The following is my responce to this prompt: http://positivewordsmagazine.wordpress.com/2014/05/05/horror/

 

She closed her eyes tightly and opened them again to see the technician looking closely at the vials, one after another. She decided it must have been her nerves, she wasn’t fond of needles, or blood for that matter.

“I’ll be right back, try not to move.” The man left the room and she thought of the phone call she received that morning.

“Hello?”

“Yes, Ms. Evans?”

“This is she.”

“Hello I am from the United Clinic, are you able to come in for a lab? It won’t take very long. Is my paper work right here? You have an O negative blood type?”

“Oh, yes I do.” She looked quickly at her phone screen. The number she saw was not what she had on record for the clinic. They must’ve changed it, she assumed.

“You don’t see much of that anymore, do you?”

Anymore? “No, I suppose not.”

“Well come to the lab after you bring your kids to school.” She paused. “If that’s okay.”

“Uh, yeah that’s fine, I’ll be there soon.”

 

The technician came back in with a box. In the box were blood bags.

“I thought you just needed some lab work up, how much are you taking?”

He looked deeply into her eyes and she began to feel a little hazy.

“There’s no reason to be alarmed.” He said.

“There’s no reason to be alarmed.” She repeated, sleepily. She became vaguely aware of the fangs she thought she spotted before. They were definitely there. And they were definitely sharp.

He inserted the needle into her vein, and before attaching it to the blood bag he put the small tube to his lips, and took a sip. He closed his eyes and whispered to himself, “just what i needed.”

“What are you doing?” She asked, calmly. He locked eyes with her again.

“You came in today and I took two vials of blood.”

“You took two vials of blood.” She repeated back to him. Her blood spilling out filling the bag she was hooked to.

“Everything was completely normal. You we’re a little light headed when I was finished, so you took a bit of a nap. Then you will wake up, and drive home safely.”

She blinked slowly and then responded. “I’m feeling a little light headed, would it be okay if I took a nap?”

“Of course, Ms. Evans.”

She closed her eyes and fell asleep. When she woke up, she grabbed her coat, then drove home. Once she was inside her phone rang.

“Hello?”

“Hey honey, how was the doctor?” It was her husband. She thought for a second and then responded.

“Fine, I should’ve eaten breakfast before I went. I fell asleep it was terribly embarrassing.”

“You fell asleep? Geeze, how much did they take?” She thought and then remembered.

“Only 2 vials.”

“You sound a little dazed, do you need me to come home? ”

“There’s no reason to be alarmed.” She said, and with that sentence, felt a small flicker of deja vu.

“Ok, maybe I should call for an appointment, I’ve been feeling a little sick. What’s the number?”

“Hold on.” She looked in her phone contacts, and the number for the clinic was gone. So, she looked in her recent calls, and the call she received that morning from the receptionist didn’t seem to be there. “I don’t know honey, this stupid phone..”

“Ah, that’s alright I’ll figure it out. I’ll be home soon, love you, bye.”

“Bye.”

The woman found her favorite book, sat down and removed her bandage.

To see two perfectly parallel pricks in her skin.