Predator Or Prey (Luvtehyaoi)

[Masquerade]

Julian had approached a person sleeping upon a bench in the hopes of feeding upon said person. However, he didn't realize that it was a trap until it was too late. The person on the bench jumped him but Julian managed to evade the others grasp. Not good! This was definitely not good! Why, you ask, were they chasing him? Simple. He was a vampire and they were Hunters. The term 'Vampire Hunter' was incorrect since these men hunted more than just Vampires.

He fled as best he could. There were to many Hunters for him to go against by himself and dawn was approaching. Most people thought that Vampires would burst into flames when the light of the sun touched him. This was false. Julian gets weak and rather lethargic during the day but he didn't burst into flames or anything like that.

This particular Vampire wasn't just your average bloodsucker. He was royalty among his race but today he had left when his family wasn't looking. Julian was beginning to think that he had made a mistake. A wolf came out of nowhere and latched onto his arm, knocking him to the ground. The Hunters were on him in an instant.

"Look at what we have here, boys. This ain't your average bloodsucker." said the leader of the group.

There were three humans and three werewolves. Most Hunters traveled with a Werecreature of some kind. It was most often a Werewolf. However, not all Hunters had a Werecreature. There were those that traveled by themselves. Those were much easier to get away from. Julian flinched when he felt a hand run over his backside.

"He's not all that bad-looking for a beast." said the Hunter.

The Hunter smirked as he drove a stake through his hands, pinning them to the ground above his head. Julian cried out in pain but something told him that this was only the beginning.

~Help...Help me...~ Julian thought to himself, tears in his eyes.

He had already been feeling weakened by the approaching dawn and not having any blood for a night or two. Julian was feeling light-headed and faint. If he passed out now he would most likely never wake up. However, that might be fore the best since he was certain he would suffer if he were conscious while these Hunters tortured him.

[Luvtehyaoi]

One of the hungers, seemingly disgusted with the other's behavior, gestured to his weretiger to stop them.

The tiger nodded, jumping on the leader and savaging him as Alastor took the stakes out of his hands, taking the poor boy to a safehouse.

"Hey, you ok?" The tattooed man asked as the vampire woke up hours later.

[Masquerade]

Julian's eyes opened. He hadn't even realized that he had lost consciousness until he awoke. The Vampire looked around in a slight daze before his gaze landed upon the tattooed man. His eyes widened as soon as he saw him. Julian recognized him from earlier and instantly began to back away from him. He winced before looking down at his hands. They had both been bandaged. The wounds should have healed by now. Was it the stake he had been stabbed with? Or was it just that he hadn't fed recently? He backed up until he could back up no further.

"G-get away from me." he told the Hunter.

He had no idea where he was or how he got there. All he knew is that he was in a closed space with this Hunter and what appeared to be a Weretiger. This situation didn't look very promising. Out of the frying pan and into the fire. Isn't that how the saying goes?

[Luvtehyaoi]

"Hey, hey, hey!" Alastor replied, putting his hands up. "You're safe now... We rescued you."

He sat down next to him. "It was absolutely disgusting what they were going to do to you... Apparently, I got one of the crazy hunting guilds."

[Masquerade]

The vampire tensed a bit when the Hunter sat beside him. However, the tension slowly faded. This male saved him? He thought that what the other Hunters wanted to do to him was disgusting? That made Julian feel rather relieved. Even Hunters had some good in them, it seemed.

"But...why save me? You're a Hunter. It's your job to hunt down and kill beings like myself. Why save me if you're only going to kill me later?" he asked.

For some reason, his fear of this Hunter was nearly gone. He didn't seem to be all that bad. Part of him even thought that he wouldn't mind dying if it were at the hands of a Hunter like the one beside him.

[Luvtehyaoi]

"I wanted to become the other kind of hunter." He replied. "Y'know, the ones hired by vampiric royalty to enforce the rules and actually work in tandem with vampires?"

He lay his head back and sighed, offering him cigarette. "My name's Alastor."

[Masquerade]

"It's been a long time since we've had any of those. The truly loyal ones have since died and the ones that were left didn't truly care. All they cared about was killing vampires and other creatures. Many are just like the ones from before. They're sick and twisted and care nothing about anyone or anything, other than themselves. But...you're different." he replied.

Julian shook his head when he was offered a cigarette.

"My name is Julian and thanks but I don't smoke." he replied.

"I...don't suppose you have any blood around here for me, do you? It's been a night or two since I've fed and I'm beginning to feel the effects." he said.

He couldn't help but stare at Alastor's neck. However, he wasn't about to attack the one who just saved his life.

[Luvtehyaoi]

Alastor offered himself up. "Knock yourself out." He said, knowing the boy knew when to pull off.

The weretiger looked at the vampire in suspicion.

[Masquerade]

Julian was surprised that the Hunter offered himself up so willingly but he was far to hungry to turn down such an enticing offer. He moved around to Alastor's front and straddled his lap before gently tilting the Hunter's head back to reveal his neck and throat. He gave the Hunter's neck a few licks. He could hear the pulse beneath the skin, as well as feel it. It was heavenly. Julian's mouth opened to reveal his fangs for a moment before he sank them into the Hunter's skin. Blood poured into his mouth. It was far sweeter than any he had previously had in his life.

He gulped the blood down by the mouth fulls. However, he eventually pulled away, not wanting to endanger the life of this kind Hunter. Julian then rested his forehead against Alastor's shoulder, still in his lap. He gave the puncture wounds a few licks to help heal them before he went back to resting his head.

"Thank you." he stated, not moving from where he was.

The sun had begun to rise and that always made him a bit drowsy. He was also a bit out of breath for having drank the Hunter's blood so greedily. Julian was a bit ashamed of himself for that but he had been so hungry. He just couldn't help it.

[Luvtehyaoi]

Alastor cuddled him close. "There, there..."

"Are you sure we can trust you?" The weretiger asked the vampire.