Lexi sat on the edge of the bed where Simi lay next to Vanquish. With a care more delicate than even what she used on her glass work, Lexi traced her skillful fingers through Simi's soft hair. Occasionally pulling back a strand or two to reveal Simi's beautiful features, a single strand at a time. Lexi's eyes memorized the apealing angles and planes of Simi's face. Sister. The word brought a warm sensation welling up. Not quite as intense as the heat that inspired her when she was near Vanquish. It was a softer sensation but held nearly the same level of devotion. Lexi felt her beast turn and streach as it slunk to the front of her mind from the darkest shadows of her psyche. Fluffy recognized that Simi was her sister just as her beast had recognized Vanquish as her sire. It was, after all, all in the blood. Fluffy rolled it's mass against the back of Lexi's eyes. It's usually shaplessness had taken on a soft, cool velvety texture. Lexi with eyes half closed began to hum a wordless song that she may heard once long ago. She continued to stroke Simi's soft tresses. Her beast had it's full attention on Simi now and demanded that Lexi memorize every minute detail of her brood mate. Lexi increased the sensitivity of her touch and began memorizing the unique texture that was Simi's voluptous hair. Fluffy lined it's slitted eyes up behind Lexi's and watched, enjoying the simple touch. It didn't push forward to gain control. Lexi had learned long ago that if she could give her beast part of what it wanted they seldom had to fight for control. Still increasing the sensitivity of her touch, Lexi sovored the sensation of Simi's soft skin under the feather light caresses of the back of her hand. Lexi's beast began to make a sould that was part purring and part cooing. A small protion of that purr found it's way into Lexi's throat as she hummed the long forgotten tune. Fluffy recognized it's sister, and was torn between wanting to curl around her protectively and wanting to maim anyone who got too close. Protective Much Lexi let her touch return to normal in gently increased her eye sight. Fluffy predded it's forhead against the bridge of Lexi's nose from the inside. It was carefully memorizing every detail every inch of Simi. While Lexi let Fluffy carefully glide it's attention over Simi, Lexi observed Fluffy. Normally a massless and evershifting shadow in her mind it was only really defined by textures, eyes of evershifting color and sharp pointy teeth. Lexi took note of the eyes. Not the fact that today they were a breath taking golden, but of the slow red veins starting to work their way out from the pupil. It was getting closer to Lexi's bad day. Only on that night Fluffy would have red eyes. On that night, Fluffy would not be denied.
Fluffy turned it's eyes from the back of Lexi's to look instead at the core of her mind. Irridescent golden eyes, threaded with red and wide with anticipation as the lipless mouth opened up to reveal razor sharp teeth in an eager smile. The teeth parted and something soundless echoed out from within Lexi. Something that was calling to Simi. A single word promising, demanding and inviting. Soon. Fluffy knew it's day was comming and it wanted to invite it's sister along to join in Lexi's bloody dance. Lexi closed her eyes and took on that stillness that only a vampire can truely manage. She pulled back in the sensitivity of her sences. Fluffy was getting excited. Lexi accepted her bad days but she didn't want her new family anywhere near her when she had them. True she knew Vanquish had mostlikely watched her countless times, but not Simi. Not her new sister. Fluffy's texture changed from velvet to leather and scales. It was pulling back to slam into the back of her eyes when Lexi sharpened her sense of smell. Fluffy calmed has it and Lexi shared in the slowly fading scent of Simi. Lexi drank down her scent like lime juice after a shot of tequilla. She let it roll over her tongue and trickle down her throat. Eyes still closed Fluffy inhaled the scent with her and turned to retreat to the back of Lexi's mind. It's parting gift a searing image of curling up between Vanquish and Simi, her sire and her new sister, pulling both of their heads to her breasts and waiting for what had gone on vacation to return. The second image was purching on the headboard of the bed and maiming and slaughtering anyone who got close. Lexi slowly opened her eyes.
It wasn't that she had ignored Eden's request to help her with something, it was more the fact that Eden was asking her to leave Vanquish and Simi unattended by anthing except two demons. Lexi was first instinct was to tell Eden to fuck off and curl up in bed around her new family. Just as she was opening her mouth to tell them that an old memory came slamming to the front of her mind. "For the Love of Jesus, sis could you at least pretend to care about someone other than yourself." Peter, her perfect older brother's voice. She could still remember the disapointed look in his blue eyes that she shared with him and her mother. It was pleasent to have the memory from the shattered part of her mind come forth and not be crushed by guilt and mental anguish anymore. Lexi treasured the memories, even as they were scattered at best. Peter, her older brother, lean of figure with blond hair and blue eyes, he looked at her more oft then not with disapointment. Dress shirts and a silver cross that he proudly displayed. Hands on his beloved white leather bible. Another image of the bible slammed to the forfront. It slung across the floor, more pages than not ripped from the binding. Scratches in the immaculately enamaled floor that her mother had meticulouly maintained. A splash of crimson turning it from Holy Bible into Ho Bib. She also remembered a night, throught a drunken haze. He had found her in their mother's garden passed out. He had picked her up and put her in her bed. Lexi never forgot the words he never ment her to hear. "Damit Alex, do you know how frustrating it is to watch you fail at life over and over again." Peter's voice changed slowly back into the ever present rythem that it had taken in her derangement. Lexi paused to listen to the old chant. Deliver us from evil. Eve would deliver so much of humanity from evil. It wasn't that Lexi hadn't love life, she just had never been very good at it. Determined, Lexi vowed not to fail at her unlife. She reached up undid her solomon seal necklace and placed it around Simi's neck. If there was any fairness left in this world, Lexi would be able to protect her for at least that corner of danger. Gently Lexi placed a chased kiss on Simi's temple and Vanquish's forehead.
She straightened up and looked at Eden. "Ready when you are Chicka."
