The gun fell from her hand, and clattered to the floor. Her eyesight seemed to dwindle, as she stumbled and nearly fell.
She was hyperventilating and she had to force herself to take deep slow breaths of air. Clutching her now wounded hand, she slowly looked down at it.
"Fuck."
It was a mess of blood, and torn flesh. She thought she saw some white stuff, that could be bones. She swore under her breath.
In front of her the vampire turned away from her and started walking across the room, stepping over the massacred bodies lying on the floor.
"You're hired, now keep up."
Kirya stood for a second, regaining her composure, then followed him.
She had adjusted to the pain, it was still there, but it didn't overwhelm her anymore; she was in control. While she walked she tore off her scarf and tied it tightly around her hand, hoping it would be enough to stop the blood flow.
When she crossed the room she came to sudden halt next to the guy she'd told the vampire to kill. Even in death she hated him! She could almost feel his hands on her body, even now. She kicked the body, hard.
"Serves you right, dickhead," she hissed.
She had to run, to catch up with him. He was walking casually down the hallway, like he had no worry in the world.
She kept close behind him, neither wanting to be left behind nor attract too much of his attention.
As they passed the elevators a bell pinged, and the doors opened.
Two police officers stood there, guns raised. Kirya jumped back, but the vampire just stood there calmly.
"There was an animal attack down the hall, you need to go check it out. And when you do you will forget that I was even here." He paused for second, then added: "and you'll need to throw away the survaillance tapes, they're not of any use to you."
His voice was cool, but there was something different to his tone, that she could put a finger on.
The two police men ran out the elevator past them, not sparing them another glance.
Kirya was confused, how the hell..? but he had already entered the elevator and was now pressing the button for the basement.
"Coming?" She raced in, just as the doors started to slide shut.
The basement contained a large underground parking garage. It held parking areas for all the buildings employees and a mall. Right now it was deserted.
Kirya remembered how she'd once snuck in here to find a place to sleep, and how the guard had found her and thrown her out on her ass. She'd had trouble walking for a week.
A silver sportscar was parked right next to the elevator, completely illegal. A ticket was placed under the wipers.
As he moved to the drivers seat, the vampire swiftly grapped it, crumbled it into a ball and threw it over the shoulder.
"Get in."
As soon as she'd closed the door behind her, he floored it. The car shot forward, the acceleration pressing Kirya back into her seat. They raced past rows, and rows of cars, their colors blurring together, and then shut out into the sunlight.
As he drove down the street, the vampire reached over, opening the glove compartment and retrieved a pair of shades. He put them on, hiding his blue eyes. Somehow it made her a bit more at ease, having those eyes covered. They seemed to stare right through her, like x-ray or something, even when he was not looking at her.
Working up her courage she said:
"So, what should I call you? Boss?"
"Huh?" he looked at her, and even with the glasses she felt a ball of dread forming in her guts. "I don't give a shit, just shut up and be invisible."
She nodded solemnly, and looked away.
The guy is a fucking vampire! A vampire! Just shut the fuck up, and pray that he's not hungry for dessert.