My Story

    “My name is Lawless and this is my story.” {The earliest memory I have is that of fog. I can remember being surrounded by fog and hearing screams. I could smell the blood of the other villagers and soon the screams turned to silence, and only the sight of fog and the smell of blood remained. Blood, now that’s a smell I can never forget. It was a soothing scent and I loved the smell but, at the same time it frightened me for I knew what it was. I remember being taken away by men dressed in black suits their shirts stained by blood, the blood of my family. They took me to a place that was dark and cold where nobody ever cooked. No one except William, he took care of me. He fed me, clothed me, and protected me. In this place murder was not only allowed but encouraged.}  “I grew up being trained in combat; I quickly learned how to use my environment to my advantage. I could move as quickly as any of my opponents and strike just as hard. I was taught Shao-Lin, Judo, and Swordsmanship.”

    “By the time I was thirty years old I had changed, the most noticeable change was my appearance. I was no longer the small frail child that I was when I was first brought here. My small thin child-like physique was replaced with that of a powerful and attractive man. My once blonde hair has turned grey almost silver in this dark place of torment, and fell to my shoulders I stood seven foot tall and weighed about four hundred an fifty pounds. I had a very muscular and athletic build, and most of my body was covered with scars. I had been cut, stabbed, beaten, whipped, chained, and clawed, each scar had a story and each story I wish I could forget. But my face was different it was soft clean shaven and my eyes that had once been a beautiful blue were pale grey and my soft lips were very inviting, and on  top of that my nose was perfect, so perfect any plastic surgeon would be amazed and awestruck.”

    “My body was not the only change; I had become an arrogant, cruel, and unfeeling adult. My innocence was replaced with wrath, and my fear with strength. I had been driven insane by the dark ones who lived here. And once they had made me like this William made me like him. He sank his teeth into my flesh and drank the blood that flowed from the wound. And once he had drank enough that I could feel death reaching out to me, he cut his wrist and put it next to my mouth giving only one command “drink” he said, and I did. Pain engulfed my body and sent me into a state of numbness and unconsciousness. When I woke again I was laying in my bed the events of the previous day seemed like a dream, but when I got out of bed I was surprised by the speed at which I had done so I had never seen anyone other than William move that fast. And fearing him I tried to hide the power I had while still increasing it so that I need not fear anyone. Even though I restrained some of my power it didn’t take long for others to begin to fear me and the powers I possessed. I could hear their whispers know their thoughts they wanted to kill me, they feared that I would try to seek revenge for the way they tortured me. I went and spoke to the only one whose thoughts I could not hear, the only one who I could trust, William the man who raised me like his own son.”

“I told him everything showed him all of the power I had and told him what the others wanted to do to me, and he was not surprised at all. He told me about why he raised me the way he did and why my powers are so vast even though I had only been empowered less than a week ago. And he told me that I would not age any more or get sick, the only things that could kill me were a wooden or silver stake through my heart, direct sunlight, and decapitation. Silver would burn my skin and the burns would heal as they would have before I was turned. I would never get another scar added to my body and I would only truly hunger after the blood of humans. I wasn’t human anymore I was now what humans call a Vampire.” {Most of my power stemmed from the fact that even as a human my strength and speed surpassed that of most normal vampires and now that I had been turned by William the most powerful vampire in my clan and as I later learned the master of Greater Europe. Being empowered by such a vampire made even the weakest human into a formidable vampire and I was one of the most powerful humans ever, my physical strengths were increased at least ten fold the moment I was turned. Only my mind was still weak or weak by comparison. Most vampires were over a thousand before they achieved my kind of power and their minds were stronger than their bodies. William offered to train me in the ways of what I was now and what I could do.}  “William was William Ravencroft the master of all vampires in Greater Europe. He took me on hunts with him and taught me how to make humans and vampires bend to the will of my mind. Each mind I placed under my control made me more cunning and wise their mental strength added to my own and made it easier to control them and others. I had no need to hunt for food because, my prey could no longer resist my will to feed they could not stop me from feeding. No scream filled their mouth no fear filled their eyes they were safe in my arms even as they died they felt safe, for they knew that they could not fight me and I was their greatest accomplishment they were proud and happy to give their lives to help me live. As I fed one night I felt a blade under my throat I never noticed it drawn or move the blade belonged to William my father he frightened me by his actions my prey ran my grip over her broken and tears streaming down my face. I was afraid I knew he could slay me before I noticed him pull on the blade, he lowered the blade and sheathed it at his side and I stood confused by what had just taken place. He explained why I hadn’t noticed the blade move or the oncoming attack that I could have sensed easily even as a human, my hold on my victim had drawn my power and attention the blood bound my senses and held me in ecstasy. This was the time when one such as myself was most vulnerable, when a master was weak to surprise attack. The only time we did not watch our surroundings and we lowered our guard. He had done this to point out this weakness so that my enemies did not get the chance. He really cared for my safety even now when he should have killed me to ensure the safety of his position. I knew that he did not fear me and that I never needed to fear him. I would repay him for this I made sure that all who tried to threaten him were unsuccessful and I helped him hold his throne none could challenge our combined powers and fewer people tried. Yes my powers were still not perfected and my mind still not as strong as some but when my master was threatened my physical speed and strength came to his aid. Together he and I overturned the attacks of The King of the Isles (the ruler of the islands surrounding Europe). And in doing so expanded the rule of my master the one I would serve unto death and make the world obey, I would help him enslave the world and all would bow before him. But that was not his desire he handed me the rule over the islands and told me to build my own clan, my own family, and my own empire. He would not try to enslave the other clans he fought only to protect his own clan. He taught me more than any other and I obeyed his command and left for the islands to serve his will. My clan would obey his and my legacy would glorify his and protect him and his clan we would be as one clan and our alliance would see to our needs. I served as the king of the islands for over a hundred years ruling the vampires here with power, compassion, and love. They began to regard me as their master and encouraged me to create an heir to my throne a vampire child to learn my ways and carry out my will to other parts of the world. And to aid me in this decision I sent for William it was four months before he arrived and upon his entrance to my throne room I fell at his feet and sat him upon my throne and treated him as my king. This bothered my council and they demanded to know why I bowed to a foreigner until I told them he was my father, my maker, my teacher, and my master. I told of how he took care of me and raised me and they knew that if they opposed the man that I bowed to that they were doomed. Logic states that I would not bow to him unless he was my superior and they would not stand against one who I considered my superior. They feared me and were terrified of one who could bend me to his will. William quickly became upset with me and rebuked me saying “I sent you here to grow and you refuse to be the kind of master that you should be. You have failed me and are no longer worthy of my name. Make your own name and rise above all other vampires you are the only one who can ever truly rule them all and you refuse to realize that I made you for that very purpose. You shall make this decision on your own and only have yourself to answer to for your choices.” He later wrote me a letter telling me to train my mind and body to become better than all others including him. He will send word to other masters about my lack of mental discipline and invite someone to teach me how to become greater than all others.

    About a year later darkness filled my land and a great presence filled the island a powerful man had touched foot on my land and I waited for him to seek me out hoping that he had not come for my life. He appeared to me one night and when he entered the room a great power followed him he made William seem weak. The difference between him and William was that of the difference between me and a normal human. He radiated a kind of dark light that filled the room and made my body tremble as I sat on my throne and I knew it was his throne too this was the man that turned William the master of masters I could feel this link I knew who it was. The king of all our kind was standing in front of me and with a thought he threw me from my throne and into a wall as I hit the ground my sword landed next to me. I stood to my feet and drew the blade that William gave me before I left for the islands I lunged at him and the blade stopped by itself before hitting him, my whole body was frozen in place and his eyes looked deep into mine. My body and my sword refused my commands I could not break his gaze and soon found myself at his feet kneeling before my king. He sat on my throne and called me to rise, my body did so before I realized that I was commanded. He called me to him and I went without knowing or wanting to. I was again standing before the king of all our kind and I saw him for how he was his body looked old weathered by thousands of years, his eyes were ancient and they told me of the knowledge they held, his hands were like leather from the work they had done, and in his appearance I saw myself, his hair and eyes were without color, his body scarred from being tortured as a man. I was made to be like him and he was what I was meant to be. He reached out to me and his mind released me to my own will. He rose like lightning from the throne I had once sat upon and slew my followers who had attempted to strike him dead. He with my sword and laid it at my feet. He released me to sense the danger as if he could see it before it was there he staid there with me all night and entered my mind with my consent he taught me how to do the things he had done and he left my mind full of wisdom that only comes from time. He left that same night and I never saw him again even though at times I felt him. He had made me stronger in mind than I knew was possible but that was not all I could be. He was like me once, he knew the torment of my existence, and he wanted me to surpass him and replace him. I left my throne room with my sword in hand and the room fell in after I left making graves for my servants. I left the islands that day and made my way to a distant land by boat. It was the year seventeen hundred and ninety three. And I had reached the new land of America which was untouched by our kind. I made the land mine and learned to hide myself nobody could find me here. And as the years passed so did the people a new group of people rose from old traditions, Gunfighters. I learned the weapon and killed for sport as well as money. The world was changing and I would not be left behind, meanwhile my four sons were finished being trained they knew how to make others like them and how to stay hidden. Yes we hide; even though we are better we hide from humans to protect the rest of our kind. My sons departed from me to form their own families and increase our numbers. Their names are Jean-Claude, Vladimir, Stephen, and Aubrey. They became the leaders of many powerful clans and their broods were respectable. Jean-Claude lives in St. Louis and is the owner of Club Vampire. Vladimir lives in Las Vegas and is the owner of many casinos and clubs. Stephen lives in New York and runs a brood that has grown to over five hundred in number. Aubrey wanders the country alone to hone his skills and search for worthy opponents. I travel as well and wait for the time of my ascension I own several museums and antique dealerships to support my activities. I also have a group that follows my will and has over six thousand members across the country. These are honorable vampires who live to protect our kind; they serve as lawyers, doctors, politicians, law enforcers, and judges. And now you are pretty caught up on the past but, it is not the past that is of the most relevance it is the present. Three weeks ago a group of vampires led by a man named Nicholas Frost revealed them selves to the world and sent humans into a panic. We have been found out and now our kind is either hunted or persecuted and the ancient ones are all in hiding. The time has come to stand up and unite our kind or cease to exist. I have a meeting with the elders and masters of the sixteen American clans three of which are controlled by my sons, we meet to decide the future of our kind and Aubrey is to come to cast his vote. You see Aubrey is well respected amongst all of the clans and is regarded as one of the strongest vampires in the world. If the sixteen clans decide to unite a leader will be chosen within the group without violence. That leader will meet with the masters of Europe, Asia, South America, North and South Africa, and the coalition made up of China, Japan, Thailand, Korea, and the Arab nations. There are even rumors that the king of us all will attend and either name his successor or lead us into battle himself. I have arrived for the meeting with the sixteen and have assumed my position at the table. After a few minutes one of the sixteen objected to my presence here but was quickly silenced by my will. I made him to sit back in his chair and after this display all others in the room understood why I was there. I stood to my feet and addressed the room. “My name is Lawless I am the son of William the master of Europe, who is the son of our king. I have come here to call for action and ask that a leader be appointed for the meeting with the masters. Four of my sons sit at this table and the fourth does not even have a clan. I have allowed my sons to run their own broods and do their own will but do not confuse that with weakness on my behalf, and do not think that I plan to manipulate any of your minds or try to make a name out of my father. I am the most powerful one at this table. Before I came to this country in seventeen-ninety-three I had a meeting with the king of us all and when I first arrived our kind had never before touched this soil. Most of you who sit here today were either made by me or my sons, those who weren’t are worthy of respect. My blood has power and is of a respected line I would like to be selected as the leader of this group. But if I am not I will still attend the meeting of the masters. I am Lawless I hold the title of the strongest and have met with all of the masters already. I will let you confer and state your decision but do know that the leader must be appointed unanimously with full consent of all those here.” I sat back in my chair and let others make their case the only opposition I had was the Master of the Northwest, Cowen and Aubrey, and after a few moments we were asked to prove who was stronger so that there was no question about it. This decision could not be made through violence so I enslaved the will of Cowen and Aubrey and made them bow to me without saying a word. The rest of the room soon fell to their knees and declared me the Master of the states.

    I left the room and Aubrey came with me we left for the old castle in Europe that I had once lived in. That was where the meeting would be held, upon my arrival I found that most of the other masters were already there. When the meeting started we quickly started to talk about what must be done about the situation. After a few hours darkness filled the sky and the moon no longer gave light I sat quietly and soon everyone else quieted we all knew he was here we could feel him here in this place. A dark wind blew open the doors and our king walked in he looked older than when I saw him before even though now he was cleaned and dressed to look like our king. I stood to my feet and bowed before him and presented him with my sword and stood upright again wrapping my arms around him and embracing him as a friend or brother. He was our king and nobody else knelt or showed him honor all others cowered in their chairs and s I had done all those years ago he was not my king any more but my equal. I had spent every waking moment since the night we first met working to surpass him as he told me to. And I had come close to doing so he looked at those at the table and at me standing next to him. With a voice that commanded respect he said “You who have gathered bow before your king.” All rose to bow to him but as they did he handed me my sword and bowed before me. We were all confused for a second but then realized that he no longer wanted to be our king and that I had been chosen to do that. I was honored by this and bowed in reverence to him after which he slapped me and the room rose to their feet. A king should never bow to someone else. The room filled with a sense of violence they wanted me to fight him. I looked into his eyes and he wanted me to kill him there could only be one king for us. I spoke to him in a firm tone of voice the kind of voice no one had used with him in over a thousand years. “We will not fight now our kind is in danger and if we kill our best fighters we will doom our kind. We will settle the matter at hand and you will help. We cannot afford to lose our only king and as powerful as we are we can still die. If you want to fight to the death after we have ensured the survival of our kind then so be it. But my first concern is protecting my family all of our kind our born from the blood of those in this room or the blood of those born from our blood most of the American vampires with the exception of one clan are descended from me. We will protect our family and then decide who will be the one true king. If I die in this war you will be king until another can take your place. And if you die in this war I will be king until someone can take my place. We will not fight amongst ourselves now we will destroy Frost and his followers as well as the humans that seek to destroy us. Then we will either sink back into the darkness or remain in the light when we are done there may no longer be a reason to hide, maybe they will accept us.” The whole room was moved and bowed before the two kings. The Master of Asia presented the ancient one with a sword made to cut down his enemies. After the others left the room the ancient one revealed to me his name which had remained a secret since before the existence of any of the current masters his name was Cain of Nod the son of the first human, the first murderer, the one cursed, and the one who refused to be forgiven. He was ancient and he was the first of our kind his blood ran through the veins of us all. Our minds became one and we shared all knowledge and wisdom we knew everything the other did. We were truly equals now and I would kill him after the war. I knew he would let me, he made me for that purpose, but of course we would have to fight so that the others would respect me for beating him at his best. We both knew I couldn’t beat him unless he wanted me to, but no one else knew that. Him and I could walk in the sunlight it couldn’t burn someone as powerful as us and I would only grow stronger it took less than a thousand years to surpass the first of our kind who himself was over six thousand years old. All of the masters and all of the clans were to meet in Washington D.C. and destroy Nicholas Frost and his followers, as well as show the world that we would not be hunted, we were the predators and humanity was our prey; it had been that way since the beginning and was not going to change now. They would either forget we exist and act as though Frost and his group were a hoax or they would be content with dying in our arms. We all entered the city under darkness with orders to who did not bear the mark bestowed to those chosen to come here for this purpose. But not those asleep in their houses or at work in their buildings. We were to all go back to a certain building provided by one of my followers a prominent businessman, as soon as the first light of day started to show. Frost would be blamed and I would stand in judgment at his trial and condemn him in front of the most powerful people in the world. All would go according to plan. Frost surrendered himself and he was taken before the Supreme Court in the middle of the night congress and the president attended. But they were not the ones in power here. I entered the court room and the whole place knew I was there I walked to the front of the room and made my announcement “This man will die by my hands for I am the king of all our king I am the most powerful one in existence and he has broken our sacred law. We have walked among humans for thousands of years and we will continue to walk the earth. We have remained hidden all this time and he will die for endangering the rest of us. You will declare that there are no vampires and that this was all a hoax and that this matter will not be further investigated you have the power to do that. And you will because if you don’t people will hunt us and we will be forced to all. As proof of this I have killed sixteen hundred and forty-three people on my way here. I am only one imagine how quickly three million angry vampires can kill when they are driven to protect their families. We try not to kill humans through the use of blood banks we have a way to feed without causing harm we all abide by the rules and those who break the rules are killed we are not without feeling but we will not allow others to live by taking someone else’s life it is not a fair trade. We try to live in harmony with humans and we will uphold the laws set by the masters. I am the king of all our kind those that serve me have those that serve them we have structure and rule. The strongest rules us all and bends the others to his rule. Now watch as I control my subject even though he does not want to obey he will do what I want him to.” I turn and look at Frost and his eyes look away from me he tries to resist my control but I walk over to him and grab his face in my hand and make him look into my eyes his body relaxes and his will is enslaved by mine he stands and walks over to my side and drops to his knees his face looks up at me and a smile covers his face. A peaceful smile and he begs for me to judge him and show his followers mercy but I simply shake my head there is no mercy for what he has done and his children must die to ensure that this never happens again. He bows his head and waits for my blade to claim his life I draw my sword and place the blade under his chin and I tell him that I’m sorry and my blade starts to press into his neck but I make it stop I sheath my blade and command him to stand he looks deep into my eyes and he knows that he will be safe in my embrace. I put my arms around him and sink my teeth into his throat his blood taste of corrupted power and it is bitter I do not enjoy drinking from him but he will die as his victims did his heart slows and his eyes fade I open my arms and he falls to the floor he is not dead he has enough to survive for a while I will not take his death into myself William and the ancient one enter carrying a silver coffin and behind them is the Master of Asia with silver chains in hand. We place Frost in the coffin and fill it with blood brought in by Aubrey we empty bags of blood into the coffin until it rises above his face we then close the coffin and chain it closed and then William and the Master of Asia carry him out and into the vehicle outside and they leave with him to take him to the place of the ancients if he survives for a hundred years in his tomb he will be allowed to challenge for his forgiveness this is the worst punishment that our kind can inflict on one of us and only one of the great masters can sentence someone to this punishment he will remain in that coffin for a hundred years and his followers will be killed and buried as humans they will be let off easy. Aubrey, the ancient one, and myself leave and go to the building to join the others and wait for night to fall again. We all sleep from the oldest to the youngest we must have enough strength to fight if necessary only the ancient one stays awake he watches to make sure nobody disturbs our slumber. We woke to find that the world has declared the events a hoax and that Frost was found dead in the streets having died of a heart attack from chemicals in his blood that had increased his strength. We knew these reports were false but did not dispute them. We left to our domains and the ancient one took me to his home we would fight there and only one of us would leave.  I reached to my side and placed my right hand on my sheath, my sword hung on my right side because I was left handed. I lowered into an attack stance and placed my left hand on the handle of my sword and waited for the ancient to get his sword readied we stood looking into each others eyes waiting for the other to move. We waited for the clock at the end of the hall to strike the hour and then we would draw and attack this was the closest thing to fairness that existed in sword fighting we would begin at the same time each with our own techniques. Neither one would go all out in the beginning we would work up to our perfected maneuvers and learn how to block and counter each one we would not kill our opponent until he forfeited. One of us would name the other the champion of this contest and then die. The clock struck twelve and we both drew our swords and lunged forward we blocked the first strike an easy task, and then we struck again and again thrusting and slashing. I jumped back and he did the same I pulled back to my side pointed toward him and placed my middle and index fingers along the front of the blade this was known as the Gototsu stance I would dash and guide the blade with these two fingers to make sure my aim was true to it’s target and just before I touched him with the blade I would thrust my sword into him. He took the Sankasa stance if performed just right he would use his blade to stop my blade and send it into my thigh we both knew each others intentions and we moved my blade stuck into his left shoulder, my original target was his right shoulder but since he knew that I got the other shoulder. His blade sank deep through my right wrist and into my left bicep we had done more damage and he knew that, he kicked me in the chest and knocked me back the kick was placed just right so that his blade came out just as easily as it went in. He knew what he was doing. I jumped to my feet and flipped my blade away from him; this confused him because my blade was too long to move into from this position I would have to turn before I could cut him. He smiled and lunged at me with a quick jab but I ducked under his blade and kick him in the jaw then quickly followed up with a back roundhouse kick which he dodged but he failed to notice that when I kicked my sword went deep into his chest. He fell and I ripped the blade out of him. I then drove the sword into his knee and twisted it severing nerve and drawing more blood. I placed my blade by his throat and looked at him to see if he would surrender. He grabbed my blade with his hand and threw it across the room I let go of it and stayed my place. He stood to his feet and although his wounds were still open no blood flowed he was in a state of bloodlust and was fueled by his desire to survive. I rammed him with my shoulder sending him flying and used my mind to throw my sword into his other leg and he cringed in pain his body and mind were becoming weaker I forced my mind upon him and he fell limp and I had him. I threw him into walls and then into the floor as the sound of broken bones filled the room. With a gesture of my hand he was floating in mid air his eyes looking into mine. I forced him to the ground and to his knees I was in control I began to push him into the wall with my mind and soon he no longer resisted my will I released him and walked over to his broken body. He stumbled to his knees and bowed his head he had lost and he had given me the power to beat him. I sent a kick into the bridge of his nose and rendered his body lifeless. I knelt next to him and placed my hand under his head lifting it, and then I brushed the hair from his neck before slowly sinking my teeth into his skin. His blood was sweet and intoxicating it was like a fine wine that had grown better with the years. I drank every last drop leaving none to waste and when I rose to my feet I felt weightless his power flowed through my veins. I left and after I was outside the building collapsed at my will and the Earth opened and swallowed the ruins. I had to give him a proper burial. He had earned it. I found a plot of land in Ireland and built an underground tomb to become my home. My coffin was made of titanium the inside lined with a soft flexible plastic that formed a water tight seal and held pure water that would serve as cushioning. A layer of soft clean silk went over a layer of cotton to separated skin from plastic this would serve as the bed of an ancient and I would sleep here until I was needed again. I went to see William again before I would seal my tomb. I told him the location of my tomb and gave instructions for him or the other masters to come for me when I was needed. I told him of the demise of the former king and the burial I had given him. I left under the cover of darkness with William and went back to my tomb. I laid down in my bed and had William lock it from the outside to keep me in. I lay here with only the sound of the moving water in the coffin with me. I would stay here to protect my kind I would be a threat to them until I could control my power fully.

    I wait for the time when I will rise and walk the world again. Until then I wait and think, until that day I am a king trapped in a grave. I am the king of all vampires but I am no longer one of them, I am the heir to the ancient powers of the first, I am immortal, I am unstoppable, I am invincible, I am Lawless and I will be the only one like me. My blood will not produce its own legacy. I am not a vampire I am the perfection that could not come from the first. I am the final stage in our adaptation. I am Lawless.

    To the one who reads this, I am the result of blood lust,

I am the punishment for the sins of my fathers, I will rise and slaughter the world. Both human and vampire will die.

Written by, Keith Morrison