I tried to maintain the humor in VTMB and i added a little extra to it but i might have tried too much. Anyway hope you like this one.

Chapter 4: Bare bones

Here i am, in a alley behind the theater where my life just went to different kind of hell and barely no knowledge of what's going on. First thing that came to my mind was that i could go for one of them double space burgers u'know those with cheese and bacon and cuacamole mmm.

Suddenly a voice said ´´Little late for them space burgers huh kid?´´

Of course i got startled by it, then i turned to my left i saw a biker guy appear out of the shadows and started saying ´´Haa ha haa what a scene man! HOOWEE! And then they just plop you out here like a naked baby in the woods´´ The biker guy was wearing sleeveless jean jacket that was open in the middle and had no other shirt under it and typical dirty jean pants with heavy leather boots to complete the whole look.

´´Who are you?´´ i asked him since he seemed nice enough to fill me in.

´´I'm Jack but some folks like to call me 'Smiling' Jack, but that's beside the point. What's important is i'm offering help. You make it back from Santa Monica with your hide then we'll trade life stories, until then i got about this much time. So you in or out?´´ The offer of help sounded like music to my ears and he's like what? Third person that shows any kind of care to me but then i quickly asked him how did know i was thinking about space burgers in the first place. He simply said with a slight laugh ´´Hard to miss a rasta haired man who's talking to himself about burgers like Homer Simpson´´

I scratched the back of my head while smiling nervously. Jack smiled and shook his head at me slightly amused.

Jack broke the silence ´´So want my help or not? Time's ticking u'know´´ I nodded and he seemed joyed by it ´´Alright!´´

Jack looked at me and asked ´´You look wobly, did you even had a drink yet?´´

I sighed ´´If you mean booze or whiskey then i'm in´´

Jack shouted joyfully ´´Oohoh man! We're popping a cherry here haa hah ha! Okay check it out. Blood is your new rack-a-lamb, your new champange, blood's your new fucking heroin kid! Or atleast it's your new space burger heh he. Get ready though cuz hey! It's never as sweet as the first time´´

I was confused ´´Blood? Meaning that i'm a vampire?´´ Jack did a facepalm ´´NOW you fucking realize it?´´

I snapped back at him ´´Hey i'm new to this and you're the best help i'll probably ever get so please go easy on me okay?´´ Then i quickly calmed down and felt bit ashamed about it. Jack let a deep sigh ´´Don't worry about it kid. Should've know that Lacroix asshole didn't tell you the whole deal anyway.´´ I looked at Jack and nodded.

He pointed an alley behind me while saying ´´Anyway. Around the there i saw this human, poor SOB can't find his car´´ he let a small laugh. I asked him what to i do, he then explained ´´Now go to him casual like, creep up on him, then bare those little fangs feed. Don't worry if you weren't captain of wrestling team, it'll come so naturally you think you done it thousand times already´´ seemed easy enough for me and there was one thing i wanted to know ´´Won't he became a vampire too?´´ Jack said reassurelly ´´Naah forget the comic book crap kid it don't work that way´´

Good enough for me i though. I went to the dark corner to see the human Jack talked about and he was right, the poor sod was lost while looking for his car. How stupid you gotta be for that to happen? ´´Kid don't drain him dry! It might be hard to resist but don't kill him!´´ i could hear Jack shout behind me. ´´Why would i kill him?´´ I wondered but i figured it can't be hard.

I approached the man casually, when he noticed me he asked me how he can get back to the streets. As soon as i thought of feeding him by reflex i jumped at him, exposed his neck and sank my teeth in to it. There came certain rush from it, my veins seemed to flow like crazy, my body heat rising up and i wanted to drink more and more of his blood, but then my experience with the woman came instantly to my mind and i immediately stopped feeding and shoved the man back, but i notices that he was unconscious, alive but unconscious.

As i went back to Jack the world seemed to move in slow motion for a while and i felt that i could take on the world. I started to breathe heavily, not from exhaustion but from excitement and my body felt strong and light, a feeling unlike anything i ever felt in my life. When i finally met up with Jack he stared at me intensely ´´Aw yeah, Hell yeah you're feeling it. I can see it from your eyes you're born again predator. That's it kid! That's what is all about right there´´

´´I don't know how to feel about but it feels great´´ I said to Jack while still breathing heavily and in a unusually low voice too.

Jack smirked ´´Man i can already tell you're Gangrel, especially the eyes. You could really scare the living shit out of people with those!´´

´´Gangrel?´´ i asked him. Jack face palmed again ´´Ooh shit i forgot, well okay i'll try make this short. There are 13 known vampire bloodlines called 'clans' you're gangrel, a clan with a reputation of being nomads, loners and drifters and some most kick ass fighters in existence and you talk with animals, make yourself more tougher to kill and you can turn into a FREAKY ass monster´´

´´I can what?´´ i stuttered.

Jack continued ´´Now part two. all Kindred, Kindred that's OUR word for vampire, all Kindred have powers called "Disciplines" they're something that makes us square above humans in the food chain. I'll only tell you what you can do, now fortitude is a power that makes you harder to kill. Practice a little bit and you'll be a fucking juggernaut. Next animalism, that gives you power to telepathically talks to animals and even control them´´

´´Control them?´´ i asked in disbelieve.

´´Yep! Rats, dogs, bugs, sharks, bears, crows, hell spend some time with them then you can call your own animal army´´ Jack laughed.

He continued his lecture ´´Now last but not least, PROTEAN. Your clans signature discipline. With protean you can grow claws, bigger fangs, become a mist, turn into a animal or if you're lucky transform to a monster´´

´´A monster?´´ now i was even more in disbelieve.

´´IF you're lucky, i hear some can only turn to a bat or a wolf while others can become like demons from the bible man. No one knows why, not even the gangrel can't explain it´´

´´Riiiight´´i said nervously.

Then i asked him ´´Then we are immortal and all that?´´

Jack shrugged ´´Well you can still be destroyed but forget the books and the movies, garlic? Worthless, a cross? Pfft shove it right up they're ass! Heh heh, a stake? Well you felt that first hand didn't you?´´

´´Yeah felt like fun´´ i said sarcastically to him ´´Well it seems that it will paralyze us when it hits the heart, but still hurt like mutha!´´

´´True that. Running water? No problem i bathe, well occasionally. Now a shotgun blast to head. Oh that's trouble boy, fire? That's REAL trouble, sunlight well catch a sunrise and it's all over kiddo get it?´´

´´Got it´´

Before Jack could continue a loud explosion happened nearby and i knew that only meant trouble.