Marcus didn't quite know what to do now when Alec made himself small like he did, pulling his knees all close and looking just like the lost child that he was. "Well, we'll all teach you, but you're my responsibility now." Marcus took his responsibilities seriously and would make sure that Alec learned how to be a vampire one way or another. He wasn't designed to accept failure, and his newest pet would learn that sooner or later.

As soon as Alec started sobbing, Marcus was at loss of what to do. All he could think of was sit down next to the tub and gently rub the kid's back. "You have a family here now. If he can't appreciate that you're still alive, then you're better off without him. You're lucky I found you last night, that blonde would've just watched you die. She didn't seem to know what she was doing at all, so you're lucky she didn't just kill you." Sure, it was harsh, but it was true. Whoever that blonde was, she was in trouble. She was trouble.

"Tell you what, you do as you're told, when you're told, and we'll get you ready to face the world without being a danger to anyone as fast as possible. And you'll always have a place to call home." It was so unlike his usual approach to things to be this kind to a newborn in his care, but this kid seemed like a softy and he wanted to make sure he felt at home and wouldn't just run off and be a danger to everyone, including their messed up little family.

The mans words were harsh, but he knew that they were also true. He sniffled and wiped his eyes, sniffling again and looked up at Marcus. This man was going to be teaching him.....but was their some price he would have to pay.....would he have to do something for the man in return? He was to afraid to ask at this point."Um.......I have someone I have to see at least once a week.....his name is Casey.....his a dragon and I made a contract with him.......and I have to see him....." He said and left out the part that he wanted to see Casey.

"Do I have to be your pet....." He said softly now and dared to look up at the other, dark eyes very curious, innocent and scared.

Naturally, he would want to make Alec his pet eventually, but for now he had more than enough to get the kid to accept what he'd become rather than force anything on him. He needed the kid's trust before he could try to make any changes to his behavior. Maybe the poor boy would figure out sooner rather than later that it wasn't so bad to be a vampire, it was the initial shock that hurt the most really.

Upon learning about Alec's contract with some kind of dragon, Marcus couldn't help but smile at the boy's dedication to keep his part of the contract, whatever it was. "Well, I'm not one to make anyone break contracts. Tell you what, I'll have Amelita walk you there just to make sure you get there safely. Maybe pick you up again after your appointment as well?" He figured it was less intimidating to send Amelita with him than to go himself. After all, the former hunter hadn't learned to be intimidating yet, she was quite the school girl still.

The question that was posed so innocently, made Marcus chuckle slightly and smile at the newborn. "Well, I won't force myself on you if that's what you're afraid of. I'd rather you choose to be my pet so I can spoil you than to make you do whatever I want." It was hard for him to not try to control the kid from the get-go, but he was trying to change that part of his behavior. He missed Damien and didn't want to do something to make him absolutely hate him because he tried to be all controlling with someone else.

A shriek brought him out of his reverie before Arya stormed into the bathroom, practically fuming. "You know, when you said you were bringing in a stray I was under the impression that you wouldn't go soiling the manor with mud!" she fumed, angry that her maker not only took in a stray and brought him to her house, but that he'd most likely ruined perfectly good linen. Right at that very moment, she wasn't afraid of what he'd do to her later, she was just so furious that he hadn't even bothered to make sure it was ok first before he went ahead and dragged her into his mess.

Getting up from where he was sitting, Marcus walked over to Arya and practically snarled at her. "Arya, Alec, Alec Arya," -he said as he briefly introduced the two before he dragged Arya out of the bathroom by her arm- "Gale will take care of it, now get back to bossing that good for nothing husband of yours around instead of trying to prove a point. This may be your house, but you're still mine," he hissed, barely audible. With that, he walked back into the bathroom and slammed the door shut behind him. He could still hear Arya stomp around the hallway before he caught her getting Amelita to clean up the mess.

"And that, unfortunately, is the lady of the house. She'll help teach you as well, if teaching Amelita doesn't prove too much of a distraction." He said, leaning against the door.

He hoped that Marcus would be okay with him going to see Casey once a week, He did worry at how Casey woud react to seeing him like this now and prayed that Casey would accept him as a vampire....he was more afriad that maybe Casey would get angry and try to take this out on Marcus. He tried not to look worried or anxious about this whole ordeal, but it was becoming quite hard. When Marcus smiled and did agree to him seeing Casey, he just smiled and almost wanted to hug the man but refrained himself.

He looked up at Marcus with a small smile at the reply to the whole...pet situation. So....he would become a pet to Marcus, but the man was willing to let him choose when they....would do things? He didn't quite understand the whole pet thing...but from what his father had told him; vampire take humans and such as pets and they feed from them and had sex with them whenever they wanted. He just pulled his knees closer at the thought of having sex with Marcus, the guy was very big...he could easily crush him with just his weight and muscle alone. My dad told me that pets had o have sex with the vampire that keeps them....is that true? He asked softly.

A shriek made him jump and he wanted to duck under the water when a angry blonde suddenly stormed into the bathroom and started to scream about mudd being all over the house. He was going to apologize but Marcus escorted the blonde rather forcefully and shut the door behind her. He peeked out from over the top of the bathtub and blinked his eyes. You mean...I have to learn from that scary lady..... He said softly and looked terrified now. I'm sorry about the mudd....I can clean it up after I'm done since its my fault. He offered.

When Alec asked his question about pets so innocently and sounding almost afraid, Marcus couldn't help but chuckle slightly at the kid. "That is usually the case, yes, but like I said, no one's going to force you. Amelita is a pet of sorts as well, and no one is forcing her to have sex with them. She's more of an errand girl than anything really," he said, hoping to put away Alec's fears for now. If he'd met the boy under different circumstances, he probably would've made a proper pet out of him, but as it was he was stuck with the kid forever and didn't want to make him resent him like Damien had for the longest time.

OK, so Arya probably hadn't made the best first impression on Alec, but at least she knew she had to do her share of teaching as well. And she better be nice about it or he'd make sure she suffered. Then again, maybe he shouldn't threaten to hurt her if she misbehaved as that might just make her be mean on purpose. "Don't worry about the mud, Amelita is taking care of it. Arya's mine, she'll behave," he said highly amused at the very thought of telling Arya to behave.

"I'll see if we can't muster up some clean clothes for you," Marcus said as he left the kid to bathe and take everything in on his own.

He talked as if Arya was property. Was that how he would be thought of....property? He laid his head down on his knees at the thought before looking up at Marcus and watched the man leave to get him some fresh cloths. He was quick to scrub himself down and was finally clean. He looked back to the door and saw it remained unopened and got out, grabbing a clean towel and wrapped it around his very slender waist and one for his hair. He rubbed the towel against his now damp hair, making it curve his delicate looking face and hung in his eyes.

He walked over to the sink and looked at himself in the mirror. He looked......even more delicate than he normally did....he was much prettier if that was even possible to begin with. He gripped the edge of the sink and looked down, taking everything in.

Arya was property in some ways, she belonged to him and he could make her do anything, just by pushing the right buttons. He knew exactly how to manipulate the blonde to follow orders, even if she wasn't aware that that was what she was doing, it was one of the benefits of having known her for so long and really being close from time to time. Damien was harder to manipulate, but he didn't have the same deep-rooted need to please him and Marcus couldn't find it in himself to try to force Damien to do anything anymore as it might make them estranged again.

Deciding to make sure Alec wouldn't run off scared by giving him some space, at least until he was more adjusted to his new life, Marcus dumped the clothes he'd found in Amelita's arms and told her to make Alec feel at home. She knew the clothes would be too big on the newborn, but she'd stopped by her own room and found some of her own jeans, at least they were smaller than Arya's husbands' jeans.

Knocking on the bathroom door, she softly spoke up: "Can I come in? I brought you some clothes." Marcus and Arya had both told her off for her excitement so she was much calmer now than before. "It gets easier, it really does. And they're not too bad, not really, they just like to frighten you. I heard what you said about not being able to go home, I can't go home either..." She figured there was no better way to make Alec feel at home than to let him know he wasn't alone. That he wasn't the only one unable to see his family without getting hurt.

He quickly started to dry off now but kept the towel around his waist and neatly folded the hair towel and placed it on the sink. He jumped at the knock on the bathroom door and opened it to let the pink haired girl in. He stood there alittle awkwardly for a moment before taking the cloths and put them on. They were to big on his very small frame but he smiled some in thanks.

I don't know what I am going to do now.....I can't go home or anything....and now I am a pet. He said softly and just walked by her. He didn't know where he was gong but decdied to walk down the hall and made clear not to run into anyone.

Amelita handed the clothes to Alec and turned her back on him while he got dressed. She wasn't as confident and used to things as her new family was so she still had a lot of shyness to get over. Once he spoke up again though, the former hunter smiled at her new friend.

"My parents wouldn't understand either, my dad's a werewolf and my mom and sister are both hunters, as was I before my accident. It's better to be a pet than to have to figure all this out on your own." When Alec started walking, she decided to tag along. Maybe she could show him some of the things he could do now that had been impossible before. Walking along in silence, she was thinking about what to do to show the other where to begin. Suddenly realizing what would be perfect, she squealed slightly.

"Follow me," she said enthusiastically and rushed across the hall way using her vampire speed, placing her across the room in a second. She knew that Alec probably wanted to be able to go outside during the day as well, after all, they were used to being outside during the day and people might start wondering if he was only outside after dark. "Just focus and run, it's quite handy actually." With that, she giggled slightly and ran ahead of Alec again, not paying attention to where she was going and ran straight into Marcus, ending up getting knocked down from the impact making her all giggly as she was lying on the floor, looking up at Marcus. Hopefully he wouldn't be mad at her, but he seemed to be in a relatively good mood and just pulled her back to her feet. Arya however was merely watching the commotion from a chair, peaking up at her maker over a book and not looking pleased at all.

He listened to the pink hair girl. Her words didn't make him feel any better about this whole thing. He watched as she disappeared and was going to chase after her till he heard something come from the other side of a red door to his left. He looked ahead and saw the pink hair girl had disappeared from view and sigh. His curious got the better of him and he cracked the red door open, peering inside.

It looked like a torture room or something. His eyes widen at all the equipment that was in the room. This people were sick in the head weren't they. Now he really didn't want to stay here and was going to quickly turn around but ran into none other than Marcus. His eyes widen and he stumbled backwards, his clumsiness was sill there even being a vampire.

Why wasn't Alec coming into the living room after her? She looked up at Marcus rather quizzically before he walked toward where she'd last seen the boy. Naturally he couldn't help but be quiet about it and watch as the kid cracked open the door to Arya's playroom and the reaction he was having.

Smirking slightly, he pushed the door fully open and pulled Alec inside with him. Arya had done well with the decorating of the room and all the tools she'd incorporated. "Curious young lad, aren't you?" he mused, and closed the door behind him. Walking around the poor boy, he picked up a really soft, feathery tickler. Bringing it back to Alec, he ran the soft feather around the boy's neck, grinning slightly at the boy.

"This is room is just as much for pleasure as much as it is for pain. If you behave nicely, you won't have to come here unless you want to. Misbehave and this is where you'll receive your punishment. It's never good to be too curious." Putting away the tickler, Marcus picked up a really flexible leather crop and smacked it across Alec's behind. He made sure not to put too much strength behind it, as after all, he didn't want to seriously hurt the boy. "You tell me which you prefer and if you're going to stop sneaking around."

Alec didnt like the look that Marcus gave him and was now pulled inside by the man. He almost started to struggle till he was now inside the red room and didn't know what Marcus was going to do to him. "I can't help but to he curious though...." He replied softly and tried not to giggle at the tickler that ran across his neck and giggled now and his eyes widen now at the riding crop.

He almost yelped at the crop going across his behind. Was this how it was going to be if he did something wrong. He didnt reply to what Marcus said but did turn his head and glare at the man. "Aren't vampires suppose to be their own boss why should I listen to you?" He barked.

Alec's reactions to both the tickler and the crop were priceless. He was so innocent, even if he was about to take away that innocence and turn the boy into a useful, in control, vampire. One that wasn't afraid to take what he needed and do as he was told. It was too late to mold the kid like he had with Arya, but he would do the best he could.

Once Alec opened his mouth in that defiant manner, Marcus smacked him again. "What you fail to understand, Alec, is that I could just as easily destroy you. I'm under no obligation to ensure your safety, or to even teach you anything at all." His voice was dangerously cold as he placed the crop back where he'd found it to begin with. "I could just throw you out of here, to the wolves so to speak. I saved your life by turning you, the least you can do is be grateful and listen." Walking further into the room, he breathed in the scent of leather and turned back to Alec with a mischievous grin on his face.

"Unless you want me to call in Arya to let her imagination run free with her many toys, consider your options. You can start doing as you're told, by your maker, or you'll be absolutely miserable." Marcus was very businesslike rather than rage-full, after all it was said and done. It was true, if Alec wouldn't do as what expected of him, Marcus would make him miserable.

He wanted to be defiant towards the man, but a part of him also said to not try anything because it would be more difficult seeing Casey or going out in general. He didn't have a ring that allowed him to go out in the day light so he was pretty muh stuck here k after dark. He just hung his head low at the disadvantages that he was faced with and tried not to cry now like he usually would do at this point.

He sniffled and rubbed his nose much like a kid would do after being scolded by their parent and merely stood up now and felt his lower lip quiver some as he tried to contain the sobs. He felt like he had lost everything now.....he had no home to go back to.....he had to obey this guys ever command even if he didnt want to and now his future would be a vampire and this guys pet.

This boy reminded him so much of Damien and he actually caught himself missing the boy. At least he knew exactly what his defiance did to Marcus and how to play nice. When Alec was trying to be defiant and brave, it just annoyed him. Maybe he'd been too hard on the kid though, judging from how he was trying to contain his sobs he figured he most likely had been too hard on the boy. He didn't want another Damien, he wasn't really in the market for another lover and maybe he needed to redefine the word pet to make it more applicable with Alec.

Watching the kid for a moment longer, Marcus couldn't stay mad at him anymore, and walked over to him slowly. Standing next to Alec, Marcus reached down and brushed the boy's hair out of his face. "Come on, I'll let Amelita show you around. Tomorrow we'll start talking about daylight jewelry, alright? Use today to familiarize yourself with the changes you've gone through, and try to enjoy the little things, then if we get your jewelry sorted tomorrow, you can go see Casey then if you want to?" Who said the vampire couldn't be fatherly and kind as well, rather than just an abusive ass like Amelita liked to call him occasionally.

Sure, he didn't like the idea of sharing Alec with others, but he wasn't a complete pervert either. The boy didn't even look to be 16 and that was the youngest he'd ever brought a pet into his house to feed from. In the times when 16 was the perfect age to get married, it was also the perfect age to collect pets, but as time went by, he now generally preferred picking pets in their twenties at least, he was tired of the innocence really.

Opening the door again, he gesture for Alec to walk out ahead of him so he could lock the door properly behind him to avoid any more curious mishaps in there.