{Ron}

Asher took a deep breath and let it out. "I… Well… I…"

I could tell he was nervous about what he was getting ready to say because he was stammering and that made me even more unsure if I wanted to know what he was going to say to me.

"I have feelings for you!" Asher blurted out. He covered his mouth in shock when he said it.

I blinked. "Come again?"

"I like you," said Asher, "I was using the idea of chasing Abigail around as a cover for my feelings for you."

I blinked and then gaped at him. "Wait, what? You're kidding right? Ha, ha you're such a prankster, good one Asher! I'll-"

Asher showed me that he was being serious when he reached over and kissed me. Okay, this just came out of left field!

After Asher stopped kissing me, I had no idea what to think. I sat there in disbelief at what just happened. If you ask me, Asher should be an actor instead of a DA. He had everyone fooled, even me!

"I… Um… I have no words…" I said.

Asher smiled. "Yeah I'm a pretty good actor aren't I?"

I nodded slowly. "You can say that again! So what happens now? You know I'm not going to look at you the same way ever again right?"

Asher nodded. "Yeah I know and I know you're not romantically inclined towards me so don't worry I won't try to steal you from Abigail. And if you tell anyone besides Abigail, I'll just deny it and say I'm in love with Abigail."

"Yeah considering you're-" I moaned in pain again. Man, these stupid fangs are getting on my nerves! I don't have time for this! I need to go back and find Abigail. She needs here where she's safe with me.

"Um, well now that you've explained things to me," said Asher, "I can help you. I um, you can bite me if you want?"

Asher sat on the bed and leaned back on the headboard next to me. He pulled me onto his lap and rolled up his shirt sleeve. I wanted to bite him when I saw that, but I hesitated.

Asher put his arm closer in my mouth. "Go on, you can do it. Obviously not biting anyone is what's making you sick. That's the only thing you haven't done yet right?"

I nodded. Do it Ron, I know he's not the person you would want to do this with but you need to do this. The sooner you feel better the sooner you can go find Abigail.

I stopped hesitating and brought myself to bite him. He let out a small yelp of pain when I did that. After I bit him, my fangs felt so much better and I stopped feeling ill instantly. When I let go, Asher let out a sigh of relief. "Good, it looks like that helped. You look like you're feeling much better now."

"So what happens now?" I asked.

Asher shrugged. "Whatever you want to have happen. If you stop being friends with me I understand. Don't worry I won't breathe a word about what you told me to anyone."

I smiled. "Huh actually, I think it would be best for us to remain friends. I bet Abigail's going to get a real kick out of this. Is there-"

Asher shook his head. "Oh no, no need to repay me. I just want to help. I also think that the limbo connection to have to contact Abigail is absolutely adorable! I'm kind of jealous but things happen for a reason I guess. As you can see I'm not out of the closet yet. I'm going to keep dating women as a cover for it. I don't think I'll come out anytime soon."

I chuckled, "Yeah I understand and honestly, it makes me wonder if Simon's in the closet too considering how he likes to cross dress sometimes and my ex-girlfriend Kari and her twin Tammy call him one of the 'girls' when she hangs out with him. They have that same suspicion about him that I do!"

Asher laughed at that thought. "You know those fangs of yours make you even more sexy. Do you have to bite someone every day?"

I shrugged. "I don't know. Patty told me I'd figure it out as I go."

* * *

A couple of days later after I first bit Asher, I found that if I bite someone at least once a day, I won't get sick. I kept worrying about Abigail the whole entire time. For whatever the reason, Patty decided not to send Asher and I out to track down Abigail yet. She decided instead to send other Agents ahead of us for the moment.

The next time I talked to Abigail in that limbo connection we have, she didn't look good. She stumbled towards me and looked like she could barely stand. I had my suspicions as to why that was. "Abigail, what's wrong?"

"I… I don't feel well…" Abigail mumbled.

I sighed, "Have you been eating or biting anyone lately?"

Abigail shook her head. "Nope and I refuse to do so. If it'll keep Dr. Crow from touching me then fine I don't care!"

"Abigail, I understand that but that's not good for you! Isn't that painful?" I said.

Abigail nodded. "Yeah so? Dr. Crow's right hand man Shinjin has been trying to take care of me but I'm not giving in no matter what he tries! He tries shoving my food down my mouth but I won't open it. He tries getting me to bite him by biting me but I'm not giving in and not to mention after he bites me I feel kind of horny afterward but I'm not taking the bait."

She grimaced in pain. "I know I gave you permission to be with someone other than me and hopefully I'll get back to you, but I'm not allowing myself to do the same thing. It's-"

I interrupted her, "No Abigail, you should do the same thing. You have needs just as much as I do. So this Shinjin guy, is he a Diamond too?"

Abigail shook her head. "Nope believe it or not, he's a vampire. Even though he is Dr. Crow's right hand man, he's not into assaulting people. He says the only time he would do it is if Dr. Crow makes him do it. He wants me to come to him willingly but-"

At this point Abigail was leaning on me to keep herself upright.

I frowned. "Listen Abigail, getting sick is not the answer for this." I thought for sure Abigail was going to get a kick out the fact that Asher is gay and not out of the closet yet. Not to mention, he has a crush on me. "Oh Abigail there's something I should tell you before this connection breaks."

"What?" Abigail said.

"Asher's gay!" I answered. "Here's the kicker, he has feelings for me, he's been using the cover of chasing after you to hide it."

Abigail chuckled, "Wow! Not that's funny! Well, I said you could be with someone besides me, you should entertain that idea."

"What?" I gasped. "You're kidding right?"

Abigail shook her head. "Although I do find it hilarious I'm not."

I gaped at her. Then I regained my composure, "Well then, since you're giving me full permission to do that, although I'm not sure if I will. I command you to entertain the idea of sleeping with Shinjin."

"But-"

I shook my head and gave her a stern look. "No buts Abigail! You want to be well enough to walk out of Dr. Crow's lair when I come to rescue you don't you?"

Abigail sighed, "Fine, if it'll keep you from worrying about me when and if you can rescue me, I'll do it."

"Good." I said. I felt that strange sensation in the back of my head and I knew the connection was going to break very soon. "Listen Abigail, I told you that rescuing you isn't a hope, it's a promise and I intend to stand by it!"

Abigail nodded and with that, the connection was broken and I woke up gasping for air just like I did the last time it happened.

* * *

When I woke up, I found that Asher was holding me and he was sleeping as he did. His eyes shot open when he realized that I was awake. He yawned, "Well good morning sleepy head!"

"Huh?" I said. I looked at the alarm clock on my nightstand. It was 6:30 AM. I sighed, "I guess we'd report to our substitute assignments."

Asher shook his head. "Nope, we don't have to."

"What? Why?" I asked.

"Because I talked to Patty after you fell asleep." Asher said. "She's giving us some time off in light of the recent events."

"I don't see why we need to do that," I said, "but okay."

Asher gave me a look of concern. "What's wrong Ron? You look upset."

I sighed, "I saw Abigail again through that limbo connection we have."

"Oh? What happened?" Asher asked. "Did she break up with you or something?"

"It's more like or something," I replied. "She didn't look like she felt well at all. She told me that she hasn't eaten anything or bitten anyone in the past couple of days."

Asher gasped. "Seriously? Why?"

"She seems to think that if she's sick that it'll keep Dr. Crow or anyone from touching her. At the moment she just seems really depressed," I said.

"Wow," said Asher, "that's not good. Hey, did you tell her about my feelings for you? What did she say?"

"Well she thought it was funny," I said, "but then she shocked me and threw me for a loop."

Asher tilted his head. "Huh? What happened?"

"She said I should entertain the idea of sleeping with you," I replied.

Asher choked, "Wait, what? She was kidding when she said that right?"

I shook my head. "Nope she wasn't. Since she wanted me to consider that, I pretty much commanded her to entertain the idea of sleeping with Shinjin."

"Uh, Shinjin?" Asher said.

I nodded. "Apparently, he's Dr. Crow's right hand man and he's a vampire."

"Vampire? You mean to tell me those actually exist?" Asher questioned.

"Apparently they do," I said, "Shinjin's not into assaulting people. He prefers them to come to him. Which that's a good thing for Abigail, she needs someone that doesn't want to take her against her will for a change. Even still, if Abigail doesn't do what she needs to do to stay well enough so I don't worry about her I don't know what I'll do."

Asher smiled. I raised an eyebrow. "What is it?"

"I think the fact that you and Abigail want each other to be well," Asher said, "says something about how much you two care about each other. You two care about each other a lot!"

I smiled and nodded. "Yeah we do."

There was an awkward silence between us at first but I guess Asher decided that he wanted to make out with me. He looked into my eyes and kissed me. Okay then, why me? Things just keep weirder and weirder!

I debated within myself if I wanted to go further with this. I wasn't sure if I wanted sex, but I did feel like biting him again. Just like Abigail, sometimes I feel kind of horny after biting Asher. But I really didn't want sex with him at that point and now that Abigail's suggested it, I had no idea what to think.

Asher stopped kissing me and smiled. "I know you're probably unsure about sex and we don't have to do that if you don't want to."

I nodded. "Yeah, but there is one thing I do want to do."

"What?" Asher said. Before he could react I reached over and bit him hard on his neck. "Ow! Hey dude, you didn't have to bite me that hard!"

I backed off and looked away. "Oops! Sorry!"

"It's okay Ron," said Asher, "that one kind of hurt that's all."

I put my head on his chest as he held me. Even though I had Asher's help, I was still worried about Abigail. I couldn't stop worrying about her. I had a feeling that I wouldn't stop worrying about Abigail until I rescued her and had her in my arms where she would be safe.

* * *

{Abigail}

I laid down on the bed in my dungeon/room that I was in curled up in the fetal position in pain. I was in so much pain that I could barely move! Strangely enough, ever since my last meal, I hadn't changed into that stupid wolf form I now have. Even still it's been at least a couple of days since I last ate and not because Shinjin wasn't feeding me. It was because I refused to eat anything or bite anyone for that matter.

"Come on Abigail," said Shinjin with a pleading tone of voice, "you need to at least eat something! Even Dr. Crow's worried about you!"

"So what's going to happen to you if I don't eat?" I asked. Then I moaned in pain.

"Well I'm not sure. I've done just about everything I could think of!" Shinjin said. "Actually, there is one thing I could do that might help. I suggested it to Dr. Crow and he only wanted to use it as a last resort."

"Oh really?" I said. "Actually what's going to happen to me if I don't eat or bite anyone for a good long time?"

Shinjin gulped, "Do you really want to know the answer to that question? Because the answer isn't a pleasant one."

"Well of course I want to know," I growled, "or I wouldn't have asked now would I?"

Shinjin sighed, "I've seen it happen plenty of times and it happens to vampires too. Not doing what you need to won't kill you of course it'll just put you in a suspended animation type death."

"So I'll go into a coma?" I said.

"In a sense yes," said Shinjin, "because it'll look like you're dead when you're not. You'll have a faint heartbeat and it takes weeks for a Diamond to recover when they decide to come out of it."

I paused. "Wait? When I decide to come out of it? What do you mean by that?"

"It's self explanatory," replied Shinjin, "basically you put yourself in that position and you can decide when to take yourself out of it. Dr. Crow is worried about you and he's not happy either. I'm going to assume that it's because he doesn't want to have sex with someone that's unwell, that he didn't make unwell by his own design."

"Oh really now?" I said. "So let me get this straight, Dr. Crow didn't mind having sex with me during the process of putting me underneath the Fog. But he doesn't want to have sex with me because I made myself sick? Isn't that a bit of a double standard?"

Shinjin nodded. "Yeah it is in my book. It's too bad he can't use the Fog to make you eat because the Fog doesn't work that way."

"Oh really?" I said. "Huh, interesting."

"Yeah, the Fog is uh, complicated," Shinjin said.

"No kidding!" I said. As I lay on my bed grimacing in pain I couldn't help but think of the last conversation I had with Ron in that limbo connection we have to communicate with each other. I figured I should at least try to eat something. Honestly to tell the truth, I didn't like the idea of going into suspended animation anymore than I liked the idea of Dr. Crow touching me again.

Shinjin sighed, "Listen I don't want to have to do this…"

I stared at the tray of food that Shinjin had with him. Next to the plate of food was a needle and I was instantly wary of what substance might be inside it. "What's in that needle?"

Shinjin smiled, "It's medicine to uh, motivate you to eat something. Let's just say it makes you angry, really angry."

"Okay," I said, "exactly how does making a person angry going to make them do what they need to do?"

"Hmm," said Shinjin, "do you want to find out?"

Even though I was wary of what might be in that needle, my curiosity got the better of me. You know what they say, curiosity kills the cat. Or in my case, curiosity just makes me angry. Shinjin wasn't kidding about that, once he gave me the shot after a few minutes I felt really hot. So hot it felt like I was in a sona. God damn it Dr. Crow really needs to be put down! I hate him! I hate him!

Shinjin stood there staring at me with his arms crossed. He looked at his watch on his wrist and it looked like he was timing something. "Hmm, interesting."

"What's interesting?" I snapped. "And in case you're wondering, I hate Dr. Crow and I hate you!"

"Awww," Shinjin pouted, "how much do you hate me? Go on, tell me because I'd really like to know."

At this point I was steaming, but I wasn't sure exactly how to express that anger at the moment. That surprised me because I always know how to express myself. I just sat there staring daggers at Shinjin, confused and not knowing what to do.

Shinjin tilted his head. "Huh, I thought for sure that you would be angry enough to at least lounge at me enough to bite me."

"Go fuck yourself!" I roared. When Shinjin didn't move I got up and swiped at him. Although I could barely hold onto him because I felt so weak at the moment. I knew for a fact that Shinjin let me pull him over to the bed. I made him sit on my lap and bit him on his neck as hard as I could. Shinjin shuddered and moaned with pleasure. Okay, this world just keeps getting more creepy by the minute! Can I just wake up from this nightmare already?

After I bit Shinjin, I felt a little bit better but not much. Shinjin let out a sigh of relief after I bit him. "There you go, but since you haven't bitten anyone in a couple of days, you should probably bite me again, but first, you should eat something."

Shinjin got off my lap and grabbed the tray of food and handed it to me. Once again, I tried very hard not to throw up at the site of blood. "I really don't want to eat this."

"It's not that bad," said Shinjin, "stop being a baby and eat your food. After you eat, you can bite me again because judging by the look on your face, that's what you would rather do."

"Fine." I mumbled. I took a piece of the food, chomped on it a couple of times and swallowed it. The next thing I knew, I had devoured the whole entire within minutes. I actually licked the plate. I was hungry even after I ate everything.

Shinjin chuckled, "Wow you look hungry and that's a good sign! I should've suggested the anger medicine to Dr. Crow a lot sooner had I known it would work. Hmm, I'll go grab you another plate of food while you drink something. After you've had your fill then you can bite me again, got it?"

I nodded. I surprised myself by eating at least four plates of food? Maybe it was more? I had no idea, the only thing I did know was that I was super hungry. Finally, I was full and I felt a little bit better. Then what I really wanted to do was bite Shinjin and he knew it too.

Shinjin smiled and sat on my lap. "It's okay Abigail, I know you want to bite me. Go ahead, do it. And do it as many times as you need for you to feel better."

So I bit him and I kept biting him, after that I felt good as new. Shinjin leaned back on my chest and sighed a content sigh. When he started to get up to leave, I held him tightly.

"What?" Shinjin asked.

"Don't…" I said. "Don't go."

Shinjin stayed put. "Okay, what's wrong?"

"I, um…" I said. To tell the truth, at this very moment, I just didn't want to be left alone. "I… I don't want to be alone right now. Can you stay at least for a little while?"

Shinjin nodded. "Yeah I can do that. At the moment you're the only thing I have to take care of. Dr. Crow specifically just wants me to tend to you. You've been my priority ever since you got fangs. Although I'd rather not be on babysitting duty. But seeing how important you are to Dr. Crow, I don't mind doing this at all."

"Oh, okay." I said. "That's fine."

"So what do you want to do?" Shinjin asked.

I wasn't sure what I wanted to do. Honestly, all I wanted to do at the moment was hold Shinjin. I also wondered if Ron was actually going to sleep with Asher. I still can't believe Asher fooled everyone into thinking that he was straight and chasing after me this whole entire time. I didn't feel jealous about that, not one little bit. But of course knowing Asher, he'll still say he's chasing after me when Ron and I know better.

Speaking of sleeping with someone, at that moment I found I was feeling a little bit horny. My eyes went wide when I saw the bulge in Shinjin's pants which told me he wanted the same thing I did. Shinjin turned around, looked at me and smiled. He leaned over and kissed me and I found that I wanted him and that's all I was thinking of at the moment. I kept trying to hold myself back because I still wasn't sure if I wanted to allow myself to sleep with someone other than Ron. Even though Ron did pretty much command me to at least think about sleeping with Shinjin. Well, here I was at the moment entertaining the idea of sleeping with Shinjin.

Shinjin stopped kissing me and smiled. "I know exactly what you want to do. I can tell by the way you're acting. So why not do what you want to do?"

I hesitated, "I'm not sure. No, I'm not saving myself for Dr. Crow. Being with that guy makes me sick."

Shinjin snorted. "That's not very nice Abigail. But I can understand not wanting to be with someone that assaults you every chance he gets."

"And he really gets on my nerves by calling me Princess all the time," I said. "For crying out loud, I'm not royalty!"

Shinjin started kissing me again. It felt like he didn't want to let go of me anytime soon and that was fine by me. I couldn't take it anymore after a while. So I pushed Shinjin onto the bed and had him lying on his back and I climbed on top of him while he was still kissing me.

At that moment, all I wanted was sex and nothing but that. I took off his clothes and he took my clothes off. He grunted when I pushed on him. He wasn't Ron, so I pretended that he was. I called out Ron's name a couple of times as I pushed on Shinjin.

I guess I was pushing on Shinjin a little bit hard because a couple of times he cried out as if he were in pain. I backed off but he told me not to stop, so I kept going. Eventually I orgasmed and I didn't know why it felt so intense but it also felt so good I didn't want it to stop. In the middle of my orgasm Shinjin got off and once it was over with, I just laid on top of him.

"Wow," said Shinjin, "man that felt good! That was probably the best sex I've ever had, no wonder-"

"I swear if you even say his name I'll rip your head off!" I snapped.

Shinjin chuckled, "Okay, okay! I won't say his name anymore. I was wondering something though."

"What?" I said.

"Who's Ron?" Shinjin asked.

"Ron is my real boyfriend," I answered.

"But I thought you said Agent Silver was your boyfriend," Shinjin paused, "wait I get it, I take Ron is Agent Silver's real name?"

I sighed, "Yes and please don't tell anyone, especially Dr. Crow you know that."

"Don't worry, my lips are sealed." Shinjin said. "I won't say a word. And if you want to, we can have sex as many times as you want to."

"Sure," I said, "let's take a little bit of a break first and then we can do it again okay?"

Shinjin nodded. Once we started having sex again, I kept thinking about Ron and I yearned for the day that Ron and I could see each other again.