#m. event

a human! mercy drabble

A heartbeat woke Mercy up. That in itself was not weird. A vampire was supposed to be on the brink of death, beats so slow that it was easy to forget that there was a heart inside of her chest. But this one was rhythmic, beating every so often that it rang in her ear. And–oh her ear was warm as she put her hand to it. In fact, her cheek was too. But the heartbeat, it was irritating and the more she heard it, the faster it seemed to go. But then this pit in her stomach formed. This gaping pit that was not there before, yelling at her, growling like a wolf protecting its kin. It was like her bloodlust but worse. So much worse.

Mercy threw off the sheets and searched for Adrienne’s supply of blood bags but her fangs, they were not sprouting out and she didn’t think too much of it. No, she needed to fill this fit, feed it with something that wasn’t blood. She wanted food. Bacon. Eggs. Tostada. Her stomach was crying out for her mother’s tostada smothered in olive oil and topped with crushed tomato and ham. She raced down to the kitchen, startling the poor cooks inside, a frenzied woman whose face was red from the blood coursing through her veins and demanding a breakfast platter. It didn’t matter what was on the plate, she just wanted food. Immediately, a basket with a baguette was placed in front of her, paired with an array of jams and a small saucer of butter. Coffee, croissants, pain au chocolat. Of course, this was Gabriel’s staff. It was a French breakfast, but Mercy started devouring it nonetheless, a ravenous monster grabbing whatever she could put in her mouth.

"francesca, holy shit, you're here?" not how she was expecting to find out but at least she could mark another family member off.. "you doing okay? no weird vibes going on in your head? cause i've heard there some wack ass magic going on so i'm just doing a headcount."

"have you noticed that people keep staring at us? like all day?" marley said as she peered out through the shutters of her brother's workshop. they'd felt uneasy all day, constantly looking over their shoulder from the evil eye they'd been getting all day through the town. "something's wrong."

"you know there's a bunch of monsters and creatures around these places that don't exactly like people just.. wandering around the woods." not that marley wasn't doing exactly the same thing, but she was sure that she could handle herself better than the other before her. "did you get lost?"

"flora, flora open up." she continued to bang against the door, the window as they pulled the cloak a little further up over their head. they were whispering their sister's name over and over as she continued to knock, trying to get her attention while still keeping any more attention off of herself. "seriously, please, i need you to open the damn door."

"sorry, did you say something?" marlene turned back towards doe, hearing mutterings coming from around them. the sunflowers staring back at them was already putting marlene on edge that maybe she was just hearing things at this point too. "i could've sworn i heard something.."

she was going to be fucking sick-- the image of her sister laid out like that, fuck even the rest of the cops and paramedics that had come when marlene called, her voice barely audible as she tried to fight the nausea, the heartbreak that was ripping through her. she stayed, as close by esther's side as she could, fighting the memories that flashed, the last time she had seen her like this-- and now, all over again... they had taken her, taken her away in some van, and asked her if she would be coming with and marlene shook her head. "i need.. i need to find our older sisters." they would know what to do.. without mom and dad.. they-- they would know. they were barely out of view when marlene couldn't hold onto her stomach contents any longer, taking a few moments to just breathe before she apparated, not caring one bit where abi was or who was with her, she needed her. they needed her now. "abi--!" they belowed the moment they landed in her flat, knees wobbling as she tried to stop another wave, eyes stinging with tears.