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Chapter 2 - RULES AND PUNISHMENT

The six stomped the floor faster to meet their respective seats which were set at the altar _ three on the right hand side of the golden throne and three on the left hand side, where they stood before putting their buttocks down to sit.

It was an immidiate summon to a can't wait security alert which required every vampire in the kingdom to attend individually.

The deep and rough sound uniqueness in Jelly Spatter's voice commanded all other vampires to bow with unwavering respect whenever they heard it echoing. He had yet other unique talents which other vampires never had. These were very special powers, as a vampire from the greatest Dirty Dracula lineage, more so the strongest vampire clan of all other vampire clans, he inherited.

The gifts were a must have for any vampire to qualify for the position of leadership in the realm.

One of the major abilities was the possibility of seeing the future correctly before it came to pas. This was one of the gifts he had, and the most favorable talent.

Jelly Spatters could envisage vivid images of the things yet to take place in the future, thus titled "His righteousness". His name made a big statement whenever it was talked of in the vampire bat territory.

The ability to transform into one enormous flying bat, and again transform, multiplying into hundreds of thousands of normal size bats.

He communicated:

"There is fire on the mountain and it's burning rapidly towards our direction. Before the bad worsen, a solution must be improvised fast!"

In every corner of the hall, vampires had their attention maximized, hungry to hear in detail, what the future had, that their supreme was shown this time round.

It was a moment of silence, filled with anxiety and a strong desire to know within the bats, ears open attentively in their human forms as Jelly Spatters continued with his address.

"As the only remaining descendant in the DarkDracula lineage, it's my assigned duty to protect and guide the kingdom righteously using the special abilities I inherited from my great ancestors, to serve their purpose."

At the altar, the six board members humbly sat in their respective seats obediently as they were permitted. After occupying their seats, also, the three mysterious ladies majestically found their way right behind the precious golden throne where they remained on their feet.

In a hard-core voice, Jelly Spatters reminded his subordinates:

"For decades, although human blood is insatiable, we had to choose to survive on wild life blood meals as the rule governing the kingdom stipulates. It is prohibited for any vampire to open its fangs on the neck vein of a human being for a blood feast. And as all of us know, this was the oath taken between our great great ancestors and humans, never to cross their lane again."

He went ahead to report in his speech:

"Even in the hardest of times when the wild had nothing to feed us due to the changing seasons, our ancestors kept the oath between us and the humans unbroken. They knew how great of honour it was to keep their word for peace to rain. They swore that, even in the hardest of times when finding blood is tag of war, they were to struggle with blood thirst to extinction, but never to prey on humans again."

"We must follow the same footprints in honor of their reputation."

Jelly Spatters growled another reminder:

"A reminder to each one of us. The penalty subjected to whoever violated the rules was to undergo a painful death by the red venom portion, which still stands, and will always be the same punishment in decades to come, to whoever goes against the rules governing the realm."

'Red venom potion' was a colourless liquid founded thousands of years ago by the Dark Dracula vampires. When their toxic fire blood accidentally mixed with Mercury, a mineral they came across within the rocky mountains where they had sheltered for years while they searched for a permanent place to call home after vacating human territories.

The effects of red venom portion on vampires were terrifying in a way that, even its tiniest drop painfully melted away the vampire bat's body into a dark oily substance _ hence made the first choice of weapon to terminate the life of any vicious member in the realm. To any vampire that committed heavy crimes that could put others at risk, the ancestral vampires used the red venom portion liquid as a curse of a punishment usually served in public while all other vampire bats watched.

This imparted fear in them, hence promoted peace and unity within the vampire kingdom.

In a hall filled with silence, aggressively, Jelly Spatters stomped the ground from corner to corner at the altar, making it clear to all vampires in the building, shining a light on history to those who didn't know and also reminded those who knew.

"Humans built weapons of mass destruction to get rid of us. 'Enough is enough' was their motto. By then we had caused them extreme suffering. On a daily basis their news papers wrote, words on streets circulated, radios and TVs announced information concerning relatives gone missing and found dead days after with fang marks on their necks. Humans got fade up! Hesitantly, our ancestors had to vacate the beautiful human territories which served them with the sweetest endless warm blood meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner, to find a safe heaven for you and I."

Calming his attitude down from the high, he said in a broken heart voice:

"One of us is about to cause a drastic human massacre in the city called Capricon. I saw it vividly earlier today as I relaxed my body with eyes closed here on my throne."

The awaited information was unexpectedly shocking to every member in the hall that, on confounded faces, murmurs from all corners filled the air.

"Who...?" "It can't be...!" "Really...!" "Deadly!"

Jelly Spatters, in the midst of murmuring voices, he replied:

"Monica Yen isa wealthy young lady who has spent all her life time living in human cities with humans."

Murmurs from wondering voices resurfaced.

"How possible...?!" "Unbelievable!"

Still, in his hard core voice, Jelly Spatters had to explain, so that every member understood.

"This young lady is one of us. However, she is carrying twins daughters in her womb _ one of which is our species and the other one is a complete belong to the human species."

Discontent whispers moved around the hall.

"Impossible....!"

However, Jelly Spatters, with an angry growl he silenced the hall.

"Possible! His name is Jonathan, a reckless young human who didn't value his own life ended in marriage with Monica Yen, such a deadly Vampire Bat."

Laughter from the audience echoed

"Hahaha... indeed he doesn't value his life... Hahaha..."

While Jonathan was coming from school, he met five year Monica Yen stuck on the streets of Buena City. And since he had no friends, always being bullied at school, the boy chose to introduce her to his parents, who then raised her as their own daughter by that time.

Loudly, one of the six board members stood up and spoke with a courageous voice.

"Monica Yen must be unlived immediately before bad turns to worse!"

"Yes, give your orders...."

And in strong voices, other board members yelled, supporting his point of view including many other voices in the audience.

But Jelly Spatters growled angrily, busting loud in refusal.

"No! Don't be so dumb to forget the rules that quick! Which one of you is ready to die by the red venom portion? I'm so disappointed you didn't pay much attention when I was talking. I said it loud and clear that one of the twins in her womb is a typical human being, and I emphasized, "we don't kill humans!"

Downcast faces everywhere, everyone went silent.

But he announced a plan.

"In a few months from now, the twins will be born. We shall add more three years ahead just to allow the little human suck more of her mother's breasts. And when the little human can fully survive on food, then Monica Yen can be terminated together with her second baby."

Putting the last nail in the coffin, he added:

"As of now, I'm going to plant a spy in Monica Yen's life. But that won't be a vampire like us because she will sense it's presence and our mission will fall apart. I have known humans to have an controllable hunger and greedy for a money. My target is going to be a human who has spent all their life living in poverty _ desperately yearning to survive. I will provide that benefit of doubt. And as soon as the babies are born, it is only the human baby left to survive."

"Meeting dismissed."

Without wasting time, immediately he sealed off his speech, he walked back and sat on the golden throne.

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