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Chapter 5

"So this is the bar Lukas and his brother started. It'll be nice to see 'im again," Alastair commented. Lukas was another wizard in the city which gained that title around the same time Arthur did. And like Arthur, he decided to help pay the bills by working as a co-owner to a bar he and his brother Matthias opened. Along with this, Lukas had a younger brother who had been a ghost for almost six years, and had until recently tried to occupy his loneliness and boredom by drowning ferry victims at the harbor.

They were currently in front of the bar because Arthur wanted to warn Lukas about what he heard. And due to Lukas not answering his cellphone and Alastair's demand for lunch he decided to visit in person.

The bar was relatively absent of guests, with the only other people including a group of the owners' friends eating lunch themselves and another figure sitting by himself in a dark corner. Matthias was the brother currently in charge of the bar, a friendly enough fellow who liked to think beer and food made everything better and who had put to peace the fact that most of their clientele was not 'normal' people.

Matthias smiled as Arthur and Alastair entered and asked, "Bit early for you to come, or did you come to play with Lukas?"

"Mainly for Lukas, but he keeps on saying that he wants lunch," Arthur answered and pointed towards Alastair for the lunch part.

"New friend of his? If you're okay with sandwiches then you're in luck. Just tell me what you want to drink with it and sit wherever and I'll have it right out," Matthias answered with a smile towards Alastair. Alastair gave his request for himself and Arthur then turned to find a table.

"And Lukas?" Arthur asked before Matthias vanished into the kitchen.

"He went to talk to Emil. That vampire friend of you guys came in and warned Lukas that something was up. After hearing that Lukas rushed to the ferry to check on Emil," Matthias answered. Arthur had to admit that one of Matthias' strengths was his ability to look past issues. After Lukas explained everything that happened with Emil, Matthias simply decided to forget, forgive, and return to acting as if everything was normal.

Arthur simply sighed and walked to the seat near his brother. Soon their meals and drinks came to them, and as they ate Arthur could not help but find himself watching the other guest in the corner. At last he realized what the other was drinking and who it was, which caused him to walk over and ask, "Vlad? What are you doing here so early? Don't tell me that you forgot to go home again."

Vlad was one of the stranger guests who frequented the bar. He was a vampire, who agreed to give up his normal hunting as long as Lukas agreed to sell him blood. An issue with this, however, was that in order to not run through the substance too quickly Lukas had found a way to dilute it in alcohol and other liquids without the vampire noticing. Due to this, Vlad often found himself drunk and unless someone reminded him he would forget to go home before sunrise. However, based on the smell from the cup it seemed that Vlad was not drinking diluted blood today.

"Hello Arthur, and no, I can't go home for other reasons today," Vlad answered.

"Other reasons?" Arthur asked.

"Another friend of mine called and said that something strange has been spying on my house. I know what the something is, and know that if I'm not in top performance then my only other options are to pack up and get out of here or wait for mob to try and kill me," Vlad answered seriously. The tone struck Arthur, it was rare to see the vampire take anything seriously.

"That prosecutor? But you had always made sure that there was no trace linking you to any crimes you committed in the past," Arthur asked confused. He was talking to the kind of creature that while he laughed at the laws also made sure that he never got in trouble with them. And now here he was worried about one man with a law degree?

"I'm not the only one on his list. It's going to go after anyone supernatural. Werewolf, ghost, vampire, you name it! That human is being controlled by one strong monster and it will not stop until it has had it's 'fun' and destroyed everyone else's lives. I have to admit, I'll lived here for over one hundred years and it is going to suck if I have to find a new place to live," Vlad answered, a bit sadly at the end.

"So it is a demon then…do you know which one it is?" Alastair asked as he also walked over to the table. He had overheard the conversation, and while his training told him to disregard what a vampire told him he realized that this new threat was much worse than the one in front of him.

Vlad shook his head then answered, "No, I only know what exactly it is because it saw it try chasing that ghost off. But Gilbert might know. Of course, for all I know it could have destroyed him since I have not seen him in a while."

"No, it's more likely that that stupid ghost is hiding somewhere in safety. He may have even decided to willingly go back to Hell until things blow over here," Lukas replied as he entered the bar and noticed the group of odd characters in the corner. He then spotted Alastair and commented, "I did not realize that you were going to visit us, are you here for an inspection?"

"Hey Lukas, long time no see. I like this bar you and your brother started," Alastair returned as Arthur simply stared at his brother confused as to how he knew one of his friends.

"Good, in that case I should not need to worry about you killing one of my regulars," Lukas replied, only to then start towards the bar to relieve his brother from his duties.

"Hey wait, how do you know that he would go to hell?" Arthur asked Lukas.

"That's what he told Emil he should do. Of course, Emil is a bit too stubborn to take advice like that, so I told him to be careful," Lukas answered.

Arthur sighed and commented, "Then I suppose he will need to be careful. Guess this trip was as wasted as the others today. Are you done with your food Alastair, because I need to go home and think a bit in peace?"

With this said, Arthur told the others to be careful and he and his brother left.

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