Ashley watched the flames engulf the three slave vampires and had to look away. The sounds of the crowd weren’t loud enough to drown out the screams of the three burning to death for the pleasure of the spectators. It really was like Rome in a way, in a sick pathetic way.“How can people do this to each other?” Ashley asked. She didn’t expect an answer.“It’s one of the few ways to kill a vampire,” Cara replied. “You can’t hang them, shooting won’t work unless you tear them apart and I don’t think guillotines are easy to come by.”“I know, but couldn’t they knock them out first? Or gag them and put a bag over their heads so they couldn’t scream so loud?”“What fun would that be? The vampires terrorize the town, and this is the only way the people have to feel better about the situation. Seeing and hearing them die gives them a sense of revenge.”Bohdan spoke up, “I wonder if they gave them a trial?”“They’re slaves and vampires, I don’t think they would have any rights,” Ashely replie
Cara slipped off her dress and stood naked in full view of the deputy. Only Bohdan could see what was going on from the cells, his cell was against an adjacent wall. Rancid and Isaac were on the same side as Cara and Ashley. The deputy signaled for Cara to assume the position and she did backing up to the bars and pressing her smooth round buttocks between them.“Bend over bitch, and grab your ankles, this is going to be fun,” the deputy said. Cara looked over to Bohdan who was watching, sitting on his bench.“Do what he says,” Bohdan said.Cara bent over and grabbed her ankles waiting for the deputy to penetrate. Feeling him grab her hips, she tensed up as he entered her from behind. She was dry, but he didn’t care. He was inside quick and thrusted in and out as fast as he could manage. He was done in less than a minute and pulled out leaving Cara bent over. He slapped her butt and pushed her forward trying to tip her off balance as he laughed at what he had done.“How’d you like tha
Ashley spoke up, “Now what are we going to do? That sick fuck is going to come back with something to kill us all!”Bohdan replied, “No he won’t, his boss wants us alive in the morning. There’s a reason he didn’t use the acid. He couldn’t explain that to the sheriff, it was an idle threat and Rancid called him on it. If he wants to hurt us, he has to do it in a way that doesn’t leave any marks. Of if he does hurt us, he needs a damn good reason, and he’d have to kill us all or be found out later.”Isaac spoke up, “He’s gone, and maybe we should be finding a way to get out of here.”“The walls are brick, the bars are steel, I don’t know any way of getting out without the keys,” Bohdan replied. “We may have more strength than normal humans, but we’re not strong enough to bend steel.”“Then we need the keys,” Isaac said.“Yes, and he has them,” Bohdan said. “Maybe you can offer him a blow job and take them when he isn’t looking.”“That isn’t funny,” Isaac said.“I was talking to Rancid,
As quickly as Rancid had found fresh air to breathe, the door to the jail opened and the sheriff stepped inside holding a shotgun head high. Without hesitation the lawman stepped up to Rancid, pointed the barrel at his face and shot his head off splashing Isaac with brains, bone and blood. Rancid’s dead body fell to the floor in a heap l ying next to the fuming deputy. “Back in the cell,” the sheriff said to Isaac, and Isaac complied.The sheriff fished out his keys and locked the cell door trapping Isaac back inside. “What a fucking mess,” the sheriff said. He set his shotgun on his desk and shook his head in disgust. “What’s that smell?” the sheriff asked.“Acid,” Bohdan replied. “Your deputy was going to use it on us.” “Bastard, I knew that fucker was no good.”“He’s dead now,” Bohdan said.“No, no he’s not,” the sheriff said. “He’s moving around.”“You might want to finish him off, he’ll turn into a vampire soon if you don’t” “I can’t legally kill him, it’s not a crime to be a vam
“What’s going on?” Ashley asked. She couldn’t see what was going on in the cell next to her.“Jim’s trying to stand up,” the sheriff replied. “And he’s not doing a very good job.”Bohdan could see what was going on from his cell and watched the mutilated half vampire try to stand. The deputy grabbed the bars and pulled himself up to a standing position. He was obviously in pain from the acid burns and his face was disfigured. One eye melted shut and his jaw hanged showing off his newly forming fangs. In an attempt to speak, the new vampire said, “Help me!”The sheriff stood back as the deputy spit blood as it spoke. The sound it made wasn’t clear, as if it had been chewing on its tongue. “What do you want me to do Jim?” the sheriff asked.“Get the doctor!” Jim said. Blood and spit drooled from his mouth onto the floor. “I don’t think the doctor is going to help much Jim, you’re too far gone.”“I hurt! Stop the pain!”“I can’t, I don’t know how.”Jim stumbled back and let go of the bar
Bohdan stood in the bright afternoon sun as the sheriff attached the chain to the train depot roof support. The other end of the chain was attached to an iron brace that was locked around Bohdan’s neck keeping him from running off. The judge had arrived and his train now sat on the tracks refueling and taking on more water for the steam engine. The whole trial would take place outside in the shade of the depot in three hours before the judge had to leave for his next case three hundred miles away in Garden City.The judge brought along security, a bailiff, a court reporter, a prosecutor and nothing else. Everything else for the trial had to be provided by the local jurisdiction, including a defense attorney, which Seneca didn’t have.The sheriff set up a makeshift courtroom with a raised platform and bench for the judge and two tables for the prosecution and defense. The rest of the area was patchy grass covered dirt and a group of spectators who came out for the show. With the depot
Three hours later the trial was wrapping up. The judge had to move on to his next case and needed to rule before he and the train left. The witnesses were heard, and the prosecution rested its case. By now, the sun had fallen in the west and it no longer burned Bohdan as he awaited his fate. The judge was now in the train depot going over his notes and making his call based on the evidence presented.Cara and Ashley sat on the depot steps anxiously biding their time awaiting the verdict. Cara would be lost without Bohdan and didn’t know what she’d do if he were taken away. Ashley could fend for herself, but had no ties to this place or time. “What are you going to do if they convict him?” Ashley asked.“I don’t know, I’ll see what happens first.” “Do you think the judge will find him guilty?”“Based on what was said, yes, I think he’s going to lose.”“I think you’re right, we might be stuck out here all by ourselves. I wonder if there’s a way to get back.”“I’m not going back, if I ca
“I don’t have time for your theatrics madam,” the judge said. “I’ve ruled on the case.” “I’m a vampire too! You have to put me in the zoo with Bohdan!”“You’re a vampire?” the judge asked. “Is this some sort of joke? Prove to me you’re a vampire and I might listen to you.”Cara turned and looked into Bohdan’s eyes. She whispered, “Turn me now.” Bohdan looked back at her with a confused look. “What?” he asked.“Turn me now so I can go with you. I can’t be without you.”Bohdan shook his head and grabbed Cara’s wrist. He brought it up to his mouth and bit into the skin taking a sip of blood. Just enough to start the process. He had nothing to lose, he was going back to prison for the rest of his unnatural life.Cara turned back to the judge and held up her hand. “Look, there’s your proof! I am a vampire!”“Maybe so, but you weren’t when and if you killed the mother. If you were human at that point, you would be subject to a different set of laws. You’d be either hanged, or sent to Leaven