At first Ami had bitched about the Venture membership – she didn't need it, she said, she got everything she needed from the place 'cause of the band. But she was wrong about that (as she was about a great many things when it came to being a vampire). The perks of being a VIP member went far beyond the prettier donors and the access to special areas – it also came with access to a wiser, older and all-around better class of vampires. She supplemented the learning Cicero gave her by observing them, quiet and calculating.
Tonight she had gone with him wordlessly when he'd summoned her, expecting another lesson in brain-fucking, of which her sire seemed to have an infinite library, each a little bit more tedious than the last. She valued his teaching and took to it quickly, of course, but the monotony of it was beginning to rankle. As was the constant supervision; she'd become snippier in the last few weeks, and slightly more withdrawn.
So when she stepped over the lintel of the abandoned house, her interest was thoroughly piqued, and remained so as she followed her sire through the house, sending questions that – of course – received no answer.
Pretend I'm Lazarus,
A flash of hot rage flickered through her at the mention of her grand-sire's name, along with an image of the blonde devil, covered in blood laughing like a madman. They didn't speak of him, much.
And come at me. Confusion, there. Mental attacks didn't work on –
Oh.
A half-smile crept over her own face, eyes a-glitter as she understood. This was something she could sink her teeth into. He knew she was coming, so the best she could do was act quickly.
She was moving before the thought was fully finished. She darted forward, rushing him on light feet, loud on the creaking floorboards. Her hands raised in a classic fighting stance, fisted and close to her body; right hand high to shield her face, left down low to guard her ribs. She aimed to get up in his guard with a swift left-hand jab to the solar plexus before he could react. She kept her eyes on his hands.