Her hair blew gracefully in the wind as her gaze soared over the countryside. There was nothing to bring down her spirit as she broke into a sprint down the grassy hill. Kyla let her hands fly freely at her sides as she let gravity pull her faster downward. The smile that crept to her lips was welcomed and the laugh that sprang freely from her throat made the sun shine a little bit brighter. Jacob watched his girlfriend experience some long awaited happiness as he sat at the summit and relaxed. The past few hours had been so wonderful and regardless of the issues they were facing this solitude was heavenly.
"Jacob, run with me!" Kyla screamed toward the top of the hill as she spun in circles. Jacob stood up and gave a broad grin. He ran down the hill, and gathered Kyla up in his arms. She giggled and kissed him; she had never been this happy. The sky was a crystal blue and not a cloud dare apear on this perfect day. "Hey" she whispered against his lips, as they embraced for a second time. The smile crept to her lips and before she could suppress it; she said it. "I love you." It was passed her lips before she could stop it. She clamped her hand over her mouth and shook her head.
"Goodbye" Jacob said as he backed away.
"NO...no please I didn't mean it, come on please..." Kyla pleaded trying to pull him toward her. His body was fading quickly and his face was contorted to a face a complete sadness.
"I love you..." He whispered before he disapeared. Kyla was standing alone at the bottom of the hill. The beautiful day was growing steadily darker. They were close and she had to get out of there. Her watery eyes closed sending another tear down her cheek, as she concentrated. When her eyes finally drifted open they were no longer looking at the bright green of healthy grass.
The ceiling was not pretty. It was not well kept or particularly inviting, but lately it had become more than that. Every time Kyla awoke to the grungy ceiling, she viewed it as her weakness. The nightmares that had plagued her since the incident, hunted her insatiably. She could not escape them and if she was lucky enough to awake before the attack, it would just continue the next night. Kyla sat up and brushed her hair from her face, her lips quivered slightly as she began to cry silently into her pillow. Jacob had visited her once again and she had messed up. She shouldn't have said it! Who knew how long it would be before he would come back again.
The sky was dark outside the window and the rain pelted hard against the panes. kyla pulled herself up and checked the clock; she had overslept and it was nearly 11:00 PM. There was work to be done.
Kyla had begun sleeping all day a few months before and she had grown accustomed to waking up to darkness. 'The shower will wait' she thought as she pulled on he jeans.
There was a few homeless people sitting in a huddled group under the apartment complex's stairs, hiding from the rain. Their musty smell wafted toward her as she ran down the stairs to the sidewalk. There was no umbrella to hide under and the rain hit her face like icy rocks, but this was a great night to catch somebody unawares so she had to be on guard. Kyla was still fuzzy from sleep and her dream with Jacob hadn't helped.
"Leave me alone! Oh God! What are you? YOUR A MONSTER!!" The yelp came from the ally and Kyla ran toward the opening. A vampire had a prostitute by the hair pulling her head back slowly as if to savor the sight of her pumping arteries. The vampire sniffed and looked up as Kyla aproached him stake in hand.
"Get away from her, or I swear I will be the last woman you see!" She yelled as she stepped closer, not showing any fear in her dark green eyes. The vamp chuckled and twisted the girls neck to its snaping point quickly. The body fell lifeless at his feet, and he jumped over it toward Kyla. A simple flick sent the stake soaring through the air, connecting it with his broad chest. The dust hit her and it stuck to her wet face and clothes. Angry, kyla walked from the ally leaving the prostitute's body in a near naked heap at the center of the ally. She hated losing like that. Yes, she lost, the victim died! There was no doubt that the vampire would have died but the woman could had lived!
The apartment was close enough and Kyla did not want to kill anything else. As she walked in the room, her clothes were gritty and uncomfortable already. She hopped in the shower and turned it to cold, she would need the clarity after that dream. An hour later Kyla sat in front of her computer typing in a familiar web address to a chat forum. They had chat rooms for everything in this place, but there was only one thing she was interested in...A vampire chat room. Kyla had concluded that none of these vampire obsessive geeks were actually the undead, but they had a lot of information that even Kyla did not know. There was one particular room that was devoted to a vampire named Angel. Apparently he had a soul and killed vamps, but what intrigued Kyla was that he had a team a crew of human fighters that could hold there own. Kyla didn't know much about magic, but she knew you could kill someone with it and that meant you could bring them back. She needed to find Angel and with that find someway of bringing back Jacob.