Bailey, Colorado
Gary walked into The Blue Rose, a dingy bar at the edge of town. Inside was a typical looking bar with loud music, drunk people, and the slight tang of depression. Looking around he saw several men playing pool in the corner. One guy sitting at table near the entrance was sleeping through the loud music. Some women were sitting at a booth to his left, laughing, obviously drunk. Maybe he would could find someone to have a little fun with. He started to make his way over to the women, but three men came over from the bar with drinks. No good, they were already taken.
Oh well, maybe later. He turned around and headed to the bar. Hopefully tonight isn't so much of a drag, he thought sitting in a bar stool. The bartender headed over, an ugly, pockmarked fifty something old man with too many tattoos to count.
" What can I get you?" he asked in a gruff voice.
" Just a beer," Gary responded.
" What kind?" the bartender asked.
" Surprise me" Gary said. The old man poured him a lager.
" That's $8.50" he said waiting in front of him. Gary handed him a ten.
" Keep the change, he said.
Just as the old man turned around, a blond woman walked over to the bar. She was a pretty little thing wearing a purple tank top, jeans, and boots.
" Give me another shot, Bill" she slurred. She's was swaying a little, letting Gary know she had obviously had one too many drinks that night.
" Haven't you had enough, honey." The bartender asked, looking tired.
"Come on Billy, I just got dumped, gimme one more shot" she said slamming a ten on the counter.
" Please?" she said pouting.
Bill shook his head but poured her another shot. She smiled, took the shot, and left. Gary kept shaking his head, following her with his eyes. She headed to the floor and started to dance, stumbling a little. A couple of times she almost fell but caught herself in time, giggling. Gary turned around to his drink.
"How come the pretty ones always make such bad mistakes," he said talking with Billy the bartender.
"I have no idea what kind of idiot dumped her and lead her to this," he said tilting his head toward the blond. Gary turned around and surveyed the room, no one came over to her which meant she was alone.
"Maybe someone should get her home," Gary said still talking with Billy.
"Yeah, I'll call her a cab" Billy said turning around. Gary saw her stumble again, he made his way over to where she was holding onto a chair for balance.
" Hey honey," he said putting his hand on her arm. She turned around, her eyes a little unfocused. He could smell the alcohol heavily on her.
" Hey, you," she said giving him a small smile.
" How many drinks have you had tonight?" he asked her.
"I've only had like 3 and some shots," she said counting them off on her fingers, obviously more than 3.
"Maybe you should follow what the bartender said and just go home," he said looking at her, "before something happens to you in a place like this".
"Yeah maybe I should go home now before it gets too late," she said sitting down on the chair, "could you help me get home, it's not far from here."
Gary smiled.
"Sure" he said.
"You're so nice, whoever you are" she said gathering her jacket from the table. She tried to get up but almost fell. Gary grabbed her by the arm, putting his other hand on her waist.
"Its Jacob Newton," he told her.
"Thanks Jacob," she said.
They headed to the door, passing by empty tables and opened it to cool night air. She began mumbling something to herself, almost falling asleep while walking, relying heavily on his support. She didn't notice he was leading her down a dark alley, never letting him know where she lived. He led her to the darkest part of the alley, well out of sight of the street.
" Come on sweetheart," he said holding her up against a wall, "you should know better than to get drunk by yourself. It only makes it easier for things like me to get you. Now, this'll only hurt for a bit," he said as he opened his mouth, growing many needle-sharp teeth.
" Yeah well I hope this'll hurt a lot," she said, all drunkenness gone. She took out a long knife from inside her jacket in a flash, swinging at the vampire. Gary was faster, grabbing her wrist and pinning her against the wall. She was just about to kick him in the groin when "Jacob" gasped and his head separated from his torso. Behind the now falling head of the vampire was a tall, well built, gorgeous hunk of a man with light brown/blond hair, sexy ass lips, and even though he was wearing a simple flannel and pair of jeans she could tell he had a nice body. On any other occasion she would have hit on him in a heartbeat, but he had just killed the vampire she had been following all night.
" What is your problem?" she said bending down to where Jacob, or as she already knew, Gary, was now lying in two pieces. The guy was dead and so was the information she had been planning on getting out of him. She straightened up and walked over to the guy. The guy started to smile, opening his mouth to say something until she punched him in the face. He staggered backward.
" Hey, any other girl would be thanking me for saving them," he said in a deep voice, rubbing his jaw. Up close he had gorgeous green eyes.
" Yeah well you just killed my lead to this guy's nest, you idiot. I've been looking for one of them to come out so I could get some info out of them, and the one chance I get you freaking kill it," she said bending down again, starting to search Gary's body. Nothing was there except some receipts and a couple of twenties. She straightened up, pocketing the money. Hunting didn't really pay very well.
"Who the hell are you anyway, and why did you follow us?" she said crossing her arms in front of her chest. This guy was something else, she had just punched him in the face and he here he was, checking her out. She snapped her fingers in front of his face getting his attention.
" Name's Dean," he said, "me and my brother are investigating the murders that have been happening in this town."
" Yeah well you sure know how to investigate," she said motioning to Gary.
"You do know this guy's only one of several vampires running around this town, right? And now you've not only killed a pretty good lead, but also made sure the nest knows there are hunters in the area" she finished.
She kept looking at Gary's head, rubbing her brow. Now what am I going to do, she thought, Derek is not going to be very happy about this lead going bust. She took out her cell phone and speed dialed a number. They needed to work faster now, the nest would notice if Gary didn't turn up in a day or two. Plus, she needed to get out of there fast, the sun would be up soon and people were going to start passing by the alley. It wouldn't look good if she was caught being covered with blood and Gary's beheaded body in the alley behind her.
Someone picked up on the other side of the line. " Hey, I'm in the alley. Yeah I'm fine but the lead is dead. No, someone else took care of him before I could get any info," she said eyeing Dean, "Ok, bye."
She ended the call and looked at him again.
" Look Dean, next time just maim them, you might get more info out of a live monster than a dead one," she said starting to walk off.
Dean didn't take the hint that it was the end of the conversation.
" Hold on, do you need help, cause me and my brother can help track down this guy's nest," he said catching up to her. She kept walking until they got near the entrance to the alley.
" What makes you think we don't know where they are," she said, turning and smiling at him. He looked out of words, opening and closing his mouth.
Finally, he said " You would have wanted him alive if you already knew where his nest was," he said with a triumphant smile. She had to laugh at that.
"Touché."
He continued, "look, everyone makes mistakes and that was an honest one," he said pointing to the body behind him, "can you really blame me, I was just helping out a gorgeous woman being attacked by a monster. What kind of a hunter would that make me?"
She had to smile at that, God he is so cheesy, she thought. "That line ever work?" she asked laughing. He smiled back the most gorgeous smile she'd ever seen.
Just then a black F150 stopped in front of them. She kept smiling as she walked over to the truck and opened the door.
"Look, we need to get going and find the nest before the rest of the vampires find out this guy got killed," she said still standing outside the open truck door, revealing a man and another woman inside.
" Me and my brother are staying at a motel a couple of blocks away," he said walking over to the truck and making eye contact with everyone," if we work together hopefully we can take it out without anyone getting killed," he said ending with the blond woman.
She turned around at the other two people in the car, who nodded. " Ok, we'll meet in an hour," she said closing the door. "Here's my number, text me the name and room number," she said writing it on his hand.
"Well can I ask you your name?" he asked looking at the number in his hand.
"It's Carmen," she said as she was getting inside the car. They drove off leaving him behind.
" Who was that tall drink of water?" the other woman asked from the back seat, looking at the now running man.
" His name's Dean," she said smiling.
Settling in for the drive back to their motel, she smiled as she remembered another guy who had helped her thinking she was a damsel in distress.
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