Dark Blood

Chapter 4: Ethan

The strong rain started pouring over the night sky again...

But here, loudest thing you'll hear is the loud rock music that'd make your heart beat like the set of it's drum by just hearing it. The very place overpowered the mighty thunders and strong lightning. it's dim lighting had variety of lights and disco ball that added the shine. Unruly youngsters who ought to stay out every night mostly come here to drink all their problems out with a bottle of liquor to burn their throat and drugs to let their heart speak out without their notice. The dance floor was full dancing youth. All out without a care in the world... just their self proclaimed fantasy. A club hidden in the dirty streets unnoticed by the law.

This is where Ethan entered.

Hands on his pocket as he walked passed the crowds. Some women he passes through darts him a glance to show that they appreciate his presence at the club. At the same time he was smiling to reply his own greeting. He sat on a stool after reaching the counter where a man stood across him wiping a glass with white cloth that looked gray because of the dimness. The man set aside what he was doing and automatically poured Ethan a glass of his own beer as if he'd ordered already.

Ethan nodded after receiving the glass as the man continued wiping the glass. "How's my girlfriend?" the man asked. he looked young, maybe same age as Ethan's.

Enrique, his friend who works there at the same time was also a dark blood who used to supply the human Ethan feeds on. He knew a lot of things and where to get it but he knew he can't really catch up with what his friend know and have, nor did he ever want to cross enemy with him for he knew it was never his fate to win against this kind of monster. And so he decided to stick around and just learn from him.

"She taste the same as anyone..." Ethan drank on the glass then spoke again. "Sinful." it was the girl he killed that night when Blade had visited him (see chapter 1>^-^<).

The man smiled. "What did you see?" he asked with interest placing his elbows on the table making his face close to Ethan to hear what he have to say.

"She have another men in bed since you two were together." Ethan replied. "And I'm supposed to be number 12 if it happened." he leaned his elbow on the counter as he placed his chin to his palm for support. He stared at the glass for a moment as he noticed the acid rising on the brown liquid inside the glass.

"Thanks for getting rid of her." Enrique stood again and continued wiping the glasses left on the table.

"Thanks for the food too, Enrique." Ethan replied back.

Enrique chuckled as he placed the glass aside and took another one to wipe. "I haven't seen your brother since last month, what's he up to now? I know he's not active but new he's really not showing up." he asked.

"Missed him already?" Ethan laughed and took another sip of his drink.

"There's no pain in asking I think. And I'm curious." Enrique said back staring at a lady who just took her sit on the stool two chairs away from Ethan. The girl signalled a drink and the boy winked at her, taking a glass and poured some liquor sliding the glass towards her with his good boy smile.

"He's just around. Acting like a good emo boy." Ethan replied staring at the same sight as of Enrique's.

"Good? He's avoiding souls now?" Enrique asked in a sarcastic tone.

"Of course not. That's his source of life. Why would he avoid it?" He drank the remaining content of the glass. "He's avoiding the enjoyment." Ethan cleared. The girl turned to her and waved a hand Ethan waved back with the same gesture.

Enrique nodded. He understood it. Blade was avoiding to kill humans. "But how is he suppose to eat if he avoid killing? A soul without a body is not alive. Human is needed to complete the process of life... and our food." he said.

Ethan laughed. "I just found a way to fix it. If that's what he wants, I'll give him."

"That's sweet, big brother." Enrique teased. "But what exactly did you give?"

"An immortal."

The man paused. Surprised of what he said, he didn't notice of dropping the glass from his hand. "That's a rare treasure." he uttered selflessly. "Where could you possibly find such creation?"

"I found her in a certain cave. sleeping under a bath of hundred kinds of blood mixed in a tub. But she's only a human girl now. that's what was stilled in her mind."

"Blades lucky to have a brother like you. Damn I'm jealous." The man laughed.

"Unfortunately of you young Enrique." Ethan replied, standing up staring at the girl who's been noticing him. "And if you excuse me, my friend, I still have a new fish to bone."

His friend shook his head amused. "Go ahead. You really have a strong appetite." He teased.

"Let's say that I'm just healthy my good man." He sat next beside the girl and started to have a chat. Not passing by a minute, Enrique just found them kissing on the stool making his chuckle but not surprised. As usual, Ethan had his nightly entertainment.

He already told him that girl's souls are sweet and warm when they get excited. But in this kind of place, girls usually have darker souls when he tasted them. Its rare to taste gray souls than way back in the centuries.

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