The elders sat at the table discussing the current state of the world. The Chinese government had reased a deadly virus, in hopes it would wipe out the vampiric race.
This virus quickly became known around the world as the COVID-19. The Chinese hoped it would effect the human race like the common flu and pass only killing vampires, but they were so wrong. The virus quickly spread killing half of the humans it effected. It went on to to harm vampires as well, it was new and nobody knew what the virus was capable of.
The world as we knew it was coming to an end both humans and vampires alike were frightened. The oldest of the sang tribe stood before the congregation as the rumble of whispers slowly came to an end.
"My dear brothers and sisters," he began as the room went silent, "as you all know clean blood has become very scarce in recent times. These are very trying times for both vampires and humans alike. Many of you are out there afraid that the humans might turn on us out of fear to protect their species. Though the concept of of our kind may be new to the humans, I can assure you the counsel is working diligently with the human government to come up with a solution. It took a common enemy to unite us but now that our Alliance to humanity is strong our laws on non consentual feeding will be tightened. Any vampire accused of non consensual feeding will stand trial and if found guilty sentenced to death." A roar of whispers clouded the entire room.
"So what, we just kneel before the humans and become some kind of subservient pet to them. With all due respect counselor, we need to face the facts. The humans will never see us as equals, we will never see justice in this trial system because to them even if we are innocent, we are to be found guilty." A man shouted standing up in the crowd.
"That may be but this virus effects us more than it effects them. The number of Sang are dwindling down lower and lower with every passing day. Time is no longer a luxury to us people! So I stand by my decision if it means gaining an alli in these darkest of times." the counselor rebutted passionately.
"You think we need them to win a war they created?" the man argued.
"No, I know we need them to win. Right now there's more of them than us, and those of us who have been infected. It's becoming much more difficult to quarantine them. If we do not work together to find a solution, both sides are sure to lose." the counselor answered confidently as the man sat back down.
"I know you are all scared right now, nobody knows what comes next. We need to transform our present to guide us into our future." the counselor continued.
"What about the supply of clean blood, what do you intend to do about that?" a woman shouted standing up in the back of the room.
"We are working on a donor list with the humans officals." the counselor answered not missing a beat.
"What do we do about all those that have been infected that are still out there? Alliance or not if the humans get to them first they will surely annihilate them. Some of those infected are our own tribe." she said.
"We have been working round the clock to keep the infected neutralized and contained, until we can find a cure. So far we have been successful...