Blood Will Tell

This came about mainly from wanting to rationalize vampire mythology with a plausible mechanism (background notes):

<title>Blood Will Tell</title> <author>Alan Batie</author>

<scene ext evening>CITY STREET</scene>

Alex picks up Ben

<scene int EVENING>ALEX'S BEDROOM</scene>

Alex is fucking Ben.

BEN

Ah! Ah! Ah! Oh no! Don't make me... Ahhhhhhhh!

Ben's warning is too late: they both cum together, and in first of the orgasmic convulsions, Ben pulls Alex down to him and bites Alex on the neck, holding him there clenched and biting through the duration of the orgasm. As the orgasmic convulsions wear off, Alex's take on the chaotic form of real convulsions, growing back in intensity. Keeping clenched, but releasing the bite (revealing a moderate amount of blood), Ben rolls over on top of Alex, holding him down until the convulsions subside. He collapses in place on Alex, sobbing.

BEN (Cont'd)

Not another one!

<scene int evening>ALEX'S BEDROOM</scene>

Ben is sitting in a chair, head down, next to Alex, who is still lying on the bed. Both are still naked and little appears to have changed beyond Ben's moving to the chair, and there is a KNIFE on the nightstand. Alex stirs.

ALEX

(groggy)

Owww, what happened?

Alex notices Ben sitting there as he becomes more lucid.

ALEX (CONT'D)

Man, did you really bite me? Gawd, what's that stench?

BEN

How do you feel?

ALEX

Like my body has been torn apart and put back together..

BEN

(muttering)

It has

ALEX

And it stinks like it too! What?

BEN

Look, trust me --- I'll make sure no harm comes to you. Go back to sleep and I'll explain everything when you've recovered more.

ALEX

OK, the fact that there is something to explain means that there's not a chance I'll be able to go back to sleep until I know what's going on. My whole body is aching, but somehow it feels better than ever despite that, so spill it. What the hell's going on here? You did bite me...

Alex feels his neck --- nothing.

ALEX (CONT'D)

Odd, I'd have sworn you practically ripped out my throat. I'd better not have a hicky though...

BEN

Look, I'm sorry, I didn't mean for it to happen. It's just that I didn't expect it --- no one's made me cum fucking me in...well, a very long time.

ALEX

What's that got to do with it?

BEN

All right, but first, so you'll believe it's real...

Ben picks up the knife on the nightstand and quickly cuts his arm, then holds up the cut so Alex can see it heal in seconds.

ALEX

Whoa...how'd you do that?

BEN

Please don't freak out now, most of what you've heard about us is wrong. I'm a vampire. And now so are you.

ALEX

Yeah, right, and I'm the queen of England.

Ben, with the knife still in his hand reaches over and slashes Alex's arm.

ALEX (CONT'D)

Ouch! What the...

Alex's arm heals about half as fast as Ben's did --- still very fast though.

ALEX (CONT'D)

Fuck me.

BEN

(smiling)

Not yet, you need to recover some more.

ALEX

Very funny.

(beat)

Shit. I liked the sun. And I can't very well go around killing people. How am I supposed to survive? How do you survive?

BEN

There is a network of farms that cater to our needs, but in a pinch, you can feed directly from animals.

ALEX

How do I keep from creating a herd of vampire animals?

BEN

You have to explicitly want to make a vampire, unless you're having sex, then it's unfortunately reflexive. You'll learn how to consciously control your fangs, which inject the virus. Obviously, it's not something done lightly, and I didn't mean to do it to you. Sorry about that...