Chapter ten: Master Vampire Slayer


A little over 40 minutes later, Steve found himself on the Las Vegas strip. The man searched for a parking space, because the car was running out of fuel and he didn't trust himself to drive throughout the city.

After attempting to park the car on the street, Steve decided to abandon the car in an empty lot by a Burger King. He locked the doors and set off on foot.

Soon, he arrived at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, which wasn't too far from the car. The man entered the building, but stopped in the lobby. Since he didn't know the layout, Steve couldn't locate the amphitheater.

Not wanting to waste time, searching around, Steve did what any tourist would do, and followed the advertisement posters; which, lead him to a pair of closed doors. Judging from the noises inside, Steve could tell that they were rehearsing for tonight's show.

Knowing that he couldn't just walk into the room. Steve made his way back to the front of the lobby and found a news stand. He took a newspaper and then wandered down one of the hallways and found a maintenance room. He searched the small area and found a roll of duct tape.

With a little creativity, Steve had taped the Las Vegas Sun logo onto his shirt. Even though he looked like an idiot with duct tape on his shirt, the man felt a little confident as he made his way back to the theater. He pushed open the doors and proceeded to the front row seats.

What he saw was on stage was a generic vampire production.

A woman laid in a large, wooden bed. She was dressed in a white, silky night gown. A rose shaped eye patch concealed her left eye. She was surrounded by unnaturally pale women in leather outfits. They appeared to be vampires. One of the three women, bit the dark skinned woman on the bed. Her bald head swayed back and forth as she slowly raised off the bed, arms spread apart as if she were nailed to a cross. She stilled herself before opening her eyes to reveal golden irises.

With heavily lashed eyes, the woman scanned the room when her eyes landed on a dark-haired man in front of her. She began to hiss loudly.

Seeing the woman he loved transformed into a vampire, the man raised his ghostly white hands and shouted some nonsense to the woman.

As he spoke, the guy said something that triggered the pyrotechnics. And in an instant, a bright light erupted in front of the woman's face. An agonizing scream could be heard from the stage, as the surrounding area filled with an unusual amount of smoke, which meant that something had malfunctioned.

Seeing this, the thin, dark-haired man shouted for everything to stop. Soon all activity halted on stage and the makeup crew descended onto the set. "What the hell is going on?" He shouted hysterically. "We've been doing this pathetic show for three years man, THREE YEARS!" The man began to pace across the stage. "And you imbeciles can't get this part right." The man focused all of his anger towards the pyrotechnic positioned by the 7th row. "Must I do everything myself!"

Within seconds, the smoke cleared from the stage to reveal a team of paramedics treating a man wearing the exact same outfit as the woman had worn.

Steve took this opportunity to get the man's attention. "Mister Loki Laufeyson, may I ask you to say a few words for my blog?" Loki spun around, expecting to see another grotesque blogger. But instead, what he saw was a very large, very handsome muscular man in tight clothing. Did he forget to mention the frosted tips in the taller guy's hair?

"Uh, sure." The thin man said anything so that he can put some distance between himself and the larger guy. He side stepped Steve and took big steps towards the door. "Meet me at my room in 5 minutes." Loki gave Steve the room number and exited the theater.