The Rebirth of Veronica (Phase One)

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He stalked through the hallways like a shadow, moving too quickly for anyone to keep a bead on him for long. There almost seemed to be a purpose in his movement as he made his way through the dark corridors of the ship, though it was impossible to tell where he was headed. Perhaps the young man whose body had been hijacked was exerting some kind of control, or perhaps Veronica was doing the driving.

Whatever the case, the Tyrant made his way to the City.

He emerged from the tunnels and into the wide open space, at last free of the cramped hallway. He took a few steps into the streets and sniffed the air, smelling human blood. He roared, a horrible and twisted noise, then headed into the streets.

She demanded they all bow to her. They were little more than prey for the Queen in the grand scale of things. These thoughts rang hollow in a primal mind, though, but he knew what he had to do.

They would all die.

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She continued to struggle, but only succeeded in possibly dislocating a shoulder and doing little to prevent the creature from rending across her skin over and over. As soon as one swipe had nearly healed, his claws raked across her flesh again.

Suddenly the attacks ceased, but Nanashi could move little. The bones had been broken in too many places, too many things inside her had been damaged. She managed to turn her head to look at Steve, wondering what exactly was going on. He must be fading in and out of control, at least partially. Otherwise why would he cease to attack her? She had been pinned. She still could not really move.

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Sam had been working on prepping the medbay for the incoming injuries, but a sensation of crisis washed over him. His adrenaline shot up, and he got an image of Nanashi fighting the monster in his mind. It was very clear, and it told him exactly where she was.

He darted out of the room as fast as he could, and skidded to a stop between Nanashi and the Tyrant. He didn't speak to it, he simply watched it carefully. Once he was satisfied that it was retreating, he turned back to her, and began to gather her up in his arms. "You'll be alright, Your Highness."

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She groaned as she was moved and began coughing, a bit of blood coming up instead of words.

It really was little surprise, what with how the beast had been crushing her chest. It was sheer luck that her spine was intact.

She then remembered through the pain that her mind was now open to his and asked, "Bless you, Sam. Please, tell me there is blood...Please"

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"Plenty," he replied vocally. "I'll have you there in no time." He offered her a small smile, glad that he could help piece her together. Her blood was far too important to him to let it be spilt. He took off as fast as he could.

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She clenched her teeth against the pain caused by getting moved. It was already past the point where her mind was allowing her to process the entirety of the pain, but that did not mean it didn't hurt immensely.

Her fingers grasped at the fabric of Sam's shirt, gripping on tight as he ran. Her thoughts were consumed with pain and blood. She wanted the pain to stop, and she wanted to feel hot blood run down her throat. It would let her heal faster. She snapped her teeth without really opening her mouth and then clenching her jaw every time her mouth closed.

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In no time he had her back at the medbay, and in a bed far in the back. He laid her down gently, then dashed away and back again with a few pints of warmed blood. "Here. You'll be fine, alright?" He gave her an encouraging smile.

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She grabs one of the bags, ignoring the pain that reaching out for it caused, and bit directly into the bag itself. She settled into the bed, draining the bag of it's blood so quickly that a bit of it rolled out of the corner of her mouth and down her chin.. She could feel the blood that did make it into her mouth running down her throat and into her core, and from there getting spread throughout her body, being changed so that it would hold the mystical properties of vampiric blood.

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He lingered at her side for a while, even as the sound of more wounded coming in began to echo toward him. He reached over and gently stroked her hair. "You let me know if you need any more, alright?" He leaned down and kissed her forehead gently. "I'll come check on you periodically."

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Nanashi bit off the top of another of the bags, letting the blood pour down her throat. A slight smile twitched at her lips in response to the kiss on her forehead. She was still far from being able to speak, and her mind was too filled with a desperate hunger and horrible pain to speak to him through the mind-link.

Instead she shared with him a feeling of gratitude, and an appreciative acknowledgement of the kiss on her forehead. She reluctantly gave him leave as well, though all of her thoughts were clouded by the thought in regard to the intense pain, 'make it stop'!

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He went to another bag of blood, and took it over to his dispensary. He took a moment to put some very strong painkiller into one of the bags through the top spout. He brought it back to her. "This should help with the pain," he told her, resting it at her side.

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She took it up greedily and bit into it as she had the last, which now laid beside her with a bit of blood left in the corner of the massacred bag. As the new bag drained and got down to the final drops she ripped it open more and began searching the corners with her tongue.

Finishing that bag she went back to the last and repeated the same process with a little less desperation. The painkillers by then had begun to set in, dulling the edges of the pain, making it less maddening. She picked up the last bag and began to drink that one more slowly.

Thank you.