With the body now in the river and the women back home, Luka went up stairs to take a hot shower to wash away the blood and soak her bloody clothes in the sink. Memphis paced back and forth worrying about what would happen if they had been seen dumping the body in the river. She had seen a fisherman on his boat a couple hundred yards away and knew he had been watching them. She started stripping out of her clothes and went into Luka's bedroom and then into the steamy bathroom, dropping the remainder of her clothes on the floor, she pulled back the curtain and stepped in behind Luka.
"Please tell me we're not going to jail for this."
Startled, Luka turned around and wiped the soapsuds from her eyes. "What are you doing?"
"Washing your back now turn around and behave." She grabbed a bath sponge, soaped it and started rubbing in small circles the broad back in front of her. "Now tell me we're not going to jail, I saw a fisherman down there when we…"
"He doesn't care, that was T Jake my cousin. He'll make sure that the body goes away from here."
"Ohh so you do this kind of thing all the time?"
"No, just every once in a while, but they're all bad so it helps the community."
"OK, I don't like it and it'll take a while for me to get over the fact that I stabbed someone…" Luka turned and held Memphis' face between her wet hands.
"It was either you or him, I was going to take care of him but you beat me to it." She rested their foreheads together and felt Memphis' walls crumble; she pulled her into her arms and held her as the spray of the shower beat down on them. "I'll help you through this, I promise." A low moan rumbled in her chest when the small hands around her waist traveled down to cup and squeeze her ass. She was still trying to get over the shock of Memphis in the shower with her and now she was running her hands all over her wet body. "Memphis, should we be doing this?"
"Ohh yeah, we should have been doing this earlier tonight." She leaned back in Luka's arms and took in the slicked back hair and fire blue eyes. "I've been suffering since my first set, and almost fell over on the second one." Bringing her lips to the area between Luka's breasts, she licked the water from her skin and then nipped the soft flesh. "Let's get out of here before one of us drowns." Shutting off the water, she took Luka by the hand and led her to the bedroom. Flipping on the small stereo, she tuned it to a station that played soft rock and then turned the lights off.
"Memphis, I've never done this before."
"That's OK; we'll play it by ear." She moved closer and pressed their bodies together.
"We'll play it by ear…you've never…"
"Nope, I may be a hot hot stripper but I know zilch about what to do in the bedroom." Pulling a dark head down, she captured soft lips, their kiss deepened and had them falling sideways onto the bed. Limbs tangled and bodies slid against each other until they came up panting and flinching from the loud music blasting against the floorboards.
"Sprouts home." Luka groaned and buried her face against Memphis. "I think I'll beat the Hell outta her." She rolled from the bed, went out the door and stopped when she felt a hand grab her arm.
Fiery green eyes caught hers and then an evil grin appeared on Memphis' face. "Ohh let me do the honors!" She brushed past Luka, went halfway down the steps so that se could see the living room and stopped. What she saw almost had her falling down the steps. Sprout and Lia were dancing badly around the living room and singing off key to the song. Covering her ears, she went down the remaining steps, over to the stereo and turned it down. "Do you two mind, I had Luka in bed!" She stomped past the slack-jawed tiny women and back up the steps.
Lia looked with pleading eyes at Sprout. "Can I live here with you guys, I don't take up much space, a dresser drawer in their bedroom would do?"
"Hell! I gotta better spot than a dresser drawer!" She took Lia's hand and dragged her up the steps. Sneaking to Luka's bedroom door, she grinned when she didn't see either one of them. Running across the room and crawling up onto the bed, she signaled to Lia. "In here, they'll never know." She opened the small doors of the compartment in the headboard; they crawled inside and closed the doors. Seconds later, Luka and Memphis came back into the room, pulled back the covers and climbed into bed.
"We have lots of time Luka, let's get some sleep, it's been a long day." She moved so that she was lying against Luka's side and rested her head on her wide shoulder.
"Maybe in the morning we can explore some more." She kissed soft lips gently, wrapped her arms around Memphis, grinned wickedly and threw a hand back to block the doors on the compartment trapping the tiny women inside.
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Snuggling closer to the warm body in front of her, Luka breathed in the soft scent of the vanilla shampoo Memphis used and the light scent that was all Memphis. A wide grin came to her sleepy features when she heard a low grunt and a yelp come from the compartment. Kissing the nape of the little stripper's neck, she ran a hand down across her stomach to stop on her hip. "You awake Memphis?"
"No, I'm dead to the world, don't wanna get up."
"Mais, I think Sprout and Lia are a little cramped and have suffered enough."
"Ya lost me on that one." She rolled over to snuggle against Luka's chest and then noticed where her hand was resting against the small doors. She was about to question its position when she heard the noises coming from inside the compartment. "What do you have hidden in there?"
"Easier ta show ya what's in here." She pulled the doors open to show Sprout and Lia curled together.
"What are they doing in there?" She asked in a whisper.
"Being perverts, hold your ears." She waited until Memphis covered her ears before pulling a whistle off the nightstand and blowing it. Sprout and Lia sat bolt upright, smacked their heads inside the compartment and fell out in a jumble above Luka and Memphis' heads.
"Are ya trying ta kill us?" Sprout growled, rubbed her eyes and then smacked Luka on her head. "Mean old fang face, no breakfast for you; I'm eating all your Count Chocula!" She scampered backwards off the bed and pulled a shell shocked Lia with her.
"Wanna sleep in for a while?" Luka asked and snuggled up to Memphis.
Memphis looked at the clock and sighed. "I have class in two hours and I need to go to my apartment and get my books and papers."
"I'll go with you…we'll take my truck over that way you can bring stuff with you."
"Will we have time for all of that?"
"Maybe not but it'll be quicker driving than walking, you can grab some clothes and we'll get the rest later today."
After a quick kiss, they were up and rushing around the bedroom getting dressed. Taking the steps two at a time, they blew into the kitchen for coffee and to terrorize Sprout and Lia.
"Sleep good bebette's?"
"Shud-up fang face, my neck is killing me!"
Lia smacked Sprout and glared at the other two women. "I can't feel my legs!"
"Too bad ya little pervs, we're taking the truck be back in a little while."
"You mean you're gonna drive?" Sprout clutched her chest and swooned into Lia. "You ain't allowed until you get your license back." She snorted at the blush that covered her cousin's face and the raised eyebrow of Memphis.
"I know that's why Memphis is driving." She stuck her tongue out at them and pulled Memphis out the door.
"So you can drive, you're just not allowed, why?"
"I got caught driving on the side walk during Mardi gras last year, wasn't my fault the damn suck face was running down the sidewalk."
"Ohh great, I'm in love with a criminal." She flinched at what she had blurted out and looked into the shocked eyes that had snapped onto hers. "So much for being subtle." She grinned and then gave out a yelp when she was picked up and held against Luka's chest.
"Is it my sexy fangs or the whole package?"
"The whole package, the fangs are a plus."
A frustrated look came over Luka's face; she dropped her head down to rest against Memphis. "This changes everything, we can't you know…sleep together…we can sleep sleep but not…sleep together."
"What are you babbling about?" Memphis wiggled free of Luka's arms, cupped her face and stared into frustrated eyes. "We can sleep sleep but not sleep together?"
"I'm a good catholic girl, my mama says that I can't you know…before I'm married." She mumbled something and crossed her chest.
"Uhhmm…Luka, you just crossed in the wrong directions and I know for a fact that the Catholics don't call their God O'Dell. You're a gypsy; from a long line of gypsy's so don't give me that shit. So what is it?"
Luka dropped her head, with shyness unlike anything Memphis had ever seen, she whispered. "I thought we got all hot and bothered because of what you did at the bar, I didn't know you loved me. I know how I feel about you but I didn't know it was mutual and the married part was me babbling not like I don't want to marry you…I'm babbling and you're gonna be late to class."
"Ohh for the love of O'Dell Luka." She laughed and pulled Luka to her. "You are the only one that I've ever danced for or with like that; I would never do that with anyone I didn't love. As far as last night, we almost did sleep together in that way, what changed?"
"Uhhmm…my nerve, I'm a gutless wonder, a capon with a great big yellow strip up my back and I probably would have had a heart attack!"
Memphis pulled her head down for a deep kiss. "I know CPR, we'll work on that yellow strip, I love you Luka."
She gave Memphis a passionate heart felt kiss and then ushered her towards the shed where her truck was. "Love you too Memphis; now let's go before they throw away that paper with the doctor title on it." Memphis drove with a goofy grin on her face, peeking at the tall woman who captured her heart and falling in love with her all over again. She felt her heart swell with just a glance at the classic features that were Luka.
"Mama says its beyond intense and it's more than the little death." She blurted out, glanced sideways and saw an eyebrow quirk.
"Beb, just looking at you is intense."
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Broussard yelled at the top of his lungs, his pets scattered and ran from the room to escape his wrath. They knew that he would never give them the gift of mortality in the mood he was in, the gift of death was more like it. He had gone ballistic when he was informed that the plan had failed and that the stripper was still alive. The man he had sent to get her had been picked up in a shrimping net that morning. He had no worries with the police since he had many pets on the force. He knew that he would have to get the stripper himself and if luck was with him, be able to take out both she and Luka at the same time. He had to think of how to do this, he couldn't go into their house unless invited and that was out of the question since they knew who he was. He would have to catch them one night on their way to or from the bar. It was risky but shit happened all the time in New Orleans and no one questioned it. He flirted with the idea of going after her mother but it was a well-known fact that the retired elder day walker could turn a vampire to dust with just a look. He was not about to mess with a gypsy witch and that was all there was to it.
Dropping into a Queen Anne chair, he crossed his legs and rested his chin on praying hands.
"I can't get to your main weakness Luka, but there is another weakness you have and she's three foot tall!" Getting up, he grabbed his black cape and headed out of his room to travel the tunnels to the nearest exit. He knew by the time he got there, the sun would be going down and it would be safe for him to venture out with out danger of becoming dust.
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"Ohh my rodee` is in love!" Mama wrapped Luka in a tight hug and kissed her cheek. "It's about time some woman made you honest."
"What am I that transparent?"
"Like glass Rodee, you have a glow about you." She hugged her again and sniffed her.
"Mama that is sooo gross, stop it."
"Still a virgin, what are ya waiting for O'Dell to bless you?"
"I can hope can't I." She lifted her hands and blushed when she thought of what almost happened the night before. She was hopeless when it came to holding anything back from her mama, she told her about Sprout and her new cohort Lia hiding in the headboard compartment and her and Memphis' declaration of love for each other. She was afraid of what would happen when they consummated their relationship.
"Beb, it's something that is shared equally. You two are already one soul by the gift. This will join you completely. Afterward, you will be able to feel each other's emotions when apart, read what is held back from others by a look alone, it is something that no other will ever experience."
Luka sat down into a chair and looked up with tear filled eyes. "I'm scared mama, what happens if one of us doesn't survive trying to take out the master?"
"That is not even in the cards Beb, don't worry, you two will be together for many years." She pulled her daughters head to her chest and held her. "She's a special one Luka; she's tougher than what she looks."
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"Come on Lia, can't you stand still?"
"Sure if you weren't standing on my shoulders! Hurry up already geez!" She weaved across the front porch with Sprout standing on her shoulders to replace the front porch light. She wanted to just stand on a chair but they found out that they still were not tall enough. Now with the two of them doing a clumsy waltz across the deck, she knew one of them was going to end up on her head, she hoped it was the little day walker.
"Excuse me but I'm looking for a Mrs. Van Winkle."
Lia turned with jerky movements to see a tall dark man standing on the porch, Sprout let out a yell and then a loud thud when she hit the porch. Lia tried to run; the man grabbed her and knocked her out with one punch to her jaw. Both tiny women were picked up and carried off into the dark.
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Memphis walked up on to the porch and stopped when she heard the sound of glass under her foot. Moving cautiously, she reached in the door and flipped the switch for the outside light. When nothing happened, she went into the house to get a flash light and call for the bebette's. Finding a flashlight in the kitchen junk drawer, she went back out to the porch and sniffed the air. A coppery scent came to her nose and made her heart thump in her chest. Scanning the porch, she found the package of light bulbs, replaced the burnt out one and turned the light on. A few feet from the door, she saw droplets of fresh blood. Panic set in, she ran back in the house yelling for Sprout and Lia. She stopped and listened hard and heard footsteps on the porch, running back to the front door she stopped when she saw Luka.
"They're not here and there's blood on the porch!" She grabbed Luka's hand, pulled her to the spot, and pointed.
"It's Sprouts blood." She remarked and then noticed the broken glass. "Maybe she cut herself and Lia took her…"
"She wouldn't need stitches Luka." She closed her eyes and concentrated and grabbed onto
Luka's arm. "Someone took them, I can smell him." Luka sniffed, a snarling expression came over her face and ice to her eyes.
"Broussard has them," She took Memphis by her hand and rushed them to the basement. Pulling down weapons from the wall, she tossed her cell phone to Memphis. "Call mama and tell her what's happened."
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Sprout wiped the blood from her chin on her shoulder and glared at Broussard. "Ohh you are gonna be in soooo much TROUBLE! Luka and Memphis will come for us and then your pets will clean you up with a DUSTBUSTER!" She struggled against the ropes that tied her and Lia together. "Better yet! I'll let Lia get you! She's a demon and she hates MEN!"
Lia pulled forward and wiggled to get Sprouts attention. "Don't tell him that! Geez, I ain't no demon and I don't need him biting me!"
Sprout whispered. "Just spit and say funny words and he'll never know the difference."
Broussard laughed and tortured them with a hot poker. "Come on little day walker, show me what you've got, it's been a while since I played with one of your kind."
"Fuck off suck face!" She kicked out her feet trying to get his knees. "You just wait; Luka will rip your arms off when she gets here!"
"Ohh I don't think she'll find you two, you see," He jabbed her foot with the poker and snorted at her growl. "She doesn't know where you are, hard to come for you when that's a major problem."
"Don't under estimate my cousin, she'll find us."
Broussard tossed the poker back into the fire barrel and left them under guard. "If they as much as sneeze, kill the black one."
"Sprout, if I get loose, I'm gonna kill you!"
"Calm down, Luka and Memphis will find us. O'Dell knows I bled the whole way here and I'm still bleeding. Asshole knocked out one of my chewing teeth." She spit blood on the floor and watched the pet screw up his face and turn away. "In my back pocket is a knife, see if you can get to it and cut us loose."
"You just want me to play with your ass."
"If I'm gonna die, I want to at least die after someone's groped me."
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"Here take this backpack; it has all of Sprout's weapons in it."
"What kind of weapon's?" Memphis asked as she slipped her arms into the straps.
"Little ones, turn around and let me check your belt." Luka checked to make sure that the concussion grenades strapped to the belt Memphis wore would not come off during battle. She also checked the sai holsters on her boots to make sure they were tight enough. "OK, looks like we're set."
"Where are we going?"
"There's a set of under ground passages outside of the French Quarter, very few know about them. Broussard is down there somewhere and we're gonna find him."
They left the house by way of the back and cut down dark streets towards the French Quarter. If people saw them, they paid no attention to them at all; they looked like two women going to a bondage bar in their black leather and motor cycle boots. Luka took Memphis by the hand and led her down an embankment near one of the older buildings in the quarter. Checking for pets or suck faces, she trotted them towards the grate in the ground. "Once we get down there, you kill anything that moves and I mean anything."
"One thing before we go down there." She pulled Luka's head down and kissed her deeply for long moments. "I love you Luka."
"Love you to and don't worry, we'll get them back."
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The passage way was dark and damp, lights every so often lit up the dark area. Luka stopped and held a hand out to Memphis, cocking her head to the side; she pulled her sword and slowly made her way to an opening off the tunnel.
"Hey I thought it was poker night?" She lunged forward and took the head of the first vampire. Memphis came in behind her with her sai's at the ready.
"You could have warned me Luka!" She took in the room full of vampires and dodged as one came rushing her. "What do you think I am Buffy?"
Luka stabbed another vampire and cut another ones arm off. "You are blond if ya haven't noticed." Memphis roared and scissored both Sais around a vampires neck, dust erupted and showered down on her. "Just great, I'm now a blond bimbo! Take that suck face!" She jabbed her Sais into a vampire's chest, spun around and took the head off another. Fifteen minutes later, one vampire was left; he huddled in a corner with his hands over his head.
"Don't dust me, I'm allergic to dust!" He sneezed and wiped his nose on his sleeve. Brown eyes blinked and looked up at the two day walkers. "Please I don't bite anyone, I'm the janitor here…see!" He held up a bottle of herbal scented 409 and a cleaning rag.
Luka and Memphis looked to each other; Memphis shrugged her shoulders and grinned. "Could happen right?"
The terrified vampire waved his rag at them. "Of course it could, do you think this place cleans itself? Believe me," He chuckled with more courage than he felt. "These guys are pigs I tell you, empty bags of blood all over the tables, dead bodies stuck in the closets. It's horrible!"
Luka leaned forward, her dark brows drew down over her aquiline nose, baring her fangs, she growled in a deep voice. "What do you know of the master's arrival?" The vampire shuddered and tried to burrow into the wall.
"Ohh for O'Dell's sake Luka, be nice." Memphis placed a calming hand on the vampire's shoulder and gave a gentle squeeze. "The master, he's supposed to come here and take over Algiers, do you know anything about that?"
"Well, as the janitor of this dreary place, I've seen and heard certain things that are not normal," He flinched at Luka's snarl. "OK, so I was snooping around Broussard's quarters and I saw a note from Romania, it said that Princess Anna would be arriving in the area on December 2. He's to meet her on Algiers to discuss the take over."
"OK, now where are my cousin and her friend?"
"Ohh you mean those little beasts that he brought in here, they're in his quarters."
"How many suck faces does he have watching them and how many lurking in these tunnels?"
"Geez Luka, you think I know everything?" He jumped behind Memphis and shook. "OK, there's ten more wandering around here and I think he left one guarding the little beasts."
Luka moved out of the room with Memphis following, she stopped and waved at the vampire. "Mais, come on what are you waiting for?" Memphis crossed her arms over her chest and tapped a foot. "You know they'll kill you if you stay here."
"But what about you two, that's what you two do is kill us."
"We're not gonna kill you, so come on, you can help."
He came up to her and grinned. "Thanks, is Luka always so…nasty?"
"It's her way, now come on before she has all the fun."
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Sprout's expression showed extreme pleasure; a low moan came from her lips. "Move a little to your left Lia…ohhh right there…scratch harder!"
"You're a sick bitch Sprout!" Lia growled. "I'm trying ta get your knife, not scratching your ass!"
"Mais, since your hands in my pocket I figured…," She straightened in her chair when she heard screams coming from outside the door. "I think the Calvary's here." Wiggling with her restraints, she tried to get free in case it wasn't Luka and Memphis.
"Are ya trying to rip my hand off or what?"
"I'm trying to get loose, that might not be them!" She yelled when a tall dark haired vampire came stumbling into the room and fell over his own feet to land at her chair. "Just our luck, they send in the jester to knock us off."
"I'm Jasper, Luka sent me." He got to his knees and started untying the ropes from the chair. "We have to hurry before Broussard gets back."
"Ohh shit! Too late there Jester, he's right behind you!"
"It just shows that you can't even trust the low life janitor." He pulled a knife from his belt and spun it through his fingers. "I guess I'll just have to get a cleaning lady, they're easier to control."
"You'll need one alright but it'll be to clean up your dust asshole!" Luka spun her sword in her hand and grinned when Broussard spun on his heel to face her. "About time you showed up for your own party."
"You can kill me but the master will still take over Algiers and its only time before we rule the world."
"I don't think so." She brought her sword around and nicked his upper arm. "I'm going to take you piece by piece and then toss them into the nice bright sunlight!"
Sprout and Lia struggled against the ropes and threatened Jasper to hurry up. Once free, they ran from the door and ran into a gasping Memphis. "Thank O'Dell you guys got here, gimme a knife so I can help Luka!" Sprout jumped up and down pointing to the knives strapped to Memphis' harness.
"I have your stuff in here." She pulled the backpack off, handed it to Sprout and rushed into the room to help Luka. "Ohh goody, she brought my toys!" She pulled out two small crossbows and quivers of silver bolts, handing one to Lia, she showed her how to use it. "Just aim for their chests or heads and hold your breath." Jasper stopped beside them and pointed to a tunnel off to their left.
"That's where the others are, they'll be here soon and then it'll be over for us."
Sprout rolled her eyes at him, pulled a short sword from the backpack and handed it to him. "You're gonna have ta help us, you know what to do." Jasper looked at the sharp sword and shrugged his shoulders.
"I didn't like the job anyway, let's do it."
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"This kinda looks unfair to me Luka." Memphis said from where she stood just inside the doorway. "He has a tiny little paring knife and you have a sword."
"It's not my fault he's ill prepared." Shrugging her shoulders, she re-sheathed her sword and wiggled her fingers. "Is this fair enough?"
"Mais, Luka, now I think you made a mistake!" She jumped when Luka did a back flip away from Broussard. Landing on her feet, she did a shoulder roll away from him, jumped up and kicked him in the back. "Maybe I should tie my hands behind my back?"
Broussard snickered at them. "That's un-necessary; I am well versed in the art of fighting." "I was just warming up!" He flung the knife at Luka and swore when she caught it and threw it into his thigh. "Damn you Luka!"
"Spoil sport, such a big suck face you are!" She pulled a knife from her sheath and threw it into his other thigh. What she was not expecting was for him to run at her, fly across the room, and knock her to the floor. Gasping for breath, she looked to where he was attached to the ceiling like a spider. "Hey that move wasn't in my suck face hand book!"
A loud robust laugh came from Broussard. "Neither was this one!" He dropped from the ceiling towards her, his fangs bared and hands held out in claws. Memphis ran forward with her Sais over her head and a scream piercing the air. Broussard landed on top of Luka and swore.
"You fight dirty!" Flames shot up around the silver spike and then dust floated down to make Luka cough.
"I really need to invest in dust masks." She spit, sneezed and crawled backwards across the floor from the fiery green eyes that were singeing her skin. "Beb, you wouldn't hurt me would you?" She leapt to her feet and dodged Memphis. "I…ohhh shit!" She spun on her heel when Sprout, Lia and Jasper came screaming into the room with vampires on their heels. Luka pulled a concussion grenade off her belt and showed it to them; they ran behind her and took cover against the wall. A maniacal laugh burst from her and a wicked gleam came to her eyes when she pulled the pin and tossed into the middle of the vampires. Ducking and turning her back, she felt the wave wash over her and then ringing in her ears. When she looked under her arm, bodies lay twitching on the floor. Waving to everyone, it took a short period and the floor was ankle deep in dust.
Looking at Sprout, she grinned and waved at her, she didn't expect her tiny cousin to kick her in her shin and be followed by everyone else either slapping her in her stomach of kicking her.
"Hey this ain't fair!" She yelled to deaf ears. "No respect for my hard work could have let them bite all of ya!" She stopped when Memphis turned and glared at her, she mouthed her next words to the small stripper. "Love you Memphis Belle."
Memphis advanced on her, grabbed the front of her leather jacket and yanked her down so they were nose to nose. She captured her lips lustfully and didn't release her until she was on her knees. "You just wait til we get home." She mouthed and then yanked the tall day walker to her feet.
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Muffled yelps and curses came from the crate in the back of Luka's truck, not because of the way Memphis was driving at 15mph but from two tiny women jumping up and down on it. Memphis looked into the rear view mirror and snorted. "Think he'll survive the trip?"
"Maybe, I don't know if he'll survive the bar scene though." She looked over to Memphis and smiled. "He's gonna be Robbie's new dish washer, the boss man owes me and I owe Jasper."
"Why do you owe Jasper?"
"Cuz, he helped my family and family is all that counts in my eyes." She lifted Memphis' hand and kissed her bruised knuckles. "You're included in that ya know." She returned the smile that Memphis gave her and felt that for once she was complete.
Memphis parked the truck close to the back door so that they could get the crate into the house; the sun was low but still too strong for Jasper to be out in it without suffering from nasty burns. With them at each handle on the crate, it looked like a funeral procession; Luka was glad that they had no neighbors to question what went on in the large house. That would be the last thing they needed was the police showing up and asking questions about them carrying a coffin like crate into the house. Once inside, they let a woozy Jasper out and sat him down in a kitchen chair. He looked around with wide eyes and grinned.
"It's been years since I was in a real house, this place is nice!" He looked over to Luka and winked at her. "Got any beer?"
Her eyebrows rose to her bangs at his request. "Beer? Vampires don't drink beer."
"Hey I never said I was a vampire, I'm a Chaos demon…well that's what I was trained for but I couldn't get the tactics down good enough. I did cause the largest panty raid at the college but the elders said that didn't count so I ended up the gardener." He snickered and rolled his eyes at them. "That lasted until I pruned the shrubs to look like giant tits."
Memphis waved her hands in the air in aspiration and dropped onto Luka's lap. "You made us carry you in a crate all over the damn place and you can go outside?"
"Ohh sure, but it's been about 60 years since I've been in the sun. I didn't want to end up looking like a lobster."
Sprout looked at her cousin and rolled her eyes. "Men! They're all the same with or with out fangs. Come on Lia, I hear the stereo calling us." Seconds later, the house was throbbing with dance music and Sprout and Lia were dancing around the living room like tiny maniacs. Luka showed Jasper to a room and then she and Memphis went to theirs. No sooner had the door closed than Luka was dragged to the bathroom. Memphis dropped clothes along the way, then turned on Luka, and pulled her clothes off to add to the pile.
"I feel like I crawled through the swamp." She turned on the shower, tested the water and then pulled Luka in behind her. "And you Rodee`," She pushed Luka up against the shower wall and leaned into her body. "Don't you ever pull a stunt like you did tonight with Broussard, I refuse to loose you!" She leaned up and captured Luka's lips, at first the kiss was soft and gentle, and then turned to hunger. Pulling back, Memphis looked into darkened eyes and wiggled her brows. "I'll wash your back, if you wash mine."
"I'll do more than that." Luka had Memphis moaning and holding onto her with desperate hands to keep from sliding to the shower floor. Her soapy hands traveled every inch of her body with a maddening slowness. She pressed their bodies together and slipped downward to place kisses on each hipbone.
"Luka…I need…to lay down." She gripped Luka's shoulders with strong fingers and thrust her hips forward when soft wet lips kissed the area above wet blond curls. The water was turned off and she was swept up into strong arms, Luka made her way over to the bed and gently laid her down and stood looking down at her.
"You're so beautiful Beb."
"Not even close to what you are, come here." Memphis held out her hand and pulled Luka to her, opening her legs; she wrapped them around Luka's and just lay with the tall day walker for long moments. Brushing wet hair back from Luka's face, she pressed a soft kiss to her forehead and dipped her head to kiss each closed eye. "Every thing pales next to you Luka." She kissed Luka's lips softly and then licked at her lips until she was granted entrance. Rolling them over, she straddled Luka's hips and ran her hands down across muscular pecs to the washboard stomach. Stretching out across the larger body, she nipped at Luka's chin and worked her way up to capture her lips in a deep kiss that held all her emotions. Soft moans were swallowed and tongues dueled together until air was needed. Memphis sat up and long fingers brushed through short wet hair and then down across strong shoulders to cup firm breasts. Luka was amazed at how Memphis reacted to her touch, her head was thrown back and her back arched to offer more of herself.
"I don't know what to do Memphis." She whispered and looked into smoldering green eyes.
"Keep doing what you're doing." She moved her hips against Luka and heard a deep moan. Lowering herself back down onto her lover's body, she nipped lightly at the side of her neck and felt her thrust her hips against her. Pulling the soft flesh between her lips, she sucked and moved against the body to an ancient rhythm. Her senses became over powering, wetness flowed from her and she bit hard enough to draw blood. Tasting the coppery flavor on her tongue, she whimpered and pulled away to look into dark blue eyes. "I love you Luka." Kissing her lips feverishly, she moved down, licked, and kissed her way to a firm breast. Teasing a hardened nipple with her tongue, she grinned when Luka let out a verse in Cajun French.
"J'ai gros couer Beb."
"I'll make you feel like screaming your lungs out." She pulled the nipple between her lips and sucked while rolling its twin between thumb and fore finger. Switching her attentions to the other one had Luka gripping the sheets in her hands. She looked down, watched her lover, fell back when a small hand ran down her ribcage, and caressed her hip. She could feel her juices flowing from her center and coating the insides of her legs. Moving her legs further apart, she gasped when she felt soft curls brush against her throbbing clit. "Ohh…God…I'm…" She arched her back when a warm tongue ran down her stomach and played in her cropped curls.
Memphis rested her chin on the soft curls and looked up at her lover. "What do you want Luka?"
"Down…go down…," She muttered between panting.
Memphis scooted further down between Luka's muscular thighs, inhaled her scent and licked at the glistening outer lips. She moaned deeply with her first taste and licked Luka's entire offering from her lips. Using her fingers, she spread the lips open, ran her tongue across a pulsing center, and heard a loud gasp from Luka. Holding onto Luka's thigh, she held her in place and penetrated her center with her tongue. She almost went over the edge when tight muscles pulled at her tongue. Feeling Luka try to move beneath her, she thrust her tongue in and out and then rubbed an engorged clit with her thumb. She was not prepared for the loud yell or the gushing of juices into her mouth. She drank hungrily and moaned with each tremor that shook her lover. She felt fingers in her hair and then clutching her shoulders to pull her upward. Luka wrapped her arms around her and gasped into her neck. "Love you Memphis." She cried into her neck and held her tighter, Memphis felt the tears and pulled back to see tears flowing from her lover's eyes.
"What's wrong Luka?"
"Not a thing." She rolled them over so that she was lying halfway on top of Memphis. Bringing their lips together, she tasted herself on her lover's lips and tongue, feeling her arousal soar again; she pressed against a muscular thigh and moaned into Memphis' mouth. Running her hands down a sweat glistened thigh, she pulled it up over her hip and let her fingers trail across her lover's ass. Memphis took her hand, placed it at her apex, and moved both their hands in her wetness.
"I need to feel you in me." She thrust her hips into Luka's hand and gasped at the feeling. "Please…Luka…so close." She thrust forward and gasped when a finger slipped part way inside of her center. Luka held fast and waited for Memphis to move against her. Nipping at the soft flesh of her neck, she growled when small fingers brushed against her center and entered her. Slowly, they moved against each other until passions carried them to the peak. Simultaneously, they pierced the virginal veil, bit down into each other's neck and felt a fire so intense take over that they thought they had both died. With each tremor that tore through them, they bit harder and drank of each other's blood bringing their souls together in ecstasy and then calmness. Memphis was the first to stir; she lifted her head and saw her lover's blood trickling down from the neat holes in her neck to trail down across her breast. Licking the blood from her skin brought a warm feeling to Memphis that was unexplainable. Placing soft kisses over the wounds, she rested her head a strong shoulder and let her fingers caress the soft skin of Luka's breast.
"What are you doing Beb?" Luka asked with a roughened voice.
"Playing with your tit, is that OK?"
"I'd rather you played with something else that's come back to life." She opened her eyes and saw the blood that had run down her lover's chest. "Ohh please tell me I didn't hurt you." Memphis moved up in the bed and hovered over Luka.
"No you didn't hurt me," She ran her fingertips across the marks on Luka's neck. "Some hickey ya have here Fang." She smiled and placed a soft kiss to the area. "It's gonna be Hell to explain."
Luka leaned forward, licked the blood from Memphis, and moaned at the coppery taste. "Mama was right, that was intense." She nuzzled her face between her lover's breasts and sighed. "I wanna taste all of you Beb." She leaned her head back to show her darkening eyes. Holding onto Memphis' hips, she moved them into the position that she wanted and nuzzled the soft wet curls over her face. Reaching out with her tongue, she dragged it between wet swollen lips and moaned with Memphis. Grabbing hold of the headboard, Memphis rocked her hips against Luka's mouth. She felt her juices flowing and jerked when a warm tongue penetrated her. Luka pulled her one hand down from where she gripped the headboard and moved it to her clit. Moving both their fingers over the bundle of nerves, she then took her hand away to touch herself. Pulling her tongue out, she flicked it across her lover's center and then joined Memphis' finger where it was rubbing against her own clit. Muscles started to bunch and tremble with the onslaught of climax, moans and grunts came from them as they climbed higher. Luka felt Memphis climax and then followed right behind her with a deep moan into her nether lips. They trembled and shuddered together until their bodies calmed and Memphis moved down to cover Luka's sweat dampened body. Sated and exhausted, they slipped into sleep wrapped in each other's arms.
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Luka rolled over and buried her face between her lover's breasts; she often wondered why she had a fascination with breasts and blamed her mama for not breast-feeding her. Placing kisses on the silky flesh, she sighed and wrapped her arms around her tighter.
"What time is it?" Memphis ran her fingers through silky dark hair and moaned at the feeling of warm lips and tongue worshipping her body. "Doesn't matter…oohh bless your tongue!" She arched her back and gripped the sheets when Luka slipped her tongue between her nether lips.
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Sprout and Lia covered their ears and cringed when the scream echoed upstairs. Sprout frowned at Lia, pulled out her wallet and handed her a twenty. "I need ta have a talk with a little stripper." She shoved her now empty wallet back in her pocket and ran to the kitchen. "Lotsa vitamins, protein drink and what the HELL are you doing?" She gave Jasper a glare and wiggled her fingers at the trash bags sitting on the table.
"Ohhh I went out for a little walk last night by the college." He pulled something out of the bag and held it up in front of himself. "So…whatcha think?"
"Nice Teddy, but reds not your color." She rifled through the bag and pulled out a sequined G-sting. "Ohhh sexy!" She looked at the tag saw the name Victoria Secret, pulled it over her head and ran from the kitchen screaming for Lia.
The bedroom door flung against the wall, Sprout and Lia came charging into the room and jumped up and down on the bed. Luka and Memphis flopped around and tried to toss the tiny women from the bed.
"What in the Hell?" Luka mumbled and grabbed onto Memphis to keep her from falling off the bed.
"Mama's comin, mama's comin!" Sprout yelled and danced around Luka.
"And you're in TROUBLE!" Lia sang off key, tripped over Luka and landed with her face between Memphis' breasts. "I'm in Elysia!"
"If you don't get off me you little perv, you will defiantly end up in the Elysian Field and I don't mean the back yard!" Memphis rolled Lia off of her and then turned to Sprout. "How do you know mama's comin?"
"Easy," She pulled the neck of her T-shirt down and showed a round red spot that looked like a burn. "See what ya two did to me! Now you're in TROUBLE!" She jumped off the bed, fell on her stomach and scrambled on all fours out the door. Lia skipped after her, fell over her body and they ended up in a tangle of little arms and legs.
"O'Dell they're idiots!" Luka dropped back in the bed and covered her face with her hands. "Switched at birth, they had to switch her at birth."
"Luka, just how did we…," She ran a finger over the raised red symbols on Luka's chest and then looked down at her own. "Ohh boy, how did…"
"Uuhmm…last night when we…ahhh…bit each other…"
"The power of your joining was transferred to the medallions." Mama stood in the doorway with Sprout and Lia hiding behind her long flowing gypsy skirt. "Who's that guy in the kitchen with all the fancy underwear?"
"Underwear?" Luka pulled her hands from her face and gave mama a raised eyebrow.
"Jasper raided the sorority houses and stole all the girls' panties!" Sprout offered and showed them the G-string on her head. "I'm a pussy head!"
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Everyone was around the kitchen table coming up with a plan to take out the master when she arrived on December 2; she wanted to blow up boats the second they came into the area. Memphis smacked her in the shoulder and shook her head. There was no way they could do that; they would need to be able to tell which one was the right boat. T Jake would have to help them in that area, he knew all the local fishermen and shrimpers. Using one of his boats, Luka and Memphis would be waiting for his signal, while Sprout and Lia waited on the shore of Algiers as their back up. Mama and Jasper would be on the other shore in case the master went that direction. Which scared Luka; she didn't want her mama involved in this in any way shape or form. Luka sighed and rubbed her temples.
"Mama, if anything goes wrong I want you to run like Hell and hide."
"Peeshwank, I have faith in your capabilities in handling that bitch Anne, she's not as tough as she wants everyone to believe. She may be old but she's…not wise. Her ego is bigger than her brain but don't under estimate her."
Luka nodded her head and grasped her mama's hand. "I'll stop her mama." Even my life. Memphis felt fear clutch her heart, she felt the underlying meaning of what Luka meant and didn't like it one bit. Grinding her teeth, she snarled. "Ohh no you won't!" She got up from the table and pounded up the steps to their bedroom.
"What did I do?" Luka asked with wide eyes to her mama.
"Remember I told you that you that you two were connected in ways that no one could understand?"
Luka covered her face with her hands and moaned. "She knows what I was thinking?"
"Maybe or she felt it, your life is not to be wasted on stopping Anne. We will get her even if it's not on December 2nd now get your ass up there and talk to her." She reached into her bra and pulled out a small cloth bag. "You're gonna need this." She handed it to Luka with a small smile.
"I hope its poison, in case I can't fix what I've done." She bounced the bag in her hand, kissed her mama's cheek and ran for the stairs.
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Memphis kicked at the bed, misjudged and smacked her toes on the sturdy leg. Howling in pain, she dropped the floor and grabbed at her quickly swelling toes. Tears streaked her face from emotion and physical pain. Using one hand, she punched the floor in frustration over Luka. "Doesn't our relationship mean anything to her that she would give her life to save…Ohhh Gods…mankind." She crawled onto the bed, pulled Luka's pillow to her chest and sobbed. She had never been a selfish person, but loosing Luka was something she just couldn't do, mankind or not. She couldn't live with out her.
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Luka stood outside the closed door to their bedroom; she rested her forehead against it and tried to find the courage to face the little stripper. Clutching the small bag in her hand, she took a deep breath and quietly opened the door. She didn't know what to do or say when she saw the shuddering form wrapped around her pillow. Moving slowly to the bed, she sat down on the edge and was quickly kicked to the floor by a strong leg. Sitting there in shock, she was about to crawl from the room when Memphis came over the side and landed on her. A deep snarl and bared fangs sent a shiver of fear through Luka, she knew her lover was mad, she had no idea she was this mad. Holding her hands up to defend herself was useless when Memphis pinned her arms to the floor.
"You will not give your life for mankind! Not ever again!"
Luka lie on the floor looking into the enraged green eyes of her lover. "What do you mean not ever again?"
"You never pay attention to your dreams do you?"
"They're just dreams why should I?" She had never even thought about them except for that the subconscious mind was working out its problems. She looked into the snarling face with the fiery green eyes and swallowed loudly. "Memphis?"
"Just shud-up and clear your mind." She released one of Luka's arms, pressed her hand over her forehead and closed her eyes. "Relax and let your mind go." She closed her eyes and sent her thoughts through to her lover; she just hoped that it worked the way it used to. It had been years since she had sent her thoughts out to someone because it usually freaked the person out, she knew that Luka was a strong person both mentally and physically and would be able to handle what she was doing. She jerked when she connected with Luka, a low whimper pulled its way up from her very soul when she watched the scenes float past her minds eye.
Luka laid quietly, her mind blank and then her body jerked and stiffened when she felt her mind invaded. At first, it was a soft caress that she recognized as her lover but nothing could prepare her for what happened next. Scenes from something like a movie flashed in front of her, the pain that radiated from the scenes made her flinch; she could actually feel it in her body. Blood was everywhere, screams of the dying. Then the scene changed to a small blonde kneeling with the most painful expression she had ever seen. Tears flowed down her pale face to drip off her chin; she turned and heaved her guts onto the ground. Luka gasped; as she was able to look through the green tear filled eyes at the decapitated body of a tall woman hanging between trees. Confused as to why she had to see this woman and what it had to do with the small blonde who had a striking resemblance to her lover. The scene changed to one of the small blonde warrior fighting with a sword and then walking to where a small table sat in distinction with a head upon it. She felt her soul scream when she saw her own face looking back at her. She then knew that it had been her body she had seen suspended between the trees. Images flew past until she was at the top of a snowy mountain watching the sunset with her arm wrapped around the small blonde. The utter feeling of loss that squeezed her heart and the words that ran through her mind tore what little bit of soul that she had left to pieces.
"I can't come back this time."
Memphis collapsed on top of her lover's body, sobs racked her small frame and tears flowed from her eyes. She wrapped her arms around Luka, refusing to let her go. Luka's voice was barely a whisper, her voice strained with what she had seen and felt. "Beb look at me, I promise that I won't risk my life." She held Memphis tightly, kissed her head and waited for the sobs to quiet. "I will never leave you ever again."
She squeezed the bag in her hand and felt the objects inside press into her flesh, curious as to what was inside; she used a finger to open the mouth a little but couldn't see what was inside. Giving Memphis a squeeze, she tilted her head up by her chin and gazed into bloodshot eyes. "I love you Memphis Andrews and I'll never leave you." She wiped the tears from her cheeks with her fingertips and tried to think of how to broach what Memphis had done to her.
"I've always been able to do that." She grinned at the wide blue eyes. "And no I can't really read your mind; I see everything in those baby blues."
"Damn I'm made of glass." She sighed and ran her fingers across a soft cheek. "I'm sorry, I wasn't thinking earlier when I…you…know. I thought mama was gonna beat my ass for being so stupid. Can you forgive me?"
"Nothing to forgive, you now know what I know and that should be enough to keep you on the right road."
They got up off the floor and lay down on the bed facing each other; Luka squeezed the bag again and let her curiosity win over. She opened the bag, reached in with a finger and blushed with what she pulled out. "Sick mama, really sick and perverted!"
Green eyes tried to see what Luka had in her hand; she grabbed a thick wrist and wrestled with Luka. "What's sick?"
"Mama told me that I would need these, I don't even think so!" She held the items up to Memphis and snorted at the shocked look on her face.
"Mama thinks we need nipple clamps?" She took them from Luka and turned them over in her hand. "Maybe we can put them on the tips of Sprout's ears?" Luka emptied the other items into her hand and knew the reason mama had given her the bag. She slid off the bed and kneeled beside it to gaze into curious green eyes.
"To show you that I meant what I said about never leaving you, I want to ask you something." She waited until Memphis nodded her head, she cleared her throat and felt her ears burn with nervousness. "I really suck at stuff like this, I love you Memphis…will you marry me?" She held out a diamond and two solid gold rings and waited with a held breath.
"Luka…you don't have to marry me to prove anything, your word is enough."
"I would still ask you even if I hadn't screwed up earlier…Memphis…"
Memphis held out her right hand and watched as the diamond and gold ring were slipped onto her finger. Tears filled her eyes as she looked down at the rings and then into love filled blue eyes. "I love you Luka Rubidoux." She pulled Luka to her and kissed her passionately before pulling away to wipe the tears coursing down high cheekbones. "How does Mrs. Memphis Rubidoux sound?"
"Perfect Beb, just perfect."
"Good, I'm tired of people thinking that I'm related to Julie Andrews and I know that stupid song about deer." She slipped the other ring onto Luka's finger and placed a kiss on it.
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Hours later, they made it back down stairs with huge grins on their faces; mama took one look at the fresh bruises and bites and knew what they had been doing. She would have known anyway with all the screams of passion that echoed through out the upstairs. Seeing the twinkle of light reflecting off Memphis' left hand, she smiled and held her arms out to the two women. She whispered in Luka's ear, "When am I gonna be a mamere?" and held back her laughter.
"Geez mama, I may have skills but that's one I don't think I have."
Memphis looked into two sets of blue eyes and snickered. "Boy would that be hard to explain! I can see me telling CJ that you got me pregnant. Then again, with those nipple claps…who knows?" She snorted at the blush running up mama's neck.
"Those aren't nipple clamps; those are for…hanging my herbs to dry."
"Sure mama, I can see you flashing your nipple clamps off at church just to watch everyone fall out of their pews."
Memphis gave her a funny look. "What are you doing at church mama?"
"I cook all their brunches and special dinners, they pay me catering wages." She took their hands and led them to the kitchen. "Come on now, I made Jambalaya and corn bread."
Luka looked around the kitchen and frowned. "Where's Sprout and Lia?"
"You mean the mad scientists, they're in the basement designing something to use against the queen idiot."
"Ohh no, if Sprout blows up the basement again, I'm pulling her fangs out with vise grips!"
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"Ohh look how pretty it makes me!" Sprout twirled around the floor, got dizzy and fell over.
"Pretty damn scary if ya ask me!" Lia shined herself in the eyes with the large ultra violet spotlight they had just made. "I'm blind! I'm blind!" She stumbled around the basement and fell over Sprout. "If we don't kill each other, we may just get this stuff done for Luka." She shinned the light into Sprout's eyes and snorted.
"Just think we only have a couple dozen more to make and then steal that great big spot light from the car lot!" Lia rolled her eyes, got up from the floor and yanked Sprout to her feet.
"And just how are we gonna steal that, push it down a hill and ride it home?"
Sprout wiggled her brows at her and whispered. "Jasper's gonna help." She ran for the stairs and started yelling for Jasper. Lia pulled on her hair with both hands and ended up looking like a tiny Don King. Cursing Sprout under her breath, she ran after her. "If we get caught, I'm selling you to the ugliest woman in the prison!"
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"My Queen, I am here to do your bidding." A tall dark vampire sunk to his knees in front of the queen of the vampires, dropping his head so that only the pronounced ridge of his forehead was visible. "What is it that you ask of me?"
Dark brown eyes gazed down at the man; Anne laughed in a hysterical manner and slapped him on the back of his head. "You people are weak!" She walked away from him and turned on a heel. "Seeing his head still bowed, she reached out with a hand, grabbed a hold of the thick brocade drape in her hand and called to him. "Look at me slave!" He lifted his head to stare into her dark eyes and felt his immortal life coming to an end when the drape was yanked open and the sunlight hit him. Dust erupted and settled across the thick oriental carpet. "Weaklings!" She yanked both drapes open and stood in the bright sunlight. "How can I rule when my army can only function at night?" She stepped out onto the balcony and looked out over the Mississippi River. She had arrived a week before and taken sanction on Algiers, finding a house was no problem. The 200-year-old plantation house immediately became hers once she fed upon the owners. Now with only the loyal servants that came with her from Romania at her beck and call, she would start forming her army of the mortals. Vampires were all fine and good, but they could only do so much. "It is time to forget the days of old." She left the balcony to search Algiers for loyal slaves, with more money than she knew what to do with; it would be easy to sway the poor with a promise of richness. Grabbing a backpack from a hall table, she went out the front door. "College kids are sooo gullible." A maniac laugh echoed out from her and then she was gone in a blink of an eye.
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The college campus was alive with students running to classes, sitting beneath trees studying or just relaxing for a bit before returning to the grind of academia. Memphis walked along the edge of the building where her next class would be; she stopped in the shade and sunk down to lean against the cool brick. She would be happy when it was all over and sad as well. So many years of going to school and preparing for graduation would be missed. She closed her eyes and sighed with the faint breeze that brushed across her face. A scent of cedar and sandalwood came on the air and then the hair on the back of her neck stood up making her smile. "Hey baby, bring me lunch?"
"Maybe, maybe not." Luka dropped down beside her and leaned against the building. "Depends on what you give me in trade?" A green eye opened to look sideways at her wife's profile.
"How about a night of unbridled passion?"
Luka titled her head back and forth and shook her head. "Nah."
Memphis raised an eyebrow at her answer and snorted. "It's true what they say, you get married and the sex goes away."
"Ohh I wouldn't say that." Luka leaned forward and captured her lips lustfully, when they parted; Memphis fell over onto her side and closed her eyes. Smiling, she purred. "Nope, ya still got it fang. So what do you have in mind for the trade?"
Luka leaned over and whispered into Memphis' ear and pulled back to see her mouth hanging open. "Ohh you've been talking to Brumby!" A blush crept up her neck all the way to her ears when Luka nodded her head.
"Went shopping with her this morning, just wait 'til you see what I got for us."
"I'm gonna need a week to recover from this ordeal huh?" She sat back up and wrapped her arms around her wife. "So what's for lunch?"
They sat against the building eating Taco's, nachos and cinnamon crisps. Sharing a liter of Coke, Memphis stuck the bottle back between Luka's thighs, pressing against her center and grinned when her wife moaned. "You gonna walk me home after class?" Memphis batted her eyelashes and gave a sweet smile. "I'll make it worth your while."
"I would walk you home no matter what beb." She leaned forward and moaned at the taste of cinnamon on soft lips. "Better stop before you don't make it to class."
"Yep, you're right, can't be late for class." She groaned and ran a finger down Luka's cheek. "Love you Luka."
Luka stood up, picked up the bag of trash and then pulled Memphis to her feet. Wrapping an arm around her shoulders, she whispered to her. "Love you too Memphis." Giving her a gentle kiss and a slap on her ass, she watched the small stripper go through the front door of the building. Throwing the bag towards a trash can, she watched it drop in and punched a hand in the hair. "Three points for Fang!" She turned and sprinted back towards home never seeing the woman standing across the street watching her.
"So you are the famous Luka Rubidoux, you don't look so tough." She waved a hand and walked back towards the bridge that crossed over to Algiers with a handful of zombie like college students. "Come along now, we have lots to do before the night comes." Queen Anne walked along like the pied piper of folklore, the student's right behind her all the way to the large house where they would stay for the rest of their lives or until she needed them no longer. She glanced back over her shoulder and smirked. Like lambs to the slaughter. They were now her fighters during the day and the loyal followers were by the night. She would rule around the clock once everything was set. The day walker will be the first to fall; no longer will she be the human defender. And her little girlfriend will be mine!
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Memphis looked to the seat in front of her with concern, one of her fellow students was missing and it was very unusual. Jennifer had never missed a class in the four years she had been there. Looking around the room, she searched for the young English major thinking that maybe she had moved her seat. Shrugging her shoulders, she went back to listening to the professor lecture. Taking notes as the other students sat looking bored, she grinned when the guy next to her slipped from his chair and continued to sleep where he lay.
"OK people, that's all I have and don't step on the dead body on your way out." The professor gathered his papers and left through a rear door. Memphis waited for the way to clear and went out the same door and out to where Luka was waiting.
"Thank O'Dell it's Friday!" She wrapped an arm around Luka and met her lips in a gentle kiss. "Let's go home and play before I have to go to work."
"How about if you stay home tonight and give me my own personal strip tease? I'm a big tipper."
She hip checked Luka and chuckled. "I give you that anyway."
"Yeah but I can't act on what you do to me," She stopped and dropped to her knees. "Please baby, stay home with me." Her whimpering and pouting face broke through to Memphis.
"Gods I'm such a wuss!" She pulled Luka to her feet and raced her home.
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Jasper dropped Sprout and Lia off at the car lot and then drove to the street right behind where the spot light was located. He would wait until the tiny ones ran past him, then steal the light, and drive home. He had second, third and fourth thoughts about helping them, but when they told him why they needed the spotlight, he gave in.
"OK Lia, ya know what we gotta do." Sprout strutted around looking at all the cars until a salesman saw them. She waved a hand and yelled that they were just looking. "Is he still watching us?" She asked Lia in a whisper.
"Yep, he's back there sneaking around, probably thinks were gonna rip off a car." She pointed a finger at Sprout. "Don't even think about it!"
"You're no fun, come on lets get going." She sprinted off with Lia right behind her. They stopped near the spot light and waited for it to makes its revolution. When it did, Sprout and Lia danced in the light sending strange shadows across the building in front of them.
"What is that?" The salesman asked himself and inched closer to get a better look. The shadows looked like one was humping the other from behind and then it was one riding the other like a horse and whipping its ass. "Ohh nooo! God damn kids are gonna ruin me!" He went running towards the spotlight yelling and waving his hands in the air. Sprout and Lia flipped him off and ran towards him, circled around him and took off towards where Jasper was waiting. They waved at him and kept on running with the man right behind them screaming. Jasper backed Luka's truck up, got out, pulled the plug on the light and with in five minutes, he was on his way home. "I better not go to jail for this!" Jasper whispered to himself and pulled into the driveway and around back to hide the spotlight.
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Music played in the background of the candle lit room, Luka sat naked on the end of the bed with Memphis in front of her peeling her clothes off piece-by-piece and draping them across her body. With each touch of clothing, Memphis trailed a hand down a breast to tease a hardened nipple. Moans escaped through clenched teeth and shudders shook the dark day walker's body. She gasped when Memphis brought their breasts together and kissed her deeply. "What do you want Luka?" She growled close to a red ear. "I'll do anything your heart desires." She shimmied down between Luka's thighs and ran her hands from knee to stop right before the strap-on her wife wore. Cupping her breasts, she captured the dildo between them and pumped the other smaller end into Luka. A low moan rumbled from Luka, she gripped her lover's shoulders and thrust her hips forward. "Baby…ooohhh…Gods!" She fell back on the bed panting; Memphis gripped the dildo and ran her hand down the shaft, feeling her lover's juices covering the harness and lower end of the shaft made her own juices flow more. "I wanna hear you scream my name Luka." Connecting eyes with her lover, she dropped her head over the dildo and ran her tongue around the tip. Moving her hand up and down the shaft, she slipped her mouth over the end and moaned. Luka forced her eyes to stay open, her legs started to tremble and her stomach muscles clenched as her orgasm ripped through her body. Throwing her head back, she arched her back and screamed out her lover's name.
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Jasper jumped when he heard the scream, dropped the dish he had in his hand and ran out the back door. In all the years he had lived in the dark tunnels and heard screams of pain, nothing could have prepared him for the screams from the day walkers. He sat down on the tailgate of the truck and waited for Sprout and Lia to get home.
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After their get away from the car salesman, the tiny women snuck into the bar to watch the strippers. Even with Memphis not there, they still got to dance on the stage thanks to CJ and Brumby. "Ohhh baby come ta mama!" Lia yelled and thrust against Bounce's leg. "Gimme some baby!" She wiggled her tongue and fell flat on her back when Bounce blew her a kiss. Spout danced in a circle around CJ who was thrusting against the pole, placing her hands on CJ's hips, she held on until she saw golden eyes glaring at her. "Hi ya Brumby, fuck any kangaroo's lately?" Her green eyes grew in size when Brumby growled at her, and long sharp fangs showed from beneath her lips. "Ohh SHIT!" She grabbed Lia and dragged her from the stage, out the door and all the way home.
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Memphis had her back against the bedroom wall, her legs around Luka's trim waist and her arms wrapped around her shoulders. Burying her face against a sweat dampened neck she groaned and whimpered. "Harder baby…ohh yesss…Gods I'm coming!" She threw her head back and screamed out Luka's name; seconds later Luka joined her with a yell before she sunk to her knees to lay them on the floor. They moved slowly against each with each ripple that ran through their bodies. They climbed back up to the peak with panting breaths and low moans. Tongues dueled and teeth nipped until they pulled apart to moan with their shared releases. Soft caresses and murmurs of love were whispered, as they feel asleep in each other's arms.
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Luka and Memphis came downstairs and went into the kitchen to find Lia, Sprout and Jasper sharpening silver crossbow bolts and stakes. Luka grabbed to cups and filled them with coffee as Memphis looked over Sprout's shoulder in confusion.
"Do we need all of those?" She asked and yawned enough that Jasper flinched at the sight of her fangs.
"Yep, and I have some bad news," Sprout yelped when she cut her finger on the sharp point of a stake. "We have to knock Brumby off, she's one of them." She looked to Luka with worried eyes. "She has great big 'ole fangs and she growled at me last night."
Luka rolled her eyes, set the cups of coffee on the table and held a hand out to her wife. "I can't see her letting someone other than CJ bite her in the neck." She pointed to the wall phone and caught it when Lia tossed it to her. Beb, call CJ and check it out with her. Luka closed her eyes and rested her head against her wife's back as she made the call, green eyes narrowed and a smirk covered her face as she eyeballed a worried Sprout. "OK, Brumby I'll tell the little shit." She clicked the phone off and placed it on the table, to make Sprout and the others squirm, she took a long drink of her coffee.
Lia waved her hands and jumped in her chair. "Ohh come on Memphis! Tell us what's going on?"
"Brumby says the next time she's referred to as a kangaroo fucker; she's putting in two sets of fangs and biting your ass Sprout." Sprout gave out a long sigh and crossed her heart the wrong way.
"Good, I really didn't want Luka ta kill her, I think she's hot." She jumped down from her chair and went over to her stool near the stove. "Who's hungry, I'm making flapjacks." Jasper's eyes lit up at the mention of food.
"Got any bananas or strawberries?" His big ears and brows wiggled at her. "You owe me after last night."
Luka's head popped up, she looked between her cousin and Jasper. "Marica what did you do?"
Sprout pointed to her chest and gave the most innocent look she knew. "Me do something, nope wasn't me." Mama coming in the back door and pointing to the backyard interrupted her. "What is that big spotlight doing out there hooked up to your truck Luka?"
Lia and Sprout looked to each other and then pointed to Jasper. "He did it!" They yelled in unison and ran from the kitchen.
"I swear it was all their idea, I only took it after they lured the salesman away. They said that you…"
Luka closed her eyes and groaned, dropping her head on Memphis' shoulder she mumbled.
Mama got a cup of coffee and sat next to Jasper. "And what did they tell you?"
"It's to help kill the queen when she gets here. Sprout said she's gonna make it a great big ultra violet something or nother." He shrugged his shoulders at the women. Mama nodded her head and then looked to her daughters.
"Ya know Sprout; she would rob the mint if you needed a nickel, Luka. She's little so she does everything big."
"More like gigantic, look at all the spikes they made." She pointed to the cluttered table and then winced when the entire house lit up and then went dim. The voices screaming 'wasn't us!' coming from the basement told the story. "She just caused another brown out, one of these days she's gonna have us all put in jail." Memphis looked over her shoulder at her wife with drawn eyebrows.
"Wait a minute here, how did they get in the basement?"
Mama snickered at her. "They went down the laundry chute, ya gotta remember the peeshwank's can fit in places we can't. Made it hard ta catch Sprout when she was younger and smaller." She got up, started making breakfast for everyone, and then turned to Luka. "I've been hearing something's about the Algiers; people are turning up missing over there. Ya might wanna take a look before it gets dark." Memphis thought for a second and groaned.
"I may be jumping to conclusions here, but one of my classmates who has never missed a class in four years, missed our last class yesterday." She wrapped an arm around Luka's neck and kissed her cheek. "I'll check with college security when I get there today, then I'll go with you to Algiers."
"Nope, you check the college, me and Jasper will check Algiers."
"But what if you get in trouble…"
Mama rolled her eyes. 'She was born in trouble, you'll know if she does." She turned and looked directly into green eyes. "Concentrate on her and you'll know what she's doing. You haven't lost the power Memphis; it's just been dormant for a while."
"But how do you know about that?"
Luka hugged Memphis close. "Easy, my mama's the witch of the bayou; she can throw a fireball at ya and make ya a crispy critter."
"I thought that was just folklore, I never thought of there actually being a witch of the bayou."
Mama chuckled and waved a hand at her. "Welcome ta the family Memphis, and Luka's daddy was the King of Mardi Gras one year." She wiggled her brows at Luka. "Who knows, maybe Luka will be the next King?"
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Anne looked around the large parlor and nodded her head at all the people she had taken in the last 24 hours. She had counted 34 and had an additional 67 in the basement. The mortals would recruit during the day and her vampires would go out at night and turn as many victims as they could. With in days, she would control Algiers and then move on towards taking over all of Louisiana. A wide smile came to her face when she thought of the day walker's girlfriend. "I will get you today and when Luka comes to rescue you, I will have her as well." She walked from the room and went out the front door to make her way over to the college.
Luka and Jasper drove across the bridge in to Algiers; they had no idea of where to look first. Jasper shrugged his shoulders and drove off towards where one of the bed and breakfasts was located. "Might as well try here, if any of the guests have come up missing they should know." They went inside and rang the bell; minutes went by without any one coming to the desk. Luka looked at Jasper, went around the desk and into the small office in the back. The PC was running, she moved the mouse and saw that the screen was showing the listing of three couples. Looking at the room numbers, she went back out and waved at Jasper. "Come on lets check out the rooms. First knocking on the doors and then opening them, they found them empty except for the couple's belongings. "I don't like this Luka, they couldn't all be out sight seeing and where's the owner or who ever it is that runs this place?"
"I don't know but I think we had better start by going over to the church."
"Church? Are ya nuts, I can't go into a church I'm a demon!"
"If sinners can go in there then so can you, come on. Maybe Father Michael is there, he should know whats going on around here."
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Memphis went to the college office and found her friend who ran the registration office, she was going to go to the security office but figured that if the police department was infiltrated then so would security. She dropped down into a chair across from CJ's desk and grinned at her. "Hey beb how's it going?" She flashed a huge grin and winked.
"Where the Hell were you last night?"
"Ohh lets just say that I got a better offer for my striptease."
"Ohh I can see by the hickeys on your neck that this was more than a striptease! What brings ya to my hole in the wall office?"
"We got a huge problem CJ; people are disappearing all over the place. Luka and Jasper are on Algiers trying to get some info and I'm here."
"But I thought you guys got rid of Broussard."
"We did but something else is going on, remember the queen is coming here in just a few days. Has anyone come to you about transferring out or been reported as missing?"
"No transfers in the last couple of days and security would know if anyone had been reported."
"I'm not going over to them; they may have someone on the force that's a slave. Any ideas of how I can get the info?"
"I can call the Profs and see if any of them have been told anything, which may take a while though. What about finding Brumby and have her help you, she has keys to everything and can hack into the security computer."
"OK, is she in her normal area?"
"You mean the lawnmower shop, yep, ya know her and keeping a good coat of wax on her tractor. I wonder about her sometimes." She shook her head and grumbled.
"I'll check there first, why don't you guys come on over tonight and we'll have a cook out."
"Luka cooking?" She wiggled her brows.
"She's always cooking!" She waved and went in search of Brumby. When she stepped outside, she got the strangest feeling that someone was watching her. Ignoring it, she cut across campus to the building where Brumby kept her lawn equipment. Just before she reached the door, she was spun around to face a tall dark woman with almost black eyes. Fear ran through her veins and sent her heart thudding in her chest.
"Luka has very good taste in lovers; it'll be a pity to have to kill you." She shoved Memphis hard enough to send her backwards through the door to the building. Laughing manically, she walked forward with her fangs bared. "She will be soooo pissed when she finds that I've turned you."
Memphis shook her head to clear the ringing bells and snarled. "You're too late bitch!" She jumped to her feet and bared her fangs. "I've already been turned!"
"Ohh Luka you have given your gift, that's so sweet!" She lunged at Memphis and slammed into her, they fought with teeth and claws. Screams of pain came from both of them as blood dripped to the concrete floor.
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Luka gasped and fell to her knees outside of the church; she gripped her chest and felt the medallion burn the palm of her hand. Jasper dropped down beside her and wrapped an arm around her shoulders. Panting for air, she looked with worried eyes to Jasper. "Memphis…we have…to go…now!" He helped her to her feet and half carried her to the truck, after she was inside, he revved the engine and took off towards the bridge. He had never seen Luka so pale before or in pain, his heart slammed in his chest when he cast a sideways glance. He took the cell phone she handed him and heard Sprout on the other end.
"LUKA!"
"Sprout get over to the college, Memphis is in trouble."
"Jasper where are you guys?"
"On our way back over the bridge, Luka's out of it. Hurry this is serious!" He heard the phone click on the other end, closing it; he placed it on the seat and passed cars on the wrong side of the bridge.
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Brumby heard the screams coming from her building; she took off at a sprint and stopped when she saw that the door was completely smashed in. Cautiously she stepped inside and yelled when she saw the dark woman punching Memphis in her face. Picking up a shovel, she raised it over her head and ran forward with a war cry. She felt a sharp pain in her chest and was then flung across the room to crash into the wall behind where Memphis lay on the floor. She grabbed her chest, wheezed and swung the shovel with one hand.
"Ohh that was a very bad move mortal." Anne got up from the floor and grabbed Brumby by her throat, she punched her in the face hard enough to break her nose and knock her out cold. Shaking her a few times, she gave up and dropped Brumby to the floor in a heap. "Now for you little day walker, it's time to go to Algiers and wait for your lover." She grabbed Memphis by her arm and dragged her out of the building and around back to where she had an old car waiting. Tossing Memphis into the back seat, she got in and drove slowly back towards the manor. Ten minutes later, Lia and Sprout ran into the building, found a groaning Brumby lying on the floor amongst broken wood, pieces of clothe, and blood. Sprout dropped to her knees and placed the women's head in her lap, using the bottom of her shirt; she wiped the blood from her face and looked to Lia.
"Can you get some water?" She brushed the tangled dark hair back from Brumby's face and called her name a few times with out getting a response.
"Here I found a first aide kit and Memphis' backpack by the door. This ain't good Sprout." She cast a worried glance down to her friends. "You got your phone; I'll call Luka and tell them where we are."
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Luka groaned from where she was lying across the seat, she felt the jerk of the truck when Jasper slammed on the brakes and then the slam of the door when he got out. She tried to move but felt her entire body scream in pain, she had never felt like this before and was terrified. Seconds later, she felt small hands running across her face and then a horrible smell came to her nose. Tears came to her eyes and her head cleared, she pushed the small hand away from her face and looked into worried green eyes.
"Sprout, where's Memphis?"
"Luka she's not here, we found Brumby all beat ta Hell."
Luka pulled herself up with a loud groan and staggered into the building to drop down beside a woozy Brumby. "Hey who the Hell hit you?"
With her nose and eyes swollen, her voice came out nasally. "Some bitch with fangs…was beating Memphis…I tried Luka…" Tears escaped her blackened eyes to trail down her cheeks; she looked over Luka's shoulder and whimpered at the sight of a hysterical CJ coming towards her.
"Let's get out of here and go ta mamas." Luka helped Brumby to her feet and led her out to the truck. With CJ, Brumby, Lia and Sprout in the back, Jasper took shotgun. Luka took off across campus paying no attention to the students dodging her truck as she tore up the grass. She could hear Brumby screaming at her about what she was doing but she could give a damn.
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Memphis pulled against the chains that were fastened around her wrists; she pulled until she felt her blood drip from her fingers. She couldn't tell where she was except that it was dark and damp. Turning her head to the side, she could just make out a sliver of light beneath a door and realized that wherever she was, it was a good place. The scent of death permeated the air around her and she couldn't tell if the coppery scent of blood was from her or from beyond the door. Dropping her head, her chin rested against her chest and a soft sob wafted forth. With the pain in her face and other parts of her body, she couldn't concentrate to try and reach Luka. Taking a deep breath, she tried to slip into a meditative state. A calmness overtook her and a soft voice came. She knew who it was and felt relief course through her.
"T fang where are you?" Mama's voice asked her.
"It's dark and I can smell death."
"Listen to whats around you."
Memphis listened closely and heard murmurs of voices, the name Anne was spoken.
"The queen has me; she's a day walker mama. I think I'm on Algiers."
"You hold on, we're coming."
Memphis felt mama leave her and then she fell into the darkness.
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Luka paced the floor clutching her chest, the pain wasn't as bad but still lingered. She looked over to where Brumby was resting her head in CJ's lap with an ice bag on her mangled face. They were waiting for Jasper and the tiny ones to come back with the equipment they would need to storm Algiers. What worried her was that mama would be coming with them; she was the link to Memphis and would be able to find her through her talent. She tried to explain to Luka that she was not to blame herself for not being able to do the same. She and Memphis had something special together but she had a link because of their shared ESP talents. At the sound of the truck coming up the drive, she looked to CJ and nodded.
"We're coming with you guys." CJ said as Brumby got up off her lap. "Memphis is like a sister to us and we'll do anything to get her back."
"I don't want you two to get hurt, please stay here."
Mama placed a calming hand on her shoulder. "Luka, not even a team of horses could stop those Amazons and you know it. Let's go get Memphis and kick some suck face ass." Luka shook her head at her mama and followed her out the door.
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The queen stepped into the small room and slapped Memphis across her face, not seeing her move or a sound. She grabbed the chains from the wall and unfastened them from the ring in the wall. Dragging Memphis out of the room by the chains, she dragged her up the steps from the basement and out to the back yard. Dropping the chain, she signaled to two of the college students. "Put her on the cross." She stood and watched as the students drove spikes through both her hands and tied her ankles to the bottom. "Now put it up for everyone to see!" She started to laugh when Memphis' head bounced against the hard wood and a low moan came from her. Picking up a garden hose, she turned it on and sprayed Memphis until she screamed in pain. Blood ran from the wounds in her hand and from all the injuries that had not closed up. "I think you need some blood day walker, too bad, you're not getting any!" Memphis felt her strength fading, darkness was at the edge of her blurred vision, she called out with her mind to mama and felt the calming presence of the older woman.
"You hold on Memphis, we're almost there."
"So tired…I hurt…"
"I know beb, you hold on for us, for Luka."
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Luka gasped and let go of the steering wheel, shaking her hands of the sharp pains, she drove with her knee until she could push the pain to the back of her mind.
"Luka turn left!" Mama pointed to a long driveway and then to a large manor house in the back. "She's here Luka! She's here!" The truck came to a screeching halt; everyone piled out and grabbed weapons. Luka strapped her sword to her back and grabbed the Sais that Memphis used. With a growl, she took off towards the manor at breakneck speed. Mama went with CJ and Brumby towards where they saw a side door to a glass enclosure, while Lia, Sprout and Jasper took off to the other side where they thought a basement door or window would be. Luka kicked in the front door and stopped when she saw all the people standing or sitting, slowly, she walked into the room and no one moved. She walked through the room and found more people in a daze. Taking the stairs to the top floor, she kicked open doors and searched rooms. She came to a large room that had to be the master bedroom and went over to the wall of windows. What she saw made her heart drop, she could see Memphis hanging from a cross and the queen making cuts on her thighs with a sharp knife. Her mind screamed out and she felt a feather light touch that was her wife. Stepping back, she screamed and jumped through the windows, in a shatter of glass and wood bits, she dropped into the back yard.
Anne spun around and grinned at Luka. "I see you found us, too bad you won't be staying long."
"Let Memphis go and take me!" Luka growled and stepped closer.
"Ohh I don't think so," She stepped closer to Memphis and placed the knife up to her chest. "You see as long as there is a day walker alive, I can't control the mortals. You screw things up by killing my followers, so that means after I kill your little girlfriend, I'll kill you." She shrugged her shoulders and pointed a finger at Luka. "Feel her pain day walker; it's only a small amount to what you will feel!" Luka jerked from the pain in her chest, she let out a howl and dropped to her knees.
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"I hate these sons of bitches!" Sprout yelled and shot a suck face with her crossbow. "Damn suck faces!" She spun and head butted one in his groin and Lia shot him through his forehead. "Nice shot perv!" They slapped hands and went to help Jasper fight off the six that were surrounding him.
"May the force be with you!" Lia yelled and ran a vampire through his back with a spear. "Ahh maybe not." She sneezed from the dust and bounced into another one. "Hey look," She pointed behind him. "It's Dracula!" Shooting him with her crossbow, she grinned and waved as he erupted into dust. "SWEET!"
Sprout kicked a vampire in the back of his knee when he dropped she went with him. Jasper was trying his hardest to help but he was a complete klutz with a sword. By accident, he took off the vampires head and trimmed Sprouts wild mane. "Hey watch it you idiot!" She yelled and jumped before he stabbed her. She danced around in a circle and showed her big flashlight and sang way off key.
"Here comes the sun nana nana, here comes the sun! But it's all right! I don't know the rest of the words nana nana!" She flipped on the flashlight and pointed the light on a vampire; he screamed and started beating at his burning flesh until he fell to the floor in a smoldering heap. "KEWL! You are my sunshine, my only sunshine lalalalala! " She pointed it at another while Lia and Jasper stabbed and shot the others in the basement.
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"She has them under some kind of control." Mama said and then stopped in her tracks, a low moan came from her and she grabbed onto CJ. "Luka!" She cried and stumbled towards the back of the manor. By the time she got to the back door, her anger had built to incendiary proportions. She pointed at the door and it blew off its hinges to fly out into the yard. She stepped out, pointed a finger at Anne, and spoke words in Romanian. Anne let out a scream and flew across the yard and hit the cross, she fell to the ground and looked up with flaming eyes.
"It's not possible, you're dead!" She screamed and got to her knees. "I killed you long ago Nicoleta!"
"Sorry bitch, I've never been dead, but you will be!" Mama raised both hands over her head and then downward towards Anne, the queen was forced to the ground. Mama swept her arms to the side and the queen flew in a tumble of arms and legs across the ground until she stopped against a huge tree. "No one hurts my daughters! NO ONE!" She pulled silver spikes from her belt and flung them towards the queen, they pierced her hands and in betted deeply into the tree. CJ and Brumby ran across the yard and knocked out the slaves before pulling the cross down. The Queen couldn't use her powers because of the silver spikes pinning her hands. She screamed curses at mama, spit and bared her fangs only to be ignored. Mama dropped beside Luka and ran a hand across her forehead. Leaning down, she whispered in her daughter's ear and watched her eyes blink open.
"Go to her Luka, she needs you." She helped her daughter to her feet and over to where Memphis was lying in CJ's lap. Tears flowed down her cheeks at the sight of her battered wife; she dropped to her knees and pulled her to her chest. Looking into tear filled hazel eyes; she mouthed the words 'Thank you.' to CJ and pulled Memphis up to the side of her neck. Using a knife, she made a cut at her neck and pressed swollen lips to her running blood. She stiffened and moaned when sharp fangs pierced her skin, she felt her blood flowing from her body and warm waves wash though her. Dropping her head down onto Memphis' shoulder, she let her tears flow freely.
Lia, Sprout and Jasper came out of the house sneezing and brushing dust from their clothes; they looked around them and snorted at the so-called queen struggling against the tree.
"Mama are you all right?" Sprout asked when she saw how weak mama looked.
"Just tired beb, it's been years since I've done this much. Go check on Luka and Memphis, don't let T fang take too much blood." Lia and Jasper led mama over to a chair near the back door and sat her down. She leaned back against the chair and watched Anne struggle still. "Lia, go tell Luka she has to kill the queen, she has to cut her heart out."
"Ewww that's gross!" Lia shivered and jogged over to where Luka was wiping her wife's face of the dried blood from her wounds. "Mama says you have to kill the queen bitch…well she didn't call her that but that's what she is. Anyway, she said to cut her heart out." Luka looked up and glared at Anne, even though she had tried to kill all of them, she didn't know if she could cut her heart out. Looking over to her mama, she got up and carried Memphis over to her.
"Mama…I can't…"
"Luka give me Memphis." She cradled the small day walker on her lap and pressed a kiss to her forehead. "You have to cut her heart out, if you don't she'll come back." She pulled an athame from her belt and handed it to Luka. "It must be done and I'm too old to be queen of the day walkers." She squeezed Luka's hands in hers and smiled. "You were meant to be queen Luka."
"Do it Luka…do it for mankind." Memphis whispered and brushed a hand across her wife's hand. Luka wiped the tears from her face, kissed her mama's cheek and then her wife's.
"I love you Memphis." She ran her fingers through sweat soaked blonde hair then went to face her future.
Anne glared at Luka and snarled. "Let me go Luka and I'll return to Romania."
"You'll return to Romania…in an urn." Luka said softly before plunging the athame into Anne's chest, the scream was deafening and made everyone cover their ears. Luka pulled the athame out, shoved her hand into the opening, and pulled the still beating heart from the queen's chest. Before her eyes, the heart burst into flames, Anne turned to dust and a bright light shot down from the sky and traveled into Luka's body. She jerked in mid air and hovered above the ground until the light disappeared. CJ and Brumby ran forward and helped her to her feet. Shaking her head, she looked towards where her mama sat and saw the light hovering around her and Memphis. Just as quick, it disappeared. On weak legs, she made her way to her mama and dropped to her knees. "Mama?"
"It's OK Luka; the power of the day walkers is now where it belongs." She brushed the dark bangs back from Luka's forehead and smiled. "I'll explain when we get home, now go release all those innocent people."
"How do I do that?"
Mama grinned at her. "Ohh it's very difficult, tell them to go the Hell home."
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With everyone recovered from their ordeal, they decided to have a family cook out. Mama took control of the grill after Jasper set his shirt on fire and had to be hosed down. CJ and Brumby sat next to Luka and Memphis under the shade of a tree while Lia and Sprout jumped on a mini trampoline. Everyone had bets on which tiny one would hit the ground first. Luka got up from her chair and went over to her mama, leaning against the table, she watched mama flip the steaks.
"What's on your mind rodee`?"
"Who was Anne and why did she think you were dead?"
"Oh she was my evil sister," Mama looked up with twinkling blue eyes. "She killed off our mother and thought she had done the same to me, your daddy found me and brought me back to health. She used the power of the day walker to rule in the darkness."
"But you said she was old, she didn't look that way to me."
"Oh she was 12 years older than me, amazing what face lifts and hair dye does for ya."
Luka shook her head and chuckled. "What was that light that went through me and hovered over you and Memphis?"
"The power beb, the power of the queen." She laid a hand on Luka's arm and smiled. "The little bit of power I have in me is thousands of times stronger in you, through you and Memphis, you will carry on the day walker line and protect the innocent from evil."
"How will I do this…I don't know if I can."
"Luka, do what you've been doing all these years. You have a wife and family that will follow you through the fires of Hell. As long as you're here, no vampires will dare come to New Orleans."
"What about the rest of the world?"
"You start in your own backyard; in time they will all know that you are queen and run like Hell."
Luka became pensive for a moment and looked into her mama's eyes. "Mama, if you hadn't been there, she would have won…"
"I would have been there no matter how you tried to stop me, it was my job to stop her and yours to become queen. As soon as everything calms down, I'll teach you how to use your powers."
"You were supposed to be queen weren't you?"
Mama blushed and nodded her head. "That's one of the reasons I had to stop her, the other was for taking my mama away from me when I was sixteen. Enough of this for now go tell the others it's time to eat."
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Five months later, Memphis was dressed in her graduation gown and pacing the floor in the hallway. She had felt sick all morning and couldn't even think about food with out running to the bathroom. She knew that she would be nervous when the day finally came for her to get her doctorate but never thought that it would be this bad. She wiped the sweat from her brow, spun on her heel and ran to the bathroom again. Luka rolled her eyes and looked to every one with a shrug of her shoulders before going down the hall and to the bathroom. Opening the door, she stepped in and squatted behind her heaving wife. Rubbing her shoulders, she whispered.
"Another 20 minutes and it'll be all over."
"That's because I'll pass out from puking and miss graduation." She leaned back against her wife and moaned. "Can't you or mama do a spell or something to stop me from puking?"
"Sorry baby, there's nothing we can do. We have to get going or you will miss the party."
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The Rubidoux clan stood tall and proud watching Memphis accept her diploma from the dean. She shook his hand and used the rolled up paper to point at Luka. She winked and mouthed the words 'Love you.' before joining the rest of the graduates. With the final words spoken, the group threw their caps into the air and yelled. Memphis ran to her family and launched herself into her wife's arms.
"Well Dr. Rubidoux, feel better now?" Luka asked.
"Not really," Memphis placed a soft kiss to warm lips. "My stomach is doing back flips and I wanna go home." Mama wrapped an arm around the couple and nodded her head towards the truck.
"Let's get this bunch home so that a certain tiny tag team will stop looking up women's dresses." She smacked both Lia and Sprout on their heads and took Jasper's hand.
"It was Jasper's idea!" Sprout slugged him in his thigh and tried to hide the dental mirror taped to the toe of her shoe.
Lia nodded her head at mama. "Yeah he made us do it!"
Mama rolled her eyes and mumbled. "Damn kids are gonna give me grey hair."
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With the back yard lit up with flashing ultra violet lights, music pounding and Lia and Sprout dancing in the light from the huge spot light. Everyone watched their perverted little shadow show against the side of the house. Brumby shook her head at them and went for another beer.
"Sick little Sheila's, they need to be locked up or something." She didn't see CJ go over to join in the show when she turned her back. It was Jasper falling off his chair and mama blushing that had her spin on her heel to watch. "My wife is a huge pervert!" Memphis snuggled into Luka's body and nipped at her neck. "Are you a huge pervert beb?"
"Gigantic pervert, wanna see?" She carried Memphis into the house under the watchful eyes of a grinning mama. 20 minutes later, the house lit up, New Orleans suffered another brown out and screams of passion echoed on the night air.
"What in the Hell was that?" CJ asked as she ran towards mama.
"Just a little day walker magic being released, they really charged it this time." She looked around at the dim lights around them.
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Memphis groaned and fell into a chair at the kitchen table; she looked up at mama with tired bloodshot eyes and offered a lopsided grin.
"Still sick T-fang, you look awful." She ran a hand down a sweaty cheek and then looked deeply into tired green eyes.
"I thought my sick stomach would have gone away after all the excitement for graduation. Guess I must have caught a bug or something."
"Or something," Mama said and grinned. "It's test time beb." She handed her an EPT test and watched Memphis go pale.
"Mama, this is a pregnancy test, what do I need this for?"
"Humor me beb and take the test."
"If Luka sees this test…she'll think I cheated on her!"
"You two are joined at the hip, and she knows that you would never cheat on her, so go take the test."
"I'm not pregnant…I can't get pregnant…," She got up from the chair and mumbled all the way to the bathroom. "We don't have those parts…at least not real parts."
Mama chuckled at Memphis and went back to cooking breakfast for the horde that would be waking soon. "Parts is parts beb, it don't matter none." Luka stumbled into the kitchen, got a cup of coffee and gave her mama a funny look.
"Parts is parts, what are you telling yourself?"
"Ohh the chicken and the egg theory rodee`, ya know which came first and how did it get her to begin with."
"Uhh huh and how much did you drink last night?" She rubbed her face and gazed around the room. "Where's Memphis, I know she came down here."
"Ohh she's around here somewhere, most likely in the bathroom again."
"I'm worried about her and this nausea every morning, maybe we should get her to a doctor." By the time Memphis came back into the kitchen, everyone was eating breakfast and didn't notice the blush on her face. She sat on Luka's lap and whispered in her ear, Luka choked on her coffee and spit clear across the table hitting Sprout and Lia. "You're WHAT?"
She spoke in a low voice. "I'm pregnant." Luka shot a glare at Jasper that had him slid down in his chair. Mama placed a firm hold on Luka's shoulder.
"Hold on there rodee`, don't go blaming Jasper. He's impotent when it comes ta human females." She grinned at the stricken chaos demon. "You're the daddy beb."
"What? How can I…I don't…mama!" Luka looked around at all the dropped jaws around the table and groaned.
"The bright light Luka, that great big burst of white light you two cause ALL the time. The power of the queen…or king." A huge grin came across Luka's face; she hugged Memphis tighter to her and got up from the chair.
"Let's go try for another brown out Memphis." The couple left the kitchen and went up to their bedroom. Luka lowered Memphis to their bed and crawled up her body. Stopping at her stomach, she pushed up her T-shirt and placed a soft kiss there. Looking up with tear-filled eyes, she spoke softly. "Our baby."
Memphis ran her fingers through silky dark hair. "Are you mad Luka?"
"Nope, ecstatic, in awe, blessed and totally in love with you." She crawled the rest of the way up her wife's body and hovered over her. "What about you beb?"
"I want our own football team Luka." They came together in a kiss to rival all others; clothes hit the floor, hands roamed as they made their way to a familiar place of complete love and passion.
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Sprout and Lia waited and waited, and then the lights started to flicker for a second. Lia jumped from her chair, held up a solar panel above her head and nodded to Sprout. "Ready fang face?"
"Go to it little L." Sprout rolled a box with truck batteries in it out from under the table and connected a set of jumper cables. She looked up at the others and grinned. The bright light enveloped them and flashed out in a few seconds; Lia let out a whoop and danced around the kitchen when she saw the meter on the panel go to full. "That's a wrap!" Sprout rolled her batteries towards the basement and stopped when mama put a hand on her head.
"What are you two up to Marica?"
"Charging batteries mama, might as well harness the queen's power."
"Ya better get a lot more batteries with the way those two go at it." CJ, Brumby and Jasper snickered at what mama said and then covered their eyes when the room lit up again. "Hell contact the power company!"
The End
Day Walker
By Larisa