The rain came drizzling down in a rather medium heavy downpour, and I could hear every single splash of the water droplets upon my umbrella. My feet walked through puddles of water that formed on the pavement of the sidewalk.
How many times have I walked down this path? How many times have I grieved over the love ones that have died before me and without me? What will it take, for me to join them? I will do anything to be with them.
My hand gently touched young Willie's grave and my body quivered at the cold stone. My heart wretched at the thought of my poor baby boy inside the cold grave alone. My eyes darted around and I stared at the two other graves next to Willie's.
My two other young boys, Eddy and Tad. They too, rest here with Willie. And alongside with their beloved mother, Mary. The only one not here is Robert, my oldest son who died long after his brothers and mother, and presumably me.
The sobs were choking me, and the tears were starting to bubble at my eyes and stream down my cheeks. I've longed to be with all of them, six feet under. But I cannot for I am something more now. I am no longer human. But I long to be dead.
"You're too far interesting to kill, my friend."
"I know Henry! We've been at the conversation more than once, so you don't need to remind me!"
"Your voice and temper, my friend, settle them down. Do we need to settle this like we almost did so long ago? But this time in front of their graves? You know what your purpose is my friend, and it's not over yet. We've been lying low for over one-hundred years now, and so have they. Now they've come back to the surface once more. I say you raise your axe above your head and cut down the forest."
"Remember what I said so many years ago, Henry? I'm done with it Henry. No more mission, hunting down vampires, or anything else! All I want now is to be left alone, Henry, I don't want to be involved anymore. I want it to stop now."
"This situation is different now, Abraham. This is not about you hunting down the vampires alone anymore. I believe after so many years, it's time."
I turned myself towards Henry, and I could feel myself growing ecstatic because the thought of my death to join my family came to my mind. When I had looked into Henry's eyes, he saw what I was thinking about and he just merely shook his head in rejection at me.
"Not that Abe, I can't do that. I'm talking about you mentoring a new hunter to take down the vampires. Now that they are rising Abraham, you shall rise to with this new hunter by your side. Now come Abraham, we must find this new hunter and get ready ourselves. For what we can do, we must do it to end all of this."
"And I thought that it was all already over, Henry."
"So I thought, Abe, so I thought. But some stayed hidden out of my sight for the longest time, and prepared themselves for this fight. Now come, we have much to do if we are to win."
I ran my fingers through my dark brown hair, and watched Henry walked away for a moment or two. Turning my head back to the graves of my deceased love and sons, I have them the largest smile that would show upon my face as I remembered all of the times I had with them.
"Abe, are you coming?"
"Yes, I'm coming Henry! Just saying good bye for now."
I took a few simple steps away from their graves and followed after Henry to his car in silence. The two of us slid onto the dark leather car seats and I stared out the window, and felt myself fall into a somber like state.
The times had changed since I saw horse-drawn carriages, women in long dresses and men wearing suits going up and down a dirt pave street. If I close my eyes, I could imagine the memories of those times from all of those years ago. But now here is the future, and times have changed since then. And so in this time, I am picking up where I left off but with a new hunter.
"So Henry, who is this new hunter that you speak of?"
"I don't know yet, Abe, but we must search for that hunter. And once we find that hunter, we shall begin."