Chapter 3 - Power

      "We've got a nice slave here. Freshly captured. Young virgin and fertile. Starting bid is 10 Gold pieces." Rose heard as she stood on a display stage. She looked around. She didn't remember anything at all. Not how she got here, nor who brought her here, and not even where she was. She looked down to see she was wearing nothing, she moved her hands to cover herself, but they were restrained by metal chains. Her fairly large breasts bouncing slightly as she tried to move. "Do I hear 15 gold?" A lot of people in the crowd raised their hand. "20?" Again. "30?" Only a few people put their hands down.

     "Another dream?" Rose mumbled to herself, looking around again. She looked around.
 
    "Quiet slave!" The slave master cracked her with a whip, leaving a welt on her back. Rose let out a cry of pain, tears rolling down her cheeks. She realized that it wasn't a dream at all, her heart starting to race.

   "75!" A man in the back said loudly, a majority of the people putting their hands down. He looked at the crowed and growled.

   "Do I hear 80?" A few people raised their hand. "90?" Same result. "100?" The man in the back and one in the crowd raised their hand. "125?" Again. "150?" Only the man in the back raised his hand. "Do I hear 155?" The slave master looked around. "Going once, Going Twice. Sold! 150 Gold pieces" Roses heart sank into her stomach. The man came up to collect her, handing the slave master a bag of coins. The slave master tied a rope around her neck and handed to the man, unlocking her arms and legs. The man walked her into an inn, and right into a room.
 
    "I'm eager to test you out, get on the b-" The mans words were cut short, a fully armored Lestat busting through the window, his hand flat and his palm facing up, He jumped towards the man, aiming his hand upwards towards his mouth, his claws enabling him to easily pull the upper half of the mans head off. His jaw the only thing left attached to his body. Blood splattered everywhere in a matter of seconds. He looked over his shoulder at Rose.

    "Are you okay?" His voice was calm, even though he just cut a mans head in half with his own hands. Rose simply nodded, speechless. Lestat couldn't help but look at her body. He threw her a pack. "Here, There are some clothes that should fit you in there. When you're dressed, hide." He jumped out the window, landing outside with a loud boom. 

    "Not going to argue there" She muttered to herself, starting to quickly get dressed. 

      Lestat looked around and growled softly. All the men drawing their swords and  approaching him. "For your immoral crimes, you will all be punished. I will erase you as a favor to the rest of your race." Lestat pulled his sword off his back. The men let out battle cries as they ran toward him. Lestat effortlessly swung his sword in a diagonal line, a wave of energy shooting forward as immense speed. It vaporized anything within fifty feet, which was more than a few men. The trees a hundred feet away were cut in a diagonal line. He spun around, cutting three men running up to him from behind clean in half at the shoulders, blood covering the blade and the ground below him. 

     At this point, all of the remaining men started to run. He quickly leapt forward, brining his sword straight down the middle of one man. Pushing through the middle of his body , he grabbed another man by the face, slamming his head into the ground. It popped like a zit, brains simply shooting everywhere. He pushed rolled forward, using his hand to push upwards against the ground, doing a front flip onto his feet. He dug his elbow into a mans face in the process, his armor cracking the mans skull like a grape. He continued to leapt from man to man, the glass in his helmet glowing red. As he finished with the last of the warriors he looked around, seeing the slave master hiding behind a wagon. He walked over to him, growling. "You think you can hide from your fate?" Lestat stabbed his sword into the ground, grabbing the slave master and some rope. He walked over to the edge of the forest, tying the rope around the mans ankle and then throwing one end of the rope onto a branch. He let go of the man and grabbed the rope from the other side. He pulled fast, yanking the man into the air by his foot. 

     Lestat took his helmet off, his white eyes staring directly into the mans, as if he were looking into his soul. "My face will be the last you see." Lestat said as he tied off the rope, grabbing his helmet and putting it back on. He pulled out a small dagger. "You will suffer more than any woman that has come into your hands." He forced the mans mouth open and pulled his tongue out, cutting it off with a clean slice. The man was crying loudly, begging for mercy. Lestat ignored him easily, cutting his shirt off. He slowly started to cut the man all over his body, taking his time. The cuts wouldn't kill the man, he'd bleed out yes but the smell would attract something else. 

    He cleaned off his dagger, putting it back into its sheath, grabbing his sword,  and leaving the man. As he started to walk back to the inn where Rose was, he stopped. grabbing his sword and looking into the woods. "I can smell you, there is no sense in hiding."

     "Well done" A very loud and much deeper voice echoed throughout the small town. A large dragon standing up and looking down at Lestat. "If you leave now, I will not kill you. Leave the slaves and go" The dragon seemed to order Lestat, who simply chuckled.  "You had your chance" The dragon unleashed a hellish fire ball, landing exactly where Lestat was. After the smoke cleared, only a crater was left. The dragon laughed "What a weakling!"  

    "Weakling?" Lestats voice echoed throughout the town. The dragon looked around, seeing nothing. "You are the one gloating before victory. A stain of your species is what you seem to be." Lestat jumped up from the forest, landing in front of the dragon, stabbing his sword into the ground and cracking his knuckles. "Prepare to die" 

    "Arrogant fool!" The dragon attempted to slam his tail down on Lestat, who rolled out of the way and leapt forward, doing a front flip and bringing down his heavily armored leg onto the dragons head, causing it to roar in pain and slap him away. He lands on his feet, the dragon collecting a massive fireball in his mouth.      

     Lestat smiled, A massive aura starting to surge out of his body, the markings on his armor fading into nothing . The glass in his eyes turning from red to blue, his armor turning from black to a chrome like color. The dragon released the fireball, sending it flying towards Lestat.  Lestat smiled and held out his hand, the fireball stopping in mid-flight, the dragon watching in awe. "Arrogant fool hmm?" Lestat said as he waved his hand, the fireball disappearing into thin air. The dragon simply standing and looking at him.

       He leapt forward, slashing the air about fifty feet away from the dragon with his claws, three waves of energy shooting out as immense speed. As the waves made contact with the dragon, it roared loudly. Everything up to five hundred feet away was simply obliterated, a long crater in the ground where the energy flew over.All that was left of the dragon was bones. Lestat grabbed his sword and slid it into his back sheath, his armor and helmet returning to normal. He made his way to the end slowly. He walked into the room where Rose was and looked around. "It's safe"

   "Thank god" Rose crawled out from under the bed, in a mans clothing. She looked up at him "Thank you for saving me....again" She looked down slightly. 

    "You're welcome. Are you still wanting to go where you were heading?" He looked down at her, the blood on his armor slowly evaporating. 

    "Not really...." She continued to look down, thinking of what do to. 

    "You can stay at my castle until you find out something to do" Lestat said as he walked outside the room, and outside, starting to walk into the forest. Rose quickly ran after him, following closely.

((Don't worry perverts, next chapter))
 