1 Awakening

John was just a normal factory worker, well mostly, he was deaf. One evening as he was walking home from his shift he didn't hear the mugger shout at him to turn around and give him his wallet. As a result the mugger stabbed him a couple of times and made off with his wallet and other valuables. As he lay dying in the street he saw a beautiful woman approach and then passed out.

When John woke up he was in an unfamiliar house, lying on an unfamiliar bed. Though pleasantly surprised to be alive, he was rather confused as to how. Looking around the room he saw a woman facing away from him.

"Hello miss, where am I?" he stated.

The woman continued to face away from him, but eventually turned around. When she was finally facing him he saw that she was saying something.

" Sorry, ma'am. If you were saying something, I didn't hear you, I'm deaf." he said

The woman stated at him, her eyes wide in disbelief. She opened and closed her mouth a couple times like a fish, and as she did he saw that she has fangs. Startled by this John shot up from the bed and ran to the farthest corner of the room. Surprised at his own speed he looks up at the woman again, it is then that he recognizes her as the woman he saw before he passed out.

" Where am I?" he asked again.

This time the woman made sure she was looking at him when she spoke. " You are in a guest room in my house." she said. Her expression was gentle, though still shocked. " My name is Lisa, and I'm a vampire" she said. After seeing her introduce herself, John was even more scared.

"Don't hurt me!" John yelled as he cowered in the corner.

Lisa approached him slowly while saying " I won't hurt you, in fact I saved your life". He stared at her in disbelief. He shrank back when she reached out her hand. " It's ok, come sit with me on the side of the bed and I will tell you the whole story" she said with a gentle look in her eyes. Hesitantly he took her hand and sat next to her on the bed.

John was dumbfounded as she recounted the story of the night she saved him. " l was hunting in the factory district three nights ago when I found you bleeding to death in an alley. Judging by the state you were in it was obvious you had fallen afoul of a mugger. You passed out from the blood loss, just as I found you. I decided to save your life by turning you into a vampire, so I fed you some of my blood. I brought you home and cleaned you up and waited for you to wake up." she said.

John sat there with his mouth agape in disbelief. "No way" he whispered.

" Reach up and feel your teeth if you don't believe me." she said smugly.

He stuck his hand in his mouth and gasped when he felt sharp fangs where his normal blunt canines should be. Grinning she said "I told you so". Still surprised by all of this John asked where he could find a mirror. " There's a bathroom down the hall and to the right" she said. He went into the bathroom and was surprised to se his reflection. He was so pale, there were red rims around his irises, and his mouth did indeed have fangs.