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V H T - Prologue
By MegalodonLives!
-Prologue-
Holy Shit
It started out simple enough, just something to pass the time. Every few weeks they’d go out and wander the streets with cheap knives and crudely fashioned stakes after seeing one of the newer vampire movies and getting a kick out of the thing. Some of them had even thought that they had seen some things that were a bit out of the ordinary.
That particular night the group consisted of three. Leading the way down the sidewalk was a short blonde teenager with a double chin that emerged from the dark’s shadows with ever few steps. Behind him, a lanky redhead with bland Irish features, idly fidgeting with a guitar pick. Lastly, a boy with curly brown hair and a silver streak just out of place was stumbling a few steps back.
As they turned another corner to a maze Stephen spoke up from his place in the middle. “We’ve been out since eight and its eleven now, plus I’m freezing my ass off, can we go home now? I’ve got practice tomorrow at noon with the guys.”
As he stopped, the last boy, Andrew, slammed into him and then glanced up with an annoyed roll of his eyes. As those glasses were brought down from his unkempt face and cleaned on a black work shirt, he chimed in. “Hey, I’m not the one who wanted to come this way anyhow.”
“Would you both shut up? How do you expect to see anything if you keep jabbering on like a bunch of idio-“ The lead boy turned around now and sighed at the lazy scene, nodding his head before shrugging and leaning against the fence himself. There was just so much going on in his mind. He didn’t get to do much with them anymore and this was one of the last things keeping them together. He hated to see them go but it was inevitable. So grudgingly he plucked the car keys from his blue jeans front pocket and made his way back in the direction they had come.
“You know how it is man, I’ve just got stuff that I need to do. Taylor thinks that we can get a gig at...”
Shane had stopped listening a while back, simply nodding when there was a pause needed and when they came back to the parked Isuzu trooper (a sports utility vehicle) he hoped in the driver’s seat. Andrew usually was quiet, as now, and simply wanted a place to be where he didn’t have to pretend or act like a fool. This was it for him besides work or with Kelsey. Sure, he believed most of the stuff they talked about but it was sort of funny if you thought about it. Deciding to hunt vampires and the like just on a whim, and expecting to actually find something?
After idling for a moment the car turned over and they started down the winding subdivision roads, headlights slicing through the darkness barely. Shane didn’t take too good care of his car. That’s when it happened. Something wandered off the sidewalk into the road in front of them, wait no, two something’s. The first made it across intact, but the second wasn’t so lucky. The screech of tires echoed against the dull thud that happened next.
“Oh Shit!” Stephen exclaimed from the passenger side, his hands sliding to the door, eager but afraid to get out.
“What happened?” Andrew jerked his head up from the deep thought he was in blinking a few times.
Shane just gulped and didn’t breathe. “You saw me; I couldn’t stop. They just jumped out in front of me. Damn it, people always say that. I’m screwed.”
The three left the car on, sliding it into park before getting out and curiously glancing at the supposed carcass that lay bleached in the headlights. Six sets of eyes were plastered wide open as Andrew took the initiative and moved forward, slightly murmuring apologies while he nudged the body over.
“What the hell is wrong with you?” The body shouted and slipped back to it’s feet, in the process forcing Andrew to cringe back and fall on his backside with a gasp.
“Fools! Blundering children, I lost my meal.” He slipped back a bit now, out of the headlights reach and glanced each one over.
Stephen worked his eyes up the man’s form. He looked like a business executive who hadn’t changed in a long time. The deep brown duster worn about him clashed hard with his pale skin, maybe it was just the light’s making him glow an alabaster white. Of course then the blood about his jaw from where the car had hit him, the car didn’t hit him in the head! Those teeth were points and Stephen did what any sensible man would do in this situation, facing something you’d trained for but didn’t expect. He jumped back in the car and slammed his door, shouting for the others to do the same, and they did. More rubber was scorched to the pavement as Shane floored it in reverse and did a 360° and a few moments later they were back on the highway.
“Jesus, man! What the hell did we do that for, I’m so totally fucked up the ass now. A hit and run!” Shane almost cried out, plastering back the short hair with a nervous twitch.
“No dude, I saw him. He wasn’t human. It was a vampire, a real one. He had the pointy teeth and everything. They didn’t look fake, and an- He had ‘em.” Stephen panted, relaxing only when they were surrounded by the familiar settings of Shane’s driveway. Through all this Andrew just shook his head; best to keep quiet about this sort of thing.
That night was spent in a well-lit room making sure Stephen wasn’t insane and fearing that on the news the next morning all would hear about the poor man in intensive care who was hit by a Isuzu trooper and police were searching for three teenagers. In fact, the boys were so busy that none heard or saw the set of eyes (or whom they belonged to) carefully watching them through the crack in the window blinds.
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Mind you this is just a non fleshed out rough draft. Please comment.
1/15/02 10:08:59 PM
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