Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 10:57:27 -0400
From: Randy Wade <randywadestory@gmail.com>
Subject: Pangaea Chapter 3

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Pangea
Between Two Worlds
Chapter 3

When they arrived home an hour later, Oak didn't bother to wait for Rolf to
open the door of the limo. He jumped out and stormed into the
house. Needless to say, it was automatically decided that the hunters would
stay on duty and would be augmented by more. Oak went into the study where
Aaron was sitting in a chair reading.

Aaron noticed the mood Oak was in and was thoughtful enough to keep his
peace. The mood of the angry titan was almost visible. If the tension
wasn't enough, the heavy footsteps would be a tell all.

Oak went to a bookshelf near the corner and pulled. It opened like a
door. He went through and was followed by the hunters. Two remained in the
main part of the house. Aaron stared, amazed. He had lived here for almost
60 years and never knew that the bookcase door existed.

Oak went down a long flight of steps into what was essentially a
subbasement. He wasn't surprised to see the updated equipment or the fact
it was spotless. He stood in the middle of what was a lounging
area. Scattered around the area he picked out a few antiques though the
rest was new comfortable furniture, along with a huge television and stereo
system.

To the left of the stairs was a kitchen and large dining area. From there
was a hallway. Which lead to sleeping areas and a large training area
complete with weight machines if he knew Rolf's attention to detail was
consistent.

"How many can be comfortable here Rolf?"

"Comfortably, about 18 your Highness. Uncomfortably double that or more if
needed."

"The "if needed" amount may be the case."

"Yes, your Highness." Rolf bowed slightly, knowing damn well why his lord
was in a foul mood. Oak hated the idea he sent those men and women to their
death. He also knew Oak secretly enjoyed snapping Gregory's neck. Those two
had some bad history.

They were eventually augmented by 30 more hunters. They set up the command
post With all the monitors for the security cameras both inside and outside
the house, They were manned by no less than two hunters at all times. Oak
chose four women to monitor them, not because of their sex but because
their minds were the most alert. By the time they were done it was close to
dusk. Oak signaled his team. It was time to head out for the next meeting,
welcome or not. It was going to happen. That much Okeanos would make sure
of.

Oak

We drove around Rittenhouse Square. I was always amused it was not a park
for the wealthy. I remember when it housed pigs that were to be readied for
slaughter. The smell was most disgusting.

We turned south onto 19th Street, and then south on Pine Street. We
traveled east until we got to the middle of the block between 8th and 7th
Streets and stopped in front of one of the old red brick mansions. The
three SUVs parked in front and behind us. Before I could get out Rolf was
at the door as the SUVs emptied out.  As we stepped towards the entry I was
surrounded. Before we even reached the door, it opened by a big dumb
looking vampire goon. "What do want?"

I stepped forward "Move out of the way. I am here to talk to Deity
Hampton."

"Not without an appointment you don't little human." He snarled showing his
fangs.

Without blinking I grabbed him and pushed him into the house. He snarled
and struggled as few more vampire goons came into the foyer. I smiled and
snapped the vampire's neck. "Alright who wants to be next?"

When no one answered I said; "Now why don't you tell Hampton that Okeanos
is here. If he doesn't present himself right away, I will have him
removed."

"I will tell his lordship that a human requested his presence though I
doubt he will respond well," Replied a younger Vampire.

"Request?" I hated doing this, but I felt it was needed to be shown with
whom they are dealing. I quickly ran into the group of them and started
pounding, breaking arms, legs and a few necks. When I stopped, I looked at
the young female and smiled.

"I am not human or sub species like a lowly vampire. I am a creator, I am
Okeanos. You will tell that pompous jerk to get his ass here in 3 minutes
or I start killing these goons instead of maiming them." I smiled as gently
as could as I broke another neck. I smiled to myself, I didn't mind hurting
vampires they healed after a few days.

I stepped into the parlor and sat down. My hunters looked at me with a look
of awe. I raised my eyebrow as if to say what? A few looked down at their
feet and some nodded their approval. I smiled and checked my watch. Just as
it was about to reach the 3-minute mark I heard someone running down the
steps.

I had to smile when I saw Hampton. He was about 16 in physical years but
several hundred years old. He was the break in the laws about making
Vampires so young. "Your highness, I was not informed of your arrival. I
was dealing with some nasty business with an unauthorized break-in at the
firm."

"Yes, I know, I was there requesting to see the records, but I was refused
access."

"Oh, your Grace if I had been informed ahead of time, I would have gladly
permitted you to see the records you wished to examine.

"Stop the bullshit Dilbert. Since when do you permit me to see anything?
You, like your superiors are in your positions at my will."

"I didn't mean that the way it sounded your Grace."

"Either way it was said. This house is in my name, the firm is in my
name. You are nothing more than an employee. I want to see the records
now."

"I would like nothing more than to give them to you your Highness, but they
were destroyed in that nasty fire." Dilbert Hampton would be sweating, if
vampires could sweat.

"Do you really take me for a fool? I am older than anything living in all
worlds. I know bullshit when I hear it. You would not have destroyed
records if you didn't have backup files."

He looked down at the floor. Trying to hide his embarrassment, or perhaps
to try and think another up another lie. I probed his mind. He looked up at
me with fear in his eyes. This is basically rape to a vampire, but I don't
care.

I smiled to myself. He is trying to buy himself some time. "Basement and
block the back entrance. Allow no one to leave." I ordered the
hunters. They passed on the information and within a few seconds a swarm of
hunters were in the house.

"Secure him." I said to Commander Kardin as he followed the hunters into
the room. "If anyone resists, kill them." I yelled to the hunters.

I smiled when I saw three dead Vampires. The rest were standing with there
with hands up. Not one was far past weening. They all had that fresh,
wide-eyed look about them, the look that a soldier gets during his first
battle.

We searched the basement. I could smell rotting flesh strongly from behind
a door. I opened the door and saw rotting human corpses. Among them were
living humans. The most I could get from their minds were insane
thoughts. They were not much more than animals now. I shook my head and
waved the hunters with me to deal with it.

"Make sure this is cleaned out." I said as I turned away in disgust. I
remembered why I protect humanity.

After a little over an hour the house was sealed. All the vampire goons
were corralled into the ballroom. I walked into the room and looked at the
assortment of three dozen or so men and woman in there. I didn't recognize
one face with exception of Hampton. The next oldest was about 20 years into
the darkness. I could smell the offspring of every vampire. And they all
reeked of one main sire. Hampton.

"Dilbert come here." I growled. I was having a hard time not to laugh at
him trying to act dignified.  I felt an attempt to probe my mind. I sent
out a backfire probe and watched a vampire fall to her knees. I put
pressure on her until I saw blood coming from her nose. I looked at two
hunters near me. They quickly pulled her to stand in front of me.

"You're either very stupid or ignorant of who I am." I said very calmly to
her. She just smirked.

I looked her up and down. She had black hair with purple tips. Black
lipstick and overdone eye make-up. She was dressed in black tights and a
tartan skirt, black tee shirt and a leather jacket. She looked like some
version of a vampire monster movie gone bad.

"I take it you're just a fool who doesn't know who or what she is dealing
with."

"I know who you are. A creepy hunter that thinks he will live to see the
end of the week." She smirked.

"Lock her up somewhere until I am in a better mood. If I deal with her now,
her head will be in the grinder and her body in the sun." I said to the
hunters' holding her.

"She tries to escape cut off her head." I added smiling down at her.

I searched the room and smiled. "This house is closed, which means you are
evicted as of now."

"Wait one minute you can't throw us out. I don't care who you say you
are. I am not leaving. You are nothing!" yelled out the older vampire.

"Bring me his heart." I said not blinking an eye. Four hunters moved
quickly. The vampire put up a good fight but wasn't any match for Pangian
Hunters. Within two minutes they were presenting his heart to me.

I looked at Hampton for the first time since this little demonstration of
defiance began. "Give it to Dilbert. I believe he belonged to him."

I walked over to the vampire who's heart I had removed. "You have a
choice. Agree fidelity to me."

"And if I don't." he gasped through the pain.

"Then you have two choices. You either die from starvation or you see the
dawn."

"If I take fidelity to you, what happens to my children?"

"Do you have their fidelity?"

"Yes."

"They will be spared."

"Give me his heart."

The hunters retrieved his heart and brought it to me. I took a knife from
one of them and sliced my hand. The hand healed instantly, but not before a
drop of blood appeared. I wiped the drop on the heart.  "Place it back in
his chest." They complied and the heart almost instantly reconnected. The
outter wound would take a few days to heal. He would live.

"What is your name?"  "David, Sire." He looked at me a bit surprised.

"Order your children to obey my orders."

He turned and looked around at the faces.  "You will obey his Highness's
orders as if they are mine."

"I wish to choose fidelity." Said another vampire. I looked at him he was
young about three years into the darkness. I could smell who were his
children. Too many for someone so young to control.  I looked at Hampton
and made sure to have my look saying I meant business. "You take your herd
and go to New York and deliver a message for me."

"Y-y-yes, Sire." He stuttered.

I stepped forward and grabbed his arm and pulled it until it was in my
hand. "This is the message." I said handing him his arm.

"They will submit, and the so-called elders will no longer hold any
authority. I will decide who does, and how they will rule. What will be the
Vampire laws, and how the violations will be dealt with."

"Your Highness they will kill me if I deliver such a message."

"That will be their mistake. I have allowed this to go on for too long. It
was an error in judgement disbanding the royal houses. It is time to go
back to the old ways."

"What if they don't listen?"

"If they don't do it willingly, Pangian armies will make sure they do."
"You will call for another great war my lord?"

"No, they will call for it if they disobey. Now go, all of you! I don't
want to see any of you in this deity by two day's dawn. If I do, I will put
you to the sun."

I watched as they quickly scrambled out of the house and into the night. I
put the images of them burning in the sunlight into all their minds.

Looking at my watch the time was just short of midnight. "David, secure
this house. Let no one except Pangian hunters in this house."

"Yes, Sire." He bowed without hesitation. The fidelity of my blood has
taken full effect.

An hour later we were back at my home or rather Aaron's. it was now just
after 1 am and I found a confused and scared Nicky all but hiding in the
basement recreation room. "Come with me Nicky." I said.

I tried to smile, but I am sure it looked more sinister than friendly. If I
had the choice I would wait until this mess was over with. Unfortunately, I
don't think Nicky had much time. He was looking thinner and ever paler than
last night. He was wasting away, and his body was beginning to feed on
itself. This meant I had better start the siring now. I made my way up the
flight of stairs from the basement, knowing Nicky was behind me a few
steps.

Once we emerged from the basement stairwell I stopped and waited for the
vampire child. "Do you know which room mine is?' I asked. He nodded yes. He
was apparently too scared to speak. The hunters in the house were
intimating to vampires, but more so to a child vampire.

"Good, go up there and wait for me." He nodded, gave a timid smile, and
left to make his way towards the servant stairs and disappeared from sight,
but not sound.

I went to the study and found Aaron sleeping in the same chair he was
sitting in earlier. I smiled briefly before I went through the bookcase
door to the subbasement. I looked around at the dozen plus hunters. I
listened to the reports and gave them orders to watch for any stragglers
from the other house.

I pulled Commander Kardin aside to talk in private. Once we were in a
private windowless office, I motioned to him sit down. I sat across from
him and smiled. It had been a while since I had seen this old hunter. He
looked to be about 50 years of age, his onetime dark hair was now greyer,

"How have you been my friend?" I asked.

"Enjoying getting to play diplomat." He said sarcastically.

"Well that has ended. Diplomacy is not going to work with the Elders."

"Yes Sire. We both knew this would come when he left me here."

"That's a fair assessment."

After a moment of silence. I knew I had to ask what I really wanted to
know. "How is he?"

"Galen is growing strong." Kardin replied.

With a sigh, Kardin went on with the details he knew Okeanos wanted. "Galen
is smart, quick to learn, excels in most things, and seems to have an
excellent intuition about people and other beings. He also seems to have a
bit of a temper. In short Sire, he is his father's son."

I nodded my thanks and we left the office. I checked with the intel's and
read what more information they came up with from the records. I paid
little attention as I watched the young man who was sitting at the computer
with earphones on. He had grown from the last time I had seen him, but then
he was an infant. He turned slightly, and I smiled. He had his mothers'
eyes, but everything else was his fathers.

I made my way up to my master bedroom in the rear of the house and found a
timid and scared Nicky standing in the middle of the room. I couldn't help
but chuckle to myself at the sight. Here was a well-trained big marine. A
regular killing machine under normal circumstances. To humans he could be
dangerous. Now he was nothing but a child or born-again child.

"Nicky are you scared of me?" He looked down at his feet and nodded.

"Why Nicky? Have I done something to make you think I will hurt you?"

"I heard what you did to the vampire and how you just popped his head off."

"Oh, I see, well that was totally different circumstances. I didn't bring
you up here to hurt you. Just the opposite."

He looked up for the first time and looked into my eyes. I could see his
face relax and his body release its tension. He gave a slight smile "How?'

"By siring you." I said as I started to undress.

"You can do that?" he asked, and I nodded my affirmation. His smile was
wide. I couldn't help but give him a genuine smile.

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