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Call of the wild: Planing for the future
Chapter 9

fusedtwilight: Has anyone heared the news? they are going to make anita blake the movie! Is that awesome or what. A big thanks to my beta ishtani.

Once again I found myself in the tub. Having a beast almost tear its way through your body hurts like a bitch.
I sat there letting the hot water sooth away the phantom pains, and while I tried to ignore the burning in my joints I thought of my future. The only reason I came to St. Louise was because A. I wanted to run away from the Black Forest clan, and B. I wanted to find my cousin Phillip.
So far A and B had been majorly fucked up.
Turn’s out Phillip is dead. He died a few years back by guess what...that’s right vampires. It doesn't matter whether addiction is in a needle or a pair of fangs, it will kill you. Anita said he died helping her, that he was murdered by the former master of the city to make Anita obey her.
She killed her and the vamp that had attacked Phil when he was younger, two bird’s one stone. Anita said that before he died he seriously tried going cold turkey. For months he was on the road to recovery but then he died. I said a quick prayer for him.
Anita, Jean-Claude, and Richard had already talked to me about our future plans as well. They wanted to plan future lessons. They would help teach me how to call animals, Richard, and Anita would supply the beasts, Jean-Claude would show me how to call.
It was all pointless seeing how I already know how to do all that. But I did tell them I had no practice using my power like that. They still didn’t know about my real identity and I wanted to keep it that way. I felt bad, they were just trying to help me and here I was keeping really important information from them. But the whole point of having a secret identity is to keep it secret and now only three people knew the truth. Me, Jeremy, and Drake but only because of his freaky ass blood reading power.
We had talked about mine and Anita's powers fusing. Anita said her necromancy had only done that with other animators. Weird seeing how I never raised the dead. Jean-Claude wanted to experiment with this new find. Anita and Richard thought it would be too soon, I told him we should at least wait before we mixed any magic but I promised to think about it. Then we had gone over my guard detail, and scheduling when we should test my powers. We decided tomorrow night, Jason volunteered to be the test wolf. Anita stayed behind while the others left so we could talk.
"Are you ok." She asked.
"I don't know, it's all so messed up you know it seems like I’ll never escape this curse, were ever I go what ever I do, this damn thing inside me has to complicate things." I said taking my choker off.
"I now how you feel I have had to deal with being queen of the dead all my life, when I was a kid, I accidentally summoned my dead dog from his grave, then when I was in college I summoned the zombie of my professor who killed himself he spent all night telling me what to tell his family, I’m sorry, couldn't handle it anymore that sort of thing." She said.
"Jesus, that sounds about as bad as when my dad took me to be exorcised."
"He really took you to be exorcised?" she said sounding surprised.
"Oh yeah, my mom she was all into psychic stuff tarots, crystals, palm reading, you name it. My dad was a devout catholic and he tolerated it because well he loved her, but that stopped when she took me to a witch. She thought god had blessed me see? and she thought that maybe magic could succeed were all my dads cat scans and therapies had failed, so after my mom took me to the witch he tried Jesus, he took me to an old cathedral they took me into a room and had me strapped to a bed, they threw holy water on me, they read hymns, you name it. It lasted a few hours and by then I was scared shitles, I had called some pigeons from atop the church, man were they pissed" I said fondly remembering the incident. "Mom freaked when she found out, they had a huge fight, got to the point were the neighbors called the cops, dad left after that he couldn't handle his witch wife, or his devil child." I said bitterly.
"I'm sorry." Anita said
"It's ok, it happened can't change that, no point in crying over the past." I said shrugging my shoulders.
"Phillip was your cousin huh?" She asked.
"Yeah, he was my favorite cousin, he was the only one who knew, about my abilities, the others would ignore me or make fun of me, they thought I was crazy see, I remember how popular he was with the ladies to."
She smirked "Yeah that sounds like Phillip."
"He hit on you didn't he?"
"Yep."
"Of course, we got along real well, before his attack. He was real traumatized you know, for the longest while he was anti-social, then he started to get better, he would go out more often and started talking, but then he bit one of his girlfriends, then he started to hang out with the wrong crowed, he would disappear for days at a time, evenly his parents kicked him out when they saw he had added a few new scars to his body, then he just disappeared. He kept in contact with my mom and me; his letters were far in between and just stopped. Guess I know why now." I said sadly.
"If you want I can show you were he's buried" she said her eyes were slightly misty from tears.
"Sorry I made you cry."
"It's ok, it’s me not you."
"Anita, if it's ok with you, can we...I mean can you...do that voodoo that you do and...bring him back"? I asked.
She went still "Why?"
"Well the last time I saw him, he wasn't his best, and I’d like to say a finale goodbye, maybe see if there’s anything he wanted to say to his parents you know."
"Sure, but not tomorrow, we both have things to do."
"Ok, thank you."
I sighed and continued to soak. So new plan B. Go to cousin Phil’s grave and say goodbye. Now plan A. was still in effect staying away from Black Forest clan. But now some how I was supposed to regularly hang out with a bunch of shifters, and I was to be trained by a master vampire and his triumvirate. How did I get involved in all this? Oh yeah, I just had to use my power to check out bat boy. Speak of the bat and he shall come. A knock came from the door.
"Come in Drake." I said.
The door opened and there was Drake. He walked in and sat down by the tub. Obviously he had something to say, so he planed to be here for a while.
"How did you know it was me?" he asked.
"I felt you." I said tapping my head.
He looked me in the eye's "Your eye's are almost normal." He said.
"Yeah, it doesn’t last long." I said stretching.
"So what are you going to do now?" He asked.
"Well tomorrow night they’re going to begin teaching me how to call animals, then after I talk to Jeremy and tell him about my new guards which as I’ve heard he wants a word about my choice of friends." I said nodding toward him.
"Oh so we’re friends now?" He grinned.
"Well I don't know? Do friends drink friend’s blood?" I asked.
We both laughed "Sorry it's a bat thing." He said shrugging his shoulders.
"Can you really have persons memory’s, just by drinking there blood?" I asked.
"All it takes is a drop, one drop and a lifetime of memories all in here." He said tapping his temple with his finger.
"How do you do it? I mean is it automatic? Is it something you learn, or what?" I asked.
"It's something you’re born with; of course you have to be a strong alpha too." He said.
"But doesn't it drive you mad? I mean a whole lifetime's worth of memories?" I asked trying to fathom it.
"That’s why only the alphas get it, you have to have a strong mind and resolve to handle it, it takes years of mental training to fully control it, other wise you just get a whole bunch of random images." He said.
"Do you get the feelings to?" I asked "Do you know exactly what there thinking, feeling at the time?"
"No we just get the images." He said.
"So what did you think?" I asked.
"Think of what?" he said trying to be coy.
"You know, of me, of what you saw of me, what did you think to find out the nice little waiter was a cold hard killer?" I asked.
He stood next to the tub on his knees his arms resting on the side of the tub "You’re not a killer, trust me." He said.
"But I’ve killed people, if it wasn't for me how many people would be alive? How many would be left to live their lives without the threat of exposure?" I asked.
"That's life, it doesn't matter who you are, vamp, shifter, human, the world is neither a cruel nor a sweet place, it simply is, it is the choices we make that make the world what it is." He said "We always have a choice David it's up to you what choice to make." He said.
"So did I make the right choices?" I asked "Was it right for me to help the clan?"
"They were your family, despite there faults they all love you, your mom, Tom, James, Peg, Ken, Cathay , Buster, Taz. They loved you and nurtured you, how else could you help them during times of war?"
"But-."
"But what about afterwards, was it to much to ask you help them make there clan stronger, but at what price, how could you live with the knowledge that you were condemning innocent lives to pain and suffering?"
"Stop it."
"But then again they did try to kill you and your family so what did you owe them?"
"Stop it."
"But still, you were no better then Nigel with his ways, torture, murder, blackmail, I mean they were only human and had family’s, and if you think about it the only reason the majority joined was because he threatened them."
"I SAID STOP IT!" I screamed at him tears were streaming down my face.
He lifted his hand and wiped away my tears then licked them from his fingers. "This is the world of shifters Dave, we constantly strive for power, because in our world it's all about power, it's how we survive, it's all we are, nothing but a bunch of animals, tainted by the essence of humanity."
"That’s not true." I said.
"Yes it is, you know it is, wolfs, rats, lions, leopards, they aren’t emotional, they are true animals driven by instinct, when there hungry they hunt, when they see danger they either run or fight. But if they want land, or to take over there group, they don't deceive or manipulate, they take what they want and they do it knowing they will either win or lose, but lycanthropes have the animal in them, but they are still human right down to the core, they take they purity of the beast and taint it with all the emotion and soul of humanity, animals fight, kill, and what not, but they don't do it because they feel like it, they do it to survive, they don't kill a pack mate just because he fucked there mate or he stole from them, but lycanthropes do because it's in there nature to scheme, manipulate, murder, rob, deceive, rape, steal, and hate. Not because there shifters but because they are human." He said, his eye's cold and apathetic.
"If you’re trying to make me feel better you’re really sucking at it." I said.
"That’s the truth Dave, once you strip away all the fighting, the dominance, the fangs, and fur, you get a human trapped in fur, if you were a wolf you would still be there, plotting, and killing, because that’s human nature, many shifters just like to blame there dark sides on the beast, but it's just an excuse for them to be bad then blame it on the beast, I have drunken from the blood of plenty of humans, and shifters to see the truth and deep down so do you." He said.
I wanted to argue, I wanted to say he was wrong but I knew the truth. I had seen many things, and done many things how could I deny what he said when I myself could see the primal sides of all beings so well. "So what’s my excuse I don't have a beast."
"Your power?"
"Please I’m not vain enough to blame it, it is just a primal instinct given metaphysical form. It didn't make the choices I did."
"Exactly. You made the choices, like the choice you made to leave in order to save lives." He said.
I wrapped my arms around my chest "I'm so messed up." I said lowering my head.
He lifted my head up with his finger, he brought his face close to mine, I could feel his breath on my lips "You'll fit right in here." He said and he kissed me.
I sat there for a few seconds just kissing him, and then I came back to reality. "Wow!" I said pushing him away, he landed on his butt and looked disgruntled. I quickly stood up. "What the hell was that!"
"That was a kiss" he said wiping his mouth "It is a physical act used to show fondness or desire." he said sarcastically.
Great Mr. Smart ass is back.
"What makes you think I desire you?" I asked.
"Well your mind says no, but your body says yes." He said grinning.
I looked down and realized I was totally nude, I looked for something to cover myself, but in the end I had to use my hands to cover myself. Normally I wouldn't be so self conscious, but seeing how I was just kissed I was feeling a bit more modest.
"Where do you get off kissing me?" I asked.
"You were feeling bad so I made you feel better." He said shrugging his shoulders.
"Nooo, if you wanted to make me feel better you hug me, you pat me on the shoulder, you don't shove your tongue down my throat, and don't try and say it is a shifter thing I was raised by wolves, I know the limits." I said sitting back down in the tub.
"Exactly you know wolf limits, for us Bat’s for a superior to kiss you is a sign of favor."
"Yeah, kissing is a well known sign of favor for anyone, oh and what’s this superior thing? Last I checked you’re an Alpha but not my Alpha." I said.
He stood up, glaring at me with his dark eyes "I am a prince, you are a waiter and zookeeper, I think I’m higher up on the food chain."
Oh he did not just go all socialist on me.
"Yeah well how about I show you what I’m capable of?" I threatened letting some of my power brush against him.
He stepped forward rather menacingly and I had to take a step back, his hands shot forward and grabbed my arms "You know in my world to show such little appreciation for the prince’s kiss is an offence."
"Well we’re not in your world are we?" I said defiantly.
"No we’re not." He said.
He let go of my arms and walked out the door. Jesus what the hell? Was mixed signals known in the Werebat caves? I shivered hard, I was getting cold. I stepped out of the tub and grabbed a towel and wrapped it around myself.
I walked out of the bathroom and stopped at what I saw. There on my bed was Drake, in his boxers, and nothing else. This was a little weird.
"What are you doing?" I asked.
"Getting ready for bed." He said not opening his eyes.
"I see that." I said eyeing his slim physique, "But what are you doing in my bed?" I asked annoyed. Stupid bat-boy in his stupid black boxers!
"Because I’m sleeping with you tonight." He said stretching his arms a little.
.........
"Say what?" I asked disbelieving.
"I'm spending the night with you."
"Why?"
"Because you’re scared, you’re lonely, and you need comfort, so I’m going to sleep with you tonight."
"What makes you think you know me well enough to know what I need?" I asked.
He tapped his temple with his finger "Damn bat blood-telepathy." I muttered.
"Blood-Telepathy?" He asked amused
"Well I don't know what the hell to call it." I said.
"It's called blood memories." He said with a grin.
"Oh, right, that is just so much better." I said sarcastically.
He opened his eyes and sat up "I'm not leaving David, or should I say-."
"Don't say my real name." I said holding up my hand.
"Why not?"
"Because that person is dead, he died a long time ago."
"You’re never going to forgive yourself are you?" He asked.
"It's not my forgiveness I seek, but the forgiveness of those I wronged." I said.
"They'd tear you to pieces."
"I know, and me dying won't bring back those I helped kill, so all I can do is run, and never look back."
"What if they found you?"
"I'd run."
"And if they caught you?"
"I don't know."
"I'd protect you."
"You can't stay with me all the time."
"You can live in the caves with me." He said brightly.
"Yeah, that would be fun, besides it doesn't matter where I was they would come for me."
"We'd fight them."
I looked at him, with a disbelieving look "You'd fight a war just for me?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
He shrugged "You remind me of someone I knew, a long time ago."
Whoa, did I just get a clue about Drake?
I stood there wrapped in my towel and I shivered.
"Hurry up and come to bed, you'll get sick."
"Don't you have your own group to worry about?" I asked.
"They are...around." he said nodding towards the door.
"Do you have guards outside my room?"
"Yes given recent events I thought it would be best to help keep you protected, Jean-Claude agreed."
"Don't I feel special." I grumbled.
"You are special, you saw the looks on the other Alpha's faces, they had been to busy worrying you were a security risk, Haven opened their eye's to the possibilities for you as a weapon."
"Greaat." I muttered.
"Yes, now come to bed." He said patting the side of the bed.
"Drake I don't know." I said shifting uncomfortably.
"I'm not trying to seduce you; I’m trying to comfort you."
"But I hardly know you."
"And I know you very well." he said and was about to tap his temple.
"I swear to Christ if you tap your temple I’m going to break your finger." I growled at him.
"Come to bed Dave, no flirting or fooling around, just two friends comforting each other." He said.
"Are we friends?" I asked.
"If you want."
I stood there for a second; finally I walked over to my dresser and pulled out a pair of shorts for bed. Normally I slept in the nude but I wasn't that comfortable around Drake.
I walked over to the bed and slid under the covers. I felt the bed shift and felt Drake wrap his hands around my waist. I curled into the curve of his body. I felt, safe, content. Soon I drifted into a peaceful sleep.

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