As I am the type to be as offensive as possible, let me just say....Merry Christmas.
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[Vampires of Pittsburgh - Vital Message]
Matthews apartment complex was
devoid of all life in its parking lot. The usual collection of homeless, drug
dealers and their addicts that Blake and John had become so accustomed to
constantly seeing that they were invisible were now being noticed for their
complete absence. "Something was here," Blake said with the hairs on
the back of his neck standing up. "You sure?" John asked, idly
patting where he concealed his sidearm.
"Yeah," Blake said after a pause, then started across the lot. They made it up to Matthews apartment door without incident, but John stayed vigilant. "You think this is a trap?" John asked. "I sure hope not," Blake said, remembering the last time he was cornered in this complex "I'm not a fan of getting tabbed." He knocked two times loudly on Matthew's door and waited.
The door creaked open slightly to reveal Matthew peeking out, who then swung the door open wider. "Jesus, guys, what took you? Get in here!" He said quickly and the two entered. "You can relax now," Blake said, half mockingly "The heroes are here."
"I honestly don't have the patience for your jokes, Blake," Matthew chastised.
"Clearly you do, seeing how you insisted on my presence."
"And if the situation didn't scare the hell out of me, or require your knowledge, I wouldn't have told you."
"Alright, fine," Blake said, all kidding aside "What's the problem?"
"Something is looking for you."
"That's nothing new."
"No. This something is different. Powerful. They knocked on my door earlier and asked for you. Said you weren't home."
"Yeah, we've been running errands all day," Blake proclaimed.
"Blake's been all over town, like a child, looking for a cigarette they don't make anymore," John corrected.
"What now?" Blake asked "And who exactly is looking for me?"
"I don't know who they are," Matthew said "But they knew better than to try to enter here. We spoke in the doorway and they definitely took notice of my protection runes."
"So where are they now?" John asked "If they were so hell bent on finding Blake, they sure have a funny way of showing it."
"This woman was in charge," Matthew explained "And she had this royal arrogance about her. She started at your house, then came here to relay a message. She isn't interested in hunting you down. You are to find her now."
"If she relayed a message, then why not just tell John the message on the phone?" Blake asked as he flipped through pages of a book on a nearby table. The book was in a completely unknown language. "Why drag me all the way over to you?"
"Blake, you really need to understand how fucked up this feels," Matthew said as he walked over and closed the book Blake was playing with "This woman wasn't human."
"I've been hired by non-humans before," Blake said after a pause.
"I've been around plenty of the abnormal before, and this one concerns me. Just be careful."
"Ok, ok," Blake said "Enough with the whole cryptic routine. What's this vital message you need to tell me?"
Matthew narrowed his eyes, then reached into his pocket for a piece of paper he had written on. "This is an address, be there at midnight," Matthew said as Blake took the paper, glanced at it with a shrug and handed it to John. "I don't know what's there, but I once again stress caution," Matthew added. "Yeah, yeah," Blake dismissed "So what about the others with this lady?"
"Big, silent, imposing and dressed in all black," Matthew said "So don't start any fights."
"Can't be helped sometimes," Blake said with a grin as he made for the exit.
"If you do start trouble, please leave me out of it," Matthew said.
"No promises," Blake said as he opened the door and left, John right behind him. "Matthew seemed a little genuinely freaked out," John said as the men approached the car in the parking lot. "Meh, he'll be fine," Blake commented.
"You're not even a little concerned?"
"If they wanted to cause me harm, they wouldn't ask to meet me somewhere at a later time."
"Maybe it's a trap."
"Not as effective as, oh I don't know, waiting to jump us in an empty parking lot under the cover of darkness."
"That's not funny. Now get in the damn car."
"Yeah," Blake said after a pause, then started across the lot. They made it up to Matthews apartment door without incident, but John stayed vigilant. "You think this is a trap?" John asked. "I sure hope not," Blake said, remembering the last time he was cornered in this complex "I'm not a fan of getting tabbed." He knocked two times loudly on Matthew's door and waited.
The door creaked open slightly to reveal Matthew peeking out, who then swung the door open wider. "Jesus, guys, what took you? Get in here!" He said quickly and the two entered. "You can relax now," Blake said, half mockingly "The heroes are here."
"I honestly don't have the patience for your jokes, Blake," Matthew chastised.
"Clearly you do, seeing how you insisted on my presence."
"And if the situation didn't scare the hell out of me, or require your knowledge, I wouldn't have told you."
"Alright, fine," Blake said, all kidding aside "What's the problem?"
"Something is looking for you."
"That's nothing new."
"No. This something is different. Powerful. They knocked on my door earlier and asked for you. Said you weren't home."
"Yeah, we've been running errands all day," Blake proclaimed.
"Blake's been all over town, like a child, looking for a cigarette they don't make anymore," John corrected.
"What now?" Blake asked "And who exactly is looking for me?"
"I don't know who they are," Matthew said "But they knew better than to try to enter here. We spoke in the doorway and they definitely took notice of my protection runes."
"So where are they now?" John asked "If they were so hell bent on finding Blake, they sure have a funny way of showing it."
"This woman was in charge," Matthew explained "And she had this royal arrogance about her. She started at your house, then came here to relay a message. She isn't interested in hunting you down. You are to find her now."
"If she relayed a message, then why not just tell John the message on the phone?" Blake asked as he flipped through pages of a book on a nearby table. The book was in a completely unknown language. "Why drag me all the way over to you?"
"Blake, you really need to understand how fucked up this feels," Matthew said as he walked over and closed the book Blake was playing with "This woman wasn't human."
"I've been hired by non-humans before," Blake said after a pause.
"I've been around plenty of the abnormal before, and this one concerns me. Just be careful."
"Ok, ok," Blake said "Enough with the whole cryptic routine. What's this vital message you need to tell me?"
Matthew narrowed his eyes, then reached into his pocket for a piece of paper he had written on. "This is an address, be there at midnight," Matthew said as Blake took the paper, glanced at it with a shrug and handed it to John. "I don't know what's there, but I once again stress caution," Matthew added. "Yeah, yeah," Blake dismissed "So what about the others with this lady?"
"Big, silent, imposing and dressed in all black," Matthew said "So don't start any fights."
"Can't be helped sometimes," Blake said with a grin as he made for the exit.
"If you do start trouble, please leave me out of it," Matthew said.
"No promises," Blake said as he opened the door and left, John right behind him. "Matthew seemed a little genuinely freaked out," John said as the men approached the car in the parking lot. "Meh, he'll be fine," Blake commented.
"You're not even a little concerned?"
"If they wanted to cause me harm, they wouldn't ask to meet me somewhere at a later time."
"Maybe it's a trap."
"Not as effective as, oh I don't know, waiting to jump us in an empty parking lot under the cover of darkness."
"That's not funny. Now get in the damn car."
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