C4 New Relationships

ELENA shook her head instantly and rubbed her eyes when one of the students raised their hand and asked a question.

“Yes, Elizabeth!”

“Mr. Jacob, what powers did Thor possess?”

“That’s a very good question, Elizabeth!” he said excitedly, and moving slightly in her direction he explained,

“Thor was the god of thunder. He could control both lightning and thunder with the use of his hammer. In addition to that, he could make it rain anytime!”

The other students’ eyes popped in admiration and they all gasped in awe at that impressive piece of information. Then another student raised his hand and asked,

“But Mr. Jacob, I have heard that the Norse gods weren’t actually immortal, yet they could live for nearly a thousand years, how does that work?”

“Ah! That’s another brilliant query you have thrown at me, Alex!” he clapped slowly in genuine admiration. “Well, in order to understand this you must know the difference between being immortal and being invincible,”

The History teacher took a brief pause to sip some water from his bottle and continued,

“Being immortal means one is completely immune to a disease and so, you never age but, you can still die from an accident or a weapon. On the other hand, being invincible suggests that one is immune to literally everything and dying is impossible!”

His explanation enhanced the attention of the otherwise bored students and they twisted their lips into big “Oh’s” while their eyes sparkled with fascination at the intriguing piece of information.

Abruptly, more and more blurry black and white images of a man in a cape wielding a hammer in his hand flashed across ELENA’s head. The images played inside her mind like a badly tuned television without sound. She tried her best to stay focused and finally, with the period bell ringing the images ended and she rushed out of the class immediately.

During lunch hour, she noticed a large poster on the lobby wall which displayed the words in bold: ‘International Girl’s Swimming Champion’. Her eyes sparkled at that poster and she immediately rushed to the sports block.

The moment the sports incharge saw her filling the participation form she growled,

“Hey you! ELENA DARL!”

ELENA received a surprised at her being recognized by the sports head. She had never set foot inside the sports block before. However, it had always been her secret desire to swim and become an international swimmer. But, as a child she was pushed into a lake by one of her school friends which had created a fear of swimming within her mortal heart.

As the sports incharge approached she threw her a stern look.

“I have never seen you set foot in this area of the school, let alone come for swimming in the pool area. What makes your empty head feel that you, out of the blue, can participate in one of the biggest and most prestigious competition in the entire town?”

“Well,” began ELENA as she stared deeply into the sports teacher’s eyes and a sparkle appeared into the teacher’s stern eyes. “Coz I can now, Miss Robertson,”

The sports teacher’s expression turned blank and she merely nodded and allowed ELENA to pass. ELENA had used her power to bewitch the woman. She marched into the sports block and grabbing a form from the counter, she filled it quickly and the moment she turned, she found ERIC standing right in front of her.

“What on earth you think you doing?” he demanded with a sort of dangerous calmness.

“Enjoying the perks of being invincible,” she said with a wink and a smile and walked away.

However, before she could take another step towards the swimming hall to submit the form, her powerful ears heard the distress of a girl from the school grounds. Instantly, she began to sprint at a humane speed though, towards the school grounds. Reaching there, she noticed Zinaida being bullied by a group of boys. She was being pushed around whilst being surrounded in a circle. Her face was extremely nervous and scared as she held her books against her chest.

“What’s going on here?” ELENA demanded as she stared at those guys through her piercing eyes.

“Girl, get the hell out of here. It’s none of your business. Unless you want to be on the receiving end of our rage,” one of the tall blond guys wearing a soccer jersey threatened casually.

“Leave the girl alone,” ELENA commanded coldly, her temper, which had been close to the surface since the time she became a vampire seemed to rise slowly.

At that point, one of the guys sporting a thick goatee and shoulder-length hair tied in a bun, turned towards her.

“Looks like you need to be handled too, pretty girl,” he said mockingly as he advanced towards her.

“Back off, I don’t wanna hurt you. All I am asking is to leave the girl alone,”

“What you gonna do eh, sweetheart? Wet our t-shirts with your tears?”

The guy had barely extended his arm towards ELENA when she grabbed it instantly and turning him around instantly she twisted it. The muscular guy let out a roar of pain.

“Don’t call me sweetheart!” she whispered in his ears and then kicked his butt lightly which sent him rolling across the ground and he lay there yelping.

The other two guys roared with immense fury and charged towards her. The two had barely reached ELENA when she made a front flip into the air and kicked them both lightly on their backs which sent them flying across the air and they went rolling onto the grassy ground as well.

The three boys rose to their feet and looked at ELENA with a devilish expression on their faces.

“You are done now, girl!” cried the blond muscular guy and he rushed towards her like a bull. ELENA, on the other hand, remained calm and stayed rooted to the spot calmly. As he approached her, he delivered a series of punches at her but swerved aside quickly to avoid them. He continued throwing those punches at her which she avoided and finally, she grabbed his hand and knuckled the side of his arm which made him freeze for a few seconds. Suddenly, he let out a huge yelp and fell to the ground. The other two guys froze in intense shock and bewilderment at ELENA’s inexplicable strength and without wasting a single second they ran away like scared hyenas.

ELENA turned towards Zinaida and a tiny smile curved across her cold lips.

“Are you alright?” she asked Zinaida who looked stunned at ELENA’s incredible acrobatics.

“I, uh, am alright. How…how did you do that?”

“Just some kung-fu,” she said with a casual wink.

“You are amazing!” she exclaimed with an enthusiastic smile on her face.

“Let’s get you to class,

ERIC was lying on the sofa, sucking on a blood popsicle offered to him by a humanoid wearing a butler’s dress and gloves.

“Delicious, Madison!” he muttered with a beastly relish on his face and smacking his lips.

“I am glad you liked it sir,” the humanoid said with a mechanical smile walked away.

At that point, the door banged open and ELENA entered the hall. One of the humanoid maids rushed to grab her backpack and offered her ice-cold A+ positive blood drink.

“Refreshing! Anna!” she expressed and began to move towards ERIC.

The moment ELENA approached him, he pulled her into a rib-cracking embrace and kissed her passionately for fifteen minutes. They broke apart and she caressed the back of his head.

“I am sooooo tired and sleepy, my love!” she sighed and placed her head on his chest.

“I know, my love. Kicking the dirty asses of those school punks surely must’ve gotten you tired,” he said slowly and she jerked upwards and stood up.

“How on earth do you know that?” she asked him through utter bewilderment. ERIC began to chuckle loudly and rose to his feet quickly. He brought her close to his face and mouthed,

“My beloved wifey, I am aware of everything you do, wherever you go, and whatever you want to do!”

ELENA broke free and snapped at him,

“You got to be kidding me, you are spying on your wife now?”

“My lovely sweetheart. Vampires’ souls are strongly bound to each other through the bondage of marriage. Which means, that I can see wherever you go and know whatever you do,”

“Well, in that case then, even I can see you!” she said with an intensely sarcastic tone.

“Well actually, you can’t. The privilege is only given to males,”

“Wow!”

Her sarcastic expression of amazement had barely ended, when ERIC pulled her towards himself again and lifting her into his arms, he carried her to their bedroom. A king-size bed was lying at the center filled with roses like the one arranged for a bride and groom’s wedding night. He threw her gently onto the bed and began to remove his clothes.