Pearl awoke to bright lights. Instinctively, she screamed and shielded her eyes. Wires in her arms tightened and she almost ripped them out before she realized she wasn't looking at the sun, but the harsh lights of one of her Master's examination rooms. She was so tired. Despite the noises in the room, the pain if the wires in her arms, Pearl felt her eyelids grow heavy.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Pearl sat alone, sunlight shown through an open window and a cool breeze blew through her hair. She relished in the sunlight as it warmed her skin. A shadow loomed over her, pitch black except for a golden cuff in its massive hands. Pearl screamed, she tried to run, but vines wrapped around her. The shadow engulfed her, leaving Pearl with a collar and without hope.</span><br/><br/>Pearl came too upon the mansion porch. She had been left in a ball, red shift going to her ankles. Pearl sniffed the air, no fire tonight. She wondered to herself if the strange human was still alive. Pearl's thirst raged and she began to stalk her prey, Naomi.<br/><br/>______<br/><br/>The girl had survived 2 days now. She would make it off the island. The howls the night before had shaken her nerve and Naomi looked around every turn. The lack of sleep was beginning to get to her, large bags formed under her eyes. She was unaware of Pearl prancing from branch to branch behind her.<br/><br/>Naomi began muttering to herself as prayer of deliverance and Pearl bounded to the ground, landing before Naomi. "Who-?" Naomi stumbled back and fell off her feet, but she did not run. Pearl took her hand and led her across the island. She stopped before Naomi and embraced her, soothing the girl's fear.<span style="font-style: italic">"I am mercy."</span>Pearl's English came out with a heavy accent. Naomi gasped as Pearl sunk her fangs in and plunged them both over the cliff.<br/><br/>Pearl landed heavily on her feet, despite not having shoes. Naomi was still in her embrace, but limp now as Pearl kept draining her. Before she could finish, Pearl noticed the crafted boat. Pearl dropped the girl with a thud, Naomi still clung to life. "You're...you're trying to leave." He was the first human to speak to her in years and he was leaving?? Pearl licked her fangs clean, giving him a clear view of them. Perhaps it was innocent, or perhaps not. Would she have to kill him? Pearl hoped not, but she would not let food go.<br/><br/>Pearl left Naomi on the beach, fighting for her life, and approached the broad man. "Who are you that you can understand me? What is this strange land?" If she had to kill him, at least she could maybe get some answers first. Her words, despite how beautiful the language, came out in a low growl. Her eyes were ablaze and she had him backed into a corner. "What can you tell me before I drain you of your life force?"