Drop her down, I leave silently, thinking of this is ever the stupidest mistake I make and will be finally recognized afterwards
Its getting very dark, the wandering people on the street seem to be busy heading for home. And Im not in the mood to kill even one more person. Maybe I guess its the blood-effect that makes me strong enough to have a better control of myself. Or maybe Im starting to recognize I was just now killing the girl Ive ever loved and feel terriblely sorry for that.
Walking on the empty street. Im wondering to find a place to stop by. actually the street Is not empty. There are still a few of couples that I can see in the not very far distance. Only me, the lonely figure at night seems more lonely than anyone else to need attend to.
Lucky for me, I find a bookstore for 24hs. After having a walking around inside the store, I pick up a book, Love must be tough, from James Dobson who was considered a very famous counselor for people in marital crisis. I sit by a table, spend some time reading this book, witnessing a lot of break-ups or tragedies because of the unfaithful husbands or wives affair with the intruder. Some of them left their kids behind in the door without even noticing where shes been, away and gone for a long period of time. The author did save some marriages, but most of families are still suffering in the pain.
I sympathize for their stories, totally unaware of a female staffs existence in the opposite. She is a beautiful girl, sitting there staring at me in a little amazement.
Excuse me, Miss, is there anything wrong with me? I ask.
No sir, I see a red dot on your face, maybe its a drop of blood. Let me clean it for you, will you?
Ok, thanks. This is a noble place and the service here is well matched up to it. But Im still grateful for that I smile.
You are welcome, sir. I will go get a piece of wet tissue, be back in a min she gives me a sweet smile when she leaves. God damn it, she is really a beauty.
She comes right back in a little while, and walk directly to my side and begins the cleaning Sir, may I have your name? she asks.
Shawn, and you?
Im Emily. I think its blood, as I said. Hows it on your face?
Well, I have no idea I dont give a damn to her question.
You know, shawn, you look very nice in the black shirt, she changes the subject, but the way she talks sounds very much like flirting with me.
Thank you Emily. You are a girl of good taste, I like you I was touched by her provocative talk, nevertheless I cant say so, or thats not gonna happen subsequently
Oh, really? Its very nice of meeting you, shawn
Yeah, me too. Im afraid thats your misfortune. I said you are a girl of good taste, which meant you are delicious to me I move to her back, have my hands on her shoulder, saying next to her ear. And then take a huge bite on her neck, crazily sucks her blood.
I cant believe it. This girls blood tastes weird. My strength seems completely gone, I cant even stand any more. And the organs inside me feel like burning. It hurts like hell. I lose my consciousness soon, having no idea what will happen to me next.
I wake up in a morning on the street, next to the door of the bookstore. But I find I was confined in a special-made cage, which is like a small cell for the prisoner waiting for his final sentence. I made a few of attempts to break the cage, but it doesnt work. The cage is too firm, seems unbreakable to me.
Save your time, boy monster. there comes a police officer in front of me. Weve collected a lot of data about vampires. Recently many citizens were lost mysteriously for no reason. We made a lot of experiments on some bodies found accidentally, and have reasons to believe its vampire commit the crimes. Fortunately, weve for now found vervain, a kind of plant that is poisonous to vampires, and applied it to those working in the evening. You are the first vampire we get. I know we cant kill you all. But we can use you as a warning to those still alive outside the cage, letting them know that we are capable of hunting them down and kill them. You are currently a good case for us to drive them away from this town. I will have someone come over in time to give you a regular vervain shot to weaken you, enjoy your time, Mr. vampire. he finishes his word and leaves with grin at the corner of his mouth, which looks like a sense of triumph over me. I look at him, desperately, can not utter a word.
Day after day, I was tortured by vervain shot in my body. The painful experience was almost killing me. I just wanted to suicide to end this pain. Every day I was surrounded by people, suffering their constant laughter and condemnations. I thought Im well deserved this ending and felt really sorry for those people I killed and mistreated before. I guessed all my wrongdoings would be eventually forgiven until the day I die from this pain. And Im looking forward to it.
As time goes by, almost all my friends, old and new, know that my life was cut in the cage, unable to move any more. Some of them drop by, some pay a visit to me and say sorry for this, some come to feed me with their blood and leave silently, some dont even care. Only Xu, a very close friend of mine in senior high school, comes a lot. Before this, we havent met for more than 2 years. Every night he comes over to comfort me, so as not to let me feel lonely. He is a intern doctor, just knows one or two about killing the pain from vervain. But he asked a lot from other professional doctor on the other side and came over to help me with the prescription. He tells me to insist on the prescription, I will get healed in the end and finally break the cage. It might take some time, but it will work.
Im really appreciated for Xus delicate care and persistence on me. I will always remember what he told me You can be saved and be free in the end, My brother. This brother reminds me of a lot of time we spent together. I remember at one time we were planning to spend a night in classroom in senior high school, but got caught by headmaster, and she got really mad at us. We used to amuse ourselves at TianJin Fairground, whichs been removed for now. We talked about girls. We shared secrets. Until one day, I felt theres long distance between us, both physically and emotionally. But he returns back to me when Im in desperate need, which makes me feel much relief.
Lying in the cage, I become to care less about what people would say about me. I just keep taking the prescription and practicing my muscles before I retrieve all my power to break out. After regaining my freedom, I will not hurt anyone. I will manage to drop my bad habits, live an ordinary life, no more surreal ambitions, no more cheating on others, only to enjoy what I currently have for now. Id also like to thank those passingby who accepts who I am and comes to hug me and when my life is messed up to the hell. Thanks for all the comforts offered. I will print it in my mind and name it a kind of friendship.
I used to think that love will fade and be defeated by time and distance, so is friendship. It comes and goes unpredictablely and unevitablely. Now my version of friendship becomes different. Friendship is invisible, but the one does exist somewhere. You just dont know who he/she is or who they are. If you really want to see them, go find some troubles on your won.
To be continued
