Chapter 7

I sat in the corner of a padded cell, my clothes drenched in blood, with the events of the last 2 hours still plaguing my vision. It had started as it always did with a nightmare. I vaguely remember screaming and running through a forest and was shaken awake by one of the doctors. There was a shrieking sound and I realized it was coming from me.
The doctor wrote down my readings coming off the beeping machines beside me as I lay drenched in sweat and I was scared about what was going to happen. Whenever I woke Master up he would whip and beat me until I lay crying in a pool of blood. That's when Chase walked into my room with a white and blue hospital gown.
He stripped me completely down out of the tank top and shorts Master had forced me in before we left and slipped it over me not caring about what I looked like or even being gentle. There was a red mark on my arm where he'd gripped me to keep me still. Like I was going to run away.
He clipped my leash on and half dragged me out the room and down to the second floor. I could hear screams coming from the different rooms and I was shaking inside. Goosebumps were on my arms and I saw one pet sitting on the floor hugging their knees. They looked scared and almost crazy and gave a blood curdling scream when a doctor approached her and dragged her into the room beside them.
Chase dragged me into a room towards the end of the corridor and inside was a large operation table and a bunch of doctors surrounded me. The table had restraints on it and I started to kick and scream as they flattened me onto the table tying down my forehead, arms, wrists, legs, ankles and finally putting one over my stomach. One if the doctors gagged me and then walked over to a small table on wheels.
I tried to see what was on the table but I couldn't lift my head due to the restraints. I felt tears run down my face as the doctors spoke in a different language. Chase then came over to me with a small bottle of gel placing some on either side of my head and I couldn't stop the sobbing. They were going to electrocute me.
When they walked towards me with two hand held electroshock instruments I screamed and fought against the restraints. But it was no use as they put them on the side of my head I felt the shock go through me. The pain was unbearable and this time when I struggled I felt a great surge in power and managed to get my arms free.
The doctors looked on in shock but by then it was too late as I had already thrown them across the room and ripped the rest of the restraints off. I charged for the closest doctor and it happened to be Chase. I leapt at him and tackled him to the ground before he or any of the other vampires had managed to move.
But it felt as if I was watching myself do this rather than doing it myself. By the time they had restrained me and my power had run down to the point where I was exhausted, I was covered in Chase's blood. I had broken his nose and dislocated his jaw. My hand throbbed from punching him and the doctors injected something into my neck. I lost consciousness and when I came to I was chained in this cell.
Sitting here now I have no idea what had happened. How could I have managed to do that to a vampire? I'm just a weak human who is tormented everyday by the horrors I've seen from the pets around me at the breeding grounds and at the pet store. From watching my best friend get completely drained of blood to watching someone beat their pet to a pulp.
Yet I was able to fight back one of them and actually hurt them and cause them to bleed. I put my head in my hands and rocked myself as I tried to remember exactly what happened. After the shock it was like I had blacked out and someone or something else had taken over my body. Like I wasn't in control of my body and I couldn't stop it from happening. But I felt powerful, strong, alive. It was like I had woken up from a dream and had become what I needed to be only to fall back to sleep again.
*That's because you weren't in control. I was.* A voice answered in my head yet it was so clear they could have been sitting next to me.
"Who said that?"
*I said that.* The voice replied.
Before I could ask who the voice was the door to the cell opened and a female nurse walked in holding a tray with some food and water on it. She didn't say anything but I asked her the question that was on my mind. That I wanted an answer to. An answer only the doctors could give me.
"What am I?" I asked her and made her stop in her tracks as she was about to leave the room.
"I don't know but whatever you are we will find out and when we do we are going to stop it. Things like you don't deserve to exist." She spat not even turning to face me.
"What and vampires do?" I retorted and instantly regretted it as she turned towards me and flashed her fangs.
"Yes we do because we are the dominant species. We hunt and kill off the weak. We are strong. But you, your an abomination to this planet you don't deserve to be here. Much less have our resources." She snared and eyed the tray she had given me before storming out the room.
I looked at the tray and I didn't touch it. I wasn't hungry and I didn't trust any of these doctors to have not drugged it.
*They probably have you know. You never can trust a vampire.*
"Who are you and why are you in my head?"
*I am a part of you. I've always been here you just haven't noticed me.*
"So why haven't you spoken to me before then?"
*I had no reason to. Besides I was dormant. I may have been here but I never had the power to get out or do as I liked. I tried to communicate to you through your dreams.*
I thought about it and I remembered that before I had been taken to the pet shop I used to have dreams about a dark figure I couldn't see clearly but his mouth was always moving but no voice cane out.
"It was you. You were the man in my dreams. Who are you?"
*I don't have a physical form but I suppose you could call me Dalton.*
"Ok then Dalton. How come your here now?"
*I guess its due to the electroshock therapy. The shock caused you to shut down and your fear awoke me. So I gave you the strength you needed to break out the restraints only your mental self had passed out and wasn't strong enough so I took over.*
"So you were the one who beat up Chase and the others? How come you haven't helped before?"
*You never needed me before. Yes you were scared and in pain but you didn't need me to protect you. Now that I'm awake and able to talk to you I promise you that I'll always be here to help you.*
"Thank you Dalton. For helping me back there and saving me."
I know it was weird but having Dalton to talk to made me feel better about being here fir the next few days until I go back to Master. I suddenly felt over come by exhaustion and my eye lids felt really heavy.
*Sleep Mia I will keep watch over you.*
"But what if I have a nightmare and the doctors come back."
*You won't I promise. Remember I can influence your dreams the only reason why I haven't done it before is because I needed you to have those dreams in order for me to be free to help you.*
"Ok Dalton I trust you."
I lay down against the padding of the cell and drifted to sleep the last thing I registered was Dalton whispering good night before sleep over took.