December 5, 2009

Tonight has been an interesting night! I saw him again! The Dark Man who turned me into this! It was as if he was waiting on me, watching me. It was quite an experience. But let's take one thing at a time.

Earlier tonight (late yesterday), I was on a phone call at work. Some old man was complaining to me about the speed of his Internet connection. I had checked the speed multiple times and the tests in the modem were coming back just fine. I am sure he was just upset he couldn't download pornography quickly enough. About 2/3 of the way through the call, I decided that even with my new powers, I couldn't do this job anymore. I hung up on the now cantankerous, and now raving, old fart and walked over to my supervisor's desk.

I stared him in the eyes until I could feel that he wasn't going anywhere. I told him in no uncertain terms that I had to quit the job. I informed him that he would give glowing recommendations to any company that called to inquire about me. I even took a moment to thank him for re-hiring me and threw in a couple self esteem boosting thoughts as a token of my esteem.

By the time I walked away (with two weeks pay, mind you), he was sitting dazed yet goofily content at his desk. I knew he'd be floating on a cloud for days. I grabbed my things from my desk and made my way to the door. As i approached the door, I knew something was wrong. Someone was waiting for me. I stepped out into the cold air and looked around the almost empty parking lot. There seemed to be no one there. I strode to my car and was just putting my key to the lock when I felt his presence behind me. I dropped my keys and my bag as I whirled around.

There he stood. 30 feet away from me. I could see his eyes glinting in the darkness. His pale skin shining against the black night. I stood there, transfixed, for what felt like an hour. I couldn't move. Thoughts whirled through my head. This was the man who made me into what I am. I didn't know whether to lash out at him in anger, or run to hug him. I just knew suddenly that I had to know...all of it! How? Why? I wanted to know all of it!

I took a step forward finally and he was suddenly gone! Dashing through the darkness, getting further and further away from me. He ran faster than any normal human could (however, not near as fast as the movies would have you believe). I began to run after him, I chased him across the parking lot,two empty fields a car dealership, and under the highway overpass. I was gaining on him. Getting closer with every stride.

I lost track of where I was. Suddenly I was running through the suburbs, the houses growing further and further apart. I was now on the outskirts of town and getting further form the lights. I could see him in front of me, still moving through the darkness. I pushed myself harder, my legs moving faster than they ever had. I was now only a few yards behind him. Then I was a mere two feet behind him! I was going to catch him!

Suddenly, he stopped in turned in a flash! I wasn't ready for it and ran right into his fist which was extended toward me. I felt my nose shatter against his icy palm. I felt my head blast backwards as my body kept moving forward. I felt my legs leave the ground and then suddenly I was on my back in the dirt of a field.

My vision went black as my head hit the earth. When I opened them, he was kneeling above me. He was reaching toward my face. I started and tried to pull me away but then something in his eyes made me stop. I was mesmerized by his eyes as he placed one hand on each side of my nose and then...CRACK!...he snapped my nose back into place. Pain shot through my body and then suddenly began to dissipate. I felt the nose healing, the swelling decreasing.

I looked up at him. He didn't smile. He didn't speak. He just stared at me. My eyes bore into his. I felt as if I could see the stars in his eyes. Never before had I seen such deep eyes. Or were they really just empty?

All of a sudden he had stood and stepped away from me. I sat up on the ground. "Who are you?" I asked. He stared at me for a moment and then stepped away. He didn't answer. He turned away from me and looked into the darkness. There was a dreadful silence. I heard the crickets chirping and something moved in the bushes nearby. I repeated my question.

He never turned around, but finally he spoke. He did not answer the question, instead I heard, "You are very fast. And strong. But you cannot grow stronger feeding off the blood of rabbits." Advice? He came to me to give me advice? Surely there was more.

He moved away from me and into the bushes nearby. I instinctively knew he did not want me to follow. I stayed on the ground. Moments later he stepped out of the foliage. He was now carrying something. It was white and misshapen. He sat it down in front of me. I realized that it was something covered in a white sheet. "Go ahead," he said.

I moved my hand toward the sheet and whipped it back. And there on the ground before me was a man. Probably in his mid-thirties. He was wearing jeans and a white tee shirt. His face was rough and unclean. I asked if he was dead. The Dark Man replied that he was merely unconscious.

"You must feed on human blood to gain all the power you can," he explained to me. I shook my head in disbelief. He wanted me to kill this innocent man! As if he had read my mind, he continued, "He is no innocent. He is a killer. Not but two days ago, he murdered a woman and buried her body only a mile from this very spot." I looked at him, the questions I had displayed on my face.

"Everyone is nervous their first time," he explained, "criminals make it easier." He smiled as he said the last and then leaned down and exposed the man's neck. Even in the moonlight I could see the blood rushing beneath the skin. I began to smell the scent, feel it pull me in. But could I trust the Dark Man?

This was the last thought I had as my fangs extended and I sank them into the man's neck. When I stopped drinking, the Dark Man was gone and I was alone. I didn't care at the moment. The feeling was indescribable. This was what true bliss was. My body felt alive. I could feel every fiber in my body bursting with health. This was the most amazing feeling I had ever felt. I was high. I stood and looked around into the darkness.

Everything seemed sharper and my mind was more focused than ever before as I raced back to my car. I couldn't believe I had done it. I had tasted human blood for the first time...

...and I loved it.

-Mike