Walking With the Damned
It had started out like any other day. I got up in the morning, went to work, went out to lunch with my friends, went back to work, went to the store, came home, and went to make dinner… but that was when the day took an unexpected twist down a damned road. And when I say 'damned' I don't mean that I'm cursing it; I mean that it was a road that the damned walked upon and now I was walking with them too. All because I had declined my friend's offer to go out to dinner as a large group. If I had taken that offer, I wouldn't be here now, scared out of my mind with the feeling of evil creeping up on me every second that I'm awake; not that it's any better when I sleep. When I sleep all I see are his hallow eyes, boring into mine and casting images of his ways into my head. If I had taken that offer, I wouldn't be in his cold arms now, staring into those ever dead eyes.
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"Oh come on Kory! You have to come tonight! Please!!!" my friend Terra begged me. Work for us had just ended and we were on our way to the car.
"I'm sorry Terra, but I have a lot of work to do. Besides, I wouldn't be any fun," I lied, knowing that I didn't have any work to do at all.
"It's because he'll be there, isn't it?" Terra asked and I stopped. My emerald eyes scanned her blue eyes and I sighed.
"I'm just not feeling up to. I really am sorry Terra, but not tonight. I want you to go have fun with the others and tell them I said hi," I lied. It was the fact that he would be there that made me decline her generous offer.
"Alright I will," she said and with a quick hug, Terra left my side. If I had known that would have been the last time I would ever hug her again, I would have held on and never let go, but I didn't at the time; so instead I continued my walk to my car.
"Great, thanks a lot Terra. I didn't really need to be thinking about him, but now I am thanks to you," I muttered under my breath, followed by many swear words. When I reached my car, I got inside and put my things in the passenger seat. When I looked back up, there was a beautiful, no gorgeous, woman at my window, staring in at me and I screamed.
"I am sorry Ms. Anders, I did not mean to frighten you," she said, her voice like soft music; not a word out of tune and everything flowed perfectly.
"It's alright," I lied, knowing full well that I had almost pissed myself.
"I was just a little lost and was wondering if you could point me in the direction of the front office. This is my first time being here and I'd rather not like to be late for my checkup," she said and I was still shocked by her striking features. Her hair was a dark purple that ended at her shoulders at a slant, with eyes that matched. Her skin was pale, to the point where it appeared she was dead, but it was smooth and untouched. Not a single trace of makeup was found on her face which complemented her natural beauty.
"Are you here to see Doctor Smith?" I asked. It had taken me awhile to remember the name of my boss.
"I believe so. Do you know where I may find him?" she asked.
"Uh the last I saw of him was when I was leaving and he was at the front desk filing some papers," I said, recalling the way his features changed when he was working. When Doctor Smith wasn't working, his face was bright and always cheerful. When he was, his features deepened and when he became serious everyone else did to.
"Thank you," she said before turning to leave.
"No problem," I said before turning my attention back to the wheel. It was while I was replying our conversation in my head that I realized that she had called me by my name, but I'd never met her before. I was a good nurse, but not as advertised as Doctor Smith so it was weird for her to come up to me on her first visit and know my name.
"How did you know my name?" I asked, opening my car door, but the parking garage was empty besides the many cars. The woman from before was nowhere to be found and everything was quiet. My eyes scanned over the many cars, a cold sweat of fear coming from my tightened hands.
"Hello?" I asked and when a bird in the distance crowed, I screamed, slammed the door shut, and locked it. I looked around and found that I was completely alone and a small chuckle escaped my red lips.
"Got the jumps?" I asked myself before starting the car and turning on the radio to calm my nerves. The ride home was normal, I stopped at the store to get some food for tonight; I planned on having a grilled cheese sandwich. After leaving the store I drove home. The night seemed to have taken a gloomy turn because as I pulled up into my driveway, there were clouds that looked like they were about to rain buckets. I quickly ran to check my mail and was pleasantly surprised to find my pay check in there. After grabbing that, I ran for the door and just as I reached it; the rain began.
"Creepy much," I mumbled, looking at the already soaked ground. I then unlocked my door and when I opened it, a gust of cold air wipe past me. It wasn't really a powerful gust of cold air, but instead a light breeze that set of the wind chimes hanging from the porch overhead. I wrapped my jacket tightly around myself and made my way in, closing the door behind me.
"Where's that stupid thermostat?" I said to myself, searching the dark living room for it. When I finally found it, I turned it up to a toasty 78 degrees and then noticed something missing.
"Princess?" I called out, waiting for my beloved cat to come out from the hall and meow. Princess had been a gift from him and after we broke up, I chose not to give up the cat because of the way he had acted.
"Princess?" I called out again and it was then that I smelt the air and recoiled in disgust.
"Crap! I must have left the bacon out!" I thought, making my way to the kitchen. Had I known any better, I would have turned ran for my life; making it so I would've never seen the sight of the creature, gorging themselves in my cat, but at the moment; I was on a mission to save some tasty bacon and that thought never crossed my mind until I actually reached the kitchen.
"Princess?" I called out after hearing the soft sound of the bells on her collar. I smelled the air again and nearly threw up, it smelt of something that had recently died and was now being feasted on… which was exactly what was happening. As soon as I spoke, someone quickly moved in the room and I was staring into bright eyes.
"Princess?" I asked, hoping the catlike eyes staring at me were hers. No such luck on my part so when the creature moved forward, I stepped back and my hand found the light switch. I quickly flipped it on and the second I did, I wished I hadn't.
My eyes first landed on the creature that had the bright eyes. It looked like a man, but I still think of it as a creature because of the way it was standing. The creature wasn't really standing, but more like crouching; ready to pounce. It had black hair that ended at the shoulders, its ends pointed and uneven. The creature was wearing all black, which is why I couldn't see the its forum in the dark, but instead only its eyes. Just like the woman from before, its skin was pale, but perfect all the same. The only thing that made the creature terrifying was the dark crimson blood that coated its chin, dripping from the pointed end of it. The creature's mouth was in a shape that showed it was growling at me and its pointed teeth would have normally been white except for the fact that they were covered in a liquidly glaze with blood. After my eyes had taken in their fill of the creature, they moved to the source of the smell which was Princess. Her head was missing and cuts covered her small body. The color of my normal tan skin drained and I turned pale.
Then I screamed.
My scream started out weak, but then took in its full potential as my eyes scanned over everything again. The creature's eyes darted to the cat and then back to me as I continued to scream. A malicious smirk came over the creature and it made a move towards me. It was when it began to slowly stalk towards me that it straightened into a walk like any normal human, but I knew better than to think it even close to human. As the creature took another step towards me, I screamed again and began to run toward the front door.
Before I could reach the front door, there was the same cold breeze from when I first opened the front door and when I looked again at the door, the creature was standing there. I screamed once again and turned around to head towards the stairs. As I ran up the stairs, I felt the breeze again and looked up to see the creature at the top of the stairs. Another scream formed in my throat, but before I could let it out, I took a step back and fell down the few stairs I have already climbed.
When my head had stopped throbbing, I opened my eyes and looked to the stairs to find the creature still staring down at me from the top. I quickly got up and instead of heading towards the front door, I ran towards the opened window and threw myself out it; taking the screen with me. Once outside, I screamed again, but this time in pain, realizing that I had just jumped out a window and into a rose bush. I looked back into the house to see the creature slowly walking towards it and I slowly got up, trying not to completely skin myself alive with the thorns.
"Shit," I cursed when one of the thorns dug deep into my exposed calf and it began to bleed. When I pulled the thorn out, I looked down at it in my hand and then remember what the creature's jaw had been covered in: blood. I look up at the window once again to see the creature's eyes had changed to a hallow black color and he looked at me hungrily. Forgetting my pain, I pushing myself out of the rose bush and began to run down towards my car. I reached it and groped below my seat for the extra key. Once I found it, I thrust it into the ignition, put the car in reverse, and pulled out of my driveway; knocking over my neighbor's garbage cans as I did. When I was in the road, I put the car into drive and began speeding down the road. As I drove, fear tried to grip at me, but I pushed it away and focused on the road.
"What the hell was that?!" I screamed, when there was a loud thud on the roof of my car. That sound was followed by others just as loud and there was soon the sound of metal being torn away and before I knew it… my car was a convertible. I looked over to the seat next to me and the creature was there, cleaning off its face.
"I can make it quick," the creature spoke, its voice soft like a whisper, but it was a pleasant whisper… much unlike the situation I was in now.
"Go to hell," I hissed, unsure where this sudden courage came from.
"I wish I could," the creature said before its eyes locked in mine. Staring at the creature, I knew that any moment now it would make its move and then I would be dead so I had to think fast. I quickly glanced to the back seat to find some of my books back there. I grabbed one, threw it at the creature, placed another one on the gas peddle, turned the car so it was heading towards the bridge, and after taking a deep breath, I jumped out of the car. My body hit the road hard and I heard something snap, but did not feel anything. My body was in a numb state because of what had just happened. I heard the car crash into the bridge, the creature yelling, and then a loud splash. It was then that I remembered to breath.
I took in a large breath and cried out in pain. Now that I was breathing, my senses were returning. I smelt the metallic blood, tasted the blood in my mouth, felt the throbbing pain in my head, looked down at my hand to see it bent in an odd direction, and my body quivered with everything labored breath I took.
"Very nice trick, if only it had worked," the creature said from behind me. I slowly sat up and turned to face it. The creature looked the same except now the blood was gone and his body was dripping with water.
"Y-y-you're alive?" I stuttered, coughing up my blood after I spoke.
"You can't kill me Kory," the creature spoke and I froze.
"How do you know my name?" I asked, looking up into its eyes.
"I've been watching you for quiet some time and I must say you're a tease. You're sent is alluring and its very amusing to watch you shower in the morning," the creature said and I thought back to my recent morning showers.
"So you're the reason I feel like someone's watching me?" I asked.
"I'm the reason you always feel like that and it was getting annoying; to look, but not touch," the creature said, sending a shiver up my spine.
"You're a sick pervert," I spat, glaring at him.
"Aren't we all?" the creature asked and before I knew it, I was in its arms. Its arms were cold, but not because of the water. The creature's skin was like ice, it was cold like the dead.
"You really are a beautiful creature Kory," the creature said, breathing in the sent of my skin on my neck. It groaned and held me tighter as the creature's trailing nose reached my pulse point.
"Maybe I'll make you like me, so I can have you forever," it said, breathing in my scent once again.
"I'd rather die," I spat.
"Watch you're words because that can easily be arranged," the creature said, flashing me its teeth. I took a deep breath and stared up at it, scared out of my mind as the creature trailed its fingers along the veins in my neck; even the ones that couldn't be seen by the naked eye.
"You're threats don't mean a thing to me. If you really wanted to kill me or make me like you, you would have done it by now," I said.
"I wanted to wait for him to show up so that he could see you're face drain of color as I take away you're every last drop of blood," the creature said and I shivered once again.
"Who are you talking about?" I asked and the creature smirked before turning its attention away from me for once.
"Xavier was talking about me," another voice spoke. This voice was soft, just like the woman's and the creature's, known as Xavier, was. I searched for the source of the voice, which sounded male; to find the most gorgeous creature I'd ever seen. When I say 'creature' I don't mean that he was like the creature (Xavier) holding me now. I would say 'living thing', but something told me he wasn't living.
His features were like Xavier's except his chin wasn't as pointed and his black hair was much shorter. Now that I thought about it, both of them were well built, but something about the new one was different. I didn't feel like I was in danger, or not as much danger, with him around. It was nice to feel like my head wasn't about to get bitten off, even if it was just a slight change in the way I feel.
"Richard, so nice you could join us. I was just telling Kory about how I would kill her," Xavier spoke, drawing my attention back to him.
"My sister was right, Kory was in danger. I went to her house and found a dead cat. Now Xavier, were you really that desperate that you ate a cat?" Richard mocked.
"Just killing time," Xavier said, his grip on my tightening. Richard seemed to sense that and he sat down on the ground.
"You can calm down Xavier. I'm not going to do anything rash as long as you don't," he said and Xavier's grip loosened some.
"What's going on? I'm not just some toy you two can play tug-a-war with," I said and Xavier laughed.
"That's what you think," he said and I shivered for like the fourth time that night.
"She's right Xavier, we have to respect her wishes. Is there anything you'd like Kory?" Richard asked and I was debating whether or not he was being sarcastic.
"I'd be nice if I knew what was going on," I said.
"If you really want to know, you're being held captive by a creature of the night. A damned soul cursed to walk the world for the rest of their lives, never resting or sleeping. You're in the arms of a creature that will always thirst for blood and that thirst will never be satisfied. Do you know what I speak of Kory?" Richard asked, standing once again.
"A vampire."
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First chapter and damn! I think that was a good first chapter! It was six pages long on Word which means it gives you plenty to read for a first chapter. It was also really descriptive and with not nearly as much swearing as in my other stories.
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Kattie