Blueblood 5: Exposed The Secrets about V5H Revealed - 3. Seeing Manhattan

Colin and I showed Gaius and Vlad where they were sleeping before we parted with them. Gaius came over to the door after we showed them the room and we could see him about to say something.

Colin raised his hand. “Hug me if you want, but I can see you want to say something. I think I know what it’ll be.”

Gaius nodded. “We’re grateful!” He said as Vlad came up nodding in agreement.

“He’s right,” Vlad said putting his arm around Gaius. “We owe you a lot. You not only accepted us but welcomed us like family. So, one last time, thank you.”

“You’re both more than welcome.” I smiled as they were about to close the door, I stopped it a second. “I will give you a friendly warning.”

Two pairs of eyes widened.

“You’re tired, I know, but…there is something…called jetlag.” I said.

“Jet? Lag?” Gaius repeated. “I don’t know what that is.”

Colin chuckled. “No, but you will feel a little odd in the morning. You’ll find out what it is.” He patted Gaius on his arm just at the shoulder. “Good night, Gentlemen.” He put his arm around me and we headed to our bedroom.

“Are you tired?” I asked.

Colin gave a little nod. “Sure, so are you. Are you too tired?”

I grinned the reason for the question. “Because you want us to do something?” Of course, he did.

“It doesn’t have to be high energy…”

I grabbed him kissing him deeply and began walking backward as I led him toward our room. In our room, I pulled his shirt out of his pants and began unbuttoning it as he chuckled.

“Maybe a little energy,” Colin said closing our bedroom door with his foot.

The energy was found…a little. There would be more energy later. No wham bam tonight, but we loved each other.

Colin’s and my prophecy came true. I felt it when I woke up. Neither Colin or I had gotten up after making love and just went to sleep. Colin moved slightly, rolling from his position he did spooning me and groaned. “I feel terrible.”

I grinned at that. “We knew it would happen.” I rubbed his hairy bare chest. “Start a shower and I’ll get you some of your Death Wish coffee.” I kissed him. “How can you feel so terrible and still be so sexy?”

Colin chuckled. “You're biased. I don’t feel sexy.” He grinned at me. “You are.”

I cocked my head. “Maybe, or it’s just true. We don’t have to get up.” I said.

“You know sleeping in never helps,” Colin said sitting up throwing his legs over the side of the bed. “Coffee. I need it before we shower.”

I looked for my underwear and pants putting them on which Colin’s eyes widened as I did that. “You want coffee,” I said. “We have others here. We’re all guys, but…”

“I know I bought you a robe,” Colin said.

“Which is all the way in the closet,” I said whining. “This is quicker. I’ll make you and me some coffee this morning. Maybe for Vlad and Gaius, too.”

Colin chuckled. “Okay.” He waved to me to go.

Making the coffee and waited for it to finish, I heard a door open and saw Vlad come out of his room. Like me, he hadn’t put on a robe, just put his leather pants. I realized he didn’t have a robe.

When I say this, I’m in love with Colin. Never doubt that. However, I appreciated male beauty. Vlad was nice to look at. Vlad was…a hunk! He was a warrior and it showed. Both he and Gaius were warriors. The venom did one thing besides preventing aging. It froze everything in time. He would make many men going to the gym jealous. Not the rolling muscles of some guys that bulged, but his were honed and well developed. It was a good thing I had worked so hard to be in shape for Colin’s and my wedding because I’d be frozen in whatever shape I was when I was bitten. Both Vlad and Gaius were hunks! Very handsome. I chuckled as Vlad stretched his arm out to pull on what I knew was stiffness.

“This is that…jet…lag?” Vlad growled a little as he walked into the kitchen area. “I feel I was in battle…for hours!”

I nodded. “That’s it. Sore muscles and some fatigue. It’s the price we pay to travel as we do.”

“And you do this a lot!?” Vlad asked incredibly. “You flew here and back in less than three days!?”

I nodded. “That’s right again.” I smiled as the coffee was done. “It will pass in a day or two. Did you and Gaius sleep alright?”

Vlad nodded with a grin. “That…” he thumbed back at the room he shared with Gaius, “is a very comfortable bed!” He smiled. “I look forward to seeing this world with its marvels. That bed is one.”

“It’s a big world.” I poured Colin’s needed coffee in the big mug for him and a smaller normal sized one for me. “This…” I patted the coffee maker, “is Colin’s favorite coffee. I made plenty in case you and Gaius want some.” I pointed at the cabinet. “Mugs there, sugar and cream in there, but again…a warning…”

Vlad’s eyes widened again. “Another warning?”

I nodded picking up Colin’s coffee. “Colin likes his coffee very, very strong.” I jutted my head to the pot. “Death Wish…isn’t for the faint of heart. Drink it carefully. It’s sort of strong.”

“Called Death Wish?” Vlad looked at the pot with an unsure look in his eyes.

“You’ll understand after the first cup.” I looked at his black leather pants. “If you’re up to it…we can get you some other clothes. I need a haircut and so does Colin, he’s starting to curl. We can go to Vamps, they are open for us.” I waved at the pot. “Have your coffee and we’ll drink ours and shower then go. Does that sound okay?”

“Yes.” Vlad nodded and then looked at me.

Getting things together, got breakfast and then I went to check on Lucian. He was also on the same floor as Repetate and Iustina. His room also had no windows, but the sun was no problem for him now. The man I saw in jeans and blue shirt was eating. He looked like a convict. He did something wrong, so I knew he was. He had gone on the serum after they’d been brought here.

Going into the room where he was consuming his meal, he was a different man. He looked up at me, smiled and stood from his chair at the little table he was using to eat off of. He had color in his eyes and on his face as he had a naturally fair complexion. He was a nice-looking man…for a blonde.

“I see you’re eating again.” I waved at his plate that had a steak on it. “I don’t want to interrupt, but I wanted to see how you are doing.”

Lucian nodded. “I do well.” He said. “I’d forgotten how good it was to have a meal. This is so good!”

“You’re on the disk now.” I waved at his arm.

Lucian nodded and rubbed his chest as almost everyone does after the serum injection. “That serum hurt.”

“I know, I’ve done it three times.”

“Three?” Lucian asked. “You mean, doing it all again three times?”

I nodded. “The first time, I’d just been bitten and I was given it to stop me from becoming a vampire. The second one, I became a vampire. The third, I did it to show someone what he was…just like me. Colin went through it every day for nearly two decades until George perfected the serum. George did, too.”

“I don’t know if I would do that,” Lucian said with new appreciation.

I shrugged. “They both wanted it gone and thought it was worth it.” I looked about the room he was staying in. The single bed was neatly made and there was a little bedside table, but I saw an assortment of books and one open on the little table. “We have televisions you can use.”

Lucian smiled. “I’m fine.” He nodded. “I have books. That I really enjoy.” He looked at the room. “I know you’ll be sending me somewhere. The others with me were sent a few days ago.” He shrugged. “I’m fine here for now. There is no rush on my part.”

“We don’t need the space for now,” I admitted. “We may have to when we do, but until then…” I smiled. “How are you otherwise?”

Lucian now had a sadder look. “I still miss him, if that’s what you mean.”

“That’s what I mean.” I smiled at him trying to make sure he knew…I could understand on some level. “I’m told I can talk to people in many conditions. We won't be here a couple of weeks or so…and back again later. If you want to…we can talk…if you want to.”

“Thank you, but…” Lucian said softly. “I’m not ready for too much of that yet.”

“Okay.” I turned to leave, but I turned back. “If I can ask, what you and Iilya were going to do…you seem reasonable. Why did you agree to do that in the first place?”

Lucian looked surprised. “Hasn’t Colin ever wanted you to do something you didn’t want to?”

“No,” I answered immediately with no needed thought. “He’s never done anything I haven’t wanted to do or had to talk me into. If he did, I still won’t do it.”

“You don’t think he’d leave you if you didn’t do it?” Lucian asked.

“No.”

Lucian nodded and let out a…”huh.” “But there’s nothing you wouldn’t do if he asked?” Lucian pressed.

“If it was within parameters of what’s right and wrong.”

Lucian nodded again. “Iilya had a dark side.” He said. “What if Colin had a dark side? Would you leave him? Would you love him?”

“That question isn’t valid. I know Colin and he doesn’t have a dark side.”

“What if he did?” Lucian asked again.

“I don’t know.”

Lucian nodded. “Iilya did. I knew that. I loved him and he loved me. I couldn’t risk him leaving me.” He nodded holding his hand up to stop me. “I was weak. I didn’t want to take the risk he might. Understand? I loved him.”

I nodded not really knowing if I would if Colin had a dark side. I doubted I’d have fallen love with him at all. “Thanks for explaining it.” I smiled at him. “Your steak will get cold. I’ll be around if you want to talk later.”

We decided to take Vlad and Gaius out to see Manhattan. They were together, arms around each as they were doing what many did doing the circle looking up at the many buildings in awe.

“It’s so…big!” Gaius said.

“One of the biggest cities in the world.” Colin nodded.

Then we saw another side of Vlad we got to see. As they were looking up, they collided with a man who was walking with another male friend.

“Watch it, Faggot!” The tall dark-haired man said irritated at being bumped.

“We didn’t see you,” Gaius said. “We apologize.”

“Yes, but I don’t understand the name you used,” Vlad said in accented English.

“Foreigners and faggots!” The dark-headed man growled.

His lighter brown-haired friend, a little shorter sneered. “You have to wonder which of them takes it up the ass.” He snickered. “Isn’t that right, Gill?”

“Explain this…faggot,” Vlad said ignoring the friend.

“You are! Whether you give him your cock up his ass or you take his up yours, you’re fags!” The dark-haired man said irritated. He looked at Colin and me. “Them, too.”

Vlad smiled and walked closer to this man making the man back up. “From the tone and the way you said it, I think it was an insult!”

“I was just stating a fact.” The dark-haired man said now realizing the sheer size of Vlad. Gaius and Vlad were over six feet and they were…brawny! “People are watching, you wouldn’t dare.”

Vlad smiled again, little humor in the smile and leaned in closer still. “I won’t hit you. You wouldn’t stand a chance if I did. There are four of us and only two of you. The sad thing is, I do know the word you used is and understand what it means.” Then his voice changed…very quietly he said in that resonating way. “You will tell the truth.” He smiled. “Have you sucked a man’s…” he looked at me, “what’s the word? Cock, is that right?” He smiled as I nodded. “…Have you sucked a man’s cock?”

The man was almost dazed like we’d seen a man under and almost kind of spell transfixed by Vlad’s voice. He actually began sweating. It was November! It was cold out! “Yes.” He said quietly, his friend’s eyes widened as he looked at Gill in disbelief.

“Have you…taken it up the ass?” Vlad asked, his voice resonating.

“No.”

“Have you put your cock in a man’s ass?” Vlad asked.

“Yes.”

Vlad nodded. “Who’s ass?”

Gill jutted his head to his friend. “His.”

His friend’s eyes widened as he looked at this Gill. “What!?”

“So, you’re a faggot, too?” Vlad said more than asked.

“Yes.”

His friend’s eyes widened. “What!? When did you do this!?”

Gill was now sweating more but didn’t answer.

“The truth. Answer him.” Vlad said.

“Three times…you were…drunk and stoned.” Gill said.

Vlad nodded. “That’s what I thought. Listen.” He said the word listen resonated more. “Whenever you call someone a fag or faggot, you will have to say…I am too. Understand?”

“Yes.” He said, still under whatever Vlad was using on him.

Vlad stood up straighter. “Now, what were you saying?”

Gill was now looking very uncomfortable as his friend shoved him hard. He remembered what he said. “You fucking raped me!?”

Gill stammered. “I never…I…it wasn’t…”

“You just said you did it three fucking times!? I asked you what happened because I felt it the next day! I told you!” His friend was close to hitting Gill, but instead walked off and Gill ran after him. “You raped me!!!”

Colin and I had seen it, but again… “That was incredible!!” I said to Vlad. “Not only can you suggest something, but you also make them tell the truth!?”

Vlad smiled. “It was said by that Obi-Wan guy on the Star Wars movie, the weak minded are easy to influence or something like that.” He jutted his head at Gill who was trying to explain to his friend that was still walking away. You didn’t have to hear it to know what was being said. The friend was jerking his arm away and then waving of the arm angrily to tell Gill to leave him alone, the actions said it clearly. “Did he strike you as being that strong of mind?”

Colin was still watching as Gill was chasing his friend. “Not really.”

“Gaius can do it, too. I felt it when we first met him.” I said. “Did you teach him?”

“I did.” Vlad nodded. “It took a couple of decades, but…yes.”

“Will you teach us?” I asked.

Vlad smiled. “You’ve got the ability now, Devon!”

“I do?” I didn’t know that.

“I know you have it.” Vlad nodded. “Colin, you have the ability, too. It’s just not trained. I can train you both.” He looked at me. “Devon, you can talk to everybody and they listen to you even if no one else can. Colin, you can sense other people, whether to trust or not. You both have the ability. It just got focused in two directions.”

Gaius smiled as he put his arm around Vlad. “He could do it some before we were bitten. After he was bitten, it just got stronger and he learned to do it well. Don’t you think?”

“Don’t I think!?” I waved at Vlad. “That was the Jedi Mind Trick! It was better than truth serum or even…Wonder Woman’s Lasso of Truth!”

Again they looked confused. “Who?” They both asked at the same time.

“Is this Wonder Woman part of those movies?” Vlad asked.

I grinned shaking my head. “No! Well…there are movies of her, morning cartoons, TV show and loads of comic books.” I bounced. “I’ll show you if you like.”

“Devon’s right, that was amazing!” Colin said. “Now, let’s get those haircuts.” He looked at Gaius and Vlad. “I agree with Devon’s statement, too. Is there a dress code or something?” He pointed to the leather they wore.

They both looked at each other’s clothes. “No,” Gaius said. “This is comfortable,” Vlad added.

“We’ll get some new clothes for you,” I said. “I know you bought some, Vlad. I saw it. It was nice, you just need more.”

“It is cold out,” Vlad said simply. “I plan to buy some and I have money of sorts, but when I used it even in Transylvania, they looked at me like I was crazy. They took it, but…”

I looked a little surprised. “What did you give them?”

“I gave them some silver Ducats. I have some other gold coins I can use if that works better.” Vlad said.

“From what century!?” I asked.

“The ones I have are from my grandfather in the 14^th Century,” Vlad said trying to understand. “Do they not take silver here? I have gold coins, too. I had people buy things for us when we were in the caves, but we made a lot of things. It wasn’t needed.” He said simply.

“Vlad.” Colin forced himself to stay calm. “Those coins are six or seven hundred years old?”

“Yes.” Vlad nodded. “I brought some with me in my trunks.”

I didn’t know a thing about these coins, except they were rare. That, I knew. “Those things have got be worth a fortune!” I marveled.

Colin nodded. “I’ll say, their about $500 dollars…a piece! How many did you bring?”

“A little more than hundred maybe.” Vlad still was not certain what we were saying. “There is more I hid in Romania. I will need to get it? Should I send for it?”

“You have almost a million dollars with you now!” Colin stated forcing that calm again.

Vlad shrugged. “If you say so, I don’t know modern currency. It sounds like a lot.”

“Vlad!” I grabbed his arm happily. “Your comment when you saw where we lived as we are rich. Damn it, man.” I poked him in the chest lightly. “You are rich, Vlad!”

“You may want to keep it,” Colin said carefully.

“Why would I do that?” Vlad asked. “It’s used to pay for things. Why would I keep them? I brought them to spend for me and Gaius!”

“They are in good shape?” Colin asked.

“They are in a box,” Vlad said. “They’ve hardly been touched. That’s good, right?”

“I could handle it for you,” Colin said carefully. “I can call someone, get a good price and invest for you, if you trust me.”

“We trust you with our lives, Colin,” Vlad said. “This is a different world for us. I’ll give it to you if you want it. I have more! We owe you.”

Colin smiled at that. “I wouldn’t take it. I don’t want it for me, but you two. I’ll invest the money for you both. I’ve done well in the past and am doing fine now. I can do it for you. I want to help you both.”

Vlad nodded. “I believe that.”

“We can go down Fifth Avenue! Buy whatever you want!” I said. “You can practically buy out the stores!”

I knew that Colin and I were planning to pay for what they needed, but now…knowing what they had… A man feels pride when he does it himself. Vlad was going to do that. Okay, we did have to pay at that time, they didn’t have a card or anything. Neither Colin or I were worried about not getting anything back. If Vlad could make people tell the truth and suggest things…even if he didn’t do for the VUN if he taught us how he did that. It was well worth the price.

We were guys. Hair cut and like me, they did what they needed to. Standing around looking at clothing…wasn’t my idea of fun. It wasn’t theirs either. We got them some outfits from Dolce and Gabaana, I knew them and Armani…that was it for me…yeah, yeah, I knew Boss and others, but really? I didn’t want to look. We got what we needed. We even got Gaius a nice black leather eyepatch for his left eye. Remember? He’d been cut on his left side of his face? The eye was there, but white and he couldn’t see well out of it. The clothes were being shipped back! No carrying all those boxes wasn’t necessary. We went back to Vamps. There were the trendy well-known restaurants in New York, but the volume Colin liked to eat, not to mention Vlad and Gaius, we went there. It was very good! Vamps wasn’t named for the loose girls we called Vamps, but short for…what do you think? The chef and several cooks were vampires and yes, vampires loved flavor, more than the other non-vampires. It was very good eating there.

At the end of our meal, Colin smiled at Gaius and Vlad. “You don’t know the city…we could show you around more. We can go see the Statue of Liberty or something.”

Vlad nodded. “Maybe.” He smiled. “I might go up and see Repetate and Iustina, if you don’t mind.”

“It’s been a great morning and afternoon,” Gaius said. “I’ve not been this relaxed…” he thought, “I can’t remember being this relaxed.”

Vlad chuckled. “He’s right.” He played with his little glass of scotch. “I won’t say it again, just as you told us not to last night. I will say. We’ll earn our stay here.”

“You don’t have to do that,” Colin said. “We didn’t ask for that.”

Vlad laughed. “Everyone needs something to do. I am so…free now.” He said sighing and sat back satisfied. “But I will gladly work with you. I will do whatever I can for this VUN.”

Gaius nodded. “So, will I.”

“Whenever you need to get truth…or convince someone of something. I will be there. You need muscle, I’ll be there.” Vlad said.

“We will be there,” Gaius said taking Vlad’s hand. “You can count on us.”

Colin smiled, taking my hand. “The VUN is growing.”

“All for the good of all those out there,” I said to Colin. “This is what you wanted to do in the first place. Lucian asked if I ever did something…just because it was you. This…I would have done, with or without you. I’m just glad we’re doing it together.”

Colin leaned in kissing me. “I love you.”

“I know.” I smiled. “I love you.”

“Yes…you do.”