Blood Bank [open]

[SOLARIS CLAIRE STRAUSS]

Another day, another night spent poking around the local bar scene by herself. Fake ID's bought you drinks, but it was your personality that bought the attention of the people around you, or so that was what Solaris always believed. Although today, she was hardly on her game. Her thoughts had been far too preoccupied with the last fight that she had had with her sister. All that pent up anger that Rory seemed to unleash and it had caught her completely off guard. She knew that there was only so much she could do, so much that she could say yet it never seem to feel like it was enough, that and Rory just didn't seem to believe the words that came out of her mouth.

The thought made Solaris sigh, everything always had be a negative with her sister no matter what. Her eyes cast glance to the paper for a moment, more missing people and attempt to distract herself from her own current thoughts. It was so strange that she just couldn't seem to pinpoint what was going on, with the case at least. Usually everything so clear when it came to hunting, but people's bodies also tended to turn up as well. This didn't seem to be the case, they just...disappeared. The only thing that seemed to be the common denominator was the area. But that was it, and she had been asking questions for the past three days.

She really didn't want to drag her dad into this (that would actually require him to show up as well) and she didn't want to pull her sister into it either, but then, if she didn't do either of those, then where did that leave her? With more dead people and Solaris wasn't sure if she could really live with that decision, not if she could really prevent it. But she had also attracted attention to herself with her little questions, the only thing was that Solaris didn't quite realize that yet. Deciding that she'd call it quits for the night though and back home. Grabbing her stuff, she made her way to the door now, pausing for a moment as she first stepped out into the night.

Per usual, Solaris glanced around for a moment, taking in the area before she started to head towards her car. There was one thing she did differently though, she took out her phone and dialed their temporary home, desperate to talk to her sister since nothing felt right still. And yet, all what she got was the answering machine, "Rory? Um...hey, it's me. Look, I want to talk...again, I feel bad with how I handled our last conversation and-" but she cut herself off quickly now, for a moment, Solaris thought she heard something else. She glanced around, but only saw a few drunken people stumble on down the street. A frown rested on her lips, hunter paranoia creeping in for the briefest of moments before she carried on talking, "Well, I don't think I handled it well and that's not fair to you-"

And that's when it happened, somebody grabbed her from behind. Solaris thought she had seen it coming, and yet at the same time, she hadn't and it still caught her off guard. A yelp escaped her as something slammed into her, her assailant bring her down to the ground. Her phone flew from her hands, bouncing on the pavement and she rolled over onto her back. Solaris's eyes widen for a moment, the briefest of seconds there was fear as she came face to face with somebody with fangs. She screamed, slamming her hands and feet into the individual, struggling to push herself free and towards her car. The pavement scratched at her skin as she went, scrambling for it and the arsenal in her car, yet she never got a chance as the vampire struck her head with such force, slamming it into the car and everything went dark.

Solaris didn't know how long she had been out, but there was something strange about waking up strapped to a chair, that and she felt abnormally weak. As her eyes adjusted to the light, it suddenly became clear to her that she wasn't alone in the room either. Glancing around, there were others in tied to chairs, lazily staring into space like they were on a high. But there was something else there as well and it caused a panic to rise in her now. Solaris wanted to struggle in the chair but her body just couldn't seem to find the strength to do so. Glancing down, she then saw why, she was giving blood. The tubes were hooked up to her arms and they ran red with her blood.

She felt like she was going to be sick and it must have played across her face as a laugh broke the silence of the room, "Welcome to the blood bank, little hunter." Solaris glanced up to see the vampire who had attacked her, smiling for a moment before they disappeared now behind a closed door. She merely stared, waiting for them to come back but they didn't. Glancing around, everything began to fall into place in her mind. The missing people, there were no bodies because they were still alive and being used as feeding machines. And there was only so much blood you could give, it had to be on cycles. The more she thought though, the fuzzier everything seemed to get before once again, Solaris found herself drifting off.

occ; whoever wishes to respond, just use your imagination. I was too lazy to come up with a place for the blood bank. bwhahahaha, sounds sinister already.

[chris]

Why was it that not just Chris, but so many people in the world resort to drinking when they had stuff on their mind? Probably because one you started drinking, you tend to forget everything. But hey, maybe that’s not the reason Chris was at the bar tonight. Was it possible that he maybe just wanted to enjoy a cold one and maybe talk to some people and get the scoop on what was going on in the area. Yeah, it was definitely the second option. Chris wasn’t one for getting wasted, but he was definitely one for hunting.

As he sat in his chair, he waived down a cocktail waitress as she walked by. ”What can I get for you, handsome?’ She asked. Chris smirked a bit, knowing it was her job to be nice and that in order to make better tips, she needed to almost flirt with the customers. ”I’ll just have a Leinenkugel please. Seasonal” She nodded her head and proceeded toward the bar. Chris watched her a bit before his eyes were caught on a woman sitting by herself with a paper in front of her. He looked her over a little before he noticed her stand up.

She was on her phone and started heading out. Chris thought nothing of it until a waitress went to the woman’s table and looked around as if she were confused. She then threw her arms out and Chris figured the woman had forgotten to pay her tab. He left some cash on the table he was at and stood up, deciding he would perform a good deed. He went to the waitress and gave her fifty bucks cash and gave her a questioning look. The waitress smiled and nodded. He had probably overpaid graciously by the look on her face, but it was alright. He knew he could get more cash if he needed it.

He began walking outside to catch the woman, to let her know what had just happened. Not to rub it in her face, not to make her feel bad, just to inform her to maybe pay a little more attention in that situation. When he walked out front, he felt the cool air hit his face and man did it feel good. He started walking toward where the woman was and stopped in what he was seeing. She was being attacked. Chris’ first instinct was to go help her, but he didn’t have his gun. What if it was a monster? What if it was a demon? He looked back toward his car, then back at the woman. She was being dragged to a nearby car. Chris decided this was where his hunter side needed to come out… He was going to follow this creep.

His car roared up and he began following the car that he watched the girl get thrown into. He made sure to keep enough distance not to be suspicious. After about ten minutes, he noticed the car pull into a suburban area. It looked like one of those perfect neighborhoods that you’d see in a movie or something. It was eerie and he didn’t like the fact that there were so many possible witnesses. But the car kept going, past the development to an old farm house. That was more like a monster’s crib. Oddly enough, Chris was more comfortable with this.
He parked far enough to stay out of sight and turned off his car. He waited a moment and watched as the man pulled this woman from the trunk and carried her inside. Chris got out of his car and went to the trunk. He pulled out a sawn off shotgun, a machete, and two bottles of holy water. He then holstered his favorite pistol and started toward the house. When he reached the door, he peered inside, but didn’t see anything. There were lights on everywhere, but no one was around. There must have been a basement or attic. Maybe a shed?

Chris went around the back, but still saw nothing and there was no shed. The girl was in the house somewhere and he needed to find her before it was too late. He looked around a bit more and saw a window at the bottom of the house. Bingo… A basement. He peered inside, keeping to the side, and was in shock of what he saw. At least five people sitting in chairs, hooked up like they were in a hospital giving blood. This was a freaking blood farm. Chris watched as the man left through the door and only two thoughts ran through his mind… Vampires or some sick twisted people trying to make some money. He laid his shotgun under a bush nearby and pulled the small window open. The woman had woken up, but he couldn’t risk trying to get her through the window.

He had a plan… Chris just hopped she was willing to cooperate. He slid in through the window and held his machete ready. After doing a quick assessment of the room, he moved closer to the girl. “It’s alright… We’re going to get you out of here…” He pulled his knife and cut one of the ropes that was binding her to the chair. Suddenly, he heard something. A footstep on the other side of the door. He got to a pile of towels in the corner and started covering himself up, hoping the smell of detergent would mask his scent, though very unlikely. His machete was ready to go at a moment’s notice. The door opened and the man walked through again.

occ: I left it open cause I had no idea where you wanted to go with this lol

[SOLARIS CLAIRE STRAUSS]

She like she kept on going in and out, with no idea of what time it was or how much she lost. Solaris couldn't even figure out how she would get out of here, or how someone would find her. The very thought made dread fill in the pit of her stomach. Was this how it was going to end? Was she just going to be a blood donner until she couldn't give any anymore? The thought made her sick, even more when Solaris thought about the message that was probably left on the home phone. She couldn't die, she couldn't leave Rory or her dad, she was the only sane one in the family.

Yet her motivation for trying to break free was lacking, because there was no doubt in her mind that by each second, she was growing weaker. The others already look on some sort of high, they had probably been doing this for a while. They were probably also the missing people from the newspaper...nobody but her family knew her name. Solaris struggled a little against the ropes that binded her to the chair, the panic swelling up in her more as each minute passed. Her attempts were still hardly spirited though, giving up too quickly from exhaustion. If only she wasn't hooked up to the blood tubes as well, maybe then she'd have better luck with getting some where.

Those were a lot of if only those. Her gaze fell to the door for a moment, wondering when and if they'd be back any time soon when she heard a sound. It made her go ridgid now, and for a few seoconds, she thought it came from the door. But no, that wasn't the case. Even from where she sat, there was no sign of movement on the other side of the door. Solaris turned her attention to her fellow captees but didn't seem to pay heed to anything, but then she saw a shadow cast in the moonlight. Her gaze quickly flickered to the window, just in time to see a man slid through it. Or well, man was a loose term, he looked no older than she did.

"What are you-" but she didn't even finish her words as he moved in closer, cutting her off with his own words. Solaris just looked at him, confused as her gaze moved past him and back to the window before back to him, "We're?" she asked now. Maybe her head was getting fuzzier than she thought, or at least when it came to processing information at that very moment. He only cut one of the ropes when they both heard it: sound. Solaris's attention snapped back to the door. The guy besides left her side, and she watched him for a moment, half tempted to ask him what he was doing when the door opened up and in walked the vampire yet again.

Solaris found herself attempting to struggle with the bindings once again, now that the one was cut loose. A chuckle escaped the vampire, "Little hunter, do you really think you can break free that easily? You're growing weaker by the second," he hummed now. She hated how he called her that, even more so the tone that he was using with her, "My family's going to find you and kill you," she replied, her voice shakey for once. Uncertain if she could really be this brave. This situation was the worse she had ever been in, and she felt powerless not to mention, she was trying hard to avoid drawing attention to the pile of towels that concealed a guy.

"Is that so? I hope whoever you were leaving that message for is as pretty as you," he replied now, tone smooth and silkly. In her blood loss, Solaris almost felt drawn towards it until logic snapped right back into play, "Screw you," she managed, twisting against the rope now and pushing back in the chair. A yelp escaped her as she toppled over, bringing the tubes with her. The force from teh fall yanked them out, causing her blood to spill all over the place. Hitting the ground managed to knock some of hte wind out of her, being strapped to a chair was not fun at all and hindering as well.

A snarl escaped the vampire now, filled with annoyance as she just managed to slip her bindings from the chair. Solaris got up, but way too fast. THe blood lost hit her like a wave, causing her to come crashing down again. She was lucky she hadn't fainted, and quickly, she scrambled away from the towels, hoping to get the vampire's back against him. He followed her, "Little hunter, do you really think that I am the only one here?" Solaris felt her gaze flicker to the towel pile for a moment before back to him, "Do you think I am?"

occ;; it's alirght, I have no idea either to be honest XD