Pine Knoll Apartments

Father Frank let Theo stay at his church for awhile, and let him recoup from the trauma he had been through. Eventually however, Father Frank felt that it was important for Theo to get back into the world of the living. His idea was something somewhat normal. An apartment in Santa Monica where he could make a new home for himself getting the hell out of the former Los Angeles and start his life all over again. He could try and see who he was now that he was broken, and what the pieces that were left behind were now that he was trying to put them back together.

The priest gave Theo a hug and said. "Remember keep these contacts in because you don't want to scare the normal people you are around. True we are in a world now where people know supernatural creatures exist, however, they have not gotten used to the idea yet and its still something people are adjusting to. And we dont want to give anyone else heart attacks now do we.

"If you need anything just give me a call, hun and I will be there. Don't worry about the time or anything. Don't hesitate. It's what I'm here for."

Theo walked into the small apartment setting the last and final box down. Father Frank was being positive and supportive which he appreciated, but there was a deep sadness in Theo, especially today.

Looking at the apartment it was official, he wasn't going home to Damon... They had talked, and while they loved each other and held no ill will with the Fathers advice they had decided it was best for Theo to get room to breathe while the Vincents rebuilt themselves.

They thought it best to let things rekindle naturally over time... If they could stand it. He looked around the apartment before gratefully accepting the hug. He nodded as Frank reminded him of the contacts and sniffled a bit.

"Thank you for everything Father, while everyone was wishing me dead and hating me for what I'd done you made sure to make the world give me space. I can't ever repay you for that."

Theo sniffled again and looked back up at the priest pitifully. "I-I miss him... My heart hurts." The boy got a bit choked up in that moment.

"I'll always keep in touch Father thank you,"

He bid the priest a goodnight and let him out the door.

After a few minutes when he was sure the father left Theo broke down sinking to the floor and sobbing into his sleeve. He pulled back and cursed at the blood stains on his sleeve.

After a good long cry, the rather unique being stood and began to make a cup of coffee. He knew he wouldn't be sleeping tonight, not in this strange new place where he was all alone.

For about a month things were quiet in Pine Knoll Apartments. The day for the rent to be paid finally came around though. Frank had made sure to give Theo plenty of money for that, so everything should have been fine as far as that goes. He had met the landlord the last month, and knew him to be an elderly old Italian man who smoked like a chimney and drank like a fish. Theo undoubtedly was expecting him. But there was no way that he was expecting this.

There came a knock on the front door, and Nikolai Dragomir was standing there. "Hello Theo. Hope you are ready with your rent for the month. I am your new landlord and I don't take kindly to rent being late even a day. Father Frank gave you plenty of money I hope? If not I'm going to have to make other arrangements for you to pay me. Here is your bill."

Dragomir handed the rent bill to Theo and it asked for 10,000 dollars for that months rent, a hell of a lot more than what was agreed upon with the man that had been his landlord when he first moved in. "If you don't have it we will have to take it out in trade. I'm sure you have something I can use."

Theo walked up to the door with a sigh. He knew what to expect but he hated landlords, as far as Theo was concerned they were all parasites. He grabbed the enveloped with the cashiers check in it and swung the door open lazily. "Hi it's nice to- meet you-" Theo froze as his eyes registered the man in front of him and his ears gathered what he was saying.

"Nikolai!? New landlord!? Like hell! You threw me onto that sacrifice table like a sack of potatoes! And do you know what happened? I was sacrificed!"

He shut up and crossed his arms as Nikolai continued to speak and then his jaw dropped. "10,000 dollars!? You're joking, that's insanity and you know there's no way I could possibly pay it. If you wanted me to stay at the church you could've sent a death threat like everyone else."

At Nikolais offer Theo paused. "What are you getting at? I don't have anything to offer you, I can't bestow power,I can't destroy an entire city if I get the desire to anymore... You know what forget this, I'm calling Father Frank or maybe Damon to get him to kick your ass. Theo fished around in his pocket pulling out his phone quickly trying to dial a number.

Nikolai took the phone from Theo's hand, and dropped it on the floor, smashing it. "You are not going anywhere until you pay up." The Hungarian took the phone and smashed it on the ground, throwing it so hard it broke into pieces, it was more than just the screen breaking. The phone would now be totally useless, and this was only one surprise coming for the other man.

"My mages tell me that your blood is special now. It has a sweet addictive quality, and power to it that can be harnessed and used. I want to taste that blood. Also I would not mind a taste of something else." Dragomir walked past Theo and headed inside. "Where do you think we should do it? The couch? The kitchen table? The tub? Oh I think the tub could be nice I wouldn't mind seeing you wet."

Theo yelped as the phone was snatched from his hand and thrown into the ground so hard it shattered. He looked up at the vampire with a glare. "Who the hell do you think you are!?" He listened to the man speak with a dangerous look in his eye. As he expressed how he wanted Theo to pay up, the man swallowed a lump in his throat.

"Nikolai, I am not staying here, I am not giving you my blood... Or whatever else you want." He huffed and grabbed a messenger bag shoving some essential items into it. "In fact I'm going right now, this is the opposite of what I need right now. Besides the Vincents are your enemies, I am your enemy. Lest you forget who claimed me first. You do realized I was prepared for Ramiel and raised by the cult? And he has yet to do anything with me, not that I want him to. What you're asking for is basically the right of first night, and to that I say, fuck you."

He barely knew Nikolai but the man seemed very dangerous and volatile, he didn't know how go calm this vampire down. Quickly Theo headed for the door placing a hand on the knob. "Besides i belong to damon as far as anything is concerned-" The moment he turned it though there was a blast of strong magical energy and Theo was sent skidding across the floor and sliding into the counter.

Nikolai watched the magical energy knock Theo back so hard that the young man had the wind knocked out of him. The magic would have left him a bit dazed as well, although Theo did not appear knocked out by it. Nikolai walked over to Theo and started to pick him up as he had done once before when he tossed him on the table as a living sacrifice to Ramiel, like a sack of potatoes he was merely hauling around.

"I am Nikolai Dragomir, and I always get what I want." Nikolai announced. "And at the moment Ramiel has decided he is no longer interested in anything but killing you. Be happy that I have other things in mind, because if the cult does get their hands on you their orders are to end your existence. I'm sure that is not what you want to happen now is it?"

Nikolai carried Theo into bathroom and placed Theo into the tub. The elder vampire than brushed long dark hair out of his face and looked down at him. "Because if you prefer I can deliver you back to the cult, or even to Ramiel himself."

Theo lay there coughing and gasping for air as the vampire moved and picked him up. "H-hey put me down!" He coughed. Looking around dazedly as they entered the bathroom, the "human" pushed against his captor smacking at his hands as he was set in the tub. He leaned backed and pulled himself up in the tub. As the vampire spoke his threat Theo ground his teeth.

"That's it? Let you do whatever you want, or you turn me over to the blood God? What makes you think I'm at a point in my life where I want to live so much I'll take you up on that? Take me to Ramiel, let him crucify me on his dining room wall for all I care! I'll let you in on a secret Nikolai, the triad can't  kill me. Otherwise I'd already be dead, they would've killed me at the tower! Neither Cassiel nor Linarael, now not even Ramiel like me enough to keep me alive. If they could kill me I'd be dead. No otherkin witness protection program or mage conjured barrier would keep them away. "

"Think you've got a better shot? Besides whatever you do to me Damon will do to you sevenfold." Theo narrowed his eyes.

"Can I ask, why me? There's certainly other cases of special blood you could go for, so why me?" He wondered plainly.

Nikolai looked down at Theo, and rolled his eyes. "All the things you said are exactly the reason I want to do this. You cannot be killed, so I don't have to worry about overdoing it and killing you, and I have never been in that situation with a blood bag before. Your blood is different now, intoxicating, and I don't have to worry about ever using up the source.

And as far as Damon goes, he wants to kill me already, so what do you think this is going to make him want to do that is so special, bring me back just to kill me again ten times. He cannot. If he could he would have killed me a long time ago. Ramiel will never allow it."

Nikolai looked down at Theo and took show just how much audacity the vampire had, he fixed eyes with the 'human and demanded. "Take off your clothes."

Theo sat in the tub glaring up at his captor as the vampire rolled his eyes. The human grit his teeth. He couldn't believe the Dragomirs had this much- audacity. As Nikolai commanded him to undress though Theos eyes looked a little shocked. This motherfucker wasn't just bullying him, he was serious.

Theo flushed deeply crossing his arms over himself in the sweater that adorned his torso.

"You still haven't told me why I should feel so inclined as to do what you say? I'm not going to strip for you, I have no reason to."

He sighed and furrowed his brow. "Besides I don't think you actually want to do this."

Nikolai gave a big toothy grin. He walked over closer to Theo and grabbed him by the collar pulling him towards him. "What kind of bullshit game do you think you are playing? Remember who created me, Theo. Ramiel taught me everything that I know, and the first lesson I got, after 'insert fangs' here, and 'here' and stay out of the sun was do not ever let anyone taunt or toy with you. You have been doing both. You either are not very smart, or you really want to piss me off. Either way, you are not going to like what results."

Nikolai decided to begin by ripping Theo's shirt open. He wanted to see the other's reaction to this. Was Theo out of his mind? Was he trying to get him to kill him, fuck him or both?

"You are a little on the thin side compared to what I usually like but that is all right. You probably have not eaten well the last month or so since Devan stabbed you in the heart and you had to leave Damon's side. I can feed you and get you back in top shape again."

Theo backed up a bit as Nikolai moved in closer with that terrifying smile. He cowered a bit, before letting out a sharp yelp as the vampire tore his sweater open down the middle. "What the hell is wrong with you!?" He cried out. He looked at the red marks that had almost broken skin and swallowed a lump. The feeling traveled down forming a gnawing void in the pit of his stomach.

What could he do? The man was clearly serious and had not come to just rile Theo up as he had initially thought. No, this was much darker...

Bloody tears welled up in his eyes and Theo reached into his back pocket pulling a plastic case from it. With a smooth motion he took out each contact and placed them in their assigned home before glaring at Nikolai.

With a red face and a look that tried to invoke death, the younger man shoved the remains of his sweater off of himself chucking it at the vampire. "From the bottom of my heart, Nikolai Dragomir... I hope you rot..." Theo said as he unbuttoned his pants.

Moments later Theo had shirked off everything but his underwear returning his death gaze towards Nikolai.

Suddenly, after Theo did as he had asked, Nikolai had a confused look on his face. "I did not expect it to be that easy. It's a little disappointing. No matter."

Nikolai turned Theo around and pushed him against the bathroom wall, holding him firmly as he breathed against his neck. "Everyone has been obsessed with you Theo. I cannot help but wonder, what the fuss is about." He licked the mans neck and breathed closely against him. "Well I am about to find out."

Nikolai sank his fangs into the juncture where Theo's neck met his shoulders, drinking from him freely and without fear.

He sent blood trickling down the man's body, and watched what he had done, very pleased with himself.

Theo shot Nikolai another death glare as he commented about it being too easy. "You misunderstood this is as far as I'm go-" Suddenly the vampire shoved him against the wall and knocked the wind out of him once more.

As he leaned in and talked against his skin the human shuddered. "Get off of me you-" But he was interrupted by the feeling of the vampire's tongue on his skin. "I-" but it was too late as Nikolais fangs sank into his skin causing Theo to shriek.

It was the first time having his blood drained in this life. A long forgotten feeling, one that he expected to rediscover in comfort with Damon or in fear with Ramiel, Definitely not in scared confusion with Nikolai dragomir.

He whimpered and bit his lip bracing his hands against the wall of the shower/tub combo. He felt the blood leaving his body quickly as the man fed hungrily and without abandon, he kept expecting the fainting feeling to come but it never seemed to.

"That hurts-" was all he could offer in reaponse. Nikolai was fangs deep in his neck, if he moved the man could tear his jugular out. He wouldn't die, but Theo wasn't an idiot and still didn't want to live through that.

After a while Theos own body was flushed with pink heat as he panted.

Nikolai withdrew his fangs, and breathed heavily against Theo's neck with a sigh. "What did you expect? Just because I can make it pleasant doesn't mean I am going to. At least not for you." Dragomir then responded by pushing Theo forward ass first against the wall. He pulled out a little pocket knife, and clicked the end of it, forcing the blade outwards and pressed it against Theo's flesh. "Did Damon ever play with you like this I wonder." He gently parted some of the skin and then mused a bit. "You know something about pain. It mixes with pleasure so very well."

"I could make you feel things you never have before. I can make you feel things you will always remember and things that you'll wish you'll be able to forget. I have flayed my victims before just to heal them and do it all over again. I know the Vincent's are twisted but I have never known them to go that far with things." One hand wandered as he spoke, looking to explore and manipulate flesh and attempting to make Theo's body betray himself.

"Where should I put it. The mark I'm going to give you on your skin. Your hip. Your ass. Your inner thigh. It has to be somewhere that Damon will always see it and be reminded." Nikolai declared.

Theo let out a pant as Nikolai pulled away, hoping the man was satisfied. Then he was shoved up against the wall grunting a bit. He whimpered as Nikolai spoke harshly into his ear. Then Theo shut his eyes as he heard the knife click, expecting the worst. As it was pressed into his flesh his breath hitched in his throat. "S-stop-" Then as Nikolai spoke of marking him he grit his teeth.

"You're not touching me any fucking more- I won't let you hurt Damon like that-" With his hardest effort he drove his elbow backwards into his captors gut. But yelped as it felt like his elbow hit stone. Once again he'd forgotten the capacity of his human body.

He tried to push his body back against Nikolai but that was no avail either.

"Let me go!' He demanded shakily.

"Wooh there, Hercules. Be careful, you might break your hand trying to do that." Nikolai warned the man. "I have the power for my body to turn like stone a defense mechanism of sorts. I sometimes do it without thinking about it. I wouldn't want you to hurt yourself when there is so much hurting of you I can do." Nikolai explained with a stoic look on his face.

Nikolai tried to keep Theo in place without getting too physical with him but it was not working very well so the elder vampire took Theo by the head of the hair and said. "Don't you get it by now. This is going to happen whether you want it to or not. So stop squirming." Dragomir was getting more and more irritated with Theo by the second, and it was almost as if he did not understand why Theo was making this so hard.

Theo let out a noise of pain as Nikolais fist gathered and pulled on his hair. He grit his teeth and reached back but couldn't reach the vampire's hands well enough let alone pull them off. He let out an almost roar of anger as he struggled against the wall, but eventually even the most energetic human runs out of stamina.

Theo looked at the mirror from the peripheral of his vision and could only see enough to tell blood was running down his back from the wound on his neck and down the front of him from the bloody tears.

He let out a ragged breath of exhaustion as sweat dripped down his brow. "I may not be able to fight you now but if you go through with this I swear to your maker I will be the end of you." The human was trembling in Nikolais gasp like prey that has no energy left in its body to fight.

"Many have sworn as much. You would not be the first." Nikolai said in a bored tone. He took the blade and started carving into Theo's thigh with it. His movements were slow and deliberate and this was a definitely a twisted sort of foreplay for him. One Theo was covered in blood and had the mark on his skin Nikolai decided to go for the gold so to speak.

He had no intention of being gentle about it either. That wasn't exactly his style. He was definitely more brutal than Damon even when Damon was at his worst. He wanted this to be memorable, painful and humiliating for Theo and that was exactly what he intended to do.

When Nikolai finally had finished what he had set out to do, he gave Theo a hard slap on the ass. "I'll leave you to clean yourself up and explore your new home and new family. I don't intend to let you leave here for a little while. Damon is going to see you as my lap dog before I give you back you will be totally broken."

A strangled cry left Theo as the knife gouged into his flesh and Nikolai began to cut into him. By the time it was done Theo was thoroughly covered in his own blood.

"Please, I-I can't-" He whispered. But instead of hearing his please the assailant just shoved his face up against the wall.

Theo endured the next hell as best as he could.

Afterwards he sat in the tub holding a towel to himself, not caring that it soaked up the water as the tub filled. He didn't want to be exposed anymore...

He watched whisps of blood flow down the drain and wiped his eyes as Nikolai spoke.

"You did what you came to do... Just get out." Theo said in his best uncaring tone. He let Nikolai leave and once the vampire was gone Theo went about cleaning himself, just staring at the wall.

After what must've been a record of a hot shower he got out and dried off before wrapping the wound on his thigh in bandages.

He went out and sat on the apartments crappy couch in just a big t shirt and underwear. Flipping on the TV he sat there hugging his legs. He wanted to cry, wanted to scream and throw things... He wanted more so to spite Nikolai though, so for now he sat. Repressing everything that had just happened and the pain in his body, eventually Theo let the warmth of his hatred lull him to sleep. He wasn't going to cry for the Dragomirs, he wouldn't clean up anymore blood for Nikolai tonight.