Beep Beep Beep.<br/><br/>Jannet yawned then sat up pressing the off button on her alarm. Soft light filtered through the window to her room. The sun was setting on this day. The last few rays of sun were hitting a man beside her bed. â€œHello Stephen.â€ She said. It did not bother her that she wore not a stitch of clothing. She often trained naked when the heat was unbearable. Her trainer was used to it. He was handsome as all vampires were but she had no feelings for him. He was her teacher, and mentor that was all. Even in his human years he was a spy so it was no wonder he was the best candidate for the job. He had over two thousand years of practice.<br/><br/>â€œBe prepared and I shall meet you outside.â€ Was all he said before leaving her room. She had a private room unlike most. This was to prevent vampires from the temptation of healthy human blood. Although none had ever tried to kill her it was just a precaution.<br/><br/>Grabbing the clothes made especially for this trip she placed some hardy travel biscuits and dried fruit in her bag, along with a water bottle and a small pistol. The pistol was more for show. A beware of vampires thing. She pulled on some previously worn down clothes then stepped outside. Her clothes had to look battered. Like she was lost in the forest. It wouldnâ€™t be hard to find her way through the forest. But the forest itself would battle her every step of the way. It had secrets even the most ancient of vampires didnâ€™t know and beasts that hadnâ€™t been seen since the dawn of time. In that forest the very trees would try and kill you. But Jannet did know a few safe places. She had planned her rout meticulously. She knew where she was going to stop each and every night and she had planned for almost any kind of encounter.<br/><br/>Making her way out of the fortress she shook hands with Stephen before walking alone into the woods. It would be a few days before she made it even to the center of this monstrous. Labyrinth of trees. But still it did not overwhelm her. She kept her eyes forward and her ears alert for the slightest of sounds. What she didnâ€™t hear could be the difference between life and death here.<br/><br/>â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦.<br/><br/>Jannet blinked as the sun hit her in the face. It was her fourth day in the forest and they had gone by uneventful so far. Her provisions were good and she was on her second pair of clothes. But she was in desperate need of a shower. Luckily todayâ€™s stop was at one of the few lakes in this forest that was uninhabited and good for drinking. Maybe even the only one. She had been there a few times before. Picturing its crystal clear waters was like waiting for a drug to be administered. The anticipation was just as good as the high in her mind. So when she walked through the forest that day there was a fresh lightness in her footsteps. The summer heat was on her by midday. She had soaked through her clothes. Sweat drenched her brow but she still was as alert as she had been on her first night in the forest. She had to be if she wanted her journey to go as well as it had so far. So she kept doing her checks and stopped if she found the heat unbearable.  The thought of that lake was her favorite thing to think of if she wasnâ€™t going over her mission.<br/><br/>When she heard the trickle of water Jannet broke into trot. Jogging towards the sound. It was a beautiful sound. It was not the river of blood she had passed on her second day, no it was water. Perfect water in all its glory. She could see the small stream now. She began running alongside it. She had lost all composure. A gleeful smile danced across her lips. She was not admittedly focused on her surroundings. That was why she missed the human shaped footprints in the area.<br/><br/>Jannet stopped at the bank of the lake. She dropped her pack and stripped off her clothes leaving them at the edge of the water. Later she would refill her water bottles and wash her clothing but for now she would just enjoy the water. She swam down to the bottom and grabbed some cool round stones; she ran her fingers along their sides before dropping them one by one to the bottom again. She felt the burning need for air in her lunges so she swam quickly to the surface. She felt her face break the water, short red hair stuck to the sides of her face as she let and eruption of laughter escape her mouth ringing loud and clear into the surrounding forest.