Spectral Claws: Ancient Recurring

Chapter 3: Dracula's Son and the Forbidden Instrument

The Dracula was nowhere to be found and the ancient myth tells the beast was last seen on the lands above China. Ancient monks preserved and kept a secret of this very mythical creature in their hands for too long that they now don't need to rely on another creature if they had a problem. This was the deal as the monks and the Dracula worked together protecting great parts of history from the hands of the pity humans. The greed, gluttony, and sloth of mankind have evolved and taken a darker twist taking every people to the routes of nothingness, this made them forget the most essential part of them...us, the supernatural, and the gods that they share DNA with.

The gods of the highlands of China say they acquired Dracula and enslaved him in turn he turned good and saved the humans hence becoming a prodigy but that was decades before. No one knows where he hides or if he is trapped again in a coffin waiting to rise but all he did get and do that would be a worthy achievement is that he had a son with one of his brides and he is now amongst humans acting worse than them and feeding on their food. He even has a devilish attitude to engage in certain activities just to be rich and indeed have worthless entertainment.

Unlike his father, he doesn't hurt people who don't cross him and he never ever uses his fangs. His main idea is to steal worthful shiny stuff that rains money after selling them. We both hunted a treasure long back, lost in the middle of Havana only to see that there was just another treasure map and all of it was a waste of time. He left to search for his dad and I continued my works here being a hireable detective and solving cases that work my mind.

I must convey that I sought the past and wanted to know what happened and who I am but that was long gone since I gave trying to find hope to leave the humans and love with the people of me. Unfortunately, we are endangered and human beings find us we will just turn out to be another experiment.

This put me back into the shoes of everyday life in this city of dirt and murders. It gets darker and depressing every day but this was the human world that tries to decorate itself with technology and instruments that may or may not give happiness to them and in the end, none of it is natural. Their society was like rabbits ruling the turtle kingdom and none of them can run as fast as the rabbit with much more power yet the rabbit is the one that sleeps the most.

Wolveians weren't much different themselves after betraying my father, they went to hide and no one could fine where. This brought me to a decision to find certain family heirlooms which are now very priceless and forbidden treasures scattered across the world.

In this path, I found the son of Dracula and we did find a few but the map we found makes sense now more than ever. The supernatural in the past days have more activity than ever before and they are trying to do something that we couldn't decipher for days after we met yesterday at that fake castle prank show dedicated to me. I wasn't too serious with him as he always casually walks in and out with women and friends but with real and good information by doing so to find me all the ways to get this ornament. 

"The treasure we are about to find is no ornament... it is an instrument of --well something our ancestors used against or for. It heals the supernatural and also the humans. This thing is hidden somewhere deep within the new world and people are already on the track to it. You are the only guy pal. You must pull this off", says my very enthusiastic friend with the fourth hamburger in his hand and I was looking through the very efficient yet toxic dark web going through major profiles connected to the network that is getting the treasure into their hands."

"Hmm, three people one of them is too suspicious to make a theft right now and the other two seem...vigilante though very human-like I feel like they have something more to do with this.."

My friend looked at me surprised as he saw that guy in shock,"That guy...he attacked me out of nowhere in the bar saying my father took away his wife and daughter....his punch wasn't very human-like we must find what he holds first and go there but the treasure loca--"

I had interrupted him with something that surprised me but not the way I work. A discovery after years of research and in mere seconds of holding the map, "I found it, let's make a trip to ...El dorado."