I forgot to mention this earlier. I decided to add few more characters (which in my opinion it could've used a bit more awesome characters) by using the main character models. It also gives me a chance (and a excuse) to use some weird and cool names :). If you have problem with it... then that's your opinion. But I'll stick to the main plot none the less so enjoy!

Chapter 6: Getting started

My night just kept getting weirder and weirder. The cab I was in continued driving as if he was waiting to be told when we can move on, and the cab driver himself looked a bit creepy. He was wearing black clothing from top-to-bottom, black short hair, sunglasses so dark you couldn't see his eyes and his face seemed expressionless. The guy who put me in the cab was sitting right next to me. He said. "Well that did not go as well i liked."

"No kidding?" I said sarcastically. I looked outside the window. Streetlights and people flashed by like nothing was happening. I also had an awkward feeling that the street seemed to go on forever. I kept thinking what happened to me in the theater, the back alley and the warehouse. Best answer i got was that i'm now a vampire, i should keep my condition a secret and try not to kill any innocent's or else i might become more of a monster than i already am.

"So what's your name?" Asked the man next to me.

I snapped back to my senses. "Huh? Oh yeah, my name is Jake Gossamer."

When I asked his he said. "Daniel Creep, Sebastian Lacroix's assistant."

We shook hands and began discuss to what happened in the theater. Daniel was curious how I survived in the first place, so i told him how Jack helped me, how he explained me "how to act", and about the beast.

"I should have known that Jack would come and help you." Said Daniel with a small smirk.

"You know him?" I asked. Daniel leaned back, placing his hands behind his head. "We've crossed paths. Jack's a reasonable guy, but his mischievous nature sometimes get the better of him."

When I told Daniel about the voice i heard in my head, he placed his hand on his chin, looking very thoughtful. "You're not a Malkavian so that's out of the window." He kept thinking. "It is possible crazy, but possible that your Gangrel blood has something to do with it."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Well, all Gangrel have a close connection with the beast, which makes them more likely to frenzy than others."

"Frenzy?"

"Jack told you what when someone gives in to the beast right? We call it frenzy." Explained Daniel. "Gangrel are know to have close connection to the beast, which makes them more dangerous when they frenzy. But the point is that voice you heard might be the beast itself."

I looked Daniel and asked was he serious. He shrugged. "I said it was crazy. Then again I'm not a Gangrel."

"What if it's true?" I asked, and he simply said. "Then do what Jack said. Hold on to your humanity. Maybe then that voice might become less common if not completely go away"

During the discussion, i remembered when he said he was 'thankful' that I was alive. I asked him why was he exactly happy about me being alive. Daniel scratched back of his head, looking as if thinking for an answer. "Well... let's just say that when it comes to Kindred population control, Lacroix kills both Sire and Childe to make an example, which i think it is a waste considering it's supposed to be population control." Daniel seemed to avoid the question, but I decided to let it go for now.

Then i got curious and asked "Then what you would've done instead?" where he answered in a serious voice. "If I were doing the execution I would have simply killed you and told your Sire not to do that again."

Daniel looked at me and saw my horrified expression. He began to laugh and said that he was simply joking. I on the other hand wasn't convinced. Daniel then made a gesture with his hand, which made the cab driver speed up. A few blocks later we stopped in front of Trip's pawnshop where Daniel then told me. "Your Haven will be room 508 in be apartments above the pawnshop." He handed me the keys and wished me luck. As soon as he entered the cab, he rolled the window open. "Oh, and don't expect a same welcome Jack and i gave you from everyone else in your position."

I was a little perplexed what he meant by that and he only said that i will find out soon enough. He closed the window and cruised off into the night, like an old Hollywood cliché. I sighed and went to the alley that leaded into the apartments. I walked up the stairs, through the hallway until number 508 hit my eyes. As i entered, i realized it was the same room were that woman turned me into a vampire. A sick sense of humor on their part? Anyway, first thing I did was go to the bathroom as I wanted to know could I still cast my own reflection.

I looked into the mirror and I was surprised that I could see myself. I took a closer look in the mirror as I wanted to make sure every bit of me was still there. Dreadlocks with few gold rings on them? Check! Red t-shirt with a small v-neck, greenish blue eyes and a small patch on my chin... yeah, face seemed okay. Then i could not help, but notice that there was something different about my body so I took off my shirt so I could take a closer look. I had a very robust built before, but i was even more robust and slightly more muscular too.

After posing in front of the mirror like an dumb jock, I decided to move on. I put on my shirt and moved to the desk that had a laptop and two notes on it. First note was from Mercurio. It had directions to his apartment that's just the next building from here, and it also mentioned he put some cash in the drawer. The second note was from some guy named M. Strauss. It had some weird riddle on it, something about "following the mystical sun" and "sensing power in one so young" whatever the hell that meant. I looked into the laptop if there was anything interesting. I entered the password on my email, which was written in Mercurio's note, and checked if there was any messages.

Two of them were spam so I deleted those out. The third one advertised Arthur Kilpatrick's Bail bonds, I know the place so it was legit but i deleted it anyways. Last one was a bit odd. It was titled 'The opening' and the sender was from someone called 'Friend'. Mail it's self was odd too, it read. "The game has started. The pawn has been moved." it creeped me out so i deleted it right away. I decided to get out of room as there was something in it that was unnerving, probably because this is where my life went to hell. I turned off the laptop, I took the cash from the drawer, left the room and went outside, knowing that my time in world of darkness has just begun.