Nisha of the Red

Nisha sat down on the stone bench that was still standing in the bare yard, while Ana helped her older sister to get comfortable. She cleaned the dead leaves and sticks of the bench for her sister to sit. Nisha's sisterly affection towards Ana increased the more she interacted with her. Ana was a good child and deserved her care and protection.

"Ana sit with me, we have to talk." Nisha said as she patted the seat next to her.

Ana listened to her older sister and sat next to her. Nisha didn't move her head through the veil but looked straight at the empty dead yard, even the trees have long withered away. The pond that was meant to beautify the place looked like black thick sewage. The broken down place that she ended up in didn't bring down her mood. She just saw as a blank canvas to build upon it as she pleased.

"Sister?" Ana said drawing Nisha out from her thoughts.

"Now that an expert is watching over me, a lot of things will start to change. From now on, you should move in with me. We blood sisters shouldn't be separated, and it'll be easier for me to protect you if you're by my side. "

"But the house rules states we all have to be separated."

Nisha knew why the this manor had such bizarre rules was to only satisfy the power of control Henry, this body's father. He likes to lord over the weak which is his daughters, and it was easier for him to conduct his nightly visits to his offspring's' bed chambers instead of his concubines. This man was truly one of the lowest scums of this world. It excited her knowing that she would have the pleasure of destroying him.

"You no longer need to worry about silly things like that. Big sister is here to take care of you."

When Ana heard those words, it felt like magic to her ears. She finally felt safe and a little hopeful towards the future. Ana recalled how many times her older sister sacrificed herself to their horrible father. It was one too many, and each time she didn't blame fate that she was born, because she was happy that her little sister was safe from harms way. The ordeal from everything made her cry. She didn't hold it in this time to stay strong, she was finally able to cry fully because she was safe with her older sister.

Nisha held Ana closer as she smiled. She loved this feeling and truly felt some emotional attachment that gave her meaning. She vowed mentally that she will keep Ana safe from harm and watch her grow till old age.

Gutless finally appeared from the doorway of the courtyard with two woman in tow. Their clothes were torn and covered in old blood as a foul stench emitted from their bodies. Nisha frowned as she hoped Ana didn't notice the strong stink that reeked from their dead bodies.

"Sleep," Nisha whispered in a echoing tune.

Ana's body went limp from Nisha's words as if it held great power that her body couldn't disobey. Her eyes grew heavy from the sudden sleepiness she felt. Ana's small body fell onto Nisha's lap as she entered a deep sleep. Nisha held her in place from rolling off onto the ground to make sure she didn't hurt herself. Now that her little sister was asleep, the vampire queen looked at Gutless unhappily. Gutless fell on to the floor to beg for forgiveness, but was stopped by Nisha as she waved hand to raise.

Gutless meekly walked towards her mistress as the two dead maids was left there standing there in a blank stare at the ground.

"As you ordered, their bodies are intact." Gutless reported with her head down.

Nisha could tell the two extra maids were just a mingled liquid mess inside, and their bodies were just a shell of hard skin that crystallized to keep its shape. She wanted to slap Gutless for her foolishness, but she reminded herself that she was just born only a few hours ago and she didn't know any better.

"Gutless come closer and let me see your head."

The monster maid was confused but obeyed her mistress. She was also very afraid that her mistress would hit her in anger. But instead, a gentle touch was placed on her head. Her mistress stroked her head in a reassuring matter, it was the same way a parent would soothe a child. Gutless felt like crying, but she held her tears in. She didn't want to disappoint her mistress again, and this time she would think before carrying out her task.

"I hate dirty things, I don't want you to scare my little sister."

Now that Gutless knew what she did wrong, she nodded her head in agreement.

"This maid apologies to mistress and fourth mistress for my inconsiderate behavior."

"Good, I'm glad you understand."

Gutless stood at the side of her mistress on standby while Nisha 'summoned' the brain dead corpses by using her porcelain like finger. The corpses suddenly hovered one foot above the ground and raced towards Nisha to only stop four feet away from her. On closer inspection, the lowered heads of the maids faces were stuck in twisted expressions of horror and pain. Anybody could tell a death so gruesome can only cause such a thing. It was a ghastly sight to look at and Nisha planned to reconstruct their bodies to something more appealing to her taste. She tilted her head in thought, suddenly an idea started to quickly form. Since she was experimenting with the biology of these bodies, she might as well be creative.

Her eyes darted to the black murky waters of the courtyard pond. The lifeless pond had a putrid smell drifting from it and a few bits of fish scales floating on top. She could tell the pond was once teeming with life but now it was a black rotten soup graveyard. Nisha had a moment of inspiration while she gently placed Ana on the stone bench length wise and walked her way to the pond. Her large eyes snapped open underneath the veil as it start to glow an eerie blood red light. The black waters turned red and started to stir into a fierce whirlpool. Nisha felt the unknown marine life that perished here or more like the DNA that still remained. It will be useful to form her next set of creatures to serve her.

With only a flick of her finger the two bodies of the maids flew into the red whirlpool. Their bodies broke apart and mended with the multiple DNA of the fish that died here. The bright red water bubbled like a soup over a flame, but didn't emit any heat nor smell. Nisha used her vampire force to guide the human and fish DNA to collide, rebuild, and break apart for several intervals until she was only left with a set of complex DNA that was modified to form a new organism. The whirlpool slowed down to a stir by her vampiric will, so she could continue to the next process of her creation. This time Nisha placed her hand into the red waters causing an instant reaction in the process. Some thicken red liquid started to gather around her hand as if it was attracted by a force. It separated into two red blobs and soon both grew into the size of about nine feet in length. The texture of the blobs changed into a hardened shells encasing her new creatures inside. She felt satisfied with her handy work. Nisha removed her hand from the pond and the red color began to reside into the shell like cocoons, once again revealing the black putrid waters.

Gutless walked to her mistress's side with a napkin in hand. Nisha received the napkin to clean her hand and gave it back to her. Nisha once again closed her eyes to resume her blindness while she waited with Gutless for her newborns to greet her. Gutless on the other hand didn't understand why her mistress went to such lengths to recreate their bodies. Her mistress could easily created their bodies in the same way as her. Nisha could tell what her little maid was thinking just by looking at the confused expression on her face.

"Are you wondering why I choose this method to reconstructed them?"

Gutless nodded, her attention was bought back to her mistress. Nisha smiled underneath the decorated veil, even though she couldn't be seen clearly, the monster maid felt her mistress's smiling was beyond dazzling.

"In a far away land that no longer exist, there was once a beautiful goddess named Atargatis. There were many stories about her, but none were quite right beside one. It was a story of a fish that fell in love with a human man. To live on land she forgone her fish form to be with her lover. She appeared before her lover, and each passing day their love grew for each other. Soon her man wanted a family together, but there was a problem that arisen. Atargatis wasn't a true human so she couldn't reproduce like most mammals, so she made up excuses not to conceive children with him. Her husband grew angry as time went by, he believed his wife was being unfaithful and was only using him for his status. Then one night he forced himself on his wife, Atargatis was betrayed and decided to bare his child."

Gutless grew more confused as the story went on, before she could ask her mistress why would a goddess bare a child for an undeserving human male, her mistress revealed a row of sharp teeth and a set of long fangs in a form of a tempting wicked smile.

"For a goddess of Atargatis's nature to give birth, she needs a human's sacrifice to create a miracle, so she ate him. In sadness and rage she turned herself into half human and the bottom half fish when she returned to the sea and vowed never to love again. Her rage was so deep her child was born in her mixed form and since then used its beautiful looks, and voice to lure human men to deaths. The new monsters that was birthed from Atargatis's rage were called mermaids."

Gutless wasn't sure what the word meant. But felt how her mistress was exited for the two maids to be reborn. Soon she would be able to see what form was a mixture of human and fish was. Gutless was answered with the sound of shells cracking like broken glass erupting from the black pond. She saw two identical beautiful young ladies swim to the edge of the pond in front of her mistress. That's when she was able to see two rainbow glittery fish scales on their long fish tail lower bodies. They both had long hair that reflected like the rainbow sheen on their tails and skin that look like pearls. When they opened up their large eyes to look at Nisha, she was greeted by pale crystal blue eyes. The two reformed maids looked at their creator in adoration and worship as they both greeted her in sing song voices.

"Creator please to meet you!" They both said at the same time in appealing singing like voices. Their voices sounded like it was strung together with wind and string instruments. It was music to the ears, and had an instant relaxing effect. A voice like this coupled with their unnatural beautiful looks wasn't surprising that mermaids were able to lure humans to their deaths. But these weren't the true breed mermaids since Nisha made them. Of course they will be differences unlike the descendants of Atargatis, for example they could gain the legs of a human at will and could utilize poison within their fluids.

Nisha was greatly pleased how well it came out. They're beautiful girls that had room for growth.

"Mistress, I bought an extra set of maid outfits." Gutless said from behind Nisha as she beckoned the mermaids out from the pond. The mermaids obeyed Gutless due to the familiarity they felt towards her and something within their blood felt a unbreakable sense of hierarchy. Their fish tails molded into a pair of white slender legs. However if you look closely their skin was a collection of fine pearl white fish scales that sparkled in the light. The new pair of monster maids bodies were dry as if the water never effected them at all.

The mermaids were identical to each other to their voices and genetic makeup. Nisha couldn't be bothered into creating individual looks for the both of them. She was still too weak and lazy to endure complex procedures. This was enough to protect her while she explore this unknown world. Gutless handed them a fresh pair of clothes and matching shoes too, they quickly dressed and looked eagerly at their creator.

"Luna and Una, that is your name. I am you mistress, Nisha and you shall address me as such." Nisha said as she looked left to right. The beautiful twins smiled brightly from being named by their creator, and both said in unison, "Luna and Una, greets mistress."

"Good," she nodded pleased. "Gutless how are the preparations?"

"Your order has been carried out, and the clothes are waiting for you and sixth young miss in your quarters."

"Let's go, we can't keep my family waiting." Nisha sneered in delight.