UNINVITED GUEST

Here is my attempt at FK-fiction.  There is no spell checker so read
to enjoy, not nitpick.

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Uninvited Guest 

       Great!  Just what Nick needed this month.
        First Schanke resigns to go with Myra to the states when she gets
promoted to an executive position in the cosmetic firm she was working in.
I guess if Myra could me a policeman's wife for over 15 years, Schanke can be
an exee investigator.d
        Then Cohen gets a promotion and a transfer.  At least he no longer
has to hide the 'special sercumstances' behinde many of (almost all of) his
arrests.  Cohen was starting to get suspicious.
        The new captain has teamed him up with a new partner, a Dan King.
Officer Danielle King.
        Jannette left.  The only reason she gave was that it was time for
her to go.  "You have your cop thing and coronor friend to keep you occupied."
Why could'nt it be LeCroix that left.
        And to top it all off he had to have an argument with the one remaining
person in his world who has been there for and supported him, even when he
did not deserve it.  The argument was on such a stupid thing as him forgeting
Nat's regiment.  He has been taking her for granted and was a breath away
of loosing her, for what, for not drinking more of her shakes and less of
the cow's blood.  He was even starting to like them.  'starting to'.
        How was he going to make it up to her.  He was loosing so much of
his life.  He is not going to loose the best thing that has happened to him
in over a century.  What is he to do?

        Nat's eyes snapped open and her heart rate has tripled.  Sparks was
between her and the door.  She tried running for the protection of her room
once before, but it did her no good.  Why was he here?  How could he be here?
The last she saw of Sparks was when Nick flew his body to the roof awaiting the
rising sun.  Nick.  He would be here any minute.  That knowledge helped her
just a bit.
        Sparks was just standing there.  He was just looking at Nat with
angle eyes sipping her protein shake from a wine glass.
        "How... Why...You..."
        "Please my lady, do not be afraid.  I do not mean to cause you any
harm or uneasiness.  The last time we met we were not ourselves.  You were
facing your mortality on a definite deadline and I was looking at slow
starvation.  I do not fault you your fear or anger."
        "Thank you.  But how..."
        "Your protector did not do a very good job if his intention was to
distroy me.  His attempt at staking me only stunned me.  I was awake and able
to reach shelter by dawn."
        "You better leave.  Nick is due here at any minute."  Nat sighs a sign
of releif, looking towards the roses in the vase on an end table.
        "Nick is to show you a night on the town?"
        "Yes."
        "Have you planened this with him?"
        "No.  It was a pleasant surprise."
        "More of a surprise that the roses and Note I sent you."
        "You sent..."
        "Yes."
        "Why?"
        "I hope to earn your forgiveness, friendship and with all my ability
I hope to earn you affections."
        "My what?"
        "During the comet scare I went from one mortal to the next.  Once
when I planned to feed before my source went dry I was detered from my
meal."  Sparks was surprised to see Nat has not flinched from his telling of
what he did.  "I was warned away from you and staked.  I still would not, no,
could not stay away.  There is a special something I felt for you."
        "I am flattered."  Nat just noticed that Sparks has been sipping
her protein shake while he was talking.  He made no protest, no faces, no
excuses for not drinking it.  Sparks was not even on her program.  He drank
the shake of his own choice.  Not even Nick with his desire to be free from
the blood he says he has to drink.
        Nat's clinical mindset kicked in.  "How is the drink?"
        Sparks finishes his glass and POURS ANOTHER GLASS.  Nick would not
even finish half a cup without threats and bribes.
        "My dear.  You have the color and the texture, but you need to work on
the taste.  The hunger is quieted but the desire for the real thing is
still there.  It is weak, but it is still there."
        "Thank you.  I will try to work on that."
        "Please tell me when you do.  I would be privalidged to drink you
elixer."
        Nat can't help but get caught in the enthusiasm.  "OK!"
        "Would you do me the great honor of joining me for a night on the
town."
        STOP.  DON'T DO THIS.  DANGER... DANGER NATILIE LAMBERT.
        SHUP UP
        "Yes.  I would like that."
        Sparks and Nat leasve her apartment.  The door closes, A lock is set.
The phone rings.

                Ring... Ring... Ring... Ring... Ring...

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        Well, I have a new male vampire in my fiction (SPARKS)
        Nick has a new FEMALE partner (DAN KING)
        Jannete, Schank, and Cohn are gone.
        I thought I would get my ideas for the next season on-line before the
season starts.

        Any comments and SUGGESTIONS are welcome
        NO FLAMES

Marc
mducorsk@eagle.liunet.edu