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Chapter 8
Mathias' Point of view
After leaving Alexander to ponder his thoughts and the remnants of the past I decided to visit an old friend. I knew that it was crucial to mine and Alexander's ambitious goals to gather as much allies as possible. Allies. It was a peculiar word, which among our species rarely exists, I thought as I stared up at the neon lights. Coffin Club.
The line to the entrance of the club rounded the corner, and with me being who I am, I rarely had time for such trivial matters. I walked up to the bouncer guarding the entrance who looked like he was having a hard time not looking at the girls.
"Daniel, is there any way to attach your eyes back into your head?" I laughed. He straightened up immediately and apologized.
"My apologies, Sir." He stammered as he unhooked the black velvet rope and let me in. As I passed him by the door I patted his shoulder.
"These mortal women age with time and their beauty does not last. Soon your taste for them will dwindle." I said and cast him a sympathetic smile.
Daniel made a face and quickly hid it. I laughed and continued walking inside the Coffin Club.
The music pulsed through the speakers and its vibrations reverberated through the floor. I took in the sight of mortals thrashing around like animals and I grunted in disgust, but continued making my way through the maze of vermin.
I cuaght a familiar scent that wafted by. I grinned and followed the scent that led me up a flight of stairs onto a landing overlooking the spectacle of humans.
Jagger was sitting on a couch with three swooning girls. One blond, one red head and one brunette. It was just like Jagger to want to try every flavor that existed.
"It never ceases to amaze me just how much you haven't changed." I chuckled while crossing my arms in front of my chest. The girls gasped and looked at me while trying to hide like children beside Jagger. He didn't even look in my direction, he just exhaled.
"And it never amazes me how you always happen to ruin the fun." He turned towards me and glared.
"Ladies," Jagger turned to each gullible face, "I have an unexpected visitor, so, sadly we will have to continue some other time." he stood up while the girls whined like a bunch of mopey dogs.
"Follow me." He said while descending the stairs.
We were in his underground lair, or a pathetic excuse for one. I scrutinized his taste inch by inch and even ran a finger along the dusty shelves in pure disgust. Jagger huffed.
"So, are you going to explain why you are here or am I wasting my time? There are hundreds of girls waiting for me."
I ignored him for a moment or two, walking around the dank room and inspecting his adorned walls of idiocracy. "I remembered you were somewhere located here and I wanted to see how my dear little cousin is doing."
"That's a damn lie and you know it. Do you think I'm stupid?"
"Do you want me to answer that question?" I slowly smiled at him.
Jagger glared at me.
"I came to pay Alexander a visit." I admitted.
"So why would you come to see me then?" He scoffed.
I paused. "I have a proposition for you."
Jagger's point of view
I sat down and downed the last of my Execution. I couldn't quite get a hold on what Mathias was saying. It was possibly the most hilarious thing I could have ever heard, but for some reason I knew Mathias wouldn't joke like this. It just wasn't in his nature to make this up.
"So, let me get this straight," I started, "you need my help?" I laughed. "Mathias, the Mathias, needs my help."
He looked at me as if he was trying to mentally bore a hole in my head. "Silence, boy. If there were some other way to go about this without consulting you, believe me, I would take that route with glee. But with things as they are, it seems we cannot do this without you. So do not test my act of kindness."
I rubbed my fingers against my temple that began to throb. "Everything that you've said is ridiculous. No one in even their worst state of madness, vampire or otherwise, would even dare do this," I began, "to even suggest that he would... That he wants to... I mean, hell! I'm all for power, revenge, destruction, greed; any sin actually, but even I know when enough is too far and when too far is just plain suicide. Heh. Believe me, I'd love to do what he's doing; I'm just winded that he could come up with something this... Dangerous... But do you think I want to die young?" I began pacing the room, then I stopped and looked at Mathias.
His eyes met mine and for a long moment we just stared at each other down; a personal internal war. "Tell me how it began."
Mathias let out a long exhale and stared up at the ceiling. "It is a very, very long story."
I chuckled, more to myself than to him. "We have nothing but time."
