Kael Cor: A Vampire's Awakening Chapter 237 Waaaaaah! Waaaaaaaah!

Relying mostly on Soren's superior speed and my minor teleportation, I was able to cut short the time that I used in returning to the hub. I was moving so fast that even I felt disoriented. Contrary to what the movies tell you, if your body is moving fast and your kind is unable to keep up with it, time doesn't stop or move in slow motion, you just get a really bad headache and start bleeding from your ears, eyes and nose.
I was breaking sound barriers like it's was a normal routine for me, and absolutely had no sense of direction. I was mainly relying on my instincts and Soren to get me where I was supposed to be. I passed by the tunnel that led to the den, and completely ignored the feeling of my dragon calling to me.
Sure I've been putting off our meeting for quite a while, but today was important. I just needed to be back home. Soren had to slow down when we got to the end of the tunnel, I noticed that the elders of the remaining two bloodline covens, were now leading their soldiers towards the sealing array.
Normally I would have stopped, and maybe deliver a well deserved beat down, but today seems to be their lucky day. I'll deal with them, soon enough. The entrance of the pit loomed in front of me, and Soren drove past the rubble that was once the guard's tower. Seeing that tower in shambles gave me a sort of happy feeling, like for some reason the pit on it's own, was a lot safer than before. Safe enough for my children.
In no time at all we were back in the blue district, but being back made my beating heart pound all the more louder as fear suffused my chest. I felt like I was chocking, and I couldn't breathe. And that feeling got stronger the closer to home I got.
All of a sudden we came to a jarring stop as the colossal form of Nasir loomed over me. The world tree swayed a bit as he acknowledge my arrival. His body twisted and flexed as his face showed up on it, and then he spoke.
"A hearty welcome to you master Kael. Your arrival is very much important and came at quite the opportune moment. The young master and young mistress seem reluctant to come into the world without their father close by, please crept my congratulations in advance. The future has come to Ethernalia Leonis."
Seriously what's with all this talk? Can't you see I'm freaking out here! Damn you tree!
Shaking my head and giving him a smile that was so painful for me to form due to how frustrated and annoyed I felt. And then I drove into the city, ignoring the brightly lit lights, and crowd of people that all seemed to be staring towards the palace in anticipation and worry. As soon as they all saw me, they gave way, letting me through as I hurried to the gates of the palace, and eventually to it's door steps.
"ARRGGGHHHHH! FUCK!"
Why was she so loud? Was it that painful. Honestly I'm seriously terrified, and even though the hundreds of vampires waiting before the palace made way for me to get through, my feet seems to be solidly stuck on the ground.

To be honest I had no idea what I was afraid of. Asha was a vampire, so childbirth would only be painful for her and not fatal. My children would be Dhamphirs, half vampires and half humans. They'll survive it too, just that they'll give their mom a little problem coming out.
So what was I afraid of exactly. I think I knew what, but I just wasn't ready to admit to myself. As far as fathers go, I've not had the best luck. My earth father had his heart broken by my cheating mother and was abusive. Yet in a twisted sense he wanted to make amends for hurting me, so he trained me to be able to fight back. And one day, I fought back a little to hard and brought his painful existence to an end.
It was weird, but I hated him, just as much as I loved him. And that was a lot. But I resented almost all of my 28 years living on earth. I hated that he was not strong enough to go above the pain and live for me, to understand that he didn't have only my mother to love, but also me, his son. But that chapter of my life was closed with a whole lot of regrets.
And then I was born on Shearath. I never knew my mother, apparently she was an elf hostage that my father took advantage of. She didn't hesitate or even look back the moment she got her freedom, and she left. I didn't see her until the day I was turned into a vampire, as the warden of the transport prison which brought me here to the pit.
But beyond that my father on Shearath was far from being described as loving or caring. He was strict, and related to me with different degrees of expectations, growing up like that was really difficult. And it wasn't until I was seven, when the memories of my life on earth came rushing back, that I was able to live above such a painful life. Unfortunately he died three months after, leaving me alone, just like my first father did.
And because of all those experiences I was afraid, I was scared that I would be just like them. That I would abandon my children when they need me the most. I was afraid that I wouldn't be good enough, that whatever love I feel for them, wouldn't be enough to offset the lives worth of darkness and daddy issues I have tightly entwined with my soul. I'm going to fail, and it scared me.
[Listen here! Kael, I don't care if you're afraid or not, or if you want to go hide behind your mommy's skirt! But if you don't get your ass down here, I'm going.to.cut.it.off! Argggggggh!]
Safe to say my legs moved on their own. One of the disadvantages of being bonded to someone lies in the fact that once your emotional distress are strong enough, heck even if it's not. The person you're bonded to would feel it, and let's not forget the telepathy. All this leads up to the very startling fact that Asha knows I was being cowardly at the moment.
And forgive me for saying this, but currently, I was more afraid of an Asha in labor rather than fatherhood as a whole. I had this feeling that as she was right now, she could cause even more damage than normal.
I made into the palace, and made my way towards the eastern tower. the palace had four towers placed on the four cardinal directions, with each tower having a specific purpose. The eastern tower was an infirmary or a highly sophisticated hospital thanks Malek and his inventions. I knew Asha was there, plus our bond was like a beacon of a GPS tracker, I could find her anywhere she goes.
I was moving fast, but it seems as if the corridors got longer and stairs increased. I was tempted to just pull my sword out and completely decimate the parts of the palace standing between me and Asha. And then suddenly I found myself in front of a door, with people I recognized standing there. I blinked in surprise, because I couldn't imagine how I could've just suddenly appeared here like that.
[Don't worry master! You can thank me later, now go, go!]
Nefisat's avatar showed up right beside me as she pointed at the door in front of me. I gave her a quick bow and burst into the room, my heart still very much stuck in my throat. However as soon as I came in, I heard...….
"Waaaaah! Waaaaaah!"
Two sets of very young, yet powerful lungs let out sails as the announced their arrival to the world. The sky seemed to rumble as lightening, thunder, wind, rain, and snow suddenly showed up outside the window. This was freakishly weird, we're underground, so it should not be possible for there to be any sort of weather change. But it was there alright.
And then I saw them, held tightly within Xaseah and Asha's arms, swaddled in pink and blue blankets. A boy and a girl, my children, my kids. I'm a dad, Fuck! This feels weird, was I crying? I'm definitely not crying right?
"You're late!" Asha said to me with her eyebrows narrowed.
I gave her a smile, took a step forward, and then fell face down to the ground the whole world rapidly turning black as the sweet release of unconsciousness grabbed me. Shit! Now there would be a story to tell twenty of fifteen years in the future. I'm sure neither Asha nor Xaseah would shy away from telling our children that the day they were born, their father fainted.

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