Future Past

Chapter 2: A new beginning or is it? (2)

A few hours later and after a lot of work, Del arrived at the undergrown show of his informant, Blake. That guy didn't know anything about it, but Del used him for his real job, because there was limited time on his hands. Dozens of girls and boys went missing at the bar Del was working at, before he became the new owner. And it was his job to nab the perpetrator and Blake was his only lead.

The music was so loud you could hear it from the mainhole. 'No bodyguards at the entrance. That is fishy' Del thought about it. He was going down the long curved stairs. 'So this was the famous Underground Denegeroso place?' "How many steps are there till the end of this torture?" - he said to himself aloud, thinking nobody would hear him with music blasting off nearby. Then a female voice was heard.

"Its too soon to be in hell for sure, but you are near" she was looking at him with a funny expression, when the guy was on the verge of falling down the stairs.

"Khm, madam, excuse me for my intrusion but I thought nobody was here with me, those stairs are a menace." - with an exhausted voice, he talked back to the female infront of him.

"Oh, I'm the guard for this place, so of course I will be here" answered the lady with a smirk on her face. Now, when he looked at her, she was quite beautiful. Long blond hair to her waist, blue eyes, stunning muscular legs, that a guy would be jealous of, and a particular big spider tattoo with a full set of webs with all kinds of creatures caught on it on her left arm. "So what brings an old chap like you here?"

'Do I look that old? I know I'm in my mid twenties, but for real, most people see me as still in my teens? How low I've fallen to be called an"old chap". Eh, off we go now. I'd better don't mess with her, because I need entrance. I'm not missing my chance. That would be easy enough if I could just show her my tickets, but not if that i***t gave me the wrong ones. It would become reaaaaal messy in no time.' the look in his eyes was showing somewhat a shiny, bright, brownish glow and somehow that just took a turn for the better, because now, as he was standing in front of her, she saw he was a bit taller and she blushed a little.

"Sorry about that, I didn't mean it" she said with a pleasant voice. "So tickets please, but do it before I make you scram off with those puppy eyes of yours beneath your tail, doggy!" now threatening him 'Am I becoming a dog now, what is happening here? That's one weeeird place' he thought to himself, and pulled a set of tickets out from the front pocket of his black, leather jacket. He had to be stylish to show up at a place like the Denegeroso. And gave them to the young guard lady.

"Hmm... all in order" the female turned around, used some kind of a hidden crystal necklace as a key to open the big door behind her. "Welcome to the Denegeroso, have a pleasant time, doggy!" she laughed obnoxiously, then tore one of the tickets and returned the left one to him. He looked suprised. "What? You don't know, the second one is for the real show. It's a private thing, so go before you miss it. It starts in a few minutes."

He took off the second he heard that. And the moment he entered, a soundwave of music blasted off, coursed through his whole body. The big room, like a huge palace, was shaking to the rhythm. It was filled with bright neon lights of all colours, disco balls, half-naked girls and boys on private stages. Left and right, and most of them were dancing erotically. He felt overdressed, but on second thought, work was more important and he was looking for the private main stage, where the show was about to start. He tried to talk with some of the guests, but to no avail. He thought what if he returned to the guard lady for tips, but on second hand, better not look like a real "doggy".

How is a detective of his caliber not good at finding a secret stage? And then, something glowed in his pocket. "Eureka!" he exclaimed. The more bright the ticket became, the more close to his destination he was. So after a few minutes, he was in front of a second door, this one a little bit small for him, so he had to crawl. Entering the private room, while the door was closing, no sound was coming from behind him, like the whole room was isolated for the show. 'Interesting' And then he saw them. A few guys were on the stage, Blake was on the guitar as usual. The others were unknown to him. They were called HypnoZiZz, and were a gay band, famous in the underground for their music, that was like a trance for young adults. The show was about to start, so Del was moving through the crowd to find a perfect place to observe everything.