ESMODONTI:

It’s late Jess, time for you to get to bed, your own bed.

Ya got everything? 

JESSE:
Think so. G’night.

JESSE:

Uh … Hi Racolo.

RACOLO:
glares

JESSE:

... I’ll just be going now.

RACOLO:

You’re unbelievable. Jesse? What the hell are you thinking?

ESMODONTI:

He’s hurting. He needed someone to be there for him. 

Was a time I was there for you Roc, ‘member?

ESMODONTI:

... And who are you to judge? I can smell her on you 

ya know, her cheap perfume. Oh let’s not forget

the most important part - she's an elf, right?

RACOLO:

I didn’t come here to fight. I just want to know if Lith woke up. 

 But I can see you were probably too busy to notice.

ESMODONTI:

Hey - I can hear my little elf kin sigh from right where I stand.

Don’t you dare tell me I’m not a good mama to him.

RACOLO:

If you were such a good mother I wouldn’t have had to buy

him back from the filth you sold him to when he was born.

ESMODONTI:

That again! How many times do I hafta tell ya I

never sold him. He was taken from me!

RACOLO:

I don’t want to hear your excuses. I’m going ...

ESMODONTI:

What’s the matter Roc? Forgot I’m much 

stronger than you?

ESMODONTI:

… And faster too. Bein' a vamp does have its advantages.

RACOLO:

Knock it off Es …

ESMODONTI:

These’ll do ...

RACOLO:

Are you crazy - get off me.

ESMODONTI:

Hold still!

RACOLO:

Eevette I mean it …

ESMODONTI:

I go by Es now. And quit squiggling around so much.

RACOLO:

I’m not kidding ...

ESMODONTI:

Me either. I’ll just lock you to the chaise.

RACOLO:

You wouldn't - Ow!

ESMODONTI:

Well if ya'd just hold still ...

RACOLO:

You can't be serious. OK, look you've had your fun. Now get the hell off me and unlock these cuffs …

ESMODONTI:

Not yet.

ESMODONTI:

… There. Now ya hafta listen to me. Oh Roc, 

just look what you made me do to ya.

RACOLO:

i-schwr-im-gna-kl-yu 

ESMODONTI:

Ya really think I sold my baby? I'd have rather died. It began with you , ya know. You left me to go to your precious Magick School. And yeah, I knew I was pregnant and didn’t tell ya. OK that was wrong, but you really pissed me off when you left.

ESMODONTI:

…When my ex master, that SOB, noticed my growing belly, he locked me in a cage and stuck me in the closet. How many times did ya have to free me from that closet Roc, when we were together?

ESMODONTI:

…Oh hon, I can’t talk to you like this, you look so uncomfortable. If you promise to be still and not use your magic, I’ll loosen the gag. OK?

RACOLO:

nods head - yes

RACOLO:

I came back for you but no one had seen you - but the first place I looked was in that closet.

ESMODONTI:

Did ya? It was the wrong closet baby - cause we moved to the dump upstairs.

RACOLO:

Up … stairs?

ESMODONTI:

Upstairs.

ESMODONTI:

... I won’t bore you with the thrills I had being pregos

and stuck in a cage for five straight months.

RACOLO:

Just tell me about Lithium.

ESMODONTI:

Lithium … oh Roc you should have seen him. He was so tiny and had the sweetest little smile. I only had about an hour with him before I fell asleep.

ESMODONTI:

When I woke up he was gone, and sitting across from me, wearing this sleazy smirk was my SOB of a master, with a pile of cash. 'Elf babies are worth a lot of money' - he said. Then he gave me a dollar, my share - he said.

RACOLO:

He - what? I’ll find him and …

ESMODONTI:

It’s too late for that cherie. Es has already taken care of him.

RACOLO:

What did you do?

ESMODONTI:

I got me some supernatural help. I needed strength, so I found me 

an old powerful vamp to cross me over. Then I got revenge.

ESMODONTI:

… Me and my new gang of fanged friends paid a visit to that SOB.

He got what he deserved.

RACOLO:

You mean ...

ESMODONTI:

Oh, they'll never find a trace of him, we were very thorough.

ESMODONTI:

…Then I tried to find Lithium, but how could I be his mama?

 I was a vampire,  the newly born Vampir-Es. You were gone. 

I knew you’d hate me for becoming what I was …  I mean, 

we used to hunt vamps together, you and me back in the day. 

ESMODONTI:

… I ended up here and tried to forget it all - till you arrived. You know the rest.

RACOLO:

Un-cuff me.

ESMODONTI:

I dunno, I’m kinda enjoying this ...

RACOLO:

Now.

ESMODONTI:

I wonder where that key could be?

RACOLO:

Es.

ESMODONTI:

Ya really need to lighten up Roc.

RACOLO:

Just give me the key.

RACOLO:

… and I don't think you're a bad mother. 

Actually, I think you're pretty amazing with him.

ESMODONTI:

Really? That means a lot coming from you.

RACOLO:

I looked for you. I really did. And when I couldn’t find you 

 I got angry, angry at you.  It was easier to hate you. And then 

when you showed up as vampir-Es.

ESMODONTI:

I can never be your Eevette anymore Roc, too much has happened.

RACOLO:

… I better go. G'night, Es.

ESMODONTI:

'Night Roc.