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Daddy Dearest
A short Mina and the Count story
Rob Renzetti owns Mina and the Count
Part 1
Thomas's soft grey eyes glowed intensely in the dark. His throat burned with a taste for the blood of the innocent. The vampire opened his wings and they ballooned against the wind. He glided onto the roof of one house and returned to his 'human' form. His hair was messed up by the wind and Thomas took a moment to fix it. The man combed his silvery blonde hair back into its classic vampire v-part.
Putting away the comb, he peered into his victim's bedroom. He had followed the eighteen year old girl home as a bat without bothering to get any information on her. Her sleeping form caught his eye, the slow rhythmic thrum of her heart in time with her breath. The girl had soft almost white hair that was falling around her face. She had a white t-shirt on and one foot poking from beneath the blue bed sheets.
He smiled and dispersed into a cloud of mist and slid into the room through a crack between the wall and window. The smell of her blood was fresh and warm, singing to him. Thomas had to make this kill quick and quiet so he could take the body and bury it somewhere far away. One thing about this vampire- he never left his prey alive. In his focus on getting to Lucy Harper he never noticed the scent of another vampire in the house.
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Vlad was smiling, laughing and talking with Mina at the tea table. She had fixed real tea tonight and had some Oreos to dip in it. The count took a sip from his tiny cup and sniffed indignantly. He hated the taste of the stuff, but would do anything for Mina. He had fed before coming over and was glad to be able to ignore the thrum of Lucy's heart in the next room. He listened to it whenever silence hit, just to reassure himself. Mina was putting away her empty glasses and he was listening happily when it suddenly began pounding.
His ears perked. The organ was trying to hold onto the lifeblood in her veins. It was a familiar sound to him. The count stood up and shoved his chair back. There was another vampire in the next room feeding on his best friend's sister. Mina looked at him worriedly. "Is everything okay?"
"Oh, it's fine." He patted her hair. He had to hurry, in case this whoever was a fast drinker. He disappeared into a puff of smoke and went outside. Looking through the window he spotted the vampire in question. He was tall and thin, with silvery blonde hair and a clean shaven face. His face was hidden, pressed against Lucy's neck. He slipped inside again to stop and, if he had to, slay the vampire.
Thomas felt a short angry tap on his shoulder and looked up with a hiss. Was a human interrupting him? No- no this was another vampire. "This is my kill!" He looked up and hissed quietly. He hadn't known any other vampires were in this town and was just passing through anyway. He had to keep moving because of the killings, but he liked it like that.
"This is no one's kill." Vlad growled at the other man. This one had an accent almost identical to his own. "She is under my protection. I think you're finished here." He directed the other vampire towards the window.
Thomas was surprised, but he had run into others like this before. With just a little convincing and more often than not a good fight he got his meal. Turning, he poked Vlad angrily in the chest. "And vat jurisdiction do you have over this girl? Do you plan to turn her or something?"
Vlad was shocked. He had almost forgotten that other vampires could be so cold. "No! Just get out!"
Thomas smirked. This vampire was soft, it was obvious, and had something special for the girl… or some other member of her family? "Fine." He coughed. "I'll find another kill. But mind you, I'll be back." He laughed threateningly and changed into a cloud of mist, running out of the house and flying away.
Vlad went back to Mina's room and mulled over the man's threat. Was he planning to stick around? Lucy's heart beat went back to normal and she started to breathe deeply, calmly in the other room. She would be okay. "Who just left?" Mina asked, breaking his thoughts.
"No one ve should vorry about." He assured her. He hoped, anyway.
"Did he hurt Lucy?" She looked worried. The girl may have disliked her sister, but still cared. She knew the count wished he could bite her but never did, and now there was this new guy trying to.
"No, no he didn't." Vlad smiled. They resumed their tea party and Vlad finally went home as the sun was rising. He pondered over the visitor and told Igor to keep a watch on Lucy. The hunchback nodded- he didn't want anyone on Master's turf either.
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Thomas roosted in a hollow tree, remaining in his bat form for the night, and thought about the other vampire's defensiveness. 'I'll have to pay him a visit.' He thought, putting a claw to his lip. He had had enough of a fill from Lucy and decided not to do anymore feeding for the night. But oh, he hated to leave a job half-finished. "I'll be back." He assured the night.
He ruffled his fur in pleasure. This was going to be a fun town. Ever since becoming a vampire at the hands of his fiancé Thomas had lost his love and compassion for humanity, but not his sense of humor. When he was hardly a year old his father, Vlad Hide, had disappeared. He had started working early in life and never got a high school or college education, until he had become a vampire that is. He was twenty-five when turned and had been so terrified that he had run away from the woman he thought he loved and his mother, Sarah.
But that was all water under the bridge. Mommy dearest was dead now, along with his fiancé, his father, and any chance of a life he had ever had. The man was content with his position after seven hundred years and didn't need anyone. Life was good as it was. He noticed the sky outside the tree growing lighter and settled away from the deadly light, sleeping for the day.
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The next night Vlad did not visit Mina but hung around on her roof for the night. He was watching for this new vampire. Eventually the other vampire did show up, but he was wiping some blood from his lip. "I've come to talk peace." He smiled. "And don't vorry about your friend, I've fed."
"I can tell." Vlad frowned. "Vat do you vant with this family?" He sat up, relaxed but ready.
"I hate to leave a job unfinished." Thomas smiled and motioned to the window. "But I'd rather know vhy you are so stuck on them." His grey eyes got dark, glinting with curiosity.
The count was a little uncomfortable admitting his care for Mina, but if he didn't he'd have no reason to hold this threatening and rather cold vampire off. "I've formed a loving relationship vith the girl's younger sister." He admitted. "But that is none of your business. Leave."
"Vhy should I?" Thomas sat down and smiled, letting his fangs show. "You have no jurisdiction over me."
Vlad frowned again. He was right. "Maybe ve can strike a deal." The count nodded. "But that requires some trust."
Thomas backed off. He didn't like trusting people, especially other vampires. "Vat kind of trust?" This guy was too friendly. Well, if he had befriended a human he had to be awfully soft.
"I just vant your name and a promise that you von't kill Lucy if I let you feed on her." Vlad rubbed the back of his neck. He felt a bit dumb, but if this was what it took. "I am Vlad," He nodded. "You are?"
Thomas hesitated. "Thomas. Thomas Hide." He sat down. "And if it means that much to you, I von't kill the girl."
Vlad froze when he heard the name. He didn't even catch Thomas's promise. "Vat vas your name again?" His son, the one he had had to leave so young when he was turned into a vampire, had been named Thomas. With the last name Hide.
"Thomas Hide." The man raised an eyebrow. His father had been named Vlad as well. "Your last name vouldn't have happened to have been Hide, vould it?"
"Yes. Yes it vas." Vlad's lip quivered. "And your mother vas Sarah?"
"Mommy dearest, her name was Sarah." Thomas sighed. "And vat does this mean for us? Does that make you my father?"
"Yes!" Vlad couldn't help himself, he hugged his son. "You're my son! My son's alive!"
"Uh," Thomas stumbled back. He raised a hand uncomfortably and rubbed his father's back in what was supposed to be comfort. "Not totally alive. Neither of us are." The man smiled and started to hug Vlad back. "I have a father, and it only took me seven hundred years to find him."

Description
Daddy Dearest
A short Mina and the Count story
Rob Renzetti owns Mina and the Count
Part 1
Thomas's soft grey eyes glowed intensely in the dark. His throat burned with a taste for the blood of the innocent. The vampire opened his wings and they ballooned against the wind. He glided onto the roof of one house and returned to his 'human' form. His hair was messed up by the wind and Thomas took a moment to fix it. The man combed his silvery blonde hair back into its classic vampire v-part.
Putting away the comb, he peered into his victim's bedroom. He had followed the eighteen year old girl home as a bat without bothering to get any information on her. Her sleeping form caught his eye, the slow rhythmic thrum of her heart in time with her breath. The girl had soft almost white hair that was falling around her face. She had a white t-shirt on and one foot poking from beneath the blue bed sheets.
He smiled and dispersed into a cloud of mist and slid into the room through a crack between the wall and window. The smell of her blood was fresh and warm, singing to him. Thomas had to make this kill quick and quiet so he could take the body and bury it somewhere far away. One thing about this vampire- he never left his prey alive. In his focus on getting to Lucy Harper he never noticed the scent of another vampire in the house.
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Vlad was smiling, laughing and talking with Mina at the tea table. She had fixed real tea tonight and had some Oreos to dip in it. The count took a sip from his tiny cup and sniffed indignantly. He hated the taste of the stuff, but would do anything for Mina. He had fed before coming over and was glad to be able to ignore the thrum of Lucy's heart in the next room. He listened to it whenever silence hit, just to reassure himself. Mina was putting away her empty glasses and he was listening happily when it suddenly began pounding.
His ears perked. The organ was trying to hold onto the lifeblood in her veins. It was a familiar sound to him. The count stood up and shoved his chair back. There was another vampire in the next room feeding on his best friend's sister. Mina looked at him worriedly. "Is everything okay?"
"Oh, it's fine." He patted her hair. He had to hurry, in case this whoever was a fast drinker. He disappeared into a puff of smoke and went outside. Looking through the window he spotted the vampire in question. He was tall and thin, with silvery blonde hair and a clean shaven face. His face was hidden, pressed against Lucy's neck. He slipped inside again to stop and, if he had to, slay the vampire.
Thomas felt a short angry tap on his shoulder and looked up with a hiss. Was a human interrupting him? No- no this was another vampire. "This is my kill!" He looked up and hissed quietly. He hadn't known any other vampires were in this town and was just passing through anyway. He had to keep moving because of the killings, but he liked it like that.
"This is no one's kill." Vlad growled at the other man. This one had an accent almost identical to his own. "She is under my protection. I think you're finished here." He directed the other vampire towards the window.
Thomas was surprised, but he had run into others like this before. With just a little convincing and more often than not a good fight he got his meal. Turning, he poked Vlad angrily in the chest. "And vat jurisdiction do you have over this girl? Do you plan to turn her or something?"
Vlad was shocked. He had almost forgotten that other vampires could be so cold. "No! Just get out!"
Thomas smirked. This vampire was soft, it was obvious, and had something special for the girl… or some other member of her family? "Fine." He coughed. "I'll find another kill. But mind you, I'll be back." He laughed threateningly and changed into a cloud of mist, running out of the house and flying away.
Vlad went back to Mina's room and mulled over the man's threat. Was he planning to stick around? Lucy's heart beat went back to normal and she started to breathe deeply, calmly in the other room. She would be okay. "Who just left?" Mina asked, breaking his thoughts.
"No one ve should vorry about." He assured her. He hoped, anyway.
"Did he hurt Lucy?" She looked worried. The girl may have disliked her sister, but still cared. She knew the count wished he could bite her but never did, and now there was this new guy trying to.
"No, no he didn't." Vlad smiled. They resumed their tea party and Vlad finally went home as the sun was rising. He pondered over the visitor and told Igor to keep a watch on Lucy. The hunchback nodded- he didn't want anyone on Master's turf either.
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Thomas roosted in a hollow tree, remaining in his bat form for the night, and thought about the other vampire's defensiveness. 'I'll have to pay him a visit.' He thought, putting a claw to his lip. He had had enough of a fill from Lucy and decided not to do anymore feeding for the night. But oh, he hated to leave a job half-finished. "I'll be back." He assured the night.
He ruffled his fur in pleasure. This was going to be a fun town. Ever since becoming a vampire at the hands of his fiancé Thomas had lost his love and compassion for humanity, but not his sense of humor. When he was hardly a year old his father, Vlad Hide, had disappeared. He had started working early in life and never got a high school or college education, until he had become a vampire that is. He was twenty-five when turned and had been so terrified that he had run away from the woman he thought he loved and his mother, Sarah.
But that was all water under the bridge. Mommy dearest was dead now, along with his fiancé, his father, and any chance of a life he had ever had. The man was content with his position after seven hundred years and didn't need anyone. Life was good as it was. He noticed the sky outside the tree growing lighter and settled away from the deadly light, sleeping for the day.
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The next night Vlad did not visit Mina but hung around on her roof for the night. He was watching for this new vampire. Eventually the other vampire did show up, but he was wiping some blood from his lip. "I've come to talk peace." He smiled. "And don't vorry about your friend, I've fed."
"I can tell." Vlad frowned. "Vat do you vant with this family?" He sat up, relaxed but ready.
"I hate to leave a job unfinished." Thomas smiled and motioned to the window. "But I'd rather know vhy you are so stuck on them." His grey eyes got dark, glinting with curiosity.
The count was a little uncomfortable admitting his care for Mina, but if he didn't he'd have no reason to hold this threatening and rather cold vampire off. "I've formed a loving relationship vith the girl's younger sister." He admitted. "But that is none of your business. Leave."
"Vhy should I?" Thomas sat down and smiled, letting his fangs show. "You have no jurisdiction over me."
Vlad frowned again. He was right. "Maybe ve can strike a deal." The count nodded. "But that requires some trust."
Thomas backed off. He didn't like trusting people, especially other vampires. "Vat kind of trust?" This guy was too friendly. Well, if he had befriended a human he had to be awfully soft.
"I just vant your name and a promise that you von't kill Lucy if I let you feed on her." Vlad rubbed the back of his neck. He felt a bit dumb, but if this was what it took. "I am Vlad," He nodded. "You are?"
Thomas hesitated. "Thomas. Thomas Hide." He sat down. "And if it means that much to you, I von't kill the girl."
Vlad froze when he heard the name. He didn't even catch Thomas's promise. "Vat vas your name again?" His son, the one he had had to leave so young when he was turned into a vampire, had been named Thomas. With the last name Hide.
"Thomas Hide." The man raised an eyebrow. His father had been named Vlad as well. "Your last name vouldn't have happened to have been Hide, vould it?"
"Yes. Yes it vas." Vlad's lip quivered. "And your mother vas Sarah?"
"Mommy dearest, her name was Sarah." Thomas sighed. "And vat does this mean for us? Does that make you my father?"
"Yes!" Vlad couldn't help himself, he hugged his son. "You're my son! My son's alive!"
"Uh," Thomas stumbled back. He raised a hand uncomfortably and rubbed his father's back in what was supposed to be comfort. "Not totally alive. Neither of us are." The man smiled and started to hug Vlad back. "I have a father, and it only took me seven hundred years to find him."