head back by his long hair, exposing his neck. He lowered his mouth there. At the same time as he slammed his s.e.x into him, he plunged his two sharp fangs into the flesh of his throat.
Thor cried out with pleasure. He was being lifted off the floor now, ridden as if he were no more than an animal. He arched his back, his blue eyes blazing. He knew this could go on for hours. Umm. Heaven. How long he had waited for his touch, to be his servant.
He was being slammed against the wall now. He felt the prince"s organ deep within him as he licked at the blood which was flowing from the wounds in his throat.
Then he pulled out, plunging back in. "Ahhh..." Thor cried out.
Dino pulled away, turning him around, holding him p.r.o.ne on the ceiling. His brown eyes were gold now, the gorgeous razor sharp fangs exposed. He bit his nipples, than moved down to his s.e.x, where he began to torment him with his tongue, then he pierced the flesh there and drank deeply.
Thor licked his lips, his body in complete submission. He was being turned over again. Dino brought him down to the floor. Yanking him up to his knees, he possessed him again.
Floating upwards, Thor groaned as his entire body went into o.r.g.a.s.mic spasms.
In his iron grip, there was no escape as Dino thrust even deeper into him. Wrenching back his head, he bit deeply into his jugular. With his mind, he told him, "You are just inches away from destruction. If you don"t tell me where Joey is, I will drain you dry. Make your choice."
RUBY MIRACLE COOPERATION: RUBY CITY
Tyler sat alone in his grandfather"s chair. He was surrounded by military from Sentra; Bryce Donovan"s soldiers, men and women he had personally trained.
It had taken almost a week to secure the city. Both his grandfather and his mother had been killed. The acting Commander of the Sentra forces, Sam Carter was determined to send a squad to the Planet C-Thirty Five to bring back Bryce Donovan. Tyler told her not to bother.
"But Sir," she said to him earlier that morning, "he may still be alive out there. We must also insure that Ethan Hues a.k.a. Modem is truly dead. He may be..."
"If you"d seen him, and the others, you"d know," Tyler said, looking off for a moment.
"But we are still not sure of the cause of death," she cleared her throat.
It was then that Tyler had told her to close the door to the office. Lowering his voice, he said, "You must swear to keep this between us, Commander."
"Certainly, Sir," she nodded. "You are the supreme leader. I would not betray your confidence."
"The planet of the d.a.m.ned is populated by..." he paused, "vampires."
She smiled. "Sir, with all due respect, that is a rumour."
He shook his head. "No. I spoke to one of them there. There is no danger to anyone. Apparently, they can not leave the planet...something to do with the atmosphere...I"m not too clear about it. To send a unit there is to invite slaughter, and you will not find Donovan."
She lowered her head. "Then he is..." she paused, "dead? You saw him?"
Tyler swallowed. He couldn"t bear to tell her what had really happened to him. "I suggest you plan a full military funeral for him." Tears stung his eyes. "Spare no expense."
Tears glistened in her own eyes for a minute, then disappeared.
After she left had the office, Tyler stood up and looked out the window. When it came right down to it, he had told her the truth. The man known as Bryce Donovan was dead.
Dino. He had seen him in his dreams. Tears streamed down his face. He had never wanted to leave that planet without him. He would have become whatever he was, just to be with him. But that b.a.s.t.a.r.d Thor had wanted him for himself. It wasn"t right. He couldn"t let it end like this. He didn"t believe in Thor"s version of destiny. He believed in theirs. No one would ever convince him otherwise. He just had to find a way to get back to him. Even if he had to live on the Planet of the d.a.m.ned forever, he would. They would be d.a.m.ned together.
The processing plant was up and running now. s.p.a.ce Crafts were being loaded with the Ruby Miracle and making ready for transport. He was now the head of Ruby Cooperation, the supreme ruler of the entire galaxy.
He had become Jack Rose. People scrambled to fulfil his most mundane desire. But what he really desired seemed way beyond his reach.